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197241149Mountain View CA: SRAFPRINT Co-op 1972. Pamphlet. 16p. mimeographed in wraps minor browning else very good condition. On the social revolution during the civil war arguing that it was stifled by too much statist meddling. SRAFPRINT Co-op unknown books
1968806731968. FAMILY AFFAIR COMPANY. BUFFY PAPER DOLL. Racine WI: Whitman Publishing Division Western Publishing Co. Inc. 1968. 8 single sided pages in full color 2 of which are printed on thin card stock dolls. 4to. "Authorized Edition" no. 1985:59. Near fine condition faint scrape to pink part of Buffy's dress on front cover. Corners gently bumped. Interior fine. "No scissors necessary - clothes just press out." Actual fashions from the CBS television sitcom. unknown books
1840105031<p>Small family archive of letters 10 pieces in all some folio size other basic letter sheet size over 20 pages of text some docketed on reverse. Most pages are aged and browned some chips and tears a few holes at center folds a little staining but otherwise about very good. This family archive begins with a letter dated June 14 1840 and provides a glimpse of life in still early America during the pioneer period. In the first letter which is. from near Danville Missouri daughter Emily Lee and Adam Lee to father Ely Butcher in Randolph Virginia asking for money. Emily complains about poor health but tells him to consider moving out there where good land could be had. Another letter dated September 24 1840 is from Rock Island County Illinois from John H. Butcher to his father Ely in Randolph Virginia. John Butcher a farmer tells his father he is in "tolerable good health" but talks about some hard times where he lives. He comments on the rivers being very low and it appears his shipping costs were double what they should be. He stays he finds times very hard in this country harder than expected and adds he couldn’t get $1000 for his home at that time. He even makes a comment about a split in government but that the Whigs may feel they won writing not totally clear on this comment. On January 2 1842 from Danville Missouri we see another letter from Emily Lee to her father Ely Butcher in Randolph Virginia. This letter has a sad tone as Emily complains she hasn’t gotten a letter from her father in almost two years despite writing to him a few times. She says she feels neglected by her father and brothers and times are very hard. She mentions store credit is not available and they lost a horse. According to Emily her in-laws are no help and she has eight children to take care of. She tells her father she will see him in the spring and she expects him to do something about her situation. Seems like Ely’s kids are often in need and asking dad for help. On August 20 1844 John Butcher In Rock Island Illinois to Ely Butcher in Beverly Randolph County Virginia appears to be visited by his sister and his brother-in-law and sister Adam Lee and Emily lee. The farm is doing well and he indicates that oat and corn prices are "tolerable" and he expects to produce 800 bushes of corn and wheat. It appears his sister wants a divorce and it also appears John asks his father to intercede with his uncle Peyton about the land he uses. He seems to be tired of being a renter. He asks his father to negotiate a deal and help him pay for it. He apologizes for the tone of the letter but sounds a little desperate. There are also what appears to be some detailed receipts for the goods of Ely Butcher the dates appear to be 1842 and 1843. In fourth receipt the date is unclear but could be as late as 1866. A final document is a marriage certificate for Hannah Hart Butcher and the date is November 22 1911.</p> books
1990228904Los Angeles: Family Council on Drug Awareness 1990. 6-panel brochure folded to 3.75x8.5 inches photocopied on blue paper stock very good condition. The FCDA was "founded in 1989 to develop and present reliable factual information about drugs and drug policy." Sample question: "Q. Is Marijuana Addictive A. No it is not. . On a relative scale marijuana is less habit forming than either sugar or chocolate but more so than anchovies." Part of a broader effort to re-legalize cannibis. Family Council on Drug Awareness unknown books
1990241704Los Angeles: Family Council on Drug Awareness 1990. 6-panel brochure folded to 3.75x8.5 inches photocopied very good condition. The FCDA was "founded in 1989 to develop and present reliable factual information about drugs and drug policy." Sample Q & A: "How was Marijuana used during Biblical times--Cannabis was used in 12 manner sic: for lamp oil food paper cord clothing linen sails sealants medicine incense religious ceremonies and relaxation. Family Council on Drug Awareness unknown books
