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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
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
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
185345888New York: George P. Putnam & Co 1853. First Edition. 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 books
1845319256New York & London: Wiley and Putnam 1845. 8vo 19 x 12.3 cm. i-viii v-vi 179 pages. Complete with half-title and 16-page advertisements at end. Early 20th-century brown half morocco marbled boards by the Club Bindery original printed wrappers bound in. Provenance: Edwin B. Holden bookplate; his sale American Art Association 28 April 1920 lot 774 part. Holden formed a very sizable book collection and was an early member and president of the Grolier Club; his bookplate was created by Edwin Davis French 1851-1906 one of the most respected bookplate engravers of his era. Some light rubbing to joints; very pale marginal dampstain in lower gutter but overall a very handsome copy. 8vo 19 x 12.3 cm. i-viii v-vi 179 pages. Complete with half-title and 16-page advertisements at end. Early 20th-century brown half morocco marbled boards by the Club Bindery original printed wrappers bound in. Provenance: Edwin B. Holden bookplate; his sale American Art Association 28 April 1920 lot 774 part. Holden formed a very sizable book collection and was an early member and president of the Grolier Club; his bookplate was created by Edwin Davis French 1851-1906 one of the most respected bookplate engravers of his era. FIRST EDITION BAL's Printing A the title with 4-line copyright and a cancel wrapper 1 three works listed under Wiley and Putnam's Library of American Books- including Poe's Tales. Bridge and Hawthorne were classmates at Bowdoin and became lifelong friends with Bridge at times offering needed encouragement and financial aid. Bridge helped finance the publication of Hawthorne's Twice-Told Tales 1837 and gave the proceeds of this popular work his first to Hawthorne. Bridge published his Personal Recollections of Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1893. BAL 7597; Clark A14.1.a1. Wiley and Putnam unknown books
1897243600New York: 11 West 36th Street 1897. First edition. 62 pp. Printed by the Brooklyn Eagle Printing Department. 1 vols. 12mo. Olive original cloth stained and warped corner of front flyleaf excised. First edition. 62 pp. Printed by the Brooklyn Eagle Printing Department. 1 vols. 12mo. An early bridge rule book the first appeared in London 1886.<br/><br/>OCLC locates three copies. 11 West 36th Street unknown books
1845306297New York: Wiley & Putnam 1845. First edition BAL printing B with 3-line copyright Clark's presumed second printing. iii-vi v-viii 179 pp. lacking first blank and half-title. 1 vols. 8vo. Three quarter morocco richly gilt spines raised bands t.e.g by Stikeman. Foxing and staining to text throughout. Bookplate of Agnes Neustadt. First edition BAL printing B with 3-line copyright Clark's presumed second printing. iii-vi v-viii 179 pp. lacking first blank and half-title. 1 vols. 8vo. Bridge and Hawthorne were classmates at Bowdoin and became lifelong friends with Bridge at times offering needed encouragement and financial aid. Bridge helped finance the publication of Hawthorne's Twice-Told Tales 1837 and gave the proceeds of this popular work his first to Hawthorne. Bridge published his Personal Recollections of Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1893. BAL 7597; Clark A14.1.b1 Wiley & Putnam unknown books
1925LIST0213New York 1925. Very Good. A large-scale rendering of the plans for the Greenpoint Avenue bridge over Newtown Creek. The bridge connected Greenpoint to the Blissville neighborhood in Queens. The bridge is the sixth in this location. unknown books
56756Wilder writes his regrets at not being to se her: "I went into acting as a lark and found that it was an ex- hausting slave-driven crazy profession. Between performances rehearsals conferences interviews. I was at my wits end and didn't even get to the telephone . unknown books
1845157495New York Wiley and Putnam 1845. First edition second issue. Small thin 8vo. Half title. 179 pages. Contemporary 1/2 brown leather over rubbed green cloth with original printed front wrapper from the issue in wrappers tipped-in; chip at top of spine. Very good. This was edited by Hawthorne for his old college chum who had underwritten the cost of Hawthorne's first book1837. With the bookplate of William Temple Emmet's with his pencil signature on the front free endpaper and ink signature on the wrapper leaf. BAL 7597. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. New York, Wiley and Putnam, hardcover books
