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1881 French Woman Novelist Letter to Aunt Revealing Her Pen Name, Complaints on Literary Publicity, Octave Feuillet & Aime Giron at le Figaro

RENéE (OR RENé) DE VIC · 1881 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$325.00 (€294.86 | £245.96 | ¥51,905)

Paris, France, Valee DE La Vesubie, France, 1881. Ephemera. On offer is a remarkable four-page literary letter written from the Vallée de la Vésubie on August 4, almost certainly in 1881, and signed simply “Antoinette. ”The writer can be identified with considerable confidence a…

1939 Trip Diary of a Scottish Immigrant to America Returning Home Via the Panama Canal for the First Time in 26 Years, Experiencing Europe in the Months Just Before the Second World War Would Change Everything

MARY HODGE WINCHESTER · 1939 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$655.99 (€595.16 | £496.45 | ¥104,766)

Glasgow, Scotland, 1939. Hardcover. On offer is the diary of a Scottish immigrant to the United States, following her first visit home since she left for America 26 years earlier. This diary, kept by Mary Hodge Winchester (1892-1983) , details her first class voyage, accompanied…

Wwii Typescript Retrospective War Diary and Subsequent Moral Reflections from a Prominent British Social Welfare Reformer Whose Battalion Supported the Liberation of Bergen-Belsen

RICHARD CARR-GOM · 1945 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$3,255.00 (€2,953.17 | £2,463.37 | ¥519,844)

Britain, United Kingdom, Germany, France. Softcover. On offer is Richard Culling Carr-Gomm’s unpublished and hand-corrected Return to France, an approximately 198-page typescript account of his service with the 4th (Tank) Battalion, Coldstream Guards, during the final campaign i…

C. 1870 Letters to Aimé Giron from French Clergy Regarding a 24-Statue Altar, Roman Pilgrimage & Behind-the-Scenes Cathedral Speechwriting

A ROBERTS & NOEL ROUX, FRENCH CLERGY · 1870 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$245.00 (€222.28 | £185.41 | ¥39,128)

Paris, France, 1870. Ephemera. On offer is a complementary pair of nineteenth-century French Catholic letters addressed to author and journalist Aimé Giron (1836–1907) , revealing the practical and literary assistance he provided privately to members of the clergy. Written by tw…

C1860 Dramatic Letter from Dragoon Captain Léonce de Rochefort to French Author Aimé Giron on a Love Triangle, Sword Duel & Radish-Cart Disaster

CAPTAIN LéONCE DE ROCHEFORT · 1860 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$795.00 (€721.28 | £601.65 | ¥126,966)

Paris, France, French Military, 4th Dragoon, 1860. Ephemera. On offer is an extraordinary and highly entertaining autograph letter signed by Pierre Léonce de Rochefort (1822–1892) , a Captain in France’s 4th Dragoon Regiment, describing a romantic crisis so consuming that it int…

1873–1880 Havana Trade Credit File Illustrating the Lifecycle of a Pagaré: Issuance, Circulation, and Legal Enforcement

CUBAN ADMINISTRATORS · 1873 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$1,445.00 (€1,311.01 | £1,093.57 | ¥230,775)

Havana, Cuba. Non-Book. On offer is a Havana merchant credit file (1873–1880) , preserving the full working lifecycle of a late-colonial Cuban pagaré: from commodity-backed installment credit, through negotiated circulation and risk transfer, to formal legal enforcement upon def…

1908 Archive of Letters Written to a Prominent Wyoming County, Pennsylvania Female Lawyer and Wellesley College Graduate from Her Privileged Friends

FRIENDS OF EULALIE PIATT OGDEN · 1908 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$300.00 (€272.18 | £227.04 | ¥47,912)

Tunkhannok, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, 1908. Manuscript. On offer is a collection of three letters written to Ms. Eulalie Piatt, member of the prominent Piatt legal family of Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania. The collection also includes a legal judgment against one William Phelps, …

1776 General Gazetteer with 1779–1827 Manuscript Notes of a Massachusetts Revolutionary War Privateer, Ship Master, and Selectman, Including Service Aboard the Pilgrim Under Famed Captain Hugh Hill

R. BROOKES AND JOHANNES (JOHN) PRINCE · 1776 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$7,800.00 (€7,076.71 | £5,903.00 | ¥1,245,708)

Marblehead, Massachusetts, 1776. Full-Leather. On offer is an extraordinary Revolutionary War and early American maritime artifact: the personal copy of The General Gazetteer: or, Compendious Geographical Dictionary, fourth edition, 1776, owned and annotated with phenomenal Revo…

1626 Stunning French Manuscript Document, Likely a Contract

UNKNOWN · 1626 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$499.99 (€453.63 | £378.39 | ¥79,851)

France, 1626. Ephemera. On offer is a document fragment that dates from early 17th century France. The earliest date in the document is 1626. The document consists of five very well-identified paragraphs. It may well be a contract or agreement as it does not bear the customary s…

1949 Letter from Louisiana Us Congressman About the Fair Labor Standards Act

CONGRESSMAN HENRY LARCADE JR. · 1949 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$129.99 (€117.94 | £98.38 | ¥20,760)

Louisiana, United States, 1949. Ephemera. On offer is an interesting typed and signed 1949 communication between U. S. Congressman Henry D. Larcade Jr. And an unidentified constituent following WWII. Henry D. Larcade Jr, the Congressman for the 7th District for Louisiana. The le…

