Binding: Original Wraps

Haggadah Shel Pesach : PASSOVER HAGGADAH WITH COMMENTARY OF RABBI SHABBTAI COHEN

Price: $199.99

Publisher: Warsaw, Poland, : 1870

Seller ID: 000453

Condition: Poor

1870 Warsaw HAGGADAH. Rare. No copies in American auction records. Last similar book was 1868 Warsaw Haggadah sold in 1982. The Book: Haggadah Shel Pesach, Warsaw, 1870. 8vo. One must be more forgiving of the condition of Haggadot than other books. This is a very worn copy with 1/2 loss to rear board, partial loss to last leaf, partial loss to upper title, some fraying. However, it is a still a nice rare example of a Polish 19th century Haggadah. ; Hebrew, Judaica; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; Bible Studies, Bible, Genesis, Hassidic, Hassidim, Chassidic, Judaism, Jewish, Judaica, Israel,...
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Shoshanat Ha-Amakim : COMPOSED BY THE GREAT RABBI OF THE HOLY CITY OF SAFED IN ISRAEL, THE GREAT PUPIL OF THE RABBI YOSEF CARO

By: Alsheich, Moshe

Price: $349.99

Publisher: Offenbach, Zeligman-Reiss : 1717

Seller ID: 000449

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Fair

Original Printing in 1717. RARE AND IMPORTANT BOOK COMPOSED BY THE GREAT RABBI OF THE HOLY CITY OF SAFED IN ISRAEL, THE GREAT PUPIL OF THE RABBI YOSEF CARO. OVER 288 YEARS Old. The Book: Alsheich, Moshe. Shoshanat Ha-Amakim. Offenbach, Zeligman-Reiss, 1717. Folio. Title page torn with some loss, early original boards. Several Rabbis signatures. Alshich Hakadosh (1508-1593). Popularly referred to by his family name, and an individual whose great holiness is reflected by the title "Hakadosh" (the holy) which history has appended to his name, Rabbi Moshe Alshich was one of the leading mem...
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1917 HAND WRITTEN MANUSCRIPT ADIRONDACK VACATION AND HUNTING TRIP DIARY OF MRS. A.L. (FRANCES) CRANE

By: CRANE, MRS. A. L. (FRANCES)

Price: $549.99

Publisher: New York State, : 1917

Seller ID: 000065

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Good+

1917 Adirondack vacation and hunting trip travel diary of Mrs A. L. Crane, starting Sept. 27th from Afton and by way of a train in Utica making way to Beaver River. It appears our writer is the new Mrs. Crane as she refers to one of the large suitcases having a "Just Married" sign attached. (Turns out she is a joker as since I listed this diary I have discovered her 1901 travel diary with mention of the same husband!!) There seem to be a fair number of people in her party. She frequently mentions that the 'men' have all gone off and done this or done that. Mention of hunting and the tr...
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c1790 CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH COVENANT OF FAITH AND STATEMENT OF MISSION

By: ELIJAH & SALLY HOUGHTON, WILLINGTON, PIPER, LAWRANCE et al.

Price: $425.99

Publisher: ASHBY MASSACHUSETTS MA MIDDLESEX COUNTY, : 1790

Seller ID: 0001004

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Very Good

On offer is an original circa 1790-1800 handwritten manuscript of Congregational Covenant from the Church in the Town of Ashby in the County of Middlesex, Massachusetts being a 'mission statement' and statement of faith. Ten pages, hand written. 6 x 4 inches in original plain paper covers, sewn spine. Members attesting to the covenant have signed as follows: Elijah & Sally Houghton; Slyva Willington; Rhoda Piper; Lois & Musy Lawrance; Elizabeth Gates; Hannah Cowdry; Abraham Haskell, Jr. VG. ; 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall; RELIGION, CONGREGATION, FAITH, HANDWRITTEN, MANUSCRIPT, DOCUMENT, L...
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1870 + 1890-1903 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF LIFE AND TIMES & STAGE - STEAM - TRAIN TRAVELS DIARY

