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1840358311840. Folio. Contemporary half dark brown leather with marbled boards gilt rules to spine marbled endpapers. 90 pp. Contents list and notes to upper and lower flyleaves pagination in pencil to upper right corners. <br/><br/>Notated primarily in a single hand on 12-stave J. & F. Harwood London music paper with decorative border of small interlocked circles; illustration of the coast of Dover to recto of first leaf. A few of the songs marked with dates and place names.<br/><br/>With previous owner's name to upper flyleaf: "Margaret Keep January 26th 1841."<br/><br/>A large collection of popular songs and dances in manuscript some with composer attribution given here in parentheses most without. <br/><br/>Contents pages 1-62:<br/>The Jenny Jones Waltz The Water Witch Quadrille & La Belle Barbiere German Waltz Johann Strauss The Better Laird Miss E. Davis In the Days When We Went Gypsying J. N. Sporle The Gondolette Alexander Lee The Gypsey's Wild Chaunt Kathleen Mavorneen Woodman spare that tree! The Bridal Ring Smile Again my Bonnie Lassie The Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers Miss Hemans Oh No! We Never Mention Her The Deep Blue Sea C. Arnold The Angels Whisper the following 7 pieces not listed in contents Come and let us be happy! Glorious Apollo Sam. Webbe Life is a bumper Wainwright Eve's Lamentation I Dreamed that I Dwelt in Marble Halls M.W. Balfe The Wishing Gate By the Sad Sea Waves Her Majesty's own Waltz Johann Strauss Waltz Waltzer pour le Piano Forte Waltz par Johann Strauss List to the Convent Bell Roy's Wife of Advallock O Nanny Will Thou Gang with Me The Campbells Are Coming L'Amour Musard Waltz Strasburg Waltz Strauss Elizabethan Waltz Waltz Waltz Hero Froerich Waltz L'Eté The Alpine Waltz Charmant Walzer Johann Strauss Monte Video Waltz Joseph Launer Waltz Beethoven Waltz from Fra Diavolo by Auber Strauss Waltz Strauss Moabe favorite Waltz Waltz Strauss Waltz Gallopade Huiloch of Keelock Gallopade The All Black Quadrille Coal Black Rose the next 2 pieces not listed in contents The Laird of Cockpen Ave Sanctissima or Evening Song of the Virgin What Fairylike Music The next 2 not listed Sir Roger de Coverly Tudor Quadrille St. Patricks Day the following not listed Lady Shaftsbury's Red The Fixe Fly Polka Les Echoes Musard Julius's English Quadrille Julius's Scotch Quadrille Julius's Royal English Quadrille Spanish Waltz La Polka Quadrille Ronsard Les Diamans de la Couronne Musard Deutsche Lust Waltzer Strauss The Post Horn Galop Waltz Beethoven The Bridal Polka Bonnie Dundee Annie Laurie I'd Mourn the Hopes that Leave Me Moore Search Through the Wide World. <br/><br/>Contents pp. 63-90<br/>Mostly sacred music including a collection of canticles responses and other chants in English choral style by various composers: Attwood Stouldsworth Jackson Soaper Depuis Hornington Jones Battishill Corfe Robertson Crotch Stafford Weber Purcell and Kelly. A selection of hymns: From Egypt lately come Why those fears Lord for thy tender mercies take What will they say in England J.W. Hobbs Bless the Lord Mozart. A few secular pieces within this section including The Hay is in the Mow Scott Gatty The Fairy Tempter Forget not your Janice Teach or Teach me to Forget Logan Braes.<br/><br/>Two songs included in contents not found: Long Long Ago The Voice of Soci.<br/><br/>Binding worn bumped and rubbed; split at hinges. Slightly browned; some showthrough; a few leaves soiled and faded. An interesting collection of contemporary popular tunes dances and sacred music. "One of hundreds of similar volumes compiled by women during the nineteenth century these albums contain predominantly pieces by European male composers yet nonetheless reflect the role of music in women's lives. Musical accomplishment was a mark of the well-bred woman and the piano in particular was most often her instrument of choice." Robin Rausch from Women in Music at memory.loc.gov. unknown books
184424937London: Sherwood & Co 1844. 5 volumes bound in 1. Small octavo. Newly bound in full marbled paper boards with printed title label to spines. <br/><br/>Vol. 1: Nos. 1 August 1842 - 6 January 1843. 48 pp.<br/>Vol. 2: Nos. 7 February 1843 - 12 July 1843. 48 pp. <br/>Vol. 3: Nos. 13 August 1843 - 18 Jan 1844. 48 pp. <br/>Vol. 4: Nos. 19 February 1844 - 23 June 1844. 40 pp. Lacking No. 24 July 1844.<br/>Vol. 5: Nos. 25 August 1844 - 26 September 1844. 16 pp. Lacking title table of contents and several issues.<br/><br/>With 2 preliminary leaves title and table of contents to each volume except Vol. 5. <br/><br/>Occasional light soiling and browning minor annotations in pencil and black ink; slight loss to lower corners of first volume not affecting music. Quite rare. OCLC incomplete runs only. <br/><br/>These volumes comprise several hundred melodies without text from operas popular songs dances and orchestral and chamber music. References are made to fuller versions e.g. with accompaniments in contemporaneous periodical publications in particular the Flutonicon and the Pianista. <br/><br/>A significant resource for tunes popular at the time. Sherwood & Co unknown books
