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Ewing, Thomas A
Frederick Eugene Powell: Master of Magic & Mystery
Press Co. 2018. Gift quality copy textblock clean and tight. All page edges are crisp and sound. Grey cloth binding with gilt lettering. Unclipped dust jacket illustrated and mylar sleeved. 261pp. including index and about author. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine in mylar. Illus. by Photographs/Illustrated End Papers. 4to - Over 9 ¾" -12" Tall. Hardcover. Press Co. Hardcover
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: SB14671 ISBN : 0578210770 9780578210773
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Paret, J Parmly (Edited by S Wallis Merrihew)
Methods and Players of Modern Lawn Tennis
New York: American Lawn Tennis 1922 2nd edition. Hardcover 399pp. Very good no dust jacket. Gilt decorated green cloth. Top edge gilt frontispiece with facsimile signatures of William T. Tilden 2nd and Wm.W. Johnston numerous illustrations and plates. The head and foot of the spine and corners are lightly worn. With Opinions on Disputed Points of Technique from Many Expert Players. Edited by S. Wallis Merrihew. Sports Lawn Tennis Tennis. American Lawn Tennis Hardcover
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: 119409
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Franklin, Benjamin
WORKS OF THE LATE DOCTOR BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: CONSISTING OF HIS LIFE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF TOGETHER WITH ESSAYS HUMOROUS MORAL & LITERARY CHIEFLY IN THE MANNER OF THE SPECTATOR
Dublin Ireland: P. Wogan P. Byrne J. Moore and W. Jones 1793. Frontispiece vi 2 303 pages. The first printing of the Dublin edition preceded in the same year only by the 2-volume first London edition--both preceding the first U. S. edition published in 1794. The Dublin edition is significant not only for its apparent scarcity but also for the frontispiece an unusual mezzotint portrait of a younger Benjamin Franklin that appears in no other edition and has seldom if ever been reproduced. The clean and tight book has been sympathetically rebacked retaining the original red leather title patch. All edges of the textblock were stained a pale green perhaps when the rebacking was done--the staining intrudes 1/16" onto the top and bottom margins of the frontispiece.Very light and faint foxing throughout; occasional smudges in the margins. Two large but light waterstains to the frontispiece but only minor and relatively unobtrusive intrusion into the image. Missing the front free endpaper. The book's condition is much nicer than it sounds; certainly an acceptable copy for the serious collector. First Dublin Edition. Hardcover. Collectible-Very Good. Small 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. Leather. P. Wogan, P. Byrne, J. Moore, and W. Jones Hardcover
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: W1578
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John Morgan
A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF JOHN RAMAGE MINIATURE PAINTER
New York: New York Historical Soc. 1930. limited edition. Hardcover. Near fine. 6 x 9 in. Maroon cloth boards. Condition is NEAR FINE ; like near new on all points. Bio. Stax. New York Historical Soc. hardcover
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: 47206
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Enoeda, Keinosuke
Shotokan; Advanced Kata
London: Dragon books 0-946062-03-X 1986 4th impression. 4to paperback 132 103 102pp. Very good plus. Illustrations photographs. The first volume has a light 5-inch crease to the front cover near the spine and there is a previous owner's blind stamp on the half-title page of each volume. "A former All-Japan Champion Keinosuke Enoeda is renowned as a Master of exceptional fighting and teaching ability. Nicknamed 'The Tiger' in his youth as a result of his power and ferocity the success of his training method and the high standard he maintains have won the respect of instructors and students world-wide". Book about Kata. Locale: Japan. Martial Arts Instruction Manual Karate Martial Arts. Dragon books Paperback
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: 150173 ISBN : 094606203X 9780946062034
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Readers' Digest
Reader's Digest Magazine December 1971
: Reader's Digest. Very Good/No Dj. 1960. December 1971. Magazine. Magazine Free of stamps or names. No mail label . Reader's Digest unknown
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: BOOKS016166I
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Strauch, Larry
Coaching Football's Double Slot Attack
West Nyack: Parker Publishing 0-13-139337-5 1979. Hardcover 224pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Diagrams index. The top front corner is lightly bumped and the dust jacket has minor edgewear some of which has been repaired with clear tape. Book about Double Slot Attack--Football. Sports Coaching Football. Parker Publishing Hardcover
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: 136917 ISBN : 0131393375 9780131393370
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Robinson, CE (Biography of Alkibiades) C E
The Days of Alkibiades
London: Edward Arnold 1925 3rd edition. Hardcover 301pp. Near fine. A quality 3 / 4 brown leather binding signed by W.H. Smith & Son Ltd. and with the emblem of St. John's College Rupert's Land in gilt on the front cover. Patterned endpapers frontispiece map plates notes. Biography of Alkibiades. Foreword by C.W. Oman. Locale: ; Greece. Biography. Edward Arnold Hardcover
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: 101360
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Campbell, Thomas
Gertrude of Wyoming; Or the Pennsylvanian Cottage
London: George Routledge 1857. Hardcover 94pp. Good to very good no dust jacket. Full leather binding all edges gilt marbled endpapers 35 engraved illustrations by the Brothers Dalziel notes. Scuffed and worn. Locale: Wyoming. History--United States Indian Wars. George Routledge Hardcover
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: 012201
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Von Bulow, Hans (Edited by Marie Von Bulow)
The Early Correspondence of Hans von Bulow
London: T. Fisher Unwin 1896 2nd edition. Hardcover xiv 266pp. Very good no dust jacket. Frontispiece notes index. There is some spotting on the front and back matter also the cover is soiled and the spine is faded. Edited by Marie Von Bulow. Selected and translated by Constance Bache. Biography Conductors Correspondence Musicians--Germany. T. Fisher Unwin Hardcover
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: 135087
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Thayer, Theodore
Nathanael Greene: Strategist of The American Revolution
New York: Twayne Publishers. Very Good/Fair. 1960. Hardback. 8vo Dustjacket has small missing pieces and is frayed around the edges . Twayne Publishers hardcover
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: BOOKS008198I
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Johnston, Reverend Hugh
Merchant Prince; Life of Hon. Senator John MacDonald
Toronto: William Briggs. Very Good. 1893. Hardcover. 321 p. 18 cm. Sound and square binding in blue cloth-covered boards. Some wear and light bumping to the corners. The spine is a bit darkened. A few soil marks on both boards. Endpapers are foxed with a minor amount of foxing to the pages. Previous owner's name on front free endpaper. An account of the life and career of the Honourable John MacDonald 1824-1890 a Canadian senator. MacDonald was a merchant churchman and philanthropist from Toronto. He was a major patron of the Young Men's Christian Association YMCA and the Toronto General Hospital. A scarce copy. . William Briggs hardcover
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: 2734
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St Clair McKelway
THE BIG LITTLE MAN FROM BROOKLYN
Boston: Houghton Mifflin 1969. first edition. Hardcover. Good /very good. 6 x 8 in. 193 pp. Cloth boards. Scarce item. Describes the career of the con artist Stephen Jacob Weinberg and 4 other people who lived in deception. Condition of book is GOOD ; ex-library with small stamps on title pg and final blank card pocket at rear - no markings to exterior of jacket. Covers very clean with minimal wear binding tight. DJ is VERY GOOD ; clean not clipped some wear to edges and small tears to spine ends. Bio. Stax. Houghton Mifflin hardcover
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: 46991
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Ventresca, Robert A (Biography of Pius XII--Pope)
Soldier of Christ; The Life of Pope Pius XII
Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 978-0-674-04961-1 978-0-674-04961-1 2013. Hardcover 405pp. Fine in fine dust jacket. Photographs notes index. Biography of Pius XII--Pope. Religion Catholic Church Popes Religion. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press 978-0-674-04961-1 Hardcover
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: 155766 ISBN : 0674049616 9780674049611
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Whitworth, G T
The Royds of Rochdale
G. T. Whitworth 2011. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 157pp. Fascinating social history of the Royd family from the 14th century to date. The account begins in Soyland above Rishworth/Ripponden and covers many family members who settled elsewhere. The main emphasis is on Rochdale wher the family became one of the town's most prominent and wealthiest in the 18th and 19th centuries. Very well illustrated with photographs maps and census details. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 9 x 7.5 inches. G. T. Whitworth Paperback
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: 025693 ISBN : 0946571333 9780946571338
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Irving, Washington
Life of George Washington Volume 4 Only of the Illustrated Edition
NY: G. P. Putnam. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1869. Hardcover. Bound in three-quarter dark brown leather with raised bands on the spine with darker leather corners and the owner's name embossed on the cover. Light rubbing to the edges small split at the top of the front hinge. Otherwise clean and tight. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 518 pages . G. P. Putnam hardcover
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: 27341
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Lombardi, Giancarlo
Rooms with a View: Feminist Diary Fiction 1952-1999
Cranbury WI: Fairleigh Dickinson U. Press. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 0838638538 . Usual xlib stuff or it would have graded "fine." ; Ex-Library; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 189 pages . Fairleigh Dickinson U. Press hardcover
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: 27336 ISBN : 0838638538 9780838638538
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Manthey-Zorn, Carl
Grossvaters Jugenderinnerungen : Wie Seinen Kindern und Enkeln erzahlt
Milwaukee: Northwestern Publishing House 1910. First Edition. HB. Green cloth gilt lettering and black designs on front cover and spine 8vo 277 294 pp. Parts I and II bound together with separate title pages. Patterned endpapers. Edges of text block marbled. No marks in book front hinge cracked but binding tight. Covers show light edge wear. Text in German. Book condition Good. Title translates as "Grandfather's Memoirs of Youth : As Told to His Children and Grandchildren". Northwestern Publishing House hardcover
