‎Biographie‎

‎DE SMET, Pierre Jean, S J‎

‎WESTERN MISSIONS AND MISSIONARIES:‎

‎New York: P. J. Kenedy 1863. First English language edition. Hardcover. Very Good. frontispiece portrait. 8vo; 532 4 pages modern brown cloth inscription on flyleaf 1889 something was rubbed out from title-page below the publisher's imprint. <br/><br/>Translation of his "Cinquante nouvelles lettres". Howes D289; Smith 9569; Wagner-Camp- Becker 308:2; Sabin 82277. "Two of Father De Smet's journeys described here are especially worth noticing. The first is his visit to the Sioux in September and October of 1848; and the second is the description of the "Grand Desert" in 1851 -WCB." Howes reports that the portrait is "only found in some few copies of the 1863 edition." This copy has the steel-engraved portrait of DeSmet. P. J. Kenedy hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : DEMO014559I

‎Parish, James Robert; Whitney, Steven‎

‎Vincent Price Unmasked: a Biography Inscribed by Vincent Price‎

‎NY: Drake Publishers Inc. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Inscribed by Price on the half-title. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 266 pages; Signed by Biographee . Drake Publishers Inc hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 22463

‎Smith, Kevin‎

‎My Boring Ass Life - The Uncomfortably Candid Diary of Kevin Smith‎

‎<p>London: Titan Books 2007. First edition. Paperback. Good. Trade paperback 1st edition. Signed in black sharpie by the author on the half-title page. Wear and ruffling at the cover edges and some soiling and staining to the covers and the bottom of the text-block edge. Text clean and unmarked spine with no creasing. Binding solid. 470 pp. a somewhat worn copy but solid and intact.</p> Titan Books paperback‎

书商的参考编号 : 436 ???????? : 1845765389 9781845765385

‎UNIDENTIFIED‎

‎1887 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY DETAILING LATE 19TH CENTURY LIFE IN FLY CREEK NEW YORK BY A CHARMING AND ENTERTAINING SEMI-ILLITERATE BOARDING HOUSE WORKER‎

‎FLY CREEK NEW YORK NY. Very Good. 1887. On offer is a handwritten treasure of Americana by this unidentified author who though semi-illiterate has a charming and colorful way of writing and keen skill of observation. She's outspoken hard working and tender hearted especially when it comes to the many deaths the village experiences in 1887; the year this diary represents. Research finds that she lives in or around Fly Creek New York. She mentions other places near there such as; Snowdon Albany Adams Watertown Litchfield Whipple Hill Mohawk and Lawerance. A casual read suggest she's working at a boarding house or on a farm with a number of hands because of the amount of people they feed on and because she's always referring to the men in the house as "all the men." She alludes to her child but says the baby is better off with its grandmother. Her writing is so entertaining and a refreshingly unique observer of all around makes this a one of a kind manuscript of the times. Here are snippets quoted exactly how she writes: January 1st "Some snow and blow. We had sparrib for dinner. I opened the bible for luck openned to St. John 1st Chap and to Psalms 39 and 40. The day was not very happy. I was lonesom and homesick." January 15th "Snow and wind. Mrs. Taylor is febel but she is viseting with Phebe the best she can. Mrs. Wilson has gone to help fire for Hannah utill they come home from funeral. Mr. Potts is beured to day." January 22nd "Hard south wind. I done the cleaning got the dinner. Lew cand for me. I went home saw the baby. He is nice. I wish I could live with him but no his Granma is best. I am glad she is." January 29th "Pleasant I made a lift cake done the cleaning and cleaned the wood shed. O by the way we have a lamp to light evry night and it dose not distress the old lady one bit." February 9th "Clear but windy. I put the rest of the close up had more to wash. Had to hang some of them out doors. It was fun to see them whip and hear Mam Wilson fret the Dr. to day. If one could sell the Dr. and Will for what they think they are worth and have the money it would be most of the world." February 28th "Snow and blow. Mrs. Taylor is no better fails all the time. I washed cleaned the kitchen washed the chairs made a lift cake. Ritchard Dover son and daughter came. He said Mrs. Druce was hung at eleven O. The doctor came. Harriet and I set up." Casual online search into the Druce Case will find many links. March 2nd "Mrs. Taylor died at half past ten last night. I got up got super for Will Mrs. Leaning Phebie Harriet and self then we cared for the poor body and laid it in the parlor to rest then all went to bed." March 5th "Pleasant but cold. The funeral today. A Mr. Templeton came from Watertown. A Neffew of Mrs. Taylor's Rev. Mr. Ward attended. Hannah helpt to set dinner table. Had fifteen to dine. Mrs. Elderkin helpt set tea table. Twelve to tea. It is good by to Mrs. Taylor." March 10th "We all of us picked over and tride to regulate the things so they will be right for the appriser. We get very tired. Will carried ____to town last evening. Tonight he found a calf." April 20th "Got breakfast for seven. Done up the work made five breads and got ready to go to town at nine o'clock. Went as a witness to prove Mrs. Taylor will. Back agan am as tired as I need be. Men gone but one….When the will was read some was glad and others was mad. One thing shure it was ill goten welth." April 27th ….Any one that wants to see a men feel good just come and take a look at the men here it will pay." "May 12th I went up to Mr. Weldens to help them get dinner. The funeral was at one O'clock. I went to the grave with Mr. House and wife. Menzo's team went early to trim the grave." June 10th "Very bright. Vira Ella and Floyd go to tower to get his picture taken before the curls are cut off. Walter and I keept huse. I think so som." June 22nd "The tin pedlar left was gone fifteen minits then came back and staid the day and all night. Vira and Ella sew and do the work. Menzo and Lew work on the house." June 29th "Vira Floyd and Till went to town. Ella and I had the house to ourselvs. The little boys had a preasant of a mouth organ eache had one. Spreading mortar is the work of the day. Not much to record except a shamefull roit riot at Martin Shaw. He kict and other ways illy treated a boy that worked for him." July 4th "It is the 4 of July. Gene Charly and Clarie go to celabrate. Ella washed the men move the partition. It mabe a dirty time." August 15th "Vira went to town fetched Mrs. Riply home with her stay a while to see if a chang of place will make her young. She is most eighty one. Flory has got a baby." September 2nd "Vira went up to Mr. Sprague's this afternoon in the night she was taken with the cholery morbus and was very sick." September 9th "The baby is very sick. The Dr. came twice then went after her in the night. Baby was so wild his Granma was fritened a bout him." October 4th "Fair in morn. Rain in eve. It is set the tables for thirty nine and get evry thing ready for a large company. They came eight or more and fetched a present to those who could not come. Sent a present." October 25th Ella and Claire went across the creek to get the ever greens to trim the grave. They and Gene carried them to Fly Creek. Menzo and Vira went to see Dora….Gene Ella Clarie Lew and I went to the funeral. There was a large concourse of people in attendance. They have carried Dorr away never to come back agan." November 9th "Fair in morn. Rain in eve. Lew and Ella go to Laurance to attend the funeral. Mr. Mann was a soldier he drew a pension. Has bin sick more than a year. Has bin a great sufferer." November 24th "Hiram is very sick. It is medicine evry half hour and then every hour and a poltice once in four hours. I set up half of last night and all night to night. Sickness and poverty doth abound. Ask one to be thankfull. I think it is imposable." December 1st "It is sad to record the fact. A mother of three young children is oblige to go in search of a husband and father that has bin four days on a drunk." G.; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA ARCHIVE NEW YORK DIARY DIARIES ECONOMICS NEW YORK FLY CREEK WESTERN NEW YORK ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT PRE SUFFRAGE WOMEN'S STUDIES FEMINISM . unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 000767

