‎Collectibles‎

‎Ware, William Rotch (edited by); measured drawings by H C Dunham‎

‎SEATS OF THE COLONISTS AND OTHER FURNISHINGS - Part I All Published - Original Edition‎

‎Boston MA: American Architect Company 1904. HC. good loose leaves laid in edgeworn folio folder as published. 28 B&W photos and drawings. Franklin 2362. American and English chairs and furniture. 24pp of text. American Architect Company unknown‎

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‎Waring, Philipa; Waring, Peter‎

‎In Praise of Teddy Bears‎

‎128 pages. "An illustrated survey of his history, a scrapbook of his attainments, and an intimate photograph album. An A-Z of the most famous bears in the world, a compendium of the record breakers, and a revelation about why Teddy exerts such a fantastic appeal." - from dust jacket. of Clean, bright and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. Excellent copy. Would make a very pleasing gift. Book‎

‎Warner, Charles Dudley (editor)‎

‎A Library of the World's Best Literature Ancient and Modern Vol VI Bra-Bul‎

‎New York: International Society 1897. 4to size hardcover with marbled blue and gilt boards and leather spine which extends unto boards. Matching marbled endpapers. Deckled edged pages numbered from 2320 to 2730 with gilt topstain. Gilt titles on spine. Black and white illustrations throughout some full-page illustrations. There is no publication information in this volume. It was published by the International Society; 1897. The original set was 40 volumes this is the only volume we have and was edited by Charles Dudley Warner. Charles Dudley Warner 1829 - 1900 was an American humorist novelist and editor. A friend of novelist Mark Twain the two collaborated on a novel. Contents include: The Abbe de Brantome Pierre de Bourdeille Fredericka Bremer Clemens Brentano Elisabeth Brentano John Bright Brillant-Savarin Charlotte Bronte and her sisters Phillips Brooks Charles Brockden Brown John Brown Charles Farrar Browne Artemus Ward Sir Thomas Browne William Browne Henry Howard Brownell Elizabeth Barrett Browning Robert Browning Orestes Augustus Brownson Ferdinand Brunetiere Giordano Bruno William Cullen Bryant James Bryce Francis Trevelyan Buckland Henry Thomas Buckle George Louis Le Clerc Buffon Edward Bulwer-Lytton Donation bookplate on inside front cover. The donor was the Right Reverend Monsignor A.F. Roche. Ambrose Francis Roche 1854 - 1935 was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest in 1880. He was also editor of a Catholic literary journal for more than 10 years and briefly served on the Quincy Massachusetts school board. He was appointed a monsignor in 1911. He celebrated his 50th anniversary in the priesthood while pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Jamaica Plain Massachusetts. The rubbed leather exterior spine of the book cracked while the book was being photographed. The spine is split down the middle and torn across the midpoint. The head and heal of spine and corners are worn and chipped. Split to front pastedown. There is a chipped reference sticker on spine but the book has no library markings. We note transfer from leather on contact with a surface. Pages are toned and there is some light foxing on first few pages. This volume weighs more than four pounds. There will be no extra shipping charges if sent by US Media Mail. Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning. Half-Leather. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Ex-Library. International Society Hardcover‎

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‎Warner, Harry, Jr [1922 - 2003]‎

‎In the Niche Of Time- Original Typescript of a Science Fiction Story By Harry Warner Jr‎

‎Circa 1945/1955: Forrest Ackerman Agency 1950. Original Typescript . Loose Sheets. Very Good. 14 pp. "about 3500 words". Typescript with hand corrections. Original story about a dictator a scientist and a time machine in which the dictatator is unaware that time changes only INSIDE the time machine. Harry Warner was a long-time SF fan who published 11 stories and several books particularly "All Our Yesterdays" a history of early SF fandom and "A Wealth of Fable" covering the 1950's which won the Hugo Award in 1993 for Best Related Book. Label of the Forrest Ackerman Agency. <br/> <br/> Forrest Ackerman Agency unknown‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 020956

‎Warner, W Lloyd, With Paul S Lunt, Leo Srole, J O Low, Etc‎

‎Yankee City Series: Complete Five Volume Set. Volume I: The Social Life Of A Modern Community. Vol. 2: The Status System Of A Modern Community. Vol 3: The Social Systems Of American Ethnic Groups. Vol 4: The Social System Of A Modern Factory. The Strike: A Social Analysis. Vol 5: The Living And The Dead: A Study Of The Symbolic Life Of Americans‎

