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188436643Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office 1884. Second edition. Cloth. A very good copy spine ends worn boards rubbed plates fine and quite uncommonly except for two small marginal tears without blemish. 2407-2901 pp. i.e 494 pp. plates. Illus. with 61 folding b/w plates 3 other plates and occasional in-text drawings. 8vo. Published first as part of "48th Congress 1st Session. House of Representatives. Ex. Doc.; No. 37." [U.S.] Government Printing Office hardcover
190042650Miles City Montana: Wiley Bros. Photographers Successors to L. A. Huffman 1900. Photograph. Very Good. Large format photograph 18.5 x 24 cm on a tan mount 25 x 30 cm. Wiley Bros. backstamp "Wiley Bros. Photographers Successors to L. A. Huffman. Miles City - Montana.". Mount edges are lightly bumped and chipped. Photograph is gently rubbed and lightly faded but still showing good detail and contrast. Shows many workers constructing the bridge with Northern Pacific Railroad cars visible in the background. Photograph taken from above looking down. In ink by hand on the front of the mount "Progress showing detail of bench walls of Culvert detail of brick arch; also general view of Coulee Bridge 148. Yellowstone Riv. River. Wiley Bros., Photographers, Successors to L. A. Huffman unknown
186124677London: Institution of Naval Architects Secretary's Office 1861. Hardcover. Very good condition. Much material on Hudson River steamers and the construction of iron clad war vessels relevant to the US Civil War. The Hudson River steamers are included in the section "Eastern River Boats" with information including: general description mechanical structure masts & guys hull frame engines condenser walking beam boilers paddle wheels and management and appliances for the economical navigation "everything is managed from the wheel-house" p119.<br /> <br /> With three large folding plates titled "Eastern River Boat "Commonwealth" plates 9 10 & 11 and three large folding plates "Western River Boat "Memphis" plates 12 13 & 14.<br /> <br /> This volume contains 22 engraved plates plate 5 missing but never present likely the H. M. iron clad ship 'Warrior'. The second volume of a series still in print in 1992 which includes an article by Norman S. Russell titled "On American River Steamers" pp 105 -127.<br /> <br /> Tall 4to. Original green gilt cloth covers rebacked and recornered with tan buckram gilt title only on front cover. Slight chipping to top and bottom cloth edges of front board; internally bright and clean. OCLC: 606595780. Institution of Naval Architects Secretary's Office hardcover
1889331Chicago: Poole Bros 1889. Very good. Folding pamphlet with 14 panels approximately 13 x 24 inches unfolded. A few very short separations along folds. Light tanning. Scarce pamphlet promoting lands available along the route of the Burlington and Missouri Railroad and associated lines in Colorado and Nebraska in the late 1880s. According to the text of the publication "Public lands are melting away" and it goes on to describe several counties in Nebraska including Thomas Hooker Grant Sheridan Box Butte and Sioux Counties which can be accessed via the Burlington Route. The areas advertised in Eastern Colorado are described as the "rain belt" of the state where "Irrigation is absolutely unnecessary." The reverse of the pamphlet prints a map of the rail lines west from Omaha and Missouri across Nebraska to Colorado with the areas of available land shaded in pink. OCLC locates three copies at Yale Princeton and the Denver Public Library. Poole Bros unknown
18391512290004London C. Knight and Co 1839 circa. Hardcover. Acceptable. 8 volume set. Bound in tree-calf leather bindings by Riverie. Four of the front boards detached others starting. 5 raised bands. Gilt spines. Gilt dentelle. Marbled end pages. Page ends washed yellow. White marks to spine and front board of Vol. II. Clean unmarked pages. Illustrated title-pages. Contents: v. 1-2. Comedies. v. 3-4. Histories. v. 5-6. Tragedies. Poems. v. 7. Knight C. William Shakespeare a biography. v. 8. Doubtful plays etc. This is an oversized or heavy book that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. London, C. Knight and Co hardcover
189363632London: Sampson Low Marston & Company Limited 1893. First edition presentation copy inscribed warmly and amusingly by the author on the verso of the title page "Anno 1898-99 to Mrs. Baker with compliments and best wishes from the author Rivière. P. S. as a musical conductor I have been beating the time for the last fifty years but alas! Now in my 80th year time beats me unmercifully". Octavo. Portrait frontispiece. Original blue cloth titles and border to spine and front board gilt. Lightly rubbed spine faded bump to lower corner. An excellent copy. hardcover
