Category: 19th Century Rare Book

19th CENTURY HANDWRITTEN HAND-DRAWN MANUSCRIPT BOOK - BIRDS OF BRITAIN - 378 DIFFERENT BIRDS MINUTELY DETAILED

Price: $3,255.99

Publisher: England, : 1899

Seller ID: 000460b

Condition: Good+

Remarkable handwritten and hand-drawn [5 plates of bird anatomy] work, by Gregory Haines, detailing 378 birds familiar to Great Britain. Meticulously penned, citing descriptions, foods, flight path, nests and nesting, frequents and anecdotel information.Though unsigned, there is a letter of provenance dated 1957 identifying Mr. Haines and the route the book has taken in it's earlier days taped onto fep. The book contains a re-order form from the stationer '189_' being on the order form. This heavy, thick book is in very good condition save for bumping to the tips and a split at the upper front...
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1842 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT AUTOGRAPH AND MEMORY BOOK WITH DOZENS OF AUTOGRAPHED SENTIMENTS BY MANY NOTED RESIDENTS OF THIS FAMED WHALING HUB ON NANTUCKET ISLAND

By: Harriet Ann Blish

Price: $1,195.99

Publisher: Holmes Hole, Massachusetts MA TISBURY NANTUCKET, : 1842

Seller ID: 000873b

Condition: Good+

On offer is the personal handwritten manuscript school autograph/memory book of Harriet Ann Blish [b. 1824, married September 12, 1848 William Cook] of Holmes Hole, Massachusetts. Pages include personal notes to Harriet most with signature and date. According to Massachusetts Town Marriage Records, a Harriet A. Blish (age 24, daughter - Wm T and Catharin) married William Cook (age 26, master mariner, son - Enoch and Jan???) on September 12, 1848 in Tisbury, Mass. Condition is very good. Book shows edge and corner wear; rear hinge weak. Red leather, gold gilt lettering on boards, spine cover ...
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c1895 'ETRETAT: HAMLET OF THE SETTING SUN - A NORMAN VILLAGE AND ITS SURROUNDINGS' WITH 11 ORIGINAL WATERCOLOUR DRAWINGS BY BACON

By: HENRY BACON

Price: $8,385.99

Publisher: : 1895

Seller ID: 0002559

Condition: Good+

On offer is a wonderful copy of 'Etretat: Hamlet of the Setting Sun - a Norman Village and its Surroundings' by Henry Bacon (1839-1912) the American Impressionist artist. This smallish utterly charming book published by Brentano's in 1895 uniquely contains eleven original watercolor illustrations by Bacon as evidenced by his initials on a number of the drawings. This is a very unusual relic of Bacon's work beautifully executed. Overall VG.
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The Christian in Palestine or Scenes of Sacred History

By: HENRY STEBBING

Price: $1,699.99

Publisher: London, Geo. VIRTUE : 1873

Seller ID: 000430

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Very Good with no dust jacket

THE FAMOUS BLACKMER COPY OF THE BEAUTIFULLY ENGRAVED 'CHRISTIAN IN PALESTINE. WITH 80 Fine Plates in 4to. AN EXCEPTIONAL COPY! The Book: Henry STEBBING: The Christian in Palestine or Scenes of Sacred History, Illustrated by W. H. Bartlett. Published by George Virtue. London. [1873]. Printed by Joseph Rickery of Sherbourn Lane, London. 4to, Full bright red morocco with gilt rule and heavy gilt spine. Vignette Title. 1 Map. 1 Plan. Double page panoramic view of JERUSALEM plus 78 fine steel engraved views. Stebbing adds his own historical detail to Bartlett's fine engravings. The book surveys not...
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A FEW MONTHS IN THE MIDDLE EAST OR, A GLIMPSE OF THE RED, THE DEAD, AND THE BLACK SEAS BY A CANADIAN

By: J. BELL FORSYTHE

Price: $185.99

Publisher: Quebec, Canada, James Lovell : 1861

Seller ID: 000812

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Good

Good save for some staining to the cover lower, some general light soiling and chipping to the head of the spine. Previous owner's short inscription at top of title page. The red cloth cover book is printed by John Lovell, XIV+182 pp, 4 lithograph views by W. A. Little in Montreal, showing Jerusalem, Gibraltar, the Sphinx, and the Tombs of the Caliphs. ; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; antiquité, contrat, vélin, document, manuscrit, papier Antike, Brief, Pergament, Dokument, Manuskript, Papier oggetto d'antiquariato, atto, velina, documento, manoscritto, carta antigüedad, hecho, vitela, doc...
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1819 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT 'POOR RATE' BOOK FOR DEWSBURY WEST YORKSHIRE

