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1908réf. 2921New York & Chicago 1908. Thick quarto. 12 issues of this professional journal for the ice trade. Profusely illustrated with ads for all business connected to the trade. Contents include articles on large scale refrigeration installations various technical matters regional association activities trade conventions etc. Text block very good but three quarter brown morocco binding is split at the hinges and quite rubbed. Scarce in the trade. unknown books
réf. 17015Women's Education Handwritten daily diary of a young female student in North Carolina 1867. Small pocket diary embossed gold on cover 1867 with daily entry spaces. 4 x 2.5 in. A memorabilia recording many aspects of the first major movement of women's education in the United States brings depth to a movement that was groundbreaking in its time but today is largely at risk of disappearing from the historical record. Original cover. "Diary 1867" gilt on front flap. Consistent daily entries beginning in the 2nd week of January. Possible ownership signature of Sally Van Eaton Jonesville N.C. though this may be a friend as the diary also mentions a "Miss Sally". 352 of the 365 dates are filled usually to the last line. She attends school likely a two-room schoolhouse mentions one female and one male teacher. She must sew and knit to prepare for the new term as well as for her father and children of relatives. As a result her eyes are often too strained to study. Constant rain and muddy roads make the trek to school difficult. Some selections from the 352 Handwritten entries include: Sun Jan 13 "French Algebre Philosophy Arithmetic Grammar and Dictionary. January 1867. Spring Session. Fri Jan 18 "I have been helping Cousin Ann and Cous Mary fix the children's cloth. They are so busy fixing to go to school I am afraid they will not get riding to start Monday." Wed Jan 23 "I have made a pair of draws to-day. School will commence Monday the 28th 1867. Miss Mag Tucker and Mr. C. Hacket are the teachers. Mon Jan 28 "School commenced today. We had only five scholars "a bad beginning makes a good ending." I did not say but one lesson my eyes were so sore. Recited in Dictionary." Tue Jan 29 "My eyes are better today. Missed but one word in D. today no more scholars yet the weather is so bad Miss Mag and I went up to Mr. Claywell's this evening after school. "Wed Jan 30 "One more scholar today. Sister and Miss Mag have gone to talk the male has come but no letters." Fri Feb 1 "School is out and Miss Mag and Brid have gone over the river this evening rode horseback." Mon Feb 4 "It has been raining all day and I never saw Jonesville so muddy in my life.I have been studying tonight but don't know my lessons." Mon Feb 11 "Monday night and I have studied until I am sleepy. Annie is asleep and Carrie is reading and nobody to talk to. Tues Feb 12 "I think I know all of my lessons tonight and I have set down to write to cousin Mollie." Thur Feb 21 "Cousin Millie Guyse is here tonight came late this evening. I have been studying very hard tonight and I think know my geography for tomorrow evening." Mon Feb 25 "Monday morning and we have got two new scholars." Fri May 17 "I must write some on my composition tonight for the end of the school it will soon be out." Tues May 28 "It has been raining very hard this evening. The thunder scared us all very badly in the school room. Mrs. Jordan is here. I have been very busy writing tonight" Thurs Aug 8 "Mrs. Harris called a few minutes to see us. She use to go to school here." Mon Aug 12 "Miss Sallie D. commenced school. Had five scholars." Wed Aug 14 "It rained this evening awhile. I have to go down to the chapel and recite my Algebra by myself to cousin Charlie." Mon Aug 26 "Eliza Hampton came to school today. Miss Sallie hasn't got but 10 ten scholars." Mon Oct 28 "It has been raining all day. Miss Sallie didn't have school. I finished my purple calico." There is a lot more since these are just a few of the 352 Handwritten entries. Small small hole in bottom left corner of front cover and first few pages. Still in very good condition. unknown books
réf. 12719Front Page Headline reads "The Bill Abolishing Slavery in the District of Columbia Passed the House." Newspaper "The Detroit Free Press" April 12 1862. 19" x 26" 2 pages. Has a blow by blow account of the debate among the members of the House and the various amendments associated with the bill. It concludes "The bill was passed 93 agains 39." Also includes local national and international news as well as "News From the South." Some small tears at the left hand margin not affecting text. A diagonal crease runs across the top half of the paper and a small piece of yellow tape has adhered to the top margin. Overall in very good condition. unknown books
