LEBANON COUNTY (BETHEL TOWNSHIP) PENNSYLVANIA, DEED:; JOHN PAINE AND HIS WIFE LUZETTA TO JACOB WELLER FOR 2 CONTIGUOUS TRACTS OF LAND...TOGETHER 17 ACRES, 53 PERCHES.. by Pennsylvania, Lebanon County / Paine, John and Luzetta - 1859

1921 IN VERY GOOD CONDITION. Double entry ledger book, with alphabetical listing, for returned goods, for a NEW ENGLAND COMPANY - Geo. Starbuck Sons in Turner Falls, Massachusetts, home heating business. Includes a receipt laid in, which reads "Memorandum of Good Returned to H. & J. Brewer Co. Springfield, Mass. from Geo. Starbuck Son in Turners Falls (Mass.). Accounts include American Steam Gauge & Valve Co., American Radiator Co., Detroit Lubrication Co., Greenfield Tap & Die, The Haydenville Co., Portland Stove Foundry Co., Rochester Stamping Co., Standard Oil Co. and more. Bound in buckram with maroon tips, binding & hinges tight.

sans lieu (mais Lyon apparaissant sur un bon imprimé de condition publique des soies, laines et cotons contrecollé dans l'ouvrage)1912 (vers mais sans mention de date, 1912 apparaissant sur un bon imprimé de condition publique des soies, laines et cotons contrecollé dans l'ouvrage),, fort in folio (38 x 29 cm), non paginé (421 pages). Très abondante documentation avec 5 planches en noir de métiers à tisser contrecollées, de très nombreux dessins, croquis, diagrammes, tableaux , calculs en noir et en couleurs, mais surtout avec 85 des 86 échantillons originaux (dimension 12 x 4 cm) de soie de l'époque contrecollés (un échantillon manquant celui du satin de 6 interruptions), Reliure pleine toile brun-kaki, plats muets, dos titré en doré. Manuscrit sur fort papier quadrillé.+++++++ Important manuscrit unique et anonyme, rédigé en noir d'une belle… Read More

Hartford, CT: Governor's Office, 1917. Original document. Very Good. Partly printed document, accomplished by hand. In part: "...reposing special trust and confidence in the skill and patriotism of J.S. Anderson, Jr. of the Mirror of Stonington, Conn., do hereby appoint him...Special Representative of the division of co-operation of the press, committee on publicity, Connecticut State Council of Defense...." Large embossed seal. Signed in full by Holcomb, witnessed by R.J. Dwyer, Deputy Secretary. 11.75" x 9.5" Holcomb (1834-1932) was the 66th Governor of Connecticut.

This book was sent to Dr. David Bartlett of the Univ. of Colorado by Dr. Levy of France. Personal letter from Dr. Levy to Dr. Bartlett included. Text is very good——clean & tight & unmarked. Moderate shelf wear with 2 creases on front cover that intersect the spine. Dr. Bartlett's name written on front.

1940. Manuscrit. Bon. En Feuilles. In-4. A) "L'heure de choisir" : 15 pp. in-4, manuscrit signé, situé (Marlotte) et daté (4 janvier 1940) ; B) "Sur l'humanisme", 4 pp. 1/3 in-4 ; C) "Soyons humanistes", 2 1/2 pp. in-4 ; D) texte sans titre de 12 pp. in-4. Alors que la guerre fait rage et qu'il sent sa fin proche, le psychanalyste expose sa doctrine politique, très nettement maurrassienne : "Au moment où, avec les armées, les flottes et les escadrilles, se heurtent les idées et plus encore les conceptions morales, il n'est pas inutile d'essayer de déceler nettement, sous les nuances variées et les aspects multiformes que lui imposent les circonstances particulières, l'antagonisme foncier qui déchire l'humanité." L'opposition est selon lui entre d'une part "l'humanisme" (centré sur la personne) et… Read More

Hartford, CT: Governor's Office, 1917. Original document. Very Good. Partly printed document, accomplished by hand. In part: "...reposing special trust and confidence in the skill and patriotism of J.S. Anderson, Jr. of the Mirror of Stonington, Conn., do hereby appoint him...Special Representative of the division of co-operation of the press, committee on publicity, Connecticut State Council of Defense...." Large embossed seal. Signed in full by Holcomb, witnessed by R.J. Dwyer, Deputy Secretary. 11.75" x 9.5" Holcomb (1834-1932) was the 66th Governor of Connecticut.

