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1894 Handwritten Transcribed Manuscript of Tom Taylor's "Plot and Passion", a 19th Century Detective Play

UNKNOWN · 1894 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$585.95 (€531.62 | £443.44 | ¥93,580)

United States: Transcription of 19th Century Detective Play, 1894. Hardcover. On offer is an outstanding example of the type of melodramatic stage productions that were popular in 19th century America. The script is of a transcribed, handwritten copy of a manuscript entitled "Pl…

1800s New Jersey Shipping Agent and Captain’S Diary and Ledger Naming Vessels, Locals and Global Ports

J. STANDLEY TWELLS · 1860 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$1,285.99 (€1,166.74 | £973.23 | ¥205,381)

New Jersey, 1860. Softcover. On offer is a remarkable artifact from the great days of sail and maritime enterprise in 19th century America. The first page of the manuscript bears the name "OHIO" and "American Line". The author notes that this manuscript includes “Foreign List of…

1826 Disputed Inheritance Legal Document Connected to French Nobility

UNKNOWN · 1826 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$529.99 (€480.84 | £401.09 | ¥84,643)

France, 1826. Ephemera. On offer is a superb example of a legal contract for the very early 19th century France. The document is a legal petition regarding a disputed inheritance. The action was started by the heirs of Madame Cotignon de Quincy. An excerpt from the legal contrac…

1940 Diary of a Virginia Psychiatrist Who Trains and Works with Giants in the Field at Johns Hopkins and the Medical College of Virginia

DR. PATRICK HENRY DREWRY JR. · 1940 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$4,255.99 (€3,861.33 | £3,220.91 | ¥679,708)

Baltimore Maryland Md, Richmond, Virginia, Petersburg, Virginia, 1940. Softcover. On offer is a sensational piece of medical history, being the 1940 diary of the psychiatrist and professor, Dr. Patrick Henry Drewry Jr. (1907-1980). The son of Virginia Congressman Patrick Henry D…

1873-1875 Manuscript Minute Book and Constitution of an Illinois Silver Cornet Band with Details of Finances, Performances, by-Laws, Local Events and More

SILVER CORNET BAND OF FRANKLIN GROVE · 1873 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$1,475.99 (€1,339.12 | £1,117.02 | ¥235,725)

Franklin Grove, Illinois. Hardcover. On offer is the manuscript Constitution, By-Laws and Minute Book of the Franklin Grove Silver Cornet Band which was officially organized in 1873 and played throughout Illinois. The book begins with the full Constitution and By-Laws of the ban…

1874-1876 8th Grader’S English Composition Book Kept While at School in Harvard, Massachusetts

EMELINE KNIGHT · 1874 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$659.99 (€598.79 | £499.48 | ¥105,404)

Harvard, Massachusetts Mass MA, 1874. Softcover. On offer is a fine example of a student's English composition notebook dating from the 1870’s in Massachusetts. The owner of this notebook was Emeline Knight (1861-1937) of Harvard, Worcester, Massachusetts. The daughter of Jonath…

1915 Detailed Diary and Travelogue of a Vermont Newlywed on Her Second Marriage

MABEL HANNAH KELLER (PRESTON EMERY) · 1915 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$1,255.99 (€1,139.52 | £950.53 | ¥200,589)

Queechee, Vermont, 1915. Softcover. On offer is a lovely glimpse at the upper middle class life of a newlywed in eastern Vermont in the early 20th century. The author of this diary and travelogue is Mabel Hannah Keller (nee Preston) (1878-1960). The daughter of Nathan and Electa…

1869 Incredible Archive of Five Chinese Coolie Trade Ship Arrival Manifests for Passengers of the French Vessel Niagara’S Voyage from Macau to Havana

ALIANZA Y CIA · 1869 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$9,299.99 (€8,437.61 | £7,038.19 | ¥1,485,266)

Havana, Matanzas, Cuba: Chinese Coolie Ship Manifests Havana Cuba, 1869. Non-Book. On offer is a truly remarkable archive of five arrival manifests, recording the names, information and fates of 125 Chinese men who were transported on the October, 1868 voyage of the Niagara from…

1793 Official Order to Suppress the French Navy During the Reign of Terror

MAXIMILIAN ROBESPIERRE, JEAN DALBARADE, LOUIS-JEROME GOHIER · 1793 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$519.99 (€471.77 | £393.53 | ¥83,046)

France, 1793. Ephemera. On offer is offer is a superb copy of the order that purged the French Navy of its officer corps in the days of the Reign of Terror in the French Revolution. This document is the order given to suppress the Navy. An excerpt of the document follows: Qui su…

1930-1931 Diary of an ILL-Fated Chinese Educator and Newlywed, Educated in America, Settling Down in Shanghai to Support Her Husband’S Career and Have a Child

RUTH M. PAU (RUTH MUI-KANG HSIA) · 1930 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$3,450.99 (€3,130.98 | £2,611.69 | ¥551,144)

New York, St. Paul, Minnesota, Singapore, Shanghai, China, 1930-1931. Hardcover. On offer is the two-year diary of Ruth Mui-Kang Pau of Foochow, China, who spent 13 years in the United States, completing her education in St. Paul, Minnesota and New York City. During that time sh…

C1930s-50s Compact Christopher Morley Archive and Library: One Tls, One Clipping and 5 Collectible Volumes

