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1885List405Carlisle: J.N. Choate 1885. Albumen cabinet card 8 x 4 ⅞ inches on slightly larger mount. Very Good. Carlisle Indian Industrial School founded in 1879 was one of the most influential institutions of its type during its existence from 1879 to 1919. The purpose of the school - unlike some predecessors such as the Hampton Normal and Agricultural School which sent American Indians back to their homes upon graduation - was to fully eradicate American Indian culture from its pupils with strict discipline imposed on students who spoke in their native languages. John Nicholas Choate was a photographer from Carlisle whose pictures sought to extol the purported benefits of the Carlisle Indian School. American Indian delegates often visited the school and this picture shows several seated possibly with interpreters. Major James Haworth the first Superintendent of Indian Schools is shown in the photo with an "x" above his head and a note on the verso misspelling his name as James Hayworth. Haworth was an Indian Agent before his appointment as superintendent and it is unclear if this picture was taken before or after his appointment. <br /> <br /> A well preserved example with good contrast and two chips with loss at lower edge good to very good condition overall. J.N. Choate unknown books
18511380Boston: Frederick Gleason 1851. Engraving with hand-drawn borders on cream wove paper laid down to board. 7 3/4 x 10 inches 197 x 255 mm trimmed margins lacking text. Scattered light soiling and toning with a dog-eared lower left corner. An illustration from the June 21 & 28 1851 edition of Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion. The Pictorial featured artists such as Winslow Homer and authors such as: Giddings H. Ballou Susan H. Blaisdell Alice Carey Sylvanus Cobb Jr. Sophronia Currier Mrs. S.P. Doughty Francis A. Durivage Aglaus Forrester Mrs. H.C. Gardner Joseph Holt Ingraham Grace Lee Mary A. Lowell Mary L. Meany Ellen Alice Moriarty Arthur Morton Frances P. Pepperell Mary E. Robinson M.V. St. Leon Frederick Ward Saunders Sue M. Scott Maurice Silingsby Frederick Stanhope Horace B. Staniford John Thornberry Winnie Woodfern and Joseph Wolf. <br /> <br /> The accompanying text added below for context. <br /> <br /> Mr. Stebbings June and Mr. Nutter of Boston who undertook the voyage to Ceylon for the purpose of procuring elephants for Mr. Barnum's Traveling Menagerie have furnished us with some curious descriptions of their adventures in the interior of the island. On their arrival at Point de Galle early in October last they were disappointed in their expectations of procuring tame elephants either from the government authorities or from the temples which own large numbers of them. They then proceeded to Columbo the maritime capital of Ceylon on the western coast and afterwards to the city of Kany in the interior but without succeeding in their object. Very heavy rains had fallen just before their arrival and the elephants were required to assist in mending the roads. In this dilemma the elephant seekers determined to go into the jungles among the wild herds and endeavor to capture a ship load of the animals. This was considered a dangerous undertaking as the rainy season had just set in and the country necessary to be traversed was a dense tropical wilderness with no other roads than the foot-paths from one native village to another. Ceylon is divided nearly into two equal parts by a range of mountains running north and south which divide the periodical rains so that the rainy season changes from one side of the island to the other and the elephants follow it. Mr. June captured the greatest number of his elephants in the northern part of the island near the town of Anarajahpoora. The first process toward capturing the elephants is accurately represented in the engraving below. The natives having ascertained the spots most frequented by the herds construct in the neighborhood a kraal or pen. This is shaped like three sides of a square having an aperture on the fourth side for the entrance of the elephants from each side of which extends a long palisade slanting outwards like the mouth of a funnel. The kraal is made of heavy upright posts planted at a short distance from each other and lashed together by withes. To make them more secure they are stayed by slanting posts set against them on the outside. When the kraal is finished the natives surround a heard and by shouts and the firing of muskets alarm the animals who are urged forward toward the entrance and at last are all secured within the enclosure. In capturing these animals the natives evince much skill and tact. Our artist had thrown much life and spirit into this scene. Another way of taking elephants is sometimes practised. The animals during the heat of the day will sometimes rest himself against a tree and take an hour's doze with great satisfaction. Some of the natives are daring enough at this time to creep through the jungle till they reach his very feet. Provided with a rope the other end of which is made fast to a tree the hind leg of the animal is touched gently and being very sensitive he lifts his foot to shake off the supposed fly and a noose is instantly slipped under. This is repeated with the other foot and the elephant waking up finds himself caught. -Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion June 21 & 28 1851. Frederick Gleason unknown