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: NF8159
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Podnieks, Andrew
The Year of the Blackhawks; Celebrating Chicago's 2009-10 Stanley Cup Championship Season
Toronto: Fenn Publishing 978-1-55168-335-5 978-1-55168-335-5 2010. 4to paperback 160pp. Fine. Color photographs statistics. Sports Chicago Black Hawks--Hockey Team Hockey National Hockey League Sports Stanley Cup. Fenn Publishing 978-1-55168-335-5 Paperback
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: 145821 ISBN : 1551683350 9781551683355
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De la Grange, Henry-Louis (Biography of Gustav Mahler)
Gustav Mahler; Vienna: Triumph and Disillusion 1904-1907 Vol. 3
Oxford: Oxford University Press 978-0-19-315160-4 978-0-19-315160-4 2007. Hardcover 1000pp. Near fine no dust jacket. Notes bibliography index. Biography of Gustav Mahler. Music Composers Music. Oxford University Press 978-0-19-315160-4 Hardcover
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: 142602 ISBN : 019315160x 9780193151604
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Noorthouck, John
An Historical and Classical Dictionary: Containing the Lives and Characters of the Most Eminent and Learned Persons Volumes 1 & 2
London: W Strahan & T Cadell. Near Fine. 1776. First Edition. Hardcover. 2 Volumes. Near fine Volume1: Small inscription from previous owner dated 1858 to prelim small oblong piece cut out of title page probably a former owner's name does not prevent the full reading of the title page AA-KU; Volume 2 small neat inscription from previous owner again dated 1858 to prelim. THis is a handsome set which is very clean and fully readable. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Unpaginated pages . W Strahan & T Cadell hardcover
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: 6509
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Flanagan, Bud
My Crazy Life
British: Four Square 1962. Solid with a crease on the spine and some thin creases on the back cover. 1st Printing. Paperback. Very Good. Four Square paperback
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: 42300
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Lindsay, Rose (edited By Lin bloomfield)
Rose Lindsay: A Model Life
Bungendore: Odana Editions 2001. Quarto. x 380 pages. Line drawings; many illustrations and photos in colour and b/w. Bibliography. Pictorial laminated boards. Comprises Rose Lindsay's memoirs "Ma and Pa: My Childhood Memories" and "Model Wife: My Life with Norman Lindsay" published together for the first time. It includes many of the artistic and literary figures of the day such as Dame Nellie Melba Anna Pavlova Fritz Kreisler Julian Ashton Elioth Gruner Hans Heysen Miles Franklin H.G. Wells Fanny Hurst Edna Ferber and Frank Lloyd Wright. First Thus. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Odana Editions Hardcover
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: 5417 ISBN : 0908154453 9780908154456
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Madden, John; Anderson, Dave
One Size Doesn't Fit All and Other Thoughts from the Road
New York NY U.S.A.: Villard Books 1988. Publisher: Villard Books 1988 Good HB ISBN: 0-394-56313-1 . Hard Cover. Good/Good. Villard Books hardcover
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: 007364 ISBN : 0394563131 9780394563138
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Haring, Nikolaus M (Biography of Clarembald of Arras)
Life and Works of Clarembald of Arras; A Twelfth-Century Master of the School of Chartres Publisher series: Studies and Texts.
Toronto: Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies 1965. stiff paper covers 276pp. Very good. Bibliography notes appendices. The spine is faded and spotted and has a closed tear at the top. Biography of Clarembald of Arras. Book about School of Chartres. Time Period 12th Century. Publisher series: Studies and Texts 10. Religion Theologians. Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies Paperback
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: 134817
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Biesele, Rudolph Leopold
The History of the German Settlements in Texas 1831 - 1861
San Marcos: German-Texan Heritage Society 1987. Hardcover 261pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Photographs illustrations maps notes bibliography appendices index. There is a 2-inch ragged closed tear on the bottom of the front of the dust jacket near the spine and a previous owner's name. Time Period 19th Century. Locale: Texas; United States. Western America German Americans Social History--United States. German-Texan Heritage Society Hardcover
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: 125565
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Holroyd, Michael (Biography of Lytton Strachey)
Lytton Strachey; A Critical Biography
New York: Holt Rinehart & Winston 1968 1st edition. Hardcover set 475 754pp. Very good plus in very good plus dust jackets. Gilt decorated cover decorated endpapers color frontispiece photographs genealogical table bibliography index. Biography of Lytton Strachey. Vol. 1 The Unknown Years 1880-1910. Vol. 2 The Years of Achievement 1910-1932. Locale:. Biography Bloomsbury Group Correspondence World War 1 Writers. Holt, Rinehart & Winston Hardcover
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: 114365
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Malingue, Maurice
Gauguin: Le Peintre Et Son Oeuvre
Paris: Les Presses de la Cite 1948. Book. Near Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Large folio sized hardcover flexible boards in original basket-weave tan jacket lettered in orange. Text in French. 240 pages with 13 pages of Liste des Planches and Bibliographie - Les Oeuvres Ecrites de Paul Gauguin appended. Profusely illustrated with 168 monochrome and 16 color reproductions of the artist's work as well as images in the text. First edition. No previous ownership marks. Top of spine chipped with mild wear to jacket at fore-edges and back-strip toned to brown else a clean sound tight and unmarked copy with magnificent illustrations. Near very good in a near very good dust-jacket. Text in French. A large heavy book Priority and International orders with require additional postage calculated as close to actual cost as possible. . Les Presses de la Cite Hardcover
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: 019329
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Moore, Charles
The Northwest Under Three Flags 1635-1796
New York: Harper & Brothers 1900. Hardcover 402pp. Very good no dust jacket. Frontispiece Illustrations notes maps Index. Previous owner's bookplate some pencil marks in the text. Locale: Canada; Lake Erie; United States. Canada Indians of North America. Harper & Brothers Hardcover
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: 000201
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Howe, Joseph (Edited by Joseph Andrew Chisholm)
The Speeches and Public Letters of Joseph Howe Based upon Mr. Annand's Edition of 1858
Halifax: Chronicle Publishing 1909. Hardcover set 668672pp. Very good no dust jackets. 2 volumes. Crested black cloth. Frontispieces with tissue guards notes chronology index. The spines are lightly faded and lightly worn at the bottom. Time Period 19th Century. Edited by Joseph Andrew Chisholm. Vol. 1 1804-1848. Vol. 2 1849-1873. Locale:. Prime Ministers Politics--Canada Prime Ministers--Canada World Leaders. Chronicle Publishing Hardcover
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: 132117
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Montagu, Mary Wortley
The Letters and Works of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu 3 Volumes
London: Richard Bentley 1837. Hardcover set 424 425 467pp. Very good. Finely bound in tan morocco tooled in gilt and with leather spine labels in red and green. Marbled edges and endpapers 5 engravings incl. Frontispieces index in final volume. Engraved armorial bookplate in each volume A handsome set with only minor rubbing at the extremities. Sets Biography Sets. Richard Bentley Hardcover
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: 141667
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Churchill, Winston S (Biography of John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough)
Marlborough; His Life and Times
New York: Scribner's 1933 1935 1st American editions. Hardcover Very good no dust jackets. Volumes 1-3 of the 6 volume set. Green cloth. Frontispiece illustrations maps folding maps bibliography and index in vol.2. The spine on vol.1 has a small tear at the top and the gilt lettering is mostly rubbed away. Biography of John Churchill Duke of Marlborough. Book about Duke of Marlborough. Vol. 1 1650-1688. Vol. 2 1688-1702. Vol. 3 1702-1704. Locale: ; England. Biography Battles Generals--England. Scribner's Hardcover
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: 121947
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Angelou, Maya
I Know why the Caged Bird Sings Signed
Norwalk CT: The Easton Press. Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1999. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 281 pages . The Easton Press hardcover
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: 26378
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Holland, Merlin
The Complete Letters of Oscar Wilde
<p>Fourth Estate. First UK edition-first printing. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. Near fine condition.Fourth Estate2000.First UK edition-first printing9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.Purple hardbackgilt lettering to the spine with Djtwo small creasesnicks and ink marks on the edges of the Dj cover both in near fine condition.Illustrated with b/w photosdrawings.Nice and clean pages as new but with some large ink marks on the outer edgesa couple of small nicks and creases on the edges of the pagesvery small mark inside the edge of the front endpaper.Nice and clean book exempt for the ink marks on the outer edges of the pages.1292pp including List of illustrationschronological tableintroductionmanuscript of other locationslist of abbreviationsindex of recipientsgeneral index.Price un-clipped.A collectable first edition-first printing.Please note: This is very heavy bookapprox 2 Kg.</p> Fourth Estate hardcover
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: 7380 ISBN : 1857027817 9781857027815
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Sinatra, Nancy; Frank Sinatra
FRANK SINATRA: AN AMERICAN LEGEND Deluxe Edition
Santa Monica California: General Publishing Group 1995. Deluxe edition of Nancy Sinatra's pictorial memoir of her father which includes both the CD of Frank's music that accompanied the trade edition and 4 additional CDs that are housed in a black leatherette portfolio that matches the binding of the book. Both are housed in a black leatherette-covered slipcase. All are in virtually as-new condition. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book. General Publishing Group Hardcover
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: W2151 ISBN : 1881649695 9781881649694
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Washington, George Firzpatrick, John C (Editor).
