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192652393New-York New York: DoubledayPage and Company 1926. Fine. Doubleday Page and Company New-York New York 1926 19.50 x 26.50 cm 2 volumes en reliures de l'éditeur First edition. Publisher's full green cloth binding smooth spines front covers decorated with central gilt medallion top edges gilt. Work illustrated with plates. DoubledayPage and Company hardcover
183523879London: Richard Bentley 1835. Fine. Richard Bentley London 1835 14 x 22 cm relié First edition. Half caramel sheep binding spine with four raised bands decorated with gilt and blind fillets gilt frieze at tail one headcap lacking marbled paper boards corners slightly bumped with lacks to marbled paper marbled endpapers and pastedowns contemporary binding. Work illustrated with frontispiece portrait of the author engraved by A. Dean. Copy almost entirely free from foxing marginal annotations in pencil. Richard Bentley hardcover
1883052425London Uk: J. C. Nimmo And Bain 1883. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Five Plates. 405 I Pp. Three Quarter Vellum Over Marbled Boards Spine Elaborately Gilt And With Morocco Labels Matching Marbled Endpapers. Edges Of Page Block Colored Yellow. 7 1/2" Tall. One Of 1000 Copies Only. Gilt Brilliant Slight Usage But Tips Were Damaged And Then Repaired By A Binder. <br/> <br/> J. C. Nimmo And Bain hardcover
009170London: Apollo's Magazine The first complete and authentic description of the Japanese method of self-defence written out of Japan. Contains 61 photograhic illustrations book not dated but circa 1905 possible first edition but cannot verifyscarce book. Contains 178 pages in bright clean condition just some browning to endpapers and a few pages have small stains around staples images available 61 b/w photographs all present as listed plus very informative text NO dustwrapper outer boards are lightly rubbed to edges slightly darkened from age SEE IMAGE. A nice example of this book SEE IMAGES. DETAILED IMAGES AVAILABLE ON REQUEST . Illustrated Boards. Good Plus/No Jacket. 19 x 13 Cms. Hardcover. Apollo's Magazine Hardcover
18680012350Canada. Good with no dust jacket. 1868. Non-Book. On offer is an 1868 legal manuscript document relating to the appointment of Power of Attorney for the recently widowed New Brunswick Canada resident Ms. Charlotte LeBaron Hazen Smith 1809-1893. Charlotte Smith widow of Henry Bowyer Smith 1800-1868 appoints Herries Farquhar & Co. Sir Walter Rockcliff Farquhar 1810-1900 and others as Power of Attorney. Smith signs the document beside an affixed seal. There is a handwritten note by New Brunswick lawyer judge and politician William B. Kinnear who died about a month later. Kinnear notarizes the document writing that he is "a Public Notary in and for the Province of New Brunswick by lawful authority.do hereby certify that I was present and did see Charlotte LeBaron Smith sign seal and deliver the aforgoing instrument." The primary focus of the contract is dealing with a policy from The Standard Life Assurance Company of Edinburgh. Quite interesting early Canadian legal document from a well to do family in New Brunswick. BIO NOTES: Charlotte LeBaron Hazen was the widow of Henry Bowyer Smith Collector of Customs St. John New Brunswick who was the son of Charles Douglass Smith the colonial governor and administrator. They had one child Sarah Elizabeth Smith 1829-1884 who married. Rev. Charles Lee 1826- 1873. Manuscript signed document four pages flat 8 x 12-1/2 inches folded to 8 x 6-1/4 inches dated 14th January 1868.; Manuscripts; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 4 pages; Signed by Author . unknown
18690001840MILFORD CONNECTICUT. Good. 1869. On offer is an interesting manuscript diary dated January 1 1869 through to March 1870 handwritten by William B. Clark of Milford Connecticut. Mr. Clark is a cobbler who works heeling shoes along with farm work at home. His is married to Mary and his children include Willie Frank and Charlotte. William is a prolific writer writing every day from the mundane to the sensational: local events including seeing Tom Thumb from the train births deaths family news work and mentions of the flu which appears to be going around. Here are some snippets: Jan 1 - New Year's Day. Willie's foot and leg in part was scalded this morning. Went down to church to bid on W. Seat. Same price as last year 12 dollars. Right cold. Jan 13 - Arrived in New York this morning about 6 o'clock. Pleasant but coolish. After wandering around till 10 o'clock went to Tracy. After work could get a job but could not agree on price. Left for home on 4:25 train. Jan 18 - cold day. commenced snow about noon. Commenced to work in straw