1832812Philadelphia: ASSU 1832. 12mo. 180 x 110 mm. 7 x 4 ¼ inches. 29 pp. Removed from pamphlet volume wrappers missing; good and sound copy. Call the "Twelfth Edition" on the title-page this catalogue was produced by the Committee for Publications. It describes a short-title list with prices of twenty-eight series of books and pamphlets issued by the Union. This is followed by lists of books in German school books Sunday school books books for infants bibles and testaments periodicals and miniature books. . ASSU unknown
18311424Philadelphia: Wilmer Atkinson 1831. Wood engraving on cream wove paper 5 3/8 x 8 3/4 inches 145 x 222 mm right margin trimmed. General age tone uneven margins and some minor skinning at the sheet edges. An image removed from an edition of the Farm Journal. The Clinton House was built in 1828-1829 as an upscale hotel and Ithaca's first professional office building with 150 rooms an immense undertaking for the then 4000-person population of Ithaca. It was named for DeWitt Clinton governor of New York from 1817 to 1822 and again from 1824 to 1827. Upon its opening Clinton House was reputed to be "the most imposing hotel" between New York and Buffalo. At least four U.S. presidents have stayed in its rooms as well as numerous film actors from Ithaca's brief heyday as a center for the film industry.<br /> -A Guide Book To Cornell University and Ithaca. Silver Burdett & Company 1904. Wilmer Atkinson unknown
188014181880. Newsprint collage on paper 3 2/4 x 2 1/2 inches 95 x 63 mm. Uniform age tone. The scene is set with a policeman interrupting three men a footballer a man in a bowler and an unconscious gentleman who resembles Alexander Hamilton in flagrante with exposed phalluses while two devils one with a phallus look on. The title below reads "Don't Blow It." The police uniform is extremely similar to those of the Maryland US police of the mid 1800s. unknown
188423391884. A unique quarto 15 x 12 1/2 inches 382 x 318 mm; 30 double-sided sheets containing approximately 80 preserved specimens of seaweed and sea mosses which are individually dried mounted to card stock and tipped-in; each with the genus in Latin and the date and location of collection handwritten in pencil in the lower mount. Approximately 1 to 5 specimens per page. Binding is broken and significantly worn with some pages loose. Specimens are intact and separated by blotting paper and remain in very good to excellent condition with some exhibiting only minor losses. <br /> <br /> While seaweed collecting was a popular Victorian pastime in Britain this rare herbarium is filled with a profusion of north American specimens primarily from Bay Ridge Brooklyn to Nantucket island as well as some from California and Bermuda. In the Victorian era seaweed collecting or algology was far more than a casual beach activity; it was a massive cultural trend that married scientific curiosity artistic expression and social freedom. While the Victorians were obsessed with all things natural history a trend called "natural theology" seaweed held a unique appeal especially for women. While studying animal anatomy was seen as "unladylike" at the time collecting seaweed was considered a genteel and healthy outdoor activity. As a result several women used the opportunity to make significant scientific contributions.<br /> <br /> Often called "Ocean Flowers" or "Sea Mosses" these specimens became the focus of elaborate scrapbooks and pioneered some of the world's first photographic techniques Anna Adkins's Produced Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions 1843 was the first book ever illustrated with photographs. Today these Victorian albums are more than just relics of a cultural fad; they are vital biological records. Scientists utilize the DNA from these 150-year-old pressed samples to track how ocean temperatures and species distributions have changed since the Industrial Revolution.<br /> <br /> Creating a seaweed album was a meticulous process. Collectors didn't just dry the weeds; they "resurrected" them to look alive on the page. This album demonstrates the incredible skill of the maker. unknown
