Otto, W. T. (William Tod, Act'g Secretary of the Interior); et al

Grant of Patent to Nathaniel Waterman of Boston, Massachusetts for an Improved Friction Match Stand

S. l. (Washington, DC [?]), Patent Office, 1863. Printed document, partially filled in manuscript; folio sheet, 19 1/2 x 14 3/4; illustrated with a large engraving of the Old Patent Office Building and the American Eagle above it (drawn by A. A. Von Schmidt, engraved by W. H. Dougal); a few punctures to left margin for filing; gilt foil seal to lower left corner; two embossed stamps of R. H. Eddy, Solicitor of Patents; old crease lines, a few short, closed cuts to edges; light discolored spots to top and bottom margins; overall in very good condition. A handsome document, signed by the Commissioner of Patents and by the Acting Secretary of the Interior William Tod Otto [1816 - 1905] (an influential judge and supporter and personal friend of Abraham Lincoln), it granted prolific inventor Nathaniel Waterman a patent for his Improved Friction Match Stand. Based in Boston, Waterman learned the tinsmith trade early on in his life and owned and operated for over 40 years The Waterman Kitchen and House Furnishing Wareroom, known as a "veritable museum of all conceivable household necessities and conveniences" (Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association. Annals of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanic Association, 1795–1892. (Boston: Press of Rockwell and Churchill, 1892): p. 100). Among his most notable inventions were The Waterman No. 11 Cast Iron New England Style French Roll Pan, considered the quintessential gem muffin pan, The Waterman Hat Bathtub, The Waterman Improved Ruffle-Iron, the current Improved Friction Match Stand, and numerous others. Very good .

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Buchzahl: 002762

Katalog: Americana

Sonstige Stichworte: Boston Vbf, Inventions, Household

Payne, Albert Henry

Washingtons Denkmal Zu Baltimore / Das Grabmal Washingtons

Leipzig, s. n. 1850. Broadisde, etching with engraving; sheet 7 3/4 x 10 3/4, plate mark 6 3/4 x 9 3/4; edges trimmed a bit unevenly; minor spotting to verso; in very good or better condition. Created by Albert Henry Payne (1812 - 1902), renowned engraver, printer, and illustrator born in England, but living and working through most of his life in Leipzig, the three side-by-side images depicted the Washington Monument, a portrait of George Washington, and the Washington Tomb. Subtitles below each engraving read, respectively: "Leipzig d. Engl. Kunst Austalt (A.H. Payne sc / Washington's Denkmal. / zu Baltimore," "Declaration / of / Independance / 1783," and "Leipzig d. Engl. Kunst Austalt (A.H. Payne sc / Das Grabmal Washingtons. Very good .

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Buchzahl: 003303

Katalog: Americana

Sonstige Stichworte: Washingtoniana, Americana

Pozner, Vladimir

Les Etats Desunis. Reportage (the Disunited States. A Reportage) [an Association Copy]

Paris, Les editions Denoel, 1938. Review Copy. Review copy; 7 3/4 x 5 1/2; pp. [5], 8-308, [2]; beige wraps, illustrated in black and red; partially unopened; hinges a bit weak (text block still securely attached); deckled fore-edge a bit brittle; small nicks to tips of spine; light, uniform age-toning; very good condition. Signed and inscribed on the half-title page by Vladimir Pozner to Hungarian-British author and journalist Arthur Koestler (1905 - 1983). Vladimir Solomonovich Pozner (1905 - 1992) was a Russian-Jewish-French writer and translator. Born in Paris, Pozner spent his childhood in Russia and studied in Leningrad, where he frequently gathered with Aleksandr Blok, Anna Akhmatova, Mayakovsky, etc. to read and discuss poetry. He returned to Paris in 1921, where he began writing for several left wing journals and published his first book of poetry - "Poemes de circonstances" - based on his experiences as a Russian Jew in exile. A staunch Communist sympathizer, mostly due to having met and being influenced by Maxim Gorky, Pozner threw himself into helping refugees fleeing the Nazis in the 1930s. During that time, he also manned an obscure, Communist press agency, together with Arthur Koestler and Soviet Intelligence Agent Alexander Rado (1899 - 1981). Pozner went to the US several times, conducting research for his current, in essence, leftist travelogue, documenting racism, inequality, everyday life and its characters, the gangsters, the starlets, and the poor workers. It would become an instant success and later, would be the base of the Oscar-nominated, Film noir "The Dark Mirror" (1946). Despite its success, the book was not translated into English until 2014. Although good friends, co-workers, and supporters, Arthur Koestler and Pozner would eventually have a falling-out, after the former's disenchantment with the Communist ideology. Koestler would put down in his autobiographical "The Invisible Writing," about Pozner: "He has since written..some violent attacks against me." . Very good .

