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1952ref. 216371952. Letters. Near Fine. A 2 pg. Robert Moses typed letter signed written on his personal stationary with the Babylon Long Island letterhead and addressed to radio and theatre producer and director Day Tuttle. Moses here discusses the challenges and complexities of building on Fire Island and displays a firm grasp of the material citing specific causeways projects and developments. The letter 2 separate 9"x11" pages has held up very well. Clean and crisp and very well-preserved with a strong ink signature by Moses. unknown books
1939ref. 21663Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press 1939. Cloth. Very Good . INSCRIBED BY ROBERT MOSES on the front free endpaper. A clean solid copy to boot of the 1939 1st edition of this long lecture given at Harvard by Robert Moses as part of the Godkin Lectures. Tight and VG in its fittingly crimson cloth with very light rubbing at the spine. Internally very clean with no writing or markings of any kind other than Robert Moses's inscription. 12mo 78 pgs. Also includes a laid-in card in original envelope expressing birthday wishes from Robert Moses's wife Mary. Harvard University Press unknown books
1970ref. 21705New York: McGraw-Hill 1970. Leatherette. Near Fine/Very Good . INSCRIBED BY ROBERT MOSES on the half-title. A very solid copy to boot of the 1970 1st edition in its pebbled navy-blue leatherette. Tight and Near Fine in a crisp VG to Near Fine example of the unprinted mylar dustjacket with several tiny chips along the spine ends. Thick octavo top-edge gilt. McGraw-Hill unknown books
1903ref. 17370New York: Moses King 1903. Cloth. Very Good. A very important Association copy -- and a significant piece of turn-of-the-century New York history. INSCRIBED BY MOSES KING in February 1904 TO ADOLPH S. OCHS THE PUBLISHER AND OWNER OF THE NEW YORK TIMES 1896-1935 AND A MAJOR FORCE IN THE GROWTH OF NEW YORK AS A WORLD-CLASS CITY. A solid very presentable copy to boot of the 1903 installation of this photographic tribute to New York both overseen and published by the powerful Moses King himself a formidable figure in the world of New York movers and shakers. This copy is solid and VG to VG in its tan cloth with bright gilt-titling to the front panel. Light wear at the spine ends and the tips mild rubbing along the front panel's bottom-edge and very light soiling to the rear panel. Folio hundreds of crisp black-and-white plates glorifying the city's architectural acheivements. Laid-into this copy is a hand-sewn uncommon 1933 booklet called "Adolph S. Ochs at Seventy-Five" which pays tribute to the publisher's accomplishments from the perspective of Jewish theology and ideals. Moses King unknown books
1897ref. 22293New York: King's Handbooks 1897. Hardcover. Very good. Folio. 96pp. Illustrated throughout with photographs of the Exchange Wall Street and prominent men of the era. Green ribbed cloth printed in black and gilt. First and last pages on brittle yellow paper. The tit is overprinted raising the number of portraits to 1961. Front hinge repaired the brittle title page is rough along the edges binding is also rubbed else this is aivery good copy. . King's Handbooks hardcover books
1863ref. 215941863. Medal of Honor Recipient Moses Veale Signed Civil War muster out roll dated June 8 1863 documents the discharge of 1st Lieutenant Orson Foot of the 60th New York Volunteer Infantry so he could accept a commission as Captain during the opening phase of the Gettysburg campaign. Issued at Aquia Creek Virginia the document bears the signature of Captain Moses Veale as mustering officer a Union officer later awarded the Medal of Honor for extraordinary gallantry during the Civil War. Veale's citation records that during the Battle of Wauhatchie Tennessee he continued directing his men after being struck by four enemy bullets and having his horse shot from under him. The presence of Veale's signature transforms the document from routine military administration into a signed record connected to one of the war's most decorated acts of battlefield courage. At the same time the roll records Foot's discharge to accept promotion during the Gettysburg Campaign. Foot Orson. Civil War muster out roll. Aquia Creek Virginia June 8 1863. One manuscript sheet completed in official Union Army muster format and signed by Captain Moses Veale as mustering officer. The document certifies that the officer "carefully examined this Roll. and mustered the said Orson Foot for discharge; and I hereby honorably discharge him from the service of the United States." It records Foot's enrollment at Ogdensburg New York on September 16 1861 identifies his rank as 1st Lieutenant in the 60th New York Volunteer Infantry