‎UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN OF THE MINER FAMILY [?]‎

‎1878 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY DETAILING THE HARD LIFE OF A YOUNG RURAL WASHERWOMAN AND THE HARDER BURDEN OF GRIEF SHE CARRIES‎

‎COLERAINE MASSACHUSETTS MASS MA. Very Good. 1878. On offer is an original manuscript diary handwritten by a young woman who with her pencil and her words paints a picture of toil and hardship. Dated Coleraine in Franklin County Massachusetts near Greenfield and Deerfield River which are frequently mentioned collectors and researchers of the area will delight in the specific and detailed genealogical information as our author does a superb job in her entries. A casual reading suggests this woman is married to the 27 year old Charlie and they are part of the Miner 'clan' with mention of many many Miners in their daily life. A washerwoman for the most part everyday she says whose sheets whose pillowcase whose other articles are washed along with her own family's duties food preparation travels to church visitors who frequently stay over and other domestic chores the reader will wonder at her strength and her grit. Throughout the 5 x 4.5 inch 'chunk' of what was obviously a larger note pad roughly cut in half she writes clearly in tight script a gem of Massachusetts Americana. She mentions many dozens of names including: Uncle Wash Frankie Jerre N. and D. Brown Elder Whittaker Miss Rug Willie Richardson Baldwin Miner his singing school Carrie and Marilla Shearer Payson Flagg Charlie Miner. Sam Miner 'his whole conversation show him to be a true Christian whom it always gives me pleasure to find' Ed Coombs Atta Barber Clarence Brigham Charlie Denison. Besides the work the family information and local news and events she will make a particular entry as with Sam Miner and sometimes incredibly personal intimate revelations when tragedy strikes: Timmie died this forenoon about nine. G___G___G___ How grievous this affair I am very sorrowful today for one more grief is fresh and will leave its mark on my mind through all time…'. 'I washed for us. Mr. M. and D.B. came. I did not shed tears til evening. Memories are so unpleasant when they are of suffering.'; 'perhaps my self reproach is unjust…that I know it was'. Cover is absent but text block is clean and overall VG.; English; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; MASSACHUSETTS COLERAINE FARMING WASHERWOMAN LABOR STUDIES PRE SUFFRAGE GENDER STUDIES WOMEN'S STUDIES antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento Manuscrito 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 GENEALOGY . unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 0001257

‎Sir Eric Roll‎

‎An Early Experiment In Industrial Organization : being a history of the firm of Boulton and Watt 1775 to 1805‎

‎London: Frank Cass and Co Limited 1968. The partnership of Matthew Bolton 1728-1809 and James Watt 1736-1819 from the mid-1770s onwards for the purpose of developing Watt's improved steam engine has long been recognized as a vital element in the Industrial Revolution in Britain. John Lord's Capital and Steam Power. First edition 1923; second edition 1966 Frank Cass dealt mainly with the firm's part in familiarizing industrialist and businessman with this new form of power. In 1930 Sir Eric Roll's book appeared in which the emphasis was differently placed. There is much more detail about the way in which Bolton and Watt and their sons organized and developed the firm internally secured orders for steam engines and executed these orders. There are also important chapters dealing with the recruitment and training of the firm's workers the early provision of the welfare schemes for them and the great changes after 1795-1796 whereby the firm became one of the largest in Britain. This is a pioneer study in the genesis of modern industrial management. 320 pp including Index A FINE AS NEW copy. This book will be POSTED AT OUR STANDARD RATES FULLY INSURED UK ONLY . Please email for further details. Not Inscribed or Signed. This is the Facsimile Edition of 1968. Green Cloth. FINE NEW /FINE NEW. Illus. by Numerous Charts and One Pullout Photographic Print . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾". HARDBACK. Frank Cass and Co Limited Hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 005645 ???????? : 0714613576 9780714613574

‎Nicol, Mike (Biography of Nelson Mandela; Contributor Gail Behrmann; Edited by Kate Parkin)‎

‎Mandela; The Authorized Portrait‎

‎Kansas City: Andrews Mcmeel Publishing 978-0-7407-5572-9 978-0-7407-5572-9 2006. 4to 355pp. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Illustrated endpapers black and white and color photographs and illustrations contributors. "Nelson Mandela occupies a unique place in our world. In Mandela: the Authorized Portrait the narrative of his epic journey to freedom is accompanied by the most complete colelction of images ever assembled and by more than sixty specially commissioned interviews". Biography of Nelson Mandela. Book about Apartheid. Contributors include Gail Behrmann. Edited by Kate Parkin. Interview by Tim Couzens Rosalind Coward & Amina Frense. Introduction by Desmond Tutu. Foreword by Bill Clinton. Locale: South Africa. History--Africa History--Africa Photograph Album Prisoners. Andrews Mcmeel Publishing 978-0-7407-5572-9 Hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 154523 ???????? : 0740755722 9780740755729

‎Illinois Perry A Armstrong, LW Claypool, C M Easton, MD L W M D‎

‎History of Grundy County Illinois‎

‎Chicago: O. L. Baskin & Co. 1882. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to 362 156 pages modern cloth top cover titling from the original binding in place. Scarce. <br/><br/>Part One is historical Part Two is biographical. The 9 portraits include the 3 contributing editors plus six other pioneers. The first county history of Grundy County Buck 827 . Note: Laid in is an Index to the Biographical Sketches in this work in alphabetical order; also this was published without the usual map of the county. O. L. Baskin & Co. hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 0008297

‎RETTA CRAIGHEAD [later TINCHER]‎

‎1912 - 1929 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A GILDED AGE FEMME FATALE‎