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Buchzahl: 002596

Katalog: Americana

Sonstige Stichworte: Americana, Leftist

Rice, Roswell Esq.

Orations and Poetry on Moral and Religious Subjects

Albany, Printed by C. Van Benthuysen, 1850. Early edition, n. d. (ca 1850), possibly a second, expanded edition, as the AAS has a copy, with its "Introduction" dated 1849 and a smaller number of pages; 7 1/2 x 4 3/4; pp. [7], 4-400, [2]; full red morocco over boards, lavishly embossed, with gilt title and decorations to spine; illustrated with portrait frontis and small, woodcut vignettes; a bit of rubbing to edges and corners and some wear to boards; contemorary gift inscription to second free leaf; a few small spots of foxing, mostly to first and last few leaves; overall in about very good condition. Research has not revealed much about Roswell Rice (1803 - ?), but for the fact that he was a New York Assemblyman (listed in Issue No.4, 1858 of "Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York"), that he had been chronically ill for most of his life, and that he was deeply religious. Judging by his chapter on slavery, he was also an ardent abolitionist, writing: "Why raise the cry of freedom, when the African remains in bondage? Ye sons of America, blush for the treason you have committed on the flag of your liberty and the Declaration of your Independance." Other subjects covered included war, temperance, and a large section of his original poetry. (Sabin 70859). Very good .

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Katalog: Americana

Sonstige Stichworte: Americana

Rives, William C., Esq.

Discourse Before the Young Men's Christian Association of Richmond, on the Ethics of Christianity (an Association Copy)

Richmond, Printed by John Nowlan, 1855. First Edition. First edition; 9 x 5 1/2; pp. [1], 4-28, [2]; gray wraps, printed and ruled in black; tiny chips to tips of spine and lower corner; faint creasing to fore-edge; in very good condition. Signed and inscribed by the author to Senator Rufus Choate on the title page. Choate's ownership signature and address in his hand to front wrap. William Cabell Rives (1793 - 1868) was a Virginia lawyer, diplomat, and politician - initially, as a Jacksonian Democrat and later, as a Whig. He was also a Minister to France and during the Civil War - a Delegate to the Provisional Confederate Congress. Rufus Choate (1799 - 1859) was an orator, lawyer, Attorney General of Massachusetts, and a Senator from the Whig Party. Very good .

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Buchzahl: 003458

Katalog: Americana

Sonstige Stichworte: Americana

Sarony & Major

Kate

New York, Sarony & Major, 1846. Hand-colored lithograph; 13 1/2 x 9 1/2; edges a bit unevenly trimmed; a small, closed cut to left margin; faint discoloration to bottom edge; in about very good condition. An image of a beautiful lady, seated in front of a window, it was created by the lithographic partnership of Napoleon Sarony (1821 - 1896), who had worked for Currier & Ives before co-founding his own company, and brothers Henry Major (1820 - 1877) and Richard Major (1825 - 1894). Sarony was also known as a great photographer, especially for his portraits of the stars of the 19th-century American theater. Very good .

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Buchzahl: 003857

Katalog: Americana

Sonstige Stichworte: Americana

Savelin, Z. (Zinovii)

Fata-Morgana ILI Burzhuaznaia Lozh O "Narodnom Kapitalizme

Moskva, Goslizdat, 1956. First Edition. First edition; 7 3/4 x 5; pp. 3-62, [2]; stapled pictorial wraps; illustrated with political cartoons by Lev Samuilov, Boris Efimov, and Herluf Bidstrup; light wear to corners and tips of spine; in very good to near fine condition. A scarce publication, rumoured to have been confiscated in the entirety of its run, it was published in the midst of the Cold War as an anti-People's Capitalism propaganda. A political meme, popularized in the 1950s, it touted the success of the American economical system throughout the world. The author of the current book, allegedly basing it on official statistics and facts, attempted to disprove the existence of people's capitalism beyond a theoretical idea, calling it a mirage, or Fata-Morgana. Very good .

