Middletown, Vermont, 30 July 1844. Original manuscript. Good. One page, written in blue ink on old yellowed paper with fold marks. 5.75: x 8" Vail tells Capt. Baxter that he lost the following articles aboard the boat on " May 7 or 8": 1 Black Valise; 5 New Shirts; 8 Bosoms Linen; 4 Linen Collars; 1 pr Brass Curtain Pins; 1 pr Gent Pumps; 1 pt Striped Ribbon; Paid Postage on 7 Bills; 2 Linen Hkfs--total value, $16.13. The Packet "Whitehall" operated between Troy (NY) on the Hu... more information

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Middletown, Vermont, 1841-59. Original manuscripts. Very Good. 68 leaves, written in various inks on white and blue papers. Various sizes. Includes receipts for: rum, brandy, molasses, fish, potatoes, garden tools, hats, calico, mole skin, tea, sugar, thimbles, whiskey, linen, collars, brass pins, valises, shawls, nails, silk, gingham, paper, buttons, hooks & eyes, boots, gaters, rubbers, boards, matches, needles, gloves, daguereotypes, horses, hay, flour, beef, carriage to carry deceased, boarding ... more information

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Worcester Press of Charles Hamilton 1883., 1883. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Pictorial paper covers and contents in very good condition. 9.75" x 5.75" 42pp First published in the AAS Proceedings, October 21, 1882. Illustrated by two text illus, folding map. 1st book edn. Binding is original wraps. ... more information

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Worcester Press of Charles Hamilton 1885., 1885. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Printed paper covers and contents unopened, very good condition. 10.25" x 6.25" 28pp First published in the AAS Proceedings, April 1885. Illustrated by 27 figures in the text. 1st book edn. Binding is original wraps. ... more information

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NY Robbins Music 1934., 1934. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Back cover gone; front cover and contents in very good condition. 12" x 9" 72pp Contains lyrics, melody lines, piano accompaniment, guitar chords and frames for 32 songs performed by Rudy and orchestra. Titles include: Aloha Oe; Cielita Lindo; Dark Eyes; Fair Harvard; Good Night Sweetheart; Rain; Two Guitars; Who Is Sylvia; and 24 more. Illustrated by photo-portrait on cover. First Edition. Binding is original wraps. ... more information

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Georgetown: Georgetown Univ Library, 1991. First Edition. Pictorial wraps. Fine. 29pp. 11" x 8.5 Annotated list of books written by foreign visitors to Washington, DC in the nation's first century.... more information

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NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1903. (copyright 1899). Original Cloth. Very Good. Albert E. Sterner & others. pp: (vii), 247, index; frontispiece, 12 plates. Front free-endpaper removed. Decorative trade binding, designed in art-nouveau-style on light-green cloth, with the monogram of the designer Henry Van Dyke. 7.75" x 5.5" ... more information

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Jersey City, New Jersey: Historical Society of Hudson County, 1911-1929. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Thick, bound volumes of Papers #1-22, beginning with Van Winkle's "Reference Pamphlet, 1609-1632," published in February, 1911. Various paginations. 8.5" x 5.5 ... more information

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NY Knopf (1994)., 1994. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Small repair at base of front joint, else in fine condition. 11.5" x 11.25" unpaginated Bound in glazed pictorial boards; pocket-fold pages. This "unique, three-dimensional tour through the creation of music over the centuries" features pop-ups, push/pull tabs, foldouts, etc. In compartments at the back are the 75-minute CD, a booklet of commentary, and a pair of miniature drumsticks. Unusual gift for a music-lover. Illustrated by profusel... more information

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NY: Gale Agency, Circa 1950s. Original edition. Very Good. Hear Her Greater - Mercury Records... "Come Along With Me" backed with "It's Easy To Remember." Printed in yellow and blue, with a photo of Sarah Vaughan. 10.5" x 8.25 Sarah Vaughan (1924-1990) was a well-known American jazz singer, highly respected by musicians. Her contract with Mercury Records ended in 1959, which helps date this broadside.  ... more information

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Wilmington, DE: Costa Print/JJ Satterthwait, 1894. First Edition. Original Cloth. Very Good. 596pp; damp mark at corner of back cover. 8.5" x 5.5 [Wright, American Fiction, III:4396 locates five copies of this novel set in 17th-century Sweden.] ... more information

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NY: Lion Press, 1966. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good. pp: (58); illus throughout from drawings. 11.5" x 8.25 Story of a baby fighting bull in southern Spain and his relationship with a cattle egret.... more information

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NY: Penguin Press, 2008. First Edition. Original Boards. Fine/Fine. pp: xiv, 302, index. 9.5" x 6.5 Non-fiction, set among a crack-dealing gang in the housing projects of Chicago.... more information

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Roanoke, VA, 1950. Original edition. Very Good. One "ticket," 3.5" x 8.5 This advance ticket shows that Ventura and his band played the Roanoke Auditorium on Firday, June 2nd, 9 til 1. Sponsored by the American Legion, the event was a "Colored Dance," the price of admission set at $1.50. Printed on the ticket is a photo-portrait of Charlie Ventura (1916-1992), a great tenor sax player who toured with Gene Krupa, Teddy Napoleon, Buddy Rich, and others. He had his own groups and co... more information

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Berlin, Germany: Alrobi Musik Verlag, 1931. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. Good . 48pp; spine ends reinforced with archival tape. Contains lyrics in German and piano music to 21 dance tunes from 1930-31. Cover illustrated by Oscar Brandstetten. 12.25" x 9.25 ... more information

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NY: Platt & Munk, 1935. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. Near Fine. 12pp; illus throughout, some color, by Roger Vernam. 8" x 6.75 Looks at the lifestyle of a Seminole boy in the Florida Everglades.... more information

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NY: Platt & Munk, 1935. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. Near Fine. Roger Vernam. 12pp; illus throughout, some color. 8" x 6.75 Describes and shows the everyday life of a little boy who lives near the North Pole.... more information

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NY: Platt & Munk, 1935. First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covers. Near Fine. 12pp; illus throughout, some color, by Roger Vernam. 8" x 6.75 Pictures the lifestyle of a Navaho boy, silver-working, herding wild horses with his father, etc.... more information

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NY: Payson & Clarke, 1927. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. Ex-Library. 165pp; 10 plates from old playbills, etc. Contains lyrics and some music to 51 songs by 32 songwriters, including: Thomas Godfrey, John Leacock, William Dunlap, John Howard Payne, John Brougham, and many others. An ex-library copy in cloth-backed marbled boards, worn along the edges, with the usual markings including a de-accession stamp; otherwise the contents are clean and complete. 10.5" x 7.5 ... more information

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Toledo: Rafael Gomez-Menor, 1950. Seventh edition. Pictorial wraps. Very Good. pp: 153, (3); illus from photographs, folding map. Text in Spanish. A guide to the sights, history, art and buildings of "la cuidad mas bella de Espana." 6.5" x 4.75 ... more information

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