Paris: rue du gros Chenet, Feb 10, [17]88. 4to, 58 lines, approx. 600 words, address panel and wax seal on integral leaf with Paris postmark; previous folds, small tear in fore-edge of integral leaf from opening (no loss) all else very good. Norris thanks his sister for a "kind letter"..... More
Richmond, Va. May 12, 1865. Small printed pro-forma broadside approx. 5" square accomplished in ink in several hands. Issued shortly after the close of the Civil War when travel by civilians in formerly Confederate territory was still closely monitored by Union troops. This pass allows Schuyler "to pass from these..... More
Providence: June 10, 1766. 4to (approx. 7¼" x 6¼"), on integral leaves, extensive docket on the verso of the second leaf; lightly toned but generally fine. Interesting lawsuit involving two of Rhode Island's famous families. Olney (1737-1814), a naval captain during the American Revolution, and Thomas Whipple (1725-1777), who are..... More
Winton, Minnesota: June 10, 1944. Bifolium letterhead 11" x 8½", approx. 20 lines on illustrated stationery printed in orange blue and black; some wrinkling, previous folds; all else very good. "Am glad to know you are coming up for a canoe trip. We furnish as Don told you grub and..... More
Boston: Aug. 15, 1772. Approx. 10" x 12" containing 2 columns of purchases showing debts and credits from Joseph Shirtleff, from Nov. 1770 to Dec., 1772. From 2 sacks of flour and 15½ pounds of chocolate to a dozen candlesticks, a barrel for rum, and three thousand 10-penny nails. Also..... More
Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts: October 22, 1718. One-page folio holograph document (approx. 12¼" x 7½"), docketed on verso: "Settlement of ye line between the Massachusetts & Rhode Island - copy" and in a lighter hand beneath "Sandford's copy." Previous folds (professionally reinforced on verso), the whole lightly toned; very good..... More
District and Port of Bristol: Collector's Office, October 8, 1807. Folio (approx. 13" x 7¾"), approx. 18 lines and 160 words, in ink; signed by Thomas Peckham (1747-1825) as customs officer, with his seal affixed; previous folds; very good. "These may certify that the ship Agent of Warren, Benjamin Eddy..... More
Hanoi: Imprimerie D'extreme-Orient, 1908. Offprint from the Bulletin de L'Ecole Francaise D'Extreme-Orient, large 8vo, pp. 29, [3]; recent red cloth gilt, original wrappers chipped, reinforced with kozo paper and bound in, text clean and sound. Pelliot was not the first westerner to be given access to the to the Dunhuang..... More
Mason City [IA]: 1862. Bifolium letter, 7.5" x 4.5", text on three pages, keeping a friend up to date on the conditions of the city. Prior folds, near fine. Phelps notes that a large number of refugees have arrived from Kanawha, the whites in order to avoid conscription into the..... More
Philadelphia, Department of State: April 2, 1799. 4to, approx. 42 lines and approx. 375 words; previous folds, light stains, integral leaf attached. "Sir, An act passed in the last session of Congress directs me to so publish the laws of the United States ... in at least one news-paper in..... More
Cork (Ireland): ca. 1717. 6¼" x 4", 24 pages on 12 leaves, the first leaf loose, the early leaves with slight chipping, and with many blank leaves at the back. Hand written copy of a letter of faith and religious encouragement written by Quaker Joseph Pike to Joseph Gurney, Quaker..... More
July 9, 1889 to August 23, 1889. 12mo (approx. 7" x 4½"), approx. 130 pages, in ink; legible, and in near fine condition. The journal begins with a London entry: "We arrived from Oxford at 6 o'clock and were driven at once to the Royal Hotel where we had engaged..... More
Shoreview, MN: 2002. Two volumes, 4to; text printed from typescript; original spiral-bound clear plastic and buff printed wrappers; fine. Second volume devoted to translations. Privately printed bibliography. Not in OCLC. More
Troy, N.Y. Whitston Publishing Company, 1976. First edition, 8vo, pp. [4], vii, [1], 262; text printed from typescript; original blue cloth stamped in black and gilt; fine. More
Providence: January 30, 1837. 4to (approx. 10" x 8), 5 leaves of ruled stationery, with manuscript in ink on rectos only, in a neat, secretarial hand, bound with blue silk ribbon; previous folds, very light staining, otherwise near fine. Interesting chapter in the historical evolution of the Providence school system..... More
Tall narrow folio, 150 pages, in ink; the first 6 leaves with overpasted newspaper clippings; some pages loose, cut or missing; some pencil doodlings; some toning and occasional offsetting; contemporary and likely original calf-backed marbled boards, spine partially perished and joints cracked. Detailed accounts of the work of a largely..... More
London: 1931. 4to, pp. [8], 157; color frontis, 36 plates (1 folding) often with illus. on both recto and verso; very good in orig. printed paper-covered boards. 161 important mss. plus a group of facsimile mss. and works on paleography - 530 items all together. More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1881. First edition, 4to, pp. [4], 112; 35 plates and a few illustrations in the text; bound with, as issued: Fletcher, Robert. On Prehistoric Trephining and Cranial Amulets, Washington: G.P.O., 1882, pp. 32; 9 plates; bound with, as issued: Thomas, Cyrus. A Study of the Manuscript..... More
Padstow, Cornwall: Nov. 15, 1805. 4to (approx. 9½" x 7½"), approx. 20 lines and 150 words; previous folds, mathematical calculations and a note regarding Mr. Rawlings on the verso, likely by the recipient, Rev. William Sandys. Thomas Rawlings (d. 1820), provincial banker and wealthy Cornish merchant, addressed to “Dear Sir”..... More
Grass Valley, California: Oct the 1, 1855. Small 4to (8" x 6½"), on integral leaves, in ink; slight fade and previous folds; very good. Rich (1809-1883) was, according to his gravestone a "Pioneer builder of the West. Major-General of the Nauvoo Legion. Alderman of the City of Nauvoo in the..... More
New York & London: A. S. Barnes & Co., [1973]. First edition, folio, pp. 356; illustrated throughout in black & white and color; fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. More
Twenty-two (22) autograph letters, various sizes, totaling 71 pages, 9 with envelopes; folds, overall very good to fine. Bright ink and legible. Thomas Drew Robinson was born in 1828 in Middleborough, Mass. of Dr. Morrill and Mary (Shaw) Robinson. He graduated with a law degree from Brown University in 1849..... More
New York: May 4 and 27, June 19, 1815. Manuscript 7¼" x 4¾" on recto and verso of a single sheet, with signatures of T.A. Anderson, Stephen B. Hoffman, Maria Roosevelt. Legible. One side of the sheet is a receipt (May 27, 1815), signed by Maria Roosevelt in which she..... More
London: Al-Furqan Islamic Heritage Foundation, 1992-94. First editions, 4 volumes, 8vo, pp. xvi, [2], 569; vi, 724;vi, 716; [10], 489; a fine set in dust jackets. More
Gilbraltar: 15 June, 1826. 4to (approx. 9¾" x 7¾"), integral address leaf and docket on verso, Salem (Mass.) roundstamp dated August 8; old folds, paper a little toned; very good, written in a bold and legible hand. Together with: another two-page letter signed to Rotch & Co. of New Bedford..... More
