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1918réf. 8927Brooklyn: Sackett & Wilhelms Lithographing & Printing Co 1918. Poster. Two sheets 142 cm x 213.5 cm / 56" x 84" Tissue lined with a few small closed tear at the former folds at the left edge. Top half of this large poster. Drawing of Lady Victory holding a flag. [Sackett & Wilhelms Lithographing & Printing Co] unknown books
réf. 9998Boston: October 1835. Letterpress broadside 8.875" x 12 sheet size. Early ink inscription on verso reading: "Return to C.C. Mason of the Me Cong. the M.E. Ch." CONDITION: Good old folds a few tissue repairs on verso to small holes loss along fold in lower margin just nicking "2" in "2 o'clock" a few small losses to lower edgesome toning and foxing. with Garrison William Lloyd. Autograph letter signed to William E. Gould regarding the confrontation with the pro-slavery mob in October 1835. Boston 8 December 1877. 2 pp. 7.75" x 5" with original cover addressed to Gould with 3 cent stamp and Boston postmark. Written in response to Gould's letter requesting information on the Thompson broadside see below. CONDITION: Very good old folds. with Gould Emma Maynard Dow. Autograph letter signed by Emma Maynard Dow Gould William Gould's wife to John likely John Mead Gould William's brother regarding the broadside and Garrison letter offered here. Probably Boston 2 May 1892. 1 p. 7.75" x 4.875". CONDITION: Very good old folds. with Half plate daguerreotype of the Gould family. Portland Maine 1853. Housed in a thermoplastic case. CONDITION: Very good image clear and un-touched mat tarnished case fully intact and attractive. An exceptionally rare broadside relating to one of the most notorious moments in the history of abolitionism accompanied by a letter of William Lloyd Garrison providing an account of events and referring to his "ruffianly seizure" by the pro-slavery mob with a related family letter and Gould family daguerreotype. In 1835 one of the leading British abolitionists George Thompson 1804-1878 traveled from the United Kingdom for a lecture tour of the United States in response to an invitation from William Lloyd Garrison whom he had met in 1832 in Scotland where the two became friends. In the 1877 ALS included here Garrison recalls the events surrounding the broadside: "On the 21st of October 1835 the Boston Female Anti-Slavery Society attempted to hold its annual meeting. At that time George Thompson the eloquent and successful advocate of British West India Emancipation was laboring here with the Abolitionists and by their invitation to effect a similar deliverance for the Southern slave population. To intensify the popular pro-slavery spirit against him he was falsely and maliciously branded by the press as a British emissary who had been sent here by the British Government with his pockets lined with British gold 'for the purpose of overthrowing our Glorious Union' etc etc." The broadside explicitly intended to incite a mob yet attempting to characterize its purpose as patriotic calls for the pro-slavery supporters to seize and tar Thompson: That infamous scoundrel THOMPSON will hold forth this afternoon at the Liberator Office No. 48 Washington Street. The present is a fair opportunity for the friends of the Union to snake Thompson out! It will be a contest between the Abolitionists and the friends of the Union. A purse of $100 has been raised by a number of patriotic citizens to reward the individual who shall first lay violent hands on Thompson so that he may be brought to the tar kettle before dark. Friends of the Union be vigilant! Aware of the gathering mob Thompson did not attend the meeting as scheduled and Garrison instead went to speak to the Society. Garrison continues with his description of the events unfolding including fascinating details of the author and publisher of the inciting broadside: "It was deemed prudent by ladies for his own personal safety that he should not attend the meeting aforesaid; nevertheless it was rumored that he was to be present and this led to the issuing of the mob-exciting placard which you have copied in your letter and about which you express a wish to be further informed. That placard was written by James L. Homer editor of the Boston Gazette and printed in his office and distributed throughout the city!" Garrison concludes with his own experience on the day: "The result was the gathering of a mob of five thousand persons the breaking up of the ladies meeting my ruffianly seizure