NEW YORK AND BROOKLYN BRIDGELivre Rare Book
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LCS-14623New York, Joseph Koehler, 1903. 645 x 975 mm.
5966Two handsome albums with 21 finely-drawn technical illustrations employing black ink and wash water colors. Almost all of the illustrations are signed "Karl Hübler" and dated by him from 1890-93. Some are also signed by "Engessen" and "Sayer" who were perhaps the design engineers. Laid-in are ten further fine folding original pen-&-ink drawings with wash water coloring concerning different water and bridge engineering projects in Bavaria as well as a printed contract for engineering projects for the state from about 1900. unknown books
1755000341Various: Various 1755. Bound volume containing six sermons dated from 1755 to 1788: I. Lyman Joseph. A Sermon Preached Before His Excellency James Bowdoin Esq. Governour; His Honour Thomas Cushing Esq. Lieutenant-Governour.of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts May 30 1787 Being the Day of General Election. Boston: Adams and Nourse 1787 61 pages front cover used as pastedown for the volume with some old insect damage to pastedown and margins of first two leaves. II. Cumings Henry. A Sermon Preached in Billerica on the 23rd of November 1775 Being the Day appointed by Civil Authority for a Public Thanksgiving Throughout the Province of Massachusetts-Bay. Worcester Massachusetts-Bay: I. Thomas 1775. 29 pages. Final two leaves dampstained but very readable next-to-last leaf has margin chip. III. Morrill Isaac. The Soldier exhorted to Courage in the Service of his King and Country from a Sense of God and Religion: in a Sermon Preach'd at Wilmington April 3 1755 to Capt. Philehas Osgood and his Company of Soldiers Before their going out into Publick Service. Boston New-England: J. Draper 1755. 23 pages. Large margin chip at bottom of one leaf not affecting text. IV. Bridge Ebenezer. A Sermon Preached before his Excellency Francis Bernard Esq. Governor.of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England May 27th 1767. Being the Anniversary for the Election of His Majesty's Council for the Province. Boston: Green and Russell 1767. 60 pages last three leaves have internal tears with the last two having some paper loss and affecting a small part of the text. V. Cumings Henry. A Thanksgiving Sermon Preached at Billerica November 27 1766. Boston N.E.: Kneeland and Adams for Thomas Leverett 1766. 32 pages. VI. Parsons David. A Sermon Preached Before His Excellency John Hancock Esq.of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts May 28 1788 being the day of General Election. Boston: Adams and Nourse 1788.46 pages. The group is bound into a full blind-tooled calf binding measuring 21.75 cm x 13 cm. Other than the noted issues with the individual sermons cited above the pages are mainly clean and free from significant chips or tears with age-tanning and intermittent foxing throughout. The binding is lightly shelfworn with some minor separation at the spine ends joints good with covers firmly attached. A good collection of mainly scarce sermons. Full Leather. Good/None. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Various Hardcover
L3 boxtemp355 nb<p>Bridge Magazine Volume LXIV Numbers 462-473 Complete 12 Issues of 1974 January-December Combined Binding in One Book. Incorporating The British Bridge World Edited by Eric C. Milnes. Printed and published in Great Britain by John Waddington Ltd. Professional custom hardcover bound complete 12 issues total 768 pages.</p> John Waddington Ltd. hardcover
1883207828New York: The Trustees of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge 1883. Few incidental marks; an excellent pair. Invitation engraved on cream-colored card 9 x 6-1/2 in.; ticket is 6-1/2 x 2-3/4 in. Original invitation issued to Edwin C. Gibson with his name added in ink by a calligrapher. The invitation card includes a fine image of the span then known as the "New York and Brooklyn Bridge" flanked by two crests representing the two cities. The ticket has a small embossed emblem with the initials "NY & BB" within a leaf. Both items were engraved by Tiffany & Co. with their mark at the lower edge of each. The Trustees of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge unknown
