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A Small Group of Bills of Landing of the Quaker Shipping Merchants Abraham Bell & Son
New York, By the authors, 1852. Three documents, printed and partially filled in manuscript; approx. 6 x 12; illustrated with small engravings; a few small nicks to edges and mild age-toning; in very good condition. Abraham Bell (1778 - 1856) was born in a prominent Quaker family in Northern Ireland. Immigrating to New York in 1797, he co-founded Abraham Bell & Company with several partners, of which he would become the sole owner and which would be renamed Abraham Bell & Son in 1844. A shipping firm and commissions merchant, it imported and exported a variety of commodities, though it specialized in the export of Southern cotton to the British Isles. During the potato famine of the 1840s, Bell transported thousands of immigrants from Ireland. The three current bills addressed the shipping, via various vessels, of bales of cotton to Liverpool, rosin to Glasgow, and embroideries to Richmond. Very good .
ZH Books Professional sellerBook no.: 003868
USD 400,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 346.75 | £UK 304.25 | JP¥ 61680]
Catalogue: Americana
Keywords: Americana
V. Franklin. Ego Zhizn, Obshchestv. I Nauchnaia Dieiatelnost
S.-Peterburg, Tipografiia tovarishchestva "Obshchestvennaia Polza, 1891. First Edition. First edition; 7 1/4 x 4 3/4; pp. [5], 6-79, [1]; beige wraps, printed in black; illustrated with portrait frontis of Benjamin Franklin; previous owner's personal stamp and manuscript note to front wrap; some loss of paper from head of spine (text block solid); in about very good condition. A well-written biography of Benjamin Franklin, it covered his childhood, his contributions to the American society and to the world before and after the Revolutionary War, his founding of the first public library in the US, etc. Very good .
ZH Books Professional sellerBook no.: 003532
USD 350,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 303.5 | £UK 266.25 | JP¥ 53970]
Catalogue: Russian-Americana
Keywords: Russian-Americana
A Letter to President Roosevelt, Related to His 1934 Devils Lake Speech
Oakland, CA, By the author, 1934. Typed letter, signed in ink; 12 x 8 1/2; single sheet, text to recto only; mild, uniform age-toning; old, horizontal fold lines; in very good condition. Albert Adelson (1850 - 1943) was a Russian-American resident of the San Francisco Bay Area, allegedly claiming to be one of the founders of the Russian Republic and author of their constitution. Known for his crusades against social injustices and for his relentless letter-writing to US presidents, senators, and other political figures, in this particular letter he addressed "His Excellency, President of the United States," in connection with President Franklin Roosevelt's 1934 visit to Devils Lake in North Dakota. The president's campaign against the drought and the desperate economic situation in the midst of the Great Depression prompted Adelson to offer a "genious invention, titled: Overhead-Irrigation and Fire-Extinguisher Wizard." According to him, it could cover the whole country and "120 million souls in the United States of America, will surely be saved ALIVE!!!" Begging for the Government's backing, Albert ended his letter with: "I remain, the best U. S. officially qualified citizen." . Very good .
ZH Books Professional sellerBook no.: 003637
USD 60,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 52 | £UK 45.75 | JP¥ 9252]
Catalogue: Americana
Keywords: Americana
Webster Centennial Celebration Invitation
Boston, Committee on Invitations, 1882. Brochure; 9 1/4 x 5 1/4; single sheet, folded, pp. [4]; text and decorations to first page only; illustrated with a portrait; name of invitee in manuscript, in black ink; two horizontal crease lines and very light age-toning; in very good or better condition. The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts is the oldest chartered military organization in North America and the third oldest in the world. Its charter was granted in 1638 - to serve as a volunteer institution for training officers enrolled in militia companies across the state. The current invitation was issued on the occasion of the centennial of the birth of Daniel Webster, to be celebrated at the Commander's Quarters in Marshfield, and addressed to Hon. Charles Francis Choate (1828 - 1911), one of the best-known and most-successful Boston lawyers of the time, President of the Old Colony Railroad Company, President of the Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company, and Vice-President of the New England Trust Company. Very good .
ZH Books Professional sellerBook no.: 003445
USD 100,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 86.75 | £UK 76.25 | JP¥ 15420]
Catalogue: Americana
Keywords: Americana
African-American Gentleman with an Automobile
S. l. s. n. 1932. Photograph, n. d. (ca 1932); 3 1/4 x 5; black-and-white image; tiny creases to corners and mild yellowing to margins; in very good condition. An unusual photograph of a young African-American man, in a rural setting (a water tower and low houses in the distance), dressed in a natty suit, with one leg propped on the running board of what appears to be a 1932 Plymouth Roadster, with a cigar jutting out of his mouth. Very good .
