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175443010AB1754. Dublin J.Esdall 1754. 173 cm x 11 cm. VIII pages XVII -XXIII 268 pages. Lacking the list of Subscribers IX - XII and Start of Content-pages XIII-XVI. Later 19th century Hardcover / Half - leather with gilt lettering and ornament to spine. Good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Spine slightly damaged and broken. Bookblock tight and clean besides a faded dampstain and some lesions to outer margiuns of several pages. Needs some attention from a bookbinder. Exlibris / Bookplate of Henry J.B.Clements on pastedown Clements was landowner in County Mayo and County Galway Rosshill House connection. The book is a collection of memoirs that document the exploits of one of the most charismatic and influential families in 16th and 17th century Irish history. Chapters include for example: Richard Cromwell Baffles the Designs of Fleetwood / His advice to Richard Cromwell / Richard deposed / Lord Broghill retires to his command in Munster and is suspected by the Committee of Safety / Summoned to appear before the Commissioners in Dublin / Brings over the Army in Ireland to the King's Interest and invites the King to land at Cork / He and Sir Charles Coote declares openly for the King and secure Ireland / Taken into the Cabinet Council and made one of the Lords Justices of Ireland / etc. Eustace Budgell 19 August 1686 4 May 1737 was an English writer and politician. Born in St Thomas near Exeter Budgell was educated at Oxford University. His cousin the writer Joseph Addison took him to Ireland and got him appointed to a lucrative office. However when he lampooned the Viceroy he lost his position. Budgell assisted Addison with his magazine The Spectator writing 37 numbers signed X. In these he imitates Addison's style with some success. Between 1715 and 1727 he represented Mullingar in the Irish House of Commons. Budgell who was vain and vindictive fell on evil days; he lost a fortune in the South Sea Bubble and was accused of forging the will of Dr Matthew Tindal at the expense of his nephew Nicolas Tindal. He committed suicide by throwing himself out of a boat at London Bridge. His suicide note famously said: "What Cato did and Addison approved cannot be wrong." Wikipedia. hardcover
1984137898Colonel Light Gardens: The author 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Colonel Light Gardens The author 1984. Small quarto viii 330 pages with numerous illustrations from photographs and a genealogical table. Pictorial papered boards lightly rubbed; covers lightly sunned about the spine; an excellent copy. Inscribed and signed by the author in ink on the verso of the half-title. The author hardcover
49088Duodecimo 168 x 107 mm stitched ""binder's waste"" parchment wrappers with manuscript in ink to front 'Acct. of A Lot of Timber sold to Messrs. Haviland Ayles & Newel - 125 Trees - measured May 29th 1767' the verso of the parchment i.e. the insides of the wrappers showing part of the manuscript of an indenture from the reign of Queen Anne dated 1707; the accounting ledger occupying 15 pages neatly ruled up in pencil and with entries in ink in five columns recording number of limbs length girth ""contents"" and date measured; clean and legible; an old note in pencil inside the front wrapper attributes the provenance of the ledger to the 'Bragge family Devon'. unknown
188335413Georgia 1883. Archive. Good. Small archive of 3 handwritten condolence letters written to the Buice family in Ringgold Georgia. Also included is the month of June calendar with a note written at bottom not legible and notes written on the blank side. The calendar sheet has some light stains and edge tears. Light fading and wear to the letters. Good condition. . <br /> <br /> All three letters begin with sorrow and condolences to the Buice family after their son Albert died. Written on the back of the June calendar is the note: "Our darling Baby girl was Born June 12th 1883. Our Darling Son was drowned June 24th 1883 aged 20 years lacking one month. Sadest day of our life." <br /> <br /> The first letter from Ringgold dated June 25 1883 is 4 pages long and addressed to "Dear Friend & Bro." It is signed W. L. Laice sp. <br /> <br /> The second letter written form Augusta Georgia is dated June 29 1883 and addressed "Dear Bro & Sister Buice. It is 3 pages long and signed by Cadesman Pope. <br /> <br /> The third letter from Dadeville Alabama is dated July 2nd 1883. It is addressed to "Mrs. Buice and family." This letter is 8 pages long and makes references to LaGrange Georgia. This letter also mentions the murder of the Dr. Carter editor of the People's Advocate: "Just two weeks ago my door neighbor was shot dead in tracks uptown. He was one of the nicest men I ever knew except that