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1876009587<p>The transcontinental <i>Lightning Express</i> captured the attention of the nation while transporting a theatrical troupe from New York to San Francisco in under 84 hours a record-breaking time for an opening night performance. <br /></p><p>The national excitement generated by the arrival of the <i>Lightning Express</i> in Oakland was incredible and not to be again matched until Charles Lindbergh landed the <i>Spirit of St. Louis</i> in Paris fifty years later. This grouping consists of <br /></p><p><p style="margin-left:5%; margin-right:10%;">A rare transcontinental cover franked with a 3-cent green Washington stamp Scott #158 that has been canceled with a circular postmark that reads "Jarrett - Palmer's / Special Fast Trans-Continental Train" and is dated "New York / June / 1-1876 / 12.10 A.M." It bears an oval "4 June / 1876 receiving handstamp from "E. Rass & Co. / San-Francisco". There is an advertising corner card from Leon & H. Blum New York City dry goods merchants. <br /></p><p><p style="margin-left:5%; margin-right:10%;">A postal card Scott #UX3 reporting the arrival of the Lightning Express which is dated "Oakland June 4th" and canceled with a 'circle of Vs' handstamp and a San Francisco postmark. and <br /></p><p><p style="margin-left:5%; margin-right:10%;">A newspaper clipping containing a reproduction of an original newspaper article information about the trip a map showing the location of Jarret and Palmer's Booth Theater across from Madison Square Park and a half-tone photograph of the train after it arrived in Oakland. The article was authored by Clark Kinnaird a long-time newspaper reporter who also wrote a syndicated 'history' column for the <i>New York Journal-American</i>. <br /></p><p><p>Although the envelope has no contents the text of the postal card reads in part: <br /></p><p><p style="margin-left:5%; margin-right:10%;">"Will not visit you and the Centennial but wish we could. The 'Jarrett & Palmer' lightning train arrived at S.F. Safely at about 10 o'clock this morning having half an hour to spare from their schedule time of 84 hours from New York. Great feat & everyone here is enthusiastic over it though few want to try it themselves! Tomorrow's papers will give details - will send." <br /></p><p><p>Lucious Beebe--the renowned author gourmand photographer railroad historian syndicated columnist and all-round social raconteur--vividly described the journey in his railroading classic <i>The Age of Steam <br /></i></p><p><p style="margin-left:5%; margin-right:10%;">"In 1876 . . . seven full days and nights with changes of cars at Chicago and Omaha were conventional time between New York and the Pacific Coast. When therefore a specially chartered train filled with theatrical celebrities . . . made the passage from coast to coast in the record time of eighty-four hours Americans followed the magnificently publicized event with awed enthusiasm. . . The Lightning Express was chartered by Henry Jarrett of Jarrett & Palmer managers of the Booth Theater in New York to transport the celebrated Lawrence Barrett and a distinguished supporting cast in time for the opening night of Henry V at McCullough's California Theater in San Francisco. The project instantly caught the fancy of the public and fantastic newspaper coverage was accorded the train's departure . . . over the rails of the Pennsylvania and then the Chicago & North Western--Union Pacific-Central Pacific route to California. The actors rode in ornate splendor aboard the Pullman Palace Hotel Car Marlborough while a commissary car carried appropriate food and drink and the scenery rode in a conventional baggage car. All across the continent the train's passing was the occasion for the wildest excitement and at Reno nearing the end of its run its approach was greeted with an exclamatory display of rockets and other artifices de feu. The run over the Central Pacific from Ogden to Oakland a relay of 875 miles including the High Sierra crossing was accomplished by a single engine and a single engineer Hank Small at the driver's side. No. 149 a sleek 4-4-0 achieved immortality overnight. The sooty actors weary but triumphant were met at San Francisco by Warren Leland the manager of the eye-popping Palace Hotel and taken to a breakfast of grilled salmon cucumber salad filet of Beef Bearnaise cutlets of Minden lamb escalloped veal partridges sautéed in champagne grilled Mallard duck asparagus strawberries and three kinds of eggs shirred with mushrooms and rum omelets. . ." <br /></p><p><p>That evening the night of June 4th Jarret & Palmer's <i>Henry V</i> opened on schedule in San Francisco to a sold-out house. <br /></p><p>Extremely scarce. At the time of this listing no other <i>Lightning Express</i> items are for sale in the trade. OCLC shows no institutions holding first-hand accounts of the Lightning Express nor any items or mail carried by it. Materials related to the <i>Lightning Express</i>--broadsides tickets passes stereoviews and especially carried mail--only infrequently appear at auction and they are quite expensive when they do generally bring prices between $3000 and $12000.</p> books
185000182872057593498894297: Various 1850. Softcover. Seven pamphlets published between 1842 and 1872 related to artist co-developer of the Morse Code and co-inventor of the single-wire telegraph system Samuel Morse 1791 - 1872 and the telegraph. - Morse Samuel; et al Electro-magnetic Telegraphs. Report No. 17 To Accompany Bill H. R. No. 641. December 30 1842. S. l. Washington DC: s. n. 1842. First edition; 9 1/2 x 6 1/2; pp. 13 unopened; light age-toning; two punctures for filing to left margin; a small nick to head of spine; small contemporary manuscript note to first page; illustrated with a wood-engraved diagram of "the alphabet for Morse's electro-magnetic telegraph;" very good condition.Printed for the 3rd Session of the 27th Congress of the House of Representatives the pamphlet contains a letter to Samuel Morse complimenting him on his invention by scientist first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and inventor of electromagnets Joseph Henry 1797 - 1878 a letter by Morse describing the history of his electro-magnetic telegraph two reports from the Committee on Commerce and the Committee of Arts and Sciences of the American Institute etc.