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16192607n.p. 1619. Early 17th-century account ledger of Giulio Cesare and Luco Spinola two brothers of the Genoese patrician family recording debts and credits over a period beginning in 1619 and ending in 1631. Information about individual debts is registered at the top of each page with ample blank space underneath for successive transactions relating to the debt. Other pages are filled with tables recording transactions in a given period of time pertaining to different debtors and creditors. Although the book was evidently begun in 1619 some of the entries record transactions dating back to 1599. The entries are written in a single neat hand which only occasionally turns into a hasty scrawl. Six loose leaves inserted into the pages contain records of transactions from 1599 to 1630. The brothers were evidently responsible for the finances of their mother Lamilla whose name appears frequently as well as their sisters. One of them Luiggia born Livia was in a convent while the other Benedetta had her dowry managed by her brother until her marriage to her cousin Paris Salvago. Reflecting the Spinola familys twin spheres of influence in Genoa and Naples both places appear in the transactions with somewhat more mentions of Naplesprobably an indication of the focus of Giulio Cesare and Lucos business interests and a plausible explanation for why their accounting ledger should be bound in such a splendid Spanish-Neapolitan binding. Folio manuscript 25 x 35 cm consisting of 119 numbered leaves and 70 blank leaves; 6 loose folded leaves. Contemporary black morocco wallet binding most likely Neapolitan or Spanish elaborately and densely tooled with original morocco reinforcements with decorative red stitching on lower edge i.e. spine; some minor worming and abrasion. Vellum title shows minor soiling and so do extremities of scattered leaves but generally in an excellent state of preservation. hardcover books
1969145938N.p.: Warner Brothers 1969. Vintage studio photograph on the set of the 1970 film. director Michael Wadleigh with an unidentified crew member.<br/><br/>The iconic documentary of the 1969 three day music festival near Bethel New York which attracted an audience of more than 300000 people. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary and nominated for two more.<br/><br/>Shot on location in Bethel New York.<br/><br/>9.25 x 7.25 inches. Very Good plus light edgewear and light creasing. <br/><br/>National Film Registry. Rosenbaum 1000. Ebert III. Warner Brothers unknown books
37063n. p. n. d. Single sheet with woodcut inserted in green folded paper. A VG copy. One large brown woodcut illustration. 10-1/2" x 4-1/4" <br/><br/>A Christmas Greeting unknown books
199324744NY: HarperCollins. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1993. Hardcover. 0060210788 . Illustrated by Laura Cornell. A later printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . HarperCollins hardcover books
1997SKU1036257Penobscot Press 1997-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 2 volume set. Both have dust jackets. Both have mild wear with good bindings few pencil notations in the margins. BIG set. Both volumes together have 2153 pages. spcons Penobscot Press hardcover books
200121413NY: HarperCollins. Fine. 2001. Hardcover. 0064408655 . Illustrated by Brett Helquist. First printing. Fine in illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. . HarperCollins hardcover books
194710347Tennessee: Vanderbilt University Chapel 1947. Paperback. Fair. InventorsBiomedicineMountaineeringRAF Memorial Service booklet May 29 1947. Vanderbilt University Chapel. pp. 26 Stapled booklet in paper wrappers nameplate pastedown to front cover. Glenn Allan Millikan was a noted Cambridge and Vanderbilt professor of Physiology killed while mountain climbing in the Cumberland Mountains of Tennessee. Exceptionally popular and beloved having gained notoriety for the invention of the first portable pulse oximeter as well coining the term the groundbreaking contribution to the Royal Air Force would be integrated into altitude masks for fighter pilots. In 1939 he married the daughter of George Mallory famed climber who died during a Mount Everest expedition. His father Nobel Prize 1923 winning Physicist Robert A. Millikan studied under Nernst and Planck and proved Einstein Vanderbilt University Chapel paperback books
607862not signed from the 1978 TV film "A Family Upside Down". 1. 3/4 length group pose with Fred Astaire Helen Hayes Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Pat Crowley and Patty Duke. 2. Full length shot of Fred Astaire Helen Hayes and producer Ross Hunter. Photographs are on single weight stock; 8" x 10"; very good minor signs of handling; 1978. No Binding. Very Good. unknown books
199639406NY:: HarperCollins. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1996. Hardcover. 0062050788 . Illustrated by the author. First edition. Fine in an about fine dust jacket. . HarperCollins, hardcover books
18707418baGlen Cove NY: Carpenter Family in America 1870. Book. Very good condition. Paperback. Americana; genealogy; 3 pages; 20.2cm; organization constitution. Carpenter Family in America Paperback books
197217049New York: Entwhistle Books 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First edtion of this facsimile of the original manuscript written by Paul Williams founder of Crawdaddy Magazine the first journal to seriously critique the rock and roll scene. 186 pp. A collection of autobiographical essays poems and other writings by Williams. Published in an edition of five hundered hand-numbered and SIGNED copies. This is number 50. Covers dusty with age but a generally clean and sound very good copy in black boards printed in gold. Entwhistle Books hardcover books
