[Richmond, Virginia]: circa 1884-1895. 1/2 leather. This album measures approximately 7.5” x 13”. It contains 166 pages of which 36 are filled with manuscript poetry, prose, and lyrics. Newspaper clippings are affixed to another four or five pages, and there are about 50 additional clippings laid-in along with six manuscript..... More
Battle Creek, Michigan: 1889. Notebook. This leather wallet-like diary measures 3¼“ x 6” and contains over 180 pages of daily entries, usually two per page. Sanborn’s writing is legible. The binding is sound, and the cover and pages are clean with light wear. Sanborn has written her name on the..... More
London: Strangeways, Printers, 1926. First Edition. Hard Cover. Privately printed and limited to 100 copies. Green cloth cover with printed paper spine label. 35 deckle-edge pages with photo frontispiece of an actual diary page. Protective tissue present. Light wear. Minor sunning to spine; label chipped. Clean pages. Owned by famed..... More
Washington, DC: 1917-1918. Album. This diary measures 3¾“ x 6” is completely filled with entries (some with small drawings) made between 30 Aug 1917 and 12 May 1918, except for five pages in the rear, three of which document a problem she had with a supervisor and two listing Christmas..... More
Marietta, Pennsylvania: 1861-1880. Wraps. The cover of this 53-page handbound manuscript ledger measures approximately 5.25” x 8” although individual leaves vary in size between 3.75” x 6.25” and 4.5” x 7.5”. Entries are recorded legibly in pencil, and the pages are in nice shape. The binding is sound; however, the..... More
Various locations: 1907-1911. Notebook. Campbell was the son of the wealthy owner of the Knight-Campbell Music Company of Denver. His 4” x 7” leather diary contains approximately 385 pages. Each diary page accommodates entries for multiple years Entries begin in January 1907 and continue to October 1911. Most pages contain..... More
[Toulon, Illinois]: 1875-1898. Notebook. This notebook contains over 120 pages, 66 of which contain Bacmeister’s potential inventions. They are written in pen and pencil; all are legible. An annotation in the front matter suggests Bacmeister initially purchased the notebook in 1859 although he did not begin using it until 1875..... More
Nashua, New Hampshire: 1879-1886. Notebook. This notebook measures 3.75” x 6” and contains approximately 210 pages of records identifying purchases of material and services from nine different Nashua blacksmiths, wheelwrights, and carriage dealers. The notebook is titled “Blacksmith” on the front cover and front endpaper. The spine covering is missing..... More
Gardner, Massachusetts: 1913-1916. Hardcover. This scrapbook-journal measures 7” x 8½“ and contains 53 pages of entries filled with text, clippings, and ephemera. Most of the clippings and ephemera have been glued to the pages; a few have been laid in. Clean pages with sound binding. The journal cover shows some..... More
