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1938ref. z08233New York: Swedish-American Line 1938. Paperback. Very Good. Lot of information and souvenirs from a 1938 cruise aboard Swedish-American Line's Kunsholm motor liner from New York City to the Caribbean and West Indies. Includes several menus invitations to cocktails of liner stationary addressed to the passenger a passenger list a list of shore excursions a letter of welcome from the Swedish-American Line director and a souvenir booklet of "reminiscences" from the cruise. Illustrated wraps 8vo. Varying paginations with illustrations. Very good. Bending and some edgewear to items predominately clean and unmarked. A nice lot of materials for the cruise and travel enthusiast. Digital images available upon request. Swedish-American Line paperback
1910ref. 021623Hanover MA: Town of Hanover Publisher 1910. Cloth. Good. Green cloth. 291 474 pp. With a few photos and a small map. A town history of Hanover Massachusetts including notable residents and events a look at buildings etc. With a lengthy section of genealogies of families associated with Hanover. GOOD condition. Ex-library with spine label interior pockets pastedowns and stamping. Minor fading and edgewear. Heavy pulling and fraying to the head and tail of the spine. All front endpapers to the title page DETACHED and laid in. Lengthy gift inscription on the inside front cover. Rear interior hinge reinforced with binding tape. Town of Hanover, Publisher unknown
1790ref. 021253Portsmouth: No publisher 1790. Unbound. Very Good. A letter noting Samuel Hill is sending merchant Amos White one dozen axes via Mr. Remeck with Hill expecting the same price as before. Hill also notes he didn't have any pollock on hand. Amos White was a Dover New Hampshire merchant while Samuel Hill was a merchant in Portsmouth apparently importing items from the ships that anchored there. VERY GOOD. Some fold creases present. No publisher unknown
1858ref. 021511New York: H. Greeley and Company 1858. Wraps. Good. no date circa 1858. Light blue printed wraps. 68 pp. An almanac published by Horace Greeley that besides the usual monthly almanac information focuses on political subjects. This includes a look at the executive and judicial parts of the US government lists of the Senate and House of Representatives etc. Of note is a seven page look at the Case of Dred Scott mostly abstracts of court opinions; along with brief historic sketches of Minnesota and Oregon etc. GOOD condition. General toning and minor soiling to the covers. Minor curling and creasing at the corners. Paper toned in the interior. Small stain on the lower fore edge. H. Greeley and Company unknown
1973ref. 021587Portsmouth NH: Portsmouth 350 Inc 1973. Hard Cover. Good/Good. #167 in a limited edition. Glossy black faux leather hard covers. In dust jackets. 371 503 pages including an index to both volumes in volume 2. With black and white photos. A comprehensive history or Portsmouth NH with topics not discussed extensively elsewhere including the clipper ship days the Return of the Sons celebration in 1853 the effects of major fires on the city as well as a discussion of the notorious red-light district and its closing. Pictures of some of the more infamous bawdy houses are included. GOOD condition. Minor to moderate soiling scuffing and a few minor stains to the jacket. A few small tears and chips resulting in minor loss to the jackets. Superficial scuffing with slight loss of jacket illustrations to volume two. Extremities with minor tears and chips. Large tear along the lower hinge of volume two. Minor fading and soiling to the books. Portsmouth 350, Inc unknown
ref. 021567No Place: Absolut Vodka Presumed Publisher. Unbound. Very Good. No date perhaps early to mid 1990s. Single sheet folded into 8 panels. 23 by 18 inches unfolded. Note: no area codes are given for any phone numbers so we presume this is pre 2000. A map of words of the heart of New York City "downtown" with Washington Square about center on the map. There are a few illustrations present but mostly words become streets places etc. Stuart Davis' and Duchamp's art studios are noted as are many clubs bars shops and restaurants. Map drawn by noted artist Laurie Rosenwald. Rosenwald has also worked as a designer for many companies has authored books and been an animator. VERY GOOD condition. Minor toning and wrinkling. Absolut Vodka, Presumed Publisher unknown
1924ref. 021545Boston: C.E. Goodspeed and Co 1924. Cloth. Good. Blue cloth. 871 pp. Two fold out maps and several photographs throughout. As the title sums up neatly this is an exhaustive history of the island of Nantucket off the coast of Massachusetts focusing on white settlers and ignoring any contributions to its settlement by indigenous people. It does assert that Vikings probably surveyed the island and the coast of Massachusetts well before Columbus. With a genealogy of early white settlers. GOOD condition ex-library. Spine label interior pockets pastedowns and markings present. Minor scuffing fading soiling and edgewear to the covers. Both interior hinges cracked and separating from the text block tenuously holding on. Minor toning to the text block. C.E. Goodspeed and Co unknown
