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The Select Circulating Library: Containing the Best Popular Literature Including Memoirs Biography Novels Tales Travels Voyages &c. -- Vol. I nos. 1-26 Jan. 15-July 9 1833

1833007534Philadelphia: Adam Waldie 1833. Hardcover. Good. 4 416 p.; 29 cm. Contemporary full calf with five spine compartments between raised bands. Slip for repair by Pawson & Nicholson bookbinders Philadelphia tipped on to p. 416. Title at head of first page of each issue: "Waldie's Select Circulating Library." Small engraved bookplate of the Library company of Philadelphia on front fixed endpaper with motto "Communiter bona profundere deorum est" which is stamped in red "Duplicate Sold." Contents include: Lives and Exploits of Banditti and Robbers by C. MacFarlane; Semi-Serious Observations of an Italian Exile by Count Pecchio; Memoirs of Hortense Beauharnais; Wacousta or The Prophecy by John Richardson; and Rambles of a Naturalist by the late Dr. Godman. In Good Condition: front board and front free endpaper are detached but present; leather is rubbed; lacking original leather spine label; title page and several page edges have old repairs; scattered foxing; otherwise clean and solid. Adam Waldie hardcover

Classic Books and Ephemera · États-Unis88,00 $US≈ 74,46 €

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The Violet: A Christmas and New-Year's Gift or Birth-Day Present; 1837

1836004125Philadelphia: E.L. Carley and A. Hart 1836. Hardcover. Very Good. 9 18-212 2 p. frontispiece and 5 additional leaves of plates; 16 cm. Original calf boards with embossed decoration on both boards. Possibly late 19th-century spine replacement with brown silk with star pattern. Modern recasing with the silk spine and repair of front hinge. All page edges gilt. Faxon 822. Contents: Introductory Dialogue by Eliza Leslie -- Louisa Simons by Caroline Gilman -- The Partners by Catherine E. Gooch -- The Sale of the Water-Lily by Hannah Flagg Gould -- The Eagle's Speech by Horatio E. Hale -- The Broken Arm by C.M.W. of Philadephia -- The Strawberry by Catherine E. Gooch -- The Happy Trio by Sarah J. Hale -- The Bird's Home by Hannah Flagg Gould -- Childhood's Joys by Horatio E. Hale -- The Willow the Poppy and the Violet by Lydia H. Sigourney -- The Phials by Eliza Leslie -- The Little White Cottage by Mrs. H. Bayley -- Violets by Emma C. Embury -- The Invitation by E.H. of Philadelphia -- Emma and Her Brothers by Eliza Leslie -- Left Foot Foremost by Catherine E. Gooch -- The Dove: A Drama translated by Eliza Leslie from the French of Madame de Genlis -- Viola by Eliza Leslie -- The Christmas Gifts by C.H.W. of Philadelphia -- The Children's Pic-Nic by Catherine E. Gooch. Louisa Simons; or The Advantages of Application by Caroline Gilman has pencilled editorial marks. In Very Good Condition: edges rubbed; occasional foxing and staining; some pencilled notations; otherwise clean and tight. E.L. Carley and A. Hart hardcover

Classic Books and Ephemera · États-Unis67,00 $US≈ 56,69 €

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The Whole Works of John Butler

1850127196London: William Tegg 1850. New edition. Complete in One Volume. Rebound.HardbackEx-Librarywith usual stamps markings in good all-round condition 312pages. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item650grams ISBN: William Tegg hardcover

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THIS FABULOUS CENTURY: SIXTY YEARS OF AMERICAN LIFE SIX VOLUME SET

19692956Time-Life Books. 1969. Hardcover. Very good six volume set except one volume has damage to the top of the spine and one binding is weak in the center top page edge toning to all. No dust jackets. About 288 pages per volume. One volume for each decade from 1900 to 1960. A very heavy oversized set additional postage will be required. ; Numerous photographs illustrations some color. . Time-Life Books hardcover

Vagabond Books · États-Unis85,00 $US≈ 71,92 €

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Told Round a Brushwood Fire: The Autobiography of Arai Hakuseki

1980010902Ewing New Jersey U.S.A.: Princeton Univ Pr 1980. 347pp. Autobiography of Arai Hakuseki who was a Confucianist scholar academic administrator writer and politician in Japan during the middle of Edo Period who advised the Shogun Tokugawa Ienobu. Clean. 1st Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Princeton Univ Pr Hardcover

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TOLSTOY IN LIFE: Leo Tolstoy in Photographs by His Wife Sofia Tolstaya and Vladimir G. Chertkov.

