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RED SOX FOREVER - [letter signed by author laid in]
Clark, Ellery H. (foreword by William C. Crowley) -- Letter signed by author laid in - See Note
Published by Exposition Press (1978) 3rd ptg, Hicksville, NY, 1978
- Hardcover
Seller: Ray Boas, Bookseller - Established 1980, Walpole, NH, U.S.A.Ray Boas, Bookseller - Established 1980
Contact seller5-star sellerHC. 171pp ISBN 0682488674 First published in 1977. Laid in is a typed letter signed by the author telling the previous owner of this book how to order the book, and then how to obtain the second typed signed postcard that is laid in telling the author's opinions about past Red Sox defeats. fine w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover…). B&W illustrations (illustrator).
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Published by Pleasant Valley Wine Co ca 1969, Hammondsport, NY, 1969
Seller: Bookshop Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A.Bookshop Baltimore
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Add to basketSeven pages. Illustrated with drawings and photos. Inlcudes: help Name The Grapes: many French-American grapes in the Finger Lakes District of NY State were known by the name of the hybridizer plus he original seedling numbers. Articles: From Your Winemakers by Richard P. Vine; When Wine is Left Over; Recipes for Long Wine Drink…s for the Long, Hot Summer; Appreciation of Wine Growing and New Vineyards; Recipes for Wine and Barbecue Cooking; Wine Tips on Cooking; Step-By-Step Procedure For Making A Great Western Lamp. Back over is a drawing of Neptune's Children swimming around a bottle of wine, M. Morgan, artist. Clean; name label on front. Artist on the back cover appears to be Mary DeNeale Morgan. Illustrated by M. Morgan - See Note (illustrator).
Published by NH Dept Resources & Econ Dev, Concord, NH, 1968
- Softcover
Seller: Ray Boas, Bookseller - Established 1980, Walpole, NH, U.S.A.Ray Boas, Bookseller - Established 1980
Contact seller5-star sellerPB. 207pp First published in 1956. Owner's name. Map in folding pocket titled -- GEOLOGIC MAP AND STRUCTURE SECTIONS OF THE BELLOWS FALLS QUADRANGLE, NEW HAMPSHIRE. good, wraps (softcover) - owner's name. B&W ill folding map SEE NOTE (illustrator).
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Published by No place 21 May ?, 1852
Seller: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, United KingdomRichard M. Ford Ltd
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Add to basketOne page, 12mo, minor defects but clear and complete. Text: "I addressed the secretary of the Young Mens Christian association some time ago - naming Monday and Tuesday 29th 30th Oct. for the two lectures spoken of when last with you - These are the only dates at liberty until now, expecting an answer- Will you kindly see that I… have an 'aye' or 'no' - as I wish toappoint these dates elsewhere if they will not suit -[subscription]". Note: "Henry Vincent (10 May 1813 29 December 1878) was an English religious leader active in the formation of early Working Men's Associations in Britain, a popular Chartist leader, brilliant and gifted public orator, prospective but ultimately unsuccessful Victorian member of parliament, and later an anti-slavery campaigner." [Wikipedia]See Image.
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[John Irving, Writer to the Signet] Printed Official Letter Signed "John Irving" to the Chief Magistrate of Dunbar [presumably also sent to other Chief Magistrates]
John Irving, Writer to the Signet [Walter Scott; Polar Exploration (See Note below)]
Published by Edinburgh 106 Princes Street 4 April, 1820
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Add to basketOne page, folio, fold marks, closed tear and small loss of paper not affecting text, two small holes affecting but not obscuring words. Text: " SIR, \ You will receive enclosed [not present] the Annual Missive, with a copy of the Acts of the last Convention. By the 22nd Act, the Reports made by me in relation to the Setts of the… Royal Burghs are ordered to be printed and circulated to the different Burghs. To save the expense of postage, these have not been inclosed; but a copy of them will be delivered to any person whom you desire to call here for it; or it will be sent by post if you wish this done ;subsxction and signature]". See Image. [see Note B] Notes: A. "John Irving, a lawyer who was a member of the Society of Writers to the Signet and childhood friend of Sir Walter Scott" [from Wikipedia entry for his son, polar explorer, Franklin Expedition]; B. "'Annual missive' in the context of a Scottish burgh historically refers to the yearly communication, often involving the assessment and collection of dues (missive dues) to fund the administrative expenses of the Convention of Royal Burghs." [AI].