‎New Haven.: Yale University Press 1941 1942 1945 1947 1959 1941. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good DJ's. Five Volumes All First Printings All In Green Cloth Gilt. Books Are All Near Fine Volume Three With Ownership Signature At Princeton Volume Five With Ownership Stamp Of D B Robertson At Berea College No Other Marks No Stains Or Other Damage. Volume I Is Lacking The Scarce Dj; Vol 2 Dj Is Browned Red Lettering Clear Very Small Losses At Corners; Vol 3 Dj With Somewhat Larger Losses But Virtually Complete Not Affecting Lettering Some Browning But Lettering Very Strong; Vol 4 Dj Is Near Fine No Losses; Vol 5 Dj Is Vg 1/8" Deep X 3/4" Long Chip At Bottom Of Center Of Spine 3/16" V-Chip At Top Front Flap Fold; All Dj's Not Price-Clipped. A Complete Set Of First Printings Scarce In Dj's Of Perhaps The Most Important 20Th Century Observational Investigation And Study In Social Psychology Probably Never To Be Replicated In Its Scope Unfortunately. Lacking The "American Symbol Systems" And "Data Book For The Yankee City Series". <br/> <br/> Yale University Press 1941, 1942, 1945, 1947, 1959 hardcover‎

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‎WARREN J. BENEDICT‎

‎Hans P. Kraus Collection of Hispanic American manuscripts. A guide‎

‎Washington: Library of Congress 1974. First edition 8vo pp. x 187; illustrated endpapers; spine a bit faded; very good in original red cloth spine and upper cover gilt. Review copy with slips laid in. <br/><br/> Library of Congress hardcover books‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 32175

‎WARREN R GRIMES‎

‎1942 - 1945 ORIGINAL GROUP OF EIGHT 8 MANUSCRIPT LETTERS HANDWRITTEN BY A PURDUE UNIVERSITY CHEMIST WORKING ON TOP SECRET PROJECTS LIKELY THE ATOMIC BOMB WHO SHARES MANY DETAILS WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND IN UNCENSORED LETTERS‎

‎WEST LAFAYETTE INDIANA OAK RIDGE TENNESSEE. Good. 1942. On offer is a significant original group of eight 8 manuscript letters handwritten by Purdue University scientist Warren R. Grimes to his girlfriend Dorothy Jean Hendrickson from November 1942 to November 1945. Of particular interest to historians and researchers will be the intimacy of the letters revealing what many might consider highly important and secretive work as part of the war effort by this young man and the fact that none of these letters have been censored and it appears he was working on some highly important research likely with regard to the Atomic bomb even mentioning a new reactor that runs on 100% nitric acid and or radar as Purdue University did much work in these areas. He confides to his girlfriend: 'I am messing with tough stuff batch exploded got a few burns. He will stay with this research until something happens. There are a few guys who believe that this problem can be solved it can. So much work to do in little time.' When at Oak Ridge he states: 'It will not make us famous if it works but it will be some satisfaction to us I wish I could tell you about Dear maybe I can sometime.' Unsatisfied with what he feels is an inactive roll he writes about wanting to join the Army but due to his Occupational Status of "Men Needed in Their Civilian Activity" the Government deferred him Status of 2A as his civilian work was more important for the War Effort. He states in one letter that he could have be in uniform next week but that seems sort of selfish I decided some time ago to be a Chemist and spent time trying to be a good one. Overall G.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF WARREN R. GRIMES PURDUE UNIVERSITY SCIENTIST DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY PURDUE CYCLOTRONCHEMISTS PHYSICISTS ATOMIC BOMB OAK RIDGE TENNESSEE MANHATTAN PROJECT RADAR WAR EFFORT NUCLEAR BOMBS DOROTHY JEAN HENDRICKSON WWII WW2 WORLD WAR 2 WORLD WAR II TOP SECRET AMERICANAHANDWRITTEN 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

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‎WARREN, Betty (1920-93)‎

‎A Profile of the Southwest‎

‎Oneonta NY: Hartwick College 1991. Signed print. Folio 16" X 24". Near fine. Handsome matte finish exhibition poster for this showing at The Museums at Hardwick College which took place from April 14 to August 4 of 1991. Betty Warren's name appears large across the top in large typeface while the center is filled with Warren's pencil portrait of an elderly woman titled "'Grandmother' -- Taos Pueblo N.M." At lower right of this image in blue fineline the artist handsomely signs and inscribes: "To Arnold / From / Betty." Arnold is Arnold F. Gates 1914-93 a noted Lincoln and Civil War scholar and officer of the New York Civil War Round Table. Warren was the daughter of noted Western artist and "Pecos Bill" creator Jack A. Warren and was a highly-paid portrait artist in her own right; in 1940 at age 20 she became the youngest woman artist to be given a solo exhibit at a major American museum when the Berkshire Museum showcased her work. Hartwick College unknown‎

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‎WARREN, J BENEDICT‎

‎Hans P. Kraus Collection of Hispanic American manuscripts. A guide‎

‎Washington: Library of Congress 1974. First edition 8vo pp. x 187; illustrated endpapers; spine a bit faded; very good in original red cloth spine and upper cover gilt. Review copy with slips laid in. Library of Congress unknown‎

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‎Warren, Jon‎

‎The Official Price Guide Paperbacks‎

‎NY: House of Collectibles. Fine. 1991. First Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 0876377932 . Signed by Warren on the half-title. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 934 pages; Signed by Author . House of Collectibles paperback‎