18511325Frederick Gleason 1851. Engraving with hand-drawn borders on cream wove paper laid down to board. 7 3/4 x 10 inches 197 x 255 mm trimmed margins lacking text. Scattered light soiling and toning with a dog-eared lower left corner. An illustration from the June 21 & 28 1851 edition of Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion. The Pictorial featured artists such as Winslow Homer and authors such as: Giddings H. Ballou Susan H. Blaisdell Alice Carey Sylvanus Cobb Jr. Sophronia Currier Mrs. S.P. Doughty Francis A. Durivage Aglaus Forrester Mrs. H.C. Gardner Joseph Holt Ingraham Grace Lee Mary A. Lowell Mary L. Meany Ellen Alice Moriarty Arthur Morton Frances P. Pepperell Mary E. Robinson M.V. St. Leon Frederick Ward Saunders Sue M. Scott Maurice Silingsby Frederick Stanhope Horace B. Staniford John Thornberry Winnie Woodfern and Joseph Wolf. Frederick Gleason unknown
185017143Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union. Good. 1850. First Edition. Hardcover. Green embossed cloth with gilt decorated spine. All edges gilt. Illustrated with a color plate and engravings. Pages printed within a border. Interior of text is tight clean & intact. Prior owners inscription on front endpaper. Top edge rubbed. Top corner of rear endpaper has been removed. Various authors. Short religious children stories ; Engraved illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 223 pages . American Sunday School Union hardcover
1830035239Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union 1830. Undated ca. 1830. Blue hardcover with brown leather spine frontis engraving and two additional engravings in the text 6.75" tall 35 pages. Covers rubbed and spotted binding sound pages foxed and a little grubby looking but with no chips or tears no names or other markings. Hard Cover. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. American Sunday School Union Hardcover
18808871880. Wood engraving on tissue-thin Japon paper 5 1/4 x 1 3/4 inches 133 x 45 mm full margins. Scattered light spots of yellow discoloration throughout as well as some edge tears and corner damage from a former mount all outside of image area. Signed illegibly in the image by an unknown artist along with an acorn motif moniker. unknown
1860885Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co 1860. Lithograph and engraving with handcoloring in watercolor on white wove paper 11 1/2 x 9 inches 290 x 230 mm Sheet full margins. Chip at each of the corners and at the left sheet edge all well outside of image area. A single plate from The Birds of North America; the descriptions of species based chiefly on the collections in the Museum of the Smithsonian Institution / by Spencer F. Baird; with the cooperation of John Cassin and George N. Lawrence. With an atlas of one hundred plates Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co.1860. J.B. Lippincott & Co unknown
185025171850. Graphite and ink wash on cream wove paper 7 1/8 x 4 14 inches 180 x 118 mm the full sheet. Some minor surface soiling and uniform toning otherwise in good condition. The sitter wears a dress consistent with mid-Victorian fashion. The dropped shoulders wide sleeves and the large flat collar pelerine are hallmarks of the 1840s and early '50s style in America and abroad. Her hair parted sharply in the middle and slicked down over the ears is the quintessential "Madonna" style of that era popularized by Mary Todd Lincoln. unknown
18401201170025Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union 1840. Hardcover. Acceptable. Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union circa 1840. Collected works of morality tales for Children published by the American Sunday School Union.<br><br> 48mo. This is a set four of the volumes published. Each volume has several stories. All books have marbled boards with read leather binding. Chipping to spines with loss. Wear to each volume.<br> Volume three: stain to interior pages of second half of book endpapers; pencil inscription on front end page. Volume six gutters cracked; pencil notations on rear pastedown. Volume seven binding loose pencil inscriptions on front end page; first title loose. Drowning Boy pp.56 bottom corner torn with loss. Drowning Boy 78pp and Be Neat 12pp. loose. Volume forty-four pencil inscriptions on endpapers and front and rear pastedowns. Overall an interesting collection of Sunday School Stories from the early 19th Century. Ships daily. <br> Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union hardcover
