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Price: $5,285.99
Publisher: PHILADELPHIA PENNSYLVANIA PA, 1932
Seller ID: 0001553
Condition: Very Good
On offer is an amazing archive of three [3] original manuscript diaries [1932, 1934 and 1935] handwritten by Sidney Irving Brody, future medical doctor, Naval Captain, flight surgeon and the first commanding officer at the Naval Hospital at Quonset Point. Sidney was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [Extensive biographic notes follow the description.] The first diary was written during his senior year at Northeast High School where he was an excellent student. The other two diaries were written while he was attending the University of Pennsylvania with the latter written during the author's ... View more info
Price: $2,549.99
Publisher: Eugene, Oregon OR, 1936
Seller ID: 000111
Condition: Very Good
On offer is a very substantial 40 diary archive lot written by Ray and Rosa Brown. They lived in Eugene, Oregon. 27 of the diaries are written by Rosa. Starting in 1936 to 1963. Great shape, easy to read writing, 24 of them are full. 1943 is half full, and the 1944 and '45 only have one line or two in the whole diary. She explains this in the 1943 diary by saying: "August 13, 1943, I've really tried desperately to be myself, again but....three weeks have gone by & I still can't be interested in anything - It's no use - I give up - so to this diary, I write FINIS." She picks up the pen... View more info
Price: $489.99
Publisher: Akron, Ohio OH, 1957
Seller ID: 000052
Condition: Good+
Burton, Walter A. [Ervin], late of Akron, Ohio (d.1995). Nine handwritten diaries detailing the life and work of this inventor/photographer/tech writer from 1957 through 1987, Akron, Ohio. Front joints of two volumes split o/w in very good condition. each 6" x 3.5". All 9 diaries have full-page entries for each day of the year, written legibly in ink: 1957, 1960-62, 1982, 1984-87. The first diary, when Walter Burton is 53 years old, sets the tone. Burton is a technical writer, photographer and inventor who works at home creating and/or researching mechanical projects and writing them u... View more info
By: C. J. Creedon
Price: $595.99
Publisher: TORONTO ONTARIO ON CANADA, 1956
Seller ID: 0001217
Condition: Very Good
On offer is an original manuscript 1956 business date book and journal of oil salesman C. J. Creedon of Toronto, Ontario. Mr. Creedon details the oil industry using his journal for notes regarding his clients, their purchases, new industry information, notes on client problems and solutions etc. Mr. Creedon's day book will require some archaeological type digging as his book is a huge hodge-podge of information, appointments, sales figures, salesman's expenses etc. but Creedon's humanity is nonetheless on display with the odd personal an poignant note like 'Granny died!' and then 'Granny's Fun... View more info
By: C.H. MCCALLUM
Price: $2,595.99
Publisher: BETTISFIELD PARK CAMP SHROPSHIRE ENGLAND, 1918
Seller ID: 0001919
Condition: Very Good
On offer is an excellent, well filled, original 1918 World War I manuscript diary handwritten by British Army Officer C.H. McCallum [while not specified directly in the book other related items in the original archive clearly identify the author] who, we learn from his service record in the diary spent the whole of 1918 in Britain where he was in command of the 568th HSE, Home Service Employment Company, part of the Labour Corps, at Bettisfield Park Camp in Flintshire (although the diarist himself records Bettisfield as being in Shropshire). We also learn that he was on active service in Franc... View more info
By: C.H. MCCALLUM
Price: $3,495.99
Publisher: INDIA ASIAN SUBCONTINENT, 1929
Seller ID: 0001924
Condition: Good+
On offer is a super, original manuscript relic and modest archive of ephemera of the British Army presence on the Asian Sub Continent and India specifically. Handwritten and compiled by Colonel C.H. McCallum of the Highland Light Infantry. The group includes a well-filled 1929 diary in which McCallum who had just assumed command of the 2nd Battalion Highland Light Infantry; a hunting 'Game Book' with entries for Scotland and India; a 1960 military journal featuring McCallum's obituary; 1950s passport for McCallum; four photographs of McCallum with family members. The diary covers in great deta... View more info
Price: $2,055.99
Publisher: ST. JOHNS NEWFOUNDLAND LABRADOR, 1921
Seller ID: 0002243
Condition: Good+
