‎Biographie‎

‎LIEUTENANT ALBERT SMITH‎

‎1867 - 1921 ORIGINAL SIGNIFICANT ARCHIVE OF TEN 10 MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A VICTORIAN ERA CAREER OFFICER IN THE ROYAL NAVY LITTERED WITH FIRST-HAND ACCOUNTS OF NAVAL HISTORY INCLUDING THE SINKING OF THE HMS VICTORIA BY THE HMS CAMPERDOWN‎

‎ASEA/ENGLAND. Good. 1867. On offer is a superb group of original manuscript diaries handwritten by Lieutenant Albert Smith of the Royal Navy describing in vivid detail many important and historically significant scenes in British colonial and naval history over the course of 50 or so years in the Royal Navy from 1867 to 1921 as well as offering an intimate portrait of Lieutenant Smith through his lifetime. A dedicated diarist Lt. Smith chronicles his career over 10 notebooks totaling more than 1000 pages. Each diary is numbered accordingly from books 2 through to 18 1 7 and 12-17 are absent. The diaries give first-hand accounts of Lieutenant Smith's travels in the Royal Navy through England Europe Africa and the Middle East over the course of his naval career. Born in 1944 he was the child of Charles Smith and his wife Ann born Duffett of Wotton-under-Edge Gloucestershire. Historians collectors and researchers of the genre will delight in Smith's eye for detail providing specifics even in his genealogical notes on his nuclear and extended family down to the time of birth of each of his siblings and seven children! Fascinatingly the first volume of the diary tells of Albert's concerted efforts to find himself a wife. He writes that he has been in love with the daughter of a Mr. Gortley head of the Jews' Orphan School for three years. He also speaks of a 'Lizzie' and 'my little Jewess' and once again declares his love to a woman this time a 'Miss Hyde' but is rejected. Keeping with Smith's detailed diaries he gives the text of his letter to her. Smith eventually marries Elizabeth referred to as 'E B' on December 31 1870. Smith was a devout Christian and his religious sympathies and convictions are a common thread throughout all diaries. He describes himself often as a follower and believer in Jesus Christ and calls God "The Eternal Lord The First Cause The Father in Truth and Love." Despite his convictions Smith was also interested in unorthodox pursuits such as phrenology and astrology. The diaries also abound with passages of spiritual reflections and self-examination. The diaries commence on May 20 1867 off the coast of Algiers. Smith only 23 years old is serving on HMS Victoria the same HMS Victoria that he would see sink and take the lives of hundreds. The diaries begin on the day it sails from Malta for England. Smith then serves on the 'Boscawen training ship for Boys'. After serving on the ship he settles on the Island of Portland in Dorset until 1872 when he is promoted to Warrant Officer and assigned to the HMS Excellent. On the HMS Excellent Smith goes on tours of the East African Coast and the Mediterranean where on December 22 1892 he is promoted from Gunner to Chief Gunner. Also in 1892 during a tour in the Mediterranean Smith's ship the HMS Camperdown accidently rams into the HMS Victoria causing serious damage to the Camperdown and sinking the Victoria. The Victoria sinking causes the death of 21 officers and 348 men. The news of the accident caused a sensation and appalled the British public at a time when the Royal Navy occupied a prime position in the national consciousness. Smith's entry on the accident contains a two page printed clipping from some Naval publication which states "It is with an overwhelming sense of sorrow that we have to record the awful disaster that has happened to the 'Victoria.'…on Thursday afternoon June 22nd whilst manoevering off Tripoli the 'Victoria' and 'Camperdown' collided. The 'Victoria' sank 15 minutes afterwards bottom upward in 80 fathoms of water. It is computed that twentytwo Officers including the Commander-in-Chief and about 348 men were drowned.' The clipping records the names of the officers drowned and a list of the men 'invalidated' and currently recovering in a Royal Naval Hospital. Smith writes that he lying in his cabin on the 22nd reading a 'tale of a young lady who has months after marriage died of consumption nursed carefully by her husband who never left her - her husband had received a letter saying that his brother…had gone down in a ship off Smyrna and all hands perished when all at once I heard a commotion as tho the ship had grounded on shore. I hastily put on a coat left my cabin and rushed up the round the upper deck saw the life boats all carried…We had run into the flag ship Victoria - at least we collided she crossed our bows we were going astern with our Engine but still had headway on the ship. I went down to the fore camp astrident - the water was pushing in fast. I then changed coat & cap put my watch in my pocket went on bridge asking that boats might be lowered & told the flag seat that we were making water fast I then went to my station general …all at once she suddenly heeled over the sides of the ship was crowded with human beings struggling jumping hurrying to save their lives some jumped into the seas some ran down the bottom of the ship and some jumped over the quarter rail - on to the propeller which was now revolving with rapid rate out of the water. We were all staggered in a minute - she turned over went down bow first and left nothing but a mass of debris and struggling humanity in the water." Smith then writes of the lifeboats frantically trying to save as many men as possible and the carnage and horror that he witnessed as a result of this horrible collision. "Number missing 380 - saved 260." Smith writes another few pages on the cause of the crash and takes up a third of a page with a rough sketch of the Victoria's and Camperdown's actions that lead to the collision. The next few day's entries deal with the aftermath of the event including repairs on the Camperdown and the mourning for the lost men. "June 24 - a funeral procession passed by I shed tears over the brave fellows sunk beneath the waves" There are also pages describing Smith's time in the 'Malta Dockyard' as the boat is being fixed. Inventory: Diary 2 15 May 1867 to 1 September 1868; 3: 4 September 1868 to 19 September 1870; 4: 20 September 1870 to 7 September 1872; 'A diary written by "Albert Smith" G.M. & G.S. now serving on board HMS "Boscawen"; 5: 8 September 1872 to 27 November 1877; 6: 24 September 1877 to 31 October 1879; 8: 1 March 1883 to 31 December 1884; 9: 1 January 1885 to 15 March 1890; 10: 1 September 1892 to 7 June 1894; 11: 1 June 1894 to 31 December 1897; 'Work Book' while 'Serving as Chief Gunner on board HMS Camperdown Mediterranean Fleet Salonika ancient Thessalonika'; 18: 1 November 1914 to 16 February 1919; 'Diary of HM Lieutenant Albert Smith commenced at Dorking Surrey 1st November 1914 The Year of the Great War'. Overall G.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF LIEUTENANT ALBERT SMITH ROYAL NAVY EAST AFRICA THE SINKING OF HMS VICTORIA HMS CAMPERDOWN PLYMOUTH BROTHER QUAKER NAVAL NAUTICAL VICTORIAN ERA NAVAL OFFICER MARINE MARINER HORNBLOWER O'BRIAN JACK AUBREY HANDWRITTEN MA . unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0002583

‎JOHN RING, ROYAL MARINE‎

‎1914 - 1918 WW1 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN JOURNAL OF A ROYAL MARINE STATIONED AND PATROLLING IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND EAST INDIES CONTAINING BOTH DETAILED AND FASCINATING DIARY ENTRIES OF AND COMPREHENSIVE LISTS OF NAVAL FACTS AND FIGURES‎

‎HMS FOX HMS PROSERPINE RED SEA INDIA EAST INDIES. Good. 1914. On offer is a detailed and eclectic book made by John Ring a Royal Marine Number 1520 during World War 1 on the H.M.S. Fox and H.M.S. Proserpine. The book contains journal entries of Ring’s time on the H.M.S. Fox in active duty and experiencing naval warfare. His entries are presented in a fairly matter-of-fact way with few sentence breaks. For example: “H.M.S. Fox 9th June 1915. Join H.M.S. Fox at Ismailia on the 9th and stayed at at Ismailia from June 9th until the 1st of August and went from thier to the Great Bitter Lake and remained their until August 20th and then sailed for Suez and arrived in Suez on Aug 22nd and stayed their until Aug 31st and then left Suez for the Great Bitter Lake and remained their for a week and while we were their we captured two Turkish mines and kept them on board our ship for a night or two and about two mornings afterwards Sept 4 we towed them 4 Hundread miles from the Ship and about one hour after The Signal was made from our ship to press the Button and about two days later we found another Turkish mines and also did the same to that.” For the rest of 1915 Ring is one the Fox as it patrols the area Suez Canal area from the canal to Port Said. From the Fox Ring moves to the H.M.S. Proserpine. On the Proserpine Ring does much of the same as he did on the Fox patrolling the Suez Canal rescuing ships that have run aground and occasionally coming into combat: “The natives fired back to us and in their firing about the fourth round it was reported that the gunner was blown over and killed and another man had his arm blown off.” The ship stays on the Shatt-al-Arab River for 4 months than leaves for India first docking at Bombay and then moving on to Colombo. “While we were at Colombo we went to the Royal Naval Camp at Diyatalawa Ceylon and their are some interesting places to go at Ceylon about 200 years from the camp were were at was the Camp while the Boer War was on they sent the prisoners to Ceylon and another place was Little England.” After this last diary entry the book takes on a less narrative identity. The rest of the journal consists of page after page of incredibly interesting and comprehensive lists of things concerning military casualties and other matters. The lists contain headings such as “Norwegian Ships Sunk” “Enemy’s Lost Airships” “British Steamers Torpedoed and Sunk” “British Ships Sunk by German Raiders” “Soldiers Deaths in Quelling Rebellion” concerning the 1916 Irish Rebellion commonly referred to as ‘Easter Rising’ “These are Marine Officers lost in the Battle” he does not write it but he is referring to the Battle of Heligoland Bight the first naval battle of WW1 “H.M.S. Ships Lost and Sunk in the Great War” and many other lists of naval ships lost in the war usually containing the name of the ship the size in tonnage the date commissioned and/or destroyed and occasionally the crew size type of guns used and/or the name of the Captain. There are long lists of ships sunk from almost all the Allied Power countries. There are also news stories about the hanging of Sir Roger Casement the sinking of the Dreadnought Leonardo Da Vinci the H.M.S. King George VII and other stories related to the war copied down probably word for word from a newspaper. Though Ring was born in Essex the stories of Sir Roger Casement and the entry about the deaths in the Irish rebellion make it seem that Ring might have had some Irish sympathies or was possibly just interested in the Rebellion as a military matter. There are also about two dozen loose pieces of ephemera include with the book dealing with John Ring’s entire life and career the earliest dated 1896 and the latest 1955. Included are: A Naval Marriage Certificate of John Ring to Margaret Carr from 1920 on board the H.M.S. Hercules; 2 certificates of service detailing Ring’s entire military career from 1905-1932 with the earlier certificate showing a complete list of the ship’s Ring served on from 1905 to 1924 both certificates contain much personal information including Date and Location of Birth Religion Next of Kin and physical characteristics; many newspaper clippings concerning WW1 and WW2 with quite a few political cartoons as well. The book is in very good condition without any noticeable signs of wear and tear. For an unknown reason the cover reads “O.R. Wace H.M.S. Swiftsure East Indies.” Ring’s service record has no record of him stationed on the Swiftsure. The handwriting is clean and easy to read. It is 84 pages in length.; Manuscript; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF JOHN RING ROYAL MARINE MARINE NUMBER 1520 H.M.S FOX H.M.S. PROSERPINE RED SEA PATROL MINE PATROL BRITISH EAST INDIES ENGLISH INFLUENCE IN THE ORIENT GREAT BITTER LAKE BRITISH ROYAL NAVY PELORUS CLASS CRUISER ASTREA CLASS SUEZ CANAL PORT SAID EGYPT COLOMBO ROYAL NAVY CAMP AT DIYATALAWA CEYLON BOER WAR PRISON LITTLE ENGLAND FACTS AND FIGURES OF WW1 ROYAL NAVY IN FIRST WORLD WAR NAVAL MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE BRITISH CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT IN BOTH WORLD WARS CAREER ROYAL NAVY MARINES BRITISH MARINES 20TH CENTURY WARFARE 1916 IRISH REBELLION EASTER RISING BRITANNICA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D’ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0009024

‎NEW BEDFORD MILITARY COMMITTEE‎

‎1861 - 1865 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN ONE-OF-A-KING AND FASCINATING RECORD BOOK OF THE MILITARY COMMITTEE OF NEW BEDFORD MASSACHUSETTS DETAILING THE MANY MILITARY AND ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF THE CIVIL WAR ON A SMALL NORTHERN CITY‎