By: J. TWEEDALE

Price: $2,155.99

Publisher: DEWSBURY WEST YORKSHIRE ENGLAND UK WAKEFIELD LEEDS, : 1819

Seller ID: 0001055

Condition: Good+

On offer is an original 1819 'DEWSBURY POOR RATE BOOK' [a book of 'poor rates' collected yearly from property owners to fund assistance to the needy of a parish] and besides being for the most part full included is a handwritten letter dated 1941 explaining that the book had come from the John Tweedale Settlement Trust (land at Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England). Research provides that in 1864 John Tweedale takes the position of Lord Mayor of Dewsbury. In 1869 Joseph Tweedale Rawsthorne does the same. This book is superbly placed in early 19th centruy Dewsbury history as evidenced by this onli...
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Image for 1840s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOK OF A BRITISH PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON WHO EXPOUNDS ON TEMPERANCE, THE NORTH POLE AND A DIARY OF HIS SURGERIES AND CASES OF INTEREST

1840s ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOK OF A BRITISH PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON WHO EXPOUNDS ON TEMPERANCE, THE NORTH POLE AND A DIARY OF HIS SURGERIES AND CASES OF INTEREST

By: JAMES LEE

Price: $1,455.99

Publisher: ENGLAND GREAT BRITAIN, : 1840

Seller ID: 0002391

Condition: Good+

On offer is a very interesting circa 1840s notebook of James Lee, a pro-Temperance, likely English physician who has in his book written a speech called "The Physiological Action of Alcohol" and an essay called "At the North Pole" which may or may not be based on his first hand knowledge; 70 pages and 56 pages respectively. The essay is a vast description of the Arctic from the peoples to the formative creations of ice and rock and within the essay he opines and observes his ideas as to the Creator and the making of the vast wilderness to paraphrase. At the back of the premium ...
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Image for 1803 - 1805 ORIGINAL NELSON ERA MANUSCRIPT CYPHER AND EXERCISE BOOK BELONGING TO A ROYAL NAVY MIDSHIPMAN ABOARD A STORIED SHIP WHILE THE ENGLISH BLOCKADE BREST AND PLAY CAT AND MOUSE WITH THE FRENCH FLEET

1803 - 1805 ORIGINAL NELSON ERA MANUSCRIPT CYPHER AND EXERCISE BOOK BELONGING TO A ROYAL NAVY MIDSHIPMAN ABOARD A STORIED SHIP WHILE THE ENGLISH BLOCKADE BREST AND PLAY CAT AND MOUSE WITH THE FRENCH FLEET

By: JAMES MAURICE SHIPTON, MIDSHIPMAN

Price: $5,855.99

Publisher: : 1803

Seller ID: 0002561

Condition: Good+

On offer is a superb, original 1803 - 1805 manuscript cypher and navigation book handwritten by a young midshipman James Maurice Shipton aboard the noted HMS Thunderer, a ship forever in the history books as the ship that spotted the emerging Spanish fleet and thusly began the Battle of Trafalgar and the demise of Britain's enemies and sadly the hero of the day Lord Horatio Nelson. [Notably Thunderer also took part in the Glorious 1st of June Battle against the French in 1794.] James Maurice Shipton who would one day captain his own ship and reap accolades, created this book while theThunderer...
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Image for 1815 - 1820 ORIGINAL, FASCINATING, MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG POLITICALLY ENGAGED, VIRULENTLY ANTI SLAVERY ENGLISHMAN TRAVELING IN POST WAR OF 1812 AMERICA SEEING SLAVERY FIRST-HAND, MEETING THE VICE PRESIDENT AND WITNESSING CONGRESS

1815 - 1820 ORIGINAL, FASCINATING, MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG POLITICALLY ENGAGED, VIRULENTLY ANTI SLAVERY ENGLISHMAN TRAVELING IN POST WAR OF 1812 AMERICA SEEING SLAVERY FIRST-HAND, MEETING THE VICE PRESIDENT AND WITNESSING CONGRESS

By: JOEL CADBURY

Price: $22,855.99

Publisher: : 1815

Seller ID: 0002581

Condition: Good+

On offer is a fascinating, historically significant journal handwriten by Joel Cadbury, on his journey to post War of 1812 America. The journal sees Cadbury travel from England to the United States, travel south to Washington D.C. discussing many of the prescient questions of the early 1800s in America, including seeing the U.S. Senate debate the 'Missouri Question'. He travels to Virginia, where he sees and is disgusted with the state of slavery and African-Americans on plantations. He visits Mount Vernon and George Washington's tomb, and meets, by chance, the Vice President of the United Sta...
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1900 ALPHABETS OF THE WORLD - A HANDWRITTEN ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT BOOK DETAILING ALPHABETS FROM ANCIENT THROUGH MODERN ERA BY THE FAMED UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PROFESSOR, AUTHOR AND RENOWNED LINGUIST