184238182Bogotá: Family of Juan José Neira 1842. Small 4to 25 x 21 cm; 9.75" x 8" . 1 p. <br><br>The family of Gen. Neira a military leader during the Wars of Independence and a politician and military man during the republic died in 1841 of injuries he suffered at the battle of Buenavista in 1840. The family thanks his friends and the public in general for their support during the year of mourning and announces a special mass on 14 January.<br>Â Â Â Â Printed on thin paper with a black border the text contained in a square within => a catafalque featuring weeping figures skulls and cross bones and eagles. As issued never bound. Margins irregular. "Señor José M. Resptrepo" in lower margins. [Family of Juan José Neira] unknown books
1962011123NY: Family of Kurt Volk 1962. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. Privately published memorial album unknown limited edition distributed as keepsake to family and friends. Large 4to rough cream-colored cloth gilt cover titles sides untrimmed w/ full page mounted b&w photo of typographer and publisher Volk 18pp. Internals as new cloth tad foxed at spine. In printed box which is a tad sunned few surface abrasions. Family of Kurt Volk hardcover books
199450547St. Paul: Padelford Packet Boat Co 1994. Oblong 8vo pp. 8 80; 2 full-page maps text illustrations photographs; brown cloth over boards printed paper onlay on upper cover fine. A collection of memoirs from two generations of the Flatten family. Not in OCLC as of 6/17. <br/><br/> Padelford Packet Boat Co hardcover books
1970302989New York Citadel 1970. 1970. First edition so stated. Small 4to. Introductory essays by John Steinbeck Robert Ryan and Joshua Logan. Over 350 b/w photographs. Dust jacket unclipped; slight rubbing. Very good. 279 pages. No signatures or bookplates. Notable for Steinbeck's 2-page praise of Henry Fonda for whose honor Steinbeck made his last public appearance. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. New York, Citadel [1970]. hardcover books
001481Bantam Books 1985 Book. As New. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. F. Cloth. As New/As New. First Edition. Presentation By Author. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0-553-05080-X. Bantam Books, 1985 Hardcover books
18164999Gibralter 1816. unbound. 4 pages front and back 9 x 7 inches Gibralter November 7 1816. Written by the brother of Vice-President Elbridge Gerry to his sister Ann Gerry describing some of the highlights of his trip to Italy especially Syracuse and Malta in part: ".a larger cave cut out of a solid rock with an area fifty feet in height at the summit of which is a small room large enough to contain three or four persons. This area terminates in a pyramid so as to form an arch calculated to create the greatest echo imaginable. To this small room Dionysious concealed himself in order to hear the sentiments of his subjects." Addressed on the back of last page. Partial tearing along one of the folds; chip on the outer margin where the wax seal was obscuring some text; tape stains on the right edge of the last page. Good condition.<br/><br/> unknown books
199823053NY: HarperCollins. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0060172649 . Book club edition. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . HarperCollins hardcover books
199739005Aberkenfig: Glamorgan Family History Society 1997. Paperback. Very good. 69pp; 70-139pp; 140-209pp; 210-281pp; 282-353pp; 354-415pp; 416-477pp; 478-540pp. Eight volumes all very good in publisher's stapled wraps. <br/><br/> Glamorgan Family History Society paperback books
2002204126NY: Henry Holt & Co. 2002. First edition first prnt. Signed by Al and Tipper Gore on the half-title page. Unread copy in Fine condition in a Fine dustjacket with an archival cover. Signed by Authors. First Edition. Hardcovers. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Henry Holt & Co. Hardcover books
200034716Boston: Houghton Mifflin. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0618007032 . The author's first book. First printing. About fine in a fine dust jacket. . Houghton Mifflin hardcover books
199536399Halbert's Family Heritage 1995. 4to various pagination. Paper wraps. Illustrated in color and black and white. Contains general information about world migrations names and their origins heraldry how to research one's ancestors; and for this copy a history of the Cairn family genealogical information and an "international registry" of Cairn family members. Fine. Halbert's Family Heritage unknown books
