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Marie Antoinette. A Drama in a Prologue, Five Acts, and Epilogue. Written Expressly for Madame Adelaide Ristori... As Originally Produced in New York City by Madame Adelaide Ristori and Her Dramatic Company, Under the Management of J. Grau

Giacometti, Paolo. Pray, Isaac C., trans · 1867

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

New York, Theatre Francais, 1867. First edition. Illustrated paper wrappers. Frontis, 79 pp. 8vo. In Italian and English. Advertisement for Chickering & Son Pianos on front and rear wrappers. A good copy, torn along the spine and wrapper edges, small stain, chip to front wrapper.

Bellows Falls Canal Company Deed to Stephen Mellish

[Vermont] [Bellows Falls Canal Company] · 1834

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

Rockingham, VT, 1834. [1] sheet. 8 x 13 inches. February 23rd, 1834 deed from Alexander Fleming of the Bellows Falls Canal Company to Stephen Mellish for $1 for land in the village of Bellows Falls, Vermont. The Bellows Canal was one of the oldest canals built in the United St...

[Als] Josiah Quincy Commentary on English Influence over Labor Laws & Manufacturing

Quincy, Josiah [VI] · 1887

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)

Boston, 1887. [4] pp. Bifolium. 4.5 x 7 inches. Dated and signed December 21st, 1887, Josiah Quincy and addressed to F.C. Griswold, in answer to a letter pertaining to labor law and manufacturing exemptions. Quincy draws from England's model, stating: "The establishment you na...

[Als] Maine House Member M.M. Rawson Reports to Gubernatorial Candidate on Corruption in the Vote for Governor

[Maine] Rawson, M.M. [Maubec Mitchell] · 1855

$375.00 (€340.23 | £283.80 | ¥59,890)

Augusta House [Augusta, ME], 1855. [3] pp. Bifolium. 8 x 10 inches. Letter dated January 4th, 1855, one day after the Maine elections, from Maubec Mitchell Rawson, newly elected Whig member of the Maine House of Representatives, to fellow Whig party member and candidate for Go...

Minerva ó El Revisor General. Obra Periódica. 1805

[Battle of Trafalgar] [Martínez de la Rosa, Francisco] · 1805

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.52 | ¥23,956)

Madrid, En La Imprenta De Vega y Compaña, 1805. Quarter calf over blue marbled boards, spine title & compartments ruled in gilt, tan spine label, speckled edges. [1], title, 3-244 pp. [3 pp.] index. Sm. 8vo. First year of publication of this periodical (October 1st, 1805 throu...

Manuscript Draft of Massachusetts Governor Frederic T. Greenhalge's Speech to Boston Public School Graduates

[Boston Public Schools] Greenhalge, Frederic T. · 1894

$175.00 (€158.77 | £132.44 | ¥27,949)

[Boston], 1894. 4 pp. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. Written on four sheets of Parker House Stationary, and prepared for the annual School Festival in Mechanics Hall for the year's graduates from Boston's Public Schools, on June 30th, 1894. Frederic Thomas Greenhalge (1842-1896) was a ...

[Autograph Manuscript Signed] Confederate Military Report Submitted to Major John Jenkins, Regarding Union Transports Arriving Around Folly Island and Johns Island, in July 1863 [with] Report of Number of Companies Under the Command of John Jenkins, December 1863

[Civil War. South Carolina. Confederacy]] [Jenkins, John]; Gervais, Paul J. · 1863

$650.00 (€589.73 | £491.92 | ¥103,809)

Camp Fripp, [Fripp Island]; Johns Island, [SC], 1863. 2 blue sheets. 8x10 inches and 8 x 6 1/2 inches. Johns Island, like its neighbors Folly Island and Edisto Island, was reinforced by several South Carolina cavalry units throughout the Civil War. Among the commanders station...

[Manuscript Resignation and Transmission of Orders] from Charles H. Winter, 2nd Lieutenant of the 11th Regiment of the Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, Pertaining to the Desertions of Recently Enlisted Substitutes

[Civil War. Connecticut. Desertions] Winter, Charles H. · 1865

$400.00 (€362.91 | £302.72 | ¥63,882)

Chapin's Farm [Chaffin's Farm], VA, 1865. [2] pp. Bifolium. 8 x 12.5 inches. Even before the secession of the southern states, the people of Connecticut were divided regarding their views of the war effort. Throughout the military conflict, the social and political tensions we...

[Als] Union Soldier Stationed at Camp Newport News, Following the Battle of Fredericksburg, Writes About Seeing a Monitor Class Ship As He Fears He Is Going to Be Sent to South Carolina

[Civil War] Irwin, R.H. · 1863

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

Newport News, VA, 1863. [2] pp. 8 x 10 inches. February 15th, 1863. R.H. Irwin of Company E, 51st Regiment, 2nd Division, 2nd Brigade, 9th Army Corps. of the Pennsylvania Infantry. Irwin writes to his uncle & aunt, and, after commenting on his march from Fredericksburg, tells ...

