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1810rif. 3720Early Maine Murder Trial Gone Awry An account of a murder trial in Malta now Windsor in the District of Maine. Paul Chadwick was a surveyor on what was then the northern frontier of Maine and in an area where disputed land titles were common. Chadwick was shot while conducting a survey by a group of landowners disguised as Indians. Despite fairly overwhelming evidence of the guilt of the accused the jury found all not guilty. Previous owner's Rice Dudley book label on front pastedown. Another early owner's name Moody Kent in ink in several places. References: Shaw & Shoemaker: 21516 3 locations. Sabin: 47985. Williamson: 5651. Noyes: 505. Skillin: 10-32. McDade: 641. Condition: 186 2 pp. Original blue/gray paper-covered boards with chipping. Paper spine cracked and eroded. Original paper spine label with vertical separation. Occasional foxing and staining mostly very light. A solid example of a scarce early Maine imprint. Ezekiel Goodale
rif. 70167Having moved from Salem to Belfast in 1807 Read quickly realized the need for a school for the needs of the community and his children launching his effort to build something from the ground up; instrumental in its establishment Read served on the schools Board of Trustees until his death. Old fold lines to most some other light storage wear and soiling but a very good lot. 1 READ. Retained autograph copies of 1808 letters to Joseph Story 1779-1845; Salem judge and state legislator U.S Supreme Court justice author of important American legal works and Thomas Whittier a state legislator for then Belfast region seeking help on a petition for a charter and grant of land to establish "a contemplated Academy in Belfast" local citizens having already raised "upwards of $4000" for the project. The letter to Story: 4to 2-pages approximately 250 words signed by Read; Story was named to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1812 serving until his death. The letter to Whittier on an integral leaf: 4to 1-page approximately 175 words in Read's hand but unsigned. 2 READ. Extracts from Secretary's Records caption title. 4-page manuscript printing selections from records relating to the construction of the academy 1808-1814. 3 READ. An Inventory of the Property belonging to the Trustees of Belfast Academy Jany. 1st 1809 caption title to a manuscript "Waste-Book" recording the school's inventory and accounting for building the school and other operating expenses 1808-1810. Small 4to 25 cm. 17 pp. Plain drab wrappers. 4 READ Trustees meeting fund raising and accounting reports land grants requests to local officials and state legislators promises to send children to the school etc. relating to the building and operating of the Belfast Academy 1808-1832. 22 manuscript documents 31 pages total approximately 2500 words. 4to and folio almost all in the hand of Nathan Read several signed by him. Accompanied by seven small receipts 1808 1810 1826 and 1828 4. For the file of 32 documents unknown
rif. 70167Having moved from Salem to Belfast in 1807 Read quickly realized the need for a school for the needs of the community and his children launching his effort to build something from the ground up; instrumental in its establishment Read served on the schools Board of Trustees until his death. Old fold lines to most some other light storage wear and soiling but a very good lot. 1 READ. Retained autograph copies of 1808 letters to Joseph Story 1779-1845; Salem judge and state legislator U.S Supreme Court justice author of important American legal works and Thomas Whittier a state legislator for then Belfast region seeking help on a petition for a charter and grant of land to establish "a contemplated Academy in Belfast" local citizens having already raised "upwards of $4000" for the project. The letter to Story: 4to 2-pages approximately 250 words signed by Read; Story was named to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1812 serving until his death. The letter to Whittier on an integral leaf: 4to 1-page approximately 175 words in Read's hand but unsigned. 2 READ. Extracts from Secretary's Records caption title. 4-page manuscript printing selections from records relating to the construction of the academy 1808-1814. 3 READ. An Inventory of the Property belonging to the Trustees of Belfast Academy Jany. 1st 1809 caption title to a manuscript "Waste-Book" recording the school's inventory and accounting for building the school and other operating expenses 1808-1810. Small 4to 25 cm. 17 pp. Plain drab wrappers. 4 READ Trustees meeting fund raising and accounting reports land grants requests to local officials and state legislators promises to send children to the school etc. relating to the building and operating of the Belfast Academy 1808-1832. 22 manuscript documents 31 pages total approximately 2500 words. 4to and folio almost all in the hand of Nathan Read several signed by him. Accompanied by seven small receipts 1808 1810 1826 and 1828 4. For the file of 32 documents unknown books
1982rif. 2091202133210982Slatkine 1982. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 11 books in total Slatkine paperback
1819rif. 40311Paris, Michaud, 1819. In-8 broché de 31 pp. sous chemise étui, demi-chagrin rouge à coins.
