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(Francke, Hugo). HUGO FRANCKE 1894-1924
1924 first edition. Privately printed. Plimpton Press, Norwood , Massachusetts. Hardcover. thin octavo. Maroon cloth. Illustrated. 24p. Good. Typed letter signed from George W. Merck to James Christy Bell laid in, both apparently friends of Francke. (a10125)
$27.00 D'Almagro, Le Comte (Dolgorukov, Prince Petr Vladimirovich) . NOTICE SUR LES PRINCIPALES FAMILLES DE LA RUSSIE
Paris 1845 Dauvin et Fontaine. Alphabetical index to Russian royal family names at end. Octavo, 99pp., wraps. Good, spine nearly worn away, front wrap spotted and a bit worn. (a12531)
$450.00 Comerford, John T. (compiler) . JAMES COMERFORD AND BRIDGET LEDDY NOTES ON THEIR LIVES
n.p. 1962 Privately Printed. Massachusetts family. Hardcover. Small octavo, 32pp., cloth. ***Signed presentation copy from Anna Agnes Comerford. VG. (a23276)
$65.00 Bedford, Rev. W. K. Riland . THREE HUNDRED YEARS OF A FAMILY LIVING, BEING A HISTORY OF THE RILANDS OF SUTTON COLDFIELD
Birmingham 1889 Cornish Brothers. 175pp., foldout map as frontis, illus., index. Near VG, minor wear, spine slightly browned, light foxing on some pages. (a23597)
$160.00 (ephemera) . MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE
1864. William Buton and Margreth Fone. In Cattaraugus County, NY. Fair, worn, some chips, folded in sixths, tearing a bit along fold lines. (a3413)
$45.00(americana). COLONIAL DAUGHTERS OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
Brooklyn 1932 (Fifth Edition). Lg.8vo., 449pp., photo illus. VG. (a37535)
$25.00 Bailey, Alice D. . PERSONAL GENEALOGY
4to., about 50 leaves, mimeo (or duplication) on rectos only, photo illus., spiral wraps. Very interesting text-numerous fine stories about encounters with Indians and similar adventures. Includes families: Kunz, Schacher, Sholl, Brand, Unsold, Lemp. Generally located in Minnesota including Fort Snelling in mid 19thc. Good. (a38963)
$85.00 An Irish Sennachy . THE MERCER CHRONICLE
London 1866 1st For Private Circulation, Woodfall and Kinder. 8vo., 91pp., original red limp cloth with gilt lettering. Mercer family genealogy. Fairly Good, inner hinges cracking, light cover wear. Very scarce. (a41145)
$200.00 Baxter, Glen W. (editor) . INDEX TO THE GENEALOGICAL TABLES OF THE FAMILIES OF CHIEF MINISTERS
Taipei 1966 Authorized reprint. Harvard-Yenching Institute Index No. 16. In Chinese. 4to., 207pp., wraps. VG, light wear. (a42132)
$75.00 (daugher of the american revolution) . DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE 11 VOLUMES
Philadelphia 1913-1918. Published by National Society of DAR. Unbroken run from July 1913 to December 1918, in 11 volumes. 4to., photo illustrations, blue cloth with gilt lettering. VG some light wear on covers, some chipping of spine lettering on a few volumes. 11 volumes: (a45542)
$450.00 Chester, Joseph Lemuel (1821-1882) . HARDCOVER BOUND VOLUME OF 175 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTERS WRITTEN TO CHESTER WATERS FROM JOSEPH CHESTER ABOUT GENEALOGY
175 original handwritten letters are nicely bound into one green cloth hardcover volume with mounted red leather spine label. 7-1/2 x 5 inches; 19x12cm. Book's cover is green cloth with mounted red leather spine label with gilt lettering. Cover of book is Fine. All letters legible and in very good condition. All letters have address printed in blue ink on top left (16, Liden Villas, Blue Anchor Road, Bermondsey.) Main interest of each letter is history and genealogy of many different English families but there is also personal news in the letters as well. Letters are detailed and informative. Letters date from 1874-1878. Bookplate of Howard C. Levis. VG. (a52029)
$2000.00Dorsey, James E.. GEORGIA GENEALOGY AND LOCAL HISTORY A BIBLIOGRAPHY. ISBN 0-87152-359-0
Spartanburg 1983 The Reprint Co. ISBN 0-87152-359-0. Octavo., 384pp., hardcover. Fine, no DJ. (a61193)