1967 Postcard with Cancelled Supai, United States Post Office Stamp

UNKNOWN · 1967 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$129.99 (€117.94 | £98.38 | ¥20,760)

Supai, United States, 1967. Ephemera. ? ? On offer is an interesting American postcard that bears a rare cancellation mark from the Supai post office, which is the only post office in the United States that had mail come in and go out by mule. The card dates from September, 1967…

1737 Extensive Norman Seigneurial Court Manuscript Reclaiming and Inventorying 158 Properties for Unpaid Feudal Rents and Duties

LAMPERIRE, COMBAULT, JOUEN, OSSEMONT, LIGNEL, DE TANVILLE ET AL · 1737 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$495.99 (€450.00 | £375.36 | ¥79,213)

Alecon, Normandy, France, 1737. Manuscript. On offer is an extensive 44-page manuscript record of a seigneurial court convened in Normandy on May 21, 1737, documenting the legal reclamation of numerous properties whose occupants had failed to pay rents, submit declarations of te…

1959–1960 Spanish-Language Maoist Export Archive (17 Volumes) : The “First Wave” Beijing–Havana Revolutionary Archive

MAO AND OTHERS · 1960 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$6,950.00 (€6,305.53 | £5,259.73 | ¥1,109,958)

China, Cuba, Havana, Revolutionary Cuba, Foreign Language Press: Ediciones En Lenguas Extranjeras, Pekín, Foreign Languages Press, Beijing, 1960. Hardcover. On offer is a rare, coherent archive of seventeen Spanish-language volumes issued by Ediciones en Lenguas Extranjeras, Pek…

C. 17th Century Manuscript Extract After Edward Johnson on Indigenous Peoples of Early New England, Headed 1647

UNKNOWN. · 1654 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$3,455.99 (€3,135.52 | £2,615.48 | ¥551,943)

New England, Indigenous Land, c1600s. Ephemera. On offer is a remarkable early manuscript extract preserving a 17th-century English colonial description of Indigenous peoples in New England. The text closely follows a passage from Edward Johnson’s important Puritan history, Wond…

1929–1941 Hias Transit and Cuban Jewish Refugee Archive: The Moishe Perkowicz Case File

GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS · 1929 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$1,755.99 (€1,593.16 | £1,328.92 | ¥280,442)

Cuba, Havana, New York, Usa. Non-Book. On offer is an extraordinary micro-archive documenting the transnational machinery of Jewish migration through Havana in the interwar and wartime years. Together, these five surviving pieces trace the path of one refugee family’s attempt to…

1893 + 1895 Diaries of the Widow of a Prominent Massachusetts Reverend Whose Children Are Grown and Who Is Enjoying Her Golden Years in New York

FANNY MARIA HOYT BEAN · 1837 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$2,155.99 (€1,956.07 | £1,631.64 | ¥344,325)

New York, United States. Softcover. On offer are two diaries dating from the late 19th century in New York City. The author of these diaries is Fanny Maria Bean (1837-1919). She was born in 1837 in New York City to Seymour Hoyt and Fanny Stevens. In 1863, Fanny married Reverend …

1905 Letter from British Cambridge University Zoologist, Sir Frederic Harmer to Canadian Biologist, Charles Gordon Hewitt

SIR FREDERIC HARMER · 1905 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$199.99 (€181.45 | £151.35 | ¥31,940)

England, 1905. Non-Book. On offer is a postcard, written and signed by S. F. (Sidney Frederic) Harmer (1862-1950) to Charles Gordon Hewitt (1885-1920). The postcard is dated from the University of Museum Zoology, Cambridge, July 14, 1905. It has been addressed by hand to C. Gord…

Der Kartonagen-Praktiker. Universal-Nachschlagewerk für die Pappe und Papier verarbeitende Industrie über alle Fragen der täglichen Praxis im Kontor und Betrieb.

KRUMBIEGEL, W. / R. LANGE: · 1926 · Antiquariat Schwarz

€25.00 ($27.56 | £20.85 | ¥4,401)

Dresden: Lange. 1926. Gr.8°. 268 S. Halbleinwand der Zeit mit Leinwandecken. Einband leicht beriebe. Private Notizen auf Vorsatz verso, papierbedingt etwas gegilbt, Titel mit leichten Fingerspuren, Bindung etwas gelockert. Insgesamt noch gut erhalten. Mit zahlreichen themenbezo…

Weltkunst 15/1992

1992 · Antiquariat Thomas Haker GmbH & Co. KG

€7.00 ($7.72 | £5.84 | ¥1,232)

Kunst und Technik München 1992. ca. 80 S. Standardeinband. Aktuelle Zeitschrift für Kunst und Antiquitäten INHALT: Teppiche u. Textilien aus dem Kunsthandel. A. u. v. Rautenstengel: Die Bogca - Teil I. F. Anton: Altperuanische Gewebe. K. Fegg: Wirkteppiche der fürstbischöfliche…

1874 Sculptor André Besqueut Letter to His Mentor Aimé Giron About Winning Beaux-Arts Honours, His Religious Convictions, and Negative Views of Paris

ANDRé BESQUEUT · 1874 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$425.00 (€385.59 | £321.64 | ¥67,875)

Paris, France, 1874. Ephemera. On offer is a remarkable four-page handwritten letter from the young French sculptor André Besqueut (1850–1942) to his early mentor, the author Aimé Giron (1836–1907) , written in Paris on April 7, 1874.Composed shortly after Besqueut won the Prix …