Binding: Hardcover

1859 - 1860 HAMASAEF: The Hebrew Review and Magazine for Jewish Literature: The journal of Hebrew Enlightenment and the First Modern Hebrew Periodical

Price: $1,259.99

Publisher: London, : 1859

Seller ID: 000679

Condition: Good

On offer the famed HEBREW PERIODICAL: HAMASAEF: The Hebrew Review, and Magazine for Jewish Literature. HaMasaef was the journal of Hebrew Enlightenment and the First Modern Hebrew Periodical New Series; Vol. 1, No. 1 - 48. London, 1859-1860. (i.e., October 1859 to September 1860.) 8vo. An extended run of 48 numbered issues bound in one volume. Individual issues in VERY GOOD condition, original boards, loose and shaken, spine replaced with crude tape. VERY RARE. Copac records only the British Library copy which contains only the first 10 issues [Ref: "Hameasef Breakthrough in Hebrew Periodi...
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1830-1861 Stunning Antebellum Autograph Album Featuring the Signatures of 262 American Senators and Congressmen, Including Many of Impressive Historical Significance

By: 262 Antebellum Senators and Congressmen From Across The Usa

Price: $3,995.00

Publisher: United States Legislature,

Inscription: Signed by Author

Seller ID: 0012000

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

On offer is an autograph album circa 1830-1861, coinciding with the 29th through 34th United States Congresses, which ran from 1845 to 1857. The autographs contained within include 262 United States Senators and Congressmen. The majority of the autographs do not have accompanying dates, however one signer dated their entry 1843 and another dated their entry 1850. This album provides a quintessential glimpse into Antebellum Period US politics. It is clear to see, from the signatures and accompanying notation of the state from which each signer hails (some also note their home towns) , that the ...
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RARE WEST TO EAST TO WEST COAST TRAVEL DIARY BY JO AND HER THREE SISTERS

By: A YOUNG VICTORIAN GIRL - JO

Price: $1,285.99

Publisher: On The Road America USA, : 1908

Seller ID: 000011b

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+ with no dust jacket

On offer is a really wonderful diary of a young Victorian woman during the year of 1908 as she travels aboard a train from the West to the East coast and then back to the West coast again. As the diary starts out she is leaving her home in California on January 7th and spends most of 1908 traveling with her three sisters and parents. In fact Jo does most of the writing but there are also many times when her sisters write. Jo gets sick at one point then the sisters take over writing and they talk about family being sick and some are quarantined. Her entries are descriptively written telling all...
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1937-1941 Diary of an Unremarkable American Housewife Living and Travelling in Pre-War America, Maintaining an Awareness of Remarkable Global Events

By: Addie E Bowden Podransik

Price: $759.99

Publisher: Chicago, Illinois, Brookfield, New Hampshire, : 1937-1941

Seller ID: 0011001

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

Manuscripts; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 365 pages; On offer is a fine 5-year diary written by a woman in the years leading up to America's entry into WWII. The author is Addie E. Podransik. She was born in 1876 in Illinois and married Wallace Wilson Robinson on October 28, 1903 in Chicago. They had one child together. She later married Joseph Nikolaus Podransik. They had no additional children. Addie passed away in 1951 at the age of 75, and was buried in Brookfield, New Hampshire. Informal research has discovered no additional biographical information about Mrs. Podransik. Her diary is writte...
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1920-1928 Diaries of Boston University Superintendent, Describing the University?s Massive Expansion While Maintaining an Active Personal Life in Melrose, Massachusetts

By: Albert E. Kingsley Jr.

Price: $4,075.99

Publisher: Boston, Melrose, Massachusetts,

Inscription: Signed by Author

Seller ID: 0010299

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

On offer is a fine collection of seven diaries of a superintendent at Boston University, an American university listed today as one of 53 "international powerhouse" institutions. Albert E. Kingsley Jr. Was Buildings Superintendent at Boston University (BU) when it began its drive to create a major new campus centered along the Charles River. Lemuel Herbert Murlin, BU?s president, dreamt of a University in the heart of the city. In 1920, BU purchased a large tract of land between the Charles River and Commonwealth Avenue, hoping to unite on a permanent campus the colleges and schools scattered ...
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1859 - 1860 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL WITH DETAILED ENTRIES ON THE LOCAL HISTORY, POLITICS - INCLUDING THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE'S PRO SLAVERY STANCE - AND PRE CIVIL WAR BACKGROUND OF A SAD, FAILED, UNHAPPY MAN WHO WANTS SO MUCH MORE