36228Oblong folio 225 x 300 mm. Contemporary vellum-backed marbled boards. Ca. 250 pp. Watermarks include "La Stella" and "G & C Cini" prominent papermakers in Tuscany in the 1830s and 40s. <br/><br/>39 pieces in total. Composers include Beethoven 3 Bellini 2 Donizetti 3 Pacini 2 Paer 2 Weber 2 Strauss and Zingarelli 2 plus a number of unattributed works.With contemporary signature of "Mrs. S. Smith" to front endpapers and contemporary manuscript index to pastedown endpapers; her additional signature to Beethoven Waltz. Notated in ink in one primary hand<br/><br/>Contents:<br/>Paer Ferdinando 1771-1839<br/>Ah Lucinda Signor Duetto in the Favorite Opera of Agnese di Fitzhenny Arrang'd with a Piano Forte Accompt. by J.C. Pyne 80th Regt. 1 title 2-20 pp. <br/><br/>Donizetti Gaetano 1979-1848<br/>Cavatina Nell fior degl' anni miei Nell' Opera L'Ajo in Imbarazzo. Ridotta per Piano Forte Dal J.C. Pyne. 9 pp. <br/><br/>Italian Ariettes with a Piano Forte Accompaniment. Benedetto 2 pp.; Buona Notte 3 pp.; Nel Tempo Felice 3 pp.; Grato Momento é Caro 2 pp.<br/><br/>Bailey Thomas Haynes 1797-1839<br/>I'd be a Butterfly a Ballad Sung by Mrs. Haylett The Words & Melody by Thos. Haynes Bailey. 6 pp. <br/><br/>Canzonici Siciliane. 14 pp. 7 short pieces for voice and piano<br/><br/>Pacini Giovanni 1796-1867<br/>Come provar quest' anima Cavatina in the Opera La Schiava e' Bagdad. 12 pp. <br/><br/>Craven J.T. 1796-<br/>The Light Bark. Scene The Bay of Naples. 7 pp. Text by Anna Mahony<br/><br/>Beethoven Ludwig van 1770-1827<br/>No. 2 Grand Sonata composed & dedicated to Prince Lichnowski . Op. 26. 22 pp. <br/><br/>Anon. Waltz. 1/2 page. <br/><br/>Beethoven<br/>Waltz. 4 pp. LvBWVAnh 14/3 <br/><br/>Weber Carl Maria von 1786-1826<br/>Weber's Last Composition. 2 pp. Waltz in Ab major<br/><br/>Weiner Volkslied. 1 page.<br/><br/>Zingarelli Niccolò Antonio 1752-1837<br/>Ombra adorata aspetto. 9 pp. From his opera Romeo and Juliet<br/><br/>7 pp. 3 sets of 6 instrumental dance tunes unidentified most likely for violin.<br/><br/>Dance Music. 24 dance tunes for solo violin with titles including Quadrile! of Navarino Pantalone L'Elé La Pouyle La Trenis La Pastorale La Promenade and Quadrille a 2 Figure. 10 pp. <br/><br/>Donizetti<br/>3 pp. Unidentified work for piano solo. Incomplete<br/><br/>Bellini Vincenzo 1801-35<br/>Sinfonia Nel Opera Il Pirata. 16 pp. containing the overture for piano solo. With occasional corrections.<br/><br/>Waltz. Chap. Rouge. 1 page. For solo piano.<br/><br/>Military Waltz. 1 page<br/><br/>The Merry Days When We Were Young. 2 pp. For voice and piano. Notation and text carefully penned on mid-blue paper within highly decorative embossed border. Signed "E.R.P. 6. Novr. 1841" at conclusion.Two small pinholes to upper left margin. In very good condition overall. <br/><br/>Binding somewhat worn soiled rubbed and bumped; number "41" to spine. Very minor internal wear and browning. unknown books
1896D11320Berlin / Weimar: Neue Photogr. Gesellsch / Deutschen Photogr. Seitung K. Schwier 1896-1897. Hardcover. Very Good. Cloth and decorative paper portfolio "Internationale Musterblätter von Portrait-Aufnahmen" stamped on front board; contains 49 silver print photographic plates 6x9 inches with 3-9 images per sheet; loose as issued. Commercial portraits and images of European theatre performers with the plate number and date in the plate. Some show good humor -- a classroom of children being taught by a dog men drinking a woman peering through a tennis racket and the like. Portfolio soiled and worn. A few plates very lightly chipped along the edges but contents are generally VG or better. <br/><br/> Neue Photogr. Gesellsch / Deutschen Photogr. Seitung (K. Schwier) hardcover books
WALTER-FILM200015No binding. Very Good. Photo Hollywood: 20th Century Fox ca. 1957. Vintage original 10 x 8"" 25 x 20 cm. photo JUST ABOUT FINE. A glamour portrait with a background of ethnic iconography. unknown books
WALTER-FILM001028No binding. Very Good. Photo Set of twenty-three 23 vintage original 8 x 10"" 20 x 25 cm. photos USA. Jayne Mansfield Tom Ewell Edmond O'Brien dir: Frank Tashlin; Twentieth Century Fox. Most likely Jayne Mansfield's most memorable film in which she plays a wannabe actress bankrolled by a gangster. The film is a comic masterpiece and Mansfield was never displayed to more outrageous and curvaceous effect. A few photos that are in sepia tone show a little toning overall NEAR FINE. unknown books
1977WALTER-FILM004163<p>Lillian Hellman source Vintage original press kit USA Printed folder with fifteen 15 8 x 10″ 20 x 25 cm. photos laid in a paper sleeve with twenty-three 23 printed promotional texts about 60 pp. of text overall. Creasing and shelf wear to folder particularly to spine internally VERY GOOD.</p><p>Adapted from a section of Lillian Hellman's memoir <i>Pentimento</i> this acclaimed film by director Fred Zinneman portrays an episode in Hellman's life when she reunites with her girlhood friend Julia in Germany and embarks on a dangerous anti-Nazi mission.</p><br /> Twentieth Century Fox books
WALTER-FILM002188No binding. Very Good. Photo Vintage original 10 x 8"" 25 x 20 cm. black-and-white photo USA. Bill Robinson dir: Allan Dwan. A wonderful portrait of the great African American dancer Bill Robinson in a characteristically effervescent pose. There is a tear in bottom middle margin of about 3/4"" 2 cm. JUST ABOUT FINE. unknown books
