[England: ca. 1906-1921.]. Small 4to, forty-one illustrations in all, most are tipped or pasted in, others are painted or drawn on the album leaves directly. The quality of some of these illustrations is unusually high and includes one by Ernest Aris (1882-1965), the author and illustrator of some 170 children's..... More
New York: published by William Holmes, 216 Williams St. 1830. Small 4to (8" x 6"), with a striking engraved vignette title-p. followed by approx. 100 blank leaves; original full red straight-grain morocco, elaborate gilt borders on covers, gilt-decorated spine; one small crack at the bottom of the front joint; some..... More
Providence, [et al.]: 1725-1840s. Thirty-one letters and documents in approximately 45 pages in all, some relating to prominent merchant traders; and many signed by prominent political figures. The collection of Allyn Kellogg Ford (1878-1964), a Minneapolis businessman, Minnesota president of the Sons of the American Revolution, a founder of the..... More
Foster: October 25, 1798. 32mo (approx. 4" x 3¼"), pp. [56] (the last 24 pages blank), containing 14 full-page hand-colored pen-and-ink drawings, most within an elaborate decorated or floral border, and depicting a menagerie of birds and quadrupeds (linnet, goldfinch, canary, pigeon, butterfly, horse, robin, dove, wolf, etc.), interspersed with..... More
[Providence?]: February 18, 1856. Large holograph document (approx. 17" x 14") signed and sealed on the verso by all five partners, and witnessed by Hezekiah Allen. Neat and professional repairs at previous folds; very good. These are the articles of agreement between Amos H. Ray and Elliot P. Gleason, both..... More
Providence: 1859-61. 8vo, 51 filled-in pages, some pages with several signatures, others have been left blank; the flyleaf has inscription "Mattie from Nellie 1859." A publisher's pebble-grain morocco binding with "Autographs" in gilt on the upper cover, a.e.g.; the spine is perished, 2 or 3 gatherings extended or loose, the..... More
[1852]. Folio, unpaged (over 500 pages); contemporary blind-tooled reverse calf, edged in gilt-ruled calf, red and black gilt morocco spine labels ("Military Abstract Act, 1852"), marbled endpapers; edges rubbed and worn, small loss to spine head; interior about fine. Printed at head of each double-page: "Monthly Abstract of locations on..... More
[Burma: early 20th century]. Accordion fold manuscript in Burmese on parabaik, approx. 7” x 15”; pp. [70]; wood covers ornately decorated and painted in red, gold and black, with elephants and abstract elements in relief. Dampstaining throughout, good and sound. More
Milano: Libreria Antiquaria Hoepli, 1953. 8vo, pp. 193, [3], profusely illustrated with color plates and illus. in the text; original gray paper-covered boards, pictorial color illus. on front and back covers (illuminated "A" on front, seashell on back); endpapers darkened, else fine. Auction catalogue with 200 lots, prices realized tipped-in..... More
n.p. [likely New England]: [1832-50]. Small 8vo, [64]pp. of 16 are filled in, and list better than 375 titles; 4 early leaves have been excised, but the catalogue begins anew with a title-p., as above; contemporary vellum with metal clasp, the word "Catalogue" in ink on upper cover and spine..... More
London: Sotheby & Co., 1968-69. 2 vols., 4to, pp. 105, [1]; 109, [1]; plates (some in color); light wear to spine ends, else near fine in original green paper-covered boards. Part I of the sale included 37 illuminated manuscripts of the 9th to the 16 century; Part II included 38..... More
Clinton, Hunterdon Country, New Jersey: 1856-1863; 1861-1868. Two volumes, 1.) General Ledger 1856 to 1863. 12" x 18", 440 numbered pages; 2.) Discount Book. October 1861 to September 1868. 11½" x 16"; bound ledger. 533 numbered pages. Full calf, leather labels. Ink, legible hand. Very good (heavy). The oldest banking..... More
