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1814WRCAM55491N.p. but likely either Philadelphia or Baltimore 1814. Letterpress broadside approximately 17 3/4 x 11 inches. Dark stain in lower margin minor spotting. Very good. Untrimmed. One of only three located copies of this land lottery broadside pertaining to York-Haven Pennsylvania located on the Susquehanna River about fifty miles from Baltimore. The bulk of the broadside is taken up with a listing of property including the "Situation and Description" of the land its size and its dollar value potentially available to purchasers of lottery certificates. Almost all of the lots 593 out of the 600 available are designated for small residential plots measuring from just 30-by- 80 feet to one large plot measuring 30-by-320 feet. The first six lots pertain to a handful of businesses already built near the canal including a merchant mill tavern sawmill and lumber yard. <br> <br> The certificates could be purchased from one of the company's agents in York-Haven York or Baltimore; the company also lists Philadelphia but provides no agent in that city. The broadside is signed in type at the bottom by William Cole the President of the York-Haven Company. This is followed by a short description of the town: "a Post-town in York County Pennsylvania on the West Bank of the river Susquehanna at the Conewago Falls" and a list of distances from York-Haven to other prominent cities namely Baltimore York Borough Columbia Harrisburg and Carlisle. <br> <br> The York-Haven Company was incorporated by an act of the Pennsylvania General Assembly on March 26 1814. Its investors including William Cole were primarily Baltimore merchants. The company laid out the town of York Haven in two sections in 1814 - "upper town" was perched on the hill and "lower town" was situated by the canal on the Susquehanna River. Because of the canal York Haven became an important trading center until the advent of the railroads. As of the 2010 census just 709 people lived in York Haven. <br> <br> OCLC records just two copies at Yale and the American Antiquarian Society. However the Yale copy is noted as imperfect in their online catalogue. We could locate no copies in auction records. <br> <br> An interesting and informative broadside pertaining to early 19th-century Pennsylvania real estate and business development from the time before "scheme" was a pejorative. OCLC 233650527. unknown books
1869217483New York: N. Tibbals & Co 1869. First editions. Folding map of New Haven double-page lithograph frontispiece and 2 plates. 4 141 1 pp. 1 vols. 16mo 5-5/6 x 3-3/4 in. Three quarter olive-green morocco and marbled paper boards matching endpapers. Fine copy from the library of J.B. VOORHEES of Brooklyn. First editions. Folding map of New Haven double-page lithograph frontispiece and 2 plates. 4 141 1 pp. 1 vols. 16mo 5-5/6 x 3-3/4 in. Two very scarce and important texts relating to New Haven and Yale bound together and in superb condtion. The Sturgis catalogue of the Jarves collection one of the most important and influential collectors of his day is the first book by the young architect and art critic describing the contents if the collection three years before it was acquired by Yale in 1871; it is extra-illustrated with the insertion of 2 tinted lithographed plates. N. Tibbals & Co unknown books
188021541New Haven: E. H. Pardee 1880. Hardcover. Orig. brown cloth decorated in blind with front cover lettered in gilt. Very good. 15.5 x 10 cm. More than 25 leaves with over 70 mounted mostly chromolithographs embossed color card samples with prices written in pencil. The images carry the Victorian sentimentality of the time; with inscriptions -- "Hope sustain thee ever Love and best wishes I love thee dearly Kindest regards Remember your friend" et al. Elaborate raised embossing in gilt and a kaleidoscope of colors with most card sizes approx. 9 x 5 cm. A few of the cards with lace embroidered frames. Edges of some paper background sheets frayed at front cover margins. Images are clean a few quires loose. E. H. Pardee hardcover books
186557452Rockland Maine: John Porter & Co.'s Power Press Establishment n.d. 1865. Broadside approx. 11"x 5⅞" previous folds a couple of light marginal stains; very good. Caption title and 14 quatrains within an ornamental border. The last two stanzas are a tribute to Gen. Hiram Berry: Among those of the slain I must here tell Of brave Gen. Berry who always fought well And those who the history of the rebellion have read Have learned that at Gettysburg Hiram Berry was shot dead. A Major General was he as I will relate From away down east in the Pine Tree State And while the history of the rebellion is taught The name Hiram Berry will n'er be forgot. Not found in OCLC which does record a handful of Porter imprints between 1850 and 1870 among them the Rockland Gazette. This poem was probably written for the ceremonies inaugurating a statue of Berry in Rockland October 31 1865. It appears to be the only publication of Beverage. He is listed in the 1860 Federal Census as a "Gentleman" and in 1870 as a "farm laborer" in both cases a resident of the island community of North Haven Knox Co. Maine. <br/><br/> John Porter & Co.'s Power Press Establishment, n.d. unknown books