189064162Philadelphia PA: Wolf & Company 1890. Oblong 12mo. 6 x 4.25 in. 13 leaves unnumbered. Printed title. With 12 colour chromolithograph plates. Raised-embossed decorated & illustrated softcovers cover art on front cover of Native American paddling canoe and Hudson sidewheeler steamship in raised embossed gilt lettering advertisement for Kimball’s Straight Cut tobacco and High Grade Cigarettes on back cover punch-sewn w/ white silk braid minor age toning to fore-edges dustsoiling & minor crease on back cover interior NF bright chromos. First edition of this very rare tourist’s colour chromolithograph souvenir viewbook including images of the “Entrance to the Highlands The Dunderberg†“Adirondacks Highlands†“Mount Taurus and Breakneck†“West Point†“Washington’s Headquarters at Newburgh†and the “Sunnyside Home of Washington Irving.†Of particular interest is the view of the original barrel vault of the tomb of Ulysses Grant erected within 10 days of his entombment and later replaced with the 8000 ton granite tomb erected from 1892-1897. No copies in Worldcat. Wolf & Company, paperback
1900177661900. Early African American PHOTOGRAPHY -- RELIGION. silver gelatin photograph of a river baptism featuring a large group of African American subjects. Mississippi ca early 1900s. Photograph size is 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. Original silver gelatin photograph on cardstock mount .A young African American man wearing a hat and suit stands with his back to the camera we see in the foreground on the riverbank a group of African American subjects in light clothing close to the water's edge. A large ship is just visible beyond the dock in the background. Pencil inscription on verso reads "Miss- Colored Baptizing." 9Not: Historical records are evidence of the time in which they were created and often contain language are racist or derogatory and insensitive. This content does not reflect our values. These type of baptism on the banks of the Mississippi River were a public ceremony that attracted many converts in the South to the Delta region. Predominately African American Baptists performed their sacred ritual of outdoor baptisms on the Mississippi River until well into the 20th century in this Baptist-heavy state. Immersion baptisms typically took place in rivers or other natural bodies of water and summer and fall were the natural seasons for these congregational events. This rare photo captures a religious practice that has been integral to African-American Baptists for centuries. Photo has some toning surface soiling spotting and very small tear to right edge. But is still clear and in good to very good condition. unknown
189437699Chicago: Knight Leonard & Co. May 1894. 1894. 16" x 31 1/2" sheet folded to 32 panels with cover panels showing the Royal Gorge and Marshall Pass. Opens to a 14-panel color map outlining of the United States from Chicago westward and 2 panels with information on excursions along with rates. Backed with time tables and notes on Colorado's resources. Laid in is a 2-panel illustrated advertisement for "The Colorado" at Glenwood Springs with illustration of and information about the resort. Lightly soiled but in very nice condition. Knight, Leonard & Co., May, 1894. unknown
189864137Bay View & La Conner WA: A. Eugene Lovell 1898. Oblong 12mo. 7 x 5.5 in. 12 pp unpaginated. thick gray card stock slotted die-cut windows for inserting photos with 11 original photographs sized 3.25 x 4.25 in. 6 albumen on thin photo paper 5 silver gelatin on matte finish photo paper 1 manuscript Christmas note presenting the album Christmas 1898 a few ever-so-faint pencil manuscript captions below. Pebbled textured black cloth silver lettering stamped on front cover minor edgewear soiling to rear pastedown minor soiling to final image still a VG- exemplar. This souvenir album opens with beautiful sunset shot across the Columbia River followed by a photo of a young woman standing in front of well-appointed home with Hops growing along the porch. These are followed by photos capturing shipping along the Columbia River with the British sailing yacht Samantha out of Liverpool tied up to the Bailey Gatzert sternwheeler; the sternwheeler Kehani which operated from Portland originally launched in 1890 and was rebuilt and renamed Ottawa in 1905; a nice front view of the passenger sternwheeler Regulator built originally in 1891 by Louis Paget for The Dalles Portland & Astoria Naviagation Co. known as the Regulator Line operating steamer service from The Dalles to the Lower Columbia River past Kalama. Other photos depict a stately Victorian hotel on pilings near the shipping