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Manuscripts/Photo Albums - England:

photo album . ALBUM OF ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF ENGLAND 1906-8
Personal, non-professional photos and album. 48 original photos-each 2x3 inches-mounted in album. Views identified. Dated 1906-08. Places shown include: Sandringham, Daventry, Ashby St Leges, Woodside, Cambridge, Horsley, Hastings. Numerous pictures of Cambridge University in 1908. Good-moderate wear. Album hinges cracked. Photos slipped in prepared slots, not glued in. (a15741)
$95.00 Stone, Sir Benjamin . SIR BENJAMIN STONE'S PICTURES RECORDS OF NATIONAL LIFE AND HISTORY (2 VOLUMES BOUND IN ONE)
London no date c. 1903 Cassell. With descriptive notes by Michael MacDonagh. 2 volumes in one. 4to., 96pp. plus 96 full page monochrome photo illustrations; 96pp. plus 96 full page monochrome photo illustrations. Wonderful picture of pre- war England. near VG, rear hinge cracking inside, cover corner gently bumped, light soiling on top fore-edges, spotting on a few pages, mostly on photo tissues. (a19943)
$135.00 Clunn, Harold P. . THE FACE OF THE HOME COUNTIES
London n.d. New and Revised Edition. Lg.8vo., 547pp., photo illus., index. VG, no DJ. (a28344)
$30.00Burns, Robert. POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS WITH PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS (with original mounted photographs)
London 1888 Suttaby and Co. 8vo., 613pp., mounted original photographs (photograph of Burns as frontispiece, original photo of painting of Burns on titlepage, 5 full page original photographs of street scenes, bridges and rivers and a cemetery), full green leather. All edges gilt. Owner signed. Good, spine faded to brown. (a29879)
$200.00Bernatz, J. M. PAL�STINA PALASTINA ; NEW ALBUM OF THE HOLY LAND...FROM NATURE BY J M BERNATZ AND OTHER ARTISTS...WITH DESCRIPTIVE NOTES BY DR G. H. V. SCHUBERT, DR J. ROTH AND DR. O. FRAAS.
Stuttgart 1868 Steinkopf. Text in English, German and French. Hardcover. Oblong sm.4to., not paginated, 48 tinted lithograph illustrations , almost all with original tissue guards; 2 original photographs (Beirut and Damascus), descriptive letterpress, foldout map at end, original red stamped boards with full and bright gilt landscape pictured on front and later paper spine. Top edge gilt. Institution name and cancel stamp on title page-no other marks. Good Plus, some light board wear, later paper- reinforced backstrip and reinforced inner hinges; occasional light stains and light foxing. Binding secure. Scarce. (a41545)
$675.00Howitt, William. RUINED ABBEYS AND CASTLES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND SECOND SERIES
London 1864 Alfred Bennett. Photographic illustrations by Thompson, Sedgfield, Ogle and Hemphill. Sm.4to., 224pp., 26 original photographs mounted in text, fully gilt decorated boards with mounted photo illustration on both front and back boards. Photos are especially nice as nearly all have people shown as well as buildings, and are in fine condition. All edges gilt.There are a few pencil notes and a few pen underlinings in text. Some pages have light foxing. A few signatures have bolted somewhat but binding remains quite secure. Lacks original backstrip but has paper replacement backstrip and boards are securely attached and inner hinges are tight. Corners worn somewhat at corners. (a42494)
$75.00 Carlyle, Thomas . ON HEROES, HERO-WORSHIP AND THE HEROIC IN HISTORY - VOLUME 12 (with original photograph portrait of Carlyle)
London 1870 Chapman and Hall. Vol. 12 (of 30) of Thomas Carlyle's Collected Works. Hardcover. Octavo, 303pp., mounted frontispiece portrait (3 inches by 2.5 inches) is an original photograph (woodburytype?) of Carlyle - nice strong image - taken in 1854 (according to note printed below the photograph). Original red cloth. Good, a bit shaken; spine toned a bit brownish; spine ends lightly frayed. (a51207)
$45.00 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 (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 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 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)
$350.00Barton, 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 Colyer, S. W. . THE ISLE OF WIGHT A BOOK OF PHOTOGRAPHS
London c. 1940 Ward, Lock. Hardcover.4to., 33 fullpage photos each with accompanying paragraph description, cloth. VG, no DJ. (a72737)
$20.00 Hammond, A of Westacre, Brandon, Norfolk . FIVE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LETTERS WRITTEN BY A. HAMMOND OF WESTACRE, BRANDON, NORFOLK TO L. A. GURNEY, ESQ OF NORTH BUNETON, LYNN
no date, c 1850. 5 short handwritten letters, 4 in original envelopes, of which 3 have green cancel stamps and 2 have original postage stamp. One letter is written to his daughter, Kitty, giving some advice. Three are written to Sommie (likely Somerville Gurney as that is a name on a card with the letters) about visits; one to Gurney about a death of someone in India. Good. Five letters. (a78281)