- United States Department of Treasury Electro-magnetic telegraph. Communication from the Secretary of the Treasury Transmitting the Report of Professor Morse Announcing the Completion of the Electro-magnetic Telegraph between the Cities of Washington and Baltimore. Doc. No. 270 June 6 1844. S. l. Washington DC: Blair & Rives Printers 1844. First edition; 9 x 6; pp. 3; deckled fore-edge; age-toning to margins; a few spots of foxing; very good- condition.Published for the 1st Session of the 28th Congress of the House of Representatives Treasury Department the pamphlet presents a report by Samuel Morse on the experiment and successful completion of establishing a "system of electro-magnetic telegraphs between Washington and Baltimore. Also included is an estimation of the cost for his American telegraph compared to the cost of the English one.- United States Department of Treasury Magnetic Telegraph. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury Transmitting a Letter from Professor Morse Relative to the Magnetic Telegraph. Doc. No. 24 December 23 1844. Read and Laid Upon the Table. S. l. Washington DC: Blair & Rives Printers 1844. First edition; 9 x 6; pp. 18 partially opened; spots of foxing mostly to margins; a few nicks and wrinkles to edges; two punctures for filing to left margin; illustrated with an wood-engraved diagram and tables; very good- condition.The pamphlet contains a letter by Morse to Chairman of Committee on Commerce Isaac Holmes describing new developments surrounding his electro-magnetic telegraph as well as various experiments conducted.- Vail Alfred Description of the American Electro Magnetic Telegraph: Now in Operation between the Cities of Washington and Baltimore. Washington DC: Printed by J. & G. S. Gideon 1845. First edition; 9 x 5 3/4; pp. 24 lacking back wrap else complete; front beige wrap with an elaborate engraved border; small loss of paper to lower corner and a penciled-in note to front wrap; illustrated with 14 large wood engravings; two punctures for filing to left margin; good to very good condition.Alfred Vail 1807 - 1859 was the co-inventor together with Samuel Morse of the telegraph. He was in fact the recipient of the first message transmitted in Morse Code - "What hath God wrought" - sent by Samuel himself. He would be responsible for several innovations and improvements to the system expanding Morse's numeric code to include letters and special characters. The booklet described in detail the components of the telegraph its principle "specimen of the telegraphic language" what would become the standard version of the code etc.- Houston John House of Representatives. Legislative Telegraph May 18 1848. Laid upon the Table. Report No. 642. S. l. Washington DC: s. n. 1848. First edition; 8 3/4 x 5 1/4; loose sheets pp. 8; uniform age-toning with a few spots of foxing; discolored spot to upper half of sheets; some nicks and cuts to edges; good or better condition.The report discusses the inventions by Francis H. Smith Stephen Bowerman and R. E. Monaghan and possible applications of a machine for accelerating the taking of Yeas Nays and other votes in the House of Representatives.- Kendall Amos Morse's Patent. Full Exposure of Dr. Chas. T. Jackson's Pretensions to the invention of the American Electro-magnetic Telegraph. Washington: Printed by Jno. T. Towers 1852. First edition; 8 3/4 x 5 3/4; pp. 64; uniform age-toning to wraps; a small discoloration to upper corner; a few spots of foxing; very good condition.Amos Kendall 1789 - 1869 was a lawyer journalist politician and business manager of Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail. His current rebuttal was prompted by Dr. Charles T. Jackson's 1805 - 1880 claim that he had discovered the telegraph before Morse and Vail. Jackson was a physician and scientist notorious for his continuous claims of prior discoveries of major scientific inventions. Apart from the telegraph Jackson had also started controversies over William Beaumont's digestive action of the stomach William T. G. Morton's anesthetic effects of Ether and others.- Smith Francis O. J. History Getting Right on the Invention of the American Electro-Magnetic Telegraph. S. l.: s. n. n. d. 1872. First edition; 8 1/2 x 5 1/2; pp. 21; scattered small spots; a manuscript note to title page; thin strip of paper loss to last leaf not affecting text; very good condition.Concerning more drama surrounding Morse's invention of the telegraph the pamphlet was written on the occasion of the erection of the Morse Monument in Washington and contained articles and letters claiming that scientist Joseph Henry rather than Morse had invented the system. The author Francis Ormand Jonathan Smith 1806 - 1876 had been Morse's publicity agent counsel and quarter-interest partner but eventually had had a falling out. Various paperback books
1848009684Various locations 1848. Card. Very good. There are six stampless folded letters in this archive. Three letters from Butler's wife one from 1847 and two from 1848 regarding family matters and the management of their Louisiana sugar plantation an 1848 letter-order from the War Department Adjutant General appointing Butler to investigate General Winfield Scott's charges against Major General Gideon Pillow an 1848 letter from General John E. Wool regarding occupation duty in Mexico and an 1848 post-war letter informing Butler that he is to be presented with a General Officer's Sword for his performance as the regimental commander of the 3rd U.S. Dragoons and subsequent appointment as the Major General of the Louisiana Militia<br /> <br /> The letters Butler's wife Francis Park Lewis sent from Dunboyne their large sugar plantation in Louisiana's Iberville Parish contain a total of about 15 text pages. All are unfranked and un-postmarked suggesting they were likely sent by military courier as all are addressed to "3rd Dragoons U.S.A / Mexico" two in "Care of Major Eastland" at Brazos Santiago Texas. The text is cross-hatched faint and difficult to read although Photoshop manipulation of scans makes it much easier. They concern family news Butler's health and safety "On Thursday I had the happiness of receiving your kind welcome letters . . . and rejoice to find you well although Peace is not yet certain." and Francis's management of Dunboyne during Edward's absence "Write me a letter. . . authorizing me in your name . . . to borrow 20 to 30000$. . . At 6 years what a blessing it would be for we could pay all due and buy negros besides and easily pay principal and interest."