1918ref. 021403No Place: No publisher 1918. Cloth. Good. World War I Hospital/Medical Worker Diary. 1918 France. In a Daily Reminder Calendar for 1918. Red cloth. 365 pp. one for each day of the year. No name/author given. Some entries rather faded and most written in pencil. Handwriting is sometimes illegible. We speculate the author may have been an officer in the AEF as many of their entries refer to daily inspections and they reference an officer training drill in one entry. Many entries also refer to lieutenants majors and other officers although very rarely giving names instead using a single initial. It appears they were part of the AEF's hospital unit with mention of being at a frontline ambulance medical facility run by French forces and called Ambulance de Bois Roger see Feb. 12. First entry for January 1st indicates the author was in Langres France with the AEF American Expeditionary Force and mentions that school is out and he took a walk. They describe waiting for orders eventually being moved to Liffol-le-grand and Camp Hospital 18 for the month of January. By Early February entries are from Field Hospital 101. A hand drawn map/plan of Ambulance de Bois Roger appears on February 12. They describe setting up a triage with plan. On February 17 "considerable artillery to the east" is mentioned and the author as well as their going to an abandoned trench on the ridge. German biplanes are referred to using the French term avion boche. Boche was a derogatory term for Germans and the word appears off and on in entries going forward including March 8th where it states "Some boche in the air." They also mention that two were killed. By April the author is back at Camp Hospital 18 another map/plan of the facility appears and Field Hospital 101. Entries pretty much cease by April 23 with a few scattered entries short a few long" through the rest of the book. In general the diarist discusses basic day to day operations at the various medical facilities as well as planning interactions with others basic orders etc. GOOD condition. Residue/staining on the front cover. General fading. Minor soiling and edgewear. Some bumping. No publisher unknown
1878ref. 021488Boston: New England Publishing Company 1878. First Edition. Cloth. Good. First edition with 1878 present on title and copyright page. Green cloth decorated in blind and black. 373 pp. Photograph frontis of Bridgman along with two fold out plates of writing in the text. A biography of Laura Bridgman a woman who after being stricken with scarlet fever at the age of two was left deaf and blind. Showing an aptitude for learning Bridgman was enrolled at the Perkins Institute for the Blind successfully learning Braille and sign language as well as general knowledge including arithmetic. She gained some fame in her early teenage years when Charles Dickens wrote about her in 1842 but this fame eventually faded. Her story did inspire the mother of Helen Keller who then hired Anne Sullivan who was a student at the Perkins School. This biography was written by one of Bridgman's teachers. GOOD condition. Minor fading and edgewear to the covers. Faint evidence of dampstaining along the fore edge of the cover with dampstaining affecting the right third of the first 50 or so pages. New England Publishing Company unknown
1911ref. 021486East Aurora NY: The Roycrofters 1911. First Edition. Quarter Leather. Very Good. Paper covered boards with a leather spine. 130 pp. SIGNED with a lengthy inscription by Marilla Ricker on the first endpaper. The inscription reads in part "So far as I've heard no Christian has arisen to state that the morals of the Rev. Clarence Richeson were contaminated by reading the works of Paine or Ingersoll. The Rev. claims to be a product of the Christian bible and he's still talking of his god and his bible." Ricker is referring to Clarence Richeson an on and off again minister for a variety of congregations who apparently suffered many bouts of insanity and was hospitalized several times. He also was engaged to many young women sometimes several at once. In 1911 he poisoned and murdered Avis Linnell and was sentenced to death. He was executed in early 1912. Given that the reverend was alive until early 1912 it is possible this was inscribed sometime in late 1911. A collection of four essays on four figures in history: Robert G. Ingersoll Thomas Paine John Calvin and Jonathan Edwards as well as an essay asking "What is Prayer" Ricker reflects on Robert G. Ingersoll his agnosticism and skill as an orator as well as his advocacy for freethought and questions Theodore Roosevelt's criticisms of Thomas Paine among other subjects. Marilla M. Ricker was the first woman admitted to the NH bar as well as being admitted to the bar in Washington DC in 1882. She pushed for prison reform and worked free of charge for many of her clients. Ricker was also a strong advocate for women's suffrage being the first woman to attempt to vote in New Hampshire arguing that she had a right to do so as a property owner in Dover NH. She also was a key figure in the freethought movement. VERY GOOD condition. Minor soiling and edgewear to the covers. Leather rather scuffed along the hinges. Minor toning in the interior. The Roycrofters unknown