ZH Books Professional sellerBook no.: 004315
USD 150,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 130 | £UK 114.25 | JP¥ 23130]
Catalogue: African-Americana
Keywords: African-Americana
Christianus Imus Konge Til Danmark, Norge, Sverrig Etc. En Stamme-Fader Til Folgende Keyserlige, Kongelige Og Churfyrstelige Huuse
S. l. (United States, possibly Pennsylvania), s. n. 1750. Broadside, n. d. (after 1745); 18 x 14 1/2; laid paper, printed in black in five columns; moderate darkening and a few small spots; creases, with small punctures at intersecting lines; several nicks to edges, only one of them affecting a few words in the last three lines; a small piece of tape to verso; in good condition. A rare, 18th-century Danish-American broadside, it outlined the descendants of (presumably) King Christian I of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden through the royal houses of Europe. He was the first king of the House of Oldenburg and the dynasty he founded remains on the throne in Denmark. Although anonymous, according to Christian Bruun's "Systematic list of Danish literature from 1482 to 1830, after the collections in the Great Royal Library in Copenhagen..", the document was printed in the United States. (Bruun, C. (1902). Bibliotheca danica: Systematisk fortegnelse over den danske literatur fra 1482 til 1830, efter samlingerne i det Store kongelige bibliothek i Kjobenhavn. Med supplementer fra Universitetsbibliotheket i Kjobenhavn og Karen Brahes bibliothek i Odense (Vol. 4, p. 220). Kopenhagen: Gyldendal). OCLC lists two copies at Danish institutions; none in the trade. Good .
ZH Books Professional sellerBook no.: 003039
USD 1.250,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 1083.25 | £UK 950.75 | JP¥ 192751]
Catalogue: Danish-Americana
Keywords: Americana, Denmark, Geneology
A Group of Victorian Racist African-American Paper Dolls
S. l. s. n. 1880. Twelve chromolithographed, die-cut, paper dolls; approx. 5 x 1 1/2; generally mild wear - a few worn spots to verso, one with a tiny split to upper edge; in very good or better condition. Portraying African-Americans playing various musical instruments, dancing, and singing, as well as boxing, playing racketball, etc. the paper dolls were decidedly racist - depicting exaggerated mouths, bugged-out eyes, strange postures, and so on. Very good .
ZH Books Professional sellerBook no.: 004241
USD 150,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 130 | £UK 114.25 | JP¥ 23130]
Catalogue: African-Americana
Keywords: African-Americana
Hymn Sung at the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Settlement of Rev. David Sanford over the Village Church, Medway, Oct. 5, 1863
S. l. (Medway, MA), By the author, 1863. First Edition. Small broadside; 7 3/4 x 4 3/4; off-white stock, printed in black; uniform age-toning and a few spots to margins; several small nicks to edges; in good condition. David Sanford (1801-1875) was the Pastor of the Village Church in Medway, Massachusetts from 1838 to 1871. He was also the grandson of David Sanford (1737 - 1810) - Chaplain of the 13th and 23rd Continental regiments during the Revolutionary War. Good .
ZH Books Professional sellerBook no.: 003505
USD 50,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 43.5 | £UK 38.25 | JP¥ 7710]
Catalogue: Americana
Keywords: American, Religion
Manuscript Plat Map of the East Part of Philadelphia, Ny (le Ray)
S. l. By the author, 1810. Manuscript plat map; 16 1/2 x 21; thin paper stock in brown ink and pencil; light spots throughout - not affecting readability; fold lines, with thin splits along - no loss of paper; in good condition. An original, early map of parcels of land in present day Le Ray, New York, it listed the names of some of the earliest pioneers in the area, including John Strickland and his sons - settlers from Pennsylvania, who would be engaged in furnishing provisions for the Army during the War of 1812; the Child Family, the Coolidge Family, the Moon Family, etc. Good .
ZH Books Professional sellerBook no.: 003424
USD 350,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 303.5 | £UK 266.25 | JP¥ 53970]
Catalogue: Americana
Keywords: Americana, New York
Manuscript Plat Map of Township 7 South, Range 20 West
S. l. (Michigan), By the author, 1830. Manuscript plat map, n. d. (ca 1820s - 1830s); 13 x 16; off-white stock and brown ink; mild spotting; discreet repairs to verso; in about good condition. A beautiful map, it showed the Gallain River and Lake Michigan and noted several businesses with their land properties, including Robb & Co. Morison & Co. etc. Good .
ZH Books Professional sellerBook no.: 003661
USD 450,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 390 | £UK 342.25 | JP¥ 69390]
Catalogue: Americana
Keywords: Americana
Manuscript Document, Related to Highways in the City of Baldwin, Maine
Baldwin, ME, By the author, 1822. Manuscript; 7 1/2 x 6; laid paper, folded and sewn with a string to form a notebook; pp. [8]; text and tables to pp. 1-4, in brown ink; fore-edge unevenly trimmed; light spotting, mostly to margins; in very good condition. An early 19th century document, it addressed Joel Libby, one of the surveyors of highways in the town of Baldwin for the year 1822 and presented him with a list of assessments of estates, in the form of large, detailed tables, of the people in the town, and their respective proportions of seventy two dollars and twenty seven cents "to be expended in labor and materials upon the highways" within their limits. It listed allotments of ten cents per hour for men's labor and ox labor and ten cents per hour for a good plough and six cents per hour for a good cart. The manuscript also stated that any deficiencies from people not paying would be put in the next assessment for a town tax. The town of Baldwin, now part of the Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area, was originally known as Flinstown and was founded by a grant to the survivors of the Company of Captain Flint of Concord, Mass in 1774. It was incorporated in 1802 and named after one of its earliest settlers, Loammi Baldwin. At the time, the town was said to be "destitute of a meeting house and minister" and that the first roads constructed through it were in a "dangerous condition for teams, carriages, and horses." Apparently, in the following years, efforts had been made to improve the condition of the roadways. Very good .
