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Martin, T
MARY MAGDALEN'S TEARS WIPT OFF or The voice of peace to an unquiet conscience. Written by way of a letter to a person of quality and published for the comfort of all those who mourn in Zion
London: J.C. for T. Garthwait at The Little North Door of St Paul's 1659. 1st Edition . Hardback. Vg. 12mo. v 118pp ii ads 'Written By Way Of Letter To A Person of Quality'. Later cloth binding gilt titles to the spine. <br/> <br/> J.C. for T. Garthwait at The Little North Door of St Paul's hardcover
Bookseller reference : GT753
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Martin, Thomas L; and [Miss Flossie Martin]
Churches of Davie County North Carolina Signed by Flossie Martin
Charlotte: TEI Publishing House 1957. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Oblong Quarto. 68 pages. INSCRIBED on the front flyleaf by Flossie Martin who helped Thomas Martin put this book together. Hardcover bound in quarter black cloth with blue paper-covered boards. Rubbing and wear to the binding. Some foxing to the front cover the title page and a few other pages. There is browning to the rear flyleaves where a large newspaper page has been folded up. Text has a slight closed-in house aroma. Illustrated with photos throughout. The only author noted is Thomas L. Martin. However the newspaper article from the Winston-Salem Journal and Sentinel August 11 1957 notes that "Miss Flossie Martin a teacher in the Davie County Consolidated High School and Miss Mary Jane Heitman a Davie County historian helped him with the historical sketches." The inscription on the front flyleaf reads "To Lester Martin / January 1 1958 / from Flossie Martin." A nice association copy of a scarce book. <br/> <br/> TEI Publishing House hardcover
Bookseller reference : 042611
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Martin, Tovah (text); Richard W Brown (photographs)
Tasha Tudor's Heirloom Crafts SIGNED
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin 1995. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Authors. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Brown cloth lettered in gold foil. As issued. Color pictorial dust jacket is lightly sunned along spine panel and a bit toned along inner edges with small chip to bottom front flap corner now in mylar. Signed by Tudor on half-title beneath color illustration full signature with no inscription or date. 152 pp. illus. w/ color photographs. Houghton Mifflin Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 039132 ISBN : 0395735270 9780395735275
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MARTIN-LEAKE STEPHEN:
AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF ENGLISH MONEY FROM THE CONQEST TO THE PRESENT TIME
LONDON MEADOWS 1745. SECOND EDITION FULL LEATHER REBACKED WITH A NEW SPINE. SLIGHT WEAR TO THE TOP OF THE SPINE. WITH 13 PLATES 428 PAGES TABLE OF ENGLISH SILVER COINS INDEX. WITH SOME INTERESTING CONTEMPORARY NEAT NOTES IN THE MARGINS. A VERY GOOD COPY. LONDON, MEADOWS, 1745 hardcover
Bookseller reference : 41309
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MARTINDELL, E W
A bibliography of the works of Rudyard Kipling 1881-1923
London: John Lane The Bodley Head 1923. New edition much enlarged first published 1922 8vo pp. xvi 2 tipped-in "Addenda et Corrigenda" 221 1; frontispiece and 51 facsimiles on plates; a very good copy in original burgundy cloth gilt with minimal wear and dust jacket with front panel detached from spine and some chipping along edges contained in clear cover. John Lane The Bodley Head unknown
Bookseller reference : 26897
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MARTINDELL E. W.
A bibliography of the works of Rudyard Kipling 1881-1923
London: John Lane The Bodley Head 1923. New edition much enlarged first published 1922 8vo pp. xvi 2 tipped-in "Addenda et Corrigenda" 221 1; frontispiece and 51 facsimiles on plates; a very good copy in original burgundy cloth gilt with minimal wear and dust jacket with front panel detached from spine and some chipping along edges contained in clear cover. <br/><br/> John Lane The Bodley Head hardcover books
Bookseller reference : 26897
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Martine BRODA - Gisele CELAN-LESTRANGE
Double
Paris: La répétition 2006. Fine. La répétition Paris 2006 19.50 x 29 cm broché first edition printed in 150 numbered copies ours not justified. Rare and pleasant copy. Illustrated book of 3 drawings by Gisèle Celan-Lestrange. Autograph signed by Martine Broda to poet Charles Dobzynski. La répétition unknown
Bookseller reference : 70860
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MARTINEAU Harriet 1802 76
Autograph Quotation unsigned
The first female sociologist" according to some and a feminist at a time when that word was unknown this versatile English writer penned nonfiction essays poetry novels short stories travelogues economics and more and was one of the few self-supporting women writers of her age. Autograph Quotation unsigned 1p 7 3/4" X 6 3/4" n.p. n.y. Very good. Mild age toning and old not weakened folds; tipped to similar-size sheet. Four 4-line stanzas from Martineau's 1866 poem "The Coming of Christ in Power" the first stanza reading: "Lord Jesus come! for still / Vice shouts her maniac mirth. / And famished thousands crave their fill / While teems the fruitful earth." And the last stanza reads: "Come as in days of old / With words of grace & power! / Gather us all within thy fold / And never leave us more." Interestingly the phraseology of these four stanzas differs considerably from some printed versions of it. Vertically along the right edge a different unknown hand notes "Composed and written by Harriet Martineau. / Given to me by Mrs. Follen." Eliza L. Follen 1787-1860 was an American abolitionist and wife of poet Charles Follen; in 1844 she wrote the introduction to the American edition of Martineau's book "Life in the Sick-Room: Essays." An intriguing Martineau text though not signed and with interesting provenance. unknown books
Bookseller reference : 40710
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MARTINEAU, Harriet (1802-76)
Autograph Quotation unsigned
The first female sociologist" according to some and a feminist at a time when that word was unknown this versatile English writer penned nonfiction essays poetry novels short stories travelogues economics and more and was one of the few self-supporting women writers of her age. Autograph Quotation unsigned 1p 7 3/4" X 6 3/4" n.p. n.y. Very good. Mild age toning and old not weakened folds; tipped to similar-size sheet. Four 4-line stanzas from Martineau's 1866 poem "The Coming of Christ in Power" the first stanza reading: "Lord Jesus come! for still / Vice shouts her maniac mirth. / And famished thousands crave their fill / While teems the fruitful earth." And the last stanza reads: "Come as in days of old / With words of grace & power! / Gather us all within thy fold / And never leave us more." Interestingly the phraseology of these four stanzas differs considerably from some printed versions of it. Vertically along the right edge a different unknown hand notes "Composed and written by Harriet Martineau. / Given to me by Mrs. Follen." Eliza L. Follen 1787-1860 was an American abolitionist and wife of poet Charles Follen; in 1844 she wrote the introduction to the American edition of Martineau's book "Life in the Sick-Room: Essays." An intriguing Martineau text though not signed and with interesting provenance. unknown
Bookseller reference : 40710
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Martinez de Sousa, Jose
Diccionario de Tipografia y del Libro
Barcelona Spain: Editorial Labor S. A. 1974. Internally reinforced in two places with clear tape. Inner hinges have been neatly re-glued making the book square and tight. Previous owner's name. Light cover wear. No underlining. No highlighting. No margin notes. Text in Spanish. Seems to be a dictionary of terms relating to the book bookmaking typography and publishing. Primera parte: Tipografía y Bibliología. Segunda parte: Temas Ortogràficos. Has 11 appendices on copyright sistema ISBN Deposito legal etc. Bibliografia. Original red boards gilt. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Very Good condition/Good DJ tape reinforced. 8vo. xvi 547pp . Editorial Labor, S. A. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 012893 ISBN : 8433503006 9788433503008
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Martinez Lopez, Rosario
La artesania se hizo arte. El Taller de Galvan 1949-1999.
Madrid / Cadiz: Fundacion Central Hispano and Ayuntamiento de Cadiz 1999. A beautifully-reproduced monograph and exhibition catalogue devoted to the work of the Galvan family leading bookbinders in Spain during the second half of the 20th century. Dozens of stunning color plates. Catalogue of 90 fine bindings each described in detail and reproduced. Also includes a series of mercifully short laudatory texts most by semi-literate bimbos who happen to own books bound by the Galvans. Large 4to. original wraps. Fine and bright. <br/><br/> Madrid / Cadiz: Fundacion Central Hispano and Ayuntamiento de Cadiz, 1999 paperback
Bookseller reference : 3056 ISBN : 8489913110 9788489913110
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Martingale
English Country Life Bookplate Of Alfred Robert Denison
London: Richard Bentley 1843. First Edition 1st Printing. Half Red Morocco. Near Fine. 8" Tall. 288 Pp. First Printing. Half Red Morocco Over Marbled Boards Top Edge Gilt Gilt Lines On Spine And Covers And Center Tools On Spine. White Morocco Bookplate Of The Great Collector Alfred Robert Denison 1816-1887. Near Fine. <br/> <br/> Richard Bentley unknown
Bookseller reference : 024868
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MARTINVILLE
1 2 3 4 ou la cassette précieuse vaudeville en deux actes par le citoyen Martinville
Bordeaux: Chez Pellier-Lawalle 1801. Fine. Chez Pellier-Lawalle Bordeaux An X 13.50 x 21.50 cm broché First edition. In original wrappers covered with strong beige paper in the 20th century. Covers turned in. A vaudeville that is to say a popular play often embellished with songs as is the case here the play tells the story of two castaways believing they possess a casket filled with riches. This contains the Constitutions of 1791 1793 of Year III. This treasure will make them quasi-divinities among the islanders. Chez Pellier-Lawalle unknown
Bookseller reference : 21805
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Martius, CFP DE; Lehmann, Johannes, Georgius Christianus; Radius, Justus; Steven, C C F P
Four works : Monographia Pedicularis; Dissertatio de Pyrola et Chimophila; Generis Nicotianarum Historia; Palmarum Familia Ejusque Genera denuo illustrata
Four works in one volume quarto. Monographia Pedicularis C. Steven Moscow 1822 engraved botanical title page 59 pages 16 engraved plates. Dissertatio de Pyrola et Chimophila specimen primum botanicum Justus Radius Leipzig 1821 pp 20 39 i with five engraved plates. Generis Nicotianarum Historia quam munus professoris in Gymnasio Hamburgensi Academico J.G.C. Lehmann 1818 52 pages four folding engraved plates. Palmarum Familia ejusque Genera denuo illustrata C.F.P. de Martius Munich 1824 with 24 pages. All bound in one volume contemporary half calf and boards a little worn and rubbed morocco label on spine lacking the rear endpaper a bit aged and dusty thoughout. The front endpapers are marked by childish pencil notes heavily impressed - fortunately the rest of the book is not affected. ALL THE WORKS SEEM RARE. . First Edition. Half Leather. Good. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 021721
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Martyn, John
The Georgics of Virgil with an English translation Pub. Virgilii Maronis Georgicum Libri Quatuor
Dublin: John Exshaw 1778. Illustrated with three folding engraved maps and ten engraved plates some folding octavo pp xvi 118; 128; 132; 95; 13 a few folded corners a little used and age-toned internally with a few paper imperfections and marks the front endpaper slightly marked and lacking a corner contemporary calf sound but rather worn at the edges lacking tiny pieces at the head and tail of the spine the spine dull and lacking its label the joints cracking and peeling. Of great value for the extensive notes on agriculture botany medicine and herbalism. Martyn 1699-1768 was born in London the son of a merchant. He attended a school in the vicinity of his home and when he turned 16 worked for his father intending to follow a business career. He married Marie Anne Fonnereau daughter of Claude Fonnereau a Huguenot refugee who had settled in England and became a successful merchant. He abandoned this idea in favour of medical and botanical studies. His interest in botany came from his acquaintance with an apothecary John Wilmer and Dr. Patrick Blair a surgeon-apothecary from Dundee who practiced in London. Martyn gave some botanical lectures in London in 1721 and 1726 and in 1727 was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London. Martyn was one of the founders with Johann Jacob Dillenius and others and the secretary of a botanical society which met for a few years in the Rainbow coffee-house Watling Street. In 1732 he was appointed Professor of Botany at Cambridge University but finding little encouragement and hampered by a lack of equipment he soon ceased lecturing. He retained his professorship however until 1768 when he resigned in favour of his son Thomas. On resigning the botanical chair at Cambridge he presented the university with a number of his botanical specimens and books. Full Leather. Good. John Exshaw Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 020663
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Martyn, Thomas (1735-1825) & Saussure, Horace Benedict De 1740-1799
Sketch of a Tour Through Swisserland : With an Accurate Map./ To Which is Added a Short Acount of an Expedition to the Summit of Montblank
Geneva: Editions Slatkine 1989 Book. New. Decorative Cloth. Facsimile Edition. Facsimile reprint of two classic descriptions of Switzerland :" A Sketch of a Tour Through Swisserland : With an Accurate Map' together with an appendix : " A Short Account of an Expedition to the Summit of Montblanc First published by G.Kearsley London 1788" "This volume has been produced for the World Economic Forum by Editions Slatkine Geneva on a paper specially prepared for this edition.This No 134 of the 300 numbered examples have been printed Bound in brown cloth boards with spine title and rules in gold. Paper label on front cover.127 p. fold out map. This edition NOT found in WorldCat. Editions Slatkine hardcover