‎BOULDER COLORADO CHICAGO ILLINOIS EUGENE OREGON. Very Good. 1912. On offer is the original handwritten manuscript diary of a young woman named of Retta Craighead sometimes identified in the press as Craghead. The diary covers her life during the years of 1912 to 1929 from the time she was about 16 or 17 until she was 33 or 34. One hundred pages of entries in this 7" x 9" book make for a detailed telling of this fascinating woman's life and along with the handwritten entries Retta has peppered the pages with newspaper clippings revealing that Retta is socially active and in a family whose every bridge game soiree slumber party at Neva Brandyberry's fundraiser and ribbon-cutting ceremony is printed in the local Boulder newspaper. Even when she travels to a friend's home in another state the doings are press fodder. But from happy-go-lucky teenager she enters womanhood disappointed and angry. She will not be returning to her beloved friends at school her Father insists she tells us. No warning and she is instead doomed to be a teacher which she detests. This diary has so many levels. The reader learns that the girl becomes a woman and a 'femme fatale' at that; Retta is engaged two times but never seems to get married to any of the young men she talks about. There is also a hint of a scandalous affair with a married man. Then all of a sudden in 1921 she says she's been married now 4 years but says there are things she wishes she could say but doesn't. Towards the end of the diary we do not find any mention of Hugh the man she married save for his leaving. Sadly her heart gets broken many times but she never leaves out her heartfelt feelings and always expresses her deepest emotions. This is a rare peek into the heart and soul of a young Colorado woman during the Gilded Era this is a diary heartache and heartbreak. The other wonderful facet of this intriguing diary is that our diarist is an exceptional writer and besides using the diary as a confidant and catalogue of her emotional life we see Retta write super passages about the city of Chicago which is a city much in her life of those years. Additionally as our author is from Boulder Colorado and the details about her life there are also quite simply super. Lastly she spends time attending school in Eugene at the University of Oregon although her entries while in Eugene are brief. She does not write daily and some times Retta skips a month and in the later years she skips a few years but she jams the pages full with detail. Blithely when she does miss and then starts anew she calls it "A New Leaf." Here are snippets: 1912 'February 23rd Left school at 4 and had dinner at Mrs. P.'s then got my dress and met Ruth and went to Friday Musical club meeting. Then came home and took my dress and showed it to Agnes. Then had an early supper. Then hurried trying to get roses made for my hair then finally got dressed and Clint took me to the Sophomore German dance and O dear had the grandest time. It was awfully crowed. Got home about 2. Had such a time on the car it was so awfully crowded." A newspaper clipping places the party at Sternberg Hall. 1913 "June 25th I have not been keeping this diary but tomorrow I'm going to Chicago. I'm 20 years old and engaged to be married. Father has bought us a new car and we sure do enjoy it. Billy came over home from Lupton but we are so busy packing. Bill came up and took me to town and then had dinner. Then Ethel and I went to town and met him and we went and bot the tickets. Billy and I went to the house and to got the car and then he took me to Helen Lowter's reception. Billy and I took a long ride out in the country….she then goes on to say…I forgot to record the farewell scene so I will proceed to do it on this page. After said ride with dad and mama Billy and I strolled out on the second terrace to the summer house and sat down. Heaving a sigh that tore off 7 shingles. Then a heart rendering silence. At last Billy very sadly announced that he'd try to have the shingles on ere I return. There being nothing else to say we fell on each others neck and wept tears of brimey sorrow and parted. Billy promised to write every three hours." "June 26th We left Boulder at 6:45. Mother and father took us to the station. Billy stayed in Boulder so we 3 went to Brighton to catch the Chicago Train…." "June 27th Still very hot but arrived in Chicago at 4:30 and got up to Y.W. C.A. without much trouble. Registered and had supper then a bath and then to bed." "June 29th Breakfast at 8 and then I laid down on the bed and slept until 11. We intended to go to church. Then we dressed for dinner. After dinner wrote a letter then we met a woman who goes with us so we went to Jackson Park and saw sail boats and people swimming in Michigan Lake. There is a lagoon and the prettiest bridges across it. Not kept very well. We did not go thru the Field's building a building Fields bot after the World's Fair 20 years a go and just parts of the displays in Chicago to his museum. We had ice cream in the Ill building. They are not pretty. Came back to the Y.W…." "July 1st Got up and had to hurry so fast to get to breakfast then Mrs. Hood and I went to the business part of the city and shopped all morning. Came back to Y.W. for luncheon then at 2:30 went down and crossed the Van Buren Viaduct and over to the Olympian games. They are nothing more than just plain track meets. Then came back to Y.W. Saw suffrage parade practiced a while then dinner and then wrote home letters and went to P.O. for a walk. Came back and sat in the hall window and saw the boats on the lake. They are so pretty." She then talks about enrolling at Chicago Music College. "July 5th Went on the Christopher Columbus to Milwaukee. Left Chicago at 9:45. The boat was rather crowed but Oh! so grand on the water which was blue green and all different shades. It was so pretty. Got to Milwaukee at 3 p.m. Then we went to Palm Garden and had dinner. They were so slow we just had time to get back to the boat which left at 5 p.m. Coming back the sunset was so pretty. The sun looked like a big ball of fire and made such a pretty sunset and so many pretty clouds. The boat had lunch and café' rooms and we could see land on one side but on the other side just water and beautiful waves. My first boat trip I shall never forget it." "July 8th Practiced all morning…….Went to go to dinner to "King Joy Lo" A fountain in the center of the first floor with gold fish and clear water. The tables were inlaid with ivory with a dark material. We ate on the first balcony tables just for two. Had chop suey. There was music through the entire evening and Japanese men as managers and waiters. They just seemed to bring things out of the wall. I couldn't figure out where the kitchen was. Then from there we went to the ______hotel. Oh it was grand. They had the ladies waiting room on the 2nd floor and lounge chairs and everything in soft velvety red. I sat down at the writing desk and wrote some cards. Then we went to the P.O. and from there to a Hippodrome it was quite funny we laughed……" At this point in the diary she gives an extensive description 2 ½ pages long of her trip to Wabash County; Evanston Wilmette and Kenilworth. She mentions North Western University the Home of Francis Willard and so much more. There is also a Garrick Theatre Program pasted to the pages. "July 24th Practiced all morning and read in the afternoon then went to the city. Then after dinner we went to Groves then we walked down to the lake. Oh! so beautiful. There is something so inspiring about the water and as it came in the waves rushed and made such a little rumbling sound so dear. I love it; don't believe I'd ever tire of the lake. Then we went back to the house and they served us refreshments. Then Dr. and Jessie brought us home. We passed P_____ Palmer house a big millionaire's home. Also a different part of the famous Sheridan road and right close to the lake. Oh it was such a beautiful clear day in the morning. I looked over the lake for the longest time. The pretty green and blue shades and way off there is a lighthouse and the lighthouses can't be seen most days. In the evening when we were coming home we passed apartment houses that rent for $100." She also goes into the Blackstone hotel and describes that and has pasted an envelope from the hotel to the pages of her diary. There is mention of the Field's & Company store The Tiffany room Moody's Church etc. She takes a trip to Niagara Falls and Toronto and describes that trip also in detail. Finally towards the end of her stay in Chicago she takes another trip to Decatur to visit and stay with a friend. "August 5th Getting ready for the party. It was a grand success. Then went to the picture show with the bunch." There are several newspaper clipping attached to this page that talk all about the party on this day one of them says; "It was a very congenial circle of eighteen girl friends whom Miss Neva Brandyberry invited to her home yesterday afternoon to meet her friend Miss Retta Craighead of Boulder Colo. The girls brought their sewing and while some busied themselves with their needles others played and sang. The time passed all too swiftly until 6 o'clock when a two course luncheon was provided. Ferns and the pungent nasturtium were used in the room decorations." "August 18th Got up early and packed my suit case and dressed then went downstairs and Gerladine was quite sick. The Dr. came while I was eating and said "Scarlet Fever" and for me to skip if I didn't want to be put in quarantine but Mr. Pax never took me to the train at 8 and was so lonesome. Got to Wolscott at 11 and went to hotel and ate dinner. Got to Chicago at 5 and went to Y.W.C.A." "August 21st Got up at 5 dressed and at 6 took a car to Union station. Bought my ticket then Harry came and we had breakfast and I left for Portland at 7. Such a dirty time. Got there at 11 and cousin Molly met me and we arrived at her home at 1. Oh hungry as a bear. We had fried chicken then after dinner I slept awhile. She has a Negro mammy and Oh! I how funny and strange I felt when the negros came around me. We sat out on the ground after supper then at 9 some relatives came and that made it a little bit more exciting." She mentions that she is very worried that she has Scarlet fever. She was pretty good writing most days during this year but the entries stop on September 6th and with that the next page goes on to say; "A NEW LEAF 1915 February 2nd I am now in Eugene Oregon going to the university." She talks of being pledged into the sorority dances studies etc. "Well this June and all April and May have been such wonderful months. Prentiss asked me if I'd marry him and yes Oh! such a wonderful night and such a wonderful man. June 5th Sunday I went to church with Mrs. Brown and Catherine Riddle. We met Prentiss coming from town. He called right after lunch and we went up to Henderson Park and there in a quiet shady place he put on a diamond ring. Got back to the house about 4 and told the girls and Oh! such fun. Oh! so romantic. Each one kissed me. Oh! I love the girls so dear…." 1916 "ANOTHER NEW LEAF Sept. 1st Came to Canon City Colorado to teach school Music and English. Went home for Thanksgiving and Christmas." "February 7th The most disappointment I have ever had in my life. Father just refused to let me go back to school. Have cried all night. I am just sick. Never wanted anything so much in all my life before. Edith went back and Prentiss graduates. Oh! I just know I'll never get over this. Oh! I want to go so much think of all the good times. Moved to the Miller Hotel and it is a little lovelier then at Mr. Warners. But oh if I could only go I despise teaching. I hate. I thought surely father would say yes…." "March 6th Oh I just hate life. If I could just be and I believe I'd be happy. Oh! I hate teaching and school. I want to go back to Eugene for commencement. I just know I just can't and Oh! I just hate this old world. It is so cruel. These last months have been just almost been unbearable. It just wish I could die. Was never so unhappy in my life…." "April 19th A letter from Prentiss and I received the blow that would kill at first but as the hours wore on I began to think I could stand it. He wrote rudely and bold that I do not love you and a lot of other cruel things. I intend to return the ring. Oh it seemed as tho my heart would break away. I immediately wrote and told Stewart I didn't care for him and never would." There is a newspaper clipping around this time in the diary of the marriage between Prentiss Brown and Ida Mae Humphrey. Looks like the two had a "quiet wedding" in Corvallis. The clipping states that it was a "surprise to everyone." Retta then talks about climbing up Flag Staff going to Rockvale Glacier climbing etc. She seems so unhappy for quite some time and still wishes to go back to Eugene and mentions Berkley. She skips her entries from May-December and just has brief sporadic entries for the year 1917. There is also several pages full of newspaper clipping having to do with Retta and her family general news about the outings they took. This is when years are skipped and the next year represented is 1921. "April 29th Went to grand opera in Denver. Had a most wonderful time. Thrilled most to pieces. Loghengrin. Risa Rosa the leading lady. It was wonderful. Caught the last car home." "May 10th Married 4 years. H. Hugh gave me a dozen rose buds. To bed early. Hugh went some where else. Dear little book I wish I dared write a few things here but no. My heart is heavy often times. That's all." "July 5th A big celebration in Boulder and it was raining so hard in camp we broke camp and come down about noon. After dinner and a good bath we went to a movie. H. Mollie Linette and Clint……" "Dear little book such a busy summer so happy and yet sad. H. has gone and guess left July 18th." 1922 "April 16th Things are in such a horrid mess. Easter night a heavy heart and sad. Hugh is gone been gone since July." "September 13th School. Still cold. Went home and started for the country to get Jenkins and John. We played thru the cucumber fields then he took me to dinner then to a movie. He is awfully nice and I wish he were worth millions and millions. He is so honest and good and I hope he isn't so sick. He is lots of fun to play with and I could almost love him but I won't I won't. My dear old pal but oh! where are we going. I love him." "October 12th Went to the library tried to fight out my big battle and I know I'm a fool not to give it up but love is queer and I believe I'd be bigger to stay here than to runaway. Walk along way and tried to fight it out. I care but why should I the world's big but one." "November 1st This is a hectic fall. I just can't seem to get a hold on myself. I'm so unhappy but know it is the best. I am glad that I'm big enough to give up the man I really love and have loved all this time. It is wrong to love him I wonder how long I'll have to fight it out. It can't last always. The mornings are not so bad but the evenings and nights seem so hard to be brave. It is harder then last fall." Speculation: is she in love with a married man There are sporadic entries for 1923 and then all of a sudden Retta picks back up in 1929. The last eight pages are devoted to a trip they take to the East coast visiting Newport Providence Cliff Beach staying at the Breakers Hotel Rye Beach etc. Also towards the end of the diary she spends a lot of time driving into Denver to take unspecified "treatments". It seems like a lot has been quoted but it's only the tip of the iceberg. The cover on this diary is very rough but the pages are all attached to the binding and look clean. A superb diary.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA ARCHIVE NEW YORK DIARY DIARIES NEW YORK WESTERN NEW YORK ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT PRE SUFFRAGE WOMEN'S STUDIES FEMINISM 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 Papel . unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 000775b