‎NEW BEDFORD MASSACHUSETTS MA UNITED STATES USA. Good. 1861. On offer is an exceptional historical document the Military Committee Record of the town of New Bedford Massachusetts in 1861 the first year of the United States Civil War. The record book is a fascinating complex and detailed description of the the impact of the Civil War on the entirety of the city 1860 population: 22300. This book is a true treasure showing a deep and prolonged look of the effect of the bloodiest war in American history on a typical American city. The pages of the ledger are full of original information and the pages pictured are just a sampling. This is the day to day story of how one Union city dealt with and contributed to the War effort and it contains over 150 pages describing this effort. It includes the minutes of meetings of the Military Committee copies of letters to and from the Committee lists of soldiers who received extra pay from the city and a complete listing of the families that were impacted by their soldier going off to war and what the City did for them up through 1864. It also shows how the committee worked to create the companies of soldiers that needed to be mustered into service from the City and the interaction that it had with the officers that they chose to lead them as well as the military gifts they gave to the officers that included pistols and swords and the determination of soldier bounties for enlistment. The first page of the book reads “Records of the Military Committee New Bedford. Sept. 5th 1861. Ordered that a committee consisting of His Honor the Mayor and one alderman with such as the Common Council may join be appointed to take such measures as they may deem expedient with authority to offer a bonus not exceeding Fifteen Dollars per man to enlist one or more companies for the war now existing for the defence of our National Existence as a free and Independent Government. Adopted in concurrence Attest Sandford S. Hoton. City Clerk.” It then lists the Committee members: “Hon. J.C. Jacoby Warren Sadd Cornelius Howland Frederick S. Allen and William S. Rodman.” The following pages contain details of Committee meetings descriptions of special ordinances copies of letters dealing with the Military Committee and its correspondence with the wider Massachusetts state government and official orders for raising infantry to fight in the war. Typical entries read as such: “Sept. 7th 1861. Present. The mayor Sadd Howland and Allen. The Mayor and Mr. Howland were appointed a Committee to meet on Mr. Samuel C. Hart and extend to him an invitation to take command of a Company of Infantry to be raised in accordance with the vote of the City Council. Alderman Sadd was appointed a Committee to meet upon Gov. Andrew and ascertain if he would accept such Companies and Commission such offices as were selected by the Committee. Warren Sadd was chosen clerk.”; “October 11th 1861. The Mayor reported that in company with Mr. Conyon the City Treasurer he had visited Camp Schouler at Lynnfield and paid to the men mustered into the Clifford Guards and the Fifth Battery the Monies of Fifteen Dollars each as authorized by the City Council in their order of Sept 5th. It was voted that notice be given the owners of Concert Hall that the city will vacate it on the 18th inst. The following bill was appointed and ordered to be paid.” This is followed by a list of names and companies and the money owed to them by the council. Many pages in the book contain lists of the men who answered the call to fight in the War. One pages states it contains “a correct copy of the Roster of the Clifford Guard. The bonus of Fifteen Dollars authorized by the City Council was paid to each member. Company D. 23rd Regiment.” A list of all names in their entirety follow all under the command of Cornelius Howland. A note next to two of the names states that Lewis H. Cable “died Apr. 14/62 typhoid fever” and Charles Cavanaugh was “wounded died Nov. 26/62”. Another states “Below is a correct copy of the Roster of the Taber Guard Capt. S. P. Barrett to whom a bonus was paid. The company is attached to the 28th Regiment Col. Monteith and is designated as Company B. There are also pages of detailed financial information pertaining to the war mostly of payments the city made to the brothers sisters wives and widows of the men fighting in the war. These are broken down into sections of “City Beneficiaries” “Army Beneficiaries” and “Navy Beneficiaries” broken down month by month. In July of 1862 the Military Committee votes to “effect a loan of a sum not exceeding Twenty six Thousand Dollars.in the payment of a bounty of One Hundred dollars each to such parties as may enlist in the volunteer service from this city and be mustered into the services of the United States. A newspaper clipping around the same time states “The City has provided the recruits when individually mustered into service shall receive $50 and when the Company is mustered an additional sum of $50 in addition to the bounty from the National Government of 25 dollars and the month’s pay in advance.” Many pages around this time summer 1862 also list the wives of soldiers who have applied for state aid. The record book does not state if any application was turned away though it seems unlikely judging from the large amount of women who received aid from the state. The last quarter of the book deals not with the Military Committee but with the State Aid Relief Committee a committee set up in January 1864 to deal specifically with the applications for financial relief from the families of soldiers fighting in the war. The secretary of this committee is different from the Military Committee as evidenced by the change in handwriting style. Much of the last part of the book is written on the opposite side of the page so the book must be turned around for the entries of the State Aid Relief Committee to be read. The committee deals with each case individually to judge whether or the not the family of a soldier is eligible to financial relief. For those that are there is a large script “E” for “Entitled” written over the entry. After each case was reviewed the secretary put a large X over the entry almost every case has some sort of X mark over the writing. This usually does impede readability but can make reading some words harder. While most cases have little written about them before a judgement is made there are a few that take up an entire page or two. One entry entitled the “Case of the Wife & Children of William Lane.” The case is whether a the family of a soldier one of the first to enlist from New Bedford can receive state aid even though they live in the Seychelles in East Africa. The discussion continues for four pages and is an extraordinary indepth look into the workings of the State Aid Relief Committee. This is a very unique item that would work well in a specialized Civil War collection or as a centerpiece to the New Bedford Massachusetts Civil War Collection located at the Fort Taber Military Museum. The entire book is in excellent condition the handwriting for both sections is legible and perfectly unsmudged. There is some wear on the spine but the book is remarkably well bound. In the State Aid Relief Committee section marks made in red ink have faded to a pale pink with age.; Manuscript; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF NEW BEDFORD MASSACHUSETTS CIVIL WAR MILITARY COMMITTEE STATE AID RELIEF COMMITTEE IMPACT OF THE CIVIL WAR NORTHERN CITIES 1881-1885 CONSCRIPTION J.C. JACOBY SANDFORD S. HOTON MAYOR TABER WARREN SADD CORPORAL CORNELIUS HOWLAND FREDERICK S. ALLEN WILLIAM S. RODMAN COMMITTEE MINUTES RECORD BOOK MID 19TH CENTURY UNION TOWN COMPANY D 23TH REGIMENT CAPTAIN S.P. BARRETT 28TH REGIMENT COLONEL MONTEITH WELFARE DURING THE CIVIL WAR WIDOWS OF WOUNDED SOLDIERS BENEFICIARIES OF AID CLIFFORD GUARDS TABER GUARDS GRAND ARMY OF THE UNION FORT TABER AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D’ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0009023

‎ROY W FERRENBACH‎

‎1985 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN DIARY AND JOURNAL OF THE COMPLEX AND INTENSE DAY-TO-DAY WORK OF EXPLORATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN AN ALASKA GOLD MINE‎

‎FAIRBANKS MINING DISTRICT ALASKA AL. Good. 1985. On offer is a diary and notebook of a gold miner and owner of AOS Mining and Engineering in the Fairbanks Mining District in Alaska. The journal contains in depth discussions of the exploration development and mining of the area by the AOS Mining and Engineering Company. Contained in this book are detailed accounts of the day-to-day life of Roy W. Ferrenbach as him and a small team of mining engineers use steam-powered pumps lifts drills and other tools to do mining exploration and development. Each day has a detailed account almost by the hour of the work done by Ferrenbach and his team as well as more personal notes of his health the weather and his general mood. Along with the notes there are also small diagrams drawn by Ferrenbach of equipment used “Shaft Coller” “Steam Point Jig” “Hose Clamp” along with observations of the equipment and directions for use. For example: “Steam Point Jig. To Use: Place on bottom of shaft - Plumb from collar center to center hole drive 40 nail to fix position - Align eyeball to long axis of shaft - set point at one end - when thaw is completed set & steam other end-note if this is correct spaceing we will use two points at same time. Insuring Point is Vertical: This appears to be most important - I’ve procured a ‘Bull’s Eye’ level to be placed on head of steam point to check vertical alignment during setting.” Near the end of the book the team is doing sampling of the soil that they have been extracting from the ground and they note what is found in the soil gold and at what quantities. The book is 150 pages in length of which 132 have writing in them. The pages are also 37 lines in length so there is a tremendous amount written in this book everyday for almost three months. Some entries extend to many pages but most cap at around a page and a half or about 50-55 lines. The cover page contains information as written: “AOS Mining Engineering. A Record of Exploration Development Mining and Related Activities. Fairbanks Mining District. Beginning: July 18 1985. Ending: 10 October 1985. Notes Belonging To: Roy W. Ferrenbach.” The first entry is as such: “July 18th. 1420 departed for Cora Gulch. #1 on track to look over shaft etc. began by W.B. 15000 around and located worksite shaft full of water looked over part of cloin - departed about 1600 stopped at C summit and cut some more pipe 2” by 1 1/4” this brings total of pipe acquired to 150’ 2” & 70’ 1 1/4”. The book is in good condition. A sizeable chunk of the pages in the book have detached from the spine but remain gathered together. Here are a sampling of entries: “24 July. 0910 up finally feel like warmed over death and definitely have a pretty good cold. Woke up at usual 0645 heard the rain sprinkling so dared to close my eyes again all of a sudden its past get up time. As one might expect it is overcast and pleasantly cool. The sun is trying its hardest to break through and it just may accomplish that in a couple of hours. It is now 0937 Ronald is headed to the Creek Cleary to work pans for breakfast. John is still in the tent sleeping. The mosquitos are not too active this morning - ok with me - Ronald is doing the breakfast of hash & bread with peanut butter. John is finally up - 1010 all done eating - inal cup of coffee before we get to work. 1125 - Holde dewatered Rain is upon us beginning to steam shot tabs 1410 Shot hole steaming completed - Ronald & John to track to make some quick lunch. Holes are all 4 1/2’ deep will trag 1 70% cty for test shot with some luck this will do the trick most get with it - Rain has stopped we had to build a shelter near boiler to keep reasonably dry as an alternate load will see one of the 40% changes 4 1/2” made up this may do the job since Ronald’s discovery of Steaming”; “27 Sept. Data: 1700 Ronald down shaft to bail & muck; 1715 Bailing completed 8 buckets 60 = 68 buckets; 1735 Mucking completed 6 buckets; 1818 Me down shaft to steam shot holes; 1850 Up to fix pump; 1900 Down shaft to resume activities - steamed 8 holes around perimeter at bottom - decided to steam middle; 1942 began steaming point at 12-14”; 2115 Stop sight glass empty & 10 mins steam remaining.” Background: The Fairbanks mining district is a gold-mining area in the U.S. state of Alaska. Placer mining began near Fairbanks in July 1902 after Felix Pedro real name Felice Pedroni an Italian immigrant and Tom Gilmore discovered gold in the hills north of the Tanana and Chena Rivers in 1901. The district was and is a major producer of gold from both placer and lode deposits: placers have produced over 8 million troy ounces 250 tonnes of gold lodes have yielded over 4 million ounces.; Manuscript; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF ROY W FERRENBACH AOS MINING AND ENGINEERING FAIRBANKS MINING DISTRICT CORA GULCH MINING ENGINEERING GOLD MINING IN ALASKA STEAM-POWERED ENGINEERING MUCKING BAILING UNDERGROUND MINING HARD ROCK MINE EXPLORATORY MINING PRODUCTION OF GOLD RESOURCE ACQUISITION MINER FEASIBILITY STUDY MINE OPERATIONS LATE 19TH CENTURY ALASKA AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D’ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0009045

‎BRIAN CAMERON GOURLEY‎

‎1903 - 1906 PAIR 2 OF HANDWRITTEN EXCEPTIONALLY DETAILED JOURNAL AND LOG BOOKS DETAILING THE EXCITING LIFE AND WORK OF A YOUNG ROYAL NAVY OFFICER AND SHOWCASING HIS ABILITY TO DRAW INTRICATE DIAGRAMS MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS‎