$120.00(Leech, John ?). ORIGINAL NOTEBOOK DATED 1848 WITH ORIGINAL VERY FINELY DRAWN PICTURES - POSSIBLY WRITTEN AND DRAWN BY JOHN LEECH
One volume. 6-1/2 X 8 inches. Fully ink manuscript. Title page gives place as Islington and date as 1848 which is consistent with Leech's location in that year. There are 106 pages of ink handwritten text with 6 hand drawings, some in ink and some in pencil ( and a pencil sketch of a man's head which is so faint as to be barely visible.) Although Leech's name does not appear anywere on the notebook, the drawing of two boys on p. 19 is initialled by Leech and the style of all the drawings is the same as published drawings by Leech. However a brief perusal of all his known drawings did not match any seen in the diary. The handwriting is possibly not all by the same person but it is hard to tell. Several of the drawings have a small note nearby indicating that they appeared in Punch. Numerous newspaper clippings, almost all about Graphology, are laid in. 4to., 3/4 red leather binding. Binding is very secure. Text is clean and the writing is neat but often, though not always, it is very difficult to read due to excessively squiggly notation. Album exterior is worn. Unique. (a84920)
$700.00Herzog, Larry K.. A LANDLUBBER WRITES THE LOG - BEING A TALE OF THE HAPPENINGS ABOARD THE VIRRUTH ON HER ROUND TRIP JOURNEY FROM CITY ISLAND, NEW YORK TO WOODS HOLE, MASSACHUSETTS, SEPTEMBER...1930 (signed)
1930. Cruise was taken on a sail boat yawl with an auxiliary motor from Septeber 12 to 17, 1930 and was the author's first sea journey. Copy No. 3 of only four privately printed. **Signed by L. K. Herzog. Hardcover. 4to., 94 leaves (printed on rectos only), with 45 original small photographs mounted in the text plus 4 full page printed sailing maps, limp leather.. Some exciting hours at sea - good reading. (On 15 September, for example, they were caught in a fierce storm and were relying on a lighthouse light to avoid disaster when the lighthouse light went dark for some reason and they had to rely on their wits and a gong buoy to survive.) Cover very worn, blank end papers present but detached. However text binding is quite secure and text VG plus. (a87352)
$600.00Watts, Sargeant S. R. F. Watts of Hampshire, England (photographer). ALBUM OF 143 ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF QUETTA, BALUCHISTAN, 1915-1917
Album 13 x 8 inches, 3/4 leather. 143 3x2 inch photographs are neatly mounted. Only about 20 views are identified but all views are interesting. Many steet scenes as street sweepers, women washing, beggers, basket- making, brickmaking, Mosque, shops. A few of the inside of the soldier's bedrooms. One photo is gone from it's spot. Good, album spine is worn and chipped. Binding secure. Unusual. (a87432)
$1500.00Hale, Samuel. FULLY MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF HIS ORIGINAL POETRY c. 1815
Hardcover. Octavo, 135p., all fully and very neatly written in ink manuscript, full green leather with functioning brass clasp. "1815" in gilt on front. Title page reads: "To Miss Anne Coleman the following trifles in Verse, (the Amusement of leisure hours) are presented as an humble mark of Esteem by their author, her respectful and sincere friend, Sam. Hale. Sunning Hill, Berks. January 1817. Nice touch is that Hale provides the reader with 7 pages of notes telling a bit of background or explanation to each poem. Text VG clean, leather worn and about half of spine leather is worn away. Cover only fair condition. Binding secure. (a87524)
$300.00Whipple, J. B. of Gloversville, Fulton County, New York . ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY DATED OCTOBER 1, 1866 THROUGH DECEMBER 10, 1866
1866 first edition. One volume. Hardcover. Small octavo, 70p., 22 lines per page, fully handwritten in pencil and ink, cloth. Neat and legible. Diary begins in Liverpool, England and ends back home to New York. He is on a business trip and mentions with regret having to be away from his "little wife and daughter." He attends Quaker services while abroad and at one meeting "an Old Quaker stands up and addresses us upon the responsibility one owes children which made me reflect upon mine off in a foreign land after thinking of her Pa and asking her dear mother when Pas is coming home". Good, light wear. Binding secure. (a87709)
$395.00 Anonymous . ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN DIARY OF SOUTHAMPTON PORT , ENGLAND, DOCKMASTER (?) 1869-1873