Referentie van de boekhandelaar : 16496 ISBN : 0876377932 9780876377932

‎Warren, Robert DD] D D‎

‎THE DEVOUT CHRISTIAN'S COMPANION‎

‎London: Charles Smith 1707. 1st Edition . Hardback. Vg. 12mo. x 371 i pub.list pp. IN THREE PARTS each with its own full title-page with continuous page numbers.The devout Christian's companion : Or a compleat manual of devotions fitted for most concerns of human life: With Particular Offices For Sick and Dying Persons. To which is added The Paschal Lamb a Treatise explaining the Nature Design and Benefit of the Holy Sacrament; with Suitable Devotions. Collected from the works of Abp. Tillotson Bp. Patrick Bp. Kenn Bp. Beverege Bp. Taylor Dr. Scott Dr. Horneck Dr. Stanhope &c. English Short Title Catalog T99980. <br/> <br/> Charles Smith hardcover‎

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‎WARRINER, William (?-?)‎

‎Signed First Day Cover‎

‎This famed hybridizer was legendary in the specialized world of rose cultivation and served as director of research for Jackson & Perkins the renowned California rose cultivator; he was responsible for developing an astonishing 110 rose varieties two of which "Medallion" and "Red Masterpiece" were chosen by the U.S. Post Office for a special stamp issued in 1978. Signed First Day Cover 6½" X 3½" cancelled in Shreveport Louisiana on July 11 1978 and with "First Day of Issue" marked. Eight 15-cent rose stamps affixed. No decorative cachet or distracting recipient's name/address. Warriner signs boldly in black ballpoint right on the "sweet spot." Extremely attractive and surprisingly uncommon. Small portion of original transmittal envelope also present. unknown‎

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‎WARTER JOHN WOOD‎

‎Southey's common-place book‎

‎New York: Harper & Brothers 1849. First edition 2 vols. 8vo 416; 471; contemporary half brown morocco over marbled boards t.e.g. marbled endpapers; bindings rubbed moderate dampstain to both volumes still a good sound set. Volume II is the Second series special collections; both volumes are complete on their own. <br/><br/> Harper & Brothers hardcover books‎

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‎Warwick Lake, 3rd Viscount‎

‎1834 Manuscript Signature of Warwick Lake 3rd Viscount in the County of Buckingham‎

‎England. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1834. Non-Book. On offer is the signature of Warwick Lake 3rd Viscount Lake 1783-1848. Lake has signed on a Free-franked 5 x 3 inch envelope with a trimmed front. BIO NOTES: Viscount Lake of Delhi and Laswary and of Aston Clinton in the County of Buckingham was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. The peerage was created on 31 October 1807 for the prominent soldier Gerard Lake 1st Baron Lake. He commanded the victorious British forces at the Battle of Laswari which took place on 1 November 1803 near Laswari village Alwar during the Second Anglo-Maratha War. Lake was Commander-in-Chief of India from 1801 to 1805 and from 1805 to 1807. Lake is remembered for his action on 13 December 1807 when he was then captain of HMS Recruit. Lake marooned an impressed seaman Robert Jeffrey on Sombrero Island; Manuscripts; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1 pages; Signed by Author . unknown‎

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‎Washer, Robert R; Inscription By Albert Schweitzer On Another Paper‎

‎Albert Schweitzer Book With Signed Note From Albert Schweitzer Original Photographs Schweitzer Fund Publications Radiation 1982 Humanity And Peace And "Finding Lambarene" With Two Letters From Charlene Baldwin‎

‎Corona Del Mar Ca: Robert R. Washer 2010. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Soft cover. Fine/Near Fine. Illustrated Boards. Privately Published In About 2010 Documenting The Author's Visit To Schweitzer's Lambarene In The 1960'S. The Author Was A Minister. With Original Photographs In B/W And In Color And A Three Line Note From Schweitzer Added 8 May 1962 To The Bottom Of A Note To The Author From His Young Son And Addressed To The Son. <br/> <br/> Robert R. Washer paperback‎

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‎Washington, George; John Adams; Thomas Jefferson; James Madison; Andrew Jackson; Martin Van Buren; William Henry Harrison; James‎

‎Autograph Album of the Presidents and Cabinet Officials of the United States of America.‎

