Search Results: Documents/Letters from OLD WORKING BOOKS & Bindery (Est. 1994)

1878. First edition. No watermark. Folded ruled folio sheet. Signed by Geo Marston and Geo O Shattuck. 25,5x40(f20)cm. pp. [4]. Very Good. Barnstable ss: Sup. Fed Civil Bullen Lil.(?) vs. ButlerTried May Thir(?) 1878. I George Marston, on oath say that I was counsel for Joseph Butler, defendant in this above case. That there was no such thing or coll__rce between the parties in the case. Their attitude in respect to the ___erce was utterly hostile. I heard the evidence hoping to see ground of defense, but the testimony of Dr. Crocker as to injuries to the ___bellant was so strong as to leave no ground on which to stand, & I was compelled, in following any judgement & my service of duty to the courts, to surrender the defense. Geo Marston. Commonwealth of Massachusetts- Suffolk ss. July 20 1878 Subscribed & Sworn to before me - Geo O. Shattuck Justice of the Peace. Marston studied law at Cambridge 1844 and was admitted to bar the following year practicing in New Bedford… Read More

Washington, DC: GPO, August 1962. First edition. Original wraps rebound in black library buckram. Thick 8vo (23,5cm). pp. 1344. Near Fine. Contents: Key to symbols, Individuals, Publications, Organizations. Listing example: Rubenstein, Jack...a 593, 631, 7143; I, 919-921; cp 52. Important bibliographical reference for all manner of reports from the Committee of Un-American Activities House of Representatives. Oversize..

Washington, DC: GPO, August 1962. First edition. [no number listed, assumed 88158] and 88158-O. 2 volumes. Original printed card wraps, topboard emblem. Thick 8vo (23,5cm). pp. 1344; 563. Very Good [and] Near Fine. Index has cover soil and light stains about concave spine with minor spine nick repair, straightened curls to several edge pages of 3 corners following old straightened cover folds, internally near fine. Contents: Key to symbols, Individuals, Publications, Organizations. Listing example: Rubenstein, Jack...a 593, 631, 7143; I, 919-921; cp 52. Supplement has cover soil, internally fine. Contents: Rear cover and page black tabs match organization: Key to Symbols, Individuals, Publications, Organizations, Index of Facts on Communism Vol. I, and ...Vol. II. Important bibliographical reference for all manner of reports from the Committee of Un-American Activities House of Representatives covering 1938-60 through 86th Congress Sessions. After this time indices were included with reports. [There… Read More

Washington, DC: GPO, 1965. Illustrated by reproductions period clippings. First edition. 52-810 [and] 52-810-O. 2 volumes. Two-Staple section report. 8vo. pp. v, 301-574, xvi; vi, 575-813, ix. Index. Very Good [and] Near Fine. Complete 2/2 report. Part 1 covers with spotty foxing about slightly rippled spine area, 2 corners with straightened dogears to beginning pages, felt spine title, internally near fine with 2 page corner chips. Contents: Synopsis, Testimony: Lola Belle Holmes, Lucius Armstrong, Louis Diskin, David Englestein, Milton Mitchell Cohen, Benjamin Max Friedlander, Charles Fehniger Wilson, Wilberforce Cox Jones, Versta Miller, Helen Fotine Pantazopoulos Queen, Dorothy Mixter Hayes, Leon Joy Jennings, Laura Rae Blough, Yolanda Hall, Jeremiah Stamler, Mathilde Burke (executive and public). Part 2 covers lightly soiled, with felt spine title, ink owner rear cover, internally fine. Contents: Holmes, Stamler-Hall, Cohen and Committee Exhibits, Re: Jeremiah Stamler M.D. and Yolanda F. Hall… Read More

Washington, DC: GPO, 1965. Illustrated by Sporn Exhibits (2). First edition. 50-834-O. Two-Staple section report. 8vo. pp. v, 1513-1666, v. Index. Near Fine. Spotty foxed line to cover with felt spine title, internally fine. Testimony: Andrew J. Berecz, Paul Sporn, Joseph C. Scioli, Edward A. Wolkenstein, Seymour Rudner, Helen Schwartz, Walter J. Zvaleko, Tobias L. Schwartz, Gertrude Alexander, Richard H. Alexander, Gloria Massa, Max Berman, Miroslaw B. Zelman, Joseph Pranis, Emanuel J. Fried..

