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Wheelock, John Hall. DUST AND LIGHT (signed with mss poem)
NY 1921 Scribners. Hardcover. 8vo., 187pp., cloth. **Signed by Wheelock in presentation to Henry Sloane Coffin and including a short manuscript poem by Wheelock. VG plus. (a12321)
$47.00 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . COLLECTION OF 29 MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENTS RELATING TO SHIP SPEEDWELL 1803-07
Most are receipts to individuals for work done on the ship Speedwell of Philadelphia. One concerns insurance with Wharton and Lewis company; one concerns cargo. All legible. Most on slips of paper. All fully mss. VG condition. (a13142)
$150.00 Hamer, Philip (ed) . A GUIDE TO ARCHIVES AND MANUSCRIPTS IN THE UNITED STATES
New Haven 1961 Yale. 8vo., 775pp., index, cloth. Fine, no DJ. (a14020)
$40.00 (maritime) . NAVAL HISTORICAL FOUNDATION MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION A CATALOG
Washington1974 Library of Congress. hardcover. Octavo, 136pp., blue buckram. Fine, no DJ. (a15430)
$20.00 Carney, Art . ORIGINAL TELEVISION CONTRACT
Printed form (8 x 9 inches) with carbon copy entries and original ink signatures of Eileen Shriner (Producer) and Art Carney (Actor) for Carney's performance as Mr. Pruitt in the Herb Shriner Show February 14, 1952. Also a cover letter --one side 8x8 inches-from William Morris Agency, typed, signed by Marlene Rabinowitz dated February 27, 1952 about same topic. All authentic original material. 2 documents: (a17436)
$90.00 Doe, Joseph . MANUSCRIPT INVENTORY OF THE ESTATE OF JOSEPH DOE WHO IS UNDER THE GUARDIANSHIP OF HIS SON JOSEPH DOE 1810
1810. 4to., 4 pages in original ink manuscript. Lists over one hundred items, each with a monetary value attached. Good, folded in quarters, a bit worn, a few small ink spots. No location given, most likely American northeast. (a23858)
$200.00 Whiting, Joseph . MANUSCRIPT RECEIPT BOOK
Octavo, 10 leaves (first leaf torn out), ink mss., handmade book, string bound with cover. 2 pages blank. Records services and items purchased in 1798, 1799, 1800 and part of 1801. Messy but legible. (a23894)
$190.00 Genesee College; Rev. Isaiah Mc Mahon of Honeoye Falls . GENESEE COLLEGE ENDOWMENT - PRINTED AND ILLUSTRATED ORIGINAL SUBSCRIPTION FORM WITH MANUSCRIPT ENTRIES 1848
6x8 inches overall with nice woodcut (4x6 inches) of Genesee College certifying that Rev. Isaiah McMahan of Honeoye Falls has subscribed 100 dollars to the Genesee College endowment fund, Nov. 8, 1848. Printed on one side only. Signed by John Copeland, Agent. Good, some soiling and wear along one edge. (a23919)
$95.00 Coue, Charles Morris . PAPERS IN DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY
Dartmouth College 1873. Hardcover. Octavo, fully manuscript album with fancy titlepage, many geometric shapes and 5 handrawn monochrome map plates, 3/4 leather. Illustrations and maps show high level of artistic competence. Good, rubbed and leather worn. Internally VG, text pages clean and bright. (a26317)
$150.00 Garcia y Garcia, Dr. Antonio . LOS MANUSCRITOS JURIDICOS MEDIEVALES DE LA HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA
NY 1964 Hispanic Society. Sm.4to., 63pp., wraps. Good, a few ink notes in text. (a29270)
$29.00Music auction. FINE MUSIC AND CONTINENTAL MANUSCRIPTS COLLECTION OF LATE DR. FELIX SALZER AND MRS. SALZER
NY 1990. Sotheby's Auction Catalogue, May 1990. 4to., 63pp., illustrated, wraps. Fine. (a32206)
$23.00 (music) . MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MUSIC MANUSCRIPTS
Toledo 1953. Exhibition catalogue, Toledo Museum of Art. 8vo., 4opp., plus 12 photo illustrated plates, wraps. Good, light wear. (a32421)
$30.00 (music) . MUSIKER HAND SCHRIFTEN VON SCHUBERT BIS STRAWINSKY
Zurich 1961 Atlantis Verlag. Text (14pp.) in German. Hardcover, 4to., 184pp., fullpage reproductions of original handwritten scores, cloth. Fine in VG DJ. (a34025)
$34.00 Holme, Jamie Sexton . FLOODMARK (signed)
NY 1930 1st Henry Harrison. Hardcover. Octavo, 79pp., cloth. **Inscribed and signed to Sue with two page ink mss poem on rear end papers signed by Holme. Good, mild wear overall, ink just a bit smeared on a few words in mss poem. (a34062)
$60.00(manuscript). ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT SHIPPING COMPANY RECEIPT BOOK - NATIONAL EXPRESS COMPANY OF NEW YORK CITY
NY 1857-1858 National Express Co. Manuscript handwritten in ink entries on printed forms (4 forms blank). Octavo, (5.5 by 8.5 inches), 49pp., each form illustrated with image of railroad train, stiff cardboard wraps. Most of the entries are 'one keg black' with sender and receiver names. Good Plus, cover a bit worn, leaves have some creases. (a3523)
$125.00 Robison, John K. . ROBISON FAMILY RECORD - FOUR PAGE MANUSCRIPT C. 1894
4- 4to. pages, each with fine 3 inch square handcolored watercolor illustration (the illustrations show a marriage ceremony, a mother and new baby, a growing family and a cemetary - the four stages of life). The Record was removed from a larger binding (probably a Bible.) Manuscript entries on the four pages list births, deaths and marriages of the Robison Family beginning with marriage of John K. to Isabell McKennan Feb 13, 1850 and ending with birth of John Kinney Robison March 11,1894. The Robisons had 8 children of whom 4 died at birth, followed by Isabella's death. John remarried and had two more children. Apparently they lived in the Midwest as Omaha, Nebraska and Montpelier, Idaho are mentioned in the entries. Good but fraying on all edges; slight darkening overall and a few random spots. The color vignettes are Fine. (a37354)