By: ALBERT M. MEAD

Price: $2,855.99

Publisher: LAWRENCE MASSACHUSETTS ESSEX COUNTY, : 1859

Seller ID: 0001353

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+

On offer is a super relic of pre Civil War Americana that collector and historians will appreciate on a number of levels: a mere six years after incorporation of Lawrence he writes detailed descriptions of local events, names recorded of visitors and then his own life experience: a young, deeply introspective man whose life is one of failure and illness, injury and desire. The 188 hand-numbered pages are handwritten by Albert M Mead of Lawrence Massachusetts a 20 year old whose large 10.25 x 7.5 inch journal is densely written and covers the period of January 1859 through 1860. Albert starts r...
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1938-1942 Diary of Alese Axson of St. Matthews, South Carolina

By: Alese Axson

Price: $935.00

Publisher: St. Matthews, SC, : 1938

Seller ID: 0010051

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

This is the 1938 to 1942 diary of Alese Axson, an 18-year-old woman living in South Carolina during the final years of the Great Depression and the beginning of World War II. Leila Alese Axson was born in 1919 and spent her whole life in or around St. Matthews, South Carolina, where she had an extensive family network. Throughout the diary, Axson makes many references to Jacob Samuel Stabler, Jr. ? ?J. S. , ? ? who she would eventually marry. Axson?s entries suggest that at the time of writing she is working as a secretary or clerk in a local office that deals with mortgages and grants, among ...
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IMAGINARY INTERVIEWS

By: ANDRE GIDE

Price: $675.99

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf : 1944

Edition: First American Edition

Inscription: Signed by Author

Seller ID: 000606

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+ in Good dust jacket

Super copy, of Gide's comments and observations of France immediately after the country's fall to the German Army. Unclipped, would be very fine save for the lightest of pencil notes in a small area at the rear endpapers. D/j is the lesser with some chipping to the extremities but professionally under mylar now. Scarce title with scarcer autograph. Translated by Malcolm Cowley. Signed on first title page by the author.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; LITERATURE, DRAMA, PROSE, FRENCH, FRANCE, GIDE, NOBEL PRIZE, CAMUS, SARTRE, AUTOBIOGRAPHY, NON FICTION, BIOGRAPHY, AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL, AUTOGRA...
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Diary of an Early 20th Century Female Teacher Experiencing Loss Due to Typhoid Fever, Working, and Travelling in Rural America

By: Anna Sophia Musser

Price: $489.99

Publisher: Lancaster County, Pennsylvania PA, Lancaster, Paoli, Middlesex County, MA : 1900s

Seller ID: 0011002

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

On offer is a fine diary written by a young woman in Lancaster County, PA in the early 20th century. The author of the diary of Anna Sophia Musser. She was born in Lancaster County, PA, likely in the village of Robertstown. At some point she married a man named Ashton and moved to Middlesex County, MA, where she passed away in 1953. Informal research has not turned up any additional biographical information about Musser. The diary opens on a sad note: "The family was around all day and a very sad New Years for us as our sister was lying dead and we couldn't realize it was New Years. Friend...
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1870 EUROPEAN TRAVEL DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY ANNIE F. TOWLE

By: ANNIE F. TOWLE

Price: $959.99

Publisher: SS WISCONSIN, : 1870

Seller ID: 00009b

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+

Wonderful antique travel journal / diary commences July 1870 through June 1871. Travels around Europe. Set sail from USA to England aboard the Steamer Wisconsin. This Journal was written by 37 years old Annie F. Towle while she was living and traveling in Europe. She is a very observant person and writes vivid descriptions. She also includes a small variety of plant samples gathered along her travels. This journal, written in mostly black ink, is a wonderful glimpse into the past from a gifted observer. A RARE 8.5" x 7" Journal of 100 plus pages. ; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾&#...
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1954-1958 Fascinating Diary of Ardis J. Barbee, Wife of Cecil Barbee, Los Angeles Coca-Cola Executive VP, Living the High Life in Post-War California

