Gonon, E.

Memorial of E. Gonon, Praying the Adoption of a System of Telegraphs to Be Established between the Cities of Washington and New York. January 30, 1841. Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and Ordered to Be Printed

[Washington, D.C.], Blair & Rives, printers, 1841. First edition. Removed. 5 pp. 8vo. 26th Congress, 2d session. Senate. Doc. no. 136. Gonon's was a semaphoric telegraph, which "Morse thought originally was an Electro-Magnetic Telegraph; but which afterwards turned out to be only a form of the common telegraph formerly in use." The issue came up in court cases over Morse's patents. E. Gonon was a Professeur de Telegraphic. A very good copy with light foxing.

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Book number: 37635

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: , Americana, Science & Medicine, Commerce, Inventions Signals and signaling Telecommunication lines Telegraph District of Columbia France Louisiana New York, New York, Pamphlet Science & Medicine

[Mayan Art] Gordon, George Byron; Mason, John Alden, eds

Examples of Maya Pottery in the Museum and Other Collections. Parts I-III [All Published]

Philadelphia, The University Museum, 1943. First edition. Paper portfolio in later card portfolio with ties. Part I: title page, plates list, 25 plates; Part II: note, plates list, 25 plates; Part III: preface, plates list, 16 plates. 66 illustrations. Folio. Comprised of specimens of pottery from Guatemala, Honduras, British Honduras, Yucatan and Chiapas, Mexico, the work was originally projected to comprise four volumes with 25 plates each, however, due to the death of its editor, George Byron Gordon, shortly before the second volume was published, the project remained incomplete, though the co editor, John Alden Mason continued the work through the middle of volume III, with a total of 66 plates. Most of the watercolor illustrations were by artist Mary Louise Baker (1872-1962). British engraver and printer Emery Walker (1851-1933) produced the collotypes, many in color. Provenance: Lee A. Parsons (1932-1966) archeologist and author of The origins of Maya Art. A superb work, and difficult to find complete. Plates about fine, parts wrapper for second part laid in loose, cover for first part affixed to later black portfolio with wear to spine and repairs to folds, two of three original glassine sheets present.

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Book number: 46002

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: Decorative Arts, , Latin America, Art, Central America, Decorative Arts, Maya pottery, Indian pottery, Central America. Céramique indienne d'Amérique -- Amérique centrale., Book Latin America

Gorey, Edward

The Sinking Spell

Zurich, Diogenes, {1975). Later printing. Stitched paper wrappers. Unpaged [33 pp.]. Illus. with b/w drawings. Sq. 16mo. Signed by the author on the title page. The third volume of this seven volume reissue which was No 46 of the series Club de Bibliomanen. Distributors sticker on colophon. A near fine copy, faint rubbing on rear wrapper.

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Book number: 41400

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Graham, James D.

Report of the Secretary of War: Communicating in Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate, the Report of Lieutenant Colonel Graham on the Subject of the Boundary Line between the United States and Mexico

Washington [D.C.], n.p. 1852. First edition. Half modern tan morocco over marbled boards, two raised bands, gilt title, wrappers bound in. 250 pp. Illus. with two b/w folding maps, and one folding profile. 8vo. 32nd Congress, 1st Session, Senate Ex. Doc 121. August 31, 1852. "In addition to reporting his troubles with John R. Bartlett, Graham included information and reports on southern New Mexico and Lt. Amiel Whipple's reports on the survey of the Gila River," Wagner-Camp. The folding chart is of the Barometric Profile of the Route from San Antonio to the Copper Mines of Santa Rita, New Mexico in 1851. Provenance: Kenneth E. Hill (bookplate). Sabin 28215. Graff 1609. Howes G286. Wagner-Camp 212. Wheat, Transmississippi West III 717, 718. Raines 96. Eberstadt 103-113. Scattered foxing else a near fine copy, small bookplate on front pastedown, some marginal creases and tears to profile.

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Book number: 40506

Catalogue: Americana

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Granger, Gideon

[Manuscript Receipt] Paid Commissions for the State of Connecticut in Account with Gideon Granger

CT, 1791. [1 pp]. 7 x 6 inches. Manuscript receipt, dated May 7th, 1791, from the State of Connecticut in Account with Gideon Granger itemizing a series of duties charged for legal work such as appeals, wills, and petitions. Marked as paid. Total £6.1. Political essayist and lawyer Gideon Granger (1767-1822) was a lawyer, Yale graduate, and at this time a member of the Connecticut House of Representative; a Federalist initially, he moved towards supporting Thomas Jefferson who appointed him Postmaster General in 1801. After being replaced in 1814, Granger settled in New York, where he held control over various tracts of land, and remained involved in regional politics. Very good, folded, minor soiling, ink staining, and ink bleed through.

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Book number: 45697

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Autographs & Manuscripts, , Americana, Law, Colonial & Early America, Autographs & Manuscripts, Connecticut , Postal Post Office Legal Fees, Manuscript Law

[Boston Public Schools] Greenhalge, Frederic T.

