Hand-Colored Lithograph Abbs Gregorius and Native of Haussa
New York: H. Bailliere, 1855. Original hand-colored plate from Prichard and Norris' Natural History of Man; approx. 5 1/2" x 9" size; slight toning; very good condition.
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An Ode to the Country Gentlemen of England.
London, England: R. And J. Dodsley in Pall-mall: And Sold By M. Cooper in Pater-noster Row, 1758. F. 11 pages; one of the writings of Mark Akenside (1721-1770) British poet and physician "...The Romantics were particularly attracted by the emphasis Akenside placed on the imagination and his active engagement with.....
Albany, N.Y. Western Stair Case, Capitol Building. Postcard
Portland, Maine: Hugh C. Leighton Co., 1908. divided back postcard; used, with 1908 cancellation; light edge, tips wear, very good condition.
New State Normal College, Albany, N.Y. & New Educational Bldg. Albany, N.Y. Postcard
New York & Chicago: A.C. Bosselman, 1910. divided back postcard; used, with 1910 cancellation; light edge, tips wear, very good condition.
1866 Signed John T. Hoffman Mayor of the City of New York
New York, NY: Not Published, 1866. F. Partially printed & filled in manuscript Salary as Assistant Docket Clerk County Clerks Office order for Isaac T. Brown. From the County Treasurer of New York, at the Broadway Bank, signed by the Mayor, John T. Hoffman (1828-1888) born in Ossining in Westchester.....
Little Walter's Trundle-Bed Stories. Little Walter's Stories About Summer.
Boston: New England Publishing House, 1865. F. 144 pages; tissue-guarded frontispiece of Hay-making in Summer, pastoral scene; other woodcut illustrations throughout text; contents instructional in nature: Obedience, The First Day in the Country, Walter's Garden, Haymaking Fete, more; good examplar of nineteenth century inspirational for youth; previous owner pencil inscription.....
The Love of Dress. A Sketch from Real Life.
Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, 1847. F. 72 pages; with a tissue-guarded woodcut frontispiece by Gilbert Guinon(?); and a few tailpiece illustrations following the chapters; mainly a Christian cautionary tale for youth concerning vanity and pride in matters other than spiritual, text followed by a poem relating to the same;.....
Tops: A Study in the Development of the American Worsted Manufacture: The Arlington Mills Lawrence Massachusetts
Cambridge: Riverside Press, 1898. F. 137 pages, index; glossary of terms; black and white illustrated including a tissue-guarded frontispiece illustration of "A Flock of Sheep, Franklin Park, Boston, Massachusetts"; nice fold-out Plan of the Property of the Arlington Mills situated in Lawrence Methuen December, 1897; with other illustrations including the.....
Autograph of Nobel Medicine Prize Winner Baruj Benacerraf
Autograph signature, on white cardstock; Baruj Benacerraf (b. 1920) of Spanish-Jewish ancestry and originally from Caracas, Venezuela, Benacerraf became a physician in the U.S. and an American citizen, and after research in France and New York, initiated the studies in Immunogenetics which, along with two others (Jean Dausset & George.....
Our Family Affairs 1867-1896
New York: George H. Doran, 1921. F. 336 pages, index; illustrated with black and white portraits; Edward Frenderick Benson (1867-1940) Engilsh author, published several light novels with a scholarly or historical background as well as three autobiographical studies of Edwardian and Georgian society (Chambers); front endpaper with the bookplate of.....
Les Environs De L'Estang De Longpendu Comprenant Une Grande Partie Du Comte De Charolois Par Jean Van Damme Sr. D'Amendale
Amsterdam: Blaeu. Map; engraved; hand-colored wooded lands, towns, outines of this district, rivers, cartouche with cherubs, standing figures, one holding a globe, cherubs holding coat of arms; the other cartouche of , mileage indicator with cherubs with globe, one with map dividers, books and charts; text in Latin on back.....
Indienfahrt
Frankfurt: Rutten & Loening, 1920. 256 pages; German language text by Waldemar Bonsels (1880-1952) German writer of children's books; illustrated with 12 interesting tissue-guarded black and white etchings with an eastern Indian theme by Kaete Wilczynski; bound in patterned-paper covered boards, brown leather spine and corners; boards with some edge.....