Massachusetts: Commonwealth, August 5, 1883. Copy edition. Watermark of [Capt.] Byron [Curtis] (Weston's Linen Record 18__: visible is "Weston's Linen Record 1886". [Founded 1863, Dalton, MA]. Folded sheets and broadsides. Signed by "A true copy: Attest, Freeman H. Lothrop, Register". Notation: 10043, Recorded Vol. 137 page 308. November 19, 1889 will moved and allowed & codicil disallowed by H.P. Harriman, Judge of Probate Court. 71,5x21,5cm. pp. [4]. Near Fine. "I, Jonathan C. Havens of the city of the city of St. Louis , State of Missouri, now residing in Chatham, County of Barnstable, State of Massachusetts, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, sensible of the uncertainty of life, and wishing to make disposition of all my worldly estate while I am in full possession of my mental faculties, do make, publish, and declare this to be my last will and testament, herby revoking any and every will made by me at any time heretofore." Blue typed copy with… Read More

Massachusetts: Commonwealth, March 21, 1883. Illustrated by Embossed stamp. True copy edition. Folded red-ruled sheet with two-flap summary. Signed by Register. 25.5 x 41cm. pp. [4]. Near Fine. Thomas J. Emery, Justice of the Peace. List of stocks, furniture, multiple properties, 2200 nights in Florida Southern R.R., Schooner Jane L. Newton, horses, jewelry. Taylor was one of the drafters against annexation of Brookline to the city of Boston in 1873..

Massachusetts: Commonwealth, 1892. Illustrated by Red ruled columns on schedules. First edition. Chain lines: 275mm; Watermark of [Capt.] Byron [Curtis] (Weston's Royal Linen Ledger): visible is "yal linen led". [Founded 1863, Dalton, MA]. Original folio stored in thirds with two-flap summary. Signed by executrix and register. 25.5 x 40cm. pp. [4]. Very Good. Toned summary, several chips to top fold edges. "The 3d Account of Mary M. Eldridge Executrix of the last will and testament of Isaiah Eldridge late of Dennis in the County of Barnstable, (blank)deceased:". Schedule A*: 6 items, Schedule B: 18 items. By the third draft her account was zero (both schedules had same amount). Freeman Hinkley Lothrop (b.1848) of Barnstable; 1881 register of probate; admitted to bar in 1884 (studied under Hiram Putnam Harriman b.1846, Judge of Barnstable Probate of Wills, appointed June 14, 1882). Names on Schedule B: Thomas Howes, Albert Rogers, Cape Cod Bank, B. P. Sears (auctioneers fees),… Read More

Massachusetts: Commonwealth, 1885-6. Original draft edition. Chain lines: 275mm; Watermark of [Capt.] Byron [Curtis] (Weston's Linen Record 18__): visible is "linen record". [Founded 1863, Dalton, MA]. Original Folio stored in thirds with one-flap summary. Signed by Hiram P. Harriman, James Gifford, Ruben W. Swift, Joseph Whitcomb and James Engles. 26x40(f20)cm. pp. [4]. Very Good. Two foxed fore-edge chips at top storage folds, light stains. Appointing Ruben W. Swift, Joseph Whitcomb and James Engles to appraise, on oath, the estate and effects of Polly G. Lecomt late of Provincetown in said County of Barnstable, (blank)deceased, which may be in said Commonwealth. When you have performed that service, you will deliver this order, and your doings in pursuance thereof to Sophronia(?) A. Whelden, Administratrix. Schedule of Personal Estate (pp. 3): Inventory of 18 items appraised at $16.64 (furniture, glassware, bedding), my favorite "One What Not, $1.00". The Lecomt family… Read More

1877. Original edition. 3 volumes. Original printed sheet stored in thirds with one-flap summary information, two separate sheets. Signed by Joseph M. Day, Hannah N. Smith, Ella A. Small, James H. North, Cyrenius Smalley, Isaac Small, Emily Shedd, Polly Atkins, Leonard Cook, Betsy Kibbey. 43,5 x 28cm. pp. [2], [1], [1]. Good+. Edge chipped and fold toning..

