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A varied collection of historical and litersry letters, manuscripts, historical documents, photogrgraphs, prints, broadsides, and books.
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Identification of specific item; Cristopher Coover collection of literary & historical letters, manuscripts, and documents; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
3 Annual Gift expected
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Various: Source of acquisition--Chris Coover. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--Various.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Papers processed ptl 10/20/2014.
2014-10-21 File created.
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
Christopher R. Coover is an author, collector, and Vice-President/Senior Manuscript Specialist at Christie's auction house in New York City.
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Urgent instructions from Jackson, during preparations for the Creek War, to procure 200 "strong pack Horses," and their equipment "for packing bread stuffs from Fort Deposit for the use of my Army." He notes that the "nature of the country" and "the badness of the road," make the use of wagons impossible. Jackson has ordered his Quarter Master General to aid in completing this task, which is to be completed as quickly as possible.
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large 8vo. Friendly letter to the daughter of an officer with whom he had served prior to the war, in California: "My acquaintances in life are of the most miscellaneous sort ...." He forwards a card which will grant her an interview with "my brother Senator [John] Sherman."
He notes that "I am no longer at the 5th Avenue Hotel, but am house-keeping on 71st Street easily reached by the 6thhAvenue Elevated Railroad a station being at 72nd Street, one block from my house .... "
Box 1 Folder 28
"It is always a pleasure to me to come to Batavia, & I shall like well to read a lecture in your coming camp, on my usual terms. I have so signified to Mr. Edward Lee Brown ...Secretary of the Western Literary Association, who is so kind as to correspond with the Lyceums & arrange my engagements for me."
Box 2 Folder 3
Complying graciously to a request for a sample of her handwriting.
Box 2 Folder 7
Letter written as "members of the Sub Committee of the American Public," suggesting Lafayette pay 500 francs to Leonard Chodsko "in consideration of his active services in the cause of his country & of his present necessitous condition." A very unusual combination of signatures.
Box 2 Folder 8
Hurriedly scrawled message in Italian.
Box 2 Folder 11
With envelope addressed to "Mrs. S.L. Clemens in Hartford, envelope with logo of the Windsor Hotel, Montreal.
Box 2 Folder 12
Remarkable letter from a Massachusetts militiaman serving with two sons under command of British General Edward Braddock in his ill-fated campaign into the western wilderness in an attempt to seize French forts at Pittsburg. On July 9 (2 weeks after this letter) Braddock's army was caught in a murderous ambush by French and Indian allies. Braddock was killed and his army suffered harrowing losses.
Box 2 Folder 15
A letter from a Massachusetts soldier campaigning in Canada: ".. .This place is pleasantly situated bet'ween the Rivers Kennebeck and Shabashacock which abounds in Sturgeon"; describing the building of blockhouses, noting that "the Indians come daily among us ... they are such a deceitful race."
Box 2 Folder 16
In his usual dark blue ink. "I wrote to you this morning, to say we start on at London Bridge... I have ordered dinner (for 4) at Wattes ... " An unusual, relatively early letter.
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Relates to Confederate prisoners held at the notorious Johnson's Island, off lake Erie. Hooker introduces Thomas M . Thornton, "who has permission from his Excellency the President to visit a prison at your camp."
Box 4 Folder 6
Cryptic request regarding "some points connected with General Williams reinforcement. ..! would like to ask you about, if you can find tbe time."
Box 4 Folder 7
A fine letter relating tp preparations for the Ballet of Shiloh. Ruggles reports to Bragg regarding landings by Union forces under U.S. Grant along the Tennessee River.
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"Sec. Seward advises me of your appointment as Secy. of Legation to Russia. I congratulate you."
Box 4 Folder 14
Terse report on Confederate movement "Cavalry not yet returned expect them back tonight. Powell's scouts were out on the Readyville Pike this afternoon report all quiet."
Box 4 Folder 15
An oblong card, boldly penned, corners rounded. Complying with request for an autograph.
Box 4 Folder 17
Asking a subscription be renewed. [With]: Steel-engraved portrait in uniform.
