V.p., v.d. 1740-1950. Impressive archive from an important early Washington County family--the Clarkes--and their relatives, including approximately 270 pages of documents, correspondence, deeds, commissions, wills, etc., plus approx. 540 photographs (1880-1950), plus approx. 60 pages of printed matter and news clippings. Overall good to fine condition. The site of the..... More
Milwaukee: January 1, 1927 to April, 1942. Folio manuscript ledger book recording primarily arrivals and departures, but also records of fuel and oil consumption, canteen vendors & sales, passenger records, locker assignment records, etc. For 1927 there is an entry for every day's arrivals and departures, with details on the..... More
n.p., n.d. [at sea, on the road, 1893-94]. 4to, pp. [82]; Liverpool stationer's label on paste-down, edges marbled, extremities a bit rubbed, else a very good copy in black limp morocco. Laid in are approx. 20 octavo manuscript leaves from an unknown American women's diary dated October 1887 - August..... More
New Haven: 1784. Manuscript promissory note, 3.5" x 8", reading: "To John Lawrence Esq. Treasurer, Sir / Pay out of the public treasury to the men of New Haven the sum of five pound lawful money the amount of James Runell bill for supporting Daniel Roger a transient man as..... More
Hartford and Marlborough: 1776. Nine holograph documents as below: Two lists of teams responsible for transporting rum, one 12.5" x 15" listing 59 men porting 12,418 gallons of rum from Bradford to Marlborough and the other 9.5" x 8" listing 26 men from Marborough to Hartford. The first list with..... More
[Burma: ca 1860s?]. One-page manuscript, 17.5" x 11" with six horizontal textile patterns divided by 5 narrower patterns, completed in pencil with accompanying ink annotations; old folds, neat repairs to one tear and another shallow closed tear along a fold touching some of the pattern, very good. Each pattern is..... More
N.p., n.d. [Rhode Island: ca. 1760s.]. Single sheet approx. 7½" x 6", 16 lines in ink; slightly browned, very good. John Temple, a British Imperial official, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1732, the son of Robert Temple, a colonial entrepreneur, and Mehitable Nelson. He grew up on the family..... More
[Japan: n.d.]. Fukurotoji, 10.5" x 7.5", pp. [82]; likely original stab stitched paper covers, brush illustrations throughout, mostly linework but a few toned paintings and two in color, some double page spreads; occasional minor worming, one leaf and the bottom of one page excised, very good. A well-executed collection of..... More
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[N.p., n.d. but likely Albany County: late 18th century]. Square 8vo, pp. [44]; sewn, with thread weakened, old fold, the occasional ink stain, good and legible. A thorough survey of five-thousand acres of land divided into 20 lots, owned by William Smith Esquire, Johannes Quackenboss, and Thomas Smith, situated in..... More
n.p., n.d. but circa late 19th to, early 20th century. Folio ledger, containing approx. 190pp., including index, of more than 1500 family names describing the heraldic bearings of each, with numerous inserts tipped and pasted in, several original drawings of bearings and crests; all in a worn but sound ruled..... More
[Boston: 1807.]. Oblong 12mo (approx. 4" x 7"); contemporary red roan-backed marbled boards; rubbed, the spine with a 2" gouge, but the binding is firm and the contents quite clean. Contains approximately 100 pro-forma leaves accomplished in manuscript, being signed receipts for stock certificates received by any number of prominent..... More
Heidelberg: Carl Winters Universitätsbuchhandlung, 1914. 8vo, pp. 78; 3 folding lithograph plates showing 8 speciments of papyrus from the Freiburg papyrus collections; very good in original printed orange wrappers with neat tape repair to top and bottom on spine. Literary Plays edited by Wolf Aly, and a Ptolemaic clergy certificate..... More