Published by 13 Dec, 1893
Seller: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, United KingdomRichard M. Ford Ltd
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Add to basket(Peace Society (1893)). 2pp., 8vo, H.(?) Evans Darby to the Chevalier Dr Karl de Scherzer, He informs his correspondent that the last "universal Peace Congress" in Chicago decided to invite eminent jurists "to form a Committee for thepurpose of considering the question of an International Court of Arbitration". As a member of th…e provisional committee, he has been asked to prepare a list for this committee for Europe. He invites hiscorrespondent to join it ("I should not think that it would involve much labour or responsibility"). Note (Google): "Darby was secretary of the English Peace Society. He wrote and published literature on peace, international law and arbitration, and he attended several peace congresses. The Peace Society was one of the most influential elements in the British peace movement. It introduced the notion of arbitration to British inter-parliamentary peace work.".
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Add to basketAttractive Page extracted from an Autograph Album, 20 x 16cms, one edge rough (as extracted), mainly good condition. Reverse has several signatures, none apparently notable. Note: "Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone (Alexander Augustus Frederick William Alfred George; born Prince Alexander of Teck; 14 April 1874 16 January… 1957), was a member of the extended British royal family, as a great-grandson of King George III, a brother of Queen Mary, uncle to the Kings Edward VIII and George VI, and the husband of Princess Alice of Albany. He was a British Army commander, who served as Governor-General of the Union of South Africa and Governor General of Canada." Image on request.
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Poe's Lighthouse. All New Collaborations with Edgar Allan Poe. [SIGNED]
Poe, Edgar Allan (and 22 contemporary collaborators -- see note below); Christopher Conlon (editor)
Published by Cemetery Dance Publications, Baltimore, 2006
- Hardcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB)
Contact seller3-star sellerHardcover. Condition: New. First edition. Octavo. 326pp. Pictorial wood grained dust jacket lettered in purple. Blue cloth stamped in silver. Edition limited to 1000 copies, signed by each of the 22 Poe collaborators. Note: various authors were given the task to take a little-known, unfinished story fragment written by Edgar All…an Poe near the end of his life and finish it, using Poe's language, images, and ideas. Among the many writers represented are George Clayton Johnson (Twilight Zone, Star Trek), William F. Nolan (Logan's Run), Scott Nicholson (Die Hard, Succession), etc.
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Language: English
Published by [Second item, a damaged Wanted Poster:][Handwritten note at top edge: Circular #7 see 168] WANTED [Same mugshot images.] HARRY BROWN Wanted for Murder and Arson. Finger Prints Classification as follows: 1 R IO 17 [torn off bottom line text reads:] 5 ft 6 1/2 in. Weight [ ] [bu]ll-neck.", Seattle, 1935
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Seller: Meir Turner, New York, NY, U.S.A.Meir Turner
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Two leaves.1. 25 x 20 cm. 2. 27 x 20 cm. In acid free Mylar sleeves. These historical documents track the cross-country pursuit of Harry Brown, a major figure in the infamous "million-dollar arson gang" operating out of Chicago during the 1930s. Document 1 (Seattle Police Report - Jun…e 22, 1935): Shows that the investigation reached the West Coast. The Seattle Police Department logged a formal "Officer's Report" linking back to circular files, preserving his physical description to look out for him locally. The verso is a standard issue Patrol Wagon Report which is not filled out. It is meant for logging daily patrol wagon routes, box locations, and arrests. Document 2: a Wanted Poster featuring his face, crime charges, and his unique Henry system fingerprint classification codes, which allowed departments nationwide to verify his identity if printed under an alias. The Chicago "million-dollar arson gang" conspired with property owners to set intentional fires to their own buildings, split the fraudulent insurance payouts, and occasionally kidnap or extort victims. The ring leaders included Harry Brown and the "Queen of the Arsonists" Bertha Warshovsky. They were exposed by co-conspirators who confessed. The charges were upgraded to murder when one of the fires they set killed a 17-year-old disabled boy who was unable to escape the burning apartment building. Harry Brown was capture, tried, convicted for his role in the fatal conspiracy and was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Illinois state penitentiary system. He died in prison. Bertha