Calendar Of The Correspondence Of George Washington
Washington DC : Government Printing Office 1915. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 4to 7412865 pages red cloth; ex library the John Crerar Library and the Chicago Bar Association. Will require extra shipping fees. <br/><br/>Covers from Bunker Hill in 1775 to his resignation of his commission in 1783 with a report by Major Knox in 1784. This calendar covers Gen. Washington's correspondence with the military and naval officers of every rank of Continental and State troops the French auxiliaries foreign ministers and agents and officers in the British service. With facsimile plates. Note: These are not the letters but they are a chronological sequence with a brief of the contents. Vol. 4 is an extensive Index of topics. Government Printing Office hardcover
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: 0007889
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Peckham, Patricia Holman
Shadows from a Kerosene Lamp: Glimpses of My Life from 1934 to 1958
San Diego CA: Storyseekers. Fine with no dust jacket. 2012. First Edition. Hardcover. 9780982267126 . Owner's label inside the front cover inscription on the fep. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 166 pages . Storyseekers hardcover
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: 27205
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Fox-Davies, AC A C
A Complete Guide to Heraldry
London: Orbis Publishing 0-85613-854-1 1985 Revised. 4to 513pp. Very good in very good plus dust jacket. Over 800 illustrations including 12 color plates bibliography index. Annotated by J.P. Brooke-Little. Revised by J.P. Brooke-Little. Heraldry Armory Coats of Arms. Orbis Publishing Hardcover
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: 155326 ISBN : 0856138541 9780856138546
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West Jr, Richard S
Gideon Welles: Lincoln's Navy Department
Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company 1943. Signed by author on limitation page copy #170. Retired library copy minimally stamped labeled and marked; Very clean and tight with endpaper maps; Very clean red cloth binding gently bumped head and foot of spine and corners. Lacks dust jacket; 379p. including notes and index. Signed By Author. Connecticut Edition Copy #170. Red Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Plates. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library Hardcover. The Bobbs-Merrill Company Hardcover
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: SB14696
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Utinsky, Margaret
Miss U"
San Antonio TX: Naylor Company 1948. Fourth printing. Hardcover. Very Good/price-clipped. 8vo green cloth map endpapers one section of photographs <br/><br/>Inscribed To Ramona Gatewood in 1954. Utinsky lead the Underground in the Philippines for three years. " 'Miss U' took every chance ran every risk and underwent torture in order to help the poor men behind the barbed wire and finally had to go to the hills adn join the guerrillas. Her gallantry and intrepidity were worthy of the very best traditions of our country." - Foreword by Gen. J. M. Wainwright. Naylor Company hardcover
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: 4777
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Ruttenber, EM(compiler); Clark, LH (compiler) E M L H
HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY NEW YORK WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF MANY OF ITS PIONEERS AND PROMINENT MEN 2 VOLUMES
Heart of the Lakes Publishing 1986. Vol One c.428pp. Vol Two 391pp. Over sized heavy orange cloth hardbacks no DJ's light brown foxing spots on outer page edges of both volumes Facsimile Reprint b&w illustrations end pages are maps History of Orange County New York 1683-1881 . Hard Cover. Very Good. Heart of the Lakes Publishing Hardcover
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: w180325022 ISBN : 0932334334 9780932334336
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1899 - 1901 Sensational Original Pair 2 of Significant Manuscript Diaries Handwritten by an American Gold Miner Battling Indigenous Bolivians Peruvian Highwaymen Thieves Soldiers and Adventurers of all Stripes Prospecting for Gold in the Andes
BOLIVIA PERU SOUTH AMERICA. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1899. On offer is a superb pair 2 of original manuscript diaries handwritten by an unidentified American adventurer and gold prospector in Bolivia and Peru circa 1899 - 1901. The diaries inscribed #4 and #5 with the others lost to history tell the incredible story of the author's adventures and encounters with Indigenous Bolivians thieves highwayman soldiers and expatriates. In many ways the times and places nted evoke Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Historians and researchers will be delighted given the long detailed and keen-eyed observations of the author. While this is non-fiction and a personal account it reads like an old-fashioned novel full of intrigue and adventure. For example our author actually pulls his revolver on a group over a mining claim. In another entry he believes he is being followed and writes his location for friends in case he is murdered and his body is found. In another entry he finds an Indigenous man who fell off a treacherous mountain trail into a box canyon and helps in his recovery. Almost every entry mentions his interactions with the Indigenous people of the area and he is often asked to administer help or supply medicine to those he encounters. He also mentions the Federal Revolution of 1899 in Bolivia and battles in the mountains towns etc. There is so much more. In addition to those events he writes about his mining explorations in the Andes on foot with mules and his battle with the elements and fellow miners. There is lots of cheating and double crossing taking place from those he encounters which makes for intense drama. In most cases the author hires Indigenous guides and travels with Anglo companions. They are frequently on the lookout for gold and attempt to make contacts with the local population. Our author had some connection with and worked directly for The Inca Mining Co and Santo Domingo gold mine in Peru. He mentions both several times the diaries also a mill. RESEARCH INFO: "The Santo Domingo mine is located in that zone of the great rivers known in Peru under the name of 'Montana' and situated on the east of the great Andes Cordillera. During the bonanza Mr. W. L. Hardison from California a well-known American engaged in the oil industry happened to pass Santo Domingo on his way to other mines further in the interior and seeing the great output of the mine he made a contract with the owners to buy it. Six months afterward the Inca Mining company a corporation organized under the laws of the state of West Virginia with a capital of $1000000 acquired the property and began workings on a larger scale. Nearly 18 months were devoted to the proper development of the mine and in July 1898 the old mill was completely modified and started continuous running giving good profits and insuring the success of the enterprise." The diaries contain approximately 140 very well-filled pages each. The 1900 diary begins April 7 1900 with a final entry May 14 1901. The 1899 diary begins March 5 1899 with a final entry April 5 1900. Both diaries are bound in hardbound covered boards with red marbled paper and measure 5 x 3 inches. The handwriting is immaculate and easy to decipher. Here are some snippets: "March 5 1899 Borrow twenty four Bolivianos of Recardo. He can give me mule but no Indian. Want to sell him farm to Adams or don't think he would be as accommodating as he is. Also urges me again to employ his daughters husband and he offers me his sisters son of 9 years to cook & do chores for board or an adopted boy. Water reported high on Juliaco- road and likely impassable. Hire Indian to go with me and Bonito to finish drying peaches and prepare garden." "March 7 1899 I can get neither breakfast or mule and in noon before I get started stop with pleasant gentleman in Charzani- He informs me the revolution is not over and Alonzo is still supported by the army showed me good gold ore and offers me half to prospect it for him. Takes no pay." "March 11 1899 Wait long but finally start without breakfast. Bring bread at Jrancame- Pay Indian to let mule feed on her grass. Cross river in boat called balsa- and swim the mule. Road under water and return for guide. Again swim mule much difficulty in reaching Taracos Accommodation with Governor Sugar for two cups of coca. Early start swim two more rivers and hire guide where road is under water. Egbert has not been here. Mr. Carmichel gives me interesting details of the war and present doings of our glorious country." "March 15 1899 Mr. Carmukel arrives from Arizona to take charge of the Santo Domingo Mill. We help him find Mr. Pool ask for the Santo Domingo mine. Attend business. Go to Depot to help Mr. Carmichel get off. Also see an officer and wife off. See Dr. Hunter who advises us to be vaccinated. Pool boys draft with draft on Jose Sanchez. Much interested in information I give him and invite us back tomorrow." "March 191899 Rise early and take train for Juliaca- Gentleman reports battle at Charizami and all killed by the Indians. It startles me but when I learn date I know its a false report for it is since I passed Charizami later on other reports the battle near La Paz. Call on Mr. G. Cannon who expresses interest in out prospecting and wants us to allow him a second chance of good." "March 27 1899 Egbert tried and wants to sleep late. Sanchez brothers start for Puno for school. They especially Philipi very friendly to me. Indian woman sells us burros and I take them from the purchaser. See Governor to get Indian who tries to and called on another price. Calls in a friend and ridicules me because I cant speak good Castillano. I soon lose control of myself and want to fight them both and two Indians that enter but Indians turn tail. Firm all over and the curs want to make amends but I move them aside and walk out." "March 29 1899 Indian steals my old poncho sheep skin and rope from back saddles. Jose warms me to have no business transactions of importance with Frederico Franch. Mule and burro escaped from the corral. Indian started in