$120.00Ingersoll, Wm. H.. LAWYER'S CASE LEDGER FOR 1869 -1872 (MANUSCRIPT)
Lawyer's manuscript account book. No details of cases given just services listed and fees received. Some of the clients: A. E. Tilton, Ann Lane, O'Callaghan, Augustus Noble, C. Bertrand, Catharine Gallagher, Patrick Brady, Myles Donnell. One of his clients was City of Brooklyn so perhaps Ingersoll was located in Brooklyn. Small octavo, 271pp., full red leather. Very legible and neat. Dates written on lower fore-edge. VG, rubbed and lightly worn. (a37950)
$200.00 Smith, Herbert F. (comp.) . A GUIDE TO THE MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION OF THE RUTGERS UNIVERSITY LIBRARY
1964 1st Rutgers. 8vo., 179pp., boards.. VG, no DJ. (a39212)
$29.00 Harris, Thomas M.D. . MANUSCRIPT: THE LIFE AND SERVICES OF COMMODORE WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE, UNITED STATES NAVY
Original manuscript in the hand of the author Thomas Harris. Lg.4to., Leaves 1-327, each in legible ink manuscript on one side only. Lacking perhaps a few leaves at the end but these final pages, if missing, are just copies of letters to and from Bainbridge which are at the end of the text. Includes a 5 page (12mo.) autograph letter signed from Thomas Harris's granddaughter (and Commodore Bainbridge's great granddaughter) on the provenance of this manuscript. In Good condition, quite legible, with some browning and edge wear and minor edge curling on the leaves. (a40658)
$750.00 Hughes, William . MANUSCRIPT: IN CHANCERY BEFORE THE VICE CHAIRMAN THE EAGLE FIRE CO. VS. WILLIAM HUGHES
New York 1826. Court Transcript. Contemporary manuscript in brown ink, legible. Concerns a commercial dispute. 9 leaves clipped together with pin, folded in quarter. VG. (a41006)
$85.00 (manuscripts) . SURVEY OF THE MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION OF THE NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY
NY 1941. 8vo., 96pp., wraps. VG. (a43997)
$30.00 Hellman, George S. . CHOOSE YOUR HERO
NY (?) n.d. (c.1910). Original typescript of unpublished (?) novel, by George S. Hellman, a minor American literary figure at the beginning of the twentieth century. 4to., 235 leaves typed on rectos only, many hand corrections, 1/2 leather and boards. Good, leaves a bit browned. (a44409)
$295.00 Nielsen, Lauritz . KATALOG OVER DANSKE OG NORSKE DIGTERES ORIGINALMANUSKRIPTER DET KONGELIGE BIBLIOTEK HEFTS 1, 2
Kobenhavn 1941 Munksgaard. 2 volumes. In Danish. Sm.4to., 320pp., wraps. VG. Two volume set. (a49194)
$65.00 (manuscript) . REVISION DER BERGERS-PUNCTE MATERIAL REGISTER UBER DIE STATUTA UND ORDNUNGEN DIE INNERE POLICEY ANSEHEND
Original Manuscript in German, finely written and legible. Most entries are dated--a few in 17th century, most 18th century. 8vo., 489pp. plus Tabelle, full red leather with gilt trim, spine decorated with gilt rose, and mounted black leather spine label. Two blind stamps of Daniel Roggen, Commissionnaire a Morat. Good. (a50772)
$500.00Fiordimassi, Antonio. RELATIONI DI VIENNA MANUSCRITTE DALL'ANNO 1684 27 AGOSTO SINO ALL'ANNO 1686 27 OTTOBRE - UNPUBLISHED ACCOUNT OF THE SIEGE OF BUDAPEST
Manuscript (apparently autograph) in form of a diary. Dated Marzo 1687 Venetia. On March 5, 1684, Austria, Poland and Venice formed the Holy League, all pledging to fight the Turks and not to conclude any separate peace agreements. The bulk of the war fell to the Austrians.The The Turks were defeated in 1685 at the Siege of Neuhaesusel and at Gran. They had controlled Budapest since 1541, but the Austrian victory September 2, 1686 ended the second siege of this city. This war lasted until the Treaty of Karlowitz Jan 26, 1699, marking the suppression of Turkish power in Europe and the cession of lands to Austria and Poland. This present manuscript is a copy of the report from Vienna, Warsaw and areas in between by Antonio Fiordimassi, the Venetian ambassador to the Imperial Court, on the conduct of the war in Hungary and the Balkans The dispatches were written at weekly intervals between August 26, 1684, and October 27, 1686 and provide a detailed and likely unrecorded account of the Austrian campaign. None of the major collections of Venetian ambassadorial reports include the present text including Alberi, Fiedler, Pribam and Barozzi-Berchet. Written in Italian in neat, easy to read, cursive script on both sides of page. Large octavo (6 x 7-3/4 inches) , 451pp., vellum over boards, red morocco label mounted on spine with title stamped in gilt. From libraries of Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, and of Sir Thomas Phillipps (recent ownership papers are available.) In Very Good plus condition with lovely color end papers. An attractive as well as highly valuable primary historical document. Photos available on request. Rare, possibly unique. (a50833)
$8000.00 Edgar, Catherine B. . MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF VERSES, DICTATED WHILE BLIND AND INFIRM , TO EDWARD B. EDGAR
Plainfield, New Jersey, February 14, 1879. About 50 percent of the poems are religious, the others about home friends and family. Sq.8vo., 131 leaves written in ink manuscript on rectos only, index, 3/4 leather. Laid in: 4 page manuscript letter about the poems by Edward Edgar, and a newspaper clipping with a printed poem by Catherine Edgar who died June 13, 1878 at age 84. Good, spine worn, rear board present but detached, front hinge taped by previous owner. (a51203)
$280.00 Fawcett, Edgar . WHOM THE GODS LOVE
