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181219588Flushing Queens 1812. Very good condition. Obligation dated March 24 1812 Flushing Township in Queens County New York. Regarding $300 owed to James Cornwall of the City of New York and signed by Charles P Cornwall although the signature is torn away. Witnessed by Robert W. Rumsey and George Perry. Notes in pencil on verso showing payment of $285.08 in 1826. 7 1/2 x 12 1/2" folded. <br /> <br /> Charles P. Cornwall was a large landowner in Queens in the early 1800s with Bayside Farm being the most valuable of his properties. In 1838 Cornwall named Thomas Whitson and John Nostrand his neighbors as trustees empowered to sell as much of his real estate as was needed to cover his debts and to lease the rest of it to cover his living expenses. They sold Cornwall's Bayside Farm for $15000 to Samuel Willetts of New York in 1838. The trustees using some of the assets from the sale then made a loan to Elisha Hall of Newburgh NY for $6000. Cornwall died in 1839 Hall failed to repay the interest or principal and the trustees were sued. The case gives an interesting perspective on the value of property in Queens at the time: "His Cornwall's preference for farms over city property differs from the opinion of most well informed and shrewd capitalists; but it may nevertheless be well doubted whether a farm situated in a populous neighborhood and near several great thoroughfares is not safer for a permanent investment than any city property". Cases in Law and Equity Supreme Court of the State of New York. Barbour Oliver L. Vol. XX. New York: Banks and Brothers. 1883. p 142-7. unknown
182819587Flushing Queens 1828. Very good condition. Obligation dated May 14 1828 Flushing New York. Regarding $1900 owed to James Strong "of the City of New York Merchant" at the rate of seven per cent per annum and signed by Charles P. and Warren Cornwall. Witnessed by S. B. Nicoll. The back of the sheet details the payments to James Strong and Thomas H. Betts. These payments begin in 1830 to Strong; they continue after the bond was assigned to Thomas H. Betts. The last one appears to be have been made on June 19th 1839 "of Benjamin W. Strong executor of Charles P. Cornwall $2038. 94 signed Thos H Betts". This last record of payment affixed to bottom of the original document with wax. A few splits at original folds 8 x 18".<br /> <br /> Charles P. Cornwall was a large landowner in Queens in the early 1800s with Bayside Farm being the most valuable of his properties. In 1838 Cornwall named Thomas Whitson and John Nostrand his neighbors as trustees empowered to sell as much of his real estate as was needed to cover his debts and to lease the rest of it to cover his living expenses. They sold Cornwall's Bayside Farm for $15000 to Samuel Willetts of New York in 1838. The trustees using some of the assets from the sale then made a loan to Elisha Hall of Newburgh for $6000. Cornwall died in 1839 Hall failed to repay the interest or principal and the trustees were sued. The case gives an interesting perspective on the value of property in Queens at the time: "His Cornwall's preference for farms over city property differs from the opinion of most well informed and shrewd capitalists; but it may nevertheless be well doubted whether a farm situated in a populous neighborhood and near several great thoroughfares is not safer for a permanent investment than any city property". Cases in Law and Equity Supreme Court of the State of New York. Barbour Oliver L. Vol. XX. New York: Banks and Brothers: 1883. p 142-7. unknown
18300001760CHATHAM CONNECTICUT EAST HAMPTON CT BRAZIL. Good. 1830. On offer is an interesting archive of five 5 manuscript journals dated 1830 through 1867 handwritten by Dr. Nathaniel Oliver Cornwall 1816-1903 who was from Chatham Connecticut today known as East Hampton. Cornwall was a fascinating character would become a medical doctor and then later a dentist who spent a great deal of time in South America a more detailed bio follows. The archive will be of interest to historians and researchers of the era as the combined writings details on one hand the personal thoughts as the young man entered adulthood but also a reflection on the education he received. The archive details as follows: 1 1833 Marbled covered Copy Book which is also a Day Book. The beginning pages are ledger style entries showing his expenses inventory of his belongings etc. Then there are several pages of copy book type entries showing heights and distances some drawings. Finally in the back 8 pages of diary entries. This journal is the largest in the bunch measuring about 8" x 13" which gives you a lot of information on each page. Total number of handwritten pages is 55. In this journal he also talks about a ship named the "Ocean." 2 1830 Ledger style journal with 21 handwritten pages. Also in the front are two pages of poetry one titled "On the Independence of South America; Sung in New York" and the other titled "The Nashville Tragedy." There are a lot of names in this journal. 3 1863-1867 Receipt type ledger with expenses. This one is in Spanish or Portuguese kept while he was in Brazil. 