Search Results: Authors starting with P from Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc.

ASEA ABOARD THE BRIGANTINE YANKEE, 1956. On offer is a super, original 1956 - 1958 archive of 60+ mostly type written letters, 200+ pages in all, with copious handwritten additions, some manuscript letters all authored by a young 18 - 20 (?) year old woman named P. P. Riley who often signs letters PPPPP or Peggy Pat to mom and dad [Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Riley] of Middlebury Connecticut. Zippy and Nosey, siblings we surmise, and several other family and friends are also addressed. Miss Riley is on the trip of a lifetime helping crew the storied Brigantine Yankee for famed sailors Irving Johnson and his wife Electa who also went by the nickname Exy. This trip aboard the famed Brigantine Yankee which can be tracked from the datelines of the letters make for one of the most exotic groups of correspondence we have seen. Adding even more of an air to this archive of the group's circumnavigation, the Johnson's last, was the fact that it was documented by the National Geographic Society for… Read More

ABOARD THE USS MUSKALLUNGE. Very Good. 1942. On offer is a super, unusual manuscript relic of World War II being an original recipe book and cooking notes handwritten and compiled by fleet diesel submarine USS Muskallunge SS-262 cook Stanley P Irza. Using one of the boats blank Engine#3 Log Books Stanley used about 25 of the pages to record baking related recipes for breads, cakes and dessert sauces mostly. These are geared to feeding a large number of men at a time. Included are an AFRS recipe card about bananas and a wartime pamphlet about using beans and peas in ration era meals. Overall G+.; Manuscript; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall; KEYWORDS: HISTORY OF, COOKERY, CUISINE, CULINARIA, CULINARY ARTS, STANLEY P IRZA, USS MUSKALLUNGE, WW2, USN, SS-262 SUBMARINE, COOK BOOK, RECIPE, COOKING FOR LARGE GROUPS, MESS HALL COOKBOOKS, DIESEL SUBMARINE, WWII, WORLD WAR 2, WORLD WAR II, SUBMARINERS, NAVAL, MARINE, NAUTICAL, USN, UNITED STATES NAVY, AMERICANA, HANDWRITTEN,… Read More

1991. LUDEK PACHMANN [1924 - 2003] The Czech grandmaster. He was an icon of the times, a great chess player and a political activist, who after the Soviet invasion of his native Czechoslovakia was tortured almost to death in a Prague cellar. After this harrowing experience Ludek Pachman moved to Germany and started a successful career as a chess columnist and author. He was also one of the first GMs to play a game against a computer. He had a kind of father-son relationship with Bobby Fischer. Signed 1991 special cover honoring chess.. Autograph. Manuscript. Very Fine. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall.

Pleasant Valley [Cambridge] Vermont Albany New Yor. Good+. 1880. On offer is a super, original manuscript diary handwritten by Mr. Harlan Page French, an expressive 19th Century business man and entrepreneur born in Pleasant Valley [Cambridge] Vermont but spent most of his adult life in Albany New York. In 1881 Harlan's business of French & Choate Stationer succeeded the Readers and Writer's Economy Company. His partner left the business in 1884. While not a day to day diary Harlan writes 154 handwritten pages in the 6" x 11" book beginning March 15th, 1880 through to February 13th, 1921 but sometimes not writing for years but he retrospectively brings the reader up to date regarding his life, his business and his family after the gaps. He and his family, wife Augusta (nee Bowers) and his daughter Florence, take many vacations leaving the city as he suffers from allergies. Interestingly he takes "Cocaine" for his hay fever. Readers will find Harlan a super… Read More

LUGDUNI. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1575. Half-Leather. ROYAL FOLIO. PRINTED 1575. ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT HEBREW GRAMMARS EVER COMPILED AND AT THE DISPOSAL OF THE TRANSLATORS OF THE KING JAMES BIBLEFrom the esteemed 18th century library of Thomas Peckitt, himself the author of Hebrew Grammar and other theological works, with his fine bookplate and signature. It should be noted that this is a very important volume in the Biblical Studies; The Trinitarian Bible Society in their April - June 1979 Quarterly Record cites this volume as being at the disposal of the translators for the KING JAMES BIBLE. The Book: Pagninus, "Thesaurus Linguæ Sanctæ", Lugduni, 1575. Large Folio Orginal soft calf with blindstamping, sympathetically rebacked, internally clean. From the famed library of Henry Peckitt, well known 18th century scriptural scholar with his siganture and handsome bookplate. Pagninus was perhaps the greatest of Christian Lexicographers and whose work was… Read More