$30.00 Emerson, P(aul) H(enry) . PENULTIMATE NOTES ON THE EMERSONS ALIAS EMBERSONS OF IPSWICH, MASSACHUSETTS BAY COLONY, 1638, AND OF BISHOP'S STORTFORD, CO. HERTS, ENGLAND, 1578 BEING ADDITIONAL RESEARCHES INTO THE FAMILY HISTORY DURING THE YEAR 1923-25 (FOURTH BOOKLET)
London 1925. Published for private circulation by the Author. Copy No. 62 of 100. Octavo, 21pp., photo illustrations (resumably taken by Emerson himself who was a well-known photographer and the father of pictorial photography), foldout genealogical chart of Emerson families, original printed wraps. Old library name stamp on top of titlepage and blank label on spine. VG, light wear. Scarce. (a61867)
$350.00(courtney genealogy). THE COURTNEY FAMILY OF ENGLAND AND AMERICA
No author, no place, no date given. Family settled in Virginia and Tennessee. 4to., 14 original typed leaves (rectos only), coat of arms shown in illustration, in 3 hole paper folder. Good plus. Very scarce. (a62274)
$190.00Binney, C. J. F.. THE HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF THE PRENTICE OR PRENTISS FAMILY IN NEW ENGLAND FROM 1631 TO 1852
Boston 1852 Author. Octavo, 272pp., 8pp., illustrations, original brown cloth hardcover. Signed copy from Grandmother Mary Prent(ice or isse-? final letters torn off) to Clinton Howe. Small stamp of Henry P. Howe. ***Blank side of one plate has original pencil portrait.Two typed letters, both dated 1911, addressed to Henry Howe concerning legal status of will of Lottie N. Palmer are laid in. Good, corners and spine ends frayed, cover faded and rubbed. (a62297)
$350.00Crane, John Grant. HISTORY OF THE FAMILY OF JOHN CRANE GRANDSON OF STEPHEN CRANE WHOSE FATHER WAS JOHN CRANE THE FIRST ; TOGETHER WITH PERSONAL REMINISCENCES OF THE AUTHOR
Elizabeth NJ 1899 Journal. Octavo, 24pp., portrait frontis of Author., original octavo stiff wraps. Good Plus. (a62303)
$65.00 Baskervill, P. Hamilton . THE SKELTONS OF PAXTON POWHATAN COUNTY, VIRGINIA AND THEIR CONNECTIONS INCLUDING SKETCHES OF THE FAMILIES OF SKELTON, GIFFORD AND CRANE
Richmond 1922 Old Dominion. Octavo, 119pp., blue cloth hardcover. VG, light wear on spine. (a62317)
$75.00 Bond, Isabella Bacon . MEMOIRS OF ISABELLA BACON BOND
Boston 1934 1st Privately Printed. Octavo, 187pp., hardcover. Presentation copy signed by apparent Granddaughter of author. Good plus, cover lightly worn and faded, no DJ. (a62484)
$29.00 (doctor absalom baird) . COPIES OF AUTHENTIC LETTERS AND PAPERS THROWING SOME LIGHT ON THE HISTORY OF DOCTOR ABSALOM BAIRD OF THE ARMY OF THE REVOLUTION WHO DIED AT WASHINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA IN 1805 LIKEWISE REFERRING TO HIS ASSOCIATES
Pittsburgh 1909 Read & Witting Press. Printed soley for their preservation among his descendants. Octavo, 109pp., original printed wraps. Good, 1/2 inch chip along right margin of front (not affecting text), light wear. Scarce. (a65400)
$125.00 Caldwell, Augustin . THE RICH LEGACY: MEMOIRS OF HANNAH TOBEY FARMER WIFE OF MOSES GERRISH FARMER - ROSEMARY FOR REMEMBRANCE
Boston 1892 1st Privately Printed. Hardcover. Octavo, 631pp. **Original photograph of Hannah Farmer tipped in as frontispiece. Text includes illustrations, silhouettes, facsimile of Whittier poem. Top edge gilt. About 10 pages in book have an institute blind stamp. Later paper spine with original backstrip relaid; inner hinges cracked; text clean and binding secure. (a68506)
$150.00 Burke, Sir J. Bernard . MATERIALS FOR A HISTORY OF THE FAMILY OF JOHN SULLIVAN OF BERWICK, NEW ENGLAND, AND OF THE O'SULLIVNAS OF ARDEA, IRELAND. CHIEFLY COLLECTED BY THE LATE THOMAS COFFIN AMORY WITH A PEDIGREE OF O'SULLIVAN BEARE
Cambridge 1893 1st John Wilson and Son. Octavo, 170pp. (pages 150-170 are blank, presumably for reader to write in notes)., two illustrations: Armorial of O'Sullivan Beare; Seal of O'Sullivan; map of part of Kerry and Cork Counties, rebound in later wraps. Laid in: 2x3 inch magazine illustration of home of John Sullivan in Durham. VG. Very scarce. (a69126)
$475.00 Bird, Howard Jr. . WERE GRANDFATHERS ALWAYS OLD? AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF HOWARD BIRD JR.
