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188025116Virginia: Wevere NY Art Gallery Campbell & Foster; Darnell; Miller; Richardson; Morrison; Stewart 1880. Group of 9 photographs includes: cdv by New York Art Gallery cdv by H.N. Wevere cabinet card by Campbell & Co. with holiday greeting from Maggie cabinet card by Foster with "My dear friend W.H. Wranck Hebrews XI: 10-16 Gilbert Tibbitts March 20 '93" on back all of Richmond Virginia. with small cabinet card by Miller of Lexington and Buena Vista; small cabinet card by W.W. Darnell of Radford with faint pencil information on the back regarding members of the Anderson family; cabinet card by Richardson of Danville; cabinet card by Morrison of Harrisonburg with handwritten notice pasted to the back "Isaac Dasher Born W. Va. buried there at Lutheran Church" and a larger 7" x 9" mount of a group family photograph with the stamp of Stewart Cambria Virginia. Not otherwise identified or dated circa 1880. Cabinet cards average 4 1/4" x 6 1/2" size. Image of the family from Cambria faded soiled mount chipped away at left side; a few of the other images with spotting soiling wear; overall in good condition. Photography. Not Bound. Good. Wevere, NY Art Gallery, Campbell & Foster; Darnell; Miller; Richardson; Morrison; Stewart paperback books
188024992U.S.A.: Not Published 1880. Horizontal format cabinet card photograph showing 3 canoes with gentlemen and guides. Not identified or dated circa 1880. Approx. 5" x 7" overall size. Light wear to mount card little fading at margins of image; in very good condition. Photography. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published paperback books
186026391New York & Philadelphia: Brady & H. Manger's Photograph Gallery 1860. Two carte-de-visite photographs the woman's portrait with touches of lip rouge & cheek tinting. Accompanied by an old mount-surround identifying: "Mrs. Sadie Robbins born Phil. abt. A.D. 1823 died at Brooklyn Aug. 2 A.D. 1874 buried at Woodlands Cemetery near Phil." and Elliott Robbins of New York. 1st wife Ann Eliza Smith of Nissequogue L.I. 2nd wife Mary Frobel Regnault New Orleans 3rd wife Sadie Simpson of Philadelphia." Studios identified on front for Mr. Robbins & back of the mount of Mrs. Robbins' photo. Approx. 2 1/4" x 4" size; some light wear soiling Mrs. Robbins' card top tips rounded; in very good condition. Photographs. Not Bound. Very Good. Brady & H. Manger's Photograph Gallery paperback books
187225279Portland Oregon: Buchtel & Stolte 1872. A carte-de-visite photograph of a well-dressed young man with the Buchtel & Stolte Portland Oregon imprint on the front and the back of the card; No. 91 First Street address. Negative No. 5434 penciled in on back; not otherwise identified or dated; circa 1872. Approx. 2 1/2" x 4" size. Bottom of mount card shaved a bit; overall in very good condition. . Photography. Not Bound. Very Good. Buchtel & Stolte paperback books
188024994Lynchburg VA: Hicks & Echols Poff & Hicks P.W. Poff & H.W. Hicks. 1880. Group of 7 cabinet cards of various sizes from these two locales which neighbor each other on the W. VA - VA border. Two of the cards of the same child; other cards of different children & one smaller portrait of a gentleman; one identified on back as 'George Anderson Uncle Charlie's boy' A few with first names or presentations "to Grandma" etc. Not otherwise identified or dated circa 1880. Cabinet cards average 4 1/4" x 6 1/2" size. Images somewhat faded images & mounts soiled worn the largest with bottom right corner chipped away imprint still visible; overall in good condition. Photography. Not Bound. Good. Hicks & Echols, Poff & Hicks, P.W. Poff & H.W. Hicks. paperback books
185826378New York NY: Rockwood Photographer 1858. Carte-de-visite photograph accompanied by the original old mount-surround giving the identifying particulars: "Mary Keese Lawrence 1858. wife of Chas. Newbold Black Esq. of N.Y. daughter of Richard Lawrence Esq." Studio identified on back of mount. Approx. 2 3/8" 4 1/8" size; light wear and spotting; a tiny rub-spot to left margin of the photograph; in very good condition. Photograph. Not Bound. Very Good. Rockwood, Photographer paperback books
188025123Madisonville Kentucky: J.F. Hardman 1880. Portrait of a young woman with the studio imprint of J.F. Hardman Madisonville Kentucky. Handwritten on back of mount "Bertha & John are a good pair" Not otherwise identified or dated circa 1880. Cabinet card approx. 4 1/4" x 6 1/2" overall size. A little edge tips wear soiling to the mount image faded somewhat and with some spotting lower right margin; in good condition. Photography. Not Bound. Good. J.F. Hardman paperback books
189525710Riverhead New York: J.H. Hand 1895. Cabinet card photograph an unidentified gentleman; with the studio name J.H. Hand Riverhead N.Y. blindstamped on the mount below the image. Approx. 4 1/4" x 6 1/2" size; light wear to the mount; in very good condition. . Photography. Not Bound. Very Good. J.H. Hand paperback books