12 handwritten pages. 4 1833 Writing work book where he practiced his alphabet letters etc. There is also a handwritten essay in the back. This journal has 17 handwritten pages. 5 Lastly and 1830 Day Book with 43 handwritten pages; expense type entries also listing many names. Some of the many names mentioned are: James Young Denton and Smith James Kane John Jacob Astor Thomas Milner Temple and Camp Minerva Howland Nathan Swain Joseph Hastings Anthony Billings Edward Jones Thomas Grosvenor Samuel Green Jonathan Curtis Theodore Barrell Charles Long James Pitney Thomas Jenkins Elijah Pollack Henry Bell James Vance and so many more. Here are some snippets: "Washington College March 20th 1830 Half past 11 o'clock Have for several days been thinking to write a diary a practice which I have not followed since the first winter of beginning Greek at the goodly town of Cheshire. I wish I had continued it just for the pleasure of accounting to the many many pleasing and as a matter of course often unpleasing incidents of my stay there and to see again my daily progress in Virgil Cicero Sallust and the first elements of Greek which I used to set down with minimal regularity. I shall though never forget those scenes. They are engraved firmly on my mind and the place where I first learned to taste the beauties of Virgil and to enjoy the elegant productions of Cicero .But why am I that moralizing upon the classes and so pedant like talking of my own acquisitions in them I don't know but tis to make a beginning to my journal which would make but poor appearance over to self for whom alone it shall be written without and for a want of which it has been so long neglected I suppose." "March 30th 1830 Been very insolent all day as respects to study One week now and we shall be at liberty again. Next Wednesday afternoon will probably terminate my second term of college life. This term has passed rapidly with me and been very busy yet I find my mind frequently stretching to the end of it and welcoming its approach with an eagerness not a little unlike that of those who are less pleased with college than myself How swift are the transitions of thought! How constantly on the wing is our universal cheerer and consoler. Hope! Thus I am continually led into a train of moralizing and thus my consoling pen will run on ____ in publishing the wandering incipiencies of my brain ." The smallest journal measures about 6" x 7 ½" and the largest one 8" x 13". All of them have paper covers and most are in good shape with some foxing on many of the pages. The cover on one of them is very torn but all in all the pages and bindings look good. BIO NOTES: to Dr. Nathaniel Oliver Cornwall 1816-1903 was born in 1816. As a child he attended local schools and then at about 14 years of age Nathaniel was sent to the school of Reverend Asa Cornwall in Cheshire and after that he went off to school in Granby. In 1833 he went to Episcopal Academy in Cheshire. In 1835 began attending Washington College and graduated 1839. After college Nathaniel Cornwall attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York State from which he graduated in 1846. After medical school he accepted a teaching job in South America and within a year decided to go into the medical field in Brazil. After an accidental meeting with a dentist also from Connecticut he decided to become a dentist instead of having a medical practice and for the rest of his career kept that as his profession while living in South America for the next 20 or so years. In 1860 on a visit home to the States he got married to Mary and the couple then returned to South America where his 3 children were born. He had two daughters one of whom died in infancy and a son Edward who became a NY physician. Dr. Cornwall retired relatively early in 1869 at age 53 and lived the rest of his life in Gildersleeve which is now Portland CT on an estate near the trolley line. The family originally had settled in Middletown and nearby areas in the 1700s. An online search reveals the "Trinity College Bulletin" wherein there is an article titled "Reminiscences of Nathaniel Oliver Cornwall MD" and one will find an extensive history behind the man who owned these journals. ; Manuscript; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF NATHANIEL OLIVER CORNWALL CHESHIRE ACADEMY WASHINGTON COLLEGE 19TH CENTURY NATHANIEL OLIVER CORNWALL CHATHAM CONNECTICUT EAST HAMPTON EDUCATION BRAZIL SOUTH AMERICA MEDICINE 19TH CENTURY MEDICAL PRACTICE DENTIST DENTISTRY NEW ENGLAND WASHINGTON COLLEGE TRINITY COLLEGE HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL AMERICANA . unknown
