415 Seventh Street, S. E. Washington, DC 20003
desimonecompanybooks@gmail.com
202-578-4803
Chester County, Pennsylvania: 1788-1859. I: Joseph Hawley (1760-1856). Manuscript Account Books of a Quaker Shoemaker and Manufacturer of Leather Goods. Chester County (Pennsylvania), 1793-1805. Two volumes. Folio. 330 x 210 mm., [13 x 8 inches]. 438 pp. Account written in ink in very legible hand. Leather backed..... More
New York: Bangs & Co., 1886. 8vo. 245 x 155 mm., [9 ¾ x 6 inches]. iv, 125 pp. 1141 lots. Original printed wrappers; a bit rubbed at spine, edge a bit fragile, but a very good copy. Nicely printed catalogue of books, which in addition to its collection on..... More
New York: Geo. A. Leavitt 8 Co., 1884. Tall 8vo. 250 x 160 mm., [10 x 6 ¼ inches]. viii, 434 pp. 3142 lots. Contemporary red morocco spine and tips over marbled paper boards; some light rubbing to joints and head of spine. Very Good Copy. Priced throughout with red..... More
New York: J. Sabin & Sons, 1870. 8vo. 237 x 155 mm., [9 ¼ x 6 ¼ inches]. xvi, 556 pp., 2667 lots, including printed price list. Late 19th century brown cloth, original wrappers bound-in. Binding cloth soiled, and showing wear on spine and boards, one signature sprung. First 100..... More
New York: Reasons why the Present System of Auction ought to be Abolished. New York: Printed by Alexander Ming, Jr., 1828. 8vo. 215 x 140 mm., [8 ½ x 5 ½ inches]. 16 pp. Stitched as issued in original printed wrappers; wrappers chipped at spine and a bit soiled. Stamp..... More
New York: J. E. Cooley, June 6, 1864. 8vo. 315 pp. Bound in late 19th c. light brown linen cloth, leather label on spine. This copy with 3 stamps of Mercantile Library Association on the title-page and the bookplate of the Clemens Library on the front pastedown marked “Withdrawn”. Beautifully printed..... More
Prospect Hill, December 21, 1831. 4to. 260 x200 mm., [10 ¼ x 8 inches]. 1 page, plus small portions of two other pages (folio sheet, folded), approximately 150 words. Written in ink, Moderate brown stain toward center obscuring a number of words. Letter laid down into marginal paper supports. This..... More
[Washington, D.C: April 25, 1844. Folio broadside. 340 x 220 mm., [13 1/3 x 8 ¾ inches]. Wide geometric mourning border. Old folds. Two small pieces lacking from right hand margin, but very good Bossier was of a Creole family, one of the earliest to settle in Louisiana. He was..... More
Stroudwater, (Portland, District of Maine), November 25, 1801. Folio. 290 x 180 mm., [7 x 11 1/2 inches]. 4 pp. About 1100 words. Paper stock browned, slight breaks at folds, edge wear; overall a bit fragile but highly legible. Lengthy and interesting medical letter in which Dr. Jeremiah Barker (1751-1835), physician..... More
(Caldwell, New York), 1820. Folio broadside. 465 x 280mm., [18" x 11 inches]. Folded in quarters, couple of tiny separations along folds. Lightly toned, moderately foxing. An attractive, untrimmed copy. Signed in type by David Alden and Frederick Miller, Chairman and Sec'y of the meeting, respectively, as well as by..... More
Boston, August 21, 1816. 4to broadside. 255 x 200 mm., [10 x 8 inches]. neatly printed on laid paper. 4 pp. (pp. 2-4 blank), with integral blank leaf addressed on verso in manuscript to "Isaac Goodman Esq./ Sterling". Folded for mailing, sheets toned, part of address leaf torn away without..... More
Burlington, Vermont, April 22, 1848 - December 6, 1852. 12 mo. 150 x 95 mm., [6 x 7 ½ inches]. 44 pp. Pocket ledger hand sewn at center, no cover. Paper stock browned, slight water damage. Very legible hand. The business of Murphy & Spear is listed in the 1849..... More
![Order of Public Exercises, February 22d, 1832 [Caption title]. President George Washington](/pictures/thumb/695.jpg?v=1602616853)