186028020<p><strong>1860 Life of Isaac Newton Science Mathematics Principia Philosophy Tract Society</strong></p><p>"<em>I can calculate the motion of heavenly bodies but not the madness of people.</em>" </p><p>― Isaac Newton</p><p>Few names throughout history are as synonymous with science as Isaac Newton. Known for his studies in physics math and astronomy Newton was one of the most influential scientists during the scientific revolution. His contributions to optics and physics are still foundational in the scientific process.</p><p>This small 19th-century sketch of the life of Newton was collected and published by the American Sunday School Union. </p><p>Item number: #28020</p><p>Price: $499</p><p>American Sunday School Union</p><p><strong><em>The Life of Sir Isaac Newton</em></strong></p><p>London: The Religious Tract Society ca. 1860.</p><p><u>Details</u>: </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Collation: Complete with all pages </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->4 iv 5-192</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Provenance: Handwritten – <em>John More Nisbett</em></p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->John More Nisbett 1826-1904 of Cairnhill. He was married to Lady Agnes Dalrymple daughter of North Hamilton Dalrymple 9th Earl of Stair.</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Language: English </p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Binding: Hardcover; secure</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->o <!--endif-->Brown cloth</p><p><!-- if !supportLists-->· <!--endif-->Size: ~5.75in X 3.75in 14.5cm x 9.5cm</p><p>Our Guarantee:</p><p>Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.</p><p>Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving and we will offer a full refund without reservation!</p><p><u>Photos available upon request. </u></p> The Religious Tract Society hardcover
1855GEN35-C-22Philadelphia : American Sunday School Union 1855. Cloth. Very Good. 6" by 4";. None. A charming collection of moral and evangelical stories for children. Illustrated with several full page plates and vignettes. Authorship is not attributed to anybody however the verso to title page states that the books published by the American Sunday School union must be sanctioned by the committee of publication. The committee seats fourteen members from the following denominations of Christians viz. Baptist Methodist Congregational Episcopal Presbyterian Lutheran and Reformed Dutch. Of these denominations no more than three of those on the committee can be of the same denomination and texts are only published if nobody objects to them. Several of the plates have been neatly coloured. Signature to front pastedown indicates one prior owner to be Lavinia E Dimmick. Direct from the library of the late Hugh Selbourne MD 1906-1973 a noted book collector and diarist. In a blind stamped cloth binding. Externally smart. Small loss to head of spine. Bumping to the tail of spine and to extremities. Prior owner's inscription to front pastedown Lavinia E Dimmick April 15th 1880. Internally firmly bound. Thin tidemark to top edge of pages due to water damage does not affect text. Frontispiece has been hand coloured by prior owner. Pages are generally bright with scattered spots throughout. Very Good American Sunday School Union hardcover
182698470American Sunday School Union Philadelphia 1826. Pamphlet. Used - Good. I. Ashmead & Co. 1826. 144 pages. 4 Scripture Lesson woodcuts. 8.75 x 5.5" wrapper woodcut advertisements Agents Agencies. Shoemaker American Imprints 23498. Publications distribution libraries state activities officers constitution depositories members. Lower wrap final leaf detached soiled edge chips minor foxing sewing broken G. American Sunday School Union, Philadelphia unknown
1876690691876. 39-1/2" x 31-1/4. 39-1/2" x 31-1/4" A Notable Nineteenth-Century Philadelphia Lawyer and Democratic Politician American School 19th Century. Hirst William L. 1804-1876. Portrait of William L. Hirst. 31-1/4" x 39-1/2" image size. Oil on canvas in ornate nineteenth-century gilded wood frame. Some minor nicks and chips to frame gilding slightly dulled otherwise fine. $3750. Hirst had a thriving private law practice and was active in Democratic politics. In 1853 Hirst was elected President of the Democratic State Convention. He was an early proponent of the City of Philadelphia consolidation. This portrait belonged to the Philadelphia Bar Association. Founded in 1802 it is the oldest association of lawyers in the United States. Its library where this portrait was last displayed was renamed the Theodore F. Jenkins Memorial Law Library in 1967. unknown books
1815690611815. 25 inches x 20 inches. 25 inches x 20 inches. A Great Nineteenth-Century Pennsylvania Jurist American School 19th Century. Read John Meredith 1797-1874. Portrait of John Meredith Read. Philadelphia c.1815. 25" x 20" image size. Oil on canvas in ornate nineteenth-century gilded wood frame. Some minor nicks and chips to frame gilding slightly dulled otherwise fine. $3000. Read was elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1822 and 1823 and served as City Solicitor of Philadelphia from 1830 to 1833. He was appointed District Attorney of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1837 and held the office until 1845. Read became Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in 1858 and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in 1872. Read gained an international reputation for the depth of his knowledge eloquence and masterly arguments in the courtroom. Active in politics Read was an early supporter and organizer of the Republican Party. This portrait belonged to the Philadelphia Bar Association. Founded in 1802 it is the oldest association of lawyers in the United States. Its library where this portrait was last displayed was renamed the Theodore F. Jenkins Memorial Law Library in 1967. unknown books
