‎Biographie‎

‎Rev Charles William Shepherd‎

‎1861 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF JOURNAL LETTERS PHOTOS AND EPHEMERA DOCUMENTING THE EARLY TRAVEL AND EXPLORATION OF THE NORTH FRISIAN ISLANDS BY RENOWNED AUTHOR AND ORNITHOLOGIST DOCUMENTING THE BIRDS PEOPLE AND GEOGRAPHY OF THIS ONCE CONTESTED AREA‎

‎AMRUM SYLT FOHR HOOG NORDEROOG HUSUM DENMARK. Very Good. 1861. On offer is a remarkable original archive including a manuscript travel journal/log and related ephemera of an early 1861 voyage to the North Frisian Islands of Amrum Sylt Föhr Hoog Norderoog then Husum and Hamburg Germany by the noted author and ornithologist Rev. Charles William Shepherd. This historical archive consists of the personal handwritten journal map letters receipts and photographs all contained in a period archival portfolio and in very good condition: 1 Journal measuring approximately 12cm x 19cm written very legibly in pencil 52 pages together with itinerary of islands visited and list of birds seen; 2 two small photographs of a local fisherman and ship on a beach; 3 one color map 32cm x 45cm approximately showing the North Frisian Islands as part of Denmark; 4 3-page folio contract and cover letter to hire a ship with captain and crew; 5 three detailed letters 12 pp reporting on Amrum and Husum; 6 seven handwritten hotel receipts with itemized list of lodgings and food consumed; 7 a notecard with farewell poem being a tribute to the Islands as mentioned in the journal; 8 other various ephemeral items such as tickets vouchers etc. add further depth to this super relic of the historic area once the property of the Kingdom of Denmark now a German holding. Shepherd visited the North Frisian Islands aboard the ship 'Pauline'. His keen observations of the local geography and people as well as the bird life on these islands is totally unique as a eyewitness account of this interesting historical area. He also visits some 'halligen' salt marsh islands without embankments such as Beenshallig. He notes the abundance of bird life and quotes the Captain's observations that the islands get smaller and smaller every year. In fact Beenshallig which was located south of Gröde completely disappeared by the end of the 19th century. Researchers and historians of the area will note that while his main focus is on birds his journal is full of details of local colour: he is invited to a wedding party; notes the costumes of the locals; description of the unique thatched houses as well as a list of birds seen and ornithological work performed on this voyage. Shepherd kept much detail of his traveling expenses providing another parallel source of information and affords the reader with good insight into the practicalities of exploration during the mid 1800's. Of note are the 3-page folio contract to hire the ship and the hotel bills from Victoria Hotel in Tönning Groot's Hotel in Keitum auf Sylt and Thomas Hotel in Husum. BIO NOTES: Rev. Charles William Shepherd of Trotterscliffe and of Trinity College Cambridge was an ornithologist and traveler who traveled widely in search of ornithological specimens. Shepherd was also the author of the book The North-West Peninsular of Iceland: Being the Journal of a Tour in Iceland in the Spring and Summer of 1862 London: Longmans Green and Co. 1867. A rare and unique capture of North Frisian island life in the middle of the 19th century. Overall VG.; Manuscript; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF AMRUM SYLT FÖHR HOOG NORDEROOG DENMARK BIRDS BIRD WATCHING BIRDERS BIRDING ORNITHOLOGY ORNOTHOLOGISTS GERMANY NORTH SEA ISLANDS FRISIAN ISLANDS TRAVEL EXPLORATION BORDERS HANDWRITTEN 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 Schleswig Holstein Husum Hamburg Halligen Beenshallig Trotterscliffe Trinity College Shepherd . unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0001316

‎Kozar, Andrew J‎

‎SPORT SCULPTURE OF R. TAIT MCKENZIE‎

‎Champaign IL: Human Kinetics Books 1992 136 pp. Original black cloth covers very bright and clean. Top corners and spine ends slightly bumped. DJ has mild edge wear w/ two short tears at top edge of front panel. Illust. w/ color and b/w photos. Contents very nice. Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Human Kinetics Books Hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 20690SPMSC ISBN : 0873223365 9780873223362

‎Jones, Proctor Patterson (Editor)/With Assistance by Zieseniss, Charles-Otto/Tulard, Jean (Preface)‎

‎NAPOLEON: An Intimate Account of the Years of Supremacy 1800-1814‎

‎San Francisco CA: Proctor Jones Publishing Company/Distributed by Random House Inc. 1992. 444 pp. Original red cloth covers w/ title in gilt. Very bright and clean. DJ lightly soiled. Illust. w/ numerous color and b/w pictures. Contents very nice. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Proctor Jones Publishing Company/Distributed by Random House, Inc. Hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : M376NP ISBN : 0679414584 9780679414582

‎Phillip Lopate with Vincent Katz‎

‎Rudy Burkhardt‎

‎Harry N. Abrams Inc. New York 2004. Book. Fine Condition. Cloth. First Edition. 223 pp. 278 photographs in duotone. Slight bit of scuffing and dirt to the white dustjacket. Dustjacket is protected with a mylar cover. Harry N. Abrams, Inc. New York Hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 005283 ISBN : 0810943476 9780810943476

‎SIR DR DAVID MOORE LINDSAY‎

‎1899 - 1930s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY FAMILY HISTORY AND GENEALOGY HANDWRITTEN BY AN ESTEEMED IRISH DOCTOR WAR HERO KNIGHT TEMPLAR EXPLORER FRIEND OF THE WEALTHY FAMOUS AND SOMETIME GUEST OF THE KING OF ENGLAND‎