188525217White Sulphur Springs West Viriginia: Geo. Prince Fotografer 1885. Photo shows a large group of well-dressed adults some in serio-comic pose with lawn bowling pins & balls or otherwise clowning. Photographer's imprint below the image of Geo. Prince Fotografer giving both locations for the studio in Washington and as here in White Sulphur Springs West Va. With pencil identification on the back regarding the party; not dated circa 1885. Large format about 8" x 10" overall size; some edge tips wear & soiling to the mount crack running through across the image; in fair to good condition. Photography. Not Bound. Good. Geo. Prince, Fotografer paperback books
188025117Connecticut: Alldrdige Crane Art Co. Rembrandt Gallery Kenyon & Son Bundy & Williams W.F. Page Miller 1880. Group of 9 photographs includes: 2 cabinet cards by Alldridge; cabinet card of Crane Art Co. & another of Rembrandt Gallery all of Waterbury Connecticut. Two cabinet cards of Kenyon & Son of New London; carte de visite by Bundy & Williams New Haven; carte de visite by W.F. Page Ansonia; and a cdv by Miller of Birmingham Conn. Not otherwise identified or dated circa 1880. Cabinet cards average 4 1/4" x 6 1/2" size. Some wear to the mount cards one corner soft; overall in very good condition. Photography. Not Bound. Very Good. Alldrdige, Crane Art Co., Rembrandt Gallery, Kenyon & Son, Bundy & Williams, W.F. Page, Miller paperback books
186426389New York N.Y.: D. Appleton & Co. A.A. Turner Photographer 1864. Carte-de-visite photograph; accompanied by old mount-surround identifying this and dated 1864. Studio identified on back of mount. Approx. 2 1/2" x 4" size; light wear soiling; in very good condition. Photograph. Not Bound. Very Good. D. Appleton & Co. , A.A. Turner Photographer paperback books
188024991Ansonia Conn.: Stoddard & Wallace 1880. Group of portrait carte-de-visite photographs; 3 children a gentleman 3 women. All images with the J.H. I.H. Stoddard or Stoddard & Wallace studio imprint on the backs Ansonia Connecticut. Sitters are not identified or dated circa 1880. Approx. 2 1/2" x 4 1/4" average size. Light wear; in very good condition. Photography. Not Bound. Very Good. Stoddard & Wallace paperback books
186927068Newport R.I.: J.A. Williams 1869. Titles of each view are handwritten on the back of each mount within the studio's imprint. J.A. Williams was extent as a photographer in Newport c. 1850s- 1880; the Getty site offers this dates for these two images. The views approx. 4" x 7" size. Some edge tips wear & soiling to mounts; in very good condition. Stereoview Photographs. Not Bound. Very Good. J.A. Williams paperback books
188024027United States & France: No Publisher Noted 1880. Mounted photograph portrait seated well-dressed gentleman; no studio or photographer noted; not dated circa 1880; approx. 6" x 8" overall size; photograph darkened around edge mount card chipped at corners; in good condition. . Photograph. Not Bound. Good. No Publisher Noted Paperback books
187424741New York NY: Frank Leslie 1874. 14 pages; illustrated in black and white throughout. Cover pictorial and story within of Henri Rochefort 1830 - 1913 French radical political journalist news publisher & sometime communist politician duelist and anti-Semite; by this point in 1874 his turbulent life had led to his escape from penal servitude in the French colony of New Caledonia where he'd been committed to a life sentence for his various polemics after which he made his way to the U.S. one his way to returning to Europe by 1895 where he eventually ".became a leader of the anti-Dreyfusards and had a principal share in the organization of the press campaign." E.B. 11th ed. The cover vignettes give portrait of Rochefort his command 'on the barricades' in France escape scene and at a fiery "Meeting of a New York International Society." Other articles within depict steamship travel booksellers' row State Street in Chicago the Spanish civil war of the First Republic and other world and national news. Approx. 11" x 16" size; light wear; inner hinge strengthened; disbound from a larger volume; a little edge-wear closed edge-tear; in very good condition. Periodical. Not Bound. Good. Frank Leslie Paperback books
189726138New York New York: The New York Times 1897. 16 pages; illustrated in black and white throughout. Content includes story on the subject of the cover portrait Charles A. Dana; pictorials include a view of miners for the Klondike leaving Victoria B.C.; several illustrations of "Picturesque Southampton" Long Island NY: Village Street Miss William's Cottage Shinnecock; William M.Chase's studio; Beach Road Shinnecock Golf Club Meadow Club Mrs. F.G. Betts's Cottage; Also a photo of Rockaway Beach in summer; centerfold spread of photos of the Newport Fete in honor of the North Atlantic Squadron U.S. Navy and the New York Yacht Club; illustrated article on the Chautauqua Assembly and its activities; summer sports; Father Malone the pastor of Sts. Peter and Paul R.C. church Brooklyn; the assassinated Senor Canovas del Castillo Prime Minister of Spain and more. Approx. 11 1/4" x 15 3/4" size newspaper format; this supplement was printed on semi-glossy paper stock with more strength than the usual newsprint paper. Some edge tips wear to the covers; clean and in very good condition. First Edition. Not Bound. Very Good. The New York Times paperback books