198234563NY: Philomel Books. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. 0399208941 . First edition. Very good in a very good price clipped dust jacket. . Philomel Books hardcover books
1929WRCAM55851Mainly Virginia Alabama and Texas 1929. Approximately thirty-two letters some with original transmittal envelopes; twenty-three photographs and real photo postcards; and assorted family documents calling cards and greeting cards. Overall very good condition. Housed in a modern gray archival box. A wide-ranging collection of correspondence photographs and documents centered on the Hancock family of Virginia Alabama and Texas in the second half of the 19th century and first quarter of the 20th. The Hancock family members involved in the correspondence or pictured in the photographs in this archive include Benjamin Palmer Hancock Arthur B. Hancock Thomas Benton Hancock Jane A. Hancock Jane C. Hancock Richard J. Hancock Claudia Hancock and Harris Hancock. Richard J. Hancock Sr. was father to Richard J. Jr. Arthur B. and Harris Hancock and uncle to Benjamin Palmer Hancock. Jane C. Hancock was B.P. Hancock's daughter. Thomas Benton Hancock and Jane A. Hancock were married and Claudia Hancock was their daughter. The family though spread out over vast distances seems to have remained relatively in touch with one another. The correspondents also often write from or receive letters from different cities suggesting they moved around a bit or traveled more widely than most families at the time. <br> <br> Benjamin Palmer "B.P." Hancock 1868-1943 lived in Dallas Crockett and Corpus Christi Texas in the late 19th-century and worked for both the Mexican National Railroad and the Texas Mexican Railway. He later returned to Texas working as the Division Traffic Superintendent for the Western Union Telegraph Company in Dallas from 1913 until his retirement in 1938. He also maintained a family estate in Scotia Alabama. In one 1905 letter B.P. Hancock writes home to his wife Martha in Scotia with detailed instructions for her imminent travel to meet him in New York City. He also writes a very loving letter to his daughter Jane C. Hancock in 1913 while she was living in Winslow Arkansas. He praises Jane for "the fine little girl - almost young lady - that you are today." <br> <br> Richard J. Hancock Jr. 1873-1920 writes a long letter to B. Palmer Hancock on April 12 1890. Richard was apparently working for the Galveston Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway as he writes his four-page letter on the company's stationery and mentions hearing about a couple of colleagues "surveying a new extension for San Antonio Pacific road." Richard acknowledges that B.P. and their mother are going to Virginia to visit family and encourages B.P. to "make a good impression on all of the Hancock family." He also offers B.P. a new suit and money to look good in front of the Virginia Hancocks. Richard then reports on a recent trip "down to Rio Grande" where he "had lots of fun." <br> <br> Richard J. Hancock Sr. 1838-1912 writes three letters to his nephew B. Palmer Hancock in 1902 on "Ellerslie" stationery. Ellerslie Plantation later Ellerslie Farm near Charlottesville Virginia came into the Hancock family after Richard married Thomasia Harris whose family owned the estate. Richard J. Hancock served as a Confederate captain under Stonewall Jackson during the Civil War. His letters to Palmer are mostly concerned with family business matters especially Palmer's property in Alabama. At one point Richard consoles B.P. for his mother's ill health apparently from typhoid fever. In his third letter Richard mentions his growing aversion to the life of a farmer at Ellerslie commenting that he would "quit farming and sell out but for my son Arthur." Richard had already largely turned away from farming to breeding thoroughbred racehorses at Ellerslie and became quite famous and successful at the venture winning the 1884 Preakness Stakes with his horse Knight of Ellerslie. His son Arthur Hancock later established a breeding farm in Kentucky named Claiborne Farm and became one of the most legendary horse breeders of the 20th century. <br> <br> Thomas Benton Hancock 1834-1870 lived in Centreville Alabama; a letter to him dated 1859 from a friend at the University of Virginia implores Hancock to spend some time at the school. A slightly earlier autograph note dated 1857 from a professor at Centenary College in Jackson Louisiana grants Thomas Benton leave from the school: "Mr. Thos. B. Hancock has been a student at Centenary College La. and that he has been honorably dismissed at