Essays on manuscripts and rare books
Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books, 1975. First edition, 8vo, pp. 177, [1]; 10 illustrations throughout; fine copy in a price-clipped dust jacket. From the library of Kim Merker. More
Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books, 1975. First edition, 8vo, pp. 177, [1]; 10 illustrations throughout; fine copy in a price-clipped dust jacket. From the library of Kim Merker. More
[London]: 24 Oct. 1954. One-page typed letter, signed "Yours sincerely, Rose Macaulay," approximately 5 1/2 x 7 inches; previous fold, else about fine. Author address pressure-stamped at top right-hand corner. A friendly note addressed to "Mrs Hay," who had evidently written Macaulay a fan letter after reading her book "Fabled..... More
New York: Empire Book Company, 1927. Second edition revised and corrected (second impression), 8vo, pp. xv, [1], 208; original dull orange cloth, printed paper label on spine, a little fraying to bottom spine and a small chip out of top of spine, the label spine label darkened, signature starting at..... More
London: Maggs Bros., September, 1960. Small 4to, 148, [4]; inserted frontispiece and title page, 4 plates on 2 sheets, other illustrations in the text; very good and sound in original tan pictorial wrappers. With 926 items; includes subject and author index. More
Cambridge, Mass. [c. 1860]. 8vo, 56 leaves; contemporary half red straight-grain morocco over marbled boards; spine a bit rubbed, and a few small worm holes at joint of mid-spine, else very good. Identification number in a later hand on title page and lower paste down. A collection of poems written..... More
[Smithfield: 1838.]. Folio manuscript, 36 ruled pages in blue ink in a neat hand, original marbled wrappers with the label "Estimate 1838" on the upper cover; slight browning and edge wear; front wrapper neatly reattached; all else very good. Tax estimate for Smithfield residents with four columns following each name..... More
Providence: 1845. Pro-forma "Indenture of Lease" for "Stall No. 12" in the "Market House, upper floor," between the city of Providence and Winthrop Pidge, approx. 6¼" x 7½", previous fold; very good. With the witness signature of Edward Harwood, and signed at end: "Winthrop Pidge and Stephen Tripp, City Treasurer";..... More
New York: George Braziller, [1990]. First American edition, 4to, pp. 318, [2] table of contents; 282 illustrations throughout (120 in full color); a fine book in like pictorial jacket. Catalogue of an exhibition organized by the Rijksmuseum Het Catharijneconvent, Utrecht, and The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, that explored the..... More
Madrid: Arco/Libros, 1989. First edition, 8vo, pp. 326; text primarily in double column; original cloth in green printed dust jacket; top upper cover jacket edge and spine a bit faded, else about fine. More
[Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1938]. Limited edition of 1000 copies; 16mo, 15 illustrated leaves; original marble wrappers in brown cloth chemise and matching slipcase, some toning to white slipcase labels, else fine. A limited facsimile edition of the 1804 illustrated manuscript which had been recently rediscovered by the author's great-niece..... More
Athens: University of Georgia Press, [1974]. First edition, 8vo, pp. xvi, 176; fine in original red cloth, spine gilt. Over 5,000 entries with an index. More
Napa: February 19 to August 17, 1907. Five lengthy quarto letters, signed "Joe" who was one of the sons of the founder Giocomo Migliavacca. Sadly, no wine at all in the content but rather a discussion of investments. Duprey wants Migliavacca to invest in timber land, but Migliavacca notes that..... More
Washington, D.C. June 7, [18]86. Approx. 7¾" x 5", previous folds, some fading near the bottom; all else very good. Handwriting is difficult. Beginning, "My dear S. Thanks. I dip south early in November and shall take in the Worlds Fair &c. &c. I merely mention this to you now..... More
[Bristol County]: April 18, 1875. Folio, 3 pages on integral leaves, signed with seals on p. 3 by W. R. Lawton, president and treasurer respectively of the Gas Company, William J. Miller, and D. V. Gardner, witness. Previous folds, else fine. Terms of the lease stipulate a term of five..... More
Austin: University of Texas Press, [1960]. First edition, 8vo, pp., xxviii, 421; fine in original black cloth gilt, dust jacket with light edge wear. Compiled and edited by the Committee on Manuscript Holdings, American Literature Group, Modern Language Association. Descriptions of the holdings in American literature of more than 250..... More
[London]: November 15, 1956 and February 5, 1957. Both 5½" x 7½": The first: "Dear Balston: As you perceive my pen runs smoothly and pleasantly on these excellent sheets of Mould made 1948 vintage. I am grateful to you - even though by giving me the paper you take away..... More
Bristol, R.I., [et al.]: 1841 - 1850. Folio, 198 pages; mild dampstaining to the first 15 leaves, pages 2-5 in light blue ink, the balance in sepia; completely legible except at the tops of pages [3-5] where the damp obscures; contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, the covers loose, but present. Several..... More
n.p., n.d. [likely London, ca. late 1870s]. 12mo, 6 stanzas, 24 lines; a touch of lightness to the ink, and her hand rather delicate, mounted; very small tear starting at one mount. The poem is headed by Psalm 88.18: "Lover and Friend Hast Thou put far from me." Moulton's first..... More
[Charleston?] & Havana: August 10 - September 27, 1805. 1) Schooner Concord to Bennet Munro, single sheet (approx. 9½" x 7¼") recording amounts due or paid August 10-13, 1805 to workers ("cash paid Mr. Swazey," "cash paid to Joseph Smith for driving charter party," "William Munro bill from work," "one..... More
New York & London: Garland, 1978. First edition, 8vo, pp. ix, [1], 120; a fine, crisp copy in original green cloth lettered in gilt on spine. "A selective, annotated list of writings about, and a guide to manuscript collections containing information on, the Brook Farm community and its members" (Introduction)..... More
Salzburg, London and Boston: Neugebauer Press, [1980]. First edition in English (4000 printed), square 4to, pp. 142; numerous letter forms throughout, each identified, some in color; fine copy in a fine dust jacket. From the library of Allan Kornblum, poet, fine press printer, and publisher who founded Coffee House Press..... More
Newport, [R.I.]: Thursday morning, Sept. 14, [1865]. 4to (approx. 10" x 8"), approx. 20 lines and 200 words, in ink; folds, and with the original stamped cover "Steam Boat" and with a Providence roundstamp, and the stamp of the "American Steamboat Company, Sept. 14, 1865, steamer City of Newport." Light..... More
[Providence, R.I. Nicholson File Company, 1919. Folio, 5 leaves tabular-bound in limp maroon morocco, gilt-stamped title on upper cover; string-tied at the top but string lacking; first leaf toned from the morocco, else near fine. Greetings from 66 employees of the Nicholson File Company on New Year's, 1919, man and..... More
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