‎Rare late 19th century folio album containing an extensive collection of Presidential autographs letters carte-de-visites and portraits in addition to those of each Cabinet. Folio bound in three quarter morocco with five raised bands and gilt titles to the spine. The album contains: a clipped signature of President George Washington with a four-page letter of provenance dated July 13 1948 several portraits of him including two rare carte-de-visites as well as a carte-de-visite of Martha Washington; and autograph letter signed by John Adams as President to Benjamin Lincoln Quincy July 23 1799; a clipped document signed by Thomas Jefferson as President and James Madison as Secretary of State with numerous portraits of each; a trimmed ship's passport signed by James Monroe; clipped signatures of Andrew Jackson and Martin van Buren; autograph letter signed by William Henry Harrison North Bend March 4 1840; clipped signature of James Tyler; clipped document signed by James H. Polk as President and countersigned by James Buchanan as Secretary of State with the Presidential Seal intact; a card signed by Zachary Taylor and members of his cabinet; slipped signature of Millard Fillmore; autograph letter signed by James Buchanan; clipped signature of Franklin Pierce; clipped signatures of Abraham Lincoln William Seward and Andrew Johnson; clipped signature of Ulysses S. Gran with numerous portraits of him including a rare carte-de-visite; clipped signature and autograph not signed by Rutherford B. Hayes March 21 1892; autograph note signed by James Garfield Menton Ohio June 22 1880; signature card of Chester A. Arthur dated November 15 1881; an autograph letter signed by Grover Cleveland on White House stationery dated September 1 1887; a card signed by Benjamin Harrison; a signature card signed by Grover Cleveland; and a letter signed by William McKinley 27 February 1892. The Presidential autographs and portraits are followed by extensive section of cabinet officials including: a clipped signature of Alexander Hamilton as Secretary of the Treasury; an autograph letter signed by Albert Gallatin; clipped signatures of Aaron Burr John Armstrong John Calhoun and Henry Clay; autograph note signed by Daniel Webster; card signed by James Polk James Buchanan and other members of his cabinet; autograph letter signed by Edward Everett; autograph note signed by Jefferson Davis and other members of the Confederacy including Howell Cobb and James Thompson; autograph note signed by William H. Seward dated 1855; and a note signed by Gideon Welles on Navy Department stationery in addition to dozens of other notable American public figures including cabinet officials and Vice-Presidents. In very good condition. An exceptional rarity. hardcover‎

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‎Washington IRVING‎

‎Bracebridge Hall ; or the humorists Suivi de Tales of a traveller. By Geoffrey Crayon Gent.‎

‎Paris: Baudry booseller in foreign languages 1834. Fine. Baudry booseller in foreign languages Paris 1834 9.50 x 14.60 cm relié Rare Parisian edition. A specific title page for the Tales of a traveller. The first edition of Bracebridge hall appeared in 1822 in N.Y. Contemporary Romantic binding in full glazed red calf. Smooth spine richly decorated with foliage and other ornamental tools. Boards stamped in blind with a large central roundel gilt ruled border. All edges gilt. Light rubbing notably to lower board and corners. Small stains. A handsome and rare copy in a rich Romantic binding. Baudry, booseller in foreign languages hardcover‎