1982360271982. Hardcover. Two-volume set in black-and-gilt-decorated yellow cloth covers with light minor shelfwear; pages tight clean unmarked; hinges sound uncracked. No DJs. Intriguing photos of the writer which also give a sense of domestic life in Russia during the period. ; . hardcover

Nelson & Nelson, Booksellers (Wise Street Books) · États-Unis75,00 $US≈ 63,46 €

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Tributes to Honorable William O. Douglas Associate Justice of the Supreme Court to Commemorate the Occasion of His Retirement from the Supreme Court November 12 1975

197611217Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office 1976. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy leatherette. x 232pp. Frontispiece. Fine. Pristine copy of this collection of tributes from numerous representatives senators and others. Tipped below the frontispiece portrait of Douglas is a small 3½" X 1" clipped "Yours faithfully" typed and signature -- apparently the closing portion of a letter. U.S. Government Printing Office hardcover

Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA · États-Unis75,00 $US≈ 63,46 €

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Vare Falne 1939-1945 Annen Bok

38516Norway: Utgitt Av Den Norske Stat Book. Good. Hardcover. Edges of cardboard covers are heavily worn. Interior is clean. Norwegian text. Heavy to ship. Utgitt Av Den Norske Stat Hardcover

Rainy Day Books · Canada50,00 $US≈ 42,31 €

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Venerated Foundress Mother Catherine Aurelia of the Precious Blood

089494Privately Printed Book. Very Good . Hardcover. First Edition. Leather-bound typed manuscript probably one of a kind - thus very RARE biography of Mother Catherine Aurelia foundress of The Precious Blood. 234 pages. Privately Printed hardcover

UHR Books · États-Unis201,00 $US≈ 170,07 €

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Verfassung und Satzungen der Glaubensgemeinde Ugrino. Künstlerische Verantwortung: Gottlieb Harms. Juristische Verantwortung: F. Jürgensen.

66945Klecken Kr. Harburg 1921. . Erste Ausgabe WG 2 3. - Definition u. Verfassung von Ugrino Von den Arbeitsgebieten den Ämtern den internen Rechten u. Rechtsbegriffen den Finanzbestimmungen; Satzungen. - Insgesamt erschienen 4 Hefte der "Kleinen Veröffentlichungen". - 1919 gründeten Hans Henny Jahnn 1894-1959 sein Freund Gottlieb Harms 1893-1931 u. der Bildhauer Franz Buse 1900-1971 die Künstlergemeinschaft Ugrino die Kunstwerke aller Art erhalten u. neue schaffen wollte. Letztlich blieben die meisten Pläne der Gemeinschaft unausgeführt; erfolgreich war die Gründung des Ugrino-Verlags 1921 in dem Werke barocker u. vorbarocker Komponisten erschienen. - Rücken aufgehellt Papier zeitbedingt gebräunt; sonst gutes Exemplar (Klecken, Kr. Harburg, 1921). unknown

Antiquariat Reinhold Pabel · Allemagne190,00 €

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Vie Privee du Marechal de Richelieu: Contenant ses Amours et Intrigues In Three Volumes

179139285Paris: A. Maestricht and J. P. Roux & Compagnie. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards rubbed light foxing and toning to . text block. 1791. Hardcover. An 18th century biography of the French aristocrat born in the 17th century rebound in a 19th century binding. Text in French. Uniformly rebound in three-quarter dark green cloth with black and white marbled sides. Black leather spine labels with titles stamped in gilt and floral flourish stamped in gilt in center spines. xvi 316 pp; 342 pp; 314 pp. Silk ribbon markers. A set as dashingly handsome as its subject Louis-Francois-Armand du Plessis Duc de Richelieu 1696-1788 who was often a member of King Louis XVs court a soldier diplomat and celebrated womanizer. It is thought that the notorious character of Valmont in the 1782 classic novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses is based on Richelieu. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . A. Maestricht and J. P. Roux & Compagnie hardcover

Old Saratoga Books · États-Unis125,00 $US≈ 105,76 €

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Who's Who in America Volume 34: 1966-1967

1966BICL00010Chicago: Marquis-Who's Who Inc. 1966 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Full red cloth gilt titles on front board & spine 2472 xvii pp. Light shelf wear titles a bit dull. Fits in flat-rate box. Shipping weight 9 lbs. . VG/No dj. 30½ X 23½ cm. Marquis-Who's Who, Inc. Hardcover