186933020Galveston 1869. Single sheet folded to 7-5/8" x 12-1/4" with the transfer agreement and signatures of twenty-six transferors on page 1 transferring their stock to John Sealy. Page 2 is the manuscript document signed by Sealy transferring those shares to Thomas W. Peirce. Pages 3-4 are blank. On lined paper. Each Receipt is oblong 3-3/4" x 7-1/2" printed and completed in manuscript each including a 2 cent Revenue Stamp with picture of George Washington. Very Good.<br/><br/> The Brazos Iron Bridge Company was organized in 1867. Its mission was to construct a railway bridge across the Brazos River. The bridge completed in July 1869 was purchased by the Buffalo Bayou Brazos and Colorado Railway later known as the Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway Company. When the dust settled on the various transactions among the shareholders John Sealy owned a one-eighth interest in the Railway Company. Sealy's biography appears in the Handbook of Texas. unknown books
1886107035New York: Henry Holt and Company 1886. Octavo pp. i-v vi-vii viii 1 2-177 178-180: blank note: last leaf is a blank flyleaves at front and rear original decorated gray cloth front panel stamped in brown and black spine panel stamped in black and gold floral pattered endpapers. First edition. "Light satirical romance of the adventures of one Captain Grizzle. Able to propel his spirit about at will he visits the planet Jupiter one hundred years in the future which he finds to be an enlarged version of Earth; an exact counterpart in fact with Britain America etc. featured but with somewhat advanced technology including airships." - Locke A Spectrum of Fantasy p. 42. Bleiler Science-Fiction: The Early Years 289. Locke Voyages in Space 44. Bleiler 1978 p. 33 citing the first British edition of the same year from Sampson Low. Reginald 02085 also citing the Sampson Low edition. Wright III 667. Touch of rubbing to spine ends some light scattered foxing to preliminaries and fore-edge of text block a near fine copy. A very uncommon American eccentric interplanetary novel. #107035 Henry Holt and Company unknown books
176734249Boston: Green and Russell 1767. 60pp but lacking the half title. Stitched and untrimmed. Title and last several leaves heavily foxed. Else Good. <br/><br/> A fine Sermon delivered soon after the repeal of the Stamp Act and just before enactment of the equally execrated Townshend Acts. Bridge warns that rulers have the duty to promulgate "only such laws as.are fit for the government of rational intelligent moral agents all equal and upon a par antecedent to any political combinations among men;" and not to abuse their God-given trust "by serving the purposes of ambition usurpation and tyranny.But I must not enlarge." <br/> Whatever the form of government all men "have a natural right" to enjoy freedom: "every man protected in his just rights sitting under his own vine and under his own fig tree.and none to make him afraid." Careful to be conciliatory he praises English rule even Parliament "which tho' liable to mistakes has yet been attentive to the good of the nation and kingdom and her colonies and dependencies." He praises God that the "late transactions" did not proceed "to that extremity which many feared and which would have terminated in.the ruin of the colonies." <br/>FIRST EDITION. Evans 10569. Vail N.E. Election Sermons 20. Lapham Newberry Library 73. Green and Russell unknown books
1845Embry 166971Wiley & Putnam New York: 1845. First edition. Light to moderate foxing spine and edges lightly sunned overall very good to near fine in custom mylar cover. Green textured cloth titled in gilt and decoratively stamped in blind. Blanck's printing B with three lines of type on the copyright page and with imprints of stereotyper and printer not present. Blanck 7597. Wiley & Putnam, New York: 1845. First edition. hardcover books
1767100637Pamphlet 8vo with half title 60 pp. Unbound untrimmed stitched as issued some aging and staining some chips small tears and folds at the corners and edges last leaf with tears and wrinkles partially separated and with the loss of a few words of text. This pamphlet warns the crown about abuse of power and sets the stage for the issues that would frame the American Revolution. Bridge a minister of Chelmsford would denounce the Stamp Act riots in Boston but warned the governor of the dangers of measures that threatened the rights of the people which he felt would also damage the relationship with the Mother Country. Evans 10569. Green and Russell, books
1761100715Pamphlet 8vo half title 32 pp. Removed dbd normal aging and toning; otherwise very good. Bridge 1721-1775 was the pastor of the church in Framingham. This is a scarce tract and Shipton & Mooney list this title only to him. Stone 1737-1822 also seems to be from Framingham but may have spent some time in Salem. Shipton & Mooney 8806 Thomas and John Fleet unknown books
19215983287New York: The Authors Club 1921. 13 ½ x 9 inches. Limited edition of 251 copies decorative head and tail pieces titled in red-and-black inks preface by the editors; bound in full gilt decorated blindstamped brown morocco gilt dentelles top edge gilt edgewear and rubbing at covers and spine. 129 literary pieces with 126 signed by the authors as issued. 3 pieces were not signed due to illness. Authors include Henry Augustin Beers Richard Edwin Day William Henry Pickering Albert Shaw and others. Scarce anthology handsomely presented with tipped-in errata slip. Near Fine <br /><br /> The Authors Club hardcover books