Signed Manuscript poem. 28 lines written on two 8x11 inch pages. Poem asks for more sorrow for old who die than for those who die young. Fawcett was New York satirist who lived 1847-1904. Good, pages folded in quarters, a few closed tears along some fold lines, small chip in top margin of one page (not affecting text) . (a51264)
$150.00 Dana, Charles A. . ORIGINAL SIGNED MANUSCRIPT LETTER WRITTEN TO E. N. DICKERSON
Manuscript letter in ink on both sides of 5x7 inch piece of paper. Date line "New York Nov 1, 1864". Letter asks Dickerson to help a recent Rensselaer Polytechnic grad named A. E. Desverrine find a job as a civil engineer. Dana, 1819-1897, was editor of NY Tribune, Assistant Secretary of War (1863-64), owner and editoy of NY Sun and co-editor of New American Cyclopaedia. VG. (a51265)
$75.00 Dana, Charles A. . ORIGINAL SIGNED MANUSCRIPT LETTER WRITTEN TO GENERAL HAWLEY
Manuscript letter in ink on two sides of 8x10 inch New York Sun letterhead folded in half. Date line New York Jan 23, 1877. Letter asks Hawley to consider a proposal in connection with the late Centennial Exhibition that will be shown to him by Mr. De Montainville and Mr. Sternheim. Dana, 1819-1897, was editor of New York Tribune, Assistant Secretary of War (1863-64) , owner and editoy of New York and co-editor of New American Cyclopaedia. Some later ink notation on blank rear of letter about the letter. VG. (a51266)
$65.00 Stone, William Leete . ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT SIGNED LETTER
Written on two sides of 8x10 inch page folded in half. No date given (19thc) Letter written to Dr. O'Callaghan and asks for information about the meaning of the Indian name of a Mr. William Johnson - Warraghiaghy. Stone, 1835-1908, was a New York journalist and historian. Answer to question is written on rear of letter. Good, small dime size chip on front page (in blank portion, not affecting text.) (a51268)
$50.00 Ross, Albert (Lynn Boyd Porter) . ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT SIGNED LETTER
Written in ink to Mr. Scott answering Mr. Scott's questions about the writing process. Dateline: Boston, Mass, Oct 29, 1895. On letterhead of The Boston Press Club: The mission of a novel should be to entertain, othrwise it will fail at the start etc. Written on both sides of 5x8 inch piece of paper. Written in another hand in pencil is note that Albert Ross is really Lynn Boyd Porter. VG, folded. (a51271)
$55.00 Sister of Micajah Burleigh . ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER
1830. Sister writing from S. Berwick. 4to., 3pp. dense with much about family matters. Good. (a51577)
$50.00 Metcalf, Charles A. . ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER
Written March 5, 1850 from Winthrop, Maine, to His mother, Mrs. Chloe A. Metcalf in Providence, Rhode Island. In original envelop with postal cancel stamp. 2 page letter. Nice content--on business and family matters. VG. (a51578)
$50.00 Cram, Attwood . ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER
One page business letter about products purchased, written by Cram in Portland, Maine, Jan 28, 1826 to Duff Green Esq. in Falmouth. Has original postal cancel stamp. Fair, worn, tearing at folds, several small closed tears, fraying on edges. (a51579)
$35.00 Russell, Mrs. Sarah . ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER
Written by Mrs. Russell's husband from Dover April 30, 1830, to his wife Sarah in Weatherford (?), New Hampshire. Family matters. Octavo, 2pp. Good, several closed tears. (a51580)
$35.00 Clarke, Thomas . ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER
One page letter written by Clarke in Paris (probably Paris, Maine) Dec. 5, 1820, to Hon. William Russell and Gen. James W. Ripley in Fryeburg. Official county business. Good. (a51581)
$35.00 Cram, N. H. . ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER
One page business letter written by Cram from Portland, Maine, Oct 29, 1840 to Misters J. and J. E. Godfrey in Bangor, Maine. Original red postal stamp. Good, several closed tears. (a51582)
$25.00 Schl�ter, Karl (1883-1960) . BRUDESENGEN
Original typed drama in Danish. Skuespil af Karl Schl�ter, tilegnet Illona Wieselmann, den forste og enest 'Gerd.' Opfortes forste gang paa Det Kongelige Teater l'Februar 1937 med folgende Rollebesaetning. Besides Wieslemann playing the part of Gerd" Pouel Kern acted part of Steen and Charles Tharmaes played Sven. Hardcover, Octavo, about 120 leaves (typed on rectos and versos), bound in full red leather. Mounted illustration of snowy mountains on bottom margin at end of play. Original photograph (1 inch x 2 inch) mounted on final leaf--presumably of Karl Schluter. Ink manuscript note at end of list of characters: Udrendt i Radioen 9 Jan. 1942. VG, light cover wear. Rare , likely Unique. (a51674)
$1800.00 Rowland, Henry C. . ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER WRITTEN AND SIGNED BY ROWLAND DATED 30 MARCH 1927 AND ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH PORTRAIT SIGNED BY ROWLAND
Two items. (a) Manuscript letter, one page on printed letterhead, 23 lines. Neat and legible. Letter addressed to Mr. Scott. Rowland was physician and author born in New York in 1874. VG , inch long closed tear on top margin; and (b) original 6x3 inch photograph portrait of Rowland, in folding cardboard case with signed ink inscription from Rowland to Charles Thomas Scott and with two lines of poetry by him. 2 items. (a51675)
$260.00 Trowbridge, J. T. . ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTER WRITTEN AND SIGNED, DATED JANUARY 5, 1916
One page, 12 lines. 5x8 inch sheet of paper. About his writing. Trowbridge (1827-1916) was popular and prolific wirter from Arlington Massachusets. VG. (a51677)
