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Vertz, Myrtle LBiblio.com

Climbing Up And Looking Back 2 Volume Set

VERNON [VERNIE] KUNTZELMANBiblio.com

1911 - 1915 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN DIARY AND LOG OF A UNITED STATES NAVY SAILOR WHO SEES ACTION DURING THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION

19110001331USS YORKTON USS CLEVELAND USS COLORADO. Good. 1911. Hardcover. On offer is an interesting historical manuscript diary and personal log handwritten by United States Navy seaman Vernon Vernie K. Kuntzelman. The service provided 'Account Book Diary and Log' has about 75 pages of entries dated November 16th 1911 through November 15th 1915. Vernon not writing daily makes notes over the four years and two days of time in the Navy from the banal but notable dates: training assignments ship changes and movement sights like the passing of the Golden Gate transfers ship board duties etc. to the bombastic and historical: "Watched a battle between rebels and federals on the beach at Acapulco. Rebels won losing 25. Federals lost 80. Saw several men get shot." "Left Acapulco to pick up some castaways who were shipwrecked on Clipperton Island." "All hands were sent to Mt. Tamalpois to fight a forest fire." "Arrived in Mazatlananchored an hourfell overboard." "Rebel artillery ashore opened fire on Federal transport. Fired ten shots. The transport moved behind the US ships for protection." "Arrived Mazatlan Mexico 15 ships in harbor. Fighting on the beach all this time. German Jaop Mexican English and US ships in Harbor." Other entries note: USS alert convoying convoy two Submarines; Santa Cruz paraded; 500 visitors every day on ship; coal ship steamed through Golden Gate; all hands ashore marching inland tents dug trenches; patrolled town; Smith Pelkey fight at Daly City San Mateo; Towing yacht "Lola" "Gola" "Dola"; Party of moving picture men; held speed run averaged 21.45 knots at end of last hour 4 boilers blew up killing nine men and seriously injuring others; swimming party on beach climbed mountain; taking first place 1st in the navy turret gun firing; overtook a Japanese cruiser and much more. After 1915 the author fills the pages with poems and songs about his time on the sea: Back on the farm: "I'm not in the navy now I'm back behind the plow No more I'll roam The white sea foam I am a farmer now." Damage to the spine but overall G.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; USN UNITED STATES NAVY MEXICO MEXICAN REVOLUTION FEDERALES REBELS MAZATLAN KUNTZELMAN LATIN AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA USS YORKTON WORLD WAR I WWI 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 AMERICANAAls 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 Papel . hardcover

Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc. · Canada2 455,99 $US≈ 2 078,01 €

VERNIE FLINTBiblio.com

1913 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN ELDERLY UPSTATE NEW YORK WOMAN DETAILING A LIFE OF TOILING EVEN IN A HOME BEREFT OF CHILDREN