Massachusetts: Commonwealth, 1886. Illustrated by Red ruled columns on schedules. First edition. Seal (scale over two palm trees with urn in center) on both copies. Chain lines: 275mm; Watermark of [Capt.] Byron [Curtis] (Royal Linen Ledger): visible on L.T. is "nen ledger" [Founded 1863, Dalton, MA]. Visible on E.I. is "Ol Suff Mil" (another paper name: Old Suffolk Mill?). 2 volumes. Original folio stored in thirds with two-flap summary. Signed by Freeman H. Lothrop, Thacher Foster, Andrew J. Rich, J. [Jonathan] Higgins, and Hiram P. Harriman. 25.5 x 40cm. pp. [4]; [4]. Very Good+. Light fold toning, faint stain. Allen M. Nickerson, the third appraiser did not sign at court. Typed Last will and testament appointed Jonathan Higgins, Edgar Lincoln and Julia A. Nolte (of Boston) executors and signed in the presence of Jonathan Higgins, Isaac Freeman and John A. Freeman (attest, Freeman H. Lothrop, Register signed). Original families in Freeman/Deyo except Nolte..

Massachusetts: Commonwealth, April, 1895. Filed original edition. Chain lines, watermark (The American Linen Paper). Folded red-ruled sheet with two-flap summary. Signed by Freeman H. Lathrop, Register, Alexander Newcomb, J. (Jonathan) Higgins, Justice of the Peace. 25x20cm. pp. [4]. Very Good. Pencil note from Lathrop (F.H.L.) to send to J. Higgins Esq. Orleans with 3 slips. Fold chips and edge toning. Jonathan Higgins served as elected 3-year commissioner 1875 and Register 1858. Newcomb served as President of the Cape cod Five Cents Savings Bank-Harwich..

Massachusetts: Commonwealth, 1895. First edition. Embossed stamp of Probate Court of Barnstable, chanciness or watermark "Record 1884, ..Eston's Linen". Folded red-ruled sheet with two-flap summary. Signed by Freeman H. Lothrop, Register; Charles H. Kelley, Justice of the Peace; Fernandes G. Kelly, Jonathan P. Edwards and Albert Rogers, Appraisers; J. (Jonathan) Higgins, Justice of the Peace. 25x20cm. pp. [4]. Very Good. Toning and chips to folds. ..

Massachusetts: Commonwealth, 1887. Illustrated by Red ruled columns on schedules. Final edition. Chain lines: 275mm; Watermark of [Capt.] Byron [Curtis] (Weston's Linen Record 18__): visible is "ston's linen". [Founded 1863, Dalton, MA]. Original folio stored in thirds with two-flap summary. Signed by multiple. 25,5x40(f20)cm. pp. [4]. Very Good. One foxed fold. Form used: "The__Account of__Execut_ of the last will and testament of" crossed out to read: " The final Account of Ephraim Smith Admin of the Estate of". With other original pencil corrections. Schedule A: 9 items=$1,944.55, Amount of personal estate according to inventory $1,084.80. Schedule B: 22 items=$1,765.12. Balance=$179.43. Franklin Howes had six children by wife Wealthy L. Longley. (Deyo/Whittemore) lists Jonathan Higgins, Esq. of Orleans (b.1816) register of probate 1858 (for 3 terms) and as an elected 3-year term commissioner for 1875. Freeman Hinkley Lothrop (b.1848) of Barnstable; 1881… Read More

Massachusetts: Commonwealth, April 1892. Original edition. Embossed seals, Watermark: "Royal L" top and "nen Ledger" bottom. Folded red-ruled sheet with two-flap summary. Signed by Orrick Chase and J. [Jonathan] Higgins, Justice of the Peace. 25,5x40(f20)cm. pp. [4]. Very Good. Schedule A November 1888: two items=608.23; Balance of former account=598.73; Schedule B, 19 items=608.23. Names in schedule B: Isaac Chase, Flora Ryder, Carrie B. Nickerson, E. Lion Chase, Delilah F. Chase. Jonathan Higgins also served as elected 3-year commissioner 1875 and Register of Probate 1858. (Deyo/Freeman Mayflower families)..