and being dragged through the streets finally rescued by the city constabulary and incarceration in Leverett Street jail to save my life." Garrison was indeed seized by the pro-slavery mob and was dragged through the streets with a rope around his waist with the intent of tarring and feathering him or worse. Boston Mayor Theodore Lyman II intervened and confined Garrison for his own safety. The example of the broadside offered here at one time owned by Reverend C. C. Mason of the Methodist Episcopal Church was subsequently given to William Gould whose curiosity regarding events surrounding it led him to write to Garrison. Gould's letter penned from Portland Maine on November 14th 1877 is in the Boston Public Library's Anti-Slavery Collection MS A.1.2 v.39 p. 154A. He writes in part: "I have copied upon the page annexed a sheet sent me by an old minister. It is so very different from the state of things today that I want to frame it for my Library & I would be very glad to frame also any reply you may be pleased to make to me when I now ask you if you will. Kindly tell me what year this was. What was the result of the appeal and if it is known who was the author of the document." Also included here is an 1892 letter from Gould's wife Emma 1836-1918 to his brother John offering the collection of items to him: "Edw. has framed a relic which he thinks you may like. It is a placard printed in Boston in Feb. sic 1835 intended to incite a pro-slavery mob at the time of an anti-slavery meeting with it is an autographed letter from Wm. Loyd sic Garrison explaining it which he wrote Edw. in reply to one from him asking information about the affair. If you would like it perhaps Theo will come for it. I am breaking up and packing and it will be one thing out of my way. If you do not come for it he will give it to the Historical Society." Emma refers here to her husband by his middle name Edward. Lending additional interest to this lot is a half plate daguerreotype of the Gould family of Portland Maine. Edward Gould 1805-1894 and his wife Althea Chase Gould 1808-1894 are seated at center surrounded by their six children. William E. Gould the eldest son stands at the center his hand resting on his father's shoulder. To the left of William is his brother John Mead Gould who would go on to achieve distinction in the Civil War. Although often cited in accounts of the abolitionist movement the Thompson broadside is exceptionally rare. We locate just two copies in institutions at The National Museum of African American History & Culture and the Massachusetts Historical Society. OCLC records a copy at the Library of Congress dated 1851 in the record but it is pictured on the LC site and appears to be a reproduction of some sort. An important group of items documenting the conflict in Boston surrounding abolitionism in the 1830s and a wonderful example of private historical preservation. Provenance: Reverend Charles C. Mason b. ca. 1820 to William E. Gould 1837-1919 to his brother John Mead Gould 1839-1930. Boston: [October, 1835] unknown books
réf. 4907Boston MA: Boston Society of Natural History. First Edition. Original Wraps/Hardcover. Very Good. First Edition. Original Wraps/Hardcover. Birds of Labrador Boston Society of National History Proceedings Vol. 337 p. 277-428 pl. 29. by Charles Townsend and Glover Allen. North American Wood Frogs by Reginald Herer Howe Vol. 28 no. 14 p. 369-374 1899. with insert: A Time Table of New England Frogs and Toads. The Orthoptera of New England by C.H. Rernald 1888. 61pp. Students in the Mass. Agricultural College and the Farmers of the State Edward Howe Forbush: A Biographical Sketch by John B. May.1928. Vol.39 no. 2 p. 33-72 pl. 4-5. Hardcover bound with marbled boards illus. The Snakes of New England by Harold L. Babock 1929. Natural History Guides no.1 four color plates. Toning and chipping on wrappers else tight bright and unmarred. 8vo var. pp illus b/w. Printed wrappers and one hardboard in cloth over marbled boards. Boston Society of Natural History hardcover books
