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1886006420No Place: Excelsior Stereo Views 1886. No Date No Place the wedding of President Grover Cleveland to Frances Folsom was June 2 1886 in the White House. Two images printed one side Very Good top corner small chip faint writing in ink to unprinted verso. . First Printing. Stereo Card. Very Good. 3 1/2" x 7". Excelsior Stereo Views Paperback books
188643327London 1886. 1st Printing. Modern plum colored cloth spine over marbled paper-wrapped boards. Printed paper title label to front board. Binding - Fine. Textblock - VG age-toning and bit of foxing. iv 55 - 70 v - viii pp. Text double column. Webber's article pp. 55 - 66. Frontis. Article ilustrated with 6 figures. Adverts illustrated with cuts. 8vo. 10" x 6-3/4" <br/><br/> hardcover books
188443312London 1884. 1st Printing. Modern plum colored cloth spine over marbled paper-wrapped boards. Printed paper title label to front board. Binding - Fine. Textblock - VG age-toning. 2 adverts 685 - 716 2 adverts pp. Text double column. Probert's article pp. 703 - 711. Adverts illustrated with cuts. 8vo. 10" x 6-3/4" <br/><br/> hardcover books
188443328London 1884. 1st Printing. Modern plum colored cloth spine over marbled paper-wrapped boards. Printed paper title label to front board. Binding - Fine. Textblock - VG age-toning. 2 adverts 319 - 362 2 adverts pp. Text double column. Thompson's article pp. 319 - 344. Fold-out table of 'The Electric Light Companies' follows page 334. Adverts illustrated with cuts. Article illustrated with 34 intratextual figures. 8vo. 10" x 6-3/4" <br/><br/> hardcover books
181123306Oyster Bay Long Island New York: Not Published 1811. Collection includes 17 separate documents all of which reference this court case regarding the petitioner Alexander Peacock an insolvent debtor from Oyster Bay Queens County Long Island NY; appearing before Cary F. Dunn Jr. first judge of the court of common pleas County of Queens; Peacock was ".conforming himself to the directions of the act entitled 'An act for the benefit of insolvent debtors and their creditors'."; the first document partially printed titled No. 1 Petition has been notarized with the blindstamp at top of E. Ely Notary and is addressed to Judge Dunn; the next is the proof of residence deposed and signed by John B. Hicks & the judge; the following is an Account of Creditors a long list of over 30 names and including individuals living in New York Philadelphia and New Jersey the debts amounting to $ 5468.00; next is an accounting of the 6 suits and judgements brought against Mr. Peacock including that of Joseph C. Hornblower of Newark NJ James King and Archibald McKellar of the City of New York and others; the next document is an inventory of the estate of Peacock with a list of 15 people who have notes outstanding owed to him including Benjamin Smith Gilbert Robertson & Co. David R. Floyd Jones Luther Hildreth a Mr. Sibbsone of England Capt. Jones of the United States Vessel Revenge and Louis Jones a Colored man totalling $ 5647.62 - the back of this sheet gives a list of the "Body Clothing Beds & Bedding." Peacock being fairly well-dressed and provided for; other documents here include the Oath certifying the amounts owed; a certification of copies of the documents by James Fairlie Clerk of the Supreme Court; a legal agreement & acknowledgment from Peacock to meet with creditors at the house of Joseph Roe innkeeper in the Village of Jamaica; also is the "Order for Advertisement" document signed by Judge Dunn requesting that the notice of the meeting be published ".in the paper printed by the printer to the State and in the Columbian and Long island Star for six weeks successively requiring his creditors to appear before me at the House of Joseph Roe."; attached here are the printed papers completed in manuscript attesting to the publication of the notice to publicize by the judge from Charles Holt printer of the Columbian and counter-signed by James Campbell Master in Chancery and tipped-on is a printed copy of the actual advertisement as it appeared in the newspaper; with a similar notice from Solomon Allen printer of the Albany Register another from Alden Spooner printer of the Long Island Star both of these also with their samples of notice tipped-on; with a notice signed by the judge assigning all of Peacock's properties excepting his bedding & clothing to his