$75.00(astrology). CURIOUS ASTROLOGICAL MANUSCRIPT: ASTROLOGICAL APHORISMS I, II (2 volume set, complete)
Appears to be 19th century. No author or transcriber given. Hardcovers. Two volumes in English entirely in manuscript. Fine and neatly hand written in brown ink with contrastiing red ink headings. Large octavos, 642pp., index, bound in matching full leather with mounted red leather spine labels titles "Astrological Aphorisms I" and "Astrological Aphorisms II." Contains the following: Meysonnier's Aphorisms from 2000 Natal Figures; The Aphorisms of Louis Regiis, dedicated to the Patriarch of Constantinople; the Aphorisms of Almansor, Astrologer to the King of the Saracens and The Seven Sections of the Astronomical Aphorisms of Cardan. Likely written with a view towards publication. A few light pencil notations in a different hand on end papers. VG, light cover wear. 2 manuscript volumes. (a51792)
$570.00 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)
$2000.00 Matthews, William (comp.) . AMERICAN DIARIES AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AMERICAN DIARIES WRITTEN PRIOR TO THE YEAR 1861
Berkeley 1945 University of California. Lg.8vo., 383pp., index, red cloth. VG, some uneven fading on spine, no DJ. (a53781)
$75.00 (british museum) . GUIDE TO THE EXHIBITED MANUSCRIPTS PART I AND PART II
London 1928, 1923 By Order of the Trustees. Part I : Autographs and Documents Iillustrative Chiefly of English History and Literature; Part II : Manuscripts charter and Seals.2 volumes. 8vo., 98pp., 112pp., printed boards. Good, new paper spines. Pair: (a53814)
$45.00 Kurz, Harry . MODERN THEATRICAL TENDENCIES IN FRANCE
n.d. (c.1940). Author, professor at Queens College, Flushing, New York. Typescript with manuscript corrections. 4to., about 200 leaves typed on rectos only, hardcover folder. VG. (a57583)
$175.00 (cuba) . COLLECTION OF 8 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTERS WRITTEN FROM CUBA 1905-06
A wonderful and poignant collection of 8 letters written by a Spanish emigrant in Cuba 1905-06. The letters total 39 sides on 12 sheets of paper, all handwritten in ink in Spanish, and addressed to Sra. Mercedes Chueca Alonso in Barcelona. All are signed Pepe who also identifies himself as Jose Vila Maria and as Jose Vicente. The letters include a fairly detailed account of his voyage to Cuba via Barcelona, Paris, Marseille; a comparison of Havana to Barcelona; advice to a prospective emigrant (Mercedes's brother); and some account of his attempts to seek his fortune, apparently in the miitary. In passing he mentions something of the events of the time - the August 1906 uprising and subsequent American military intervention:...El haberme hecho ciudadano Cubano fue con objecto de ingresor en la academia del cuerpo de artilleria mas me imponian condiciones que no pude aceptar, pues tenia que entrar de soldado y firmar un contrato por cuartro anos y el examen para oficial era libre pues aqui el servicio es voluntario mas (illegible) quiero que aqui solo (illegible) la influencias y son muchos los libertadores que de la ultima guerra existen, resultan que por muy benos examanes que se hagan, podran (illegible) a extranjero a (illegible) la plaza inguesaron cuando la intervencion americana, fueron relevados en sus cargoes... (April 1, 1906) ...Hace unos dia me intregaron dos targeta y una carta tuya; en esta ultima me manifiestas estraneza por no tenor noticia mas...a circumstancias por que ha estado atravesando la Habana; pues en momentos en que ya tenia el nombramiento...a ingresor en el cuerpo del ejercito contro lo que era de esperar intervinieron los americanos por lo que me virprecisado a marcher a Port Tampa, Estados Unidos en donde he permanecido hasto unos dias antes de pasar por aqui...los muchos destrozos que en esta capital... (November 20, 1906) Also included is a letter from Pedro Marden of Barcelona postmarked 1907 informing Sra Chueca of the death of Vicente, presumably the Pepe of the other letters, in Cuba of unknown causes. Together with 9 stamp-bearing envelopes. (a58469)
$350.00 Peabody, George (1795-1869) . ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT NOTE AND ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF GEORGE PEABODY
Note is dated July 5, 1867 to a lady (name illegible) about stamps. Three lines of text on piece of paper 3-3/4 x 6 inches. Photograph is 2-1/2 x 3-1/2 inches and mounted on a card with printed name below. Peabody was born in Massachusetts and died in Longdon where he had a dry goods store which brought him a large fortune of which he donated much to the impoverished of London . The letter and photo are in VG condition. Pair: (a59071)
$195.00 Hartzell, Capt. A. E., Inf. U.S.A. . MEUSE-ARGONNE BATTLE SEPT. 26 - NOV. 11 1918
1919. Author was Army Captain in General Headquarters American Expeditionary Forces Second Section, General Staff. Detailed article on the battle with charts on casualties, airplanes, balloons, etc. Multigraph copy of typescript, dated March 24,1919. Headed Confidential - for the Confidential Use of Press Correspondents and Magazine Writers. Hartzell published an article on this battle in the U.S. Army Signal Corps Official Photographic History. 4to., 47 leaves (on rectos only, stapled. Good, title page browned and a bit soiled with top corner torn off (no loss of text.) In professionally made custom-made hardcover folding slip case covered in red cloth with gilt spine lettering. VG plus to Near Fine. (a59794)
$950.00 (Helen Worden) . SMALL CARD HANDWRITTEN IN INK TO HELEN WORDEN