1867WRCAM30574Trenton 1867. 72pp. Original sheep ruled and stamped in gilt. Spine and edges rubbed. Very good. One of four works by Charles Chauncey Haven on the Revolutionary War's Trenton-Princeton campaign of December 1776 to January 1777. Sabin calls for a plate and map but in error; New Jersey bibliographical maven Joseph Felcone tells us that no copies have them including Haven's personal copy. SABIN 30874. GEPHART 6100. unknown books
187315780Stamford Conn: St. john's Church Press 1873. With two photographic frontispiece portraits of the author at age 43 and at age 86 both albumen prints. 1 vols. 12mo. Original green cloth front cover badly stained interior fine. With two photographic frontispiece portraits of the author at age 43 and at age 86 both albumen prints. 1 vols. 12mo. St. john's Church Press unknown books
186322253Chicago: Sterling P. Rounds Premium Steam Book and Job Printer 1863. 28pp. Disbound without wraps else Very Good. Haven sketches Emerson's life from his birth in New Hampshire in 1787 to his education at Yale and the Andover Theological Seminary his ministry in Connecticut and his teaching career at Andover. His final years were spent in Rockford Illinois to be near his children. He ardently supported the Union cause in the War. FIRST EDITION. Ante-Fire Imprints 716 9. Sterling P. Rounds, Premium Steam Book and Job Printer unknown books
1856LD7823City of Washington: Smithsonian Institution 1856. Hardcover. Good. Publisher's green cloth gilt-stamped lettering on spine; folio; collates complete with an introduction advertisement list of officers TOC 4 articles see above 2 appendices see above bound-in errata slip; pp. xiv; 6 168; 52; 16 plus 9 plates; ix 3 137 with woodcut illustrations; iv 118; 34. Boards water-damaged with wrinkles in the cloth and chipping along the edges; binding broken with a few signatures loose. Contents are complete and -- aside from some light foxing here and there -- clean. An excellent working copy breaker copy or candidate for repair. <br/><br/> Smithsonian Institution hardcover books
188373289n.p. 1883. Hardcover. Good. Small format ledger book with handwritten entries. Pages not numbered. 19 cm. Covers intact but worn around edges and heavily scuffed. Contents sound. Later typed labels identifying contents mounted on front cover and front free endpaper. <br/><br/> hardcover books
186028019New Haven: Thomas J. Stafford 1860. Original printed wrappers dirty stitched. 2 31 1 blank pp. Good.<br/><br/> A thorough Report on "the receipts expenditures general operations and present condition of this Company." Improvements to stations and stock difficulties with "certain contracts made by Robert Schuyler" a discussion of Schuyler's frauds and the claims resulting therefrom are reviewed. "A List of the Regular Officers Agents and Employes with the pay of each for the past year." is printed. Thomas J. Stafford unknown books
188044325Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co 1880. 1st edition in English. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to spine & front board. Slight lean. Modest wear. Bookplate. Prior owner inscription. A respectable VG copy. 112 4 adverts pp. Illustrated with plates. 8vo. 9-3/8" x 6" <br/><br/> Robert Clarke & Co hardcover books
185657409Boston: printed for the publisher 1856. 12mo pp. 20; original printed blue wrappers; near fine. On ethics and moral conscience in the commercial enterprise - "an attack on the world of sharp business practices and bankruptcies during the striving years prior to the Panic of 1857" Garrett Scott. Sabin 19897. <br/><br/> printed for the publisher unknown books
185638593Washinton City: The Smithsonian Institution 1856. 1st edition. Light brown cloth binding gilt stamped lettering to spine. Original tan printed paper wrappers bound-in. Light wear and rubbing to boards remnants of old library sticker to bottom of spine. American Numismatic and Archaological sic Society Library bookplate to inside front wrapper previous owner's name stamp to grey endpapers. Smithsonian blue stamps to rear of title page. A VG copy. 4 168 2 blank pp. 12-5/8" x 9-1/4" <br/><br/> The Smithsonian Institution hardcover books
185528020Hartford: Case Tiffany and Company 1855. Original yellow printed wrappers lightly dusted stitched. 9 1 blank 2 pp. Very Good. <br/><br/> President Charles F. Pond runs the numbers explains the diminution of revenue and reports that original rails between Hartford and Springfield have been replaced because they were of "inferior quality." Reports of the Secretary and Auditor are also included. Case, Tiffany and Company unknown books
1858101551New York: Appleton 1858. hardcover. very good. 336pp. 12mo blind stamped brown cloth; ex-lib with library label on some ink markings gilt-lettering and decoration on spine faded lightly rubbed. New York: Appleton 1858. First Edition. A very good copy.<br/><br/> "A young married couple in upstate New York." Wright II 1129. "Her work.refected the pleasant side of life." Kunitz & Haycraft p. 347.<br/><br/> Appleton unknown books