factory. Blake's part pushing the balls all day. Am tired.Jan 20 - Splendid day. cutting cloth this forenoon. Afternoon curling hats. Nice work but hard on the fingers. Night clear wind blows. Ed Clark was at my house to see about going to the factory. March 1 - Cold this morning. It's splendid out. Good sleighing and cold. I heeled 20 pair today. the wages for heeling french heels was raised 21 cents more a dozen. Night clear and cold. Sleighing never was better. We were paid tonight. April 2 = Morning sun rose stayed out a little while then went in again. Cooley was robbed of all his clothes last night. commenced to rain this afternoon. I heeled 14 pairs. April 26 - Dug garden before breakfast. Went to New Haven on first train. Heeled 13 pair this forenoon. Odd Fellows parade in the city. Grand turn out. Night clear and warm like summer. May 24 - Heeled 27 pairs of shoes today. The Irish folks had a cock fight up near the old camp ground yesterday so I heard. Very warm today. Night went down to Bristol. May 31 - I heeled 24 pair today. Afternoon citizens of Milford headed by the band marched to the graveyard to decorate soldiers graves.June 1 - I heeled 24 pair shoes today. A boy. had both legs cut off by jumping off the freight train. Very warm day. June 16 - Went over on half past 8 train. Saw Tom Thumb and wife on board. Heeled 12 pairs shoes today. August 7 - Working at haying today. Little warm. Carted loads of hay today. Eclipse about 5 o'clock. Did not get home till about 8 tonight. Very cool again. Dec 11 - Fisinished 10 pair of shoes today. Beautiful day warm. Real summer day. Sunken Schooner was raised today. Tonight went down town. Bought an undershirt for Willie.Dec 20 - Hezekiah Clark died about 2 this morning. Beautiful day but cool. Bought half barrel of apples of Hawkins. Burnished and finished 10.5 pairs of shoes.Dec 26 - None of us could get out to church. Sent for Doctor to come up and see Mary. Left her some powders to take. Rained hard all day. Night dark wind blows up. colder. Charlotte was here to tea. Mary feels a little better. ; Manuscript; 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF COBBLERS SHOE REPAIR WILLIAM B. CLARK MILFORD CONNECTICUT FARMING RURAL LIVING POST CIVIL WAR RECONSTRUCTION ERA COBBLING AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS AMERICANA MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES 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 . hardcover
1862000754EGREMONT MASSACHUSETTS MA. Good. 1862. On offer is an original superb relic of the Civil War and an incredibly detailed historical document with a riveting narrative being the journal of William. B. Stark beginning with his enlistment July 21st 1862 until April 13th 1865 when he relates the details of Appomattox and Lee's surrender and the jubilation of the troops. Thusly his entire tour in the Civil War. Stark was from Egremont Massachusetts near the New York state border in western Massachusetts. Mr. Stark served in the 34th Regiment Infantry Massachusetts Volunteers. This is one of the most detailed writings of one man's service we have ever read. Stark took copious notes and left no details unmentioned from a detailed listing of every battle and engagement his fellow soldiers officers kit and clothing foods eaten etc. etc. He never fails to mention names and Mr. Stark to history's benefit writes profusely. There is tremendous battle content with detailed explanations of terrain weather and conditions. He describes the mood of the men the affect of the conditions and writes very well too. One online source relates the following of this famed company of volunteers: 34th Regiment Infantry Organized at Worcester August 1 1862. Moved to Washington D.C. August 15-17. Attached to Military District of Washington and Alexandria to February 1863. Tyler's Brigade District of Alexandria 22nd Army Corps Dept. of Washington to April 1863. 2nd Brigade DeRussy's Division Defenses South of the Potomac 22nd Army Corps to June 1863. Martindale's Command Garrison of Washington 22nd Army Corps to July 1863. 1st Brigade Maryland Heights Division Dept. of West Virginia to December 1863. 1st Brigade 1st Division Dept. of West Virginia to January 1864. Unattached 1st Division West Virginia to April 1864. 2nd Brigade 1st Infantry Division West Virginia to June 1864. 1st Brigade 1st Infantry Division West Virginia to December 1864. 1st Brigade Independent Division 24th Army Corps Army of the James to June 1865. SERVICE.