1800rif. 3722Family Register of Seward Porter circa 1800 A nicely accomplished though primitive family register of the Seward and Eleanor Porter family. Two colorful plants with birds in their top branches fill the sides of the register. At the top hover two angel-like figures one bearing an hour glass the other blowing a horn. Seward and Eleanor Porter were from Weymouth Massachusetts but relocated to Falmouth in the District of Maine in about 1777 and then to Freeport in about 1782. This family register lists the names birth places and birth dates of the Porter's 13 children from 1778 to 1797. Their fourth son on the list -- also named Seward Porter -- would become a prominent Maine mariner and entrepreneur. He brought the first steamboat to Maine in 1823. In 1837 he published a now-highly-prized set of charts of the Maine coast. For Seward Porter the son see:Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers: Vol 3 p. 453 and Guthorn United States Coastal Charts 1783-1861: p. 29. Condition: Approximately 14 x 10." Iron gall ink on wove sheet with colored decorations. The sheet is mounted on a ca. 1815 newspaper and strips of wallpaper about 1" wide have been applied along the left and right sides. The piece is in fair condition with overall cockling and some water damage. There is a small puncture on the left edge. The ink notations of the birth dates and locations are faded but legible. ICN 3198.
1964rif. 58640Portland Maine U. S. A. : Portland Art Museum. As New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request – – IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - 64 pp. With 91 ills. 16 col. . 24 x 24 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . 1964. Portland Art Museum paperback
1968rif. 59083Portland Maine U. S. A. : Portland Art Museum. As New. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request – – IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - 144 pp. With 132 ills. 13 col. . 20 x 22 cm. -- with a bonus offer-- . 1968. Portland Art Museum paperback
1850rif. 299Biddeford: N.p. 1850. Broadside 14" x 8" double column signed in type by three selectmen with attestation by town clerk at end. Folded in quarters with several tiny holes no loss a number of creases minor stains one short marginal tear etc. but overall quite sound. Comprised of 19 Articles proscribing certain types of behavior the unique broadside specifies fines or other punishments for lawbreakers. Most interesting is Article 4: "No boy or other person shall be allowed to play at the game of bat and ball in the public streets of the village. Any person offending against this article shall forfeit and pay fifty cents for each offence." In addition to the obvious like public drunkenness these include: riding horses at a gallop in town or more than a walk on the covered bridge; "any boy or other person" who hangs onto a sleigh or carriage; anyone "causing dogs or any other animals to fight" in the streets; "Any person wantonly exposing himself sic naked in sight of any dwelling house"; a person injuring an ornamental tree on any street; anyone mutilating or pulling down signs or public notices or throwing dirt or setting off firecrackers or sliding down hills in the public streets &c. &c. According to internet resources Biddeford Maine passed a city charter and adopted a mayoral form of government in 1855. Not recorded in OCLC. 299 . N.p. unknown
1850rif. 299Biddeford: N.p. 1850. Broadside 14" x 8" double column signed in type by three selectmen with attestation by town clerk at end. Folded in quarters with several tiny holes no loss a number of creases minor stains one short marginal tear etc. but overall quite sound. Comprised of 19 Articles proscribing certain types of behavior the unique broadside specifies fines or other punishments for lawbreakers. Most interesting is Article 4: "No boy or other person shall be allowed to play at the game of bat and ball in the public streets of the village. Any person offending against this article shall forfeit and pay fifty cents for each offence." In addition to the obvious like public drunkenness these include: riding horses at a gallop in town or more than a walk on the covered bridge; "any boy or other person" who hangs onto a sleigh or carriage; anyone "causing dogs or any other animals to fight" in the streets; "Any person wantonly exposing himself sic naked in sight of any dwelling house"; a person injuring an ornamental tree on any street; anyone mutilating or pulling down signs or public notices or throwing dirt or setting off firecrackers or sliding down hills in the public streets &c. &c. According to internet resources Biddeford Maine passed a city charter and adopted a mayoral form of government in 1855. Not recorded in OCLC. 299 . N.p. unknown books
