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1800700741800. Albany 1800. Albany 1800. Albany New York in 1800 Albany. New York. The Charter of the City of Albany; And the Laws and Ordinances Ordained and Established by the Mayor Aldermen and Commonalty of the Said City In Common Council Convened. Albany: Printed by Barber & Southwick For the Corporation 1800. 158 2 pp. Folding table. 4 pp. manuscript list in contemporary hand titled "Mayors and Recorders of the City of Albany from the Commencement of the Charter" bound before title page. Quarto 7-1/2" x 6-1/4". Later library cloth red and black lettering pieces to spine. Light soiling and shelfwear a few minor stains to boards chipping to edges of lettering pieces. Moderate toning to text minor tear to folding table lower corner lacking from foot of Leaf Q1 pp. 121-122 and upper corner lacking from title page both with no loss to text library stamp to head of manuscript list which is just beginning to detach library mark to verso of title page. $500. Only edition. This volume contains the text of Albany's 1686 Dongan Charter which remained in force until 1998 and later laws and ordinances. It offers an interesting perspective on New York's second-oldest city. Not in Cohen. unknown books
18901534Troy N.Y.: L.R. Burleigh 1890. Good. Lithograph 16 x 25 inches. Lightly but evenly tanned. Some light scattered soiling primarily to caption area. Rare and early view of Cleveland New York located on the northern shore of Oneida Lake just north of Syracuse. At the time the village of Cleveland had a population of about 800 souls -- a bit more than it does today -- and was centered on glass manufacture. The legend at the bottom of the sheet identifies twenty-seven numbered buildings including the Union Glass Works and the Cleveland Glass Works both on the outskirts of town. Other labeled buildings include four churches a school the station of the New York Ontario & Western Railroad a hotel and several other local businesses. Rare. OCLC locates two copies at the State library of New York and the Library of Congress. Reps 2482. L.R. Burleigh unknown books
1922DOV18025New York 1922. Hardcover. Very Good. Presentation leather binding replicating the cover design of the pictorial wrappers bound in in gilt. Joints worn and quite tender; edges rubbed. Inscribed by Henry Collins Brown: "to my amicable friend.W.W. Corwan .who needent go west to find an Indian. With the salutations of the compiler.Henry Collins Brown.Oct. 9th 1922." <br/><br/>A richly illustrated in b/w and full-color throughout. With laid-in photo-illustration double-page b/w aerial photo of mid- and lower-Manahattan neato -- Brooklyn and Jersey are also visible. Covers very lightly rubbed and age-toned and just a little wrinkled along the edges. Images of old New York horse-drawn carriages just a few people and new New York cars and crowds sometimes placed side-by-side for comparison. Also includes images of ships in the harbor a facsimile reproduction of a whaler's log book landmark buildings wars days Liberty Loan campaigns the Hudson the Palisades and more. hardcover books
20051655912005. Goodrich Lloyd and Abigail Booth Gerdts. Record of Works by WINSLOW HOMER. 5 Volumes in 6. Volume 1: 1846 through 1866 Volume 2: 1867 through 1876 Volume 3: 1877 to March 1881 Volume 4.1: 1881 through 1882 Volume 4.2: 1883 through 1889 Volume 5: 1890 through 1910. 4tos cloth. New York Spanierman Gallery Goodrich-Homer Art Education Project 2005-2014. Now available for the first time as a complete set. hardcover books
19874069New York: Kennedy Galleries copyright 1987. Folio. 8 ff. <br><br>Exhibition catalogue of 37 items all of which are illustrated in black and white. Introduction signed by Mindy Ellen Moak. Fine in original wrappers. Kennedy Galleries unknown books
19684064New York: Kennedy Galleries 1968. 4to. 6 ff. <br><br>Exhibition catalogue of 28 items some illustrated in black & white. Introduction signed Clyde Singer. Fine in original wrappers. Kennedy Galleries unknown books
19704066New York: Kennedy Galleries 1970. 4to. 4 ff. <br><br>Exhibition catalogue of 35 items 13 of which are illustrated in black & white. Text signed by Lloyd Goodrich. Exhibition held Sept. 1970. Fine in original wrappers. Kennedy Galleries unknown books
19914068New York: Kennedy Galleries copyright 1991. Folio. 36 ff. <br><br>Exhibition catalogue of 32 items all of which are illustrated in color. Introduction signed by William Nines Homer. Fine in original wrappers. Kennedy Galleries unknown books