Biografia e Rivista Critica Delle Opere Di F.D. Guerrazzi Deputato al Parlamento Nazionale Del Cav. Ferdinando Bosio
Milano: Libreria Editrice Dante Alighieri, 1869. 680 pages; black and white portrait illustration frontispiece of Guerrazzi, (conjugate leaf a cancel) other illustrations throughout; Italian Language Text; (From the Nota Dell' Editore): "Volendo alle poere dell'illustre F.D. Guerrazzi, che veniam restampando, premettere uno scritto che tutte, generalmente e sotto unmedesimo punto.....
Aus Der Fruhzeit Der Photographie 1840-70 Ein Bildbuch Nach 200 Originalen
Frankfurt Am Main: Societats-Verlag, 1930. 14 pages of black and white illustrated text in German, followed by 199 plates, also in black and white, with captions in English and German; reproductions of examples of the work of the luminaries of the photographic art of 1840-1870 including Talbot, Nadar, Hill, Daguerre.....
Boston, Grand Staircase, Public Library Postcard
Boston: Metropolitan News Co., 1906. Undivided back postcard; used; 1906 cancellation; some edge, tips wear, rubbing on the back & short closed tear at bottom edge; good condition.
Large Format 19th-Century Boston Trinity Church Photograph By Foster Bros.`
Boston: Foster Brothers. 'Trinity Church ' on tipped-on sheet on back of image; 7 1/2" x 9 1/4" size approximate; matte-finish image with photographers' stamp below left; photographer identifier on back of the image, rubber stamp and small sticker; no date but circa 1890s, dirt road in front of the.....
South Union Station, Dewey Square, Boston, Mass. Postcard
New York & Chicago: A.C. Bosselman, 1908. Undivided back postcard; used; 1908 cancellation; to the prominent D.P. Corey Family Malden Massachusetts; some edge, tips wear; very good condition.
Le Disciple
Paris: Librairie Plon. 294 pages; French text; bound in marbled-paper-covered boards, dark brown leather spine, gilt rules, gilt spine titles & decorations, top edge gilt; some light edge, tips wear, rubbing, to binding; very good condition.
Quevedos Wunderliche Traume Umdichtung Von Curt Moreck Mit Den 61 Zeichnungen Leonhard Bramers Nach Den Originalen in Der Graphischen Sammlung Des Bayerischen Staates Zum Erstenmal Herausgegeben Von E.W. Bredt
Munchen: Hugo Schmidt, 1919. 66 text pages; Limited edition no. 262 of 500 examples; illustrated with 61 tissue-guarded black and white etchings with a classic, humorous & semi-risque theme illustrating the satirical work of Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas (1580-1645) Spanish nobleman, politician and writer, known for his.....
Bridgehampton Fire Department 100th Anniversary Cookbook
Mattituck New York: Mad Printers of Mattituck, 1992. F. 218 pages, index; humorous food-related black and white illustrations; limited edition of 1000 copies; with a short history of the Bridgehampton Fire Department at front; "...a collection of our member's favorite recipes."; ; light grey paper-covered boards binding, gilt red &.....
A Commemerative (sic) Journal Dedicated to The New First Baptist Church of Bridgehampton November 30, 1980 Rev. R.K. Williams, Pastor
Bridgehampton, Long Island: 1980. F. Not paginated, but 56 pages; front endpaper with grateful inscription dated in the year of publication by the author & pastor of the church at this time, Rev. Rusell K. Williams; history of the church, giving a chronology of the events which led up to.....
Beardsly Park, Showing Shrubbery, Bridgeport, Conn. Postcard
1906. Undivided back postcard; used; 1906 cancellation; on extra-heavy cardstock; some edge, tips wear; very good condition.
Fairfield County Court House, Bridgeport, Conn. Postcard
New York & Chicago: Illustrated Postal Card Co., 1907. Undivided back postcard; used; 1907 cancellation; some edge, tips wear. edge-darkening; very good condition.
The Howe Monument, Bridgeport Conn. Postcard
Bridgeport, Conn. H.H. Jackson, 1905. Undivided back postcard; used; 1905 cancellation; some edge, tips wear; very good condition.
Map of Brooklyn New York
New York: U.S. Geographical Survey, 1938. Department of the Interior U.S. Geological Survey, Brooklyn Quadrangle; 1938 version of map edition of 1900, depicting a partially revised shoreline of 1924; depicting contours, topography, waterways, train lines, roads and locations of homes; printed in three colors; back of map with information on.....