réf. 5678Vintage newspaper printed during the Civil War. The New York Times December 13 1864 issue New York NY. The entire front page of this historic war-dated paper has stories of the War including "The War in Tennessee." In part: ".Seventy-four shots were fired at it doing however no damage.Our troops attacked and routed the enemy. The Federal loss was four killed and forty wounded. The enemy's loss is unknown." Slight wear and light foxing. Overall in excellent condition. unknown books
réf. 16721Handwritten diary of a high school girl detailing her experience at the 1876 World's Fair in Philadelphia and over 30 pages of poetry to write in the autograph albums of schoolmates. 8 x 5 in. Original leather boards. 48 handwritten pages. Writing on first 5 pages pasted over partially or completely. "Cora B. Wakelee Huntington Conn. May 22 1876" inscribed on front end page. Includes memories of the World's Fair from the perspective of a young girl in addition to pithy lines on friendship and original mourning poetry. The 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia was the first official World's Fair to be held in the US. Wakelee details all of the marvelous things she saw including a model of Niagara Falls that was 160 ft long and 80 ft high. ".Niagara where the water comes pouring over he falls like the real Niagara. There was a house or cottage of each state. The New England House was a log house which as one story and one half high in which everything was 100 years old or over. The Bedstead was 200 years old and the bedding 100. There were two girls quilting a bedquilt. In the Connecticut Cottage there was a New England kitchen with the old fashioned chimney and the wooden nutmegs and wooden ham and gourds. In the Missippi sic state building everything was covered with moss. In Agricultural Hall they made tin pails and cups. All kinds of carpets Rag Three ply Brussels and Ingrain were made. Also cotton cloth bagging and silk handkerchiefs. In Horticultural Hall there was a Fig tree with figs on them also Orange lemon and Pineapple trees. The Egyptian mummies which were human bodies dried. A Swiss watch not so large as a gold dollar. There was Washington's horses and private carriage. There was a picture of Washington and the Declaration of Independence worked with hari. And a picture of Washtington and family worked with worsted. In the lady's pavilion was the head of a lady made of butter called the Butterhead. There was a large collection of animals and birds which were killed by a lady in Kansas. An Eagle made of gold pens was made to look like quills a little way off." Records information on the High School classes from 1880-1881. Newspapers cutting from 1881 that was also transcribed by hand into the notebook: "We are pleased to note that our side shared in the honors at the close of the Birmingham high school Miss Cora B. Wakelee taking the unabridged dictionary as the first prize for spelling." The previous year she won $3.00 as thesecond place prize for Scholarship. Pages 14-48 are filled with handwritten poems and lines that would be copied into memory books or autograph albums of friends. These had sentimentality as well as humorous tone. "A wish for earth tis often given My wish for thee a home in Heaven." "Though short our acquaintance has been And quickly the hours fave flown Permit me to call you my friend As others I longer have known." "Come what may Come what will Remember the girl that went up hill." "Way over here clear out of sight is the only place she'd let me write." The entries also include original poetry mourning the loss of a close friend: "A sparkle of hope for the Lost In the deepest gloom of winter On a cold and stormy day While the shades of night were falling Mattie Otis passed away./ While the storm was in its fury One could hear the wild winds ror She has gone yes gone forever We shall never see her more." Losses to spine loose hinges. Some toning. Good condition. unknown books