1990 1st Author. Connecticut-based family. Lg.4to., 357pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Near Fine. Scarce. (a69407)
$390.00 Chamberlayne, Churchill Gibson . THE VESTRY BOOK AND REGISTER OF BRISTOL PARISH, VIRGINIA, 1720-1789
Richmond 1898 Privately Printed. Copy No. 331 of 500. Octavo, 419pp., original brown cloth hardcover with later spine. Initialed by Chamberlayne. Blind stamp and attractive bookplate of Colonial Dames of America. Inscribed presentation to Colonial Dames by Mrs. Cadwalader Evans, November 1898 on front end paper. Good. (a70236)
$49.00 Barker, Burt Brown . THE MCLOUGHLIN EMPIRE AND ITS RULERS, DOCTOR JOHN MCLOUGHLIN, DOCTOR DAVID MCLOUGHLIN, MARIE LOUISE (SISTER ST. HENRY)
Glendale 1959 1st Arthur H. Clark. An account of their personal lives, and of their parents, relatives and children, in Canada's Quebec Province, in Paris, France and in the West of the Hudson's Bay Company with documents, letters , maps and illustrations. Hardcover. Large octavo, 370pp., blue cloth. Inscribed and signed by Barker. VG plus, light wear, no DJ. (a71431)
$35.00Decker, Maud Keyes. CHARLES HENRY KEYES A BIOGRAPHY
Minneapolis 1937 1st University Printing. Hardcover. Octavo, 216pp., photo illustrations, large foldout genealogy chart, cloth. Good Plus, slight cover wear, no DJ. (a74433)
$35.00 Bartrim, Helen Reed . MEMORIES ARE MORE THAN DREAMS
Pittsburg 1970 1st McElvany. Family history - Bartrim, Bartram, Reed, McCandliss and Stobbe families. Hardcover. Octavo, 103pp., phot illustrations, blue cloth. Signed by Helen Bartrim. Good plus, cover spotted, no DJ. (a74562)
$45.00 Biddle, Margaret Seton Fleming . HIBERNIA: THE UNRETURNING TIDE
NY 1947 1st Privately Printed. Family history and history of a homestead, Hibernia, in Florida. Hardcover. Octavo, 144pp., frontis photo illustrations of Hibernia estate, a few text illustrations, green boards with white illustration of Hibernia on front. Lacks both paper spine labels. Near Fine, in later removable glassine jacket. The very scarce true first edition. (a74686)
$295.00 Brooke, Susan; C. Collyer and G. Ramsden . SOME NOTES ON THE HALL FAMILY; THE ROCKINGHAMS AND YORKSHIRE POLITICS 1742-1761; TWO NOTES ON THE HISTORY OF THE AIRE & CALDER NAVIGATION
1954. Publications of the Thoresby Society, Miscelllany. Octavo, pp. 309-401, several plates. Octavo, original printed wraps. Uncut. Good plus, fraying of cover edges. (a79016)
$35.00 Bos, Jenny Elferink . THE DUTCHMAN FROM DIRENE
1976 Privately Printed. Memoir and genealogical information on Bos and Elferink families. Hardcover. Square octavo, 205pp., photo illustrations, dark blue buckram. **Signed presentation copy from Bos. VG. (a80167)
$175.00 Earl, Samuel . THE PALATINES AND THEIR SETTLEMENT IN THE VALLEY OF THE UPPER MOHAWK
Utica 1881. Octavo, pp. 31-51, removed from the Transactions of the Oneida Historical Society at Utica, and rebound in later wraps. VG, text evenly lightly toned. (a80708)
$35.00 Carruth, Arthur Jay . GENEALOGY OF A BRANCH OF THE CARRUTH FAMILY OR THE DESCENDANTS OF JAMES CARRUTH OF PHILLIPSTON
Topeka 1926 first edition Crane. Hardcover. Octavo, 67pp., a few photo photo portraits, cloth. *Signed by Frederic Coudert Carruth. Near Fine, no DJ. (a81269)
$125.00 Bass, Lizzie E. . CONCERNING JERIAH BASS AND HIS DESCENDANTS LEAVES FROM MEMORY'S SCRAPBOOK AND FACTS FROM AUTHENTIC SOURCES
Augusta 1962 1st Printed Privately for the Descendants of Jeriah Bass. Hardcover. Octavo, 195pp., maroon cloth. Near Fine. In later removable protective glassine jacket. Scarce. (a81721)
$350.00 Cottler, Susan M. et al . FINDING AIDS TO THE MICROFILMED MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION OF THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF UTAH, NUMBER 1: PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF THE MEXICAN COLLECTION