his own request." There is also present here an 1860 letter of recommendation from a different professor at Centenary College praising T.B.'s "scholarship prudence and gentlemanly deportment" and recommending him as a teacher. T.B. Hancock died young at the age of thirty-six in 1870 and is buried in Oakland Mississippi. <br> <br> Three letters from 1882 written to "Mrs. J.A. Hancock" in Corpus Christi Texas are particularly interesting. The recipient was most certainly Jane Alexander Hancock widow of the late Thomas Benton Hancock. The three letters all concern stories submitted by J.A. Hancock to THE YOUTH'S COMPANION a long- running children's literary periodical in Boston. One of these stories titled "Sorrel Top" is bought by the magazine in one of the present letters and Mrs. Hancock is encouraged to send more stories. "Sorrel Top" appeared in the magazine later in the year as "Mrs. Marks' 'Sorrel Top'" in the October 19 1882 issue. All three letters are signed "Perry Mason & Co." the publishers of THE YOUTH'S COMPANION. Perry Mason founded the magazine in 1827 and served as its editor until his death; Erle Stanley Gardner was fond of THE YOUTH'S COMPANION as a young reader and borrowed the editor's name for his protagonist when he began writing a series of stories and books centered on his now-famous attorney/detective. <br> <br> The photographs in the present archive are a combination of cabinet card portraits and real photo postcards. The identified portraits include three of B.P. Hancock one as a younger man in Corpus Christi another inscribed "Your Son BP Hancock Dallas Tex March 1886"; one of Harris Hancock in Overton Virginia from a Charlottesville studio; and a portrait of Mrs. J.A. Hancock inscribed "For BP Hancock age 52 years." The real photo postcards feature a handful of shots from a family picnic and a large home presumably belonging to the Hancock family. <br> <br> The assorted additional material includes J.A. Hancock's copy of a Presbyterian Church pamphlet; a 1902 trust document involving Richard Hancock B. Palmer Hancock Clavelia A. Hancock Helen J. Hancock and Thomasia O. Hancock wife of Richard J. Hancock; and other assorted documents cards and invitations. There is also a handful of material relating to H.L. Carleton of Taylor and Austin Texas. Carleton was a noted pharmacist and president of the Texas Pharmaceutical Association in the early 20th century. The connection to the Hancock family is unknown though Carleton may represent another side to the family of a Hancock decendant. <br> <br> A wide-ranging slice of Hancock family history and an archive with notable research and genealogical potential. unknown books
193864886Maine 1938. Photograph album 7 3/8 x 11 1/2 inches 44 of 48 leaves employed both sides used for either mounting photographs or describing them or both with short narratives about trips occasionally interspersed; affixed to two leaves are reproduced copies of a 1937 manuscript map executed by Erastus Haring picturing the lake hand-colored blue and identifying physical features and property owners all along its shores. The Erastus Haring family of Suffern New York vacationed at the same time at the same cabin on Sebec Lake about 40 miles northwest of Bangor for twelve summers recording their fishing adventures and other outdoor activities e.g. sailing waterboarding in the album. The majority of the photographs depict the Haring family especially sons Warren and Horace boating and catching salmon trout and bass with many "action" images and more of "stringed" fish; also captured are occasional fishing hiking or sight seeing trips to nearby spots in Maine e.g. Moosehead Lake Rangeley Lake Bar Harbor Mount Katadhin. A number of the photos focus on community life around the lake with outdoor meals neighbors in front of houses fish preparation for meals etc. The detailed captions add a great deal of context to the album; in addition to exhaustive identification of people places and dates there are manuscript full-page poems at least one attributed to Mr. Haring with content related to fishing pithy quotations related to the sport "the fellow who keeps his hook in the water catches the fish" and descriptions of the day's fishing events "with Richard it may be a long time before he catches another as large as this one". Two photographs missing two laid in loose an excellent family pictorial record of summer excursions for land-locked salmon and other species mostly on Sebec Lake northwest of Bangor. Brown faux-crocodile leather binding gilt stamped "Photographs" on upper cover tied. 11157. <br/><br/> hardcover books