‎BALLYMONEY IRELAND SALT LAKE CITY. Very Good. 1899. Full-Leather. On offer is the extraordinary manuscript vade mecum - a catchall diary journal genealogical record and history of a very large successful family most of whom are renowned doctors hunters and military men from Ireland. Handwritten by David Moore Lindsay in 1899 this leather notebook is jammed with family trees autographs including clip signatures notes on his Black Watch service secret societies of which he is addressed as Sir David was a highly placed Knight of the Red Cross Knight Templar Knight of Malta of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem etc. the family's Norman connections Mount Royal Quebec connections plus when discoverer of the North Pole Admiral Peary died he wrote two pages of his memories of Peary and his colleague Stefansson whom Lindsay both knew well. Dr. Lindsay is an amazing man: traveller explorer big game hunter successful soldier renowned ophthalmologist and superbly detailing his life and times. In many ways this is also a biographical mine of information of famed General Sam Steele of Canada as a goodly percentage of the 150 odd pages of the journal are dedicated to. Collectors and researchers would be hard pressed to find a more balanced picture of a post Victorian gentleman's life with as rich and broad a background as interesting as Lindsay's. Littered with ephemera news clippings charts diagrams photos postcards including an enlistment card for E J Steele April 03 1883 a Grand Trunk Railway ticket Scotland 1927 licence to kill game a 1926 Denver & Rio Grande Western Railway pass a tribute to General Sam Steele of the Lord Strathcona Horse Regiment of Canada. As a Major he distinguished himself when Louis Riel attempted his second rebellion related through Lindsay's wife plus much much more. The premium leather book 7 x 4 x 1.5 inches is 90% full and overall VG.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: TRAVEL CANADIANA SALT LAKE CITY PEARY ARCTIC EXPLORER NORTH POLE 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 NAVY NAVAL MARITIME NEWFOUNDLAND LABRADOR ATLANTIC CANADA BAY OF BULLS BRIGGANTINE MUTINY MUTINOUS TRIAL LEGAL 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 Granhill Ballymoney Ireland Ophthalmology ophthalmologist Steele Knight of the Red Cross Knight Templar Knight of Malta of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem Admiral Peary Lord Strathcona Horse General Sam Steele Louis Riel . hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0001426

‎Channing, Walter‎

‎A Physician's Vacation; or a Summer in Europe‎

‎Boston: Ticknor and Fields 1856. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo 564 pages embossed brown cloth nick at head of spine. <br/><br/>Channing ws the Dean of Harvard Medical School and pioneered the use of ether in childbirth. He has a physician's eye for detail. "Then as to diet. Travellers always eat more than is useful or needed. The 'money's worth' strongly pertains to the calling." "Luggage to me was a frequent annoyance". "He is the wisest traveller who is the least burdened. A carpet-bag and an umbrella is luggage enough for any body." Ex libris Henry P. Sturgis who may have been Robert Gould Shaw's uncle. Ticknor and Fields hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 004614

‎WILLIAM HALE EDWARDS‎

‎1936 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A YOUNG BOY IN DEPRESSION ERA SUPERIOR WISCONSIN‎

‎SUPERIOR WISCONSIN WI DULUTH MINNESOTA. Very Good. 1936. Hardcover. On offer is a real all-American boy-next-door manuscript diary handwritten by William Hale Edwards about 16 or 17 who lives in Superior Wisconsin at the very tip of Lake Superior. While his life revolves around school Church family and work William has a fair bit of personality with charming entries: "Had a rip roaring start to school by being late"; "Rask took his babe to a show." Other entries note: worked at Breusaughs practiced violin and piano wrote an editorial on the Ginley Bridge goes to a charopracter voted officers at the Dorm possibility of Military School this summer. Living with his brother Rodney Mom and Dad he also has many many friends including: Fred Rydell Mary Johnson Elenore Banester Jack Sullivan Patsy Kelly Billings Vark .Local historians and collectors will find a treasure trove of era and area history. VG.; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; SUPERIOR DULUTH WISCONSIN HERMANTOWN PRE WORLD WAR II DEPRESSION ERA SOCIAL STUDIES GENDER 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 Als 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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0001101

‎ELLEN FRANCES TOBEY [later WASHBURN]‎

‎1943 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A PORTSMOUTH NAVAL YARD WORKER WHO DETAILS HER WORK AND DUTIES AND HOMEFRONT LIFE AND PROVIDES EPHEMERAL PROOF OF AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM‎

‎KITTERY POINT MAINE ME. Very Good. 1943. On offer is a super original historic 1943 manuscript and ephemeral relic of the United States War effort American enthusiasm for the cause and a fascinating home front look at a young American woman's contribution and service. Handwritten by 25 year old Ellen Frances Tobey later Washburn of Kittery Point Maine she worked at the Portsmouth Naval Ship Yard and kept a small 2½ x 4¼ inch diary wherein Ellen did a wonderful job filling the small book with all the details and duties of her life and those around her. Of particular interest to historians and collectors of the war ephemera will be the treasured mementoes Ellen included in the book being 19 launch tags each created to commemorate the completion and launching of submarines that would soon confront the German and Japanese navies. The submarines launched are: USS Capelin USS Crevalle USS Apogon USS Batfish the renowned USS Archerfish USS Burrfish USS Sand Lance USS Pampanito USS Picuda USS Parche USS Bang USS Pilotfish USS Pintado USS Pipefish USS Pomfret USS Sterlet USS Piranha USS Plaice and the USS Queenfish. Ellen a very active Pythian sister was born January 9th1918 died in April 1st 2000 was we believe in the purchase section of the supply department for the Navy Yard and seems to have made a point of attending the submarine launches. The launch tags are stapled by the string not the tag itself into the diary on the days of the launch. Overall the book and the tags are VG. BIO NOTES: LIVERMORE FALLS Maine - Ellen F. Washburn 82 died late Sunday night April 1 in the comfort of her home on Munsey Avenue with her family at her side. She was born Jan. 9 1918 in Kittery Point Maine the daughter of Charles G. and Cordelia Wildes Tobey. She received her education in Beverly Mass. graduating from Beverly High School in the Class of '35. She continued her education at Hawthorne Business School in Salem Mass. She was employed at a fish market in Salem Mass. and moved back to Kittery Point where she was employed by a finance company. She retired from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard after 20 years of service and on August 25 1962 married S. Paul Washburn at the Kittery Point Congregational Church. After moving to Livermore Falls she was one of the first employees during the construction of the Androscoggin Mill International Paper Co. and worked in the engineering department. He later was a bookkeeper for New England Furniture Co. and Dunton Department Stores in Livermore Falls. She was active in many fraternal organizations. She was a 50-year member of the Rebekahs the Order of the Eastern Star and Pythian Sisters. She was a past president of The Rebekah Assembly of Maine a past Worthy Matron of the Eastern Star in both Kittery and Livermore Falls and was a secretary of the local lodge of Pythian Sisters.; Manuscript; 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF ELLEN FRANCES TOBEY WASHBURN PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIP YARD SUBMARINE LAUNCH TAGS USN SHIP BUILDING HOMEFRONT EFFORT GERMAN NAVY KRIEGSMARINE PYTHIAN SISTERS SISTERS OF PYTHIAS LIVERMORE FALLS MAINE ELLEN F. WASHBURN HOME FRONT WWII WW2 WORLD WAR II WORLD WAR 2 NAVY MARINE NAUTICAL NAVAL WARFARE SUBMARINES SUBMARINERS USS CAPELIN USS CREVALLE USS APOGON USS BATFISH USS ARCHERFISH USS BURRFISH USS SAND LANCE USS PAMPANITO USS PICUDA USS PARCHE USS BANG USS PILOTFISH USS PINTADO USS PIPEFISH USS POMFRET USS STERLET USS PIRANHA USS PLAICE AND THE USS QUEENFISH AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS AMERICANA MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0002072

