[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
[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
1901-1920. Collection consists of 17 typed letters, signed, and 3 autograph postcards, signed; many in original envelopes; very good or better. Includes items from the Black Cat Magazine, John Lane, Associated Sunday Magazines, the Critic and Literary World, and Herbert S. Stone & Co. An additional lithographically printed letter accomplished..... More
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 1833-1838, mostly recording drafts..... 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
[London], n.d. [ca. 1832]. Bound extracts from volume XXIV of Archaeologia, or Miscellaneous Tracts, 4to, 136pp., contemporary 1/4 brown calf gilt over brown cloth, top of spine chipped away, 33 engraved facsimile plates (one colored); good or better. With introductions describing each MSS. and their illuminations, followed by the full..... 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 totalling 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
[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
[Salem: 1815]. Large folio sheet (466 mm.); engraved vignette along heading; 7 1/2-inch tear from previous fold not affecting text. Printed form accomplished in manuscript listing the crew of the Salem-based schooner Agawam, bound for the West Indies, John D. Wilson, Master. The verso is filled out and dated 23..... 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
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
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
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
n.p., n.d. 1859-63. Oblong 8vo, 65 leaves, each interleaved with pink blotting paper, each page containing 3 pro-forma receipts (6 to a leaf), the first 23 leaves accomplished, the balance blank. Original full reversed calf, red morocco label on spine; very good. Apparently for a concern operating under the name..... More
[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
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