18903715New Haven: Healy & Bigelow Publishers 1890. Booklet stapled in wrappers 17 x11.5 cm. 64 pages. Illustrated throughout. A promotional cookbook for the patent medicines of Healy & Bigelow's Kickapoo Indian Medicine Company featuring over one hundred seventy simple recipes for beverages biscuits candy cakes fish meat pastry poultry puddings soup stews and vegetables interspersed with information about Kickapoo Indian oil salve and other products. Also included are narratives on Indian culture wildly racist but of the era. John H. Healy and Charles Bigelow began their company in the late 1870s promoting their "traditional" Indian medicines with traveling medicine shows that capitalized on the public's nostalgia for the the Wild West. In orange wrappers with hole punch and ribbon to top left corner some slight discoloration to wrapper otherwise very good. OCLC locates seven copies. Healy & Bigelow Publishers unknown books
189432303New York: Hunt & Eaton 1894. First Edition. 24mo 15.5cm.; original grey cloth lettered in blue; 70pp. Some general soil to cloth more heavily so to rear cover very faint dampstain along bottom edge of textblock else a Near Very Good sound copy. Forms part of the League At Work Series. Collection of games designed for members of the Epsworth League the Methodist young adult association formed in Cleveland in 1889. These include a "Nutting Party" which "will give an evening of rare run and will effectually break up any feeling of constraint or timidity among the young people." OCLC locates four copies of this edition as of December 2016. Hunt & Eaton unknown books
1898TB31678New Haven Conn.: The New Haven Union Co. n. d. circa 1898. First Edition. Very good in its original brown cloth covered boards with gilt text decorations and blind embossing borders on the front board. An oblong of 11 3/4 bu 14 with rubbing and wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine. Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. The full title reads: "Institutions And Features Of The City of New Haven Conn. Illustrations And Sketches Of The Professional Banking Wholesale Marine and Manufacturing Interests. Including Portraits and Biographies of Well Known People." 108 pages of text ads and images. Illustrated from black and white photographs and engravings throughout. The New Haven Union Co. hardcover books
18969018000New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1896. 1st. Hardcover. very good . Two volumes bound in the publisher's original burgundy cloth spines and covers stamped in gilt. Top edges gilt. Some shelfwear to cloth covers and at extremities particularly at the heads and heels. <br/><br/> G. P. Putnam's Sons hardcover books
186329531New York: D. Appleton 1863. 12mo pp. 214 2 ads; extra pictorial chromolithographic title-p. 4 wood-engraved plates; some wear else a very good copy in original blindstamped brown cloth lettered in gilt on upper cover and spine. A moralizing tale about the allure of California gold on New Englanders. <br/><br/> D. Appleton hardcover books
185837816New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1858. 12mo 19.1 cm; 7.5". 336 pp. <br><br>A young married couple in upstate New York." Alice B. Haven one of the many pseudonyms used by Alice B. Neal spent her childhood in Hudson New York where many of her stories take place. The story of the Coopers first appeared as a twelve-part series in Godey's Lady's Book the famous women's magazine.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: On front flyleaf the signature of Julia A. Caldwell. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Wright II 1129. Publisher's brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine and blind-stamped decoration to boards. Front board reattach to spine with bottom inch of cloth also reattached. Front joint outside cracked but holding. Edges and extremities rubbed; bottom corner of rear board lacking a bit of the actual board the cloth remains. Bottom corner of pages waterstained. Foxing and light staining throughout interior. => A fair copy. D. Appleton & Co. hardcover books
18918470Cincinnati: Clarke 1891. First edn. 8vo Pp. 267. Fine copy in publisher's cloth. Appleton taught in Baltmore MD and Cincinnati before starting her own school in Cincinnati in 1855 which continued until 1875. After the close of the school she gave annual literary lectures here reprinted including these on Alexander Pope The Novel in the 18th Century The Trollope Family Two French Female Novelists etc. Clarke unknown books
1864800431864. New Haven Connecticut. Address of the Mayor and Annual Reports of the City Auditor City Treasurer . Also the City Government for 1864-5. New Haven: Printed by Tuttle Morehouse & Taylor 1864. index 115p. Hardcover in contemporary dark leather. 23cm. Cover scuffed. A few corners creased. Very Good. "William Downes" printed in gilt on front cover. Downes had served as City Clerk and according to a couple of clippings bound in at the end of this copy was responsible for putting together this report. <br/><br/> hardcover books
18597129New Haven: J. H. Benham printer 1859. 12mo. 50 pp. <br><br>This edition seems to be quite rare. WorldCat locates only one copy. Sewn; rear wrapper missing; front wrapper lightly chipped printing faded. Light waterstaining in some lower margins. One corner of final leaf chipped away. A few ink and pencil marks or notes inside. J. H. Benham, printer unknown books
187511951New York: Harper & Brothers. Very Good. 1875. Hardcover. Hinges slightly cracked; some foxing; covers stained; else Good 1st Edition; 1st Edition . Harper & Brothers hardcover books