‎PRIVATE JAMES R ADAMS, 13th Battalion of Infantry (Hamilton)‎

‎ARCHIVE LOT OF 58 DIARIES 1888 THROUGH 1944 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARIES OF PVT. ADAMS - HISTORY OF THE CANADIAN COLORED COTTON MILLS CO. AND TEXTILE INDUSTRY OF CANADA‎

‎Hamilton Ontario/Montreal Quebec. Very Good. 1888. Remarkable archive of 58 handwritten manuscript diaries covering 1888 - 1944 1922 includes a travel diary authored by Private James R. Adams of the famed red-coated 13th Battalion of Infantry Hamilton Ontario Canada. Beginning in 1888 age 25 James does more than detail his adult life on paper he actually writes a history of the Canadian textile industry and the Ontario Cotton Mills Company a name that changed a number of times and eventually to the Canadian Colored Cotton Mills company a Hamilton based company that gained fame on a number of fronts. Biographic notes on the company at the end of the listing. The first diary begins with only the odd financial and business note. It actually takes James a couple of years 3 or 4 before he begins to use the diaries more fully beyond business appointments prices of commodities contacts made and the odd news item. As he ages he does more and writes more but he does not make it easy as he uses shorthand frequently. Most of what you learn about James is obliquely but what James does amazingly is capture the history of the textile industry in Canada. There are copious notes throughout that we are sure that for someone with knowledge of the industry terms and sizes and such could dig out a mass of historical information through this lot. We also noted that even in the 19th century diaries James worked with large numbers. He had an important job and we assume he was successful enough that he was sent to help open up the Montreal office in 1894 as evidenced by the change to his address the particulars area. Beyond the business writings there are his personal finances and family matters. In one diary we found a genealogy area but all intials and we only realized the value of the notes by the description 'Mater' and 'Pater'. A fascinating voyage of discovery awaits the new owner of this sensational historic record of one man's life and business career. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES: The Ontario Cotton Mills Company was established in 1881 in Hamilton Ontario by a group of men including William Hendrie Sr. Edward and Charles Gurney and C.B. Snow. The name was changed the same year to the Ontario Cotton Manufacturing Company O.C.M. and production began in 1882. The factory covered almost the entire block bounded by James Simcoe MacNab and Ferrie Streets except for a hotel on the west side of the property. The company manufactured such cotton products as denims shoe linings flour bags and carpet yarns under the brand name "Kingcot". By 1886 the mill's 400 employees mostly women and girls were producing 2.5 million yards - over 14000 miles - of cloth per year. However two years later the company "met with a financial reverse" according to the Hamilton Spectator and was purchased by a Hamilton syndicate of businessmen comprising mostly the same businessmen who established the O.C.M. in 1881. In 1892 it was reorganized again as the Ontario Cottons O.C. subsidiary of the Canadian Colored Cotton Mills Company Limited C.C.C. headquartered in Montreal Quebec. C.C.C. controlled about a dozen mills throughout the Dominion including three in Cornwall Ontario and three in New Brunswick. The company was also noted in 1898 as being the first company in Hamilton to switch from steam power to hydroelectric power.; Manuscript; HAMILTON 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 CANADIANA Canada Fenians Royal Blackwatch World War I Word War II WWI WWII Clothing Industry Spinning Yarn Looms Montreal Hamilton Textile Textiles Quebec Ontario Canada . hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 000093

‎RICHARD SUTCLIFFE THOMAS‎

‎1844 - 1911 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY: A HANDWRITTEN EPIC BY A WEST YORKSHIRE MAN AND EXPERT ON GOOD TEMPLARISM: FROM CHILD LABORER TO CAPTAIN OF INDUSTRY FROM POVERTY TO COMFORT AND THE UPPER ECHELONS OF FREEMASONRY‎

