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My Animal Book

Jensen, H. C. · 1900

$150.00 (€136.10 | £113.55 | ¥23,953)

[Racine, Wis.], Whitman Pub. Co. 1900. First edition. Illustrated linen-finish paper wrappers. Unpaged [6 leaves]. 16 color illustrations (including wrappers). Folio (32 cm). No. 931. Bold and brilliant colorful illustrations by Wisconsin artist Harold C. Jensen ((1900 - 1972)...

Young Brooklyn Woman's Scrapbook Early 20th Century

[Hyde, Alice Martha?] · 1921

$250.00 (€226.83 | £189.24 | ¥39,922)

[Brooklyn, NY?], 1921. Brown leather covered boards. 49 leaves [98 pp]. Folio. [16.25 x 16 inches]. 347 images, including over 100 chromolithographic and other color cards. Plus programs, newspaper articles, images, photographs, drawings, & maps. Most are related to items of i...

[Als] Maryland Senator Reverdy Johnson to Appleton & Co. Requesting More Books

Johnson, Reverdy · 1864

$125.00 (€113.42 | £94.62 | ¥19,961)

Baltimore, 1864. 2pp. 5 x 8 inches. Johnson's follow up letter requesting Appelton & Co. to send him further books on Gladstone, Cicero, The Life of William Wirt, Attorney-general of the United States, and others. Reverdy Johnson (1796-1876) was an American politician and defe...

[Alss] Three Letters from Friends & Former Students to New York Surgeon & Professor Valentine Mott

[Mott, Valentine]; Johns, William; Hitchcock, John W.; Hannen, J.C. · 1864

$250.00 (€226.83 | £189.24 | ¥39,922)

Philadelphia; New York; Utica, 1864. 3 pieces. Considered to be a highly influential pioneer of American surgery, Valentine Mott (1785-1865) graduated from Columbia Medical College in 1806, before studying in London with a group of renowned surgeons there. When he returned to ...

[Manuscript Invoice Signed] Payable to Lindley Murray Moore, for Tuition and Education Expenses

[Murray Moore, Lindley]; [Lawrence, Edward] · 1822

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.70 | ¥15,969)

[New York], 1822. [1] sheet. 8 x 3 inches. Educator and abolitionist Lindley Murray Moore (1788-1871) opened a Quaker school in Rahway, NJ in 1813, before moving to New York City in 1815. In 1820, he opened a boarding school for boys in Flushing as well as in Westchester Villa...

[Als] Estimate for a Yonkers Carpentry Project, to Edward F. Shonnard

[Westchester] Ackert & Quick. E.F. Shonnard · 1862

$150.00 (€136.10 | £113.55 | ¥23,953)

Yonkers, [New York], 1862. [2] pp. Bifolium. 5 x 8 inches. August 13, 1862, estimate from carpenters & builders, Ackert & Quick, to E.F. Shonnard for extensive work to furnish his estate, totaling $320.00, including over 400 feet of partitions. 13 doors, 40 tables 2- 4 ft long...

[Manuscript Insurance Survey Signed] One of the First Assessments Prepared for the Mount Holly Fire Insurance Company for a Home in Borden Town, Nj

[New Jersey] [Mount Holly Fire Insurance Company] · 1831

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.70 | ¥15,969)

Columbus, [NJ], 1831. [1] pp. 6.5 x 10.5 inches. July 1st, 1831, with integral address to G Haywood, Secretary of the Mount Holly Fire Insurance Company. Signed survey for the home of Isabella Neilson, of Bordentown. The Mount Holly Fire Insurance Company was incorporated in 1...

[Als] James Montgomery Flagg to Writer and Editor Joe Chapple on Nostalgia and "the Night Before Christmas.

Flagg, James Montgomery · 1927

$300.00 (€272.20 | £227.09 | ¥47,906)

[New York], 1927. [1] pp. 8.5 x 11 inches. In this letter dated Nov 17 /27 Flagg confesses to his friend, Joe Chapple, his affinity for "The Night Before Christmas." Though declaring it doggeral, he continues:"The verse.. that came to my mind as having had a real truth for me ...

[Autograph Letter Signed] Road Survey Taken by Simeon Borden for Fall River, Massachusetts, Forwarded to Andrew Robeson

Borden, Simeon · 1825

$200.00 (€181.47 | £151.39 | ¥31,937)

Fall River, [MA], 1825. [3] pp. Bifolium. 8 x 9.5 inches. September 19th, 1825, with integral address to Andrew Roberson, a whaling merchant from New Bedford, who was expanding his textile empire into Fall River, Borden writes about his survey of several possible roads through...

[Two Manuscript Receipts Signed] Expenses for Convicts in the County of New York and Repairs to Engine House

[New York County] Roome, Jacob P. · 1817

$135.00 (€122.49 | £102.19 | ¥21,558)

New York, 1817. 2 sheets. 7 x 6 inches. Two Bills presented for Payment. 1. Bill from the summer of 1809, signed by Jacob P. Roome, for balls and Stove parts, certified by Department of Repairs, for convicts of the County of New York. Docket filed as No. 124, July 30, 1810. 2....