‎ABOARD HMS JUPITER CAESAR DUNCAN ATLANTIC FLEET. Good. 1903. On offer are two extraordinary pieces of Naval history and life in the British Royal Navy in the early 20th Century. Two intricately detailed and graphic log books books from a midshipman who served on the HMS Jupiter Caesar and Duncan. Across the two large hardcover books the midshipman Brian Cameron Gourley records information both technical technical nautical observations as well as various remarks each day. These two books represent a comprehensive and thoroughly fascinating look at the life of a British midshipman at the turn of the century as well as including drawings diagrams and maps drawn in an expert hand that give the reader a more complete understanding of the technical aspects of working on a battleship at the turn of the 20th century. LOG BOOK #1 records events and information across three ships: the H.M.S. Jupiter from September 15 1903 to December 8 1904 around 160 pages of entries the H.M.S. Caesar February 6 1905 to March 6 1905 around 10 pages and the H.M.S. Duncan from March 7 1905 to May 14 1905 around 18 pages. On the Jupiter the ships calls in at a number of ports starting in Scarborough in North Yorkshire St. Andrews Portland sailing to Gibraltar Catalan Bay Lisbon Palma Majorca and back to Scotland with many more ports in between. At Sea the crew does Battle Practices lands field guns and troops for drills exercised Man and Arms boats and does boat firing exercises and drills. There are also Inspections once from Rear Admiral Lambton refittings Training classes a Court Martial on board Joining up with Mediterranean fleet saving a Man who falls overboard plus lots about daily navy duties & maintenance aboard the ship. Each day contains the work done and a what time for the day. For example: On Wednesday November 25th 1903: “5:45 Hands cleaning ship. 8:15 Landed companies & marines. 9:00 Prayers. 1:00 Landing Party returned. 4:00 Evening Quarters.” The next day: “8:30 Lieut. Saurin discharged to ‘Aurora’ for passage to England. 8:45 Landed Marine markers. 9:10. Divisions & Prayers. 4:00 Evening Quarters.”; Saturday December 5th: “8:51 Stopped. 8:54 Came to with Port Bower. 12:29. Weighed - Proceeded at Full Speed. 1:26. Stopped Made fast to No. 1 Buoy. 4:00 Watch getting up Ammunition.” The book also has many many illustrations and lists done exceptionally well by Gourley himself. These really are extraordinary to behold both in their detail and the expertise with which they are drawn. In lists there is a “List of Allowance for one man for one day”; “List of Ships of Combined Mediterranean and Channel Battle Fleets and Cruiser Squadron present at Palma Majorca May 22 1904”; “List of Combined Squadrons of Battleships and Cruisers present at Mount's Bay July 30 1904;” There are also numerous maps such a map showing track chart of Channel Fleet 1903 a map of Gibraltar Bay a number of fold-out maps of England France Spain Portugal to Gibraltar tracking round trip. The drawings include two drawings of the showing damage in the Accident to H.M.S. Prince George a universal joint for steering connections the Arrangements for Towing and being towed a drawing of 24 inch Projector the section through screw propelle a drawing of Six Cell Test Battery and many many more. In the H.M.S. Caesar February 6 1905 to March 6 1905 the ship travels to Portsmouth Plymouth Vigo Spain Lagos Portugal Gibraltar Spithead and back to Portsmouth. The format is the same as when on the Jupiter. Nautical information Wind direction and speed weather the barometric pressure temperature and where the ship is located is recorded and then short remarks of work done and observations. There are also a few illustrations notably a map & Description of Battle Exercise Feb 15 1905. “The object of this P.Z. was to discover the advantage a fast small fleet has over a larger but slower squadron. To effect this the Atlantic Fleet was given 6 miles start and at 10 a.m. we were steaming 15 knots towards Burlings on a SE Co. being in the line abreast.” Then Gourley is on the H.M.S. Duncan From March 7 1905 to May 14 1905 where he calls in at the ports of Portsmouth Lamlash Berehaven Portland Dover and Yarmouth. The same format as the last two parts. Gourley writes of target practice Torpedo Drills a funeral party a preliminary gun layer's competition firing 6 rounds of lyddite high explosive from 6 inch guns at "Bills Rocks" mining torpedo training classes plus lots about daily navy duties & maintenance aboard the H.M.S. Duncan. Illustrations by Gourley include a drawing of Towing arrangements for HMS Duncan along with a full page and detailed description. The book is a large hardcover with marbled boards marbled end pages with Gold Gilt Title lettering in very good condition with around 188 pages with around 15 hand-coloured & black and white charts and technical diagrams illustrations and 7 maps as well as the detailed day-to-day diary entries of events on board. The Size is 12 3/4 inches by 8 3/4 inches. LOG BOOK #2 is from the period of May 15th 1905 to November 15 1906 and covers Gourley’s time on the ships H.M.S. Duncan & H.M.S. Caesar. It is in a slightly different format than the preceding book. Instead of the nautical information Wind weather temperature Port of call etc. and the remarks being next to each other this book contains two pages in the beginning of a month for these observations as well as a single line for “Remarks”. The pages that follow are where Gourley writes his day to day observations and work. They tend to be longer and more detailed than the remarks in the previous book. For example: “Wednesday July 3rd. Exercised General Drill. Clear ship for Aelion. Out nets & replaced gear. Then at Sheet anchor being second ship in this evolution. We did comparatively well in the drill today. Comdr. Woolcombe left ship on promotion. All boats away sailing in the afternoon there being quite a fair breeze. Boom defences were placed across all the entrances all night several picket-boats being outside to warn off merchant steamers.”; “Sunday July 9. 8:10 Hannibal left for Portsmouth to pay off. Landed usual Church Parties. 10:30 Held Divine Service after Quarters rose Anchor gear & Prepared for Sea. 7:10 Lieut. Hamilton Gordon joined ship.”; “Tuesday July 13. 7:00 Anchored. 7:30 Weighed & proceeded out of harbor for annual gun layer's competitions. When we got to targets we hoisted out both picket-boats & the sailing pinnacle and lowered line cutters all for repairing purposes. The sail of the target was changed each run which caused less delay than patching when the sail is hoisted. At 10:00 the Inspector of ___ Rear Admiral Scott Came on board. 10:30 Commenced the competition. The 6” guns got off 6 7 or 8 shots each. Gourley is on board the H.M.S. Duncan from May 15 1905 to November 30 1905 around 75 pages and then on board the H.M.S. Caesar December 5 1905 to November 15 1906 around 115 pages. There are more illustrations in this book as well. Including drawings of ships top and side views a drawing of “3 PDR Steel Shell Torpedo” “Firing Valves and Leads for 18 inch Broadside Submerged Tube” and many more. There are maps of Spain Bantry Bay Lundy Island the Cruises HMS Ships Jupiter Duncan Caesar on the Coastline of Europe & Northern Africa and more. This logbook is a large hardcover with marbled boards marbled end pages with GoldGilt Title lettering in very good condition with around 190 pages with around 13 hand-coloured & black and white charts and technical diagrams illustrations and maps. Size is 12 3/4 inches by 8 1/2 inches. Background: Brian Cameron Gourley born: 21 October 1887 died: unknown was an officer in the Royal Navy. Spotted three months seniority on passing out of Britannia Gourley's first appointments were to battleships starting with Jupiter of the Channel Fleet on 15 September 1903. Cæsar Duncan and Caesar again in the Atlantic Fleet followed ending in January 1907 at which time he began training at Whale Island. Gourley was then appointed to Orion additional for the destroyer Stag on 16 April 1908. Promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 December 1908. Gourley was appointed in command of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 7 on 3 August 1914 having recently spent three months at the barracks at Pembroke. He would command T.B. 7 alongside other units of the Nore Local Defence Flotilla until being appointed to the patrol boat P20 on 15 July 1916 to take command upon her commissioning. Gourley was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 December 1916. At some point in 1917 Gourley was appointed in command of Victor but on 20 September 1917 he moved again this time to command the "M" Class destroyer Menace. He remained with her until he was appointed in command of the destroyer Seabear on 14 August 1918. On 9 September 1919 Gourley was appointed in command of the destroyer Verity.Gourley was placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of Commander on 15 October 1929. Mobilised in September 1938 Gourley was made Naval Officer in Charge Sunderland on 29 August 1939. In late 1942 he was appointed to the shore establishment H.M.S. Trelawney likely in support of minelaying operations. On 3 November 1943 he was placed in command of the base vice Hamilton being given the acting rank of Captain while holding the appointment. Gourley reverted to the Retired List in September 1945.; Manuscript; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF BRIAN CAMERON GOURLEY HMS JUPITER HMS CAESAR HMS DUNCAN BRITISH ROYAL NAVY IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY ROYAL NAVY MIDSHIPMAN ATLANTIC FLEET CHANNEL FLEET MAJESTIC CLASS PRE DREADNOUGHT BATTLESHIP CRUISER SQUADRON PRE WW1 BRITISH NAVY BATTLESHIP DRILLS AND EXERCISES LIFE ON A 1900s BATTLESHIP BRITANNICA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D’ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0009050

‎R H COBB‎

‎1946 - 1947 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MIDSHIPMAN JOURNAL OF A SAILOR ON THREE DIFFERENT SHIPS PATROLLING BRITISH WATERS ESCORTING THE ROYAL FAMILY TO SOUTH AFRICA AND EXPERTLY DRAWING PORTRAITS MAPS AND NAVAL DIAGRAMS‎

‎ABOARD THE H.M.S. NELSON VANGUARD AND ANSON. Good. 1946. On offer is the exceptional post WW2 “Journal For The Use Of Midshipman” kept by a man in the Royal Navy named R.H. Cobb. The journal was kept from 1946 to 1947 and includes his time on three different ships the ‘H.M.S. Nelson’ the ‘H.M.S. Vanguard’ and the ‘H.M.S. Anson’. The journal contains detailed entries for most days beginning on October 2 1946 with Cobb’s time on the ‘Nelson’ and going until May 31 1947 when he is on the ‘Anson’. Each entry is roughly a page long though many go longer and a small few are short and concise. Unlike many other log books the entries are not divided much by specific times. They have a very narrative feel to them describing drills races activities and unusual observations at length. Cobb is an excellent writer describing his life in an adept and interesting way throughout the book. However on one entry December 15th his commanding officer seems to have written: “Your freehand version of a journal is poor. Your descriptions of Gibraltar would be excellent if you took more care and trouble to write and to punctuate”. As Cobb explains in the beginning entry the H.M.S. Nelson was the flagship of the Royal Navy’s Training Battleship Squadron stationed in Portland England so the ship takes part in numerous training exercises with other ships such as the H.M.S. Howe Anson Saintes King George V and many more. At the end of November Cobb joins the H.M.S. Vanguard as it sails to South Africa. The ship was to serve as part of the squadron of ships that accompanied King George VI for the first visit by a reigning monarch to South Africa. The ship leaves its port in Portsmouth sails to Gibraltar then on to South Africa. There are tremendous entries of descriptions of sailing with a huge squadron of ships accompanying the monarch on this symbolic trip. As well the Royal Family is on the ship though they are do not interact with Cobb. The ship returns to Portland England and in July Cobb joins the H.M.S. Anson. The ship remains in British waters doing many training drills repairs and peacetime upkeep. Cobb still writes very well and a number of important things occur: a tragic death soon after he joins the ship and the changing of the Rear Admiral of the ship are probably the most significant. At the very end of the book there is a section entitled “Winding up of Journal: In Retrospect” which retells the major points of Cobb’s last year on all three ships. What makes this book so very special besides Cobb being an excellent witness to the post WW2 life on a Naval ship are the beautiful and elegantly drawn diagrams portraits maps schematics and more that Cobb seems to have drawn himself and inserted into the book. Included are: excellent pencil drawings of important political figures Vyacheslav Molotov Winston Churchill General Jan Smuts and King George VI with a quote or description included; Drawings of ships and their internal mechanisms titled things such as “H.M.S. Vanguard off Eldorado Bay” “; Schematics maps training maneuvers and diagrams such as “Various Radar Serials” “Voyage from Cape Town to Simon's Bay and Away” “The Arrangement of Main and Auxiliary Machinery in H.M.S. Vanguard” “Main Wire in ‘Anson’” “The Royal Procession through Lines of the Fleet” one of only in colour and many more. There are probably two dozen of these drawings diagrams and portraits. The skill involved in them in exceptional and a true treat for the buyer of an already exceptional midshipman journal. One photograph of the H.M.S. Nelson is also included. The book is in very good condition showing little wear on either the inside pages or outside cover. There are 191 pages of writing in the book always on the recto side never on the verso as the pen used bleeds through a good bit on the other side. Cobb’s handwriting is easy to comprehend and his style is a joy to read. This is a fantastic document of post-war Royal Navy life as well as a first hand account of the first Royal trip to South Africa. There is so much more included in these pages as well. the size of the book is 34 x 21 cm. Sample Entries: “H.M.S. Nelson. At Portland. October 3 1946. Repaired on board my first ship H.M.S. Nelson under the Command of Captain. C. Caston. Nelson has taken up her peacetime role of flagship of the Trainer’s Battleships H.M.S. Nelson Howe and Anson and flies the flag of Rear Admiral H. Hickling. H.M.S. Nelson was built by Wicker Armstrong and designed by Sir. E Tennyson D'Eyncourt; it is interesting that more attention was paid to constructing than tactical principles.In the 1939-45 War Nelson was twice severely damaged. The first occasion was in Loch Ewe in 1940 when she detonated a magnetic mine putting her out of action for several months; the second in 1941 when a torpedo from an italian aeroplane hit her and prevented her from resuming her duties with the fleet until the N. African Landings in 1943.”; “October 6th. On Saturday we were occupied till 11 with drill and flag duties. That afternoon I was invited to take a whaler away for a sailing race with the Howe. This allowed me about two hours in which to collect a crew from the Special Service Seaman under training and to ____ all the gear needed for the race.Before we set out I noticed we had no trails but we had delayed long enough and could not afford to spend another half hour searching for the trails. We devised another most unorthodox system for trailing up for which three hands were required. They gathered up the foot of the sail the wind having been previously split and after we had warned we set mainsail with due reverence.and so ended what should have been a most instructive afternoon for the crew especially as weather conditions were far from admirable.”; “Nov. 19. The Training Battleship Squadron went to Sea today with the Home Fleet and rehearsed the maneuvers that will be done at the Beginning of February with H.M.S. Vanguard on settling out for the Royal Town of South Africa. It was a most impressive sight when you could see the ships but there was a rather low lying and thick fog and ships were partly obscured.King George V left us after the maneuvers and went to Plymouth for an extensive refit. The Duke of York is coming here in her place and will fly the admiral flag.”; “February 17 1947. We brought the Royal Family to Cape Town after having enjoyed their companionship one might almost say so friendly and hospitable were they during the seventeen day voyage to the Cape. .In the foreground there must have been ten thousand people sitting on the tiers of benches which ___ the route which the King it had been planned would take. Apparently many of the spectators had waited there all night so as to make sure of their seats. Despite their long wait they all looked cheerful and very gay in their wildly colored costumes which provided as much variety as did the flags.We manned ship from 0940 till the Royal Family drove away. After the King had inspected the guard of honor on the quarterdeck the Royal Family said goodbye to the Captain and a few more officers before they walked slowly down the Royal bow at the bottom o f which they were met by the Governor General and Field Marshall.After some important people had been presented to the King and Queen the Royal Family departed driving down the streets of Cape Town which cried with cheering crowds thrilled and conscious of the importance of the event.”; “As midshipmen we have all learned a good deal and when I say that I do not mean technical knowledge so much but experience. All of us agree we have been luckier than most midshipmen and certainly more fortunate than ____ are likely to be for the next few years.”; Manuscript; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF R. H. COBB JOURNAL FOR THE USE OF MIDSHIPMAN H.M.S. NELSON H.M.S. VANGUARD H.M.S. ANSON ROYAL NAVY TRAINING BATTLESHIP SQUADRON PORTLAND PORTSMOUTH ENGLAND WWII SOUTHERN AFRICA CAPE OF GOOD HOPE UNITED KINGDOM POST WORLD WAR TWO ROYAL FAMILY TRIP TO SOUTH AFRICA CAPE TOWN LIFE OF A MIDSHIPMAN POST WWII NAVY WINSTON CHURCHILL KING GEORGE VI GENERAL JAN SMUTS BRITANNICA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0009082