‎UNIDENTIFIED‎

‎1938 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL LECTURE NOTES AND CASE STUDIES OF AN INSANE ASYLUM PSYCHIATRIC NURSING STUDENT‎

‎DAYTON KENTUCKY CINCINNATI OHIO. Very Good. 1938. Softcover. On offer is a sensational intimate look inside the world of insane asylums and of Depression-era psychiatric care seen from the perspective of young nurse training hands-on in two institutional settings: Speers Memorial Hospital Training School in Dayton Kentucky and the Longview Hospital in Cincinnati Ohio. While the author is not identified two newspaper clippings showing the 1938 graduating class of nurses assuredly narrows the search for local historians or collectors. Our writer has compiled lecture notes and observations from patient rounds detailing treatment and procedure in early mental institutions and asylums. She begins the seventy handwritten pages: "First Lecture at Longview" Longview Hospital located in Cincinnati Ohio. February 12 1938 Psychiatry Branch Medicine/Deals and Minds. Care of patients mental disease. Mental illness many groups. Organic Mental Illness syphilis alcoholic access central nervous system and infections. Manic Depressive unknown cause. Involution psychosis-Menopause. Many suffer from psychosis old age. Care of these patients in general. Absence and brutality. Forceful restraint and necessary! Intelligent handling; thought fullness and avoided. Many patients act an exciting cause and then some. Sedatives advised. Less used better off patient is. Hydrotherapy is advised before mechanical or chemical. Other times sedatives necessary. Direct observation of sedative should not be tolerated. Specific measures used in mental patients…." "Case No. 1. A white female who hears imaginary voice. Middle age. Plot against Roosevelt. Paranoid dementia praecox. Case No. 2. A young white male. Victim. Hebephrenic Dementia Praecox. Could not be heard. Scattering thoughts and ideas. No reality. Cannot associate ideas. Case No. 3. White male middle age about 40. Talks very low. Very sad cannot hear what he says. Thinks he is infected. Extremely depressed self accusing and delusions. Maniacal depressant psychosis and Involution psychosis practices self abuse. Case No. 4 Young female sort of funny. Patient very nervous. Keeps scratching head and turning around. She thinks she's neurotic and crazy. Talks in jerks. Gets tangled up with talking. ¾ admission at hospital. Maniacal depressive. Psychosis. Case No. 6. Patient male. Very old. Thinks Dr. owes him money. Will not sit down. Thinks he is Dr. Has Syphilis of brain. Talks constantly of banks and money." "March 19th 1938 1st Case admitted 1926. Was 21 years of age then. Onset occurred in last year of college. Worried about exam. Had delusions. Was absent minded and dreamer. Has no contact with people. 2nd case. Admitted in 1931 was 20 years old. Hebephrenic physical condition not good onset sudden. Made good grades in school. Very smart. Does not mix well. Never went out with boys. Loved home life mother and sister. Sits in a fetal position and hands and legs crossed. Keeps eye closed tightly. Schizophrenia cationic type. Had to be fed with tube _ times because she refused to eat…….4th case 1934. 39 years of age. Catatonic type. Patient attempted to hang self 3 times in Co. jail. Screaming. Thought baby was dead runs out screaming. Tried to runaway. Lack of cooperation. Mental retardation. Was in the state hospital 5 years. Patient hasn't talked since here. Mute. Negativistic attitude. Sits quietly in 1 spot has to be fed. 5th case. Ad. 1925. Was 35 years of age on admission. Single common school education. Thinks she a sacred woman. Has hallucinations and delusions. Thinks witches came to live with her…." She goes on to talk about treating syphilis using Arsenic Bismuth and Mercury. Also a section about questions on Psychiatry and description on Manic Depressive "Physiotherapy is very valuable. Tonic baths tend to preserve their physical health and stimulate general body activity. The continuous bath is the best means of allaying any excitement that may arise in these patients. Great interest is now being shown in the treatment of the schizophrenic patients with insulin." "VII Paranoia or Paranoid States This is a chronic progressive psychosis characterized by the formation of systematized delusions based upon a false premise. State hospitals approx. 1 % of this type. Very early in life this person has a peculiar suspicious personality. Also manifestations sexual traits. They become proud vain and regard themselves as superior to others. They gradually imagine people are jealous of them and owe this to some unusual gift which they think they possess. Finally they believe themselves to be Jehovah or a prophet………Very few go to mental hospitals as they are quite clever in keeping out of trouble. Often their disease is not known until they have preformed some gross antisocial crime or act……." "….Many physicians have lately been using artificially induced fever by means of the different high frequency currents. Of these diathermy and ultra high frequency currents are the most frequently employed. The most popular method is known as the Kettering Hyperthermia machine. In nursing the paretic patient it is important to keep these patients from committing some antisocial act. They should be kept under strict supervision. When convulsions occur they should be protected against injury. They should be given laxatives and cathartics and an occasional enema……." "Manic Depressive Psychosis Patients should be placed in properly equipped mental hospitals. It is essential to guard against sexual indiscretion in the early stage of disease. When excited it is best to put them in a continuous bath where they may remain for several hours. Wet sheets and dry packs are also used to allay excitement. Restraint by camisole or tying in bed should be used only in case of extreme necessity……." The journal goes on with information on schizophrenia paranoia child development; both normal and abnormal and general care of all diseases. It's really a wonderful vintage medical journal that shows just how far we've come when dealing with mental diseases. The journal measures about 6 ¾" x 8 ¼" and overall is VG.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; PSYCHIATRY NURSING INSANITY INSANE ASYLUMS SNAKE PITS TREATMENT PROCEDURE MENTAL DISEASE OHIO KENTUCKY MENTAL INSTITUTIONS DEPRESSION ERA GENDER STUDIES SOCIAL STUDIES WOMEN STUDIES POST SUFFRAGE AMERICANA 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 . paperback‎