Philadelphia, etc. 1860s. A collection of family letters, totaling 48 leaves, exchanged among a large American clan during the later 1860s and into the early 1870s. The majority of the letters are addressed to an Anne, (maiden name likely Chipman), although some are also addressed to William C. Starr, likely..... More
V.p., v.d., as below. An interesting collection of early USPS ephemera and manuscript ledgers recording postal business. The collection includes three ledgers and 17 items of office ephemera, primarily from Pennsylvania and Maine, comprised of the following. Ledger, small 4to, pp. [62]. Quarter calf over paper covered boards. Records dated..... More
Kingston: June 13, 1849 - April 31, 1854. Tall folio (approx. 17" x 8"), 552 hand-numbered pages, contemporary full sheep, covers spotted and worn, the binding slightly skewed, but sound. The last 20 leaves with some moderate worming, with small loss. Extensive general store ledger containing hundreds of customer names..... More
Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut: November 16, 1853. Pro-forma broadside, approx. 13½" x 8½" filled out in manuscript, signed by Nathaniel F. Draper, Isaac Sherman, Stephen Hawley (Justice of the Peace). and with a small seal; previous folds, docketed and recorded on the verso; very small hole at fold, small tear..... More
Madison, Lake County, Ohio: 1884-86. Pre-printed pocket book, 7¼" x 3" inches, titled "The American Diary for 1883," approx. 174 pages, with (mostly) chronological entries January 1884 to January 1886. Handwritten in ink, bright and legible. This closely written pocket diary was kept by a farmer who lived in the..... More
Boston: May 28, 1830. Receipt for goods, signed "Dorr & Allen," narrow 8vo (approx. 7¾" x 4¼"), printed letterhead, items listed in ink. Dorr & Allen are Sullivan Dorr (1778-1858) and his uncle Crawford Allen, wealthy merchants, auctioneers, and entrepreneurs who lived in Providence, had an office in Boston, and..... More
New Shoreham, Block Island: August 19, n.y., [ca. 1890s]. 8vo, 5 neatly written pages on three leaves; light toning, previous folds; very good. "Rough passage ... pulled into harbor ... came within half an inch of running onto the rocks ... nothing there but fish works and a smell ....... More
N.p. Sept. 28, [1842?]. Folio bifolium (approx. 15" x 12"), tears in the margins with some minor loss, previous folds; the text signed at the end "Marius." A curious and mysterious essay that may be a satire by the editor of a literary magazine. This first person narrative describes "a..... More
Providence: 1810-16; 1832; 1841. Folio, 111 neat, manuscript pages of accounts (7 leaves excised, including the first); contemporary full reversed calf; at the back of the volume a quantity of pages have been excised, likely once blank and repurposed. This is the ledger account of a Providence general store from..... More
At sea: February 24, 1807. Scrap of paper (approx. 3½" x 11") in an unknown hand; some creasing and a few tears, folded blank flap along the right edge on which has been written "Wm Ginasons (?) Inventory." His belongings consisted of "one chist, reser and Lether Box, spoon, knife..... More
New York: Braziller, n.d., [1966]. 8vo, 359pp., numerous color facsimiles, very fine copy of a richly produced book, in the publisher's box. Reproduced from the MS in the Morgan Library. More
New York: New York Public Library, 1934. Edition limited to 500 copies "reprinted in revised form from the Bulletin of the N.Y.P.L.," 8vo, pp. 32, [1]; text partially in double column, 5 full-p. illus. on rectos and versos of 3 plates; orig. printed wrappers bound in; contemporary half red calf..... More
Kentucky, Oregon, Washington: 1899-1940. Approximately 165 handwritten letters totaling approximately 400 pages in stamped, postmarked envelopes, ink & pencil. Some covers torn, worn, generally good and legible although a number of the letters in pencil are light. Collection of correspondence from family and friends in a lower socio-economic group to..... More