Manuscript Draft of Massachusetts Governor Frederic T. Greenhalge's Speech to Boston Public School Graduates

[Boston], 1894. 4 pp. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. Written on four sheets of Parker House Stationary, and prepared for the annual School Festival in Mechanics Hall for the year's graduates from Boston's Public Schools, on June 30th, 1894. Frederic Thomas Greenhalge (1842-1896) was a British-born Harvard graduate, who practiced law before he made the transition into Massachusetts politics. Greenhalge served as Mayor of Lowell, Massachusetts (1880-1881); was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1885); was a member of the US House of Representatives (1889-1891), and was the Massachusetts Governor -the first foreign born- from 1894 until his death in 1896. He abolished the annual Fast Day celebration, replacing it with Patriots' Day. "This my young friends, is a world - not of rest & recreation, except in evanescent moments - but of toil and trial - of stress & storm - and, thank Heaven, of achievement and triumph." [with] photo portrait of Greenhalge on a 4.5 x 7 inch card with printed signature "Compliments of The Republican Committee of Massachusetts." [with] clipping from the Boston Transcript, Saturday, June 30, 1894. Torn in half, with some loss, but contains complete transcript of the speech and description of the proceedings. Toned and torn along folds, but still very good.

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Book number: 45223

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Autographs & Manuscripts, , Americana, Autographs & Manuscripts, Massachusetts , Education, Manuscript

Gregg, Samuel

Autobiography of Major Samuel Gregg. 1806

[St. Louis?], n.p. 1903. First edition. Paper wrappers. 11 pp. Sm. 4to. "Copy of Manuscript found among the Papers of Washington P. Gregg, of Boston, Mass. by Miss Lucinda J. Gregg - endorsed: 'Samuel Gregg, of Petersborough, N.H. Brief account by him of his family, written in 1805-1806, when he was 66-67 years of age.." W.P. Gregg. Stamped on title by the N.E. Historic Genealogical Society. Publication information suggested by NUC pre-1956 imprints. Kaminkow: Genealogies in the Lib. of Congress 7278. A good+ copy, wrappers edge worn & torn, reinforced at spine, stamped on front wrapper & title, light browning throughout.

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Book number: 46077

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: , Americana, Colonial & Early America, New Hampshire , Pamphlet

[Groton, Massachusetts]. Poor, Emily E.

[Broadside] Bi-Centennial Celebration of the Settlement of Groton, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 1855

Groton, [MA], n.p. 1855. First edition. Linen backed. 1 sheet. 46 x 17 cm ) 18 x 7 inches. October, 31, 1855. President of the Day, Geo. S. Boutwell. "The morning will be ushered in by the firing of salutes. At 10 o'clock the Procession will be formed at Liberty Hall, and escorted to the Orthodox Meeting House.." Followed by Exercises at the Church and a series of hymns. The Program includes texts of an ode, hymn, and song by Miss Emily E. Poor, with penciled notation. OCLC locates two copies: NYHS and the State Lib. Mass. Bibliography of Groton p. 192. Very good, folded, crease at lower corners.

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Book number: 44301

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Ephemera, , Americana, Ephemera, Massachusetts , Hymns songs , Broadside

Van Gundy, John C.

Reminiscences of Frontier Life on the Upper Neosho in 1855 and 1856

[Topeka], [College Press], 1925. First edition. Stiff textured brown paper wrappers. 41 pp. Illus. with 2 b/w plates. 8vo. One of two printings that year according to Howes. Howes V33. Near fine, minor wear, a few tiny stains to spine.

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Book number: 46115

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Memoirs & Diaries, , Americana, Western Americana, Memoirs & Diaries, Kansas , Pamphlet

Gunsaulus, Helen C.

The Japanese Sword and Its Decoration

Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, 1924. First edition. Paper wrappers. 21 pp. Illus. with 4 b/w plates. 8vo. Field Museum Leaflet Number 20. Field Museum Leaflet Number 20. Gunsaulus was the assistant curator of Japanese ethnology at the Field Museum of Natural History. Minor wear along extremities, otherwise fine.

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Book number: 46350

Catalogue: Art

Keywords: Arts of Japan, , Asia, Art, Japan, Asian Art, Arts of Japan, Japan, Japanese Swords, Weapons, Pamphlet Asia

Gunsaulus, Helen C.

Japanese Collections (Frank W. Gunsaulus Hall)

Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, 1922. First edition. Paper wrappers. 19 pp. Illus. with 6 b/w photos and reproductions. 8vo. Field Musuem Leaflet Number 3. Field Musuem Leaflet Number 3. Gunsaulus was the assistant curator of Japanese ethnology at the Field Museum of Natural History. A near fine copy with minor shelfwear otherwise unread.

