Autograph letter signed (“Stephen Whitney”), also signed (“Elisha Tibbits”) to Mssrs. Talcott & Bowers (“Gentlemen”) being an order for “cotton lately held by you for our joint account” to be signed over to Whitney as “the sole owner”
by Whitney, Stephen
New York, 1813. 1p. pen and ink on paper, docketed on verso. 9-3/4 x 7-/4 inches. Old folds, soiling minor tears to edges, 3 inch tear at folds, residue from tape repairs on verso, good. 1p. pen and ink on paper, docketed on verso. 9-3/4 x 7-/4 inches. An illustrative example of Whitney’s shrewd cotton dealing, during the... Read More
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Retained letter book of the Firm of Dimock & Whitney, including personal correspondence of H.F. Dimock
by Whitney, William C.
New York: 17 Wall Street, 1870. 295 pp (missing p. 75). Boards detached, upper board missing, some staining to top edge, not generally affecting text. 295 pp (missing p. 75). William Collins Whitney (1841-1904) was U.S. secretary of the Navy (1885-89) who played a major role in the post-Civil War rebuilding of the navy Dimock & Whitney... Read More
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Illuminated Manuscript: "At a Meeting of The Board of Directors of the National Bank of Commerce in New York held Wednesday, February third, 1904, the following Minute was adopted. The Sudden Death of our Fellow-Member William C. Whitney...”
by (Whitney, William C)
New York, 1904. Illuminated by Ames & Rollinson, N.Y., on pure Roman Vellum in purple and green and blue inks. 5 illuminated leaves (with conjugate blank leaf at front. 1 vols. 4to. Black limp morocco. Fine. Illuminated by Ames & Rollinson, N.Y., on pure Roman Vellum in purple and green and blue inks. 5 illuminated leaves (with conjugate... Read More
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Decius Junius Juvenalis Aquinatis Satir Decem et Sex [and] Auli Persii Flacci Satir Sex
by (Whittingham, Charles, printer) Juvenal & Persius
London: [Colophon:] Excudebat Carolus Whittingham, 1845. Typographic border printed in red throughout. 1 vols. 4to. Contemporary tan polished calf, gilt-rolled borders, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. Chip from foot of spine, joints tender. Typographic border printed in red throughout. 1 vols. 4to. An elegant production from Whitingham for Eton College prizewinners, the first leaf printed in small caps, reading: ... Read More
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Proofs of the Illustrations to Shakespeare's Dramatic Works, published by Charles Whittingham, Chiswick, 1826
by Whittingham, Charles, (publisher)
[London: Charles Whittingham at the Chiswick Press, 1826. 73 wood engravings on 65 leaves, engraved by John Thompson after drawings by Stothard, Corbould, Harvey, et. al. 12mo. Full straight-grained blue morocco, stamp-signed by the binder "J. Leighton Brewer St" (his address after 1820). Bookplate of Clarence C. Bemis and one other: an intriguing and highly unusual bookplate, reading "The... Read More
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The Holy Bible
by (Whittier, John G)
London: George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, nd. 3 vols. 12mo. Publisher's blue calf, rubbed, a.e.g. 3 vols. 12mo. "To Addie G. Caldwell with love & good wishes of John Greenleaf Whittier Amesbury, (Mass.) 12th March 1871." Miss Caldwell was Mr. Whittier's maid in Amesbury.
