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181123306Oyster Bay Long Island New York: Not Published 1811. Collection includes 17 separate documents all of which reference this court case regarding the petitioner Alexander Peacock an insolvent debtor from Oyster Bay Queens County Long Island NY; appearing before Cary F. Dunn Jr. first judge of the court of common pleas County of Queens; Peacock was ".conforming himself to the directions of the act entitled 'An act for the benefit of insolvent debtors and their creditors'."; the first document partially printed titled No. 1 Petition has been notarized with the blindstamp at top of E. Ely Notary and is addressed to Judge Dunn; the next is the proof of residence deposed and signed by John B. Hicks & the judge; the following is an Account of Creditors a long list of over 30 names and including individuals living in New York Philadelphia and New Jersey the debts amounting to $ 5468.00; next is an accounting of the 6 suits and judgements brought against Mr. Peacock including that of Joseph C. Hornblower of Newark NJ James King and Archibald McKellar of the City of New York and others; the next document is an inventory of the estate of Peacock with a list of 15 people who have notes outstanding owed to him including Benjamin Smith Gilbert Robertson & Co. David R. Floyd Jones Luther Hildreth a Mr. Sibbsone of England Capt. Jones of the United States Vessel Revenge and Louis Jones a Colored man totalling $ 5647.62 - the back of this sheet gives a list of the "Body Clothing Beds & Bedding." Peacock being fairly well-dressed and provided for; other documents here include the Oath certifying the amounts owed; a certification of copies of the documents by James Fairlie Clerk of the Supreme Court; a legal agreement & acknowledgment from Peacock to meet with creditors at the house of Joseph Roe innkeeper in the Village of Jamaica; also is the "Order for Advertisement" document signed by Judge Dunn requesting that the notice of the meeting be published ".in the paper printed by the printer to the State and in the Columbian and Long island Star for six weeks successively requiring his creditors to appear before me at the House of Joseph Roe."; attached here are the printed papers completed in manuscript attesting to the publication of the notice to publicize by the judge from Charles Holt printer of the Columbian and counter-signed by James Campbell Master in Chancery and tipped-on is a printed copy of the actual advertisement as it appeared in the newspaper; with a similar notice from Solomon Allen printer of the Albany Register another from Alden Spooner printer of the Long Island Star both of these also with their samples of notice tipped-on; with a notice signed by the judge assigning all of Peacock's properties excepting his bedding & clothing to his creditors; and an attesting witness of the judge's assignment signed by Edward Parker; with a certifying document with original seals of Peacock's main creditors receiving conveyance of his estate as assignees in satisfaction of the debts signed by Edward Parker John B. Hicks and Christian Truss as witnesses signed & sealed by Wm. Wright David Findlay and Wm. Crow with the verso attested to by the judge; with a notice of oath-taking of Wright & Findlay to uphold the decision of the court; and a similar oath by Wm. Crow and signed by Judge Dunn; each page is signed by Alexander Peacock; originally these were all sealed or adhered to each other at the top of the sheets to make one continuous 'case' of materials - some of the old glue has given way and now there is separation of the pages; varying sizes from 6 3/4" x 8" to 8 1/2" x 13 1/2" size sheets; most of the paper of very good quality chain-laid some with the paper makers' watermark; some edge tips wear and chipping to edges some darkening and old fold lines; in very good condition overall and a collection offering a glimpse of the process for relieving debt in this case substantial especially useful for outlining the entire process under the law in the early days of the American Republic; interesting legal history documentation. Noteworthy individuals mentioned in this case are: Joseph Coerten Hornblower 1777 - 1864 American lawyer and jurist from Belleville New Jersey Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court; Alden Spooner 1783-1848 who ".has the distinction of being a printer in two Long Island towns Sag Harbor and Brooklyn. It was natural that he chose to be a printer as his father Judah Paddock Spooner was the pioneer printer of Vermont and his uncle Timothy Green was a printer in New London Connecticut." Spooner also started Brooklyn's first daily newspaper Doggett Long Island Printing; Judge Carey Dunn Jr. Revolutionary War veteran; Commodore Jacob Nicholas Jones 1768 - 1850 officer in the United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France the First Barbary War and the Second Barbary War and the War of 1812. Manuscript. Not Bound. Good. Not Published Paperback books