Single volume. Sm.4to., 287p. (no blanks), marbled boards with leather spine. Entirely manuscript. Title of first page: "Diary Commencing Sunday Oct 3, 1869 at Colombo, Ceylon". Diary ends April 13, 1873. First 38 pages are very interesting as the diarist describes in fine detail- with frequent touches of dry humor - his adventures as he travels on the Simla Steamship from Colombo, through the Suez Canal, back to London. He mentions that he has taken this trip before. The rest of the diary is written in England, apparently in Southampton and most all entries follow a pattern of first describing the day's weather and then listing ships going in or out, their passengers, and/or their cargo (usually coal, slate or peat). A few personal notes are given but not often. On his way up to the Suez Canal, the Simla stops to pick up coal. Diarist writes: "Aden is very rocky with a dry scorched burnt appearance little or no soil & no vegetation...hot & the glare of the sun exceedingly effecting to the eye." He goes inland to a settlement where he finds "half a dozen of the Simla passengers surrounded by almost two dozen of native trading Jews particularly anxious to pass their wares ostrich eggs and feathers....the din and noise they made baffles description drowning our voices so that we could not hear each other speak...After a quarter of an hour spent in the noisy battling with our salesmen, I became the purchaser of some ostrich feather white and gray." Later in trip the ship's Lieut. Col. Lacy "died suddenly after a few hours illness of heat apoplexy". The next day the ship's chaplain refuses to assist at the funeral services as he believed Lacy brought on his own death by drinking too much. Typical entries once back in London: "January 9, 1872 . Light airs and colam. Reaper sailed at morn...light breeze from NE with rain second case of diptheria reported in Island at Windbreck. Dr. Logic came here on sunday ." "July 3, 1872. Moderate light breeze...Boat off for first load of peats. Simson came in with cargo of slates." From the text is seem likely that the diarist worked either as the Dockmaster or employee of some sort at the Southhampton dock or as an employee of a shipping company located in that area. Some names mentioned in the diary: J. W. Heddle, Capt. James Cromarty, J. W. Laughton and his son John, John Storach and Charles Henry Sparkes. Diarist does say his brother-in-law was Samuel L. Louttie who died unexpectedly on October 22, 1869. Another interesting note is that diarist mentions that "The Bank" began July 15, 1872. Neat and legible. Diary is in near VG condition with no spotting or tears but some light cover wear. (a87745)
$950.00Jenkins, C. Francis; Charles Watson, Harry Levey et al.. TRANSACTIONS OF THE SOCIETY OF MOTION PICTURE ENGINEERS - NUMBER 13, 1921
single complete issue of Transactions of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers no. 13. 1921. first edition. Many interesting articles including: Optical Glass by H Ott; Industrial Mechanigraphs by Harry Levey; analysis of Motion by Charles Watson; "100,000 pictures per Minute" by C. Francis Jenkins; Use of Artificial Illuminants in Motion Picture Studios" and so on. 165p. plus illustrated advertisement section. Text has drawings and photo illustrations incude photos of "Mechanigraph of Peter Cooper's First Locomotive" and the machinery used to make this photograph. VG errata slip tipped in; no ownership marks. (a89772)
$120.00Album of original photographs. ALBUM OF ORIGINAL 45 PHOTOGRAPHS C. 1860 ENGLAND
Faded and stained blue velvet covered boards with copper medallion mounted on front panel, copper edging around front and rear boards and two pretty engraved copper working clasps. All edges gilt. Heavy stock pages, each with gilt outlined central ovoid , photographs slide into position (not glued.) first photograph is of a fine estate followed by , likely, the house's occupants including a child rocking on a fine rocking horse, and lots of other children and adults. Only one photograph has a location given: it shows a man sitting outdoors "at the Beacon , Exmouth". Photographers names are printed on most of the backs of the photos: F. Treble, Drewett, Henry Spink of Brighton. These professional photographers were all active in 1860s. There are 5 blank spaces in the album where photos are missing. As to the name or identity of the subjects, the only clues are specific numbers given on rear of some cards indicating "copies can be had at any time" using the number which might make some of the photographs traceable. Interesting views of clothing and hairstyles. The album is rubbed and worn, with light wax dripping stains on front, but intact . Good. (a89802)
$100.00 Stote, helen (ed) . JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF MOTION PICTURE ENGINEERS - SINGLE COMPLETE ISSUE FOR NEVEMBER 1949: HIGH-SPEED PHOTOGRAPHY
New York . November 1949 first edition. Journal of the society of Motion Picture Engineers, volume 53, no. 5. octavo wraps. pp. 431-608 (complete issue). VG. no ownership marks; text fine, cover light wear. (a89844)
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