Binding: Decorative Cloth

Ein kurtzer bericht der gantzen Phisionomey und Ciromancy WITH OVER 80 WOODCUTS

Price: $4,899.99

Publisher: STRASSBURG STRASSBOURG FRANCE, Joanne Gzieninger : 1524

Seller ID: 000427

Condition: Very Good

Printed 1524, ORIGINAL CLASSIC TREATISE OF COCLES ON MEDICINE, PHYSIOGNOMY AND PALM READING (Chiromancy) EXCEEDINGLY RARE EDITION. Not in the American Auction Records for 30 years! FILLED WITH WOODCUTS OF FACES AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS AS WELL AS CLEARLY MARKED PALMS WITH INSTRUCTIONS FOR READING (approx 80 full page woodcuts of Palms alone!) An extremely rare an important edition of which I cannot readily trace other copies. Thorndike, in his classic 'History of Experimental Magic" pg 64. states the First Italian edition was printed in 1525 and a German edition at Strassburg in 1530. The...
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1857 - 1860s ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT MEDICAL CASE BOOK OF A PROGRESSIVE PHYSICIAN, PATHOLOGIST AND WOULD BE AUTHOR

By: DR. MATHIS P. GREENSWORD

Price: $4,885.99

Publisher: New York State, : 1857

Seller ID: 000857

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Good+

On offer is the original handwritten manuscript doctor's case book/journal of a pre Civil War era New York State doctor describing in meticulous detail cases from his practice, from 1857 through the early 1860s. This is not a standard doctor's agenda - this book was superbly detailed as a book highlighting our esteemed author's practice relating to specific illnesses and no doubt for future publishing. Doctor M[athis] P. Greensword practiced Medicine in various parts of the state, from Canandaigua and Hopewell in Ontario County to New York City to Rochester for approximately 40 years. He ultim...
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1856 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT MEMORIAL ALBUM OF POETRY INTIMATE THOUGHTS, LOVELY POETRY AND SOME SAD GOODBYES: A LOVELY TREASURE OF ANTEBELLUM TIMES IN NEW ORLEANS

By: EMMA M. SLACK

Price: $895.99

Publisher: NEW ORLEANS LOUISIANA LA NEW YORK, : 1856

Seller ID: 000921

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Fair

On offer is the original handwritten book: "THE PRIZE ALBUM" a book belonging to Miss Emma M. Slack of New Orleans, dated March 16, 1856 with entries by her friends, schoolmates and loved ones. Many dozens of entries, lovely calligraphy, this is a true treasure of antebellum times in the old South. She was popular enough to cause a number of people to write affectionate poetry and prose to her in this book. Signatures include - Hattie P. H. W. F. Bailey, Marnie N. Trowbridge, F. Jackson, Myrtilla Florance, Madame Candais, Augustine, W. F. G. Schirmer, Carmen Atocha, Rowena Melovna Lock...
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A NEW IMMIGRANT TO RACINE WISCONSIN: A BLACKSMITH'S ORIGINAL 1857 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF PERSONAL AND BUSINESS FINANCIAL DEALINGS CHARMINGLY DETAILED WITH A WEALTH OF LOCAL HISTORY

By: JOSEPH DU FOUR

Price: $2,895.99

Publisher: RACINE WISCONSIN by way of the ISLAND OF GUERNSEY, : 1857

Seller ID: 000787

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Very Good

"In the month of March 1857 I was advised by my friends to buy a lot and build a house, what I did, I bought a lot on Barnstable Street from Mr I. M. James, for the sum of three hundred fifty dollars payable $50 cash, and the balance in two years at the rate of 12 percent interest, and as I had no money for building a house, I was obliged to borrow fifty dollars from Mr James Langlois at 10 percent, and sixty from Mr John Langlois……." So begins this fascinating mid 19th century financial diary and journal of account of money owed and money earned - but so much more given the personalit...
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"A CLUB MEMORY" - AN ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT ANTI-WAR POETIC RANT BY WELL KNOWN CONTROVERSIAL AUTHOR, ILLUSTRATOR, SOCIALIST, CHAMPION OF WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE, PACIFIST AND BOOKSELLER

By: LAURENCE HOUSMAN

Price: $5,285.99

Publisher: LONDON ENGLAND UK, : 1916

Seller ID: 000839

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Good+

On offer - "A CLUB DINNER MEMORY" A Poem by Laurence Housman March 6, 1916. Extraordinary rare signed manuscript with photograph; a most intriguing manuscript bound in marbled boards with handmade label on front. 8 x 10.5 inches. It begins with pasted down photo of Laurence Housman and others at a table at the club dinner [Research suggests that his brother is seated to his right]. Two pages of an original handwritten poem in Housman's hand on lined paper follow. The poem relates the joys of the dinner but is primarily a rant against the War, the author having come fresh off a ship, &#...
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THE 1944 - 1949 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF MARY REDMAYNE A YOUNG BRITISH GIRL OF ASHTON ON RIBBLE SEES CHURCHILL

By: MARY REDMAYNE

Price: $2,055.99

Publisher: Preston, Lancashire England Great Britain UK, : 1944

Seller ID: 000411

Binding: Decorative Cloth

Condition: Good

On offer is a super handwritten manuscript diary written by Mary Redmayne who was a 'girl next door' average teenage girl during the Second World War in Preston, Lancashire, in the small town of Ashton on Ribble. She was a dedicated diarist, purchasing her new diary on Feb. 19, 1944, and filling it up to date from the beginning of January (obviously she took notes each day because every day is full from the beginning of the year with small daily details of life) and continuing to fill it to the maximum in neat, beautifully legible printing for the next five years. During that time she went f...
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Binding: Decorative Cloth

Ein kurtzer bericht der gantzen Phisionomey und Ciromancy WITH OVER 80 WOODCUTS

1857 - 1860s ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT MEDICAL CASE BOOK OF A PROGRESSIVE PHYSICIAN, PATHOLOGIST AND WOULD BE AUTHOR

1856 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT MEMORIAL ALBUM OF POETRY INTIMATE THOUGHTS, LOVELY POETRY AND SOME SAD GOODBYES: A LOVELY TREASURE OF ANTEBELLUM TIMES IN NEW ORLEANS

A NEW IMMIGRANT TO RACINE WISCONSIN: A BLACKSMITH'S ORIGINAL 1857 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF PERSONAL AND BUSINESS FINANCIAL DEALINGS CHARMINGLY DETAILED WITH A WEALTH OF LOCAL HISTORY

"A CLUB MEMORY" - AN ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT ANTI-WAR POETIC RANT BY WELL KNOWN CONTROVERSIAL AUTHOR, ILLUSTRATOR, SOCIALIST, CHAMPION OF WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE, PACIFIST AND BOOKSELLER

THE 1944 - 1949 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF MARY REDMAYNE A YOUNG BRITISH GIRL OF ASHTON ON RIBBLE SEES CHURCHILL