1907rif. 45906Maine and various places in Europe. 1907 1913 1920. Images of Maine and Europe by an MIT Professor An outstanding collection of photographic images of scenes in Maine coastal France and the Channel Islands. The photographs were taken by an MIT Professor who apparently vacationed in Maine on a regular basis and who also visited England and France in the year before the outbreak of World War I. The albums of Maine images ably show the natural beauty of far western Maine while the album of scenes in France and England captures life in small villages and towns in Normandy Brittany and the Channel Islands before the peace of the region was shattered by the Great War. Two of the albums feature silver gelatin prints that have been printed directly onto the album sheets with accompanying handwritten captions. The third album consists of photographic prints affixed to sheets of the album. Though without ownership signatures we attribute these albums to Ralph Restieaux Lawrence a Professor of Electrical Engineering at MIT. These albums came with other photographic albums made by Lawrence on trips to the American West and Canada featuring photographs done in a similar style captioned and bound as these albums. Ralph Restieaux Lawrence b. 1873 was born in Cambridge Massachusetts and graduated from MIT in 1895. He taught electrical engineering at MIT from 1896 to 1941 and apparently enjoyed photography and traveling as the present albums would indicate. The three albums are: 1 HEALD POND MAINE 1907. Thirty-nine original photographic prints most approximately 3¾ x 4¾ inches each print affixed to a sheet in the album the sheets measuring 8 x 10 inches. Original oblong octavo album. This album contains a series of lovely photographs of the area around Heald Pond in west-central Maine not far from the Canadian border. Heald Pond is known for its natural beauty - ably captured in these photographs - and for its hiking trails. The photographs in this album are uncaptioned but show a number of images of the large pond and surrounding area as well as cabins and campsites. 2 PHOTOGRAPHS EUROPE 1913. 162 original silver gelatin prints approximately 3¼ x 5¼ inches each printed directly onto a sheet in the album the sheets measuring 6¾ x 9¼ inches. Each image is identified by a manuscript caption on the facing sheet. Original oblong octavo album. The pictures show scenes in France and England mostly in the regions of Brittany and Normandy the Channel Islands of Jersey Guernsey and Sark and the towns of Warwick and Stratford-upon-Avon. Many of the photographs show life in villages or larger towns such as Caen in Normandy. There are a number of photographs of scenes in and around the Brittany village of Concarneau including market scenes fetes and scenes along the port but other villages such as Pont-Aven and Vitre are included as well. Many of the photographs in the British islands show castles ruins towns and coastal scenes. In all a magnificent series of photographs of this region on the verge of World War I. 3 PHOTOGRAPHS ATTEAN MAINE 1920. Forty-seven original silver gelatin prints on average 3 x 5 inches one of them a panoramic photo 3 x 13½ inches on a folded sheet each printed directly onto a sheet in the album the sheets 7 x 9½ inches. Each image is identified by a manuscript caption on the facing sheet. Original oblong octavo album. Attean Lake is a resort area located in west-central Maine and this album of attractive silver gelatin prints shows scenes from a vacation taken there by Lawrence in 1920. The panoramic photograph is a lovely view of Attean Lake from a high perspective on nearby Mount Sally. There are several other pictures from Mount Sally as well as images of camps vistas from lake level nearby woods other ponds etc. A total of 248 original photographic prints. Oblong octavo albums. Original black morocco spines gilt titles as transcribed below. Albums with some shelf wear; European album slightly cocked lower portion of front joint splitting. The photographs are clean and in excellent condition. unknown