Box 4 Folder 18
Interesting letter regarding politics and Union army promotions and relative ranks at the end of the war.
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A Medal of Honor winner, commanding occupied South Carolina.
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Rather reluctantly complying with a request for an autograph.
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"the President has asked me to dinner at 6 P.M. and consequently I cannot be punctual at your whist table. I will be there however as soon we leave the President's."
Box 4 Folder 22
Asking Meredith for $125 "to pay the secretaries employed in the office of the Commanding General...for the month of August 1849."
Box 4 Folder 24
Announcing General Order Number 88: "Colonel Stager has been appointed military Superintendent of Telegraph lines throughout the United States. All officers are to render him whatever assistance he May require "in the construction, repairs and protection of Military Telegraph lines." An important order, reflecting an early deployment of the telegraph for use by the Union Army.
Box 4 Folder 26
"The Secretary of War [William Seward], directs that you deliver the enclosed letter to Judge Campbell."
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Strong complaint about Rothacker's newspaper which had printed an article critical of Tabor. Tabor demands a retraction: "The man who wrote it was lying about me and knew he was when he wrote it..." Tabor was owner of the Matchless Mine in Leadville, Colorado, one of the richest silver mines of the Colorado Silver Boom. His divorce and subsequent remarriage to the young and beautiful Baby Doe caused a national scandal in the 1880s. Tabor's letters are very rare.
Box 4 Folder 29
A very lengthy latter describing an unsuccessful attack by Confederates under John A. Marmaduke, and later actions in the Chickamauga campaign, written by a wounded soldier. An unusually extensive account.
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Regarding a note and financial matters.
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Sarcastically phrased notice that Shaw cannot make the financial contribution requested of him. In ink, Shaw has added: "It has come to this with me."
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on stationery of the Conservatoire. Arranging a meeting.
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Proclaiming that "unless there is a speedy change in the policy of the Government, we will yet have & ought to have, another Civil War ... " and excoriating a nation "that elected a drunkard [Andrew Johnson] to the highest office save one," and permits him to "talk of expatriating the only true loyalists of the South." Written a little over a month after Lincoln's death and Johnson's inauguration as President.
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Polite letter acknowledging the gift of a treatise "Sur les Glaires," and expressing his gratitude. Corvisart's most famous patient was the Emperor, Napoleon ("I do not believe in medicine, but I do believe in Corvisart"), whom he attended from 1804 until Napoleon's fall from power in 1815 after Waterloo.
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on black-bordered stationery (in honor of the death of his father, Alexandre Dumas, pere). Arranging an appointment, exchanging news.
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"In our ride you expressed a wish for a Ram of the President's [Jefferson's] Iceland breed. He has requested me to inform you that he will feel great pleasure in presenting one to you. You must call and make a choice of one ... " John Milledge was a Revolutionary Patriot, Governor of Georgia, Congressman and Senator.
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Directing that 300 pounds sterling be paid from Treasury funds to Thomas Ferguson, "being the remaining half years salary of the Honble. Richard Beresford Esq. One of the Delegates of this State in Congress ... "
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Informing Watt, perhaps associated with his publisher, that he is sending him "duplicate typewritten copies of pp. 92-103 of . Suzy' ... " A reference to his novelSusy: A Story of the Plains(1893).
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Concerning the critical shortage of supplies and forage, acknowledging the complaints of officers and giving Lomagine permission to "aller a Philadelphie et trouver le commandment in chef" (George Washington), to alert him as to "l'etat actuel de votre corps." In the meantime, he adds, discipline must still be maintained, and no one is permitted to leave camp without Steuben's permission.
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Lengthy, very interesting letter regarding the controversy over the chartering of the Bank of the United States, requesting specific statistics on state banks, bills in circulation, specie held, etc. from Niles and spelling out the importance of the debate being held in Massachusetts on the issue. Melvill's letters are quite rare.
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Good letter of the noted Tory jurist, two years before his death, explaining that he has been unable for some years to attend the meetings of the Committee of the Foundling Hospital, though serving as Governor, and has in consequence "studiously abstain'd from voting," and so cannot comply with a request of a Mrs. Black.