Mexico [City]: Arteaga y Aguilar, 1876. First Mexican edition, 12mo, pp. 162; facsimile handwriting throughout; original pictorial boards backed in purple cloth; very good copy. A mosaic of literary correspondence to train children in reading manuscripts. Collection of autographs of some famous Spanish and Mexican men and distinguished writers, professors..... More
[Newport]: June 30, 1820. Printed pro-forma document accomplished in ink, oblong folio (approx. 10" x 16"), docketed as duplicate; previous folds; near fine. Signed by W. Turner and I. B. Crane, Major, Mustering Officer. May 1 to June 30, 1820. William Turner, U. S. Army surgeon, signed this muster roll..... More
London [?]: ca. late 1880s, colophon dated 1890. 4to, approx. 24 leaves including full color title page (incorporating 9 vignette portraits and 1 small albumen photograph portrait of a woman (Annie Wise? - see below) and 86 individual whimsical and humorous pen & ink sketches (mostly 5¼" x 4" but..... More
South Kingston, RI: June 5, 1770. 12½" x 8", paper toned yet sturdy; small tear near bottom left corner; very good. Signed by James Shelden (1743-1828) and his father Isaac Shelden (1716-1773), with their seals attached. Witnessed by Jeremiah Crandall and Samuel Crandall. "James Shelden and Isaac Sheldon, both of..... More
Lincoln, Mass. October 27, 1806. Folio, approx. 40 lines and 300 words, with three wax seals in the upper left corner, and a docket on verso: "In obedience to the written warrant I have executed it according to the tennor thereof, Lincoln, Novembr. 7th, 1806, Zeb. Farrar, constable." Central fold..... More
N.p., n.d. [Likely Newport: ca. 1737]. Folio, 12 pages, with legal glosses in the margins; some tears and chipping at the margins occasionally touching a letter or word (sense in most cases remains clear), old shadows, later pencil annotations in the margins; good and legible. This manuscript shows up via..... More
[Bristol?]: n.d., [ca. early 1800s]. Manuscript plat map of the town of Bristol (approx. 12¼" x 14¾") accomplished in sepia ink and green wash, showing downtown Bristol from the harbor east to Thames, Hope, High, and Wood Sts. to the "Back Road" (now Metacom Ave.), north to the "Road to..... More
Portsmouth: December 8, 1784. Folio printed pro-forma document (approx. 16½" x 13"), filled in and signed by the principals and 34 witnesses; docketed on verso and recorded by Thos. Gould, Jun., Middletown, December 10, 1784; watermarked paper, archival repairs along two vertical folds, and a horizontal fold. Inch or smaller..... More
Providence: June, 1842. Five pages of manuscript containing the recommendary signatures of 28 persons, 8 x 10 inches, with cover 13 x 18 inches, folded in half; previous folds, some browning; very good and legible. The Dorr Rebellion began in early 1842, and these recommendations for additional watchmen for the..... More
[Providence]: 1855-56. Folio, 25 manuscript pages in ink of accounts; stiff marbled paper wrappers; very good. An account book from the provisions business of Schofield & Rhodes in Providence. The business opened in 1855, at 118 Benefit Street with investments in foodstuffs and clothing from Thomas Harris Rhodes (1800-1876) and..... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1970-1973. 4 volumes (of 10) in 2 slipcases, 4to; illustrations and facsimiles throughout, decorative endpapers; bound in original red cloth-backed linen in blue cloth slipcases, some shelf wear, interior fine. At head of title: "The Carl H. Pforzheimer Library". Volumes 3 and 4 edited by..... More
Hong Kong: 1900-1901. Three quarto manuscript letters totaling 22 pages and approx. 6000 words on life in Hong Kong as an American expat. Clean and legible. The author, "Katheryn," writes to her friend Jesse in Oregon, describing her daily routine and life in Hong Kong with her husband Tom, who..... More
Providence: June 21, 1863. 8vo, on integral sheets, in ink; previous folds; very good and legible. On page [4] is a note from her sister R. Matthews, also to McGrath. Stamped postmarked envelope on yellow paper addressed to Capt. McGrath, Commanding Co. F, 50th Regt., N.Y. S. V. Engineers, Washington..... More