channel; a shipwreck of a 3-masted schooner on its’ side buried in the sand; and Cape Horn along the River prior to construction of the rail line. The final photo captures the waterfront of Astoria in 1898 with warehouses and canneries on pilings and houses above on the bluffs. Lovell 1883-1976 moved from Illinois to Washington following the death of his father William Lovell with his mother Susan Lovell and brothers Charles & Harry Lovell who homesteaded near La Conner WA after first settling in Bay View WA in late 1898. The trip must have been prior to July 12 1898 as the Regulator sternwheeler depicted in one of the photos wrecked at the Cascade Locks July 12 1898 was salvaged and rebuilt with a larger and heavier hull launching Feb. 1899. A. Eugene Lovell, hardcover
184728447New York 1847. A certificate complete with seal signed by R. E. Fenton and Chauncey DePew.<br /> <br /> Hell Gate is a narrow part of the East River in New York City the phrase taken from the Dutch 'Hellegat.' The name refers to the whirlpool that results from the currents rocks and narrow channel and dangers to merchant travel through the area. Hell Gate Pilots were experienced and authorized by the state to navigate vessels through the channel. <br /> <br /> Reuben E. Fenton was a merchant and politician and governor of New York from 1865-1868. Chauncey Depew was an attorney businessman and politician as well as US Senator from New York. <br /> <br /> 16 3/8 x 10 3/4" cream paper original folds gold seal with manuscript additions and signatures with signed and stamped swearing in page for the County Clerk's Office in New York County 8 1/2 x 7" cream paper manuscript additions. Some folds are split with slt loss. Otherwise very good and an interesting piece of nautical history. unknown
187724402Newburgh NY: E. M. Ruttenber & Son 1877. Good condition. Large impressive broadside printed in a variety of type fonts for Hudson River property that is currently on the southern edge of the campus of Mount Saint Mary College and Bishop Dunn School. The broadside lists the owner as Dennis Glennon located at Chambers Street and Gidney Avenue Newburgh NY. <br /> <br /> Referee's Sale with Auction date Wednesday July 18th 1877 at the Court House in the city of Newburgh. The property is a lot measuring 100 X 100ft with 4 large dwelling houses D. W. Esmond Referee. <br /> <br /> Printed in black on yellow paper. Period folds some slt. holes at intersection of some folds a couple of crease separations short tear upper left corner repaired. 19 x 24". Not recorded in OCLC. E. M. Ruttenber & Son unknown
1842181751Londres: Moxon 1842. First Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in later gilt-blocked vellum with gilt borders to front and rear panels. Gilt raised bands over contrasting red leather with gilt-blocked title and spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. Publisher and publication date gilt-blocked to lower spine. Marginal scattered foxing throughout. Minor generalized wear to the bands and panel edges. Remains uncommonly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 398 pages; Physical desc.: 398 p. ; 22 cm. Subject: College de Vannes. Chouans. Language: French. Londres: Moxon hardcover
1895163631895. Painting. Very good overall. Shute was a well known illustrator from Brookline Mass. who worked for Stratemeyer until his death in 1906. <br /> This is a gouache on stiff board illustration in shades of black and white depicting Native Americans in canoes approaching Henry Hudson's Half Moon. Signed at the left A. B. S. and with two spaces at the lower left and upper right and marked mortise in pencil. <br /> Image size 10 1/4 x 16". Paperboard size: 15 x 20 unknown
189939127Denver: Denver and Rio Grande Railroad 1899. 1899. COLORADO NEW MEXICO UTAH. First edition. 8vo.8" x 4 1/2" color pictorial wrappers 57 3 pp. introduction index illustrated map. Information provided on destinations in Colorado New Mexico and Utah including the number of miles from Denver the elevation and a brief description of the destination. Many places are described with attractive views shown of Manitou Springs Palmer Lake Pike's Peak Santa Fe Indian pueblos Toltec Gorge Cliff Dwellings Glenwood Springs Castle Gate Salt Lake City Saltair Beach and much more. Also provided is a listing of hunting and fishing grounds mountain peaks and passes and a "Stage Lines Run in Connection with the Denver & Rio Grande System." This latter service provides the time of service availability point to point information the distance the fare for both one way and round trip and baggage allowed and cost. A few upper corner pages have been creased else a very good copy. Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, 1899. unknown