Three pages, 1949. A sprawling, witty and provocative letter written by Pound early on during his extended stay at St. Elizabeth's hospital (12 years, from 1948-1859) to Helen Rossetti Angeli, the daughter of famed Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood co-founder William Michael Rossetti. Written in pencil on the full opened face, with two notes perhaps by HAR, and then on both flaps on the verso, with two wrap-around portions also possibly by HA Rossetti. A lengthy and fascinating letter. "Dear Mrs. Angeli, Thanks v. much for yo/ volume. but must protest no jacket yr/sister Olivia being certainly more alive than anyone in Italy definite purf, not jacket vs not all brit/publrs/ are of the line of Barabbas & born to be damned- perhaps the very printing machinery in England [side flap] Yeats' definition of yr island 'The only country where a man will lie WITHOUT being paid for it' endemic [side flap] lie DOWN not being able to bear the Truth. cordially Ezra Pound." Pound has also placed in the body of the letter,… Read More

Salem, N.J., 1840. Hardcover. Good. [approx. 650] p.; 41 cm. Remains of original leather binding. Ledger book of David Smith Darmon (1815-1879), a saddler in Salem, N.J. The first part of the ledger begins on April 15, 1840, and goes to Feb. 26, 1858, in Salem, N.J. The next page is headed "Philadelphia July 16 1859." The Philadelphia entries run through March 1860. The next page is headed "The Regular Book of Entries Belonging to David S. Darmon" and starts with April 11, 1865, in Salem, N.J. This suggests that the business had been taken over by David Smith Darmon, one of the sons of David Smith Darmon (1815-1879), the latter generally known as Smith Darmon. This section runs to April 1875. The next section begins in Salem in Feb. 1889 but does not identify the person who "Commenced business this date." It runs to the beginning of 1892. The final section contains entries from the 1870s. David Smith Darmon (1815-1879) worked with leather as well as renting… Read More

1872. Good. 1 leaf (37 x 24 cm.). Printed form with handwritten information, dated 27 Dec. 1872, and with the gilt state seal. John M. Palmer, Governor of Illinois, commissions Stephen J. Towson as Notary Public of Cook County, Illinois. Signed by Palmer and the Secretary of State Edward Rummel. John M. Palmer (1817-1900) was governor of Illinois from 1891 to 1897. He had fought for the Union during the American Civil War, rising from colonel to brigadier general, and served as Kentucky's military governor. Edward Rummel (1838-1894) was Secretary of State of Illinois from 1869 to 1873. In Good Condition: 1 horizontal and 2 vertical creases, starting to separate; staining and discoloration; minor chipping along 2 sides.

DeLand, Florida: Richard Morland, 1946. Near Fine. Very Good/No Dust Jacket As Issued. In Richard Morland's, the coach, own hand is a record of the season. A 5.25 by 3.75 inch 6 ring note book with stiff cloth wraps; 158 lined handwritten pages with occasional newspaper box-score pasted in. Includes: *** Beginning with the preseason practices outlined and complete with a chart of physical test the players recorded during the preseason *** Notes or the pre-season scrimmage with a handwritten box score *** Details of each game played with Coach Morland's personal comments and reflections. *** ..."Worst game of my coaching career..." p60 ***  " A game to remember.....almost blew the lead..." p175 *** Pasted in newspaper box scores *** Coach Morland's thoughts and strategies prior to games *** Sketches of opponents plays *** The last 20 pages are diagrams of the Stetson offensive plays. In 1956 - 57 the Stetson Hatters of DeLand, Florida has a tremendous year with an invitation to the 1957 NAIA… Read More