18462556West Point NY 1846. Cream paper creased. Good. 25.5 x 19 cm. Margaret Stebbins Scammon writes her brother from West Point where her husband E. Parker Scammon is an officer with the United Army Corps of Topographic Engineers. Parker would later command the 23rd Ohio Regiment during the Civil War. <br /> <br />Good Friday Morn. 1846 <br /> <br />My Dearest brother <br /> <br />Parker fully intended to cover this envelope to you but as he was about doing it the Quartermaster must needs send for him to come to the Library for some important briefings: and so he begs me to write for him and apologize to the best of my ability for the non-appearance of your beer. You must have thought him very neglectful and tho' it is rather an awkward task I will tell you the whole truth. If you will have patience to wait till the end of this month it shall then be forthcoming. He expected to order it on the 1st but our cook took it into his head to go back to the city to live and as we had at his own request kept back the quarter part of his wages for 18 months you must know our last month's pay went with a rush and as we are so involved on every side we wont borrow and therefore all parties ourselves included must wait till after another visit from the Paymaster for our good beer. I have thus most frankly stated to you the case and I hope you will excuse it. We remember that we are still considerably in your debt so that it is with great pleasure that P. will attend to your order just so soon as circumstances will permit. I think the value of the empty half barrels returned is $1.50 each and they quite well have them as money. They are returned at any time and credited to sender. <br /> <br />We are looking forward to your visit in June or July with impatience. Do not disappoint us. <br /> <br />Your very aft sister <br /> <br />Margaret <br /> <br /> <br />The letter is addressed to Margaret's brother - Mr. John B. Stebbins Care of Homer Foote & Co. Springfield Mass. We know the merchant her brother worked for Homer Foote had become a very wealthy retailer in Springfield and assume that John B. was successful as well. <br />Letter has some foxing and tears in areas where there is creasing. Red West Point stamp is faint along with the number 5. <br/><br/> unknown books
19431417Culver City CA: Columbia Pictures 1943. Wraps. title 1 -117 pages. Copy belonging to Marguerite Chapman who played Pamela with her character's name on the front wrapper in holograph pencil. One of a number of comedies made during World War II that built around the "servant shortage" in the US during wartime this one with a bit of "The man Who Came to Dinner" mixed in. An English author visits a small town in New England and inflames the local population by trying to take away a noted chef who serves a Daughter of the American Revolution and in turn rekindles hostilities in British-American relations. Set in New England. Green titled wrappers noted as Final Draft on the front wrapper rubber-stamped and production No. 195 dated April 6 1943. Title pate present dated April 6 1943 noted as Final Script. 118 leaves with last leaf of text numbered 117. Mimeograph. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good bound with two gold brads. Lacking rear wrapper. <br/><br/> Columbia Pictures paperback books
180029670Venise: Joseph Remondini & Fils 1800. 285 x 250 mm. wide margins. <br/><br/>A scene inspired by the letters of Lady May Wortley Montague 1689-1762 whose writings "address and challenge the hindering contemporary social attitudes towards women and their intellectual and social growth." Wikipedia. <br/><br/>Minor soiling.<br/><br/>A very good impression on laid paper. Rare. No copies located in the online catalogues of the Austrian National Library the Albertina the British Museum or the Victoria & Albert Museum. Joseph Remondini & Fils unknown books
1674D6962Venice: apud Franciscum Brogiollum 1674. Hardcover. Very Good. Folio book 5 only 325 x 220mm. 12 159pp. 9 443pp. 21. Engraved woodcut printers device depicting Europa. Title printed in red and black. Tables. Double column. Some woodcut ornamental head- and tailpieces and initials. Later half vellum over marbled boards endpapers renewed light browning and foxing or dampstaining. Pictorial wood-engraved ex-libris by Leo Wyatt for Lord Norwich on pastedown. <br/><br/>Rivières extensive compendium of medicine. There was a parallell edition of Rivières Opera medica universa printed in Frankfurt of this same year Sumptibus Joannis Petri Zubrodt. This volume is book five in his extensive compendium of medicine with sections on physiology pathology semiotics preservation of health and therapeutics. Subjects dealt with include cancer haemorrhaging the amount of food required by a healthy individual the diagnostic significance of bloodshot eyes and the medical properties of various fruits nuts and vegetables. Rivière 1589-1665 professor at Montpellier was the first to introduce the Paracelsian iatro-chemistry or the internal use of metallic compounds to Montpellier and the first to note aortic stenosis. apud Franciscum Brogiollum hardcover books
189023927New York City N.Y.: Not Published 1890. Large plan or land-map; accomplished in blue ink with some added coloring & detail for a meandering stream and a few structures; with much elevation data; also two locust post surveyor's benchmarks indicated; land bordered at the north with D. Riker property to the east with the Bowery Bay Road the Jackson property and a small cemetery; other ownership names noted are P. Titus and Baldwin; the plan's title information handwritten on one of the panels on the reverse; no engineer or surveyor noted or date circa 1890; accomplished on polished linen architectural 'onionskin' which remains strong; approx. 42" x 56`" large size; some edge tips wear browned towards edges & along a few fold lines little bit of holing at center line; as is reverse especially at exposed surfaces and with some soiling; few 1" chips to material at top and bottom edges no loss to the text or drawing; in good condition; interesting Long Island City real estate development & community history; now known as the Ditmars-Steinway neighborhood of Astoria Queens. Manuscript. Not Bound. Good. Not Published Paperback books