18320001757CHESHIRE CONNECTICUT CT. Good. 1832. On offer is an original 1832 manuscript copy book handwritten by Nathaniel Oliver Cornwall specifically related to his study of sailing navigation and astronomy relative to a life at sea. The 44 pages include a number of drawings adding depth to this early 19th century study of nautical education. Mr. Cornwall 16 years old at the time of writing goes on to an interesting career as a medical doctor turned dentist. Further details follow. Overall G. BIO NOTES: Dr. Nathaniel Oliver Cornwall was born in 1816 d.1903. As a child he attended local schools and then at about 14 years of age Nathaniel was sent to the school of Reverend Asa Cornwall in Cheshire and after that he went off to school in Granby. In 1833 he went to Episcopal Academy in Cheshire. In 1835 began attending Washington College and graduated 1839. After college Nathaniel Cornwall attended the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York State from which he graduated in 1846. After medical school he accepted a teaching job in South America and within a year decided to go into the medical field in Brazil. After an accidental meeting with a dentist also from Connecticut he decided to become a dentist instead of having a medical practice and for the rest of his career kept that as his profession while living in South America for the next 20 or so years. In 1860 on a visit home to the States he got married to Mary and the couple then returned to South America where his 3 children were born. He had two daughters one of whom died in infancy and a son Edward who became a NY physician. Dr. Cornwall retired relatively early in 1869 at age 53 and lived the rest of his life in Gildersleeve which is now Portland CT on an estate near the trolley line. The family originally had settled in Middletown and nearby areas in the 1700s. An online search reveals the "Trinity College Bulletin" wherein there is an article titled "Reminiscences of Nathaniel Oliver Cornwall MD" and one will find an extensive history behind the man who owned these journals.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF NATHANIEL OLIVER CORNWALL CHESHIRE ACADEMY WASHINGTON COLLEGE GEOMETRY ALGEBRA CALCULUS STATISTICS SCIENTIFIC NOTATIONS MATHEMATICAL EQUATIONS CYPHERING TRIGONOMETRY CALLIGRAPHY MATHEMATICS NAUTICAL SEAMANSHIP MARITIME NAVIGATION SEAMAN MARINERS NAVAL HANDWRITING PENMANSHIP ARITHMETIC CIPHERING CYPHERING EDUCATION TEACHING MATHEMATICAL COMPLEX MATHEMATICS FEDERAL MONEY STATISTICS COMPLEX EQUATIONS SCIENTIFIC NOTATIONS 19TH CENTURY HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL AMERICANA . unknown
183989405London: John Murray. 1839. Hardcover. Very Good. Authors Presentation Copy; Written by Sir George Cornwall-Lewis MP of Harpton Court 132pp original grey covers paper title label on front cover rubbed on corners sl rubbed top and base spine. Covers sl soiled Has the bookplate of JW Willis Bund of Worcester on endpaper; Small Octavo . John Murray hardcover
183971346London: John Murray 1839. First and only edition 12mo pp. xii 132; original drab paper-covered boards paper label on upper cover boards loose but present. With an early ownership inscription on the title page of George H. Piper of Ledbury; and a second ownership inscription on the front pastedown of W. Leyson May 1899. Leyson has added information about Piper noting "F.G.S. Registrar C. C. of Ledbury." Tipped-in newspaper clipping on the verso of the half-title on "The Language of the Countryside" and about 30 or so annotations amplifications and/or corrections to the text in both pencil and ink in two different hands likely Piper and Leyson. "Mr George Henry Piper a well-known Herefordshire solicitor died at his residence Court House Ledbury after a short illness the cause of death being Bright's disease. The deceased who was 78 years of age has practiced in Ledbury over half a century and for the last 30 years was Registrar of the Ledbury County Court. He was a prominent Freemason a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a well-known archaeologist. He had held the office of president to the Malvern Field Club and the Woolhope Field Club and local hon. secretary to the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution. Deceased was unmarried" ledburyhistory.ukdotcom. John Murray unknown
1877006148Boston: Roberts Brothers 1877 First American Edition. Brown cloth with blindstamped decoration in black gilt titles. Chocolate endpapers. Antique library bookplate hand-numbered and hand-dated. Frontispiece engraving protective tissue. Foxing to preliminaries rubbing to endpapers small tear to top of spine. Solid copy in good condition. Roberts Brothers hardcover
1860249210London: 32 Weymouth Street Portland Place 1860. 1 page. 16mo. About fine. 1 page. 16mo. 32 Weymouth Street Portland Place unknown
1860249210London: 32 Weymouth Street Portland Place 1860. 1 page. 16mo. About fine. 1 page. 16mo. ABOUT NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE. 32 Weymouth Street Portland Place unknown books
1837551AGBI, 1837. Stahlstich v. Daut, 15,5 x 10 Auf Wunsch Digitalaufnahme in jpg-Format erhältlich- photo in jpg-format available. Je nach Versandart können die Portokosten bis zu 2 ? weniger als angegeben betragen.+
1852UUI-6201Carte géographique toilée dépliante représentant Plymouth et les Cournouailles en 1852. Tavistock, Helston, Ashburton, Cap Trevose... Carte d'État-major éditée par Lanée, n°6 de la série. Légèrement roussie, bon état général. Poids 160 g. Frais d'envoi 3,20 euros sur la France, 5 euros UE et Suisse, 6,25 euros pour le reste du monde (tarifs de base hors envois suivis).