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Poems
by Whittier, John Greenleaf
Philadelphia: Joseph Healy. Boston: Weeks, Jordan & Co. New York: John S. Taylor, 1838. First Edition. vi, [7]-180pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Bound in full brown morocco, t.e.g., rest uncut, by Bennett, N.Y. Almost fine. First Edition. vi, [7]-180pp. 1 vols. 12mo. Currier p. 40; BAL 21710Photo/Amer lit
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Autograph manuscript signed, fair copy of his poem The Cause
by Whittier, John Greenleaf
Np, 1864. 1 page, 20 lines in 2 stanzas. Approx. 9 x 7 inches. Tipped to a sheet and bound with a transcription, bespoke manuscript title and portrait. 4to. Full green morocco, bound by Macdonald, some wear at joints. Provenance: John Gribbel (bookplate, his sale lot 770); Walter Chrysler (morocco booklabel). 1 page, 20 lines in 2 stanzas.... Read More
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Mabel Martin. A Harvest Idyl
by Whittier, John Greenleaf (1807-1892)
Boston: James R. Osgood, 1876. First Edition, Copyright dated 1874. With Illustrations by Thomas Moran, etc. 72 pp. Small 4to. Publisher's deluxe pebbled morocco, a.e.g. Little wear at joints, else fine. First Edition, Copyright dated 1874. With Illustrations by Thomas Moran, etc. 72 pp. Small 4to. BAL 21932
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Poems written during the Progress of the Abolition Question in the United States between the Years 1830 and 1838
by Whittier, John Greenleaf
Boston: Isaac Kanpp, 1837. First Edition. Frontispiece and text woodcuts. xvi, 103pp. 12mo. Original publisher's blue cloth. Very Good. First Edition. Frontispiece and text woodcuts. xvi, 103pp. 12mo. BAL 21705. BAL notes two states, no priority: This state is B with line 7 in "warnin" BAL also identifies two issues; this is the second issue with 4 additional... Read More
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Autograph letter signed to Lucy Larcom, on Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation
by Whittier, John Greenleaf
Amesbury, [Mass.], 1863. 4 pages. 8 x 9-7/8 inches (20.2 x 25 cm). Very short split at one fold. 4 pages. 8 x 9-7/8 inches (20.2 x 25 cm). A fine letter from John Greenleaf Whittier to fellow poet Lucy Larcom, praising President Lincoln's commitment to the Emancipation Proclamation through his recently delivered State of the Union address... Read More
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Manuscript for an article on John Greenleaf Whittier by the Grandmother of Carroll A. Wilson commencing "Upon the 17th of December
by (Whittier, John Greenleaf) [Wilson, Carroll A.]
N. P., 1940. 23 pages in ink. 1 vols. 8vo. 23 pages in ink. 1 vols. 8vo.
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The Works of ... In Seven Volumes [With:] PICKARD, S. T. The Life and Letters of
by Whittier, John Greenleaf
Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1892. The Artists' Edition. Number 697 of 750 copies. Illustrated by Howard Pyle, Frank T. Merrill, Frederic Remington and F.O.A.C. Darley et al. 9 vols. 8vo. Three quarter brown morocco, gilt lettered spine, raised bands, t.e.g. Minor uniform fading, else fine. The Artists' Edition. Number 697 of 750 copies. Illustrated by Howard Pyle, Frank... Read More
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Snow-Bound. A Winter Idyl
by Whittier, John Greenleaf Whittier
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1866. First edition, first issue. 52 pp. 8vo. Brown cloth, blindstamped and gilt. Slightest rubbing to head and foot of spine, bubble to front board, some very minor spotting to blank endpages; otherwise extremely fine and bright in custom full crushed morocco slipcase and chemise. First edition, first issue. 52 pp. 8vo. With the... Read More
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The Literary Remains of John G.C. Brainard with a Sketch of His Life
by Whittier, John Greenleaf
Hartford: Published by P.B. Goodsell, 1832. First edition. vi, 228pp. 8vo. Half blue French levant and marbled boards, t.e.g. , by Bennett. Fine. First edition. vi, 228pp. 8vo. This is Whittier"s second book. BAL 1332 (Brainard) & 21678 (Whittier) ; Currier pp. 21-22
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The Works of…including Sanuel T. Pickard's two-volume Life and Letters
by Whittier, John Greenleaf
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1894. Number 445 of 750 copies of the "Artists' Edition. Illustrated with coloured frontispiece, plates, with steel portraits and photogravures by Howard Pyle, Frank T. Merrill, Frederic Remington and F.O.A.C. Darley et al. 9 vols. 8vo (8-3/4 x c.1-3/4 widith, 17 inches total length). Bound in full Publisher's green morocco, gilt spine, t.e.g., with... Read More
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The Whittier Birthday Book
by Whittier, John Greenleaf
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company / The Riverside Press, 1881. 12mo. Bound in full crimson levant, a.e.g., by C. Walters. 12mo. Signed on page 383 by the author.