By: JOHN C.C. CLARKE

Price: $9,985.99

Publisher: Chicago, Illinois IL, : 1900

Seller ID: 000705

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Fine+

On offer is an absolutely remarkable handwritten manuscript work of tremendous depth, researched, written and compiled by John C.C. Clarke, A.M, titled "ALPHABETS OF THE WORLD." This book is his original unpublished manuscript and details the alphabets of the world from ancient times; Egyptian hieroglyphics, Egyptian hieratic, Egyptian Demotic, or Enchorial, Egyptian Comparative Tables, Coptic (Egyptian), Ancient Libyan, modern Libyan, Southern Arabic and so on. 479 pp but not all pages are full since Mr. Clarke left space between chapters and spare pages if he overwrote. The work is c...
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THE BOOK-HUNTER

By: JOHN HILL BURTON

Price: $685.99

Publisher: London, WM. BLACKWOOD & SONS : 1862

Seller ID: 000589

Binding: Full-Leather

Condition: Fine+ with no dust jacket

1862. First Edition. Bound in full calf, spine title treatment in gilt, five bands and six compartments, a very fine copy. Scottish historian John Hill Burton (1809-1881) writes a series of essays; "A Vision of Mighty Book Hunters", "The Prowler and the Auction-Haunter" and others on book-buying and 'book hunters'. This edition features an ornate gilt vignette on the cover showing a scholarly individual scanning a book and shelves. Some scuffs and edgewear, the tips have been dinged, otherwise a magnificent copy.; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; LITERATURE, DRAMA, PROSE, REF...
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1840 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT BOOK OF COMPLEX EQUATIONS, MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS FOR NAVIGATION, MEASURING DISTANCES, SETTING COURSES AND WORKING OUT LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE ALONG WITH A CHARMING, ENGAGING 15 PAGE MINI-NOVEL

By: JOHN MORRIS

Price: $2,855.99

Publisher: London England, : 1840

Seller ID: 0001662

Condition: Good

On offer is a super, original 1840s manuscript copybook titled Practical Geometry handwritten by John Morris of London England. The book is comprised of geometry and trigonometry related to navigation and seamanship and contains many case studies for problems in Geometry and Trigonometry, with calculations, tables and illustrated examples, filling every page. Case studies for setting courses, determining longitude and latitude, calculating distances etc., etc. in various methods make for a superb early practical education in British nautical lore. The 140 page book includes a fair copy of an a...
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1867 ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN GERMAN RECIPE BOOK OF 100+ RECIPES FOR SWEET CAKES, DESSERTS, AND DRINKS THAT REPRESENT AN EXCELLENT VIEW OF TASTES IN AUSTRIA DURING THE REIGN OF EMPEROR FRANZ JOSEPH I

By: JULIUS MAYR

Price: $1,655.99

Publisher: AUSTRIA, BAVARIA, : 1867

Seller ID: 0009113

Condition: Good

On offer is a German recipe book, filled with dozens of recipes geared toward baked goods, confections and sweet beverages such as liqueurs and after dinner drinks. Based on the handwriting, spelling, and recipes within, this “Rezepten Buch” most likely originated in Austria and Bavaria. The book is lacking cover. The front page has the title, “Rezepten-Buch!” The author is Julius Mayr and the book is dated 1867. The first few pages of the book seem to be a preliminary textual elaboration on the making of sugar and similar substances that will be used in the recipes in the book. Such recipes i...
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1880s - 1900s ORIGINAL PAIR [2] OF MASSIVE LEDGERS AND JOURNALS HANDWRITTEN BY MISSOURI KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS FILLED WITH RITES, DOCUMENTS AND ANECDOTES

By: KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS

Price: $2,255.99

Publisher: MOUND CITY MISSOURI, : 1890

Seller ID: 0001828

Condition: Good

On offer are two [2] fascinating, massive Knights of Pythias ledgers/journals from 1890s and the early 1900s. The ledgers are full of information and many documents pertaining to the Mound City Lodge of the Knights in Missouri. Interestingly these Knights were prolific writers and note takers with a great deal of anecdotal narrative. The older ledger starts in 1890 and the last entry is 1899. This ledger is filled with entries; every page has notations, meeting notes, description of rites, lists of all the members and their rank in the order. There is also description of their occupations, for...
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1889 ELEMENTARY LESSONS IN GAELIC with HANDWRITTEN NOTES BY DR. PETER DAVIDSON OF THE HERMETIC BROTHERHOOD