33025This important case arose from the competition between Pennsylvania and Virginia for domination of the developing trade with western markets. The State of Virginia authorized construction of a bridge from Wheeling across the Ohio River. The State of Pennsylvania claimed that such a bridge would impede free passage of steamboats to Pittsburgh a major terminus of such trade. Pennsylvania sought to enjoin construction on the ground that the bridge was "a nuisance and an obstruction to interstate commerce on a navigable river" II Warren The Supreme Court in United States History 234. For years Pennsylvania had engaged in an ambitious program of canal railroad and turnpike improvements; the bridge it was claimed would diminish the value of these State-sponsored modes of transportation.<br/> The Supreme Court commissioned R. Hyde Walworth to determine whether the suspension bridge "is or is not an obstruction to the free navigation of the Ohio river at the place where such bridge is erected across the same by vessels propelled by steam or sails engaged or which may be engaged in the commerce or navigation of said river; and if it is such an obstruction what change or alteration if any can be made consistent with the continuance of the bridge across the said river that will remove the obstruction to the free navigation by such vessels." Congress also weighed in on the issue scheduling hearings at which the competing positions were aired passionately and in detail. <br/> "Few cases have ever excited greater interest or seemed to affect more extensively the internal commerce of the country than this celebrated controversy." Id. at 235. The Supreme Court held that Virginia's enabling Act unconstitutionally conflicted with Congress's power to regulate navigation and enjoined the construction as a nuisance. Dissenting Chief Justice Taney argued that Congress's failure to exercise its regulatory power left Virginia free to authorize construction of the bridge which in any event Pennsylvania had failed to prove was a public nuisance. <br/> <br/> The pamphlets are:<br/> <br/> a. Ellet Charles Jr.: THE WHEELING BRIDGE SUIT: A NOTICE OF ITS HISTORY AND OBJECTS ADDRESSED TO THE LEGISLATURE OF PENNSYLVANIA. Philadelphia: John C. Clark. 1852. 20pp. Disbound a bit roughly old rubberstamp on title page. With as issued large folding 'Map of the Western Railroads Tributary to Philadelphia With Their Rival Lines. Prepared Under the Direction of Charles Ellet Jr. Civil Engineer by W. Williams Map Engraver.' State boundary outlines in color showing rail lines east from Wisconsin and Illinois to the East Coast as far south as Virginia expert archival repairs at folds on blank verso bit of chipping to outer blank margin very small loss detached from text block. Good.<br/>Modelski 80. OCLC 25783946 9 as of July 2016.<br/><br/> b. REPLY TO A PAMPHLET ENTITLED "WHEELING BRIDGE SUIT: A NOTICE OF ITS HISTORY AND OBJECTS ADDRESSED TO THE LEGISLATURE OF PENNSYLVANIA." CONTAINING FACTS REPORTED BY CHANCELLOR WALWORTH TO THE SUPREME COURT. REASONS WHY THE SUIT NOW PENDING SHOULD NOT BE DISCONTINUED. <br/>np: 1852. 12pp stitched as issued. Light wear Very Good.<br/>Cohen 12043. OCLC locates four copies under two accession numbers as of July 2016.<br/><br/> c. Thompson George W.: THE WHEELING BRIDGE; AN ARGUMENT FOR ITS NATIONALITY AND PRESERVATION BY HON. GEO. W. THOMPSON OF VIRGINIA. Washington: Towers. 1852. 16pp. Disbound scattered foxing Good.<br/>OCLC 21314680 4 as of July 2016.<br/><br/> d. Ellet Charles Jr.: REMARKS TOUCHING THE WHEELING BRIDGE SUIT ADDRESSED TO THE HON G.W. THOMPSON. BY CHARLES ELLET JR. CIVIL ENGINEER. Philadelphia: John C. Clark. 1852. 24pp. Disbound. Light margin spotting Good.<br/>OCLC 21310267 11 as of July 2016. Cohen 12039.<br/><br/> e. WHEELING BRIDGE CASE. ABSTRACT OF THE EVIDENCE. Wheeling: Swearingen & Taylor Prs. 21 Water Street. 1852. 8pp. Caption title as issued Disbound else Very Good.<br/>Not located on OCLC as of July 2016. Norona 1101 2- NN Perry. <br/><br/> f. MEMORIAL OF THE WHEELING BRIDGE COMPANY TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES. WITH A RAIL ROAD MAP. THE WHEELING BRIDGE SUIT IS A PART OF A RAIL ROAD CONTROVERSY. Philadelphia: John C. Clark. 1852. 21pp. Disbound light margin spotting. With large folding map detached from text block couple of short clean fold splits entitled 'Map of the Western Rail Roads Tributary to Philadelphia.' Good.<br/>Modelski 80. OCLC records ten locations as of July 2016 under several accession numbers. Cohen 12053.<br/><br/> g. Ellet Charles Jr.: THE WHEELING BRIDGE. np: 1852. 6 2 blanks pp. Caption title as issued. Disbound roughly loose. Otherwise Good.