<br /> <br /> The two-page War Department letter appointing Butler as a member of a court of inquiry with regard to the infamous Scott-Pillow dispute is datelined "Adjutant General's Office / Washington January 13 1848 / General Orders: No. 2". It is unaddressed and without postal markings. The inquiry investigated charges that Pillow - appointed as a Major General by his long-time friend President James K. Polk - published an anonymous letter proclaiming that he was personally responsible for the army's victories at Contreras and Churubusco. When his intrigue was exposed General Scott had him arrested and court-martialed. Although all concerned believed him guilty Pillow escaped conviction and punishment when an associate Major Archibald W. Burns claimed that he had written the anonymous letter. Still Pillow was discharged from the Army following the trial. Interestingly Pillow later served as a general in the Confederate Army where he was widely reviled as cowardly and incompetent. See Sifakis's Who Was Who in the Civil War.<br /> <br /> The two-page letter from General John E. Wool Butler's commander during the subsequent occupation of Mexico and one of the most respected and capable commanders of the war is datelined "Monterey / 2d March 1848". It was no doubt hand-delivered as it bears neither an address nor any postal markings. In it Wool apologizes for being too busy to write a formal letter but assures Butler that he approves of "the course you have pursued toward General Garnales and the Mexicans" and clarifies that the reason he issued an "order of amnesty" was "in consequence of the disappearance of the guerrillas. . ." He also assures Butler that he will deal with the Quartermaster's reluctance to provide needed horses for the dragoons.<br /> <br /> The final one-page letter in this group was sent to Butler after the 3rd Dragoon Regiment was disbanded and he had returned home to his plantation where he was appointed as a Major General in the Louisiana Militia. It was from a committee representing Butler's "affectionate friends" and datelined "Bayou Goula Aug the 30th 1848." It too was hand-delivered as it bears no postal markings. In it the committee informed Butler that he was to be presented with a sword recognizing that it was through his actions "that Genl Ganalis the Robber and Assassin was driven day after day from Rancho to Rancho until he could find no rest in his own native mountains . . . thereby preventing much loss of valuable lives and property." Butler's sword a M1840 General Officer's Sword was recently sold at Michael Simens' Historical Antiques. Edward George Washington Butler a ward of Andrew Jackson graduated from West Point in 1820. After spending ten years on active duty he returned to Dunboyne his large Louisiana sugar plantation and continue to serve in the Louisiana militia. During the Mexican-American War Butler returned to active service and commanded the 3rd Regiment of U.S. Dragoons. He campaigned in Central Mexico fighting at the Siege of Vera Cruz the Battle of Churubusco and the Battle of Molino del Rey. The dragoons were later assigned to General Joseph Lane and ordered pursue General Santa Anna and eliminate of the Jarauta guerillas. Following the war Butler returned to his plantation. At the onset of the Civil War he refused an offer of a senior command in the Confederate Army. <br /> <br /> For more information see Plater's The Butlers of Iberville Parish Louisiana: Dunboyne Plantation in the 1800s "3rd U.S. Dragoons" online at Wikipedia "Wool John Ellis 1784-1869 online in the Handbook of Texas and "Gideon J. Pillow" online at the American Battlefield Trust.<br /> <br /> A unique collection of personal letters and documents relating to a prominent though little remembered commander during the Mexican-American War and his wife's life at their Louisiana sugar plantation during his absence. At the time of listing there are no General Butler or Dunboyne Plantation letters or documents for sale in the trade. There are no auction records of General Butler materials at the Rare Book Hub or Worthpoint. OCLC shows only one General Butler item held by an institution; it is a letter to Butler from General Zachary Taylor reporting on the Battle of Buena Vista and discussing Taylor's possible Presidential candidacy See William Reese Co.'s Catalogue 300: One Hundred Rare Americanum. unknown books
1866008746France: Eleutheropolis aux devantures des libraires Ailleurs dans leurs Arrière-Boutiques 1866. Frontispiece engraved by Félicien Rops on China in double proof in black and bistre. Fine and finely bound by A. Bertrand stamp-signed in half crushed gold morocco over marbled boards the back with five raised bands and gilt lettering marbled end papers top gilt. With the excellent provenance; FEP the bookplate of Charles Reginald Dawes 1879-1964 noted British collector of erotica whose library was left to the British Museum library now the British Library. This title not found in the Sotheby auction of 1965 titled "Property of a Gentleman". . First Edition. Half Morocco. Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Eleutheropolis, aux devantures des libraires Ailleurs dans leurs Arrière-Boutiques Hardcover books
1900009646The <i>Virginia's</i> guest register is a bound leather book measuring approximately 8.5" x 10.5" with approximately 250 gilt-edged pages. About 75 of those pages are filled with notes signatures and drawings by visitors and passengers. The cover is adorned with enameled metal ornaments in the shape of New York and Manhattan Yacht Club burgees. The frontispiece appears to be hand-painted and shows the same two burgees with text reading "Steam Yacht Virginia". All of the entries are in ink. In nice shape.<br /><br /> The <i>Virginia </i>was an incredibly luxurious 441-ton steam yacht built in 1899 at Bath Maine for the New York department store magnate Isaac Stern. <br /><br /> Entries in its guest book begin in February of 1900 and contain messages from about 400 people from around the world. I noticed notations from Belgium Cyprus Egypt England including the Isle of Wight Germany Greece India Turkey and the U.S. East Coast in a variety of languages including Arabic English French German Greek and Japanese. <br /><br />Some signatures are from diplomats consuls foreign ministers military officers and no doubt quite a number of wealthy businessmen financiers and socialites. <br /><br />Many of the entries refer to attendance at specific events like the Hudson-Fulton Celebration including its Naval Parade the International Yacht Race of 1903 and Yale-Harvard Races. The last entry in the guest book is dated September 25 1910 just before Stern's death. <br /><br /> The accompanying first edition book <i>Ten Thousand Miles in a Yacht</i> chronicles a trip on the <i>Virginia</i> organized by "Commodore" E. C. Benedict a New York financier who chartered the vessel from Stern to make the cruise with ten friends and a crew of 33 officers and men between November 1904 and January 1905. Benedict felt his own yacht was not up to the voyage. Apparently Stern retained the guest book during the voyage as no entries were made during that time. <br /><br />Contemporary newspaper articles suggest that following Stern's death Benedict purchased the vessel after first chartering it once more from Stern's estate to undertake a second Amazon River voyage. He in turn sold the vessel to F. K. Vanderbilt the grandson of Cornelius. During World War One it was acquired by the U.S. Navy on a free-lease renamed the <i>U.S.S. Vedette</i> and deployed on patrol duty escorting convoys in the Atlantic where it rescued survivors from a torpedoed Greek ship as well as a disabled French seaplane and its crew. Following the war the yacht was returned to Vanderbilt.