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Folio. 310 x 210 mm. 12 ¾ x 8 inches. Manuscript in pencil and ink. 257 numbered pages, nearly 200 with manuscript notes and prescriptions. Ledger binding of cloth boards with leather tips; binding show wear but sound. Some blank pages decorated with scribbles in a child’s hand. Part..... More
Essex County, Massachusetts. Folio. 310 x 210 mm., [13 x 8 ½ inches]. Manuscript on blue paper written in legible hand. 326 pp. Includes two bank checks, a tax receipt, receipt signed by L.W. Tyler, and a 4 pp. letter from J.J. Dearborn dated 1855, concerning the purchase of various..... More
Steuben Country, New York. Folio. 320 x 210 mm. [8 ½ x 13 inches]. Very legible manuscript records in ink on blue paper, with alphabetical index. 479 pp. Contemporary reverse leather, labels on spine. Cover wear, hinges of both boards repaired with black cloth tape. Preliminary leaves show some browning..... More
Waltham, Massachusetts: 1834-36. Folio. 400x 220 mm., 13 x 8 ½ inches]. 160 pp., numerous blanks. Full contemp. calf, decorated, on spine: "Felt's Manufacture, Boston." Front joint cracked, edges rubbed but sound. Account book from the Middlesex County, Massachusetts, region. Although the author is unknown, he may be a boot..... More
Mifflintown, Juniata, PA: 1828-1872. Five volumes, four in folio, one in 4to format. 390 x 160 mm., [15 ½ x 6 ½ inches] and 310 x 190 mm., [12 ¾ x 7 ¾ inches]. Combined total of 1258 manuscript pages. Written in ink, in generally legible hand. (I) Ledger. 1828..... More
Amherst, Massachusetts: 1842-1864. Tall narrow ledger. 295 x 1`60 mm., [15 x ½ x 6 ½ inches]. Manuscript in ink in a legible hand. 144 pp., plus few loose receipts. Contemporary reverse calf , some signatures separating. Cover and tip wear, age toning to the paper stock. Dr. Chester Cowles..... More
Freeport, Maine: 1792-97 & 1806-1818. Two volumes in narrow folio. 410 x 165 mm., [16 x 6 ½ inches]. 172; 268 pp. Manuscript in ink, very legible hand. Contemporary calf backed marbled boards and full reverse calf. Wear to bindings but sound copies in good condition. Dr. John Angier Hyde..... More
Bellefonte, PA: 1835-1851. Large 4to. 305 x 200 mm., [12 ¼ x 8 inches. 170 pp. Well used manuscript written in ink. Contemporary calf backed boards; rubbed and a bit worn, spine chipped. This is a ledger account book belonging to John Robison, a Pennsylvania shoemaker. Like many artisans in..... More
Ridgefield, CT. 1829-1831. Small folio. 310 x 200 mm. 12 ½ x 8 inches]. 348 pp. Manuscript on lined paper. Full reverse calf. Some cover wear, and a few signatures loose. Fine ledger of a general store in the Fairfield County, Connecticut, area near the towns of Ridgefield and Wilton..... More
Arundel County, Maryland: 1838-1851. Small folio. 320 x 210 mm., [13 x 8 ¼ inches]. 200 pp. Manuscript accounts in ink on lined paper. Contemporary sheep, rubbed but in good condition. Inside front flyleaf loose from binding and a bit toned with age. Highly legible and written in one hand..... More
Fulton County, New York, 1879-1881. Tall folio. 335 x 210 mm., [13 ½ x 8 ¼ inches]. 191 pp. Manuscript written on lined, ink. Contemporary leather spine and tips over cloth covered boards; spine and tips rubbed and a bit chipped. Text written in a very legible hand. A highly..... More
Androscoggin County, Maine: 1836-1859. Tall folio. 320 x 200 mm., [13 x 8 inches]. 85 pp. Contemporary marbled boards, calf spine; head of spine chipped and a bit torn; text block foxed. With faults, a sound and well-organized ledger, written in a legible hand. Early shoemaker's account book from Lisbon..... More
