The Correspondence of Mrs. Virginia Myers, (which have never before been published or even read in Court,) to Dudley Marvin Hoyt, who was murdered at Richmond, Sept. 28, 1846, by Wm. R. Myers and Two Others. Together with a Denial of the Truth of Mrs. Myers' Letter of Explanation of November Last, From Alta Vista. Likewise Added a Short Biography of D.M. Hoyt, By a Relative of the Deceased
Philadelphia, 1847. 63 pp. Printed in two columns. 1 vols. 8vo. Blue printed wrappers, with tears and minor loss, Signed L. M. Thorn on the upper cover. 63 pp. Printed in two columns. 1 vols. 8vo. McDade: "Dudley Hoyt had been intimate with Mrs. Myers in a hotel in Richmond, Virginia. Her husband, with his brother and a... Read More
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Henry J. Heinz, Founder & President, H.J. Heinz Company, Pittsburgh: Born Octber Eleventh, 1844, Died May Fourteenth, 1919
Pittsburgh, Penna: [H.J. Heinz Company], 1919. Photographic frontispiece on coated stock; 35, [1] pp. 8vo. Original printed wrappers, yapp edges chipped, internally clean. Photographic frontispiece on coated stock; 35, [1] pp. 8vo. Issued by the Heinz Company to commemorate its founder's life.
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La Vie Privée et Publique des Animaux. Vignettes par Grandville. Études de moeurs contemporaines par MM. De Balzac, George Sand, Cahrles Nodier, Stahl [et al.]
Paris: Chez Mm. Mareeseq et Compagnie; Chez Gustave Havard, 1852. Illus by Grandville. 217, [1]pp. 4to. Quarter contemporary green morocco with gilt emblematic tooling on the spine. Some textual staining. Bookplate of Lila Ross Hotz, later Lila Luce (signed Lila Luce August, 1931 on ffep) (Wife of Henry Luce) and then Lila Tyng. Illus by Grandville. 217, [1]pp.... Read More
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Broadside: Boston Theatre. "Long Strike: or the Workingmen of Manchester...presented with the Great Factory & Telegraph Scenes
Boston: F.A. Searle Printing, 1870. 20 x 8.5 inches. fine. 20 x 8.5 inches. Two working man dramas.
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British East Africa. Settler's Prospects. Prepared by the Agricultural Department 1905
Nairobi: Printing at the Uganda Press, 1905. 19pp. 8vo. Printed wrappers. Fine. 19pp. 8vo.
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Still-Life Watercolor on paper of Floral bouquet on black ground
1875. 1 vols. Framed and glazed. 1 vols.
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The Book of the Omar Khayyam Club 1892-1910
London, Printed for Memberrs for Private Circulation. First edition, #116 of 181 copies. With many tipped plates of illustrated menus. 220 pp. printed by Starngweways & Sons. 1 vols. 4to. Cloth and boards, paper label. Fine. First edition, #116 of 181 copies. With many tipped plates of illustrated menus. 220 pp. printed by Starngweways & Sons. 1 vols.... Read More
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Three P's, or Pioneer Pen Pictures of Dakota. By the Tuesday Club
Huron, S.D.: Huronite Printing Co, 1907. Illustrated by Carrie Morse Norton. 80pp. 4to. Purple wrappers.With wear and some staining. Illustrated by Carrie Morse Norton. 80pp. 4to. With 13 pp typescript laid in at the back celebrating the Tuesday Club's 10th Anniversary.
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The Shakspere Gallery, Containing the Principal Female Characters in the Plays of the Great Poet
London: Charles Tilt, 1835. 42 engravings. 1 vols. 4to. Three-quarter dark brown morocco over light brown, gilt portrait of Shakespeare on upper board, a.e.g. Rubbed, upper hinge cracked, title page missing. Some light foxing to plates. 42 engravings. 1 vols. 4to.
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Case of 1799 re: Mannings Marsh and 17th c./18th c. acts re: tribal Indian lands
3 pp. Folio. Some edge chips, else VG. 3 pp. Folio. "Mannings Marsh was surveyd for Manning on the 29th March 1663, and was patented the 11th Sept. 1663 to Mr. Dorrington...
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Print: The Constitution of the United States
(New YorK): United States Sesquicentennial Commission, 1937. 1 vols. 16" X 21" (image size). Framed and glazed. Christy, Joel Chandler. 1 vols. 16" X 21" (image size). Inscribed on front lower left "Dr. William H. Rauchfuss/ with greetings and best regards/ Howard Chandler Christy/ March 22-38.