<br /><br /> Isaac Stern and his brothers sons of German-Jewish immigrants opened a one-room dry goods store in Buffalo New York in 1867 and moved their operation to New York City not far from Washington Square Park the following year. They relocated to 22nd Street near Madison Square Park and continually enlarged their business until it became an enormous and elegant six-story department store known for selling a wide range of goods from working-class merchandise to elegant Parisian fashions coveted by New York's wealthiest women. After the business was purchased by the Allied Stores Corporation Stern's acquired a number of defunct Gimbles and Gertz stores throughout the region. Allied Stores was in turn acquired by Federated Department Stores which in 2001 converted most Stern's stores into Macy's or Bloomingdale's and closed the rest. <br /><br /> A unique first-hand testament to the life of the ultra-rich in the early pre-World War One years in New York City. hardcover books
1808CAT000653London 1808. First Edition. Hardcover rebound in cloth. Five volumes uniformly bound up in modern two toned cloth. Dating from 1802 Sugar Imports and Exports to 1847-48 3 vols: Sugar and Coffee Planting. Report of the Committee on the Distillation of Sugar and Molasses dated 1808. The Sugar imports is a variety of publications bound up together the latest dating to 1854 - it includes numerous folding plates and tables. The Sugar and Molasses report is 419pp continuously paginated relating in depth conversation regarding sugar distillation. The Sugar and Coffee planting comprise vols XXXV-XXXVII of the Sessional Papers of the House of Lords. They are paginated by reports as follows: Vol 35: 308 76 489pp v. 36: 181 274 171pp including a remarkable large folding chart of sugar prices from 1840-1843; v. 37:410 xlvi 198 44 191.<br/><br/>A huge collection of information on the sugar trade in the 19th century spanning the period where the transatlantic slave trade was banned though the sugar trade continued to be fueled by it and the Napoleonic wars threatened world supplies. All volumes are uncommon in libraries rare in commerce. Size: Folio. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Law & Criminal Studies. Inventory No: CAT000653. hardcover books
1885001827By the authors 1885. Softcover. Ten letters four manuscripts and six typed copies transcriptions one photograph 1884 - 1904; pp. 36 altogether in various formats; several small rust spots from paper clips; fold lines; one of them with a small red stamped number filing ; very good or better condition. An interesting and quite amusing collection of letters from all over the country spanning 20 years and mostly addressed to Frederick Lucas or to Smithsonian officials about Lucas it presumably belonged to Frederick himself. Frederick Augustus Lucas 1852 - 1929 was a prominent naturalist a major figure in the Great American Museum Movement Curator in Chief of the Brooklyn Museum and Director of the Museum of Natural History. Some of the letters addressed the Secretary and the Curator of the Smithsonian Institute in an angry indignant and incredulous tone complaining about Lucas' disregard of their fantastic discoveries of the natural world which had been previously brought to his attention. One memorable rant accompanied by an original photograph of the bone in question stated: "Dear Sir I acknowledge the return of skeleton but cannot sign receipt sent "as the breast-bone of a horse" The reason I sent the skeleton to you was that I believed that employers were fully competent to discharge their duties. I would suggest that you pump the whisky out of Lucas and send him to the lunatic asylum or Keely Institute." Another one addressed "Pro. Lucas" described in great detail with manuscript drawings a strange skull which Lucas had suggested belonged to a sheep refuting his opinion and asking for a closer examination. A third letter long and winded read: "Dear Sir Lucas.Sometime ago I read about you having an article in a paper about a large animal known by the name of Dinosaur. Your article was the first thing that I ever read about this monster." Other letters speculate about minerals fossils an "incredible petrified tree" etc. and the last one is a request for information about a Taxidermy examination and possible employment. By the authors paperback books
18651322406Boston/New York/Philadelphia/Baltimore/Chicago/Louisville: Various ca. 1865. Hardcover. Folio unpaginated; VG; newly rebacked in 1/3 black leather red label with gilt titling period patterned paper boards with black leather label and owners name in gilt to front board; mild foxing throughout; contains a custom collection of 30 pieces of music most dating to the time period of the Civil War; The majority have a stamp from a DC music seller. They include the following:<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> 1 Cramer C. How Can I Leave Thee! Oliver Ditson & Co. Boston 6;<br /> <br><br /> 2 Converse Charlie C. The Rock Beside the Sea Lee & Walker Philadelphia 4;<br /> <br><br /> 3 Haskell D. H. Prize Banner Quick Step Oliver Ditson & Co. Boston 4;<br /> <br><br /> 4 Raymond Eugene Down by the riveride Henry McCaffrey Baltimore 6;<br /> <br><br /> 5 Martin J. T. Smith's March Miller & Beacham Baltimore6;<br /> <br><br /> 6 Criswell C. H. I have no mother now. Henry McCaffrey Baltimore 6;<br /> <br><br /> 7 Root Geo. F. Just before the Battle Mother Root & Cady Chicago 6;<br /> <br><br /> 8 Richards Brinley Cottage by the Sea Wm. A. Pond & Co. New York 8;<br /> <br><br /> 9 Southgate F. The Marry Polka H. McCaffrey Baltimore 6 Fourth Edition;<br /> <br><br /> 10 Murtha Francis Kiss me goodnight Mother Ballad Wm. A. Pond & Co. New York 6;<br /> <br><br /> 11 Glover Stephen The Dream is Past G. Willig Jr. Baltimore 2;<br /> <br><br /> 12 Canthal A. M. Soldier's Greeting C. Breusing New York 6;<br /> <br><br /> 13 Baker J. C. My Trundle Bed H. M. Higgins Chicago 6;<br /> <br><br /> 14 Kleber H. The Celebrated Signal March Wm. A. Pond & Co. New York 6 1851 100th Edition;<br /> <br><br /> 15 Sawyer Charles Carroll Who will care for Mother now Sawyer & Thompson Brooklyn 6;<br /> <br><br /> 16 Dodworth Allan The Cally Polka Firth Pond & Co. New York 6 50th Edition;<br /> <br><br /> 17 Nannie Love's Chidings Henry McCaffrey Baltimore 6;<br /> <br><br /> 18 Kleber H. The Pearl Polka Wm. A. Pond & Co. New York 4;<br /> <br><br /> 19 Currier S. Cling to the Rock Henry McCaffrey Baltimore 6;<br /> <br><br /> 20 Buchel Ed. Paulinen Polka Tripp & Cragg Louisville 6;<br /> <br><br /> 21 Root Geo. F. Vacant Chair Root & Cady Chicago 6 18th Thousand 1861;<br /> <br><br /> 22 Stoddard I. T. Evergreen Waltz George Willig Baltimore 6;<br /> <br><br /> 23 Mack E. General McClellan's Grand March Lee & Walker Philadelphia 8 color title page;<br /> <br><br /> 24 Winner Sep Maryland My Maryland Winner & Co. 6;<br /> <br><br /> 25 Bunn Alfred Then You'll Remember Me Henry McCaffrey Baltimore. 