Twin City Antiquarian Books · États-Unis74,49 $US≈ 63,03 €

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Who's Who in Frontier Science and Technology 1st edition 1984-1985

1984BICL00012Chicago: Marquis Who's Who Inc. 1984 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Blue cloth gilt titles on front board & spine printed endpapers xvi 846 pp. Surface chipping to front free endpaper near fore-edge where it stuck to fpd otherwise fine. This copy belonged to epidemiologist Leonard M. Schuman listed on pp 647-8 as evidenced by original invoice laid in. Dr. Schuman among many other accomplishments served on the committees on smoking and health in the 1960s that first recommended the health warning labels that have appeared on cigarette packs ever since and also was the co-discoverer of silo-filler's disease. The book contains brief biographies of "16500 scientists & technologists.working in North America in the frontier areas of their respective specialties" followed by an index classifed by fields & subspecialties. Fits in flat-rate box. Shipping weight 6 lbs. First Edition. . VG/No dj. 30½ X 23½ cm. Marquis Who's Who, Inc. Hardcover

Twin City Antiquarian Books · États-Unis53,29 $US≈ 45,09 €

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Who's Who in the World 3rd edition 1976-1977

1976BICL00009Chicago: Marquis Who's Who Inc. 1976 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Quarter blue cloth printed paper-covered boards gilt titles on spine xiv 767 pp. One leaf creased. Signature of epidemiologist Leonard M. Schuman who is listed on page 622 on fpd. Shipping weight 5 lbs. . VG/No dj. 30½ X 23½ cm. Marquis Who's Who, Inc. Hardcover

Twin City Antiquarian Books · États-Unis52,39 $US≈ 44,33 €

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1906 ENIGMATIC HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY IN TWO HANDS DETAILING PREPARATIONS FOR A WEDDING THE HONEYMOON AND THE HAPPILY EVER AFTER

19130001143STATEN ISLAND NEW YORK REIDSVILLE NORTH CAROLINA. Good. 1913. On offer is a rather intriguing 1906 manuscript diary handwritten for the most part by 'Lady' as identified by the other part time writer who is 'Mary'. Lady is a woman of means having a number of members in her household who tend to and for her. Mary seems to do most of the writing in the first few weeks of the diary and then Lady takes over. It seems Lady is to marry shortly and is all consumed with preparations. Mary writes: 'sat in library and sewed while Estelle read the papers'; 'Lady' went places'. The diary begins in Staten Island and then for the wedding and thereafter identified as 'Home' in Reidsville North Carolina. We speculate that perhaps Lady is purchasing her trousseau or closing her home. Lady writes: 'Ned and I stamped 1000 announcements; Estelle read to me Julia watered plants Louise played; saw Caruso in Pagliacci; Delmonico's for lunch; Capt. Hjortsberg visited; April 24 1906 My Wedding Day'. Lady is tremendously busy and popular having many dozens of visits appointments and workers and she is attended to by a number of doctors quite closely visiting her at all hours for the least sniffles. Many are named including: Charlie and Laura Gore Gordon Watt Dora Sharp Mrs. Davies Coxe Mrs. La Montague Mr. Schwerine Dr. Bryan Dr. Armstrong Nellie Barry 'sewing for me' Aunt Jane Bierne Fletcher the Palmist Margret and Mel Fillman Mrs. Eugene Watts Lindsey Ellington Eva Pasteur Anna Montgomery Mag Richardson Rosa Macgruder Lottie Pendleton Olga Violett. She also goes on an extended honeymoon by train traveling from North Carolina through the south to Los Angeles up through Vancouver Canada to Winnipeg Chicago and then back to North Carolina all detailed in this super diary. VG.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; TRAVEL WEDDING MATRIMONY HONEYMOON GENDER STUDIES WOMEN'S STUDIES SUFFRAGE HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY . unknown

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"RUTLAND BLEIGN" (?)Biblio.com

1890 SUPER ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF A 3 WEEK CRUISE ON A 'MONKEY BOAT' THROUGH SOUTHERN ENGLAND'S SADLY DECLINING INLAND WATERWAYS AND CANAL SYSTEM AS RAILROADS BEGIN TO OVERTAKE BOATING