书商的参考编号 : 0001201

‎Arnaoutovitch, Alexandre (Becque)‎

‎Henry Becque 1: Sa Biographie - Son Observation - Sa Philosophie. Henry Becque II La Forme - L'Originalite. Henry Becque III: Devant ses contemporains et devant la posterite 3 Volumes.‎

‎Paris: Presses Universitaires De France. Very Good. 1927. First Edition. Soft Cover. University library withdrawls with very little sign of use. All three volumes in cream-coloured wraps with red and black titles - fresh and bright. Volume 1 small chip to base of spine. Contents of all three are bright and unmarked but for very light foxing to first three pages of volume 2. Vol. 3 has a few age spots to lower front cover and first endpaper. Illustrated with occasional b&w plates; 887 633 pp. . Presses Universitaires De France paperback‎

书商的参考编号 : 9936

‎Nesbit, Wilbur‎

‎Who's Hoosier.‎

‎Indiana Society of Chicago 1912. Deluxe Limited Edition. soft cover. Very Good. 16mo; 61 55 pages ; full green suede leather with the metallic inlay of the Society's medallion green satin front pastedown marbled endpapers; fragile ooze leather worn edgeworn covers on vol. 1 detached. <br/><br/>Signed by Wilbur Nesbit. This is copy no. 57 of a reported only 100 Deluxe signed sets known as The Hoosier Set . After the first edition by Bobbs-Merrill in 1911 this was issued as volumes nos. 11 & 12 of the set of 12 volumes that had been issued in red cloth for members of the Indiana Society of Chicago with other titles by Gene Stratton-Porter George Ade John T. McCutcheon and others. This is the selection of brief biographies of notable Hoosiers. Note: Has anyone noticed that Nesbit mis-spelled Kenesaw Mountain Landis' name Indiana Society of Chicago paperback‎

书商的参考编号 : 4436

‎COMMODORE [?] JOHN DOWNES‎

‎1852 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A PASSIONATE OPINIONATED MAN WHO DETESTS THE FREE SOILERS LADY'S BLOOMERS AND INTERFERING FOREIGNERS TRYING TO TELL AMERICANS 'WHAT IS WHAT'‎

