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Burns's Standard Reading-Books, Adapted to the Requirements of the Code; and Containing Exercises in Writing, Spelling, and Arithmetic. Book II.

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BIOGRAPHIES MEMOIRS AND LETTERS OF SIX DISTINGUISHED BRITONS

1836ST14728eLondon 1836-50. Various editions. 224 x 137 mm. 8 3/4 x 5 1/2". 16 volumes. FINE CONTEMPORARY FULL CALF MOST EITHER TREE OR POLISHED CALF see below raised bands spines intricately gilt in compartments morocco labels marbled endpapers and edges. Some works with frontispiece portraits. Front pastedowns with engraved bookplate of Edward Nicholas Hurt see below. A LOVELY COLLECTION--WITH VIRTUALLY NO SIGNS OF USE. Handsomely bound with beautifully gilt spines and just about uniform in size these volumes make an impressive appearance on the shelf. The six titles here include: 1 DE SAUMAREZ JAMES. ROSS JOHN. "MEMOIRS AND CORRESPONDENCE OF ADMIRAL LORD DE SAUMAREZ." 1838 Two volumes. Polished calf. 2 ELDON JOHN LORD CHANCELLOR. TWISS HORACE. "THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LIFE OF LORD CHANCELLOR ELDON." 1844 Three volumes. Polished calf. 3 HORNER FRANCIS. "MEMOIRS AND CORRESPONDENCE OF FRANCIS HORNER M. P." 1843 Two volumes. Tree calf. 4 STANHOPE PHILIP DORMER. "THE LETTERS OF PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD." 1845; 1853 Five volumes. Tree calf. 5 TAYLOR WILLIAM. "THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF THE LATE WILLIAM TAYLOR OF NORWICH." 1843 Two volumes. Tree calf. 6 WARD ROBERT PLUMER. PHIPPS EDMUND. "MEMOIRS OF THE POLITICAL AND LITERARY LIFE OF ROBERT PLUMER WARD ESQ." 1850 Two volumes. Polished calf. The bookplate here is that of notable bibliophile and barrister Edward Nicholas Hurt 1795-1867 of Derbyshire and Marylebone London. He married Caroline Strutt daughter of the immensely wealthy philanthropist and social reformer Joseph Strutt 1765-1844 who was twice Mayor of Derby. As the Strutt arms are incorporated into the escutcheon of Hurt's ornate bookplate the plate can be dated to no earlier than their wedding in 1828. unknown

Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts · États-Unis2 600,00 $US≈ 2 199,86 €

[Slavery]: [California Gold Rush]: Cram, Charles HBiblio.com

Autograph Letter Signed from a New Englander Who Settled in Missouri Discussing the Clothing of Slaves Western Emigration His Next Move West and More

18604105Missouri: April 1 1860. Very good. 4pp. on a single folded sheet. Original mailing folds minor toning. An informative letter written by Charles H. Cram in Missouri to a friend in New England dated "April Fools Day 1860" in red pencil at the top of the first page. Cram mentions hoop skirts Pike's Peak and slavery while trying to decide whether to continue westward during the latter years of the California Gold Rush. Cram's letter reads in part: "Everybody is going to Pikes Peak but me. I think some of them will wish they were back again but they have got the gold fever and nothing else will cure them. I have learned better than to follow the biggest nois and the great rush. The emigrants to Pikes Peake will most of them will have to sleep on the ground and depend on the rifle for something to eat. I may start for Santa Fe about the first of June. I can git 15 dollars a month to drive a teem to Santa Fe. If I do cross the plains I shall go to California but if I have good health I shall stay here though I do not like to live in a slave state." In another portion of his letter Cram addresses his correspondent's question of whether slaves and freedpersons wore hoop skirts in Missouri. Cram writes: "You wanted to know if niggers wore hoops. Some do and some don't some slaves in broadcloth and silk and some go nearly naked. Slaves have there stent to do so much & if they do more they are payed for it. Most of them have a piece of ground that they call their own. What time they get they work on it. That is how they git their fine cloths. There is not a nigger in Missouri that works as hard as I do but I have consolation that I can work only when I am a mind to. You tell Albert not to start out among strangers as I did for he will find the people different in the country from them in New England." Cram then speaks to the emigrant populations he encounters out west as well as the agricultural bounty and animal life of Missouri: "The greatest difficulty I had was to learn the French and German language. I have been for weeks where I could not understand a word but now I can understand anything that comes along. But now for something else. The peach trees are in flower and the woods look green. Cattle and horses pick their living here the year round. I have not seen a barn in the country. The way to feed a horse is to tie him up to a tree and throw him a few ears of corn on the ground. I cannot rite to day much for there is half a dozen in the room talking about pikes peak or some young lady and how many negroes her father owns etc." Cram ends his letter with some advice for his friends back east: "Tell Mr. Bosworth that if he can rais $500 that he had better go to Cansas Kansas and go to farming. If you can persuade Andrew Marshall to go west it will be a good lesson for him." A mid-19th century manuscript letter with informative observations on the clothing of slaves and with notable observations of western life in Missouri. April 1 unknown

