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[Archive of Manuscript and Typed Letters, Documents, Maps, and Plans Retained by New York Attorney Thomas Hewitt, Pertaining to Various Texas Land Matters, Mainly in Galveston] by [Texas]. [Land Speculation]. [Hewitt, Thomas]

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Title: [Archive of Manuscript and Typed Letters, Documents, Maps, and Plans Retained by New York Attorney Thomas Hewitt, Pertaining to Various Texas Land Matters, Mainly in Galveston]
Author: [Texas]. [Land Speculation]. [Hewitt, Thomas]
Seller: McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Very good.
Description: [Various locations in Texas, including Galveston, Houston, Brazoria, and others, 1894. Very good.. Eighty-five letters, documents, invoices, memoranda, and other correspondence, totaling about 110 pages, written on a variety of plain paper, letterhead, and pre-printed forms, plus two maps, a printed sketch with manuscript additions, and an architectural blueprint. Minor losses and insect damage to a handful of letters and portions of the maps, one map with heavy losses. The great majority of letters and documents in generally very good or better condition. An informative collection of original letters and documents detailing real estate matters and management in Texas in the late-19th century. The material was retained by New York attorney Thomas Hewitt, who represented various land owners and agents in Galveston, Houston, and other locations in the Lone Star State at the time, and was himself a speculator in Texas real estate. The letters and documents cover matters relating to land sales, offers, and acquisitions, land leases, surveying and plotting of properties, taxation, costs of titles and deeds, requests for documents, estate matters, requests for rent reductions, and more. About fifty of the documents emanate from 1884, another ten from 1892, and about twenty are dated in 1894; the few remaining documents are dated from 1900 to 1909. The documents were written to Hewitt from a variety of clients and colleagues, namely John G. McNeel, E.E. Bryan (who seems to be managing surveys and plotting for Hewitt in Velasco, Texas), Robert Harris (his surveyor), attorney C.R. Johns of Austin and other lawyers in various Texas towns such as Galveston, Waco, Athens, etc., and others. Hewitt's principal correspondent here is Texas land agent H.M. Trueheart, who writes him numerous letters and is also accounted for on two of the printed maps which accompany the documents. On his stationery, Trueheart identifies his firm as "Real Estate and General Tax Agents." Trueheart's correspondence covers releases of deeds of trust for property in Burleson County (near College Station), the purchase of timber on the lands in Walker County, an offer on 3,349 acres of land belonging to A. de la Croix in Lavaca County, a proposal to divide the Milton Hicks league in Lampasas County into 100-160 acre tracts, and in many cases in regard to the lands owned by C.A. Sleight and the related estate. There are also a couple of letters involving unpaid wages owed to one of Trueheart's local agents, Matt Roach of Goldthwaite, Texas, for services rendered with regard to the Sleight estate. Trueheart is also occasionally mentioned in letters by other correspondents in relation to specific land sales. In addition to lands matters, Hewitt also seems to have been involved in the cattle business, and represented others who participated in the cattle market. In his letter of July 18, 1884, John McNeel reports that cotton and cane crops are good, and that he wishes to dispense with about a hundred head of cattle, in part to a friend who employs some of McNeel's "old servants" and already "kills from one to two small ones a week & peddles out to the negroes around him." Another letter, from Marion Huntington discusses in great detail the state of the branding of Hewitt's