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‎Washington, George‎

‎George Washington Autograph Diary Leaf.‎

‎Mount Vernon March 1762. Autograph manuscript being George Washington's diary entries for a portion of March 1762 detailing the fruit grafts that he has accomplished. 2 pages 5 14/16 x 3 10/16 inches irregular on a leaf of laid paper Mount Vernon March 1762; browned left margin of recto waterstained and abraded causing a loss of text in most lines small abrasion at center of recto obscuring three words. Accompanied by an autograph note signed by James Kirke Paulding: "Memorandum in the hand of Washington taken from an old almanac for 1762 in the possession of JK Paulding." A rare Washington relic: perhaps the only leaf from Washington's diary in private hands. According to the Washington Papers these two pages were initially a blank leaf interleaved in a printed almanac that a Mrs. J. Washington gave to novelist and Secretary of the Navy James Kirke Paulding. The balance of the diary thirteen pages written on interleaved blanks in the Virginia Almanack for the Year of our Lord God 1762 was sold at Sotheby's Parke Bernet 6 December 1977 lot 35. The identifying note by Paulding accompanying the present leaf indicates that it was him who separated this leaf from the diary. Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig editors of The Diaries of George Washington state that the entry for 24 March 1762 was transferred from a dated memorandum on the back cover of the diary—the present leaf provides the actual entry for that day. Paulding served in the Van Buren administration as Secretary of the Navy between 1838 and 1841; it is most likely that is when the diary passed into his hands. Mrs. J. Washington is most likely Jane Charlotte Blackburn Washington 1786–1855 wife of John Augustine Washington 1789–1832. John Augustine a nephew of Bushrod Washington inherited Mount Vernon from Bushrod Washington who died without issue. Jackson and Twohig tabulate the location of all known diaries and diary fragments of George Washington. The great majority of these are in the Library of Congress with other examples in the Public Records Office London the Historical Society of Pennsylvania the Detroit Public Library the Virginia Historical Society Columbia University and Mount Vernon. Writing to a commission of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association in 1924 John C. Fitzpatrick exclaimed: "Now that I have read every word of these Diaries from the earliest to the last one it is impossible to consider them in any light than that of a marvelous record. It is impossible for anyone to arrive at a true understanding or comprehension of George Washington without reading his diary record" Diaries of George Washington 1:xix. Washington kept no daily records until 1760; even then his keeping of diaries was erratic until 1768. His preference was to record his entries on blank pages interleaved in the Virginia Almanack; after the war he adopted blank memorandum books. But by 1795 he returned to the Almanack. Washington's biographer John Marshall and editor Jared Sparks together with Washington's nephew Bushrod carelessly dispensed his papers as souvenirs. The 1797 diary was given to Christopher Hughes who broke it up and dispersed it among friends in America and Europe. Margaret and Robert Adams of Philadelphia were the recipients of the diaries of 1795 and 1798. The whereabouts of these diaries is presently unknown as is the remainder of the Paulding diary of 1762. The entry for March 1762 is the first spring in which Washington was full owner of Mount Vernon. Since 1754 Washington had been leasing the life rights to the estate from the widow of his half brother Lawrence. The plantation became his by right of inheritance when Anne Fairfax Washington died 14 March 1761 with no surviving heirs. By March of 1762 Washington was busy grafting trees in his fruit garden: "18th. Transplanted 5 Cata … ye Birch by Quarter. Several Damson trees to the Peach Orchard. And a Bullock Heart Cherry tree from Colo. Mason's in the corner of the garden near the Spanish Chestnut." Washington has also grafted "four Apricots on Peach. Six taken just from the Nursery & transplanted into the corners adjoining the lower walk of the garden. Note the scions were cut a fortnight or three weeks ago and burried but the Bud … very much." Scion wood is vigorous growth trimmed from desirable trees in late winter for early spring grafting. Washington apparently cut the scions in February and then stored them carefully until he was ready to begin grafting in March. Typically grafting commences in April but as Virginia enjoys a relatively mild climate it could begin in March. In another entry Washington has "grafted two very early May Cherrys from Colo. Masons remarkably large and fine upon wild cherry stock standing in the middle of these Bordr." Washington also planted and grafted a number of varieties of pears plums and apples. "in the third row black Pear of —cester. Very good for baking. In the fourth row 5 Spanish pears wch are very fine. They hang till November and keep thro the winter as well as apples. Note. All these grafts from Colo. Masons." Varieties of cherries mentioned in the diary originated from England. Washington grafts the Bullock cherry or Ox Heart a dark red cherry with large heart-shaped fruit which ripens in July although Washington states May. The Carnation cherry also mentioned in a graft is a large light red cherry used for making brandy and preserves. The magnum bonum plum also known as the egg plum bears fruit that is white and yellow. The generous Colonel Mason is his neighbor George Mason whose plantation Gunston Hall was located sixteen miles south of Alexandria. Washington and Mason were both enthusiastic farmers and the two frequently exchanged thoughts on agriculture as well as on politics. Washington's diary indicates that his fruit trees were organized in four quadrants: north east north west south west and south east. There were up to nine rows of trees in the quadrants with numerous cross walks. The Diaries of George Washington 1:316 provides an illustration of a contemporary quadrant-style arrangement of an orchard from Batty Langley's New Principles of Gardening London 1728 which would have been familiar to Washington. Prior to his presidency Washington was by occupation a planter and he imported luxuries and other goods from England paying for them by exporting tobacco. In 1765 because of erosion and other soil problems he changed Mount Vernon’s primary cash crop from tobacco to wheat and expanded operations to include corn flour milling and fishing. His success in these new endeavors led him to soon be counted among the political and social elite in Virginia. From 1768 to 1775 he invited some 2000 guests to his Mount Vernon estate mostly those whom he considered people of rank. Following the conclusion of the Revolutionary War Washington returned to Mount Vernon where he oversaw the completion of the remodeling work at Mount Vernon which transformed his residence into the mansion that survives to this day although his financial situation was not strong. Creditors paid him in depreciated wartime currency and he owed significant amounts in taxes and wages. Mount Vernon had made no profit during his absence and he saw persistently poor crop yields due to pestilence and poor weather. Again Washington diversified by undertaking a new landscaping plan and succeeded in cultivating a range of fast-growing trees and shrubs that were native to North America. unknown‎