France, 1815. Dated October 25th, 1815, Monsieur Henri Paibles, a physician writes that even though he has presented himself on numerous occasions at the Comte De Montmorency's hotel he has never been invited in the Comte's presence. As such is the case Henri continues, he begs the Comte to grant an unnamed man an audience with the hopes the young man will be considered for a position as adjutant to M. Mangenot of the Nekker Hospital. He expounds very clearly that the young doctor has studied and made strides in the treatment of a number of children's maladies for which he should be commended. It is clear from the letter that the Comte is responsible for the Administration of hospitals in Paris. Biographical Notes: SIR THOMAS PHILLIPPS (1792-1872). Born in 1792, Sir Thomas Phillipps from childhood was obsessed with the idea of obtaining virtually anything written or printed on paper, including cartloads of documents from wastepaper merchants and the entire inventories of booksellers.… Read More

Lunenberg, Jaffrey, Boston Massachusetts MA. Very Good. 1900. On offer is a handwritten archive of manuscript diaries written by Charles F. Paige. In all there are seven [7] diaries covering the years 1900, 1902, 1904, 1906, 1913, 1920 and 1924. These make for a fascinating period collection of an incredibly hard working man who straddles the rural and urban worlds. He is a farmer, itinerant worker for other farmers and also works for extended periods on more modern works for the Boston Elevated Railroad Co. Charles is also entrepreneur earning as much as $2.25 per day, he pays those who labor for him 50 to 60 cents per day. Truly interesting even in the sporadic fashion of the diaries to see Charles' life evolve and progress. Places he called villages have become towns, towns have become cities. So hard a worker is Charles that when in 1904 his father dies, January 31, 1904, 87 years, 10 months, 25 days old and still Charles goes to work. He notes just 2 months later that Adeline S.… Read More

St. Germain EN Raye, France. Good with no dust jacket. 1806. Ephemera. On offer is a fine piece of correspondence dating from the first years of 19th century France. The letter was written by a Monsieur Pallan and is addressed to Monsieur Dubreuil, a medical doctor living in “St. Germain en Raye / near Paris”. In the letter, Pallans asks Dr. Dubreuil to pay on his behalf for the use of a mineral bath house from the 1st to the 8th of the following month. An excerpt follows: J'ai compli sur vous pour payer pour moi de 1re au 8me du moi prochaine la somme de 1.76# et je vous prie parce que toutes fois que ...[Translation: I have relied on you to pay for me from the 1st to the 8th of next month the sum of 1.76#* and I beg you because every time…] (* this is most likely an quick abbreviation for French Franc) Further in the letter, he refers to a number of other financial transactions such as this one: ... Cette somme est destine a payer un hypotheque de 2,400# qui existait… Read More

England. Very Good with no dust jacket. Non-Book. On offer is the manuscript signature of Sir Antonio Genesio Maria Panizzi (better known as Anthony Panizzi) (1797-1879). The signature is found at the end of a cut section of an 4-1/2 x 3 inch paper fragment of a manuscript letter. BIO NOTES: Sir Antonio Genesio Maria Panizzi , was a naturalised British librarian of Italian birth and an Italian patriot. He was the Principal Librarian (i. E. Head) of the British Museum from 1856 to 1866. In addition to his English knighthood, Panizzi was given an honorary degree by Oxford University, the Légion d'Honneur from France, various chivalric honours from the Italian Government and Crown, and in 1868 was appointed as a senator in the Italian Parliament. He never took his seat there. Overall G condition. ; Manuscripts; 32mo 4" - 5" tall; 1 pages; Signed by Author .

BOSTON TO CHICAGO TO WASHINGTON DC. Good. 1895. On offer is a fascinating part journal and part scrapbook of a 3000 mile trip written and compiled by Benjamin W. Parker for his wife in 1895. Invited to accompany a friend on an extensive business trip, Parker, his wife and mother travel mostly by train starting in Boston to Chicago and the mid west and through to Washington DC. Parker creates what iss meant to be a memory album for his wife to cherish in future years. Typed on onion skin, tipped in with ephemera throughout the depth and breadth of the journal is wonderful providing a lovely perspective of America through this interesting man's eyes. There are personal anecdotes and we learn that Parker was a unique individual and highlights of the journal include a story of how he got kicked out of Naval Academy for pulling the coattails of President Grant on a dare. Ephemera tipped in includes a handwritten invitation by Senator William Frye of Maine to Charles Hamlin, Asst Secretary… Read More