191693701916. KENNERLEY Mitchell. The Forum Exhibition of Modern American Painters. 78 pp. and 4 pp. of advertisements. Illustrated with 16 plates. Small 4to. 250 x 165 mm bound in original boards title printed in black on front cover and spine. New York: Mitchell Kennerley 1916. Exhibition catalogue for the pioneering show at Anderson Galleries on March 13-25 1916 of works by sixteen American Modernists: Ben Benn Thomas H. Benton Oscar Bluemner Andrew Dasburg Arthur G. Dove Marsden Hartley S. MacDonald-Wright John Marin Alfred Maurer Henry L. McFee George F. Of Man Ray Morgan Russell Charles Sheeler A. Walkowitz and William and Marguerite Zorach. Each artist contributed a statement here printed opposite the plate showing his or her work. Members of the committee that chose the artists and works on view were Christian Brinton Robert Henri W.H. de B. Nelson Alfred Stieglitz and John Weichsel who all wrote forewards and Willard Huntington Wright who also contributed the introduction "What Is Modern Painting" Neat bookplate and slight wear to head and foot of spine but still a good copy of a seminal exhibition catalogue. hardcover books
189018000New York January 1 1890 to August 31 1890. Covers worn corners worn smudged and foxed throughout; Edward clipped a portion of one leaf with a loss of some text; in good condition but legible and sound. Lined composition book in original pictorial wrappers entitled "Exercises" 8.25 x 6.75 inches 138 pages. A detailed entertaining legible observant daily account of life in Manhattan for a 20-year-old carpenter going to night school attending union rallies spending evenings playing harmonica and reading early Jehovah's Witness literature swimming in the North River looking for work in slack times or negotiating salaries with bosses and showing curiosity about the hurly-burly of cultures and commerce in New York. The diary includes his penciled ownership note to the head of the second page E. W. Hussey 265 W. 32nd St. N. Y. City; Edward appears to live with his brother Stephen W. Hussey called Walter to distinguish him from their father the English-born carpenter Stephen and mention in the text of family members like Ida taken with clues to his brother's birth in Philadelphia and close personal ties to Monmouth County New Jersey the family often visits the shore at Oceanic further help determine the identity of the diarist and his family relations. Edward generally works six days a week noting in his daily entries his specific jobs. Edward spends much of the first part of the year fixing up what would be the townhouse of prominent socialite Mrs. Brockholst Cutting at 99 Madison Avenue; among other jobs he also works in the shop turning out balusters or building book shelves helps pull down an illegal shack or fitting out a cigar store at 786 9th Avenue--this last an unpleasant job as Edward notes on April 15: "fitting out cigar store etc. 1 day. This fellow that is taking the store is a bad man a gambler pool man and Louisiana Lottery man and a shameless man." Indeed Edward's sense of moral duty seems to run deep; he records his daily reading faithfully often stopping up at the Cooper Union reading room or the Apprentices' Library or ordering cheap books from Ogilvie he is willing to spend a whopping three dollars however on a copy of the popular physiology and marriage manual Cowan's Science of a New Life which he reads and then passes along to his older sister Mary; he outlines at one point his displeasure over his new Webster's Abridged Dictionary no maps no illustrations no biographies or notes his daily reading up on phrenology or geometry or how to be a better carpenter or regular reading from the Bible or from the Charles Taze Russell's works Millennial Dawn or Zion's Watch Tower. On March 24 he makes up his mind to give handbills advertising Millennial Dawn and Zion's Watch Tower to a friend to distribute and later loans a friend an entire year's run of the Watch Tower--or as he usually refers to it in his diary Z.W.T. Edward also reads popular literary papers like Argosy and various daily papers mentioning at one point an "Extra" on the botched Kemler execution with his tastes seeming to run to Pulitzer's World--though the general tenor of yellow journalism prompts him to note ruefully on June 27 "There seems to be nothing but bad women and bad men in the papers lately." Hussey further betters himself by attending night school through April when he finally gets a diploma under the tutelage of long-time New York educator William J. Goldey ca. 1828-1907 often participating in formal class debates recorded in his diary such as the one held the evening of February 7 when Edward took the affirmative on