On offer is a super, original 1921 - 1922 manuscript diary handwritten by a young Salvation Army cadet named C.F.P. Campbell, undoubtedly a man, who was born July 2nd 1900. The 4 x 6 inch book dated January 30th, 1921 through May 20th, 1922 is filled with over 250 pages of daily entries and narrative detailing the life and works of a street level 'Sally Ann' soldier helping poor families, traveling about the region saving souls, collecting donations, maintaining meeting places, adverse weather conditions, illness, receiving mail from home, eating salmon, cod and seal, dealing with Eskimos, etc... View more info
Price: $3,255.99
Publisher: ABOARD THE USTS ENTERPRISE, 1901
Seller ID: 0002356
Condition: Good
On offer is a super, original, manuscript relic of US Naval history being a log book of one young, 17 year old cadet's nautical training and experience on the "United States Training Ship 'Enterprise' Cadets Log Book Louis G. Ruggles" as stated in his hand. [Casual research finds That Cadet Ruggles was born Jan. 21, 1884, died Jun. 24, 1972 and served his country as an Ensign US navy during WWI.] The 60 page 8 3/8" x 13 5/8" logbook of the Barque-Rigged Screw Sloop's voyage is dated June 1, 1901 to October 21, 1901. During that time they visited ports in Scotland, Copenhagen De... View more info
Price: $759.99
Publisher: UNITED STATES; MARSHALL ISLANDS; GUAM; SHANGHAI, 1946
Seller ID: 0010002
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... View more info
Price: $4,455.99
Publisher: LONDON ENGLAND GREAT BRITAIN UK, 1941
Seller ID: 0002397
Condition: Good
On offer is a super, very interesting, historic, original World War II manuscript diary handwritten by American physicist Capt. Louis McKeehan, (1887-1975) head of the Mine Warfare Branch of the Bureau of Ordnance, Director of the Physics Laboratories Yale among other noted positions. The diary is comprised of 37 pages of entries originally in a smallish flip style notebook now mounted four to a page on paper. The diary is a significant record beginning March 10, 1941 through to May 25, 1941 detailing his hazardous travels to England and a record of his important meetings and appointments and ... View more info
Price: $2,455.99
Publisher: HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA to BRAZIL & CARIBBEAN, 1901
Seller ID: 0009155
Condition: Good+
On offer is a curious and original manuscript relic of ocean going commerce, being the log book of an ill fated vessel called the Schooner "Kipling" whose commander, Captain Angus Richards details a journey from Halifax to Pernambuco Brazil in 1901-1902. The 175 page or so handwritten log is in many ways typical of sea faring logs kept since the age of sail. There are included within the pages a detailed weather conditions, ship position, cargo information, stray observations and condition reports. The log begins “From La Have towards Halifax” on the 27th of February, 1901. Next th... View more info
Price: $1,455.99
Publisher: ABOARD THE BARGE ALICE, 1905
Seller ID: 0001978
Condition: Good
On offer is a fascinating, original 1905 ship's log book of approximately 160 pages handwritten in pencil by Captain C.H. Bacon of the Barge "Alice." His loads are coal which he delivers to Hartford, Naubuc, Middletown Asylum, Rocky Hill, &c. By 1906, he is taking on water pipe at Elizabeth Port and Port Reading, then delivering it to Newport, Providence, and New London. In October, he goes back to hauling coal from New Jersey ports to Hartford, Middletown, Naubuc and Pawtucket. Laying up is delayed until Jan. 3, 1907, and the work resumes in March, &c., &c. Capt. Bacon hailed from Mid... View more info
Price: $4,595.99
Publisher: NORD FRANCE, FLANDERS YPRES LYS, BELIGUM, 1918
Seller ID: 0009036
Condition: Good
On offer is the exemplary and fascinating wartime diary of Lieutenant Charles Sanderson of the Machine Gun Corps of the British Army. The diary covers the entire year of 1918, the last of World War 1. Kept against orders, it is very rare to find such a detailed diary outside the archives of the Imperial War Museum or regimental collections. Sanderson notes all the place names and identifies brigades so that it is possible to follow in detail the final stages of the war. In the beginning of the diary, Sanderson is in Amiens, France. "Wednesday January 1918. Went into Amiens by Lorry from D.... View more info
By: CAPTAIN ELBERT EMERSON STICKELS
Price: $945.99
Publisher: Onnam-ni, Ansong, Suwon North Korea Oregon Salinas, 1951
Seller ID: 000533
Condition: Very Good
On offer is a very interesting and enigmatic diary of the Korean Conflict and the effect of war on a man. The author, Captain Elbert Emerson Stickel, begins writing January 31, 1951. He is fastidious in his keeping of this journal - he fills in the personal record info even listing the serial number of both his watches, his pistol and his rifle. He writes in tiny - very legible - capital letters in most of the book. Capt. Stickels is a man in flux - mental and physical and almost certainly more. He writes of zero moral, dank, dark quarters, frequent evacuations and sending men to scrounge for ... View more info
