Category: 19th Century Rare Book

1890 ORIGINAL HAND DRAWN SKETCHBOOK BY A RENOWNED WOOL MERCHANT AND ACCOMPLISHED LANDSCAPE ARTIST OF YORKSHIRE AND CENTRAL ENGLAND

Price: $1,455.99

Publisher: SMITH HOUSE LIGHTCLIFFE, HALIFASC, HALIFAX, : 1890

Seller ID: 0002193

Condition: Good

On offer is a super, original late Victorian Era 1890 - 1891 sketchbook with drawings and sketches by the amateur, but quite accomplished renowned wool merchant Charles M Dawson who has dated the book 1890 'Smith House Lightcliffe Halifasc [Halifax]Yorks'. Drawings include: The Old Port at Scarboro; Ilkley; Richmond; Tingley; Smith House; Walterclough; Grasmere Church; Bowness Church and many more. Approximately 35 pencil drawings in all. The 7.25 x 5.25 inch oblong sketchbook proper is quite weak in the binding and the spine cap is deteriorating but still all held together and overall G.; Man...
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1842 HANDWRITTEN CHANSONNIER - A ROMANTIC HOMAGE OF POETRY TO THIS SOLDIER'S LOVE

By: CLOMBE [?] - CARABINIER VAN DOO

Price: $895.99

Publisher: Quebec, Canada, : 1842

Seller ID: 000906

Condition: Good

On offer is a superb handwritten 'Chansonnier a Louise Monnier' dated 1842. The title page features a stunning graphic bearing the LM initials and a graphic with signature of who appears to be the author paying homage to Ms. Monnier- "Clombe [?] D'Orba Carabinier Van Doo" Beautiful calligraphy, a small number of hand drawn illustrations and a full 36 pages of French language composition. Excellent example of the art. Spine cap is missing, the hinges are cracked but otherwise G.; French; 9 X 6 OBLONG; CARABINIER, CHANSONNIER, POETRY, POET, ROMANCE, VAN DOOS, MANUSCRIPT, HANDWRITTEN, HAN...
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1860s ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL COVERING TWO DIFFERENT TIMES IN A VIRGINIA MAN’S LIFE, FIRST AS A STUDENT OF THE CLASSICAL SCHOLAR BASIL GILDERSLEEVE, THEN AS A PHYSICIAN MAKING HOUSE CALLS TO PATIENTS IN NEED

By: DR. HUGH R. GREEN

Price: $2,355.99

Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, FAUQUIER COUNTY, VA, : 1868

Seller ID: 0009122

Condition: Good

On offer is a notebook of fascinating ‘Greek Lectures’ taken at the University of Virginia in the mid-19th century. The student, and author of the book, is H. R. Green, M.D. and his teacher is Professor Basil Lanneau Gildersleeve, one of the greatest classical scholars the United States has ever produced. This lends the notes taken here a very interesting air, knowing they were given by an oft forgotten, but very notable Classics scholar (and Confederate soldier) of the Southern States. There are 9 lectures written within the book, taking up nearly 30 pages of writing. The lectures deal mostly...
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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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Churches and Views of Stroud and Neighborhood - WITH HANDWRITTEN NOTES BY LOCAL HISTORIANS

By: E. Hulbert and P.L. Smith

Price: $1,245.99

Publisher: STROUD GLOUCESTERSHIRE ENGLAND GREAT BRITAIN, Printed at the "News" Office, Stroud : 1889

Seller ID: 0001541

Condition: Very Good

On offer is `Churches and Views of Stroud and Neighborhood` an exceptional relic of Stroud, Gloucestershire, England's historical, architectural and religious buildings. This book contains numerous accounts of different churches and architectural styles used within but of exceptional importance to local researchers and historians are the many handwritten marginalia additions as well as a more concentrated and orderly section of handwritten notes at the end of the book by local writers and historians E. Hulbert and P.L. Smith. Also, it should be noted that many newspaper articles from the 1930'...
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1836 SCHREIB ALMANACK OF A GERMAN BUSINESSMAN WITH HIS HANDWRITTEN NOTES INCLUDING PAYABLES, RECEIVABLES, EXPENSES, CONTACTS AND PERSONAL WRITINGS