Salt Lake City 1978 University of Utah. 4to., 163pp., original printed wraps. VG, lower corner of front bumped. (a81749)
$25.00 De Forest, Emily Johnston . JAMES COLLES 1788 - 1883 LIFE & LETTERS
1926 1st Privately Printed by D. B. Updike at Merrymount Press in Boston. Memoir of old New York family. Includes genealogical tables of Seloover, Colles and Wetmore families. Hardcover. Sm.4to., xiv, 1, 300pp.p., fronti portrait of Colles, photo illustrations, 1/2 gilt printed dark brown cloth with paper covered boards. Bookplate of James Colles (bookplate appears to have his original signature). Compliments slip signed by De Forest tipped inside front end paper. Also bookplate of William John Matheson. VG, faint soiling on boards. Binding secure. Very Scarce. (a82082)
$675.00 Drouin, Joseph . GENEALOGY OF THE LUSSIER, BEAUREGARD, LETOURNEAU AND JODOIN FAMILIES
1987 revised. Translated from the French by Patirica Stanford Lussier. 4to., 54pp., wraps with plastic spiral binding and transparent plastic cover. VG plus. (a82467)
$175.00 Cline, Mrs. Kay Evers . COLLECTION OF PERSONAL NOTES, MEMOIRS, ADDRESSES, NEWSCLIPPINGS, LETTERS BELONGS TO MRS. KAY EVERS CLINE
1943-1947. All held in octavo full black leather folder 5x7 inches. About 100 pages of writing and documents, about half written on paper held by metal ring binding, remainder laid in. Neat and legible. Mrs. Cline lived in Glenbrook, Connecticut. (a87584)
$200.00 Dow, Florence M. Bruce . ROCKSIDE BEING THE COGITATIONS OF A MODERN HERMIT
no date. Laid in: obituary notice for author's mother, Mrs. Maud Furniss Dow, married to Alexander Dow, dated Sept 27, 1951. "A daughter Miss Florence Dow of Darien is her only survivor." Rockside is part memoir, part philosophical artistic musings, the pursuit and collection of antiques. For some reason, Mrs. Dow is apparently confined to her bedroom. 4to., 104 leaves (rectos only ), purple-toned mimeo typescript. Illustrated with 35 original mounted photographs and 2 photo illustrations, color-decorated calf leather suede over paper cover. silk ribbon binding. Photographs are of her?, relatives, family homes, room interiors, and many photos of antiques - sculptures, faiance, cups, native american baskets, pewter mugs, boxes -and some flower arrangements. Dow writes: "All is know is that life is full of disappointments, full of discipline to those already burdened, and if I must wait behind my bars until the grim locksmith, whose touch reduces all to submission, releases me, I will try to accept my fate, thankful for the sweets that have come to me." Good, cover worn, Internally book is VG. Binding secure. (a87585)
$450.00 (bouviers) . OUR FOREBEARS FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES TO FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR 1940
NY 1940. Genealogy of Jackie Kennedy's family, the Bouviers, as well as Vernou, Lindsay, Ewing, Grifftih and Maslin families. Octavo, 96pp., hardcover. Near Good, cover spotted, soiled and worn, no DJ. (a9174)
$95.00 family record . FAMILY RECORD.
4to pages detached from a larger book listing Births, Deaths and Marriages of Robison Family beginning with marriage of John K. to Isabell McKennan Feb 13, 1850. Printed form with mss entries. 4 hand colored very attractive illus, each 3" sq. on top of each page. Robisons had 8 children of whom 4 died then Isabella died and John remarried and had two more children. Apparently lived in Midwest as two places are mentioned, Omaha, Nebraska and Montpelier, Idaho. Good--a few spots and tears but color vignettes are fine. (ac116)
$65.00 Ehle, Boyd. . DOMINIE JOHN JACOB EHLE AND HIS DESCENDANTS.
St. Johnsville1930 Enterprise. Mohawk Valley family. Octavo, 49pp., original wraps. with foldout facsimile of early document mounted on rear. VG. (ny118)
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