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Buchzahl: 003531

Katalog: Russian-Americana

Sonstige Stichworte: Russian-Americana

Smead, Benjamin

The World, Vol. III - Whole No. 121, May 16, 1808 and Vol. III - Whole No. 136, August 29, 1808

Bennington, VT, Benjamin Smead, 1808. First Edition. Two issues; 19 x 11; pp. [4]; laid paper, printed and ruled in black; both issues with the left margin trimmed along fold, resulting in the two leaves being separated; mild age-toning and spotting; a few nicks and cuts to edges; in good or better condition. Scarce copies of an early, weekly, short-lived periodical, they were issued by well-known printer and publisher Benjamin Smead. Smead began his career in Bratleboro, publishing the first newspaper in town - "The Federal Galaxy" - from 1797 until 1803. He would also print the first book in Brattleboro, a sermon given by Reverend William Wells, in 1798. After suspending the Galaxy, Smead moved to Bennington, where he began issuing the "Epitome of the World." Its continuation, the current "The World," first appeared in October of 1807 and ceased publication in March of 1809. Smead would dramatically annouce its demise by issuing a single sheet, on April 11, 1809, with a column title "The World at Length Ended." . Good .

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Buchzahl: 003508

Katalog: Americana

Sonstige Stichworte: Americana

Society for the Abrogation of the Russian Extradition Treaty

To the President, Senate and House of Representatives of the United States... Terminate the Treaty of Extradition...

New York, By the authors, 1893. Broadside, n. d. (1893); 14 x 8 1/2; text and a table to recto, printed in black; several fold lines, else minor wear; in very good condition. In February of 1893, the US Senate would ratify a controversial agreement, the first ever extradition treaty between the two countries, which initially was proposed by Emperor of Russia Alexander III in 1886 and which would be quite-unfavorably received by many Americans, who feared it would affect political exiles, who had sought refuge in the United States. The treaty indeed included a political offense clause, but it also stipulated an exception for individuals that took “an attempt against the life of the head of either Government ." Nowadays, the validity of the agreement has created two camps - on the one hand, those arguing that the treaty specified "it shall remain in force for six months after notice of its termination shall have been given by either of the contracting parties" and since such notice has never been formally recorded - it is still valid; on the other hand, others speculating that with the multiple changes in government, the treaty became invalid after the October Revolution in 1917. The broadside, published by the Society for the Abrogation of the Russian Extradition Treaty, featured a very-large table with columns for names and addresses (unused) and stated: "To the President, Senate and House of Representatives of the United States: We, the undersigned, citizens of the United States, respectfully petition you to give notice to His Majesty, the Emperor of all the Russias, that the United States of America desire to terminate the Treaty of Extradition recently made with him..[When signed please return to Society for the Abrogation of the Russian Extradition Treaty, 100 Broadway, New York City.]" Not in OCLC, not in the trade (as of January 2022). Very good .

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Buchzahl: 003137

Katalog: Russian-Americana

Sonstige Stichworte: Russia, Usa, Treaty

Spring, Gardiner

The Discriminating Preacher: A Sermon, Preached in the North Church in the City of Hartford, Dec. 1, 1824, at the Ordination and Installation of the Reverend Carlos Wilcox, As Pastor of Said Church

Hartford, By the author, 1825. First Edition. First edition; 9 x 6; pp. [1], 4-37, [1]; beige wraps, printed and ruled in black; a few chips with small loss of paper to spine; period signature of previous owner to upper margin of front wrap; scattered spotting, mostly to endpapers and margins; in about very good condition. Gardiner Spring (1785 - 1873) was an author, minister, and educator. He would be the propounder of the Gardener Spring Resolutions, adopted by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of the United States, which would precipitate the creation of the Presbyterian Church of the Confederate States. His current speech was delivered on the occasion of the ordination of poet and minister Carlos Wilcox (1794 - 1827) at the North Congregational Church in Hartford. Very good .

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Buchzahl: 003408

Katalog: Americana

Sonstige Stichworte: Religion, Americana

Sulzer, Hon. William

The Russian Passport Question. Speech of Hon. William Sulzer, of New York, in the House of Representatives, December 13, 1911. Treaty between Russia and the United States

S. l. (Washington, DC), s. n. 1911. First Edition. First edition; 9 1/2 x 6; pp. [1], 2-8; small rust spots from staples; two small punctures to upper margin from a removed pin; horizontal fold lines; very good condition. In the early 19th century, the United States and Russia had signed the US-Russian Commercial Treaty of 1832, which also allowed unrestricted travel and protection to the people of both countries. By the early 20th century, Russia repeatedly and steadfastly refused to accept passports, issued to Russian-born Jews, who had become naturalized American citizens, thus violating the provisions of the treaty. On December 13, the day of the current speech, the House of Representatives voted to abrogate it and on December 21, the Senate approved the House's decission and adopted the joint resolution. William Sulzer (1863 - 1941) was a lawyer, congressman and the 39th Governor of New York. He would be remembered as the only New York Governor to ever be impeached (for allegedly lying under oath and using campaign contributions for personal gains). Very good .