‎LONG RIGGING LUDDENDEN BRADFORD SALTERE HALIFAX. Very Good. 1844. On offer is the super original manuscript diary handwritten by Richard Sutcliff Thomas b. May 25th 1844 - . Mr. Thomas draws his life in exceptional detail from his birth until 1911. This diary stands unique as an epic story of a man the youngest of ten of a below middle class family who left school at age eleven and a sign of his character: he appreciated that his parents could give him that much education as many a lad started working at age seven or eight but through work education religion and determination Mr. Thomas bettered himself to a significant degree. Even the book proper is small testament being a near two and a half inch thick cloth cover whose spine plainly yet elegantly states in gild "RECOLLECTIONS - R.S.T." In the Preface Thomas who writes in a strong sound hand lays out the foundation: "My sons Milton and Ernest ask me to put on record the story of my earlier life. In my 67th year compelled to relinquish regular employment and being as Ernest put it 'a retired gentleman of some means' and having time on my hands my mind inclines to the doing of which they desire. Hence the following pages….I have been waiting till now Oct. 1910…." What follows over 667 pages is his life story but moreso the history and genealogy of his family and the history of business and commerce throughout Middle England. Collectors and historians of trade and commerce will be overwhelmed by the intimate detail Thomas provides as he climbs the business ladder as he names his associates partners their character and the background of their business. Visitors travel hosts church relations politics and all manner of life are named and detailed. Rarely have we seen so thorough a diary that explores so thoroughly one man's progress: from child to boy to man; from child laborer to captain of industry; from hard-scrap beginnings to an old age of comfort and grace and satisfaction. One other area that is noteworthy throughout his adult life is his relationship which Freemasonry and he was a noted speaker lecturing on Good Templarism. A bastion of his local Church many times referring to Bishops and Priests of note whose circles he is a constant we believe he also preaches in his later years. The diary is headed by six chapters by locale: I. Long Rigging 1844-1851 II Luddenden Foot 1851-1867 III Bradford 1867-1869 IV Bradford Lightcliffe 1870-1874 V Saltere 1875-1879 and finally VI Halifax 1879. The last entry reads: Completed on July 30th 1911 and signed by the author. Also bound into the book is a pamphlet: 'In Memoriam Alfred Nicholl' published in Halifax in 1885. The pamphlet notes the songs sung by a Miss Thomas and that Thomas was himself a main speaker. Save for splitting to the spine the book is overall VG.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; WEST YORKSHIRE LEEDS SALTAIRE LUDDENDENFOOT LONG RIGGING LUDDENDEN FOOT BRADFORD LIGHTCLIFFE SALTERE HALIFAX FREEMASONRY MASONS TEMPLARS TEMPLARISM ENGLAND 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 Als 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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0001300

‎Smiley, Captain Scotty with Doug Crandall‎

‎Hope Unseen - The Story of the U.S. Army's First Blind Active-Duty Officer‎

‎New York: Howard Books 2010. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Blue hardcover in dustjacket. Signed and inscribed by Captain Smiley on the dedication page "God Bless Mona Scott Smiley." Shallow bump to the bottom of the front board and a bit of bending at the spine tips. Text clean and unmarked other than the author's inscription. Binding solid. Unclipped jacket with minor shelfwear at the edges and a bit of scuffing to the rear panel. 243 pp. some black and white photos at center. The inspiring story of an Army officer in Iraq and the impact of the loss of his sight in a suicide bombing. Howard Books hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 238 ISBN : 1439183791 9781439183793

‎James William E Spooner‎

‎1876-1879 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY DETAILING THE PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS OF THE DAY - THE CONTESTED RUTHERFORD HAYES SAMUEL TILDEN ELECTION‎

‎Boston New Bedford Roxbury MASS. Very Good. 1876. On offer is the 1876 handwritten manuscript diary of 'Jas William E Spooner' as evidenced by his writing on the front endpaper. This book will be of particular interest to historians of the Boston/New Bedford where Mr. Spooner resided and presidential history. The diary begins October 1876 through April 1879. While he does write of personal and business matters the political history in the book are from Mr. Spooner's many entries regarding the contested presidential election of 1876 between Samuel Tilden and Rutherford Hayes. Here are some brief highlights: October 24 entry describes the Grant torch light procession of the Republicans through Boston. October 27th entry describes the "Carpet baggers and the horribles which looked very comical.Flag Raising on Ruggles St Democrats" October 30th describes the Democratic torchlight Procession down through Faneuil Hall. November 3rd's lengthy entry describes the author's travels and the election results - "one night now after the political campaign is over it is hard to determine who shall be the President there being trouble is a few of the southern states fraud claimed by both the Republican and Decmorat Partys. Grant had sent troops south and men of both partys have gone down to have a fair count of the voted but not terms of settlement have been arrived at yet the men that are running for President are Samuel Tilden Governor of New York and Ruther B Hayes Governor and Ohio and Wheeler Vice President. Both Republicans Tilden and Hendrick are elected according as the vote stands separate from a few of the southern states whether war will terminate this election remains to be found and both partys claim the victory today" Dec 11 entry "The political question remains still unsettled both candidates are claimed to have been elected" Other entries include commentary on the weather travels throughout the Boston area and down to Fairhaven / New Bedford; some boats in the New Bedford area are mentioned as is the Howland name. Mr. Spooner also uses the book to copy a letter he has written to his friends. Cash and financial details are noted. 8vo. Leather spine corners worn boards approx. 37 pp. of text. ; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA GENEALOGY NAVY POST WWI WORLD WAR I WORLD WAR ONE THE WAR TO END ALL WARS THE GREAT WAR 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 SHIP BUILDING ENGINEERING MECHANICS KEMP ALL-AMERICAN . hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 000712

‎Halloran, Grace‎

‎AMAZING GRACE: AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A SURVIVOR‎

‎Georgetown MA: North Star Publications MA 1993. Paperback. Almost Very Good in wrappers; edges dirty; small stain on top edge; front wrap wrinkled at top corner; text clean and unmarked. 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches. First Printing A pioneer in helping those like herself and her son who are afflicted with the incurable degenerative eye disease Retinitis Pigmentosa. North Star Publications (MA) paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 04220 ISBN : 1880823055 9781880823057

‎CH MCCALLUM C H‎

‎1918 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN INJURED BRITISH OFFICER NOW IN COMMAND OF THE HOME SERVICE EMPLOYMENT CORPS‎