cattle; Huntington appears to have managed a ranch for Hewitt in Brazoria. In a letter dated July 20, 1884, C.R. Cox of Houston writes to Hewitt to request his "lowest cash price" for "all your (Gulf Prairie) lands and cattle," which he believes he can sell "at one & the same time." In a few cases, Hewitt retained correspondence sent to his clients or attorneys by others. For example, Hewitt retained a July 1, 1884 letter from an attorney in Gatesville, Texas sent to land agent James Coryell of Galveston regarding available lands in Coryell and Hamilton counties. He also retained a handful of personal correspondence sent by family members, such as his "Sister Lizzie." A few of the letters also indicate Hewitt handled some personal matters for his clients. For example, for John McNeel, at least twice, Hewitt handled the disbursement of fig preserves to his sister in New York City. Present here are also a handful of documents from 1900-1909; these include eight typed folio pages detailing yet more of Hewitt's work on "certain Texas land" for an estate on Galveston Island. One interesting letter to Hewitt from 1894 was written to him by an engineer for the Board of Commissioners of Water Works of the city of Galveston. The engineer is requesting a right-of-way for a new water main through Galveston property owned by Hewitt, and notes that the letter is accompanied by a "tracing of part of Island property" through which the water main would run. The sketch is present here, and was forwarded to Hewitt by Trueheart, evidenced by three letters from Trueheart suggesting approval of the proposal also present here. The sketch shows a portion of Galveston Island represented by numbered plots, with a red line and notations added in manuscript indicating the path of the proposed water main, including where it would pass through Hewitt's property. In addition to the water main sketch, the present collection also includes two maps and a blueprint plan of part of Galveston Island. The earlier of the two maps is an 1888 Rand McNally map of Texas with the title at top reading, "H.M. Trueheart & Co's Map of Texas." The bottom right includes printed text presenting the map "Compliments of H.M. Trueheart & Co., Texas Land Agents at Galveston, Texas. Established 1857." This map has, unfortunately, suffered some insect damage which affects some of the surface area. In better shape is the other map present here, a much rarer 1893 map titled, "Clarke & Courts Map of Galveston and Vicinity Embracing the Counties of Brazoria, Galveston, Chambers, Jefferson, Harris, Fort Bend and Liberty and Also Portions of Austin, Waller, Wharton and Matagorda." The map measures about 18.75 x 24 inches. Like the previous example, this map was folded long ago, but displays minor edge chipping, a few small areas of insect damage, a couple of closed tears, light soiling, and very minor separations at the crossfolds. This copy of the Clarke & Courts map of Galveston was also sponsored by H.M. Trueheart, with a red stamp in the upper portion of the map reading, "H.M. Trueheart & Co. Texas Land Agents, Galveston." OCLC records just five institutional holdings of this map. The final item of note here is a blueprint sketch of a portion of Galveston Island entitled, "Map of Wharf Front from Piers 23 to 27 Showing Location of Warehouses as Existing before the Fire July 2 1896 The New York & Texas Steam Ship Co." The blueprint measures 13.5 x 36 inches and was prepared by Galveston architectural firm N.J. Clayton & Company in June 1897. A mention of the New York and Texas Steam Ship Company is made in one of the letters, and Hewitt was likely somehow involved with the company, either as an investor or attorney. This blueprint sketch is likely a unique survival. Altogether, the present collection of documents, maps, and plans provide an excellent source for the study of Texas land matters in the last quarter of the 19th century.