187124439New York NY: Johnson Fry & Co. 1871. Twenty - two images including the plates titled: Conrad and Medora dated 1867; the illustrated title page for 1871 'Byron & Moore Gallery'; and the images Kaled; Olympia; Gulmare; Rich and Rare engraved by Buttre after Fisher; Thou art not false but thou art fickle; Laura; Angiolina; Haidee; Medora; Leila; The Coming Step Buttre after Ward; Zelica Buttre after A. de Valentine; The Irish Girl Buttre after A. Elmore; Young Jessica Rice & Buttre after Ward; Parisina; Azim and Zelica Buttre after Corbould; Witch of the Alps; The Peri Bannister after Meadows; Maid of Athens; Don Juan and Haidee. Each image titled below; several with a verse from the relevant poem. The plates printed one side only on heavy paper stock and interleaved with plain paper guards. Previous owner name on front endpaper. Approximately 9" x 11 1/2" size; bound in gray-green decoratively blind-stamped cloth titled "Specimen" on front cover the back cover with the publisher name and address. Boards detached with edge and tips wear top cover stained spine covering gone. A few images with a little spotting in the margins and with evidence of being somewhat crudely edge-trimmed; generally the plates very clean and in very good condition an interesting specimen illustration book from this publisher. Specimen Book. Hard Cover. Good. Johnson Fry & Co. Hardcover books
187326237New York NY: Not Published 1873. A folding announcement for the wedding at the Methodist Episcopal Church in NY of this prominent Baltimore MD physician and his fiancee. Elaborately engraved invitation copper-plate style in black on polished paper. On the opposite side of the text is an embossed stylized coat-of-arms. Approx. 5 1/4" x 6 1/2" size; simple folded paper format; some offsetting to the printing on the embossment side. Light wear in very good condition. Ephemera. Soft Cover. Very Good. Not Published paperback books
1880S8009Washington D.C.:: Government Printing Office 1880. 1880. First edition. 4to. iv 528 pp. Frontis. port. index. Gray cloth gilt spine; covers off spine ends worn covers freckled by silverfish. Inscribed by S. S. Cox. Bookplate & rubber stamp top edge of Lawrence Badash. AS IS. Government Printing Office, 1880. hardcover books
188243563Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1882. Hardcover. Very good-/No dust jacket. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 1882. Numerous b/w figures and maps. 525 pp. Hardcover. 8vo. Dark brown cloth. Gilt lettering to spine. Spine slightly faded; top edges dust-soiled else exceptionally clean and tight. Very good-/No dust jacket. Government Printing Office hardcover books
185335557San Francisco: Printed for the Academy by F. A. Bonnard 1853. 1st printing Cowan II p. 93; Greenwood 379. Printed self-wrappers sewn. Age-toning to paper. Stain to top margin. A VG copy. 8 pp. 8vo. <br/><br/>Per Cowan "The first announcement of the Academy other than in the press." Printed for the Academy by F. A. Bonnard unknown books
181137526Reading PA: Johann Ritter 1811. 1st printing American Imprints 22488; Arndt & Eck 1865. OCLC records 6 holding institutions. Period quarter-leather binding with paste-paper wrapped boards. Wear to board edges. Top board beginning to detach in lower two-thirds of joint. Ffep nearly detached. Period pos to ffep and mss note affixed to front paste-down. Text paper browned & stained. A Good complete copy of this uncommon product from Ritter's prolific press. 104 2 pp. 12mo. 5-3/4" x 3-1/2" <br/><br/> Johann Ritter hardcover books
189524890No Place Listed: Not Published 1895. A collotype of this statue of Sir Francis Drake in Great Britain attached at top back edge only to a cardstock window-matte. Collotype approx. 6 1/2" x 8 1/2" overall size with some rubbing of the paper in the right margin. Matte measures 10" x 12"; some edge-wear; in very good condition. . Photograph. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published paperback books
1856D12674London: Dean & Son 1856. Paperback. Fair. Original stitched illustrated wraps; 8vo 243x167mm; with 7 colored lithographs one double-page alternately printed on the recto or verso with some blank pages in between. Publisher's ads printed on rear cover. Covers lightly chipped along the edges with small stains at spine tips from old tape repairs. Some dusty finger-smudges but overall internally not so bad. Scarce. OCLC locates just 4 copies. All the trappings of highfalutin human Western weddings -- except that when fine monkeys get married they travel by pug-pulled carriage. <br/><br/> Dean & Son paperback books