the question whether organizations are beneficial to the working man: "the majority were in favor of Organization also the regular debaters of the Aff. had the better of the debate because they were on the right side perhaps partial." Edward also attends a mock-congress held by Goldey on March 28 "the subject handled was that there should be an Amendment to the Constitution to admit women suffrage! Ladies were present some laughable scenes were pictured the vote Neg. 16 Aff. 11." Edward also shows an interest in labor organizing attending a lecture on Feb. 5 "on the Labor movement for the last 20 yrs. by L. Sanial i.e. the Socialist Labor journalist Lucien Saniel a frenchman: very good" or writing about a carpenters' strike against an employer on Feb. 21 or detailing his attendance at a May Day rally at Union Square the effects of the 8-hour day debate on his brother's prospects taking a walk over to the 42nd St. station on August 10 to take a look at a strike or his visit on July 6 to the Cloakmakers Union Hall on Suffolk Street there had been a riot and police beatings against strikers a few days previous though Edward notes "I saw no signs of distress whatever men where there talking a good deal in Hebrew. I then walked out read W. W. Weekly World a little while sitting on stoop near Ridley's dry hood store in the side st's it was litteraly sic swarming with Jews all trading in there sic own way for it was not the sabbath with them." The changing demographics of New York City and the influx of Jews comes up several times in Hussey's diary and he shows a welcome tolerance--even noting one Friday on July 11 "I took a run out tonight to see if I could attend a Jewish church but found none." On a boat ride back from Monmouth County New Jersey on August 7 Edward notes "on the voyage up I had quite a chat with a small about 40 yr. old Jew from Manasquan N. J. quite agreeable of course smooth of tongue he seemed to take a little liking to me as I am not bigoted against Jews he with another was going Bro'lyn N. Y." Edward then buys a watermelon and has soft shell crabs for dinner. Throughout the account runs the thread of a young man pulled between the obligations of adulthood he notes arguments with his father to whom he gives 80% of his wages until he comes of age and turns 21 in August of 1890 and the pleasures and pull of his youthful pursuits snowball fights with his younger sister blowing soap bubbles with children helping his younger brother on the velocipede and a few veiled and elided references to the perils of his masturbation habits; throughout this account he is clearly attuned to the attractions and textures of daily street life in New York: trips uptown to walk across the Harlem River or over into Weehawken to pick flowers or wild fruit attending meetings of evangelists like Moody or DeWitt Talmage or trying to get a drunk in the Bowery safely into a lodging house or helping another "Drunken fellow" who instead "sat down on steps throwing up etc. got a policeman to take him to R. House so he could sleep it off" or perhaps more enjoyably watching a Barnum & Bailey circus parade from the roof of his building or taking an excursion down to Philadelphia and seeing the "Cracked Bell" and Baldwin's Locomotive Works this trip given in fine detail or paying ten cents on the street to hear an Edison phonograph play three songs including the "McGinty Song" or reporting on his brother's base ball team or his own efforts in ball-throwing contests or his trying out of a street-corner demonstration "lung tester." Edward swims in the North River the latter-day Hudson takes long walks through the city and on occasion takes in an art exhibition or competes for the affections of young Ida Murphy. The diary closes with his efforts to get a satisfactory photographic portrait to send to friends and family; a gem tintype portrait in a folk thread-and-pin frame found with the diary is likely a portrait of Edward himself. Census records later put Edward in Bayonne N. J. in 1900 with a wife named Johanna. Her parents were both natives of Austria. By 1910 he is found in Union N. J. where his profession is given as a barn builder and he lives with Johanna their adopted daughter Helen both of Edward's parents and Johanna's mother Henrietta Bronston. In all a remarkable and perceptive record of a bright thoughtful working-class young man taking full advantage of the street life of Manhattan and of improving his mind. January 1, 1890 to August 31, unknown books