he was not a Christian he was a Physician here - was with Tillie and I both when we were sick not long ago. Was so refined well educated a polished gentleman. Political disturbances was the origin of his death. He was editor of the People's Advocate published weekly at this place and had said something in the editorials that offended a young man 22 years old who walked up to him in the square and demanded a private interview which Dr. Carter refused. Told him he had no business with him which could not be transacted there. Then young Sturdivant or Sturdevant drew out his pistol and shot him through the head." The letter is signed Mrs. Dansby. <br /> <br /> An article appearing in the Hazleton Sentinel and sourced from Columbus Georgia June 18th states "Dr. John F. Carter of Dadeville Alabama was shot and killed in that place by B. B. Sturdivant son of ex-Probate Judge Sturdivant Saturday night. Carter had been making some severe strictures on Judge Sturdivant in his paper about which young Sturdevant called to see him yesterday. unknown
19821Very Good/No Dust Jacket As Issued. Yarn tied wraps lettered in gilt ; 5.75 by 9 inches; 8 pages with a double page photo panorama of the lodge from offshore; sketch of the lodge; floor plans of the three levels; map. wrappers lettered in gold string tie. Light handling wear first page is foxed and remaining are lightly and evenly age-toned.<br /> <br /> Charming little brochure of which no copies are listed in OCLC. Dunedin is on the Gulf Coast of Florida near Tampa Bay. The Dunedin Lodge was run by two sisters Lydia and Matilda who were part of the Bull family and related to A.J. Grant. Every year they opened the lodge for guests from September through May offering a warm retreat during the cooler months. When summer rolled around they headed back to Cape May New Jersey where they owned a private home and another lodge for beachgoers.<br /> <br /> The lodge sat just south of Edgewater Park with its entrance facing the street. Interestingly when the building was renovated all the spacious luxurious rooms ended up on the street-facing side. Meanwhile the best bay views-along with stunning sunsets-were on the same side as the kitchen and housekeeping areas meaning the staff actually got the best scenery every evening!<br /> <br /> Because hospitals were few and far between back then midwives sometimes used the lodge as a birthing center for local families when home deliveries weren't an option.<br /> <br /> During the 1940s the lodge took on a new role becoming the Marine Corps headquarters for officers and non-commissioned officers stationed in Dunedin. These troops were training with Amphibious Alligator Tanks near the marine base by Cedar Creek.<br /> <br /> By the late 1960s though the lodge had seen better days. With newer motels and hotels popping up in the area it fell into disrepair and was eventually sold in the early 1970s. The land became part of the first phase of the Edgewater Arms condominiums. Today most of the former lodge's property is now part of Edgewater Park's playground a parking lot for the marina's boat ramp and garages for residential parking. Adapted from History Notes Tampa Bay Weekly unknown
1993137560Adelaide: Bungey / Bungay Family History Committee 1993. First Edition. Paperback. Fine. Adelaide Bungey / Bungay Family History Committee 1993. Large octavo 208 pages with a map and numerous illustrations mainly portraits from photographs. Pictorial card covers; a fine copy. Bungey / Bungay Family History Committee paperback
1883Original with family inscriptions. Wooden Case. Very Good. Original wooden case for a brass set of scales used by Dr. David Townsend during the battle of Bunker Hill and other events requiring medical attention during and after the American Revolutionary War. unknown
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>
1716216537London : Printed for J. Morphew 1716. First Edition. Hardback. Finely bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Raised bands with a dark morocco gilt-blocked label. An uncommonly good example - scans and additional bibliographic detail on request.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 256 pages; Physical description; folding portrait frontis 256p ; 17cm. Subject; Butler family. Ormonde James Butler Duke of 1610-1688. Ossory Thomas Butler Earl of 1634-1680. Ormonde James Butler Duke of 1665-1745. London : Printed for J. Morphew hardcover