ZH Books Professional sellerBook no.: 002763
USD 150,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 130 | £UK 114.25 | JP¥ 23130]
Catalogue: Americana
Keywords: Boston Vbf, Roadways, Northeast
Order of Exercises at the Annual Meeting of the Essex Agricultural Society, at the Unitarian Meeting House, Danvers, Sept. 30, 1835, at Three O'Clock, P.M.
Salem, Salem Gazette Office, 1835. Broadside; 12 x 9 3/4; off-white stock, printed in black, ruled with an elaborate, geometric border; edges trimmed unevenly; old crease lines; a few small, incospicious pieces of tape to verso; a bit of age-toning and a few tiny punctures to lower half; minor foxing to margins; in good or better condition. The Essex Agricultural Society was officially granted a charter in 1818 and its first president was the Honorable Timothy Pickering (1745 - 1829) - Revolutionary War hero, Postmaster General, Senator, Secretary of War, and Secretary of State under Presidents George Washington and John Adams. The initial goal of the society was to "promote and improve the agricultural interests of farmers and others in Essex County," by gathering and providing information from more progressive farming communities to every farmer in Essex County. The broadside listed the exercises to be held, in order, including "Thanksgiving Hymn," an "Address by Daniel P. King, Esq." (1801 - 1850) - a lawyer, Congressman, and at one time President of the Massachusetts State Senate, who was never actually a praciticing attorney, but was heavily engaged in agricultural pursuits, "The Farmer's Song, Written for the Occasion," etc. Good .
ZH Books Professional sellerBook no.: 002766
USD 150,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 130 | £UK 114.25 | JP¥ 23130]
Catalogue: Americana
Keywords: Boston Vbf, Agriculture
Tramp Art, "Return from the Honeymoon Tour
S. l. (Chicago [?]), s. n. 1881. Albumen print on a card mount, behind glass in a tramp art frame, n. d. (print ca 1881, frame ca 1900); image approx. 4 1/4 x 6, frame 6 3/4 x 8; print with a crease to upper left corner, light age-toning, and a few small spots (not examined outside of the frame); frame recto gilded, with minor flaking of paint and light dust-dulling; overall in very good condition. Originally created for Harper's Weekly by Sol Eytinge in 1878, the scene was one in a racist series of African-American caricatures, which revolved around the courtship and marriage of two women - "The Twins." Shown strolling down the street, hand in hand with their new husbands, the features and gestures of the four were greatly exaggerated, mocking their attempts at copying white society's refined manners. Around them were children, friends, and family - staring and pointing - and an older woman, leaning on a tree, almost doubled over in laughter at the spectacle. Very good .
ZH Books Professional sellerBook no.: 002777
USD 200,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 173.5 | £UK 152.25 | JP¥ 30840]
Catalogue: African-Americana
Keywords: Caricature, Tramp Art
Union Congregational Church, Evening Service. Worcester, Sunday, March 11, 1883
Worcester, MA, s. n. 1883. Pamphlet; 8 x 5; pp. [4]; old crease lines and several small nicks to edges; a few minor spots; in very good condition. A lovely program and order of service for one of the most prominent churches in Worcester - known for its opulent Gothic Revival-style architecture. Organized in 1836, it would merge with the Salem Street Congregational Church in 1896. Very good .
ZH Books Professional sellerBook no.: 004318
USD 50,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 43.5 | £UK 38.25 | JP¥ 7710]
Catalogue: Americana
Keywords: Americana
Family Register
New York, Baillie, James, 1846. First Edition. Broadside, 9 3/4 x 13 1/2; hand-colored lithograph with four scenes across the top, with figures separated by Gothic arches and yellow foliate decoration down the sides, partially filled in manuscript; a few small spots, mostly to margins; several faint erasure marks; overall in very good condition. Historical evidence suggests that people in early America often did not know their exact date of birth. As they often needed age qualifications to pay taxes, marry, serve in the military, etc. one of the most common ways of recording birth dates was to write them in the family Bible. In the early 19th century, famous lithographers and engravers, including Peter Maverick, Nathaniel Currier, and James Baillie, would take it up a notch publishing ornate family registers, with spaces for names, place and date of birth, marriage, and death. The current one, recording the family history of Nathaniel Burnham and Hannah Marshall, included hand-colored images of parents and two children, a mother with a small child and a baby in a cradle, a bride and groom and a minister, and woman and child in mourning attire in front of a monument. Very good .
ZH Books Professional sellerBook no.: 003267
USD 125,00 ≈ [Appr.: EURO 108.5 | £UK 95.25 | JP¥ 19275]
Catalogue: Americana
Keywords: Lithograph, Americana