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180533731Fairfield County 1805. Broadsheet 12-1/2" x 15-1/2". Printed document completed in ink manuscript. Old folds with some repaired splits and one 6" unrepaired split. Some small chips along a few splits with minimal loss. Light tanning scattered spotting. Good. <br/><br/> The original grant for this land was to Nehemiah Phippeny who lost title for nonpayment of taxes. The land was sold to Lothrop Lewis of Fairfield Connecticut on May 27 1805. On the verso are hand written transfers of the same piece of property: from Lothrop Lewis to William Hawley of Woodbury January 21 1806; from Hawley to Nehemiah Dibble of Stamford February 7 1806; from Dibble to Zalmon & Seymour Wildman of Danbury October 20 1806. There is also a voided transaction crossed out from Hawley to William Lamson of Waterbury January 31 1806. <br/> In 1800 the State of Connecticut granted to her citizens who were sufferers by fire caused by the British during the Revolutionary War a half million acres of land lying within the State of Ohio which was to be taken off the west part of the "Western Connecticut Reserve" now embraced in the counties of Huron and Erie. By an 1803 Act of Ohio the sufferers were incorporated as "The proprietors of the half million acres of land lying south of Lake Erie called 'Sufferers' Land'." The Act required management of the Company by a Board of Directors. The Board was to locate and survey the granted land and to partition it among the different claimants. This part of the Western Reserve was inhabited by Indians who engaged in warfare with the settlers. On July 4 1805 a treaty between the United States and the Wyandot Ottawa Chippewa Munsee and Delaware Shawanee and Pattawatamy nations was signed whereby those Indian nations in consideration of $18916.68 released their claims to all the lands owned by the company. unknown books
1875780701875. Western Publishing Association. THE WESTERN: A Journal of Literature Education and Art. Edited by H. H. Morgan. Saint Louis MO: Western Publishing Association January 1875-December 1876. New Series. Vol. I. No. 1. - Vol. II. No. 12. but lacking nos. 5 & 7 May and July 1876 in Vol. II. 22 issues in original printed paper wrappers. Vol. I. No. 1. only has a library seal embossed in blind on the front wrap. Most issues show some dust-soiling and/or light edgewear to wrappers but are clean within; their condition ranges from very good to near fine. unknown books
182867917Cincinnati: Western Magazine and Review. Very Good. 1828-1829. Hardcover. Western Magazine and Review Volume 2 June 1828- May 1829 lacks October and April. rebound in black buckram last page of text is torn. The contents are soiled and foxed but solid. . Western Magazine and Review hardcover books
1877293407Staunton Va: Julius Bien & Co. M. A. Miller 1877. Very Good binding. Dissected linen-backed map in color; 118 x 48 cm 43-1/4" x 18-3/4". Some marginal tears but very little loss.~~The Douthat Survey was produced in 1877 under order of the U.S. Circuit Court for the Western District of Va. by M. A. Miller C.E of Staunton. ~~The survey was made for Hon. Peter McLaren preparatory to purchasing valuable mineral lands for mining ore in that region. The extensive tract of land near Covington Virginia was bought by McLaren a Canadian; he acquired with that purchase leases to mines operated by the Alleghany Mining Company that shipped ore to the Low Moor Iron plants at Covington. Because McLaren was a non-resident the Commonwealth derived no tax revenues from the mining operation. Consternation ensued: "The great value of these properties is beyond question yet neither the owners or the lessees pay any income tax to the state" see Journal of the House of Delegates State of Virginia Session 1893-'94; House Doc. No. 3 p. 5.~~. Very Good binding. Julius Bien & Co. | M. A. Miller unknown books
187429097Chicago: R. R. McCabe & Co 1874. 1st edition Soliday IV 671 incorrectly listing the title as "Life in the Southwest"; Wright II 2193. Original publisher's orange cloth with gilt spine lettering & decorations. Violet colored eps. VG spine a bit faded/board showing at lower tips/po name stamp to ffep & poi to preliminary blank. 422 pp. Illustrated with 2 facing full-page wood engravings prior to t.p. 8vo. 7-1/4" x 5" <br/><br/>Per Soliday "Gives characteristics of western and Indian life from the author's observations and experiences on the Kansas Plains Texas Ranges and in California mines." which in turn relies on the preface verbiage which adds "in the hunter's camp and in the soldier's tent." R. R. McCabe & Co hardcover books