My Dear Helen, Books, like friends should be few, and well chosen. Yours forever, Olive I. McCool. Jan 27, 1901. Full ink mss, fully legible. 1-3/4 x 3-1/2 inch card. Written on one side only. VG. (a59989)
$25.00 Lecocq, Charles (1832-1918) . ORIGINAL MUSIC MANUSCRIPT OF SOUVENIR DE TIRANON GAVOTTE (SIGNED)
Full score. Undated. Oblong folio (10 x 14 inches) 9pp. A total of 159 bars in length. Notated in black ink on 22 hand-ruled staves per page. Scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 cornets, timbales, triangle and string quartet. With fine full signature to first page of music. Minor corrections throughout. Some light wear and soiling. Overall though an attractive closely-written manuscript of a work not included in the New Grove works list. Possibly unpublished. Lecocq was a successful composer of operetta and gained international recognition with works such as La Fille de Madame Angot, Girofle-Girofla and La Petite Mariee. La Fille de Madame Angot has remained a classic among operettas and demonstrates Lecocq's abundant flow of pleasing melodies, his deft exploitation of rhythm for a lively theatrical effect, impressive building up of extended numbers, and typically French shaping of phrases. (New Grove Volume 10 at p.593) VG in protective paper folder. (a60543)
$1200.00 Rheem, H. K. M.D. . VALUABLE RECIPES (ORIGINAL VETERINARY AND MEDICAL MANUSCRIPT)
Pennsylvania c.1860. 8vo., 35pp., stringbound wraps. Includes cures for: ringbone and spavin in horses, potion to make horses feel young numble and active, hoof ointment, lice on farm stock, fever, gonorrhea, anti-scorbutic, antidote to strychnine, hysteria, ether dentifrice, cure for sweaney, aloetic pill, inflamatory rheumatism, etc. Ten pages of remedies for horses and 25 pages of human cures and medicines. Top corner of one page chipped off with no loss of text at all. All handwritten and quite legible but writing appears to be in at least two different hands. Good. (a60615)
$250.00 Schimmerling, Hanns H A . MANUSCRIPT MUSIC: DIE KIRSCHENBLUTHE (OPUS 11)
Original manuscript: Dichtung fur Orchester und eine Baryton (oder Alt.) Stimme mit Benutzung von Texten aus. O. E. Harlebens, Meine Verse. Klavierauszug. Handwritten note in pencil on top of title page seems to indicate that the music was performed in Germany in 1925 and in New York with Michael Bohnen in 1926. Folio, 31 pages of ink manuscript music, hardcover. Music VG, clear neat and legible. Cover Good plus, lightly worn. (a61792)
$420.00(reference). CHECK LIST OF COLLECTIONS OF PERSONAL PAPERS IN HISTORICAL SOCIETIES, UNIVERSITY AND PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND OTHER LEARNED INSTITUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES
Washington 1918 1st GPO. Hardcover. Octavo, 87pp., red cloth. VG, light cover wear. (a62336)
$23.00 Schimmerling, Hanns H A . SILVIO PELLICO (ALDO ZAMBONI) MANUSCRIPT
Manuscript (in pencil) music score. Music for piano and alto voice with lyrics. Lg.4to., 150pp., (manuscript in pencil, 14 staves per page), leaves loose in folding hardcover binder. Good. (a62644)
$400.00 Hofman-Bang, O. . UDKAST TIL EN SVOVLSYREFABRIK
Appears to be early 19thc century. Sulphur production. Ink manuscript notebook, in Danish. Octavo., 36pp., several hand-drawn illustrations of machinery and equipment, blue wraps. A few marginal pencil notations, probably in a different hand. In Danish. VG, light wear. (a63086)
$150.00 Schimmerling, Hanns H A . LUSTIGE OUVERTURE OP. 16 (PARTITUR) (signed)
Original manuscript music. Lg.4to., 60pp. (23 staves per page), hardcover. ***Signed by Schimmerling. Some manuscript notation inside front cover and on free end paper. Good. (a63299)
$425.00 Schimmerling, Hanns H A . DIE KIRSCHENBLUTE (ORCHESTERPARTITUR) OP. 11 DICTUNG FUR ORCHESTER U. EINE BARITONSTIMME (ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT)
Original manuscript music, with lyrics for Baritone voice. Lg.4to., 63pp. (26 staves per page), hardcover with new paper spine. Signed by Schimmerling. Laid in: 2 copies of 2-page printed music concert programe of Brunner Philharmoniker for April 17 (1925?) in which this piece was played. Good plus. (a63300)
$420.00 Brichford, Maynard J.; Robert M. Sutton and Dennis F. Walle . MANUSCRIPTS GUIDE TO COLLECTIONS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN. ISBN: 0252005996
Urbana 1976. ISBN: 0252005996. 4to., 384pp., original printed hardcover. Review slip laid in. Near Fine, no DJ. (a63709)
$25.00Barton, Arthur M.. ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT ACCOUNTING LEDGER JUNE 1887 TO SEPTEMBER 1888
Manchester 1888. Fully original handwritten accounting book, very neatly written and legible. Small octavo, 246pp. (not all pages are fully written), attractive green leather hardcover with black trim. Locks securely with built-in lock and fortunately the original key (present). Stamped A M B Ledger on front board. Initial 11 pages torn out. Note on first page indicates that a Doctor Samuel Barton (clearly a relative, father maybe?) died and left his estate to Richard Barton, Sarah Barton, L. M. Barton and Arthur M. Barton in that order, the lion's share going to Richard. One business card (Ellis Wardrobe Dealers) laid in. VG. (a63818)
$250.00 (van Laer, A. J. F.) . NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF FRENCH MANUSCRIPTS COPIED FOR THE NEW YORK STATE LIBRARY FROM NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND NATIONAL LIBRARY AT PARIS 1888
1900. University of State of New York Bulletin 57 History 5. Octavo, pp. 319-382, index, later wraps. Institution blind stamp on first text page. VG. Scarce. (a64348)