and notes in the remarks that he was mustered out "to accept Commission of Captain." The sheet therefore documents the administrative transition by which an officer left one commission to assume another within the wartime command structure. The document's date and place situate it at the evacuation of Aquia Creek Landing one of the Army of the Potomac's principal logistical bases. Established during earlier campaigns in northern Virginia Aquia Creek served as a major supply depot linking Washington with Union forces in the field. As Robert E. Lee advanced north in June 1863 the Union command dismantled and abandoned the installation to support the army's rapid movement toward Pennsylvania. By the very day this roll was issued June 8 Federal forces were evacuating and destroying the depot to prevent its use by Confederate troops. Foot's promotion therefore occurred amid the redeployment that would culminate at the Battle of Gettysburg. Single manuscript sheet measuring approximately 32 x 11 inches when unfolded. Some age toning scattered ink staining and edge wear consistent with large-format wartime administrative documents; overall good condition. A substantial Civil War military document combining Gettysburg campaign context with the signature of Medal of Honor recipient Moses Veale whose later battlefield heroism makes his autograph particularly desirable within Civil War military manuscripts. A substantial Civil War military document produced during the evacuation of Aquia Creek and the opening phase of the Gettysburg campaign. unknown books
1973ref. 605416London: Children of God 1973. Unbound. Very Good. First edition. 24mo. One sheet folded twice. Stains and a few small creases very good. Moses a.k.a. David Berg was the founder and leader of the Children of God cult which at its height of popularity reached tens of thousands of members including River and Joaquin Phoenix and Rose McGowan. In 1976 Berg encouraged followers to use a method of evangelism he termed "Flirty Fishing" which used sexual intimacy to attract men to the cult who would otherwise not be open to it. After ex-members accused the group of decades of abuse a British court found the group to be an authoritarian cult which "engaged in the systematic physical and sexual abuse of children." Berg sent out approximately 3000 "Mo Letters" on various subjects to communicate with his followers. This one addresses the "white devils" and calls on his "Sons of All Colours" for more diversity in carrying on the Revolution for Jesus. Mo Letter No. 105. Children of God unknown books
1892ref. 606011Philadelphia: T. & J. W. Johnson & Co 1892. Hardcover. Fine. First edition. vii 197pp. Brick red cloth stamped in blind and gilt. A trifle worn at the corners and spine ends still easily a bright fine copy. Born in Philadelphia Dropsie was a Jewish-American lawyer businessman and patron of Jewish learning who left his fortune to found Dropsie College in Philadelphia which was open until 1986; it is now part of Penn under the name "Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies. T. & J. W. Johnson & Co hardcover books
1869ref. 605376Boston: Fields Osgood & Co 1869. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Small octavo. Beveled green cloth decorated in gilt. Early pencil name on front fly else near fine. Wright II 2570. Fields, Osgood, & Co hardcover books
1971ref. 588068Woodstock New York: Eidos 1971. Softcover. Very Good. Issue No. 1. Cover by Roy Gover. Slim small quarto. 63 1 pp. Heavily illustrated. Very good with moderate general wear and a tiny bit of foxing on the rear panel. Uncommon Woodstock-published occultish magazine. Eidos unknown books
1870ref. 570099Chicago: Alex. Hesler 1870. Unbound. Fine. Albumen cabinet card. Image approximately 4" x 5.5" mounted on a slightly larger card. Fine. Moses wrote the noted history Illinois Historical and Statistical published in 1892. Alex. Hesler unknown books
1971ref. 558281New York: Time-Life Books 1971. Hardcover. Near Fine. Reprint. Small quarto. 190pp. Heavily illustrated. Boards slightly bowed faint foxing on the last few pages else near fine. Time-Life Books hardcover books
1962ref. 558525New York: Bantam Books 1962. Softcover. Very Good. Reprint. 16mo. Printed wrappers. The wraps and spine with creases and some rubbing cover slightly unglued from first page owner name on the first page very good. Bantam Books unknown books
1930ref. 541645New York: E.P. Dutton & Company 1930. Hardcover. Very Good. Three volume set volume one is a first edition volume two is reprinted "November 1930" and volume three is stated "New Popular Edition". Red cloth with printed labels. Page edges and spine labels toned volume three's pages darkened else a very good set. Inscribed to Barrett Harper Clark by the editor Montrose J. Moses on front fly of volume one and generally Inscribed by Moses on the front fly of volumes two and three. E.P. Dutton & Company hardcover books