21153HARPER'S FAMILY LIBRARY WILSON James and others. NARRATIVE OF DISCOVERY ADVENTURE IN AFRICA. New York: J. & J. Harper 1832. 16mo. 6 1/4" x 4". Cloth spine boards. i 359 pages plates 1 fold-out map. Shaw and Shoemaker 5 locations. "From the earliest ages to the present time with illustrations of the geolog mimeralogy and zoology.with a map plans of the routes of Park and of Den and Clapperton and several engravings." Some foxing throughout tips bruise still a very good copy. unknown books
1859755Chester County Pennsylvania 1859. Two volumes. Folio. 330 x 210 mm. 13 x 8 inches. 438 pp. Account written in ink in very legible hand. Leather backed marbled paper boards leather tips; spines and edges a bit worn paper stock with some discoloration and minor spotting; Joseph Hawley's name and dates written on the endpapers numerous times in both volumes. With faults very good copies. I: Account books recording the business activity of what appears to be a very successful and profitable shoe maker and leather good manufacture.  Extremely well organized indexed and legible these accounts are arranged by date and customer name and offer an insight into the leather needs of customers over a given year. For instance Moses Jefferies had eleven transactions in the year 1793 for new shoes mended shoes and new soles for himself his wife and children. Under the account for William Hawley a relative not doubt twenty-six transactions are recorded.  Opposite each page listing a customer account is a "Contra" page which lists cash received and expenditures for materials. The first volume begins in 1793 and ends in 1796. The second volume begins in 1799 and continues through 1805. Many of the transactions include the names of family members who the shoes are for and provides a genealogical record of many families in the Chester County area. For a transaction for Samuel Lightfoot in 1801 the entry reads "To make a pair of shoes for Black Isaac cost 0/5/0.  II: Joel Hawley 1804-1883. Manuscript Account Books of a Quaker Shoemaker and Manufacturer of Leather Goods for Horses and Arithmetic Work Book. Chester County Pennsylvania 1829-1846. Folio. 320 x 200 mm. 12 ½ x 7 ¾ inches. 125 pp. Accounts written in ink in legible hand. Original marbled paper wrappers; showing wear at spine and edges paper stock brown in places; with faults a very good copy. Joel Hawley was the oldest son of Joseph who continued in the shoe manufacture business but as the ledger shows expanded into saddle making and the production of bridles straps harnesses halters and leather collars for horses. Organized in a similar way to his father's account book Joel's contains less information and lists only the customer name a few words of description and the price.  He also records his expenses for coffee candles spices sugar butter etc.  It is interesting to compare prices from the first years of Joseph Hawley's business with prices thirty years later as recorded in Joel Hawley's account book. The second half the ledger about 20 pages is arithmetic workbook which focuses on simple principles of geometry multiplication calculating compound interest figuring discounts and annuities. It also contains some doddles scribbles the names of his brothers Simon and Benjamin and samples of calligraphic script. Hawley Family Archive. Chester County Pennsylvania. 1788 -1859. III.  Benjamin and Simon Hawley. Union Society for the Detection of Horse Thieves. Constitution and Minute Book. 1817-1859. Unpublished folio manuscript. 330 x 210 mm. 13 x 8 inches. 175 pp. Written in a variety of hands in ink very legible. Bound in leather backed marble paper boards; paper and spine a bit rubbed but sound and attractive; first two leaves are sprung from sewing some inserted notes laid in; some light foxing otherwise very good. Manuscript constitution and minute book of the Union Society for the Detection of Horse Thieves and Other Stolen Property which spanned 42 years. The Union Society like scores of other similar groups in the Northeast created a service for the protection and recovery of private property stolen from farms and warehouses. It was organized by the leading horse traders and merchants of various counties in the greater Philadelphia/Wilmington area and its constitution and by-laws outlined its goals and the responsibility of its membership. Members of the Union Society were from Philadelphia Bethlehem Harrisburg Lancaster Peach Bottom Elkton Wilmington and New Castle and it covered all the major travel routes in these areas. Benjamin Hawley a founder of the society and his brother Simon both owners of horse-trading company were instrumental in the establishment