18951422Various locations in Iowa 1895. Very good. 149 albumen photographs on twenty cardstock leaves images measuring 4 x 5 inches. Oblong quarto. Original black cloth cover gilt; leaves laid in formerly string-tied. Light wear and soiling to cloth evidence of slight dampstaining to lower edge of binding and later leaves. Internal numbering sequence indicates first sixteen images lacking. Images generally clean some minor fading; one photograph partially removed and effaced. Wonderful photo album of images documenting late-19th century Iowa assembled by an unidentified young man with a clear passion for both amateur photography and the area's rivers. Internal evidence suggests he was a student at the University of Iowa possibly pursuing a course of study in the geological sciences. Each image is numbered captioned and dated in a tidy hand usually identifying location and any interesting features. The images span a full year from April 1894 to July 1895 ending with a self portrait.<br/><br/>There are two series of eighty-three images the first sixteen of which are not present. The first of these focuses on the area around Iowa City documenting explorations along the Iowa River. Captioned images include: "21 -- Looking across Iowa River - University buildings in the distance. May 3 '94"; "25 -- Looking up Iowa River from Iowa Ave. Bridge. - Water Works in the distance. May 26 '94"; "46 -- Children at play - Iowa River. May 12 '94". There are images of a baseball game between the University and Luther College views of lime kilns and images of natural specimens. Several photographs chart the "Great Hail Storm at Iowa City" on May 5 1894 with images of golfball-size hail and the damage done to the windows of buildings around town. There are also photos of the author's roommate and some of the activities they got up to including catching snakes and hunting. The roommate Bartsch appears to have been studying natural sciences and one photograph shows him seated at his desk "Blowing Bird Eggs."<br/><br/>The second series has a manuscript title of "Oneota Expedition" and documents a trip by boat from Decorah Iowa on the Upper Iowa River and down the Mississippi as far as Muscatine several miles below Davenport. The trip began on June 18 1895 and lasted through July 26th. Scenes along the river include "6. Women wading the river - w. of Decorah June 19 '95"; "14 -- Dragging our boat in the Oneota. June 24 '95" which shows a flat-bottomed boat laden with supplies being both pushed and pulled by a man at either end; a series of views taken from Oneota Bluff near New Albin on the Minnesota border; "37 -- Winnebago Indian Camp - Iowa Slough July 6 '95"; numerous lovely images of camping along the river and river towns as seen from the water; "77 -- Beds of Montpeliar Sandstone at water's edge - Below Montpeliar Ia. - Bartsch & 'Fitz' hunting fossils. July 23 '95." An interesting album full of wonderful and meticulously documented views of the Iowa River as seen through the eyes of a 19th-century university student. unknown books
19001880Various locations including the Southwest California Mexico and Colorado 1900. Very good plus. Forty silver gelatin photographs on thirty-eight leaves. Images 3 x 4 inches all but three one per page and captioned. Oblong 12mo album. Original black cloth with black paper leaves. Internally clean most images with good definition and contrast. A charming little photograph album documenting a holiday vacation across the country. The trip begins on a steamer off the Florida Coast with stops at New Orleans Arizona Texas Mexico and on to California. Images in the Southwest include Native American street vendors in Yuma adobe houses in El Paso and the prison and post office in Juarez. In California where the bulk of the images were taken the group visits Los Angeles Ocean Beach the ostrich farm at Pasadena Long Beach Catalina Island Santa Barbara San Francisco and Berkeley. From San Francisco they board a train snapping photos from the railway car. In Colorado they visit Pueblo Cripple Creek Colorado Springs Denver the Cave of Winds and Garden of the Gods -- all the usual tourist stops. The images have good contrast and the compiler has carefully labeled each image in a neat hand elevating this above standard tourist albums. An excellent example of cross-country tourist travel at the turn of the century. unknown books
1875457Cincinnati 1875. Very good. Broadside 11 x 8 inches. Slight worming at edges minor wear. Contemporary ink stamp on lower corner. Broadside advertising the services of George A. Knight ticket agent for the Ohio & Mississippi Railway. "Bear in mind the fact the Ohio & Mississippi is the only line that runs its entire trains through from Cincinnati to St. Louis with NO MIDNIGHT CHANGES!" The broadside bears the ink stamp advertisement of Henry H. Hannan Land and Emigration Agent based in Swan Creek Ohio. A nice ephemeral piece. OCLC records three institutional copies at the University of Missouri the Hagley Library and Southern Methodist University. unknown books