1935List2835California Texas Illinois and others 1935. 369 pieces: fourteen empty envelopes 108 pieces of unsorted ephemera and 247 letters. Of the letters twenty-one are undated; three date from 1851–1909; nineteen from 1910–11; thirty-five from 1912; thirteen from 1913–17; forty-two from 1921; thirteen from 1922–24; sixty-eight from 1934; and thirty-three from 1935. Overall very good to near fine. The Beaumans were a family from southern Texas who relocated to East St. Louis Illinois some time before 1908 and some of whom would later live in California. Captain Loui Beauman 1868–1921 was a military engineer Mason and member of the Society of American Military Engineers. He and his wife Kittie Woodruff 1867–1959 had three children survive to adulthood: Carrie Beauman 1893–1982 Second Lieutenant Loui Beauman 1894–1918—a Marine killed at 23 in a seaplane accident—and Julia Frances “Gally†Beauman 1908–1974. <br /> <br /> Offered here is a large correspondence archive belonging to the Beaumans; mainly addressed to Gally 119 letters the younger Loui seventy letters and Kitty fifty-two letters; and written by a wide variety of friends and family including Kitty fifty-one letters Carrie eighteen letters Katharyn Owen of San Antonio sixteen letters and Gally’s future husband Edwin J. Regan of Weaverville California twenty-three letters. Regan 1906–1996 was at the time running for District Attorney of Trinity County and would go on to hold that position before resigning in 1948 in favor of a State Senatorship followed by a judgeship on the Third Appellate Court of Appeal.<br /> <br /> Most of the early letters in the group are addressed to the younger Loui Beauman and their concerns include his friends’ jobs constructing railroads hiding their controversial “ragging†dancing from chaperones and which fraternity Beauman should join at the University of California. The fraternity issue is particularly contentious within the family; the elder Beauman tells his son that “I will not be pleased to hear that you have joined any of the fraternities†September 20 1912. The younger Beauman settled on Zeta Psi.<br /> <br /> After the passing of both father and son most of the letters are addressed to Kitty and Gally Beauman. Edwin Regan writes to Gally about his campaign for District Attorney which made him “worried and discouraged and down on the world†August 3 1934; Regan felt that “ability means nothing to the voters the sole issue is whether or not I am a ‘city guy’ or not†July 30 1934. Another common topic is the family’s concern for Carrie Beauman whose marriage to Arthur Levefre Jr. was becoming increasingly abusive. The couple lived in Houston far from the remaining family who were now in Berkeley and Weaverville.<br /> <br /> Though the family very rarely commented on politics—even including the Great Depression which was in full swing during the writing of nearly half of these letters—there is one event that enthused Carrie Beauman too much for her not to mention. This was the suppression by the KKK of alleged brewing race riots in Houston:<br /> <br /> “We came near a bad race riot last week. All the militia residents Light Guards ex-soldiers were called out. There were over 5000 armed white men on the main streets negro sections. Arthur slept with his clothes on 4 loaded guns. We all piled in one room. Believe me the Ku Klux Klan is doing efficient work. That’s twice in the last 10 days that they’ve ‘operated on’ the beasts. I’m tickled to death to know that there are a few fearless just honorable men left to meet sic out justice to these criminals. By the time this happens half a dozen times some of this crime wave will subside. If the paid officers of the law wont meet the emergency – then it’s time for the upright citizens to take a hand. I am tickled to death over this!†May 1 1921<br /> <br /> Overall an intimate look at the lives and affairs of an ordinary American family in the early twentieth century. unknown
1901List2832Santa Cruz and Stanford California 1901. Approximately forty-nine 7 x 10 inch pages with ninety-four 3 ½ x 3 ½ inch photos; five 1 ½ x 2 inch photos; one 1 ½ x 4 ½ inch photo; and one 5 x 6 ½ inch photo. Binding broken with staining on cover. Photographs generally very good to excellent contrast with a portion at the end significantly faded. Overall very good. Scrapbook of photographs mainly showing home life and recreation of a family with young children in central California in the early 1900s. The family spend time playing with their children in the yard going to the beach and hiking in the woods. There are also several snaps of buildings at Stanford University shortly after their construction. Of interest as a depiction of everyday life in turn-of-the-century California. unknown
1965L025943Comunita Eur/Arte/Cultura 1965. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" square 8vo 702ppplates Text in Italian. Catalogue prepared for the exhibition in the Calcografia Nazionale Rome April-May 1965 sponsored by the Comunita Europea dell'Arte e della Cultura; coverage of Agostino Annibale and Lodovico Carracci's engraved works. Introduction by Calvesi; catalogue proper by Calvesi and Casale. Scarce; not located in Freitag. A very good copy in wrappers slight rubbing and browning to wrappers; slight internal browning.Over 200 b/w Illustrations. Comunita Eur/Arte/Cultura paperback