Warshovsky said she had charged the owner of a house at Taylor and Racine her usual fee of $170 to set it on fire. Despite her central role, Bertha did not do any prison time by turning State's Evidence after being arrested in June 1935 and helping dismantle the ring. She testified against her former associates and various slum lords, admitting on the witness stand that she had personally started "more fires than I can remember." Bertha invented a very reliable, slow-burning incendiary device. For $5 to $10 a piece, she sold a gadget constructed of a short candle tightly bound with kitchen safety matches. Later, when she discovered that she, a heavy-set older woman, was less likely to arouse police suspicion walking into buildings than would her male counterpart, she began executing the "touch-offs" herself - charging up to $250 per fire. During the 1935 trials, the 225-pound Bertha fascinated the Chicago press by demonstrating her arson technique right from the witness stand. She requested a cigar, lit it, and blew on it to make the tip glow red. She then showed the jury exactly how she would tie the glowing cigar inside a bundle of safety matches to create a timed fuse, allowing her time to exit the building and hail a getaway cab before the gasoline-soaked paper balls exploded. The "million-dollar arson gang" operated with brutal indifference to human life. Property owners who wanted to collect insurance payouts would hire the ring to gut their buildings. The gang frequently torched apartment complexes while tenants were sleeping inside. This led to the death of the 17-year-old disabled youth in Chicago, transforming a massive insurance fraud case into a capital murder hunt that ultimately produced the Seattle police files offered here. Prosecutors asked for the death penalty for the owner of the building and rounded up many middlemen. Original Seattle Police Department Officer's Report with original gelatin silver print mugshots, attached with original 1935 staples." The original gelatin silver print mugshots are real photos with depth and silver mirroring, not a cheap ink print. This Original Case-File Ephemera / Dossier Leaf is an internal police document, much rarer than wanted flyers. Also: a matching Wanted broadside Flyer of Harry Brown, wanted for Murder and Arson. [Second item, a damaged Wanted Poster:][Handwritten note at top edge: Circular #7 see 168] WANTED [Same mugshot images.] HARRY BROWN Wanted for Murder and Arson. Finger Prints Classification as follows: 1 R IO 17 [torn off bottom line text reads:] . . (illustrator).
[Grace Le Baron Upham, children's writer] Autograph Letter Signed "Grace Le Baron Upham" to a "Mrs. Brownell" thanking her for a favourable article in "Home Journal" and suggesting she get an advance copy of "The Race of the Golden Rod", etc.
Grace Le Baron Upham, (1845-1916) children's writer [see Note]
Published by Printed Falconsheight-at-the- Ilkley Sunday Evening year of publication of "The Race of the Golden Rod", 1895
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Seller: Richard M. Ford Ltd, London, United KingdomRichard M. Ford Ltd
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Add to basketFour pages, 12mo, bifolium, some staining not obscuring text, mainly good condition. Text: " I am in a dilemma. Shall I praise myself! Or shall I let your most creditable piece of journalism go unrecognised? Which shall I be accused of - vanity or ingratitude? Truly tis a question but since I alone suffer by vanity I shall not s…pare words of appreciation of your very graceful sketch of me in yesterdays' Journal. Mr Upham and myself agree in saying it is quite as creditable to you as to me - and I am 'proud' in being read in such a paper as the Home Journal. You know my idea of the latter - as necessary to my happines, as my prayer book is to my salvation! | To return to the sketch, I prticularly like it for its freedom from 'gush' and 'sensationalism' and I thank you for your 'charming' words. Now, for the picture. Mr Upham (and he is a good judge) calls it as good a reproduction as he ever saw, and I am glad to say 'tis not a caricature as has been my lot to possess. Let me thank your good husband and yourself - and be on the lookout for an advance copy of 'The Race of the Golden Rod'. | I ordered forty of the Journal, but dear me, they are lost in a sea of memories, so Mr Upham will tomorrow order more, many more- How glad I was that I saw you as I did on Friday last. [see Image for concluding page]". Notes: A. See Wikipedia entry which also references Howe, Julia Ward, ed. (1904). "Grace Le Baron Upham". Representative women of New England; B. Mrs Brownell not identified but perhaps Elizabeth Brownell who had periodical connections.
[Battle of Trafalgar;Nelson] Poemata, quae de praemio Oxoniensibus posito Annis 1806, 1807, et 1808, infeliciter contenderunt; non in publicum edita, amicis tantum privatim deferenda.