By: Hannah Blackburn

Price: $985.99

Publisher: New Waterford, Ohio OH / Columbiana Co., : 1870

Seller ID: 000496

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Good

On offer are two diaries originally belonging to Hannah Blackburn of New Waterford, Columbiana Co., Ohio. The earliest diary representing the year 1871 does not have her name in it but the second diary, representing the year 1890-1903 does have her name. The writing is very much the same in both diaries. The 1871 diary has 40 leaves both sides have long handwritten entries so therefore you actually get 80 pages of diary entries. The later diary has 24 leaves (both sides) or 48 pages. The earliest diary is actually more of a day to day journal starts on March 11th, 1871 and ends March of 1872, ...
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1939 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF AN ENGLISH SCHOOLBOY - SCOUT, INTERPRETER, CYCLIST, HANDYMAN, ENTERTAINER, MISSIONARY, PLUMBER, ARTIST, AMBULANCE, READER, MUSICIAN, CIVIL DEFENCE AND PUBLIC HEALTH MAN AS THE WAR IN EUROPE HAS BEGUN

By: J.T. McNICOL

Price: $885.99

Publisher: ENGLAND, : 1939

Seller ID: 000845

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Good

On offer is a sensational schoolboy's record of a momentous period of history September 11th 1939 through April 10, 1940. Handwritten in a nature study record book our young author, J. T. McNicol, begins his diary relating his strengths and accomplishments to date: interpreter, cyclist, handyman, cook, camper, National Service in Civil Defence, entertainer, musician, missioner, plumber, ambulance, artist, reader and Public Health man. Each day si a detailed record of Mr. McNicol's daily doings from home, school and extra curricular activities. This is fascinating diary given it begins in almos...
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1912 AND 1914 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL NEAR OSWEGO NEW YORK

By: JENNIE I. LEE

Price: $749.99

Publisher: Oswego, New York USA, : 1914

Seller ID: 000070

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

This is the handwritten personal diary of a young girl named Jennie I. Lee who was most likely in her mid-teens when she wrote in 1912 and 1914. The diary was a Christmas present to her from Mary Gardner. Jennie lived in upstate New York near Oswego. Other towns mentioned in her diary are Belleville, Sandy Creek, Woodville, Adams, Old Forge, and Watertown. She wrote pretty consistently in her diary from New Year's Day 1912 until early June of that year. She skipped 1913, and picked up again on January 1, 1914, writing just about every day until January 27th when she ran out of pages. Jennie'...
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THE NAIVE AND SENTIMENTAL LOVER

By: John Le Carre

Price: $589.99

Publisher: London, Hodder and Stoughton : 1971

Edition: Uncorrected Proof

Seller ID: 000706

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Good

Uncorrected proof copy, very scarce as such, of Le Carre's first novel departing from his famed espionage novels. The original cover is in somewhat poorer shape than the interior pages but overall good.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; NOVEL, SPY, SPYCRAFT, MYSTERY, LE CARRE, UNCORRECTED PROOF, ESPIONAGE, ROMANCE, FICTION, LITERATURE,
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CHRIST IN THE GARDEN [BY THE AUTHOR OF 'PEEP OF DAY' Etc.]

By: Mortimer, Favell Lee

Price: $44.99

Publisher: NEW YORK, Sunday School Union : 1878

Seller ID: 000685

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Undated save for a light pencil notation 'March 1878' this was a presentation copy from the greentown Sunday School. Fair condition with chips and rubbing and pencil marks inside etc. but not without its charm.; 48mo - over 3" - 4" tall; RELIGION, CHRIST, CATHOLIC, BAPTIST, CHRISTIAN, CHRISTIANITY, JESUS CHRIST, DEVOTION, PRAYER,
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1921 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY LEAVING SOUTH DAKOTA ACROSS COUNTRY BACK EAST TO WASHINGTON DC AND NORTH CAROLINA