1907rif. 45906Maine and various places in Europe. 1907 1913 1920. Images of Maine and Europe by an MIT Professor An outstanding collection of photographic images of scenes in Maine coastal France and the Channel Islands. The photographs were taken by an MIT Professor who apparently vacationed in Maine on a regular basis and who also visited England and France in the year before the outbreak of World War I. The albums of Maine images ably show the natural beauty of far western Maine while the album of scenes in France and England captures life in small villages and towns in Normandy Brittany and the Channel Islands before the peace of the region was shattered by the Great War. Two of the albums feature silver gelatin prints that have been printed directly onto the album sheets with accompanying handwritten captions. The third album consists of photographic prints affixed to sheets of the album. Though without ownership signatures we attribute these albums to Ralph Restieaux Lawrence a Professor of Electrical Engineering at MIT. These albums came with other photographic albums made by Lawrence on trips to the American West and Canada featuring photographs done in a similar style captioned and bound as these albums. Ralph Restieaux Lawrence b. 1873 was born in Cambridge Massachusetts and graduated from MIT in 1895. He taught electrical engineering at MIT from 1896 to 1941 and apparently enjoyed photography and traveling as the present albums would indicate. The three albums are: 1 HEALD POND MAINE 1907. Thirty-nine original photographic prints most approximately 3¾ x 4¾ inches each print affixed to a sheet in the album the sheets measuring 8 x 10 inches. Original oblong octavo album. This album contains a series of lovely photographs of the area around Heald Pond in west-central Maine not far from the Canadian border. Heald Pond is known for its natural beauty - ably captured in these photographs - and for its hiking trails. The photographs in this album are uncaptioned but show a number of images of the large pond and surrounding area as well as cabins and campsites. 2 PHOTOGRAPHS EUROPE 1913. 162 original silver gelatin prints approximately 3¼ x 5¼ inches each printed directly onto a sheet in the album the sheets measuring 6¾ x 9¼ inches. Each image is identified by a manuscript caption on the facing sheet. Original oblong octavo album. The pictures show scenes in France and England mostly in the regions of Brittany and Normandy the Channel Islands of Jersey Guernsey and Sark and the towns of Warwick and Stratford-upon-Avon. Many of the photographs show life in villages or larger towns such as Caen in Normandy. There are a number of photographs of scenes in and around the Brittany village of Concarneau including market scenes fetes and scenes along the port but other villages such as Pont-Aven and Vitre are included as well. Many of the photographs in the British islands show castles ruins towns and coastal scenes. In all a magnificent series of photographs of this region on the verge of World War I. 3 PHOTOGRAPHS ATTEAN MAINE 1920. Forty-seven original silver gelatin prints on average 3 x 5 inches one of them a panoramic photo 3 x 13½ inches on a folded sheet each printed directly onto a sheet in the album the sheets 7 x 9½ inches. Each image is identified by a manuscript caption on the facing sheet. Original oblong octavo album. Attean Lake is a resort area located in west-central Maine and this album of attractive silver gelatin prints shows scenes from a vacation taken there by Lawrence in 1920. The panoramic photograph is a lovely view of Attean Lake from a high perspective on nearby Mount Sally. There are several other pictures from Mount Sally as well as images of camps vistas from lake level nearby woods other ponds etc. A total of 248 original photographic prints. Oblong octavo albums. Original black morocco spines gilt titles as transcribed below. Albums with some shelf wear; European album slightly cocked lower portion of front joint splitting. The photographs are clean and in excellent condition. unknown books
1667rif. 43610Au Mans, par Louis Peguineau, imprimeur & libraire, demeurant au Pont-Neuf, à l'Enfant Jesus, 1667. In-12 de 124-(1) pp., vélin souple à petits rabats (reliure de l'époque).
