4to. 3-pages, a manuscript poem of 88 long lines, signed at the end “Cambridge, May 11th 1831 / Joseph Story” [not in Story’s hand, but a contemporary fair copy]. A poignant lament on the death of Story’s 9-year old daughter Louisa (1821-1831), one of a number of early deaths for..... More
Folio bifolium. 3-pages, verso of integral leaf with Read’s docketing “Copy / Parker Cleaveland / Bowdoin College / Sept. 15, 1817.” A detailed account of a half dozen specimens, with places of discovery, the people involved, etc., “some of the specimens are the best I have ever seen.” From his..... More
4to. 4-pages, approximately 750 words, in part: “The specimens sent are sufficiently numerous to give us a pretty good idea of the mineralogical soil in your area.” Old fold lines, but very good. More
Small 4to. 12 pp., nine of detailed text (approximately 2000 words) and three of financial accounting for the surveying work, 1809-1824. As surveyor, Read was charged with building a road from the Belfast “gun-house” to the Little River Bridge and to maintain it thereafter; this was accomplished, and the town..... More
Old folds, but very good. More
Folio bifolium. (3) pp., approximately 450 words, docketed verso of integral leaf. Autograph letter to the editor (“Mr. Lowell”) of a mid-coast Maine newspaper (“Courier”), caption-titled “Communication,” requesting that it be included in his next issue, signed by Read as “An Elector.” Ralph C. Johnson (1790-1874, a wealthy merchant and..... More
Folio and 4to. 10 total pages, approximately 2000 words. Accompanied by seven autograph letters (4to. 18-pages, approximately 3500 words) from David Read to his uncle Nathan, all signed by David, generally paired closely with one of Nathan’s, the first commiserating with his uncle over the early death of Nathan’s eldest..... More
Philadelphia, (PA): Hotel Bellevue, nd [ca. 1890]. Printed thin card stock, folded thin card stock. 8vo. (2) pp. Wine list on the left side, for some 100 varieties, including champagnes, Bordeaux, Burgundy, Rhine, Moselle, and “Hungarian Wines,” among others, and port, sherry, and Madeira, by the pint or quart; the..... More
New York: DuVivier & Co., 1900. Importer’s list of available wines, ales, and other spirits, olive oil, and vinegar. 32mo (14 cm). 37 pp. Illustrated from wood engravings. Includes short “vintage reports,” for types wines, variously from 1864 to 1898 (e.g., “Moselle … 1891 Unripe and very poor”). Original decorated..... More
Bordeaux and Paris: F. Woltner, 1903. Price list of Woltner’s wine offerings, vintages of Lafites, Margaux, Haut- Brion, Mouton Rothschild, and others, from 1848-1899, reds and whites. 4to bifolium. (4) pp. Cream paper, printed in green. A magnum of 1848 Lafite stood at 125 francs. Accompanied by a second example..... More
Mayence on the Rhine: Engelbrecht, nd [ca. 1895]. Price list for this merchant’s offerings, folded heavy paper. 24mo (16 cm). (2) pp. Lists various Rhine and Moselle wines, clarets, burgundies, champagnes and sparking wines, etc. Prices are given for bottles or hogsheads and per dozen bottles; text printed in red..... More
4to. One page, approximately 175 words. Accompanied by a U.S. government circular, beginning “The Undersigned” (Washington City, D.C., 185_; 4to, printed on blue paper), five paragraphs of text introducing Bates and explaining his possible role in collecting pensions (one paragraph details Mexican War possibilities), signed in type at the end..... More
Kansas City, MO: Feb 1 st , 1897. 8vo. single sheet (22 cm), printed one side in red, illustrated at head (2 x 4 inches) by a horse-drawn carriage serving as a hearse, driver with whip in hand, casket loaded. R. W. Wilson was charged $68 for the “Funeral of..... More
Folio broadside, also signed and witnessed by Dodge County Justice of the Peace Milton Montgomery and three others, June 2, 1855. Old fold lines, but very good. Accompanied by a second deed for land in Beaver Dam (July 7, 1860), but the ink has faded, making reading difficult. For the..... More
Zurich, Switzerland: (1892). Second edition. 12mo. 48 pp. Illustrated from wood engravings, plates, folding map at rear. Printed on front wrapper” “Gratuitous Copy.” Typical period travel guide. Original illustrated wrappers (spine eroded). Still a good copy. More
NY: W. W. Munsell & Co., 1886. Large thick 4to. (4), xxx, 997; [interior title page] HOWELL, George H., and John H. Munsell (eds.) History of the County of Schenectady from 1662 to 1886. With portraits, biographies, and illustrations. NY: W. W. Munsell, 1886. (4), 218 pp. First edition of..... More
8vo. One-page, 35 words. Accompanied by: Beyond! [caption title], a manuscript musical fragment of the song, four bars on four staves, with two lines of manuscript lyrics, signed by Root, and a cabinet card photograph of Root (6 ½ x 4 ¼ inches; Canov Studios, Chicago), signed by Root on..... More
One portion of the printed text has been marked through in ink; old folds, but very good. More
Philadelphia, (PA): Edward & Richard Parker, 1818. First American edition thus (portions reprinted from the Royal Society Philosophical Transactions of 1815 & 1817). 8vo. xii, 335 pp. Austin 1541. Contemporary flame calf (rubbed), gilt rules and morocco label on spine; old tideline through lower corner, scattered foxing throughout. Very good..... More
Philadelphia, (PA): James Webster, 1821. First American from the third English edition (but the first with Potter’s contributions). 8vo. xvi, [13]-468 pp. Contemporary owner’s label of Loammi Rigdon on front pastedown; Rigdon (1791-1865) graduated from Transylvania Medical College in 1813 and practiced medicine in Ohio for the rest of his..... More
Hartford, (CT): Reprinted by Oliver D. Cooke, 1825. First American from the sixth London edition (1822). 8vo. 2 volumes: iv, 414; 195, 80, (4), 144 pp. Engraved frontispiece to volume one; separate title pages or half-titles for the various works. Ownership label of J. D. Dutton on front pastedowns. Contemporary..... More
Chicago and New York: Rand McNally Co., (c1921). Engraved map, 27 ¾ x 21 inches, county and state borders in orange, railroads’ table and marks and steamship lines on Lakes Superior and Michigan in red, locating list of principal cities along left margin (with population figures to the nearest thousand..... More
Chicago, IL: Rand, McNally & Co., nd [c1925]. Engraved map, 28 x 20 ½ inches, recto showing counties outlined in yellow, railroads and identified steamship lines in red along the coast and up the Delaware River, and printing a list of railroads, verso printing another map of the same dimensions..... More
NY and Chicago: Rand, McNally, 1889 [c1888]. Engraved map, 23 x 28 inches, recto showing Lower Manhattan, Brooklyn, Jersey City, and Hoboken, lines for Manhattan Elevated Railway, Suburban Rapid Transit, Brooklyn Elevated R.R., and Kings Co. Elevated R.R. printed in dark red [Bartholdi’s Statue marked on Bedloes Island], verso showing..... More
Chicago and New York: Rand, McNally & Co., (1900). Engraved map, 28 x 21 inches, county and state borders in red, inset map “Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Vicinity” (4 x 4 inches), locating list of chief cities along left margin (with population figures to the nearest thousand or hundred), title..... More