creditors; and an attesting witness of the judge's assignment signed by Edward Parker; with a certifying document with original seals of Peacock's main creditors receiving conveyance of his estate as assignees in satisfaction of the debts signed by Edward Parker John B. Hicks and Christian Truss as witnesses signed & sealed by Wm. Wright David Findlay and Wm. Crow with the verso attested to by the judge; with a notice of oath-taking of Wright & Findlay to uphold the decision of the court; and a similar oath by Wm. Crow and signed by Judge Dunn; each page is signed by Alexander Peacock; originally these were all sealed or adhered to each other at the top of the sheets to make one continuous 'case' of materials - some of the old glue has given way and now there is separation of the pages; varying sizes from 6 3/4" x 8" to 8 1/2" x 13 1/2" size sheets; most of the paper of very good quality chain-laid some with the paper makers' watermark; some edge tips wear and chipping to edges some darkening and old fold lines; in very good condition overall and a collection offering a glimpse of the process for relieving debt in this case substantial especially useful for outlining the entire process under the law in the early days of the American Republic; interesting legal history documentation. Noteworthy individuals mentioned in this case are: Joseph Coerten Hornblower 1777 - 1864 American lawyer and jurist from Belleville New Jersey Chief Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court; Alden Spooner 1783-1848 who ".has the distinction of being a printer in two Long Island towns Sag Harbor and Brooklyn. It was natural that he chose to be a printer as his father Judah Paddock Spooner was the pioneer printer of Vermont and his uncle Timothy Green was a printer in New London Connecticut." Spooner also started Brooklyn's first daily newspaper Doggett Long Island Printing; Judge Carey Dunn Jr. Revolutionary War veteran; Commodore Jacob Nicholas Jones 1768 - 1850 officer in the United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France the First Barbary War and the Second Barbary War and the War of 1812. Manuscript. Not Bound. Good. Not Published Paperback books
182519920Oyster Bay Long Island 1825. Original document Justices were William H. Jones Daniel Feeks James Hegeman presiding over the case; stating among else: ".Coles Craft.Saith that on the 24th day of December 1824 - that Jacob Baldwin and Robert Ludlam were pushing each other about the store of Richard Cock and Samuel last name illegible and that Jacob Baldwin struck him the said Coles Craft a blow on the face and threatened to flogg him if he took the law of him." continuing with a disputatiously various group of testimony as to who hit who in this fight; listed are the subpoena and constable expenses and the case's docketing information on the back; 8" x 12 1/2" size approx.; a sadly violent case however interesting in that there is some mention of local businesses both for the court of sessions and the locality of the "affray" itself; some edgewear browning along folds & spotting; still very good condition and an interesting Long Island judicial ephemeral item along with being of some historical note specifically for the Oyster Bay area. Very Good. unknown books
185222012Hempstead Long Island New York: Not Published 1852. Three small handwritten documents; dated 1852-55-57; Hempstead; John Wilson from John R. Hull for fixing well and chimney; Platt Willett from Hull on a pair of round top sash & fittings; and a small receipt for Fowler estate from James Wright; 2 3/4" x 6" approx. size; light wear old fold lines; very good condition and a good micro-glimpse of commerce in the mid-19th century in Long Island NY. . Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published Paperback books