ABOARD THE USTS ENTERPRISE. Good. 1901. On offer is a super group of four [4] folio manuscript logbooks [2] and exercise books [2] handwritten and compiled by Navy cadet Herman T. Parker who served aboard the United States Naval training ship, USTS Enterprise between 1901 - 1902. Beginning under the command of Edward Merritt Hughes from June 1, 1901 to Oct 12, 1901, and then commanded by Edward David Taussig June 14, 1902. Uniquely the group of four presents the historian and researcher of Naval education an opportunity to view the education alongside the performance as the official USTS Enterprise logs are filled with the standard data all sailors have recorded since the Age of Sail: weather, winds, nautical or ship observations, position and status. There are any number of fascinating entries: the Prince and Princess of Norway boarding the Enterprise, an encounter with the Russian Fleet, a review by the Czar of Russia's Royal Yacht, a German royal yacht in review and boarding ships;… Read More

ABOARD USS DACOTAH FUNCHAL PORTUGAL. Good. 1866. On offer is an original 1866 manuscript letter handwritten by US Navy Engineer Hiram Parker Jr. while serving aboard the USS Dacotah. The 14 page diary like letter was written over a period from February 7th 1866 to the 22nd of February. He starts out writing while at sea and describes one instance when one of the marines while asleep on deck had his skull fractured by a sheet block while the sail was being shortened and died. He later goes to Fuchal Portugal and describes the country in great detail fully using the paper. BIO NOTES: one online source provides: Birth: Oct. 4, 1841, Death: Feb. 17, 1918. Civil War Union Naval Officer. Third Assistant Engineer, 16 November, 1861. Second Assistant Engineer, 25 August, 1863. First Assistant Engineer, 11 October, 1866. Resigned 18 February, 1875. Burial: Charles Baber Cemetery Pottsville Schuylkill County Pennsylvania, USA. Another source: Hiram Parker, Jr. married Elizabeth Jane Myers… Read More

ABOARD USS DACOTAH TALCAHUANO BAY CHILE. Good. 1867. On offer is an original 1867 manuscript letter handwritten by US Navy Engineer Hiram Parker Jr. while serving aboard the USS Dacotah. The 12 page diary like letter was written over a period from January 26th to February 2nd 1867 from Talcahuano Bay Chile. The very interesting letter makes mention of ex Civil War General Kilpatrick while he was the American Minister in Chile was onboard along with the secretary who was seasick onboard during the trip and describes the city of Talcahuano Bay in detail along with the city of Valparaiso and the insides of a church there. He mentions that minister General Kilpatrick inviting him and the other officers into his home and mentions some officers marrying wealthy Chilean women and that one officer was given $50,000 on the morning he was married by the father in law. BIO NOTES: one online source provides: Birth: Oct. 4, 1841, Death: Feb. 17, 1918. Civil War Union Naval Officer. Third Assistant… Read More

Newportbury, Mass. Good with no dust jacket. 1875. Non-Book. On offer is a letter written by James Parton (1822-1891) to Hamilton Cole (c1834-1897) Dated Oct 22, 1875 in Newburyport, Mass, this letter was written and signed James Parton. Parton has written to Hamilton Cole thanking him for the caricatures he sent Parton and mentioning a copy of one of the caricatures will be in the next edition of Harpers' Monthly magazine. The letter reads: "My dear Sir, I return the caricatures which you were so kind to send me. A copy of them will be in the next Harper's Monthly I believe. Accept my thanks for the trouble you so obviously took and believe me. Very respectfully yours, James Parton...Hamilton Cole Esq"The Hamilton Cole to whom Parton sent the letter was most likely the New York lawyer and famous collector who was owner of a Gutenburg bible, the “Brinley copy" when he paid $8,000 at a New York in 1881. This Gutenburg Bible was sold after his death in 1897.James… Read More

PRUSSIA GERMANY, 1865. On offer is a superb Prussian Soldier's Militair-Paß [Military Pass] and handwritten record of participation in Prussian campaigns against Austria and France. for a man named Pässler who served in the Prussian Infantry. The pass states Pässler: Geboren am 17 Juli 1844 zu ____ bei Hollburg. Sixth Infantry Regiment, 11th Company. Apparently he took part in the famous battle at Königgrätz [Sadowa] in 1866 [research suggests he was with Herwath von Bittenfeld's advance to Dresden in the Kingdom of Saxony, where they easily defeated the Saxon army of 25,000 and then joined with the First Army]; served in Frankreich 1870-71; Beaumont, Verdun, Sedan, Paris. Includes 4+ pages: "Bestimmungen für Mannschaften der Reserve und Landwehr". Paper booklet with elaborate, elegant German calligraphy; lightly soiled, good. 15 pp. 8.5 x 17 cm. Overall G.. Good. 32mo - over 4" - 5" tall. German Language.