1866L014532Edward Moxon 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A UNIQUE EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED COPY. This unique fine bound copy is extra-illustrated with the insertion of 36 19th-century portraits and views mainly engravings most expertly inlaid to size a few tipped-in on special leaves. Bound in full tan 19th-century calf spine with raised bands brown morocco label and elaborate gilt floral tooling within gilt-ruled compartments covers bordered with twin gilt rules and gilt floral devices at corners gilt inner dentelles brown marbled endpapers all edges gilt. wear chiefly to spine edges; some bumping to corners particularly top edges. viii 252plates extra illustrations.5 Engraved Plates 36 Extra Plates. Edward Moxon hardcover
1866033726London: Edward Moxon 1866. First Edition. Leather. Very Good. Illustrated. Charles Lamb 10 February 1775 – 27 December 1834 was an English writer and essayist best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare which he produced with his sister Mary Lamb 1764–1847. Morocco leather with dual leather spine labels. Raised bands. Portrait frontispiece. Marbled end papers. Illustrated. viii 252pp. appendix. Front hinge starting. Full refund if not satisfied. Edward Moxon hardcover
186635217London: Edward Moxon & Company 1866. Leather bound. Fair. Octavo. Fine binding. 2 viii 252 pages 2. Frontispiece portrait of Lamb. Maroon leather binding ruled with gilt borders on the covers. Leather title labels raised bands and gilt decorations on the covers. Top edge gilt. Gilt dentelles gilt decorated inner board edges. Reddish marbled end papers. Binding is sturdy and hinges are not cracked. However the frontispiece is detached and chipped bottom edge. Title page and preface pages are also detached due to the brittle paper cracked in the gutter. Rest of contents are in very good condition. Edward Moxon & Company unknown
186612790Boston: Roberts Bros. Very Good. 1866. Hardcover. Rebacked and rebound saving original cloth boards; ex library; good reading copy; contents clean and complete. . Roberts Bros. hardcover books
18607153London: Longman Rees Orme Brown & Co. c. 1860. Lithograph 32.5 x 39 cms original hand-colour blank verso; prepared for William Colling Hobsons Fox-Hunting Atlas overprinted with the names of the hunts and the places of the meeting of foxhounds. Map Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Co. unknown
1873005660Philadelphia PA: Willett Cornwell. Very Good. 1873. No Binding. Brightly colored 2 piece master pattern on heavy boards measuring 19x16 and 18.5x11.5 inches. A few pencil markings to pattern some light wear and soil overall. Offered with two additional pieces of dressmaking ephemera: Godey's Presentation Sheet of Embroideries etc. January 1870. With a variety of designs for embroidery including an alphabet and botanical motifs. 12.5x19 inches. Pattern is folded creased along edges wtih some foxing. Also offered with: Advanced studies for those using the Dressmakers' Magic Scale a New Book Profusely Illustrated. and Supplements 1 2 and 3 to Advanced Studies for those Using the Dressmakers' Magic Scale. Three volumes in one. Both volumes 8vo with printed and illustrated wraps.; Ephemera; 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall . Willett Cornwell unknown books
1857906F48London: Chapman and Hall 1857 . Leather. Near Fine. 8" by 6". The Brothers Dalziel. A beautifully bound edition of the poetical works of Barry Cornwall the pseudonym of English poet Bryan Procter. Beautifully bound in half morocco with gilt detailing to back strip.First published in 1819 this is a charming collection of nineteenth century poetry.With vignette illustrations throughout engraved by the Brothers Dalziel.Including illustrations by John Tenniel Birket Foster J. R. Clayton and others. In a half morocco binding with gilt detailing to back strip and marbled paper covered boards. A touch of rubbing to the head and tail of front joint otherwise externally fine. Internally firmly bound. Pages exceptionally clean and bright. Near Fine Chapman and Hall hardcover