1919rif. 307722Boston 1919. 291 photographs usually four to a page on 75 black album leaves captioned throughout in white ink. 1 vols. Oblong folio. Post bound album in black leather over limp boards edges rubbed front joint tender. A few photographs loosened but all present and complete one photo folded at left edge long ago. Black cloth folding box red morocco spine label. 291 photographs usually four to a page on 75 black album leaves captioned throughout in white ink. 1 vols. Oblong folio. An excellent and fully captioned photograph album of summer trout fishing and camping in the Rangeley district at Loon Lake Maine and other places of interest. The photographer is unnamed but evidently from Boston or the north shore with some connections further south on Long Island. The album records two trips to Maine: the first to Loon Lake in 1915 and the J. Lewis York family fishing camp including several fine images of York often with a bear cub on a lead 66 photographs on 17 leaves ; and the second undated to Green Lake Mike Marr's camp at Indian Pond to Squaw Mountain Pond with Fred Lessor guide and to Moosehead Lake and the Kennebec 36 photographs on 9 leaves. Three trips to Nova Scotia in 1914 1919 and 1923 to the Kedgemakoogee Rod and Gun Club on Kedgemakoogee Lake the Shelburne River and other trout fishing excursions 139 photographs on 37 leaves. In the June 1923 trip Irving Lake Dam on the Shelburne is described as the best fishing water of the trip. A few participants are identified: E.L. Matlack O.H. Muir and Wilson Forrest and the unidentified grinning angler with a large string of trout may well be the compiler. As well as scenes from the Piping Rock Horse Show Long Island noting Miss Lansdale up in several snapshots 22 photographs on 5 leaves; and a trip to Atlantic City at the end with the Shriners parade and seaside scenes 27 photographs on 7 leaves. Cf. Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 186 for a similar album unknown
1919rif. 307722Boston 1919. 291 photographs usually four to a page on 75 black album leaves captioned throughout in white ink. 1 vols. Oblong folio. Post bound album in black leather over limp boards edges rubbed front joint tender. A few photographs loosened but all present and complete one photo folded at left edge long ago. Black cloth folding box red morocco spine label. 291 photographs usually four to a page on 75 black album leaves captioned throughout in white ink. 1 vols. Oblong folio. An excellent and fully captioned photograph album of summer trout fishing and camping in the Rangeley district at Loon Lake Maine and other places of interest. The photographer is unnamed but evidently from Boston or the north shore with some connections further south on Long Island. The album records two trips to Maine: the first to Loon Lake in 1915 and the J. Lewis York family fishing camp including several fine images of York often with a bear cub on a lead 66 photographs on 17 leaves ; and the second undated to Green Lake Mike Marr's camp at Indian Pond to Squaw Mountain Pond with Fred Lessor guide and to Moosehead Lake and the Kennebec 36 photographs on 9 leaves. Three trips to Nova Scotia in 1914 1919 and 1923 to the Kedgemakoogee Rod and Gun Club on Kedgemakoogee Lake the Shelburne River and other trout fishing excursions 139 photographs on 37 leaves. In the June 1923 trip Irving Lake Dam on the Shelburne is described as the best fishing water of the trip. A few participants are identified: E.L. Matlack O.H. Muir and Wilson Forrest and the unidentified grinning angler with a large string of trout may well be the compiler. As well as scenes from the Piping Rock Horse Show Long Island noting Miss Lansdale up in several snapshots 22 photographs on 5 leaves; and a trip to Atlantic City at the end with the Shriners parade and seaside scenes 27 photographs on 7 leaves. Cf. Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 186 for a similar album unknown books
1795rif. 3732This is the first general history of Maine written in the post-Revolutionary War time period that saw several state histories published including those by Belknap Jefferson and Ramsay. Despite its distinctly chilly initial reception and the less than impressive editorial standards Sullivan's Historyis a cornerstone work in any collection of Maine material. The Historyincludes as the frontispiece Osgood Carleton's A Map of the District of Maine Drawn from the latest Surveys and other best Authorities by Osgood Carleton. The map measuring 20 5/16 x 16 3/8" includes an inset titled A Map of those parts of the Country most famous for being harassed sic by the Indians. Carleton's map was the most detailed done of Maine to that time. At the head of the title page is an inscription which has been lined out: "For D. Laincourt from his Friend the Author." References: Evans: 29589. Howes