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Book number: 46351

Catalogue: Asia

Keywords: , Asia, Japan, Japan, Filed Museum, Japanese Swords, Pamphlet

Gurry, W. [William]

[Watercolor. Marsh in Autumn. Boston Area. 19th C. ]

1890. 1 sheet. 6 3/4 x 10 inches. William Gurry was a Boston area artist, a student at the School of Drawing and Painting of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (see the Boston Art Guide and Artist's Directory. Boston: Wheat Pub.1893; p 47). Several of his oils have been sold at auction, including 'Twilight on the Charles River' (Thomaston Place Auction Galleries, 2014 and a watercolor, Leaping Brook Trout (13 inches x 10 inches) at White's, 2022. A near fine copy, a bit of soiling.

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Book number: 43304

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Keywords: Prints & Graphics, , Americana, Prints & Graphics, Painting

[Haiti]

Loi Relative Aux Moyens de Secourir la Colonie de Saint-Domingue. Donnée à Paris, le 29 Juin 1792, L'an IV. De la Liberté. Consignée Dans Les Registres Du Départment de la Meurthe, le 24 Juillet Suivant. [No. 1412]

Nancy [France], Chez Haener, Imprimeur du Départment de la Meurthe, 1792. First edition. Self wrappers. 4 pp. Illus. with a woodcut headpiece. Sm. 4to. Signed (illegible). Law authorizing negotiation with the United States minister to obtain food and construction materials in the amount of 4,000,000 livres, to be paid by the French Treasury but to be reimbursed by taxes on the colony. The money was much needed as the loan decree, dated 26 Juin 1792, came in the midst of unparalleled upheaval in Haiti. The revolution of the year before, with its "horrible carnage" had now given way "to strategic military operations, tactical maneuvers and new political alliances as the slaves gain territory and stabilize their positions. They raid plantations for military equipment, loot the whites' forces after they are repelled, and trade with the Spanish for weaponry" (Kona Shen, History of Haiti, The Revolution Builds, Brown University. library.brown.edu/haitihistory/6.html). Toussaint Louverture is a rising star, Civil Commissions arrive from France, free blacks and mulattos in Saint-Domingue are granted equal political rights, Spain declares war on England and France, and battle ensues for control of Haiti. The U.S. is concerned with conditions on the island and in fact Jefferson writes of his concern to the Marquis de Lafayette (16 June 1792). Rare. OCLC, BN France, and other European Libraries locate no copies of this issue (No. 1412, with additional text concerning the Departement de la Meurthe). A Paris printing (No. 1813) can be found at Cornell, Univ. Minn. and JCB which also has a Toulouse printing. Manioc (Bibliotheque) shows a digitized version of the Paris imprint. A very good copy with pin holes along inner margin, two soiled spots, signed in ink on last page.

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Book number: 43209

Catalogue: Latin America

Keywords: , Latin America, Caribbean, Haiti, Santo Domingo France French Colonies, Document

Hale, J.P. [John P]

History and Mystery of the Kanawha Valley. A Paper Read Before the West Virginia Historical and Antiquarian Society by Dr. J.P. Hale, President, January 19th, 1897l

Charleston,, WV, The West Virginia Historical and Antiquarian Society, Butler Printing, 1897. First edition. Paper wrappers. 18 pp. Illus. with 1 b/w photo. 8vo. Very good minus, folded, wrappers lightly soiled, spine reinforced, institution stamp across title line on wrapper, penciled in notations to title page, contents .

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Book number: 46139

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: , Americana, West Virginia , Pamphlet

[Hamilton, Alexander]. Cooper, Charles D.

[Autograph] Signed Check of Charles D. Cooper, the New York Politician Who Spurred the Hamitlon-Burr Rivalry to Its Fateful Conclusion by His Published Letter

Albany, 1830. 1 sheet. 6 x 3 inches. Dated December 11, 1830, for the amount of 53 dollars and 40 cents. Charles Dekay Cooper (1769-1831) was a New York politician, who in February 1804, wrote a letter to Philip Schuyler (Hamilton's father-in-law) detailing Hamilton's scathing remarks made against Burr at a dinner party Cooper attended. This letter was then published in the Albany Register. On June 18th 1804, Burr called Hamilton's attention to Cooper's newspaper article containing this expression: "I (Cooper), could detail a still more despicable opinion which General Hamilton has expressed of Mr. Burr." Burr in his letter reminded Hamilton that "he must perceive the necessity of a prompt unqualified acknowledgment or denial of the use of these expressions." Considerable correspondence then followed between the two, but to no effect. Burr then sent a peremptory challenge to Hamilton, which being as promptly accepted, they met upon the Jersey shore in the early morning of the 12th of July, 1804. It ended in the death of Hamilton. Provenance: John Pierce, who was part owner of Pierce and Scopes, booksellers located at 59 Maiden Lane Albany, NY, who dealt in historical manuscripts among other items. Very good, closed tear through contents, remnant of paperclip, tear along edge, none affecting legibility.

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Book number: 44097

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: Autographs & Manuscripts, Ephemera, , Americana, Autographs & Manuscripts, Ephemera, Alexander Hamilton Burr Autograph, Manuscript