and management of the Society. Simon was recording secretary for many years and it is the reason that the journal of the Society was part of the Hawley Family Archive. Some of the articles of the constitution included the responsibilities of membership the payment of dues mandatory attendance at meeting or the levy of a fine what do to if a member witnesses or is informed of a theft of a horse or property over the value of $ 30.00 and a list of rewards for the finding stolen property and the levy of 6 percent of the value of returned property from the owner. All members needed to brand their horses with the letter "U" on the neck of the animal to help in its identification if stolen. The minute book records the details of each meeting which mostly deal with attendance list of absent members fines for absenteeism appeals new members treasure reports and the election of officers.  One of the more interesting narratives that is contained in the minutes of annual meetings was the discussion of the various routes that were to be covered if an alert made from one of its members about a stolen horse or property. The Union Society established 11 routes from Philadelphia and surrounding counties and to Wilmington local members were assigned to cover the route if a theft was discovered. For instance in West Chester Joseph Gordon was responsible for routes in and out of the town. In Wilmington Jonathan P. Evans was the route rider and in New Castle it was Daniel Davis. If a member were to cover a route looking for property and he was to be paid $ 1.00 a day for his time reimbursed for expenses and entitled for a reward. The minutes record the theft of a horse in August of 1835 from Ezekiel Evans of Lancaster one of the founding members of the Society. It was determined that the thief took the southern route out of Lancaster and 15 members were notified and took to road to Baltimore. A reward was posted for $ 50.00 by the Society and $ 25.00 by Evans. John Collins of Columbia traced the thief to a hotel in Meadstowne where he found the horse and secured capture of the thief. He was identified as John Gallagher "a notorious felon and horse thief." On September 5th 1859 the minutes record a motion to dissolve the Society. It was seconded and passed by a vote of 23 to 11. The assets of the Union Society were distributed and each member received $ 1.45.  A small collection of papers from Hawley family are in the Chester County Historical Society. They pertain mostly to Joel Hawley who in addition to running his mercantile business in Lionville Uwchlan Township was elected Associate Judge of the Chester County Courts and was Director of the Bank of Chester County. His sons Joseph Williamson Hawley and Samuel Hawley were both fought in the Civil War and the archive at the Historical Society focuses mostly on the years 1861-1864.  http://www.chestercohistorical.org/hawley-family-papers. unknown books
198166797New York: Simon and Schuster 1981. Octavo pp. 1-7 8-10 11-13 14 15-23 24-410 411 412-416: blank note: first and last two leaves are blanks illustrations cloth-backed boards. First edition. Small remainder mark to bottom edge of text block a near fine copy in near fine dust jacket. #66797 Simon and Schuster unknown books
1928D6989New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Blue cloth lettered in gilt on spine; 8vo; pp. 266. Boards lightly rubbed; spine tips and corners gently bumped. A nice copy with an interesting provenance -- bookplate of Jasper and Ursula Jepson on front paste-down. Ursula was Ernest Hemingway's younger sister. <br/><br/> Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover books
1950D6987New York: Richard R. Smith 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Blue cloth lettering stamped in silver on spine; 8vo; pp. 281. Inscribed by the author in a lovely hand to Ernest Hemingway's younger sister: "For Ursula Hemingway Jepson -- friend from the first meeting -- Mary Bell Decker / Kansas City Missouri / May 1951." Spine tips gently rubbed; some light bumping at corners and along edges of boards. A nice bright copy with an interesting provenance. <br/><br/> Richard R. Smith hardcover books
1955D6990New York: Harper & Brothers 1955. First Edition C-E. Hardcover. Very Good. Cloth-backed blue paper over boards gilt-stamped lettering on spine; 8vo; pp. 236. Boards lightly rubbed and dust-soiled; some faint tanning on prelims and terminals. A nice internally clean copy with an interesting provenance: Pencilled ownership signature of Ernest Hemingway's younger sister on FFEP "Ursula Hemingway Jepson 1955." <br/><br/> Harper & Brothers hardcover books