CHRISTOPHER MORLEY · 1950 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$885.99 (€803.83 | £670.51 | ¥141,498)

NEW YORK, 1950. . On offer is a super, grouping of one [1] TLS, typed letter signed, one [1] ephemeral piece being a news-clipping, and a compact library of five [5] books, one signed others limited editions, by the noted American journalist, novelist, essayist, playwright and p…

1894-1900 Manuscript Minute Book of the Bartlett, New Hampshire Chapter of the Order of the King’S Daughters and Sons Charitable Organization

MEMBERS OF THE BARTLETT, NH CHAPTER OF THE ORDER OF THE KING'S DAUGHTERS AND SONS · 1894 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

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

Bartlett, Carroll, New Hampshire, Usa. Hardcover. On offer is a neat piece of New Hampshire history, being the first minute book of Bartlett, New Hampshire’s newly formed Order of the King’s Daughters and Sons Chapter. The book opens to handwritten details of what appear to be f…

1918-1919 Daily Diary of a Nebraska Farmer Who Sails to Europe and Serves in World War 1 As a Corporal in the 314th Supply Train, 89th Division

WALTER JOHN SMITH · 1891 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$1,855.99 (€1,683.89 | £1,404.60 | ¥296,413)

Nebraska, France. Softcover. On offer is a superb diary of a 27-year-old farmer from Nebraska, serving in Europe during WWI as the war came to its end. The author of the diary is Walter John Smith (1891-1950) of Holdrege, Nebraska. He worked his entire adult life at his own farm…

19th Century Handwritten Anthology of Poetry and Quotations Compiled by an Educated Somerville, Massachusetts Woman

SARA ABIGAIL STONE · 1861 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$975.99 (€885.49 | £738.62 | ¥155,872)

Somerville, Massachusetts. Hardcover. On offer is a beautiful, sentimental handwritten journal of both popular and obscure 19th century (and earlier) poetry and quotations. This book was transcribed and organized by Sara Abigail Stone (later Carpenter) (1861-1942). She used her …

1760 Early Printing of James Lovell’S Funeral Oration for Harvard’S Henry Flynt, Read at Holden Chapel

JAMES LOVELL · 1760 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$775.99 (€704.03 | £587.27 | ¥123,930)

Boston, Massachussets: Jacobo James Lovell Orated At Holden Chapel, Harvard, Boston, 1760. First Printing. Non-Book. On offer is the early 1760 printing of Oratio in funere viri venerabilis Henrici Flyntij [Oration at the funeral of the venerable Henry Flynt]. Written by Jacobo …

1884-1961 Incredible Massachusetts, New England Birthday Scrapbook and Journal: Almost 80 Years of Genealogical and Historical Data

MABEL LAVINIA EARLE · 1884 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$1,485.99 (€1,348.20 | £1,124.59 | ¥237,322)

Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts, New England, 1884-1961. Hardcover. On offer is the Birthday Book Scrapbook and Journal of Mabel Lavinia Earle (1873-1963). Mabel was the daughter of a prominent American Civil War lieutenant, from Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts [SEE BIO NOTE…

1904 Archive of Hand Drawn Water-Color Art with Handwritten Manuscript Notes by Famed Travel Author and Artist of Inca Ruins and Peruvian Views

CHARLES REGINALD ENOCK (C.R. ENOCK) · 1904 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$3,645.99 (€3,307.90 | £2,759.27 | ¥582,287)

PERU, 1904. Non-Book. On offer is an exceptional archive of art circa 1904-1905, by Charles Reginald (C. R. ) Enock (BIO NOTES below listing). Enock lived and traveled in Peru for four years and wrote extensively on the country, analyzing it from many social and scientific persp…

1934-1964 Pair of Manuscript Minute Books Representing 24 Years of a Boston-Area Women’S Church Charity Organization’S Activities, Members, Finances and Social Engagements

ELECTED SECRETARIES OF THE EVER READY GUILD OF WEYMOUTH, MA · 1928 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$2,975.99 (€2,700.03 | £2,252.22 | ¥475,284)

Weymouth, Massachusetts. Hardcover. On offer is a pair of club meeting minutes covering a total of 24 years of the Ever Ready Guild, a women’s charity club that was initiated in 1928 at the East Weymouth Congregational Church in Weymouth, Massachusetts, 15 miles south of Boston.…

1924-1927 Diary of a Young CIVIL Engineer and Student Dating and Coming of Age in Cambridge, Massachusetts

JAMES DONNELL SULLIVAN · 1907 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$1,655.99 (€1,502.43 | £1,253.25 | ¥264,472)

Cambridge, Boston, Massachusetts MA. Softcover. On offer is a collection of three little diaries kept by a city of Cambridge, Massachusetts civil engineer who served as a First Class Petty Officer in the US Navy during WWII. The author of this diary is James Donnell Sullivan (19…

1938 in Depth Work Log Book of Episcopal Reverend and Youth Leader Arthur o. Phinney on Running Youth Programs, Church Recruitment and More

ARTHUR OSGOOD PHINNEY · 1938 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$1,575.99 (€1,429.85 | £1,192.70 | ¥251,695)

Watertown, MA, 1938. Softcover. On offer is a notebook used to record notes on his work, kept by the National Director of a large, Episcopal church-based youth program in the mid-20th century. The notebook belonged to the Reverend Arthur Osgood Phinney (1892-1978). Phinney was a…