1929réf. 10117Boston Massachusetts: The Sisterhood; Printed by The Alpine Press Inc 1929. Octavo 20.5 x 13.75 cm. viii 257 iii pages. Table of contents. Committee from page iii. Stated "Revised Edition". A charitable cookbook emanating from the locus of Conservative Judaism in Boston with approximately eight hundred recipes the majority of them attributed. Representative among them: Potato Ball Soup Sweet and Sour Cabbage Soup Cold Beet Soup Gefilte Fish Marinat Sour Fish Pickled Herring Chopped Liver Sardine Entrée with walnuts and celery Stewed Tongue Chinese Chicken Chow Mein Cheese Blintzes Sweet Potatoes and Apples Boiled Asparagus Carrot Zimis i.e. tsimmes Squash Pie Potato Kugel Noodle Pudding Banana Macaroon Mousse Prune Frozen Cream Cheese Cake Paravah Cake Pound Cake Hazelnut Torte Mon Kichles i.e. kichlach Plum Jam Apple Butter. A concluding section groups holiday recipes for Passover Purim Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur Eve and Hanukah. Clean and bright. In publisher's beige cloth lettered in black; some very light soil to boards otherwise near fine. OCLC locates twelve copies; edition not in Brown; none of the editions in Bitting or Cagle. [The Sisterhood; Printed by] The Alpine Press, Inc hardcover books
1821réf. 40754Boston 1821. Broadsheet oblong 8" x 10." Seal and blue ribbon intact in the left blank margin. A variety of type fonts and sizes completed in ink manuscript. Engraving of Screaming Eagle with shield "E Pluribus Unum" banner and arrows. Signed in ink by H. Dearborn as President and Thaddeus Page as Recording Secretary. The verso records that on 3 August 1826 Bradford transferred this Certificate to A Republican Institution. The verso prints the 16th Article of the By-Laws permitting transfers of certificates among members. Signed twice by Bradford. Very Good plus. William B. Bradford was a Boston wholesale and retail grocer. The Boston Public Library's Archives contain some of his papers. The "Republican Institution was founded in 1819 'as a body politic and corporate forever for the purpose of procuring a building and keeping it in repair with suitable apartments for a reading room library and the meeting of the said society in the town of Boston Massachusetts.' Its intent was to provide a forum for political education and discussion of best means of promoting national welfare. Measures approximately 10" x 8 1/4". Affixed at left is the large corporate seal which indicated that the corporation was incorporated in 1819. Attached to and extending below the paper seal is a blue ribbon" online 'Republicanism' web site description of a specimen Certificate and description of the Institution 'Historical Pillars of the Republican Party'. Henry Dearborn of Boston had been a veteran of the Revolutionary War a Federalist Congressman and Secretary of War. He founded the Institution which was chartered in February 1819. Its purpose was to promote political thought and discussion. Seeking to purchase a building the Institution's organizers resolved to sell four hundred shares in the Institution for $25 each. A person could purchase up to four shares. unknown books
1810réf. 41597Boston 1810. 44 folio issues each 4 pp and 14" x 20-1/4." Number 4 of Volume 32 through Number 51 of Volume 32; Whole Number 1378 through Whole Number 1425 LACKING No. 7 Whole No. 1881 January 22 No. 16 Whole No. 1390 February 19 No. 18 Whole No. 1392 February 26 and No. 29 Whole No. 1403 April 5. Number 17 Whole No.1391 present but bound out of order. Untrimmed. Some tears with some effect on text. Overall Good plus. A venerable Boston publication of greatest significance during the Revolutionary years but covering all local national and international issues during the tensions with England and France in Madison's early presidency. unknown books
1840réf. 36863Boston 1840. Broadside 5-5/8" x 9-3/4." Old margin folds and tear at blank upper corner. At head is a depiction of the Seal of Boston within an illustration of clouds. Light dusting one fox spot. About Very Good. Josiah Quincy Jr. was Mayor of Boston 1845-1849. Whig candidates for Alderman Warden Clerk Common Councilmen Inspectors School Committee and Overseers of the Poor are also listed. unknown books
1870réf. 30939Boston: J.A. Cummings & Co. Prs. 1870. Broadside 5" x 11 1/4". Printed in black ink using several different typesettings. Edgeworn archival tape repairs on verso of short closed tears. About Good. Evidently unrecorded OCLC 31877942 notes a similar broadside located only at Brown by the same printer J.A. Cummings & Co., Prs. unknown books
1866réf. 28424New York: J. Craft Steam Printer 1866. 31 1 blank pp. Stitched in original printed wrappers illustrated with the American Screaming Eagle. Wrapper title as issued. Light wrapper wear Very Good. This rare pamphlet "introduces to the farmers and agriculturalists of the New England States a fertilizer in which they will find more of interest than ourselves.We know that prejudice is sometimes entertained against the blending of science with agriculture but this error is passing away." It includes explanations scientific analyses confirming the Company's enthusiastic claims and testimonials. OCLC 191307947 1- AAS. J. Craft, Steam Printer unknown books
