Mostly New South Wales: 1876-1879. Appx. 190 pages, appx. 20,000 words, unpaginated. 6 x 4 inches, limp cloth binding, front hinge nearly split, writing quite legible, a handful of pages loose, good overall. Glaud Rodger, a Scottish-born emigrant who left Utah for California in the 1840s, was along with fellow.....
Mostly Connecticut: 1760s-1823. Twenty-six sermons, various paginations, likely bound by Burhans, with a note on front free endpaper stating: “The Following M.S.S. are a Memento of Labor - D. Burhans Property.” With “M.S.S. / Sermons” on a label at spine. Some wear to binding, contents generally fine, very good plus.....
V.p. 1902-1910. Ink on paper, each sheet approx. 9 x 7 in., 1-4 sheets each, variously paginated, one with orig. envelope. Celebrated American Beaux-Arts sculptor Frederick MacMonnies (1863-1937) studied with Augustus Saint-Gaudens and many of his best commissions emerged from his relationships with Saint-Gaudens and the architect Stanford White. He.....
Mostly Indiana: 1857-1921. Fifty-Nine letters, appx. 100 pages total. Minimal wear, fine condition. The Milhous family were midwestern merchants who were active in Indiana and Ohio in the middle part of the nineteenth century. William Milhous was a Midwestern general store manager who was born in Ohio and operated stores.....
Massachusetts: c. 1930. 8 ½ by 11 inch leatherette binder filled with correspondence. An interesting small archive of material from the semi-professional club magician George Corrigan, consisting of letters written by other magicians, most concerning the sale and trade of tricks. Corregan was the managing editor of the Sphinx, published.....
Mexico: 1833. First Edition. Mexico: May 23, 1833. Letter and chart on watermarked single folio sheets, approx. 13 x 16-½ inches, letter: [3] pp.; chart: [2] pp.;. Rare first-hand documentation of the growing trade tensions that eventually led to the French-Mexican “Pastry War” of 1838. Consul Hersant’s gossipy report surveys.....
Newport: 1880s. Single page with writing on both sides, signed by Howe. Fine condition. A short but interesting note from Julia Ward Howe to Albert Bagby, the Illinois-born musician who trained with Liszt in Germany and would eventually be a longtime host of “Mr. Bagby’s Musical Mornings” at the Waldorf-Astoria.....
Manual Labor School, Shawnee Nation [Johnson County, Kansas]: c. 1844-1850. nk on wove paper: 9 ¾ x 7-3/16 in.; strong creases where folded, two small closed tears starting with scattered pinholes to creases. The document lists the names and ages of four Creek boys and where letters to their parents.....
New York: 1881. 4 pp, single 9 ½ x 7 ½ inch leaf, folded. An important document from early in the career of Washington Gladden, a key figure in the Social Gospel and Progressive movements. He writes the board of the State Street Congregational Church, explaining the reasons for his.....
Various Places. Most 1940s-1950s, various formats. A wide-ranging collection of Toscanini material, found amongst his scores in the estate of his grandson Walfredo. The highlight is a late draft of his speech “To The People of America,” an important document in Italian-American history that was printed in Life Magazine during.....
Most Montana: 1939-1942. . Over a hundred letters preserved in a binder, with many graphic examples of hotel stationary. A collection of correspondence from traveling salt salesman Bill Huber of Lewis Town, Montana, written from hotels around the west to his wife Cece as he travels from town to town.....