1879ref. 021476Chicago: Invitation Committee of the Reception to Gen. U.S. Grant presumed Publisher 1879. Unbound. Good. no date presumed 1879. Single sheet folded into four pages roughly 8 by 5 ½ inches when folded. Printed on the front of the first leaf and bottom half of the second leaf. Ornately decorated title present. An invitation to the Reception to General Ulysses S. Grant given to him in Chicago on the return from his post-presidency world tour. This invitation was addressed to L.L. Mills States Attorney inviting him to take part in the procession on November 12th in honor of General Grant's visit to Chicago. Upon accepting the invitation his position in line would be allotted. Printed signatures of Elliot Anthony and Woodbury M. Taylor present with a list of committee members printed in the interior. The procession presumably preceded the reception at the Palmer House where the Invitation Committee was located. This reception included many speeches honoring President Grant including the finale which was given by Mark Twain. According to accounts a good time was had by all. GOOD condition. Horizontal fold crease present with a 2 ½ inch tear at the fore edge along the fold. Some curling wrinkling and creasing to the piece. General toning minor soiling and staining. Invitation Committee of the Reception to Gen. U.S. Grant, presumed Publisher unknown
ref. 021294No Place: No publisher. Unbound. Good. With signature of an alleged double agent. Well over 100 pieces. Most pieces are typed copies of originals although many bear signatures from the correspondents or authors. The earliest pieces document the US insurance company's considerations in expanding into Pakistan including discussing what the impact of Islam may have on the government. Later documents address expenses and investments as well as expansion within Pakistan. Of note is at least one document bearing the signature of a one time double agent for the US and Russia. While the name is withheld here for privacy the person originally served in the OSS during World War II. While serving as one of the higher ranking OSS agents they also transmitted secret information to Russia including allegedly mention of the Manhattan Project. In the 1950s they were accused of being a double agent and while strongly suspected they were not officially charged and they themselves denied accusations. However in the 1980s secret Russian documents were decoded in which code names for double agents were given and this person was found to be among those names. They subsequently worked for this company; thus their signature appears on a document or two. From the archive of an executive of a very large international insurance firm name of owner and firm withheld for privacy. The owner was a highly placed executive in an insurance company and travelled throughout the world extensively. They were active in politics through donations and fundraising and it appears their family was friendly with the Roosevelts especially Eleanor Roosevelt. The previous owner's work for the insurance company led them to meet with various heads of state worldwide including US government officials. Some of the people associated with this firm were also involved in World War II activities including financing the Flying Tigers in China as well as work for the OSS using knowledge gained from insurance work. While we have not found any direct connection to intelligence work by this owner their ties to those who did are strong. All in GOOD to VERY GOOD condition with varying degrees of creasing wrinkling minor soiling and staining. Some with pencil or pen annotations by the previous owner. No publisher unknown
1847ref. 021453Boston: Samuel G. Drake Publisher 1847. Cloth. Good. Brick red cloth presumed later rebind. 146 pp. A work providing the early colonial history of the town of Roxbury in Massachusetts focusing primarily on the 1600s. Includes some information perhaps useful for genealogy. According to the introduction it appears there was supposed to be a second part to this work although it looks like it was never issued. GOOD condition. Ex-library with spine label interior pastedowns and stamping. Covers faded. Minor soiling and edgewear. Text block toned. Minor scattered soiling. Dampstain present along the lower page edges affecting the bottom margin only. Samuel G. Drake, Publisher unknown
