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Niagara County, New York: 1854-56. Folio ledger. 310 x 205 mm., [8 x 12 ½]. Manuscript in ink. 213 pp. Marbled board cover, calf spine; boards and spine show significant wear; sewing of the text block is weak,; first two pages missing. Records written in a small, tight hand, yet..... More
Vernon Township, Richland County, Ohio, March 1846. December 12, 1877. Folio. 310 x 200 mm., [13 x 8 inches]. Manuscript in ink. 500 pp., (missing the first 3 pages). Contemporary calf, well worn, spine separating. Paper stock a bit brown with age; final 30 pages and lower board damaged by..... More
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania: March 14, 1809 - January 18, 1815. Tall folio. 320 x 195 mm. [13 x 8 inches]. Manuscript in ink. 215 pp. Alphabetical index of cases, plus some official printed forms and 15 loose notes and receipts. Contemporary calf backed boards, spine separated, front board detached; text..... More
New York: 1831-34. Tall folio. 390 x 160 mm., [15 ½ x 6 ½ inches].. Manuscript in ink. 258 pp. Original leather backed boards with calf spine; worn but sound and attractive. Pastedowns and fly leaves filled with script and doodles. W. H. Smith operated a dry goods store at..... More
Wallingford, 1787-1838. Tall folio. 330 x 200 mm. [13 x 8 inches]. Manuscript in ink. 300 pp., with customer index at front. Contemporary calf sine over marbled paper boards; boards show wear, but ledger is surprising sound and attractive. Paper stock brown with age but in good condition. Written..... More
Rochester, Massachusetts. 1843-1856. Folio. 330 x 210 mm., [13 x 9 inches]. Manuscript in ink and pencil. 5 pp. Bound in paper wrappers; a few loose receipts. Index of customer names at front of ledger. Paper stock brown with age and with some light foxing, but sound. Rare account book..... More
Troy, New York: 1848-53. 4to. 260 x 210 mm. [10 ¼ x 7 ¾ inches]. Manuscript in ink. 179 pp. Contemporary reverse calf binding, black leather labels on spine, embossed border design on boards; hinges broken and the text block is held to binding by sewing. This ledger is the..... More
Buffalo, New York, 1876-1925. Folio. 275 x 225 mm., [11 x 9 inches]. Manuscript in ink and pencil. 222 pp. (pp. 115 – 322). including a partial alphabetical index of customers. Cover well worn, spine missing; text clean and highly legible. Financial records of a Pennsylvania Dutch family of engineers..... More
Hinsdale, New Hampshire: April 14, 1856 - August 24, 1857. 8vo. 205 x 170 mm., [8 ¼ x 6 ¾ inches]. Manuscript in ink. 96 pp. (pp. 100-196). Contemporary leather spine over marbled paper boards. Samuel Liscom Jr. was the proprietor of a saw mill and dealer and manufacturer of..... More
Rutland, Vermont: 1859-1873. Small 8vo. 190 x 135 mm., [7 ½ x 5 ½ inches]. Manuscript in ink. 284 pp., plus loose scraps & receipts including one signed by Samuel Boardman. Contemporary calf ledger, with alphabetical index in the front. Very good in highly legible hand. A particularly nice account..... More
Middleborough, Plymouth County, 1839-47. 8vo. 185 x 155 mm., [6 x 7 ¼ inches] .Manuscript in ink. 89 pp. Marbled boards, calf spine. Cover and corner wear, some cover separation, few pages torn. Text written in legible hand. Accounts of a farmer from the town of Middleborough which show entries..... More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. 8vo. xii, 243 pp. 8 plates and 39 illustrations, a few of which are in color. Red cloth boards, with near fine dust jacket.First edition. "The Renaissance Bazaar tells the story of this intense exchange of ideas, objects, and skills that shaped the European Renaissance. ..... More
New York: The Modern Library, 1995. Illustrated from Etchings by Gian Battista Piranesi. Three volumes. Thick 8vo. liii, 840 pp.; [12], 841-1668pp.; [12], 1669-2538 pp. Illustrated with reproductions of images of Rome by G. B. Piranesi and numeorus maps of the Empire showing the changing nature of the influence of..... More
Middletown (Conn.?): Lamuel Austin, 1831. 4th Edition. 8vo. 32 pp., plus a folding woodcut. Removed from a binding; stitched as issued, text lightly foxed.Captivity narrative featuring the kidnapping, enslavement, and torture of a young Neapolitan maiden who was seized from a vessel off the Barbary Coast in 1829. She was..... More
New York: Simone & Schuster, 2016. Original cloth backed boards, dust jacket. 8vo. 308 pp. Endpapers illustrated with a map of Venitian Lagoon. First edition, fine in near dust jacket.By the author of Gorky Park. The novel is set in Venice during the WWII and tells the story of the..... More
Messina: Jacopo Mattei, 1649. 4to. 275 x 195 mm., (10 ¾ x 7 ¾ inches). [26], 751, 17 pp. Illustrated with an engraved title-page, an engraved portrait of the author, an engraved map of the Middle East by the noted engraver and cartographer Placido Donia, 10 engravings of antique alphabets..... More
Neapoli: Ex Regia Typographia, 1837. Large 4to. 300 x 220 mm., [11 ¾ x 9 inches]. [1], iv, 24 pp. One folding plate of Arabic letter forms. Later 19th century marbled paper wrappers; some minor foxing. Treatise on Arabic writing forms and grammar based on manuscripts in the Royal Library..... More
25 November 1831. Folio broadside. 340 x 210 mm., [13 ¼ x 8 ½ inches]. Text in ink. Old fold lines, neat archival repair along one vertical fold, without loss; small hole at left margin due to loss of wax seal.Frederick Mayo (1785-1853), was a Richmond bookbinder and stationer who..... More
Lodi, Italy: Gianpiero Zazzera, 1987. Folio. 360 x 250 ½ mm., [14 x 10 inches]. (10), 35, (1) pp. Engraved stiff paper wrappers, text loose in sheets; enclosed in a hinged plexiglass box. Edition of 180 numbered copies (90 in English + 90 in Italian) Includes two original engravings signed..... More
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