18900002315SOUTHERN ENGLAND GREAT BRITAIN. Good. 1890. On offer is a super original manuscript relic of travel through England on its inland waterways and canals as handwritten by the intrepid author "Rutland Bleign" but really unidentified as it seems a pseudonym who is travelling with his friend and illustrator the brace working to publish the as titled book: "In Tow: The Chronicle of a Cruise in a Monkey Boat." Written from August 6th through the 28th in 1890 he leaves off the year but some sleuthing concluded definitely the year as stated the manuscript which appears unpublished details the three week cruise on the historic canals of Southern England at the perfect time for historians and researchers of canal travel as in 1890 while some were in peak years of usage while others beginning to see the inevitable decline due to increased railway service. Rutland is an erudite witty raconteur in this travel account. Here are some snippets: ". after a ramble round the town I took our permit to the Canal Office to be initialled in due form and had a chat with the agent Mr. White. returning to our boat. I found a very serious gentleman with a pencil and notebook in hand. announced himself as the Canal-Boat-Inspector-for-the-Newbury-District-under-the- Local-Government-Board. he wanted to know how much women children and other livestock were onboard. if any of us were subject to hydrophobia Asiatic cholera smallpox or other little ailments of that sort. the blue books had already told me; but then as its owners the G.W.R. Great Western Railway get the traffic which it would otherwise take it seems to be merely a transference from one pocket to the other. No doubt the Railway people would close the Cut tomorrow if their powers allowed them which fortunately for us easy-going folk who infinitely prefer their water- to their iron-way is not the case." "The canal closing Sunday rule is absolutely stringent it appears and even a party of G.W.R. officials Great Western Railway who came down the canal for a weekend 'trip' were not allowed to infringe it. As the pleasure traffic begins to feel its way along these hitherto almost unknown waters this regulation will naturally become more & more irksome and will probably be relaxed eventually." ".Melksham. the sunny old Quaker town. the grand old Quaker enterprise and grit which made the place had largely disappeared but Sir Robert Fowler still is there and the methodist connextion is evidently strong." ". beyond a square orchard with some lumps in the turf. Stanley Abbey. our host insisted on our partaking in some home brewed wine vintage '86 Chateau Rhubarb Beds of subtle flavour and half inclined to be sparkling." "We begin to expect great things of 'New Swindon' and may after all have to spend more than the inevitable 'ten minutes for refreshment' which begins and ends most peoples acquaintance with the place; and which must have brought a fortune to the far seeing contractor who stipulated for that stopping clause in his lease with the Railway Company." Overall G.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF RUTLAND BLEIGN 19TH CENTURY ENGLAND CANALS CANAL CRUISES ENGLISH WATERWAYS TRAVEL BY CANALS MONKEY BOATS THE DECLINE OF TRAVEL BY INLAND WATERWAYS DAWN OF RAILWAY ERA BRITTANICA RAILROADIANA RAILWAYS TUGS RAILROADINGHANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING HISTORY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPELBIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY PERSONAL NARRATIVES . unknown

Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc. · Canada4 585,99 $US≈ 3 880,21 €

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Snowblind: A Brief Career in the Cocaine Trade

197620050232Indianapolis: "The Bobbs-Merrill Co. Inc." 1976. Third Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Good . Dark blue cloth and light blue board covers with silver lettering on spine; White Endpapers; top book edge is lightly soiled/foxed; book interior is clean and tight; 8vo; 284 pages; indexed; Dustjacket is protected by a mylar wrapper and is clean but rubbed; front panel of dustjacket has rubbing and small chips at corners and lower right corner has some creasing; upper edge of front dustjacket panel is rubbed with some shallow horizontal creasing; spine panel of dustjacket is rubbed with light chipping and creasing at each end; rear dustjacket panel is rubbed down the center and all edges "The Bobbs-Merrill Co., Inc." hardcover

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"VIGILANT". [pseud of Claud W Sykes]:Biblio.com

GERMAN WAR BIRDS.