1962ref. 541128Connecticut: Lakeville Journal Press 1962. Softcover. Fine. First edition. 39pp. Stapled green wrappers with gold and green label mounted on the front. Spine a touch sunned else fine. Inscribed by the author on title page verso. Scarce Inscribed copy no copies located on OCLC. Lakeville Journal Press unknown books
1969ref. 536513New York: Lancer Books 1969. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Paperback original. Illustrated. Modest age-toning on the pages and inside covers from the acidic paper else near fine. Movie tie-in illustrated with stills from the film that featured Riup Torn Sally Kirkland and Viveca Lindfors. complete with the printed script. Lancer Books unknown books
1962ref. 526622Cleveland Ohio: World Publishing Company 1962. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition deluxe issue. Introduction by Charlotte Willard. Foreword by Philip Evergood. Quarto. 41pp. Illustrated with 134 plates by Moses Soyer including 20 tipped-in color plates and 20 additional illustrations from drawings 10 of which are in color. Quarter blue morocco stamped in gilt and blue marbled paper-covered boards. A little rubbing on the spine else about fine in very good publisher's slipcase with a narrow abrasion along one edge of pictorial onlay on front of slipcase with moderate splitting along edges else complete. A scarce publication in this deluxe issue binding. Deluxe issue bound in quarter leather limited to 18 lettered copies for presentation originally issued with an original drawing which is not present in this copy of a total limited edition of 143 numbered and lettered copies "eighteen copies for private presentation and are lettered A to R". This is letter "F" and is lacking the original drawing. World Publishing Company hardcover books
1931ref. 505560New York: Edward B. Marks Music Co 1931. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Cover illustration by Manning. Quarto. Lyrics in Spanish and English. Single bifolium with a single sheet insert making six pages. Light edgewear and toning some foxing to the back cover else near fine. For voice and piano. Plate number 9772-3. Features a sample of "Poor Kid" by L. Wolfe Gilbert and Jesse Greer as well as one-measure samples of five other Gilbert songs. J. Rosamond Johnson was an African American composer and singer best known for the song "Lift Every Voice and Sing" which he wrote with his brother James Weldon Johnson. There are a few different versions of this tune some with the subtitle "Rambling Rose of the Wildwood" but this version has the most striking cover we've seen. Edward B. Marks Music Co unknown books
1893ref. 460705Chicago: W.B. Conkey Company 1893. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Stout quarto. 1120pp. Illustrated. Folding map affixed to rear pastedown advertisements. Blue decorative cloth stamped in black and gilt. Modest soiling on the boards a very good copy. W.B. Conkey Company hardcover books
1834ref. 436962Connecticut New York Ohio 1834. Very Good. A small archive consisting of one two-page narrative letter and 10 loose sheets about 20 holograph pages of miscellaneous writings by Moses Kimball including one page with pen and ink illustrations. Modest toning and a few tiny tears three manuscript sheets are partially split at the folds including one with a neat Japanese paper tape repair about very good overall. Born in Connecticut in 1741 Moses Kimball served in the Revolutionary War as a soldier under Brigadier General Samuel McClellan 1781-82. A devout Universalist he taught navigation and civil engineering and was a prosperous land owner in Norwich Connecticut. The letter and miscellaneous writings of poetry and short sermons retained here date from the last two years of his life when he left Connecticut to live with a grandson in Norwalk Ohio. In the letter written to a friend in Connecticut Kimball describes in detail his 15-day journey undertaken in May 1835 from Poquetanuck to Norwalk: He left via sloop for Albany then traveled along the Erie Canal and completed the last leg of the trip by steamer on Lake Erie. In his verse and short sermons he lays out his strong Universalist beliefs and philosophy of life. He died happy at the age of 93 in December 1835 just a few weeks after his arrival in Norwalk. A few extracts from the letter together with a sample of his verse follows: 1. ALS. 2pp. Small quarto. Norwalk October 14th 1835. Addressed to John Harkness at Preston Connecticut: "My good friend having an opportunity to give you some account of my journey to