[Abraham John Valpy [But see note from AI] ?] (1787-1854); Pembroke College, Oxford; Trafalgar]
Published by London Londini: In Aedibus Valpianis Pridie Idus Octobres A. J. Valpy, 1809
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Add to basketOctavo: [ii] + [41] + [1] pp. A little dogeared, on lightly aged paper, and with slight damp staining to one corner at rear. In worn and stained original grey wraps, repaired with strip of brown paper at spine. Three Latin poems by Valpy: 'Trafalgar', 'Plata Fluvius' and 'Delphi'. COPAC lists only three copies: at the British Li…brary, the Bodleian and Durham. Note [AI] " the Latin poem "Trafalgar" by the classical scholar and headmaster Edward Valpy. Written in the early 19th century, it was one of three notable Latin compositions penned by Valpyalong with Plata Fluvius and Delphiwhich were printed as a private collection for his friends.Edward Valpy served as the headmaster of the Norwich School (then known as King Edward VI Grammar School) from 1810 to 1829, during which time he expanded the curriculum and significantly grew the student body. The Norwich School itself is famously connected to the Battle of Trafalgar, as the British naval commander Vice Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson was an alumnus.The poem captures the intense national pride and classical reverence that surrounded Admiral Nelson's historic victory over the combined French and Spanish fleets in October 1805" COPAC ascribes the poems to A.J. Valpy. Scarce.
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[Grace Le Baron Upham, children's writer] Autograph Letter Signed "Grace Le Baron Upham" to a "Mr. Clarke" (Boston Bookseller, William Butler Clarke) congratulating him "upon [his] forty eight years in the Book Trade.
Grace Le Baron Upham, (1845-1916) children's writer [see Note]
Published by Trinity Court Boston
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Add to basketOne page, 12mo, bifolium, good condition. Notes: A. See Wikipedia entry which also references Howe, Julia Ward, ed. (1904). "Grace Le Baron Upham". Representative women of New England; B.B. "-William Butler Clarke, formerly a well-known bookseller with a store on Tremont Street, died last night in Waverly. Mr. Clarke was born in… Northampton May 8, 1948, son of Augustus and Louisa Watson Clarke. He was a descendant of Governor Edward Winslow of Plymouth. Mr. Clarke came to Boston in 1864 to be employed by W. H. Piper & Co., booksellers. In 1874 he bought out the firm, which he renamed W. B. Clarke & Co. In 1906 he established the Clarke Lending Library.".
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Published by No place 21 May ?, 1852
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Add to basketOne page, 12mo, good condition. Text: "Next Monday and Friday I am engaged at Hastings - and on the following Monday at Evesham in Worcestershire so cannot do as your wish- My time is all occupied [subscription] tonight I am [in] Lewes-". Note: "Henry Vincent (10 May 1813 29 December 1878) was an English religious leader active…in the formation of early Working Men's Associations in Britain, a popular Chartist leader, brilliant and gifted public orator, prospective but ultimately unsuccessful Victorian member of parliament, and later an anti-slavery campaigner." [Wikipedia].
Published by Thornliebank 7 Sept., 1842
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Add to basketOne page of text, 12mo, bifolium, some dusting not obscuring text, minor stain, mainly good condition. Text: "Having just received a letter from Liebig I have called a meeting of the Committee [of Philosophical Society of Glasgow presumably] fo tomorrow in the Andersonian Library at half past two - I enclose the letter, which yo…u will perhaps shew to Dr. Balfour [John Hutton Balfour, Professor of Botany at the University of Glasgow, etc.] and request his attendance. We must endeavour to overcome his scruples." Notes: "German scientist who made major contributions to the theory, practice, and pedagogy of chemistry, as well as to agricultural and biological chemistry"; B Possibly irrelevant but "By the 1840s, Liebig was attempting to apply theoretical knowledge from organic chemistry to real-world problems of food availability. His book Die organische Chemie in ihrer Anwendung auf Agricultur und Physiologie (Organic Chemistry in its Application to Agriculture and Physiology) (1840) promoted the idea that chemistry could revolutionize agricultural practice, increasing yields and lowering costs. It was widely translated, vociferously critiqued, and highly influential". [Wikipedia].
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[James Abbott McNeill Whistler, artist; Rosalind Birnie Philip] Substantial Autograph Letter Signed "R. Birnie Philip" to Frank Rutter, art critic, curator and activist who's questioned her preparing for his biography of Whistler.