USiana: S-1122. Sabin: 93499. Williamson A Bibliography of the State of Maine: 9608. Thompson: Important Maine Maps Books Prints and Ephemera: 18A. For the map: Wheat & Brun Maps and Charts Published in America before 1800: 171. McCorkle New England in Early Printed Maps 1513-1800: Me795.1. Condition: vii iv 421 pp. With folding map frontispiece.Original full calf with worn red title label. Boards scuffed and bumped with areas of abrasion; joints cracked. Text block is very tight. Occasional light foxing and staining throughout. The map is in remarkably good condition especially in comparison to the usual state in which it is found. Trimmed close as usual along the binding edge. A sharp dark impression with minimal foxing or offsetting. ICN 7660.3. Printed by I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews hardcover
rif. 535894to. 10 pages rectos only though Gould has sketched a map with troop placements and annotations on the verso of one leaf approximately 1200 words. Folded corners of two leaves chipped some edgewear. Some browning but quite legible throughout. After a quarter century during which time he published a history of his regiment John M. Gould. History of the First-Tenth-Twenty Ninth Maine Regiment; Portland 1871 Gould is still searching for the identity of the Confederate regiment that faced his near the East Woods at Antietam. Reporting to Law the commander of the 4th Alabama Infantry in that bloody battle Gould relates his findings in excruciating detail quoting correspondents from a dozen regiments commanders junior officers and non-commissioned officers from both sides who have given him conflicting reports almost all of which stand at odds with official published reports as to the deployment of their units in the chaos of Hood's counter attack against Hooker's corps that blunted the initial Union assault early on the morning of 17 September 1862. _"It is quite clear that Hooker's fragments did not offer very serious resistance to Hood's advance. As far as the East Wood is concerned the 10th Maine was their first real obstacle . Judge Smith of the 5th Texas writes of the exceedingly severe fight the 1st was having with some Union forces & that both parties were showing their best 'staying qualities.' Then Gen. Hood noticing a force coming out of the East Wood said to Capt. Turner 'You may attend to those people!' I can't understand who this Union force was . this succession of events is extremely puzzling." Gould closes by asking Law not to refer to printed sources all of which he was familiar with but asked for any personal comments on his long commentary. "At present it appears to me that Gordon's Brigade did not follow up Hood sharply or at all & that Ripley & Colquitt replaced Hood but the latter line was considerably south of yours. How does that accord with your idea" In addition to his history of the regiments he served in during the Civil War Gould contributed a number of articles to the "National Tribune" relating to Antietam and corresponded with veterans from both sides as referred to often in this letter seeking information on various controversies surrounding the battle. He later donated hundreds of these letters to the Antietan Battlefield Board. Detailed letters on major Civil War battles by participants even those fueled by recollections shaded by decades of discussion and dispute are uncommon in trade. unknown
rif. 535894to. 10 pages rectos only though Gould has sketched a map with troop placements and annotations on the verso of one leaf approximately 1200 words. Folded corners of two leaves chipped some edgewear. Some browning but quite legible throughout. After a quarter century during which time he published a history of his regiment John M. Gould. History of the First-Tenth-Twenty Ninth Maine Regiment; Portland 1871 Gould is still searching for the identity of the Confederate regiment that faced his near the East Woods at Antietam. Reporting to Law the commander of the 4th Alabama Infantry in that bloody battle Gould relates his findings in excruciating detail quoting correspondents from a dozen regiments commanders junior officers and non-commissioned officers from both sides who have given him conflicting reports almost all of which stand at odds with official published reports as to the deployment of their units in the chaos of Hood's counter attack against Hooker's corps that blunted the initial Union assault early on the morning of 17 September 1862. _"It is quite clear that Hooker's fragments did not offer very serious resistance to Hood's advance. As far as the East Wood is concerned the 10th Maine was their first real obstacle . Judge Smith of the 5th Texas writes of the exceedingly severe fight the 1st was having with some Union forces & that both parties were showing their best 'staying qualities.' Then Gen. Hood