pursuit but returns with them late for which I compensate him. However it causes a late start. Hire Indian on the road who knows the river crossing. Put clothes on top of cargoes and cross river. Cold as the snow mountains it come from. Find some of our bread was stolen at Cojata. Stop at Indian house and well smoked." "April 9 1899 Many little things to be done today but interruptions result in my accomplishing nothing. Bonito comes with potatoes send medicine to a sick woman hunt the mule Indian comes to sell cheese and guinea pig and wants treatment for what appears to be a light paralytic stroke. Bonito comes again and wants medicine for a burro and so the day passes and all I get done is the washing of my clothes. Bonito tells me a man fell of the bridge just below here and was swept away by the current." "April 16 1899 Egbert sleeps late while I wash clothes Bonito helps get mule across river. Hire him to show me good timber tomorrow Bonito describes trouble between Recardo & Flores most empathically Saze Florio was whipping his wife and would have shot Recardo had the latter shown his heels." "May 1 1899 Blast blown out in crevice and Recardo cries because it did no good. Send Indian for dynamite and pull Recardo back in time to keep stone from hitting him. Go to work without breakfast and by noon can eat two dinners. Blast does little good and Recardo cries again disappears and finally returns and tells me next blast will do better for he went into bush and prayed but the next one also blows out in a crevice. Run a line for him. He wants me to help him sell his finca to Winslow or Glass. Sent mutton down to camp for which I paid well." "June 6 1899 Glass sees one deer. Glass delays travel by leading way himself instead of letting Benito who knows the country lead. Leads us over a dangerous mountain peak. G shoots Piscacho- for supper." "June 241899 Glass leaves us in evident depressed spirits. Pass Recardo and almost have to strike him to make him settle fairly. Thinking he has called on his Indians for help draw my revolver to make them stand aloof in which I committed a grave and foolish error for my temper should not be trusted with the control of my revolver. Egbert and I discuss pro and con the advisability of seeking work and decide to go to Santo Domingo mine but first prospect the Nuicor- so we will know if it will pay us to return to it when we have saved up some cash." "June 301899 Continue washing Egbert returns and reports being well entertained. Girl puts her arm around his neck to induce him to remain for breakfast. Glass has reported us as taking out lots of gold and the whole town is excited. A jug full of gold is credited to us. Numbers of papers and letter from uncle Scott and very friendly one from Mr. Laughlin in which he relates winning the title sent of Easton grant over T. B. Canton." "Sept 29 1899 A letter from Al Lee written last June in answer to my letter and hinting for interest in my claim as he hears I have a good claim on Camata. Want a companion but on experience is enough. Leave Savage rifle with Marcos. Marco's child dies at noon. Indian music and dances going on since sundown yesterday. Three bands of Indian masqueraders appearing on the plaza in turns and at intervals all together when child is entered. All bands in different forms of dress and having brand of music and clowns. Want to describe dress as too varied for short description. This lasts till Monday morning without cessation night and day." "Oct 3 1899 Cold and get late start stop on good grass some time. Mazordoma- of Accacunco pay $5.00 for Indian to linbani- I won't pay it and he wont give me directions so I go it alone and as former directions were take right had trail at Acconco and trail six leagues to Linbani I take trail right. Travel till night and am told in yet another 15 leagues to Limbani- trade for Indian guide for $ 2.00 and instructed to wait 400 yards further on till Cholorizomi near there. Wait till long after dark have been warned repeatedly and am afraid something is up so travel on half a mile and seek camping place. Arrange call with care so it is difficult for anyone to get near without making noise or fuss and am not afraid of any of them when awake. Don't think trouble is intended but no harm to prepare for it . Will write up diary every day at evening and if I do fall a victim to foul play this may perhaps fall into the hands of another or countryman if so tell where I last camped am now below the trail and above the little settlement the first on the East side for mountain track." VG. ; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF; AMERICAN GOLD MINER PROSPECTOR BOLIVIA INDIANS BOLIVIAN ARMY REVOLUTION PERU INCA MINING CO & SANTO DOMINGO GOLD MINE ADVENTURERS BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID LATIN AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA CENTRAL AMERICA ANDES BANDITS BANDITO INCA INCAN MAYAN AZTEC ANCIENT PEOPLES OF THE ANDES 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
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SARAH HART PHELPS JEWETT
1872 1911 Original Unique Cross Century Pair 2 of Manuscript Diaries Handwritten by the Wife of a New York City Publisher and Author
HOLYOKE MASSACHUSETTS NEW YORK CITY NY. Good. 1872. On offer is a super pair 2 of original manuscript diaries handwritten by Sarah Hart Phelps Jewett who was the wife of Civil War veteran author sometimes under the nom de plume Hannah Warner and publisher John Howard Jewett. The first diary was written in 1872 when John and his wife lived in Holyoke and he was the editor of the Holyoke Transcript. Approximately 60% full having 90 blank pages there is still a wealth of narrative in this "page a day" diary and her entries often fill an entire page. Remarkably the second diary is nearly 40 years later from 1911 as identified in her own hand: "Sarah Hart Phelps Jewett Swannanoa Apartments 105 East 15th Street New York City." This second diary is 95% with only 27 blank days and is also a page a day diary. Her handwriting is quite small and the diary is well filled with many fascinating entries. There are lots of trips to Staten Island trips to other areas of New England sailing excursions Times Square activities street cleaners strike leaving a mess in New York murders and all the latest news having to do with the élite of New York City including the marriage of John Jacob Astor and more. Howard is also involved with activities concerning his past life as a Civil War veteran such as conventions and exercises for the veterans. She also says in this 1911 diary that Howard has become deaf and it is very difficult for both him and her. There were other noteworthy entries include her accounts of the awful Triangle Shirt Waist Fire where well over 100 women lost their lives. Historians and collectors of New York City history will be hard pressed to find a more diligent 'reporter' and diarist. Here are some snippets: 1872 "January 15th Howard bought me this new diary this noon and I am very glad of it. I shall try and write about something besides the weather. Howard and pa got their own breakfast and dinner today. I don't think they would care to wait on themselves the year round. Julia came back from Springfield this afternoon. She had a pleasant visit with Em. Everything seems to be all lovely down there now that interesting son-in-law was perfectly serene. Mr. Chase called this evening. He and Howard have gone down on the flat. I don't know but it's just as well to commence this diary today as it would have been January 1st for I've done nothing but grunt and groan since then." "February 7th Howard has some new thing in his head and has bone over to Ranlett's. Mr. Case that horrible man who is in favor of bloomers strong minded women secret marriage &c. has been here this evening. Staid more than an hour. I did my best to entertain him but he is so very candid that it is painful to be in the room with him. I'm glad he has gone." "February 16th Just arrived in Providence This is a beautiful morning. I rested nicely last night and think I feel as well if not better than I shall at home. Howard has gone to school with May this morning. I am here for my comfort however I think I shall get through it all right. This afternoon we had a Hack and drove all over the city. Visited the Old Ladies Home and the Reform School. I think P is a very pretty city. I think I should like living here." "February 27th Well! One night is over. I didn't freeze for I had two soap stones and wool blankets but I didn't have Howard. I think the Piles are coming on again. Oh dear I am about discouraged. I have been in dreadful pain all this afternoon. I couldn't get easy anyway. The folks are real kind to me but they don't know how to care for these disagreeable things. I received a dear good letter from Howard this afternoon. I was very thankful for it. I wish I was home with him
." "March 16th Oh dear. How my bile does ache. I wish I could buy a cheap man to tell my petty troubles to for Howard is sick of my grunting and I make such a fuss over every little thing. I'm no sort of a woman. I'm just sick of myself." "April 25th This day would have been our dear little baby's birthday if he had lived. It has been a long year and a hard one for me but I know everything is for the good. I am thankful for a dear kind husband and ought never to complain. I went to Springfield with Howard today called on Emma and spent the rest of the day with Mrs. Salisbury. Came home on the last train. Howard bought me a beautiful silk dress and I'm afraid I ought not to have it
." "June 5th It is rainy and cold this morning. Our bedstead came over this morning so we should not be obliged to sleep on the floor. I think Howard's smoking chair is a beauty and I am very much pleased with my little rocking chair it's just what I've wanted for sometime "To rock my baby in." "July 23rd At home as usual. Sewed some. Had quite an entertainment this forenoon for a trained monkey and trainer of birds this afternoon which was wonderful. Mr. Amsden of Providence came this noon. Heard H. had gone to the boat races. There was no race after all the water is rough. Howard came home on the last train