The Joe Fay Company LLC · États-Unis650,00 $US≈ 549,97 €

Jones, Isabel [or, less likely, Grace], apparently a Nurse in the Union Army during the Civil WarBiblio.com

Autograph Letter Signed. dated September 28 1862

1862916131862. Poor. 20 cm x 25 cm single sheet folded to make 4 handwritten pages. Large patriotic color Illustration of a bald eagle with 2 U.S. flags occupies top third of first page of stationery. Two horizontal fold mark. Split halfway across on a fold on the last two pages. Pinkish color to much of the letter suggesting old damping. Ink quite faded and generally difficult to read. Many words are so indistinct that it was impossible for us to read them and some other words or phrases are just gone. Her letter is addressed to an otherwise unidentified cousin. Jones does not seem to show on standard lists of Civil War Nurses but the information in this letter suggests that she should. Here is our effort to transcribe this difficult-to-decipher letter: "Your letter of the 21st came to hand in due time but I had about made my mind that you was not going to write to me. I was glad to hear from you and hope that you will not fail to write again. I am well. Hoping you enjoy the same good blessing. We are situated on the same ground we occupied a part of last Fall and Winter. We have been here about four weeks. After spending the summer on the peninsula we are very glad to obtain old ground which seems almost like home. You want to know why I am in the hospital. It is not because I am sick but because others are sick and need care. I am what is termed nurse. My wages are $26.50 per month. The business is by no means delightful but I get along very well. We have got one fellow who is very sick I fear he will not recover. On the Peninsula my health became very poor but now I am well. I wish that I could hear that Grandmother is on the gain but fear I never shall. Tell hear I think of her nearly all of the time and and want to see but if I fail to see her I expect to see her in Heaven. I have wrote to your father. I presume he has received my last letter before now. I do not know that I can tell you anything about the war that would amount to anything more than you already know. As we are at present we are retired from the active field I am not as well posted as when we were aamid the turmoils of battle. I have not heard a battle sound since we came across the river. Apparently all seems quiet which seems good. top two lines at top of 4th page too indistinct to decipher My hospital service is every other day. Every other day and night. I have to work taking care of the sick of our regiment then I am idle twenty-four hours. . several lines gone or indistinct here and the I will have a chance to eat army rations wear army cloths and a few moremostly indistinct lines ." She ends the letter by requesting that her cousin write to her at Hospital 50th NY Engineer Regiment Washington D.C. Online information reports that the regiment composed mostly of men from New York and a small number from Pennsylvania lost by death 10 killed in action 7 from wounds received and 214 from disease and other causes. unknown

McBlain Books · États-Unis200,00 $US≈ 169,22 €

MacGregor, John "Rob Roy" (1825-1892). Scottish explorer who practically invented the "sport" of canoeing or kayakingBiblio.com

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED by the Scottish Sportsman & Explorer JOHN MACGREGOR who is said to have practically invented the "sport" of kayaking.