4;<br /> <br><br /> 26 Lord Byron My Soul is Dark Oliver Ditzon & Co. Boston. 6;<br /> <br><br /> 27 Badarzawska A Maiden's Prayers ST Gordon New York. 6;<br /> <br><br /> 28 Bowers E. Dear Mother I've come home to die Firth Son & Co. New York 6;<br /> <br><br /> 29 Badarzawska A Maiden's Prayers Lee & Walker Philadelphia. 6;<br /> <br><br /> 30 Crouch E. N. Kathleen Mavourneen Henry McCaffrey Baltimore. 8;<br /> <br><br /> <br><br /> shelved above case 3. 1322406. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. Various hardcover books
1841001671S.-Peterburg St. Petersburg: V voennoi tipografii 1841. Hardcover. First edition; 4 3/4 x 3; pp. 12 1-360 10; dark blue polished calf with lavish gilt decorations; card stock slipcase with gilt decorations identical to those on boards; gilt page edges gilt dentelles; small rubbed spots to tips of spine and corners; hinges slightly weakened text block still solidly attached; lacking silk page marker; illustrated with 19 steel-engraved plates; two small spots from bookplate removed on ffep; overall very good or better condition. Slipcase with small loss of paper to corners; a few scratches and cuts; good to very good condition. Published at the end of the previous year and released on January 1 of each new year lavishly illustrated and quite expensive for the times the almanac was intended for use by not only military officers but also "any educated persons" Belinskii V. 1959. Polnoe sobranie sochinenii ukazateli Vol. XIII p. 123. Moskva: Akademii nauk SSSR. This particular edition apparently contained 5 times more engraved plates than those for the previous years and featured views of the Peterhof Palace the Imperial Fleet peasants in a village near Moscow and more. Among the subjects included were a menology postal schedule and prices various taxes and most importantly the changed and improved at the time state of ranks of the Army and the Navy dress protocols military schools foreign affairs and so on. S.-Peterburg (St. Petersburg): V voennoi tipografii hardcover books
1884166967Boston MA 1884. Hardcover. VG. Embossed blue cloth with gilt title in center "American Artists". Partially paginated with 128 being the highest page number attained being an advertisement. 12 Albertypes 17 etchings many wood engravings of photo-engravings. This interesting book begins with a list of edvertisers then a brief sentence or so on each of the advertisers then a title-page of sorts that presents the illustrations from original drawings comprised of Etchings Albertypes photo-engravings then later on a title-page of sorts for "Various Phases of American Art with an alphabetical list of all the included authors. There is no proper title-page or publishing da6ta anywhere in the book. Date is taken from the etchings and Boston is the location of all the advertisers. Includes a good number of wood-engravings or photo-engravings 12 Albertypes and 17 etchings by R.C. Minor H. Furrer B. Lander Lamder Chas. W. Volkmar Wm William Hart Jas. James Monks Stephen Parrish Chas. A. Charles A. Platt 1882 Nicoll 81 H.W. Rice 1883 H.C. Ford Fard G.W.H. Ritchie unsigned hunter with rifle in meadow looking to the left at four trees the nearest one being dead W.H. Shelton A.H. Bicknell J. Lauber '81 unsigned with a Number 3 in upper left corner of plate man approaching old arched bridge with large tree in center and fait aqueduct or bridge in lower left of plate. All identified etchings were printed by G.W.H. Ritchie. Articles: American Wood Engraving by Arol Bates; American Art Furniture by A. Curtis Bond; ; What Shall American Artists Paint by E.H. Clement; American Stained Glass by Edward Dewson; Portrait Painting by Sidney Dickinson; Landscape Painting by William Howe Downes; The Ideal In American Art by Florence Finch; The Growth of American Art by James Jackson Jarves dated Florence July 1 1883; Native Painters by Charls De Kay; The Art Tariff by L.C. Knight; Etching by S.R. Koehler; Success In Art by Frank T. Lent; Color In Works of Art by R. Riordan; Photography by Edward A. Robinson; Memorial Art by E.A. Silsbee; American Art Journalism by James B. Townsend; The Present Conditions by Arthur B. Turnure; Journalism and Art by M.G. Van Rensselaer Water Color Painting by Lyman H. Weeks American Flower Painters by Candace Wheeler. Quite rare most were likely broken up for the etchings. This publication is closely related to publications published as "Catalogue of the art department of the New England Manufacturers' and Mechanics' Institute Boston Mass." but is not found in Worldcat. hardcover books
1875125321Edinburgh and London: Various Publishers 1875-1961. Fine collection of rare Scottish banking first editions. Octavo five volumes the collection includes first editions of: Our Bank: The Story of the Commercial Bank of Scotland Ltd. 1810-1946 London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd nd Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons 1875 A Review of the Edinburgh Savings Bank Century of Service 1836-1936 Edinburgh: H. & J. Pillans & Wilson: 1936 Scotland's Record Edinburgh: The Albyn Press: 1946 and The Scottish Bankers Magazine Edinburgh: William Blackwood & Sons Limited: February 1961. Each volume in near fine to fine condition. Our Bank is in the rare original dust jacket. A fine collection of uncommon titles rare particularly in such condition. Various Publishers unknown books