<br/>OCLC 21310284 8 as of July 2016. Cohen 12040. <br/><br/> h. Wilkins William: STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA VS. THE WHEELING AND BELMONT BRIDGE COMPANY. ARGUMENT OF HON. WILLIAM WILKINS IN BEHALF OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURG. READ BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON POST-OFFICES AND POST-ROADS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES APRIL 21 1852. Philadelphia: Lippincott Grambo and Co. Printers. 1852. 15 1 blank pp. Disbound Good. <br/>OCLC 191317317 1- AAS as of July 2016.<br/><br/> i. WHEELING BRIDGE. MR. OLDS FROM THE COMMITTEE ON THE POST OFFICE AND POST ROADS MADE THE FOLLOWING REPORT.Washington: 1852. 16pp disbound probably incomplete other sources record 34 pages.<br/><br/> j. WHEELING BRIDGE. MINORITY REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON POST-OFFICES AND POST-ROADS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE U.S. ON THE MEMORIAL OF THE WHEELING AND BELMONT BRIDGE COMPANY. Philadelphia: Lippincott Grambo and Co. Printers. 31 1 blank pp. Disbound scattered foxing Good.<br/>OCLC 21314636 2- U TX WI Hist. Soc. as of July 2016.<br/> <br/> k. Harding George: ARGUMENT FOR THE COMPLAINANT IN THE CASE OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA VS. THE WHEELING AND BELMONT BRIDGE COMPANY IN SUPPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER'S REPORT UPON THE NECESSITY AND UTILITY OF THE STEAM PACKET CHIMNEYS NOW USED ON THE OHIO RIVER. IN REPLY TO MR. RUSSELL. Washington: 1851. Original printed wrappers stitched 16pp. Light wear and mild spotting Very Good.<br/>Cohen 12041. OCLC records only a few copies some of which are Kirtas Technologies reprints.<br/><br/> l. Taney Roger B.: THE OPINION OF CHIEF JUSTICE TANEY IN THE WHEELING BRIDGE CASE. Richmond: Ritchie & Dunnavant. 1852. 14 2 blanks pp. Disbound else Very Good. Ownership signature 'Hon. Samuel W. Parker.'<br/>Cohen 12049. Not in Haynes. unknown books
186532820652<p>Albumen print 8 ⅛ x 10 ⅜ in. unmounted. Some creasing minor toning and a very short closed tear at top. Framed.</p><p>This rare photograph shows two parallel pontoon bridges stretching across the James River at Richmond Virginia near war's end. The Army Corps of Engineers constructed these bridges after retreating Confederate forces burned the bridges in 1865. The Dunlop Mills are seen on the other side of the river.</p><p>We have located only the example at the National Archives which provides the identification for this view.</p>
18942210077<i>Consisting of 50 pressed card pieces of 52 lacking two small tie pieces and a few finials now broken away together with a small strip of pegs and a printed line drawing of the bridge and brief yet adequate instructions ; contained in the original box 25 x 35 x 1.5 cm the lid with a large decorative title label of the completed bridge with various boats milling around the 'Port of London'.</i><br /><br /><br />An unusual and perhaps unique example of an embossed card construction toy marketed to coincide with the opening of the then new Tower Bridge.<br /><br />The new bridge was considered something of an eighth wonder the engineering combining a bascule operated drawbridge together with a suspension bridge all disguised under an elaborate gothic exterior that was supposed to blend in with but actually dwarfs the Tower of London. Not the easiest design to translate into a construction kit but the anonymous makers evidently used the plans and elevations of the design as shown in contemporary engineering journals. Some modifications have had to be made in order to produce a toy that balanced the decorative gothic features and engineering accuracy into practical design. <br /><br />The expectation would be that once the model was built it would after a decent time be thrown away however the owner of this example has carefully disassemble the bridge and preserved it with the original box. When constructed the toy bridge measures 127 cm or 4 feet long and 29 cm or just under a foot in height. <br /><br />We have not met with any other example.<br />
1831177610London: J. Catnach printer 1831. Pomp and ceremony at the new London Bridge First edition of this rare broadside celebrating the opening of the new London Bridge and the Royal flotilla that passed underneath. The illustration captures the scene: there are waving crowds and flags flying a hot-air balloon is in the air and there are many barges including at the centre the barge with the royal couple. The text gives an account of the arrangements followed by two songs: "the landing of royal William and Adelaide at London Bridge" and "New London Bridge and King William for ever". The bridge constructed from 1824 to 1831 replaced the medieval structure. It was famously sold in 1968 and rebuilt in Lake Havasu Arizona. We trace three copies in institutions: National Library of Scotland the V&A Museum and the Science Museum in London. Illustrated broadside 495 x 372 mm text in 4 columns within woodcut fern border. Mounted on Japanese tissue slight wear at extremities and a few creases and tiny chips with minor loss a little toned and spotted. In good condition. unknown