$50.00 Haeser, G.W.A., Fils . SOUVENIR DE WEIMAR GRANDVALS - GRANDVALS POUR LE PIANO FORTE (original manuscript music score)
1835. Original ink manuscript, musical score. Fancy ink calligraphic titlepage. Music notation strong and easy to read. Oblong 4to. 9 x 12 inches. 9pp., string bound. Good, binding broken, split at spine, some stains in margin. (a6500)
$390.00 Fox, Clinton Crowell . ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN DIARY FOR 1921 AND 1922
12mo., 65pp., hardcover. Legible, short daily entries. Fox lived somewhere near Danury and Bethel, Connecticut. Good. (a66807)
$175.00 Holland, Heinrich . AN INTRODUCTION TO MINERALOGY
1959. Mimeographed typescript of unpublished (?) book. 4to. 377 leaves (printed on rectos only), photo illustrations, bound in two student folders. VG. (a67033)
$250.00Barratt, Norris Stanley. COLLECTION OF 11 MANUSCRIPT LETTERS WRITTEN TO NORRIS BARRATT
All letters from friends in Philadelphia. Letter writers include: Robert Sturgeon (1953 - typed) John Samuel (1887), several from Mayer Sulzberger 1920-22 , David Wallerstein (1922), J. Bunford Samuel (1922), Henry Wessel (1922). All letters and notes are handwritten (except one) and relatively short, usually thanking Barratt for a book or complimenting him on a speech he had given-most all in reference to study of Jews in Philadelphia. VG. (a67948)
$100.00 Frischbein, Mrs. (possibly) . 12 VOLUMES OF ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN DIARY OF GERMAN JEWISH WOMAN 1826 TO 1872
12 small hardcover volumes, about 9x14 cm or 5.5 x 3.5 inches, of varying bindings, some leatherbound, some cloth. Each volume was sold as a diary for a specific year and has printed dates for each day of the year (a few of the diaries are Kleiner Notiz-Kalenders published by Trowitzsch in Berlin , most are Schreib and Termin-Kalenders by Carl Kuhn of Berlin.) Only the following years remain in the collection: 1826, 1829, 1830, 1833, 1835, 1840, 1841, 1857, 1864, 1870, 1871, 1872. All the entries are in brown ink, in German and in the same female handwriting. All are neat but the writing is tiny and dense and would likely be somewhat hard to read. A few pages suffer from light bleeding from one page to next. Maybe a third to a half of all days have entries but many entries are a page long or more written on interspersed full size pages with no printing, presumably provided by the publisher for this purpose. There are just a few pages with children's scribbling but fortunately these two children scribbled their names: Otto Frischbien and Karl Frischbien. To find an original diary covering over 40 years of one person's life is Rare and Remarkable. Unique and desirable. (a68032)
$850.00 Boughton, Willis . THREE VOLUMES OF MANUSCRIPT DIARY 1899-1924
Group of 3 volumes : February 1, 1899-June 30, 1924; July 1 1924-January 7 1932 ; January 8 1932-May 1924. Ink entries. About 100 pages per volume. Messy but legible. Boughton, born in 1854, lived in Brooklyn, went to Amherst. He become a teacher at Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn. Later he moved to central administration for New York City Schools. An active member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Son, Willis A., graduated from Harvard in 1907. The diary is in fair condition, all 3 volumes are becoming disbound, have letters and newspaper clippings stuck in, and covers are very worn. But appears to be complete for the years given. (a68327)
$650.00 Richardson, Maud and Hugh . COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL LETTERS WRITTEN TO/FROM MAUD AND HUGH RICHARDSON PLUS PHOTOGRAPHS
110 original ink manuscript letters, 1905-1944. The Richardsons, described in a news clipping in the collection as pioneer residents of St. Petersburg, Florida came to Florida from England in 1885. Hugh was a research scientist. They also spent time in Nashville,Tennessee where their daughter, Mrs. A. A. Coult lived. In addition to the letters are 30 original small photographs and about 20 photo negatives. About half of the letters are in their original stamped envelopes. VG, easily legible. (a68347)
$550.00 (lslamic art) . IMPORTANT ISLAMIC AND INDIAN MANUSCRIPTS INCLUDING PROPERTY FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF GEORGE P. BICKFORD
1979. sChristie's Auction Catalogue. Sm.4to., 209 lots, 43 plates (7 in color), original blue wraps. Near Fine. (a68477)
$25.00 (colonial letters) . TWO MANUSCRIPT LETTERS SIGNED MURRAY MUMFORD & BOWEN 1786
Two short mss letters, September and October 1786, to Col. John Topham, New York. Both letters concern Abraham Livingston, apparently recently deceased. One letter is in good condition, the second is tearing along fold lines. Pair of original letters: (a68609)
$90.00 (manuscrips letters) . FOUR SHORT MANUSCRIPT LETTERS WRITTEN TO MISS E. D. WHITON
Two letters dated 1841, presumably the others two are also of similar date. All from same person. All have bits of red wax seal remaining. All handwritten in pencil or ink. Good. A bit hard to read the handwriting. 4 letters. (a68610)
$75.00Field, Rachel. TWO ORIGINAL UNPUBLISHED INK MANUSCRIPT POEMS BY RACHEL FIELD: NEW ENGLAND IN MY BONES; REMEMBERED BLUE
Two manuscript poems written out in ink longhand by Field on a single folded octavo sheet of paper. The poems are not signed but were found in a book inscribed by Rachel Field and the handwriting matches hers. These poems are titled: New England in My Bones and Remembered Blue. VG. (a69016)
$300.00 Browne, Cynthia E. . SO EXCELLENT A LAND - SAYBROOK WHEN SHE STOOD ALONE 1635-1644
