![Diary of a Crute Bugler in the Army [Manuscript Diary with Illustrations]. African-Americana -...](/pictures/thumb/List1030.jpg?v=1622652344)
New Mexico and Mexico: 1919-1920. Price, Edward. First Edition. Journal measuring 5 1/2 x 4 inches, roughly 140 pages, with additional illustrations, newspaper clippings, an envelope and research included. Cover has been reattached. Fragile but quite legible, good overall condition. The journal documents the picaresque adventures of a “crute” (recruit).....
Philadelphia: 1799. 4 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. (121 x 212 mm). Scattered spotting, light to moderate horizontal center crease. In frame with modern bust portrait of Allen. An incidental but highly suggestive document from the life of Richard Allen, whom historian Richard Newman has argued should be recognized as.....
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.....
Most Latin America: 1809-1838. Mostly Latin America, 1809 - 1838. Over 150 pieces, comprising over 280 pages, .5 linear feet. The Massachusetts merchant Captain Eliphalet Smith Jr. (1780-1838) was a merchant trading primarily in Latin America during the Revolutionary Period. Described by the Chilean historian Diego Barros Arana as “an.....
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.....
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.....
![Proud Lady. [With Autograph Letter to the Critic Rebecca Lowrie, Signed]. Women, Neith Boyce,...](/pictures/thumb/List327.jpg?v=1583873983)
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923. First Edition. With an autograph letter, signed, with the envelope affixed to the front pastedown. With the bookplate of John and Rebecca Lowrie on front free endpaper. Lowrie reviewed the work for the New York Post, and her review of the book affixed to.....