Bookseller reference : 047215
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MARVEL COMICS
Marvel. The Bronze Age 1970-1980. Selected and introduced by Roy Thomas. Preface by Chris Claremont. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
Folio Society 2020. 8vo. First Edition thus with coloured illustrations throughout and printed endpapers; pictorial boards blocked in colours ribbon marker a near fine copy in publisher's printed solander case. Includes 64pp facsimile comic and exclusive print. Folio Society, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 43403
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MARVEL COMICS
Marvel. The Golden Age 1939-1949. Edited and introduced by Roy Thomas. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
Folio Society 2019. 8vo. First Edition thus with coloured illustrations throughout; blue cloth blocked in colours red silk marker a near fine copy in publisher's printed solander case. Includes facsimile reissue of Marvel Comic No. 1 and exclusive four-colour print. Folio Society, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 40793
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MARVEL COMICS
Marvel. The Silver Age 1960 - 1970. Selected and introduced by Roy Thomas. Preface by Michael Moorcock. NEAR FINE COPY IN PUBLISHER'S SLIP-CASE
Folio Society 2019. 8vo. First Edition thus with coloured illustrations throughout; pictorial boards blocked in colours a near fine copy in publisher's printed solander case. Includes scale reproduction of 'The Fantastic Four No. 1"". Folio Society, hardcover
Bookseller reference : 41708
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Marvel, Ik (Donald G Mitchell)
Dream Life: A Fable Of The Seasons
New York: Charles Scribner 1851. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. Vii 286 Pp. Dark Green Cloth Gilt And Blind Stamped Top Edge Gilt. First Edition First State With 1851 Date On Title Page Stereotyper's Slug On The The Copyright Page Five Dots Before 56 On Page V And The Word "World" In Broken Type On Contents Page Vi. Near Fine Slight Wear Small Tear Between "Dream" And "Life" On Spine Spine Cloth A Little Faded; Endpapers Clean Small Foxing Dots At Top And Right Of Second Front Free Endpaper Otherwise Clean And Fresh Throughout. Bookplate Of Emily Dickinson Collector Margaret Jane Pershing Printed In Green With Floral Frame Her Collection Now At Princeton. Additional Plain Ownership Stamp Of Horace T Cook Who Was The Treasurer Of Cayuga County Ny. <br/> <br/> Charles Scribner hardcover
Bookseller reference : 041715
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MARVIN J MILLER
1944 - 1945 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND TESTAMENT TO HUMAN SURVIVAL AND ENDURANCE HANDWRITTEN BY AN AMERICAN AIRMAN SHOT OUT OF THE AIR IMPRISONED IN GERMANY'S HARSHEST POW CAMP AND THEN NEARLY MARCHED AND STARVED TO DEATH
LUFT. D. CAMP IV STALAG GERMANY. Good. 1940. On offer is a sensational original World War II manuscript relic being the 50 page handwritten diary and ephemera of American Airman Marvin J. Miller who documents his capture and time spent in Luft. D. Camp IV Stalag considered one of the most violent and brutal German prison camps noted for bayoneting prisoners beating and mistreating them as a matter of routine in IV-D and after the war there were hearings on this camp in a rough notebook he traded for cigarettes from a camp guard. While Marvin a devout Latter Day Saint didn't smoke he did play Pinochle and he always had a supply for barter. The diary starts out with their ill fated mission; Marvin was in the top turret of a B-24 flying with the 464th Bomb Group in the 776th Bomb Squadron and was shot down on 24 August 1944 flying in "COM-BATTY" which was stationed in Pantanella Italy and was lost to enemy action on a mission to Pardubice Czechoslovakia. Marvin was on the February 6th "Black March" also called the "Starvation March" a long and arduous forced march from the Stalag that took 86 days and nearly 600 miles until liberated on April 26th 1945. He was very ill with dysentery and even while in the sick detachment and he names the men who died from pneumonia etc. Even amidst the horror of captivity by the Germans Marvin and his chums still have times for humor recording a few pages from letters of fellow POWs that had black humor to them. He also wrote several fine poems and thoughts on flying German Flak War Love Peace and Food! He meticulously records the contents of the various Care Packages that the Red Cross delivered: super detailed content and record of daily life in the Stalag and Liberation. Flak smoke in the sky enemy fighters and interrogations. Marvin does a super job with some very stirring and poetic words as well as just plain telling it like it was. Historians and researchers will appreciate Marvin's contribution to history recording the names and addresses of many of his friends that he's made in camp and acquaintances. Listing them by Stalag Building Number and then by room. Many are local Utah internees. Included are four photos taken in Halle of wrecked German ME-109 STUKAS an 88 and a girl on a bicycle and a letter written to Marvin while in captivity! Overall G.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF MARVIN J MILLER CATERPILLAR CLUB SWITLIK PARACHUTE PILOTS AAF ESCAPE EVASION SURVIVAL PRISONER OF WAR BLACK MARCH SURVIVOR POW STARVATION MARCH BATAAN DEATH MARCH WWII WW2 WORLD WAR II EUROPEAN THEATRE AMERICAN AIRMEN SHOT DOWN SALT LAKE VALLEY LUFT. D. CAMP IV STALAG GERMAN PRISONER HERO COM-BATTY LATTER DAY SAINT AMERICANAHANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS AMERICANA MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown
Bookseller reference : 0002096
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Marvin, Keith; et al
Air Cooled News, Number 90, March [Mar.] 1984, Vol. XXX, No. 3 - Company Sales Awards / A. Atwater Kent
32 pages. Features: Passing of members Ralph G. Maddox, Dr. Leonard M. Aquilino, and Arthur C. Nelson; Spotlight on "Dutch" Kern and his 1931 Franklin; The Governor's Franklin - First in the State; H.H. Franklin Co. Sales Awards; Benny's Biography - car 6202 was built in 1908; The Cotton Body Company; Reproduction of "Royal Automobile Club, Report of Trial No. 724, Franklin Car; Reproduction of Franklin-related article in The Bystander in 1927; Detailing the Series 12-A of 1928; Reproduction of 1928 ad for the Franklin "Airman"; History of a Franklin Boattail in Hawaii; Atwater Kent and Franklin; Reproductions of two Atwater Kent ads; Reproduction of Atwater Kent ignition ad; Parts Price List for Atwater Kent Scientific Ignition Type CA-F Franklin System; Reproduction of vintage engineering drawing of the Franklin Lion Mascot, dated 1924; John Burns column on maintenance and restoration - Folberth windshield wiper motor replacement, electric gasoline gauges for series 12 and early series 13, scarcity of 6 volt batteries; Reproduction of four-page brochure for the Nagel R.K.D. Electric Gasoline Gauge, Franklin Installation, Series 12; Reproduction of vintage 1928 Franklin ad from the Syracuse Herald. Clean and unmarked with moderate wear. A quality copy of this excellent issue. Book
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Marvin, Keith; et al
Antique Automobile Magazine, June 1959
Features: Two Rare Otto Cars - The Penrose Otto and the Kurtz Otto; Otto History and Specifications; History of License Plates - Part 1 to 1912; Golden Anniversary of the Hudson Motor Car - article with great photos; The Great Pittsburgh Six - Pittsburgh Region will celebrate its 50th anniversary in July; Duster and Veil; Recalling Our Sampson "35" of 1912; Excessive use of rare antique automobiles?; Recent Finds; Members photo showcase; 1903 Paris Madrid; Honorary Member - Vincent Galloni; 33 Years of Hudson Specifications; Nice color ad for Antique Kentucky Straight Bourbon on back cover; and more. Average wear. Small bit of brown paper affixed to front cover. Unmarked. A sound copy. Magazine
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Marvin, Keith; Root, V.A.; et al
Antique Automobile Magazine, August-September 1959: History of License Plates
Features: History of License Plates - Part II; The 1902 Hansen Car; 1907 the Hansen-Whitman Car; The Auburn - Cord - Duesenberg Club Story; Your Roving Reporter; Canada's First Automobile Inventor Found - George Foote Moss in Sherbrooke, Quebec; 1909 Sterling restored; Our White Steamer Man in South Africa 50 Years ago - V.A. Root; Photos of White Steamers; 1908 Sharp Arrow Racer - photos; The Case of the Disappearing Pierce-Arrows - photos/article about their alternate uses on rail in Colorado; Nice color ad for Antique Kentucky Straight Bourbon on back cover; and more. Average wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book
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Marvin, Theophilus R
Genealogical Sketch Of The Descendants Of Reinold And Matthew Marvin Who Came To New England In 1635. Compiled From Authentic Sources
Boston: Theophilus R. Martin 1848. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 56 Pp. Brown Ribbed Cloth Gilt And Stamped In Blind. Near Fine No Marks Very Tiny Frayed Points At Bottom Of Spine And Lower Front Tip Gilt Brilliant No Discoloration. Only Two Institutional Holdings Located By Worldcat. <br/> <br/> Theophilus R. Martin hardcover
Bookseller reference : 037548
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Marvine, William
Manuscript Memorial Book For Sarah A. Gould 1839-1861 And Charles E. Marvine 1835-1861 Of New York City
New York City 1861. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Quarter Leather Over Marbled Boards A Bound Book Of Blue Paper With Extensive Handwritten Family Memorials A Few Clippings And A Finely Printed Memorial Notice From The 8Th National Guard. The Two Are Reported As Quite Close And Their Death Separated By Only 5 Months. <br/> <br/> hardcover
Bookseller reference : 037650
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MARX, Leon (1875-1935)
Signature
This child prodigy played for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra 1898-1911; he also formed the Leon Marx String Quartette later the Leon Marx Trio. Bold signature heavy stock 3½" X 2½" n.p. Chicago IL n.y. 1906. Near fine. On a 2¼" X 1" slip bearing a printed musical staff neatly tipped to this heavy stock card Marx signs in full directly across the staff. Uncommon. unknown
Bookseller reference : 17918
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MARY A HERRICK
1864 1867 ACCOUNTS BOOK ARCHIVE OF HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A YOUNG PIONEER CIVIL WAR ERA WOMAN BESET BY TRAGEDY
Blandford Massachusetts. Very Good. 1864. This modest archive of diaries belonged to Mary A. Herrick of Blandford Mass. Sometimes slow reading but legible each page details the incredibly hard life of this pioneer woman. We believe she is a young late teens perhaps as she mentions once she is making cheese for the very first time. woman married I think as I believe the girl Hattie was hers living with her brothers sisters and father. I have not found reference to a mother and I am not sure about the husband. Most of the chores fall to her each day toiling many days tragedy to report for example the year begins straight off; "A solemn New Year with the corpse of little Hattie lying in the south room. Aunt ____ and children gone home. Holden and Louisa worked for us all day. In my black duds." "Mr. Osborn brought home the coffin black walnut." The neighbor down the road assesses that Hattie's death is "from diptheria and then croup." Feb 14th "Went to church first time since Hattie died. I was very much affected not a child to sit with me". It takes Mary until July to pay Dr. Andrews the monies he is owed. Another entry states "chimney caught fire". "Little May is not well. Father borrowed Mr. Tiffanys machine as his is broke." "Went to __'s fraid he's got diptheria. carried up some medicine." The only direct mention of the Civil War is "We hear bad news from the Army." Other references are more subtle. This pioneer woman is too preoccupied with hard scrap times to worry about the war otherwise it seems. Father makes many occasional trips to Springfield. The last heartbreaking entry for Dec. 31st 1864 - "exactly one year ago today my Hattie passed away." Then there are ledger pages first couple of entries for cash accounts. Not much else there until the very end with a list of deaths for the years. Poor Mary was beset and pre-occupied on the subject the whole year. Other entries dealing with everyday life so many ending with how very tired she is. Only 4 days do not have any entry at all in 1864. 1867 is a little less written but not by much. The diaries measure 4" wide x 2.5" high. The cash ledger 4 x 6 in. is being held together by the strings in the binding. There is a 2.5" tear on the lower rear spine edge. Three of the pages are loose. 52 pages have entries. The name on the inside front cover appears to be A.A. Leffingwell of Massachusetts Barrington Making of cider selling of lamb charges for the use of a horse are among the transactions. Some of the names listed are Henry Chapman William Golden Henry Bigelo William Avery L.K.Bosworth Henry Woodruff Edward Pease John Aldrich E.B.Cole Charley Washburn Charley Bartlet John Campbell Elisha Avery Theodore Lyman William Johnson. We are uncertain as to the connection of the items but they came from the same estate and our policy is to keep items together. ; Manuscript; 64mo - up to 3" tall; HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA Genealogy Civil War Pioneer Massachusetts Diptheria Civil War Era . unknown
Bookseller reference : 000085
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MARY aka Mamie
1876 Handwritten Manuscript Journal Diary of MARY of Washington DC
Washington DC. Good with no dust jacket. 1876. Cloth. This charming journal was purchased from the great-great niece of the writer who was born in Washington DC just before the Civil War began. She was in her teens when she wrote over 100 pages in her hardback notebook in 1876. In exquisite penmanship she jotted down notes on history science biography religious and philosophical thought and other subjects of interest to a young woman with an inquiring mind in Victorian days. Mary or "Mamie" as she was known lived a long life of spinsterhood went blind in her old age and died in her mid-nineties in the early 1950's. In her final years Mamie "saw" the world through the eyes of her family and friends who visited her asking them endless questions about the way people and things looked in every detail. This curiosity reflects the spirit of the young woman who kept this notebook summarizing what she had learned about so many subjects. The book is well preserved given it's age. It measures 6 3/4" X 8 1/4" and contains over 50 leaves written on both sides to equal over 100 pages of script. ; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA Trip Vacation . hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000041