‎CAMBRIDGE MASSACHUSETTS MASS MA. Very Good. 1852. On offer is a superb original historically significant 1852 manuscript diary handwritten by John Downes of Cambridge Massachusetts as evidenced by his two signatures. While we cannot confirm ownership we believe the author is Commodore John Downes a famed American naval officer with a storied career who lived from 1786 to 1854. The writer's preoccupation with the weather the wind direction and other comments give us no pause to suggest this ownership but a local historian or researcher should have little problem confirming. The diary was created on blank pages sandwiched among and in-between two 1852 Farmer's Almanacs which in turn are laid into a hard bound covers by bookseller Kidder & Cheever of Boston. Bound in between the two almanacs are a number of pages used by Downes to record almost on a daily basis his thoughts events weather politics ornithology etc. There are over 55 well filled pages handwritten in a tiny very legible manner using the pages to maximum ability. Historians and collectors of the pre Civil War period will be hard pressed to find a more erudite observer and commenter on the era's politics philosophy and current events. In fact Downes is very opinionated passionate man and right from the beginning of the writing he affirms his indignation of women's bloomer and a professor 'trying to tell Americans what is what'. 'All being most of the materials for an American Revolution'. Downes begins the 1852 year by writing "Janry 1852- New Years Day. Very warm for the season. Yesterday closed with a rainy evening and we had heavy showers through the night. The Year 1852 commences with a French Revolution on its hands. What else it may pick up on its way toward Doomsday remains mostly hidden; but we shall see quite fast enough. Already on hand we have Prof. Kossuth who is endeavoring to enlighten the benighted people of these Unites States on what is what and other interesting particulars. We have Free Soilers and Abolitionists and Bloomers and Woman's-Right-ers and some other small materials for an American Revolution if the talent were equal to the will but happily they are not world- compellers they move not mountains nor man but themselves. Thermometer at bedtime 33 deg. He continues on with various snippets throughout the year including in part "January A woodpecker I saw this morning is beyond my present learning. It was not the Red-headed for his head was not red but black as a newly caught fugitive slave… our harbors are being blocked with frost… our marine is being stripped of spars and rigging and brought ashore and harnessed to horses. Describes snow and the various adorned sleighs… We saw one this afternoon in its semblance of a long black hull with "bright" varnished sides; and called the "Constitution" another fitted out as the "May Flower" both freighted down to the benches… we saw another which was fashioned something after the manner of a swan. I should judge the Captain and crew of this craft might count up to about sixty individuals…reminisces about what sleighing was like 40 years before then gives a creative discourse of tavern and drink vs. church… Went to Boston … to attend Dr. A. B. Gould's lecture before the Lowell Institute…thermometer bulb broke because of cold … this evening we go to the Opera where Madam Anna Thillon is turning the heads of all Boston… saw Madam Thillon in the Black Domino. It is difficult to imagine the sad work a more beautiful woman would make amongst the youngsters -- oldsters too for that matter… went sleighing… past West Cambridge to Lexington and saw the monument erected on the spot where the first business were given when we fell out with John Bull nearly 80 years ago… finest sleigh ride we had for the last 20 years… Dined at Middlefield's and had a first rate old fashioned boiled Indian suet pudding; the first for many years… saw several heavy avalanches of snow…passing through Washington St. met an old friend Thomas Comer the musician. Shook hands and talked to him of old times… his hair gray but otherwise he is not a day older than he was 20 years ago. Besides his profession as composer and musician he was an actor of much more than ordinary merit. I have never seen his equal in the character of the mock prince Dandini in Cinderella. Passed the evening at Mrs. Uphams where we had music and dancing… but the dancing… may I never set eyes on that abominable dog = polka again… Went to Boston… bought Dean's New England Farmer not with any intention of digging an existence from the bowels of the earth but that I love to read of matters of husbandry…rain has prevented our attending a Bissextile dancing party at Groton this evening … Spent weekend between Groton and Worcester with Dr. Green … Not at all pleased with the Lawrence Academy Administration. This administration… seems to have discovered a fearful clement of sin in the practice of dancing by young people at the juvenile gatherings called Balls… the young folks are were admonished to remain at home on the evening of the party given by the ladies of Groton with Mrs. Governor Boutwell as lady patroness on pain of the administration and heaven's serious disapprobation and of everlasting expulsion from the Lawrence Academy and of ditto damnation… Attended Prof. Pierce's lecture on mechanics at the college this afternoon. Went to Boston saw my friend Charles Bradlee Bradlee was a Boston music publisher who was the first to copyright in 1835 the "A-B-C" song that everyone today knows as the song to teach kids the alphabet the first time… for twelve years… April A furious northeast rain storm commenced last night. Wind blowing a hurricane. The storm has continued with unrelenting fury from yesterday until this morning. Last night we had lightening and thunder. The papers speak of many shipwrecks on the coast… Most of the inhabitants of the city of Cambridge have gone in to Boston today to partake of the Lajos Kossuth foolery that is going on there. The Freesoilers have got him and are striving with their whole soul to make a political honest penny out of him… May Had a call from my friend Obadiah Rich Boston Silversmith. It is 12 years since I have seen him. Found him nearly blind… June 21 News comes from Baltimore that Genl. Scott has been nominated by the Whig party as its candidate for the Presidency of these United States. O Trumpery! O Moses … Class day at the College… dancing shouting and banners and instruments of music and noise. Uproarious cheering for President Sparks for the Professors each by name for tutors each by name for Daniel Webster louder yet and for everybody and everything loudest of all. Attended Mrs. Spark's levee …quite a brilliant affair… Beauties from all points of the compass… Commencement Day at Harvard University. Did not attend the commencement exercises… Mrs. President Sparks party in the evening… on presenting ourselves she drew his wife's arm within her own walked to the tables and presented her with refreshments with her own hands and with her own easy irresistible manners. I have never seen my little wife more graceful and beautiful and I considered her fully entitled to the attentions she received… Worked hard at occultations all day; from anxiety to get them done seasonably for the U.S. Nautical Almanac… July 16 attended the meeting of our scientific club in the evening. Most of the talking performed by Prof. Agassiz who stoutly maintained that all the varieties of the human race white black red brown etc. cannot owe their origin to one common stock. Pity that some of our abolitionists could not have been present and have shown him his errors . throughout New England and from out West we have complaints of a very severe drought… many factories stopped for want of water… storm… telegraph wires are down everywhere… unless the thirsty earth drank up the rain as it fell we shall have no end to the account of mills and bridges destroyed… Aug. 3 took a walk to Fresh Pond. Saw the two young grizzly bears there… Aug 20 Spent the evening at Dr. Gould's with Capt. Davis Prof. William Chauvenet and Prof. Cornelius Felton… Sept. 15 Streets all mud so that the sheep and cattle on their way to Brighton to be butchered have not the most delightful walking… Oct 1 Bought of Drake a copy of the first English edition of Don Quixote. Date 1620… Oct 29 Daniel Webster was buried at Marshfield on the 20 October 1852. His funeral was attended by several thousands of people. He died on the morning of the 24th and was 70 years old… Nov. 8 Lucy Chase called this morning with Mrs. Bigelow. She gave me a kiss on parting which I shall not forget soon… Lucy was an abolitionist and Freedman's teacher… This month December so far has given us an uninterrupted season of warm Indian summer weather… our windows are open and our thermometers makes nothing of getting as high as 65 or 70 degrees… Lilacs are coming into leaf again What man made global warming in 1852 too Our fellow subjects in the Southern and Western parts of our Union have not been so fortunate. Prof. Winlock from Kentucky tells me that they have had winter there these four weeks… the folks in Siberia saw a total eclipse of the sun. It is feared several gongs were broken on the occasion… The Quebec Gazette says the sleighs are out and the mail steamers have gone into winter quarters… the skating club has commenced operations by erecting a skating saloon on the Queen's Wharf. But whenever it comes a lady's turn to sprawl herself and her petticoats all prone upon the ice with their heels gesticulating at the clouds; it is to be hoped that the gentlemen skaters have the good manners to look the other way. Unless indeed that Bloomerism has become an accepted revelation with the blue-nose sisterhood; in which case there will be no danger; and the gentlemen may look on and laugh… gives a long and sarcastic rendition of a penance service he attended at church… Went to Boston and procured $100 for Lottie. She calls it pin money. I can't for the life of me imagine what a lady can do with so many pins…. "The second almanac gives a printed reference to a Pro. Miller's death on Dec. 29 1849. Downes concludes that this is Rev. William Miller who founded the Millerite movement present day Seventh Adventists and the reference rankles Downes. He pens on the same page "And who the deuce is Pro. Miller Or is it Prophet Miller the true Millerite Messiah that our learned editor considers worthy of mention. Where is the apostle of Peace Johnny = missionary and Col. Pluck We would like to see mention of them!" The covers of the book are G to VG the inside almanacs and pages in F to VF condition. ; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF JOHN DOWNES CAMBRIDGE MASSACHUSETTS CHARLES BRADLEE FREE SOILERS ABOLITIONISTS WOMAN'S-RIGHT-ERS GENDER STUDIES PRE SUFFRAGE SUFFRAGE LAJOS KOSSUTH OCCULTATIONS ASTROLOGY ASTRONOMY OCCULT HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRE CIVIL WAR POLITICS CURRENT EVENTS ANTEBELLUM NEW ENGLAND 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

书商的参考编号 : 0001960

‎Frank Lloyd Wright, with a biography by Iovanna Lloyd Wright, wrinkle on Blank endpaper‎

‎Architecture Man in Possession of His Earth‎

‎DD 1962. HBDJ minor rub & chipminor browning & wrinkle on few pgs 1962 stated 1st edition VG/VG AS-IS. First Edition. Hard Cover. DD hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 3975

‎GEORGE R WILSON‎

‎1914 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF ONE FAMILY'S TIME SPENT ON THE EASTERN SHORE OF PUGET SOUND MANNING THE WEST POINT LIGHT STATION‎