2007109132New York NY: Marlborough Gallery Inc 2007. Softcover. VG. White illus. wraps; Unpaginated approx. 61 pp.; 31 color plates. From the exhibition held from 2 May - 5 June 2007; Includes biographical information and list of exhibitions. Marlborough Gallery, Inc paperback books
1860WRCAM31231New York 1860. Broadside 8 x 10 inches. Docketed on verso. Faint fold lines. Very good. A printed letter to New York Republicans including a roll of nominated delegates to the State Convention. The letter also advocates the re-nomination of Gov. Edwin D. Morgan. unknown books
186521050Albany: Weed Parsons and Company Printers 1865. 28 4 blank pp lacks large folding frontis plate. Original printed wrappers stitched light wear. Good. OCLC 10873643 4 54307229 2. Weed, Parsons and Company, Printers unknown books
1826WRCAM48519New York: Mahlon Day 1826. 23pp. 12mo. Dbd. Light foxing and soiling. Several leaves loosening. Good. A splendid little book for juveniles featuring brief prose vignettes illustrated with charming woodcuts including a steamboat a carriage and several images of children mainly with bad things happening to them such as "A Little Girl on Fire!" "The Fall" "Hard-Hearted Boy" etc. SHOEMAKER 25829. Mahlon Day unknown books
186519942New-York: John W. Amerman Printer 1865. 68pp stitched. Original printed front wrapper tape repairs at spine institutional rubberstamp. Good. A movement to reform health care services in New York City and Brooklyn in order to avert the upcoming cholera threat. OCLC 54173322 3. Not in Eberstadt or Decker. John W. Amerman, Printer unknown books
181711103New York: Published by Order of the Committee 1817. Contemporary plain grey-blue wrappers stitched 11pp. Untrimmed light wear Very Good to Near Fine. <br/><br/> A scarce Tammany Hall excoriation of De Witt Clinton would-be Governor of New York. "We considered him as retired from the political stage; convicted of too many errors in his course to have ventured directly or indirectly so soon before the tribunal of the public." <br/> Tammany reminds the voters of Clinton's record: Federalist "candidate for the office of President of the United States; in open opposition to the will of the Republican party throughout the wide extent of our country which called loudly and imperiously for the virtuous and noble Madison!" Who were Clinton's allies in that election "The enemies of the war from Maine to Georgia"-- the "angry and turbulent spirits which New England had generated. those solemn Hartford Conventionists; those Abhorrers of American Prowess." The right man for the job is."MAJOR GENERAL PETER B. PORTER." <br/>FIRST EDITION. AI 40643 2. Not in Sabin. We located only facsimiles on OCLC as of August 2019. Published by Order of the Committee unknown books
18345864Albany 1834. 12pp folded lightly soiled and worn. Very Good. <br/><br/> New York Jacksonians express their "undiminished confidence in the wisdom purity of purpose and elevated patriotism of ANDREW JACKSON;" defend his Bank policies; and blast Webster Clay and Calhoun that unholy "political Triumvirate" for censuring Jackson for removing the deposits from the Bank of the United States. Signed in type by the Republican Senators and Representatives. Lieutenant Governor John Tracy is listed as Chairman of the Meeting. <br/>FIRST EDITION. Sabin 96417. AI 22841 5. Not in Wise & Cronin. unknown books
187320567New York: Evening Post Steam Presses. 1873. 27 1 blank pp. Disbound. Clean. Very Good. "Metaline is a name that has been given to a series of substances made by new processes intended for application to all kinds of machinery where friction is encountered-obviating the necessity of oi. or other lubricant." Page 1. Includes brief history of metaline several testimonials from users of metaline products and two articles about metaline which appeared in "The Engineer" and "The Mechanics' Magazine". Not in OCLC. Evening Post Steam Presses. unknown books
1824WRCAM30692Albany 1824. 32pp. Gathered signatures stitched as issued. Tanned and foxed contemporary ownership signature on titlepage. Good untrimmed. One of a series of laws enacted in New York State beginning in the 1780s designed to expedite the recovery of debts through legal measures. This one was known as the "Fifty Dollar Act." Includes the text of required forms. Not in Shoemaker. OCLC locates only one copy in the New York State Library. Rare. OCLC 26234135. unknown books
186122180New York 1861. 19cm. 3 1 blank pp disbound loose. Caption title as issued. Very Good. OCLC 41394127 1-Buffalo & Erie Cnty. Pub. Libr. unknown books