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On stationary of the Francis Wilson and Company, "presenting comic opera under the management of A. H. Canby."
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The President learns of the Battle of Waterloo. Catt hastily summarizes the momentous news: "A vessel has just arrived .. . bringing London Papers . .. containing the official accounts of a most bloody battle ... between Bonaparte & the allied armies under Wellington. In two first days Bonaparte was successful, in the 3rd [18 July] was defeated & obliged to retreat, leaving between 50 & 60,000 men killed & wounded ... The British are said to have lost thirteen Generals killed ... Jerome Bonaparte was killed ... It does not appear [that] ... information has reached N.Y. or Philadelphia . . . "
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A letter concerning his friend Anton Dvorak
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"I don't know who should be more ashamed: me for asking you so many times, or you for nevertheless not replying. But if we should both be ashamed of ourselves, I would not wish the shame to be public since the indebtedness was secret. All the same I have no regret that, not having wished to have me given material for a heavy cloak this winter, you will make me a gift this summer of pastries. ... If it seems you can pay the debt I can be found at Signor Cardole Scipone's"
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On stationery with decorative embossed letter "B". Fair copy, neatly penned: "So live, that when thy summons to join / The innumerable caravan which moved / To that mysterious realm where each shall take / His chamber in the silent halls of Death / Thou go not, like the quarry slave at night, / Scourged to his dungeon, but sustained and soothed / By an unfaltering breast, approach thy grave / Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch / About him and lies down to pleasant dreams."
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One full page, comprising three 8-line stanzas. Evidently unpublished.
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A rare, early signature, dated some years before the Ute Uprising and before his service on a Federal commission regarding re-settlement of the Uncompagre tribe.
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Regarding payment for a bill, certifying receipt of funds: " ...I the Subscriber have this day received from William Barrell the sum of [$800] in full Payment of a Bill drawn on him by Thomas Williams ... Store keeper to his Majesties Ordnance at Annapolis ...that I have delivered ... " Documents relating to Hancock's early business interests are uncommon, especially given the reference here to military accounts for the British garrison at Annapolis
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Containing 24 pages, folio, written in an elegant scribal hand, stabbed and with original sewing. MURDER IN COLONIAL MARYLAND. Detailed record of a murder trial in early colonial Maryland. In April 1691, John Paine, the King's collector of Patuxent, was murdered. George Mason, John Woodcock, and William Burleigh were tried for the crime and found not guilty. This is a detailed account of the proceedings and acquittal. A manuscript from the celebrated manuscript collections of Sir Thomas Phillipps, numbered 10115.
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[With:] Autograph letter signed to Julian Dillaby, Washington, D.C., 25 October 1889. 1 page, 8vo, Sousa's personal stationery. Agreeing to furnish his autograph.
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One full page, in pencil with corrections, numbered list from one to twenty-two.
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Turgenev's signature is rare in any form is quite rare.
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Concerning the estate of Paul Dowlin, deceased; sheriffs account of fees for probate purposes
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"Se joignent a moi pour vous remercier!" and signed. One page, small octavo
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Detailed recording of various transactions, recipes, tools and other goods to be ordered, including "Tacitus translated by Gordon, author of Independent [indecipherable] Poems ... best ink powder, 2 large gouges ... a pair of strong pot hooks . . . " Also "Two Jerusalem cowslips good fresh polyanthos, a root or two of the Guernsey lily with directions how to manage it, double rocket tuberoses , some double tulip bulbs . .."
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Decorative printing, a receipt for $100 for 800 canisters for the cannonade (artillery] ... of the United States Frigate Constitution." Dated less than one month before the Constitution's first naval engagement of 8 September, against the British privateer Niger.
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Cover only, browning. 125.
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Satirical depiction of King George IV as a playing card (suite: hearts).
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Satirical depiction of King George IV as a playing card (suite: hearts).
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A superb engraving, used as engraved title to this standard Italian life of Charles V.
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Containing a fine woodcut by Michael Pleydenwurff and Wilhelm Wohlgemut, depicting an incident in which a bridge over the Moselle collapsed during a religious procession, casting some 200 persons into the river.