Massachusetts: Commonwealth, 1895. Original edition. 2 volumes. Folded red-ruled sheet with two-flap summary, lined paper tipped in with recipients and amounts. Signed by Ebenezer Weekes and Alphonso L. Weekes, Justice of the Peace. 25,5x41(f20,5)cm. pp. [4], 1. Good. Some insect damage at folds but readable recipient list of 37 names dividing $161.89 (Weekes, Freeman, Joseph, Baker, Washburn, Eldridge, Miller, Doane, Woodbury, Pettit, Parker, Dorsey, Baker, Fisher, Allen, Wilmarth, Wilbur, Dunham, Blake, Osgood, Clark, Cole, Barett, Joy, Walker...none repeated)..

: Published by order of the House of the 24th, April, 1802. First edition. Folded sheet pamphlet, uncut and unopened. 8vo. pp. [5]. Very Good. Fold stain..

typed signed letters in original post canceled mailing envelopes. Signed by Hughes and one 1935 signature of Albert West. 10.25 x 7.25-inches (26x18,5cm). /Near Fine All correspondence enclosed in original mailing envelopes. 1. December 15, 1961 on watermarked personal stationery after his November 7th gubernatorial win and thanking West for his confidence. The next three on State of New Jersey Office of the Governor Trenton stationery: 2. February 8, 1962 declining invitation for St. Patrick's Day in Boston (with pencil quote on envelope rear from West with copy of his signature from a book ffep 1935 to match handwriting); 3. April 9, 1962 thanking West for 4/3/62 note and how he missed the MBA; 4. April 2, 1964 "Dear Al: The exoneration of the Irish certainly brightened my St. Patrick's Day. Now if we can put our thoughts to clearing Democratic politicians of the usual unjust Republican accusations - the clearance by verse is preferred - life hereabouts would be even more… Read More

Illustrated by vignettes for policy numbers. Original edition. 4 volumes. Original printed folios stored in thirds with one-flap summary information. Signed by David K. Akin, Simeon Atwood, Joseph R. Hall Presidents; Amos Otis, Frank Thatcher, Secretaries and Eleazer Rogers Jr., Insured on all four copies. 35.5 x 43cm. pp. 4, 4, 4, 4. Very Good. Light toning at folds, several minor tears, pen notation, notation paid by John Doane (a noted church deacon, Deyo 1890). Entries in ink for 4 policies with Premium, Deposit, Sum Insured, and per cent, On his Dwelling House situated in Orleans and occupied by himself, and On his barn near said dwelling house. Eleazer Rogers (Freeman 1862, pp. 506, 5th Remove of Harwich). Freeman lists Eleazer Rogers as head of household (5th remove-Potanaumaquut-one of 14 families, pp.506). Incorporated March 2, 1833, the presidents of Barnstable County MFIC have been (Deyo 1890): David Cracker, Eben Bacon, Zenas D. Bassett, David K. Akin and Joseph R. Hall. The first… Read More

Massachusetts: Commonwealth, ca.>1882. First draft edition. Chain lines: 275mm; Watermark of [Capt.] Byron [Curtis] (Weston's Linen Record 18__): visible is "n's linen r". [Founded 1863, Dalton, MA]. Original printed folio stored in thirds with two-flap summary. Signed by Guardian. 25x40(f20)cm. pp. [4]. Very Good. Two fore-edge chips at bottom storage folds. "The first account of Joshua Maker Guardian of Augustus Robbins of Brewster in the County of Barnstable, minor (crossed out) "Insane or Insame" (filled in)...(signed) Joshua Maker Guardian. Schedule A: "Received from sale of Legal Estate for expenses from Probate Court, 200.00". Schedule B: Paid Expenses of Guardianship, 8.20; Paid Expenses of license to sell real Estate and billing same, 13.45; Paid for making acct, 2.00; Paid (pr?) Citation on same, 3.00." Both Deyo and Freeman list Maker (Meker) and Robbins families..