." "August 15th We arrived in Portland off the boat Montreal about six this morning. After a fearful nights ride we were unable to obtain a stateroom. So I shared one with a Miss Lucas of Springfield a young lady who is in _______. We had a terrific shower in the night. I never heard it rain so. Howard slept on a sofa and I laid awake in my little sky high bed. I was glad to land this morning. We have taken a room at the St. Julius. Had just had breakfast and now Howard is going out to look up Mr. Porter a rebel clerk of his in the army. I have enjoyed my time so far ever so much. Glad we didn't go to Quebec." "September 14th Mr. and Mrs. Barker have gone to Lawrence to spend the night. I feel some better then I did yesterday. I was sick and had the doctor. We had quite a Demon-stration this afternoon. The Republicans got together and raised two Grant and Wilson flags one on the hill when Mr. Ewing delivered an address and one in front of the Holyoke House while S. Hopkins and W. B. C. Pearson's spoke. The best part of it was the music furnished by the Springfield Armory Band." 1911 "January 24th This morning Times has a full account of the shooting of Graham Phillips the author yesterday noon by a museum violinist named Goldsborough. As Mr. Phillips was on his way to the Princeton Club he overtook him and fired five or six shots into his body and put the last shot though his own head dying instantly. He was rooming at the Rand School on 19th St. No reason is found. He belonged to a good family in Washington. Was a Harvard student of music also had studied this year in Berlin. It seems there is still hope of Mr. Phillips recovery. One bullet pierced a lung which may cause pneumonia. I have had quite a busy day. I intended lining my furs but the afternoon was gone
." "February 15th Cold day and the light snow frozen to the sidewalks. I went out this afternoon on some errands. I gave papa a meal of corn beef and hash and poached eggs for supper tonight which he appeared to relish. Nothing is yet heard of Miss Arnold. It is such a mysterious case. The mother is quite prostrated over it all. I fear the girl has taken her own life. Peter is sleeping now in my lap while I am writing
." "March 25th
.We have just heard of the terrible fire at Washington and Green St. Shirt Waist Factory. Suits Furs &c. Over one hundred and sixty lives lost. So many jumped from the windows from the 10th story. Oh it is horrible." "March 27th At home all day. Quite busy cleaning up the rooms. Lizzie Flint is over in Brooklyn. Bert called this noon to tell me she was coming. He has bought some land between Fort Lee and Englewood and in time hopes to build a Bungalow
.It is just dreadful to read about Saturday's fire at the Triangle Shirt Factory. So many girls jumped out of the windows and others were burned beyond recognition. The city is responding to the call for money to keep the poor broken hearted families. The Mayor headed the list with one hundred Carnegie $5000 &c." "April 5th Rainy gloomy day. The various women workers Waist and Makers all associating joined in one great mourning procession this afternoon. There were thousands all wearing mourning badges and carrying banners of mourning. It was a sad sight. All in memory of the 143 who lest there lives a week ago in the fire of the Asch Building. I was surprised by a call from Elsie. I did not know that she had arrived from Nassau. So glad to see her this gloomy day. They are at the King Hotel. Will sail next week Wednesday on the Majestic. They will be glad to see Albert
" "May 11th Letter from Shelia this morning. I went to Staten Island with Mr. and Mrs. Bailey this forenoon. To the Bronx this afternoon. After H. had given us a good dinner at Union Square Hotel this evening. We took surface cars so Mr. B. could see something of the country. We all enjoyed the zoo. We saw one of the keepers pose with six of the larger monkeys or chimpanzees for photos. It was interesting to see them out of doors never before have I seen them out of the cages
." "May 23rd Howard received a Worcester Gazette today with the Buffalo Bill advertisement and his poem to Mr. Cody. Mr. Strong sent it. We enjoyed looking over the old Gazette
." "May 30th Decoration Day Beautiful day but quite hot. GH. Decided not to attend the exercises for the soldiers but insisted we put some luncheon into my bag and started thinking to go to the Bronx but it was so hot we decided a sail to Staten Island and it was fine upon the water. Then the pleasant trolley ride to South Beach. When we were there enjoyed ourselves. Our luncheon went well and we found a good place in which to eat it. We calculated about and took in about everything. We had fun seeing others enjoy themselves especially the children on the Merry-go-Round. We invested in a snap shot of ourselves as a souvenir. H. thinks they are at least worth ten cents
." "June 21st Fine day for Howard's Reunion. Ed called with his auto and took us down to meet Shelia and Hattie and then to Hotel Kimball. When we watched the veterans from the balcony and listened to the speaking music and Howard's poem we had such a happy time looking down upon them all. Mr. Maxam read the poem quite well although not as much of a voice as I experienced. Howard's remarks were brief and natural. After the show we went back to the Bailey's and had a pleasant evening
." "July 16th Pleasant bright day for our visit with the Atwood's. We got an early start this morning and arrived there by ten. After awhile Mr. A came with his auto and the lunch baskets were all packed and we soon loaded into the machine and off to call on some friends of the Atwood's who were going along in their machine in company with us. It was one long ride with pretty villages. Everything fresh and lovely. Some of the roads were poor and gave us some jolting. At last the Momek Road was reached which was fine all the way to Long Beach. We found an interesting place quite nice and defined by New York's Atlantic City. We had our nice luncheon and all enjoyed it very much. We found many auto arties ahead of us so the place was lined with machines. The Nassau is a fine new Hotel and seemed to be thronged with stylish people. We sat off the balcony until we were rested and then another long ride back taking in Prospect Park which is beautiful." "July 29th Busy this morning. Went out as usual Saturday. Think we have food enough for over Sunday. Howard seemed tired and rotten this afternoon. Thought he would go out somewhere! I thought I would stay home and rest my leg but back he came after awhile and I decided to go with him. Somewhere anywhere. I knew he would not go alone. Well we found ourselves on a Street car and some hobbling upon a Coney Island Steamer. The sail was perfectly delightful and I was glad I had made the effort. We landed at "Steeple Chase Pier" where I had never been as we always were to "Dreamland" now burned down. Still we had our money's worth of fun just watching the crowd. We had our frankfurters and lager. Then sailed home in the moonlight
" "August 9th Very hot day. H. came home for a short rest and light luncheon. We are both feeling the heat. No letter from our girlie today. Mayor Gaynor was presented with a large Loving Cup today. It being a year to day the he was shot by a discharged deck hand. It was a mark of appreciation for what the Mayor had done since he has been in office and congratulating over the fact that he has so fully recovered from the shooting. This evening H. and I sailed to Staten Island for a cooler. The moon was full and beautiful and we enjoyed every minute. I shall be glad to get into my nightie and rest. See Newport Society is startled just now over the elopement of Miss French and young Geraghty a chauffeur and son of a Newport stable keeper." "September 9th I was out for supplies as usual. When H. came home this noon he brought a hat. Now I am sorry for him to go out hunting so but he has really found a sweet and stylish tailored hat of black velvet rum faced with white. A pretty shape which I think I can wear. Shall put the ostrich plums upon it. This P.M. he took me out the length of 14th St. and then to 6th Ave where he selected a black suit which I think we shall like but aren't civilized clothes a nuisance At last John Jacob Astor and Madeleine Force were married this morning at his villa in Newport R.I. then stared off upon his yacht the Norma for N.Y. City. His son Vincent twenty years old was his best man." "October 31st The last day of the month. Oh how the days do get away from us.
.I am interested in the Rev. Richeson the Baptist minister of Cambridge who has been arrested for murdering Miss Avis Linnell a young lady of Hyannis. She died sadly for poison Cyanide of Potassium and it really looks as though he was the real villain. He was engaged to a Miss Edmond's of Brookline and to have been married today I believe." Her last entry in this diary as it is so profound: "Sorry to lay aside this diary it's one more record of my life. Just a small slice poorly kept form day to day. Sometimes I think I will never try to keep another but I think I might feel lost without as I have made just a little note of our lives from day to day and in a way depend upon it for reference. As I write this I am holding sleepy Peter Cat in my lap. Some how there seems to be more to him then any cat's we've ever had. He is real and clean also affectionate and is fond of Howard. The covers of this book are the worst ever and I am way more than ashamed." The first diary measures about 3" x 5" and although the cover's front flap is accounted for it has torn off of the binding. The rest of the cover is also very torn but the pages and binding look good. The 1911 diary measures about 3 ½" x 6" and as Sarah was saying the cover is very worn and falling away from the diary itself. In fact the cover has pulled away front and back boards of the diary. The pages and binding look good though. Overall G. BIO NOTES: Mr. Jewett had quite the distinguished career and these diaries have a wealth of historical and significant contents. The following was taken from a book called "The History and Genealogy of the Jewett's of America; Volume 2.": "John Howard Jewett was born in Hadley Mass. January 19th 1843. He married in Northampton Mass. October 1st 1867 Sarah Hart Phelps who was born in Northampton January 31st 1844 daughter of Louis and Emma Hart Phelps. Mr. Jewett graduated from Hopkins Academy in Hadley in 1861. He entered the army April 26th 1861 in Co. C 10th Mass. Vol. Inft. and resigned August 1864 with the