‎BETTISFIELD PARK CAMP SHROPSHIRE ENGLAND. Very Good. 1918. On offer is an excellent well filled original 1918 World War I manuscript diary handwritten by British Army Officer C.H. McCallum while not specified directly in the book other related items in the original archive clearly identify the author who we learn from his service record in the diary spent the whole of 1918 in Britain where he was in command of the 568th HSE Home Service Employment Company part of the Labour Corps at Bettisfield Park Camp in Flintshire although the diarist himself records Bettisfield as being in Shropshire. We also learn that he was on active service in France and Belgium during 1916 and 1917 including a period with the Border Regiment on the Somme. McCallum writes of having been invalided back from France and as was often the case with injured men he was seconded to the HSE as a result of injuries sustained while on active service. We note a particularly interesting historic anomaly being that a number of the entries in the diary refer to German prisoners of war on camp and the diary does sometimes read as though it was the diarist's responsibility to manage these men. Thusly we believe the HSE Company was used to provide guards at Bettisfield. This would be an interesting fact given most research sources describe Bettisfield Park as a base for the No 2 Reserve Brigade of the Royal Field Artillery. We cannot find any historical record of prisoners of war at Bettisfield. McCallum does a super job as a diarist writing an entry for every day of the year many quite detailed and lengthy detailing day-to-day life in the camp and there are plenty of insights into the life of a home-based officer including references to comings and goings among his fellow officers courts martial logistical matters and so on all well mixed with the minutiae of his private life: particularly his wife Nancy and a new baby who live at Byfield in Northamptonshire. He follows military events closely in the press and frequently makes observations about the progress of the war. Of course this being 1918 the diary does include Armistice Day which he marks with a low key entry one that was perhaps characteristic of serving soldiers. He is pleased the war is over but seems quite low key perhaps fatigued with the War: 'A Great Day. Mons occupied by the British at dawn. Armistice signed 5 a.m. Fighting ceased at 11 a.m. The bells rang in the evening and people put out flags. Went into WIH's and drank a bottle of beer!' Overall VG.We note that we also have McCallum's 1929 India Service diary which he wrote as he assumed command of the 2nd Battalion Highland Light Infantry. Item #0001924.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF C.H. MCCALLUM WORLD WAR I WWI WW1 THE WAR TO END ALL WARS BETTISFIELD PARK CAMP 568TH HOME SERVICE EMPLOYMENT COMPANY LABOUR CORPS BORDER REGIMENT PRISONERS OF WAR POWS BRITISH HOME FRONT BRITANNICA ENGLAND 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

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0001919

‎Thompson, George G‎

‎" Bat Masterson; The Dodge City Years" in Fort Hays Kansas State College Studies‎

‎Topeka KS: Kansas State Printing Plant 1943. First edition. stapled wrappers. Very Good. 8vo 55 pages blue wrappers sunned <br/><br/>"This excellent little treatise is reliable and well annotated - 6 GUNS 2201 - Scarce." HERD 2299. Kansas State Printing Plant unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0008931

‎Vickers, Roy Henry‎

‎Copperman‎

‎Brentwood Bay BC Canada: Eagle Dancer Enterprises 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Square folio cloth. <br/><br/>Vickers is a major British Columbian artist. "Roy Vickers is a master at combining the dark side of humanity with theshining light of the best of the human continuum. His belilef that there is only on e Race and that it is coloured in hues of red yellow white and black is reflected in the rich diversity of his pallete canvasses sculptures and other media - Foreword." Includes an autobiography of Vickers. Signed by him on the title-page. Extensively illustrated with color plates photographs. Eagle Dancer Enterprises hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 5220

‎BRODY, SIDNEY IRVING‎

‎1932 1934 and 1935 ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES INTIMATELY REVEALING THE EARLY FORMATIVE HIGH SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY YEARS OF A JEWISH BOY WHO WILL BECOME A HEROIC MAN OF MANY FIRSTS: NAVAL CAPTAIN FLIGHT SURGEON TEST PILOT AND MUCH MORE‎

