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1953-1990 Travel Diary of a Wisconsin Chemistry Professor’S Two Incredible Outdoor Adventures at Ages 15 and 52

DR. CHARLES THOMAS GNEWUCH · 1938 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$1,655.99 (€1,502.53 | £1,253.53 | ¥264,441)

Milwaukee, Wisconsin WI. Hardcover. On offer is an interesting journal with entries separated by nearly forty years. It includes a reference toanother of the unique historical (and true) legends of the west. The journal belonged to Dr. Charles Thomas Gnewuch (1938-2020). He was …

1867-1871 Diary of a Young Yates County Farmer Who Describes His Daily Grind and Whose Eldest Child Adds Some Flair

JAMES HERBERT VALENTINE · 1867 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$649.99 (€589.76 | £492.02 | ¥103,795)

Yates County, New York, 1867. Softcover. On offer is the manuscript diary of James Herbert Valentine (1849-1928) , wherein he records his life as a rural New York farmer both at age 18 and again one year after he marries Maryette Dickinson, at age 22. James and Maryette would go…

1932-1934 Early Handwritten Research of Renowned X-Ray and Optics Physicist Dr. Roy Clarence Spencer

DR. ROY CLARENCE SPENCER · 1901 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$3,155.99 (€2,863.53 | £2,388.98 | ¥503,972)

Nebraska, U. S, University OF Nebraska: Brace Laboratory, University of Nebraska. Hardcover. On offer is an incredible piece of American scientific history, being two years’ worth of the original handwritten research of renowned physicist, Dr. Roy Clarence Spencer (1901-1981). T…

1878 Handwritten Manuscript Diary of Hard Work and the Rural Pioneer Life

JOSEPH MAREAN · 1878 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$1,285.99 (€1,166.82 | £973.45 | ¥205,356)

LIBERTY CENTER IOWA IA, 1878. . On offer is an original manuscript diary dated 1878 handwritten by Joseph Marean of Liberty Centre, Warren County Iowa. This is a super account of the day by day doings of Joseph and his wife Mary from Tuesday, January 1st to Tuesday, December 31s…

1882 Diary of a Mystery New Hampshire Farmer’S Wife Who Embodies the Concept of Women’S Invisible Labour

UNKNOWN · 1882 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$450.00 (€408.30 | £340.64 | ¥71,859)

Dover New Hampshire, 1882. Softcover. On offer is a fine diary, written by an unknown New Hampshire farmer’s wife in 19th century rural New Hampshire. Never has the concept of woman’s invisible labour been more poignant than in this diary. Our author writes every single day of 1…

1919 Diary of American Soldier from the 56th Infantry, Ezra Skow, Stationed in Occupied Germany Following Wwi, Describing the Duties and Daily Life of a Us Soldier

EZRA SKOW, CO. I, 56TH REGIMENT INFANTRY · 1919 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$510.99 (€463.64 | £386.80 | ¥81,599)

Coblenz, Germany, Benton, Pa,: Occupied Germany, Coblenz, Benton, PA, 56th Infantry, 1919. Softcover. On offer is a superb pocket notebook kept by an American soldier in occupied Germany in the months immediately following World War One (WW1). The author of this notebook is Ezra…

Characters at the West End of the Town. Drawn and Etched by Richard Dighton

DIGHTON, Richard · 1825 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$9,500.00 (€8,619.66 | £7,191.19 | ¥1,517,031)

London: Thomas M'Lean: Repository of Wit and Humour, 1825. Richard Dighton's Caricatures of British Society Forty Fine Hand Colored Engraved Plates DIGHTON, Richard. Characters at the West End of the Town. Drawn and Etched by Richard Dighton. London: Thomas M'Lean, Repository of…

God Speaks

Meher Baba (Autor) · 1997 · LLU Buchservice

€69.95 ($77.09 | £58.36 | ¥12,311)

, Sufism Reoriented, 1997. , 2,5 x 15,9 x 23,5 cm, Hardcover. Zustand: 2. God Speaks is Meher Baba's most complete statement of the process of Creation and its purpose. This recent reprinting maintains the contents of the 1973 revised edition while presenting the material in a n…

1904 Diary of Wellesley College Student Ethel A. Morse, Recording the Big Feelings Associated with Her “Crush” on a Female Friend and Emotional Rivalry Within Her Social Circle

ETHEL A. MORSE · 1904 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$3,285.99 (€2,981.48 | £2,487.39 | ¥524,731)

Wellesley, Massachusetts, Mass, MA, 1904. Hardcover. On offer is a remarkable 1904 manuscript diary kept by Ethel A. Morse, a young Massachusetts woman in her junior year at Wellesley College. A gifted and self-aware diarist, Ethel offers an extraordinary first-person account of…

An Original Pen, Ink and Monotone Drawing from "Christmas 1993 or Santa's Last Ride.

LE CAIN, Errol; BRICUSSE, Leslie · 1987 · David Brass Rare Books (ABAA/ILAB)

$1,250.00 (€1,134.17 | £946.21 | ¥199,609)

London: , 1987. Santa's Shampoo LE CAIN, Errol, illustrator. BRICUSSE, Leslie. An original pen, ink and monotone drawing from "Christmas 1993 or Santa's Last Ride." "Santa's Shampoo". Image size: 6 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches. [Page 26]. "They asked me if I'd go on TV?/And would I vote …

De latinitate falso suspecta, expostulatio Henrici Stephani. Lectori non metuenda in lat. metuenti./ Tu´ne pudore taces, quia barbarus esse vereris?/ Eia, metum & linguam solue, Latinus eris./ Eiusdem De Plauti Latinitate Dissertatio, & ad lectionem illius Progymnasma.