1840470Cleveland 1840. Very good. 8pp. on three folded sheets. Folio. Old fold lines. Minor wear and soiling. In a highly legible hand. Small archive of letters written by James and Mary Smith English farmers emigrated to Ohio by way of Lowell Massachusetts. The pair settled on a farm eight miles from Cleveland during a boom period -- in 1820 only 606 people lived in Cleveland and only around 1000 in 1830. The completion of the Ohio and Erie Canals however increased the population to nearly 6000 by the time the last of these letters was written in 1840. The Smiths had seven children at least one of whom John C. Smith 1814-1881 remained in Lowell working as a calico printer at the Merrimack Print Works. As a family of farmers the Smiths' correspondence focuses primarily on their land and the value of their harvest. In the winter of 1837 James and Mary tell their son. "We have completed our stable. It will hold ten head of cattle. We have 3 acres of wheat in which we intend to raise much produce as we can for Cleveland is a very good market. Our last butter we got 21 cents per pound flour is 7 dollars and 50 cents per barrel." By 1840 the Smiths' land is thriving: "Our crop of wheat is 66 bushels. The last years was the best year for wheat since we came here. we sold butter 424 pounds it made us over 70 dollars from 4 cows. The last fall we cleared six acres and put wheat in it. It is the most we have put in since we came. The last harvest we had 18 acres to mow 5 acres of wheat to reap 2 acres oats to reap and six acres of wheat to put in. We hired a man one week to help us. We did all rest ourselves. We have under cultivation 40 acres. Land is low because cash is so very scarce." Cash may have been scarce because of the region or due to the Panic of 1837 which hit the Smiths and their dairy in the next couple of years. A nice snapshot of the life of emigrant farmers in the Midwest during the 1830s. unknown 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
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
34785London: The Religious Tract Society n. d. Circa mid-1800s. Not in Attar's HOUSEHOLD BOOKS and OCLC records just 6 institutional holdings. Green fine-weave flexible cloth binding with gilt stamped title lettering to front cover. Pale yellow eps. Gilt bright. A VG copy. iv 176 pp including Index. 16mo. 5-11/16" x 3-1/2" <br/><br/>A 'how-to' with such chapters as Duty Domestic Management & Useful Recipes. This latter tells us "How to make a joint serve a week." Can you say 'frugal' The Religious Tract Society hardcover books
122417Stockton: 1992. Two boxes large 4to 12 1/2 x 11 ins. containing 51 reproductions from original daguerreotypes ambrotypes tintypes and other formats mounted and preserved in mylar sleeves. In perfect condition contained in red cloth boxes. § Only edition of these fine reproductions of some of the rarest early material about Stockton and its founding families. This set is one of five sets made for the Cole family and copy #3 of 22 sets in all; Geraldine Cole was a direct descendant of Capt. Weber. The other four sets have been retained by the family. Loosely inserted are descriptive text leaves by Prof. Daniel Kasser and others about the importance of the collection. "It represents a rare nearly unique vision of facets from a family album. To the City of Stockton and the State of California they represent a regional treasure. Unique in and to their time many of these images qualify as national treasures." Kasser. In all a complete set of the material including the 6 supplementary leaves of text errata etc. 1992. Two boxes hardcover books
1934UIVIUTA02LAWGenealogical Society of Utah 1934. Very Good. Ivins Anthony W. The Utah Genealogical and Historical Magazine: Vol XXV No. 2 April 1934. Bennett Smoot Family Piece Archibald F. Salt Lake City Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah 1934. 96pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Gray wraps. Book condition: Very good with gently bumped corners and subtly faded covers. In original mailer. Contains Archibald Bennett's ""The Smoot Family"". Genealogical Society of Utah paperback books
1930m2305N.l.: Olmsted Family 1930. Octavo stiff printed wrappers stapled 46 pp. Frontis. photo portraits photos. Very Good. Olmsted Family, 1930. unknown books
1972256633Mountain View CA: SRAFprint Co-op 1972. Pamphlet. 12p. mimeographed in stapled wraps 5.5x8.5 inches minor browning else very good condition. "Printed by IWW 450" and the address of SRAFprint Co-op stamped on last page. On the social revolution during the civil war arguing that it was stifled by too much statist meddling. SRAFprint Co-op unknown books
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
188232045Boston 1882. Advertising flyer. 4to pp. 4. Printed in black on newsprint. Picture of the performers on the front 8 adults and children stamped in purple "Woodbury's Hall Saturday Jul 28." Inside a description of the performers each of whom play a variety of brass stringed instruments and drums; plus some reviews of performances. On the back a large portrait of Annie A. Park "Acknowledged the finest Lady cornetist by the best Musical Critics." The piece is cut cleanly across the center perhaps where it had been folded. Some yellowing and small tears on edges but otherwise quite well preserved. unknown books
306644Garden City New York Doubleday & Company 1976. First edition later printing . 8vo. 1 page foreword by Ronald J. Clark. Illustrated with 130 b/w halftone photographs. Dust jacket designed by Bill Kuhre unclipped; light soiling. Very good-fine. 246 pages. No signatures or bookplates. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Garden City, New York, Doubleday & Company, 1976. hardcover books
1988003205Times Books 1988 1988. Book. Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fine copy in like jacket. Great reference work. Times Books, 1988 Hardcover books
190240715CHICAGO: Other. Very Good. 1902. Hardcover. 6" TALL X 9" WIDE BOUND IN BOARDS #2 FENCING BY HAND AT THE BARN ON THE FARM BY FARMERS. THE BOTTOM BINDING RING OF 3 IS CRACKED AND NEEDS RESTRUNG. . Other hardcover books
49562Stillwater MN: Lowell Inn n. d. Ca 1960s. Self-wrappers stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Modest signs of use VG to Nr Fine. Unpaginated though 24 pp including wrappers. Illustrated with drawings throughout. 5-1/2" x 4" <br/><br/>"The Matterhorn Room of the Lowell Inn represents beauty and excellence in both the carving and culinary arts but is primarily dedicated to the 'lost art' of Swiss wood carving. . The Matterhorn Room also honors the swiss ancestry of Nelle Obrecht Palmer who guided the Lowell Inn for forty years and it reflects the heritage of the Palmer family which serves you today." Lowell Inn unknown books