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MARY AND ELLEN CLARK
MID & LATE 1800s ORIGINAL GROUP OF SIX 6 DIARIES OF SISTERS COMING OF AGE IN TWO DIFFERENT TIMES IN AMERICA ONE THE BACKDROP OF THE CIVIL WAR AND THE OTHER AN ERA OF DEPRESSION AND DISEASE
PLYMOUTH NEW HAMPSHIRE NH. Good. 1863. On offer are six diaries from two sisters coming of age together in the mid to late 19th century in Plymouth New Hampshire. The two sisters are Mary and Ellen Clark. There are three diaries written by Mary: 1863 1864 and 1866. For her sister Ellen the years are 1878 1884 and 1885. Ms. Mary Clarks diaries are an interesting look at the life of a young woman coming of age with the backdrop of an America plunged into Civil War. Her first diary starts in February of 1864 and ends on September 30th 1865. The contents are hand written in a tiny neat pencilled cursive hand. Contents of the diary on a day to day basis are mostly on weather travels or illness of other residence of the Town. There are however mentions of historical significance. On April 10th there is the following "A report came that Lee was taken. Bells rang and cannon were fired" and then on Wednesday April 19th "Account of the Death of the President. Grant is meeting in the office now". Interestingly enough she does not comment on the end of the war on May 9th 1865 implying that she might be either a bit too young to understand the consequences of the end of the war or she was enough removed from the fighting up in New Hampshire that she didnt think it necessary to comment. Little is known about Miss Clark but from the diary the impression is of a teenage girl either finishing schooling or perhaps as a teacher. Excerpts: April 23rd 1863. Pleasant & warm. Public meeting in the evening was very good.; Sunday April 26th 1863. Pleasant but windy. Went to church Sabbath school concert in the afternoon. went to prayer meeting in the evening.; April 13 1864. Cold and windy. Fast-day meeting in the afternoon I did not go. Went over onto the interval in the afternoon and played ball in the evening had an illumination in honor of recent victories.; September 27 1865. Hattis Book died yesterday of Diphtheria.; July 23 1866. Cool but pleasant. Ella and I went to Wentworth. The diaries of Ellen Clark are a bit different. In her first diary she is living at home. By 1884 it seems she has left and now lives in a different home though it doesnt seem as if she is married or has children. Her entries are a longer than her sisters with more detail about her day-to-day life. Across all three of her diaries she reports being sick quite often and being bed ridden for many days at a time. It may be that she has Sciatica as one of the first pages from her 1885 diary has a page-length description of a Remedy for Sciatica involving a pound of imported gingerroot and a 1/2 pound of epsom salts. There are also canker sores involved and applications of creams and tonics to ease her pain. Beginning in 1884 and going through till the end of her 1885 everything that she buys is written down on the day she bought it and the price paid. It is very interesting to see many different types of items bought and what they cost in the late 19th century. Both her 1884 and 1885 diaries contain some ephemera in a pocket in the back of her diary. Both these diaries contain bills for medical services rendered one that is $13 which is very expensive. The first two diaries are filled completely with entries. The 1885 diary has entries everyday until it stops on August 2nd. Diary excerpts: Wednesday. October 30 1878. Very rainy. am went to village. Feel very badly. Wish I could play with Miss B - I think the Dr. is a little discouraged.; December 25 1878. Terrible headache all day. Quite pleasant but very cold. Went to Drs. but he had gone.; Jan 6 1884. 10 de. below zero. Very cold. Went to Church in the A.M.; Jan 8 1884. 20 lbs. Granulated sugar - $1.80. 2lbs 14oz chicken - $.45; Tin wash basin - $.10; 2 bunches silk - $.09; 25 Postage stamps - $.50; Peck of salt course - $.13; Compressed yeast - $.02; St. Jacobs Oil - $.45; 1/4 Trocker - $.15 = $3.69; Tues. June 24 1884.; August 12 1884. Still suffering badly.; August 16 1884. 3rd canker under arm came out.; July 3 1885. Walked out this morning had a sick spell at noon. Dr. D. came to see me this A.M. Thunder showers this P.M.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF MARY CLARK ELLEN CLARK PLYMOUTH NEW HAMPSHIRE CIVIL WAR ERA DEPRESSION OF 1882 DIPHTHERIA SCIATICA DISEASES OF THE 19TH CENTURY YOUNG WOMEN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE WOMEN IN THE 19TH CENTURY SCHOOL GIRLS AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO DANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown
Bookseller reference : 0009051
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MARY ANN PROSSER
C1880s PAIR of FASCINATING ELEGANT VICTORIAN-ERA MANUSCRIPT COOKBOOKS HANDWRITTEN by a SOON-TO-BE BRIDE from a NOTED EDINBURGH FAMILY STARTED before HER WEDDING to SIR JOHN PROSSER WRITER to the SIGNET and a FUTURE CROWN AGENT for SCOTLAND
EDINBURGH SCOTLAND. Good. 1886. On offer is a couple 2 of elegantly written highly detailed cookbooks of Mary Ann Prosser nee Taylor 1862-1915 a wife of Sir John Prosser Writer to the Signet and grandmother of William David Prosser Lord Prosser a prominent lawyer and advocate for the arts in Edinburgh. One of the books has 43 pages filled the other 88 pages. There is a handwritten date July 1886 in one of the books which was two months before her wedding and the address of their family home in Edinburgh: 4 Bellevue Crescent. The books contain many recipes typical for Scottish and English cuisine of that time and of French dishes. Unlike many cookbooks that presume previous cooking experience this one contains minute nuances about cooking times quantity of ingredients kitchen utensils to use giving an insight into lifestyle and diet of a well-off Edinburgh family in 1880s. The first book starts with the basic recipes how to boil vegetables fry herring and haddock: "Little fresh haddock: Skin them sprinkle with salt dip in flour paint-over with egg dip in bread crumbs pop into boiling fat for 3 minutes" and also includes more complicated dishes like a turtle soup which took 3 days to prepare. It describes a wide variety of seafood dishes like Finnan haddock and lobster pates and extensive use of entrails typical for Scottish cuisine: "Sheep kidney for frying ox kidney for stewing
" recipes of savory and sweet omelets many sauces: apple brandy mint sherry Soubise Hollandaise sauce for plum pudding variety of desserts including traditional Scottish tipsy cake fig pudding and molded jelly desserts favorites of Victorian times and also many recipes of French origin like Maitre d'Hotel Butter or Potatoes a la Duchess. There are also a couple of recipes using curry which was becoming very popular in Scotland at that time. The second book is not dated it includes an index with 83 recipes and contains few brief remarks regarding cooking process. Last pages are missing. There are many wonderfully sounding recipes of sweet and savory dishes of which we give two examples: "Mock turtle soup - calf's head blanched washed and boiled in water and salt and a lump of beef; skim it when it comes to the boil put in whole carrots whole onions with stalks celery and basil. When cooked take out the calf's head and take the meat off the bones put bones back into pot and as many other bones as you have and let them boil for long enough!! Strain it put on to boil with little pieces of fat from calf' head put in some cornflour having mixed it with some cold water or sherry the skins of the onions give the soup nice brown color." "Chocolate macaroons: Ingredients - 3 oz almonds 11/2 icing sugar 11/2 castor sugar 1 chocolate if chocolate sweet put in ½ oz whole almonds extra choc. ½ oz less sugar 1 white of eggs perhaps a little more wafer paper. Bleach and chop the almonds pound in a mortar with the sugar chocolate white of egg not beaten. Bind and place in small rounds of wafer paper one round of wafer paper cut in four. Place a half almonds on top of each macaroon and bake in a very moderate oven till dried up - ¾ to an hour or longer if necessary. Before putting macaroons in the oven place them on the oven tray say on the rack of the range for an hour or an hour and a half to set. Glaze with white of egg and sifted sugar or water and sugar."; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF SCOTTISH CUISINE SCOTTISH DISHES SCOTTISH COOKING FRENCH CUISINE 19TH CENTURY VICTORIAN ERA COOKING VICTORIAN FOOD VICTORIAN COOKING RECIPES COOKBOOKS COOKBOOK HISTORICAL RECIPES TRADITIONAL RECIPES EDINBURGH SCOTLAND HISTORY HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT PROSSER FAMILY COOKING FOOD COURSES AND DISHES CULINARY CULINARIA RECEIPTS . unknown
Bookseller reference : 0008009
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MARY ANN RICHARDS
1869 SUPER ORIGINAL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG BRUCE COUNTY ONTARIO WOMAN WHO ACTED AS AN ACCOUNT MANAGER FOR THE FAMILY BUSINESS BELONGING TO HER FATHER ONE OF TARA'S EARLY SETTLERS AND A FOUNDER OF ITS FIRST MANUFACTURING BUSINESS
TARA BRUCE COUNTY OWEN SOUND SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO. Fair. 1869. On offer is a remarkable diary handwritten in 1869 by Mary Ann Richards who lived in south-western Ontario. Mary Ann aged 28 at that time was a daughter of Henry Nicholas Matthias Richards who arrived in Canada from Wales with his brothers in 1830s built many stone buildings in Kingston and Toronto and in 1850s moved to Tara a small village located between Owen Sound and Southampton where he founded a saw mill which became Tara's first manufacturing business and who also was Worthy Chief of the Independent Order of Good Templars and a member of the first Public School Board of Trustees. Mary Ann Richard's diary covers the year of 1869 and though most entries are very brief and businesslike they create a picture that is far from common stereotypes showing a young woman who is actively involved in the family business keeping accounts and business correspondence. Though she makes weather records and mentions sewing quilting dying yarn and learning to make lace and paying social visits the main part of her diary are thorough records of business operations payments debts settlement expenses work done by employees purchases and prices. According to the diary Henry Richards was a very active businessman who travelled a lot in the county making several transactions almost every day varying from as little as 50 cents to several hundred dollars. Here are some typical entries: "McDonald here he paid Mr. Allen $100. Mr. Allen gave us $100 we gave him back $10 on act. Thompson had $3.00 worth of butter. Charley had 6 ½ lbs of pork at 10c." "Father bought a span of horses harness and sleigh and gave eighty five dollars for them"; "Mr. Grey rented our house for $36 per year and he is to pay taxes and insurance". Another often subject of her entries are Order of Good Templers lodge meetings that took place at their home and sermons they attended in church she often records the number of chapter and verse that were the subject of the sermon: "We all went to meeting in the evening. Father and I went to the English church. Text - "You cannot serve two masters"" "Hiscocks preached text Ephesians 4: 20-21". The diary mentions many names of the first settlers and business owners in Tara Owen Sound and Port Elgin including Donald Sutherland Chesterfield Armstrong Vandusen and many others which may be of interest to local historians and genealogists and also portrays local economy of the time giving details of labor cost and prices including prices for clothing and food horses and cattle and even for dentist's work: "Me and Alley got some teeth filled cost $2.00. I went out to Couches and got my cap fixed". At the end of the diary there is a list of bills and checks with numbers and dates. Condition: the diary is rather fragile many pages are getting loose the cover and bottom edge are chipping the spine is partly detached; the text is clear and not damaged.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF CANADA SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO BRUCE COUNTY PORT ELGIN TARA INVERMAY OWEN SOUND FARMERS FIRST SETTLERS LOCAL BUSINESSES SAW MILL AGRICULTURE ECONOMY METHODIST CHURCH IN TARA INDEPENDENT ORDER OF GOOD TEMPLARS LEDGER BOOK OF ACCOUNTS BRUCE COUNTY GENEALOGY 19TH CENTURY HISTORY 1860S CANADIANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL AMERICANA ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0008010
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MARY ANN WELLS CALHOUN
1892 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF AN AGED NEW YORK STATE WOMAN
GREENVILLE GREENE COUNTY NEW YORK NY. Good. 1892. On offer is the daily diary of Mary Ann Wells Calhoun of Greenville New York in Greene County. Mary Ann makes personal notes and business notations as she seems to run a farm that includes a boarding house and noted the guests and their movements and the number of individuals that ate meals or came to tea etc. Mary Ann likely a widow as she never mentions a husband and frequently gets rides from others on the way to Church or town is also a keen observer of events around her and mentions all local events and passings. Here are some snippets: "Attended the funeral of Jane Miller a collered woman 99 years old." "Dear Sister Robbins died very suddenly this morning about six oclock. I was alone in the house with her. Philo Conkling and Doct came over. Philo stayed. Mary Talmadge here." "Funeral today at the house. She looked very natural." "Heard today of the death of my dear brother Lynde Wells. 90 years old." "Mr. P. Stevens store was entered last night by burglars. $500 was taken." Besides faithfully recording the local events she notes the weather and cost of items and labor. Local historians and collectors will find a wealth of information. G.; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA FEMINISM FEMINIST PRE SUFFRAGE SUFFRAGE SUFFERAGE WOMEN STUDIES antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel NEW YORK UPSTATE . unknown
Bookseller reference : 000808
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MARY BELLE HICKS [?]