1890002774Various: By the authors 1890. Very good. Three photographs ca 1890s - 1915 one of them dated 1915 on verso; the first a black and white collage of two separate images of the same person printed overlapping into the photograph themself; the other two sepa-toned; various sizes but approx. 3 3/4 x 5; one affixed to a thick card stock frame; two in very good condition with minor wear to edges; the last one with a vertical crease to top margin and a few small closed cuts to top edge. The first photograph subtitled in manuscript on verso: "Summer 1915" depicts a collage of two images of the same young lady in full uniform holding a bat and alternately - is sitting and standing in a grassy area under a tree a garden or an improvised playing field . Her smile is infectious and carefree. The second one shows three young men in various catchers' positions in unidentified uniforms. The third one features ten players who appear to belong to different teams in various full and partial- uniforms. One of the jerseys has "Shenandoah" written across possibly placing the men in Virginia. By the authors unknown books
187813444Boston: Houghton Osgood and Company 1878. Cloth. Near Fine. A tight very well-preserved copy of the 1878 2nd printing of this exhaustive history of Harvard complete in 2 volumes. Both volumes solid and Near Fine in their light-purple bevelled cloth. Bright unflecked gilt-insignia Harvard's crest and lettering along the front panels and spines. Small former owner inscription at the first blank endpaper of Vol. I rear inner hinge of same volume tender but still perfectly sturdy. Dozens of crisp black-and-white plates with their accompanying tissue-guards of the campus and a number of the key figures of 19th century Harvard. Thick folios all edges gilt. Imposing and very impressive. <br/><br/> Houghton, Osgood and Company hardcover books
1880243152New York: W. W. Munsell 1880. hardcover. very good. Illustrations Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Some Pioneers and Prominent Residents. Numerous full page and one double page illustrations full page colored map of New York State. 363 pages 1/2 brown morocco ornate gilt spine and front cover spine neatly repaired. 363 pages. New York: W. W. Munsell & Co. 1880. First Edition. Very good .<br/><br/> W. W. Munsell unknown books
1822001841Sanktpeterburg: Imperatorskoi akademii nauk/Sanktpeterburg: Tipografii Ivana Glazunova 1822. Hardcover. Two books bound together the first title presumed second edition OCLC lists only a 1817 edition and the second title is a second edition 1822 and 1825; 8 1/2 x 5 1/4; respectively: pp. 7 4-146 and pp. 1 IV-XV 2 2-228; 1/4 brown morocco and marbled boards; gilt dentelles and title to spine; laid paper; 1 1/2" cut to tail of spine; rubbed spots to corners; small label to upper margin of front board; remnants of a bookplate to front board verso; a small inked number and two stamps from the Kiev Historical Library and another German library; the first book illustrated with 25 full-page wood engravings the second with a large fold-out table; overall in very good condition. Both early-19th-century important works the books documented the holidays customs and religious landmarks of the Russian Eastern Orthodox Church. The first title literally translated as "The Book of Months" was essentially an ecclesiastical calendar containing the names of the saints in order of the dates on which they were commemorated and the festivals in their honor. Each month's entry was illustrated with beautiful wood engravings which depicted that month's saints as portrayed by the Orthodox Church. The second book gave descriptions and histories of famous Russian monasteries noteworthy cathedrals and churches in St. Petersburg and Moscow and more. Sanktpeterburg: Imperatorskoi akademii nauk/Sanktpeterburg: Tipografii Ivana Glazunova hardcover books
1865002376Hartford Conn. and Washington DC: The Hartford Dailty Times and Daily Morning Chronicle 1865. First Edition. Very good. Two newspapers - The Hartford Dailty Times Vol. XXVI Number 10481 from April 18 1865 and Daily Morning Chronicle Vol. III Number 151 from April 28 1865; pp. 4 each; the Times folded with tears splits and some loss of paper mostly to margins fair to good condition; the Chronicle folded well-preserved with a few small nicks to edges; very good condition. Early newspaper accounts of the assasination of President Lincoln the Daily Times had its article titled: "The Assasination. A Deliberate Plot Unveiled." It gave a lengthy account of the deliberate preparations for the murder and speculations on the whereabouts of the assasins. The Chronicle's article - "Our National Loss. The Obsequies at Buffalo" - featured a portrait of Lincoln and detailed the funeral proceedings for the President. The Hartford Dailty Times and Daily Morning Chronicle unknown books
189119751London: Cassell & Co 1891. hardcover. very good. 2 volumes. Frontispieces and many woodcut illustrations throughout the text some full-page. 368; 376 pages. Small folio 1/2 red morocco marbled boards red edges. London: Cassell & Co. 1891 1892. Very good.<br/><br/> Cassell & Co unknown books
1890226908London: Cassell 1890. First. hardcover. very good. 2 volumes. Color frontispiece in each volume after paintings by Birket Foster; a profusion of other b/w plates and illustrations throughout by various artists such as Edward T. Compton John Fulleylove John Macwhirter et al. Small folios original blue cloth with gilt-stamped pictorial covers and spine a.e.g.; London Paris & Melbourne: Cassell & Company 1890. A very good bright copy internally clean.<br/><br/> Cassell unknown books
1865008921Various locations 1865. Very good. Nine letters written to Stephen H. Gregory a member of D Company 39th New York Volunteer Infantry. Eight were written during April and May of 1865 while Gregory was recovering from wounds at the Homewood Hospital in Washington D. C. The ninth letter is pre-war. Two of the letters are enclosed in mailing envelopes with indistinct postal markings; one of the envelopes is franked with a 3-cent rose Washington stamp Scott #65 the stamp is missing from the other. Gregory's discharge certificate is also included. The letters are all in nice shape; the certificate has some storage folds and minor wear. <br /><br />The letters are primarily queries from family and friends about his wound "Stephen you had not aut to wash your wound after eny other persons wound for fear of the gang green" his general health "shugar making" and the death and wounding of other local soldiers mixed with considerable hope that Stephen would soon be able to return home. <br /><br />One letter however also references the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln and the hunt for John Wilkes Booth: "las Friday they is a corpral and three privates to the depo looking for the man kiled abrham linkin and they say that they git 3000 if they git him". <br /><br />The 39th New York Infantry the Garibaldi Guard was organized in New York City in the Spring of 1861 by Colonel Frederick George D'Utassy under special authority from the War Department. Initially the unit was divided into eleven companies each primarily composed of men of different national heritage; three companies were Hungarian three were German one Swiss one Italian one French one Spanish and one Portuguese. In the Summer of 1864 four companies A through D were mustered out however a new D Company was mustered into service that October from upstate New York. <br /><br />Gregory was from Lisbon New York and joined D Company while it was being organized at Malone New York. D Company fought in the Appomattox Campaign during March and April and it was during this time that Private Gregory was wounded. Gregory's military records are sparse but they do confirm that he was hospitalized for four weeks although they do not specify where or how badly he was wounded but based on the dates of the letters it must have been some time in April shortly be General Lee surrendered. <br /><br />A nice collection of letters to a wounded soldier clearly evidencing the love and concern of his family. <br /><br /> books