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Taconic Mountain Club
Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, 1893. 15, [1]pp., plus folding map. 16mo. Publisher's lettered wrappers. Small chip to lower left corner of upper wrapper, tape repair to spine. 15, [1]pp., plus folding map. 16mo. Organized in 1893 to promote the preservation of lands in Mount Washington, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, the present pamphlet comprises the By-Laws of the organization... Read More
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Photograph of “Hill-side” house
1868. Albumen print with rounded top, mounted on card, captioned on the rear, “Hill-side / August 1868”. 6 x 7-7/8 in. Very fine, with virtually no fading or discoloration. Albumen print with rounded top, mounted on card, captioned on the rear, “Hill-side / August 1868”. 6 x 7-7/8 in. An attractive scene, in fine condition, of a home,... Read More
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An Impartial Account of Richard Duke of York’s Treasons, and the several arts and methods made use of by him for the obtaining the Crown of England. To which is added The true picture of a popish successor, exactly drawn by the reigns of Christian the Second, and Sygismond King of Sweden, and Ferdinand the Second King of Bohemia
London: Allen Banks, 1682. [2], 21, [1] pp. 1 vols. Folio. Disbound. VG. [2], 21, [1] pp. 1 vols. Folio. ESTC R 600; Wing I64`
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[Photo Album]: Fishing in Rhode Island
Rhode Island, 1941. 21 gelatin silver glossy snapshot photographs. Sizes mostly about 3-3/4" x 6", a few slightly smaller. Uncaptioned. 1 vols. Oblong 8vo. String-tied blue embossed boards with “Photographs” in gilt. Modest soiling, a scrape on one image, a couple of images have fallen out but not pillaged, else near fine. 21 gelatin silver glossy snapshot photographs.... Read More
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A History of the Schuylkill Fishing Company of the State in Schuylkill 1888-1932 (Volume Two)
Philadelphia: Published by the Citizens of the State in Schylkill, 1932. First edition. Frontispiece. 517, [1]pp. 1 vols. 4to. Green printed wrappers. Laid into a half green morocco slipcase and chemisee. Fine. First edition. Frontispiece. 517, [1]pp. 1 vols. 4to.
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[Needlework sampler by Frances Keen]
1815. 10x7-3/4 inches. About fine. 10x7-3/4 inches. " ... Let it be your Ambition to be Wise and your Wisdom to be Good...
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Poster: Wife with lamp in left hand dragging drunken Paddy up the stairs
Cinncinnati, Ohio: The Enquirer Job Printing Co, 1900. Color lithograph. 27 x 19-1/2 inches (Image). Some minor chipping at outside edges, unaffecting fine image. Color lithograph. 27 x 19-1/2 inches (Image).
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Typographia: An Ode on Printing
Roanaoke, 1926. This is no. 273 of 515 copies given to Members of the American Institute of Graphic Arts, as a Souvenir-a keepsake, signed by Stone. Photographic Facimile from the Williamsburg Edition of 1730. 1 vols. 8vo. Quarter brown morocco and marbled boards. Spine slightly chipped at top and bottom, else fine. This is no. 273 of 515... Read More
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Drawings: One entitled in reverse: "Priapus sive Pan
3 drawings. Signed lower left in an undecipherable hand. 12 x 8 inches. Fine. 3 drawings. Signed lower left in an undecipherable hand. 12 x 8 inches.
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A Letter to the Right Honourable and Right Reverend Beilby, Lord Bishop of London, on the Abolition of Slavery
London: T. Longman, 1788. 21, [1]pp. 8vo. Later cloth. Provenance: General Theological Seminary. 21, [1]pp. 8vo. Contrary to the title, the present work is about ecclesiastical conformity and not African slavery, i.e. slavery of the mind and not of the body. ESTC T148194; Sabin 82005
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The Barb Wire Herald ... Iowa Barb Wire Co. Sole Manufacturers of Burnell's Patent Four-Pointed Barb Wire Fencing .
New York: Office & Warehouse 99 John Street, 1880. Printed on yellow paper, illustrated. 4pp. Bifolium, 19 x 14 inches. Old folds. Printed on yellow paper, illustrated. 4pp. Bifolium, 19 x 14 inches. Barbed wire was first invented in the late 1860s and became an indispensible tool for homesteaders in the settlement of the west. An early and... Read More
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Emigrant Life on an Inman Steamer. reprinted from "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Paper" April 17th and May 1st, 1880
New York: William De Lacy, Steam Printer, 1881. Folding plate, woodcut illustrations. 31, [1]pp. 8vo. Original wrappers, minor wear and spotting. Provenance: J. J. McCormick Steamship and Exchange Agent (inked stamp on title and upper wrapper). Folding plate, woodcut illustrations. 31, [1]pp. 8vo. Founded in 1850, the Inman Line was one of the three largest 19th-century British passenger... Read More
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The Dusseldorf Gallery a Series of Twenty Original Etchings By Celebrated German Artists.....
Boston: Dana & Estes, 1888. Limited, Number 191 of the Holland Issue . Copies 1-5 were proofs on parchment. Next (85) on Satin, Japon & India. Remaining (250) on Holland paper. 1 vols. Folio. Original brown cloth, minor wear at bottom of spine, else fine. Limited, Number 191 of the Holland Issue . Copies 1-5 were proofs on... Read More
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Joseph R. Lucier, The Favorite Cornetist
Boiston: Forbes Co. three quarters lithogrpohic portrait with cornet under his arm. With rips and tears to image. Good copy. three quarters lithogrpohic portrait with cornet under his arm. Lucier was a blind cornetist tipped onto the plate is a ticket admit One to Lucier's Minstrels.
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