19130008198BINGHAMTON NEW YORK. Good. 1913. On offer is an interesting diary written in the months before WWI broke out in rural America. Measuring 4.5 inches by 3 inches the diary contains 365 pages plus memoranda. The diary is in very good condition. All pages are intact and the handwriting is legible. This diary was written in 1913. The author is Vernie Flint who lives in Binghamton NY. Born in 1851 she is 62 at the time of writing. She passed away 3 years later. She and her husband had no children. Her husband Harlan passed away in 1918. Her diary is a detailed record of the myriad household tasks that she sees must be done on a daily basis. They consume her. "We got up early and I made some toast for breakfast and then did a lot of chores and started to have a good dinner of fresh pork and boiled potatoes but oh dear while we were trying to eat it we had 4 callers and before I had got the table cleared Rene came for a long call. And just as she went out of the house Frank Hoyt came in for a call. & then Mrs. Downs for 2 hours. I get so discouraged and disgusted too" Jan 10. This seems to be a common theme in her entries. She seems somewhat obsessive about cleaning and housework and definitely does not appreciate being interrupted by visitors. Many entries reflect this: ". Just as we finished our dinner at 2 o'clock Ada & Ray & Jo came in for a call. then when we was doing night chores Mrs. Downs came in and stayed at most 2 hours and just spoiled my evening ." Jan 26; ". I had to work all day. I did our night chores early and we had our second meal at 5 o'clock then we finished the chores & about 6 o'clock when I was going to sit down in 5 minutes to writ Boughton came and stayed til 8 o'clock then I could not keep awake so it was way into the night before I could get it done" Mar 23. Here are a few more examples: "Mrs. Rugg came over to inquire about Mrs. so and so and hindered as usual"; "Laura Ayers came and her little rascal with her. It took most of my time to chase after him with his meddling and impudence"; "Mrs. Downs came with her insulting smartness and great knowledge and Mrs. Cheel with about the same sort"; "Oscar came in for a long call for he never knows enough to go home"; "We did not have breakfast as early as we ought & before I had the table cleared Earnest Sampson came in for a long call and spoiled the forenoon"; "Thanksgiving day the Lord blessed us without having company". The diary also includes a fairly detailed cash accounting for household expenditures for the year. This is a rather fascinating look at life in a small town in America immediately before the outbreak of WWI. It is intensely local. There are no references to major events that occur outside the scope of her life such as Woodrow Wilson becoming President Mar 4 or the imposition of a new federal income tax Oct 3. As such it will be of interest to social historians studying this era or those looking at the economic realities of daily life in small-town America at this time.; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; EARLY 20TH CENTURY; 1910s; UNITED STATES; RURAL AMERICA; VERNIE FLINT; BINGHAMTON NY; BROOME COUNTY; SOUTHERN TIER; VALLEY OF OPPORTUNITY; PARLOR CITY; WOODROW WILSON; SUSQUEHANNA RIVER; WOMEN'S STUDIES; BROOME COUNTY GENEALOGY; HOUSEHOLD EXPENSES IN 1910s RURAL AMERICA; AMERICAN TOWNS IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY; AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS IN 1910s; AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL 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 PAPEL . unknown

Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc. · Canada1 485,99 $US≈ 1 257,30 €

Venables, Stephen (signed)Biblio.com

Higher Than the Eagle Soars: A Path to Everest signed

2007031413London: Hutchinson 2007. SIGNED by the AUTHOR only the date his address in Bath and signature - NOT personalized to anyone SIGNED copies are SCARCE. Very Good condition in a Very Good dust jacket. Only light shelfwear -- NO chips tears or fading. NO owner's name or bookplate. NOT a library discard. NOT a remainder. Pages are clean and unmarked. Venables was in 1988 the first Briton to ascend the summit of Mount Everest without bottled oxygen. Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Prize 2007. Illustrated with 16 b/w and full color photographic plates. Bound in the original gilt-stamped blue boards. Complete with pictorial dust jacket. From the publisher: "Higher Than the Eagle Soars distills the intense essence of his Everest climb concentrating on the drama of the final climb and nightmarish descent. It is an intimate and epic account of an event that confirmed Venables as the greatest British climber of his generation." From the author: "I have been wanting for some time now to revisit the Everest climb. Although the book I wrote about it Everest: Alone at the Summit was very successful and has appeared in four different editions it conformed superficially to an expedition book telling the whole story from beginning to end with considerable technical detail. It would be good to go back and extract the intense essence of the story concentrating on the drama of the final climb and nightmarish descent making a grand finale to the book. Although Everest wasn't the end of my climbing career it was a big turning point: it had quelled the demon of ambition and I sensed that I would probably never do anything quite so extreme in the mountains. And although we didn t go seeking deliberately an epic near-death experience it did turn out that way the ultimate endurance test for which all the previous adventures seemed retrospectively to be a preparation.". SIGNED by the AUTHOR his signature only. Hardcover. Very Good condition/Very Good dust jacket. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 8vo. xiv 370pp. 16 plates. Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Hutchinson Hardcover

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VEDDER A PETERSBiblio.com

1923 INTERESTING ORIGINAL GROUP OF FOUR 4 DIAIRES HANDWRITTEN BY AN ALBANY NEW YORK CAR SALESMAN FOR WHO THE SUN RISES AND SETS ON BUICK MOTOR CARS