1770réf. 27373Glasgow: Robert and Thomas Duncan 1770. Attractive original calf with raised spine bands light wear. 407 1 blank pp. Rear free endpaper torn contemporary ownership signature of Thomas Manning. Scattered light foxing modern bookplate Very Good. ESTC T74880. Robert and Thomas Duncan unknown books
1822réf. 25245Boston 1822. 8pp untrimmed and widely margined with some chipping at the fore-edge. Partly uncut title leaf loose. Good. The signature 'Rantoul' is written at the blank upper margin of title page. An expression of Boston's revolt against domination by the Federalist Central Committee which opposed electoral reforms and thwarted efforts to end imprisonment for debt. The Middling Interest which also opposed the entrenched and self-serving Republicans sought election by ward of State and Federal representatives. The Middling Interest sought on behalf of the emerging middle class the power and recognition which both of Boston's political parties had denied them. "We hold that rich men acquire no political influence justly by their wealth alone." No man "can or ought to have influence on any other qualifications than the soundness of his judgment the fairness of his mind and his ability to be useful." FIRST EDITION. AI 8654 11. unknown books
1837réf. 228771837. 4.75" x 7.5" folded. 1 3 blank pp gilt edges. Old wax seal remnants with small blank edge tear caused by opening the seal. 'Hazzard Esq. New Port' in script on back. Very Good. A rare ephemeron of this railroad and early American railroad travel. The printed invitation is on the first page. The ticket is loosely affixed to blank page 3. It is printed 'Excursion Over the New York Providence and Boston Rail Road. November 10th 1837. 'Mr. Hazzard' is written in script on its verso. unknown books
1827réf. 21387Boston: Dutton & Wentworth 1827. Stitched and untrimmed with first and last leaf rather dusty else a clean and Very Good text. vi 106pp. Accompanied by a typed note on the verso of Revere Sugar Refinery stationery from 'P.R.C.' to 'G.D.F.' concerning the bridge. "The proposed bridge was erected in 1828 and known as Warren Bridge." OCLC. Evidently intended to assist Harvard College the plan aroused considerable opposition as it would compete with the toll bridge located only a short distance away. FIRST EDITION. II Harv. Law Cat. 449. BEAL 11593. OCLC 4182895 14. AI 30433 13. Not in Marke Eberstadt Decker. Dutton & Wentworth unknown books
1799réf. 11026Boston: John Russell 1799. 13pp stitched contemporary plain blue wrappers verso of front wrap and front endpapers heavily foxed as usual. Text clean crisp and Very Good. "Surprisingly this is one of the most beautifully printed 18th century American pamphlets with a woodcut ship on the title page and a splendid variety of type fonts conservatively arranged." Jenkins. An early example of American incorporations. FIRST EDITION. Evans 35221. III Jenkins 887. NAIP w033188 4. 68 NUC 0676349 2. Not in Cohen. John Russell unknown books
1852réf. 2354124Boston: J.H. Eastburn City Printer 1852. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. First edition Sabin 6766. Lacks map. Fore edge rubbed through at a couple points boards a bit rubbed spine faded Essex Institute bookplate on front endpaper endpapers lightly foxed. 1852 Hard Cover. 288 pp. An account of the three-day Jubilee held in September 1851 to celebrate the completion of the Boston-Montreal Railway line and the beginning of service connecting Boston with Montreal and the Western United States. The book prepared at the request of the City Council of Boston provides a narrative description of the pageant and other celebrations in Boston. The extensive celebrations included speeches by Daniel Webster and President Millard Fillmore; Lord Elgin and Joseph Howe spoke for Canada. The book describes the preparations for the events the order of the festivities and the distinguished visitors who took part the speeches the military and maritime excursions and the members of the lengthy parade as well as detailed descriptions of the elaborate decorations put up throughout downtown Boston on residences and commercial buildings. J.H. Eastburn, City Printer hardcover books
