(Smith, Henry T.).

Manual of Westchester County. Past and Present. CIVIL List to Date. 1898. Rare First Edition.

White Plains, NY: Henry T. Smith, 1898. 1898. - Octavo, orange tan boards titled in gilt on the spine with a device in gilt on the front cover. The covers are quite rubbed and soiled. 300 pages, with 83 full-page illustrations and 11 engraved plates, mostly portraits. The binding is cracked at page 130. Else, good.

First edition. Rare.

This is the first volume of an eventual three. Volumes 2 and 3 were laterpublished in 1912 and 1913. Good .

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Book number: 22042

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; NEW YORK STATE; WESTCHESTER; PORTRAITS; NY: BIOGRAPHIES; HISTORY; COUNTY; MANUAL; CIVIL LIST; NINETEENTH CENTURY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; 19TH CENTURY; ENGRAVINGS; PLATES; ILLUSTRATIONS; RARE.

Snow, Edward Rowe

A Pilgrim Returns to Cape Cod

Boston, MA: The Yankee Publishing Co. (1946). (1946). Boston, MA: The Yankee Publishing Co. (1946). (1946). Good. - Octavo, blue cloth. The binding is rubbed & lightly bumped. The spine is faded & there is some light staining to the front cover. 413 pages. Color frontispiece & black-and-white photographic illustrations, many of them full-page. There is a stain to the fore-edge with tiny areas of staining to the front edges of several rear leaves. Good.

Number 306 of an autographed first edition signed by the author on the colophon. Good .

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Book number: 23612

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; MASSACHUSETTS; CAPE COD; HISTORY; PIONBEERS; WHALING; FISHING; SHIPWRECKS; A PILGRIM RETURNS TO CAPE COD; EDWARD ROWE SNOW; SIGNED; SIGNATURE; AUTOGRAPH; ILLUSTRATIONS; AUTOGRAPHED EDITION; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION.

(American Tract Society)

The Christian Almanack, for the Year of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 1825. No. V. Vol. I

Boston: Lincoln & Edmands for the American Tract Society, [1824]. [1824]. Boston: Lincoln & Edmands for the American Tract Society, [1824]. [1824]. Good. - Small octavo, softccover bound in pictorial cream self-wraps, with a woodcut of a man preaching to Native Americans by Abel Brown on the front cover. The cover is darkened, soiled & stained with the corners chipped. An owner's name is penned down the right margin of the cover & an additional notation is blacked out in ink. 48 pages. Illustrated with tables. The almanac is shaken with soiling & light staining to the pages. Good only. Good .

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Book number: 15070

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; RELIGION; ALMANAC; THE CHRISTIAN ALMANACK 1825; AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY; WOODCUT; ABEL BROWN; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.

(New York State Temperance Society).

Circular of the New-York State Temperance Society, to the Citizens of the State.

[Albany, NY]: New-York State Temperance Society, circa [1830]. [1830]. [Albany, NY]: New-York State Temperance Society, circa [1830]. [1830]. Good. - Quarto, 9-7/8 inches high by 8 inches wide. Softcover self-wraps. 3 pages with the banner title printed at the head of the first page. The pages are toned and slightly creased along the corners. The edges are darkened and foxed. Good.

The text following the banner title reads: "Fellow citizens, We want your aid in a great work. Not your money nor your time, nor the sacrifice of any real interest. We want your names with the pledge and the influence which is attached to them.." Stated on page three is the declaration that "It is proposed to place a copy of this circular in the hands of every family in the state.." In conclusion, the circular closes with a "Pledge" with blank spaces for the town and county followed by substantial space for signatures.

The publication date is derived from internal evidence. The circular lists statistics from the city of Albany which match state records for that date. Examples include ".. there are in the city 415 licences granted to taverns and groceries..", and so on.

RARE. Good .

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Book number: 33520

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT; CIRCULAR; AMERICAN HISTORY; NEW YORK STATE; CIRCULAR OT THE NEW-YORK STATE TEMPERANCE SOCIETY, TO THE CITIZENS OF THE SATE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; ORIGINAL; 19TH CENTURY; ALBANY, NEW YORK; HISTORICAL; EPHEMERA; ALCOHOL; PROHIB

(New-England Genealogical Society)

The New-England Historical and Genealogical Register. Supplement to April Number, 1904. Proceedings of the New-England Historic Genealogical Society at the Annual Meeting, 13 January, 1904, with Memoirs of Deceased Members, 1903

Boston: Published by the Society, 1904. 1904. Boston: Published by the Society, 1904. 1904. Good. - Octavo, softcovers bound in printed gray paper wraps. The covers are soiled and chipped along the edges with a small piece out from the top left corner of the front cover. Pieces are chipped from the head and tail of the spine and a small piece is out from the inner edge of the nearly detached rear cover. 114 deckle-edged pages, numbered [i] to cxiv. The overlapping edges of a few leaves are vey slightly chipped. An internally very good unopened copy. Good .