1979122519Bloomington: Indiana University Press in association with the National Gallery of Art Washington 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. Bloomington Indiana University Press in association with the National Gallery of Art Washington 1979. Large quarto 533 pages with over 500 illustrations from 'photographs of prints and related material'. Quarter contrasting cloth; top edge slightly foxed bottom edge slightly marked; a few small tape-stains to the decorated front endpaper; an excellent copy with the lightly marked and cockled dustwrapper. Indiana University Press, in association with the National Gallery of Art, Washington hardcover
13417Carter Hall Millwood Clarke County Virginia. 21 February 1876. 4pp. 12mo. 210 lines. The first bifolium of a letter only and hence lacking a signature. In fair condition on lightly-aged paper with closed tears along fold lines. George Burwell who had inherited Carter Hall in 1814 see below had died three years before the writing of this letter and the identity of its author is unknown although he does claim to be a 'Scotchman'. The letter begins: 'Dear Sir Your letter of Jany 31 is received. I am glad to answer any questions but I must not be supposed to advise you in any thing regarding a change of residence. No man can think for another and <> I can only give true replies to any questions upon you must lie the onus of exhaustive questioning. - Again do not forget that I can speak only of the district - circumstances alter much in various places.' He asks him to bring out 'a parcel or two from England when you come'. There follow six numbered sections discussing various elements of life in Virginia beginning with the climate: 'July & August are our hottest months. Your families should arrive in Baltimore at about Sept 15. The temperature at Baltimore will probably be about 75o or 80o all the time from Aug 15 to Sept 15'. The second section discusses 'habitation' and employment. In section 3 he describes 'grass land' as 'much inferior to England '. Section 4: 'I mean to imply that a good farmer in a fair farm here will do as well as a tenant at home who pays rent - & I take into consideration that in capital of 5/ in so calculating.' Section 5 is on 'Sheep'. Section 6 begins: 'Men & boys were strong hollands in summer - poor people wear vests except on Sunday - as a rule you get these things better & cheaper here - than in England'. A long discussion of dress for both men and women follows 'Summer prints for ladies are good & cheap here - no use to bring them - they are called calicoes here But muslines grenadines too are dearer here and should be brought out'. Other topics include 'household stores': 'We find it quite expedient to get out the following articles - as their representatives here are either bad or too dear English mustard Worcester sauce Scotch marmalade Tea - oatmeal for my boys breakfast - I am a Scotchman sago tapioca curry powder canary seed if you have a bird'. Also 'Medicines' 'Seeds'. 'Bring no harness or carriages - There is nothing in Gt. Britain to equal the carriages in this country . I may advise you to go to Phipps Saddlers Holborn London who will give you saddles exactly like mine - cheaper & equal in leather to any in England - his bridles are first class also.' The letter ends with advice on 'hunting spurs' and 'thong'. Carter Hall is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. A grand house and plantation located in the lower Shenandoah River valley it was the estate of the family of Lieut-Col. Nathaniel Burwell 1750-1814. It was also a home for Burwell's cousin Edmund Randolph who had been United States Attorney General and later Secretary of State under George Washington. George Burwell 1799-1873 inherited the estate in 1814 and added a large portico. It served as headquarters for Stonewall Jackson during part of the American Civil War and was raided and sacked by Union troops during the war. Carter Hall, Millwood, Clarke County, Virginia. 21 February 1876. hardcover
17956409Verona: per gli eredi di Marco Moroni 1795. Original edition. Fine. Octavo 20 cm; 231 blank pages. In woodblock-printed polychrome wraps in Remondini style. <br /><br />Occasional verses written and one assumes recited for the wedding of members of two of the leading political and legal families of the city of Rovigo in the province of Venice. The Casalini family effectively held political power in Rovigo from the 1400s through the nineteenth century. No copies inventoried in OCLC or in ICCU. per gli eredi di Marco Moroni paperback