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Advertising performances ofScenes in London("a new domestic Melo-Drama"),The Swan of Sorrow!("a new ballet comique")Secrets of the Night("an entirely new Burletta"), andNapoleon Bonaparte! General, Consul, and Emperor("a new, grand romantic pantomime spectacle," with Henry Kemble as Bonaparte), etc. Interesting dramatic presentation, described in considerable detail.
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Rare image of the great binder with a book press, in his studio, commissioned by Thomas Payne.
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Ink and watercolor drawing in grisaille. Delicate drawing "a la antique," depicting three musicians playing pipes and a harp in a colonnaded interior. Most likely a composition derived from recent new discoveries from the excavations at Herculaneum.
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The "ladder" rarely survives, as it was meant to be removed from the descriptive pamphlet and folded in half to create a "ladder" satirizing Queen Caroline and her alleged adultery.
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Reprint of a celebrated early view of the city, originally published in Bowles's Scenographia Americana, issued by Sayer and Jefferys in 1784. The original is now virtually unobtainable.
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An unusual profile self-portrait, almost in caricature
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On reverse of postcard: Photo Martin Hesse
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Advertisment for Straiton and Storm's New Cigars,"Aesthetic sunflower too Capadura Patience," New York [1881].
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Albumen photograph, on card mount. Seated pose, top hat and walking stick in hand, signed "William H. Seward."
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"The above is a photograph of Ralph Farnham, of Acton, Maine, now in his 105th year. He entered the American Army in May 1775. age 18,-was engaged in the Battle of Bunker Hill, June 17th, 1775 and is the only survivor of that memorable... " Copyright by Ralph Farnham, 1860. 1 page, 8vo.
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Standard carte size but affixed to a larger than customary dark gray mount. A fine, crisp image of this highly regarded officer
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Both mounted on a narrow sheet, verso with inscription "copy of photograph taken at West Point in the summer of 1861" when Reynolds was serving as Commandant of Cadets. Rare image of this highly regarded officer, killed at the first day's battle of Gettysburg.
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A fine profile image of the poet.
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Captioned, "Taken at Chicago, June 8,1880 on the day he received the nomination for President." Cabinet size, albumen on heavy card, Brand's logo on verso. A famous profile image of the soon-to-be President, widely used in the 1880 campaign.
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Cabinet size, albumen mounted on heavy card, text printed in gold ink, edges gilt. The "Jersey Lily" on s wistful, standing pose in an elaborate interior.
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Cabinet size, albumen mounted on heavy card, Warren's backstamp.
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Fine, early, sepia-toned image probably used for promotional efforts.
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On verso, "My Father—at the age 18 yrs. taken at the close of the Civil War. Waldo Lewis Fay." An additional inscription in a different hand, "Waldo Lewis Fay was not quite 17 years old when he enlisted as a private of Capt. P. Winslow's Co., 6th Division of Mass. Vol. April 28, 1864 for 90 days, serving his time he was discharged Aug 2, 1864 at Meadville, Mass. He then relisted [sic] as a private Co. E. 2nd Reg. of Mass Calvalry [sic] on Sep 3, 1864 to serve one year for the duration of the war. He was discharged June 17, 1865, at Clouds Mills, Va. by reason of General order No 8 War dept.
"He was with Gen. Sheridan in the Battle of Cedar Crest, Shenandoah Valley where he was wounded by a sabre cut."
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A famous image, taken not long before his death
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According to Burden, this constitutes "the first and most important derivative of John Smith's map of Virginia, originally published in 1612." A fine map, printed on heavy paper. Depicting a large swathe of the coast and interior of America, decorated with small decorative animals, a large vignette of native Indians and small sailing vessels. Burden 193; Koeman 1:71-5; Tooley, America, p.166.
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Exceedingly detailed engraved map, showing clan boundaries and early railroad lines.