181511230Albany 1815. 16pp foxed later plain wrappers. Good or a bit better. Now that the War is over "it may not be unuseful to take a short view of the causes of the war its prominent events and future consequences." That is it is time for Republicans to pour out their wrath upon the Federalists whose behavior especially at the Hartford Convention verged on treason. "Such was the time chosen by those sons of discord to disseminate an infamous manifesto in which they villified your rulers abused your constitution and menaced your government with 'more mighty efforts' in case of non-compliance with their insolent demands." FIRST EDITION. AI 33786 2. Sabin 53500. Not in Eberstadt Decker. unknown books
1794WRCAM16030New York 1794. Engraving 4 x 7 1/2 inches. Very good. The first or second printed view of Saratoga New York. This appeared originally in the December 1794 issue of the NEW YORK MAGAZINE. It shows elegantly dressed persons on a fenced lawn overlooking the river being served by a young Black servant. unknown books
1710WRCAM39062New York: Printed by William Bradford 1710. 20pp. Folio. Dbd. Light scattered foxing. Very good. A rare early Bradford imprint. This list is expanded from an earlier version of the same year giving Gov. Robert Hunter's comprehensive table of administrative fees for the various offices and courts of New York and New Jersey printed by William Bradford the "pioneering printer of the English middle colonies" and first printer of New York. This early edition of Hunter's ordinance was published at the beginning of his remarkably popular governorship of New York an office he held until 1719. Later editions of the ordinance were published with the LAWS. of New York in 1713 and 1719; the present edition was reprinted separately in 1716 Evans 1848 but signed "Ro. Hunter" at the end instead of "R. Hunter" as it is here. Also in this edition line 9 of the caption title ends "&c." Rare with only eight copies recorded at six institutions in ESTC. EVANS 1482. ESTC W11521. Printed by William Bradford unknown books
172328535New York: Printed by William Bradford 1723. 4 pp folio. Caption title as issued. Loose and lightly toned else Very Good. Housed in a modern cloth binder with gilt-lettered spine title. <br/><br/> This rare item is the first statute establishing New York chancery fees thus curing "the Inconveniences that may thereby ensue" from their absence. No Chancery Officer "shall exact demand or ask any greater or other Fee or Fees" than the amounts enumerated herein. These regulations limit the "Governour's Fees as Keeper of the Great Seal of this Province" as well as fees of Masters Registers Clerks Examiners Solicitors and other officers. <br/> This is an early effort to curb the exercise of arbitrary power by hungry court officers. Governor Burnet signs in type at the end.<br/>Evans 2468. ESTCP W34081 7- AAS Huntington Columbia Harvard NY Hist. Soc. Brown HSP. Not in Cohen. Printed by William Bradford unknown books
73244An archive of hundreds of letters bills receipts and other legal documents from the family of Academy Award-winning actress Jane Fonda dating from 1786 to 1880. This branch of the Fonda family traces its roots back to New York in 1651 when Jellis Fonda migrated from the Netherlands with his wife and four children. His grandson Douw Jellis Fonda 1700-1780 is considered the founder of the Dutch village now named Fonda about 30 miles west of Albany. He lived a long and prosperous life as a farmer and merchant but was killed at age 79 during a raid by the British Army aided by the Mohawk Indians.<br/><br/>This collection includes two early hand-drawn property maps of some of the Fonda-owned lands. One of the undated maps completed for John Fonda shows part of Mayfield with lots drawn and numbered. The second map also undated shows acreage for the heirs of A. Fonda except 150 acres sold to John C. Smith and 100 acres sold to David and Samuel Loomis.<br/><br/>The earliest material in this collection is connected to Douw Jellis Fonda's six children and grandchildren following the American Revolution. They were leaders in their community serving as judges state elected officials and military officers. There are five handwritten legal documents signed by various members of the family related to the payment of bonds associated with the appointment of loan officers and treasury officials for Montgomery County between 1786 and 1792. At the conclusion of the war the New York Legislature passed laws placing taxes on land and personal estates of all inhabitants in order to defray war expenses discharge its debts and support the state government. Supervisors of each county appointed individuals to "superintend" the raising of taxes within their respective counties. These documents