187989341Paris: Au siège de la société d'acclimatation 1879. Fine. Au siège de la société d'acclimatation Paris 1879 17.5 x 28 cm Relié First edition illustrated with 62 figures in the text or full-page included in the pagination.Half green oasis morocco spine with five raised bands marbled paper sides endpapers and pastedowns of marbled paper original wrappers and spine preserved top edge gilt modern binding signed Laurenchet.A few small spots of foxing manuscript ex-dono at the head of the front wrapper.A pleasing copy. Au siège de la société d'acclimatation hardcover
189260143Portland OR: C.E. Wiester E.J. Partridge Corner of 3rd & Columbia 1892. Three mounted albumen photographs sized 6.75 x 4.25 in. mounted on dark maroon-coloured studio board w/ photographer’s imprint at lower right corner minor edgewear rubbing slight dustsoiling still nice images w/ good contrast. Three striking images of a bustling Port of Portland Oregon on the Willamette River depicting United States Navy warships sternwheelers barges 3-masted barks and others. The first depicts a Newark-Class Protected Cruiser most likely the USS Baltimore C-3 which was launched and commissioned in 1888 and joined the Pacific Squadron where she served until cruising the West Coast of the United States until October 1892 when she returned to the Atlantic to take part in the Naval maneuvers for the 1893 Columbian Exposition. The second shows the stern of a Yorktown-class gunboat possibly the USS Yorktown PG-1 who sailed with the USS Baltimore in Chile and later took part in sealing patrols from 1892-1898 off of Alaskan waters with the Royal Navy. Wiester 1858-1941 not to be confused with contemporary George M. Weister 1862-1922 who also began his photographic career with the Partridge Photo Company of Portland OR around 1890 and by 1892 had taken over the operation with his own imprint while Weister had launched the Weister Company selling photographs photographic supplies cameras and lantern slides. Charles Wiester worked only for a short time as a photographer as by 1900 he was working as a railroad agent and moved subsequently to Spokane WA by 1910. C.E. Wiester, E.J. Partridge, Corner of 3rd & Columbia, unknown
1882JC111661882. Hardcover. Very Good. Mottled black cloth backed in ornately gilt-ruled black calf; oblong 184 x 132 mm; contains 25 pencil drawings most of them titled and dated. It includes Fort Snelling; Minnehaha Falls; Oak Drive in White Bear Lake; a boat on White Bear Lake; St. Anthony's Falls in Minneapolis; Lake Minnetonka; Wabasha St. Bridge; an Old Brewery in St. Paul; Shanty-ville; Shelter Island New York; Goat Island; plus 3 portraits a bonfire scene and other views of the upper Mississippi River Niagara Falls and St. Paul Minnesota. Boards detached and spine perished; a few leaves loose and laid-in. Skilled work most of it on one side of the leaf therefore removable and suitable for display. <br/><br/>Harley DeWitt Nichols 1859-1939 was born in Barton Wisconsin. He began his education in art as early as 11 years of age. His first job putting his talent and training to use came in the form of an apprenticeship with the Milwaukee firm Marr & Richards where he stayed for 3 years drawing and engraving on wood. The subsequent years included many moves from Milwaukee to Chicago and later to New York where he studied at ASL and was encouraged by Professor Packard to pursue a career as an illustrator at a European school. Nichols left for Munich in October 1885 to attend the Royal Academy where he studied under Heckel became a member of the American Club and socialized with Carl von Marr the clubs president. He went to London for a little while and worked as an illustrator. By 1893 hed returned to New York working mostly in advertising and illustrating for Harpers Weekly and Century magazines. He helped organize the New York Water Color Club. Nichols didnt curb his parapatetic lifestyle until he moved to Laguna Beach California in 1894. The art community in Los Angeles was in its infancy but he got a teaching job at the Echo Mountain summer school and he was inspired by the scenery of Yosemite Monterey San Juan Capistrano and other locations in southern California. He stayed in Laguna Beach until his death in 1939. hardcover
1898100889Madrid: Sucesores de Rivadeneyra 1898. First. hardcover. near fine. 2 volumes bound in one. Short thick 4to handsomely rebound in recent 1/2 red morocco with the original red wrappers bound-in. Madrid: Sucesores de Rivadeneyra 1898 1899. First Edition. A near fine copy.<br/> <br/> Vol. I: Negociaciones Diplomaticas desde el Principio de la Guerra con los Estados Uniedos. Vol. II: Conferencia de Paris y Tratado de Paz de 10 de Diciembre de 1898.<br/> <br/> Sucesores de Rivadeneyra unknown