182628188Boston: various imprints but mostly published by the Society 1826-1941 1826. Some wear and chipping to the broadsides; overall in very good condition. 12 items several of which once belonged to the Society viz: Jefferson's Clark's "Address Delivered at the Anniversary Celebration of the Franklin Typographical Society January 17th 1826;" "The Proceedings at the Printers' Festival Held by the Franklin Typographical Society January 15 1848;" a small scrapbook of 30 leaves with newspaper clippings and manuscript annotations chronicling the activities of the Society; menus and proceedings from their annual dinners honoring Benjamin Franklin etc. A detailed description is available. An interesting small archive of material that chronicles the life of a benevolent society devoted to printers in and around Boston. The Franklin Typographical Society was active from its founding in 1824 well into the 20th century. Isaiah Thomas was an honorary member. In 1899 its membership numbered 500 but by the second decade of the 20th century it was in gradual decline which parallels the decline of the printing trades in general. <br/><br/> Boston: various imprints but mostly published by the Society, 1826-1941 unknown books
187027000105Chicago 1870s-1890s. Extensive information on growers and producers and the networks required to feed America at the time. The assumption of Chicago for the first journals is based on the bookseller labels in the journals and the accompanying letterhead. The Boston location was determined by reference to Boston based individuals in the journal and the address on the accompanying envelopes. All of these materials were found in one location without further information. A collection of five journals for Fruit Vegetable Butter and Egg Shipper Journals from the 1870s-1890s. The four larger format journals are most likely from Chicago detailing the various farms from which they received their product. Four of the journals list out each farm and their location and are believed to be from the 1870s-80s. They are accompanied by a letterhead for J. C. Wallace Commission Merchant Jobber and Shipper in Foreign and Domestic Fruits Nuts Produce etc. Chicago 1875. The titles of these four journals are: "Early Fruit and Vegetable Shippers No. 3 Bermuda Veg. Shippers" "Butter and Eggs" "Shippers of Early and Late Potatoes" and "Shippers of Blueberries Blackberries Raspberries Huckleberries Gooseberries Whortleberries Snowberries Dewberries Currants Cherries and Winter Green Berries and Elderberries". Each of these journals is approximately 120 pages long with an alphabet index tab on the side. The shippers are organized alphabetically by last name followed by their location. With the exception of the "Early Fruit and Vegetable" journal which also includes locations in Bermuda all the farming locations are from various towns all over the United States. Often within each letter there are subcategories mostly references to either 'early' or 'late' seasonal shipments. However the Berry Journal is also subdivided by individual berry type all of which were listed in the title of the journal and the Butter and Egg Journal which has the subcategories of Butter and Eggs Creamery Butter Roll Butter and Pickled Eggs. The locations are predominantly Midwest and southern states including Illinois Michigan Tennessee Louisiana Kentucky Florida Mississippi Arkansas etc. Butter and eggs journal also includes Missouri Wisconsin and Iowa. Black leather covers measure 13" x 8". The fifth fruit journal is a smaller ledger with a variety of information in it. It starts with a list approximately 37 pages long of shippers of fruits and vegetables. It is most likely from the Boston area from the late 1890s. This journal was accompanied by envelopes from the New England Fruit & Produce Co. The is an average of 8 shippers listed on each page which includes their names and locations as well as the exact items they are shipping. Such as peaches asparagus tomatoes grapes melons onions or pears. The next 24 pages of the ledger lists the sales from September 20 1897 to October 9th 1897. These daily sales lists are either detailed list of each product sold that day or a more simple list which simply totals the amount of cash sales for that day. Measures 11 3/4" x 5 1/4". <br/><br/> hardcover books
183027456Boston: Boston Chemical Printing Company 1830. 12" x 11" broadside poem printed on white cotton cloth in two columns. A decorative rectangular border surrounds the poem. The inside border is surrounded by twenty vignettes in oval borders. Vignettes include animals such as a fox and an owl as well as scenes such as a soldier leading an army a king holding his scepter a face in the clouds blowing wind at the trees. Spotted at lower left corner and another light spot. Very Good. <br/><br/> This poem is a dialogue between Charles and Father concerning the reformation of Neighbor Joe a former drunk who would curse and beat his wife and children. He told Father that through the example of his eldest daughter Emeline a student in the Sabbath School and follower of the Bible he was able to ask God for forgiveness and change his wicked ways.<br/>OCLC 30730589 4- AAS Mass. Hist. Soc. Yale Brown as of December 2018. Benes Textiles in New England II page 200. Boston Chemical Printing Company unknown books