1872 ORIGINAL ONTARIO COUNTY MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG ERUDITE UPSTATE NEW YORK WOMAN
ONTARIO COUNTY NEW YORK. Good. 1872. On offer is a late-19th century diary that details family life. It measures 4 inches by 2 1/2 inches and is 100% complete. The writing is legible if a little hard to read. Written in 1872 by a young woman still living at home it offers rich detail about her everyday life. Although the writer is not identified we can infer that she is a young female from records of her purchases lace corset garters etc and that she is likely in her teens as she is attending school and also busy with housework. We also believe she married George A. Wheeler in 1877 as this diary accompanied Mr. Wheeler whose diary 0008083 we list separately. The diary is full of domestic details: "At home cold and stormy snowed nearly all day. I doze off work in the morning worked in my net and read a little in the forenoon helped get dinner washed the dishes worked on my knitting read some in the evening knit and finished Bayard Taylors travels in the land of the Saracen. Father went to the hill in the forenoon Father drew logs in the afternoon" Mar 15. "Very warm and pleasant I broke out in the scarlet rash and remained at home Minnie called in the evening and did not do much all day. Not feeling very well I wrote a letter to Minnie and practiced my music lessons posted some pieces in my scrapbook and have 161 . Mrs. Cochrane called in the afternoon" May 6. "did housework all the forenoon in the afternoon went and did housework and went down in the woods very pleasant and got a few chestnuts and some very pretty leaves they were red and yellow in the evening I read and played" Oct 11. On the back cover she notes the titles of books that she had read during the year including Little Women. This diary makes for an interesting look at 19th century life pioneer life and from a women's studies perspective it is a fascinating glimpse into this young woman's life.; Manuscript; 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall . unknown
Bookseller reference : 0008151
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MARY BETH FOLAND
1967 SIGNIFICANT ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HAND WRITTEN BY AN AMERICAN CHRISTIAN WOMAN TOURING EUROPE AND THE MIDEAST AND EYEWITNESS TO THE AFTERMATH OF ISRAEL'S SMASHING VICTORY AGAINST HER SEETHING ANTAGONISTIC NEIGHBOURS
ISRAEL THE HOLY LAND ERETZ YISRAEL. Good. 1967. On offer is a superb significant original manuscript diary of a visit to Israel mere weeks after the Six-Day War in 1967 when the State of Israel was compelled to attack her threatening Arab neighbours and thusly destroying their armies and repatriating her ancient homelands of Judea and Samaria and most importantly the Old City of Jerusalem. For a historian this is an exceptional primary-source document. Not only does it deal with the immediate aftermath of the war it opens the door to examining the role of Christian groups in the United States vis-a-vis Israel and the rise of the religious right in American politics. In her trip she confronts circumstances that underlie the critical issues that beset the region to this today. Mary Beth Foland is a 55 year old American tourist who travels to Israel 7 weeks after the conclusion of this war. Born in 1912 she was 55 years old when she made this trip Foland passed away in 1988 at age 76. She was part of a church group that organized this tour - the Eggleston Missionary Tour. For many Christians in the United States Israel has a special draw and the Six-Day war made many more biblical sites accessible. Her trip encompasses visits to Tel Aviv Haifa Akko a Kibbutz Jerusalem Rome Athens Create Rhodes Istanbul Belos Mykonos Lucerne Dublin and Cork Ireland. Foland's travel journal is packed with details. She is a keen eyed erudite observer and prolific note taker. She is free with her opinions and observations - even if they are at times less than accurate and coloured by her religious views Her comments fully reflect the social circumstances of the late 1960s in affluent merica/California. She writes about war torn sections of cities the ever-present military and refugee camps. She also writes about the historic aspects of each area with emphasis on religious sites and practices. In addition to her own observations she notes conversations with local people who experienced the conflict first-hand. She begins her trip account after flying from Los Angeles to Washington DC: Enroute to Intern'al airport of Wash DC. Talk with chauffeur negro of limousine are serving God avoiding nervous breakdown by going to church his idea He's Baptist. . Barbara told she was Schiziod - used Thorazine to come out of voices & Shock - still "sees" people they were "inside" now are "outside" Aug 1 Her day ends with a prayer group meeting. . In Boeing 707 with 129 others aboard. We rec'd a menu printed for Eggleston Missionary Tour and a red rose on tray of our grp . A grp of orientals from Hawaii with us enroute . Aug 2They stay in London for 2 days before heading off to Paris. Her notes are replete with descriptions of what she saw mentioning Hogarth's House Baden Powell statue Buckingham Palace a description of her visit to St. Pauls Cathedral Parliament St. James Palace and Westminster Abbey among many others. She comments that the Tower of London was "The Bastille of England" . She certainly packed a great deal into those 2 days. There is a longer passage summarizing a talk on the history the Jewish people including a reference to Thoedor Hertzl recognized as the "spiritual father of the Jewish State" Israeli Declaration of Independence. She spends a day and a half in Paris and is as much the active tourist as she was in London. Then on to Tel Aviv. 'Our carrier at Tel Aviv was rather disorganized and we were the last through the customs. We followed a thin ascetic Jew we had seem in Paris at 11:00 am with his Phylacteries- on head & wrist & wrapped in black & white prayer shawl. At customs he was declaring several wigs etc some of his bags broke under the load. 2 taxis took 10 of us to Dan Hotel - rather shabby and county looks poor drab & brown. We stopped in route to see where some of Gen. Patton's tanks were sold to Jordan & King Hussein had been stopped by Israel. Saw 6 or 8 there Cabby couldn't understand why L.B.J. sold them to Jordan in the first place. Aug 7 Her descriptions over the next few days are detailed noting meals eaten the geography of various locations archaeology history and conversations. Learn of pilgrimages of Israelis to places where their men reversed the tide of those coming during the 6 day war. They go to touch places saved. Tell of tanks in desert in sand of the naval base in Syria deserted by troops when Isr came in. Of the Kibbutz fired on by tanks & Israel building a road around them in the rear. Of fact that Isr. literate whereas Arabs can't read to fix machines when break down. I see buses filled with younger people in uniforms or partial uniform - very few oldsters out and about. On Old Joppa Street men play backgammon . Aug 8 Haifa - Megiddo - Nablus Jerus Road block of soldiers customs to enter Jordan & former Samaria. Bedouin black tents 1 pix in distance. See refugee camp with block houses out in rocky area. US pays 70 % of their bill via UN. They said 1 1/2 mill but counted dead and brot Egyptians to swell no 15 mill dollars. US to build Jordan airport now in Israel hands. Guide asked Arab why Jordan didn't help refugees more & he said if we did it would solve your problem Israel probl Propaganda better this way. . Aug 11 Jerusalem - Jerico Aug 12 1967 Meet at 8:20 to go to Collegiate Church of St. Geo the Martyrs Episc for welcome service Read psalm 122 & I weep. At oh pray for the peace of Jerusalem they shall prosper that love thee. This church been thru wars 1914 - 1948 etc. In 1899 it founded - William II visited recently Prince Phillip. school hit as it on Israel side. Shelled hard 48 hrs. got phosphorous bomb thru roof 6" in floor windows out. Had chapel services every day during war & still very uneasy. Both Jew & Arab Chris ask why Christians did not help them. Used to pray for King Hussein now they pray " Oh Lord save this land" sch will open in Sept - ot all out safety. Most Jordanians not hostile to Jews. Only thing notice Israelis say "those dirty Arabs" . Aug 12 Men at hotel shop say they well off as Christians & can work for either Jordanians or Israelis. But Holy places defiled Muslims not allowed in Holy places but Christians & Jews intermingle. In Church of Sepulchre a young Isr. girl in with only shorts & priest asked her to cover up - She talked back priest upset hit her - police called to take her to jail. They smoke loud talk go uncovered into holy places. The US must settle this - make an international city out of Jerusalem - this Arab Christian would like that "We depend on you & Pres Johnson to help us out "To save the city". I said we must depend on God & work out forgiveness for our brother. He said "You in U.S. more forgiving & don't know our problems here." . Aug 14 She leaves Jerusalem for Rome on Aug 15th. As in her other entries she makes detailed notes of what she observes. This is an outstanding first-hand account of the early days following the Six-Day War. The conversations she records such as the ones quoted above are eerily similar to comments made today over a half century later. The journal measures 6.5 inches by 4 inches. It contains 160 pages and is 60% complete. The cover binding and pages are all in good condition. The handwriting is dense but legible. HISTORICAL NOTES: The Six-Day War was the third military conflict between Israel and her surrounding Arab neighbours. Faced with their stated objective of destroying the Israeli state and the immediate circumstance of Egypt closing the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping Israel struck back and in 6 days smashed the combined armies of Egypt Syria and Jordan. The ramifications continue to this day. ; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF MARY BETH FOLAND; SIX-DAY WAR; ISRAEL; BRITISH MANDATED PALESTINE; JERUSALEM; STRAITS OF TIRAN; KIBBUTZ; THEODORE HERTZL; CITY OF GOLD THE WAILING WALL JUDEA SAMARIA WEST BANK EGGLESTON MISSIONARY TOUR CHRISTIANS IN ISRAEL THE HOLY LAND JUDAISM JUDAICA JEWISH HOMELAND HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown
Bookseller reference : 0002590
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MARY DWIGHT [?]