188427089New York N.Y.: D. Appleton and Company 1884. xv 832 4 pages of publisher's announcements; a useful index at back. With illustrations in the text as well as plates in pockets at front and back; all collated complete; also included in the pocket contents and not on the printed list is a color-coded "Table of the Geological Formations found in Virginia and West Virginia.with Explanation of Colors as used on the Virginia Sections" - there are 14 different colors used in printing the maps and sections and this 'Table' acts as a color key to all. The text posthumously gathers the reports of William Barton Rogers 1804 - 1882 American geologist and educator whose ".research findings to farming attracted the interests of the Virginia legislature prompting Rogers to lobby for the establishment in 1835 of a Virginian Geological Survey. For this he secured resources and funding by promising economic returns from properly mapping the terrain for future railroad construction locating more fertilizer sources and revealing the existence of valuable mineral deposits. The same year he left Baltimore to become the state geologist and director of the Virginian Geological Survey; he was also appointed professor of natural philosophy and geology at the University of Virginia. His efforts with the Geological Survey from 1835 until 1842 provided the data for his most important geological publicationsDespite his exhaustive efforts after 1837 the Virginia legislature responded to a drop in public revenues by cutting funding and more closely scrutinizing the survey finally terminating support for the project altogether in 1841. Rogers was unable to persuade them to continue funding beyond 1842. As a result few copies of Rogers's six annual reports were printed and a final report was never published. The reports were not even combined into a single publication until Jed Hotchkiss compiled and published them with a map in 1884. .an illustrious career during which he received many honors and awards." including founding and becoming the first president of M.I.T. Trent A. Mitchell in the ANB The map of Virginia and other plates credited to cartographer & engineer Jedidiah Hotchkiss 1828 - 1899 "Mapmaker of the Confederacy." Volume approx. 5 1/2" x 8" size; bound in the original brown cloth gilt spine titles; patterned-paper endpapers. Some edge tips wear to the cover; couple of small foxing-spots on the title; the text plates within the volume darkened stained; plates in the pockets & the map with a little darkening; few clean splits along folds and in very good condition. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. D. Appleton and Company hardcover books
198423823Calverton Long Island NY: Not Published 1984. Album with 29 color & black and white photographs printed on glossy Kodak paper; images of the visit of NY House Speaker Stanley Fink 1936 - 1997 and Paul E. Harenberg 1931- 2010 also a NY politician to the Calverton Grumman Aviation plant to inspect the Grumman X-29 - an experimental aircraft built primarily for the use of DARPA Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program testing - from the NASA site ". X-29 aircraft featuring one of the more unusual designs in aviation history were flown at NASA Ames-Dryden Flight Research Facility The demonstrators investigated advanced concepts and technologies during a multi-phased program conducted from 1984 to 1992 provided an engineering database that is available for the design and development of future aircraft."; photographs include the jet on the tarmac official handshakes with company representatives the X-29 in the hangar workers Mr. Fink & Mr. Harenberg taking turns sitting in the cockpit the assembly line plant photographs and an impressive aerial view of the Grumman manufacturing and testing grounds; photographs not credited presumably by a company photographer and dated via internal evidence; 8" x 10" size approx. size photographs; all in the original imprinted official Grumman blue plastic hardcover three-ring binder; each photograph loosely inserted two to a protective sleeve; a few of the sleeves chipped and worn; the photographs clean clearly-taken and in very good condition; an interesting visual record of this experimental jet aircraft at its inception and the involvement of politicians in promoting the aerospace and military. Photography. Three Ring Binder . Very Good. Not Published Hardcover books
195022670New York: Not Published 1950. A collection of black and white imagery including: 34 11" x 14" approx. size images a few trimmed smaller with 4 identified on back: Victoria Falls Rhodesia South Africa a Mine Dump Johannesburg S.A. & the Union Bldg. Pretoria S.A. and another identified as of Toledo Spain this trimmed to 12 1/2" length - these 4 with the photographer's name & exhibition notes on back including the technical information Rolleiflex - also with 13 images of Alaska - 1 of the U.S. post office log building at Ft. Yukon 1 of the Kodiak City Dock and 2 of large totem poles site unidentified - the balance of the Alaska large-format images of glacier lakes fishing apparatus stream; the rest of the large format images are 11 ruins & scenery presumably in Central America unidentified one cropped smaller and one a blow-up of a scene; 2 copies of a man in a kilt wearing military decorations; and 4 images of what appear to be European locations & memorials & one of a staged scene of a Caucasian woman dancing in a harem outfit on sand dunes; with 72 8" x 10" images including 37 Alaska views including one of Mt. McKinley inscribed in 1953 to Hurley by E.A. Lanees. indecipherable smaller versions of the Ft. Yukon P.O. & Kodiak dock same images as noted above another noted in the image as Mendenhall Glacier Alaska and another a view of an Alaskan fjord both with the studio stamp of 'Ordway's photo shop Juneau Alaska' on backs fjord image with their blindstamp in right bottom corner as well; with an image of a Juneau main thoroughfare with the studio stamp of 'Lu-Ek's photo shop Juneau Alaska' on back; other Alaskan images of a street and sign promoting "Anchorage Fur Rendezvous All for Fun - Fun for All" a dockside scene of the Alaska Line pier & some of the street life businesses hotels; photo of the rear-paddle steamer Klondike and another of the Klondike dry-docked with the stern of the Takhini next to it just visible; large totem pole in field near the Sitka Hotel and the Conway building shoreline town view of docks shipping; Russian Orthodox church; glacier photos scenery fishing; 2 identified on back as Capetown South Africa and Zulu Natives Zululand S.A. and 2 of the mine dump and the falls noted in the larger format size above and 2 copies of Hurley & friend standing on hillside the mine area visible below; 3 of Egypt one identified on back; the balance a miscellany of European and Central American locations views scenery architecture; with about 30 5" x 7" images some a little larger or smaller of scenic locations at Yosemite Park another Ordway's image this of Auke Lake Alaska with their stamp; other woodland and mountain imagery and a few views of tropical architecture other scenes; occasional wear to edges corners; generally the collection in very good condition. First Edition. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published Paperback books
190023212New York: Various 1900. The R.I. Brown's Sons real estate firm was established in 1867 in NY and was located at 3428 Third Avenue; approx. 100 items of paper documenting the transactions of this real estate company; for example: a blueprint Map of the Arden Property Westchester NY approx. 9 1/4" x 14" with an inset route map to the property indicating plots sold off ; this development was located near Pelham Bay View Park with a related 4-page document typed giving the New York Property Belonging to Allan G. MacDonnell 63 Wall Street NY including the addresses and prices of extensive holdings in the Bronx lots and developed properties and which also included interest in 900 acres of land located on both sides of Central Avenue between Yonkers & Mount Vernon with the Jerome Travis estate John Bush James Gordon Bennet and others; MacDonnell also had properties in Brooklyn a hotel and grounds located at Coxsackie NY and acreage on Long Island in Holbrook and Riverhead - with the business card attached of Peter J. Quinn Real Estate and Insurance Bloomfield NJ having a pencil note at top which states 'Westchester - Arden' - with a typed sheet from F.E. Pollard Att'y concerning some of the plots being developed ".millions soon to be expended on water front." the note was typed on Lenox bond paper evidently a re-use - the back with the small letterhead of The Cuban Exposition and Trading Co. NY; this group also with a plot plan blueprint of the area of 184th St. indicating Aqueduct Grand Davidson Jerome Avenues trolley sewer gas & water services and the locations and measurements of various parcels approx. 8 7/8" x 12 1/2" size; and a group of correspondence concerning the properties of Sol Moses of NYC including a typed descriptive list including building details and amenities sizes addresses plot plans several handwritten notes from Moses asking the Brown firm to sell the holdings " In view of the larger increases in the population of the Bronx and the consequent improvement of rentals and the work now being done by the Dept. of P.W .there ought to be a good demand for both improved and unimproved property "; a 5-piece group of notes lists descriptions agreements to sell properties of Julia E. Curran " I hope you will be able to get us a buyer " for various lots " anxious to sell and will sell cheap providing we can sell at once "; also three filled-in "Description of Property for Sale' forms of R.I. Brown's Sons which are used to clearly describe various properties for sale of August E. Kuntz noting location block frame or brick stories families of occupancy heat price mortgage obligations outstanding improvements "all the best"; a 9-item group of correspondence conducted on plain postal cards and company stationery of J.E. Butterworth Carpenter and Builder 1901 - 1904 " you and your client go and look at the houses and then make me an offer I have 2 one family houses on Wash. Ave. near 181 St.papered and in good condition "; a 16-item grouping concerning properties of Wm. Rosenzweig mostly handwritten letters " I want to sell for Cash only 660 - 663 East 148th St. and in order to dispose of same at once I will sell at a very low figure. No reasonable offer refused. Try and get me an offer within the next few days if you want to make a good brokerage " - with some interesting ephemera used as scrap for notes from this customer - a small menu perhaps for a Order of Red Men fraternal society dinner with the names of contributors of various dishes and an illustrated ticket printed on cardstock for that group for their "1900 Second Annual Midsummer Night's Festival for the United