‎EDWIN GILBERT‎

‎EARLY 20TH CENTURY RELIC OF A TOWN AND FAMILY BEING A SCRAPBOOK OF NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS LETTERS AND DRAWINGS PERTAINING TO THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE GILBERT FAMILY IN CHESTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA‎

‎CHESTER COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA PA. Fair. 1925. On offer is a unique and interesting book from the early part of the 20th century. The book is a combination of a student’s mathematics notebook pages full of drawings and doodles and a scrapbook of newspaper clippings letters and ephemera relating to the author’s hometown of Chester Pennsylvania and his family. The book seems to have been put together by a man by the name of Edwin Gilbert. There are references to him in newspaper clippings and letters pasted in the book. The book seems to be a tribute to his family and their life in Chester County Pennsylvania. The newspaper articles and clippings present a wide variety of topics throughout a number of years as early as 1908 and as late as 1942 with most of the dates centering around the 1920s. The clippings include articles about Gilbert family members and friends Sugartown Public School Association programs poems hymns and articles of general interest concerning Chester County Westchester and other areas of Eastern Pennsylvania that the Gilbert family concerned itself with. The book that the articles and everything is pasted on may have been the mathematics book of Edwin Gilbert when he went to school. There are 38 pages of math and possible surveying numbers visible and many many pages where the articles and clippings have been pasted over the mathematics pages. One page of the mathematics part refers to Willistown in Chester County Pa. likely from the 1800s or earlier. There are also 12 pages of pencil sketches of houses trees bridges fields cemeteries and other scenes as well as doodles of animals and smaller scenes. The book is approximately 120 pages in length and measures 8.5" x 13.25”. The cover is marbled paper over binder’s board and shows some wear and tear. The spine is more affected showing significant tearing and missing its bottom quarter. The pages are overall good showing some discoloration especially where they have come in contact with newspaper. The handwriting for the mathematics portion is in good condition with little fading or smudging. Many if not most of the pages have detached from the binding. This is an excellent original early family and town town genealogy. Overall: Fair.; Manuscript; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; KEYWORD: HISTORY OF CHESTER COUNTY WESTCHESTER PENNSYLVANIA GILBERT FAMILY EDWIN GILBERT FAMILY GENEALOGY TOWN SCRAPBOOK SUGARTOWN PUBLIC SCHOOL ASSOCIATION EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA WORLD WAR 1 ERA INTERWAR PERIOD MATHEMATICS BOOK DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL PERSONAL HISTORY FIRST HAND ACCOUNT FIRST PERSON ACCOUNT AMERICANA HAND . unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0009120

‎CARLOS WILHEM WIEBER‎

‎1909 ORIGINAL PAIR 2 OF SUPER TRAVEL JOURNALS HANDWRITTEN BY A 14 YEAR OLD BOY WHO WOULD ONE DAY REMAKE THE TRIP AS COMMANDER OF THE USS ESSEX TO BECOME THE HERO OF THE BATTLE OF LEYTE AND WINNER OF THE NAVY CROSS‎

‎AT SEA. Good. 1909. On offer is a super 2-volume diary of a young boy who would go on to play a leading role in one of the largest naval battles in World War II. Written in a very legible hand the diary of 14 year old Carlos Wilhelm Wieber later Rear Admiral Wieber is a detailed 113-page description of a 1909 cruise with his parents from Manila to Europe via Japan China southeast Asia and the Middle East. It is an utterly fascinating read too as this is an unusual glimpse into the early life of one who would 34 years later return to Philippine waters as commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Essex. Under his command Essex played a pivotal role in the Battle of Leyte Gulf winning him the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism in combat. Wieber's day-to-day descriptions offer an intimate look into the life and times of well-off and/or well placed members of American and European society. Replete with observations on people he saw or met places visited and experiences this is a 14 year old boy's clear-eyed account of all he encountered. The books are in excellent condition the handwriting clear and legible with grammar and language that belies the youth of the writer. Included is a newspaper clipping from the Singapore Free Press dated November 25 1909 recounting the arrival of his ship the steamer Prinzess Alice which many had given up for lost in a typhoon. The reverse of the large clipping has snippets of information from 'Help Wanted' and commercial items. Business cards for Chinese guides in Canton include one with a recommendation from HRH the Duke of Connaught Queen Victoria's grandson. There is an undated but likely WWII photograph of Wieber with 2 other officers beside a bomber. There is also a watercolour postcard of a cruise ship of the Nord Deutsher Lloyd line - a large German shipping line that later became today's Hapag-Lloyd AG. Taken together this is a fascinating glimpse into a world that was soon to change irrevocably. Overall G.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF CARLOS WILHEM WIEBER RADM HAPAG- CARLOS WILHEM WIEBER USS ESSEX BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF PRINZESS ALICE HRH DUKE OF CONNAUGHT LLOYD AG WWII WW2 NAVAL NAUTICAL MARINE TRAVEL DIARIES MEN'S STUDIES AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D’ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0009189

‎FRED ALEXANDER, ROY PINEGAR‎

‎1910 ORIGINAL UNIQUE MANUSCRIPT DIARY HAND WRITTEN BY A PAIR OF ENGAGING YOUNG MEN HOBOING THEIR WAY ACROSS AMERICA GOING FROM ONE ADVENTURE AND ESCAPADE TO ANOTHER‎

‎COLORADO TO BROOKLYN BY RAIL. Good. 1910. On offer is a most unusual and utterly unique original 1910 manuscript diary detailing the adventures escapades and lifestyle of Fred Alexander and Roy Pinegar two young American men likely in their 20s who live as hobos travelling across the United States. Researchers and historians will find a trove of many first-hand accounts of unique experiences of a group of people unarguably a cultural phenomenon who existed on the fringes and in the shadows of normal life. To the Romantic this is a classic example of the 'quest theme' in literature referencing the cities and towns they wander too and through. And it is a thoroughly American experience part of the fabric of American life. Today it is a way of life that has for all intents and purposes vanished. Contrary to common opinion hobos were not simply aimless drifters. There was a hierarchy - hobos were men who travelled to find work essentially migrant workers; tramps worked if they were forced to and at the bottom of the scale were 'bums' who simply refused to work. The term originated in the western United States around 1890. The origins of the term itself are uncertain. By 1911 it was estimated that there were more than 700000 hobos travelling the railways and roads of America. The United States was experiencing a depression in 1910-11 which forced many men to travel seeking work. The life of a hobo was far from the romantic image presented in early silent movies or books. Hobos were exposed to serious risks of injury and ill-health often hungry poorly clothed and exposed to the elements. They faced violence from railway workers and distrust and hostility in many towns. This is the world that these two young men entered as they leave Denver CO heading to New York City. It is a trip full of adventures and escapades. Fred seems to be the recorder of their experiences. The ledger style journal is inscribed as found this book in Lamar Hotel Quincy IL the book had some pages both at the front and back torn out the remaining ledger pages repurposed as a journal. The pages are numbered and entry dates are noted: Left Denver on 9/19 - 10 On Cushions passenger train. Had a good time on train and arrived at Kansas City Missouri. Got a room at McGee St. ate in World Restaurant & went to Kansas City Kansas on 9/21. Staid all morning. Went to show at Empress Theatre and left K.C. on 9/22 arrived in Moberly Illinois at 1:30 P.M. Played pool and hung around the park all afternoon. Left Moberly at 8:30 P.M. on cushions . Arrived at Quincy at 12:30 P.M.on the morning of 9/23. p 21 In Quincy they seek out and find work. Fred is not happy with his 10 hour daily shifts in the steel foundry where he is working so he quits. However he can't find another job. Roy has changed jobs and as luck would have it is working in the freight yards. In nearby Fowler they have friends and family Spare time is spent hanging around with other people especially girls in local parks or downtown. They are back and forth between Fowler and Quincy where they work odd jobs. Eventually they decide to keep on moving towards family in Schenectady NY. They send their bags ahead to St. Louis and on Oct 3rd they are on their way again: Hate to leave Fowler had a good time there; the girls. Visited Uncle Fred's store in Fowler. Arrived in Quincy and it is raining like H.Got a room at 3rd and Vermont 2nd floor and took it for a week. Left our grips in the room and walked to the Post Office. Only 1 letter from the folks and from Dutch . pp 27-8 St. Louis is not as promising as it seemed and work is scarce. The work they do find is hard physical labour. In short order they are looking to move on: . came up to room. Played mouth harp and sang & talked then retired. Think we will ship our suit cases to Brooklyn Sat. afternoon unless we hear from Schenectady NY and then we will ship them to Albany. We intend to leave Saturday night. . Pin quit his job but he can't get his money til 5:00 tomorrow aft. Will keep us going some to get money and make 6:00 train .I walked over to & Palm sts to get my overalls and someone stole them. We walked back to the depot and went into yards to see how we would make the 24 hour New Yorker out of here. Think it will be easy to make but hard to get up to Engine as they don't watch it but there are so many ark lights it is awful bright. . Then took suit cases to Express Co and shipped them to Brooklyn . pp 37-9 He also notes: This book along with them his suitcases Can't write any more until we reach Brooklyn & get our suit cases out. p 39 Page 40 opens with them in Brooklyn. What Fred does is he then records his experiences from memory of the trip. And what a trip!. They hopped an east-bound train and hid in the space between the engine and baggage car - called a 'blind'. Out of town they climbed to the roof of the car and rode for 100 miles to a town called Effingham. In the yards they were caught by railroad police or 'bulls': . a railroad bull saw us and told us to come down off of there and as we would rather walk or climb down than be shot down we climbed down . p40 Over the next few hours they played a cat and mouse game with the bull including a chase through town. Eventually they eluded him and caught a night train leaving town: Ran quite a risk as it was going pretty good. . p 41 Eventually they reached Indianapolis and the train stopped with them right in front of the depot building. Eventually they were discovered: Just then a car inspector came up with a torch & saw us. I frowned at him and shook my head in a plea to not give us away. And he sure was a good fellow as he not only didn't give us away but closed the trap door and told us to close the top door. We did & were then pretty safe as the only way anyone could get in was thru the coach end. And it wasn't very likely that anyone would come thru there. Well we rode all night and ½ the next day and rode that same train a distance of 400 miles making a total of 500 miles in one night. Not so bad eh!. p 44 On another occasion he was nearly yanked off a moving train by a pursuing 'bull' but managed to hang on and escape. Coming in to Altoona his luck changed: as the train stopped we jumped right into the arms of a Rail Road Bull. He had an awful big pistol that he stuck in our faces and said "don't you run - halt." And as we didn't want the top of our heads blew off we didn't run. Guess we could have knocked the Devil out of him if he would only put away that big smoke-wagon gun but he didn't put it away until he had us handcuffed. He took us up 2 or 3 blocks to the City jail & there he locked us up. There was a bunch of fellows in there for the same thing as we were and we sure raised the dickens. We sang & hollered all night & almost all of the next day. Until the Detective came and got us and took us up to the Alderman for a hearing. The Alderman he wanted to know where we came from and then said being as we were a long way from home he would be lenient and give us 20 days apiece in the Hollidaysberg jail or a fine of $10.00 & costs. Wasn't he kind. Well we paid the fine and the handcuffs were taken off and we were free . pp48-9 And so it goes - one adventure after another until they arrive in Brooklyn. In November of 1910 Fred and Roy both started working at General Electric. Measuring 7.5 inches by 4.5 inches this journal has 146 pages and is approximately 90% complete. The cover is intact. The first 20 pages have been torn out as well as 43 pages at the back. The remaining 146 are complete. A few of these pages have separated from the binding and are loose. All however are in good condition. The handwriting is legible.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF HOBO; HOBO'S IN AMERICA; AMERICAN RAILROADS; FRED ALEXANDER ROY PINEGAR VAGRANTS VAGRANCY RIDING THE RAILS HOPPING TRAINS BULLS MIGRANT WORKERS TRAMPS ECONOMIC TRAVELERS BUMS HOMELESS DRIFTERS DEPRESSION OF 1910 DENVER COLORADO AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0002591