By: L. MACBEAN, [Lachlan Macbean]

Price: $985.99

Publisher: INVERNESS SCOTLAND, JOHN NOBLE : 1889

Seller ID: 0002031

Condition: Good

On offer is a fascinating 1889 printed book titled 'Elementary Lessons in Gaelic' Third Edition, Revised, once owned by Dr. Peter Davidson, co-founder of the Hermetic Brotherhood of Luxor, one of the three main leaders in the Hermetic Brotherhood movement, and who has written profuse handwritten notes throughout the book. Pages are loose with the binding, but they are still intact. Overall Fair.; Manuscript; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF, ELEMENTARY LESSONS IN GAELIC, HERMETIC BROTHERHOOD, TEMPLE TALKS, GAELIC, IRISH LANGUAGE, LACHLAN MACBEAN, ALEISTER CROWLEY, ISRAE...
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BORDER AND BASTILLE [by Famed British Writer Who Left England to Fight in the American Civil War for the Confederacy] WITH MANUSCRIPT HOLOGRAPH LETTER TO GENERAL HOWARD

By: LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALFRED

Price: $449.99

Publisher: London, Tinsley Brothers : 1863

Seller ID: 000466

Binding: Cloth

Condition: Good

On offer interesting book with lots of intrigue and special atributes. Titled "Border and Bastille" it is written by the English journalist/author George Alfred Lawrence and it is the story of his life from the time he left England and attempted to join the Confederate Army because he sympathized with the Southern cause and wished to experience and write about the War. He appears to have spent more time as a prisoner than on the battlefield as he was captured quite soon upon arrival in America [further biographical notes follow]. Many references to Baltimore and Maryland. The book was...
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RECHERCHES SUR LE FEU GREGEOIS

By: LUDOVIC LALANNE

Price: $675.99

Publisher: France, J. CORREARD : 1845

Seller ID: 00JT56

Binding: Soft Cover

Condition: Fair

Uncut copy of this very, very scarce 1845 exposition on canons and canon powder. Save for some chipping and rubbing this copy would be in good condition.
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1879 CHARMING ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT MEMORY AND FRIENDSHIP ALBUM GIFTED TO A WELSH WOMAN ON THE OCCASION OF HER MARRIAGE

By: MAGGIE REES [nee MORGAN] et al

Price: $885.99

Publisher: Wales Britain, : 1879

Seller ID: 0001613

Condition: Fair

On offer is a super leather-bound memory book and friendship journal given as a gift in 1879 to Maggie Morgan in honor of her marriage to William Rees. Research suggests this couple lived in Wales and the eclectic album of 37 handwritten and hand drawn pages in many languages including: French, English, Welsh, Greek, and German. The latest entry is 1901 and the entries span wedding congratulations, friendship, baby related and a couple that appear sombre and relating to someone's passing. Many are poems, personal messages, an acrostic, original artwork and pasted-in illustrations. Some are ori...
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1805 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT COOKBOOK AND ANCIENT TREASURE OF EUROPEAN CULINARIA

By: MARIE BARBE THERESE HENROTAY

Price: $5,455.99

Publisher: LIMBOURG BELGIUM, : 1805

Seller ID: 0002416

Condition: Good

On offer is a super, original begun in 1805 manuscript cookbook with many 100s of European culinary recipes [receipts] handwritten in French whose origins begin in a castle in Limbourg Belgium. Inscribed 'Livre de Cuisine a Marie Barbe Therese Henrotay Commence le 3 Juillet 1805.' There is one major hand throughout, Marie likely, with other hands later with other dates of a few entries on the last pages through to the 1840s and remarkably a few from 1915! The recipes are all encompassing: meats, desserts, baking, storage, preparation etc. Absolutely stunning in its breadth. We note one pair of...
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1891 - 1892 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT HANDWRITTEN LEDGER OF DILLER NEBRASKA BLACKSMITHS, MILLER BROTHERS

By: MILLER BROTHERS

Price: $955.99

Publisher: DILLER NEBRASKA, : 1834

Seller ID: 0001705

Condition: Fair

On offer is a super handwritten blacksmith's ledger dated 1891 to 1892 from a blacksmith's shop in Eastern Nebraska called Miller Brothers, Diller Nebraska. There are 144 pages full of entries for repairs on shovels to wagon wheels, buggy repairs, repairing bolts, chain etc. There is a piece missing front cover, the back cover corner is worn and chipping as well as a few pages that are blank. Includes an old bill from the Miller Brothers. Overall Fair+.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF, NEBRASKA, BLACKSMITH, MILLER BROTHERS, DILLER, NEBRASKA, 19TH CENTURY, C...
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Category: 19th Century Rare Book