1921mon0000057810Novello and Co Ltd 1921-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book usual markings. Hardback rebound by library. Clean copy sound binding. Novello and Co Ltd hardcover
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Pages 185-220 plus 4 pages of ads. Features: Sensational page of six photos, with text, illustrating Dubai, the primary port and one of the most progressive towns in Trucial Oman - includes the Customs Building, the new bridge, Shaikh Rashid Bin Said, a general view of the town, the Al-Gaz Hotel, the old palace, and more; Cover photo of the Queen Mother upon her 63rd birthday; Article on the Moscow Test-Ban Treaty with photo of DeGaulle; Photo of the Vickers Hovertruck in action; Photo of the Corporal missile on parade at Larkhill; Photo of Mr. David Tapp driving his tractor, The Seahorse, across the English Channel; Photo of champion racing driver Graham Hill aboard replica of a Ford Quadricycle, marking the centenary of Henry Ford who is shown separately driving a Quadricycle in 1904; Photo of spectators swarming onto the pitch at Headingley after West Indies triumph in fourth test match; Illustration of the eminent conductor, Mr. Basil Cameron; Page of fascinating text and photos explain war in Yemen between the Royalist and Republican forces; Photo of engine of wrecked WWII British bomber found in Dutch field; Photo of examination of first wreckage recovered from the U.A.R. Comet which crashed in the Indian Ocean on July 28, killing 62 persons including 26 Boy Scouts from the Philippines; Photos of Japanese Emperor Hirohito examining marine life on Hayama Beach, Japan; Dramatic photos of rescue efforts at Skopje, Yugoslavia after earthquake; Photo of Peru's president-elect, Signor Fernando Belaunde Terry; Amazing photo of huge Australian wedge-tailed Eagle named 'Widgie' landing on the arm of young John Ryder who rescued the bird when it fell from its nest in its youth; Photo of the Bishop of Caltagirone blessing and Italian cradle bound for the unborn child of President Kennedy; Photo of disarmament conference at Geneva; Photo of Orville Freeman presenting Indian peace pipe to Khrushchev on July 30; Book review of "Dieppe - The Shame And The Glory", by Terrence Robertson; Page of news and illustrations from 100 years ago includes New York riots, reoccupation of Jackson, Mississippi, by the Confederates, and balloon reconnaissance at Aldershott; One page photo of London Heliolaters (swimmers) at the Oasis Pool, Holborn, during the fifth day of the current heatwave; Delacroix Centennial exhibition in the Louvre; Illustrated article on the highways and houses of Salsisbury before redevelopment; Major coverage of biblical Shechem in Jordan - its history and current excavations; Photo of Chesterfield Cup horserace at Goodwood on July 31; Aerial photo of Eastbourne showing the Devonshire Park lawn tennis courts; Photos of personalities of the week include Dr. Carl Borgward, Lady Hudson, Sir Horace Clark, Sir Robert Chapman, Miss Claudia Mcpherson of Canada (the youngest Channel swimmer), Miss Jane Allday, six railwaymen who have become mayors in South Wales, Harold Philby (granted asylum in Russia), Jazzman Don Aloysius Gordon (freed on appeal of assault charge), John Grigg, Lord Stansgate with his wife (now Mr. Wedgwood Benn and a commoner), and Mr. St. Clair; Four photos and text of 100 foot first century Roman ship discovered in the Blackfriars mud; Two pages of amazing photos and text describe dystopian life inside a communist Chinese agricultural commune - an exclusive glimpse of life behind the bamboo curtain; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound copy of this wonderful issue. Magazine