By: MR. AND MRS. ODEAN HAREID

Price: $885.99

Publisher: SIoux Falls, South Dakota SD, : 1921

Seller ID: 000532

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Fair

On offer is an interesting 1921 travel diary commencing July 2, 1921 from Sioux Falls South Dakota east to Washington DC and as far south as North Carolina. Inscribed on the inside front cover are names and address of the author being the 'mrs' of Mr. and Mrs. Odean Hareid. It appears they are traveling in a convoy that includes the Grothe car and the Judges' car. Mrs H. is a super diarist detailing the legs of the journey, stops along the way, camp grounds, problems; '2 min. outside of Valparaiso on Yellow Stone Trail - making a sharp turn our car struck a telephone post broke a wheel to pie...
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c1830 ARCHIVE OF THREE [3] HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT LEDGERS DETAILING THE ECONOMY AND COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS OF LORD TORPHICHEN

By: ROBERT SANDILANDS, 11th LORD TORPHICHEN

Price: $355.99

Publisher: : 1830

Seller ID: 0001006

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Good

On offer a small archive of three [3] handwritten manuscript ledgers regarding the expenses and costs related to Robert Sandilands, 11th Lord Torphichen (1807-1869) and his estate. The Torphichen line dates back since 1546 and is well known of the Scottish peerage. General ageing and soiling and folds but otherwise G.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; Scotland, Peerage, Peers, regiment of Foot, Connaught, Ephemera, Hand Written, Personal, Americana, Memoir, Handwritten, autograph, autographs, signed, letters, document, documents, manuscript, manuscripts, writers, writer, author,...
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1934 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT INSTRUCTION MANUAL IN THE ART OF FENCING USING THE FOIL, SABRE AND EPEE

By: SERJEANT T. WELLS, 1st BATTALION OXFORDSHIRE & BUCKINGHAMSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY

Price: $2,259.99

Publisher: Borden, Hants, Hampshire, England, : 1934

Seller ID: 000530

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Good

On offer is a handwritten notebook-style instruction manual, as titled on the cover "Fencing Lessons Foil - Sabre - Epee". The inside front cover has a pastedown fully identifying the writer: "Serjeant T. Wells of the 1st BATTALION OXFORDSHIRE & BUCKINGHAMSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY. 19th Sept. to 13th Dec. 1934. Instructors Gartzen and Harkinson". An Index of the 67 page book shows that besides the lessons in the three sword types there are chapters on the Army Fencing Union, Pitches and Arenas and Bayonet Team Competitions. We are led to believe that this book is also a manual for t...
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1879 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF AN ENGLISH GENTLEMAN

By: UNIDENTIFIED

Price: $685.99

Publisher: ENGLAND, : 1879

Seller ID: 000843

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Good

On offer is an original handwritten 1879 diary. The unidentified author lived in England around the city of Brighton and it would seem was a member of high society. There are frequent mentions of parties and guests and he also mentions trips to Richmond and Winchester, hunting parties etc. The entries start on January 3rd and stop on April 9th. Local historians or collectors will appreciate the wealth of local notations and with newspaper clippings pasted to the pages including many weddings, births and other milestones including a visit by the Prince of Wales. Here are some snippets: 1879 ...
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ARCHIVE OF FOUR (4) HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARIES OF A KANSAS WOMAN

By: UNIDENTIFIED KANSAS WOMAN, DAUGHTER OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION

Price: $2,255.99

Publisher: Kansas City, Kansas, : 1913

Seller ID: 000068

Binding: Original Wraps

Condition: Very Good+ with no dust jacket

On offer four diaries, 1910-1913, written by an unidentified woman who lived in Kansas, close to Kansas City. She was a member of DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) took a train trip to California one year, to Washington DC another and to Boston as well. She seemed to be from a prominent and very political family and talks of family and friends and many social events. Here are some snippets: "DAR meeting at Mrs. Forbes in Potwin. I was one of the hostesses and took part in the program. Read from the life of Dolly Madison. Annual meeting of Colonial Dames at Mrs. Handy’s. 14 present...
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Binding: Original Wraps