rja888720UK8vo HBno dw/dj1st edn3rd printing. Pseudonym of Claud W. Sykes.Originally and first publishedOct1931 a 2nd printing December of same year and this edn March 1933. VG. No owner inscrptn. Bright crisp fairly clean - very light and small flecking/mottling spots to either board/cover publisher's generally sharp-cornered original plain undecorated navy blue cloth boards/covers with black ink printed lettering and publisher's device of black sundial illustration to slightly darkened spine/backstrip with very clean plain white front rear endpapers hinges solid and sound - with no cracking. Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no major nicks tears splits or fraying present. Top edges lightly toned from light dust-soiling and with very faint minimal sporadic foxing/spotting fore-edges brighter and cleaner with darker but minimal sporadic foxing/spotting - much less than usually encountered for book of its age; contents bright tight clean - with some minor discolouration and other imperfections commensurate with book's age and therefore with some minimal foxing/spotting else solid and sound - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - appears unread apart from my collation. UK8vo HBno dw/dj1st edn3rd print 5-264pp paginated includes Illustrations list/tableXI 11 chapters7 contemporary b/w portrait photographs includes frntis interspersed throughout the text and the book; plus unpaginated lightly foxed/spotted rectoverso blank similarly foxed half-title contemporary b/w von Richthofen portrait photographic frntis lightly foxed title page and lightly foxed contents list/table too. An uncommon item in this issue. The WWI exploits of Germany's top fighter aces are recorded in "German War Birds." They include Manfred von Richthofen Max Immelmann Oswald Boelcke Eschwege Ritter von Schleich and Hermann Gohring who was to lead the Luftwaffe in WWII. The story of the aces is set against the backdrop of the 1914-18 conflictacross its campaigns theatres the evolution of aerial warfare and other prominent German aviators. Please contact seller @ rpaxtonden@blueyonder.co.uk because of the value of this item for correct shipping/Pp quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! N.B. ALL buyers please note stocks' actual shipping/Pp costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded AFTER order's receipt and BEFORE before the order's despatch especially if the items are offered either Pp included/FREE. N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can now in some cases cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. LONDON.JOHN HAMILTON LTD.,PUBLISHERS.1933.] hardcover

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1923 EXCEPTIONAL FUNNY AND UNIQUE TYPESCRIPT DIARY OF A WITTY AND BITINGLY CLEVER WOMAN AS SHE TRAVELS FROM BROOKLYN TO HAWAII AND BACK OBSERVING THE WORLD AROUND HER IN A MATURE AND REFRESHINGLY ORIGINAL WAY