‎HA SOMMER H A‎

‎1909 ORIGINAL SUPERB EVENTFUL WORLD CRUISE DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A LOS ANGELES MAN WHO DOES A SUPERIOR JOB DETAILING ALL HE SEES‎

‎ASEA ABOARD THE S.S. CHINA. Good. 1909. On offer is a sensational original manuscript travel diary providing a very detailed description of an eventful round-the-world cruise taken in 1909 hand written by a California man with a keen eye for observation and a gift for description. The 7 x 4 inch book has 200 pages or so and is a little more than half filled and commences June 14 to September 7th ending abruptly upon leaving Naples. The author H.A. Sommer and his wife Milly left their home in Los Angeles and travelled by train to San Francisco where they spend some time touring. He comments on the ruins of City Hall and the Courthouse and the destruction caused by the great earthquake of 1906. 'We also viewed the Ruins of the City Hall and Courthouse from the last great Earthquake a horrible sight. Form this we can obtain a slight Idea of what the terrible destruction must have been.' June 14 They then board the Steam Ship China for their journey to Asia. Their first major stop is Hawaii and his notes are very descriptive ranging from Japanese warships in the harbor to architecture and the local people. 'The whole city of Honolulu is a Dreamland it lacks word to describe its climate is perfect all year round never above 84o and seldom below 70o. As we rode back and forward on the street we noticed every Residence large or small was surrounded by a large variety of flowers and trees.' June 23 En route there are two deaths one described as a suicide by a crew member and another of a steerage passenger who died of illness. He describes the burial at sea. 'This morning we got up early to see the burial of the dead Japanese . no one appeared except Milly myself and another Gentleman the corpse was sewed in the Canvas and heavy leaden weights attached to it resting on a board at the stroke of 4 bells 6 o'clock the Captain appeared Bible in hand the first officer being already on deck. The Captain ordered the Engines to be stopped and he after every one present uncovered their heads proceeded to read out of the Bible. The two Quartermasters stepped forward took hold of the American flag which covered the dead body the pushed it forward then a couple of Sailors lifted the rear End and the body slowly gliding forward dropped in the Sea and all was over. June 29 He devotes a number of pages to their stop in Japan and his descriptions are rich in detail: A clear morning after breakfast we had our baggage taken ashore as our boat made fast we noticed some little Jap's- having red Caps on their heads looking much like dressed up monkeys they took hold of all baggage carried it to the customs house. June 6 everything is very tiny small houses People Streets and Street Cars narrow and crooked street what gives them an ancient appearance. Houses are built close together with tile roofs. People in general are quiet and modest. p. 26. Their voyage continues on via China Hong Kong Singapore Ceylon Egypt Arabia and The Holy Land including Jerusalem Jaffa. The same rich descriptions continue. The diary ends abruptly on Sept 7th as they are making passage from Naples to Genoa. There is no hint as to reason and the reader can only speculate. On the following pages p 106-107 there is an entry by one Mitchell Jon Cremin dated Feb 24th 1964. Context suggests this was a boy as he took it to his school. He said that he found the journal in an old house. Cremin says: He meaning Sommer rote about his wife wen she dide on the ship p. 107 However there is no way to verify this. For a historian this is an outstanding collection of observations and descriptions of life in many parts of the world from a time long past. Whether a historian a researcher into cultural differences or simply one who enjoys the rich tapestry of people and nations of that time that move across these pages this journal is a gem. The journal is in good condition and all pages are intact. ; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF TRAVEL JOURNAL HA SOMMER SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE HAWAII SANDWICH ISLANDS CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE WORLD MITCHELL JON CREMIN STEAM SHIP CHINA JAPAN BURIAL AT SEA SUICIDE ABOARD SHIP STEAM SHIP CHINA SS CHINA AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0007007

‎DOROTHEA H ENSOR‎

‎1933 - 1961 ORIGINAL GROUP OF FOUR 4 ORIGINAL 5-YR DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A TEENAGE TO MIDDLE AGE MARYLAND WOMAN‎

‎BALTIMORE MARYLAND. Good. 1933. On offer is a super collection of original manuscript diaries spanning 35 years handwritten by a Baltimore Maryland woman who over four 4 five-year diaries provides a fascinating well detailed description of this all-American girl's evolution from teenager and student to young married woman and new mother through to middle aged matron. The diaries belong to Dorothea H. Ensor. She was born in 1915 and passed away in 2004. The diaries begin when Ensor is 16 years old. This first volume covers the balance of her teenage years up until she was 21. The entries are fill of the events and coming and goings of a typical teenager:. I am scared. Feb 11 1932 Dr. Robertson of Goucher talked at assembly. We had a terrible Math test. I went to writers Club Miss Harrison has it now. She's so much better than Miss Ditty . Mar 1 1933 From context it appears that after high school graduation she attended Groucher College. Groucher College today is a well-recognized post-secondary institution included on the list of U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most 2017-2018 Fulbright U.S. Students. Played basketball with Lawrence in the garage. I haven't done any lessons yet. I'll have to get busy. I washed my hair today. I'm still very injured about that history paper Apr 8 1933 She notes the 1933 major earthquake that struck Log Branch CA killing over 100 people: There was a big earthquake in Los Angeles. Frank sent us a telegram that they are all right . Mar 12 1932 Her entries in the following years at Groucher College contain comments about classes and activities I worked on one drawing all morning. Its terrible. Martha says she is going to ask lots of questions when I give my report. She makes me mad. I brought all my papers home. Apr 29 1936 The second diary takes her through the war years of WWII. In the intervening 5 years she has gotten married. Repeated references to the war show up: Air planes raided Japan yesterday . Apr 119 1942 A reference to the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo I went to get my sugar ration books. Only took 15 minutes. They took out only one stamp. In 1st aid class we had transportation of victims and more artificial respiration . May 6 1942 Today is D-Day! The Allies invaded Normandy in France. They are advancing according to plans. I worked at hospital on 3S. Exciting radio all evening. The President prayed. June 6 1944 Truman announced at 7:00 P.M. that Japan had surrendered unconditionally . Aug 14 1945 Entries show her working keeping her home and maintaining a life during the war. Her husband was never enrolled apparently in the armed forces working instead in civilian production. The third diary covers the years 1952 through 1956 when she is age 36-41. It is very much concerned with domestic matters and her social life: Went to the 20th Reunion Lunch of Western - 1933 at park Plaza and helped collect money. 180 came. Fun. Ris and I went to tea dance at Mt. Wash. Club and then to a tripoli party at the Andersons.Mrs. Cole sent the Civic League money. May 24 1953 Worked around house preparing for dinner and went out to store a little while. Had Goldman's to dinner - roast beef cantaloupe & ice cream. Played records. The fourth diary covers the time period of 1962 until 1966when she is 46 to 51 years old. It concerns again mostly domestic and social activities. In the intervening 5 years it appears that she has had a daughter Ruth. I got a permanent while Ris stayed with Ruth. Ris and I went to the Baltimore Symphony Pops concert. And to Yorkshire to dinner. Mrs. Moore stayed with Ruth. Mar 10 1962 I washed clothes and worked here. Ruth went to orthodontist and came home with Ris. I went to College Club for a Citizens Grp and introduced Hugh Monaghan who spoke on Wills & Estates Nov 2 1965 This is an outstanding group of diaries. It offers an unparalleled longitudinal study of the role of women in mid-century America. Over a 35 year period it chronicles the life and times of an American woman as she grows up goes to college gets married and raises her family in mid-20th century America. For a researcher into women's studies it is a goldmine of information. A social historian will see the changing of American life directly through this woman's eyes as the years slide by.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF DOROTHEA H. ENSOR; BALTIMORE MARYLAND; WOMEN IN MID-20TH CENTURY AMERICA; GROUCHER COLLEGE; DOOLITTLE RAID; D-DAY; VJ-DAY; FULLBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIP GENDER STUDIES WOMEN'S STUDIES TOWSON AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0007009

‎VIRGINIA MONTGOMERY‎

‎1923 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG AMERICAN WOMAN ON A EUROPEAN TOUR AND MAYHAPS AN INNOCENT ABROAD OR EARLY VERSION OF AN 'UGLY' STEREOTYPE‎

‎ASEA ABOARD THE S.S. MONGOLIA EUROPE. Good. 1923. On offer is a fascinating original manuscript travel journal of a young woman's ocean cruise from New York to Europe and a month-long tour of the continent. What makes this journal particularly interesting for the reader should they be researchers or historians of America's post World War I ascendancy is the specific regard the author has for America's social construct in the era of the Roaring 20s. The author is Virginia L. Montgomery writes very well though with a certain air of haughtiness or arrogance to her writing as examples below will illustrate. In some respects it is an unabashed cry of American exceptionalism exemplifying the term 'Ugly American'. In the 19th century Mark Twain wrote about The Innocents Abroad and perhaps it is no coincidence that Montgomery refers to herself and her 2 travelling companions as "the Innocents' " p. 8 Montgomery travels with her sister Maude and a girlfriend Vergue Criswell. They are referred to in the journal as M and V but are identified from the passenger manifest included within. From the very limited information available about Criswell we may suppose that they are in their mid-to-late 20's and living in the Providence RI area. In her opening 'Introduction' she maintains that they will have a right to "crow over our less fortunate neighbours". In the 2nd paragraph she states "There is more Tradition behind the rising curtain of civilization in America than in any other country in the world. . Was there not more Tradition in the valiant little band of Pilgrims . than in the mighty efforts of Alexander.' She ends the Introduction with this exclamation: Tradition backed by the principles of right and justice has made America the greatest country in the world. No wonder it will be hard to judge Europe by American eyes and morals. And so the perspective of this journal is cast. She describes in detail their journey across the Atlantic on board S.S. Mongolia. Their descriptions are colourful and include a significant amount of commentary not flattering about crew and other passengers. Our especial cabin steward a little sawed off wizened she-man named Pierre or Harry was most solicitous. p. 6 The Captain appeared today and I wasn't particularly impressed. So did the ship's doctor a broken down rummy effect and the purser a sissy looking fellow as full of conceit as the ocean is swells. Germans and English! Ye Gods What a mixture! Thank God I was born in America! With the American complex p. 13 Although her language gets rather florid in many places her descriptions of countryside in Europe are quite colourful: The fields were a riot of color. Poppies added their crimson splashes to the gold of ripened wheat . p.26 Descriptions of museums palaces cathedrals and other points of interest are well described and can leave the reader with a sense of what conditions were like there 5 years after the WWI. This is especially so when she describes the lingering destruction from that conflict. From mid-July through mid-Aug their travels took them through France Switzerland Germany Belgium The Netherlands and finally England. The exact itinerary is included in the handwritten notes. A historian would find this an excellent first-hand account of sights and scenes in the immediate postwar years. It also gives an insight into one particular aspect of the American character especially vis-avis new or unusual people incidents or experiences. There is a typed transcription secured in a 2-ring binder. The handwritten notes are 8" by 5 inches and secured by a lace. They number 142 handwritten pages. The typed notes are secured in a hard cover 2-ring binder and amount to 85 pages. The journal is in good condition although the spine is cracked. Most pages are completely attached. The pages are 100% complete.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF VIRGINIA MONTGOMERY; MAUDE MONTGOMERY; VERGUE CRISSWELL; S.S. MONGOLIA; POST WWI EUROPE; TRAVELLING THROUGH EUROPE ROARING 20S ROARING TWENTIES AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM AMERICAN ASCENDANCY ON THE WORLD STAGE POST WWI UGLY AMERICAN INNOCENTS ABROAD AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0007012