189523205Oregon: Not Published 1895. A small archive collection of 38 stock certificates and 2 related finance-related letters; the evidence of this portfolio of investments provide the history of the financial activities of the Ray brothers - Colonel Frank H. Ray a New York investor vice-president of the American Tobacco Co. and his brother Dr. C.R. Ray who investigated various opportunities for Colonel Ray and partnered with him on several deals in the American far West as evidenced here; including Oregon related certificates: 1 1903 Gold Ray Rod & Gun Club Jackson County Oregon to C.R. Ray Bushong & Co. Portland Or. printers; 9 1909 Condor Water and Power Company Oregon made to F.H. Ray H.C. Stoddard engineer for the brothers & others Goes printer; 1911 4 Gold Ray Granite Company Medford Jackson County Oregon made out to C.R. Ray & a few associates Glass & Prudhomme Co. Portland printers; 1912 2 Lucky Tou Velle Copper Mining Company Oregon one to each Ray brother Medford OR printing company; 1912 2 Southern Oregon Mining Bureau Oregon to the Gold Ray Realty Co. Goes imprint; 1908 2 Crater Lake Company Oregon to Frank H. Ray Anderson & Duniway Portland OR printers; 1908 - 1917 5 Orchard Home Company Medford Jackson County Oregon to F.H. Ray & a few associates Glass & Prudhomme Co. Portland OR printers; Miscellaneous stock certificates including: 1 1895 United States School Furniture Company to Frank H. Ray S.D. Childs Chicago printers; 1920 8 Radio Power Corporation Delaware registry to F.H. Ray American Bank Note printers; 1905 1 The Lakewood Country Club Chautauqua County NY to F.H. Ray Albert B. King & Co. NY printers; 1916 2 Hydrocarbon Products Company Arizona to Chas. W. Turner The Broun-Green Co. NY printers with 2 pieces of related ephemera - 2 typed letters of January 1917 regarding agreement to transfer Hydrocarbon stock to a Mr. Carr via Turner & Ray - one with an interesting paragraph of explanation regarding the ".burning of the plant at Lorillard." - one is signed by Frank H. Ray and with an approval signature of Chas. W. Turner both with edgewear and old fold lines one with corner chipped the other with old clip-mark; 1924 1 Certificate of Shares for the Par Securities Corporation Delaware registry to Frank H. Ray W.N. Perrin Co. NY printers; The Ray brothers were very influential in the development of this area of Oregon: ".Besides the Rogue River Electric Company Gold Ray Dam and power houses and several hundred miles of power lines they own a number of mines and several thousand acres of land as well as choice realty in the various cities of the valley. Their latest undertaking was the formation of the Orchard Home Company the planning subdivision caring for and selling on easy terms of choice orchard tracts for the purpose of enabling men of small means in the East to acquire fruit holdings. The Ray brothers are developers on a large scale." quoted from the Medford Mail Tribune January 2 1910 pg. 10; some light wear old fold lines occasional splitting to the certificates; in very good condition and interesting real estate mining & power development history especially of this area of Oregon via this investment ephemera. . Stock Certificates. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published Paperback books
188623591New York N.Y.: Puck 1886. Approximately 13 1/2" x 19 1/2" overall size; a double sheet from this humor and political satire periodical; this image focusing on the fall of Henry George from the 'ladder' of upward political placement after his defeat for the mayoralty of New York City in 1887 - he falls from the ladder to join the wreckage of various 'crank theories' below symbolized by communists socialists anarchists Blaine-ism & others; light wear; one corner chipped little splitting along original fold line text on back; colors bright in very good condition. Art. Not Bound. Very Good. Puck Paperback books
188623590New York N.Y.: Puck 1886. Approximately 13 1/2" x 19 1/2" overall size; a double sheet from this humor and political satire periodical; this image focusing on the social tensions of the time concerning worker rights symbolized by a struggling 'Uncle Sam' worker with tool bag caught in-between the snake-pit of Disorder & Bloodshed being pulled down by an anarchist and socialist with a ranting 'king' of violence and boycott egging them on below while two well-dressed gentlemen pull from above Chief Arthur and Powderly beckoning the poor man to his job in a pleasant factory and an idyllic village life; light wear; original fold line text on back; colors bright in very good condition. Art. Not Bound. Very Good. Puck Paperback books
1846046001London: The Percy Society 1846. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition. Original brown cloth bookplate of De Guinzbourg from his proverb library on the front pastedown. Modest foxing; a very nice copy. The first of Denham's tracts published between 1846 and 1859. Scarce. iv 73pp. Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Language & Linguistics; History. Inventory No: 046001. <br/><br/> The Percy Society hardcover books