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Recording "The interesting discoveries made by British and American ships, since the publication of this chart in 1784 . .. ". Highly detailed depiction, with careful hand-coloring, of the coastline of North America, eastern Asia, and the Catherine Archipelago, including Kamchatka and the Aleuts Islands; a highly important map, recording important journeys made by Captain Cook to Vancouver and incorporating extensive coastline and the Frozen Arctic Sea and the Hyperborean Ocean; 2 sheets neatly attached
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Very rare war-date Philadelphia paper, containing much speculation on the possibility of a treaty with Britrain; features (on p.4) a long advertisement of financier Haym Salomon, a verse "Hymn for National Peace", world news and two anonymous addresses "To the Officers of the Army" (pp.2-3).
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Extensive coverage of "The Crime Without a Name," the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. (printed before news of Lincoln's death was received.)
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An issue if this short-lived Gold Rush newspaper, containing speeches by Thomas Hart Benton and Calhoun regarding the issue of slavery; estimate of San Francisco's population (including Chinese); extolling the city as "the New York of the Pacific," lists of mining supplies for sale, etc.
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Political news about the elections pending; noting (p.2) that "The Constitution of the State of California has been formed, signed. sealed and delivered, and is now in press ... "
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First page explains small format due to paper shortages; reports on recent elections (results not yet final) and the ratification of the new constitution, with detailed preliminary vote tallies.
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Reports on the newly elected state government; news of the Free Soil party and its bearing on California's admission as a state, etc.
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Six columns, large masthead, large wood-engraved portrait of "Booth, The Assassin." Black leading between columns. Virtually the entire issue is devoted to coverage of the Lincoln assassination and the identification and pursuit of the conspirators. In lower left of first page is a two-column reprint of the official report on Booth's death, on 27 April .
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Printed in three columns. Extensive reportage on the war in Europe and the colonies.
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Printed in three columns. Extensive reportage on the war in Europe and the colonies. On p.2 is a notice of the French abandonment of forts including Pittsburg and the impending British move to occupy that strategic fort.
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Printed in three columns. Extensive reportage on the war in Europe and the colonies. On p.l is a report on the siege and fall of Quebec, especially the death of Maj. General James Wolfe in that final assault.
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Printed in three columns. Extensive reportage on the war in Europe and the colonies, beginning on page 1 with letters of General Wolfe and William Pitt, with 6 columns devoted to Wolfe's final account of the battle, plus a return of killed and wounded.
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A striking composition of a wolf's head flanked by snowshoes. One of the most famous AmerIcan bookplates.
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a dramatic, high-contrast lithographic print with a dog's head flanked by two snowshoes, a clear evocation ofThe Call of the Wildand London's Klondike experiences. Boldly lettered "Jack London."
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Design with three sourrounds: one at top showing a woodland hunting scene, middle section captioned "Ex Librais Ernest Hemingway, bottommost compartment with a bullfight scene. [With:] A reduced size bookplate 6.112 x 4.3/4 inches on tan paper. Apparently not used by Hemingway, though examples are occasionally seen (cf. James Goode, "Ex Libris," in University of Virginia Magazine, 8 June 2011 one example is in the Knox College Library, another example is in the Louis and Marguerite Cohn Collection at the University of Delaware.
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Proclaiming that "by directions of the President. .. the War Department will be closed on ... the day of the funeral of the late President. Labor on that day will be suspended at all military posts ... flags will be kept at half-staff ... and at 12 ' o'clock, meridian, twenty-one gun salutes will be fired ... "
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Oblong 4to, text in 4 columns, with ornaments between columns, two small woodcuts at top of first two (small tear effects three words). A classic account of seduction thwarted.
Box 1 Folder 18
Unusual program for fundraising events which included "A Frightful Frost" (Comedy in One Act), "Recitations in Costume" (By Edward Fales Coward, '83," a farce in one act: "B.B. The Boston Boy," plus lists of the members of the dramatic Club and an extensive list of "patronesses," including such names as Goelet, Wilmerding, Vanderbilt, Rhinelander, Roosevelt, Morris, Livingston, Beekman, Havemeyer.
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Text of the Constitution, with two printed letters dated 7 and 21 March 1891 inserted, these inviting the recipient (name neatly excised), to join the newly established Metropolitan Club. Board members listed includes J. Pierpont Morgan, J.A. Roosevelt, Ogden Goelet, Cornelius Vanderbilt, etc.