‎PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA PA. Very Good. 1932. On offer is an amazing archive of three 3 original manuscript diaries 1932 1934 and 1935 handwritten by Sidney Irving Brody future medical doctor Naval Captain flight surgeon and the first commanding officer at the Naval Hospital at Quonset Point. Sidney was born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Extensive biographic notes follow the description. The first diary was written during his senior year at Northeast High School where he was an excellent student. The other two diaries were written while he was attending the University of Pennsylvania with the latter written during the author's senior year at U of P and he wrote of taking an aptitude test for a medical career and making application to medical school. He eventually graduated from the Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia. This diary is a stand out for a number of reasons. On the one hand this is a truly unique study in the beginnings of a young man's adulthood with a considerable future ahead of him that will require him to perform great physical and emotional feats. The author reveals himself intimately expressing his feeling and even base desires. Researchers and historians of men's studies or gender studies of this era will be appreciative of the opportunity to see his psyche revealed even before he ever began his studies of medicine we do note however that Sidney studied anatomy and chemistry in relation to the opposite sex with gusto and successfully so it seems. It really is quite unique to read a young man so expressive in a diary. The 1932 book is quite full and there is an entry for every day. He wrote about his daily activities both school and social. He was an avid tennis player and included in this lot is a framed Tennis Team award. His father bought him a car in his senior year of high school and while attending college the author lived at home. In the summer he was a camp counselor and also traveled to NYC and Atlantic City where his family vacationed each year. Dr. Brody was very interested in all sports and wrote about meeting some baseball greats: April 13."Babe" Ruth and his wife came to school today. We gave him a cup April 19."Mickey" Cochrane came up to school today. Interviewed him. He gave a nice talk Jun 19.Got up early and went to school. The St Louis Cards were there. Met them." He had many girlfriends throughout these years and seemed to put them in two categories - those he took on formal dates and treated with the utmost respect and those that he either picked up in his car or those that would "neck": Jan 24 1932 Got up late and lounged around. Went down to the library about 4:00. After supper went over to Stan's. Took Rochelle to Beth Sholom dance. Was pretty nice. She seemed to take more interest in the other guys. I guess I'll take someone else out next time I go out. Feb 1 Arose late as usual - lounged around in the afternoon. Today was Rochelle's 17 th birthday and I had the extreme honor of taking her out. Bought her an expensive box of candy and we went out with Milt and Eleanor. Went to the State and the Golden Gate. Spent a lot of money tonight. Had a nice time. Sep 21 Drove Stan to the doctor. Then we went to Ethel Horvanti's where I saw Adelle. I then painted the fenders and lights on my car. At night I went over Cooper's where the gang was. Walked Rochelle home. Sat and talked to her. She said that she thought she was in love with me !!! Believe it or not !!!!! Dec 31 Went over to Rochelle's in the afternoon. Had it out with her. Then went to Ruth Koppenheim's. Wright took Rochelle to Harry Grossman's affair at the Ben Franklin. Kissed Rochelle for the first time in over a year. Got in at 9:30 Had a swell time. July 30 Got up at a reasonable hour. Then went to Dittenfast and played tennis with Mort. Had a nice match. After supper at Mort's we went around trying to pick up some broads. Cruised around the whole city including Woodside. Finally got two near home. Took them for a ride and got a good feel. Aug 5 Arose late and sent over to Rochelle's for about an hour with Lena. Left and drove her to get her bathing suit. After supper took family for a ride. Then got Mort and we took the Germantown girls for a ride. Got a good feel and was stopped for driving one handed. May get a summons." A couple of times the author described his sexual experience in clinical terms once adding he didn't have a very good time. He also wrote of problems with girls: "Aug 24 Up early. Was Bernice's birthday. Went over Ruth Koppenheims with Stan Rochelle and Audrey. Audrey fainted on account of Stan not loving her. At night called for Rochelle and Audrey at the Colby theater. Went up to Rochelle's apartment. Audrey tried to take iodine and commit suicide the dope because Stan didn't love her. He had to do some tall convincing to get her to believe him. Took them for a ride. Dec 25 Lounged around in the afternoon. Had the family and friends over for dinner. At night took Mimi to RI . Rochelle was was there and I had my hands full." Although the author wrote much about his experiences with girls social activities parties etc. he approached adulthood with a sense of purpose in both his education and his path towards becoming a doctor. He often wrote about someone named Martin in the diaries. Martin must have been a physician as the author occasionally wrote of going to Philadelphia General with Martin. He once observed an autopsy and wrote of assisting in a couple of very minor surgeries. Martin seemed to have an influence on the author's decision to become a doctor: "Apr 6 Nothing much doing in school. After school went with Harry Green to Convention Hall. Saw General Motors exhibit. Went in Phila General Hospital and saw Martin. Went all around Psychopathic department. Ate supper with him in the hospital. He then gave me material for talk. Came home and did lessons. Aug 11 Got up slightly late. Rochelle called up so I went over there. Stayed there all afternoon. At night got Mort and went over to Rochelle's. Went for a ride and stopped at Kemmer's. Came home and Uncle Steve and Martin and all the girls were here. Took them home. Martin showed me his place at the Hospital. It's swell. Mar 17 Arose pretty early and went to the Philadelphia General Hospital. Saw an autopsy. Apr 20 After school went over to Martin's. We then went to the Phila Gen Hospital and I made the rounds with him. Attended a conference led by Dr. Robinson." Sidney Irving Brody went on to graduate from the Hahnemann Medical College in 1941 He was affiliated with the Frankford Hospital in Philadelphia. The three diaries are all hardcover one is a Wanamaker the other two are slightly larger at 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" and both cover are attached but have detached from the spine on the front hinge. All three diaries have an entry for everyday of the year. Overall VG. BIO NOTES: Obituary: Sidney Brody 1st commanding officer of Quonset Naval Hospital dies at 96. Capt. Sidney I. Brody the first commanding officer of the Naval Hospital at Quonset Point and the first physician to pilot a Navy jet and land on an aircraft carrier died Saturday at his home in Brookline Mass. at the age of 96. A native of Philadelphia and the husband of the former Muriel Myers to whom he was married 69 years Brody was a pioneer in the field of aerospace medicine. When the Navy developed its F-9 jet he was the first to take it to an altitude of 60000 feet. Commissioned a Navy lieutenant junior grade in the Navy Medical Corps in 1942 Brody worked as a Navy flight surgeon in several venues including China and the Philippines when he developed his interest in flying according to his wife. By 1947 he had undergone training as a naval aviator and became the medical officer for Carrier Air Group 4 serving aboard the aircraft carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt. After becoming a physician and test pilot he served as a liaison to the Naval Bureau of Aeronautics and the Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and in the early 1950s was part of team that developed the first pressurized flight suit for pilots for high-altitude flights. Brody eventually became the first senior medical officer aboard the Saratoga. Then influenced by President John F. Kennedy's physician Janet Travell he developed innovative treatments for myofascial pain discovering that sore throat pain often originates in the neck muscles. In 1966 he became the first commanding officer at the Naval Hospital at Quonset Point continuing there until his retirement as a Navy captain in 1970. It was then that he moved to Cumberland where he continued to practice internal medicine for 28 years focusing on chronic pain and immune disorders. He also taught for a short time at Brown Medical School and made rounds at Rhode Island Hospital. Burial with military honors in B'nai Israel cemetery. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF USN UNITED STATES NAVY PHYSICIAN FLIGHT SURGEON SIDNEY IRVING BRODY PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA HAHNEMANN MEDICAL COLLEGE QUONSET POINT NAVAL BUREAU OF AERONAUTICS BUREAU OF MEDICINE AND SURGERY MYOFASCIAL PAIN BROWN MEDICAL SCHOOL DEPRESSION ERA JEWISH JUDAICA JEWISH DOCTORS JEWISH SERVICEMEN JEWISH AMERICAN SERVICEMEN DOCTORS MEDICINE TEST PILOTS PRE WORLD WAR II HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AMERICANA DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito . hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0001553