‎LOUISE BLACK‎

‎1920 ORIGINAL UPSTATE NEW YORK FARM DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A HARD WORKING ALL AMERICAN GIRL‎

‎WATKINS GLEN; ITHACA; SYRACUSE; ROCHESTER NEW YORK. Good. 1920. On offer is a detailed journal of life on a farm in upstate New York following WWI. Louise Black is the author of this journal who does a super job detailing the life and times of she her family and local events and talk. Although her name does not appear to be mentioned within there is a receipt made out to her tucked into the journal. The journal recounts the day-to-day experiences and events on a farm in upstate New York in the Ithaca NY and Watkins Glen NY area between June 1920 and June 1922. There are references in the journal to Rochester Ithaca Watkins Glen and Syracuse all in western upstate New York. The farm is a mixed-farm operation with cattle and crops such as corn wheat and alfalfa fruits and vegetables. Most of the entries revolve around its operations: 'Fred and Warner made new stanchions for the Guernseys others have been working on the four acres ready to plant - for corn. L the author who refers to herself throughout in the 3rd person had green peas for dinner yesterday and cooked some for tomorrow . vegetation growing abound July 10 1920 . Mr. Simpson here to set cabbage so Walden tried the tractor too wet so they pulled stumps cleared the fields . fellows picked cherries in p.m. L washed a calico skirt starched a bonnet that was washed last fall . June 23 1921 She has many visitors both family and friends. Those visits often include local gossip. Many mentions are made of births illnesses and deaths. Bad accident in stables last night . Feb 3 1922 . Libbi bad with asthma . Feb 5 1922 This journal is absolutely filled with the daily minutiae of farm life. For a historian or researcher it provides a wealth of information about farm operations in the early 20th century and the social environment that these people lived in. It also provides an in-depth look at the life of a rural woman at this time and would be a valuable reference for Women's Studies programs. This journal is a top bound undated notebook. It measures 6.75 inches by 4.25 inches and contains approximately 300 pages. It is 100% complete. The hard cover is fabric -covered. The binding at the front of the cover has broken but all pages are intact. The handwriting is small neat and legible.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF LOUISE BLACK; WATKINS GLEN; ITHACA; SYRACUSE; ROCHESTER; RURAL LIFE IN UPSTATE NEW YORK EMPIRE STATE GENDER STUDIES WOMENS STUDIES ROARING 20S TWENTIES AMERICANA HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0007014

‎LD KOOP [?] L D‎

‎1945 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN AMERICAN ARMY OFFICER RESPONSIBLE FOR MANY OF THE COMFORTS ON A LIBERTY SHIP FOR THE RETURNING HEROES OF WWII AND THEIR GERMAN PRISONERS‎

‎FRANCE ENGLAND NORTH ATLANTIC. Good. 1945. On offer is a superb significant original World War II manuscript diary hand written from a very unique perspective of an American Army officer aboard the US "Victory Ship" SS Frederick Victory. Historians researchers and collectors alike will appreciate this diary as a rather rare look at the demobilization of US Troops after the war and a side of the war not much written about. And few will write with such frankness and spirit as our author. The officer L.D. Koop if the gilt stamped name on the book's cover is testament using a 1924 dated book with dates written over was in charge of the ships PX and Canteen and responsible for all provisions aboard ship. The diary details a great deal over the 200 pages of writings including rare entries regarding German prisoners of war and even caustic entries about America's allies: the Belgians are "dumb" the British troops looked sloppy and the "French just wanted the US to fight the war for them." He writes about the American soldiers officers even the chaplain. He discusses their morals and his opinions of the German prisoners of war. He also relates some fascinating stories concerning picking up troops in Antwerp; mentions many hiding animals they found on the battlefield in their duffle bags. The soldiers apparently drugged them and took them aboard ship. One officer even had a deer with him he found in the Black Forest. He mentions them carrying German POWs and German mines in the Atlantic. At one point his ship is almost blown apart by a mine and his descriptions of the remains of the towns and battle damage is very descriptive. Readers will get a palpable sense that they were done with the war and ready if not anxious to go home. Some of the entries are very critical of how operations were being run. Beginning July 15 1945 they depart from Pier 6 Bush Terminal Brooklyn and returned to Brooklyn on January 30 1946. Here are some snippets: July 15 1945 New York City. Reported aboard the "Fredrick Victory" 12:30 am ship departed from Pier 6 Bush Terminal at 7:25 am two hours spent within the harbor testing compasses. Weather rainy and sea fairly rough after leaving Harbor passed Sandy Hook at 11:am It was the last land sighted due to rain and fog prevailing. This ship is a really rough job- The Chaplain is the first man seasick at 2pm with two of the C.M. soon to join him. One of the crew told me this was a fairly calm day but the ship is still rolling at steep angles. So far I feel ok - I'm keeping my fingers crossed. We began to unpack some of my PX supplies and equipment including a brand new cash register- They certainly give you everything. We are traveling at quite a rate and average about 400 miles a day baring breakdown. Thought it would be a good idea to take photos on deck this afternoon but decided against it because of the disreputable appearance of all. The standard uniform is non existent here - Whatever you want but coming back will have to be a difficult story - Strictly G I ! July 17 1945 - The Atlantic The sea is calm today and it is actually hot. Good for sun bathing and I did take advantage of it. The water situation aboard will be rough I'm afraid as we have exceeded our quota for the past three days and if the destination is France as it probably will be we won't be able to pick up any additional water. The Chaplain is proving to be a source of amusement for all with his "droll remarks "He's over his seasickness now but we all predict it will return with the first rough day. The Master predicted that we will be back in port at New York by the 10th of August of not before I wonder July 201945- The Atlantic We were informed by radio today that our new destination is Antwerp Belgium and probable time of arrival will be late Wednesday nite or early Thursday morning. We expect to discharge cargo and pick up troops from that port. The weather is still cool cut somewhat calmer than yesterday. We passed by a very large ship tonight - either America or Isle- de France. To date we have been doing most of the passing but this ship really flew by us. Finished by Troop messing plan today so now its only a matter of hoping it works in practice. The Chaplain is sick again - Something he ate this time he claims He has been trying to convert us all we believe - passing out bibles etc!! Have written several letters but from the looks of things it will be several days before I can mail them. July 26 1945 Belgium The British control this town and are far more numerous than Americans. They certainly make sloppy looking soldiers - Never wear neck ties rolled sleeves' etc. Tried to buy some souvenirs but everything costs like hell so ended up buying a few postcards at 1 franc- July 211945 The Atlantic We sighted our first mines today- floating ones which evidently had broken loose from their moorings. We have received several radio messages telling of mines in the vicinity so I guess these waters must be full of them they have a constant two man lookout for them and as soon as we enter the English Channel out Navy gun crew will take on a watch as an added precaution. These waters are still plenty dangerous. July 251945 Off the coast of Belgium We are passing along the coast of Belgium now and are only 5 or 6 miles from the shore all of the German defenses are still visible and the beach literally bustles with anti -tank defenses and gun defenses. We first passed a Belgium town called Kuocke- which looked pretty intact but the entire channel here is full of half sunken ships and wrecks from the air raids. The coast of England is clearly visible from the other side of the ship and I can't imagine why the Germans were unable to make the crossing after Dunkirk. Early this morning we passed within 25 feet of a mine. A narrow scrape and one the escorts tried to detonate it with gunfire. July 271945 Belgium Took Lt. Boyles place as duty officer today as I'll have tomorrow off and am planning to go to town together with Capt. Moore and Mr. Chaffee. They began unloading cargo at 2 pm. Yesterday and by tonite two hatches are about empty with 3 more today. They estimate that we will finish unloading either Sunday nite to Monday morning. The Belgians are fair workers but dumb and I caught one crew hosting bags of beans with baling hooks and breaking the bags. August 121945 - The Atlantic We were making 16 knots today until a fog came up which caused it to be reduced to 10. We certainly have not had a break on the weather on the return trip. About 20 cases of Ptomaine have broken out among the men as a result of a bad ham. As a whole seasickness has been the chief illness to date however !! One of the officers aboard has a small deer aboard which he captured in a German forest altho pests are forbidden we have several dogs and rabbits aboard in addition. They were brought aboard by drugging them and carrying them in duffle bags some ingenuity. It wont be much longer 3 days and we will be in the U.S.A. and I certainly cannot wait for this ship to tie up at New York Pier. Sept 15 1945 - The Atlantic Departed from Pier 9 at 2 pm today with our destination set for Antwerp Belgium. We are carrying 226 German PW's and 10 guards this trip and those PW'S certainly aren't anxious to return as they are going under Russian control. They really have cut down on the PW men since my Alabama days. I learned this evening supper for the PW's consisted of beans sauerkraut franks bread and coffee. No butter or desert etc. We are in charge of the Germans but it is a rather loose control so we won't have the problems we have with the troops. It is raining a bit tonight so I guess the weather is the same at home. I certainly was lucky getting that at at the beach Thursday !! In my service questionnaire I requested immediate relief from active duty today so here's hoping. Sept 17 1945 The Atlantic Today was PW work day and we really got plenty done which should save time on the turnaround in Antwerp I had about 40 PW's working on the troop compartments and were got the decks painted in two of them bunks set up and life jackets on each. The Germans are good workers and seem to actually enjoy the work. Today was a calm day but there wasn't much sun around compared with yesterday. We are approximately 800 miles from New York now and really making good time. We are having a movie tonite - " Totilla Flats " which the PW's' are being allowed to attend altho I suppose most wont know what it is all about.Am going to try and get some snaps of the PW's tomorrow if possible as I never was able to get any when I was in the camps in the South. All entries are hand written in ink and easy to read. The diary is leather bound with some wear to the exterior. Binding is tight with no pages coming loose detached or missing. ; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF E.C. WHITE CHILE LOST INCA CITY PERU BOLIVIA COLOMBIA ESPIONAGE STEALTH DIPLOMACY LATIN AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA VENEZUELA PYGMY CITY IN THE ANDES INCA INCAN CHILEAN CIVIL WAR PHARMACEUTICALS MEDICINE IN SOUTH AMERICA PURDUE DR. EMERSON WHITE ALBERT BLAKESLEE ARCHAEOLOGY PALEONTOLOGY EXPLORATION KAL BLANCO HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS DIARY DIARIES JOURNALS PERSONAL HISTORY SOCIAL HISTORY HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0002594

‎UNKNOWN‎

‎1905 CHARMING ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG SCOTTISH WOMAN DEPARTING LEITH SCOTLAND TO HOLLAND‎

‎SS DURWARD TO HOLLAND NETHERLANDS. Good. 1905. On offer is an absolutely charming original 1905 manuscript travel diary handwritten by a young woman we believe from Leith Scotland who travels to the Netherlands with her family. The unknown author writes in a firm hand and with an easy friendly manner describes the trip and the sights from boarding the 'Durward' and making 'friends of Captain Robb' as they sailed down the Forth. They journey down past the North England coast across to Rotterdam visiting The Hague Amsterdam Utrecht including train journeys tourist sights visited thoughts on people seen etc. Titled "A few days in Holland" the hand made book has a thick card stock cover with a hand painted Dutch scene. The 52 page narrative is punctuated with 48 postcards making for an informative full of detail and anecdotetal insight to Holland in the early 20th Century. The 12 x 7.5 inch book is overall G.; Manuscript; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF LEITH HOLLAND NETHERLANDS TRAVEL SCOTLAND ROTTERDAM DEN HAAG DELFT SCHEVENINGEN AMSTERDAM THE LOW COUNTRIES DURWARD CAPTAIN ROBB 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