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‎Washington, George‎

‎George Washington Letter Signed.‎

‎Mount Vernon July 28 1785. Rare letter signed by George Washington to his land agent in Virginia Battaile Muse. Quarto three pages on a single folded leaf the letter is addressed to Mr. Battaile Muse. The body of the letter in a secretarial hand reads in full: "Mount Vernon July 28 1785 Sir: A few days ago by a Mr. Hickman who either is or wants to be a tenant of mine in Frederick County. I sent you a Dozen Blank leases. The Tract on which he says he is fixed is part of two lots which I purchased at the sale of Colo. George Mercer's Estate in the year 1774: a plot of which I send you that the whole may be arranged into four tenements as conveniently disposed as water &c. will admit. In Sept. last whilst I was at my Brother's in Berkely sic many Persons applied for this Land. But from causes which then existed I came to no positive agreement with any; referring them to Mr. Snickers who was so kind as to promise that he would fix matters for me as I was in a hurry and could not go upon the Land myself on the terms which if I recollect right I gave him in a letter. Some time after two men of the names of Winzer and Beaver with the letter enclosed from Mr. Snickers came here and were told that I would comply with whatever agreement was made with them by him: among other things they said Mr. Snickers had promised them Leases for fourteen years: this I observed could not I conceived to be the case because I had expressly named ten years the term for which Mr. Burwell let his Lands adjoining but notwithstanding if the case was so and Mr. Snickers would declare it the Leases should be filled up accordingly: this I repeat and as far as the matter respects Winzer for it seems Beaver has changed his mind the other conditions endorsed on the back of Mr. Snicker's letter to me are to be granted him: he paying all the taxes which may be on the Land he holds However as filling up one Lease may be a guide with respect to the others I enclose one in the name of Winzer with the blanks as completely filled as I can do under my uncertainty with respect to the term of years for which he is to have it and which is to be determined by Mr. Snickers: and for want of the quantity of acres in and description of the Lot which he is to have. There are already three Tenants on this tract to whom you may fill up Leases on the same terms and I have done for Winzer and whenever they will bring evidences to prove them I will sign them. As Beaver has declined taking the Lot which he agreed first with Mr. Snickers and afterwards with me for you may let it to any good tenant who offers upon the terms the others are held. The three now engaged will have rents to pay thereon the first of next Jan. It will be necessary to take an Assignment of Mr. Whiting's Lease before one can be made to Mr. Airess; or some instrument of writing by which it will be can be cancelled in order to render the new one valid; and I hope payment of the money due on the Replevy Bonds of the former will not be delayed longer than the time mentioned in your last letter viz Sept. Having got a Gentleman to assist me in my business I hope shortly to have my Accts. so arranged as to send you a rental of what is due to me in London Fauquier and Berkely sic Counties. I have a Lot in the town and common of Winchester which when you have occasion to go thither I beg the state and condition of them may be enquired into and information given what can be made of them. The one in the Town I believe a Doctr. McKay has something to do with. I would be obliged to you for enquiring of Mr. Wormley's manager if he has any good red clover seed for sale; what quantity and the price thereof and let me know the result by the first conveyance to Alexandria." Washington closes his letter and signs the letter in his own hand: "I am Sir Yr Very Hble Serv G Washington." In very good condition with an archival reinforcement to the inner fold remnants of earlier mounts. Housed in a large custom slipcase. The recipient Battaile Muse was the son of Colonel George Muse who served with Washington in the Virginia Regiment during the Fort Necessity Campaign. Washington hired Battaile in November 1784 as his agent for land in Berkeley Frederick Fauquier and Loudoun counties a position he would hold until 1791. Prior to his presidency Washington was by occupation a planter and he imported luxuries and other goods from England paying for them by exporting tobacco. In 1765 because of erosion and other soil problems he changed Mount Vernon's primary cash crop from tobacco to wheat and expanded operations to include corn flour milling and fishing. His success in these new endeavors led him to soon be counted among the political and social elite in Virginia. From 1768 to 1775 he invited some 2000 guests to his Mount Vernon estate mostly those whom he considered people of rank. Following the conclusion of the Revolutionary War Washington returned to Mount Vernon where he oversaw the completion of the remodeling work at Mount Vernon which transformed his residence into the mansion that survives to this day although his financial situation was not strong. Creditors paid him in depreciated wartime currency and he owed significant amounts in taxes and wages. Mount Vernon had made no profit during his absence and he saw persistently poor crop yields due to pestilence and poor weather. Again Washington diversified by undertaking a new landscaping plan and succeeded in cultivating a range of fast-growing trees and shrubs that were native to North America. American statesman and soldier George Washington served as the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797 and was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He served as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and later presided over the 1787 convention that drafted the United States Constitution. He is popularly considered the driving force behind the nation's establishment and came to be known as the "father of the country" both during his lifetime and to this day. unknown‎