185148314San Francisco / New York: "Gregory's United States & California Express" 280 Montgomery Street / Thompson & Hitchcock 149 Pearl Street 1851. Shiny dark blue paper covers with gilt stamped lettering stapled. Buff paper mailing envelope. Wrapper insides: front instructions for use; rear 2 estimonials dated 1851 from the Panama Star newspaper. Unused Nr Fine with an envelope in similar condition. Unpaginated blank pages. 4-3/4" x 2-7/8" <br/><br/>From the inside of the front cover: "Gregory's California Express. This line one of the oldest established in the business dispatch messengers BY EVERY STEAMER leaving New-York and San Francisco in charge of Letters Parcels Packages Gold Dust and valuables for distribution throughout the United States and California. If possible letters should be directed to the care of mercantile houses or well-known residents in San Francisco or other parts of California by which means their earlier delivery may be insured. Letters directed simply to 'California' or 'at the mines' will not be forwarded as little probability exists of their reacing the persons so vaguely addressed." From the rear cover: "The Central Office of this Express is located in the throughly fire-proof building corner of Montgomery and Merchant Streets San Francisco from which the proprietor Daily dispatches Expresses by steamboat to all parts of the Mines and to Portland Oregon and Honolulu Sandwich Islands on the arrival of ecah steamer with packages from the States." A rare Gold Rush survivor documenting the 'letter & dispatch' business of the era. "Gregory's United States & California Express," 280 Montgomery Street / Thompson & Hitchcock, 149 Pearl St unknown books
18759365Paris: Ve. A. Morel 1875. First edition. 20 chromolithographic plates 5 uncolored architectural views. 1 vols. Folio. Half red morocco. Some rubbing and chipping with head of spine missing corners repaired with red cloth not unattractive. 2 Photographs of Sainte Chapelle loosely inserted paste marks to front free endpaper. Text and plates bright. First edition. 20 chromolithographic plates 5 uncolored architectural views. 1 vols. Folio. Beautiful Chromolithographs of Church Ornamentation. Very fine plates by Lemercier of Paris. Ve. A. Morel unknown books
1881WRCAM13937On board the U.S.S. Trenton European Station 1881. Two pamphlets. 12; 16pp. 12mo. Fastened with bronze tack. Slight staining else good. A curious little pair of imprints printed on a U.S. Navy shipboard press sometime not long after the Civil War. The first the INSPECTION. pamphlet describes what an inspector should look for and contains the colophon "From the Press of U.S. Flagship Trenton European Station." The second pamphlet which describes the equipment to be carried on boats contains no colophon but is identical to the first in style and makeup and was found with the first pamphlet so it seems reasonable to assume that it is a product of the same press. unknown books
1848116Firenze ; Roma: Presso Pietro Ducci; Tipografia degli Ajani 1848. Together two pamphlets. 8vo. 31 pp.; 43 pp. Original wrappers; disbound. Two rare pamphlets on the regulation of printing in Florence and Rome during the critical period of popular unrest that was sweeping across Europe during the 1840's. The first pamphlet by Giuseppe Silvestri examines two recent articles of law that have an impact on the publication of religious information by the ecclesiastical authorities of Florence. The second deals more directly with the limitations placed on local printers in Rome and the restrictions and fines that accompany newly passed legislation. Although these two titles are cited in ICCU 9 and 6 copies only there are not copies cited in either NUC or OCLC. 116. Presso Pietro Ducci; Tipografia degli Ajani unknown books
1864228980Mobile Alabama: S.H. Goetzel; Farrow & Bennett Printers 1864. First edition in English. 4 vols. 8vo. Printed wallpaper wrappers worn and fragile; back wrapper of Vol. II missing. In blue cloth drop-box. First edition in English. 4 vols. 8vo. In Wallpaper Wrappers. Rare and telling example of printing in the confederacy toward the end of the war when paper was so scarce the publisher was forced to use wallpaper taken from Southern homes for the wrappers. Parrish 6437; Crandall M.L. Confederate imprints 3106 S.H. Goetzel; Farrow & Bennett, Printers unknown books
189820127Paris: Imprimerie de Vaugirard 1898. First edition. Stiff Wraps. Orig. decorated in color Art Nouveau portfolio. Fine. 27 x 21 cm. Twelve separate full-page color plates printed on glossy stock by prominent and less known Belle Epoque artists depict a variety of scenes some sporting and military but balance more characteristic of each artist's style. such as the charming five singing children by Boutet de Monvel. A month by month list of artists follows January through December respectively: Henri Boutet de Monvel Leon Sabattier Maurice Orange E. De Monzaigle Paul Destez Felicien De Myrbach Reichan Leon L'Hermitte A. Parys Emile Caran d'Ache Leopold Kowalski and Luc-Olivier Merson. Each plate with two holes at upper margin as issued for silk ties no longer present. Issued as a promotion for a leading chain of clothing shops in Paris Lyon Marseille and five other French cities. Interior and covers almost as new. Imprimerie de Vaugirard unknown books