--At Arlington Heights Va. until August 22 1862. Moved to Alexandria Va. August 22 and duty on line of Orange & Alexandria Railroad until September 10. At Fort Lyon Defenses of Washington D.C. September 15 1862 to June 2 1863. Provost and guard duty in Washington until July 9. Moved to Maryland Heights July 9. Occupation of Harper's Ferry W. Va. July 14. Duty at Harper's Ferry and Bolivar until December 10. Action at Berryville. October 18. Raid to Harrisonburg December 10-24. At Harper's Ferry until February 1 1864. Operations in Hampshire and Hardy Counties W. Va. January 27-February 7. Moved to Cumberland Md. February 15. Return to Harper's Ferry thence moved to Monocacy Md. March 5 to Martinsburg W. Va. March 7 and to Harper's Ferry April 2. Moved to Martinsburg W. Va. April 17. Sigel's Expedition from Martinsburg to New Market April 13-May 16. Rude's Hill May 14. New Market May 14-15. Advance to Staunton May 24-June 5. Piedmont Mount Crawford June 5. Occupation of Staunton June 6. Hunter's Raid on Lynchburg June --. Lynchburg June 17-18. Retreat to the Gaul June 18-29. Moved to the Shenandoah Valley July 5-17. Snicker's Ferry July 17-18. Kernstown or Winchester July 23-24. Martinsburg July 25. Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign August to December. Berryville September 3. Battle of Opequan Winchester September 19. Fisher's Hill September 22. Cedar Creek October 13. Battle of Cedar Creek October 19. Duty at Kernstown until December. Moved to Washington D.C. thence to Bermuda Hundred Va. December 19-23. Siege operations against Richmond and Petersburg December 25 1864 to April 2 1865. In trenches north of the James before Richmond until March 1865. Appomattox Campaign March 28-April 9. Assault on and fall of Petersburg April 2. Pursuit of Lee April 3-9. Rice's Station April 6. Appomattox Court House April 9. Surrender of Lee and his army. March to Lynchburg April 12-15 thence to Farmville and Burkesville Junction April 15-19 and to Richmond April 22-25. Duty there until June. Mustered out June 16 1865. Regiment lost during service 7 Officers and 128 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 2 Officers and 132 Enlisted men by disease. Total 269. The original handwritten diary has been lost but this is a very old typewritten transcript undoubtedly typed up by a family member from Stark's diary and then mimeographed. Extensive research can find no evidence that this was ever published or made public in any way save for an annotation that Stark's commentary was partially used regarding his chilling telling of the Battle of Hanging Rock. The old mimeos are in a three-ring binder. Some of the holes on a number of pages are torn but is otherwise in very good condition. There are 131 numbered pages and the work is complete. ; Transcript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; TRANSCRIPT MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS PERSONAL PERSONAL HISTORY MEMOIR MEMORIAL DIARY JOURNAL DIARIES JOURNALS LOG LOGS KEEPSAKE AMERICANA Civil War War Between the States VIRGINIA APPOMATTOX HANGING ROCK MASSACHUSETTS PETERSBURG GENERAL LEE SHENANDOAH SNICKER'S FERRY HARPER'S FERRY LYNCHBURG . hardcover
19010002308Good. 1901. On offer is a super original manuscript relic of early 20th Century and World War I era United States Naval history of particular significance to those researchers and historians who delight in seeing the rise of a common sailor to the lofty heights of commander. The author enlisted as a seaman in 1901 and worked his way up to rank of Commander and Captain without attending Naval Academy a self made man who would also during his illustrious Navy career be discharged and reenlist the next day without ever getting off the ship! Students of naval history know that it is a rare ascension of any man who serves below decks to become the god-like presence of a ship's captain and such is the case of William Arthur Fulkerson there is no indication of ownership in the book proper it came directly from an archive of his papers whose naval career begins thusly: "Enlisted March 20th 1901 at Chicago Illinois and was sent to the Training Station at Newport Rhode Island; was transferred from Training Station to the Training Ship Essex Aug 22nd 1901. Transferred from the U. S. S. Essex on April 5th 1902 at Norfolk Virginia and reported on board the U. S. S. Minneapolis at Philadelphia Pennsylvania April 22nd 1902. Transferred from the U. S. S. Minneapolis to the U. S. S. Columbia July 19th 1902 at New York." This 80 page log book meticulously details every ship every port with arrival and departure time every day they anchored; how long they remained in port; and the day and time of departure. He served on the U.S.S. Essex; U.S.S. Minneapolis; U.S.S. Dolphin; U.S.S. Columbia; U.S.S. Lancaster; U.S.S. Wabash; Ordered to temporary duty in 1913 in North Dakota; Ordered to Receiving Ship Norfolk