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Book number: 23240

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; HISTORY; GENEALOGY; MEMOIRS; NEW ENGLAND; HISTORICAL; GENEALOGICAL REGISTER; HISTORIC; SOCIETY; 1904; SUPPLEMENT; ANNUAL ; NEW-ENGLAND.

Spofford, Thomas.

An Astronomical Diary, or Almanack, for the Year of Our Lord and Savior, 1821.

Exeter, [NH]: Published by Francis Grant. Sold wholesale and retail at the Exeter Bookstore, sold also by the principal Booksell, [1820]. Exeter, [NH]: Published by Francis Grant. Sold wholesale and retail at the Exeter Bookstore, sold also by the principal Booksellers and Country Traders in New-England, [1820]. [1820]. Good. - Octavo, 7-1/2 inches high by 4-1/2 inches wide. Original sewn self-wraps with a vignette illustration on the front cover. [36] pages, including a list of the eclipses which are to take place that year, a list of the state courts, daily almanack with information about each day of the month, including the length of each day, sunrise and sunset, etc. each with a playful motto or poem printed below. The signatures [group of pages] are coming loose, though all are present. The cover page is detached with some heavy dampstaining at bottom left. Both the first and last leaf are heavily foxed with some lighter foxing to the first and last few pages. The front corners of the pages were clipped in the distant past and there is a diagonal tear to the front edge of page 24. A copy of this RARE almanack which collates complete with the copy at the American Antiquarian Society. Printed by Samuel Tenney Moses (1798-1842), the Almanac includes a "Eulogy on Rum", a satiric poem which fills more than three-quarters of page [31]. "Arise! ye pimpled, tipling race, arise! / From ev'ry town and village tavern come! / Show your red noses, and o'erflowing eyes / And help your poet chant the praise of rum.." "Hail mighty rum! to thee, the wretched fly ; / And find a sweet oblivion of their woes!" .. "Hail, mighty Rum! what can thy power withstand! / E'en lordly reason flies thy dreadful face; / And health, and joy, and all the lovely band / Of social virtues, shun thy dwelling place: / (For in whatever breast it rears its throne, / Like turkish monarchs, rum must rule alone.)" Rum and drinking appear to be a theme as there is also a poem titled "Ode To Rum" at the bottom of two of the daily almanac pages. RARE. Good .

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Book number: 97414

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; REFERENCE; HISTORICAL; AN ASTROMONICAL DIARY, OR ALMANACK, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR, 1821; NINETEENTH CENTURY; FIRST EDITION; 1ST EDITION; 19TH CENTURY; VIGNETTE; THOMAS SPOFFORD; DAILY; MONTHLY; ECLIPSES; SUNRISE; LENGTH OF DAYS; F

Spooner, Walter Whipple.

The Van Rensselaer Family by W.W. Spooner. [Complete - 3 Parts Extracted from the American Historical Magazine].

[New York: Publishing Society of New York], 1907. 1907. [New York: Publishing Society of New York], 1907. 1907. - Octavo, 9-3/4 inches high by 6-1/2 inches wide. Hardcover, three parts bound together in green cloth titled in gilt on a label mounted on the spine. The spine label is chipped and rubbed with minor loss to the titling. Bound in are the "Vol. 2, No. 1, January, 1907" issue, with pages 1-23 illustrated with a frontispiece. Subsequently bound in are "Vol. 2, No. 2, March, 1907", with pages 129-144 illustrated with a frontispiece; and "Vol.2, No. 3, May, 1907", with pages 187-212. Very good. Scarce. An association copy from the library of Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer with her bookplate with the printed statement "ex libris ad novi eboraci historiam pertin engibus" (from the library of books on the history of New York). She has written a few notes and marked passages in pencil in the first part of the work. Mariana Griswold Van Rensselaer (1851-1934) was an art and architectural critic. She was an honorary member of the American Institute of Architects. .

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Book number: 98360

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; THE VAN RENSSELAER FAMILY; WALTER WHIPPLE SPOONER; MARIANA GRISWOLD VAN RENSSELAER; GENEALOGY; AMERICANA; NEW YORK STATE; HISTORY; ARCHITECTURE; PORTRAITS; BIOGRAPHICAL; ANNOTATED; ASSOCIATION COPY; HISTORY.