180826349Boston Massachusetts: Printed and sold by Belcher and Armstrong 1808. 36 pages. Shaw & Shoemaker: 14760; a platform of Christian religion Congregational church discipline and belief system that OCLC credits to Richard Mather 1596-1669 & John Cotton 1584-1652 . Approx. 4" x 7" size; disbound; title page darkened; one leaf with a couple small holes with the loss of a few letters of printing. Some wear soiling & spotting; in good condition. Later Edition. Not Bound. Good. Printed and sold by Belcher and Armstrong paperback books
1834008945Boston / Raleigh: Charles Bowen / Turner and Hughes 1834. Presentation Copy SIGNED AND INSCRIBED at front paste down "Presented to Joseph Hyde Pratt 6/18/1926 Burnham S. Colburn" with the bookplate of Burnham Standish Colburn beneath the inscription. A great North Carolina Association Copy Burnham Colburn assisted in organizing the Biltmore Estate Company which developed Biltmore Forest. He was also a prominent banker in Asheville and a noted mineral collector instrumental in the founding of the Southern Appalachian Mineral Society Joseph Hyde Pratt was a noted North Carolina geologist conservationist state and civic leader and World War I hero. In the original patterned cloth binding gilt lettering and decoration back Very Good 1/4" loss of cloth at top edge of spine end papers toned moderate toning throughout. Howes J234. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED. First Edition. Patterned Cloth . Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Presentation Copy. Charles Bowen / Turner and Hughes Hardcover books
1828007701London: Printed for C. & J. Rivington 1828. Two volumes bound in contemporary full vellum red and black leather labels ornate gilt decorations at spines. With 8 total plates including a map frontis Vol. I a chart a facsimile document a building view and 4 plan plates. Prior owner name and "Palazzetto Borghese 1847" front end page Vol. I. Very Good boards soiled moderate toning to end pages internally clean and bright. Originally published in London in 1820 and SCARCE in either edition and especially so finely bound. A travel guide and history of Rome. . SIGNED. Second Edition. Vellum. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Uncorrected Proof. Printed for C. & J. Rivington Hardcover books
186320649New York: Cramoisy Press 1863. xiv 243 pp in original plain wrappers. Wrappers lightly worn along spine and edges. Unopened rear wrapper chipped old bookworm or insect damage affecting margin only of last 5 leaves; very good overall. One of the earliest editions of this dictionary which was reprinted many times. Field 602: "The fur traders of the eighteenth century.in coasting along the shores of Vancouver's and Nootka Sounds carried with them some of the words of each of the tribes who they visited; until at the mouth of the Columbia River they found a quick-witted people who adopted the mongrel jargon they heard from the lips of strangers and blended the fragments of twelve native tongues with some English and French terms into a sort of language possessing nearly 500 words. Mr. Gibbs.undertook to resolve this wretched jargon into its original elements and this is the result of his labors. Cramoisy Press unknown books
1888241753London: Kegan Paul Trench & Co 1888. Hard Cover. Good binding. Blue cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Binding cocked. Light edgewear to extremities with slightly heavier wear at corners. Archival repair to spine. Some light spotting to boards. Mylar cut to protect boards. no markings in text. Good binding. Kegan Paul, Trench & Co unknown books
1888003333South Carolina: Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church 1888. 88 pages in thin paper wrappers. Very Good Minus the wrappers are heavily edge chipped and mostly worn away at spine contents are clean and tight prior owner name front endpage a few pages with light foxing and corner creases. SCARCE. Genealogy. South Carolina History. Church History. . First Edition. Printed Wrappers. Very Good Minus/No Jacket As Issued. Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church Paperback books