N.p., (Springfield, Massachusetts?): N.d. [1832]. Small folio broadside. 290 x 235 mm., [11½" x 9-3/8"]. Paper stock toned to brown. Small interior tear and two tiny holes, but just touching two letters. Caption title in large, bold type. Broadside publication documenting the ceremony celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of..... More
(New York): ca. 1845. Folio. 300 x 215 mm., [12 x 8 ½ inches]; image size 140 x 108 mm., [5 ½ x 4 ¼ inches]. Wood engraving by Lossing & Barritt after a design by Samuel Wallin. Paper stock foxed, image clean and well executed. Jesse Read was a...... More
Boston: Prentiss & Deland, Printers, 1860. 8vo., 235 x 145 mm., [9 ¼ x 5 ¾ inches]. 20 pp. Original printed wrappers, stitched as issued. Wrappers and paper stock showing some light soiling but otherwise a very good copy. The director of the Athenaeum Alfred Ordway and his committee consisting..... More
Philadelphia: Crissy & Markley, Printers, 1858. Large 8vo. 245 x 165 mm., [9 ½ x 6 ½ inches]. 8 pp. Orig. printed wrappers (top corner chipped). Rare Philadelphia auction catalogue which lists 35 paintings and engravings by T. Birch, A. B. Durand, E. Leutze., and others, and 37 elegantly illustrated..... More
New York, 1884. 12mo. 150 x 105 mm., [6 x 4 inches]. 206 pp. Title-page printed in red and black. Original cloth, rear board stained and discolored, otherwise a sound and not unattractive copy. First edition. This catalogue of the Vanderbilt Collection includes of 208 paintings and a few watercolors..... More
Rondout, [New York], November 29, 1851. 4to. 250 x 195 mm., [9 ¾ x 7 ¾ inches]. 1 p. 20 lines. Manuscript in ink on blue paper. Previous folds, hinged on verso, a few brown spots, bright & legible. Autograph letter of introduction for two burgeoning artists to Christopher Pearse..... More
(Norfolk, Virginia): Shields, Asburn & Co., Printers, [1822]. 8vo. 230 x 150 mm., [9 ¼ x 5 ¾ inches]. 14 pp. Original blue paper printed wraps, stitched as issued. Decorated with an attractive ornamental border. First edition. William Dunlap completed this painting at Norfolk, Va., in March 1822. The artist exhibited..... More
N.p. (New York): Thos. A. Doyle, ca. 1830. 8vo. 240 x 150 mm., [9 ¼ x 5 ¾ inches]. 4 pp. Printed drop title. Margins show some discoloration, edges a bit fragile, otherwise a very good copy. Unrecorded early American art auction catalogue, marked in pencil in places with prices..... More
New York: Printed for the Association, 1844. 8vo. 218 x 130 mm., [8 ½ x 5 ¼ inches]. 38 pp. Wood engraved frontispiece, (detached, with piece missing from caption). Pamphlet removed from binding; text foxed. Issued annually from 1839 to 1943, this being the final issue of the association. The..... More
New York: Baker & Goodwin, Book and Job Printers, [1855]. 8vo. 225 x 140 mm., [8 ¾ x 5 ½ inches]. 52 pp. Original printed wrappers; uniformly soiled, waterstained, a few minor chips and spine a bit split, otherwise a sound copy. This copy with the stamp of the New..... More
New York: 1837. 8vo. 230 x 140 mm., [9 x 5 ½ inches]. 20 pp. Removed from pamphlet volume. Title-page soiled, corners folded with some minor loss. The pamphlet begins with a list of officers and members of the Academy, followed by a list of pictures organized by room, Large..... More
[?Philadelphia, Pa.]: ca. 1840. Calling Card printed one side only. 40 x 75 mm., [1 ½ x 3 inches]. Painter’s name scratched out and "Miss Louise Bradley, West Springfield," is penciled in Engraved border, pinholes. James W. Williams was a miniature portrait painter. He also experimented with early photographic processes..... More
Boston: Printed by William White and H. P. Lewis, 1842. 12mo. 183 x 120 mm., [ 7 ¼ x 4 ¾ inches]. 24 pp. Stitched as issued in original green printed wrappers. Very good copy. Second edition, revised, originally published in 1841 in 20 pages. The Boston Museum and Gallery..... More