Virginia; U.S.S. Franklin; U.S.S. Richmond; U.S.S. Maine; U.S.S. Iowa; U.S.S. Indiana; U.S.S. Hannibal; and on Sept. 16th 1916 he reported for duty at the Navy Yard in Portsmouth New Hampshire. August 15 1917 - Appointed Ensign U.S.N. February 1 1918. Appointed Lieutenant Commander. August 15 1918 Appointed Lieutenant. "November 9 1918 detached duty Navy Yard at Portsmouth NH and reported to Commander Naval Station New London Conn in connection with the Anti Submarine Squadron Nov. 11 1918. On November 16 1919 Fulkerson was to Command/Captain the U.S.S. Eagle Boat #12. This was changed to PE-1 or 2 3 4 in 1920. While most of the writings are factual there are many narrative entries of auspicious events such as: While on the U.S.S. Dolphin October 22 1901 "Took Crown Prince of Siam to West Point and Return." "January 11 1903. While in port at La Guaira Venezuela we got Minister Bowen and took him to the U.S." "In 1905 at Oyster Bay Long Island we received Japanese Envoys." Etc. The 7 1/2 x 9 inches ledger style book is overall G.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF WILLIAM ARTHUR FULKERSON USN UNITED STATES NAVY NAVAL MARINE NAUTICAL MARITIME SAILORS SAILING WWI WW1 WORLD WAR I EAGLE BOAT CAPTAIN COMMANDER S.S. ESSEX U.S.S. MINNEAPOLIS U.S.S. DOLPHIN U.S.S. COLUMBIA U.S.S. LANCASTER U.S.S. WABASH U.S.S. FRANKLIN U.S.S. RICHMOND U.S.S. MAINE U.S.S. IOWA U.S.S. INDIANA U.S.S. HANNIBAL ANTI SUBMARINE SQUADRON FROM SEAMAN TO OFFICER AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING HISTORY 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 PAPELBIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY PERSONAL NARRATIVES . unknown
1862000513Indiana Territory IN 1862. On offer is a handwritten letter dated December 15th 1862. Penned by William A. Mackenzie writes John Hanna United States District Attorney at the time; the shocking content outlines the illegal actions of a named captain of Company D 71st Regiment of the Indiana Infantry. The Captain has been found guilty of swindling the Government by falsifying payrolls and extorting funds from his troops. He goes on to say the community asked Mackenzie to place the matter before Hanna for prosecution using the 'overwhelming evidence.' Slight fault at the fold line otherwise fine. Manuscript. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Paperback
18790001347Cooperstown Otsego County New York. Good. 1879. Leatherette. On offer are the original 1879 and 1883 manuscript diaries historically relevant to the history of Cooperstown New York. While there is no indication of authorship specified in the books there are enclosed a number of ephemeral pieces that suggest the owner was "William A. Doubleday". There is also an 1870 promissory note with the names Sally Doubleday Elizabeth Doubleday and Abner Doubleday. Casual research affirms the family's connection to Cooperstown and we suggest but cannot confirm that the Abner Doubleday mentioned herein is the noted inventor of baseball. Further research notes near the listing's end explain. Historians and collectors of the region and era will no doubt have enough info to confirm. In the 1879 diary there are entries until May then blank. The 1883 diary has sporadic ledger type entries. Entries include historical mentions of local events and William mentions on numerous occasions the trial and hanging of Myron A. Buel who murdered 14 year old Catherine A. Richards. We learn in 1883 diary three members of his family die one being his sister. Here are snippets: 1879 "Does not storm. Snow deep. Sheriff sale at Walter Van Horner. Did not sell. Lenike brought Julia and Harry from park Central. Carries her home .Went to town. Commenced snowing. Buel trial commenced today. Swearing in Jurors. Snows all night Snowing this morning. Snow deep. Got to town to hear Buel trial. Went to the bank on R.R. business. Fix for selling bonds .Warmer. Does not storm. Go to town to hear Buel trial. Frank goes with me. Go after Calista she does not come .Go to town. Cold but more pleasant. Buel trial progresses. Paid to Tyler $5.00 cash by check on first National. Calista comes up with me. Hear of the death of Mrs. Lathrop .Very cold. Go to town to sign town bonds. Finished them up. Went in the Hall a few minutes. Dr. Bassett was being sworn. Got a Utica Herald. Read the Buel trial .Cold and blustery. Went to town to hear judges charge on Buel case. Frank sick. Gone to bed. Uncle Russell called in evening. Says jury brought Buel in guilty .Pleasant but cold. Frank not able to go out. Got to town to mill. Went in to settle with W. E. Corey. Went over to Uncle Russell's in evening. Frank some better. Buel to be hung 18th of April " 1883 "Find Alice growing weaker. Paid I. E. Sylvester insurance