2006réf. 627334New York: Hyperion 2006. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. First edition. Illustrated by Kadir Nelson. Large thin folio. Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by both the author and the illustrator. Children's picture book. Hyperion hardcover books
1985réf. 51359Boston MA: Boston Publishing Company. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. c1985. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0939526190 . A first edition/first printing in Fine condition in a Very Good dust-jacket with some small tears and some rubbing around the corners. There is a previous owner's address sticker on the rear pastedown; This book is a history of the Medal of Honor from the Civil War to Vietnam and it tells the stories of Medal of Honor recipients from all branches of the military. It is a comprehensive and well-researched book that is sure to interest anyone interested in military history.; 4to ; 346 pages . Boston Publishing Company hardcover books
1905réf. List2839Boston Massachusetts 1905. Single 8.5 x 8.5 inch sheet cut from a larger whole; likely missing a portion. Marks at upper left side some folding. Otherwise excellent to near fine. Wanted poster for Mary S. Dean dated December 16 1905. Three months prior a young woman's torso had been found in a suitcase floating in Boston Harbor. A month later a suitcase containing her limbs was found and she was identified as Susanna Geary. In September Geary had gone to the medical practice on Tremont Street where Dean worked as a nurse and Dean had performed an abortion for her - at the time an illegal procedure in Massachusetts. Geary developed sepsis from the surgery; when she died Dean and three men one a doctor conspired to dismember Geary and dispose of her body in the ocean.1 The doctor was acquitted and the two men pleaded guilty but Mary S. Dean was never found. 1 "Says McLeod Made Plans: Crawford Testifies in Suit Case Trial" The Boston Globe November 28 1905. unknown books
réf. 62491Boston: Published by Charles Stimpson 1829. Scarce and Charming Street Plan of Boston A scarce separately-issued pocket map edition of this folding map of the city of Boston originally printed in the Boston Directory for 1829. The Boston Directory first appeared in 1789 and was printed more or less consistently by a variety of publishers through the early 20th century. Publisher Charles Stimpson who took over with partner John Frost in 1820 turned the irregularly printed directory into a yearly affair bundled with the Boston Advertiser. A similar plan of Boston appeared in their first edition and was continually updated as the city grew and evolved. This is the first edition published with only Stimpson's name on the imprint and the detailed street plan represents Boston at a period of considerable change. The filling of Mill Pond which began in 1807 for example was only completed in 1828 making this an early example of a city plan which shows the streets of the finished project and the newly constructed and somewhat controversial Warren Bridge see Charles River Bridge v. Warren Bridge 1837. While this map is primarily found in the 1829 edition of Stimpson's directory a small number of copies were issued separately as pocket maps folding into a gilt leather folder and completed with neat hand-coloring. In her book Gaining Ground: A History of Landmaking in Boston historian Nancy Seashores attributes the maps in Stimpson's directories from 1828 to 1838 to copper engraver Hazen Morse originally of Haverhill. This copy belonged to Captain Crofton Thomas Croasdaile Vandeleur 1808-1876 a member of the prominent Irish Vandeleur family. Vandeleurs spent centuries as members of parliament soldiers or both; descendants Joe and Giles Vandeleur participated in Operation Market-Garden in the Second World War and were featured as characters in the 1977 film A Bridge Too Far. An interesting and detailed snapshot of Boston during a time of growth and expansion quite rare in the separately-issued pocket map format as here. OCLC locates copies of the 1829 map at only five institutions: the British Library the American Antiquarian Society the Massachusetts Historical Society the Boston Public Library and the Newberry Library. Folding into contemporary roan gilt binding 3¼ x 2¾ inches. Map trimmed to the neatline minor splitting along some folds. Contemporary ownership inscription of "Cap't Crofton Vandeleur 34th Reg't" on verso see below. Very good. OCLC 760222152 1021281603 556668729. Nancy Seasholes Gaining Ground: A History of Landmaking in Boston Boston: MIT Press 2003 p.441. hardcover books