By: Ardis J. Barbee, Wife To Cecil R. Barbee

Price: $3,580.00

Publisher: Los Angeles, Coca-Cola Franchisee, Los Angeles, California : 1954-1958

Seller ID: 0011012

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

On offer is a wonderful 5 year diary kept by the wife of the Executive Vice-President of one of America's iconic corporations, Coca-Cola. The diary covers the years 1954 through 1958. The author of this diary is Ardis J. Barbee. She was born in 1907. Her adult life was spent in California, where she lived in Beverly Hills. She passed away in 1996 at the age of 89. She was 47 when she began this diary. Although her full name is not inscribed in the book, context clues confirm irrefutably that she is the author. Ardis Barbee married Cecil R. Barbee in 1949. He was born in Manhattan in 1889. At s...
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Early 1900s Original Scrapbook Compiled by a Young Man Who Would Become One of Americas Leading Theologians

By: Bernard Eugene Meland

Price: $1,155.99

Publisher: Illinois, United States, : N.D.

Seller ID: 0010035

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

On offer is a wonderful early-20th-century scrapbook assembled by Bernard Eugene Meland, one of Americas leading theologians. This scrapbook dates from Melands early life. It includes many notes, mementos, and keepsakes, as well as letters that he obviously felt were important to him. Many items relate to music, such as news articles about the Italian operatic tenor Enrico Caruso, pictures of notable music performers, and programs from various musical events such as the Calumet Conservatory of Music and Dramatic Art. In one program, Meland headlines as a baritone. Other pages in the scrapbook...
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1905 Original Handwritten Diary by a Vermont Student Who Would Become the Matriarch of a Multigenerational British Columbia Lumber Dynasty

By: Bessie Townsend

Price: $590.95

Publisher: Ludlow, Vermont, : 1905

Seller ID: 0010016

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

On offer is a fine diary by Bessie Townsend, a young high school student turned teacher working at the turn of the 20th century in rural Vermont. Bessie Townsend kept this diary throughout 1905. At the time of writing, she was completing high school at the Black River Academy located in Ludlow, Vermont, and embarking on a teaching career. The diary contains numerous short daily entries that describe life on the farm and at school: "About 30 pupils in school. Everyone has German measles" (March 20). "Went to school. My eyes are bloodshot and my face [rough?] and I don't feel well. Hope I shant ...
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1920s ORIGINAL ARCHIVE OF THREE [3] HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS DETAILING THE DEMISE OF ANCIENT PERSIA AND MARKING THE BIRTH OF MODERN IRAN CREATED BY A FUTURE AUTHOR AND RENOWNED EXPERT ON IRAN AND IRAQ

By: C.J. [Cecil James] EDMONDS (?)

Price: $22,995.99

Publisher: PERSIA IRAN, : 1920

Seller ID: NNMV718N

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

On offer is an absolutely sensational, original set of three [3] historic photo albums, circa 1920 with one album identified specifically as 'October 11-29, 1920'. This is an outstanding, irreplaceable, one of a kind, collection of approximately 158 period photographs, each about 2-1/2 x 1-1/2 inches, wherein the photos include: Uman, summit of Latakuh Pass, the Gilan jungle, Lahijan, a super photo of a sailing barge on the Chamkhaleh, scenes around the Caspian, gypsies, a Ford vehicle stuck in a pond, a mosque in Kasvin, the Shah's Palace in Tehran, scenes of Baghdad, the bringing in of Bolsh...
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1946-1957 Original Handwritten Journal with ephemera by a US Navy Chaplain Serving in Asia and the Pacific after World War Two

By: Calvin H. Elliott

Price: $759.99

Publisher: UNITED STATES; MARSHALL ISLANDS; GUAM; SHANGHAI, : 1946

Seller ID: 0010002

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: good

On offer is a fine hardcover notebook written by a United States Navy chaplain following World War Two. Included as well are a number of pieces of ephemera and legal documents, such as marriage licenses, an invitation to the wedding of the daughter of a US Navy Admiral, and various newspaper clippings. The author of the volume is Reverend Calvin H. Elliott, an Episcopalian minister and US Navy chaplain who served immediately after WWII. Not only does this detailed notebook provide insight into the thoughts of this Navy chaplain and his worldview, it also offers concrete and valuable geneal...
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1920s Syracuse, NY Medical Student's Physiology Notes, Demonstrates Massive Contrast between Medical Knowledge of the 1920s Vs Today