noticing a force coming out of the East Wood said to Capt. Turner 'You may attend to those people!' I can't understand who this Union force was . this succession of events is extremely puzzling." Gould closes by asking Law not to refer to printed sources all of which he was familiar with but asked for any personal comments on his long commentary. "At present it appears to me that Gordon's Brigade did not follow up Hood sharply or at all & that Ripley & Colquitt replaced Hood but the latter line was considerably south of yours. How does that accord with your idea" In addition to his history of the regiments he served in during the Civil War Gould contributed a number of articles to the "National Tribune" relating to Antietam and corresponded with veterans from both sides as referred to often in this letter seeking information on various controversies surrounding the battle. He later donated hundreds of these letters to the Antietan Battlefield Board. Detailed letters on major Civil War battles by participants even those fueled by recollections shaded by decades of discussion and dispute are uncommon in trade. unknown books
1898rif. List2965United States and Caribbean 1898. Approximately twenty-nine pieces: logbook of eighty-four double-sided pages measuring 13 x 20 inches; eight letters seventeen documents and forms and three pieces of miscellany. Much wear and significant damage to logbook including water damage mildew and tearing; log book overall fair to good minus. Other materials good to very good. Overall good. William Higgins 1791–1872 was a farmer sea captain and owner of and investor in ships from Bowdoinham Maine. According to the Maine Maritime Museum which holds his family papers Higgins’ ships traded mainly in lumber which they took from Wilmington North Carolina to the Caribbean. Offered here is a logbook recording the travels of several of Higgins’ ships particularly the brigs Mary Jane and Llewellyn alongside related documents and personal letters. The logbook dating between 1832 and 1836 extensively documents the course wind data and weather remarks for travels of the ships between east coast US port cities and various locations in the Caribbean including Barbados St. Thomas and Martinique. The logbook also contains a copy of astronomer and mathematician Elijah Burritt’s illustration “A Plan of the Solar System Exhibiting its Relative Magnitudes and Distances” engraved by W. G Evans and printed in 1835 by F.J. Huntington. The letters and documents date from 1830 to 1867 and are also mostly business-related including an insurance document for the brig William Parrington a roll of sailors enlisted to work on a six-month journey between the Caribbean and the US in 1845 a bill of sale for ¼ stake in the brig Mary Jane and receipts and logs for items including various liquors sugar molasses casks and so on. One letter from a young man in Wilmington requests advice on how to start his own business in the style of Higgins’; other letters concern family matters. One interesting undated document is a writ addressed to the Marshal of the District of Maine concerning a lawsuit filed against Higgins and Rufus Carr master of the William Parrington by Zachrisson Nelson Co. The suit alleged that Carr acting as an agent for the ship’s owners that is Higgins had agreed to an affreightment involving shipping from Jamaica to Spain to New York but had then “wholly neglected and refused to do so”. Of interest to scholars of maritime history and trade in the mid-19th century. unknown
1898rif. List2965United States and Caribbean 1898. Approximately twenty-nine pieces: logbook of eighty-four double-sided pages measuring 13 x 20 inches; eight letters seventeen documents and forms and three pieces of miscellany. Much wear and significant damage to logbook including water damage mildew and tearing; log book overall fair to good minus. Other materials good to very good. Overall good. William Higgins 1791–1872 was a farmer sea captain and owner of and investor in ships from Bowdoinham Maine. According to the Maine Maritime Museum which holds his family papers Higgins’ ships traded mainly in lumber which they took from Wilmington North Carolina to the Caribbean. Offered here is a logbook recording the travels of several of Higgins’ ships particularly the brigs Mary Jane and Llewellyn alongside related documents and personal letters. The logbook dating between 1832 and 1836 extensively documents the course wind data and weather remarks for travels of the ships between east coast US port cities and various locations in the Caribbean including Barbados St. Thomas and Martinique. The logbook also contains a copy of astronomer and mathematician Elijah Burritt’s illustration “A Plan of the Solar System Exhibiting its Relative Magnitudes and Distances” engraved by W. G Evans and printed in 1835 by