1912 ORIGINAL TWO VOYAGE MANUSCRIPT DIARY: AUSTRALIA TO LONDON THEN LONDON TO CALCUTTA WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL POINTS AND PORTS IN BETWEEN
ABOARD THE SS MOREA SS CALEDONIA. Good. 1912. On offer is a super very interesting 1912 original manuscript travel journal detailing two long distance voyages by a woman the author and her husband. The author has inscribed her name on the inside cover and on a tucked in ship board game form and while the first name Mary is distinct we cannot be positive but the surname appears to be Dwight thusly Mary Dwight and husband Ernest. The first voyage on the SS Morea departs from Adelaide Australia to London England via Durban Cape Town and Las Palmas. We note she mentions that no less than 20 people came to see them off! The second trip on the SS Caledonia was from London to Calcutta via Marseilles Port Said and Colombo. Between the voyages she resides in London which in itself is a fascinating and interesting read. This is a well written account in which she describes in vivid detail life on board a ship in the early part of the last century including sailing through storms and towering seas in the Southern Indian Ocean. She also writes well about her shore excursions in Durban Cape Town Marseilles Port Said and Colombo. There are some pages torn out at the back though without loss as the narrative ends seamlessly with the writer arriving in Calcutta. The 7¼ x 5 inch book has approximately 90 pages of narrative and while thee cover is chipped at the spine extremities the book is overall G.; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF SS MOREA SS CALEDONIA ADELAIDE TO LONDON DURBAN CAPE TOWN LAS PALMAS LONDON TO CALCUTTA INDIA MARSEILLES PORT SAID COLOMBO NAUTICAL MARINE MARINERS OCEAN GOING VESSELS COMMERCE BY SEA DOWN UNDER TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD SOUTHERN INDIAN OCEAN BRITISH WOMAN TRAVELLER BRITAIN BRITANNICA EDWARDIAN ERAHANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING HISTORY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPELBIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY PERSONAL NARRATIVES . unknown
Bookseller reference : 0002234
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MARY EDITH RUSK
1893 - 1894 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY THE DAUGHTER OF THE GOVERNOR OF WISCONSIN A DEDICATED DIARIST WHO DETAILS HER FATHER'S LAST DAYS OF PAIN MERE WEEKS AFTER THE PLEASURE OF SEEING THE CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR AND MUCH MORE
VIROQUA WISCONSIN WASHINGTON DC CHICAGO. Good. 1893. Offered is a super original significant manuscript diary dated January 1st 1893 through November 30th 1894 handwritten by Mary Edith Rusk the daughter of Wisconsin Governor Jeremiah Rusk. Born on January 11th 1862 thusly 30 when she began writing January 1st 1893 from Washington DC. In a tight small hand Miss Rusk well filled the notebook with details her life with clarity and an erudition speaking of a fine education. She also writes of significant times but perhaps of particular interest to researchers and historians of late 19th Century Wisconsin will be the awful last days of the Governor's life: "Papa had a bad night but I guess is some better
Papa has been very sick all day and tonight is no better. Charity is here and the Dr is to stay all night
Some improvement in papa today but he is very weak. I am to sit up with him tonight. Papa had a very bad night and a very hard weak spell about three. Dr Lull took himself off home at one o'clock in spite of all
I sat up until half past five so am done up
Papa was nervous last night so took a capsule and rested some and today has been so much more like himself. Papa is alarmingly ill and we have telegraphed for Dr Hamilton. He felt badly all day and about five this afternoon he had a slight chill so I telegraphed for Dr Schreiner to come down for the night. Dr Golt came up about 6 and papa's temperature had run up to 103. We are worried to death
Dr Golt came about 8 and Dr Hamilton got here at a little before nine. We were glad indeed to see him. He made a thorough examination and decided at once that there must be an operation an incision in the bladder so it could be washed out and treated. It was his only chance for his life and of course we felt it must be done otherwise he would die of blood poison
Dr Hamilton felt very confident it would give him relief and he would recover but it is still extremely anxious time that we are in
A whole month has gone and I have not once written in my diary but so much sorrow and trouble has come to us that it has been quite impossible. My darling father has left us and we are so desolate. He died Tuesday morning November 21 about a quarter before eight very suddenly all the days after the operation we could see so little improvement and there were so many trials
" Other significant writings include seven full pages of her time at the Columbian Exposition with her father just months before his death. Here are some snippets: "Spent the morning picking up the things I wanted to take to Chicago. Papa and Blaine went downtown afternoon did not do much and now we are started on our way. Blaine and I out I imagine won't stay long
I think both Blaine and I have been a little bit sorry we came but we are here anyway. We were on time this AM and came directly down to the ground. We spent about two hours looking for a place to say and finally found this at 5422 M Ave. We went to the fair and spent the day wandering about and did not accomplish much. Walked down the midway and met up on the Ferris Wheel
Chicago Oct 9 A great day this has been. This morning we met around 54th street for our breakfast and then started for the Fair. Blaine went to the gate with me and then left me as he wanted to go up town. I found vast numbers of people in the grounds. I went through the California building also some other state buildings the Children's Building Puck White Stare then over to the Wisconsin Building to meet Blaine at noon. Such a crowd of people I despaired of his coming. Met Bunn and Fanny and some other friends Blaine came at one o'clock. We went to the Public Comfort for lunch and then walked through Transportation through the Pavilion to Forestry
Krupp Gun and back through the Manufacture Building over to Wisconsin again. Found a chair to sit and rest and who should come along but Henry Lindemann. Was much surprised
Sat on the porch and waited for the parade of Floats but it did not come so we started off to see the fireworks and saw the parade also. It was very pretty indeed. Walked through the Island which was so beautifully illuminated and over to the Fisheries went through the aquarium
There were 716 thousand and over paid admissions to the Fair yesterday and there really seemed most as much of a crowd today. I spent the morning in the art gallery mostly in Russia Belgium Holland Denmark Norway and Italy some fine things too. Met Blaine at one for lunch and we had it on the roof garden at the California Building
Henry and I went first through the Illinois Building and then through the foreign buildings and enjoyed them very much
Came back through the Manufacturers and over to Wisc again
All went for lunch down to the White Horse Inn after many trials trying to find a place came back to the sidewalk and there through Liberal Arts. We got so tired we found a seat on the lake and listened to the music for an hour
Blaine and I went to Van hornets for cocoa came over to Wisconsin
we met at the court of honor to al see the Fireworks. They were beautiful and the Electric fountain and the illumination
.was beautiful a sight never to be forgotten
This morning Blaine went downtown and I met Jennie at Wisconsin. I stopped and wrote a note to H and then we went to take the Intramural over to Agriculture. It was so warm and pleasant we rode for nearly an hour and then went through Machinery Hall Agricultural Hall and over to La Rabid to use one of the most interesting places on the ground. So many Columbus Relics and valuable pictures and papers from the vatican
Mrs Horton her husband was with her we came back past the Santa Maria the Pinta the Nina over to Liberal Arts. A wind had come up from the Lake and a heavy fog was the result so it was most disagreeable. We went to a few more of the foreign buildings I had not been to a number of the state buildings
Miss AF and I walked through a number of the galleries and she told me many interesting things about the pictures. We met Mr Phillipine station commissioner and he told us a great deal about Italy's pictures and statue. We came across a picture My Studio by Karl Kahler a beautiful thing which has a cut across the face. Mr Kahler painted a picture of which this is a copy and sold it with the promise that he would never reproduce it but he did paint this one for the Exposition. He was offered $16000 for it by a wealthy New Yorker and for fear he would accept it and so ruin his reputation he took a knife and cut it across. It is a most beautiful picture he must be found of Persian cats as he has one in this picture and has all painted a Happy Family with a number of them
We are just about to start for home this morning Jennie and I went to the Fair. Went over to the Art Gallery to see Miss F a moment first spent some little time there and then went to the building through Fisheries and Government and to Manufactures
I met Mamie Jackson and had quite a little visit with her
had some Brazilian Coffee and went to the midway
went to the Woman's building we went outside the grounds a little after four and came up on the Illinois Central Railway by the time we got up town it was raining hard." The plain 7 x 4½ inch book is shaken with a couple of loose pages though complete and very legible. Overall G. ; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF MARY EDITH RUSK GOVERNOR JEREMIAH RUSK COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION CHICAGO WORLD'S FAIR CITY OF CHICAGO VIROQUA WISCONSIN LATE 19TH CENTURY WOMEN'S STUDIES GENDER STUDIES PRE SUFFRAGE AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING HISTORY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPELBIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY PERSONAL NARRATIVES . unknown
Bookseller reference : 0002365
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MARY ELIZABETH DONOVAN
1928 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HAND WRITTEN BY A LOVELY FAMILY ORIENTED WOMAN IN DELAWARE SPENDING EACH DAY THANKFUL FOR THE GIFT OF FRIENDS FAMILY AND HER DOTING BOYFRIEND
SYMRNA WILMINGTON DELAWARE DE. Good. 1928. On offer is a thoroughly fascinating diary from the life of Mary Elizabeth Donovan an active and interesting woman living in Smyrna Delaware in 1928. Mary was born in 1905 making her 23 years old here. The diary presents her accounts of each day her trips to family members around the state of Delaware details from the lives of her brothers Paul and Walter and most often and described in the most detail her relationship with her boyfriend Roland. Donovan is obviously quite devoted to her family and relationships as almost every entry in the diary concerns events stories and accounts of her family or her boyfriend. It seems little happens in her life that isnt connected to her loved ones. Yet her life is active and fun and she seems to take quite a lot of delight in her daily activities. The entries rarely extend more than a page or two and the longest ones are almost always on the weekend where Mary describes her days and activities in much greater detail. The diary contains approximately 150 pages of handwritten diary entries and the book itself is about 200 pages in total. The covers are full soft leather binding with a fair bit of duct tape used to repair the covers and spine. The binding is still quite tight and the book holds together perfectly. The pages inside are in very good condition showing almost no age-toning or rips and tears. The handwriting is neat and easily legible throughout. There is the occasional smudging and some pages are more faded than others but the legibility of the content is not affected. This is a very fine diary representing a lovely slice of life and presents the life of a young woman at the end of the 1920s kind energetic and intensely family-focused. Text: April 8 1928. Easter. In the morning we went to dig daffodils. The woods was set afire but extinguished. Roland and I went up to Longwood. Papa Mother went to Aunt Florences. Uncle Paul was there. He stopped back for supper.; April 24 Tues. Twenty three years old. Got pair silk stockings from Mother and a venetian mirror from Papa.; June 9. Roland came up after the storm and we went to Dover. I got a white and black Crepe de Chine dress and black and white patent leather slippers. He stayed all night.; June 16. Paul has reached the age of 20 today. Roland called me from Federalsburg. Came up and reached Smyrna before I did. He bought Walter a nice white shirt.; August 26. Mother didnt go to the beach but boys and Papa did. Roland stayed all night and he and I went to Wilmington. He had to meet students and I spent the day with Sara Leigh. We came back to Aunt Florence's for supper and spent the evening.; Nov. 11. Paul Mother Papa Roland and I rode down to Felton Harrington Milford Milton and back to Uncle Ernies. In the evening we went up to Aunt Besss to see Grandma. December 31. As usual nothing but the same thing happened WORK HARD which is my favorite past time. The year of 1928 proved to be a very happy one for the Donovan's! Background: Not much information could be found for Mary Elizabeth Donovan. She was born on April 24 1905 making her 23 years old in the diary. She would eventually marry her boyfriend Roland and take his last name Pepper. They would settle down in Wilmington Delaware. They would have at least one daughter Pauline Pepper who would become a teacher at Shortlidge Elementary School in W. The year of her Marys death was not found. OVERALL: G; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF MARY ELIZABETH DONOVAN ROLAND PEPPER SMYRNA DELAWARE ROARING TWENTIES FAMILY LIFE PRE WORLD WAR II PRE GREAT DEPRESSION DELAWARE PAULINE PEPPER FEMINISM WOMENS RIGHTS WOMENS STORIES AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO DANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0009176
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MARY ELIZABETH KENDALL
1933 - 1968 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF SEVEN 7 MANUSCRIPT DIARIES AND EPHEMERA DETAILING THE EVOLUTION OF A VERY YOUNG 'COWBOY CRAZY' MINNESOTA GIRL TO A MIDDLE AGED WOMAN