Sprague, Charles

An Ode: Pronounced Before the Inhabitants of Boston, September the Seventeenth, 1830, at the Centennial Celebration of the Settlement of the City

Boston: John H. Eastburn, City Printer, 1830. 1830. Boston: John H. Eastburn, City Printer, 1830. 1830. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in printed tan wrappers. The wraps are foxed & heavily chipped around the edges with some small pieces out. The spine is perished. There is a contemporary inscription along the top edge of the front wrap. 22 pages. There is offsetting to the title page . There is occasional foxing & some light creasing to the pages. There is darkening & chipping to the edges of a few pages. Good.

First edition. Good .

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Book number: 17697

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; BOSTON; CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION; POETRY; VERSE; AN ODE: Pronounced Before the Inhabitants of Boston, September the Seventeenth, 1830, At the Centennial Celebration of the Settlement of the City; CHARLES SPRAGUE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY;

Stassen, Harold. (1907-2001). American politician who was the 25th Governor of Minnesota. He gained a reputation as a perennial candidate by running numerous times for president as well as for other offices.

Typed Letter to Governor of Maryland Spiro T. Agnew Signed by Harold E. Stassen Enclosing a Copy of Stassen's Statement to Be Presented at the 1968 Republican Convention.

Piladelphia, PA: July 25, 1968, 1968. - Letter filling one side of his 10-3/8 inch high by 7-1/4 inch wide personalized letterhead with a Fidelity Building address printed at the top. Signed "Harold E. Stassen". Together with a 14-page copy of Stassen's "Statement to the Resolutions Committee" to be presented at the Republican National Convention in Miami on July 29th. Also present is a carbon copy of Agnew's reply. Agnew has penciled "Art" [Art Sohmer, his Chief-of Staff] in the top right corner of the letter. Below Stassen's letter Agnew has penciled notes indicating how he wants the letter to be answered. On the verso is an official stamp showing the date the letter was received. Folded twice for mailing. The bottom left corners of the statement pages are creased. The 3 items were once stapled together at top left. Very good. Stassen congratulates Agnew on his Chairmanship of the Maryland delegation to the Republican National Convention in Miami. He sends Agnew a copy of the statement Staasen is to present to the Resolutions Committee at the Convention on July 29th in case Agnew might want to refer to it. If it turned out to be "appropriate and agreeable for me to meet with the Maryland delegation, I would be glad to do so". He pens a P.S. "You made a lot of sense at Cincinnati!". [Agnew gave a speech at the National Governors' Conference in Cincinnatti, Ohio on July 23, 1968]. Stassen's statement concerns the Vietnam War. He believes it was a big mistake for Johnson and Humphrey to get America so deeply involved in the war and sets out his ideas for how the country should be extricated from this crisis. Harold Stassen [1907-2001] was an American politician who was the 25th Governor of Minnesota. He was the leading Republican candidate for U.S. President in 1948 and considered for a time to be the front-runner. Thereafter he ran for president numerous times, including in 1968, as well as for other offices, and gained a reputation as a perennial candidate. Very good .

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Book number: 95553

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; 1968 ELECTION; HAROLD E. STASSEN; TYPED LETTER SIGNED BY HAROLD STASSEN;; TLS; T.L.S.; 1968 REPUBLICAN CONVENTION; SPIRO T. AGNEW, GOVERNOR OF MARYLAND; CHAIRMAN OF MARYLAND DELEGATION TO 1968 CONVENTION; STASSEN'S STATEMENT TO THE RESOLUTI

Hill, David B. (1843-1910). Governor of New York State and U.S. Senator.

Autograph. A Card Signed and Dated by the Former Governor of New York State David B. Hill While Serving As a U.S. Senator.

February 9, 1893. 1893. - Senator David B. Hill's autograph penned with the date on 1-3/4 inch high by 3-1/2 inch wide buff card stock. The autograph was likely once mounted into an album as evidenced by tape remnants to the edges of the verso. Very good. The American politician David Bennett Hill (1843-1910) was Governor of the State of New York from 1859 to 1891. Hill launched an unsuccessful campaign for the Presidency in 1892, losing the nomination to Grover Cleveland and was subsequently elected to the U.S. Senate, serving as a Senator from New York from 1892 to 1897. Very good .

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Book number: 96584

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; NEW YORK STATE; HISTORICAL; DAVID B. HILL; AUTOGRAPH; SIGNED; DATED; SIGNATURE; NEW YORK GOVERNOR; U.S. SENATOR FROM NEW YORK; BIMETALLISM; PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN; NINTEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.

(Citizens of the United States).

Memorial to the United States Congress, from Citizens of the Northern and Eastern States in Relation to an Act of Congress, Passed on the 30th of August, 1852, Entitled "an Act to Amend an Act, Entitled 'an Act to Provide for the Better Security of the Lives of Passengers on Board of Vessels, Propelled in Whole or in Part by Steam,' and for Other Purposes.