185834656Albany: Weed Parsons & Company Printers 1858. 48pp. Disbound bit of blank edge chipping Good. <br/><br/> This pamphlet prints Hill's argument in a significant constitutional case. One Coleman sought to enjoin the Hudson River Bridge Company from building a bridge over the Hudson at Albany; a New York statute permitted the construction. The issue was whether a State could authorize the erection of a bridge over navigable rivers of the United States. Defending the statute Hill says the real party in interest is the City of Troy which it fears would be competitively disadvantaged by the bridge. "And now comes Troy-- a city distinguished chiefly for the favors she has received and is constantly asking at the hands of the State-- and pointing to her local interests which have prospered under state patronage asks you to interdict an exercise of sovereign power prompted by state necessity." <br/> Hill argues that New York's authority is not hindered by Congress's constitutional power to regulate commerce and navigable waters. The Circuit Court which included Justice Miller of the U.S. Supreme Court agreed and dismissed the complaint. On appeal the Supreme Court divided 3-3 see 69 U.S. 403 1864; the tie vote rendered the Circuit Court's decision a final judgment. <br/>FIRST EDITION. II Harv. Law Cat. 1189. Sabin 31850n. OCLC 7627679 12. Cohen Supp. 12096.53. Weed, Parsons & Company, Printers unknown books
56755on toned paper. In full: "Dear Mr. Graham Please wait until April or More. I have over a dozen here lying week after week. I have no string or paper or time. Yours Thornton Wilder" signature little smudged. unknown books
189032067East Berlin CT: Berlin Iron Bridge Co ca. 1890s. Large broadside 31.75x47cm.; previous mail folds as issued very slightly postally used on verso else a Very Good or Near Fine example. Advertisement issued by the Berlin Iron Bridge Company depicting their "Patent" municipal signboards including information on production materials and a price guide. Text includes extracts from pertinent New England and mid-Atlantic state laws regarding guide boards. Presumably issued sometime after 1888 the laws in Vermont having been approved November 2nd of that year. As of today many of bridges built by the Company can be found on the National Register of Historic Places. One copy catalogued in OCLC as of November 2016 at the Connecticut Historical Society. Berlin Iron Bridge Co unknown books
1932214425Boston: Little Brown 1932. Advance Review copy of the Author's First book. 1 vols. 8vo. Wrappers. Very fine. Advance Review copy of the Author's First book. 1 vols. 8vo. Won the Atlantic $10000 prize novel. Little, Brown unknown books
1853308026New York: George P. Putnam 1853. First edition BAL printing C with cancel title page dated 1853. iii-vi v-viii 179 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green publisher's cloth publisher's blindstamp on both covers spine faded to brown and chipped at extremities. First edition BAL printing C with cancel title page dated 1853. iii-vi v-viii 179 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. BAL 7597; Clark A14.1.c1 George P. Putnam unknown books
12701Used; Like New/Used; Like New. Boldly penned musical quotation from the noted English composer organist and writer on music. Bridge has written 3 measures of the Processional March from Callirhoë his secular cantata of 1888 with a further four notes in the bass clef on a separate staff. The composer's name is written in an unknown hand in the lower left corner. Slight horizontal and vertical creases one ink smudge bottom edge rough; otherwise in fine condition. 24.4 x 15.6 cm. unknown books
192956671Providence: Hayley & Sykes Co 1929. Folio pp. 8; double-page artist's rendering of the span; original terracotta wrappers printed in black with a gilt and black label tipped on; fine in the original mailing envelope which is brittle. With a program of events specifications lists of contractors and engineers. Laid in as issued is an octavo broadside "Dedication Exercises" with 2 illustrations. At the time the bridge was built it was the third largest suspension bridge in the country. Brown Redwood Library and Roger Williams only in OCLC. <br/><br/> Hayley & Sykes Co unknown books
39287BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE-PARLIAMENTARY ACT ANNO REGNI GEORGII III. REGIS.AT TH PARLIAMENT BEGUN AND HOLDEN AT WESTMINSTER THE NINETEENTH DAY OF MAY ANNO D 1761. London: Mark Baskett 1767. Folio. Disbound. Pages 459-499. The Parliamentary act passed in 1766 "for completing the bridge cross the Riv Thames from Black Fryars in the City of London." In 1761 there were only tw bridges crossing the Thames - London Bridge and Westminster Bridge. Parliame passed a bill in 1761 to commence building a new bridge about equal distance between the two existing ones to ease congestion of building traffic crossing the Thames. The architect Robert Mylne was awarded the contract. By 1766 Parliament was requested to fund the completion of the bridge plus redeeming tolls on the bridge as well as adding additional provision in the bill "for rebuilding the gaol of Newgate.; for repairing the Royal Exchange." etc. The new bridge was finished in 1769. Very good. unknown books