rank of Assistant Quartermaster and Ordnance Officer. He became editor and business manager of the Holyoke Mass Transcript and served in that position from 1867 to 1873 and was business manager from 1873-1896. He published the Worcester Gazette from 1896 until 1899 when he sold this paper and has since been at the head of the John H. Jewett Publishing Co. of New York. He has written popular verse over his own name and under the nom de plume of "Hannah Warner." Is the author of "The Bunny Stories" "More Bunny Stories 1900" and also numerous other juvenile tales in St. Nicholas Youth's Companion etc. Songs patriotic verse "Missing None" Civil War "Triflers All" Spanish War and other articles of note." One child Sheila Mackensie born in Worcester Mass. June 9th 1882. Sheila Jewett Bailey attended the Dalzell School in Worcester. On June 15 1905 she married William Bacon Bailey 1873-1952 son of William Leonard Bailey and Ellen Henrietta Bacon; he was a sociologist Yale University economist and later supervisor of the U.S. Census. They had one daughter Dorothy Bailey born October 26 1909. Sheila Jewett Bailey died on April 20 1923 at her home in Hartford Connecticut." ; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF SARAH HART PHELPS JEWETT JOHN HOWARD JEWETT HANNAH WARNER NEW YORK CITY TRIANGLE SHIRT WAIST FIRE CIVIL WAR VETERANS PUBLISHERS AUTHORS HOLYOKE MASSACHUSETTS NEW YORK HIGH SOCIETY TURN OF THE CENTURY HOLYOKE TRANSCRIPT TRANSGENDER STUDIES WOMEN'S STUDIES SOCIAL STUDIES 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 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 AMERICANA . hardcover
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MAUDE BUSH [MRS IRVING T BUSH]
1919 - 1921 Fascinating Original Manuscript Diary Handwritten by the Daughter of the Notorious Civil War Gold Hoaxer and Wife of a Major Wealthy Industrialist Whose Marriage is all Too Obviously on the Rocks
Brooklyn New York City New York NY. Fair. 1919. On offer is a fascinating original 1919 - 1921 manuscript diary handwritten we believe by Mrs. Maud Bush nee Howard but was the widow of Major Francis D. Beard who died in 1901 and was second wife of Irving T. Bush a noted and notorious businessman and the son of wealthy industrialist oil refinery owner and yachtsman Rufus T. Bush. Although she has not identified herself the book is full of clues that can leave little doubt of her writing the diary. Maud had an interesting background too: her father was Joe Howard Junior journalist war correspondent publicist and newspaperman. He was the editor of the Brooklyn Eagle and notorious for perpetrating the "Great Civil War Gold Hoax." They married in 1907 but in 1930 they had a nasty public divorce. Maud is very revealing about her struggles in the marriage and her relationship with Irving with many little hints and innuendo. They are constantly on the move in fact the book starts with them in Paris and it is very easy to find online references on their extensive travels on many of the top notch ocean liners of the day. There is quite an entourage with the couple five children and nine servants! Maud writes extensively in 1919 less so in 1920 and 1921. Overall there are just over 400 entries. We learn in one set of entries for example that in the summer of 1920 they stay at a ranch Sheridan Wyoming with mentions the city of Buffalo and also Piney Inn. Here are some snippets: 1919 JANUARY "1st With Irving in Paris. Just back from the front. A holiday. Lunched at ____. Rob West for dinner. At Maximums. Disgusting Vaudeville. Francis away with Capt. Rose with children. All well. All happy
.2nd All day arranging passports. Lunch at Crillon. Delano and Whitenhouse. Col. West Major Ames Captain Stevens for Cocktails. Ames for dinner and theatre. Can now return to civil life. Am very happy
18th London at 11:55. Train late. Liverpool at 8. Aquitania about 9. 5500 Canadian boys. Regular troop ship. No chairs carpets bells comforts of any kind. Good room and bath
.20th 457 up to noon. Boat filthy. Boys all over the place. Bad weather. Tea with Capt. Wolfe and doctor
25th Docked at 9. Up before 6. Tickets all morning boat for lunch. Train at 2 for Montreal. Powell and Seth Compartment. Bridge. Late all along the line snow. A tiresome unhappy day. Just 4 weeks
.28th Home at 8. Rufus fine. Rose has been sick. Servants all gone damn! Begin the same old routine. House all day. Mail. Irving home sick and bed. Has no interest in anyone here
.January Memoranda: Will there be eleven more like this
or worse." FEBRUARY 17TH Kate and boys to dinner and play. She at Inez. Maud out to the parade and I try. Lilly and I office. Irving a beast. She furious." MARCH "4th Went up to see children. Rufie very sick. Decided to stay up and watch. Day nurses not to be trusted
.5th Rufie complaining all day. Sent for Dr. Simonson. Left lung in question. Old fool." APRIL "6th House all day. Maud her beaux Sheff 8:30. Irving 9:30. Cross and unpleasant. Wish he could go back and stay!.19th A lonesome day. Everyone busy. Phoned about car. Club for dinner then Brooklyn to see Cromine's shops and ideas. Very interesting to see people etc. An impossible association for Irving
.21st Irving away for dinner. God knows where
." MAY "6th Maud Dr. parade. Kate for lunch and Rose's after. 23 today. Baby lovely. Home at 10. Everything ready for tomorrow
7th Left at 10. Boat off at one. Fog. Soldiers for Maud. No boys for Rufus or me
.12th Arrived Brighton at 5. A drive thru Myrtle B. and hotel for dinner. Stars moon palms sea gardens everything but our sweethearts but a happy eve together. Off at 10. Suite A
.15th Ashore at 9. Hotel Washington. Motor to Gal___. Saw little. Train to Panama. Awful rain. Tivoli lunch. Motor for a tour. Streets shops Balboa. 5 train back. Ride lovely. Rainbow. Boat ashore till 10
.18th Couldn't leave boat. Port till noon. Terribly hot. Sea like glass. Arrived Porto Colombia at 5 o'clock. No one ashore. Children bought parrots. Nothing to see
.24th Maud unwell. Deck very crowded. Awful children still very warm. Golf. Smooth as glass. Passed Cuba about 6. Week gone very quickly. All anxious now for home
.28th Interesting day. Boats harbor etc. Pier 15 East River at 6. Club for dinner. Home about 10. Miss Reed Came with us. Looks lovely no servants." JUNE "7th Bear Mountain. Girls Rufus Ruth and I. Francis Boston
16th Hope to town. Dr. Grants'. Home at 6. Maud awful. Unhappy at being left. Cannot understand her
.22nd Irving called. Sailing Mauritania. Hoyt home again
.29th Francis off at 2:30. Ruth and friends William Phillips Yacht Club all for tea
." JULY "6th Cooler. Just listened all day. Took Rufie to swim at Club. Rain. It begins with the dogs then what. God Knows. I don't care. Afraid I wasn't dumb!.12th Irving here all day but Jones's in morning then tennis then on to meet Baily's and there late. Children at Sleepy Hollow. Rose home. Francis and boys
." AUGUST "5th Golf then room. He off along in car. Movies in eve. Then bed. My holiday! God knows I hate this place. Decided to lease Monday. Irving ugly all eve to me. Hope down late so he's cross to me. Same old thing
17th Sleepy Hollow for golf. Rufie with Gold Oak. Rain. Just the same general air of snipe. Girls rude. He then flatters. What is it I do or leave undone. God knows
." SEPTEMBER 9th Boston. Drive very well. Irving off at 12. Took cars. C. and Stratford to end of Island. Phone from Francis. Block Island
.10th Children off all day. No sailing. Sick again. Rufus gold lesson. Telegraphed Irving
." 1920 JANUARY "1st With Irving aboard Mauritania. Most beautiful day. Children at home. Still happy
.5th Same. Packed. Cherbourg about 9. Landed passengers and left 11:30. Bed early
.13th Out all A.M. with awful face. Ordered Rolls Royce. Lunch at Frascotti's. Home. Rotten cold. Wrote. Irving Miller C. and Land's dinner up here. He asleep at 9. Still happy
.25th Lovely day. Start for Eton. Lovely. Alice alone. Irving on edge. I nervous and tired but held out. Beautiful new home. Gandell's for dinner. All or nothing!!!!." FEBRUARY "7th Irving cross and ugly. Left for office. Went for him. Took Peck out to Hendon then lunch at Savoy then Peter Stetson. Walked home
13th Early lunch. Off at one. 4 hrs 62 miles. Customs police. Very tired. Antwerp at 6. Grand We__ Hotel. Irving out for while. I bed. No one starving so far
Memoranda. Very happy month. Irving only cross once and sorry after. Hell
." MARCH "6TH Off at 7:15 train. Left 7:50. South Hampton about 10. Wonderful room bath etc. Late starting. Cherbourg at 6:30. Really off at 8. Ship clean and fresh. Expect happy trip. Optimistic hey what!." JUNE "9th Glorious day. Rose over early. Everything perfect. Maudie a most lovely bride. Wedding on lawn. After in hall. They left for town at 7
.Irving and I motored up to Newburgh. Sat in sun all day while he talked in the shade. Tiresome day but at least away from small worries
.29th Arrived Sheridan on time but waited too long. Supper at Piney Inn half way out. Awful ride over in rain. Irving fell twice in mud pushing car. Ranch about 12
." JULY "3rd Beams Baily's and we motored to Sheridan for round-up fair. Lunch at Piney. Supper Sheridan. Home about ten
.11th Stupid day. No ride. Nothing
.12th Irving and Rufus off on fishing trip. Hope and I and 10 others rode over to paradise Lodge 12 miles. Lovely. Lunch and home. Clear. Eve with Mrs. Beams. Irving's birthday 51
.17th All went over to Buffalo. Stupid
." AUGUST "25th Rufie Irving and I to town. He guides and we train for Boston. Francis met us and motored us out to Swampscott. Welcome. Full house. Proud of Francis. He very happy
.28th Glorious day. Everything perfect. Irving at 10. Ruth Beautiful. Francis fine. Happy until 6 then as usual everything spoiled and I wish again I hadn't done it
.29th Rufie and I permitted to live! Early start for Boston. Chance gave us seats and we left train at New London. Got launch on to Fisher's. Rooms good. Happy alone and together. My child. Quite welcome to his own
." SEPTEMBER "4th Waited and watched for daddy who neither came nor sent us any word
.5th Irving arrived in Percy about 5. Had spent day in New London. No word of his coming. Had met both boats. One dance in eve and then bed
.6th Spent all morning with cars. Boat full. No Irving. Waited until 6:30. Holiday crowd. Started off cross. Sorry but I cannot make him over. Club in eve with Watson