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0002077

‎IRIS TERVORT [later LINDSTROM]‎

‎1932 ORIGINAL DEPRESSION ERA MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A CHARMING ALL AMERICAN MORMON GIRL IN UTAH‎

‎SPANISH FORK PAYSON UTAH UT. Good. 1932. On offer is the charming original 1932 manuscript diary of a 16 year old down to earth all American girl-next-door Iris Tervort later Lindstrom a Mormon girl in Depression era Spanish Fork/ Payson Utah area. Beginning January 17th our young author begins: "Well little diary today is Sun. and I have started telling you my secrets after having you for about two years….I wasn't late for school this morning for a wonder." While Iris only writes through until May 21st she manages to paint a lovely picture of her life at the time. Lots of work whether school or chores tending children but lots of fun sleigh riding socials playing cards and much more or as Iris herself writes typically: "Went to school as usual. Then Arline came down for me to wave her hair. She had it cut 'wind and down' then I went up to the library with Frity." Overall G.; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF IRIS TERVORT LINDSTROM MORMON SPANISH FORK PAYSON UTAH PROVO-OREM MAPLETON SPRINGVILLE ALL AMERICAN GIRL NEXT DOOR WOMEN'S STUDIES GENDER STUDIES DEPRESSION ERA AMERICANAHANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING HISTORY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPEL . unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0002112

‎IRENE SCHWARZ‎

‎1955 ORIGINAL PHOTO ALBUM AND PHOTO DIARY OF THE MASSIVE JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES' 'TRIUMPHANT KINGDOM' ASSEMBLY IN NUREMBURG GERMANY: A CELEBRATION OF JOY AT THE HOME BASE OF THE NAZIS WHO WOULD HAVE DESTROYED THEM‎

‎NUREMBURG GERMANY. Good. 1955. On offer is a super original scrapbook album and photographic diary detailing an important and significant post War tour of Germany by over 100000 Jehovah's Witnesses. The 1955 "Triumphant Kingdom" Assembly of Jehovah's Witnesses Convention was held at the Nuremberg Stadium site of many Nazi rallies. The trip and the site and even the name were obviously chosen with care to send a message to Nazis whose dead leader was committed to destroying the Witnesses as he tried with Jews homosexuals Gypsies etc. One online source provides: "Conventions have also been organized in some countries where Jehovah's Witnesses were persecuted or were not allowed to preach for some time. Those were very emotional occasions for those who were there. For example Adolf Hitler had said that he would destroy Jehovah's Witnesses in Germany. But in 1955 in Nuremberg 107000 Witnesses had a convention in the same place where Hitler and his supporters used to gather. Many of those there cried because they were so happy." The book was compiled we believe was Miss Irene Schwarz from Phoenix Arizona. While she has not specified ownership her name on some of the postcards slipped between the pages are addressed to her in Phoenix Arizona. Sailing to Quebec City first then aboard The Arosa Star and her shipboard observations and activities take the first 20 pages followed by 27 pages devoted to touring England Switzerland and France. Finally they head for Germany for the Triumphant Kingdom Convention and 5 pages are full of photos from that event. While in Germany she takes several photos showing the war damage which is still quite visible considering the war only ended less than 10 years earlier. The 11 x 13 inch scrapbook has about 200 original photos and about two dozen postcards most with handwritten titles which identify the photos. The covers are detached and absent but Overall G.; Manuscript; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF IRENE SCHWARZ AROSA STAR JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES CONVENTION NUREMBERG GERMANY TRIUMPHANT KINGDOM MILLENARIAN RESTORATIONIST CHRISTIAN DENOMINATION NONTRINITARIAN CHRISTIAN EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANITY GOVERNING BODY OF JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES NEW WORLD TRANSLATION OF THE HOLY SCRIPTURES CHARLES TAZE RUSSELL ZION'S WATCH TOWER TRACT SOCIETY JOSEPH FRANKLIN RUTHERFORD WATCH TOWER SOCIETY NATHAN KNORR HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING HISTORY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPELBIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY PERSONAL NARRATIVES . unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0002134

‎BRINLEY MORGAN HALL‎

‎1923 ORIGINAL CHARMING HANDWRITTEN DIARY OF A PRIVILEGED BOSTON YOUTH WHO SPENDS MOST OF HIS DAYS WITH MADEMOISELLE AND PLAYING GOLF TENNIS HORSEBACK RIDING AND MAH JONGG‎

‎BOSTON MASSACHETTS. Good. 1923. On offer is a super original manuscript diary handwritten a charming 11 year old boy named Brinley Morgan Hall of 285 Clarendon Street in Boston Massachusetts. Obviously from a family of some means he mentions "Mademoiselle" often and his activities include horseback riding playing golf baseball football and tennis. He is also a devotee of Mah Jongg! Brinley is also a dedicated diarist writing everyday everyday sometimes a few lines sometimes the entire page is filled. Given the diary book is 6 x 9 inches that is quite a feat for an 11 year old! Here are some snippets: "Jan 4: this was my birthday. It had snowed hard in the night and there was a lot of snow on the ground. We had our second skating lesson. The sun began to shine just before our skating lesson which was from 11:30 to 12. I was 11 years old March 3: In the morning I had my hair cut. In the afternoon I went over to Cambridge then for a ride. In the evening I went to Harvard Yale hockey game with Foxley and Daddy. Yale won 3-0. There was no scoring in the first period. In the second period Yale's captain broke loose." We note that he has made some entries and then covered them with paper and written another entry over top. With very little effort one can read the under lying entry. This diary is a hardcover date book with white stamping on the cover. The binding is a bit loose but overall G.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF BRINLEY MORGAN HALL BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS CHILDREN'S DIARIES DIARIES BY CHILDREN POST WORLD WAR I WWI JOHN LOOMER HALL 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

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0002143

‎l'abbe PROFESSOR P ROURE‎

‎1931 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY AND PHOTO JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO SPITSBERGEN NORWAY AND THE LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN LYRICALLY TOLD BY A PRIEST PROFESSOR AND INTREPID TRAVELLER‎

‎ICELAND NORWAY SPITSBERGEN ARCTIC CIRCLE. Good. 1931. On offer is a super original 1931 diary photo journal and manuscript relic of a trip to the Arctic Circle via Iceland and Spitzbergen handwritten in French by l'abbe and Professor P. Roure. Father P. Roure was a priest in Igney in Lorrainne and a professor at the private Catholic college 'Institut Saint Joseph' in Épinal France. Wonderfully executed in French the Professor details his trip over 156 hand numbered pages with 30 black and white photos mounted with corners. Beginning July 14th through to August 25th the author and his party leave Hamburg to Paris to Cherbourg dallying around the coast of Great Britain they then travel by way of the Hamburg-American Line's 'Resolute' commanded by the celebrated and renowned Captain Fritz Kruse going north passing the Faroe Islands to Iceland for five days and over two dozen pages including a super description of Reykjavík then a small city of 24000 the intrepid party leaves Iceland. Keenly observant we learn of a sighting of a whale pod the Vatna Glacier the Vestmannaeyjar the volcanic region of Thingvellir the Almannagjá gorge spectacular and famous geysers including the 30 foot Gryla at Gufudalur Steam Valley and the geothermal Efri-Reykir field. A seasoned observer Roure does a superb job annotating and referencing the photos to the narrative and he leaves few details out of his voyage: the intricacies of reading a compass by compensating for polar magnetic declination; the distant mountain peaks and jagged ice of enormous proportion evocative of voyages of discovery: Adams Glacier Wagon Way and Gully Gullybreen Glaciers in Magdalenefjorden are compared and photographed. Announcing their arrival 'Cercle Polaire 66º 33' the Polar Circle 66º 33'' he notes a sudden drop in temperature increase in fog cover and the very late daylight through the cabin window. The expedition held a soiree that evening. At a calmer time in glacial waters an inspection of the luxury steamship becomes opportune with a super passage on the equipment. On July 30th they arrive at Magdalena Bay Spitsbergen. The day ends with the spectacle of the Midnight Sun: "31 Juillet. 5h. Nous sommes à la frontière du monde polaire; la mer libre est coupée nettement par une immense barrière de glace." 31 July. 5 o'clock. We are at the frontier of the polar world; the sea cut clean with an immense ice barrier. They travel to a northernmost point of 529 miles from the North Pole along a near endless ice wall The Professor is overcome by Kings Bay Kongsfjorden Cross Bay Haakon promontory Moller Bay the Mont du Prince Olav and scattered imposing icebergs. Returning to Kongsfjorden they visit the coal-mining village Ny-Ålesund located on its southern shore one of only four permanent settlements on Spitsbergen to this day. Roure finds himself reminiscing about Roald Amundsen who flew on the airship Norge from Ny-Ålesund to Alaska in 1926 with Umberto Nobile and also having departed from there on his fatal flight only 3 years prior to the writer's arrival. They pass Bear Island in the Barents Sea which was at the time owned by a federal Norwegian mining company and festivities begin onboard. In total more than two dozen pages are devoted to their time in Spitsbergen. The approximately 8¾ x 6¾ inch red cloth over paper boards inscribed and labelled on the front cloth splitting at bottom of spine overall G.; French Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF PROFESSOR P. ROURE ARCTIC SPITSBERGEN ICELAND CAPTAIN FRITZ KRUSE NORWAY NORSE NORWEGIAN TRAVEL EXPEDITION EXPLORATION ARCTIC CIRCLE HAMBURG-AMERICAN LINE RESOLUTE VATNAJÖKULL VATNA GLACIER VESTMANNAEYJAR WESTMAN ISLANDS THINGVELLIR ALMANNAGJÁ GRYLA GUFUDALUR STEAM VALLEY EFRI-REYKIR IGNEY INSTITUT SAINT JOSEPH ÉPINAL SPITZBERGEN FRANCE SPITZBERGEN SCANDINAVIA POLAR TRAVEL TO THE ARCTIC KINGS BAY KONGSFJORDEN CROSS BAY HAAKON PROMONTORY MOLLER BAY THE MONT DU PRINCE OLAV ICEBERGS NY-ÅLESUND ROALD AMUNDSEN NORGE UMBERTO NOBILE HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING HISTORY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPELBIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY PERSONAL NARRATIVES . hardcover‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0002175

‎LAURENCE M GRUBB‎

‎1920 ORIGINAL SAD AND SOBERING MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN AMERICAN SOLDIER WHOSE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE DOESN'T COME UNTIL 2 YEARS AFTER THE WAR AND A SERIES OF TRAGEDIES ALONG THE WAY‎