[Printed Document Completed in Manuscript] District of Boston and Charlestown, Signed by Benjamin Lincoln

Lincoln, Benjamin · 1802

$350.00 (€317.57 | £264.94 | ¥55,891)

[Boston]; [Charlestown], 1802. 1 sheet. 8 x 12.25 inches. July 15th, 1802. District of Boston and Charlestown shipping form, for merchandise including six bales of sheeting and two bales of Ravens Duck, shipped by Ebenezer Parsons on board the Schooner Doris of Joseph Elderidg...

[Als] Isaac Arnold Jr, Chief of Ordnance at Hilton Head, Thanks Major Wheelock Pratt for His Service

[Civil War] [ Pratt, Wheelock] Arnold, Isaac Jr. · 1865

$150.00 (€136.10 | £113.55 | ¥23,953)

Hilton Head, SC, 1865. [2 pp], rectos only. 8 x 10 inches. September 3rd, 1865 from Isaac Arnold Jr. Chief of Ordnance, Department of the South, at Hilton Head, S. C. This letter acknowledges the service of Major Wheelock Pratt, before Arnold departs to serve as Asst. Ordinanc...

[Typed Letter Signed] New York Publisher Mitchell Kennerley Rejects Benjamin Butler Davenport's "the Doubter's Faith

Kennerley, Mitchell · 1914

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.70 | ¥15,969)

New York, 1914. 1 sheet. 7.5 x 9 inches. Dated April 8th, 1914, on letterhead for "The Forum" periodical. Publisher Mitchell Kennerley writes to Benjamin Butler Davenport, to explain that he cannot publish his play, "'The Doubter's Faith', as my list is very crowded at present...

[Archive. Eleven Letters Concerning] Samuel B. Ruggles, 19th Century New York City Real Estate Developer and Public Servant

[New York City] [Ruggles, Samuel B.] · 1881

$450.00 (€408.30 | £340.64 | ¥71,859)

Paris; New York; Washington D.C.; et al. 1881. [18 pp]. Concerning mainly Ruggles work as a public servant relating to the 1867 Paris Exposition Universelle, documents for the U.S. Mint, work for NYC, Manhattan Square Park, Columbia College Law School, and the Chamber of Comme...

Al Rastro. Episodio de "la Guerra Guacha

Lugones, Leopoldo. Argerich, Jorge · 1955

$475.00 (€430.98 | £359.56 | ¥75,852)

Buenos Aires, Sociedad de Bibliofilos Argentinos, 1955. First edition. Loose quires in glassine covered printed wrappers within a portfolio and slip case. 38 pp. Illus. with 6 b/w plates. 4to. No. 6 of 92 numbered copies (of a run of 100). This story of "The Gaucho War", publi...

La Selva de Los Reptiles

Gonzalez, Joaquin V. Carmen Portela, Maria, ilus · 1953

$600.00 (€544.40 | £454.18 | ¥95,812)

Buenos Aires, Sociedad de Bibliofilos Argentinos, 1953. First edition. Loose quires in glassine covered printed wrappers within a portfolio in slip case. 36 pp. Illus. with 4 b/w plates. 4to. No. 6 of 88 numbered copies (of a run of 100). Printed with Garamond types and specia...

Tini

Wilde, Eduardo. Mortola de Bianchi, Cata [Catalina]. illus · 1948

$250.00 (€226.83 | £189.24 | ¥39,922)

Buenos Aires, Sociedad de Bibliofilos Argentinos, 1948. First edition. Loose in stiff paper portfolio and cardboard slip case. Unpaged [25 pp. + plates]. Illus. with 5 b/w plates and 2 etchings. 4to. No. 6 of 91 numbered copies (of a total run of 100) on Charter Eggshell paper...

El Fantasma

Payró, Roberto J. Veroni, Raúl, illus · 1957

$400.00 (€362.93 | £302.79 | ¥63,875)

Buenos Aires, Sociedad de Bibliofilos Argentinos, 1957. First edition. Loose quires in printed wrappers within blue paper-covered board portfolio and with original blue slip case. 66 pp. Illus. with 4 lithographs and 2 in-text drawings. 4to. Frontis lithograph signed by the il...

El Diario de MI Vida (Estudios Morales)

Mansilla, Lucio V. · 1962

$300.00 (€272.20 | £227.09 | ¥47,906)

Buenos Aires, Sociedad de Bibliofilos Argentinos, 1962. First edition. Loose in blue cloth portfolio, in blue slip case. Frontis, 148 pp. 4to. No. 6 of 95 numbered copies (of a total run of 100) on Charter Eggshell paper. The text of this edition is the first and only previous...

El Canto de la Sirena

Cane, Miguel. Delhez, Victor, illus · 1966

$650.00 (€589.77 | £492.03 | ¥103,797)

Buenos Aires, Sociedad de Bibliofilos Argentinos, 1966. First edition. Loose in printed wrappers, laid into a green cloth portfolio and slip case. 25 pp. Illus. with 3 color plates and 3 woodcuts. 4to. No. 6 de 90 numbered copies (of a total run of 100) on Charter Eggshell pap...