[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 about Album of watercolors, gouaches, pen & ink sketches, and pencil sketches by various artists,...

[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 about Blank ledger

[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 about Burmese manuscript

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 about Catalogue of books, 1832

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 about Clinton Bank Ledgers

1876. 3½" x 7" wallet-style memorandum book in flexible calf, approximately 150 pages. According to genealogical information J. K. M. Looker (1832-1895) was a minister and phrenologist, born in Pennsylvania and married to Sara Elizabeth Scott in 1850. He lectured in Illinois, Ohio and Iowa, and died in Rock Island... More about Daily diary of phrenologist J. K. M. Looker, Ashville Ohio and other locations, 1876

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 about The hours of Catherine of Cleves. Introduction and commentaries by John Plummer

[1800s]. 6 volumes, 1,025 entries in total with a manuscript illustration for each and annotations for most illustrations. The volumes are organized by I Ching hexagrams, with each hexagram section including a series of images, from mundane household objects, to mythical creatures, to full scenes. Some images are repeated between... More about Japanese manuscript visual dictionary of I Ching imagery

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 about Log of the Milwaukee County Airport

Japan: [c. 1870s]. 6 sheets, each 9.5" x 13.5" with 10 hand-painted images on each of figures used in illustrating the card game Hyakunin isshu karuta. The images of lords and ladies, warriors, monks and nuns each represent one of the 100 poets who contributed a single poem to the... More about Manuscript draft for hyakunin isshu card game

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 about Odds & Ends collected and arranged by an improvable M. P

[Japan?]: [c. early 20th century]. Accordion-bound large octavo artist's sketchbook, containing 25 double-page, hand-painted color images, including nature scenes, portraits of Hotei and Daruma, and village life. The images are minimalist and bold, with heavy influence from Chinese brush painting. The artist is anonymous, but quite talented. Bound in blue... More about Relaxing the mind will refresh the spirit

Hong Kong: 1900-1901. Three quarto manuscript letters totaling 22 pages and approx. 6000 words on life in Hong Kong as an American expat. The author, "Katheryn," writes to her friend Jesse in Oregon, describing her daily routine and life in Hong Kong with her husband Tom, who works there. "Hong... More about Three lengthy letters from a Hong Kong expat to her friend in the States