Original carbon typescript for a book. Browne, a compiler of a bibliography of State Consitutional Conventions, and author of a genealogy and history of the Brown/Browne family of Granville, New York here provides a history of early Saybrook, Connecticut. There are chapters on Saybrook and the Dutch, the local Native Americans, the Fenwicks and the Connecticut Colony. Large4to., 229 leaves, in original three-ring binder. Includes extensive footnotes. Laid in are 6 newspaper articles about Saybrook and pre-colonial Connecticut history and 6 letters to/from Browne about the book. Good, a few leaves are detached. Does not appear to have ever been published. Rare. Unique. (a69613)
$750.00 Gorby, John S. and Guy Stevens . MANUSCRIPT LOG/ DIARY OF CRUISE FROM LOS ANGELES ABOARD SS ANTONIO TO MEXICO
January to March 1933. Hardcover. They traveled to Baja California and to San Juan, Mexico for bicycling. 12pp. in both ink and pencil. A bit messy, but can be read if one reads carefully and slowly. Rest of the 47p in the booklet are blank. Sm.4to., cardboard boards diary with cloth spine. Laid in: 21 page printed pamphlet Log of the Peninsula of Lower California and the Gulf of California dated 1930 . (a69615)
$55.00 Parsons, Mareta C. . ORIGINAL UNIQUE HANDMADE BOOK OF POEMS, QUOTATIONS AND MOUNTED ILLUSTRATIONS
no place, no date. Fully handmade book. Octavo, 62pp., ink manuscript text, mostly quotations but also some original poetry with 21 original botanical photographs made by placing plant or leaf on sensitive paper in bright sunshine, delicate hand stamped end papers, ble cloth hardcover. About a third of the pages are blank. Dedicated to Everychild in Vacation time. VG. (a69641)
$200.00 Dunbar, Daisy (Mrs. Jesse M. Dunbar) . TWO INK MANUSCRIPT LETTERS WRITTEN FROM MOSCOW , RUSSIA, FEBRUARY AND MAY 1930
Legible ink manuscript. 4to., 7 leaves (written on rectos only). Addressed to: Dear Folks. Interesting. VG plus. (a69700)
$180.00Leale, Loyal. PLATTSBURG SOUVENIRS (Original typed DOCUMENT)
Original typed document. c. 1917 first edition. 4to., 48 typed leaves, illustrated with 13 original photographs- 4 mounted in text and 9 laid in unmounted - of soldiers. Plus three large color folding maps of New York State. Brass stud binding. Detailed memoir of author's one month of military training July 12 to August 8, 1916 in Plattsburg, New York. Much information on comrades along with critical commentary on both positive and negative aspects of the experience. This was a military training camp organized by the Preparedness Movement, whose advocates included Theodore Roosevelt and Leonard Wood, designed to mobilize Americans for what they believed was the imminent entry of the USA into World War I. More information on this training camp can be found in The Citizen Soldiers by John Gary Clifford (1972 University Press of Kentucky). Unique document. (a71255)
$250.00 Rosenbach . ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS, AUTHOR'S MANUSCRIPTS AND RARE BOOKS
1931 Rosenbach Catalogue. Octavo, 69pp., wraps. VG. (a71501)
$20.00 Garrison, Aletheia . COLLECTION OF 23 PERSONAL DOCUMENTS
All original items. Collection includes: small original photograph portrait of Garrison about 1x2 inches (undated but she appears to be in her twenties); Her high school and college course transcripts for 1931 and 1936; four postcards written to AG about her poetry books; her entry in The Biographical Dictionary; 3 signed typed letters to AG from publishers all 1936 (signed by Carlyle Straub, Gerta Aison, Margaret Nelson; Teacher's Certificate; three Columbia university report cards (1930-1936). (a71885)
$175.00 Franklin, Jay (pseudonym of John Franklin Carter) . ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT COPY OF HIS NOVELETTE: HANGOVER HALL
Complete title in gilt on front reads: Hangover Hall by Jay Franklin 1947 For Mr. Murphy. Large 4to., 59 leaves, eintirely handwritten on rectos in neat ink cursive, 3/4 red leather with gilt lines and gilt lettering and later paper spine. On front blank end paper is written in ink: For Ray Murphy with the compliments of John Franklin Carter, Washington DC, Xmas, 1947. About half of leaves are white, other half are yellow. VG. As far as we can tell this is an unpublished work. (a72204)
$950.00 Merriell, David M. . INFINITE SEQUENCES AND SERIES
Copyright 1979 David M. Merriell. Vassar College. 4to., 257 leaves, mimeo on rectos only, handwritten pencil notations and corrections, in notebook metal slider binding. Near VG, light cover wear. (a72318)
$85.00 Franklin County, Tennessee . COLLECTION OF TYPED MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENTS ABOUT HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, TENNESSEE
No author, no date given. c. 1900. About 150 pages of typed material (rectos only). Includes: Land Division and land Grants, Tennessee General Assembly 1807 1813; Act Creating Winchester Public Library; History and Anecdotes about Major Business, Sites, Points of Interest in Franklin County; Episodes of History with Chapters on Two White Children Massacred by Indians; David Crockett's Second Marriage; A Hanging; A Murder: Oddities of Early Laws, etc. ; Prominent Men. Near VG. (a72957)
$650.00 Castillo, Francisco . ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT RECEIPT OF 11 LINES SIGNED BY FRANCISO CASTILLO, GUATEMALA
Dated 1922, ChichIcastenango, Guatemala. Blind stamp of Guatemalan government. (a74312)
$35.00 Benedetto, Robert . GUIDE TO THE MANUSCRIPT COLLECTIONS OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, U. S.