1833123235Small slim 4to. Paris: Techener 1833. Small slim 4to32ff printed in black letter on vellum woodcut illustration on t/p. Original full orange morocco backstrip gilt black label modern quarter red morocco box bookplate of Robert Hoe. A fine copy with some fading to the boards. § Unique copy printed on vellum Hoe's copy with his bookplate of this first facsimile reprint of the extremely rare French edition of 1530. This was one of several tales printed in the sixteenth century as a collection itself of the utmost rarity. We have not located a single copy in the US. Techener hardcover books
189941586Sacramento: A. J. Johnston Supt. State Printing 1899. Cloth covered spines black grey and blue over marbled paper covered boards. Handwritten title label pasted to front board of first volume. Moderate wear to bindings rubbing and scuffing. Spines of two volumes loose with gutter-type breaks textblock of volume 3 loose. Some pages torn within volumes some age-toning and rubbing to paper. Withal a Good set. 3 volumes. Unpaginated. Lined paper in pink and black. 2 volumes: 12-1/2" x 7-7/8". 1 volume: 13-3/4" x 8-1/2" <br/><br/>Includes: State of California Public School Register of Alviso District County of Alameda 1899; State of California Public School Register of Niles District County of Alameda 1901; and State of California Teacher's Public School Register of _____ School District County of ______ California 1903 but actually filled out for the 1905 school year. All books are filled out with student names attendance and even schedules in areas. Currently no similar items found for sale in the trade. A. J. Johnston, Supt. State Printing hardcover books
189743316East Aurora New York: The Roycroft Printing Shop 1897. 120 1 colophon pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original red cloth backed mustard boards uncut. Slight rubbing at tips minor soiling of spine some browning to text. Inscribed on ffep "For Mr. Frank W. Noxon with all good wishes from Elbert Hubbard". A very good copy. 120 1 colophon pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Inscribed by Elbert Hubbard. Ransome p. 405 no. 8 The Roycroft Printing Shop unknown books
187135576San Francisco: Alta California Printing House 1871. Modest wear with faint hotizontal fold lines to center. A VG example. 1 sheet printed recto only. 11-1/8" x 5-1/4" <br/><br/> Alta California Printing House unknown books
189936737San Francisco: Independence Print 1899. Light blue stiff-stock paper printed in dark blue ink. Horizontal fold lines. Penned name & address to verso. A VG copy. Single sheet printed recto only. Typographical border. 8-5/16" x 5" <br/><br/>An invitation / handbill of sorts to attend this musical evening. "Admission / Afternoon 25 Cents. Evening 50 Cents." Independence Print unknown books
184765229Paris: Imprimerie Royale 1847. publisher's printed boards later linen drop box. Type Specimens. 4to. publisher's printed boards later linen drop box. ii 65 pages. First edition. Audin 14 Updike II p.327 Burke 596. Presents typographic specimens from the Imprimerie Royale in more than thirty languages including ancient Egyptian Chinese Armenian Syriac Arabic Mongol Tibetan Russian Runic Anglo-Saxon German Fraktur Javanese and Gujarati. The two-page comparative table of Roman types shows those used by the Press from 1640 to 1846 with one font attributed to Garamont and others engraved by Grandjean and Alexandre Luce Firmin Didot Jacquemin and Legrand. Updike calls this "one of the most enlightening documents about French typeface in existence." Some minor wear at foot spine and upper tips. Imprimerie Royale unknown books
1847109513Paris: Imprimerie Royale 1847. original publisher's printed paper covered boards. Type Specimens. 4to. original publisher's printed paper covered boards. iv 65 pages. First edition. Audin 14 Updike II p.327 Burke 596. Presents typographic specimens from the Imprimerie Royale in more than thirty languages including ancient Egyptian Chinese Armenian Syriac Arabic Mongol Tibetan Russian Runic Anglo-Saxon German Fraktur Javanese and Gujarati. The two-page comparative table of Roman types shows those used by the Press from 1640 to 1846 with one font attributed to Garamont and others engraved by Grandjean and Alexandre Luce Firmin Didot Jacquemin and Legrand. Updike calls this "one of the most enlightening documents about French typeface in existence." With hand-written presentation at top of half-title by M. Saint Georges Director of the Imprimerie Royale and officer of the Legion d'honneur to a major in the Imperial Guard of the Sultan on 30 October 1850. Top of spine rubbed; corners of boards rubbed and scuffed at edges. Cover slight sun fading. Ownership inscription on title page. Imprimerie Royale unknown books