199849128Firenze: Leo S. Olschki Editore 1998. First Edition. Octavo 24cm.; publisher's cream card wrappers printed in brown and black; xxx6533pp.; illus. Light shelf wear spine a shade sunned else Very Good or better. Publisher's compliments card laid in. At head of title: Accademia Toscana di Scienze e Lettere "La Colombaria" "Studi" CLXVIII. Volume I only of this genealogical history and correspondence of the Chaplin acting family text chiefly in French. Leo S. Olschki Editore unknown
19579366New York: Simon and Schuster 1957. Fourth and fifth printings. 4to. 90 and 96pp. Hardcover copies with colorful illustrated endpapers and black and white illustrations by Addams throughout some foxing and toning very good. Both in original illustrated jackets that have tears chipping and tape repairs good only. Simon and Schuster hardcover
49927Auckland New Zealand : s.n. 1860. Handmade album. Octavo 190 x 120 mm the covers taken from a copy of The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott Edinburgh : A. & C. Black 1857 of limp tan cloth with decoration in blind and gilt device to front and rear; the book's original pastedowns and endpapers intentionally preserved the front free-endpaper with a mounted presentation label inscribed in ink in a neat hand: 'New Zealand ferns collected for Miss Grahame by her friends at Hazelbank Auckland 1860' followed by 28 loose sheets with pressed native fern specimens mounted recto only each accompanied by a handwritten caption identifying the specimen by its correct botanical name; the skilfully mounted and knowledgeably labelled specimens with very occasional minor loss the paper mounts with a minimal amount of foxing but overall the contents remarkable well preserved. This charming ""do-it-yourself"" Auckland album represents by far the earliest collection of New Zealand ferns we have handled. Although pteridomania - or fern fever - was undeniably already a phenomenon in the colony in the 1860s the album pre-dates by at least a decade for example the appearance of the first commercial souvenir albums by such specialist preparators as Eric Craig and Thomas Cranwell. The specimens in this album were clearly selected for their aesthetic appeal the majority being particularly delicate and skeletal-like. We believe that the young woman to whom the album was presented by her friends identified only as Miss Grahame is likely to have been a daughter of Auckland merchant Walter Grahame. Walter's brother the wealthy and influential William Smellie Grahame had already returned to England with his own family by 1858. ""Hazelbank"" was the name of a property in Wynyard Street Auckland which was later owned by MÄori businesswoman and philanthropist Mary Geddes. It is now the home of the Elam School of Fine Arts University of Auckland. hardcover
186335352Memphis: n.p. 1863. Letter. Good. Letter. Approx. 11.5" x 8.5". 2 pages written on lined paper. Folded creased with light toning. "Hutton & Co. Prs" located in small print top left corner of the front page. <br /> <br /> Soldier writes; "At Present our armies are lying still or nearly so for the weather is too hot to make any heavy movements just now but it seems that the Southern Confederacy fairly trembles to its very center and I know that many of her soldiers are satisfied to quit and would like to get out of it pretty well but like the Yankees they must stick to it until their officers become convinced of a similar fact.they must certainly see they are whipped but their pride keeps them from acknowledging it." He also writes about a man hanged back home for stealing horses. He mentions the loss of a steamboat named "Alice Dean." This steamboat operated on the Mississippi and was captured and burned by the Confederates. n.p. unknown
21379London: Privately printed. 1879. First edition privately printed. First edition privately printed. Signed and inscribed by the author. Original cream cloth with titles in gilt to the spine. Page edges untrimmed. Manuscript list of the contributors in the author's hand on the front free endpaper. Occasional pencil corrections in the author's hand. Additional signed 3pp. manuscript letter on mourning paper dated July 1879 from the author to the recipient of the book George C. Brodrick tipped-in on the dedication page. Attractive armorial bookplate of the author Edith Lyttelton Gell Brodrick's niece to the front pastedown. A very good copy the binding square and firm with rubbing and marking to the boards toning to the spine and chipping to the spine ends. The contents with very faint occasional foxing are otherwise clean and bright throughout.