‎WEST POINT LIGHT STATION PUGET SOUND WASHINGTON. Very Good. 1914. On offer is an interesting original 1914 manuscript diary handwritten by George R. Wilson father to Cliff and Ralph husband to May and the lighthouse keeper at the West Point Light Station or the Discovery Park Lighthouse a 23 foot high lighthouse located at West Point which juts out into Puget Sound near Fort Lawton and Seattle at the northern most extent of Elliott Bay. It was opened in November of 1881 with a fourth-order Fresnel lens and was the first manned light station on the Sound and was illuminated with kerosene lamp until 1926. The full 360 page diary details the daily life of this family from the mundane chores mail sent and received visitors raising chickens and ducks selling the eggs and occasionally the meat to supplement George's salary which varied month to month but averaged around $58 dollars a month. Life at a lighthouse could be very quiet but storms and occasional events are al recorded such as when the body of a person identified as "Shaw" was pulled from the sea at the "Point" what Wilson calls the lighthouse throughout this diary on Wednesday Jan. 21 shows that it was not all relaxation and boredom. On Jan. 23 Wilson met with "Mr. Beck on Swiftsure Lightship" which was the last light station established along the Washington coast. HISTORICAL NOTES: Fort Lawton was a U.S. Army post located in the Magnolia neighborhood of Seattle. Most of the property was turned over to the city of Seattle and dedicated as Discovery Park in 1973. Fort Lawton officially closed on September 14 2011. Lightship 83 also called Swiftsure was built for the U.S. Lighthouse Service as the Blunts Reef California lightship. She is the oldest surviving example of an American lightship with its original marine steam engine. She weathered severe storms and heavy damage from ramming by a steam schooner during her first six years of service. She later rescued 155 survivors from a stranded coastal steamer. Sails were used to help keep her on station in the early year. Wilson and family received a lot of newspapers magazines and catalogues from many different parts of the country during their stay at West Point. On Feb. 20th the architect and a carpenter visited the lighthouse for repairs. The family had the use of a motor launch which they used to visit Seattle and Ballard annexed in 1909 by Seattle on occasion. Most of their travel was for pleasure; the purchasing of supplies was done by hired car. George kept meticulous accounts of all sales and expenses in this diary as well as the weather. The rear of the book has printed address pages with 50 or so names and addresses. The diary also accounts for every penny that the family spent while serving at this lighthouse. Wilson's service at West Point ended on Aug. 15th 1914 with an entry reading "Mr. Otto Hins came P.M. to relieve me and we met him at Ballard with launch and took him to Point." Wilson and family then took the Great Northern Railroad to Traverse City Michigan to their new life. The diary is bound in canvas backed tan cloth wraps and has printed calendars postage weights and measures and other useful information. Overall VG.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OFGEORGE R. WILSON WEST POINT LIGHT STATION DISCOVERY PARK LIGHTHOUSE LIGHTHOUSES MAGNOLIA PUGET SOUND FORT LAWTON SEATTLE ELLIOTT BAY FRESNEL LENS FIRST MANNED LIGHT STATION BALLARD MARITIME MARINE NAUTICAL SHIPWRECKS COASTAL WATERS COAST GUARD PACIFIC OCEAN WEST COAST PACIFIC COASTLINE AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING HISTORY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 0002110

‎BYRD, Richard‎

‎LITTLE AMERICA‎

‎New York London: Putnam's 1930. First Trade edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 74 illustrations and 4 maps 2 folding at rear. Octavo 422pp. blue coth top edge blued fore-edge untrimmed bottom edge of top cover bumped <br/><br/>Signed by Admiral Byrd on the half-title. "The book had been one of the real thrills of the year to me - as it proved to be to hundreds of thousands of readers - Fanny Butcher." 74 illustrations and 4 maps 2 folding at rear. Putnam's hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : DEMO016590I

‎McCormick, Harold Fowler‎

‎From My Experiences Concerning Aviation / Aus Meinen Erfahrungen Uber Das Flugwesen‎

‎No place no date 1917. First edition. Wrappers. Very Good. Octavo 78 / 78 pages brown printed wrappers with yapp edges with short tears <br/><br/>" The first time I saw an aeroplane fly was at Le Mans France in the summer of 1908. Wilbur Wright had come over from America to make some demonstrations ." McCormick relates his extended first meeting with Wright at LeMans for his first and record-breaking flight in France. Soon thereafter McCormick took his first flight at Dayton piloted by Frank sic Parmalee surely Philip Orin Parmelee d.1912 which is also described at length. McCormick was a scion of Cyrus McCormick the inventor of the McCormick reaper. He succeeded his older brother Cyrus as Chairman of the Board of International Harvester and married John D. Rockefeller's daughter. Princeton University his alma mater holds his Aviation archives. Altho not a pilot himself McCormick was an early passionate devotee to manned flight. This is evident in this wide-ranging illustrated paen to aviation which he presented to the Psychological Club in Zurich in mid-December 1917. This bi-lingual edition with English and German on facing pages has 156 pages as opposed to the probably later English-only version printed circa 1918 in 67 pages in Zurich by the Art Institute Orell Fussli. McCormick organized the Aviation Meet at Chicago in 1912 when the Gordon Bennett Cup trophy was won by Jules Verdrines at 108.16 mph. In 1914 McCormick also owned the first privately owned plane in Chicagoland and attempted to commute to work by Hydroplane from Lake Forest to Chicago. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 0006330

‎MISS GERTIE B BARRETT‎

‎1868 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL WHO RELISHES CANDY ELEGANTLY FROSTED CAKE AND CHESS‎

‎Massachusetts Mass MA. Very Good. 1868. Manuscript. On offer is a delightful original 1868 Civil War era handwritten diary kept by a very young girl named Gertie B. Barrett b. May 4th 18. Nice hand writing but still playing with her dolls we estimate she is 9 or 10 years old. Research suggests that she is somewhere outside of Boston Massachusetts area. Our young diarist does a commendable job sharing her day to day life through mid-May she gets sick and sputters out entries that include details of going to school her teachers and siblings visits to church and grandparents games such as chess and backgammon sliding ice-skating and a long sickness in the Spring. She goes frequently to St. Paul's Mission fights with her sister tells of being given 'a lot of elegant frosted cake' on a visit 'went over to Grandma's and much candy' 'Lizzie and Gertie Mary and Momma all jumped on a rotten potato' 'our Jemiah climed a tree….there she sat throwing corn at our old bobtail rooster' recipe for Indian Pudding are a few of the bits of her life she shares with her diary. She also mentions names of playmates and visitors: Fanny Patton Ira Kent Annie Merrill Mrs. Rand Mrs. Macdonald Mary Hayes Maggie Webster Julia Thoms . This full leather diary was a Christmas gift from Mary. Clasp flap over fore-edge fully intact. Marbled edges. 4 7/8''. Complete in one volume. Some general rubbing but overall VG. ; 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF ST. PAUL'S MISSION CIVIL WAR ERA MASSACHUSETTS PRE SUFFRAGE WOMEN'S STUDIES Personal Memoir Handwritten hand written autograph autographs signed letters document documents manuscript manuscripts writers writer author holograph personal Americana Pioneer ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT . unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 0001062

‎KAISER, LOUIS A USN‎

‎1889 - 1890 ORIGINAL CRUISE JOURNAL DIARY AND LOG BOOK OF A YOUNG MAN DESTINED TO BE A CAPTAIN AND THE FUTURE ACTING GOVERNOR OF GUAM ON HIS INITIAL US NAVAL ACADEMY VOYAGE TO THE PACIFIC STATION ABOARD THE STORIED USS IROQUOIS‎