fees $10.75. Paid for Journal to S. M. Shaw $2.00 to January 20th 1884. .Sick with bowel complaint. Come home to go to bed. Hurbert carries Frank back to school. Cold and blustering .Alice died this morning at 7 o'clock. Hurbert comes after me and Frank goes home. I go back after Louisa. Go to undertakers to get casket .Go to town. Louisa stays all night. Sally comes on the stage .Go to town. Attend the funeral. Go to get permit to enter the vault. Hand it to undertaker. P. Young stays all night .Am not feeling much better. Do my chores. Erney Russell brings telegram from Kalamazoo that my sister was dieing. Wants I should come. Russell and Bates here in evening .Herbert stays and does chores. Goes after Mrs. Grover and to town. Get a telegram from Mich. My sister is dead and her body sent to R. Springs .D. Bates goes to Bedford after her remains. I go to town to make arrangements for funeral .Pleasant weather but gloomy to me. Louisa poorly. Funeral quite large. Corpse looks natural. Herbert carries Thommy and Calista home. Received a friendly letter from E. Phiney Pleasant but cold. Got to town in afternoon. Send a postal to Martha Small to come down on the stage. Frank helps Marshall move Alice was buried today. Did not see the corpse. All went to the cemetery. Louisa stays down not able to come home. Frank and I come. Martha goes to J. Warren's ." All before May. There are many names are mentioned some in this one are; Newkirk Lathrop Dr. Barrett Sam R. Fay Chapin Dr. Blodgett E. Hubel Dr. Wadsworth Grover Pennington Potter E. W. Warren and more. Each of the diaries measures about 3" x 6". They are in poor condition but pages look good. Research notes: Whether the Abner Doubleday as mentioned in the diary may have been the famous Civil War General Abner Doubleday who is believed to have invented baseball in the Cooperstown area we are not positive but this one online source provides this: "This is the hardest fact to explain is that the inventor of baseball was Abner Doubleday. There is some genealogical evidence that a second Abner Doubleday a cousin of the famous general lived in Cooperstown at the time in question. The namesake Abner Demas Doubleday was born in Otsego County on March 9th 1829 and lived in Cooperstown area until moving to Kalamazoo Michigan following the Civil War. Additionally according to Grave's own words Graves was a man who brought this investigation to light in his second letter to the commission a second Doubleday cousin John also lived in Cooperstown and was a ballplayer. Perhaps it was one of these alternate Doubleday's who diagrammed a new game that day in Cooperstown and over time Graves confused him with his better-known cousin." As stated before the handwritten note is from 'an' Abner D. Doubleday from Kalamazoo dated April 1st 1870 while the diaries assuredly belonged to William Doubleday because most of the receipts in the back have that name. ; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; 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 Archive Lot 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 Myron A. Buel Doubleday New York State Ostego Otego Cooperstown Baseball Genealogy Pioneer Farm Rural . hardcover
18850002436FORT SMITH FAYETTEVILLE ARKANSAS UTAH. Fair. 1885. On offer is a significant original manuscript journal circa 1880 - 1890s through 1900s compiled and created by 'Wm. A. Falconer Fort Smith and Fayetteville Ark.' Research concludes this is the work of Judge William A. Falconer who was born in Charleston Arkansas in 1869. There he received his early education then studied law at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville then practiced law in Fort Smith Arkansas beginning in 1895. In 1902 he became a Sebastian County Judge. The book which appears to be a near lifelong effort deals with a notorious crime whose roots were in Arkansas only to turn to infamy sometime later in Utah being the Mountain Meadows Massacre the worst mass shooting in US history and the Mormons who led the innocents to a heinous mass execution of early pioneers including women and children. Mr. Falconer without the aid of modern media over 120 years ago spent his efforts on compiling nearly everything written about the massacre and attempted to create a definitive journal on the subject. Sixty pages carefully written and while undated a later passage refers to a book published in 1902 and undoubtedly the overall work begun several years prior. Much of the amalgam of material is taken from Mormon records some from Smithsonian however it is evident the Judge was committed in accumulating all available resources to make for a thoroughly documented perhaps definitive and comprehensive view of