IRON MINNESOTA MN. Very Good. 1933. On offer is an outstanding archive of seven 7 original manuscript diaries one 1 autograph book 16 vacation photos from 1953 and other ephemera. The diaries were handwritten by Mary Elizabeth Kendall b. March 5th 1919 Iron Minnesota. Researchers and collectors of the area or of women's of gender studies of the era will find an interesting grouping with dates taking the reader from watching Mary evolve from a cowboy crazy kid to a University of Minnesota graduate to a middle aged family woman librarian hospital volunteer and basic salt of the earth American woman. From the outset we find she is such a charming and engaging young lady who details what life was like for a teen-age girl during the Great Depression. She loved her movies and movie actors and bought all the latest star magazines she loved reading westerns and considered herself somewhat of a cowgirl and listened to "Uncle Sam's Forest Rangers" radio show along with Hopalong Cassidy and Buck Rogers; she calls herself "Cowboy crazy." She belonged to the "Lone Wolf Tribe" and was always receiving different things in the mail from them. She owned a "Cutex Miniature Manicure Set" and an "Orphan Annie Shake-up mug" and couldn't wait until the new Sears Roebuck catalogue came out. She also collected cereal box tops grew "Depression Flowers" and entered all the latest contests. During her college years she receives a bachelor degree in science at the University of Minnesota. Most of the ephemeral items are from her college years. Here are snippets: 1933 "January 7th Went to town with mother this morning. Bought a notebook for pictures of movie stars. The "men of the family" sawed wood. Went to a movie called "The All American." It was neat. Richard Arlen was the hero and Gloria Stuart was the heroine." "February 19th Got 16 in the General Science test! The passing score was about 20!! There is one question in the test that we didn't mark yet so 16 isn't my real score. Took my makeup algebra test after school. Entered a contest by sending a limerick. Hope I win. Fed my goldfish." "March 5th Today is my birthday and I'm fourteen years old!!!!!!! Yesterday mother gave me a dollar for a present. I'm going to subscribe to a magazine. These are pretty hard times now. Yesterday the Virginia banks closed." "March 11th Went to town with mother and Boots. Went to the movie "Sherlock Holmes". It was great. It showed the time when Holmes killed professor Moriarty. Clive Brooke played the title role. I'm fixing over a silk dress that one of my aunts sent. All I do is raise the belt. Listened to the KMOX County Fair. I like Wyoming Jack best." "April 13th Easter vacation began today. Mother and Boots sold 40 chickens at the market I guess today. Mother and John played cribbage and bridge against Books and me tonight. Death Valley Days was extra good today. About Red Carson the outlaw and the widow's mortgage. Fed my goldfish." "April 17th Helped wing band chicks this afternoon. Cleaned out my room a little. Fed my goldfish. Received my Lone Wolf Tribe bracelet. It certainly isn't as nice as I thought it would be. It turns my arm sort of green like the 10 cent store rings." "May 27th Went to town with mother and Mrs. Johnson and her baby Mary Ann who is sick. Went into the bank vault for the first time with mother. It seemed so simple. I don't see how the vault can be so safe. Went to "The Kid from Spain" starring Eddie Cantor. Pretty good. Fed my goldfish." "June 16th Went up town with mother. Filled in some more entries for the hog naming contest. Bought the first ice cream cone I've had this year. Received my Buck Rogers book. It's great. Heard the last Buck Rogers program on the radio. Wish it wasn't the last. Fed my fish." "July 4th Someone stole 6 or 7 of our chickens last night or this morning. We think we know who did it. Went to the fourth of July picnic for the Farmer's Club. Had four ice cream cones and some fun. Fed my fish. Didn't light my fire crackers." "August 3rd Quite cool. Went on the 4-H Club tour today. We went to most of the houses for dinner. I was in Johnson's car. For lunch we had ice cream cake lemonade and sandwiches. Don bought a tube of toothpaste for me. I'm going to use it for that contest. I'm going to send in the picture of Charles J." "August 11th & 12th Cool. Got my Orphan Annie Shake-up Mug. Made a glass of Ovaltine in it. Boots and I played cribbage tonight. Heard President Hoover's speech of acceptance. The audience yelled like Indians. There are some people who net fish during the night in our lake. Boots and Don are trying to find out who they are
.Received letter from Ethyl Stanning. She's only thirteen years old but she goes out with boys and stays till 5 in the morning! Read some in "Arizona Ames." Went to a 4-H Club meeting tonight. At the last meeting one of the Virta twins found the school keys outside and put them on the desk. A girl had to go thru a window to get them." "September 30th Brought some Japanese lanterns to Miss Risjard. Had a test in Domestic Science. Mr. Jerdee showed us how a fire extinguisher works. Didn't add anything to my "Depression Flowers" today. There are some "flowers" on the bottom of the dish now. A California man whistled for us. He was wonderful. Miss Sheldon whistled with him." "October 10th Had an assembly. I got on the honor roll. My average was 93.9 Got our report cards at noon. Melba failed in two subjects. I got 90 on my essay on Honesty for Character Education. Heard the worst speech ever tonight. It was just awful. It was about Hoover and it was all lies
" "November 1st Made oatmeal cookies but we used rolled oats. Gee I'm certainly Cowboy crazy but not boy crazy please understand. Heard the Lonesome Cowboy and the Perkin's Boys. Wish I could play a guitar like the Lonesome Cowboy can
." "December 24th Mother and Boots went to town. I put some of the strings on my gypsy marionette. Mother decorated the dining and living rooms with the holly she got from Oregon. Don Boots and John got the Christmas tree and we decorated it. John and I hung up our stockings." The books breakdown as follows: 1. 1933 age 14. Full of entries; 2. 1937 age 18. Full; 3. 1938 age 19. Full; 4. 1939 age 20. Full. 5. 1940 age 21. Full; 6. 1956 age 37. This one is typed and in a 3 ring binder. 198 pages; 7. 1968 age 49. Full; 8. 1927 Autograph book full of handwritten signatures. BIO NOTES: Mary was born on March 5th 1919 to Hugh F. and Bessie Kendall. She had four older brothers; Hugh Donald Richard and John. Casual research informs that Mary's brother Richard became a geologist for the Standard Oil Company in California and later was sent to work in Africa. There are a few of his report cards in this lot but all of the diaries and other pieces of ephemera belonged to Mary. Overall VG.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: MARY KENDALL IRON MINNESOTA UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA WOMENS STUDIES HISTORY OF MID TWENTIETH CENTURY AMERICA GENDER STUDIES DEPRESSION ERA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AMERICANA DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito . unknown
Bookseller reference : 0001532
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Mary Elizabeth HERBERT
L'Algérie contemporaine illustrée
Paris: Victor Palmé 1895. Fine. Victor Palmé Paris 1895 16 x 25 cm relié First edition of the French translation illustrated with a map black engravings mostly in the text and 4 color plates. Publisher's polychrome boards smooth spine decorated with blind compartments as well as black and gilt fillets and two crossed gilt flags first cover illustrated with an Arabesque design and two crossed gilt flags all edges gilt white watered silk endpapers and pastedowns. Some foxing principally at beginning and end of volume. Victor Palmé hardcover
Bookseller reference : 88309
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Mary Elizabeth BRADDON
La trace du serpent
Paris: Hachette & Cie 1863. Fine. Hachette & Cie Paris 1863 12 x 19 cm 2 volumes brochés First edition of the French translation established by Bernard Derosne no mention is made of deluxe copies. Occasional light foxing otherwise handsome copies. Hachette & Cie unknown
Bookseller reference : 7060
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Mary Elizabeth BRADDON
Le testament de John Marchmont
Paris: Hachette & Cie 1864. Fine. Hachette & Cie Paris 1864 11 x 18 cm 2 volumes reliés First edition of the French translation established by Charles Bernard Derosne. Half black sheep bindings spines very slightly lightened with four raised bands set with gilt dots decorated with double gilt compartments embellished at their centers and corners with gilt fleurons some small scratches to spines marbled paper boards marbled endpapers and pastedowns speckled edges two corners slightly bumped. Rare foxing of no consequence minimal loss to one blank endpaper of the first volume armorial bookplates pasted at heads of pastedowns. Hachette & Cie hardcover
Bookseller reference : 51183
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Mary Elizabeth (Mills) Bromfield (?) Aka The Author Of "Magdalen Stafford
The Home Life Of English Ladies In The Xviith Century. Second Edition Corrected And Enlarged. The Evelyn Family And Their Friends; Mary Boyle Lady Warwick And Her Neighbors; The Trials Of Margaret Baxter And Frances Corbet Basire; Anne Clifford ; Margaret Lucas; Jane Cavendish; Lady Newcastyle; Orinda Phillips
London: Bell And Daldy 1861. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Viii 361 Pp. Red Morocco 5 Bands Title In Gilt Covers With 3 Blindstamped Rules As Borders With Embellishments At Corners All Edges Brightly Gilt Yellow Endpapers. Lightly Used Minute Loss Along Half Of Top Edge Of Spine Small Frays At Two Upper Tips Some Darkening Tom Spine. Pages Immaculate But Second Free Endpapers At Front And Back Are Foxed. No Names Or Marks. The Authors Of "The Letters Of Charlotte Yonge" Consider That "The Identity Of This Person Is Slightly Puzzling Though Cmy Called Her One Of 'My Crack Authors'. The Most Likely Candidate Seems To Be Mary Elizabeth Mills Bromfield Harrow 1824/5-1888 Newton Abbot Daughter Of The Rev. Dr William Mills Master Of Exeter Grammar School In 1861 Living With An Engineer Brother In Canterbury. She Married Canterbury 23 Sept 1862 The Rev. Henry Bromfield Vicar Of Blockley And Was Living With Him There 1871. In 1881 She Was A Widow With An Aged Spinster Sister-In-Law At Fladbury House Pershore The Address With Which She Corresponds With Mp. She Was Probably The Mary E. Bromfield Author Of Spck Tales Female Christian Names &C. In Copac. Another Possibility Is That She Is Also The Contributor To Biographies Of Good Women Described As 'The Author Of Magdalen Stafford'. That Novel Magdalen Stafford Or A Gleam Of Sunshine On A Rainy Day 1857 And The Same Author'S The Home Life Of English Ladies In The Xvii Century 1860 May Be Mrs Bromfield'S Work." <br/> <br/> Bell And Daldy hardcover
Bookseller reference : 036224
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Mary Hodge Winchester
1939 Trip Diary of a Scottish Immigrant to America Returning Home Via the Panama Canal for the First Time in 26 Years Experiencing Europe in the Months Just before the Second World War Would Change Everything
Glasgow Scotland. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1939. Hardcover. On offer is the diary of a Scottish immigrant to the United States following her first visit home since she left for America 26 years earlier. This diary kept by Mary Hodge Winchester 1892-1983 details her first class voyage accompanied by her 17-year-old daughter Marjorie back to Scotland to visit family left behind and discover the United Kingdom through the lens of a mature well-traveled adult. It also details her four months based in Scotland and travelling to nearby locations and a rocky journey back to America and home to Seattle. Mary was born in Lochwinnoch Scotland to parents Duddingston Hodge and Margaret Park. As a young adult in 1915 after a stop in Sydney Australia Mary moved to the USA. In January of 1916 she married fellow Scottish immigrant John Duncan Winchester 1883-1980 in Butte Montana. John was born to David Winchester and Jessie McLaren Lauder. He had arrived in New York in 1914 and initially worked as a miner. After the birth of their first child the Winchesters moved to Seattle Washington. John worked as a machinist and a driver eventually opening his own company in the transfer and hauling industry. Together Mary and John had two daughters Isabella Hooper 1916-1997 and Marjorie Lander 1922-2009. Ship records show that Mary and Marjorie boarded the Knusten Lines M. S. Sophie Bakke mastered by B. Barene in Tacoma Washington on March 25 1939. The ship had originally departed from Vancouver Canada and it docked in Glasgow Scotland on May 28 1939. Mary documents their travels in a My Trip diary. The first page titled Itinerary is where Mary writes a one-page overview of their two-month journey to Glasgow: Leave Seattle 2.30 P M March 26th day arrive at Lintone 2.30th arrive Portland 30-1st Arrive St Johns 2nd Leave in afternoon 2nd Oakland 3rd San Francisco 4th May 4th in San Pedro Los Angeles 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 - 6 - 14 at Sea 14th June Docked at Panama at 11.45 P M 14th 8.30 AM - 15th then the Canal to the Caribbean Sea Past Broads Island off the Mexican Coast & on into the Atlantic Ocean Passing Mona Island & on to Glasgow going up the Firth of Clyde seeing many interesting Places & Land Marks on the way. Glasgow Sunday X MayNext Mary details her daily adventures both on the ship and at ports. She also references the activities of her daughter and the other passengers. She makes a few passing comments that hint at some challenges in her personal life back home such as her Mothers Day entry: I feel very blue the two mothers on board have been opening surprise packages & cards & I do feel let down I will feel better soon & after all I might get a letter at Panama & we had a lovely day laughing but I was still feeling a bit sick from my sunburn but Marge had a good time we had all the officers who were off duty at the party & it was quite an event for them as they are rarely treated May 14 1939. Most of Marys entries are newsy and upbeat. She writes of various stops on the journey such as visits to San Franciscos Chinatown the Worlds Fair on Treasure Island Alcatraz Panama City the Panama Canal and Gatun Lake and more. Marys writing seamlessly incorporates historical observations descriptions of ship life and a tourists fascination. Some excerpts: Marge is writing to John
here we are in Oakland
quite a sight
Alcatraz was also quite a sight and there are quite a lot of flowers on the Island and the Electric train is quite near the dock so we are going to town and the fair
we went into Oakland
went to the fair which was very interesting but a bit disappointing
came back in time for dinner bringing Myrtle and JD Kennedy with us
April 29-30 1939. Note: the Golden Gate International Exposition was a major World's Fair on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay. A beautifull & warm morning the girls are all in sun suits on the Sun deck the pool is filled so swimming this afternoon Margie & Celene went swimming I took only one dip Margie stayed about an hour & had a grand time in the evening I played bridge with Miss Huntington & Mr Beard
May 7 1939. .We are now going through the first lock called Pedro Miguel it is all so very interesting we take a negro crew for the trip through the locks little cars pull us by cable all the way through there are guards everywhere .Marjorie just says I am sorry Betty is missing all this it cost 6000 dollars to send each ship through the locks. Our pilot for the Canal is Leut Commander Hans M. Schloming USN Reserves
undated but around May 16 1939.We are traveling now right through where they cut the Panama canal right throu the mountain. I would have taken pictures but they are not allowed we are traveling through gold Hill and contractors Hill there is a plaque on the side hill in memory of Major Gaillard engineer for the famous cut