182826433New York NY: Not Published 1828. Partially printed & manuscript order by the City Council for P. Amermans Clerk 3 Markets made from the Treasurer of the City of New-York at the Mechanics' Bank. Signed by Wm illiam Paulding 1770-1854; from 1824 to 1826 mayor of New York City also a member of the U.S. Congress and a brigadier general of the militia of the state of New York serving in the War of 1812. Counter-signed by the city clerk and the city comptroller and by Amerman on the back. Approx. 3 1/2" x 6 1/2" size; with a little job-printing ornamentation. Light wear darkening; with the old-style 'x' cancellation-cut unobtrusive. In very good condition interesting City of New York political history ephemera. Ephemera. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published paperback 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
186626431New York NY: Not Published 1866. Partially printed & filled in manuscript Salary as Assistant Docket Clerk County Clerks Office order for Isaac T. Brown. From the County Treasurer of New York at the Broadway Bank signed by the Mayor John T. Hoffman 1828-1888 born in Ossining in Westchester County and was governor of New York 1869 -1872 judge elected 1860 and Mayor of New York 1866 - 1868. Supposed involvement with the Boss Tweed Ring ruined his political career; Hoffman was the last to-date Mayor of NY City also elected as Governor of the state. Counter-signed by the city comptroller and by Brown on the back of the check. Approx. 3 3/4" x 8" size; including a nice bit of job-printing: a good woodcut vignette and ornate corner ornaments around the edges printed in blue tones by A. Brown & Co. Nassau Street. Light wear darkening; with the old-style 'x' cancellation-cut unobtrusive one small spindle hole. In very good condition interesting City of New York political history ephemera. Ephemera. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published paperback books
188227033Babylon N.Y.: "The Budget" Print 1882. 103 pages; useful index to subjects at back. "Compliments of John Wood Supervisor" sticker on front cover. Contents with all the business and proceedings of the Suffolk County L.I. government of the time: bills audited elections various communications from the state the assessors the asylum; official directory of the county; meetings indebtedness of towns; petitions educational concerns town clerk reports; superintendents of the poor & alms house and dozens of resolutions on diverse topics from the Co. Treasurer to publish for Tax Sales to gratings in the jail windows printing closing the road at Yaphank and other concerns. Previous owner name on cover of Smith & Gillette. Approx. 6" x 9"size; original printed paper covers. A little edge tips wear & color darkening to the binding; couple of short closed edge-tears within; in very good condition. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. "The Budget" Print paperback books
189223214New York - London: Not Published 1892. A group of 4 letters: February 1892 Capri March Castellammare di Stabia and June & July the Grand Hotel Axenstein Switzerland. All the letters are signed by W.B. Valentine and discuss giving Charles P. Buckley in New York City power of attorney and releases for various transactions concerning real estate deals and rental properties. Quite detailed asking the attorney for various assurances and advice in complex deals since his opponents are as ".sharp as O'Sullivans. Still they might have other properties we could sell under judgement. We have them now in a tight place.I am concerned that there is a swindle some where for I cannot understand why this man should hold his deed back for over 15 years." Some of the properties were at West Deer Park perhaps on Long Island this area later became Wheatley Heights; mention is also made of interest in B & M stock and properties at Lockwood. Valentine also requests his friend Buckley to advise 'Frank' on his investments and his greenhouses since ".Poor Frank has been done very badly in the past." and also reflects some of the prejudice and bias typical of the time against Jews in business: ".How is Moses if he were not a Jew I should have hopes of seeing his a/c paid but I am very doubtful of that race - I never came in contact with them with being the loser." The four letters averaging 4 1/2" x 7 1/2" size approx. with 3 written on good hotel-type notepaper one written on very thin 'onionskin' type paper slightly browned; with one envelope mailer stamped 'United States Consulate' return from Castellammare Italy to Charles P. Buckley Esq. Benedict Building 171 Broadway New York; the envelope very worn & soiled chipped. The letters in very good condition; New York business and European touring correspondence from the late 19th century. . Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published paperback books