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‎Washington, George‎

‎George Washington Signed Partial Document.‎

‎January 21 1799. Rare partial document signed by George Washington on January 21 1799 eleven months before his death on December 14 1799. Octavo the partial manuscript document reads "I do acknowledge that this is the Platt referred to in the Deeds made for the Lands of George Mercer." Signed by Washington "Go. Washington" and countersigned by three witnesses. Accompanied by a typed letter signed by Dorothy Twohig editor-in-chief of the The Papers of George Washington which reads in part "The note on Mercer explains Washington's involvement in the whole affair which started before the Revolution. After the war Washington tried to extricate himself from the problems resulting from the power of attorney given him by George Mercer who had died in 1784 and indeed a decree of the Virginia Court of Chancery had removed Mercer's affairs from his control but ramifications from land sales followed him even into his years of retirement after his presidency. I am also inclosing transcriptions of three letters between Washington and Raleigh Colston involving Mercer's land. We think that your document was issued by Washington to reassure Colston in regards to his purchase of Mercer land. It was all an extremely complicated affair that plagued Washington for much of his public life." George Mercer served as a captain under George Washington during the French and Indian War moving to Europe in 1765. Washington became entangled in his American business affairs in the early 1770s after Mercer had inherited properties in Virginia from his father. The present document seems to pertain to the sale of Mercer's lands to Raleigh Colston with Washington offering reassurances of a clean title. It is a particularly noteworthy document in that Washington began his adult life as a surveyor—in July 1749 at the age of 17 Washington was appointed official surveyor for the newly created Culpeper County in northern Virginia. Here a mere eleven months before his death on December 14 1799 he is still attending to matters of plats and surveys. In very good condition. Handsomely matted and framed with a portrait of Washington after Rembrandt Peale’s famed painted portrait “George Washington Patriae Pater" considered by many second only to Gilbert Stuart’s iconic Athenaeum portrait of the first president and variations of which hang in the Oval Office and Old Senate Chamber. The entire piece measures 16 inches by 19.25 inches. American statesman and soldier George Washington served as the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797 and was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He served as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War and later presided over the 1787 convention that drafted the United States Constitution. He is popularly considered the driving force behind the nation's establishment and came to be known as the "father of the country" both during his lifetime and to this day. Washington retired to Mount Vernon in March 1797 and devoted time to his plantations and other business interests including his distillery. His plantation operations were only minimally profitable48 and his lands in the west Piedmont were under Indian attacks and yielded little income with the squatters there refusing to pay rent. He attempted to sell these but without success. Washington was known to be rich because of the well-known "glorified façade of wealth and grandeur" at Mount Vernonbut nearly all of his wealth was in the form of land and slaves rather than ready cash. To supplement his income he erected a distillery for substantial whiskey production. Historians estimate that the estate was worth about $1 million in 1799 dollars equivalent to $17.59 million in 2022.  Washington bought land parcels to spur development around the new Federal City named in his honor and he sold individual lots to middle-income investors rather than multiple lots to large investors believing they would more likely commit to making improvements. unknown‎

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‎Washington, Booker T‎

‎The Future Of The American Negro‎

‎Boston Ma: Small Maynard & Company 1899. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good . X 3- 244 Pp. Red-Brown Cloth Gilt Top Edge Gilt 1899 Date On Title Page Stub Between Pages 4 And 5 One Final Blank. First Printing. Light Usage Gilt Brilliant Slight Fading To Spine Cloth As Usual Hinges Tight No Marks. <br/> <br/> Small, Maynard & Company hardcover‎

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‎Washington, Booker T‎

‎Up From Slavery: An Autobiography‎

‎New York: Doubleday Page & Company 1901. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. Frontispiece Portrait. Ix 330 Pp. Maroon Ribbed Cloth Gilt Lettering Top Edge Gilt. Frontispiece Portrait Signed In Facsimile. With Following Points: Line On Title Page Reads "Author Of The Future Of The American Negro"; Extra Comma After 1901 Date On Copyright Page. Very Near Fine Light Rubbing At Points At Corners All Gilt Brilliant Covers Immaculate Hinges Tight Frontispiece And Tissue Guard Crisp. Exceptionally Well Preserved Example Of A Not Uncommon Book That Is Usually Found With Considerable Wear. Photographic And Engraved Bookplate Of Norma Elizabeth And Louis Robert Korn On Front Endpaper. <br/> <br/> Doubleday Page & Company hardcover‎

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‎Washington Cycle & Supply Co‎

‎Washington Cycle & Supply Co. Catalogue "C"‎

‎Tacoma WA: Washington Cycle & Supply Co. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. N.D. Stiff card covers. I could not find a date anywhere in this catalog but I believe it to be 1920's. Grayish card covers with green cloth spine. Light soil with rubbing to the spine particularly at the top where the cloth has rubbed away from the binding. Some illustrations are in 3 colors. Mostly bikes and parts but also the tools needed and for some reason a section on ammunition at the rear. ; 11"; 217 pages . Washington Cycle & Supply Co. unknown‎

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‎Washington George‎

‎George Washington and Great Seal of the United States Engraved Ostrich Egg.‎

‎Rare ostrich egg engraved with a portrait of George Washington the Washington Coat of Arms the Great Seal of the United States and the Masonic compass and trowel. Mounted on a decorative brass stand. From the collection of former four-term United States Senator Lloyd Millard Bentsen who ran as the Democratic Party nominee for vice president in 1988 on the Michael Dukakis ticket and served as the the 69th United States Secretary of the Treasury under President Bill Clinton. As a primary architect of the Clinton economic plan Bentsen contributed to a $500 billion reduction in the deficit launching the longest period of economic growth since World War II. More than 5 million new jobs were created during his tenure as Secretary. Bentsen was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1999. In fine condition. A unique piece of Americana and with noted provenance. The art of decorating trading and gifting ostrich eggs as luxury items and extravagant gifts dates back to over five thousand years ago during the Bronze and Iron Ages. The tradition evolved over centuries into the custom of the Easter egg which itself can be traced to early Christians of Mesopotamia from where it spread into Eastern Europe and Siberia through the Orthodox Churches and later into Europe through the Catholic and Protestant Churches. unknown books‎

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‎Washington George. Alexander Hamilton; Rochambeau‎

