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
Manhattan, Kansas: circa 1870. 1/2 leather. This half-leather volume with marbled boards measures 8" x 10.5" and is titled "Lectures on Natural Philosophy." It contains approximately 140 manuscript text pages and an additional 80 pages with about 150 meticulous hand-drawn illustrations of apparatus and experiments, some in color. The pages..... 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
United States, Italy, Korea, Vietnam: 1942-1973. Archive. Includes an early 1963-1964 Vietnam photograph album during the period President Kennedy began to increase in-country U.S. military presence. This archive consists of official paperwork, certificates, letters, and a photograph album that belonged to Lieutenant Colonel Carl L. Palmer. The photograph album..... More
Mostly Utah, Wyoming, and Montana: 1869 – 1920s. Various. The two highlights of this exceptional lot are: Moore’s file copy of a single-spaced, five-page 1927 typed memoir for the Commander of the National Indian War Veterans that vividly details his combat experiences between 1869-1873 during the Indian Wars in Utah..... 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
Various locations: 1900-1910. Hardcover. The Virginia’s guest register is a bound leather book measuring approximately 8.5” x 10.5” with approximately 250 gilt-edged pages. About 75 of those pages are filled with notes, signatures, and drawings by visitors and passengers. The cover is adorned with enameled metal ornaments in the shape..... More