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Among the Hills, and Other Poems
by Whittier, John Greenleaf
Boston: Fields, Osgood & Co, 1869. First edition, BAL binding A without publisher's monogram on the spine. 8vo. Publisher's green cloth, blind stamped and gilt. Slightest rubbing to extremities, a few scattered spots, very near fine. First edition, BAL binding A without publisher's monogram on the spine. 8vo. Presentation copy, inscribed by Whitter on the first blank: "Wm.... Read More
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Life of John Greenleaf Whittier
by (Whittier, John Greenleaf) Linton, W.J.
London: Walter Scott Ltd, 1893. 202, vi, 16pp. 12mo. Publisher's blue cloth. Very Good. Signed John S. Mayfield on title-page. 202, vi, 16pp. 12mo. Whittier has written out a slip and it has been tipped in to the back fly-leaf: "Universal suffarge and universal education must go together. John G. Whittier. Amesbury, Mass. Nov. 5, 1891.
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Palestine Exploration: Further Revelations! Chiefly Concerning the Discovery of "Whitty's Wall" at Jerusalem (King Solomon's Rampart)
by WHITTY, John Irwine
London: Simpkin, McGee, 18 Nassau Street, 1897. Map frontis. 50, [8]pp. 8vo. Printed pinkj wrappers, stapled. Very Good. Map frontis. 50, [8]pp. 8vo.
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Letters to E.T. Leeds. Edited by J.M. Wilson
by (Whittington Press) Lawrence, T.E.
[Andoversford]: Whittington Press, 1988. Copy xvi of 80 copies. xxii, [2], 140, [1] pp. 1 vols. 4to. Full brown Nigerian gilt, marbled endsheets. Slipcased with cloth portfolio of additional proofs of line illustrations. As new. Copy xvi of 80 copies. xxii, [2], 140, [1] pp. 1 vols. 4to. O’Brien A263
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Sarchendon, A Legend of the Great Queen
by Whyte-Melville, G. J.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1871. First Edition, half titles. 3 vols. 8vo. Half brown morocco and boards, gilt spine, t.e.g. Bookplate of Abel Berland. Fine. First Edition, half titles. 3 vols. 8vo. Not in Wolff; Biscotti, Six Centuries of Foxhunting, p. 409
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The Arab's Ride in Cairo. A Legend of the Desert. Illustrated and illuminated by Mrs. Wolfe Murray
by Whyte-Melville, G.J.
Edinburgh: Seton & Mackenzie; London: Houlston & Stoneman, 1855. Printed by Schenk & McFarlane, Edinburgh. Dedicated to the Duchess of Gloucester. Chromolithographic title page and 13 other numbered plates with black and white lithographic vignette and chromolithographed text and borders, printed on stiff cards, by Schenck & McFarlane, after illustrations by Mrs. Wolfe Murray. 1 vols. Small 4to. Bound... Read More
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Seven Days in Attica in the Summer of 1852
by Wickenden, Joseph Frederic
London: Thomas Harrison [lithographed by Netherclift & Durlacher], 1853. First edition. 2 maps and 23 lithographed views (11 being linen-backed folding panoramas). xi, [1], 35, [1]pp. Small 4to. The text in publisher's lithographed wrappers, the text and plates housed within pubisher's cloth chemise and slipcase with the lithographed wrappers repeated in orange on the sides of the slipcase, repair... Read More
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Illustrations of the Spires and Towers of the Medieval Churches...Vol. 1 Spires. Vol. 2 Towers
by Wickes, Richard
Lon: John Weale and Ackermann, 1853. 52 plates as called for . Complete. 2 vols. Elephant Folio. Covers off, internally fine. 52 plates as called for . Complete. 2 vols. Elephant Folio.
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