include:<br/><br/>April 19 1786 three-page document signed by Judge Jellis Fonda on pages two and three concerning a 12000-pound bond for the appointment of Peter Schuyler as one of the Montgomery County loan officers<br/><br/>May 9 1786 document of three pages concerning Jellis Fonda's bond in the amount of 12000 pounds for the appointment of his son Douw Fonda as one of the Montgomery County loan officers<br/><br/>January 8 1787 document of one and a half pages concerning Adam Fonda's bond in the amount of 5000 pounds providing surety for Douw Fonda as treasurer of Montgomery County<br/><br/>June 29 1791 one-page document signed by Adam Fonda and Douw Fonda providing 4000 pounds as surety for John Yates to be the treasurer of Montgomery County<br/><br/>May 2 1792 document of two and a quarter pages signed by Douw Fonda Adam Fonda and John Fonda providing a 9400 pounds surety bond for Douw Fonda as a Montgomery County loan officer<br/><br/>This collection also includes a group of documents associated with Henry Fonda 1766-1828 who fought in the War of 1812 and was appointed Brigadier General of the 11th Infantry in 1820. During 1807 1816 and 1819 he was a member of the New York State Legislature representing the Fourth Senatorial District of Tryon County. This collection includes two printed broadsides headed "Brigade Orders" issued by him calling regiments to rendezvous and parade "for military exercise and improvement" in 1826 and 1828. There are also 20 handwritten bills and receipts dating from 1792 to 1824 for various items he purchased ranging from flannel to gin and three holographic legal documents for funds he was owed. An additional four letters in the collection were written to Henry addressed variously as major colonel and general dating from 1813 to 1828. Among them is a three-page letter from Daniel Cockstock dated March 6 1826 contemplating the impacts of various new stage routes in the region.<br/><br/>Another group of more than 120 letters receipts and other documents is connected to Henry's brother Peter Fonda 1802-74 who was a merchant and hotel keeper ran a stagecoach for a period worked as a contractor and helped build roads in the community. There are several letters about his stagecoach work including seat reservations purchasing horses schedules and even lost luggage. On January 4 1832 he received a letter about Theophilius Williams' lost trunk. "I understand by a letter from him that he left a description of it at your house offering five dollars to the finder which I will send to you immediately if found together with all accompany expenses incurred in the search and pay your bill for the same whether found or not if you will give your assistance" Levi Williams wrote.<br/><br/>Among the letters is one from Peter's wife Gertrude written to him in 1838 while he was in Rome building a bridge across the Mohawk River. "I want you to look out for yourself.don't depend on others you may lose keep your people sober." she wrote. A handwritten contract with officials from Rome dated January 1839 outlines the specifications for the bridge. He is also among a dozen men listed on a 1862 patent included in this collection for an improvement in pumps.<br/><br/>A variety of other miscellaneous documents are provided in the archive including:<br/><br/>An 1870 poll book for Fonda Montgomery County. The first eight pages are printed and provide a "plan of organization and action" to "effect change of administration at the President election of November 1872." Voters names are listed on six pages with P.H. Fonda's at the end.<br/><br/>A printed receipt completed in manuscript issued by the state of New York treasurer's office on April 9 1816 to Simon Vedder for Douw Fonda<br/><br/>An eighth page handwritten receipt dated December 20 1790 received from Adam Fonda<br/><br/>A one-page handwritten poem by Lavina Fonda dated June 9 1816 written on the death of a schoolmate<br/><br/>A small note signed by Adam Fonda dated September 17 1838 requesting Peter Fonda pay $15 to Robert Bahanan<br/><br/>A printed document with holographic notes for the lease of property dated October 9 1855 and signed by Aminta K. Fonda<br/><br/>Supreme Court calendar for the September 1863 term 16 pages in sewn wraps with P.H. Fonda's name written in pencil along the top of the cover<br/><br/>A quarter-page handwritten document dated October 25 1854 listing the person living in Fonda who are exempted from payment of teachers wages in District 8 of Mohawk<br/><br/>The materials are all generally toned stained and creased from former folds but otherwise in very good condition. unknown books