1839réf. 41144Boston. 1839. Volume 2 numbers 3 and 4 of the BOSTON JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY issued in August 1839. A survey of fish in Massachusetts' waters completed as part of a Zoological Survey of Massachusetts. 289-579pp. plus three plates. Later wrappers. In a folding cloth box leather label by James MacDonald. hardcover books
1839réf. 36501Boston: Press of Dow & Jackson 1839. With the ownership signature of "Samuel E. Sawyer" a member of the library at the head of the titlepage. Includes a history of the Boston Mercantile Library Association the constitution and by-laws a list of officers by year of service and a list of members. The library catalogue runs some forty-six pages listing more than two thousand works in a number of disciplines. Included are works of American and world history and travel science trade literature religion manners and more. Scarce with AMERICAN IMPRINTS and OCLC together locating only five copies. 12mo. Contemporary marbled wrappers string-tied. Wrappers rubbed and worn. Minor foxing. Very good. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 57241. OCLC 20321096. unknown books
1799réf. 16528Boston. 1799. An early and scarce example of an act of incorporation for an American insurance company. Only two copies are located by the NUC. 13pp. Woodcut of ship on titlepage. Blue wrappers. Front endpapers foxed else a very good copy. EVANS 35221. unknown books
réf. 5815SIEGE OF BOSTON. The Siege of Boston lasted from April 1775 to March 1776 when the British withdrew from the city. General Henry Knox hauled captured cannons across Massachusetts in the middle of winter to fortify Dorchester Heights and the British knew their position was unsustainable so they retreated to Nova Scotia.DS. 1pg. 6 x 2 . September 15 1775. Winter Hill Somerville Massachusetts. A document signed Benja Tuck concerning wages; this was written during the important Siege of Boston. Tuck communicated: I Benj Tuck Do give this order to Capt. Moses Leavitt to Draw what wages is Due or Shall be allowd to me for Being in the American Service Benj Tuck. The reference to the American service is relatively early coming nine months before the Declaration of Independence and three months after Bunker Hill. This phrase means that the soldiers saw themselves as part of a different military than the British Army and this was three months after the Continental Army was officially formed. Moses Leavitt 1745-1803 was a Continental Army officer from North Hampton New Hampshire and later a general of their militia as well as a state senator. Tuck was most likely a soldier from New Hampshire. Winter Hill is a part of Somerville Massachusetts and important during the American Revolution. In 1775 British troops marched on Winter Hill to attack a powder house owned by the patriots. Just after Bunker Hill wounded Continental Army soldiers were hospitalized there. The document is housed in a contemporary frame; there is the usual foxing and soiling and a vertical fold. unknown books
réf. 226Stock. An unengrossed stock certificate for the Boston Rubber Company. Black on white paper. Uncancelled and in extremely fine condition. unknown books
1890réf. List3882Charlestown Massachusetts 1890. Double-sided printed cardstock measuring 5 ¾ x 3 ¼ inches. Some small stains and manuscript pencil markings. Excellent. A card advertising Martin J. Roche's Steamship Office and Catholic Book Store in the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston likely from the early 1890s. Roche was a steamship agent in Boston from about 1885 on advertising steamship travel especially from Ireland in Catholic newspapers like the Sacred Heart Review in which he also authored a recurring column titled "Our Irish Letter."1 The card notes that Roche is also an "Agent for 'S.H. Review'." Newspaper advertisements indicate that he opened the Catholic bookstore aspect of his business in about 1891; the card advertises "Irish Song Books Histories and Story Books of all kinds; also Prayer Books Rosaries Scapulars Statues etc. at the lowest prices". At the time-subsequent to the wave of Irish immigration during the famine-most Irish immigrants were young unmarried women. Many settled in the Boston area. 1 The Sacred Heart Review 1 no. 14 April 6 1895 21. . unknown books
