Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1935. First edition, 4to, unpaginated; 24 plates (5 folding), small bookplate on front pastedown, light edgewear and some fading to extremities, else fine in original red cloth with gilt-decorated upper cover and gilt-lettered spine. More
Budapest: Publishing House of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1959. Slim 8vo, pp. 44; 16 plates; original yellow and white printed wrappers in white pictorial chemise; tear to top edge of chemise partially affecting illustration, else very good and sound. Publications of the Oriental Library of the Hungarian Academy of..... More
![Item #54984 One and one-half page autograph letter signed to B[enjamin] B[rown] French. John...](https://rulon.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/54984_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1573246525)
Baltimore: December 14, 1847. 4to, on integral leaves, approx. 22 lines and 150 words, in ink; very good. U.S. Congressman, Secretary of the Navy, political pamphleteer and novelist, Kennedy writes to thank French for providing information from the Congressional Globe, acknowledging tardiness and sending payment. "I have been constantly under..... More
v.p. 1774, 1776, 1807. 3 one-leaf autograph letters, approximately 65 lines of text; split at folds, previous wax seal removal affecting text with some loss of meaning from the latest letter; a interesting collection. The earliest describes the death of Mother Kidder of " A complicated illness" (jaundice and cholera);..... More
Mannheim: Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 1983. Second edition; 8vo, pp. 122; charts, maps, and facsimiles throughout; original yellow printed wrappers, spine fading, mostly fine; interior fine. No. 6 of the Institut's "Mitteilungen" series; front page title reads "Deutsches Spracharchiv". 4 copies of this edition in OCLC, all in Germany. More
[Providence? 1836]. Small 4to, 20 leaves in all, in ink; very good and legible, but the notebook itself with covers loose and chipped. A note inside the front wrapper reads: "To the reader - The first four leaves do not belong to the piece as delivered. The reader will therefore..... More
![Item #32761 島日記 [Shima Nikki] = Island diary. Kodera Osai](https://rulon.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/32761_001.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1511378223)
Japan: ca. 1796. Large fukurotoji, 10.5" x 7.5", pp. [108]; old Japanese "grass" script with Chinese elements, 18 extraordinary double-page watercolor illustrations; sewn and bound in the oriental style (fukurotoji) in original speckled beige wrappers; very slightly worn, preserving the original manuscript label label; a very good, attractive example, beautifully..... More
Manchester: John Rylands University Library of Manchester, 1973. Reprinted from the "Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester," Vol. 56, no. 1, Autumn, 1953, 8vo, pp. [2], 150-173; original tan printed wrappers; fine. Inscribed and signed "Jack" to the author's parents, Gwin and Ruth Kolb (addressed here as..... More
[Odisha, India: ca. 1840]. 4to, manuscript text, pp. [8], 165, [1]; half calf over marbled boards, red morocco label on upper cover, gilt title on spine; small oil spot on title page, fine. A manuscript index, intended to accompany images collected into a "mythological box" which was then sent to..... More
[Ithaca]: Cornell University, 1894. 4to, ff. [6], 46; 47; typescript, several leaves in the last section ("Specifications") bound out of order, but the text appears to be complete; 2 folding tables and 2 manuscript graphs bound in; occasional manuscript corrections in the text; contemporary half green cloth over black cloth..... More
[ca. 1958]. 5 typescript leaves (279 x 216 mm.); pages uniformly toned, paper clip rust marks to top left-hand corner; drop title in manuscript; typescript and manuscript annotations throughout; very good. A short essay on the work and tropes of the science fiction and horror author Henry Kuttner (1915-1958), whom..... More
[ca. 1960]. 9 typescript leaves (279 x 216 mm.); pages uniformly toned, very occasional ink annotations in the author's hand, author signature below drop title; very good and sound. Originally published in Playboy Magazine in 1961, "All the Weed in the World," is a rather disturbing short story on mental..... More