� Signed and inscribed by John Duke Coleridge 1st Baron Coleridge in black ink to the front free endpaper "George C Brodrick / from his old friend / Coleridge / July 1879" with an additional list identifying the other contributors to the work: "R.P. is Lord Selborne / J.F.C. Lady Coleridge / J.T.C. Sir John Taylor Coleridge / Y Rev. Henry James Coleridge / J.B.S. John Seymour". A collection of verse by the Coleridge family edited by John Duke Coleridge 1820-1894 the lawyer judge liberal politician and great-nephew of the Romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The present copy was gifted to the author's friend George Charles Brodrick 1831-1903 the Oxford historian and Warden of Merton College. In the accompanying letter presenting the book to Brodrick Coleridge comments on the fact that only a small number of copies of the work have been produced for presentation to friends as well as on its contents and purpose. An uncommon title.� Further details and images for any of the items listed are available on request. Lucius Books welcomes direct contact with our customers. London: Privately printed. 1879 hardcover
1914336<p>n.p. 1914. The watercolors are in very good or better condition with some foxing to versos the majority mounted some no longer mounted after loss of adhesive most with the location identified on their mount or with place date and artist identified on the verso of the watercolor the album itself is good with tears to the album leaves in original half cloth scrapbook over textured paper-covered boards that are rubbed and worn. A splendid album containing over 100 mounted original watercolor views of various landscapes and buildings in Britain and Europe featuring locations among others of the Lake District Kent Scotland including the Highlands and Warwick Castle Lyme Regis Cornwall Switzerland Italy including Florence and others. Also includes a few watercolors of flora.<br /><br />The album contains the works of at least three members of the Copleston family of England Jane Ellen Copleston Eliza Ann Copleston and Miss May G. Copleston as well as an M.R. Hart or Harte.<br /><br />Folio.<br /><br />A fabulous collection.</p>
146874N.p.: N.p. 1970. Archive of 288 vernacular color photographs of country music acts from the 1970s housed in a contemporary photo album with the subject of nearly every photograph identified by manuscript ink captions. Occasional additional notations give a date range between 1972-1980 for the photographs with most being dated 1977-1979. <br /> <br /> The photographs primarily consist of performers on stage indicating the photographer was near the stage with a strong sense of composition and timing. Photographs of performers casually posing for the camera indicate the photographer likely had backstage access for some of the performances. <br /> <br /> Based on additional information in some of the handwritten captions the photographs were primarily taken at concerts or events in the Western New York region - Chautauqua Dunkirk Little Valley and Lakewood - all within an hour of each other as well as the nearby Erie County NY Fair and Expo and Pittsfield PA. Other locations include the New York State Fair and Pittsburgh PA. <br /> <br /> Included are images of country music legends Johnny Cash Dolly Parton Loretta Lynn Conway Twitty Hank Snow June Carter Cash The Carter Family Minnie Pearl Tanya Tucker Tammy Wynette and Wanda Jackson. Also included are photographs of singers who while lesser known today were among the biggest stars of the era including Bobby Goldsboro Crystal Gayle Donna Fargo Freddy Fender Jeannie C. Riley Buddy Alan Charlie Walker Peggy Sue Bill Anderson Kenny Price LeRoy Van Dyke Lynn Anderson Jay Lee Webb Jean Shepard and Kitty Wells. Finally the album contains images of smaller and possibly even regional acts some of which appear unknown to us presenting a broad survey of a transitional era in country music as rock soul and pop began to fuse with the more traditional country sound that had begun declining in popularity toward the end of the previous decade. <br /> <br /> For more details please inquire. <br /> <br /> Photographs variously sized primarily 3.5 x 5 inches but up to 7.5 x 9.75 inches. Generally Near Fine. <br /> <br /> Housed in an about Very Good generic photo album with starting and loss to the spine fraying and rubbing. Several internal pages loose or with dried glue leading to occasional slipping of the photographs. N.p. unknown