By: Carleton K. Little

Price: $389.99

Publisher: Syracuse New York NY, Syracuse University, State University Medical School : 1920s

Inscription: Signed by Author

Seller ID: 0011018

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good+

On offer is a very thorough medical notebook dating to the 1920s in America. Measuring 10 inches by 8 inches, this book contains 300 pages and is 100% complete. The book is in overall good condition. The hard covers show a few signs of wear but otherwise are solid and intact. The binding is solid and all pages are in good condition. The handwriting is legible. The book is a student notebook. It belonged to Carleton K. Little of Syracuse, NY and was used by him to take notes in a Physiology course offered at State University Medical School. Our informal research has not been able to find any ad...
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1952 Original Handwritten Diary Account of an American Army Mp Who Witnesses the Bloody May Day Riots in Japan and Serves in the Korean War

By: Charles A. White

Price: $1,785.99

Publisher: St. Louis, Missouri; Japan; Korea, : 1952

Seller ID: 0010018

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

On offer is a small diary where young American Army MP Charles A. White recorded his experiences in Korea during the war. White was from St. Louis, Missouri. He enlisted in the United States army in 1948 and served in the 95th Military Police Battalion. This battalion was the largest, most geographically dispersed military police battalion in the United States Army. The unit fell under the command of the 18th Military Police Brigade. The 95th was activated in June 1945 in Germany and operated until its inactivation in June 2014. It served in post-war Germany, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, I...
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1943-1944 Diary of a Drafted Seabees Serviceman from Pennsylvania Who Served in Port Hueneme and Fiji While Recording Daily Routines and Significant Moments of War

By: Charles B. Litz

Price: $1,255.99

Publisher: New Kensington, Pennsylvania, Fiji, Port Hueneme, California, Camp Peary,

Inscription: Signed by Author

Seller ID: 0011137

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

On offer is a first-hand account of Charles B. Litz, a U. S. Serviceman in the Seabees, which was to become one of the most ubiquitous US Navy formations in World War Two (WWII). Litz was born in 1918 in New Kensington, Pennsylvania. Following service in WWII, he returned to New Kensington where he resided the rest of his life. He passed away in 2004 at the age of 89.His diary begins Sept 4, 1943. Actually, the SEP is crossed out and overwritten with OCT. He is leaving home having been drafted. Several days later he reports to Camp Peary in Virginia to begin his induction. He has been detailed...
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1943-1944 Diary of a Drafted Seabees Serviceman from Pennsylvania Who Served in Port Hueneme and Fiji While Recording Daily Routines and Significant Moments of War

By: Charles B. Litz

Price: $1,255.99

Publisher: New Kensington, Pennsylvania, Fiji, Port Hueneme, California, Camp Peary,

Inscription: Signed by Author

Seller ID: 0011139

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

On offer is a first-hand account of Charles B. Litz, a U. S. Serviceman in the Seabees, which was to become one of the most ubiquitous US Navy formations in World War Two (WWII). Litz was born in 1918 in New Kensington, Pennsylvania. Following service in WWII, he returned to New Kensington where he resided the rest of his life. He passed away in 2004 at the age of 89.His diary begins Sept 4, 1943. Actually, the SEP is crossed out and overwritten with OCT. He is leaving home having been drafted. Several days later he reports to Camp Peary in Virginia to begin his induction. He has been detailed...
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Original Handwritten 1874 Diary Detailing Life in a Small Frontier Town in the American West

By: Charles Blodgett Waggoner

Price: $459.99

Publisher: Marshall, Oklahoma, : 1874

Seller ID: 0010039

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fair with no dust jacket

On offer is a fascinating glimpse into the world of the mid-19th-century American West. The author of this diary is Charles Blodgett Waggoner. He was born in 1849 in what later became Logan County, Oklahoma, and lived in the small community of Marshall, OK. Waggoner passed away in 1929 at the age of 79. He was 24 when he began this diary. Waggoner worked around town as a handyman. His diary details his daily activities, people he interacts with, and various jobs he works on. "Nice day. Cool. Worked on Sumers Drug Store all day. Went home at night and Sis & Peter & children had come. Stayed at ...
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Binding: Hardcover