the Mountain Meadows Massacre. Some of sources used: The Mountain Meadows Massacre: Who Were Guilty of the Crime by Elder Chas. W Penrose Salt Lake City 1884; History of the Mountain Meadows Massacre Published by Pacific Art Co of San Francisco; The Story of the Mormons from Origin to 1901 by Wm Alexander Linn Macmillan Co 1902; Bancroff's History of Utah 1890; Biography of Parley Pratt by his son 1874; Mormon Endowment Ceremony; Senate Documents and Records of Superintendent of Internal Affairs mostly letters dated circa 1857; telegrams circa 1857; miscellaneous letters some from Parley Pratt; excerpts from letter sent by Eleanor J. McComb / previously E J McLean sealed to Parley Pratt as his 12th plural wife dated May 18 1857 to Editor of ' Intelligencer ' of Van Buren Arkansas etc. HISTORICAL NOTE: Ms. McComb after converting to Mormonism her marriage to Hector McLean failed and she went back to her maiden name of McComb and later became sealed as one of Parley Pratt's plural wives. Her estranged husband Hector McLean killed Parley Pratt. She wished to correct the Van Buren Community and the world: "She embraced Mormon faith by her own free will after hearing Parley Pratt's sermons. She refers to Mormon elders as being a 'fountain of light and intelligence from which you might drink and the stream flowed clean and pure.' Here are some snippets: ". then went to Fort Gibson near Van Buren Ark. There he had Pratt arrested but seemed to be no law under which he could be held. As soon as Pratt was released he left on horseback. McClean followed him on horseback for 8 miles and shot him. Mormon policy was to hold every Arkansan accountable for Pratt's death." "Young gave me a message the Indians must be kept from the Emigrants but not to spare horse flesh. When I handed message to Haight he said "Too late! Too late!" On my way to Salt Lake City the Indians told me they were going to kill the emigrants before I got back." "Decoy plan was put into effect. A white flag brought in by Lee. He promised emigrants protection if they would lay down.forced to comply. Arms wounded and children placed in two wagons behind came women in single file then the men unarmed starving and wounded. Lee arched between 2 wagons. Suddenly he used his gun and killed a woman. It was a signal to Indians and painted Mormons behind the bushes. Men women children were shot down like sheep. Sick who were too ill to leave were driven up to scene of slaughter and butchered and stripped." "A young mother saw her husband fall dead. she fell dead over her husband's flesh. A man deliberately picked up the little babe and pinned it to the body of the father and laughed to see it's death struggles." "There were 127 corpses in all every body was naked." "The Indians say the Mormons cheated them in the division of spoils." "The Mormons say the Indians were the murderers. yet they speak with no sympathy." "I got 16 children. between the ages of 3-1/2 and 9 years." The front cover of the 5¾ x 8¼ inch tablet style book is worn and detached as well as the first page. First page has some tears a few small pieces missing and lies detached. All other pages are bound together and un-torn save some chipping to the edges. Overall G-. ; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF JUDGE WILLIAM A FALCONER FORT SMITH FAYETTEVILLE ARKANSAS MORMON MOUNTAIN MEADOWS MASSACRE SEBASTIAN COUNTY BAKER-FANCHER PARTY UTAH MORMONS MORMONISM MORMON PARANOIA BETRAYL GENOCIDE XENOPHOBIA SALT LAKE CITY MANIFEST DESTINY CEDAR CITY JOHN D. LEE HAUN'S MILL JOSEPH SMITH MORMON PERSECUTION NAUVOO PARLEY P. PRATT LATTER DAY SAINTS BRIGHAM YOUNG LDS AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING HISTORY 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 PAPELBIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY PERSONAL NARRATIVES . unknown
18960001292FALLWORTH CALIFORNIA SEVENTEEN OHIO. Good. 1896. On offer is a super archive of thirty eight 38 manuscript letters dated April 1896 through November 1896 all handwritten by William A. Krebs to his immediate family back home in Seventeen Ohio. Krebs was a 22-year old man who went to California to seek his fortune spending several weeks in Los Angeles 5 months at Red Mountain Ranch near Fallworth California decades later famed Frank Capra would own the estate and finally another month in L.A. before coming home. The writer was a school teacher so collectors and historians of Southern California Americana will finds his letters are well-written and informative. Researchers will also appreciate the these letters comprise the entire trip to California from the first letter talking about the trip to the last letter making arrangements to come back home. Most are addressed to his father but there are others addressed to his brother and sisters. Overall the letters are VG.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; FALLWORTH PENDLETON AIR BASE KREBS SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA MEN'S STUDIES GENDER STUDIES TRAVEL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA ALS ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT GENEALOGY 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 Tuscarawas . unknown