." The 5" x 7½" book is in rough shape having two pages missing June 30th and 31st and then July 31st and the cover has come off the binding which is loose. Overall Fair. BIO NOTES - IRVING BUSH: When Irving was just a teen his father sold his waterfront oil refinery to Standard Oil and retired. His father then built a yacht called the "Coronet" which greatly influenced Irving's life as he became an avid sailor and world traveler. Irving was vastly wealthy from his inheritance but continued in his father's footsteps founding the Bush Terminal Company. He built the massive terminal in Sunset Park Brooklyn New York which employed more than 25000 people within its boundaries and also commissioned the landmark Bush Tower skyscraper on 42nd Street next to Times Square. He also built the Bush House in London. By 1930 Irving had been married twice. He and his first wife Belle Barlowe had two daughters before they divorced. He married again this time to Maud Beard who gave him a son whom they named Rufus after his father. Their marriage was destined to fail as well. Irving Bush was probably not an easy man to live with. In the 1920's on a trip through the Bowery he met a woman who would change his life and he would change hers. Her name was Flora Marian Spore and she was a dentist an artist philanthropist and the love of Irving Bush's life. One online source provides: "BUSH LEAVES RENO DIVORCE COURT TO WED. Brooklyn Man Marries Third Time as Soon as Second Wife is Freed." Reno Nevada June 10 1930. Associated Press. Going directly to his prospective bride's apartment from the court room where his second wife Mrs. Maud H. Bush has been granted a divorce Irving T. Bush creator of the Brooklyn Terminal yesterday was married to Miss Marian Spore of New York. Bush in a secretly filed divorce suite charged that Mrs. Bush continually nagged him and that he was unable to please her. Mrs. Bush who was granted the divorce on a cross petition filed two weeks ago charged that her husband often took long trips without informing her where he was going. He refused to permit her to attend her son's graduation at Oxford the petition alleged and once had refused to accompany her home from Europe. Mr. Bush indicated today he would return with his bride to New York immediately on pressing business matters. Bush thrice has been married. In 1891 he married Miss Belle Barlow at Ridgeway Mich. His second wife to whom he was married at Lakewood N.J. in 1907 was the widow of Francis Beard. The third Mrs. Bush known as the "Angel of the Bowery" for her charitable work in that part of the city is the sister of Commander Jamie H. Spore of the Navy."; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF MAUD BUSH IRVING T. BUSH MAJOR FRANCIS D. BEARD JOE HOWARD JR GREAT CIVIL WAR GOLD HOAX BROOKLYN EAGLE GENDER STUDIES WOMEN'S STUDIES DIVORCE WEALTHY INDUSTRIALISTS BUSH TERMINAL HISTORY OF NEW YORK BROOKLYN WORLD TRAVEL OCEAN TRAVEL SOCIAL HISTORY MARITAL HISTORY AMERICANAHANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS 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
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TERRI L PAYNE
1970s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN by a YOUNG STUDENT COMING of AGE in GEORGIA and RECORDING the DETAILS in HER DIARY
MILSTEAD CONYERS GEORGIA. Very Good. 1970. On offer is a super group of three 3 manuscript diaries handwritten by a young woman from Milstead Georgia named Terri L. Payne. The three books are written btween 1970 and 1975. In them she records three different addresses all in Milstead except for one in Conyers. Terri treats her diaries as an intimate friend relating the mundane to the intensely intimate. Only 12 years old in 1970 her birthday is September 8th and she is in Grade 7 in the 1970 book she records in her diary a minor kidney infection nine cavities and her first menstrual period. She goes to school takes the bus goes to bingo cleans up her house goes to ballgames and basketball games works at a nursing home for a little while and has a very full social and romantic life. In 1972 James a possible family member dies - and she hopes he's saved. She takes bus "48" to school and her grades are not great. She notes on October 20 1971 that "I love my mother more than anything in the world." She expresses romantic interest in Chuck Phil and Buster. In 1974 Terri is thinking of seeing the film "The Way We Were." She also notes on January 19 1974 "
guy named Greene shot and killed Margie Hall and Gut Hall." She notes that Valentines Day "wasn't so great. Mom had been drinking when I got home." Terri mentions her mother quite often and worries about her emotional state. She gets elected to student council. 1975 is a momentous year for Terri and her romantic attachments become more clear and deep. She speaks of Brad often and there is talk of being serious and marriage. She notes on August 8 1975 that when Brad is affectionate toward her when she cooks dinner "it's just lie being married." She sees movie on August 13 1975 "Once Is Not Enough" - a film based on a book by Jacqueline Susann who wrote "The Valley Of The Dolls." Terri is attending college in September 1975 while Brad is working. On December 6 1975 Terri writes about their first time "making love" saying "we've never laughed so hard
he couldn't get it in." The diary entries end on December 28 1975 with her saying that Brad "said he loved me but he had to get rid of his doubts before he married me
this is the first time in 77 days I haven't seen Brad. I love him and miss him so much." She also notes all family members and friends listed in diaries with birthdates. A super job as a diarist even though sporadic. The books proper are approximately 6" x 4 1/2". The 1970 1971 and 1972 diaries have approximately 147 pages of entries. The 1974 diary has approximately 266 pages of entries and the 1975 diary has about 58 pages of entries. It is a 5-year diary but Terri used each page for a whole day. Overall VG. ; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF TERRI L. PAYNE MILSTEAD GEORGIA CONYERS WOMEN'S STUDIES GENDER STUDIES SOUTHERN GIRL HIPPIE ERA THE 70S THE SEVENTIES AGE OF AQUARIUS AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS 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
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Mackay, Ruddock F (Biography of Jackie Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher of Kilverstone)
Fisher of Kilverstone
Oxford: Clarendon Press 1973. Hardcover xvi 539pp. Very good in very good dust jacket. Frontispiece map photographs notes bibliography index. There is a previous owner's inscription on the front endpaper and light edgewear to the dust jacket. Biography of Jackie Fisher 1st Baron Fisher of Kilverstone. Military Admirals--England Naval History--England Royal Navy. Clarendon Press Hardcover
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WERNER AVENHAUS AND HELMUT MATTHIAS
1955 FASCINATING ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A PAIR OF GERMAN TEENAGERS: ONE SUFFERING PRE BERLIN WALL OPPRESSION IN THE SOVIET SECTOR AND HIS LUCKIER FRIEND IN THE AMERICAN SECTOR WHO WERE GIVEN A SUMMER CAMP EXPERIENCE IN ENGLAND
Germany - England. Good. 1955. On offer is a terrific significant journal written by two German high school students who visited an English camp during the bleak years following WWII. The journal measures 9 1/2 inches by 6 1/2 inches. It is composed of 88 pages fastened together with a leatherette lace between cardboard covers. The cover has a very lovely ink sketch of London Bridge. It is in very good condition as are all 88 pages. The layout is 'landscape' and each page is typed. The spelling grammar and language construction are excellent. In 1955 Werner Avenhaus and his friend Helmut Matthias are high school students at Ulrich-von-Hutten-Highschool in Berlin Lichtenrade. Avenhaus lives in the Soviet Sector but is able to cross into the American Sector to go to school as the Berlin Wall was still six years in the future. In August 1955 Avenhaus and his friend Helmut are selected to take part in an international summer camp experience in Britain. Life was not easy: "I myself live in the Soviet Zone and I have to pass controls at the frontier every day when I go to school. My father has fallen during the last war and so my mother has to earn our living. So you can imagine that there was not much hope for me to see a foreign country. You can imagine my joy when Helmut Matthias a fellow pupil of mine and myself were chosen for a 15 visit to England. Almost immediately I tried the passports and visas. This was very difficult for me for I had to conceal my plan from the authorities in Eastern Germany which would never have permitted me to visit a country of the western hemisphere." He travelled by himself and met his teacher a few days later in Hannover. Matthias living in the American Zone had no such problems. What follows are pages of excellent description of their journey and experiences. Their initial destination was London where they stayed overnight. The next day was given over to sightseeing: "The first important building we saw was Westminster Abbey the huge cathedral where all the kings and queens of England were crowned since 1066 . A black marble in the floor of the nave marked the last resting place of the Unknown Warrior . Behind the cathedral we saw the Houses of Parliament . And the famous bell called Big Ben . After a while we reached the next interesting building: Buckingham Palace is the London residence of the Queen." Later that day they meet several students from Italy and Australia. They all board buses and drive north to the small town of Cuffley where they move into a wooded fully-equipped campground for two weeks. With Matthias taking over some of the note-taking they describe the camp and those they met there: ". It was an international Course for Senior Pupils from Western European Schools and Englicsh Grammar Schools on Literature and the Arts in Western Europe. It was the first time that senior pupils from schools in Austria France Germany Italy and Spain had joined their contemporaries in England to study each other's language literature and arts." They describe their own group their tent quarters and how their days unfolded. Mornings were given over to lectures and studies in a foreign language discussion and seminars on literature