By: CAPTAIN FRANCIS COGSWELL, USN
Price: $5,855.99
Publisher: USS MCDOUGAL USS CHANDLER, 1919
Seller ID: 0001525
Condition: Good+
On offer is the original post-World War I era manuscript 5-year diary of the much noted and decorated United States Navy Captain Francis Cogswell, Commander of the USS McDOUGAL in the early part of the narrative and then on September 25, 1919 he assumed command of the USS CHANDLER. He remained Commander of the USS Chandler until November 28, 1922. Then in 1923, the last year of these diaries, he and his wife bought a house in Dehlgreen, VA. A detailed biography follows. [It should also be noted that he was married to Foreign Service Agent and CIA operative, Grace Phillips Cogswell, whose diar... View more info
By: CAPTAIN G.P.D. PEASE, ROYAL MARINE
Price: $2,485.99
Publisher: ABOARD THE HMS HERMES, 1939
Seller ID: 0002008
Condition: Good
On offer is a sensational 1939 to 1940 manuscript relic of Britain's naval war with Germany at the immediate outset of World War II being an original diary handwritten by Captain G.P.D. Pease, Royal Marine aboard the ill-fated HMS Hermes. The diary begins October 7th a mere month after the declarations of war between England and Germany 1939 with sporadic entries from October until mid-December and then another long entry in June of 1940 covering 19 folio sized 8" x 13" pages. [Two later pages have damage as if glued pictures were removed with some small loss but not terrible.] The shi... View more info
By: CAPTAIN JAMES MARTYN EAVES
Price: $9,250.99
Publisher: AMIENS MEURILLON ESTAIRES SOMME FRANCE BELGIUM, 1914
Seller ID: 0001159
Condition: Very Good
On offer is a sensational, archive of handwritten diaries, essays, ephemera and letters relating to the service in World War I of Captain James Martyn Eaves, [R.]A.S.C. [(Royal) Army Service Corps] and later the D.A.Q.M.G. [Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General] of the 19th [Western] Division covering just prior to his service and that service from 1914 - 1921 at the Western Front and in post-war Occupation Europe. This is an absolutely remarkable archive of depth and breadth. Captain Eaves has left an amazing achievement of primary content regarding 'The Great War'. The diaries are containe... View more info
By: CAPTAIN JOHN HENRY HUBLEY, L.H. DICKS
Price: $4,455.99
Publisher: PORT OF SYDNEY CAPE BRETON ISLAND SHEDIAC LEVIS, 1911
Seller ID: 0002299
Condition: Good+
On offer is a sensational, original archive of journals [3], official Deck logs [3], 100+ letters of correspondence plus ephemera both personal and marine related including lists of passengers, personnel, letters of recommendation, letters from passengers etc. all handwritten or compiled by Captain John Henry Hubley born in 1884, a seasoned ship's master by the age of 20 no doubt having gained experience from his father who was also a ship's Captain. The group will provide a treasure trove for historians and researchers of Canadian steamship history and Canadian Government merchant marine comm... View more info
By: Carl and Edna M. Berg [nee Parkins]
Price: $885.99
Publisher: Roscoe, Pennsylvania, 1921
Seller ID: 00004c
Condition: Good+
On offer is an enchanting diary written in 1921 by a young woman named Edna M. (Parkins) Berg of Roscoe, Pennsylvania. Edna married Carl Berg on October 13, 1920. So, at the time of writing this diary she and Carl were still newlyweds and very much in love. Uniquely, this diary is written by both Edna and Carl. Carl would sometimes jot a little love note to Edna in her diary and on days Edna wasn't feeling well he recorded their daily activities. Very full, approximately 95% filled with entries judging by their activities I'd have to guess they were in their early twenties. Edna recorded her b... View more info
Price: $4,255.99
Publisher: AT SEA, 1909
Seller ID: 0009189
Condition: Good+
On offer is a super 2-volume diary of a young boy who would go on to play a leading role in one of the largest naval battles in World War II. Written in a very legible hand, the diary of 14 year old Carlos Wilhelm Wieber (later Rear Admiral Wieber), is a detailed, 113-page description of a 1909 cruise with his parents from Manila to Europe via Japan, China, southeast Asia and the Middle East. It is an utterly fascinating read too as this is an unusual glimpse into the early life of one who would 34 years later, return to Philippine waters as commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Essex... View more info