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Detailed listing of various pigments and mixtures to obtain a wide range of effects in painting. Ephemeral manual, probably sold in art supply shops.
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Specifying that this is No. 23 of the "Ten cent Popular Novels," distributed by "The Albany News Co., Albany, N.Y." Dime-novel reprint of the vastly popular 1749 memoirs of a noted swindler and con-man (1693-1770 ?) whose "exploits are heightened in the coloring by his ingenious biographer." Lowndes 371.
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This is No. 21 of the "Black Highwayman Novels," distributed by "The Albany News Co., Albany, N.Y." A fine copy, with only minimal wear. Rare, dime-novel reprint.
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Contains an unusual "Chronological Table of Discovery of Arts and Sciences, remarkable Events and Inventions since the Deluge."
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Contemporary calf-backed wooden boards. First edition
Box 1 Folder 38
Comprising No. 209 of Munro's extensive "Seaside Library" (listed inside front cover). Pirated yellowback edition of one of Russell's most popular maritime adventures novels, first published in 1874.
Box 1 Folder 39
Signet paperback. First paperback edition.
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Printed in two columns in various italic, roman and gothic faces. Contemporary sheep, rubbed, rebacked. First edition of Salmon's compendium (first published 1695) to include an alphabetical index of subjects treated. "A widely read domestic manual. . .included sections on medicinal and surgical remedies in addition to ...cookery and cosmetics"
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Momentous paper announcing Einstein's new approach to a unified field theory, with the field equations for his unified field theory, one of Einstein's last breakthrough scientific works.
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Full-page engraved portrait of Camphuysen in part 1, extensive woodcut music throughout, large woodcut capitals. Contemporary vellum boards.
Box 3 Folder 1
Unusual novel by a Southern Restoration-period author.
Box 3 Folder 2
Original bright red cloth blocked in black and gilt-lettered spine. in superb condition.
Box 3 Folder 3
Rare collection of parodies of Walter Scott, Coleridge, Wordsworth, Leigh Hunt and others including one entitled "The Child's Pilgrimage" a parody of Byron.
Box 3 Folder 4
Rare promotional pamphlet issued in conjunction with publication of Death Comes for the Archbishop.
Box 3 Folder 5
An uncommon pastiche containing many anecdotes (some of doubtful veracity), published after the poet's death. Includes first printing of Byron's satire on the Congress of Vienna. Sometimes attributed to Iley, the publisher.
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An uncommon pastiche containing many anecdotes (some of doubtful veracity), published after the poet's death. Includes first printing of Byron's satire on the Congress of Vienna. Sometimes attributed to Iley, the publisher.
Box 4 Folder 3
Oblong 4ro, multicolored pictorial boards, 255 x 325 mm, 10 x 12 3/4. inches, illustrated cover, titlepage, 20pp" many illustrations highlight in gold ink, Neat reinforcement of spine, One of this illustrator's most highly regarded illustrated books.
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Advertisements for "The Rose Library / Popular Literature of All Countries." Original decorative lithographed covers and spine in red, black and green (very slight rubbing). In exceptionally fresh condition for a fragile item.
Box 6 Folder 2
the large engraving colored in a contemporary hand.
Box 6 Folder 7
Extended humorous verses extolling the bivalve by James Watson Gerard (1823-1900), a New York lawyer and diplomat. Printed in a small edition for a few friends. 8vo, 72pp. Publisher's decorated blue cloth, gilt design on upper cover (rubbed).
Box 6 Folder 11
Beautifully printed on fine paper, uncut. Printed presentation slip inserted at front.
Box 6 Folder 18
Original green half morocco and marbled paperboards.
Box 7 Folder 10
Contemporary calf-backed paper boards (covers detached). Signature on title and end leaves of John Lyon Jr. First American edition of this detailed account of the trial in which Paine's Rights of Man was banned and Paine sentenced to death.