Iconic cover photo of Albert Einstein at blackboard proving the principle of Equivalence. 56 pages. Features: Exploring Prehistoric Georgia; Radio Facsimile (early fax machine development) - article with great photos; Building the World's Deepest-Water Bridge - connecting San Francisco and Oakland; Preserving rose bushes with paraffin for shipping; Nova Herculis recently discovered; Amazing growth in the packaging industry; Sundials and their construction - part IX - the principle and construction of the armillary sphere; The Oddest Thing About the Jews - Why Jews have some diseases more and others less than Gentiles - they often are first-class insurance risks; Stout "Scarab" auto photos and write-up; Photo of Einstein with Leo J. Scanlon; Tiny race cars - a developing sport; Astounding facts about American homes and sanitary conditions; Creative photo enlargement; Rapidly growing hybrid poplars; Frederick H. Ecker on progress in this age of science; Photo of harvesting American-grown rubber in California - Guayule; and more. Above-average external wear and soiling. Openings at each end of coverfold. Chip from lower corner of back cover. An uncommon Einstein collectible. Please note that large faint text appearing on image is not on magazine. Magazine
192756438Pittsburgh PA New York NY & Toledo OH: The Foundation Company 115 Broadway 1927-1930. Oblong 4to. With 136 linen-backed silver gelatin photographs w/ smaller images mounted 3 to a leaf all w/ linen hinges at gutter margin; including 107 sized 3 x 5.75 in. many w/ text w/in the negative several w/ manuscript descriptions in ink on versos 6 sized 4.75 x 6.75 in. w/ photographer’s stamp for Simmons-Boardman Publishing Co. on verso 23 sized 8 x 10 in. nearly all w/ detailed ink manuscript notes w/in lower parts of negatives many w/ dates in the negative in lower fore-edge and negative numbers manuscript pencil notes of the Northland Studios on verso. All bound w/ sliding metal Acco-fastener at gutter margin manuscript title on front cover of thick paper preserved in the original file folder toning edgewear tears & creases still VG exemplar w/ mimeograph instructions mounted inside front flap detailing that these were to be returned to the Chief Clerk of the Roadway Dept. This amazing photo archive chronicles the bridge removal and construction coffer dam building foundation work and construction project on the Lower Maumee River Bridge for the Toledo Terminal Railroad by The Foundation Company of Pittsburgh & New York. The Toledo Terminal Railroad was completed in 1903 and at one time owned by most of the major railroads that passed through Toledo forming a loop around the city providing an essential link to all of the industrial factories around the city. The Lower Maumee River Bridge was originally erected in 1902-1903 as a single track truss bridge but by the Roaring 20s needed a major upgrade to double-track. These images show in reverse order the construction of additional piers building of coffer dams massive cranes installed to remove the old trusses and install new trusses as well as build the swing span. Along with photos of the control systems the entire intricate process of removing the original single span and installing the double-track trusses is depicted as well as the new swing span in operation. The Foundation Co. was founded in 1900 by Remington Jarrett and Moran and grew rapidly in the opening decades of the 20th century often securing numerous large projects including the building of several dams on the Ohio River to offset flooding railroad bridges and more. It should be noted that the MichiganRailroad project Bridge Hunter and several other references list this still existing and operational railroad bridge as having been constructed in 1902-1903 as double-track but these images clearly show the massive three-year project replacing the original from 1927-1930. See: Toledo Terminal Installs Simplified Interlocking System for Swing Bridge Railway Signaling Vol. 23 No. 12 Dec. 1930 pp. 437-439; R.L. Dalton The Foundation Company In: The Foundation Shipbuilder: The Standard of Stability Vol. 1 No. 3 1918 pp. 1-3; Foundation Company Editorial Chat In: Rock Products Vol. VII No. 2 1907 p. 24; Marvin Kusmierz Industrial Works 1873-1983 aka: Industrial Brownhoist In: Bay-Journal 2007. The Foundation Company, 115 Broadway, unknown
1996cj2p3c46xbvkMünchen, Prestel-Verlag, 1996. 127 pages, on thicker medium-glossy paper; with colour-illustrated text until page 25 and 94 colour-drawings, mainly 1 per page; 2 pages 'James Rizzi - a New York Biography'(text in German), 2 p. List-of-Paintings with titles, dates, painting technique (mainly ''Acryl auf Leinwand'' [=Acryl on Canvas]) and original sizes. - Colour-illustrated publisher's cardboard softcover-binding; large-4to.(ca. ca. 32,5 x 24,5 cm; ca. 1,3 kg.).