19230009068ACROSS THE U.S.A AND TO HAWAII AND BACK. Good. 1923. On offer is a fascinating typescript diary of a young womans named Lou W. Smith trip across the United States touring the West coast for a few days and then departing on a steamship and heading for a Hawaiian vacation. The diary consists of 24 typed pages beginning on Monday July 16 1923 En route Baltimore & Ohio. Washington to Chicago. and ending August 25th. A letter is also included that is very interesting and shines some light on the diary. It is written on a letterhead that says Treasury Department Washington. Office of Chief Clerk and Superintendent. It dates September 11 1923 and beings Dear Pal Am enclosing a couple of snapshots which I think will interest you also a copy of my diary which you said you wanted. Please dont take offense at anything you may read therein. It sounds sort of grouchy to me but I didnt mean it to at all. Well Im 29 years old today! Whew! Last milestone before the curve. I dont like to get thirty very much. I always feel tender toward you on that day however and thankful that you brought me into the world and took such tender care of me all through my childhood and when I was sick and brought me up through it all well and sound and educated N everything. It took a lot out of your own life and body and I do appreciate it. It ends The messenger just came in with Emily Posts book on Etiquette which I have wanted for some time-- From Francis Ryan. It costs $4. I shall now proceed to saturate myself with manners. Well- bye bye now honey. Have you settled down yet Lovingly Lou. The author is a lovely exciting and very funny writer. There are moments of great hilarity and levity throughout the pages. She writes with a keen sense of observation and comedic wit. The diary begins July 16 1923. Left at 7:25 P.M. after a very hot day. Francis Ryan and Violet seeing us off. We have the nicest brand new car railroad car named the Mountain Queen done in blue plush and Circassian walnut. It is quite comfortably cool to my surprise and there seems no reason why we shouldnt last through the night so far as the weather is concerned. They arrive in Chicago Had a horrible dinner at the Northwestern Cafe then go onto Salt Lake City. They move on to Yellowstone National Park: The Camps are great. We have one all to ourselves with wooden floor and sides and a canvas top. There is a large dining lodge decorated artistically with pine boughs and cones. Even the electric bulbs have shades of the small branches and cones. After dinner we went to the bear haunts where the food refuse is placed for them. Two large black ones rewarded for our efforts.The busboys and waitresses are college undergrads and awfully cute. The boys are called packrats because they lug the baggage the dishwashers are pearl divers and the bed makers bedbugs and the waitresses heavers. She goes on to talk about all the songs they sing at dinner and even quotes some. There is even some war talk at dinner He and mother couldnt seem to quite agree as to who started the war and he had the firm conviction that it was the inevitable course for one nation that is expanding to take by force from a neighboring nation that is not populating so rapidly land for the extension of the empire. Then on to their next camp called Lake Camp and the next morning on to Mammoth Lake. As always the author is a talented funny writer: Our lodge was right on the brink of a precipice overlooking the Upper Falls twice as high as Niagara and we could hear the roar of the water as it came thundering down all night long. I record this truthfully and without exaggeration as my dinner disagreed with my digestive apparatus and I spent the night trying to arbitrate the dispute.the dinner lost the argument and I lost the dinner toward morning after a hectic struggle. Next day we drove to Mammoth Camp a most wondrous drive through mountain ranges. Mother and I being tenderfeet had some qualms about there being no railing on the highway as the road was slippery from the recent rain and a skid of three feet would have catapulted us into eternity in a most precipitous fashion; The author comments on the people she meets while traveling with her usual sardonic wit: Whoever said See America First didnt count on the superlative satisfaction in travelling out here when some blatant braggart in a condescending blah blah tells you patronizingly how much this looks like Italy and you can quietly answer Yes doesnt it bring one back to Amalfi and the Bay of Salerno It is killing to see the crestfallen expression and hear the weak Oh have you been to Italy Oh boy but its a grand and glorious feeling! A Miss Pomposity from Buffalo thought she had quite overwhelmed me with the announcement that she got the little matrix ring she was wearing in Florence and it was such fun to say Did you get it at Copinis I have a little lapis ring I picked up there last summer. The poor dears day was ruined. The author and her mother go back to Salt Lake where they board the Denver and Rio Grande train. She falls in love with the desert: The sunset on the desert was enchanting. There were clouds which looked like huge snowdrifts shot through with a rose and blue streak and on the other side would be the softest delft blue mottled clouds some of them with gold-lined fissures. One long white cloud resting on a mountain peak looked like a gigantic sea-serpent made of cotton-tufts. While the sun was setting on the right just ahead the full silver moon appeared on the left over the observation platform and I felt distinctly Omar Khayyamish and could readily imagine the wilderness to be paradise snow under certain conditions and I could even eliminate the book the loaf of bread and the fermented grape juice. The go onto to San Francisco but cannot stay long as they have to dash across the city in a taxi and catch The Lark which takes them to Los Angeles to board the ocean liner Calawaii. In