réf. 14682Very Rare early lithographic printed Qajar Newspaper Urduye Humayun Number 6 issued on 23 Ramazan AH 1300 1882. The newspaper is regarding the Qajar ruler Naser Al-Din Shah's trips in the country. 4 complete pages approximately 13"x 8.6" in size. The first newspaper ever printed in Tehran was published in 1837 with only three issues printed from May-August 1837. The first lithographic book to be published in Tehran was in 1838. However as one observer to Tehran reported in 1843 the lithographic press in Tehran "remained mainly idle". Berezin p. 248. In the latter part of the 1840s the State Printing House began its work; and was operative until the end of the first decade of the 20th century. As of February 1851 the first Persian regular official newspaper was printed there. Early into the 20th century the lithographic press was being forced out by typeset printings and from 1911-on the official newspapers in Iran was printed typographically. Encycolpaedia Iranica online ed Our Qajar newspaper from 1882 is a rare example of the very early lithographic printing to take place in Iran before the switch to typographical printing. Small paper loss to top right corner of margin does not affect the text. Overall in very good condition. unknown books
réf. 15192Handwritten journal Notebook recording death dates and obituaries for a teenage girl in 1857 upstate New York and others in her community. 96 pages numbered in pencil with 60 pages of content. Originally owned by Anna Arthur a school girl the initial pages record daily life including her daily interests in shopping and fashion. However Anna's contributions to the journal end abruptly in 1857 when she died suddenly "of brain congestion". The remainder of her journal is carried out by a family member likely her mother. Anna's obituary is pasted in. "Died. In this Village of Congestion of the brain after a short illness of but two days Miss Anna Arthur aged 17." Followed with handwritten pencil inscription with date of death Dec. 23 1857. "Among the deaths published in our paper this week is that that of Miss Anna Arthur only daughter of Charles Artur of this village. She was in the enjoyment of usual health until a day or two preceeding sic her death and no alarm was experienced by herself or family at the slight illness which suddenly terminated in Congestion of the brain. Miss Arthur was but seventeen years of age and was a young lady of much promise. -- The mysterious Providence which in the morning of life has removed from earth a darling child falls heavily upon the heads of a fond father and mother and a large circle of youthful friends and acquaintances. Truly we are as the flowers of the valley flourishing to day to-morrow no more! Happy visions rise before us our hearts are joyous no clouds dim the bright future when without a moments warning unseen and unknown the messenger of death lays his blightin touch upon the loved one and our hearts bleed with sorrow and refuse to be comforted." Also includes a poem "Lines on the Death of Miss Anna Arthur" printed in an Essex County newspaper on Christmas day. "I gazed on a flower that modestly boomed On the breast of a maiden whom Death ahd entombed On her breast was a rose but not spirit was there.The roses that filled with their scented perfume The air which the mortals so softly did breathe: Were naought when compared witht the exquisite bloom Of those flowers that sigh where no spirit can grieve." The poems is signed off from Keeseville a small hamlet in the Adirondacks of New York. Followed by a handwritten poem "A Dirge". "Weep not for her; she died in early youth Ere Hope had lost its rih romantic hues; When human bosoms deemed that home of truth And earth still gleamed with beauty's radiant dews Her summer prime waned not to days that freeze; Her wine of line was run not the the lees; Weep not for her.Weep not for her she is an angel now And treads the sapphire floors of Paradise; All darkness wiped from her refulgent brow; Sin sorrow suffering banished from her eyes Victorious over death to her appear The vista'd joys of Heaven's eternal year; Weep not for her." Includes obituary notices for members of the local community and others in the family including brother Asahel Arthur who passed in 1914. Includes handwritten poem "Rest Thee Brother." "Rest thee brother rest thee Underneath the snow; Winds shall sing a dirge for thee Murmuring waters flow." Begins with a log of various expenses for items needed in the year 1857 for sewing projects and other fancies that a young lady would enjoy such as "velvet ribbon" "bonnet" black silk kid gloves hair pinsand linen floss among others. Leather cover in poor condition. Wrapped in an attractive marbled folder. unknown books