‎George Washington Autograph Letter Signed.‎

‎April 10 1781. Exceptionally rare autograph letter signed by George Washington as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army to French ally Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur comte de Rochambeau whose military assistance in the Siege of Yorktown essentially ended the Revolutionary War. The body of the letter is entirely in the hand of Alexander Hamilton and dated 10 April 1781. In the spring of 1781 officials from Massachusetts approached Rochambeau with a proposal to attack the British post at the mouth of the Penobscot river which had been established in June 1779 to secure timber for shipyards in Halifax and to protect Nova Scotia from any American advance. On April 6 Rochambeau informed Washington that he was willing to send a detachment of troops and that Admiral Destouches would offer naval assistance but observing that he was under Washington's command he would await his approval before approving the action Rochambeau to Washington 6 April 1781 Papers of George Washington Library of Congress. Washington here responds offering his gratitude that Destouches who had only recently lost a naval engagement with the British in an unsuccessful attempt to relieve Lafayette in Virginia would be willing "to undertake the expedition to Penobscot and to you for your readiness to furnish a detachment of troops for the same purpose. The object is certainly worth attention and if it can be effected will be very agreeable to the States particularly to those of the East." He trusts that Destouches "can best judge from the situation of the enemy's fleet how far it may be attempted with prudence and Your Excellency from the information you have recently received what number of troops will be sufficient for the enterprise--I am persuaded it will be calculated how far it is probable the enemy may follow with a part of their fleet--whether the post can be carried by a coup de main or may require so much time as to make it likely the operation will be interrupted before its conclusion--in case of a superior squadron being sent by the enemy what possibility there is of protection or a safe retreat for the ships and even for the land force through an unsettled country in which numbers perished for want of provision in a former attempt--All these are points too important not to have been well weighed and your conversations with the Massachusetts deputies will have been able to enlighten you upon them." Here he is referencing the unsuccessful attempt by Massachusetts in 1779 to destroy the post abandoned when British ships with reinforcements forced an arduous overland retreat by the Americans. Despite his assurances that <span class="match">Rochambeau</span> and Destouches had matters well in hand <span class="match">Washington</span> took the "liberty to remark on two things--one that it appears to me frigates without any ships of the line will answer the purpose as well as with them and less will be risked than by dividing the body of the fleet. Frigates especially the forty fours will afford a safe escort to the troops against any thing now in those Seas and with respect to a detachment from the enemy's fleet it would be always proportioned to the force we should send and if we have two sixty fours they would even be an object for their whole fleet. The other observation I would make is that dispatch being essential to success it will in my opinion be adviseable not to depend on any cooperation of the Militia but to send at once such a force from your army as you deem completely adequate to a speedy reduction of the post. The country in the neighbourhood of Penobscot is too thinly inhabited to afford any resource of Militia there and to assemble and convey them from remote places would announce your design--retard your operations and give leisure to the enemy to counteract you. Indeed I would recommend for the sake of secrecy to conceal your determination from the State itself." On 15 April <span class="match">Rochambeau</span> replied to <span class="match">Washington</span> observing that while he had sufficient troops to spare "your Excellency's observations upon the Separation of our fleet and upon the danger to be interrupted by superior forces during the course of the Expedition which Mr Destouches does not Look on as possible to be undertaken with his frigates only are the motives which cause this project to be Laid aside for the present moment." <span class="match">Rochambeau</span> to <span class="match">Washington</span> 15 April 1781 Papers of George <span class="match">Washington</span> Library of Congress. Soon <span class="match">Washington</span> and <span class="match">Rochambeau</span>'s attention returned again to Virginia and within months their combined forces would be closing in on Yorktown. In near fine condition. Exceptionally rare and desirable being the only communication between the storied commanders of the Yorktown campaign to appear at auction in more than a century. In 1780 French nobleman Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur comte de Rochambeau was appointed commander of land forces as part of the project code named Expedition Particuliere. He was given the rank of Lieutenant General in command of some 7000 French troops and sent to join the Continental Army under George Washington during the American Revolutionary War. He landed at Newport Rhode Island on 10 July but was held there inactive for a year due to his reluctance to abandon the French fleet blockaded by the British in Narragansett Bay. The College in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations now known as Brown University served as an encampment site for some of Rochambeau's troops and the College Edifice was converted into a military hospital now known as University Hall.3 In July 1781 the force left Rhode Island and marched across Connecticut to join Washington on the Hudson River in Mount Kisco New York. Washington and Rochambeau then marched their combined forces to the siege of Yorktown and the Battle of the Chesapeake. On 22 September they combined with the Marquis de Lafayette's troops and forced heavily outnumbered and trapped Lord Cornwallis to surrender on 19 October. The siege of Yorktown was a decisive victory for the American Continental Army and proved to be the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War in the North American region as the surrender by Cornwallis and the capture of both him and his army prompted the British government to negotiate an end to the conflict and ultimately resulted in the Treaty of Paris of 1783. unknown books‎

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