1916ref. 021410Brockton: Published by the School Children of Brockton Massachusetts 1916. Unbound. Very Good. Oblong trifold piece of paper with twelve loose blotters inside. Each measures 6 ¼ by 3 inches. Printed on thick card stock of varying colors. A collection of twelve ink blotters featuring art created by grade school children in Brockton Massachusetts. Each card features two small black and white silhouette style illustrations with the name and grade of the artist. Quite impressive art for children who were in grades 1 through 6. Blotters themselves in VERY GOOD condition with minor toning and edgewear. Wrapper holding them with some toning fading wrinkling creasing and minor soiling. Published by the School Children of Brockton, Massachusetts unknown
1979ref. 1718Charting the Discovery of Californias Capital from the arrival of German-born Swiss pioneer John Sutter to the area through to its first role as capital city. VG Large Format 11x9" Dec Brown Boards HB with tree logo Newspaper Repro Endpapers extensive previous owners sig on title pages. In similar VG Unpriceclipped John Beyer designed DJ. 207pp with index & bibliography ISBN ~ 144.50 ~ American Explorers Frontiersmen Sacramento San Francisco Sutters Fort Trappers ~ American History Personal dedications inside front cover. DJ in protective cover. Dark brown cloth boards. Tight binding. California Historical Society hardcover
1943ref. 021425Racine WI: Whitman Publishing 1943. Wraps. Poor. Wraps. Folio. 7 leaves plus covers. A collection of paper dolls featuring women who served in World War II as WACS or WAVES featuring 8 women and a variety of clothing and uniforms. The WACS and WAVES were units associated with the US Army and US Navy that allowed women to serve in the military in noncombat roles. POOR/FAIR condition. Top third of the front cover CUT UP missing the title and the stars that were once present. The book is otherwise intact with all dolls and clothing present and uncut. Moderate toning some wrinkling and minor soiling. Whitman Publishing unknown
1869ref. 021429New York: Susan B. Anthony Proprietor; R.J. Johnson Publisher 1869. Wraps. Poor. Side sewn journal. Approximately 12 ¼ by 9 inches. 16 pp. Early issue of the Revolution a groundbreaking and influential newspaper produced by Elizabeth Cady Stanton Susan B. Anthony and Parker Pillsbury. The paper was established to provide a voice to activists and suffragists such as Stanton and Anthony whose voices were marginalized by the mainstream press as well as many abolitionist publications with whom they had been previously allied. Anthony and Stanton advocated for an amendment giving suffrage to women along with the amendment sponsored by abolitionists that would give Black men the right to vote. Many abolitionists actively discouraged Stanton and Anthony from pursuing their amendment until the amendment enfranchising Black men passed creating a rift in the abolitionist movement as well as the women's suffrage movement. Feeling betrayed by abolitionists and Republicans who initially supported them they established the Revolution with financial help from George Francis Train a Democrat who supported women's rights but was openly racist. As the name indicates The Revolution adopted a combative radical tone with Stanton and others unafraid to take on critics. The paper openly discussed sexual and physical abuse in marriage and advocated better divorce laws that would offer women a way to escape abusive marriages. In 1869 the paper broke with Train who had supplied very little of the funding he initially offered. It published until 1872 struggling to make expenses along the way. This issue with a piece by Elizabeth Cady Stanton "Pronunciamiento." Also present is are many pieces by Parker Pillsbury. POOR condition. Front and rear leaf DETACHED but present. Rest of the pages intact but the binding is rather fragile. Several fold creases present with other general wrinkling and creasing. Chipping and tearing along the edges. Minor toning and scattered foxing and soiling in the interior. One leaf with some haphazard tearing. Susan B. Anthony, Proprietor; R.J. Johnson, Publisher unknown
1843ref. 021405Boston: William S. Damrell Publisher 1843. Wraps. Good. no date circa 1843. Illustrated wraps side sewn. An almanac for the year 1843 issued by the Massachusetts Temperance Union containing the usual almanac information. Of note is the inclusion of a short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne "A Rill from the Town Pump." Several cartoons of drinkers a Dutch rum merchant etc. throughout as well as essays on the ills of drinking alcohol the ills of cider mills etc. GOOD condition. General toning some soiling and minor staining to the covers. A few minor wrinkles and creases. William S. Damrell, Publisher unknown
1880ref. 021386Boston: Published by the Author 1880. Cloth. Good. Light brown cloth. 176 pp. Several illustrations of bicycles toward the end. A reference work for physicians discussing toxicology clinical diagnosis; forensic medicine etc. Perhaps of note pages 147 to 176 are devoted to the bicycle and its health effects positive including mentioning Columbia bicycles. Text ad for the Victor tricycle at the very end. GOOD condition. Some staining to the covers with minor soiling. Extremities rather scuffed. Owner's address stamp on the inside front cover. Text block toned. Published by the Author unknown