143728<p>Philadelphia and from Various Places. 1837–1845. Approximately 145 manuscript items viz. 38 handwritten letters and 109 manuscript receipts. All in very good condition. Housed in an archival box.</p> <p>William P. Cresson Co. of Philadelphia was actively engaged in the hardware commission business in the 1830’s and 1840’s. </p> <p>The company offered a variety of products with a strong focus on metal ware household building materials and household furnishings. </p> <p>In the late 1840’s the firm began selling cooking stoves and became stove manufacturers and likely hollow ware manufacturers as well. During the late 1840’s and 1850’s a number of stove patents were applied for in the firm’s name.</p> <p>William P. Cresson manufacturer and philanthropist 1814–1892 was the son of Caleb Cresson 1775–1821. Caleb Cresson was himself a prominent and wealthy Philadelphia Quaker merchant and the husband of Sarah Emlen 1787–1870. </p> <p>W.P. Cresson’s family clearly enjoyed a prosperous and affluent style of living that would have been consistent with the successful endeavors of William’s father.</p> <p>This archive can be described as follows:</p> <p>I. William P. Cresson Co. Incoming Business Correspondence. <br /> 20 letters all written in 1842; 18 letters all written in 1845. </p> <p>Cresson had a sizeable business and this incoming correspondence records a variety of New England firms that were involved with this mid-Atlantic firm. An example of the correspondence in part:</p> <p>John D. Johnson writes an interesting letter to Cresson regarding brass makers and brass agents concerning manufacturing prices and the intricacies of dealing with the brass makers May 4 1842. Johnson later writes of other concerns selling brass at cheaper prices of the instability in the brass market and of a future hope:</p> <p>"On the whole I think that the manufacturers are beginning to have some confidence in each other and I believe the time is not very far distant when we shall all be willing to come under prescribed rules and regulations but until this can be achieved we must be somewhat irregular.†Johnson then writes briefly of “making an article for paper makers…"</p> <p>A one page ALS from Joel Bartlett of Harmony Maine concerns a discussion of the Cresson firm selling shank handles made by Bartlett on commission. Bartlett informs that the shank handles he is manufacturing are of high quality and is willing to send along samples. May 10 1842 On Bartlett ref. Folsom Fifty Years in the Northwest 1888 pp185–186.</p> <p>J. Danforth & Co. asks Cresson to sell bottles and Brittania ware and coffee pots May 12 1842. Later Danforth sent by steam boat from Middleton Connecticut “tea setts†tea pots sugars and creamers and soup bowls. In exchange Danforth asks Cresson to send along some blind fastenings saw “stretchers†and windows springs. </p> <p>Josiah Hayden of Haydensville wants to send Cresson cheap pens. A number of merchants ask plead for payments for goods sold or goods hoped to have been sold. Others ask for advice concerning the reduction of their manufacturing output and future trade prospects in wire and gauge metals. From Pine Plains Dutchess County New York Cresson purchased cradles scythes from Silas Harris May 29 1842.</p> <p>From Dotterer & Taylor of Reading Pennsylvania comes a letter of exact specifications for a proposed “15 horse engine†with three boilers June 5 1842. This is followed by an excellent letter from another steam engine manufacturer a John H. Gage in Nashua N.H. who writes to Cresson of a steam engine order and what he can offer the company at the present time June 10 1845. </p> <p>Another firm writes requesting Cresson to send by rail a large quantity of “cram paper†that will be suitable for packing sad irons January 24 1842. A New York entity asks Cresson to provide prices and quantity available for a large order for tea kettles coffee mills hatchets shoe blacking mill saws cow hides Eagle and New England wood screws and shank augers June 30 1845. </p> <p>Various other letters are devoted to outstanding debts and bills paid or not paid or agents traveling to and from delayed by various inconveniences of pre-1850 American transportation.</p> <p>II. William P. Cresson Family and Business Receipts 1837–1845. <br /> 109 manuscript receipts a blend of business and private household expenses. </p> <p>These receipts range from 1837-1845 the majority are from the late 1830’s. Among the more interesting receipts in part:</p> <p>Two receipts one for gold fillings “replacing part of a plug†etc. are from noted dentist Samuel Sheldon Fitch 1801–1876. S.S. Fitch was a Jefferson graduate and a pioneer in dentistry. Fitch’s A System of Dental Surgery 1829 was a standard work in its day and from its successful proceeds Fitch devoted his efforts as a publisher and patent medicine manufacturer. See Atwater I: 321–325 </p> <p> Receipts to benevolent societies: The Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor “for one large comfortable†and the Magdalen Society of Philadelphia. </p> <p>A receipt to Dennis Rearson for marble post stones for Laurel Hill cemetery to be cut and engraved.