Tribes of the Reservation of the Bronx Music by Professor Hager's Full Orchestral Union Band to be held at Brommer's Union Park Willis Ave. and 133d St. The Committee reserves the right to Eject any Disorderly Persons"; the R.I. Brown company 'filed' its correspondence with these and other clients in small mailing envelopes giving name and address disposition other notations; other owners and business associates include Victoria P. McVeany of Bensonhurst C.V. Halley Chas. Peiser of Kingston NY R.R. Randall Lyons & Chabot Lorenz F.J. Weiher Architect with hand-drawn depiction of location of property on his letter Squire Brothers Innes & Center brokers Alexander Johnston Lyon Brothers and more; some wear and soiling old fold lines a couple of the items browned and brittle; mostly in good to very good condition and an interesting glimpse of this New York City real estate brokerage's daily business over a several year span evidencing a very lively market for property sale and exchange at the beginning of the 20th century. Manuscript. Not Bound. Good. Various Paperback books
197526562Long Island New York: Not Published 1975. Ann Ullman Hirsch 1929 - 2017 had formal musical training and education at Juilliard and NYU; she was a passionate musician music educator and administrator. In a career spanning more than 60 years she was well known on Long Island for her extensive musical contributions including founding the Eastern Suffolk School of Music in Riverhead in 1977 and serving as its executive director for 10 years. Pianist and violinist she was a valued member of the L.I. Sound Symphony and was a private piano instructor to children and adults. Named East End Woman of Year in Education East End Magazine Suffolk County NY 1979 and honored by Peconic Bay Zonta at a Celebration of Women in 2013. from her obituary in 27 East and several online sources Collection includes: 1975 A 68-page typed manuscript with 2 annotated working draft copies of "A Basic Guide for the Teaching of Piano" by Ann U. Hirsch. These include tipped-on photographs of students' correct form along with the teaching exercises in the text & with extra image-sheets and 35mm photographic negatives laid-in. One of the drafts has extensive marginal notation. All are accomplished one-side either on quality typing bond paper of the time or copies. The original set is a group of loose sheets; working drafts are in 3-ring binders. Ms. Hirsch' introduction explains her purpose since according to her research - "There are also many fine books both long and short written by great pianists that suggest technical and artistic approaches for the advanced and professional performers but my purpose is hopefully to have written something for those who work primarily with beginners. I have tried to make it personal and informal while at the same time offer specific advice in the areas I consider most crucial. My hope is that if this book were to be published it could be made inexpensively in pocket book size and thus be available on counters in music stores as well as in colleges for all those who study piano and expect to teach it too" With 3 typed original letters from Ms. Hirsch to the music publishers Theodore Presser Co. Sterling Publishing Co. and Prentis Hall Publications all describing the content and asking in similar fashion to consider her book for publication. Included here are these three publishers' rejection-replies & another letter from Dover publishing which also rejected her project for various reasons. There is also a handwritten request from Ms. Hirsch soliciting the opinion of a professional editor-writer whom she thought may be able to help put her book into proper form for publication. Our research on OCLC at time of cataloging does not indicate any publication history. With A series of 8 Catalogs of the Eastern Suffolk School of Music spanning the years 1979 - 1989. Approx. 5 ½" x 8 ½" size; stapled printed softcovers; 20 to 40 pages each. These catalogs provide a listing of the board of directors committees administration staff - faculty with extensive musical biographies of the dozens of teachers involved giving instruction in voice piano violin flute cello guitar oboe trumpet dance harp organ recorder French horn viola brass instruments jazz improvisation composition eurythmics early winds theory percussion and more for example the 1988-1989 Catalog lists 42 instructors with their extensive qualifications & background; financial aid information schedules calendars tuition contact details & locations. 1978 - 1984 Group of 30 concert programs for the ESSM including student & faculty performances instrumental offerings & dance programs. Approx. 5 ½" x 8 ½" size; stapled printed softcovers usually 4 pages each giving the pieces played orchestra members & their instruments or soloists. With locations dates; held at the Fine Arts Theatre Southampton College Riverhead Mattituck East Islip H.S. Benjamin House Shoreham-Wading River Library & First Congregational Church of Riverhead. A run of 26 piano recital programs given in 1987 - 2013 by the students of Ann U. Hirsch; given in various private homes on Long Island. Most approx. 7" x 8 ½" size; single folded sheets with four printed sides. 1980-1984 Approx. 30 one or two page programs for the ESSM concerts student recitals often given monthly and a few other miscellaneous programs sponsored by ESSM in the Riverhead NY area: Jazz concerts percussion events concerts by faculty & guests student presentations. With personnel players pieces performed. 1986 A file folder with approx. 