183129035Nelson Ohio 1831. Broadside 7.5" x 34.5" three leaves joined end to end with wax. Manuscript petition written on unlined paper bold calligraphic heading followed by small neat handwriting. Signed by sixty-one petitioners from the Township of Nelson. A dampstain runs through the right edge of the petition light scattered foxing. Very Good. <br/><br/> This is a petition for the Court to provide the village of Garrettsville Ohio with a justice of the peace. Garrettsville was founded in 1804 by Col. John Garrett III and was officially incorporated in 1864. The citizens complain that the township of Nelson had only two justices neither of which was easily accessible to Garrettsville leaving Garrettsville "entirely destitute." The petition is followed by the signatures of sixty-one residents. The Court refused the request. <br/> Among the signers is Elisha Garrett son of Garrettsville's founder; Lyman W. Trask 1809-1863 a physician and editor of the Western Pearl a short-lived literary newspaper of the 1830s; Edwin Atwood who built the Garrettsville Grist-mill with Leman Ferry and the first church with John Garrett; and Abraham Dyson a blacksmith and War of 1812 veteran. Other names include: Willis Hall Robert H. Scott Richard A. Denison Hiram Austin Warren Waste John M. Tilden E.L. Jones Martin McClintock Samuel Fuller Ferriss Couch Henry Gillmore Mylowe Eggleston Joseph Gillmore John Zubull Anson Booth Joseph A. Chapman John Noah by his mark and many more. Brown: HISTORY OF PORTAGE COUNTY OHIO. 1885. unknown books
1883513221883. Western Australian Statutes 1883 Australia. The Statutes Of Western Australia. By Authority. Melbourne: M'Carron Bird & Co. 1883. 2 volumes. Quarto 10-1/2" x 8-1/2". Contemporary calf rebacked lettering pieces to spine. Moderate rubbing with some wear to extremities internally clean. Ex-library with shelf location labels to spines small property stamps to title pages. $500. Contents digested alphabetically. Topics include Aborigines administration of justice admiralty lands aliens hawking immigrants industrial schools intestates' estates jetties and bridges juries joint stock companies justices of the peace wild horses and wrecks. Sweet & Maxwell A Legal Bibliography of the British Commonwealth 6:91. unknown books
18394904Edinburgh: Printed for the Maitland Club 1839. First edition. Leather. Very Good/First printing of a fifteenth-century Scottish version of the Arthurian romance that was composed for the court of James III. It survived in a unique and incomplete manuscript in the Cambridge library. The text was edited by the librarian of Durham Cathedral Joseph Stevenson and published by the Maitland Club an association dedicated to the promotion of Scottish literature and culture. 28 cm; xxiv 185 pages. Bound in contemporary red half morocco over pebbled boards edged with gilt rules . Spine decorated and titled in gilt. Marbled endleaves. Moderate wear especially at extremities with spine chipped a bit at heel. Two labels removed from pastedowns. A little foxing at front blank and the pages are not bright but text is effectively unblemished. Reference: Graesse 4 92; Printed for the Maitland Club hardcover books
1891BB009<p> CHINA: Propaganda against Western Missionaries<br /></p><p>The Cause of the Riots in the Yangtse Valley. A "Complete Picture Gallery" by CHOU HAN. Hankow China 1891. With 32 full=page woodblock plates printed in color. Oblong 4to original printed wrappers sewn spine soiling minor repairs.</p><p>The author Chou Han is described by the translator Griffith John 1831-1912 as 'a gentleman of high official rank Taotai in Hunan' and was part of an orchestrated propaganda campaign aimed at discouraging Western Christian missionaries from working and traveling in China. This volume was perhaps his most significant and horrific attack on western culture managing a "reptile press" in Hunan creating unrest and distrust amongst the Chinese people see John's "A Voice from China" 1907 p. 220. Chou Han himself is probably represented in plates IX XIII XXVI and XXIX; the images are virulently anti-foreigner and specifically anti-Christian. John translated and circulated the present work to draw attention to the British authorities of the problems faced by missionaries in Asia. </p><p>Very Rare. ONLY 3 COPIES CAN BE TRACED AT AUCTION IN THE PAST 40 YEARS ABPC & RBH. </p><br /> paperback books
18718352Oxford: Powell 1871. Printed wraps front cover loose 8vo Pp. 29. Powell unknown books
1880279471880. Seven photographs: from Virginia City Denver and San Francisco of men and women. The bottom margins and the verso identify the studio. Very Good. unknown books