By: E.C. CONRAD WREDE

Price: $855.99

Publisher: BERLIN GERMANY, : 1836

Seller ID: 000960

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

On offer is an original handwritten 1836 German businessman's almanac, day book and diary by E. C. Conrad Wrede. Herr Wrede uses the book for a number of purposes as suggested by the manner of the notes. It appears to be counts and amounts of commercial transactions and a number of words like phosphates, transport, merinos [sheep] suggest Herr Wrede deals in any number of items. The book also contains names, addresses of commercial contacts and what appears to be his accounts receivables and payables. There are sections that suggest a list of things to remember, a page of plans and thoughts on...
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CYRANO DE BERGERAC - THE AUTHOR'S PERSONAL COPY OF THE 1898 1st ENGLISH EDITION SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY THE TRANSLATOR AND DATED BY ROSTAND

By: EDMOND ROSTAND

Price: $9,225.99

Publisher: London England, LAMSON, WOLFFE & CO. : 1898

Seller ID: 000927

Condition: Very Good

On offer is a true first English edition [1898] of Edmond Rostand's brilliant 'Cyrano de Bergerac' published by Lamson, Wollfe, London. This book is from the library of Edmond Rostand, signed & inscribed to him in French by the translator Howard Thayer Kingsbury. Extraordinary opportunity to own this rare first edition of the true first translation from the library of the author and dated in his own hand. Condition: Slight chipping to head of spine. Some light rubbing otherwise VG. ; English; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; antiquité, d'antiquariato, LETTER, AUTOGRAPH, HAND WRITTEN, DOCUME...
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YALE COLLEGE CLASS OF 1837 AUTOGRAPH ALBUM WITH OVER 90 AUTOGRAPHS AND INSCRIPTIONS INCLUDING REPUTED SKULL AND BONES SOCIETY MEMBERS

By: EDMUND TERRY

Price: $2,955.99

Publisher: NEW HAVEN CONNECTICUT CT, : 1837

Seller ID: 000745

Binding: Leather

Condition: Good+

On offer is an 1837 Manuscript Friendship Book Autograph Album owned by Edmund Terry of Yale College as evidenced by the handwritten inscription "Belonging to Edmund Terry Yale-College. July 3rd 1837." on the fep. Approximately 120 pages with sentiments and signatures on over 90 pages including: Jos. Darling Hull, New Haven; Wm. Russell, Stratford Conn.; George B. Morse "of the unprecedented class of 37. Remember Judge Dagget"; Geo. Duffield Jr.; Geo. T. Spencer Deep River Conn.; Wm. Maxwell Evarts Boston (1818-1901) U.S. lawyer & statesman, went to England during the Civil War...
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TRAVELS IN EGYPT DURING 1818 AND 1819

By: EDWARD DE MONTULE

Price: $885.99

Publisher: London, G. SIDNEY for SIR RICHARD PHILLIPS & CO. : 1821

Seller ID: 0001401

Condition: Good

TRAVELS IN EGYPT DURING 1818 AND 1819 by Edward de Montule. Rubbing and chipping to the edges, bumps to all the tips, one or two dogears, a rubbed smudge on the fep. There is some worm damage. All plates [12] accounted for. Overall good antiquarian condition.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: MONTULE, EGYPT, TRAVEL LITERATURE, NON FICTION, ARCHAEOLOGY, ARABIC STUDIES, SINAI, HOLY LAND,
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ZOLA MASTERWORK'S SET OF THREE; NANA, HIS MASTERPIECE AND GERMINAL

By: EMILE ZOLA

Price: $899.99

Publisher: London, VIZETELLY & CO. : 1886

Seller ID: 000593

Binding: Half-Leather

Condition: Good with no dust jacket

Set of three [3] matching illustrated editions with fine bindings, assumed originally from a larger set. Book One - Nana, 1887, a 'new edition' translated without abridgment from the 127th French edition. Book Two - His Masterpiece, 1887, a 'new edition' with a portrait of the author, etched by Bocourt. Book 3 - Germinal, 1886, translated without abridgment from the 60th French edition and illustrated with sixteen page engravings from designs by J. Ferat. Ox-blood half leather with 5-band spine with gilt title treatment. Marbelized end papers. Overall in very good shape save for some moderate ...
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1860s HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPH AND MEMORY BOOK FROM YARMOUTH NOVA SCOTIA