19932080302106809722Not Available 1993. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 3 Not Available paperback
1883207829New York: The Trustees of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge 1883. An excellent unblemished copy with remnants of its original mailing envelope. Invitation engraved on cream-colored card 9 x 6-1/2 in. Invitation issued to Mr. E.C. Mollman of the Metropolitan National Bank with his name added by hand in ink; the envelope is addressed to him. The invitation card includes a fine image of the span then known as the "New York and Brooklyn Bridge" flanked by two crests representing the two cities; engraved by Tiffany & Co. with their mark at the lower edge. Also present is a 1983 U.S. postage stamp from 1983 commemorating the bridge's centennial. The Trustees of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge unknown
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. <br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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. <br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> By the early 1870s Talfor was in Louisiana taking the striking images of the Red River Raft project. <br /> <br /> 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<br /> <br /> 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. <br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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.<br /> <br /> 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. <br /> <br /> Scarce photographs of the very beginnings of the construction of the iconic Brooklyn Bridge. unknown
283604London: Universal Bridge of Trade Ltd. First Edition. Softcover. Poor copy in the original stiff-card wrappers; wear and tear as with age. Text remains in fine condition and without blemish. Physical description; unnumbered pages. Notes; No clear date given.Subjects; Leading Business Men. Biographies. London: Universal Bridge of Trade Ltd. paperback
2024__0414124839Sweet & Maxwell 2024. Hardcover. New. 0.00x0.00x0.00 inches. Sweet & Maxwell hardcover
1679212225n.p. London: s.n. 1679. 4pp. 1 vols. Folio 32 cm. Unbound partly separated at fold. 4pp. 1 vols. Folio 32 cm. The context here is the late-breaking news of the crushing defeat of he Scottish Covenanters at the Battle of Borthwell Bridge on June 22 1679 by government troops under the Duke of Monmouth only 5 days prior the the publication of these relaed events. Several hundred Covenanters were killed 1200 were taken prisoner and marched off to Edinburgh but several -- like William Kelso -- fled to Ireland. His capture and examination is recounted here; a report several boats of rebels sailing to Ireland; and a call for their apprehension by Ormond Viceroy of Ireland on June 30<br /> <br /> After the battle the surviving Covenanters were ruthlessly pursued and killed and many banished to America. Wing N972 s.n. unknown
1883207831New York: The Trustees of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge 1883. Slight split at bottom of fold; evenly toned with a bit of marking to the front panel. Bifolium 5-5/8 x 8-1/8 in. printed on all sides. Original program of ceremonies for the grand opening of the bridge including the order of events and instructions for entry and with the lists of trustees and officer on the rear panel. With the Eagle Print mark on front. The ceremony included addresses by the mayors of Brooklyn and New York and others as well as fireworks. Among the dignitaries in attendance were the president Chester A. Arthur and the governor of New York Grover Cleveland. [The Trustees of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge] unknown
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
1679212225n.p. London: s.n. 1679. 4pp. 1 vols. Folio 32 cm. Unbound partly separated at fold. 4pp. 1 vols. Folio 32 cm. The Defeat and Pursuit of the Scottish Covenanters. The context here is the late-breaking news of the crushing defeat of he Scottish Covenanters at the Battle of Borthwell Bridge on June 22 1679 by government troops under the Duke of Monmouth only 5 days prior the the publication of these relaed events. Several hundred Covenanters were killed 1200 were taken prisoner and marched off to Edinburgh but several -- like William Kelso -- fled to Ireland. His capture and examination is recounted here; a report several boats of rebels sailing to Ireland; and a call for their apprehension by Ormond Viceroy of Ireland on June 30<br/><br/>After the battle the surviving Covenanters were ruthlessly pursued and killed and many banished to America. Wing N972 s.n. unknown books