184827732Exeter: Printed by T. Latimer 1848. 12mo. 36 pp. <br><br>The society's business "shall be conducted in Exeter or such other place or places in the West of England as may be determined . . . but under no pretext shall such business be transacted at any Tavern or other place of public entertainment."<br>Â Â Â Â The objects of the society were "to enable the industrial classes of society First to provide a certain fixed weekly allowance during Sickness also Medical Attendance and Medicines. Second To secure deferred Annuities superannuated pay to commence at certain given ages. Third To secure Endowments for Children on attaining the age of 14 18 or 21 years. Fourth To secure a certain sum at death not exceeding £100."<br>Â Â Â Â No copy located via COPAC; WorldCat does not list this first edition and finds only one copy of the later one of 1858. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Not in Goldsmiths'-Kress. Modern wrappers. Old library pencilling on title-page. Printed by T. Latimer unknown books
186235981St. Louis: R.P. Studley and Co. 1862. Original printed wrappers stitched and disbound. 75 1- errata pp. Clean text. Small hole in rear wrapper affects several letters else Very Good.<br/><br/> A thorough report on the medical activities of St. Louis area hospitals during the War. OCLC collates only 64 pages; ours apparently like the Bartlett copy prints pages 65 until the errata the 'Report of the Western Sanitary Commission July 1st 1862' with detailed tables accounting for the distribution of articles by the Commission to the various area hospitals.<br/>Bartlett 5750. OCLC 14833658 2- Boston Pub. Lib. Natl Lib. Medicine as of May 2019. R.P. Studley and Co. unknown books
185728827Washington 1857. 572pp disbound. Contents clean. Very Good. <br/><br/> Material on the Utah expedition with Stewart Van Vliet's report of his interview with Brigham Young who said "that the Mormons had been persecuted murdered and robbed in Missouri and Illinois both by the mob and State authorities and that now the United States were about to pursue the same course; and that therefore he and the people of Utah had determined to resist all persecution at the commencement and that the troops now on the March for Utah should not enter the Great Salt Lake Valley." <br/> Reports on turmoil in Kansas include Governor Walker's Message on election day September 1857. Appendix H is Francis Bryan's Report concerning operations of a party assigned to explore the route from Fort Riley to Bridger's Pass. "Being the report of the Secretary of War the volume contains sizable quantities of material about the West." Graff. <br/>Wagner-Camp 286. Graff 4416. unknown books
184727881Ontario 1847. 47 1 blank pp plus two folding maps as issued: 'Map and Profile of the Great Western Railway Canada West' 48 1/2 cm x 32 cm; 'Map of the Route of the Great Western Railway Shewing its Connection with other Public Works' 35 1/2 cm x 29 cm. Versos with expertly repaired closed tears short margin tear else Very Good.<br/><br/> The railroad is "on the precise ground that will enable it to control the trade and travel of such a vast portion of the Canadas and the prosperous American States." <br/>TPL 2850. Sabin 28478n. unknown books
18918289Kansas City 1891. First Edition. . 455pp. Modern cloth with leather spine. First edition. A convention of business men agriculturists educators and legislators which met to discuss economic questions affecting the development of the west. hardcover books
1887WRCAM55700Chicago: Chicago Legal News Company 1887. 27pp. Original printed gray-green wrappers. Minor chipping to wrappers light soiling and toning small circular library stamp for the Lowell Historical Society on front wrapper and titlepage. Text a bit toned but otherwise clean. Very good. A rare promotional pamphlet touting the services of Stanley's Western Detective Agency in Chicago. The company was formed in the year of this pamphlet's publication by Charles E. Stanley a well-respected thirteen- year veteran of Pinkerton's. The text contains information on the services the agency could provide; brief vignettes of several famous cases involving Stanley himself including murder confidence scams western train robbery and a child abduction case among others; and a list of legal and law enforcement personnel associated with the agency in Chicago Ohio Pennsylvania West Virginia Connecticut Indiana Michigan Minnesota Wisconsin Kansas Iowa and Colorado. The front wrapper reads "CALL IN A DETECTIVE" and the rear wrapper bears an ad for Stanley's Detective Agency with contact information. Rare with no copies in auction records and only one copy recorded in OCLC at the University of Regina in Saskatchewan. OCLC 56278798. Chicago Legal News Company unknown books