186096259Temple London February 23 circa 1860's 1860's. Very good. - Approximately 30 words penned on 6 inch high by 3-7/8 inch wide creamy white paper. MacGregor writes thanking the recipient for her "note & the Resolution of the Committee". He goes on to outline the numerous lectures he is scheduled to give at the price of 50 pounds and 100 pounds each. Signed "J. MacGregor". Once folded for mailing the corners are clipped and the note has been mounted with glue from the verso onto a slightly larger sheet of paper. Very good. Nicknamed "Rob Roy" after his famous relative John MacGregor 1825-1892 was a Scottish sportsman explorer and travel writer. He is said to have practically invented the "sport" of kayaking then known as canoeing through his travels books and magazine articles. MacGregor worked as a barrister in London specializing in patent law and pursued his passion to travel throughout several parts of the world. Introduced to canoeing while visiting the U.S. and Canada MacGregor designed a double-ended canoe decked in cedar covered with rubberized canvas. Much as with modern kayaks MacGregor's canoe has an open cockpit in the center and was propelled by a double-bladed paddle. He named his canoe the "Rob Roy" after his famous or infamous relative. He undertook canoe trips through Scandinavia Jordan Egypt and the Baltic some of which he featured in his book "A Thousand Miles in the Rob Roy Canoe on Rivers and Lakes of Europe". A gifted artist he illustrated his own books. MacGregor founded the British Royal Canoe Club in 1866 and the American Canoe Association in 1880. Temple, (London), February 23, circa [1860's] unknown

Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd. · États-Unis200,00 $US≈ 169,22 €

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Burns's Standard Reading-Books, Adapted to the Requirements of the Code; and Containing Exercises in Writing, Spelling, and Arithmetic. Book II.

Brighton as it is 1834. Exhibiting all the latest Improvements in that fashionable Watering Place. Wallis's Royal Edition patronized by the Queen. VERY SCARCE REGENCY GUIDE BUT WANTING MAP

Boorhani Qatiu a Dictionary of the Persian Language

Book of Human Nature; Illsutrating the Philosophy New Theory of Instrict Nutrition Life; with the correlative and abnormal phenomena physiological mental spiritual.

BIOGRAPHIES MEMOIRS AND LETTERS OF SIX DISTINGUISHED BRITONS

Binding title: Segrare i Derby & Oaks Winners at the Derby & Oaks.

Bericht über die Fortschritte der Eisenhüttentechnik im Jahre 1870. Nebts einem Anhange, enthaltend die Fortschritte der anderen metallurgische Gewerbe.

Berg- und Huettenmännische Zeitung 1877. Sechsundvierzigster (46.) Jahrgang. Neue Folge. Einundvierzigster (41.) Jahrgang. Mit 12 Tafeln Abbildungen und in den Text gedruckten Holzschnitten.

Beatson's political index modernised. The book of dignities : containing rolls of the official personages of the British Empire . together with the sovereigns of Europe from the foundation of their respective states; the peerage of England and of Great Britain; and numerous other lists

Bayan Sabab Jam' Athar Asar. Menasik-i hac

Bancroft's Tourist's Guide to Yosemite

Ave Maria Gold Quartz Mine Mariposa California collection of 9 shares certificates

Autograph Letter Signed from George Chamberlain to His Father in Massachusetts Regarding His Mining Activities in California

Autograph Letter Signed from a Gold Seeker to His Wife Detailing His Mixed Luck in California

Autograph Letter Signed from J.C. Martin to A.M. Bell Regarding Mining Claims and Local Events

Autograph Letter Signed from San Francisco Resident G.S. Phillips to His Brother J.H. Phillips in Placerville Discussing a Visit by His Wife and Children and Other Matters

Autograph Letter Signed from a New Englander Who Settled in Missouri Discussing the Clothing of Slaves Western Emigration His Next Move West and More

Autograph Letter Signed. dated September 28 1862

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED by the Scottish Sportsman & Explorer JOHN MACGREGOR who is said to have practically invented the "sport" of kayaking.

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