Box 7 Folder 13
Limited Edition, no.382 of 400 copies printed by the Grabhorn Press on fine-quality hand-made paper. Titlepage design by H. Von Schmidt, frontispiece portrait by Dorothea Lange. This copy formerly owned by Otto Kinkeldey (noted American musicologist) signed by him on front endpaper. Oscar Weil was a well-known musicologist who spent much of his life in San Francisco and died in 1921.
Box 10
First edition, small 8vo, pp. 160. Original forest green cloth, J.C.H. blind-stamp monogram on both covers, glazed endpapers." (—Partridge,Slang).
Box 10
First edition in English, 8vo, pp. xxxvii, [3], 64. Original calf-backed red paper boards (chip from bottom of spine). Compiled originally by Martin Luther in 1528; Hotten's translation is prefaced by an historical introduction and scholarly notes. Rare, not in the Cordell Collection (David E. Vancil, Catalog of Dictionaries, Word Books, and Philological texts, 1440-1900, 1993).
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Contents include descriptions of works of John Frost, Charles Henry Alden, William Russell, Pinnock's edition of Goldsmith's History of England, Guy on Astronomy, Bridge's Algebra.
Box 6 Folder 17
Numbered and endorsed by J. Budden, entitling "the Bearer to receive such prize as shall be drawn against its number, according to a Resolution of Congress at Philadelphia, November 18, 1776. A small oblong, 2.1/2 by 5 in., decorative ography.
Box 10 Folder 6
This example with stub, indicating it was never used; "To be taken up at Main Entrance, No. 784." Printed on bright green card stock.
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Announcing a performance of Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra" (arranged by Dryden), ""The Sea Fight at Actium," "Aladdin; Or, The Wonderful Lamp" by well-known performers.
Box 2 Folder 18
Announcing a performance of G.F. Handel's version of John Gay's "Acis and Galatea," with "A grand selection" of performances by Catalani, Braham, Kellner, etc. Also offered is a version of Shakespeare's "Richard the Third".
Box 2 Folder 19
Announcing a performance of G.F. Handel's "Messiah" with Madame Catalani in starring role, and the first act of Franz Joseph Haydn's "The Creation," a version of Shakespeare's "Richard the Third" and "Hamlet," plus "A New Asiatick Spectacular," etc.
Box 2 Folder 20
Unusual early broadside announcing a musical performance directed by Mr. Abel.
Box 2 Folder 21
"There was three farmers in the north ... "
Box 2 Folder 22
"It was early early in the Spring ... "
Box 2 Folder 23
"In blooming time when Flora gay bedect the fragrant plain ... "
Box 2 Folder 24
Crude woodcut of a cat at top, nonsensical text is fun-on, with minimal punctuation, replete with typographic errors.
Box 2 Folder 25
Crude woodcut at top, text is 7 stanzas. "Adieu farewell to all my friends ... " Mentions the Great Famine, emigration to North or South America .
Box 2 Folder 27
Original scarlet cloth. gilt-blocked with tide and imprint, corners with gilt floral designs.
Mapcase 15-M2-1
Reprint of a celebrated early view of the city, originally published in Bowles's Scenographia Americana, issued by Sayer and Jefferys in 1784. The original is now virtually unobtainable.
Box 5 Folder 24
Finely engraved allegorical frontispiece captioned "America directing Europe, Asia & Africa to address themselves to Liberty ..." 2pp. engraved £lags of different nations. On pp. 7-34 is the full text of the Treaty of Paris (1783), following is the text of the Treaty of Amity and Congress with France. Original reddish-brown morocco. With annotations on some blank pages and in margins by an early owner, regarding business matters.
Box 5 Folder 25
Original orange-red morocco, flap with brass catch (torn, clasp lost). Includes a two-page report on Nelson's victory in the Battle of the Nile; a full roster of the US Government, the President, the cabinet, and the officers of army regiments, court sessions in different states, personnel of the Mint, the diplomatic corps, etc.
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Box 8 Folder 4
"According to a resolution of Congress ... "
Box 8 Folder 5
Woodcut of a ship approaching a lighthouse
Box 8 Folder 6
With woodcut sheaf of wheat
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Box 8 Folder 11
Box 8 Folder 11
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Box 8 Folder 11