1868ref. 021354Boston: Lee and Shepard 1868. Cloth. Good. Rebound in modern green library cloth. 235 pp. Illustrations throughout. No map called for in this edition. A history of Lowell Massachusetts including its manufacturing history and contributions to the Civil War. GOOD condition ex-library with exterior spine label and interior pastedowns and minor marking. Minor edgewear to the exterior. Frontis illustration of Lowell DETACHED and laid in. Paper somewhat brittle and toned with minor scattered soiling. Blank pages bound in throughout although text is complete. Previous owner's signature on a first endpaper. Lee and Shepard unknown
1865ref. 021368New York: Ferdinand Mayer Lithographer 1865. Unbound. Good. 47 by 30 inches. Black and white only. A large map apparently issued in 1865 that depicted the marches General William Tecumseh Sherman undertook during the Civil War. The map depicts railroads terrain etc. demonstrating the extraordinary lengths Sherman went to in order to dismantle the Confederacy's ability to resupply and fight. This edition was issued by Ferdinand Mayer with two other editions of this map published by two other firms. GOOD condition. Many fold creases present as issued. Large L shaped tear along one of the upper folds affecting the map in that area. Many other tiny tears along the folds fold edges or intersections present along with evidence of repair on the reverse to some of the tears. Map browned along the fold creases. Ferdinand Mayer, Lithographer unknown
1753ref. 021222No Place: No publisher 1753. Unbound. Good. Single sheet. Handwritten deposition recalling the testimony of Captain Robert Evans describing the lay out of the town of Rochester mentioning a pine tree standing three rods due Southwest from the lower side of the first cove on the Southwesterly side of the Salmon Falls River and going on to mention other landmarks such as a round rock and a large white birch. We surmise that Captain Robert Evans was the same as that who died in 1753 in his eighties the deposition also mentions his age and who was described in his obituary as a rolling stone. Signed by a justice of the peace Joseph Simpson and stating Province of New Hampshire Sept. 19th 1753. Reverse notes this was recorded in Dover town records. GOOD condition. Old white tape repairs to the reverse. Horizontal and vertical fold creases present. Minor foxing and spotting. No publisher unknown
1905ref. 021305Boston: Municipal Printing Office 1905. Pamphlet. Poor. Pamphlet lacking any wraps issued. 18 pp. LACKING the 1645 map ONLY three maps present. A collection of three maps depicting Boston Massachusetts in 1630 1635 and 1640. These were originally found in the Town Records Book of Possessions and other sources. The primarily depict property and owners as well as roads ways. Text with names for references included with each map. POOR condition. EX-LIBRARY. Spine reinforced with black tape. Exterior labels interior pastedown and stamping present. Paper very brittle. Heavy chipping tearing and loss along the fore edge and lower edge. The first map TORN into two pieces neatly along one of the folds. Other maps intact. Last map MISSING. POOR condition as is. Reference copy only. Really we swear. Municipal Printing Office unknown
1803ref. 021266Boston: Manning and Loring 1803. Hard Cover. Good. Paper covered boards. 222 pp. Volume two only of this history of Massachusetts with a heavy focus on events leading up to and during the French and Indian War. This includes mention of various Native American tribes as well as some description of military battles etc. GOOD condition. Ex library. Exterior label and interior pastedowns/treatments present. Spine completely covered/repaired with black cloth binding tape. Minor fading. Extremities bumped and scuffed. Interior front hinge of volume one also repaired with tape. Minor scattered foxing in the interior. Text block cracked but intact at page 221. Sabin 49321. Manning and Loring unknown
1836ref. 021243Boston: Otis Broaders and Company 1836. Cloth. Fair. Blue cloth covered boards with beige cloth spine presumed library repair. 294 pp. A history of the town of Rehoboth Massachusetts along with Seekonk and Pawtucket and other towns around the area. Focuses on the early settlement by white settlers drawing from and quoting many primary sources. FAIR condition. Ex-library. Spine label interior pastedowns and markings present. Spine perhaps rebound in library cloth. Heavy scuffing fading and wear to the covers. Moderate staining and some soiling to the covers. Extremities scuffed and worn. Minor to moderate scattered foxing throughout. Several leaves rather loose in the binding although still intact. Binding cracked and separating at the middle of the text block. Otis, Broaders and Company unknown