réf. 10118ORIGINAL May 7 1945 NEWSPAPER the day the war ended in Europe of the Daily Advance published in Lynchburg Virginia. Lynchburg is quite close to Bedford Virginia a small town which lost a record number of servicemen in proportion to its population on D Day. The headline story begins "Germany surrendered unconditionally to the Western Allies and Russia at 2:41 A.M. French time today." There is also an interesting separate article on the front page with the headline NAZIS BURNED HITLER HOME." There is also a reference in a front page article to Britain and her old WWI mandates such as Palestine. An article on an inside page reports on Oswiecim concentration camp in Poland where over four million people of various nationalities were killed. Very good condition with folds. unknown books
réf. 143781771 Newspaper with slavery ad. Boston. 15" by 10." The Almanack lists two advertisements relating to slavery "To be sold for want of employment a likely Negro Boy that won't drink rum he is about 14 years old." An interesting slavery related advertisement which chronicles a dark era in American history. Overall foxing some soiling and small tears. Otherwise very good condition. unknown books
1956réf. 65456Philadelphia 1956. Paperback. Very Good. Folded three-page program. 23cm. Among the honorees was Wilt Chamberlain as Outstanding Athlete. paperback books
1967réf. 28676New York: East Village Other 1967. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. For sale is a single issue from the second year of this tabloid counterculture newspaper from 1967 July 15 - 30 Issue Typical light page browning some small chips and tears to edges. Very good overall condition. Underground newspaper covering the seminal events of the counterculture revolution. Includes Uncle Tuli's Peaceful Protest article on the Monterey Pop Festival Lil Picard and more. Not folded. East Village Other paperback books
2007réf. 35775Buenos Aires: Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes 2007. Paperback. Very good. Light rubbing else very good in publisher's French fold wraps. Text in English and Spanish. exc m Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes paperback books
1862réf. 278075Philadelphia 1862. unbound. very good. 8pp. Elephant Folio front page has some small tears across the folded middle with a small loss of text several small tears in center margin of the whole newspaper very small hole to text of last page most pages with crease or fold lines. Philadelphia 1862. On the front page in the first one and half columns on the left and concluding in two full columns on the last page is an article on the February 5 1862 United States Senate vote to expel Senator Jesse Bright of Indiana who was the most senior Democrat in the Senate. On March 1 1861 Senator Bright wrote a letter of introduction for Thomas B. Lincoln a Texas arms dealer. The letter was addressed to Jefferson Davis. In July 1861 Lincoln was captured with the letter by Union troops as he attempted to enter the Confederacy. Senator Bright was accused of being a traitor because of the letter. The proceedings of the Senate and impressions of the vote by Senators are included in the article. Senator Bright was expelled by a vote of 32 to 14. The yeas and nays votes with each Senator listed are on the front page. Jesse Bright was the fourth Senator from a Union state to be expelled during the Civil War. unknown books
1813réf. 36024Philadelphia: John W. Scott 1813. Folio 31.5 cm; 12.5". pp. 6972. A single issue of this early religious newspaper that began publication on 4 September 1813 and ceased in 1823. It touted itself as "Containing biographical sketches theological essays accounts of revivals of religion missionary information together with a variety of other articles of an evangelical and ecclesiastical nature." We offer a single issue: number 18 for 31 December 1813. In this issue: extract of a missionary sermon by Jedediah Morse the fourth annual report of the New York Bible society with notice of the arrive in Philadelphia of the stereoplates for printing the first Bible in America via that method. . Old sewing holes in inner margin. Waterstaining. Inner margins irregular with loss of paper. John W. Scott] unknown books