‎FITZSIMONS MILITARY HOSPITAL DENVER COLORADO CO. Good. 1920. On offer is a very sobering fascinating in the sad way it reveals the fragility of human life even for the heroes who walk among us 1920 manuscript diary handwritten by one such man Laurence M. Grubb. Born in 1897 to Andrew B. and Elizabeth Grubb Elizabeth was Andrew's second wife as his first wife Samantha B. Yocum died in 1892. He married Elizabeth his mother but she died in 1905. Laurence a WWI soldier who fought in Europe where it appears he contracted a lung disease likely from chemical warfare perhaps tuberculosis. Back to the USA by the summer of 1919 Laurence was too sick to go home so was sent to a New Jersey hospital. His condition worsened and then he was sent to Fitzsimons Military Hospital in Denver Colorado. Experimental drugs were used but failed to save him and Laurence died on December 8th 1920. We understand one year to almost the day on December 7th 1921 his father Andrew died. This 3¾ x 5¾ diary with 137 days of entries tells the story of Laurence's time in Denver starting on May 28th when he buys the book. Fortunately for historians he uses 11 pages in the front which summarizes his time in the army. Then from May 28th May 26th also has an entry as that is when the experimental drugs start all the way through to October 11th there are full handwritten entries never skipping a day. How he was able to write on some days is remarkable. High fevers multiple injections a day nausea weakness great weight loss etc can only make one wonder at about his waning fortitude. His mantra seems to be "I've been chasing the cure." Nearing the end he is very very sick and it was almost too difficult to read. Then in another hand on his last day of entries: "October 11 1920. Died December 8 1920 at Denver Colo. Fitzsimons General Hospital." 1920 "May 26th Started new treatment. Received five shots in left arm. Never used in this country before. But has been used successfully for ten years in Germany. We are now known as the "Guinea Pigs" on account of being the first to take the cure." "May 28th Arose after an almost sleepless night. Temp normal. Not feeling very well today. Bought a pipe and tobacco; took one smoke. Read awhile in "The Claim Jumpers" written by S. C. White. Bought this book today price two fifty. Got some paper and envelopes from Red Cross. Sent a roll of film to be developed. Did not sleep during rest home which is from 1 to 3. Had a slight temperature this afternoon. Finished reading "The Claim Jumpers." A cloudless day; warm; slight breeze this afternoon." "June 2nd Day cloudy and cold much wind. Received our first single shot today. Got mine in the left arm in triceps muscle. Needle very fine and was stuck straight into the muscle. Read in "Rough Riders." We had a special supper given by the welfare workers of Denver. Some of the things we had were; asparagus boiled ham strawberry short cake buns and candy. Some supper oh boy! Slight temp. this afternoon. Gained two pounds weigh 112. My friend deceased last night." "June 16th Feeling a little better but a very bad throat. Took shot. Ask Maj. at sick call to send me to the throat clinic. He gave me a slip and I went down to dinner but could not get an exam because there was no lights. Ate well today. Not much intestinal trouble. Stayed in bed most all day. Cloudy windy rainy and dusty. Weigh 109 ½ this week." "July 2nd Arose early this morning. Washed; brushed my teeth. Went back to bed stayed until we received our medicine; answered sick call. Got up till nurse made my bed. Went to bed after and stayed there most all day chasing the cure. Had a bath in bed. Broke my thermometer this evening. Very nice day but real warm. Fans going all day and part of night. Payed one month in advance for "Post" seventy five cents." "July 20th Feeling pretty well all day. Visited some this morning. Chase cure rest of the day. Not so very much temperature. Hot and cloudless most of the day not much air going. Appetite still good. Watched part of "Robinsons Circus" perform for patients at hospital this evening." "August 4th Feeling miserable all day on account of my stomach. Answered sick call. Got weighed weigh 101 ½. Signed application papers for discharge. Got five shots this morning on second course of treatment." "August 15th Feeling well all day. Arose early and washed while washing saw a most phenomenal thing; A star shooting out of the sky in the light of rising sun. This was almost fifteen to six. Answered sick call got shot. Chased cure most all day. Miss Turner started to take me for a ride in wheel chair but rain came up." "October 5th Not feeling so well today throat bothered me a lot. Nose bleed last night. Spit and coughed a lot of blood from my throat all day. Examined this afternoon by the Maj. Wrote a letter to sis this evening. Nurse gave me a bath in bed this morning. Answered sick call. Windy all day. Cooler this evening still windy." "October 8th Feeling just fair. Answered sick call. Nurse gave me a bath in bed. Moved from the "solarium" to the second room west of the office this forenoon. Still some temp. "Welfare workers" brought me candy one box cost $1.50. Ordered last Wed. Weak. Warm all day. Cool and windy tonight." Overall G.; Manuscript; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF LAURENCE M. GRUBB WWI WW1 WORLD WAR I THE WAR TO END ALL WARS TRENCH WARFARE AEF AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES CHEMICAL WARFARE EXPERIMENTAL DRUG MILITARY HOSPITAL DENVER COLORADO ANSCHUTZ MEDICAL CAMPUS FITZSIMONS LIFE SCIENCE DISTRICT TUBERCULOSIS ILLNESS TRAGIC LIVES AMERICANAHANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED AUTHORS DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY ARCHIVE DIARY DIARIES JOURNAL LOG PRIMARY SOURCE FIRST HAND ACCOUNT SOCIAL HISTORY PERSONAL STORIES LIVING HISTORY ANTIQUITÉ CONTRAT VÉLIN DOCUMENT MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT MANUSKRIPT PAPIER OGGETTO D'ANTIQUARIATO ATTO VELINA DOCUMENTO MANOSCRITTO CARTA ANTIGÜEDAD HECHO VITELA DOCUMENTO MANUSCRITO PAPELBIOGRAPHY BIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AUTOBIOGRAPHY PERSONAL NARRATIVES . unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0002222

‎UNIDENTIFIED WEST TEXAS BORDER PATROL AGENT‎

‎1946 - 1951 ORIGINAL PAIR 2 OF MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY A WEST TEXAS BORDER PATROL AGENT‎

‎PRESIDIO TEXAS WEST TEXAS TX. Good. 1946. On offer is a very interesting archive of two 2 manuscript relics of mid-20th Century border problems of illegal immigration being note pads of a West Texas border patrol agent detailing his daily activities during work hours. They start in May 1st 1946 through September 30th 1951. He worked West Texas around Presidio and does a super job detailing his work life from the mundane: shoeing his own horse and the names of other patrol agents he worked with to the exciting: hunting and catching aliens hauling them off to jail naming the ranches he patrolled and much more. All pages in both booklets are written on. The binding is loose in the books but all pages intact and overall G.; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF WEST TEXAS PRESIDIO BORDER PATROL AGENT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IRREGULAR IMMIGRATION UNAUTHORIZED IMMIGRATION UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRATION ILLEGAL ALIEN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CLANDESTINE WORKERS SANS PAPIERS WITHOUT PAPERS UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY BORDER CROSSING HUMAN TRAFFICKING HUMAN SMUGGLING SOUTH WESTERN TEXAS AMERICANA 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 HISTORYantiquité 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

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0001566

‎HOWARD LANE BLACKWELL‎

‎1897 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF FUTURE 3-DEGREE HARVARD PROFESSOR AND LECTURER IN PHYSICS‎

‎CAMBRIDGE BOSTON MASSACHUSETTS MASS. Poor. 1897. On offer is an original 1897 manuscript diary handwritten by noted Harvard graduate Howard Lane Blackwell b.1876 d.1965 who writes in an undated journal 105 hand-numbered pages of financial notes and then a personal narrative beginning March 28th1898 and is tell tale of much to come: "3:30 pm with Miss Chandler Sarah E. to Fresh Pond bicycling Bald horse-back rider! She to reception of Seniors to Radcliffe." The writings show a very intelligent young man who is very much into bicycling and thoroughly in the Radcliffe college scene including the music club. Concerts sports and riding our author includes bar music complex mathematical formulae to enhance the narrative. He notes going to Payson Hill Reservoir that his cousin addresses the Immanuel Club of Radcliffe rehearsing the play La Bourre a party at Miss Fleagles part of Lasalle seminary and much much more. BIO NOTES: He earned three degrees from Harvard: A.B. 1899 A.M. 1900 and Ph.D. in Physics 1905. He was appointed to a one year fellowship in Physics in 1906. After that he was comptroller of Harvard 1906 - 1910 lecturer in Physics 1918 and organizer of the Memorial Hall Dining Association. Later he carried on his father's real estate interests. His wife Helen Thomas was the sister of Gertrude F. Thomas writer and poet. The book is in awful shape the cover falling apart but present but all pages present. Overall Poor.; English Language; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF SCHLESINGER LIBRARY HOWARD LANE BLACKWELL HARVARD MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON CAMBRIDGE HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL AMERICANA PERSONAL HISTORY MEMOIR MEMORIAL DIARY JOURNAL DIARIES JOURNALS LOG LOGS AMERICANA antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito papel. . unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 00MV185D

‎K JAMES, ROYAL AIR FORCE‎

‎1943 - 1945 ORIGINAL EXCEPTIONAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A BRITISH AIRMAN SEEING SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE MEDITERRANEAN FROM NORTH AFRICA TO ITALY‎

‎NORTH AFRICA EGYPT TUNISIA BRITISH PALESTINE. Fair. 1943. On offer is a simply sensational fascinating original World War II British RAF manuscript diary of an airman named K. James Using a very interesting journal with portrait of an Egyptian pharaoh and North Africa maps as the endpapers. Our writer has inserted a block of papers used as a preface explaining the use of the diary he had charmingly dedicated to his parents. He also does a retrospective portion setting up the narrative. His signature ends the preface letter of explanation and then the actual entries begin dated May 14th 1943 through to winter of 1944 and then a final entry for February 23rd 1945. This airman has seen it all and been everywhere throughout the conflict in the Mediterranean and since the notebook is undated as diary goes his entries are long and very detailed. He begins with the end of the battle for Tunisia carries on with a most intimate personal diary that besides the factual details of the War going on around him and his duties he never fails to provide colourful background of his mates the natives his thoughts his loves his boredom his high and lows. In our experience this is a heads above the rest manuscript of the real life and times of this airman during his time throughout North Africa and Italy. The 6½ x 4½ inch book has a well filled 208 pages of which 5 or 6 are pages with autographs of his close personal narrative. The text block is somewhat loose but all pages appear accounted for. Overall G.; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF NORTH AFRICA CAMPAIGN WORLD WAR II BRITISH RAF ITALY ROYAL AIR FORCE K. JAMES WWII WW2 BRITISH ARMED FORCES BRITISH AIRMAN ROMMEL 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 HISTORYantiquité 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

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0001601

‎LILLIE & WARREN WATERMAN‎

‎1907 ORIGINAL UNIQUE PAIR OF MATCHED MANUSCRIPT DIARIES HANDWRITTEN BY AN UPSTATE NEW YORK HUSBAND AND WIFE TEAM OF DAIRY FARMERS FILLED WITH RURAL COMMERCE AND ECONOMIC DATA OF THE TIMES‎

‎WATERVILLE ONEIDA COUNTY NEW YORK. Good. 1907. On offer is a very interesting uniquely matched pair of original 1907 husband and wife manuscript diaries handwritten by Lillie A. Waterman nee Lillie A. Harris of Earlville New York and her husband of 9 years Warren D. Waterman of Waterville New York. Lillie is the true blue diarist in the family writing nearly every day and Warren does the best he can but sputters out in May. The diaries detail a picture of a rural farming family mostly dependant on selling butter drawing wood and dealing with the dairy cattle and calves. Lillie never fails to mention the weather her daily chores visitors sales of butter etc. and the hundreds of other things a rural wife deals with. Warren while he writes does only a slightly lesser job and it is very interesting to read side by side the same day's entries. Between the two there is a great deal of commercial and economic information of the times genealogical data and a great deal of the local events including births deaths accidents etc. relative to the Oneida Utica Waterville and Graycraft New York areas. The diaries measure approx. 6" x 4" and in one case the text block has parted the other is loose but intact. Overall G.; Manuscript; 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF LILLIE A. WATERMAN LILLIE A. HARRIS WARREN D. WATERMAN WATERVILLE NEW YORK UPSTATE NEW YORK ONEIDA COUNTY UTICA WATERVILLE GRAYCRAFT LUMBER BUSINESS DAIRY FARM RURAL ECONOMICS RURAL COMMERCE GENDER STUDIES WOMEN'S STUDIES 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 MANUSCRIT PAPIER ANTIKE BRIEF PERGAMENT DOKUMENT 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

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0001607

‎SGT WILLIAM K[ELIIKUI] WILCOX‎

‎1917 - 1918 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT RELIC OF WORLD WAR I OFFICER TRAINING AND PROCEDURE HANDWRITTEN BY A DEDICATED SERGEANT WHO FOCUSED AND WORKED HARD TOWARD PROMOTION‎

‎SCHOFIELD BARRACKS OAHU HAWAII. Fair. 1917. On offer is a super original 1917 - 1918 66 page manuscript relic of American World War I training and military procedures handwritten by William Keliikui Wilcox Company I 1st Infantry who was born in Ulapalakua Maui Hawaii May 30 1887. Sergeant Wilcox lists his daily activities officer's rank and responsibilities condition of rifle reports hand drawn maps trench tactics gas warfare hygiene procedures notes on gas warfare tactical use of tanks procedures of courts martial shoe tests payroll notes and some financial sections duty roster diagram cook's duties recipe for bread longhand addition . There is also a letter to the Camp Commander of Schofield Barracks regarding a commission to Lieutenant as he has completed Officer's Training School. Wilcox identifies himself on the cover and notes 'Camouflage Chieftain' Military Training Camp Castner Brks barracks Oahu. The journal is kept in a flip style notepad which is somewhat fragile and has chips and rubbing a few loose pages and some pages were excised but appears otherwise complete and overall Fair.; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF OTC OFFICER'S TRAINING WORLD WAR I WWI WW1 SCHOFIELD BARRACKS CAMOUFLAGE CHIEFTAIN WILLIAM KELIIKUI WILCOX ULAPALAKUA MAUI HAWAII AMERICANA US ARMED FORCES HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AMERICANA DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito . unknown‎

書籍販売業者の参照番号 : 0001612