this place I gladly embrace it. It is a beautiful country suitable for farming a rich soil . We have an academy of learning for young gentlemen with 108 scholars and another for young ladies with 98 female scholars . We left Poquetanuck the 11 day of May & arrived at my Grandson Moses Kimball's the 25 of May. We went in a sloop . to Albany there I saw great improvements . They have made an Island in the river half a mile long . forming a basin between that & the main land with draw bridges at each end. There we left the sloop and entered on board a canal boat and past on our way drawn by horses day and night. Thus we past on up to Little Falls . and so on to Fort Stanwix . there at the height of land we left the Mohawk River and past a flat level country for 60 or 70 miles without a lock. The country all low and intersected with drowned land . and all along this wet country where the land rose a little . there would be some inhabitants settled with a bridge or two over the canal . when we got to Lake Erie at Buffalo we left the canal boat and got into a steam boat the largest vessel that I ever saw . this boat that cost thirty-five thousand dollars my grandson Moses owns one-tenth part . When we came over the lake . there were seven hundred passengers in her . So you see it is no wonder she earns money . ." 2. Miscellaneous Verses and Short Sermons 1834-35: 10 octavo sheets/about 20 holograph pages including one page with pen and ink illustrations. The following is quoted from a poem written by Kimball on his ninety-third birthday "May 17 A.D. 1834": This day my years are Ninety-three The time is past & gone from me Brought into being here to stay To wait for time to pass away . And when my earthly body dies To God my spirit will arise And live with him and there remain Till Souls to bodies join again . A compelling and historically important small archive of writings that also serve as a testament to Kimball's remarkable physical health and mental acuity. unknown books
1962ref. 421779New York: Collier Books 1962. Softcover. Near Fine. First Collier Books edition. Mass market paperback. Foreword by Perry Miller. Modest edgewear near fine. Collier Books BS 52. Collier Books unknown books
1998ref. 417462New York: Vintage Books 1998. Softcover. Fine. First edition Vintage paperback original. Pictorial wrappers. Fine. Vintage Books unknown books
1817ref. 412850London: Published by J. Taylor 1817. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Quarto. pp. 1 2-16; 1 2-8 publisher's catalogue. With an engraved title leaf and 36 engraved plates. Original boards with printed labels. Stains on the boards and titlepage spine partially perished dampstain to the gutter at the head of the spine and scattered foxing on the plates a good copy. Presumably very uncommon in boards. Published by J. Taylor hardcover books
1810ref. 413795Haverhill Massachusetts 1810. Softcover. Near Fine. Partially printed letterpress documents. 154 documents p. 5 28-177 all but the first five documents are hand-numbered by Wingate. Each document is filled out in the hand of Moses Wingate in his capacity as Justice of the Peace of Haverhill. Formerly bound with sewing and glue marks along the spine otherwise the documents themselves are mostly near fine or better with a few of them exhibiting small chips or tears. Each document contains the names of the adversaries and usually the decision by default which is filled out and Signed by Moses Wingate. A few have extensive notes on the verso but most are straightforward defaults. We suspect most of the plaintiffs were businessmen or shopkeepers and most of the defendants were defaulters on small accounts. Wingate born in 1769 was a distinguished resident of Haverhill in Essex County near the New Hampshire border who lived to more than 100 dying in 1870 and who cast a vote in every presidential election from Washington to Grant. He was at various times a member of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives and Senate and Justice of the Peace of Haverhill for nearly half a century. Among the plaintiffs here represented is publisher and printer Daniel Appleton founder of the important publisher D. Appleton and Company; as well as members of the locally prominent Carlton Minot Emerson Ingersoll and Whittier families John Greenleaf Whittier was born in Haverhill in 1807; at least three different Whittiers are named here presumably relatives. An interesting historical insight into business and justice in the early days of the Republic. unknown books
1837ref. 408536Washington: Printed by Gales & Seaton 1837. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 15 1pp. Removed from a nonce volume. Foxing else very good or better. Printed by Gales & Seaton unknown books