At the Old Well of Acoma. Vintage platinum print, signed in ink by Curtis, Edward S.

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Title: At the Old Well of Acoma. Vintage platinum print, signed in ink
Author: Curtis, Edward S.
Seller: Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
Description: Seattle, 1904. 6 x 7- 1/2 inches. Matted and framed (period frame). Excellent condition. Published in: The North American Indian / Edward S. Curtis. [Seattle, Wash.] : Edward S. Curtis, 1907-30, Suppl. v. 16, pl. 571. Ref.: C. Cardozo, ed. Sacred Legacy: Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indian., p.102.

The Garden by Sackville-West, Vita

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Title: The Garden
Author: Sackville-West, Vita
Seller: Thomas A Goldwasser Rare Books (United States)
Description: London: Michael Joseph, 1931. First edition. Publisher's brown cloth, near fine copy. One of 750, printed on handmade paper, numbered and signed.

Coming Home (Original screenplay for the 1978 film) by Hal Ashby (director); Waldo Salt, Robert C. Jones (screenwriters); Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern (starring)

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Title: Coming Home (Original screenplay for the 1978 film)
Author: Hal Ashby (director); Waldo Salt, Robert C. Jones (screenwriters); Jane Fonda, Jon Voight, Bruce Dern (starring)
Seller: Royal Books (United States)
Description: N.p.: N.p., 1977. Draft script for the 1978 film. Copy belonging to Lucile Jones, credited in the film as a "friend who did everything," with her first name in manuscript ink on the title page. Laid in with the screenplay are three photographs from the set of the film: one black-and-white studio still photograph showing actors Bruce Dern and Jane Fonda, and two borderless color reference photographs of director Hal Ashby with an unknown woman (possibly Jones) on the set. A key Vietnam-era film, and one of noted director Hal Ashby's finest efforts. Ostensibly a war film, "Coming Home" is really more about the lives of the women left behind during the war, tracking the progress of a housewife who finds herself unexpectedly liberated in her husband's absence, falling into an affair with a wounded veteran. Winner of three Academy Awards, including Best Screenplay, and nominated for five others, including Best Picture and Best Director. Nominated for the Palme d'Or. Screenplay: Red titled wrappers. Title page present, with credits for screenwriters Waldo Salt and Bob Jones and director Hal Ashby. 134 leaves, with last page of text numbered 132. Xerographic duplication, rectos only, with four blue revision pages, dated 1/3/77. Pages Near Fine, wrapper Near Fine, bound with two gold screw brads. Photographs: Two 7 x 5 inches, one 8 x 10 inches. Near Fine.

Tadao Ando 1: Houses and Housing (First Japanese Edition) by [Tadao Ando]

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Title: Tadao Ando 1: Houses and Housing (First Japanese Edition)
Author: [Tadao Ando]
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ISBN: 9784887062771
Description: Tokyo: Toto, 2007. Hardcover. First Japanese Edition. Text in Japanese and English. A collection of 19 houses designed by noted self-educated Japanese architect Tadao Ando, selected by Ando as turning points in his career. About Fine in a Near Fine, lightly age toned dust jacket. With the publisher's obi (wraparound band).

Naive Watercolor - High Class Brothel Disguised as Elegant Boarding House by Joanne O'Neil

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Title: Naive Watercolor - High Class Brothel Disguised as Elegant Boarding House
Author: Joanne O'Neil
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Description: 1940. A 12 1/2" x 19" watercolor that at first appearance gives the impression of an elegant rooming house for young women. Well appointed with refined furnishing of the day, various wall papers and decorative area rugs. But wait, do salacious women lounge on the carpet in slinky streamline revealing clothing or stand around on the carpet poised wearing feather boas and with long handled cigarettes holders; maybe not. Also note the gentleman cozily seated on the sofa hands have disappeared into the flowing robe of his companion. Finally the woman either descending or about to ascend the stairs attired in a revealing outfit with slit to the thigh is accompanied by a tuxedoed dude observing her approvingly. Good color composition and perspective and a charming style that allows the viewer to determine the scene.