we have come to the second locks
there are 4 ships ahead of us so the girls got the 1st Mate to put down the Jacobs ladder and 3 of them went swimming in the bay - or Gatun Lake rather
undated but context puts the entry at around May 17 1939. Upon arrival in Scotland Mary and Marjorie spend time with members of both the Hodge family and the Winchester family. She names many family members and friends and also writes about the United Kingdom like a curious tourist. She is staying with her older brother Duddingston Hodge and his wife Euphemia. She spends her time back home exploring her home country and roots learning more about her family members connecting with friends and taking some exciting trips to nearby locations where her passion for history is on full display. Some excerpts give the flavour of her overseas entries: Arrived in Glasgow last night about 7 P. M
Dudd Pheimie Isa and Margt met us we had a long slow sail up the Clyde & it was very interesting. We saw so many war ships in construction & saw the Queen Elizabeth just finished
May 29 1939. Note: The family members who met them are likely her older brother Duddington Hodge his wife Euphemia Ann Kennedy and Isabella and Margaret two of their five children. .Went on for a long walk to see where Mrs. McLean a relation of her mother-in-law lived. I will try to go see her June 11 1939. Mary and Marjorie did trips outside of Scotland including visits to London and Edinburgh: .We went to Madam Tausards it is all very wonderfull then on to St Pauls to see the whispering gallery as the guide talked we could hear him on the wall on the other side then
up to the stone gallery some 375 steps 340 feet high
we wrote our names on the second landing
June 23 1939. On a visit to Edinburgh Castle Mary wrote many pages about what she learned. She was absolutely fascinated by the history. A brief excerpt: .We also saw Mary Queen of Scots chair it is 400 years old andthe only one in existence and her portrait at the age of 45 and is the original.we saw right beside the Castle from Marys window a row of houses that was bombed during the last war 1917 they think it was ment for the Castle and it just missed it
. Most of Mary and Marjories time is spent is Scotland. It was nice & warm but we didnt find Mothers grave. D hadnt gone since we left Scotland 26 years ago I felt awful about it I did think he was different July 17 1939 Glasgow.So miserable Phemie rubbed me and put plaster on still coughing stayed in bed all day Kate called July 19 1939. The women depart Glasgow on August 19: Had my hair done and went over town then packed and got ready to leave we were at the dock by 9: 30. Dudd Jessie Phemie and Donald came on board we sailed about 2AM Aug 18 1939. The voyage home is documented less thoroughly as Mary was extremely seasick for much of it but she still writes regularly. Feeling a little better but have to stay in bed had a visit from Mrs. McDonald Mrs. Davis Mrs. Humes feeling very sick the Dr. Says I am sea sick being so weak it's horrible and very painful Aug 22 1939. After docking in New Jersey on August 27th they had a few whirlwind adventures before taking the train home. Excerpts: Here we are in NJ
. Went dancing in eve with Alex had a fine time at childs
Got letter from D. J and Flo
Saw Wizard of Oz with Judy G. And Mickey R. In person
Aug 27 1939. They also went to the Worlds Fair Radio City Music Hall shopping and visiting friends before getting on a train on August 30th due west. The final entry: Arrived home by 830 met by Dad Isabell and Everet and home spent the day unpacking very tired. Retired early writing. Twas a grand trip Mary & Marge Winchester Sept 2 1939. As well as tracking their trip in daily diary format Mary made use of the Travel Diarys formal format and listed side trips such as Oakland San Francisco Port Glasgow Edinburgh and New York. She summarizes her experiences briefly there though most are written up in elaborate detail within her main entries. She also fills out the People Met section listing many new friends and a few addresses. Examples: Jessie is Mrs. Binns
. Mr. And Mrs. Wood Oklahoma Mr. Crawford at Trossauds
And in the Incidents section she records: Baby chimp at zoo church announcement and christening Eastern Star
Tipped into the diary is a single photo of three people dressed in military uniform. On the back it is noted that the people are Soldier Duddington ATS Margaret Sailor Stewart and the photos stamped Aug 1942. Taken together this diary is a terrific summary of the experience of a European-American journeying home and realizing all she left behind for her new life in America while simultaneously seeing her home region in a new light as an adult with an astute eye to its history. Family conflict is alluded to though never explicitly discussed and the experience of the young Marjorie an American-born daughter of immigrants is also alluded to. Approximately 90 pages of handwriting. Diary was originally written in pencil but it is evident that someone has traced it in pen. Unknown as to whether that was Mary herself. The diary is in very good condition. ; Manuscripts; 32mo 4" - 5" tall; Hand Written Personal Memoir Handwritten hand written autograph autographs signed letters document documents manuscript manuscripts writers writer author holograph personal Americana Travel Steamship Ocean Travel Pre - World War Two World War II Scotland Great Britain Wizard of Oz Mickey Rooney New York World's Fair Exposition ; Signed by Autograph . hardcover
Bookseller reference : 000689
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Mary Ida McCormick
1882 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF AN OPTIMISTIC STUDENT/TEACHER IN THE SAN FRANCISCO AREA
San Francisco California CA. Good. 1882. On offer is the 1882 handwritten manuscript diary of Mary Ida McCormick teacher student and indefatigable optimist whose positive attitude and wonderful outlook on life is evidenced on nearly every written page. Even the death of her father in October is laced with her thanks that he went easy and he was comforted with his family and friends. Weeks later she gives thanks that the family's loss of their precious father is little compared to the happiness she feels that he is in a better place and free of pain. Another entry particular interest is Mary's Oct. 19th note that as of this day they six years before when they came west from the east. Research suggests Mary and family hailed from the Pittsburgh Pennsylvania area. Other snippets include: her new students 'two china boys'; snow storm Jan 12; conviction of Garfield's assassin; and names mentioned include: Rev. Chase Cousin Alice Douglas Wallace McCormick 6 yrs old Mrs. Jackson Eliza Quinn Miss Ackleson Mr. Platt Stella Boutwell Mrs. Doctor Potts Aunt Anna Lockwood Mrs. Dickey whose baby died Cousin Annie Wilkins Howard Wallace Mrs. Beveradge Mr. Bell Mrs. Nevin Mrs. Shackleford Preacher Kimball Sadie and Emma Stewart Eliza Reed - Grandma's cousin Prof. Baker Dr. Coates Prof. Redway Preacher Wells and Prof. Flatt. There are many many more names and many many entries will be of interest to west coast genealogists of the San Francisco area. There are financial notes and recipes in the back. Cover is rough and interior is Good.; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; GENDER STUDIES WOMEN'S STUDIES DIARY DIARIES HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA EDUCATION SCHOOL PITTSBURGH CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO PRE SUFFRAGE . unknown
Bookseller reference : 000721
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MARY K BARBER
1904 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A YOUNG ACERBIC CONNECTICUT GIRL
YANTIC CONNECTICUT. Very Good. 1904. Full-Leather. On offer is a unique original 1904 manuscript diary handwritten by the charming sometimes acerbic and sometimes odd young woman named Mary K. Barber of Yantic Connecticut. While not specified we believe she is 15 or 16 in charge of 'scholars' at the local school. Here are some snippets: 'My patience are severely tried this afternoon. Helped Papa with his 5 minute job that takes 2 ½ hours. No one bothered me about my birthday
.James appears rather solemn. Made the children quite a bit disappointed. A pleasant day with plenty of snow cold as Greenland. Everybody is froze. Gave the scholars a talking to. All happy to think vacation is coming. Received prices for certain things. Did not get my carnations. My carnations came today. It's joking all the time. Papa has gone cowslipping. Poor little Everett hurt his eye. Went to a Covenent meeting. Some did not like what Anna Richardson said. A new boy but a torment. Visited the ship works saw steam augers. Glad to return to my boarding place again.' Many names are mentioned including: Leonard Mains Mrs. F Osgood Mr. Mattheson Mr. Leonard Main Elder Turner Mr. Prindle Colonel Ayers Mrs. Albert Richmond Mrs. Pendleton Mrs. Halls. She or her family travel to towns including: Preston City Fitchville Milltown Voluntown Lebanon Hallville. Small 2 x 3 inch diary is almost three quarters full and is VG.; Manuscript; 64mo - up to 3" tall; NORWICH CONNECTICUT YANTIC PRESTON CITY FITCHVILLE PRE SUFFRAGE WOMEN'S STUDIES EDUCATION GENDER STUDIES YANTAC TURN OF THE CENTURY HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL PERSONAL HISTORY MEMOIR MEMORIAL DIARY JOURNAL DIARIES JOURNALS LOG LOGS KEEPSAKE AMERICANA . hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0001107
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MARY KIBLING
1886 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A VERY ACTIVE STUDENT OF THE TILDEN FEMALE SEMINARY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW HAMPSHIRE
WEST LEBANON NEW HAMPSHIRE. Good. 1886. On offer is a fascinating diary authored by a 20-year old Mary D. Kibling a student of the Tilden Female Seminary from a noted local family. The diary contains over 100 pages with an entry for every day of the year with additional information for some of the days at the end in the memoranda section. It also includes an address book and lists of her expenses and Christmas gifts. The diary measures 6'2x4' the leather flap cover is slightly worn but otherwise it is in a very good condition. The handwriting is mostly legible though slightly faded at some places. Mary was born in 1866 she belonged to a noted family of New England farmers and businessmen - her grandfather Lorenzo D. Kibling was a merino sheep farmer and her father Asahel - a wool merchant. At the time when she was writing her diary Mary studied at the Tilden Ladies Seminary founded in 1854 and serving students living in West Lebanon. Named after its largest contributor William Tilden it had among its founders professor Allen H. Weld and Charles Brickett Haddock then well-known educators and authors Haddock was also a politician. Though most of the entries are brief as a whole they create an excellent picture of what was middle class young women's life like at the end of the 19th century. Mary Kibling spends time writes with her family and friends shopping dancing taking small trips. Many entries mention painting and practising music. Here are some of the typical entries: "Went to Seminary. German ok. Practiced. Got ready about five and went up to Nell Smiths and went to the oyster supper with that crowd. Began to dance at nine. I danced thirteen out of eighteen. Chet Rio brought Nell and I home and Frank Foote took Minnie King of course. We all went in big teams." Jan 22; "Dance till about three. Got home at 5 five in the morning. Found door open and hall full of snow. Slept about an hour. ." Feb. 27; "Went to Seminary at 8. Studied this P.M. Will O. came about 7. We went to ride most to West Hartford then around the Glen. He did not act gentlemanly and I was disgusted. Got home about 10. He came in and staid a few moments." Some entries mention visits to a dentist though short they give a pretty good idea about the state of dentistry at that time: "Wore rubber between my front teeth all forenoon and had three filled in P.M. Hurt awfully. Mr. Brown said "Too bad" and laughed so I cried. ." During one visit she had seven of her teeth pulled: "Had to wait for Dr. Manchester. Another woman had 13 teeth out and then I took the chair. Took ether and was four minutes going off. When I came to my teeth were gone 7 except one root." The diary contains many names of local residents and students. One of the entries mentions Charles Alexander Eastman a Santee Dakota physician educated at Boston University: "Memorial Day. Eastman the Indian student called this P.M. ." May 31st. In the early 20th century Eastman was one of the most prolific authors and speakers on Sioux ethnohistory and American Indian affairs. In 1886 he studied at the Dartmouth College on an Indian scholarship and possibly that he might know Mary's brother Curtis who was a Dartmouth graduate spent several years in Dakota as a high school principal and in 1880s served as a superintendent of schools in Strafford.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF LATE 19TH CENTURY 1880s GILDED AGE WOMEN EDUCATION IN 19TH CENTURY AMERICA FEMALE SEMINARIES TILDEN FEMALE SEMINARY TILDEN LADIES' SEMINARY WEST LEBANON NEW HAMPSHIRE VERMONT MARY KIBLING NEW ENGLAND BUSINESSMEN ENTERTAINMENT IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY 1890s LIFESTYLE WOMEN'S STUDIES COURTSHIP AND DATING IN THE 19TH CENTURY AMERICA VERMONT GENEALOGY NEW HAMPSHIRE GENEALOGY AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0008118
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MARY LAWRENCE HERBERT PEABODY
1845 American Missionary Letters from Erzurum Ottoman Turkey Where Mary Lawrence Herbert Peabody Describes Armenian Protestant Work Against satans Seat