[ca. 1961]. 24 typescript leaves (279 x 216 mm.); pages uniformly toned, very occasional ink annotations in the author's hand, small loss to left edge of first leave not affecting text; very good. Originally published in Mike Shayne's Mystery Magazine in 1961, "Scream Wolf" is a short noir mystery about..... More
New York: October 9, 1809. 4to, blank integral leaf attached; previous folds, very good. Leonard (?-1832) writes a favorable recommendation for a former shipmate. "This is to certify that I am personally acquainted with Dr. George C. Quackenbos of this city & that he has borne a commission as Surgeon..... More
Flag Ship Osliabia, Road of Alexandria in the Potomac: December 5, 1863. 4to, 16 lines, approx. 90 words; integral leaf attached; generally very good. A rare letter from the Russian Rear-Admiral while on a diplomatic mission to the U.S. 1863-64. This expedition became a military demonstration by Russia during the..... More
[London]: Turret Books for The Arts Council of Great Britain & The British Museum, 1967. First edition, 8vo, pp. 68; 8 facsimile manuscript leaves printed on rectos and versos of 4 plates; boards slightly splayed, otherwise very good in the dustjacket. With, laid in: Poetry in the Making Illustrative Material..... More
Washington City: Jan. 14th, 1916. Large 8vo leaf, faint creases from previous folds, else near fine. One of Gould's earliest published poems, first appearing in print in A Chaplet of Leaves (1869) and produced here for the autograph collection of Howes Norris Jr., "Granddaddy of all the autograph fiends". Accompanied..... More
[Cranston?]: September 4, 1822. Three leaves torn from a notebook (each approx. 5" x 8"), watermarked paper, in ink and quite legible. A first (?) draft of the original autobiography of Christopher Lippitt, given by him to the Rhode Island Historical Society at its inception in 1822. The autobiographical sketch..... More
![Item #56047 Private Journal P. W. Lippitt [spine titles], for the Lippitt Woolen Company. Peleg...](https://rulon.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/56047_1.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1605544099)
Woonsocket: 1845-1900. 2 volumes, 4to, attractive full black pebble-grain morocco, triple gilt borders on covers, gilt-paneled spines in 5 compartments, gilt-lettered direct in 2; very good, sound, and legible. Volume 1: February 6, 1845 to April 18, 1900, 336 pp., plus 4 loose ledger pages. Volume 2: Accounts 1848 to..... More
New York & Providence: 1843-46. Quarto and small folio, all bifoliate, with address panels on versos of integral leaves, all with previous folds; very good. The first, a tightly packed 3-page letter is from Wells & Spring, New York. April 1, 1843, to Mssrs. Lockwood & Co., Slatersville, R.I. regarding..... More
Providence: January 4 (recorded January 10), 1826. Folio sheet (approx. 7½" x 12¼"), docketed on verso, and signed by Nathan W. Jackson, Town Clerk, in 1827, and W.R. Staples, Prop. Clerk; previous folds; very good. The description of this Providence lot bordering Elisha Dyer's land opens with "Laid out to..... More
Newport: Sept. 3, 1773. Approx. 3" x 7¼", in ink; previous folds, slight toning; very good; cut from a larger sheet, the left margin unevenly torn with slight loss to the 'B' in 'Bot.' "Aaron Lopez Bot. of Elisha Eldrige / 12 barrells pickled codfish £264 / deduct 5 hoops..... More
Newport: Sept. 8, 1773. Approx. 3¼" x 5", in ink; cut from a larger sheet, uneven margins but no loss; very good. "Aaron Lopez to Joshua De St. Croix to fraight of 40 bar. beef 2/ £4.0.0 New York currency. Rec. the above contents in full" and here signed by..... More
Newport: Sept. 24, 1773. Approx. 3½" x 6½", in ink; cut from a larger sheet; very good. "Mr. Aaron Lopez to Peter Vredenburgh ... 15 barrells of fine flour ... 3 barrells com. flour ... 2 casks bread" with individual prices for each barrel and cask, for a total of..... More
Washington, D.C. Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Seattle & London: University of Washington Press, [1988]. Folio, pp. 446, [2]; illustrated throughout; fine in original gilt-stamped blue cloth. Together with: Lowry, Glenn D., A Jeweler's Eye: Islamic Arts of the book from the Vever Collection, imprint as above, 1988. Folio..... More