NAPIERVILLE QUEBEC , 1837. On offer is a superb Lower Canada [Quebec] autograph letter signed, "Lusena Patch", Napiervill[e], [Quebec, Canada], June 3, 1837, 3 1/4pp., 8" x 13". Ink, rag content paper. Patch, [who research suggests is from Fitchburg, Massachusetts], was assigned to a school in Napierville and is disappointed by the town and its Catholic residents. The children are uneducated; no school before her arrival. She complains that there are no proper Christians save for another woman that also newly arrived. There are no protestant meetings except for the occasional traveling minister. She is particularly horrified by the Catholic grand procession, which she describes in great detail: "The first Sab. I spent here was what is called the grand procession day with the catholics and my heart was exceedingly pained with what my eyes were compelled to see and my ears to hear. The first I saw after raising in the morning was people assembling at the tavern oposit with their… Read More

CONSTANTINOPLE TURKEY ELLIS KANSAS KS, 1891. On offer is a super, original manuscript autograph letter signed [ALS] dated March 18th, 1891 Constantinople Turkey handwritten by Louie Patten to his friends Clarence and Aggie Buchanan describing some of his Grand Tour highlights in the Ottoman Empire's capital wherein he writes about coming by steamer from Athens, men with turbans and fez's, describing the sultan going once a week to the big Mosque with 1300 soldiers, that he will continue from Hotel da Byzance by sleeping car to Vienna etc. BIO NOTES: Clarence Maywood Buchanan [7 Jun 1854 - 24 Apr 1932] married to Elizabeth Agnes Henderson 25 Dec 1877, Washington, Iowa. 4.5 x 7 inches. Overall VG.. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Manuscript.

MASSILLION OHIO OH. Good+. 1912. On offer are eight [8] original manuscript diaries and nine [9] ledgers of hard working Ohio farmer Clifford L. Patterson of Massillon Ohio near Canton and Wooster Ohio. Clifford uses, for the most part, writing tablets allowing for notebook-free-hand style diaries for the years 1912, 1917, 1920, 1922, 1924, 1926, 1927 and 1930 [this book is undated save for day dates suggesting 1930]. Clifford also does a super job recording the details of his busy though seemingly successful life. The weather, his duties, visitors, visits and matters of commerce and labor are all recorded and historians and collectors of Ohio Americana will delight in the fully written pages of names, places providing for many hundreds of pages and thousands of entries in these manuscript diaries. Nine [9] ledgers provide for more thousands entries of information regarding the rural commerce and industry of Mr. Patterson overall in G+ condition.; Manuscript; 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read More

UTAH USA PRE WAR EUROPE. Good+. 1938. On offer is a sensational pair [2] of manuscript diaries handwritten by Paul Jones (25 November 1880 - 4 September 1941) who was at one time the controversial Episcopal Bishop of Utah (1916-1918). The two diaries relate to Bishop Jones' 1938 trip to pre World War II Europe wherein the activist-Bishop made copious notes of his political meetings that ran the gamut of high profile politicians at the time and provide a sensational take from Jones' perspective on the threatening conflict. Traveling throughout Europe Jones details his thoughts and opinions and observations country by country in an old black 3 ring binder, 6" x 8", containing 119 pages, dated 1938: about Nazis, brown shirts, the third Reich, Hitler, Mein Kampf, national socialism in Germany, ship travel, pacifism, peace leaders, the Salvation Army, religion, politics, Chamberlain, England, the Labor Party, Ghandi, India, the league of nations, fascism, political refugees… Read More

New York NY. Very Good. 1958. On offer is a super, original relic of the Civil Rights era and the real bitterness and rage felt by some if not many on the front lines of the Civil Rights movement being the personal copy of the 128 page manifesto-autobiography 'Here I Stand' by Paul Robeson, published in 1958 by Othello Associates, New York, owned, annotated and underlined throughout by Wesley A. Williams [1897 - 1984]. The target of lifelong racism as the third African-American man ever to join, in 1919, the New York Fire Service Williams' ownership signature and despairing annotations fill the book from the front pastedown on: almost every page bears Williams' underlining but it is his commentary as it responds to Robeson's text which is revealing and intensely moving. The pages are stained with his holographic bitterness: he writes regarding the chapter 'Love will find out the way' in the aftermath of the assassination of President Kennedy, Williams'… Read More