1857284596United Kingdom: Chapman & Hall 1857. Book. Good. hardback. 1st Edition. hardback octavo red cloth lettered and blocked with a design in gilt all edges gilt. Rubbed at the head and foot of the spine the binding remains tight the text unmarked but with some sporadic foxing Engraving by the Brothers Dalziel xii 403pp. Chapman & Hall Hardcover
1824019991J. Carpenter and Son 1824. First Edition. Hard Back. Very Good. 69 large full page plates with a page of decription next to each. Contemporary binding of quarter burgundy leather with marbled boards show a little rubbing. Pages and plates on the whole white with light sporadic foxing to around one third of the pages. A Rare odd volume J. Carpenter and Son hardcover
18701757London: Bell & Daldy 1870. Second edition. Leather Bound. Very Good/near fine. xl and 284 pages. Original red leather with four bands - school presentation binding with prize inscription of London School Schola Civitatis Londinensis` School of the City of London crest in gilt to front leather board ruled in gilt at edges. Marbled endpapers and page edges. Pen inscription "Midsummer 1876 Beanfay Medal and book awarded to L Jacob from Cuthbertson LLD. late fellow 0f Corps. chi coll fam Head Mathematical Master CLS <br /> <br />and owner name in blue pencil Celia S morytho <br /> <br />dated 1870 "Preface to the present edition - 1856 preface to the first ed. 1832" the first edition was titled English Songs and Other small Poems by Barry Cornwall reads : " A new impression of these poems having been required I have thought it well to add a few pieces of verse; some of which have alredy appeared in print. The additions thus made constitute ' Part the First ' of the present Edition ." <br/><br/> Bell & Daldy hardcover
1844AQ29215London: Edward Moxon 1844. 2 xvi 284pp 2. Contemporary full gilt-tooled red morocco. All edges gilt. Engraved bookplate of Thomas Gaisford to FEP. Slight wear to spine and very slight marking to upper board but otherwise excellent condition. Barry Cornwall pseudonym of Bryan Waller Proctor 1787-1884 English poet and dedicatee of Thackeray's Vanity Fair. This collection of melodious lyrics was written just before he became 'altogether abandoned to law' working as a commissioner of lunacy. Divided into two parts the songs were intended to bring a decidedly 'English' character to a genre traditionally dominated by Scottish poets. . 12mo. Edward Moxon unknown
183257717London: Edward Moxon. 1832. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Original paper- covered boards with spine label remnant. Spine defective boards detached included. Inscribed to the title page to a rubbed out name "with the best regards of the author." 4pp preliminary ads half title page title page with vignette xxii 2 228pp. First and last pages detached with the boards. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; Author . Signed by Author . Edward Moxon hardcover
185641638London: Chapman and Hall 1856. 12mo xl 284 pp. Inscribed on the title page from the author to the Hon. William Spring Rice marbled endpapers and edges later owner's name to a front blank. Contemporary calf spine sunned joints and edges rubbed lacking the spine label. Originally published in 1832. London: Chapman and Hall unknown
1832121584London: Edward Moxon 1832. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. xxii 2 228 4 p. 17 cm. Title page vignette and 6 more small illustrations within. Grey cloth hardcover. Some light soiling bumped corners tiny dents in edges. <br/><br/>Most of Barry Cornwall's verse was composed between 1815 when he began to contribute to the Literary Gazette and 1823 or at the latest 1832 when this collection was published. Rather unknown outside Britain in his times and largely considered to be an imitator of greater romantic poets he was nevertheless regarded quite highly during his own lifetime. Thackeray dedicated Vanity Fair to Cornwall and Wilkie Collins dedicated The Woman In White to him. Edward Moxon hardcover