186624824New York: Harper & Brothers 1866. First edition. Paperback. Fair. Single bound issue of Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. 199 December 1866. Notable for the inclusion of "Forty Three Days In An Open Boat" pp 104-113 now recognized as the first appearance of Mark Twain in a national magazine. Noted apparently as Mark Swain in the list of contributors. This copy in relatively poor condition with some substantial soiling chipping to edges and other general wear. However still bound with most of the spine intact. Not often found as a separate issue it is much more common for this to be found as part of a bound set of twelve issues. Harper & Brothers paperback books
1810045629London: Clementi Banger Collard Davis & Collard et al. 1810. Hardcover Half Leather. Good Condition. Collection of engraved scores bound up in half red leather modest wear at edges rubbing to boards with loss of marbled paper. Modest foxing occasional minor staining and creasing old manuscript list of scores on front endpaper a few ownership marks to titles a bit shaken with a few signatures protruding with wear at the leading edge scattered minor paper repairs; generally very good internally. The scores are: Sir John A. Stevenson. O leave me to my Sorrow Ballad Sung by Mr. Manners at the Bath Concerts from the Second Volume of the Melodies of Various Nations The Poetry by Thomas H. Bayly Esqr. The Symphonies and Accompaniments by Sir John A. Stevenson Mus.Doc. London: Printed by Goulding & D'Almaine n.d. And: Charles Smith. Nay weep not dear Ellen A Ballad Written by Mr. J. Lee Lewes and Sung by Mr. Braham at the Theatre Royal Covent Garden.London: Published by J. Power n.d. And: John Parry. Smile again my bonnie Lassie Sung with the greatest Applause by Mr. Braham Mr. Collyer Mr. Broadhurst and Mr. Sapio Also by Mr. C. Bland.Third Edition. London: Published by Goulding & D'Almaine n.d. And: T. Smith. Oh yes-I oft remember thee Sung by Mr. Phillips Answer to the Celebrated Song "Oh no-we never mention her" The Poetry & Music by T. Smith. London: Published by Mori & Lavenu n.d. And: J. Blewitt. The Laurel Wreath As Sung by Mr. H. Phillips at the Argyll Rooms Edinborough Bath &c. London: Published by J. B. Cramer Addison & Beale n.d. And: F. Paer. When I think of the wrongs he hath done me The Favorite Aria as Sung by Mr. Phillips in the Grand Opera called The Freebooters at the Theatre Royal English Opera House.Arranged & Adapted to English Words by Wm. Hawes The Poetry by Hampden Napier Esqre. London: Printed & Published by Wm. Hawes n.d. And: Storace. The Captive Rival The much Admired Song as Sung by Mr. Bedford at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in the Opera of Isidore de Merida or the Devil's Creek.Adapted and Arranged by T. Cooke.London: Published by Clementi & Co. 26 Cheapside n.d. And: J. C. Clifton. Bacchus's Bowl. A Convivial Song Written by W. F. Collard.London: Published by Clementi Collard & Collard n.d. And: Georg Frideric Handel. Arm Arm Ye Brave Song in Judas Maccabeus.Arranged by C. Trinks. London: Printed by Clementi & Co. n.d. And: John Emdin. Who deepy drinks of Wine The Celebrated Bacchanalian Song. Sung by Mr. Lacy Mr. Hodges Mr. Rolle Mr. Bedford and M. Leoni Lee with the most brilliant Applause at London Bath Bristol Birmingham and Dublin.London: Printed by Phillips & Mayhew n.d. And: Wm. Reeve. The Friar. A Favorite Song in Merry Sherwood. Written by Mr. O Keefe.London: Publish'd by Goulding D'Almaine Potter & Co. n.d. And: Henry R. Bishop. The Captive Knight. A Ballad.Teach me to forget Sung by Mr. H. Phillips at the Concerts Festivals &c. &c. The Poetry by Thomas H. Bayly Esqr.London: Published by Goulding & D'Almaine n.d. And: T. Cooke. The Wolf is Out Bass Song. The Words by Saml. Jas. Arnold Esqe. Second Edition. London: Published by T. Williams n.d. And: Henry R. Bishop. O Take This Nosegay Gentle Youth Duetto Sung by Miss Stephens & Mr. Duruset in the Opera of Cymon at the Concerts Festivals &c. London: Printed by Goulding & D'Almaine n.d. And: Vertue. O Why is Love's Celestial Dream. A Duett for Two Voices.London: Printed by Goulding D'Almaine Potter & Co. Music Sellers n.d. And: Bouldiere. "Oh Lady dear! good news I bring" A Duetto Sung by Miss Graddon and Miss A. Tree at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in the celebrated Musical Romance called the white Lady or the Spirit of Avenel composed by Bouldiere and adapted to the English Stge by T. Cooke Director of the Music to the Theatre Royal Drury Lane. London: Published by Clementi Collard & Collard n.d. And: A Collection of Vocal Duets Part of which have an Accompaniment for the Piano Forte. Composed by Eminent Professors. No. 2. London: Printed by Clementi Collard & Collard n.d. And: W. Horsley. "When shall we three meet again" A Ballad. Composed by W. Horsley Mus.Bac.Oxon. and Arranged by him for Three Voices With an Accompaniment for the Piano Forte. London: Printed by Clementi & Co. n.d. And: G. Rossini. Zitti Zitti Piano Piano The Celebrated Terzette as Sung by Madame Fodor Sigri. Garcia e Naldi in the Opera of Il Barbiere di Siviglia.London: Published at Falkner's Opera Music Warehouse n.d. And: Mr. Shield. Shakespear's Loadstars. A Favorite Glee.London: Printed by Clementi & Co. n.d. 1805 or 1815. And: Sir J. Stevenson. The Original Boat Glee See our Bark scuds o'er the main. The Words by Joseph Atkinson Esqr.London: Published by I. Willis & Co. Royal Musical Repository n.d. 1817 or 1820. And: R. J. S. Stevens. Bragela the Poetry from Ossian Trio for the Sopranos and a Bass. With an Accompaniment for Two Performers on One Piano Forte.London: Printed & Sold for the Author by Preston at his Wholesale Warehouses 97 Strand n.d. 1810 or 1812 or 1815 or 1825. And: T. Attwood. Hark! Hark! the Curfew's Solemn Sound. Glee for three Voices as Performed at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in the Curfew. Written by the late J. Tobin Esqr.London: Publish'd by Monzani & Hill n.d. 1819-1829. And: Two Glees. "The feast was over in Branksome Tower" for Two Trebles and a Bass and The Spirit Scene "Is it the roar of Teviot's Tide" for Counter Tenor two Tenors & a Bass.N.p.: n.d. And: Wm. Knyvett. "There is a Bloom" A favorite Glee for Three Voices. As Sung by Miss Stephens Messrs. Vaughan & Bellamy at the Vocal Concerts Hanover Square.London: Published by the Royal Harmonic Institution n.d. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Music; Inventory No: 045629. <br/><br/> Clementi, Banger, Collard, Davis, & Collard et al. hardcover books