19230007013ALBANY NEW YORK. Good. 1923. On offer is an interesting group of four 4 diaries of a car salesman in his senior years and very soon before his demise in the years immediately prior to the Great Depression being 1923 through 1926. The author is Vedder A. Peters who lives in Albany New York. He is married to Kit and in 1926 he mentions a son. There is a burial record of Vedder A Peters in Albany NY showing date of death as 1927 at 64 years of age. This being so the diaries written when he is in his 60s make for interesting reading given the reader's knowledge that Vedder has only a few years to live. The diaries' entries revolve around either his car - a 1923 Buick Touring Sedan of which he appears very proud or his activities as a salesman and investor. '. Ran Buick to service station 11:30 AM for quick inspection Jan 2nd 1923 . This was first time out with Buick. She ran true Apr 1st 1923 He notes planning an advertising campaign Jan 14th 1923 and begins to put in place the following day: Ran double col 3 inch deep Ad today in Journal Union on Advertising Lectures and Speeches Jan 15th 1923 Another entry notes his running an ad to try and get work writing: First answer to ad came from LaBadie to write his biography. He is a splendid type French Canadian - 60 years old and educated. My price $20.00 Jan 29th 1923 April 13th he notes that he is still trying to sell ads and: Commenced buttonholing various people and firms for their advertising. Dorwaldt Wallenstein Badgeley Schutter Raven and a host of others. Schutter & Badgeley look good. Oct 1st 1923 The diaries for the next three years continue in the same vein. Many are entries about his car such as a detailed description of a car accident Mar 29th and the associated repair costs $1.50 for fender repair and another accident where: . a girl ran from the curb and into the right front fender . Apr 10th 1924 On May 29th he quit his job at a newspaper noting: . job no good not one sale May 29th 1924 Among the very few personal comments is a reference to the death of an acquaintance Nov 19th 1924 In 1925 he notes that he plays in a stock market pool. This is an example of the type of stock market speculation that was one of the leading causes of the Great Depression. In Peters case: Played in stock market pool. Never heard a word. Mar8th 1925 The entry list 3 groups of numbers possibly betting combinations. This was followed by: Won stock market pool 3d money with 412 splits on Nos 5-11-7-10-9 having 20 each day for 4 days and 18 one day. Wow - $12.90 Mar 29th 1925 Later he notes another investment this time also mentioning another person VB - possibly his son as there is a Vedder B. Peters noted in the records of Albany and as he frequently refers to himself as VAP: Subscribed 105 to Masonic Temple Fund - payable 35 annually each year for three years. VB subscribed $72 - $24 a year for 3 years May 25th 1925 Other entries focused on his Buick. In 1926 he contracts to build a house Feb 18th rents an upstairs floor in his home to a couple Mar 27th sold a couple of building lots Apr 14th Apr 21st and moved into a new shop to run a mail order business Apr 29th. All-in-all Peters comes across as a busy man who looks for and takes advantages of opportunities as they come his way. This is an excellent concise chronicle of a small entrepreneur in small-town America in the years during the Roaring Twenties. A researcher would appreciate his careful expense record over this time as they present a good idea of prices especially those that are automotive-related. Each leather-covered volume measures about 4 3/4 inches by 3 inches and contains 120 diary pages plus memoranda and information pages. Each diary is about 20% complete. The diaries are in good condition with the leather covers of the 1923 and 1924 volumes showing obvious signs of wear. All pages are intact. The handwriting is legible.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF VEDDER A PETERS; ALBANY NEW YORK; ROARING TWENTIES; GREAT DEPRESSION STOCK MARKET SPECULATION PRE DEPRESSION ERA ROARING TWENTIES AUTOMOBILE SALES BUICK EARLY CAR DEALERSHIPS UPSTATE NEW YORK EMPIRE STATE AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL 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 PAPEL . hardcover

Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc. · Canada2 455,99 $US≈ 2 078,01 €

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