183722708London: John Van Voorst 1837. Modern period-style dark brown speckled half-calf binding with marbled boards. Gilt spine lettering. Renewed eps. Binding - Fine. Text block - VG first few preliminary & terminal leaves have some edge chipping title leaf & dedication leaf with some professional restoration. xviii 526 8 pp. Adverts at rear including prospectus for 'British Birds'. Illustrated with numerous cuts. 8vo. <br/><br/> John Van Voorst hardcover books
1899008375London: Macmillan and Co Limited 1899. In contemporary full blue calf signed by Bickers & Son five raised bands with four gilt floral decorations back marbled end papers top edge gilt. Very Good spine sunned evenly to gray small gift inscription front end page verso. Third Edition revised throughout and greatly enlarged. xxv 640 pp. Numerous illustrations. . Third Edition. Calendar. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Macmillan and Co, Limited Paperback books
1892008635London: Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1892. From the personal library of Edward Robeson Taylor his bookplate and SIGNED by him in pencil front end page of Vol. I. Edward Robeson Taylor 1838-1923 was an author and poet physician lawyer and 28th Mayor of San Francisco1907-1910. Three volumes in contemporary fine bindings of half polished calf over merbled boards the backs richly and intricately gilt marbled end papers 26 maps in text many of them folding numerous tables. Near Fine very light rubbing at edges. A lovely set. . Third Edition Revised. Half Polished Calf. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Oxford at the Clarendon Press Hardcover books
1844046060New York: Nafis & Cornish 1844. Third Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. Rebound in recent black buckram front blanks retained. Old signature to endpaper occasional browning and foxing light dampstain to final 10 pages frontis trimmed to plate edge but with no loss of image"Edward Stiff" inked in on title. The frontis is the earliest view of Austin. 2 blanks frontis title vii-xxii 23-275pp. Streeter I 344 1st ed. Howes L 154 Size: Octavo 8vo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Americana; History. Inventory No: 046060. <br/><br/> Nafis & Cornish hardcover books
1830044921New Haven: William Storer 1830. Early Edition. Hardcover Quarter Leather. Fair Condition. The 11th edition in 1/4 leather over boards - boards quite worn spine dry but binding sound. Stain the gutter a few marginal tears one page adhered in the gutter but no loss of text. Plates of the Battle of Trenton Bunker Hill and Saratoga. Size: Octavo 8vo. Previous owner's signature in ink. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Americana. Inventory No: 044921. <br/><br/> William Storer hardcover books
1893231362Portland OR: First Unitarian Church 1893. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Illustrations; No pencil or ink markings in text. Black leather binding with stamped gilt lettering. Text block edges are gilded. Light edgewear with slightly heavier wear at top edge of rear board. Very Good binding. First Unitarian Church unknown books
1842008293London: Saunders and Otley 1842. Four volumes in contemporary full polished calf the backs with gilt decorations and black and red morocco labels plain grey end papers. Very Good light rubbing at corners light soiling to boards scattered toning. spots at end papers corner chip to Vol. red label Vol. IV. With the bookplates of Sir Richard Henry Charles Rycroft 3rd Baronet. Each volume with a gift inscription dated March 7th 1852 "Henry Richard Roycoft from his affec. Father and Mother on his 11th birthday. Richard H.C. Roycroft Charlotte A. Roycroft". Sadly Henry Richard Roycroft died two years later in 1854. A SCARCE history in fine contemporary binding. This set will require additional shipping charges for priority and international mail- please inquire. . First Edition. Polished Calf. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Saunders and Otley Hardcover books
1870246476Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA: J. B. Lippincott & Co 1870. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. The handsome full leather edition of this history. Illustrations; Previous owner's name on gift bookplate attached to ffep. No pencil or ink markings evident in text. Last page of index and blank page after are discolored from a bookmark having been inserted previuosly. Light edgewear to extremities. Text block edges are gilded. Very Good binding. J. B. Lippincott & Co unknown books