1834réf. 36025Philadelphia: A. Waldie 1834. Folio 281.5 cm; 11.25". 4 pp. The Journal of belles lettres embracing three to four pages of additional new matter will be given every week as an accompaniment . . . " was issued on the printed wrappers of The Select Circulating Library the new series of The Select Circulating Library and the quarto Select Library. The Journal was also issued separately "on fine white paper . . . to non-subscribers to the 'Library' at two dollars per annum if paid in advance or three dollars at the end of the year" American Antiquarian Society catalogue record. The weekly began in 1833 and ceased in 1842 but was suspended in 1840 resuming in 1841. The single issue offered her is "Part II no. 26 December 23 1834." . Overall browning. Small area of upper margin of pp. 3/4 torn away no loss of text. A. Waldie unknown books
1967réf. 31484Toronto: Satyrday 1967. First edition. Paperback. Very Good. Stapled newsprint. Volume 2 Number 3 of this underground newspaper / magazine documenting the hippie scene in the Yorkville area of Toronto in the late 60's. 30 pp including covers. Great Human Be-In advertisement on the rear panel. Article on Gathering of the Tribes and formation of the Yorkville Diggers included in this issue. Printed on inexpensive newspaper stock. Paper is a bit toned with age as might be expected otherwise in unmarked very good condition. Uncommon as are all the issues of this magazine. Satyrday paperback books
1737réf. WRCAM55322Philadelphia: Andrew Bradford 1737. 4pp. illustrated with two woodcuts in the masthead and four maritime woodcuts in the text. Folio printed on a single folded sheet. Minor foxing and edge wear marginal stabholes along central vertical fold two short repaired horizontal tears. Very good. A rare issue of the first newspaper printed in Philadelphia and in fact the first American newspaper to appear outside Boston. THE AMERICAN WEEKLY MERCURY was founded by the pioneering Philadelphia printer Andrew Bradford in 1719. As would be expected this issue contains news from both Great Britain and the colonies. The first page contains a Parliamentary dispatch regarding the production of iron in the American colonies "where it is capable of being produced in every respect equal in Goodness to the best Iron from Sweden." and a report of a shipwreck off the coast of Bristol. Also included is shipping news from Boston and Philadelphia along with almost twenty advertisements containing information on ships for hire runaway servants trade services debt notices real estate offerings and more. Most notable among the advertisements are three relating to slaves. The first advertises for sale "A Likely young Negro Man about Seventeen that has been in the Country some Years and had the Small Pox." The second seeks return of a runaway "Servant Man named Patrick Burk a Saddler by Trade.of small stature brown Complexion short black Hair mark'd with the Small Pox." The last advertisement in the paper touts for sale "Very good Houshold sic Goods of all sorts: Also divers young Negro Boys and Girls all Born here." Andrew Bradford was the fourth printer in Philadelphia and the son of William Bradford the first printer there and in New York. The younger Bradford became Philadelphia's sole printer when he returned there in 1713 and remained so until Samuel Keimer arrived in 1723. He immediately obtained the lucrative contract to print the colony's laws and produced the first collected volume in 1714. He also published works on his own account including almanacs religious works broadsides the second edition of CONDUCTOR GENERALIS and the present newspaper. Bradford published the MERCURY from December 1719 until his death in 1742 though it was continued by others until 1749. Issues of THE AMERICAN WEEKLY MERCURY or any early 18th-century American newspaper rarely appear at auction or in the market. Andrew Bradford unknown books
1781réf. WRCAM43195Boston 1781. 4pp. Folio. Old folds. Very minor loss at some folds. Light soiling and wear. Contemporary ownership inscription on top of first page. Very good. THE CONTINENTAL JOURNAL. was a weekly Boston paper published by John Gill from 1776 to 1785. This issue includes an article on the life and execution of Col. Isaac Hayne a South Carolinian taken prisoner and executed by the British at the Siege of Charleston. Also included is an account of the French army under Rochambeau arriving in Philadelphia on their way to Yorktown. unknown books
1780réf. WRCAM43201Boston 1780. 4pp. Folio. Old folds. Minor losses and wear along fold lines. Lightly soiled. Contemporary ownership inscription and notation at top of first page of first issue. Very good. Revolutionary-era newspaper containing among other news items a lengthy account of the Gordon Riots in London an anti-Catholic riot in early June 1780 led by Lord George Gordon who marched to Parliament at the head of a crowd of nearly 50000 people. News of the riot is continued in the Sept. 7th issue. Also other brief new items from the Revolution including a list of deserters from the Rhode Island levies. unknown books