By: EMILY A. RAYMOND

Price: $1,385.99

Publisher: YARMOUTH NOVA SCOTIA NS CANADA, : 1865

Seller ID: 000831

Condition: Good

On offer is an original handwritten autograph and memory book approximately one-third full of penned and signed poetry etc. Embossed, gilt-stamped "The Sunbeam" was presented by Father to Emily A. Raymond. For the most part the entries are dated circa 1860's in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, with some from New Brunswick. Illustrated with a number of engravings in this lovely period book. Title page is torn and loss of lower fifth of page, otherwise good.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; HANDWRITTEN, MANUSCRIPT, DOCUMENT, LETTER, AUTOGRAPH, DIARY, JOURNAL, LOG, KEEPSAKE, WRITER, HAND WRITTE...
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1878 - 1881 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY AN ISOLATED PIONEER WOMAN LIVING THE HARD LIFE AS THE WIFE AND MOTHER OF MEN WHO WORK AND SAIL THE WATERS OF LAKE ONTARIO

By: EMILY C. DINGMAN

Price: $2,485.99

Publisher: THREE MILE BAY POINT PENINSULA NEW YORK, : 1878

Seller ID: 0001365

Condition: Fair

On offer is an intriguing manuscript diary handwritten by Emily C. Dingman who was the wife of Abraham B. Dingman of 3 Mile Bay and Point Peninsula in upstate New York on the eastern shore of Lake Ontario. Using an 1876 diary, but overwriting somewhat illiterately, in a very small yet legible hand, Emily makes some entries in the 1870s but for the most part she writes for the full years of 1880 and 1881and it is packed full. Historians and collectors of this very isolated area will be hard pressed to find a more detailed picture of life as she tells of ships on the bay or the men traveling to ...
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1860s - 1880s COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL POSTMARKS: A BOOK OF AMERICAN POSTAL HISTORY

By: F.R. CURTIS

Price: $2,285.99

Publisher: NAUBUC, CONNECTICUT, : 1860

Seller ID: 0001777

Condition: Good

On offer is a super, unique and original 19th Century philatelic relic illustrating the growth of the U.S. postal system being an early U.S.A. postmark collection. This antique, novel book of 70+ pages of postmarks of varying density and ranging from the early 1860s through 1880s over approximately 96 hand numbered pages shows an ownership stamp on the fep stating 'F.R. Curtis, Naubuc, Ct.' The rare collection even includes some precious Confederate marks and many State capitals. As one would expect given the size of some States the relative quantity of marks in the album demonstrate the growt...
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1880 HANDWRITTEN SPANISH MANUSCRIPT: "Proyecto de Reglamento Para la Seccion de Estudios del Ateneo del Uruguay"

By: FRANCISCO BERRA

Price: $3,495.99

Publisher: MONTEVIDEO URUGUAY, : 1880

Seller ID: 0001362

Binding: Quarter Leather

Condition: Very Good

On offer: "Proyecto de Reglamento Para la Seccion de Estudios del Ateneo del Uruguay" by Francisco Berra (1844-1906). Written in a fine calligraphic hand, Spanish language, leather spine, folio sized, the book is dated 1880 and is a lovely relic of handwritten South American history, this book was beautifully produced. Research on the author finds: "an Argentine by birth, he grew up and is most associated with the city of Montevideo where in 1865 he settled and studied law at the University. A lawyer, journalist, historian, educator, member of Society of Friends of Popular Educatio...
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1818 SUPERB, ORIGINAL 600+ PAGE FRENCH MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF COMPLEX AND ADVANCED MATHEMATICS, GEOMETRY, STATISTICS, NAVIGATION AND MORE BEAUTIFULLY EXECUTED AND LITTERED WITH 100s OF DRAWINGS, GRAPHS AND CHARTS

By: G I N

Price: $8,855.99

Publisher: : 1818

Seller ID: 0002556

Condition: Good+

On offer is a superb early 19th Century manuscript relic of complex French mathematics and arithmetic education and scientific lore being a handwritten journal with over 600 pages of handwritten questions, theories, examples and other complex mathematical and geometric forms and equations including statistics and navigation being what appears to be an advanced student of the subject's personal workbook in a fine small hand and very attractively drawn mathematical diagrams throughout. Very fine precise writing illustrated throughout by graphs and geometric forms. We surmise the book was being ...
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1899 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF FRENCH WEAVING TECHNOLOGY AT THE TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY

By: G. PAUT

Price: $2,055.99

Publisher: FRANCE, : 1899

Seller ID: 0002574

Condition: Good+

On offer is a very unusual, late 19th Century manuscript relic of French weaving and wool manufacturing arts. This rare 250 page French language notebook is full of lessons, examples, hand drawn and hand painted 30 or so illustrations about mill technology. Marked third volume but the volume is a stand alone as far as we know. Overall G+.; French Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF, MILLS, MILLERS, WEAVERS, CLOTHING MAKERS, HAND PAINTED TECHNICAL ILLUSTRATIONS, FRENCH, FRANCE, ARTS, STUDENTS BOOK, HANDWRITTEN, HANDWRITTEN, MANUSCRIPT, AUTOGRAPHED, SIGNED, HISTOR...
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1885 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF 19TH CENTURY 'ECLECTIC MEDICAL' EDUCATION USING MANY OF THE FORBIDDEN AND DANGEROUS DRUGS OF TODAY

By: G.R. HILL

Price: $2,285.99

Publisher: CINCINNATI [CINCINATTA] OHIO, : 1885

Seller ID: 0001903

Condition: Very Good

On offer is a super, very interesting manuscript relic of 19th Century medical and pharmacological knowledge, treatment and procedure being a 200 page large 12 x 7.5 inch notebook handwritten by G.R. Hill in 1885 while he was a student at the Eclectic Medical Institute in Cincinnati. The book is an incredible snapshot of medical science before the age of aspirin, penicillin, and other game changers. We note that in some cases the cures appear worse than the diseases. [There is an examination section at the end where presumably you answered and were then given a medical license. There is also a...
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1890s ARCHIVE OF THREE [3] ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT DIARIES BY AMERICAN CIVIL WAR VETERAN, RAILROAD BOOSTER, AND PROMINENT MEMBER OF A MICHIGAN COMMUNITY

By: George W. Howe

Price: $2,985.99

Publisher: Port Huron, Michigan, : 1894

Seller ID: 0010009

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

On offer is a group of three diaries containing a treasure trove of local residents and organizations written by George W. Howe, a veteran of the American Civil War and prominent member of his local community. The diaries are dated 1894, 1895, and 1897, and measure 5.75 inches by 3.5 inches, 7 inches by 3.25 inches, and 7 inches by 3.25 inches respectively. All diaries are in good condition, contain 365 pages plus memoranda, and are 100 percent complete. Howe was born in 1844 and, following the Civil War, lived his life in Port Huron, Michigan. He passed away in 1936 at age 91 or 92. Records s...
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1864 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT SURVEYOR'S FIELD NOTES AS HE SEARCHES FOR OIL IN CIVIL WAR ERA WEST VIRGINIA

By: H.S. Ambler Esq

Price: $1,155.99

Publisher: WEST VIRGINIA WV, : 1864

Seller ID: 000878

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Good+

On offer is an interesting handwritten manuscript field notes by pioneer surveyor H.S. Ambler Esq Field Notes of the Cow Creek Survey as evidenced by the faded but still legible cover of this Oct. 26th 1864 through November 11, 1864 in this 36 hand numbered page notebook. Research suggests that Mr. Ambler was in the business of oil well exploration in West Virginia. Names mentioned include Cow Creek, Schultze's Run, Spice Run and more. Here are some snippets: ' 26th Oct. 1864. S.S. Wards1st Lot on Cow Creek Beginning at a St on. left hand bank of said creek. Thence N.188.150P. croping ponahs(...
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Der Pilzsammler oder Anleitung zur Kenntnis der wichtigsten Pilze Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Ländern

By: Hahn, Gotthold

Price: $485.99

Publisher: Gera, Herm. Kanitz' Verlag : 1890

Seller ID: BK0009

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Very Good

Der Pilz-Sammler oder Anleitung zur Kenntnis der wichtigsten Pilze Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Ländern. Mit 172 nach der Natur gemalten Pilzarten auf 32 Tafeln in Farbendruck. Zweite völlig umgearbeitete und vervollständigte Auflage. Gera: Kanitz 1890. Beautiful, fresh covers, very strong cover illustration and gilt. Very beautiful copy and save for a small half inch fault along the upper rear cover edge and some rubbing this would be VG.; German Language; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; MUSHROOMS, FUNGI, RARE BOOKS, FINE BOOKS, FINE BINDINGS, GERMAN, MYCOLOGY, PILZ-SAMMLER, PILZSAM...
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Category: 19th Century Rare Book