New York: Francis Hart, Printer and Stationer, [1852]. [1852]. - Octavo, 9 inches high by 5-3/4 inches wide. Softcover, bound in printed pink wraps. There are chips and short tears to the edges of the soiled covers. There is a vertical crease down the center of the covers and pages from having been folded. 15 pages. There is some minor foxing to the edges of a few pages. Good. RARE. WorldCat locates only a single copy at Harvard. Good .

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Book number: 96327

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; TRANSPORTATION; NAVAL; MARITIME; STEAM SHIPS; STEAMERS; FRANCIS HART; MEMORIAL TO THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS, FROM CITIZENS OF THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN STATES IN RELATION TO AN ACT OF CONGRESS, PASSES ON THE 30TH OF AUGUST, 1852, ENTITLED

Stattler, Rick.

The Eric C. Caren Collection: How History Unfolds on Paper, Part I. Public Auction Sale 2253 Thursday, September 15, 2011... .

New York: Swann Galleries, 2011. 2011. - Octavo, softcover bound in color pictorial wraps. The head & tail of the spine are very slightly rubbed. Unpaginated. Profuse illustrations in color and black & white, including facsimiles. Fine. Catalog for an auction held by Swann Galleries in New York on September 15, 2011. 355 items are catalogued with estimated prices. There is an introduction by Rick Stattler, Swann's Director of Printed & Manuscript Americana. Fine .

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Book number: 96189

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; ILLUSTRATED AUCTION CATALOG; SWANN GALLERIES, NEW YORK; THE ERIC C. CAREN COLLECTION: HOW HISTORY UNFOLDS ON PAPER, PART I; RICK STATTLER; NATIVE AMERICANS; MAPS; NEWSPAPERS; PORTRAITS; LETTERS; DOCUMENTS; ADS; ESTIMATED PRICES.

(Stevens, Henry).

Biblioteca Americana: A Catalogue of Books Relating to the History and Literature of America. Sold by Messrs. Puttick and Simpson, Auctioneers of Literary Property.

London: Puttick and Simpson, 1861. 1861. - Octavo, rebound in green library cloth titled in gilt. The covers are warped & the cloth is heavily dampstained. 273 pp. The endpapers are dampstained. The contents are very good. 2,415 items are catalogued. "The Books described in this Catalogue were collected, several years since, by Mr. Henry Stevens, as material to be used in the completion of his yet unfinished Work upon American Bibliography. Fair .

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Book number: 36189

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; REFERENCE; ART OF THE BOOK; BIBLIOGRAPHY; (Americana). BIBLIOTECA AMERICANA: A CATALOGUE OF BOOKS RELATING TO THE HISTORY AND LITERATURE OF AMERICA. Sold by Messrs. Puttick and Simpson, Auctioneers of Literary Property. (Stevens, Henry).

Stevens, Henry

Historical Nuggets: Biblioteca Americana or a Descriptive Account of My Collection of Rare Books Relating to America

NY: Burt Franklin, (1971). (1971). NY: Burt Franklin, (1971). (1971). Very good. - Small thick octavo, blue cloth titled in gilt. Soiled & lightly rubbed. 805 pp. Very good.

Reprint of the original edition of 1862. Very good .

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Book number: 33377

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; LIBRARY; COLLECTION; COLLECTOR; HENRY STEVENS; BOOKS-ON-BOOKS; REFERENCE. (Americana). HISTORICAL NUGGETS: BIBLIOTECA AMERICANA OR A DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF MY COLLECTION OF RARE BOOKS RELATING TO AMERICA. Stevens, Henry.

Stevens, Thomas Wood

The Pageant of Newark: Book of Words. (250th Anniversary of the Founding of Newark, New Jersey

Newark, NJ: Committee of One Hundred, 1916. 1916. Newark, NJ: Committee of One Hundred, 1916. 1916. Good. - Octavo, softcover bound in pictorial gray wrappers with a color cover illustration by W. G. Sesser. The binding is soiled & lightly bumped with some staining to the rear wrap & with creasing to its bottom corner. The spine is creased & torn. 112 pages. Illustrated with devices in black & white. The top edge is soiled & a few bottom page corners are creased. Good. Good .

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Book number: 21062

Catalogue: Americana

Keywords: AMERICANA; NEWARK, NJ; 25OTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF NEWARK, NJ; HISTORY OF NEWARK, NJ; THEATRE; THEATER; THE PAGEANT OF NEWARK; SCRIPT; THOMAS WOOD STEVENS; PIONEERS; SETTLERS; PURITANS; NATIVE AMERICANS.