‎MRS J LEON WILLIAMS‎

‎1943 - 1945 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A STRONG TENACIOUS DETERMINED BRITISH WOMAN LIVING IN AMERICA AND DOING EVERYTHING IN HER POWER TO ASSIST THE WAR EFFORT - WIDOW OF WORLD FAMOUS INVENTOR SCIENTIST AND DENTIST‎

‎AUGUSTA MAINE NEW YORK CITY ME NY. Very Good. 1943. On offer is one of the finest World War II homefront diaries we have ever encountered. Mrs. Leon Williams of Augusta Maine and living at Concord Haven and the Augusta House using a largish thick 1945 journal style page a day diary writes retrospectively of 1943 and 1944 and then 1945. Whether she is copying from older books and transferring the entries or writing from memory is not known but her writings are very detailed and specific. It is also uncertain if she was born in America or England though we do believe she is British by birth what is known is that she is a staunch lover of both countries relishing in the determination of the British against Germany and America's own battle against the Nazis. She sews for British children knits socks for soldiers attends bond drives and quarrels with those that treat the war effort too lightly especially those who do not have their sons or daughters fighting the Germans as her own son Peter was doing. Widowed in the mid 1930s her husband was an important inventor and scientist in dental practice and the Williams family traced its roots back to Revolutionary times. See the biographical notes. Mrs. Williams has had a sensational life: In 1890 she took a trip to New Zealand. She has lived in Australia and adores the country. In 1910 she left New York for England. In 1943 she was living in New York and then to Maine. She has recurring bouts with Malaria - 'the old bug'. We figure she is in her sixties as she mentions being required to retire from business. This is a singularly unique and formidable woman in the mould of a Margaret Thatcher. She has a tremendous moral compass and does not hold punches: 'They do not speak my language in Augusta. They know so little beyond trivial affairs…yet they are big bugs in their tiny world.' She has a number of problems with some Maine residents given how insulated from the War Maine is and the attitudes of some rile her to no end. She is on top of all the world news and the burden of the world's woes weigh on her. She records the numbers of dead in London Blitz she records details on many areas of the war effort. She makes an oath that as long as the boys are in the trenches and waging war she will not sing or dance or attend parties. She detests the complainers and her entries regarding the death of Roosevelt are eye watering. She pays homage to FDR declaring him the greatest man that ever lived. Another emotional passage is her description of being in Egypt in 1901 when her beloved Queen Victoria dies and the toll it takes on her. BIO NOTES: James Leon Williams April 18 1852 - February 23 1932 was an American prosthodontist and a pioneer dental histologist. He discovered dental plaque. In 1785 Leon's great-grandfather Jacob Williams a U.S. Army captain during the American Revolution settled in Maine. A native of Massachusetts he had a son Richard around the year 1794. On May 25 1829 Richard had a son Calvin who would be Leon's father. Sometime around 1879 J. Leon Williams began a two-year apprenticeship by a Dr. Roberts in North Vassalboro Maine and later began practicing in the same town. Williams later passed examinations for the DDS degree at the Baltimore College of Dental Surgery and the equivalent LDS degree in Ireland. He joined the Maine Dental Society and used the opportunity to borrow their microscope to study the histology and pathology of tooth enamel. In the early 1880s common crown and bridge techniques were not well-known or widespread. Williams sought to make information on these techniques available to all dentists through the pages of The Dental Cosmos. In 1885 he embarked on a journey to improve the state of dental prostheses by designing more aesthetic artificial teeth that better matched the overall facial dimensions of the patient. He convinced an American artificial tooth manufacturer to take up his cause and produce his designs on the condition that other dentists would embrace the new forms. Williams also practiced dentistry in London and was one of the founders of the International Association for Dental Research. Mrs. Williams writes almost daily until the summer and then she becomes sporadic. VG.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; MAINE HOME FRONT WAR EFFORT HOMEFRONT DENTISTRY DENTAL ORTHODONTICS WORLD WAR II WWII WOMEN'S STUDIES GENDER STUDIES HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA ALS ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES CIVIL WAR ERA WAR BETWEEN THE STATES ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT GENEALOGY antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito . unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0001044

‎Trapp, Maria Augusta; Paul and Reginald Boisvert‎

‎La Famille Des Chanteurs Trapp‎

‎Montreal / Paris: Fides. Very Good. 1967. Softcover. Tight square book in crisp covers; unmarked but for signature of "Maria von Trapp" to front endpaper. ; 314 pages . Fides paperback‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 51882

‎ROY B KOCH‎

‎1912 - 1921 ORIGINAL FASCINATING PAIR OF DENSELY WRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARIES DETAILING THE LIFE OF A ST. LOUIS MAN FROM CHASING GIRLS TO WARFARE IN THE TRENCHES‎

‎ST. LOUIS MISSOURI MO USA. Very Good. 1912. On offer is a very interesting comprehensive pair 2 of 1912 through 1921 manuscript diaries handwritten by Roy B. Koch b. Oct. 5th 1892 of St. Louis Missouri as identified at the end of 'Book 1' of the pair. These two largish 8 x 4 inch flip style notebooks are numbered 1 and 3 and though number 2 and 4 are mentioned they are absent. Very fully written on nearly every page front and back Roy is a dedicated diarist and meticulous with his writing using red ink to write the day and date and black or blue ink to write the day's events. Book 1 begins September 13th 1912 until January 31st 1914. Book 3 is dated September 3 1917 through May 1921. Just 19 years old at the beginning of Book 1 historians researchers and collectors will be enthralled with this amazing diarist who even writes the whole time he is in the trenches in battle during his service in World War I. Observing this young man's evolution from typical American teenager to hardened soldier he begins typically: him working hanging out with friends and girls until all hours of the night going to the YMCA a lot canoeing and camping out. He pays careful attention to the money he spends and loans to friends; what he owes them and what they owe him. He's not satisfied with his job so he finds another one and quits and then seems to be on a constant search for the right one. Interestingly especially for his age he goes to the doctor and gets circumcised and mentions the doctor having a helper that day and that the next day he had cocaine coming out of his organ. He joins some sort of Cavalry troop with permission from his father and whose signature he requires. They horseback ride and fight mock battles. Finally he joins the army and goes to war. He writes every day and describes his war experience in detail. At the end of the war by saying that it was "a restless night of joy" and that the German and American soldiers came out of their trenches and exchanged rations and the Americans gave the Germans cigarettes. Overall these books are VG.; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF ROY B. KOCH ST. LOUIS MISSOURI WORLD WAR I WWI WW1 WORLD WAR ONE TRENCH WARFARE AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS PHOTO ALBUM PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS HANDSCHRIFT HANDGESCHRIEBEN MANUSKRIPT SÜTTERLIN VON HAND GESCHRIEBEN HANDSCHRIFTLICH UNIKAT EINZELSTÜCK DOKUMENT SCHRIFTSTÜCK KURRENT KURRENTSCHRIFT DEUTSCHE SCHREIBSCHRIFT OSTPREUßEN KALININGRAD ADEL DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0001682