‎USS IROQUOIS PACIFIC STATION. Very Good. 1889. On offer is a super 19th Century relic of United States Naval and marine history being the original manuscript 18 month "Cruise Journal / L.A. Kaiser / U.S. Navy Class of '89". Kaiser does a wonderful job and is a keen observer. Entries run from Captain's comments day to day activities sailing sightings seamanship special detail work going to 'quarters' and remarkable events and observations in this log dated July 1 1889 to December 31 1890. Fresh from the Naval Academy the future captain and Governor of Guam Louis A. Kaiser begins the last leg of his naval education aboard the historic USS Iroquois. In 131 well written pages we learn that Kaiser was aboard the U.S.S. Iroquois from Mare Island to Honolulu then onto Samoa and back. From 1882 to 1892 with the Pacific Squadron Iroquois patrolled to South America Hawaii Australia and Pacific islands protecting American interests and commerce. She took part in naval action in Panama in the spring of 1885 helping to land Marines to protect American commerce during the revolution. After 10 years of service on the Pacific Station Iroquois arrived at Mare Island on 24 April 1892 and was decommissioned there 12 May 1892. BIO NOTES: Louis A. Kaiser Wikipedia Louis A. Kaiser 1870-August 12 1939 was a Captain in the United States Navy as well as briefly acting-Governor of Guam. He was a pioneer in the Navy on the use of wireless telegraphy prior to World War I. Early career Kaiser was born in Kirkwood Illinois. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1889 and was commissioned an Ensign in 1891. His first assignment was the USS Chicago. In 1894 he was transferred to the USS Detroit and again onto the USS Michigan two years later. In 1896 he was also reassigned to the USS Concord. In the Spanish-American War he continued to serve on the Concord and he fought in the Battle of Manila Bay. In December 1898 he was promoted to Lieutenant junior grade. In 1899 he was briefly made acting-Governor of Guam in preparation for the arrival of Governor Richard Phillips Leary. In 1900 he was transferred to the USS Solace then again to a post in Newport Virginia. In 1904 he was transferred again to the Bureau of Equipment. In this role Kaiser was a pioneer in early wireless transmissions and conducted many of the early tests of wireless telegraphy. In 1905 he demonstrated a 1100 mile range while testing it aboard the USS Brooklyn. In July 1905 he was promoted to a full lieutenant commander and invited to speak on these innovations to the Washington Society of Engineers in Washington DC. In 1910 he was transferred to the Bureau of Steam Engineering. In 1912 he was given his first command the cruiser USS Montgomery. The following year he was given command of the USS Tennessee before being promoted to a full commander. He served in the Boston Naval Yard and Naval War College in Newport Rhode Island in 1915 before returning to the command of the battleship USS New Jersey and receiving a promotion to captain. In the 1920s Kaiser was assigned to the hydrographic office in Galveston Texas. In 1923 he was briefly the acting-commandant of the 8th Naval District before being assigned to the New York hydrographic office. He retired April 1 1925. He died in 1939 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. In period half sheep leather binding. Laid in are Naval Academy assignments and a manuscript map. VG; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: USS IROQUOIS US NAVAL ACADEMY MARE ISLAND NAVIGATION NAVIGATORS OFFICERS SCHOOL ACADEMY NAVAL MARINE BATTLESHIPS GOVERNOR OF GUAM BUREAU OF STEAM ENGINEERING HONOLULU SAMOA HAWAII BOSTON NAVAL YARD NAVAL WAR COLLEGE 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 . hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 0001470

‎Smucker, Samuel M‎

‎The Life of Col. John Charles Fremont and His Narrative of Explorations and Adventures in Kansas Nebraska Oregon and California‎

‎New York: Miller Orton & Mulligan 1856. Hardcover in original grayish blue embossed cloth lettered on spine in gold. 493pp. Illustrated with portrait frontispiece and 4 plates. Ex-libris from the Manchester Township Library. Their label and stamp inside front cover and plain blank pocket inside rear. Penciled presentation from former owner to library dated July 17th 1909 on front free end-paper. No spine number or other markings. Original cloth shows shelf-wear and spine faded though gold type still readable but for the "F" in Frenont. Old dampstin affecting lower corner of frontis but not title-page. With all faults a very good well preserved copy with clean interior supple pages and strong hinges. First Edition. Original Embossed Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library. Miller, Orton & Mulligan Hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 004709

‎Miranda Carter‎

‎Anthony Blunt -His Lives Signed by Author‎

‎London: Macmillan 2001. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. xviii 590 pages. First printing of the UK first edition with complete number line on copyright page. Signed by Miranda Carter on the title page. Condition of the book is Very Good exterior excellent previous owner's name on ffep text and illustrations are very clean binding is tight. Dust jacket is Very Good Very Light surface wear not price-clipped £ 20.00. STK Macmillan hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 37900 ???????? : 0333633504 9780333633502

‎Berendt, Rachel‎

‎Sarah Bernhardt En Mi Recuerdo Prologo De Angel J. Battistessa‎

‎Buenos Aires: Viau. Very Good. 1945. First Edition. Softcover. Wraps are browning at the edges. Tape pull on the front. Contents are "fine". ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 105 pages . Viau paperback‎

书商的参考编号 : 15642

‎Warren, Raymond‎

‎Abraham Lincoln as a Spiritual Influence‎

‎Chicago: Progressive Century Co. 1933. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo clothbacked boards <br/><br/> Progressive Century Co. hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 002773

‎Alexander, Lamar‎

‎Six Months Off: an American Family's Australian Adventure‎

‎New York N. Y. U. S. A.: William Morrow & Co 1988. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/very good . As New in As New jacket Signed by Author Govoner Alexanders story of his families adventures in AUSTRALIA inscribed to "For Barney Adler Tucker Lamar Alexander. 319 pages. <br/><br/> William Morrow & Co hardcover‎

书商的参考编号 : 02011 ???????? : 0688074170 9780688074173

‎UNIDENTIFIED‎

‎1838 - 1840 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A TORTURED CONFUSED RELIGIOUS ENGLISHMAN AS HE ARRIVES IN HONDURAS SEEING THE SIGHTS VISITING THE SICK LUSTING AFTER THE COLONEL'S WIFE MERE DAYS AFTER HONDURAS DECLARES INDEPENDENCE‎

‎HONDURAS 1838. On offer is a fascinating original significant 1838 - 1840 manuscript diary of an unidentified Englishman in the Central American country of Honduras. While the author is unidentified we believe that there is a familial connection to Lt.-Col. Hugh Guin Macdonnel also spelled Macdonald along other connected family lines whose later 1870s diary while he was a diplomat in Argentina we list separately. Both diaries came from the same estate. The family connection would appear to fit well with his time spent in Honduras with the MacDonalds. Using a 7½ x 9 inch coverless sewn ream of paper he begins writing 21 pages from November 28th 1838 through to January 19th 1840 the author details his times living and traveling in Honduras. Historians and researchers of the Central American country recognize by the dates that the writer has arrived in Honduras at a key moment in the country's history as mere days earlier Honduras had left the Central American Federation after 17 years and becoming an independent and sovereign state in October. While the country's evolving independence is the backdrop the diary reveals a man in turmoil struggling to reconcile his deep feelings and sometimes innermost thoughts with his religious beliefs making for an unusual sharing of those emotions with pen to paper: writing about his frequent companions the Colonel and Mrs. Macdonald: "I rode with Mrs Macd' in the morning.some impure thoughts. I confessed the sin on uncleanliness and prayed for forgiveness.Vanity - I felt sorry that no one witnessed me giving an old man a flannel frock". Casual research reveals this to be Colonel Alexander Macdonald of the Royal Artillery her majesty's Superintendent in Honduras. He writes of his day to day life "Went to the hospital in the morning to visit a sick man. I am afraid he will die. What an awful consideration as I fear he was an habitual drunkard. I prayed for him with Mr Newport who seems to have been the settlements chaplain in his boat.I dined at the barracks.sent a letter about coming home by Patsy Blount.a great deal of work in the office.on Christmas day I rowed poor Ed Strangeways on board the schooner in a little boat to make the men on board a present of two bibles. I observed something very odd in his manner and on landing begged Mr Newport to observe him.We both agreed he was not right in the mind.the most alarming symptoms; on Monday he was bled in both arms.Determined on going home on the Guatemala packet.today the packet has bought me accounts from home and of my brother Neil." He then travels on the Nina and stops briefly in New Orleans. He writes of going to the Theatre there and being "much disquieted with the constant use off the name of God" before returning to England where he states that he has been found a place a Magdalen College Cambridge by his uncle Edward. Overall G. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Manuscript. unknown‎

书商的参考编号 : 0002214