184618110101London: Edward Moxon 1846. Leather bound. Near fine. Three volumes complete twenty-fourmo size 1005 total pp. The ancient poetry of England continues to hold a fascination and influence over contemporary poets with the old ballads and songs still being read and studied. This three-volume set comprises a thorough selection of poems from the old English tradition with ballads featuring well-known characters such as Robin Hood King Arthur and Sir Gawain as well as poetry written by prominent Elizabethan writers such as Christopher Marlowe and Sir Walter Raleigh. The poetry is annotated with notes and a scholarly essay precedes the poems in Volume I making this set a historical and academic look at some of the most beautiful lyrics in the English language.<br/><br/>This set is bound in contemporary leather which has remained smooth and supple with elegant gilt designs in unusually nice condiiton.<br/><br/>___DESCRIPTION: Full brown leather gilt ruled borders around the edges of both boards five raised bands on the spine with gilt decorative and ruled borders brown and black leather spine labels with gilt lettering decorative gilt borders along the fore- bottom and top edges of the boards all edges marbled marbled endpapers in brown red and black; twenty-fourmo size 5.5" by 3.5" pagination: Volume I: i-v vi-ci cii-cv 1 2-283; Volume II: i-v vi-viii 1 2-303; Volume III: i-v vi-vii viii 1 2-298. Elegant inscription in a vintage hand in two different colours black and brown the brown ink "Florence P. P. Beasley / from/ her affectionate brother / E. C. Beasley / 28th May 1872" the black ink "Charles Edward illegible / Beasley in loving memory / of his dear mother CB" in all three volumes both inscriptions on the verso of the front free endpaper in each volume; additionally the inscriptions are dated 1907 in Volumes II and III. <br/><br/>___CONDITION: Volumes are near fine with clean boards strong square text blocks with solid hinges the interiors are clean and bright and the only prior owner markings we see are the inscriptions mentioned above; some very light rubbing to the corners on each volume all corners gently bumped and very minor foxing to a few pages in each volume but overall a lovely set.<br/><br/>___POSTAGE: Â International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details.<br/><br/>___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Edward Moxon unknown books
1890002757Various places: Various publishers 1890. Very good. One hundred labels ca 1890s to 1930s; various sizes - from tiny 1 3/4 x 1 to 5 x 3 1/2; some of them illustrated with photographs engravings drawings and chromolithographs; condition varies from fine - with no defects - to good - several of them with chips splits and ink-bleeding due to exposure to moisture. A beautiful collection the largest we have seen it encompassed decades and reflected people's fascination with patent medicines and the breadth of quack products in the late 19th- and early 20th centuries. With manufacturers spanning the entire United States - from Natchez through Davenport to Chicago and from Albany to Tacoma and San Francisco the labels advertised remedies potions pomades and salves and included innocuous mustache wax and rose hair oil the amusing "Spray-A-Cow" which made satisfied cows the dubious "Claro-Derm" depilatory to be aplied and then scraped off with a silver knife the bombastic "Red Hot Heave-Bouncer" for coughs in horses and the "Gypsy Wonder Salve" and the "Brain Duster" the horrid "Blumer's Requi Salve" containing turpentine and carbolic acid and designed to be applied to unmentionable places and the dangerous "FixiT" which was supposed to be a non-poisonous restorer of meats ie it made spoiled meat edible once again. The largest number of labels belonged to products manufactured by Lincoln Chemical Works - established in 1886 in Chicago remembered for their astoundingly-massive line of quack products and known for encouraging every-day people to distribute the company's fares in their spare time. Other names included Geo. Waldman in Iowa also famous for their straight razors Boyston's Pharmacy in San Francisco Leavitt & Smith Pharmacists in Hudson NY and many others. Various publishers unknown books
1872CAT000061Paris: Rosa y Bouret 1872. Later Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Fair Condition. Orignal black cloth worn at edges corners rounded front joint reinforced with cloth tape and rear weak evidence of having been reglued at some point wear to page edges one page encapsulated in japanese paper at some point a bit shaken overall with some loose signatures but still a complete and usable example of this cookbook originally published in 1845. Not in Cagle Bitting Vicaire etc. 966pp arranged alphabetically with 6 place setting and carving plates at the rear.<br/><br/>Nuevo Cocinero serves as a sort of counterpoint to the Nationalistic aspirations of El Cocinero Mexicano 1831. Earlier editions castigated readers for serving tamales poor people's food and though later editions removed this exhortation it remained an upper-class French cookbook going so far as to invoke Careme and Beauvilliers on the title page written in the shape of a wine glass. But for all that the author heaps praise on pit cooking barbacoa style. Size: 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking Wine & Dining; Inventory No: CAT000061. Rosa y Bouret hardcover books
1860238418New York.: Leavitt and Allen. 1860. . Full brown morocco over beveled boards raised bands elaborate gilt blindstamped decorations on spine and covers all edges gilt grey and red checkered endpapers ribbon marker. Light shelfwear to extremities small marginal dampstain at bottom corner still a very good copy with bright gilt on covers and edges. 4to. 50 engraved plates with tissue guards. Leavitt and Allen. hardcover books