[Als] a CIVIL War Soldier Writes from the Ohio Encampment About the Burning of Columbus, Kentucky, the Journey to Union City, Ohio, to Humbolt Camp, and the Rumor of Fighting in New Madrid

[Civil War] Simmons, E.M. · 1862

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.20 | ¥39,927)

Humbolt Camp; Mount Sterling, OH, 1862. [3] pp. Bifolium + pictorial envelope. 5.5 x 9 inches. March 10th, [1862]. First portion of letter is from E.M. Simmons to his brother, and second portion to A.W. Morgan. The pictorial envelope is addressed to Edwin Forbes of East Hartfo...

[Manuscript] Passage of Wilson's Bill - to Make Free the Wives and Children of Colored Soldiers Has Passed the Senate

[Wilson, Henry] · 1865

$500.00 (€453.64 | £378.40 | ¥79,853)

[Washington, D.C.], 1865. 1 sheet. 8 x 10 inches. Unsigned and undated notification of the passage of Senator Henry Wilson's first civil rights bill of the Reconstruction Era. "Senator Wilson's bill to make free the wives and children of colonial soldiers has just passed the S...

Art of the Surimono

Bowie, Theodore with James T. Kenney and Fumiko Togasaki · 1979

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Bloomington, Indiana Univ. Art Museum, 1979. First edition. 186 pp. Bibliography. Glossary. Illus. with 8 color photos and 103 b/w photos. Large trade format. Excellent analysis, introduction, and invaluable reference in a rarely examined topic whose only other resource is the...

The Life of Charles M. Doughty

Hogarth, D.G. [David George] · 1929

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Garden City, Doubleday, Doran & Co. 1929. First American edition. Cloth. xi, 216 pp. Illus. with b/w reproductions, photos and maps (1 folding). Sm. 4to. Life of the author of Arabia Deserta. Extremities worn, boards soiled, but still about very good. Lacking the elusive dust ...

Del "Club de Los Zoquetes" Y de la "Sociedad Venezolana de Bibliófilos" (Notas a Dos Publicaciones)

Grases, Pedro · 1982

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Caracas, n.p. 1982. First edition. Paper wrappers. 15 pp. 8vo. OCLC shows only two copies in the U.S. both on microfilm. A very good copy.

Is Seeing Believing? the Real, the Surreal, the Unreal in Contemporary Photography

Weller, Dennis P. and Goodman, Janis · 2000

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, 2000. First edition. Photo-illustrated stiff paper wrappers. 69 pp. Illus. with 30 color and b/w plates and 6 figures. 4to. Includes the work of William Wegman, Cindy Sherman, Valeriy Gerlovin, Rimma Gerlovina, Nina Levy, Janieta Eyre...

Florae Fluminensis Seu Descriptionum Plantarum Praefectura Fluminensi Sponte Nascentium Liber Primus Ad Systema Sexuale Concinnatus

Velloso, José Mariano da Conceição [or Vellozo] · 1881

$850.00 (€771.18 | £643.28 | ¥135,750)

Flumine Januario / Rio de Janeiro, Typ. Economica, 1881. First complete edition. Half black morocco over marbled boards, gilt spine title. xii, [vii], 467, [1] pp. 4to. Published in (and taking up the entire volume) of Archivos do Museu Nacional do Rio De Janeiro. Volume V. 18...

Dudley's Drawings. A Retrospective View Spanning More Than Fifty Years and Several Continents

Dudley, George A. · 2001

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.70 | ¥4,791)

New York, Privately Printed, 2001. First edition. Paper wrappers. 109 pp. Illus. with b/w drawings. Sm. 4to. Drawings of Albany, New York City, Saratoga, New England, Barns, and other areas. Printed by the Stinehour Press. A fine copy. As new.

The First United States Bank," [in] Sound Currency. Vol. IV. No. 7. New York, April 1, 1897

Root, L. Carroll · 1897

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

New York, Sound Currency Committee of the Reform Club, 1897. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. 16 pp. 8vo. Wrappers soiled else very good.

National Surgical Institute. General Remarks [Caption Title]

National Surgical Institute · 1876

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

[Philadelphia], [na], 1876. Folded self-wraps. [8] pp. on one folded sheet [56 x 86 cm]. 28 x 43 cm. Heavily illustrated throughout with anatomical drawings; last page contains numerous illustrations of medical devices. The National Surgical Institute, founded Dr. Horace R. Al...

Collection of Eight 19th Century Images of Brazil, Mainly Rio de Janeiro

[Brazil] · 1850

$125.00 (€113.41 | £94.60 | ¥19,963)

1850. Eight views all removed from larger volumes. 1. "View of Rio De Janeiro, Capital of Brazil" (ca. 1850). Wood engraving. 14 x 24 cm. From The Flag of Our Union (Boston, MA) one of the most popular newspaper in America. 2. "A Representation of a Street in Rio De Janeiro- G...