‎VALENTINO JAY TOLMAN‎

‎1985 - 1986 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF ONE EAGER YOUNG MORMON'S FIRST MISSION TO ROME IN INTIMATE DETAIL‎

‎ROME ITALY STOCKTON CALIFORNIA CA. Very Good. 1985. On offer is a super detailed vintage manuscript diary and journal handwritten by a young Morman Missionary named Valentino Jay Tolman of Stockton California. Using a large 8¾ x 7¾ inch 'Missionary Journal' with pre-printed template pages issued from Salt Lake City by an extension of the Mormon Church this book records in intimate detail this earnest young man's desire to serve his Church in outreach his excitement of the endeavour and in striking detail the year of his service as he does an exemplary job keeping this book up as a diary - he does leave a number of the introductory pre-printed form pages empty. From Rome in 1986 he records everything that occurs through December 31st 1986 over some 300 pages. Historians and researchers of the contemporary Missionary experience especially from a 'boot camp' perspective would be hard pressed to find a more expressive enthusiastic young man who is a super diarist. Along with the handwritten book is a modest archive of photographs letters greeting cards and clippings. Overall VG.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: MORMONS LDS LATTER DAY SAINTS MORMON OUTREACH MORMONISN ROME ROMA MISSIONARY MISSIONARIES CHRISTIAN CHRISTIANITY OUTREACH HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN EPHEMERA DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY TRAVEL 19TH CENTURY antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito Papel . unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0001436

‎Jerry Maren‎

‎Signed Photograph‎

‎Very Good. Measures 8 x 10 inches glossy finish <br/><br/>Jerry Maren was the Lollipop Kid part of the Lollipop Guild with the Munchkins in the film "The Wizard of Oz". A versatile performer he went on the perform as Little Oscar for the Oscar Mayer meat company and as Mayor McCheese and The Hamburglar for McDonalds Corp. He also had a walk-on in a "Seinfeld" episode. This photograph is a color print boldly inscribed " To Renae - / Jerry Maren / Lollipop / Kid " in black ink and undersigned by Marcella Krienzler who was married to Emil Kranzler one of the village Munchkins. Note: likely signed after Emil's death in 1993 at a convention at the OzCot in Chesterton Indiana. unknown‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 2020123

‎Hunt, Leigh‎

‎The Old Court Suburb;‎

‎London: Hurst and Blackett 1855. Second edition revised & enlarged. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vos orange embossed cloth spines darkened a bit <br/><br/>The binding matches the first edition. A leaf of Preface is inserted at the front with publisher's advertisements at rear Colbeck 58. Considerable treatment of the personages who occupied especially Holland House and the palace of the Georges. Hurst and Blackett hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 0007469

‎Hamelle, W H‎

‎Standard History of White County Indiana.‎

‎Unigraphic 1971. Facsimile edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to 1034 pages blue cloth <br/><br/> Unigraphic hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 002516 Hamelle

‎RUBY M BAILEY‎

‎1913 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF 29 YR OLD SHERBROOKE QUEBEC WOMAN - DEDICATED DIARIST‎

‎Sherbrooke Quebec Cananda. Very Good. 1913. Original Cloth. Ruth Bailey is 29 years old Jan 28th 1913. She is a very dedicated diarist recording the highlights and weather each and everyday. She notes bank depostis and purchases and all manner of entertainments she attends. Letters received and written are all recorded. She also mentions many hundreds of people and local events of which here is a hodge-podge: Dr. Darch Jessie and Eleanor St. Denis Alex Blue funeral Jenny Boynton Jimmy Harkness dropped dead on his train Maude Thompson Mount Notre Dame Convent Henry Birks and Sons Mina Kerr Louisa Phillips in Cuba Mrs. Chas. B. Howard Dr. Shreve's Lenten lecture Jean Mitchell marriage Bruce Fletcher reception cancelled because old Mrs. McKecknie died organist Mr. Bearder concert at St. Peter's Nellie Long Chief Davidson burial Juvenile Pollard Co. of Australia's stage production 'Sargeant Bruce' etc. etc. Ruby is also a religious Roman Catholic she mentions taking Communion Christmas Day woman much of whose life along with her mom and sister Nellie spend going to Church attending lectures at Church or having dinner or get-togethers with certain Church connected friends. Interestingly she attends functions at all the churches - Catholic Protestant and Epicopalian and Presbyterian are all mentioned. I believe she works for a paper mill and or a large printer as she mentions working with paper and printers on a large scale. Also I note of interest is that she writes as a pure anglophone. Not a hint or trace of French in this woman that lives in a very french provincial town. Perhaps she was originally from elsewhere. This is a super peek at a typical Quebec provincial life in the early 20th century. Diary is in very good shape.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA Genealogy Quebec New France French in Canada Suffrage in Canada . hardcover‎

Referenz des Buchhändlers : 000077