19200001997HOLLAND NETHERLANDS ZUYDER ZEE ZUIDERZEE. Very Good. 1920. On offer is a super manuscript relic of an early 20th Century trip to the Netherlands written by author lecturer and professional world traveler William A. Brooks of Wellesley Hills Massachusetts. This travel journal is typed likely from handwritten notes and likely prepared for publication though we cannot find any such publications. Brooks was a noted speaker and casual research finds numerous mentions of his holding lectures about his various trips from the early 1900s through the 1920s. He has a wonderful narrative style moving from sophisticated enthusiast to folksy world wise traveller. This manuscript is titled: "From the Western Islands to the Zuyder Zee." Zuiderzee. There are 40 typed pages. There are holograph corrections throughout. Measures about 8½" x 11". Overall G.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF WILLIAM A. BROOKS WELLESLEY HILLS MASSACHUSETTS TRAVEL HOLLAND NETHERLANDS THE LOW COUNTRIES ZUYDER ZEE ZUIDERZEE WESTERN ISLANDS EARLY 20TH CENTURY HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES 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 . unknown
19200002000Very Good. 1920. On offer is a charming original manuscript relic of an early 20th Century travel by author lecturer and professional world traveler William A. Brooks of Wellesley Hills Massachusetts. While not a journal of a particular trip or tour Brooks writes a wonderful account of the many many people he has met over the years and from the many countries he has visited. This travel journal is typed likely from handwritten notes and likely prepared for publication though we cannot find any such publications. Brooks was a noted speaker and casual research finds numerous mentions of his holding lectures about his various trips from the early 1900s through the 1920s. He has a wonderful narrative style moving from sophisticated enthusiast to folksy world wise traveller. This manuscript is titled: "Some People That I Have Met. Odds and Ends from a Traveler's Notebooks." There are 27 typed pages. There are some holograph corrections. Measures about 8½" x 11". Overall G.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF WILLIAM A. BROOKS WELLESLEY HILLS MASSACHUSETTS TRAVEL EARLY 20TH CENTURY GENDER STUDIES WORLD STUDIES HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES 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 . unknown
19200001998PANAMA CAMINOS MACIONALES CENTRAL AMERICA. Very Good. 1920. On offer is a super manuscript relic of an early 20th Century trip to the Central American country of Panama written by author lecturer and professional world traveler William A. Brooks of Wellesley Hills Massachusetts. This travel journal is typed likely from handwritten notes and likely prepared for publication though we cannot find any such publications. Brooks was a noted speaker and casual research finds numerous mentions of his holding lectures about his various trips from the early 1900s through the 1920s. He has a wonderful narrative style moving from sophisticated enthusiast to folksy world wise traveller. This manuscript is titled: "Discovering Panama by the Caminos Macionales." There are 47 typed pages. Measures about 8½" x 11". Overall G.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF WILLIAM A. BROOKS WELLESLEY HILLS MASSACHUSETTS TRAVEL EARLY 20TH CENTURY PANAMA CAMINOS MACIONALES CENTRAL AMERICA LATIN AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA AMERICANAHANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES 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 . unknown