Dover, New Hampshire, 1865-1866. Tall folio. 340 x 215 mm. [13 ¾ x 8 ½ inches]. 106 pp. Lined, numbered pages. Text in very legible hand. Leather spine over marbled board covers. Spine rubbed, some wear to the marbled paper covering; otherwise very good condition. Legible ink. Fine ledger of..... More
Venezia, 1757. Folio. 375 x 260 mm., [14 ¾ x 10 ½ inches]. Engraved portrait and title-page and 38 full page plates, printed in black with red ink borders. Bound in full contemporary morocco, raised bands, boards decorated with a gilt floral border; edges and spine a bit rubbed and..... More
Paris?, Early 19th Century. Large sheets, measuring approximately 16 x 14 inches, one a bit smaller. Decoratively printed in color by woodblock printing, executed with extreme care with near prefect registration. Original sheets laminated to a paper host in back-to-back method. Very good condition. On the verso of one of..... More
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England, 1882-1901. Folio album. 340 x 220 mm., [13 ¼ x 8 ½ inches]. 190 pp. Elaborately decorated title-page, tipped-in and pasted in images of Lawrence and his painting. Text filled with hand written descriptions in legible hand, news clippings, clipped auction descriptions, reproductions of paintings. Bound in morocco backed..... More
Oblong folio. Leaf size, 435 c 300 mm., [17 x 12 inches]; Plate size, 250 x 160 mm., [9 ¾ x 6 ¼ inches]. Ten soft ground etchings and aquatints; some minor foxing to the margins. With the original printed wrappers, title printed around an engraving of a bucolic setting..... More
Peterboro: 1838-1878. Gerrit Smith (1797-1874). A Collection of Thirty-Six Publications, mostly from the Press in Peterboro on the Political and Religious Movements in Mid-19th Century America. Mostly bifolium and broadside publications measuring approximately 12 x 8 inches. Some previously folded but all very clean with no foxing or..... More
New York: Lith. & Pub. By N. Currier, 1848. Folio. 355 x 255 mm., [14 x 10 inches]; image size 300 x 210 mm., 11 ¾ x 8 ¼ inches]. Lithographic portrait, printed in tones of black and highlighted with red, blue and yellow wash. Margins soiled with age, two..... More
New York: Lith. & Pub.by Sarony & Major, 1846. Folio. 355 x 255 mm., [14 x 10 inches]. image size 300 x 220 mm., [11 ¾ x 8 ¾ inches]. Lithograph printed in tones of back and highlighted in blue, yellow, red, and green wash. Paper stock show discoloration in..... More
New York, Hartford, Conn., and Buffalo: E. B. & E. C. Kellogg, 1847. Folio. 355 x 250 mm., [14 x 10 inches]; image size285 x 200 mm., [11 x 8 inches]. Colored lithograph printed in tones of black, highlighted with green, yellow, and blue wash. Paper stock with some brown..... More
New York: MAJOR GENERAL WINFRIELD SCOTT. At Vera Cruz March 25, 1847. 1847. Folio. 355 x 250 mm., [ 14 x 10 inches]. Handsome lithographic portrait printed in tone of black and highlighted with blue, yellow, white, and green wash. Paper stock foxed and toned brown, a few chips at..... More
New York: Currier & Ives, 1860. Folio. 435 x 320 mm., [17 x 12 ½ inches]; image size 320 x 230 mm., [12 ½ x 10 inches]. Color lithographic portrait, printed in black ink and hand colored in two colors and highlights of black. Some light discoloration to margins, otherwise..... More
New York: Lith; & Pub. By N. Currier, 2 Spruce St. N.Y., [1844]. Folio. 358 x 255 mm., [14 x 10 inches]. Color lithographic portrait, printed in black ink and hand colored in three colors and highlights of black. Some light discoloration to margins, otherwise a very good copy with..... More
New York: E. B & E. C. Kellogg, 1844. Together two folio, full-length lithographic silhouette images of a pair of prominent Americans, the first set against an architectural background, and the second posed in an interior parlor room space. The lithographs measure 335 x 245 mm., [13 x 9 ½..... More