and art followed by afternoons for sports and bus tours of the surrounding area. The journal is simply chock full of details. There was a lot of activity packed into those 15 days. The journal has a number of black-and-white photographs pasted into various pages. Also of interest are two letters. An undated one written by Wolfgang Sutor and addressed simply to 'Dear Friends' expresses thanks for a pair of shoes and a winter coat: ". I was very glad indeed to get a very good winter-coat. I was extremely delighted about it because I did not possess any and it is winter now." The second letter is written by a girl named Waltraud Ernst. Dated January 10 1953 it too is addressed simply to 'Dear Friends.' In it she expresses thanks for a package of red wool she received so her mother could knit her a sweater. She describes her life in the letter noting that she is 20 attends school and works part-time as a cashier. She observes: ". In Germany everybody is glad to have work. It's very difficult to get a place for the young people who have finished school." She tells how her father 65 yrs old a concert musician before the war lost his leg in the fighting. Her mother is 58 and very ill. She makes a very poignant comment . You can see the traces of the last war in her face. She expresses the hope that someday she can become a teacher. At the end of the journal Werner and Helmut express their gratitude for the opportunity to take part in the camp: ". We had also enormous profit by learning other nations' idea wishes and customs to see what it means to help each other on the human basis and to see that we are all part of a great human family that has one foundation . We are sure that this is the best way to make friends in the world." It is signed by both boys. We learned in a 2021 email from Avenhaus that he began studying at the Free University in West Berlin in 1956. He had a room in West Berlin but returned home on weekends to help out in his familys large fruit and vegetable garden. Avenhause explained that two weeks before the Berlin Wall was erected a neighbour warned him that something would happen to individuals who travelled into West Berlin. His family took immediate action: his 80-year-old grandmother and 46-year-old mother went by train to West Berlin without any belongings and Avenhauss 20-year-old sister Erika followed shortly after on a different train. They all met in Werners room in West Berlin and then were flown to Hannover and travelled to Dortmund where they had family. Avenhaus became a high school teacher in the town of Bochum teaching English French and Latin. He married his wife Eva in 1963 and had two children Thomas and Sabine. Werner Avenhaus and Helmut Matthiass journal offers an excellent look at an effort to forge international friendships against the backdrop of the Cold War. ; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: WERNER AVENHAUS HELMUT MATTHIAS WOLFGANG SUTOR WALTRAUD ERNST BRITAIN HERTFORDSHIRE EAST OF ENGLAND HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY SCHOOL CAMP CUFFLEY CAMP BERLIN WALL WEST BERLIN EUROPEAN UNION UP TO THE BORDER GERMAN YOUTH IN 1950S LICHTENRADE GERMANY BERLIN BOROUGH COLD WAR 1950S BERLIN BEFORE THE WALL POST SECOND WORLD WAR GERMANY INTERNATIONAL SUMMER CAMPS IN 1950S BRITAIN GERMAN SCHOOL STUDENTS IN 1950S LIFE IN POSTWAR GERMANY POSTWAR GERMANS' TRAVEL 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
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Orsment Woodberry
1867 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT POST CIVIL WAR DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A WELL TO DO BUILDER LIVING IN THE WINTER HILL AREA OF SOMERVILLE MASSACHUSETTS
WINTER HILL MASSACHUSETTS SOMERVILLE MA. Good with no dust jacket. 1867. Full-Leather. On offer is a very interesting post-Civil-War-era manuscript diary handwritten by Orsment Woodberry in Somerville Massachusetts just outside Boston. Woodberry was a carpenter/builder who wrote daily in this diary starting on May 1 1867 and ending on May 11th 1869. At the time of writing he lived on Central Street in the Somerville neighborhood of Winter Hill. Woodberry was married to Miriam Johnson Woodberry daughter of Philip Johnson of Newburyport MA. They celebrated their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary on September 20th 1867 and his diary entry that day includes the names of many of the people who were there to celebrate. Included are his sister Charlotte and his Aunt Sally M. Sargent for whom he ends up building a house. The diary mentions two homes owned by Woodberrys family on Federal Street in Newberryport. The address recorded is 24th Federal Street. Here are some snippets: 1867 "May 9th & 10th Pleasant. Got the deed from Currier and all signed. Saw Gallagher and settled about the house he is to go in on 15th. Paid for fixing pump. Afternoon made rounds with Mr. Pierce and freelanced to see about selling houses and took a look at the city. Got all ready to go home to Somerville
Pleasant. At 9 ½ left with Charlotte for Boston 10 A. M train in E. RR. Home at Winter Hill. To dinner 1 P. M. Found Merriam no better. Potatoes planted. Looked around things." "September 20th Pleasant. Digging potatoes. The family getting ready to celebrate our 25th anniversary or Silver Wedding. Eliza Agnes came up from N. Port. Eve all the following were present. Mrs. Philip Johnson Sally M. Sargent Charlotte W. Symons Philip Johnson and wife Fred W. Johnson and wife and son Walter. Charlotte E. Johnson C. Woodberry M. Woodberry P. O. Woodberry and wife N. Y. Woodberry Eliza A. Woodberry Charles A. Davis and William H. Woodberry. 18 in all. Had a pleasant time and valuable presents. We were remembered by all that were here and some that could not be present. We left before 12 M." "December 6th Pleasant but cold. Miss Crosby came up to pass the day. Went up to the auction of Miss A. Tuft's old house and contents. Then went and saw the new chapel building by Oakman. Found Mrs. Reid here to see sister Agnes from the city. Some little snow and rain fell in the afternoon. Mr. Crosby and wife called and took Alice down to East Somerville with them. Eve some rain with high wind from south. Boys have a fine time. Two of the Hanson boys here and E. Mainard came over
." 1868: "February 4th & 5th Pleasant and more mild. About the house all day. Deed came for Charlotte to sign of the two houses on Federal Street. Sold to Dr. Gale for 4500 dollars. This is all the real estate of M. Symons. Sale is law
. Pleasant and milder but still cold. About the house. Bill of Administration came for the signature of C. W. Symons. Signed and returned. Eve tea party at Mr. Stickney's and Agnes went. Paid Brook's bill of lumber. 8 P. M. Snowing." "February 16th Pleasant rather cool. Barker came. Brown bread and beans for breakfast. Folks off to Sunday school. E. Agnes and Alice to church. Afternoon Nick Alice and E. Agnes went over to Phillip's and spent the afternoon. Eve folks off to lecture. Heard a crazy ridicule on Woman's rights and kindred themes." "April 11th Pleasant after the snow storm. Boys shoveling off and making paths. Nick left for the city. Charley at work. Have to keep house. Eve snow has gone. Much today. Gov. Chamberlain gave lecture at the hall tonight. Bad walking but the folks attended in good numbers." "May 16th Cloudy and dull. Had Dennis ½ day to put down sods. Sturgis went into the city. Sarah came out to see us. Went in at 1 ½ by horse cars. Sturgis out home at 1 P. M. Sort of pleasant. Bad east wind. Mr. Wood came out said the impeachers had failed to depart the President." "August 6th Building his Aunt Sally's house Cloudy. Dennis Martin and Mike Downy on the cellar. John Downey taking away dirt all day. Meserve putting down frames together. Charley sick. At noon Meserve went to Framing. Charley and Sturgis helping Pollard. Brought 4 loads of stones today. Miriam and sister Charlotte went into the city to shop and made calls out by 5 ½ train. Sister Agnes came up from her visit to Salem. Sturgis primed window and door frames. Fred painting house. 2nd coat. Light sprinkle of rain
." This diary offers a wealth of information by way of names listed in so many of the entries. Numerous names are mentioned including Hunt Gray Johnson Gilman Thomas Gallagher Currier E. L. Weeks Esq. Pierce C. Hubbs Kitty Eldridge Alice Crosby E. Haskell Sampson Sawyer Bowen Austin Dr. Hemingway Cudworth Captain Adams John Richison Sarah Woodberry and so many more. Orsment Woodberrys name does not appear in the diary but it is possible to deduce his identity thanks to the large number of relatives discussed in the diary. The full-leather diary measures about 4 inches by 6.5 inches. Although the cover is worn and a bit stained the pages and binding look great. Overall G. ; Manuscript; 4" x 6.5"; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF POST CIVIL WAR BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS RECONSTRUCTION ERA CARPENTER BUILDER FEDERAL ST. WINTER HILL SOMERVILLE SYMONDS SALLY M. SARGENT 19TH CENTURY 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 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 AMERICANA . hardcover
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GISSING, George
LETTERS OF GEORGE GISSING TO MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY
London: Constable & Company 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo; vi 414 pages green cloth untrimmed fore-edge partially unopened t.e.g; dj nicked and with cellophane tape reinforcements on blank side of dj; ex libris William Sanford Akin <br/><br/>Collected and Arranged by Algernon and Ellen Gissing with a Preface by His Son a portrait in photogravure and a facsimile letter. Constable & Company hardcover
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GISSING, George
PRIVATE PAPERS OF HENRY RYECROFT
New York: E. P. Dutton 1913. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Duodecimo; xii 279 pages red cloth; pencilled notes by a collector on endpapers all edges untrimmed. <br/><br/>The American issue of English sheets variant state with Rothenstein frontispiece. Portrait frontispiece of Gissing by William Rothenstein. "Gissing's most mature and least tormented work - Edmund Gosse." A classic fictionalized account of a bibliophile. E. P. Dutton hardcover
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