19200001999NORTH AFRICA TANGIER ALGIERS EGYPT. Very Good. 1920. On offer is a charming original manuscript relic of an early 20th Century tour of North Africa written by author lecturer and professional world traveler William A. Brooks of Wellesley Hills Massachusetts. This travel journal is typed likely from handwritten notes and likely prepared for publication though we cannot find any such publications. Brooks was a noted speaker and casual research finds numerous mentions of his holding lectures about his various trips from the early 1900s through the 1920s. He has a wonderful narrative style moving from sophisticated enthusiast to folksy world wise traveller. This manuscript is titled: "Mosques and Minarets. Glimpses of Mohammedan Life in Tangier Algiers and among the Temples and Tombs of Old Egypt." There are 34 typed pages. There are holograph corrections throughout. Measures about 8½" x 11". Overall G.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF WILLIAM A. BROOKS WELLESLEY HILLS MASSACHUSETTS TRAVEL EARLY 20TH CENTURY NORTH AFRICA TANGIER ALGIERS EGYPT MOSQUES AND MINARETS MUSLIM COUNTRIES ISLAMIC COUNTRIES HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES 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 . unknown
180 pages plus 10 pages of black and white plates. Copy #55 of 500, of which 350 were distributed. The Canadian Numismatic Research Society Occasional Paper No. 2. "In view of the development of interest in recent years in all phases of Canadian numismatics, it became increasingly evident to the author that it was high time to collect between one pair of covers as much information as possible concerning the designers, engravers, and manufacturers of numismata relative to Canada, and to endeavour to correct the enormous number of errors, to say nothing of reprehensible omissions, currently haunting the serious numismatist in this blest Dominion of ours." - from original foreward. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Tight and square. Lovely copy. Book
32501The first Surveyor General of California actually born in that state elected 1882 and 1884 was this civil engineer -- arguably the first Anglo American child BORN in the state of California! Some source cite John Gregg Nichols in 1851 the first Anglo American born in Los Angeles but Willey precedes him. Large and bold "Your Sincere friend / Henry Ide Willey" on a 7" X 1" slip likely clipped off an ALS n.p. n.y. Near fine. Faintly age toned. A superb example of this most unusual and scarce signature. unknown
1919037484Paris: Floury 1919. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine. Color Plates Illustrations In Text. 183 Pp. Three Quarter Red Morocco Over Paper Colored In Red Black And Gilt Multicolor Paint-Splash Endpapers Original Wrappers Bound In Top Edge Gilt. Original Lithographs Color Plates Tipped-In Color Plates Illustrations Throughout. Lightly Used Recently Refurbished. <br/> <br/> Floury hardcover
198318293Montgomery AL: Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts 1983. 1st. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8.0x10.0x0.2in. slight fading to edge of front cover. <br>The catalogue of an exhibition at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts Montgomery Alabama from July 12 through September 18 1983 and subsequently at three other venues in Alabama. 92 pieces are illustrated most in black and white a few in color. <br>70pp 0.55lb 8.0x10.0x0.2in Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts paperback
1610TS330Cambridge: Leonard Greene 1610. 1st Edition . Hardback. Vg. Folio. That Is A Six-Fold Commentarie vpon the most diuine prophesie of Daniel : wherein . sixe things are obserued in euery chapter.vi 1-196; 'The Second Booke Of This Commentatie Upon The Devine Prophesie of Daniel etc iv. 197-520pp xvpp A table of the Controverties ipp 'The faults escaped'. The second part pub. by Cantrell Legge Cambridge. Volume two has a separate title-page but the register and pagination are continuous. Willets most eminent work. Sme corner staining to the pages but a tight and crisp copy with dark imperssion collated and complete. Original marble printed boards with a later spine pasted over gilt titles. <br/> <br/> Leonard Greene hardcover
196251768Nieuwkoop: B. De Graaf 1962. Thick 8vo pp. cclix 1 607 1; frontispiece 2 folding facsimiles illustrations in the text; blue cloth gilt-lettered spine; a fine copy. Facsimile of the 1880 Brussels edition. B. De Graaf unknown
196251768Nieuwkoop: B. De Graaf 1962. Thick 8vo pp. cclix 1 607 1; frontispiece 2 folding facsimiles illustrations in the text; blue cloth gilt-lettered spine; a fine copy. Facsimile of the 1880 Brussels edition. <br/><br/> B. De Graaf hardcover books
193575320Gembloux: Imprimerie Duculot 1935. Fine. Imprimerie Duculot Gembloux 1935 19.50 x 28 cm broché First edition one of 250 numbered copies on Holland paper deluxe copies. Iconography. Imprimerie Duculot unknown
188611256067New York: A. Willemann 1886. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Oblong 8 vo 15 x 24 cm. blue gilt dec. blind-stamped covers patterned endpapers cover title 1 leaf of plates folded to 12 leaves : all illustrations very good condition numerous views of the city inc.a panorama showing rail yards. A. Willemann Hardcover