STEPHANUS, HENRICUS. · 1576 · Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta

€900.00 ($991.92 | £750.85 | ¥158,397)

N.pl. (Geneva), Excudebat Henricus Stephanus, 1576. Small 8vo. (XVI),400 p. Modern vellum 15 cm An attack on Ciceronianism, the cult of the usage of Cicero as the only correct Latin (Ref: GLN-2585; Schreiber, Estiennes, n° 198; Brunet 2,1079; Graesse 2,507; Ebert 6974; Renouar…

1943 Original Manuscript Diary of One British Gunner's Miserable 6 Months in Diego Suarez Madagascar

GUNNER C.J. WALLACE O.F.C. 1612928 · 1943 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$3,585.99 (€3,253.68 | £2,714.48 | ¥572,638)

DIEGO SUAREZ MADAGASCAR INDIAN OCEAN, 1943. Softcover. On offer is the manuscript diary of one British WWII soldier's unwelcome service as a Gunner for His Majesty's Army in the East Africa Command. Handwritten by Gunner C. J. Wallace O. F. C. [Ordnance Factory] 1612928 while se…

CHILE CON CARNE; or, The Camp and The Field

[Mexican War. 1846 - 1848]. Smith, S. Compton. Gray, E. B. - Former owner · 1857 · Tavistock Books, ABAA

$412.50 (€374.27 | £312.25 | ¥65,871)

New York / Milwaukee: Miller & Curtis 321 Broadway. Ford & Fairbanks, 1857. 1st Edition. Association copy. Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt stamping to the backstrip. Pale yellow eps. xvi, 404, 12, [4] pp. Last 16 pages include 2 publisher catalogues, the last …

1911 Diary of a Spunky, Academically Inclined 8th Grade Girl Who Is the Baby of a Large Chautauqua County, New York Farming Family

FLORENCE LETTIE SLAGHT (VAN SCOTER) · 1911 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$689.99 (€626.05 | £522.30 | ¥110,183)

Chautauqua, Fredonia, New York, 1911. Softcover. On offer is the sweet-as-pie diary of a bright and lovely young teenager, the baby of her large family, growing up on a farm in Chautauqua County, New York in the early 20th century. Florence Lettie Slaght (later Van Scoter) (1897…

1904 Diary of a Bright New England Teen Who Would Become a Foreign Relations Advisor for the Us Government and Economics Professor at Top American Universities

ALTON ROSS HODGKINS · 1904 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$1,755.99 (€1,593.27 | £1,329.23 | ¥280,410)

Maine, New England, Usa, 1904. Softcover. On offer is a diary of a seemingly average teenage boy living on a farm who would grow up to become an academic and have an important impact on the United States of America. The author of the diary is Alton Ross Hodgkins (1890-1952) a 14…

M. Accius Plautus ex fide, atque auctoritate complurium librorum manuscriptorum opera Dionys. Lambini Monstroliensis emendatus; ab eodemque commentariis explicatus. Nunc denuo plurimis, quae in praecedentibus editionibus irrepserant, mendis, repurgatus; multisque in locis in gratiam antiquariorum illustratus.

PLAUTUS. · 1622 · Antiquariaat Fragmenta Selecta

€420.00 ($462.90 | £350.40 | ¥73,919)

Geneva (Coloniae Allobrogum), Apud Petrum & Iacobum Chouët, 1622. 4to. (VIII),920,(51 index),(1 blank) p. Overlapping vellum. 24 cm (Ref: Schweiger 2,765; Fabricius/Ernesti 1,18; Moss 2,461; Ebert 17188: 'Bloss Nachdruck der Lambinischen Ausgabe'; cf. GLN-3810) (Details: 6 thon…

1943 & 1945 Original Pair [2] of Manuscript Diaries Handwritten by an American Serviceman Serving with the Distinguished 45th Troop Carrier Squadron Lovingly Addressed to His Wife Butch

P.F.C. GORDON L. KENNEY · 1943 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$3,285.99 (€2,981.48 | £2,487.39 | ¥524,731)

45th Troop Carrier Squadron, Beacon, New York, Europe,, 1943. Hardcover. On offer is a fascinating, detailed set of two World War II manuscript diaries handwritten by P. F. C. Gordon L. Kenney (1922-2019) of Beacon, New York. Kenney kept these diaries while he was serving in the…

1935 Diary of a Gifted, Comedic Writer Who Is the Most Entertaining First Generation American Bookkeeper Who Ever Did Live, Love and Sing Her Way Through New York

MELITA MARY GOAL WEST · 1935 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$885.99 (€803.89 | £670.67 | ¥141,482)

SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, NY, 1935. Hardcover. On offer is the diary of a 21-year-old woman living near Syracuse, New York. In 1935, she is a working woman who is dating her future husband, breezing through a corporate day job as a bookkeeper at State Mutual Life Assurance, performing…

1857 Physician’S Manuscript Lecture Compelling the Medical Profession to Accept Homeopathy As a Viable Alternative to Allopathic Medicine

DR. ABSALOM PRIDE KING, DR. A. P. KING · 1857 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$2,285.99 (€2,074.15 | £1,730.42 | ¥365,044)

Providence Rhode Island RI, 1857. Manuscript. On offer is a handwritten medical lecture in which a physician passionately argues that allopathic medicine has lost its way and that letting Mother Nature take the lead in curing patients is crucial to 19th century health care. It w…

1830s Collection of 13 Letters from a Close Friend in Southern France

JENNY BOUPELLIER AND JEAN BEY · 1830 · Katz Fine Manuscripts

$199.99 (€181.46 | £151.39 | ¥31,936)

Lunel, France, 1830. Ephemera. On offer is an outstanding collection of 13 letters dating from the early 19th century in France. The first group of 12 letters were written to one Marcel Rouselliers who lived in the small community of Lunel, east of Montpellier in the south of Fr…