NY 1990 1st Greenwood. ISBN 0-313-27654-4. Hardcover. Large octavo, 570pp., cloth. Near Fine, very light bump to top outer corners. (a74635)
$200.00 (low countries) . MANUSCRITS ET LIVRES IMPRIMES CONCERNANT L'HISTOIRE DES PAYS-BAS 1475-1600
Bruxelles 1962. In French. Large octavo, 111pp., full page monochrome plates, original illustrated wraps. Fine. (a75145)
$25.00 Gallup, Joseph A. . TEN PAGE MANUSCRIPT DAY BOOK APRIL 1845 TO 1848
1845-1848. 12mo., 10pp. of ink writing and notes in original primitive paper cover. Mostly just random notes. Gallup lived in Ledyard, Connecticut. Very brief entries. Messy but legible. (a75204)
$100.00Campbell, James . ORIGINAL INK MANUSCRIPT PETITION 1827
1827. 3 4to pages. Fully handwritten. Dated 1827. Written by James Campbell, "Esquire, City of Albany". Petition opposing division of Town of Dickinson, in Albany County, New York. Mentions St. Lawrence County, Moira and Dickinson (last two presumably towns.) Signed by 6 men including Sidney Lawrence and James Campbell. Good, two small chips (created by seal when letter originally opened) and original red wax seal (present). (a7882)
$75.00 (maine) . LEGAL DOCUMENT
1815. Ink manuscript letter written in Kennibunk concerning the death of Nathaniel Lord, Esq and his estate. Addressed to Misses Bainbridge and Brown. Appears to be a rough draft. (a8027)
$45.00 Weimar, Graf of Munchen . 23 MUSIC AND LYRICS FOR GERMAN FOLK SONGS
n.d. (c. late 18th or early 19th century) Collected and set down by Graf Weimar. Fully manuscript in brown ink. Oblong 4to., first song lacks first page but 23 complete pieces follow, bound in boards. Notebook once owned by Otto Karl Radt of Washington DC; his name and address are written in ink 4 times on boards. Good, boards very worn. (a8503)
$350.00 Ludlow, Peter . ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED LETTER
Dated New York, 1797. Concerns a debt. One paragraph long, ink manuscript. VG. (a8517)
$55.00 Alvarado, Rafael. . DICTAMEN SOBRE LA CADUCIDAD DE LA CONTRATA HENDERSON.
Tegucigalpa 1911. 8 folio pages--fully manuscript, very legible, rendering legal opinion of author on case of Govierno v. James P. Henderson of Delaware. Henderson's company, The North and South Sud et Oceanic Rail Road Company of the Republic of Honduras contracted with the government in 1908 to build railroads and apparently violated the terms of the agreement. Interesting reading. Loose sheets held together by original metal clip. Light soiling. Good. (ac13)
$60.00 (manuscript) . ORIGINAL SPANISH MANUSCRIPT PRAYER BOOK 1860
1860 (?). Original handwritten Manuscript. Hardcover. 12mo., 190 leaves of small but fully legible handwriting in Spanish, bound in limp leather. Title page reads: Sumario. De las Indulgensias Consedidas p. y los Sumops Pontifises a la Confraternidad Establesida en el Orden de la Sma. Trin'd, Medension de Cantivos, Fundada p. y Revelasion Divina a S. n Juan de Mata y a S. n Felis de Valois y modo de resitar el Frisagio. Ano de 1860. Good, light wear. (lat327)
$160.00Haussman, C F. MANUSCRIPT HYMNAL
Jerusalem 1860 first edition. Manuscript music. Signed C. F. Haussman. Handwritten text in legible ink writing. All lyrics in German. A few of the hymns have the composer identified (Palmer, C. M. v. Weber and Rolle). 8vo., approximately 60 leaves of ink manuscript music and verse, numbered 2-78 (with some numerical gaps), manuscript index at end. Music is strongly and clearly written - easy to follow except there is some minor bleeding of notes onto verso of pages. Good, cover moderately worn. (mu301)
$180.00 Michel, Joseph A. . COLUMBUS (MANUSCRIPT MUSIC) (signed)
n.d. Author gives his address as Denver, Colorado. Original Ink Manuscript orchestral score of operetta about Christopher Columbus bound in hardcover.Small folio., 160pp., buckram binding with gilt lettering on front cover. Signed by Michel. VG. (mu322)
$295.00 Wald, Max . PROVINCIAL EPISODE. AN OPERA IN ONE ACT
Libretto only. Autograph manuscript written in pencil at the Hotel Chelsea in NY c. 1950 in a student exercise book (7 x 9 inches) with corrections throughout. (ii), 34, (i)pp. The mss is accompanied by 2 letters concerning plans for possible performances at the Metropolitan Opera Association of New York and Ohio University. Wald (1889-1954), went to study with Vincent d"Indy in 1922, returning to become chairman of the Theory Department of the Chicago Musical College in 1936. Wald is credited by Reiss in Composers of America with only 2 works for the stage, the operas Mirandolina and Gay Little World so Provincinal Episode would appear to be a a hitherto unknown work. (mu600)
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