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South Hingham, Massachusetts: ca. 1840. Manuscript. 8vo. 190 x 150 mm. (7 1/2 x 6 inches). 44 leaves with text on 20 leaves. Legible writing in one hand written in pen and ink. Original leather spine over blue paper boards; spine worn and cracked yet intact, some water staining to..... More
Keene, New Hampshire, 1870-1885. Folio. 330 x 210 mm., [13 x 8 ½ inches]. 77 pp. of ruled paper Bound in contemporary calf backed boards over marble paper; leather joints and edges worn, with loss of pieces of spine; embossed stamp and bookplate of W.H. Spalter & Co., Bookseller &..... More
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
Lancaster County, Pa. 1825-1838. Folio. 320 x 200 mm., [12 ¾ x 7 ¾ inches]. 36pp. Contemporary decorative wallpaper cover with showing wear at edges and spine; large piece of decorative paper worn away on upper wrappers. Paper stock brown with age, first two preliminary pages torn with loss of..... 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
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Portland: 1836-1837, & some dates as late as 1888. Sq. 8vo. 205 x 170 mm., [8 x 7 inches]. 120 pp. Old boards, leather spine. "Portland & White Mountains" printed on cover in gold ink. Includes one seat pass from May 17,1853, from Chesterton to Philadelphia & one photo postcard..... More
Lansingburgh (Troy), N. Y. 1849-50. Manuscript. 8vo. 190 x 150 mm. (7 1/2 x 6 inches). 24 leaves. Later marbled paper wrappers. Very legible hand.Meticulously prepared series of medical recipes written in a clear hand and signed by Robert T. Van Deusen of Rensselaer County, New York and dated 1849-50..... More