F.J. Huntington. The letters and documents date from 1830 to 1867 and are also mostly business-related including an insurance document for the brig William Parrington a roll of sailors enlisted to work on a six-month journey between the Caribbean and the US in 1845 a bill of sale for ¼ stake in the brig Mary Jane and receipts and logs for items including various liquors sugar molasses casks and so on. One letter from a young man in Wilmington requests advice on how to start his own business in the style of Higgins’; other letters concern family matters. One interesting undated document is a writ addressed to the Marshal of the District of Maine concerning a lawsuit filed against Higgins and Rufus Carr master of the William Parrington by Zachrisson Nelson Co. The suit alleged that Carr acting as an agent for the ship’s owners that is Higgins had agreed to an affreightment involving shipping from Jamaica to Spain to New York but had then “wholly neglected and refused to do so”. Of interest to scholars of maritime history and trade in the mid-19th century. unknown books
1779rif. K89BNAR73VU7Maastricht 1779. 8vo 22.5 x 13.5 cm. J.E. Dufour & P. Roux Contemporary decorated paper wrappers. 3 parts in 1 volume. 4 XXVII 1 232 pp. Very rare first edition printed in Maastricht of a mining manual by a French enlightened marquis who worked as chief librarian at the Hessen-Kassel court of Friedrich II 1720-1785. Although mentioned reference literature the book is very rare on the market and we found no copy in auction records. Luchet was an acquaintance of Voltaire and in fact had a letter of recommendation from him that helped him obtain his position at the Hessen-Kassel court. Luchet's other writings concerned literature and theatre which makes this mining manual a curious standout. It is unclear why this work was printed in Maastricht except that the Maastricht south Limburg region does have a long history of mining. In a lengthy discourse on mining in the preliminaries Luchet makes a strong pro-mining statement. This is followed by reflections on several aspects of mining often in a question and answer form. He goes into the medical consequences of mining and names several minerals and metals such as coal quartz lead tin gold silver copper and more.A second edition appeared in 1797 often bound with H. Struve Methode analytique des fossils Lausanne 1797.Bookplate on front paste-down owner's name on title-page small stamp on title-page and pages 9 99 199 and 232. First few pages with marginal stains. Binding worn. Otherwise in good condition and wholly untrimmed.l Geology emerging 1404; Hoover 549; Wellcome III p. 451; Worldcat 3 copies; not in Margerie. unknown
1862rif. 23052301021st Maine Light Artillery; Union Army 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Union Army Order Book Large folio. 75 pages. Written by a fine hand 1862-1864. Also includes original typed orders from General Butler etc. Includes orders received by the unit from January 16 1862 through July 14 1864. Much of this period the battery was assigned to Louisiana Mississippi the Gulf of Mexico. The battery was attached to 3rd Brigade Department of the Gulf until September 1862. It was attached to Weitzel's Reserve Brigade Department of the Gulf until January 1863. It was attached to Artillery 1st Division XIX Corps Department of the Gulf until January 1864 and the 2nd Division until April 1864. It then served at Camp Barry Defenses of Washington XXII Corps until July 1864. The Battery notably served in the following engagements: Siege of Port Hudson; Battle of Fort Stevens; Third Battle of Winchester; Battle of Fisher's Hill; Battle of Cedar Creek. 1st Maine Light Artillery; Union Army hardcover
1565rif. 42526Poitiers, Enguilbert de Marnef et les Bouchetz frères, 1565. In-12 de de (24)-255-(1)-(16)-(8) pp., table, vélin rigide (reliure de l'époque).
1663rif. 44530Le Mans, Jacques Ysambart, 1663. In-4 de (16)-128 pp., figures dans le texte.2 pièces reliées en 1 vol. petit in-4, veau brun, dos orné à nerfs (reliure de l'époque).
1890rif. 1146c. 1890. Pencil chalk and watercolor. Margins: 21 ¼ x 14 ½. Roosevelt-Richards is just recently being recognized for her place in American artBorn: Known for: Juvenile book and magazine illustration 1905 was the year she came to Wilmington.Delaware and studied with Howard Pyle remaining there for 7 years.By the time Richards had begun her studies under Pyle she was a published illustrator with works appearing in juvenile literature books.In a 1927 interview she recalled Pyle's attitude toward his teaching: "Twice a week we would come together and Mr. Pyle would criticize our efforts and offer suggestions. He always acted as if it were a privilege we gave him." After her stay in Wilmington Richards settled permanently in New Haven actively participating in the art community there.