Los Angeles they go for an automobile ride around the city. In the residential section we saw the homes of Jack Dempsey Fatty Arbuckle and Mary Pickford before she married Doug. they then board the ocean liner: We left in the morning for Wilmington and sailed at noon. The ships orchestra 3 piece saxophone banjo drum and traps was playing and the passengers on board threw colored paper serpentines to those on the dock which served to bind the parting friends until the strain severed themMr. Dunbar Major Clears friend of Los Angeles Steamship Company came to our stateroom before the boat sailed and introduced us to the Captain and the Purser. On the boat the author describes a number of people getting sea sick the deck games bridge party and a vaudeville performance mind reading by a woman by the name of Madame Nacknack songs sung by a burlesque actress who was on board and more. Friday morning our ships newspaper gave us news of Presidents death. It was certainly shocking. It seems to give me such a detached feeling though. The states seem so far away and the news seems like that of a far country. There was to be a costume ball in the evening but no one dressed for it out of respect to the President. The president was Warren G. Harding who died on August 2nd 1923 of pneumonia. She soon reach Hawaii: The Hawaiian band in white uniforms was playing Aloha Oe and it brought a lump to the throat. Aloha means welcome greetings love or farewell. It is such a charming custom too to greet the loved one with garlands of flowers and place them about their necks. A sweet little Navy mother Mrs. Lovelace who happened to be attracted to me because of my voice kindly offered their car for our use and we came to Fernhurst. the Fernhurst Inn It is a gorgeous place a huge stately white mansion sitting back from the roadway amid the most luxurious tropical growth of royal palms and countless varieties of ferns and flowers. There is a long sweep of porch across the front with large square columns above which is the long sleeping porch. A low stone wall surrounds the property. A photograph of this is included in the diary. August 5th We like Fernhurst more all the time. The meals are delicious served in a spacious airy dining room by cute little Japanese girls in their kimonos and straw sandals. The china is dainty and the silver monogrammed. There are so MANY Japanese here! Everywhere there are little Japanese women sandalling along some with babies strapped to their backs sometimes lying there fast asleep. They take a ride around the island in a Pierce Arrow auto by way of Nuuanu Valley up to the Pali 2000 ft. high. Then to a pineapple plantation. They see a Mormon settlement and have lunch at the Haleiwa Hotel on the veranda. Then they take a short trip on a glass bottomed boat to see the submarine gardens then drive through a sugar mill and return back to Fernhurst. The next day they attend a luau and the author devotes quite a bit of writing describing that. Thursday was largely spent shopping for souvenirs. Our tour of the shops took us through Japanese and Chinese quarters. The slogan of a current tobacco advertisement is similarly appropriate; Your nose knows. Most of the Japanese women dress in native costume and many of the Chinese women wear the Chinese pantaloons and square jackets with little stand-up collars. Their hair is always a sleek shiny black coiffure with meticulous care. The Hawaiian women are universally fat. The next day they go to a memorial for President Harding The passage about the service is about 1 ¼ pages long and is exceptionally well written. On August 11th they board the ship and head back home and while the boat is pulling away she writes: As the boat pulled slowly out from the pier they played Aloha Oe and I really couldnt keep back the tears. I had plenty of company though so I didnt feel quite so foolish. Their greetings and farewells are most touching and it takes a strong heart to keep from being affected. Aloha Oahu! Aloha nui oe!; Tuesday. Who recommends sea trips anyway This is the last one I want. Im not seasick in the ordinary sense of the word but I AM sick of the sea. I felt so well when I came aboard and ate a hearty lunch but there my trouble began. After this little bout of sea sickness normal ocean liner activities resume. Her one page description of the masquerade party while on board is especially notable. Then its back to Los Angeles. They head back to Salt Lake City then Colorado Springs Cave of the Winds Manitou Cheyenne Mountain quick stop in Lincoln before arriving in Chicago on August 24th. There are about 5 full typed pages about their trip back home on board the train. All this is should show you that this woman is an absolutely marvelous writer. There is much more than what Ive quoted here. The diary pages are all typed and on tissue type paper that measures about 8 x 11. The cover that once housed the pages is in rather rough shape. It does however state her name and address as Mrs. L. W. Smith. 5 Hunterfly Place. Brooklyn NY. All the diary pages look good and their only imperfections are a few small tears on some page edges. Not all the pages are attached to the binding. The letter to the Treasury Department is in very good condition with small discoloration on the edges.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF LOU W. SMITH BROOKLYN NEW YORK CHICAGO ILLINOIS CROSS COUNTRY TRAVEL TREASURY DEPARTMENT LETTER OFFICE OF CHIEF CLERK AND SUPERINTENDENT TYPESCRIPT DIARY MOUNTAIN QUEEN RAILROAD CAR LOS ANGELES STEAMSHIP COMPANY YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK BEAUTIFUL DEPICTIONS OF NATURE INDEPENDENT WOMAN SMART AND SASSY WOMEN FEMINISM WOMENS RIGHTS HAWAIIAN VACATION PRE STATE HAWAII POST WORLD WAR 1 ERA TRAVEL INTERWAR PERIOD IN AMERICA DEATH OF PRESIDENT HARDING AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO DANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown

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'UNCLE' FRED HARTFORDBiblio.com

1891 - 1892 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A RELATED 'GUEST' OF THE CAPTAIN IN THE ENVIABLE POSITION OF SHIP'S PURSER ON A 3 MASTED SCHOONER FROM NEW YORK TO HONG KONG AND BACK

18910002219ASEA ABOARD THE STERLING. Good. 1891. On offer is a superb though flawed original manuscript 1891 - 1892 travel diary detailing day to day life workings and aboard a 3 masted schooner sailing to the 'far side of the world' from New York City to Hong Kong and back. Inscribed in a later hand: 'Uncle Fred Hartford's Diary on Board The Sterling Capt. Geo. Goodwin 1891 - 1892 Voyage from New York to Hong Kong by Sailing Ship 196 days'. 'The Sterling' commanded by Captain George Goodwin and this extended trip to the Far East and back are told over approximately 181 intact pages numbered page 3 - 184 with several loose pages a small number of fragments a 'supplement' notebook two letters of correspondence a photo of the ship and a twentieth century envelope bearing pertinent data and provenance written by family it appears on the outside. Genealogical notes on the envelope name Uncle Fred Hartford as a relative to the Captain inasmuch each man married cousins we think! who were sisters of the grandmother to the note writer!! Flaws fuzzy familial connection and all do not change the fact that the narrative is packed with details of life under sail as the author gives a day to day account starting with the position or location weather and any and all interesting observations or occurrences. It would seem he has some knowledge of the sea and ship board life describing the sailor's handling of the backstays and other easy references to nautical nomenclature. But he also seems to delight in some new enjoyments like sitting up high in the mizzenmast. Maiden voyage or not Fred does a super job delivering a true picture of life aboard as he strives to bring the experience to life for the folks back home. They encounter some rather bad weather; discuss trading coconuts with natives in an almost hilarious scene to the natives at least to going on a 'pick nick' in Hong Kong the narrative is unique: Uncle Fred holds the benighted position of a working 'Guest' of the Captain. He spends much time working through a cigar on deck with George discussing the folks back home to who he is actually addressing as if one long huge letter. As to his duties he appears to act as ship's purser being in charge of the 'slops chest' and having some part in negotiating with the natives. Anyone familiar with the Master and Commander series will see a like situation between Captain Aubrey and his particular friend Dr. Maturin. The paper is somewhat brittle being the reason there was some fragmentation but we cannot account for the loss of the fist three pages. The vast majority of the piece is overall G. ; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF FRED HARTFORD FREDERICK HARTFORD CAPTAIN GEORGE GOODWIN THE STERLING THREE MASTED SCHOONER NEW YORK CITY TO HONG KONG HALLET FAMILY NAUTICAL NAVAL SAILING SAILING SHIPS TRAVEL BY SAIL MASTER AND COMMANDER PATRICK O'BRIEN HORNBLOWER AGE OF SAIL MARINE MARITIME LIFE ABOARD SHIP OCEAN TRAVEL 19TH CENTURY VICTORIAN TRAVEL CHINA CHINA SEA AMERICANAHANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING HISTORY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPELBIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY PERSONAL NARRATIVES . unknown

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( CARROLL, Lewis ). DODGSON, Charles LBiblio.com

LETTERS OF LEWIS CARROLL.

1979DEMO012649IOxford University Press 1979. First edition. Octavos. Fine/issued without dj. photos facsimiles. Tall 8vos cloth in very good publisher's slipcase Dodgson was a prolific letter writer. Illustrated with photos and facsimiles. Oxford University Press unknown

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( INDIANA ). Alice Mundell Demmon, Jesse Little, Philip M McNay, Arthur G Taylor,Biblio.com

HISTORY OF LAKE COUNTY

193426064Gary IN: Old Settler and Historical Association of Lake County 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo 342 pages green cloth front hinge repaired Printed at the Lake County Star Press. Illustrated with photographs. Includes a Bibliography of Lake County. "An effort has been made to confine the material in this book to the Centennial Period . As occasion has demanded and where it was deemed advisable we have supplemented the historical committee's contributions with other manuscripts." - Preface. One memoir is specific to the Kankakee Region by Jesse Little. Old Settler and Historical Association of Lake County hardcover

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( INDIANA ). BOWERS, John O, Arthur G Taylor, Sam B WoodsBiblio.com

HISTORY OF LAKE COUNTY

19290011388Gary IN: Lake County Historical Association 1929. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo 223 pages cloth shaken; address label of Henry Fieler of Merrillville. Printed at the Calumet Press. Illustrated with photographs. Includes a Bibliography of Lake and Porter Counties on the Calumet-Kankakee region exclusive of the Dunes and local Gary material. Lake County Historical Association hardcover

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( STOCKTON, Frank R ). STOCKTON,Thomas HBiblio.com

POEMS: With Autobiographic and Other Notes

1862DEMO007851IPhiladelphia: Wm. S. & Alfred Martien 1862. First edition. Hardcover. Good. Darley Hoppin and Others. 12mo 321 pages brown embossed cloth front hinge cracked various minor faults. Scarce. T.H. Stockton was the Chaplain to Congress during Lincoln's Presidency and was half-brother to Frank Stockton. Rev. Stockton lead the Opening Prayer at the Dedication of the Gettysburg Cemetery preceding Lincoln's Address. This book has 7 engravings by Frank Stockton - his first book appearance. Frank earned his living as a wood engraver until 1866 and invented an engraving tool before turning to writing as a second career. This is his earliest published work but for a pamphlet in 1860 relating to the Civil War. See BAL v.7 p.680. The sketches are by by Darley Hoppin and Others. Stockton's last engraving is "A Scene on the Youghiogheny River ". Wm. S. & Alfred Martien hardcover

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