1870690701870. 30" x 24. 30" x 24" A Philadelphia Lawyer Who Served as Pennsylvania's Deputy Attorney General American School 19th Century. Smith Lewis Waln 1846-1881. Portrait of Lewis Waln Smith. Philadelphia c.1870. 24" x 30" image size. Oil on canvas in ornate nineteenth-century gilded wood frame. Some minor nicks and chips to frame gilding slightly dulled otherwise fine. $1800. Lewis Waln Smith was a lawyer who served as Deputy Attorney General for the State of Pennsylvania. This portrait belonged to the Philadelphia Bar Association. Founded in 1802 it is the oldest association of lawyers in the United States. Its library where this portrait was last displayed was renamed the Theodore F. Jenkins Memorial Law Library in 1967. unknown books
1837690621837. 29 inches x 24 1/4 inches. 29 inches x 24 1/4 inches. An Important Nineteenth-Century Pennsylvania Jurist American School 19th Century. Troubat Francis Joseph 1802-1868. Portrait of Francis Joseph Troubat. Philadelphia c.1837. 29" x 24-1/4" image size. Oil on canvas in ornate nineteenth-century gilded wood frame small plaque reading "Francis J. Troubat/ Born 1802-Died 1868" to head of frame. Some minor nicks and chips to frame gilding slightly dulled otherwise fine. $5000. A prolific writer of legal texts Troubat is best known as the co-author with William W. Haly of The Practice in Civil Actions and Proceedings in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in the District Court and Court of Common Pleas for the City and County of Philadelphia and in the Courts of the United States 1837. This portrait belonged to the Philadelphia Bar Association. Founded in 1802 it is the oldest association of lawyers in the United States. Its library where this portrait was last displayed was renamed the Theodore F. Jenkins Memorial Law Library in 1967. unknown books
1832812Philadelphia: ASSU 1832. 12mo. 180 x 110 mm. 7 x 4 ¼ inches.  29 pp. Removed from pamphlet volume wrappers missing; good and sound copy. Call the "Twelfth Edition" on the title-page this catalogue was produced by the Committee for Publications. It describes a short-title list with prices of twenty-eight series of books and pamphlets issued by the Union. This is followed by lists of books in German school books Sunday school books books for infants bibles and testaments periodicals and miniature books. . ASSU unknown books
182925359Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union 1829. Later printing. Revised by the Committee of Publication. Rebound in quarter cloth over marbled paper-covered boards. Boards rubbed a few small repairs to corners of last few leaves minor scattered foxing overall a good or better solid copy. 180 pp. Illus. engraved frontis. 24mo. First published in 1741 as "The Friendly instructor." this is one of several American reprints. Uncommon. American Sunday-School Union hardcover books
18322293124American Sunday School Union 1832. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Colloquial spine label added front joint splitting edges rubbed light stain to base of a few pages front and end matter lightly foxed. 1832 Hard Cover. 153 5 pp. 12mo. Black cloth spine paper over boards. A history of the Delaware and Iroquois tribes. Woodcut frontispiece and illustrations. American Sunday School Union hardcover books
185725100354Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union 1857-1893. 16 pp. wrapper with one illustration. Apart of a series published by the American Sunday School Union called Child's Home Library. The book tells the story of Henry a little boy who learns that even children can do the Lord's work in every day small acts of kindness. Ends with a hymn. Slight foxing and toning. Measures 4 1/4" x 2 3/4". <br/><br/> American Sunday School Union unknown books
1827285914Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union 1827. Hard Cover. Good binding. The American Sunday School Union's Natural History on different animals their characteristics and where they are mentioned in the scriptures. Frontispiece title page vignette and illustrations throughout. Methodist Sunday School pastedown on the front endpapers. Quarter brown cloth ever marbled paper with chipped title label on the spine. Surface loss to the boards. Good condition. Good binding. American Sunday School Union unknown books