1782réf. WRCAM43196Boston 1782. 4pp. Folio. Old folds. Very minor loss at some folds. Light soiling and wear. Very good. THE CONTINENTAL JOURNAL. was a weekly Boston paper published by John Gill from 1776 to 1785. The front page is an article entitled "The Political Spectator" attacking the state government for abuse of power. This issue includes news from London: "Gen. Arnold comes home as fully disgusted with the conduct of the royal commanders as he was heretofore disgusted with those of America"; also part of a letter form John Adams about diplomatic affairs in the Netherlands. Another article of interest notes that Gen. Nathanael Green is taking a detachment of troops to deal with hostile Indians at the headwaters of the Mobile River. unknown books
1783réf. WRCAM43063Boston: Benjamin Edes and sons 1783. 4pp. Folio. Old fold lines. Minor foxing and soiling. Very good plus. THE BOSTON GAZETTE published weekly was established in 1719 as a competitor to the BOSTON NEWS-LETTER and ran for nearly a century 1719-1798. From April 1756 to December 1793 it was published with the additional "AND COUNTRY JOURNAL." During the American Revolution the GAZETTE was a leading publisher of material protesting British taxes and anti-British sentiment. Contributors included such notable personages as Samuel Adams Phyllis Wheatley and Paul Revere who also did the engraving on the masthead. This issue from the end of the American Revolution contains a lengthy article written by "Grotius" on the evil of a federal impost and the rights of states to be independent. He writes: "For the general court to pass an act which they consider in its nature irrepealable thereby giving Congress the power of levying imposts of the property of this state.is 'delivering up the people to the subjection of a foreign power.'" Power assigned to Congress by the Articles of Confederation - or the lack thereof - would be hotly debated eventually leading to the creation of the U.S. Constitution in 1787. It also contains news from the front including an extract from a letter by General Greene to Congress announcing the flight of the British from Charleston. A nice piece from the Revolution. Benjamin Edes and sons unknown books
1793réf. WRCAM43165London 1793. 4pp. Folio. Neatly silked on both sides. Minor soil. Very good. Includes an account of the trial of Marie Antoinette and an advertisement for several works by Thomas Paine. unknown books
1785réf. WRCAM43208Boston 1785. 4pp. Folio. Light wear at folds. Lightly soiled. Very good. This issue includes some accounts of Parliament in which imports and exports from British colonies in Jamaica and Canada are discussed. Also a brief account of the Kentucky country providing a description of its agriculture climate soil &c. unknown books
1798réf. WRCAM43166Boston 1798. 4pp. Folio. Expertly silked on both sides. Small losses along old folds affecting a few lines of text. Some light foxing and soiling. Contemporary ownership inscription at top of first page. About very good. This issue of this long-running Boston paper contains the "Petition of J.J. Rousseau to the French Convention" as well as many notices for celebrations of George Washington's birthday. The COLUMBIAN CENTINEL was a later incarnation of THE MASSACHUSETTS CENTINEL an influential Federalist newspaper called by some the most enterprising newspaper in the state. The paper's publisher Benjamin Russell was a thorough-going Federalist and made his paper the leading Federalist organ in New England. unknown books
1783réf. WRCAM43192Boston 1783. 4pp. Folio. Old folds. Minor loss at some folds affecting a few words of text. Light soiling and foxing. Very good. A representative issue of this newspaper with news of a bill passed by Parliament regarding trade with America and a plethora of advertisements and classified ads. It also contains an account of Lt. James Moody's spying expedition into Philadelphia in 1781 one of the more remarkable stories of the war.Together with the first leaf of the issue for Jan. 2 1786 containing part of a letter written to John Adams by the Abbe de Malby on the government and laws of America. THE INDEPENDENT LEDGER. was established June 15 1778 by Edward Draper and John W. Folsom; it was published until Oct. 16 1786. unknown books