180220679Philadelphia: Poulson 1802. 8pp caption title as issued bound in modern marbled wrappers. Small blank forecorner chipping to first leaf lightly spotted else Very Good. <br/><br/> This rare Petition-- from Pennsylvania settlers on lands in Luzerne Northumberland and Northampton Counties claimed by Connecticut-- reviews the history of the Western Land Dispute between Pennsylvania and Connecticut. Examined in detail are the 1782 judicial decree terminating the rights of the State of Connecticut but not rights of private claimants the litigation brought by Connecticut claimants and attempts of the Pennsylvania Legislature to adjust those claims. Disliking the adjustment the settlers here request federal intervention. The Committee Report and the Vote on the Question rejecting the settlers' request are printed here. <br/> Bristol and Shipton call this an 1800 imprint; this is impossible because the Petition refers to events in February 1801. NAIP which records only 18th century American imprints does not list it. American Imprints says it was printed in 1802. <br/>FIRST EDITION. AI 2874 1. Bristol 11109. Shipton & Mooney 49135. OCLC 55642207 7 as of September 2014. Poulson unknown books
1857005328Cincinnati OH: B. W. Grinnell & Co 1857. Book. Very good condition. Unbound. First Edition. Quarto 4to. Partly printed document with six certificates printed in color. Document reads "Office of Western Emigrating Aid Association. Cincinnati Ohio 'June 16' 185'7'. 'Savesing Bank' Dear Sir: This Association has been formed for purposes set forth in a Circular which we enclose to you. We ask your attention to the benevolent objects therein contemplated and your aid in favor of the enterprise by disposing of Certificates of the Association at One Dollar each which well entitle the holder of each Certificate to a gift varying in value from fifty cents to FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. This Association will allow you TWELVE certificates for TEN DOLLARS sent to them at Cincinnati and in that proportion. We enclose herin '6' Cerificates. Address all Letters and Orders to B. W. Grinnell & Co. Cincinnati Ohio. P.S. Please write out in full the name of each person holding Certificates with the name of the Post Office County and State." Words enclosed in single parenthesis are handwritten. Referenced in the document and included is a full uncut sheet of five 5 "Certificates" and another single 1 Certificate totalling six Certificates. These are printed in red and black and are hand-numbered '830 831 832 833 834 827' and read 'Western Emigrating Aid Association This Certificate entitles the Holder to a Gift varying in value from Fifty cents to Five thousand Dollars. Cincinnati Ohio.' Signed in facsimile "B. W. Grinnell Co." and decorated with the amount '100000' superimposed in large outline numerals. Document has minor soiling and both documents were folded to fit in a mailing envelope but remain in excellent condition. B. W. Grinnell & Co Paperback books
185831868Springfield IL 1858. Broadside 10-1/2" x 13-1/2". Printed in four columns. Lightly foxed old folds Very Good.<br/><br/> This evidently unrecorded broadside recounts the proceedings of a Convention. held at the State Capitol in Springfield to determine the feasibility of a regional program to advance the cultivation of sorghum or Chinese sugar cane. Notice of the Convention was reported in the Sangamo Journal / Illinois State Journal for 30 December 1857: "It is confidently believed that the Chinese Sugar Cane is well 'adapted to our soil and climate' and that it can be successfully and profitably cultivated and manufactured into molasses and sugar." <br/> The Agricultural Committee submitted information from growers and processors in Kentucky Pennsylvania Ohio and Indiana. The Mechanical Committee could not produce an acceptable proposal for a processing machine and the Convention adjourned with a recommendation that Illinois delegates gather more information for a future convention. Efforts to stimulate the growth of northern sugar cane continued through the succeeding decades.<br/>As of October 2019 not located on OCLC or the online sites of AAS NYPL Newberry Harvard Yale U MI. Not in Sabin Eberstadt Decker Graff. unknown books
1802216710Washington D.C. 1802. First edition. 53 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Sewn uncut. Fine. First edition. 53 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Shaw and Shoemaker 3298 2 copies unknown books
190069540n.p. 1900. Hardcover. Good. photos map on front pastedown xx 164p. Blue cloth lettered and decorated in silver on front cover. 28cm. Numerous small brown cover spots. About 20& of silver gone from cover lettering & decoration. Contents sound with moderate soil wear and occasional brown spots. No Jacket. A somewhat more common edition with 308 pages was published in 1905. <br/><br/> hardcover books