ERZROOM ERZURUM TURKEY. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1845. Non-Book. On offer are two 2 original manuscript autograph letters handwritten by the wife of Mary Lawrence Herbert Peabody 1817-1899 wife of Reverend Josiah Peabody 1807-1873 while the two were stationed in Erzurum Turkey. They were serving under the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions A. B. C. F. M. . Peabody wrote to brother to her brother Reverend Charles Herbert 1818-1893 who was at the time located in Missouri. She dates the letters Erzroom Erzurum Turkey April 21 1845 and Sept. 3 1845. To learn more about the Peabodys and Herbert see BIO NOTES at the end of the listing. These letters are thorough and describe the seemingly insurmountable task of instilling the Christian gospel in Erzurum. Peabody writes of the treaty political and religious obstacles with the Russians and French; persecution and more. Some excerpts from the letters follow: "I suppose your are hoping to hear that the door for our Missionary work is thrown wide open by this time. But no we are still laboring & toiling against the current. If the work of doing good is difficult in our own happy & Christian country what must it be here where Satan's seat is.Our prospect in some respects looks very dark at present. It seems the Russians & French are exerting all their power to oppose the progress of Protestantism.The influence of Russia is peculiarly felt at Erzroom as you know. The almost look upon this part of Turkey as their own.All the efforts of the English consul for us of late have been disregarded by the Bishop." April 21 1845. "Our prospects at times have seemed so dark - the poor people so oppressed & crushed to the earth by those who ought to aid them." Sept. 3 1845"The Bishop publicly not only orders the people not to speak or transact any business with those excommunicated but also to spit in their faces when they meet them. Notwithstanding.the people dare to read the Gospel & other good books.It is an interesting thing that some boys of 12 or 14 years old are searching the scriptures.Two were in yesterday & Mr. Peabody talked with them & read and explained the Gospel.one of them we have heard reads the Bible much to his mother.his father is much opposed to these things.he has a testament however which he reads privately to his mother." Sept. 3 1845"Mr Peabody several weeks since resumed his Armenian service on the Sabbath.Those attending are principally a new set as those who formerly attended are still regarded with so much suspicion." Sept. 3 1845She also writes of the invalid Mrs. Jackson and her trip across the mountain gardening and home. She expresses great joy at the receipt of her brother's daguerreotype and shares that she brings it along to a dinner party. These letters provide insight into the experience of American Board missionaries in Ottoman Erzurum in the 1840s documenting the difficulty of Protestant evangelical work among Armenians under intense ecclesiastical opposition Russian and French political pressure and the daily burdens of missionary family life on a remote eastern frontier. They would be an important addition to a collection or research library that features American missionary history Ottoman Empire studies Armenian religious and social history womens missionary writing nineteenth-century Protestant reform movements the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions or the history of Christianity in the eastern Mediterranean and Near East. They would also be of interest to those who study or collect content on the Herbert family as Mary was the daughter of George Herbert said to be the first lawyer in Ellsworth Maine. Condition: The letters are in generally excellent condition with the exception that each sheet has eight vertical 2" cut marks clean not resulting in any text loss. Hand carried covers. Closely penned ink. 3 1/2pp each. BIO NOTES: Reverend Josiah Peabody 1807-1873 was born in Topsfield Mass. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1936 and Andover Theological Seminary in 1840. In March 1841 he married Mary Lawrence Herbert 1817-1899 of Ellsworth Maine. About a month after their wedding Peabody and his bride sailed to Smyrna on route to Ezroum Turkey for his missionary work under the direction of A. B. C. F. M. He served in Turkey until his transfer to Constantinople in 1855. The Peabodys returned to the USA in 1860. They had three children that survived beyond infancy: Mary Charlotte Anne Lucy and Josiah Charles. Mary Lawrence Herbert 1817-1899 and Charles D. Herbert 1818-1893 were born to George Herbert 1778-1820 and Charlotte Tuttle 1782-1869. They were two of six children born to George and Charlotte. George Herbert was educated at Dartmouth and became a well-known lawyer in Ellsworth Maine sometimes referred to as the first lawyer in Ellsworth. Reverend Charles D. Herbert was the youngest son of the family. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1841 and from Bangor Theological Seminary in 1843. Following a few years doing home missionary work "in the west" he became the pastor of the West Newbury Church in Mass. He married and had two sons George Herbert and Rev. C. E. Herbert. ; Manuscripts; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 7 pages; ANATOLIA CITY OF KARIN MISSIONARY MISSIONARIES CHRISTIAN CHRISTIANITY OUTREACH OTTOMAN EMPIRE TURKEY ERZROOM ERZURUM TURKISH MIDDLE EAST THE LEVANT HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY TRAVEL 19TH CENTURY antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel ; Signed by Author . unknown
Bookseller reference : 0001253
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Mary Lipshultz
1933 Diary of a Young Los Angeles California Women Coming of Age During the Great Depression
Los Angeles: Earthquake. Good with no dust jacket. 1933. Softcover. On offer is a very personal account of a year in the life of a young woman living in Los Angeles in the midst of the Great Depression. The author of the diary is Mary Lipshultz. Casual research has not turned up any additional biographical date on her. She was living at home with her parents in Los Angeles California. Context suggests that she was in her late teens or very early twenties. In her diary Mary Lipshultz is totally consumed with her relationships with girlfriends and boyfriends. She has apparently graduated from high school. She spends most of her days doing various household tasks. Although her family does not appear to be wealthy they are comfortable and her father has regular work enabling both Mary and her mother to frequently go shopping. She does look for work but is generally unsuccessful: "In the morning I went to look for work alone but had no success" Feb 13; "I went down to Morries' store early to see about a job. He told me he didn't need me." Apr 15. Eventually she found work in Broadway's one of the premier department store chains of the time. Broadway's was later acquired by Federated Department Stores and stores were merged or re-branded as Macy's or Bloomingdales. "Francis and I went to work in the Broadway. I was scared. Worked at Draperies on the 7 th fl." July 17. Lipshultz grew up in the Great Depression. By 1933 it was firmly entrenched in the United States. Franklin Roosevelt became President and though hampered by the Dust Bowl began the process of rebuilding the American economy - a process that would last a decade until the United States entered WWII. She notes a 'bank holiday' which had everyone worried: "Today the Banks declared a legal holiday. Everyone worried" Mar 2. This entry was discussing the Emergency Banking Act one of FDR's first projects in the first 100 days of his presidency in an effort to address banking failures and other economic woes that gripped the country. As noted above Lipshultz was completely focused on personal and family matters in her diary. As one might expect from a girl her age social relationships were paramount: "Morrie Lerner called me and made a date with me for Monday night. Oh! Diary dear please make him like me! " Jan 12; "In the evening Lou came up unexpectedly. He gets sweeter all the time. We two act terrible. I'll have to try and cut it out. We're going a little too far" July 6; "In the afternoon Lee came up. She is as nice as ever & is making every effort to get together again. In the evening Lou came up and he asked me to go steady again. I won't ever go steady with him as we have too long to wait. I will probably change my mind a dozen times but we will see" July 22. Although almost exclusively focuses on her own personal experiences she does note some major external events. For example. She records the major Long Branch earthquake: "About 6 p. M. We had a terrible earthquake. . It kept shaking all the time and as Pa was at Murrietta Hot Springs we went to Fays. Nervous. We spent the night outside." Mar 10. The inauguration of Franklin Roosevelt on March 4th 1933 passes without comment. For a social historian this is an excellent window into the world of a young American girl in the depths of the Great Depression and through her eyes the wider community in which she lives. A researcher into Women's Studies would find this a terrific description of the life and expected roles of women at this period of time in America. This would all begin to change within a decade. Measuring 6.5 inches by 4.5 inches it contains 183 pages and is 100% complete. The covers are in good condition with signs of wear on the corners and the spine. The pages are in good condition and the hand writing is legible. ; Manuscripts; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 183 pages; Keywords: Handwritten manuscript document letter autograph writer hand written documents signed letters manuscripts historical holograph writers autographs personal memoir memorial antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier antike brief pergament dokument manuskript papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito papel Great Depression Women's Studies Women's Experiences Teenage Girls 20th Century Americana Broadway's department store Macy's Bloomingdale's Long Branch Earthquake coming of age dating during the depression dating in America job search . Earthquake paperback
Bookseller reference : 0011040
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MARY LUCILLE ARCHER
1939 - 1944 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A YOUNG STUDIOUS WOMAN WITH AN ACTIVE SOCIAL LIFE OF FRIENDS FASHION AND BOYS UNTIL SHE GRADUATES HIGH SCHOOL AND BEGINS HER STUDIES AS A PROMISING NURSING STUDENT
LITTLE ROCK ARKANSAS AK ST. VINCENT'S. Good. 1939. On offer is the five year diary of Mary Lucille Archer a High School aged girl living an exciting life in Little Rock Arkansas. The diary begins in 1939 with Lucille finishing her last year of Middle School and beginning her first year of high school. Her entries early in the diary are fairly simple and easy stating in a matter-of-fact way the events of the day. She attends school everyday studies quite often and states that she graduates from middle school with all four honors. She also spends time with many of the friends who will stay with her throughout all of her highschool years. She writes often of having a grand time. There are very few entries from 1940 and they are usually short statement. Usually they just say Letter from Margaret who is the authors sister. 1941 and 1942 have the most consistent entries in the diary showing a maturing woman coming into her own in the South. She travels occasionally going to places such as Nashville Memphis and in the summer the very small town of Meridian Arkansas where a good bit of her extended family lives. Starting in 1941 there is now almost constant talk of boys fashion and friends. She has a number of suitors in these years and she often goes on dates with these boys sometimes a number of dates in a week. She also attends church occasionally goes horseback riding often in the summer sees movies and plays and in general lives a social and active young life. After she graduated cum laude from High School in 1942 she has an active summer with family and friends and then gets a job at a local department store. This does not last long though as she writes that she goes to see Sister Mary Louis about getting in training for nursing at St. Vincents School of Nursing in Little Rock. The Sister gives her an application. At the very end of the month December 29th Mary is accepted into St. Vincents where she will study until 1946 graduating and becoming a Registered Nurse. The very back pages of the book contain a number of addresses of people mentioned in the diary as well as lists of birthdays 1942 Christmas presents and Graduation presents. The front cover of the book states The Property of: Mary Lucille Archer. 5516 West 29th St. Little Rock Arkansas. There is also a little note in the top corner that reads From: Aunt Jessie. Christmas 1938. Marys handwriting is easily legible and a delight to read. It is mostly written in pen but there are occasional entries in pencil. The diary is roughly 380 pages long and roughly half of the pages have writing in them. Most dates only include an entry for one year however there are plenty that have two years and a handful that have three or more years on them. The book is in good condition showing minimal wear. The front cover is in red leather and shows a bit of discoloration. Structurally the book is in very good condition. Excerpts from the diary: May 27 1939. Got up. Read the paper. Went to town and got my graduation dress. Came home and went to bed.; May 30 1939. Graduated from M.S. I got all four honors. Only one that was clapped for. Went to H.S. graduation. Mr. B said I did fine and made fine grades.; August 6 1941. Had a lovely birthday. Got lots of nice things. Went to see Double Date with Bud James and Helen; September 8 1941. Started to school. Went over to the church. Came home took a bath got my lessons and went to bed.; January 19 1942. Had final test in Home Management. Made 297/329. Letters from Merle and Ben Edelen.; February 9 1942. Letters from Merle and Ben. Changed from Standard time to War time. During World War II Congress enacted the War Time Act on January 20 1942. Year-round Daylight saving time was reinstated in the United States on February 9 1942 as a wartime measure to conserve energy resources; April 12 1942. Went to school. Heard the choir broadcast over N.B.C. Selma Bessie Ann and I went to zoo and around with 3 soldier boys.; May 17 1942. Sang at Me. Church in 2nd period. Sr. girls glee club. Went to W.A.C. church afterward and home.; May 29 1942. I graduated from High School. I was the 5th one to graduate. I was an honor graduate with 24.5 honor credits.; June 25 1942. Had a blind date with Jimmy Hawk. He is a very nice boy. David Williams drowned.; August 21 1942. Had a date with Rodney Allen. He took me to see the Magnificent Dope and afterwards let me drive some.; November 17 1942. I applied for jobs at Cohns and Pfeifers. Mr. Rice at Pfeifer told me to come work at Pfeifers the next day at 9:00 A.M.; December 29 1942. Letter of acceptance from St. Vincents. Letter from Geo. with 2 blank checks. Went to town with Ray. Got a pair of nurses shoes. Background: Mary Lucille Archer was born August 6 1925 to George Thornton Archer Sr. and Irma John Ray Archer. She was a Cum Laude graduate of Little Rock Sr. High in 1942. Mary graduated with honors from St. Vincent School of Nursing in January 1946 and was a Registered Nurse. She worked at hospitals in Wellesley MA and St. Vincent Infirmary in Little Rock. She later worked with her husband in the real estate insurance and construction businesses while raising their family. As the youngest of five children Mary devoted many years caring for elderly parents and siblings. She was an active member of First Presbyterian Church in Little Rock for 34 years where she taught Sunday school. From 1979 until 2009 she was a member of Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church. Mary was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years Col. USA Ret. James M. Collins.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF MARY LUCILLE ARCHER LITTLE ROCK MERIDIAN ARKANSAS WORLD WAR 2 ERA STUDIOUS WOMEN CUM LAUDE HONORS LITTLE ROCK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ST. VINCENTS COLLEGE OF NURSING ST. VINCENT INFIRMARY DATES WITH BOYS HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL LIFE YOUNG AND CAREFREE FEMINISM WOMENS RIGHTS YOUNG AND INDEPENDENT WOMAN WORLD WAR TWO ERA YOUTH NURSING STUDENT AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO DANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover
Bookseller reference : 0009069
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