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'Ann Bridge', pseudonym of Mary Ann Dolling Sanders O'Malley (1889-1974), also known as Cottie Sanders, English novelist and friBiblio.com

[AFRICA] BRIDGE, Horatio (author); HAWTHORNE, Nathaniel (editor)Biblio.com

Journal of an African Cruiser: Comprising Sketches of the Canaries the Cape de Verds Liberia Madeira Sierra Leone and Other Places of Interest on the West Coast of Africa Presentation Copy

185345888New York: George P. Putnam & Co 1853. Presumed Third Printing First Issue. Octavo 19.25cm; brown vertically-ribbed cloth with titles stamped in gilt on spine triple-ruled border and decorative centerpieces stamped in blind to covers; pale yellow endpapers; iiviii1793pp. Inscribed in pencil on the front flyleaf: "Hon. J. Collamer / With respects of The Author" possibly Jacob Collamer judge and U.S. Senator from Vermont. Tiny chip to upper left corner of rear endpaper handful of dog-eared pages smoothed out else very Near Fine. `. Handsome copy of this volume Hawthorne edited for his friend and patron Horatio Bridge 1806-1893 a United States Navy officer. First printed in wrappers in 1845 Journal is the narrative of Bridge's trip on the USS Saratoga "the flagship of Commodore Matthew Perry with the mission to stop and search all American ships on the west coast of Africa that might be carrying slaves. That mission was fruitless they saw none but Bridge's comments on the efforts of the American Colonization Society in Liberia and on Africa in general were vivid" Moore Margaret B. the Salem World of Nathaniel Hawthorne p.135. An interesting printing not noted by BAL - "What appear to be first-issue sheets with the Putnam title page intact gathered in the same form as the Putnam publication are also found in a typical Ticknor format A binding.When Ticknor and Fields bought the Putnam plates for Mosses and Cruiser at the Bangs Bros. Trade Sale in New York March 1854 they may have acquired some Putnam sheets that were later bound up in Ticknor style and distributed in an effort to recover some of the purchase costs" Note: CLARK A14.1.c1. Presentation copies uncommon with only two noted in Rare Book Hub PBA 2019; Goodspeed 1910. cf.BAL 7597. George P. Putnam & Co unknown

Lorne Bair Rare Books · États-Unis850,00 $US≈ 719,19 €

[Bridge, Horatio] Hawthorne, NathanielBiblio.com

Journal Of An African Cruiser; Comprising Sketches Of The Canaries The Cape De Verds Liberia Madeira Sierra Leone And Other Places Of Interest On The West Coast Of Africa. By An Officer Of The U.S. Navy. Edited By Nathaniel Hawthorne

184512458New York & London: Wiley and Putnam 1845. First Edition First State. Original wraps. Very good. First edition of Journal of an African Cruiser by Horatio Bridge in the publisher's original paper wrappers from the personal library of and signed by Maine Governor Joseph H. Williams. Small octavo viii v-vi 179pp 32pp ads. Original printed wrappers title in black on spine. No additional printings listed on copyright page. Slight lean to text block faint dampstain to leaves at end of volume not affecting text Kennebec Historical Society bookplate on half title a very good example. Price "Fifty Cents" listed on front cover tape remnant on front cover wear to spine. BAL's printing A and wrapper 1 including misnumbered page "x" with "vi" in Preface copyright information in four lines and three titles listed under "Library of American Books" on rear cover. BAL 7597 Moebs 80 In custom brown cloth clamshell with title printed on paper label. Signed by J.H. Williams on front cover. Joseph H. Williams 1814-1896 served in the State legislature of Maine as both a Senator and House Representative and he was also Governor of Maine for one year. Williams was a relative of the author of this work Horatio Bridge 1806-1893. Bridge a U.S. Navy officer served aboard the sloop-of-war USS Saratoga off the west coast of Africa from 1843-1844. The USS Saratoga was stationed there to protect American citizens and suppress the slave trade. According to correspondence Bridge's roommate at Bowdoin College Nathaniel Hawthorne allegedly inspired Bridge to keep a journal of his travels which Hawthorne helped edit and compile into the Journal of an African Cruiser. Wiley and Putnam unknown

The First Edition Rare Books, LLC · États-Unis1 250,00 $US≈ 1 057,63 €

[Brooklyn Bridge Construction] Roebling, Washington & Robert B TalforBiblio.com

Work in Progress on the Brooklyn Pier of the East River Bridge W. A. Roebling Eng'r". Albumen photograph with 3 Bridge Terminal albumen images

186924453Greenpoint NY 1869. Scarce large albumen prints of the beginning of the construction of the iconic Brooklyn Bridge the most daring engineering feat of its time. The images are held by the Museum of the City of New York but not by the Brooklyn Museum or Brooklyn Public Library. Showing construction of the bridge an object of fascination for the public although newspaper editorials scoffed at the enormous undertaking. The Talfor view is taken from the Brooklyn side looking toward Manhattan across the East River with a massive pile of rocks in the forming the base of the pier. In the foreground wooden hoists frame the foundation and temporary construction shacks surround it. In the middle ground lies the East River and tall -masted ships can be seen at anchor on the Manhattan side. Robert B. Talfor is known for the very rare 'Photographic Views of Red River Raft' of 1873. The 113 hand colored photographs measuring 9 x 7" document the landscape and the lives of the crews working on this massive project to remove the thousand year old log jam which blocked the Red River in Louisiana. The lot sold for $93750 in February 2018. During the Civil War Talfor was a topographic engineer who mapped out battlefields. The maps are listed on OCLC. After the war he founded a photography studio in Greenpoint Brooklyn. Curtain's Greenpoint Directory of 1868/9 records him in Brooklyn as follows: Talfor Robert B. photographs Washington c Greenpoint Ave h. Eagle. By the early 1870s Talfor was in Louisiana taking the striking images of the Red River Raft project. The Talfor albumen photograph: 16 x 10 1/2" laid down on board 19 x 14 1/4". Title printed below the image with "East River Bridge" in an elaborate type font. Edges of board rubbed corners slightly chipped. Photograph with a few small marks at lower edge outside image. Period note on verso "Which do you put first ditto faces glass". Possibly a window display note with 3 additional large albumen photographs of the terminal buildings under construction at each end of the Brooklyn Bridge. These massive multistory shed-like structures were also called terminal sheds; here commuters embarked and disembarked to take other mass transit. Two of the images appear to be the Manhattan terminal building at Park Row under construction because tall buildings surround the cast iron structure and tram lines are visible in the road. These two images depict the terminal at the very beginning of construction a close up of the steel outer shell with workers in the foreground and standing on the roof ridge and the finished building with city dwellers passing on the sidewalk below. One is "N.Y. Station East River Bridge." ca. 1875 according to the Museum of the City of New York website. The third albumen likely shows the Brooklyn terminal building under construction as the surrounding area is not as developed as the Manhattan side. Two men stand in the foreground of the half completed steel structure. The three terminal building photographs: 8 1/2 x 6 1/4" mounted on board 14 x 11". Board dusty one scratch at lower edge of print. Second image 16 1/2 x 13" on board 20 1/4 x 16 1/4" board extensively chipped at edges one corner repaired on verso with archival tape; damp stains top edge of image. Third image 10 3/4 x 8 1/2" borders extensively scuffed & marked. Images are mounted in archival mounts. Scarce photographs of the very beginnings of the construction of the iconic Brooklyn Bridge. unknown

Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints · États-Unis1 500,00 $US≈ 1 269,15 €