</p> <p>Jappaning 175 feet of iron chain; repairing stoves and ovens; one black Russian hat a receipt for a passage from Pittsburgh to Louisville; shovel and tong stands; “altering pew cushions†a receipt for blankets a valice trunk “to hanging 4 Looking Glasses†expenses for resetting curb stone; “2 sett dishes Brittania Wareâ€; etc.</p> <p>A receipt for US almanacs bought of Watson & Reynolds by Cresson for what appears to be H. Peale. This is possibly Henrietta Peale 1806–1892 daughter of artist Rembrandt Peale 1778–1860. </p> <p>Twenty-five receipts specific to purchases by Mrs. William P. Cresson record a wide variety of Philadelphia merchants and providers of household and domestic services in part:</p> <p>Foodstuffs purchased: Peaches raisins prunes almonds wines hams soda & water crackers sherry mustard rice etc.</p> <p>Household wares: gold plates moulded dishes linens gold pencils sweeping brush cut lamps cone pitcher cone boats etc.</p> <p>Services rendered: glazing English glass paying Sarah Binns dressmaker capes and corsets made merino shirts made etc. A receipt is also seen for altering front chamber nursery dining room parlors stair and entry carpet; fixing stair rods and fitting oil “cloathsâ€; putting up parlor bed and window curtains payable to a Rachael Fletcher etc.</p> <p>Of mention a portrait of W.P. Cresson is located at the Smithsonian and this description includes a facsimile of a daguerreotype portrait of W.P. Cresson from an online source.</p> unknown
18712437Charterhouse School 1871. Hardcover. Very good. Dates: 1871-1877 and 1910. Small 4to. 37 ff. mostly with newspaper clippings neatly pasted in on both sides 4 ff. in manuscript "Summary of Scores" from 1871-1877 and 1910. Several leaves excised; it is possible that the present album had been re-purposed. On a few of the stubs appear fragmentary MS notations suggesting that the notebook may have once been divided alphabetically. We find on certain stubs "Ai" followed immediately by "Ao" and then several leaves later: "Her. - Hes" followed by "Io." Binding rebacked with smooth calf. In very good condition. Highly interesting homemade album of Cricket Scores available nowhere else specifically documenting the triumphs of three young members of the Blomfield family namely: E.G. Edward George C.J. Charles James and R.T. Reginald Theodore. One wonders if the present album was created in order to promote friendly competition between the brothers two of whom went to Haileybury School and one went to Charterhouse; all three went up to Oxford. There are scores and game synopsis of matches were between Haileybury Charterhouse Marylebone Cricket Club MCC Westminster Trinity College Oxon. Exeter Oxon. and more. One of the more interesting features about the album is that it provides a fascinating record of one family's love of the game:<br /> <br /> ¶ Edward George 1853-1885 entered Charterhouse School London in 1865 and transfer upon the School's removal to Godalming in 1872; in 1873 he went to Trinity College Oxon. where he earned a B.A. in 1877 and M.A. in 1879; thereafter he served as Curate of St. Mary's Portsea until 1883 and then Vicar of St. Mark's Woolston until his death in London in 1885.<br /> <br /> ¶ Charles James 1855-1928 went to Haileybury School; he underwent military training at Sandhurst and served as an army officer in India Sudan and Natal. He attained the rank of Major General before his retirement in 1917. NB: this individual is not to be confused with a noted architect of the same name b. 1862 d. 1932. <br /> <br /> ¶ Reginald Theodore 1856-1942 also went to Haileybury School; he earned his B.A. from Exeter Oxon. in 1880 and M.A. in 1884. He became an architect and was knighted in 1919. He is remembered mainly for his work designing British war memorials. <br /> <br /> ¶ The parents of the three young men were Rev. George John and his first cousin Isabella Blomfield of Bow Devonshire whose own father Charles James Blomfield was Bishop of London. <br /> <br /> ¶ At the end is a "Summary of Scores" for the years 1871-1877. Following this in a different hand is the year 1910; although the initial of the last name "Blomfield" remains the same the other initials belong to Reginald Thomas and his two sons Henry George and Austin. <br /> <br /> ¶ See Stedman Charterhouse Register 1872-1900 passim. CATALOGUER'S NOTE: We are grateful to Catherine Smith Archivist of Charterhouse School for much useful information concerning the Blomfield Family. hardcover
PR121701Original preparatory drawing ontwerptekening of the coat of arms of the Croiset van Uchelen and Van Eck Duymaer van Twist family. Size 135 x 115 mm.NL Croiset van Uchelen: gevierendeeld: eikenboom van natuurlijke kleur met zes gouden eikels drie gaande leeuwen boven elkaar. Van Eck Duymaer van Twist: Gevierendeeld: drie gouden adelaarsbenen drie schuinbalken en in het hart drie vogels. unknown