188026775Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1880. Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1880. First Edition. 48 pages; with folding plates of the boiler of the steam yacht "Javelin" a plate depicting the workings of the boiler system of the steam yacht "Kelpie"; both built by Herreshoff in Bristol RI. With the presentation inscription of one of the authors of the report on the top edge of the front cover "Surgeon G.R. Brush USN with compliments of Chas. E. DeValin." The report describes various trials of the Herreshoff systems with results & conclusions: ".The steam-yachts built by Mr. Herreshoff are remarkable for the lightness of their hulls and machinery for their economy in fuel for the excellence of their design materials and workmanship for their speed .developed by a very considerable and intelligent experience." And mention is made of his patented "separator" device. B.F. Isherwood & Theo. Zeller along with DeValin were the chief engineer co-authors of the report under the supervision of the engineer-in-chief of the Navy's steam engineering department Wm. H. Schock. Approx. 5 3/4" x 9" size; light blue-green printed paper cover; back cover lacking. Some light spotting dustiness to binding faint crease line to cover; contents clean and in very good condition. . Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Government Printing Office paperback books
187626834Portsmouth New Hampshire: O.M. Knight Publisher 1876. 84 pages. Giving a hundred-year history of this naval yard with a prefatory list of the Commandants of the Yard & their dates of service and a "List of Vessels of War built at this Station" for the Royal Colonial and the Navy of the United States at back; also an Appendix with various attestations a List of officers and petty officers of the U.S. Frigate Raleigh August 1775. Author Fentress was a long-time veteran of the Navy serving in the Civil War before capture and imprisonment at Libby Prison. Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" size; original printed light pinkish-tan paper wrap covers; some wear spotting & dustiness to covers; faint old crease-line; contents in very good condition. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. O.M. Knight, Publisher paperback books
186727172Philadelphia Pennsylvania: Lindsay and Blakiston 1867. 178 pages. Contents with sections on the history and symptoms of the disease including those of the nervous system sense organs digestive organs skin and others; also details duration convalescence relapse mortality; theories on causes; on the prognosis diagnosis nature & treatments and with a bibliography of sources. Alfred Stille 1813 - 1900 American medical professor ".a leading member of the reform movement that resulted in the establishment of the American Medical Association AMA in Philadelphia in 1847." Simon Baatz in the ANB Front endpaper with a naïve "bookplate" made from lined paper of Mrs. J.M. Browne of Brooklyn; also printed on this plate is the previous owner name-stamp of collector George Brush M.D. U.S. Navy; in service as a surgeon & medical inspector from 1861-1894; front and back endpapers with the small bookseller's ticket of J.O. Noxon U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacy 323 Washington St. Brooklyn NY. Volume approx. 6" x 9 1/4" size; Bound in teal-blue cloth gilt spine titles. A little edge tips wear to the binding; contents clean and in very good condition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Lindsay and Blakiston hardcover books
188426714College Point New York: Not Published 1884. A dozen pieces of material relating to the conduct of this entertainment business in College Point a section of Queens in New York City. All items for various 1884 dates; 5 are from Oppenheimer & Co. Job Printers publishers of "Long Island Central Zeitung" and "Long Island Reporter" from March to November of 1884 for printing hundreds and one order for a 1000 invitations dancing orders programs; on the printers' business letterhead 4th Ave between 17th & 18th streets in NYC. with 2 receipts handwritten addressed to the Club for purchases of a tambourine a play sheet music a "book for Sec.' & for Treas. and for a ".piece of Music We'll raise dat roof to night" paid by W.A. Mangler. The Club also purchased a "false face & Postage" another tambourine "burnt cork"; 2 boxes of powder a play "Who's the Actor" and groups of music; these 3 small receipts all signed for by stage manager G.A.S. Weiner. Also including a generic "Receipt" for music furnished to the club by Chas. Bollen and the club paid Geo. B. Plitt for "one syringe." Various paper sizes 4"x 8" and smaller; light wear fold lines; in very good condition; night club theater & dancing business history for New York City. Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published paperback books