30 typed pages of material some on ESSM letterhead. These papers recount the struggle apparently of several months duration of the music school's attempts to restructure the board of directors and executive functions find adequate and sustainable financing and address critical accounting insurance liability and staffing issues which threatened the institution's continued existence. Some of the letters reveal troubling circumstances and finally include the resignation of Ms. Hirsch as the school's executive director and her choice of ceasing any further activities associated with the school including teaching. Other letters document and list various complaints needed changes salary & staffing requirements involving Ms. Hirsch board members and others who were involved in the running of the school. Miscellaneous: A three-ring binder with thumb-guide sections with some dozens of pages; this was Ms. Hirsch' own personal teaching and performance log: Students; Billing; Music; Musicians & Schedule. These sections have handwritten entries lists of student names addresses phone numbers; billing schedule and names columned with payments & various billing tiers. The "Music" section gives student names pieces planning for programs teaching notes; "Musicians" section with names phone numbers musical instruments & often the location of a large group of varied musical talents. With a variety of paper ephemera in a back pocket: newspaper clippings regarding music; MS performance names locations; schedules including for fees; TLS with her teaching offerings; name lists receipts. Approx. 7" x 10" size; black 'leatherette'; worn with tape-repaired spine. 1981 New Directions Resource Center Inc. Fifth Anniversary Gala list of donors; ESSM provided music.1983 Eastern Suffolk Woodwind Quintet & 1984 Michael Parola: Percussion Plus both hosted at The John Drew Theater of Guild Hall East Hampton. 1983 Eastern Suffolk Woodwind Quintet & 1984 ESSM Flute Choir performances both hosted at the Parrish Art Museum Southampton. 1984 The Raphael Trio appearing at the Shoreham-Wading River H.S. program. 1989 2-sided flyer program for Music Recital Mrs. Charlotte Murrin with pieces performers listed. With several 'reminder' and location direction-sheets for attendees of Ms. Hirsch' student performances. Condition: Generally everything is in very good condition with light wear and soiling to letters and binders. A very good archive documentation on a very active woman educator performer and teacher's musical & creative life. . Typed Draft. Various. Very Good. Not Published books
21858U.S.A.: Artist Published Including: An artists' proof of this lithograph approx. 14 1/2" x 22" overall size. Titled & signed "Full Moon - Artists' Proof - Mark Freeman" at bottom edge in pencil. With The artists catalog "Prints by Mark Freeman" 1964 Parrish Art Museum Southampton NY - Part 2 Lithographs section - which gives this information about the work: " This group consists of Lithographs almost all in color. Chronologically these prints represent the artist's earlier work most of the editions having been produced between 1950 and 1960 .Editions of Lithographs are limited to a maximum of 75 prints." The catalog depicts this lithograph. With A typed letter signed by the artist dated October 26 1993 on printed "Mark Freeman Union Square NY" letterhead. Within the artist states that " I believe that the print you have was donated to the Guild Hall East Hampton NY probably for a charity event in the Sixties when I was active in participating in the Annual Fairs .As to the prints of your inquiry: I have finally located two impressions with green background as in our copy. They were "artists Proofs" tried for effect; the edition was printed in brownish peach sky. The green proofs are rare - only four I believe Please let me know about the "Strange Moonlight" print. Sincerely Mark Freeman." The artist in his communication also included a color photocopy of a " section of the print which gives you the coloring of the edition. and initialed MF" With A catalog of his works at an exhibition held at the Sylvan Cole Gallery NY 1987 and another catalog from the Elliott Museum Stuart Florida 1991 and the original mailing envelope sent to his correspondent. Mark Freeman 1908 - 2003 Austrian-American artist celebrated for his boldly-imaged artworks " an inventive and experimental artist." Quote from George Albert Perret director of the Parrish Museum from the information in the included catalog. Art. Not Bound. Very Good. Illus. by Mark Freeman. Artist Published Paperback books
22931Original work in brown-black marker titled and signed at bottom "Remusat Paris Dec. 1980"; the backer of the piece with two typed statements from the former owner and friend of the artist Robert S. Greene 1922-2013 American writer jazz musician documentarian and historian; Mr. Greene has typed: "Claude Remusat's studio and flat in Paris. 46 Rue de L'Universite. Stay on right in court. Up four flights. I saw it first on April 12 1956."; Claude Remusat 1896-1982 French artist decorated World War I veteran; approx. 12 1/2" x 16" framed size glazed; light wear to frame; artwork in very good condition; unexamined out of frame; with excellent provenance directly from the artist to the first owner and now from his estate. Art. Framed & Glazed. Very Good. Paperback books