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Buchzahl: 002593

Katalog: Russian-Americana

Sonstige Stichworte: American Jews, Politics

Sulzer, Hon. William

The Termination of the Russian Treaty. Speech of Hon. William Sulzer, of New York, in the House of Representatives, December 20, 1911

S. l. (Washington, DC), s. n. 1911. First Edition. First edition; 9 1/2 x 6; pp. [1], 2-8; small rust spots from staples; two small punctures to upper margin from a removed pin; horizontal fold lines; very good condition. In the early 19th century, the United States and Russia had signed the US-Russian Commercial Treaty of 1832, which also allowed unrestricted travel and protection to the people of both countries. By the early 20th century, Russia repeatedly and steadfastly refused to accept passports, issued to Russian-born Jews, who had become naturalized American citizens, thus violating the provisions of the treaty. On December 13, the House of Representatives voted to abrogate it and a day after Sulzer's current speech, on December 21, the Senate approved the House's decission and adopted the joint resolution. William Sulzer (1863 - 1941) was a lawyer, congressman and the 39th Governor of New York. He would be remembered as the only New York Governor to ever be impeached (for allegedly lying under oath and using campaign contributions for personal gains). Very good .

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Buchzahl: 002592

Katalog: Russian-Americana

Sonstige Stichworte: American Jews, Russia, Politics

Swett, J. Jr.; Jackman, A.; et al

Citizen Soldier. Devoted to the Interests of the Militia, to Military Science and National Defense in General, Volume I, Number 14

Norwitch, VT, Swett and Jackman, 1840. Single issue of October 30, 1840; 13 1/2 x 11; pp. [8]; partially unopened; period manuscript note to first page; a bit of spotting, mostly to margins; in very good condition. A rare copy of a weekly newspaper, devoted to the interests of the State Militia, it would ultimately last for just a year and a total of 52 issues - beginning in July of 1840 and ending in July of 1841. For its last few months, it would be published in Windsor. The periodical was a joint venture between Major Josiah Swett (1814 - ?) and Brigadier General Alonzo Jackman (1809 - 1879). Swett was a clergyman, editor, and professor at Norwitch University. Jackman was an engineer, military officer, and also a professor at Norwitch, and would later become famous for developing and implementing a system for training troops for the Union Army during the Civil War. Though ambitious, the newspaper would be one of very few failures for the two distinguished men. The current issue included articles on national defenses, efficiency of the militia, Alexander Hamilton, etc. but also an amusing section of miscellany, featuring write-ups on New England Cider, Social Intercourse, and mothers. Very good .

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Buchzahl: 003410

Katalog: Americana

Sonstige Stichworte: Americana, Militia

Trumbull, John; Daggett, Alfred

Washington at Trenton, N. Jersey, January 2d 1777

S. l. (New Haven), A. Daggett, 1840. Small broadside, n. d. (ca 1840); 9 1/2 x 6 1/4; stipple engraving, with text and facsimile signature below; cream stock with rounded corners; a few very minor nicks to edges and several mild spots to margins; in very good condition. Based on Colonel John Trumbull's famous painting of General George Washington, it showed a full-length portrait of Washington, facing left and holding a telescope, with an aide holding his horse and the Battle of Assunpink Creek in the background. Very good .

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Buchzahl: 003278

Katalog: Americana

Sonstige Stichworte: Washington, Revolutionary War, Americana

Various

The Carrier Boys of the Salem Register to Their Patrons, with the Compliments of the Season [January 1, 1877 and January 1, 1883]

Salem, MA, The Salem Register, 1877. Softcover. Two brochures, 1877 and 1883; 9 1/4 x 6 and 11 3/4 x 6 1/2; single leaves, folded, pp. [4], text to pp. 1 and 4 only; cream stock ruled with intricate boarders and printed in red and black, respectively; the 1877 copy with a few very minor nicks to fore-edge; in very good to near fine condition; the 1883 copy with several closed cuts to edges, an old horizontal crease, and a small chip to lower corner; in good to very good condition. Used as "Thank You" keepsakes, the brochures were given by carriers to their customers on the first day of each new year and contained a long-winded, cheerful poems, which presented the previous year's news in verse. The Salem Register (1800 - ca 1911) was a newspaper, published in Salem, Massachusetts. Established by William Carlton, its initial purpose was to advocate for the election of Thomas Jefferson to the Presidency. Ill.: 0. Very good 2.

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Buchzahl: 001454

Katalog: Americana

Sonstige Stichworte: Newspapers, Keepsakes, Media 0