1830106098Rio de Janeiro: Typographia do Diario 1830. Very Good. woodcut bird vignette on title page plain pink faded red wrappers. The author a native of Gradiz bishopric of Viseu who became a naturalized Brazilian was an admiral whose actions during the Rio de la Plata campaign 1826-1828 came under attack. A flurry of pamplets were exchanged beginning with: "Defeza do Almirante Pinto Guedes Barão do Rio da Prata perante o Conselho de Guerra a que respondeu pelo commando da Esquadra Imperial do Rio da Prata de que fora encarregado por nomeao de 6 de abril de 1826 a 19 de Dezembro de 1828 em que por outra semelhante ordem cessou a sua Commisso." it was followed by "Analyse e refutao do libello accusatorio que publicou o almirante Barão do Rio da Prata e contra alguns ministros d'estado E Rio de Janeiro 1829". The Baron countered with "Echec et mat impostura do Illm e Exm Sr. Severiano Maciel da Costa Marquez de Queluz Rio de Janeiro 1830" . The Marquez de Queluz responded with "O barão do Rio da Prata nu e cru tal qual é e sempre foi Rio de Janeiro 1830." The apparent final exchange was with this pamphlet. One copy located in OCLC UT Austin. Not in Bosch. Not in JCB Portuguese and Brazilian Books. Typographia do Diario unknown
189456885Bruxelles A. Lesigne 1894. Folio. Contemp. hcloth. Orig. printed frontwrapper pasted on upper board. Stamp on title-page. 120 pp. and 176 plates many folding. Internally clean and fine. hardcover
188548962PRIMERA EDICION y única.- Lisboa: Club de Regatas Guanabarense do Rio de Janeiro Imprensa Nacional 1885.- 5 h. 231 p. 1 h.: Ante la portada un bello retrato del Marqúes de Pombal grabado al cobre y en el interior una gran carta facsímil plegada; Folio 304 x 22 cm; Excelente impresión el texto va recuadrado con un filete en rojo y pequeña flor en las esquinas; Texto en portugúes; Media Piel Pasta Española nueva lomo dorado con florones grecas doradas sobre los cinco nervios tejuelo en color burdeos con título dorado cabeza tintada en tono amarillo conserva las cubiertas originales.- RARO. Libro en excelente estado. Tan solo tiene leves señales de óxido en los bordes de 4 hojas al principio. Por lo demás en perfecto estado. Al principio del libro se indica que fue publicada una seríe de 50 ejemplares numerados únicos en papel Whatman; no es ésta ya que no figura número de ejemplar. O Marquez de Pombal Lisboa 1885 es una lujosa edición conmemorativa del centenario de este gran estadista portugués promovida por el Club de Regatas Guanabarense de Río de Janeiro testimonio singular del diálogo cultural luso-brasileño del fin del XIX. Reúne ensayos de figuras mayores Machado de Assis Oliveira Martins Teófilo Braga Sílvio Romero que reinterpretan la política pombalina desde perspectivas literarias históricas y positivistas. Sin duda alguna un libro de alto valor bibliográfico e histórico. PORTUGAL Livro no português Imprensa Nacional hardcover
189437701Chicago: Knight Leonard & Co. February 1894. 1894. First edition. 16" x 31 1/2" sheet folded to 32 panels with cover panels showing the Royal Gorge and Marshall Pass. Opens to a 14-panel color map outlining of the United States from Chicago westward and 2 panels with information on excursions along with rates. Backed with time tables and notes on Colorado's resources. Laid in is a 2-panel illustrated advertisement for "The Colorado" at Glenwood Springs with illustration of and information about the resort. Excellent condition. Knight, Leonard & Co., February, 1894. unknown
189846265Fargo: Record Publishing Co. 1898. 1898. NORTH DAKOTA. First edition. 8vo. Tan printed wrappers 40 pp. frontispiece on inside front cover The old ferry at Grand Forks 1867 illustrated mostly from photographs portraits. Booklet discusses the Seventh Annual meeting of the "Old Settlers" association the constitution and by-laws adopted September 29th and incorporated under section 3183 the revised codes of North Dakota. Also there is much on biographical sketches of Old Settlers including prominent incidents recalled in the early days of North Dakota. Discussions of the coming of the railroad Indian wars hardships among the early settlers the oldest settler Fort Abercrombie as a place of refuge for the early settlers Winship Hotel and Budge's Tavern are discussed and much more. A tiny nick to bottom edge of front cover else a near fine solid copy. Record Publishing Co., 1898. unknown
18106890Buenos Aires: Real Imprenta de Niños Expósitos 1810. First Edition Primera edición. Hardcover Tapa dura. 287x190mm. 11¼x7½". Buenos Aires Real Imprenta de Niños Expósitos 1810. En folio 287 X 190. 1 hoja impresa por una cara. Cartoné. Proclama de adhesión a Fernando VII. Real Imprenta de Niños Expósitos hardcover