16536Autograph album given to female student in Walnut Hill KY. The Forget Me Not Album. New York: Published by Leavitt & Allen 1857. Original red leather boards. 8 ½ x 7 in. Embossed front and back cover gilt-edge pages and gilt detail on front cover and spine. 48 pages. Includes 4 portrait engravings under tissue of ladies identified as Nanette The Duke's Daughter Beatrice Katharina; as well as 1 engraving on the title page. Inscribed to Miss Virginia Holby on the front end page "as a reward of merit." Includes 17 other handwritten inscriptions from fellow students. Some foxing and toning on engraving pages. Very good condition. <br/><br/>Signature album kept by young woman Virgina Holby during the end of the 1857 school year. All of the inscriptions are dated to June 1857 as the academic year was coming to a close and students were dispersing for the summer. Virginia's classmates affectionately address her as "Jennie" throughout the album and while some write poetic verses such as "Forget me not Forget me never till yonder sun shall set forever" others leave a simple "good bye" or requests to "Write me first would you." Jennie's classmates signed their names along with their respective hometowns--some places hundreds of miles away from Walnut Hill--in Illinois or western Kentucky. At this time in the southern United States it was not uncommon for girls and young women from wealthier classes to be sent away to private institutions modeled after the English finishing school. Secondary and higher education became a symbol of class as poor or working class people could not afford this training. An album of quotes and well-wishes amongst female classmates in June 1857 as they were dispersing for the summer months. unknown books
179227105A Gand: Chez P.F. De Goesin Imprimeur De Sa Majeste Pour Le Comte De Flandre 1792. 2 1 blank 2 161 1 pages. With two folding charts of temperature measurements and of the length of time of previous ice ages. Text in French; as is also a bound-in manuscript note in ink regarding a meteorological observation made 1798-99; not signed. Contents regarding the historical progression of ice ages and theories of their prediction and periodicity. Title page with the small oval stamp 'Ex Libris de Cayrol': collector Louis Nicolas Jean Joachim de Cayrol 1775-1859 French political & military figure; also with small previous owner stamp of collector George R. Brush; M.D. in the U.S. Navy; a surgeon & medical inspector from 1861-1894. Volume approx. 5 1/4" x 8 3/4" size. bound in marbled paper covered boards red textured cloth spine; gilt spine titles marbled endpapers. Some edge tips wear & rubbing to the binding; couple of tiny chips to the surface of the spine cloth; a few leaves with dampstain in bottom gutter; in very good condition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Chez P.F. De Goesin, Imprimeur De Sa Majeste, Pour Le Comte De Flandre hardcover books
183226050Lucca Italy: Francesco Baroni 1832. 244 pages with the offerings from this Luccan bookseller. With sections of books printed in Italian Latin and French language French to letter S. The entries provide author date of publication short description and pricing volumes printed from the 15th - 19th century. Approx. 4" x 6 3/4" size with the remains of a paper covered spine and back cover paper only. Printer's waste was used for the back endpaper with text visible as well as on the back cover; text visible held to light and as reverse type. Some soiling to the title page; some leave unopened or very unevenly trimmed; first signature loosening; a couple of ms. annotations; leaves are generally fresh and in good condition. . First Edition. Binder's Waste. Good. Francesco Baroni paperback books
188726924Chicago Illinois: Rand McNally & Co. 1887. Pocket map of Japan printed in colors detailing the Japanese island system in two separate maps: Northern Japan with an inset at top of Chishima; with the previous owner noting the location of the volcano Bandai-San. Approx. 13 3/4" x 21" overall size; and Southern Japan with inset of Yayeyama and Riukiu Island chain approx. 14" x 20 3/4". With a folding Index and Population of Towns in Japan having a pronunciation list and giving the districts islands lakes mountains provinces rivers and towns; this is printed two sides approx. 13 3/4" x 19 3/4" size. Bookseller's ticket on front inner panel of the cover of Kelly & Walsh Ltd. Printers Publishers Booksellers Stationers &c. &c. &c. No. 28. Yokohama. Small faint previous ownership stamps on the blank panels on the back of the maps as well as on the front endpaper of the cover of collector Dr. George R. Brush U.S. Navy; served as a surgeon and medical inspector from 1861-1894 & often on-station in various locales in Japan. Maps & index contained in the publisher's dark brown cloth binding approx. 3 1/2" x 6 1/4" size gilt titled. Some color mottling to the case light wear; map papers darkened a little; Northern Japan & the Index loose; Southern Japan still attached to the inner cover; in very good condition. Pocket Map. Hard Cover. Very Good. Rand, McNally & Co. hardcover books
195021606Japan: Artist Published 1950. Group includes two country landscape scenes in color both signed lower left in black ink both approx. 9" x 13"; with 2 ink and wash heightened and accented with white paint winter scenes approx. 10" x 14 1/2" one signed lower right; and 2 ink washes waterside scenes 10" x 14 1/4" one signed lower left. Not dated and circa 1950s; all are laid-down on to paper backers. Light wear; one of the wash pieces with a thin line-scrape; the paper backers with wear and wrinkling in margins creasing couple short tears. The artworks are in very good condition. First Edition. Not Bound. Very Good. Artist Published Paperback books