Rosalind Birnie Philip, Whistler's sometime companion etc. [see Note]
Published by 103 Albert Bridge Road 29 April Rutter's "Whistler a Biography and an Estimate" published 1910, 1909
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Add to basketThree pages, 12mo, bifolium, good condition. Text: "Note: " [about his requests] You are no doubt aware that Mr Whistler strongly objected to anything in the nature of a Biography or a life of himself being published, and in these circumstances I do not feel that I shouyld co-operatein any work of that kind although I have no ob…jection to your doing in moderation what others have already done with regard to the illustrations. | Ass regards the publication of quotations or extracts from books such as the Ten O'Clock ["Mr. WHISTLER'S TEN O'CLOCK As Delivered in London, At Cambridge And at Oxford together with his Propositions and Propositions No.2", pub.1907] you will know that such publications, within reasonable limits is within the rights of everyone: again I have no objection to your doing in moderation, what others have already done. As to Mr Whistler's correspondence, I have always felt obliged to refuse permission to anyone to publish Mr. Whistler's letters in view of his express directions to me in regard tp them. The correspondence with Fantin Latour extracts from which were published by Monsieur Benedite in the 'Gazette des Beaux Arts' was so published with my knowledge, in connection with the exhibition of Mr. Whistler''s works in Paris, and I prefer thatr they should not appear again. | I appreciate your kind offer to let me see a proff of your book, but even if I [? see image] to associate myself with a book of that character, I fear that I am much too busy just at present to accept it." Notes: A. See Wikipedia entry for Rosalind Birnie Philip, "Whistler's sole beneficiary and the executrix in his will."; B. "Beatrice (also called 'Beatrix' or 'Trixie')[daughter of John Birnie Philip, sculptor], who married James McNeill Whistler in 1888. Their daughter Ethel married the writer Charles Whibley. Birnie's youngest daughter Rosalind Birnie Philip acted as Whistler's companion, secretary and house-keeper after Beatrice's death, and was appointed his executrix. From December 1900 to February 1901 Birnie's son Ronald accompanied Whistler on a trip to the Morocco, Algiers and Corsica.[16] Beatrice, Ronald, Ethel and Rosalind all modelled for him at various times, as did their mother Frances." [Wikipedia] See Image.
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Published by 23 De Vere Gardens 3 Dec, 1893
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Add to basketSeven Pages, 12mo, two bifolia, first page a little grubby but letter in good condition. Text: "Dear Sirs [solicitor?] | I enclose a cutting from a newspaper called 'Society' [perhaps London Society?] which appeared in the Edition of the 2nd Inst | As the greater part of the statements there made is inaccurate & calculated to gi…ve pain, I shall be v[er]y much obliged if you will kindly advise me ass to the steps which should be taken to [?] an ea[l]y contradiction to these misstatements. 1. With regard to the marriage referred to I am assured that this is not contemplated [inaccurate!] & that the reports are unauthorised. | 2. Lady Hennessy's mother was the daughter of MrW. Napier, Lieut Governor of Labuan and was married to me in St Andrews Church in Singapore on the 12th Augt 1848 by the Revd C. Hannen, Chaplain to H.M.S. Maeander [see Note c.], in the presence of the late Sir James Brooke [the White Rajah] - the gentleman [.] whom I [may?] mention the present Rajah of Sarawak, And the Hnble Sir H. Keppel[Wikipedia] and Sir Spencer St John [Wikipedi]. | 3. I am the son of Mr Hugh Low, head of the firm of Hugh Low & Co. nursery gardeners of Upper Clapton - I went to Borneo in 1844 & not to Perak, as alleged, taking with me letter of introduction to Sir James Brooke with whom I spent he next two years, by whose advice I applied for & received my first Government appoiuntment as Secretary in the Colony of Labuan & to whose example & friendship I am proud to owe my success which may subsequently have attended me in my dealings with the Mal[a]y race - | I went to Perak as Resident in 1877 after the murder of the Late Mr. Birch [James Wheeler Woodford Birch; see Wikipedia] | 4. Lady Hennessy [now?] had a daughter [?] involved legal proceedings between myself [?] Ever took place respecting a[n]y child whatever. The differences between myself and Sir John Pope-Kennessy from our divergent views as to the conduct of public business[?] Should further explanation be necessary, I could call upon you on any morning convenient to your self." NOTES: a. Catherine "Kitty" Elizabeth Low (18501923), daughter of Hugh Low, his predecessor as Governor of Labuan; b. The respondent has added a few words saying that he has sent Low a letter "advised no notice S.H."; c. HMS Maeander "served in the East Indies, cooperating with James Brooke in the suppression of piracy" [Wikipedia]; d.