Certificate for School Children's Landmark League of California

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Title: Certificate for School Children's Landmark League of California
Seller: Eclectibles (United States)
Condition: General toning and soiling due to age.
Description: San Francisco, Ca, 27-May-03. General toning and soiling due to age.. A certificate for the School Children's Landmark League of California, which was a society started in 1903 to raise funds for the "purchase and restoration of the historic landmarks of the State of California". The League was granted permission by the San Francisco's Board of Education to sell certificates to students for for ten cents each. Each certificate had a printed black and white image of the Monterey's Old Hall of Records, a place for the child's name, the date, and the signature of their teacher and school principal. Based on newspaper records at the time, the League was very popular amongst the school children, and the ownership of a certificate soon became something of a status symbol. Scandal erupted in June 1903 when the San Francisco Call published a piece (June, 4, 1903, pg. 14) declaring the league a scam that supposedly the Board of Education knowingly engaged in to defraud poor school children. Allegedly the money was instead funneled to William Randolph Hearst's (1863-1951) 1904 Presidential campaign. This allegation is supported by the fact that on the bottom left of the certificate is the text "Issued by W. R. Hearst". This certificate was purchased by William E. Rippe (1893-1985), who attended Columbia Jr. school in San Francisco, CA. Singe page, single sided. Measures 10 1/2" x 8 1/2" William E. Rippe was born on May 25, 1893 to John Henry Rippe (1852-1938) and Elsbeth "Elsa" S. Hillens (1864-1932) in San Francisco, CA. He had four siblings: Emma D. Rippe (1886-1961), Wilhelmina "Minnie" M. Rippe Hoelle (1888-?), John Charles Rippe (1890-1961), Elise M. Rippe Ryfkogel (1895-?), and Eleanor Rippe (1899?-1899). He married Frances Gladys Vaughan (1897-1940) and had one child: William Vaughan Rippe (1925-2016). He died on November 11, 1985 at the age of 92.

Life Force [First Draft Typescript] by Fay Weldon

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Title: Life Force [First Draft Typescript]
Author: Fay Weldon
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good +
Description: N.p.: N.i., 1991. Very Good +. N.p.: n.i., April, 1991. Quarto; [3],280[ll.] of xeroxed typescript leaves bound in black three-ring binder, scotch-taped manuscript spine title. Spine tape a bit yellowed, else Very Good to Near Fine. Occasional pencil markings throughout text. First draft of Weldon's 1991 novel Life Force, detailing the lives of four liberal upper-middle-class English women and their romantic intrigues.

Ilhas: A Step-by-Step Guide [Limited Edition, Signed by Baake] by Frans Baake

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Title: Ilhas: A Step-by-Step Guide [Limited Edition, Signed by Baake]
Author: Frans Baake
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Enschede, Netherlands: Frans Baake, 2002. Very Good. Enschede, Netherlands: Frans Baake, 2002. Limited Edition of 75 copies signed by the author at colophon, this being #10. Oblong octavo; light blue suede with red lettering; [16]pp. Color photographs. Soiling and mild rubbing to boards; Very Good. Artist's book -- abstract from the OCLC record reads, "'In this oblong book Baake used 8 characteristic photographs sized 10 x 29 cms. The first part of the book each photograph has been divided into two parts, so each picture contains half of the information. In the second half the pictures are shown in their original size. Small texts have been used in order to support the images' -- information provided by the artist." No copies in retail and only a handful in OCLC at time of this writing.

Norma, Opera del Celebre Bellini, Finale Secondo [Manuscript piano-vocal score] by BELLINI, Vincenzo 1801-1835

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Title: Norma, Opera del Celebre Bellini, Finale Secondo [Manuscript piano-vocal score]
Author: BELLINI, Vincenzo 1801-1835
Seller: J & J Lubrano Music Antiquarians LLC (United States)
Description: Oblong quarto (222 x 320 mm). Early stiff wrappers with large lithograph laid down to upper with titling in ink. 1r (blank), 1v-35r, 35v-36 (blank) leaves. Notated in ink on rastrum-drawn 10-stave laid paper. Watermark of a bunch of grapes. The lithograph laid down to the upper wrapper depicts a ball with couples dancing in an elegant candle-lit salon. With "Milano Litografia Ricordi" to lower right and "N 404" to upper right margin; "Per uso di Teresa Crejci" in contemporary manuscript to lower right corner of first leaf and initials "L.D. B.V. M." (L.D. Beata Virgo Maria) at conclusion of manuscript. The final three numbers of Norma: "Dammi quel ferro," "Qual cor tradisti," and "Norma deh Norma scolpati," corresponding to pp. 158-173 of the piano-vocal score published by Ricordi. Norma, to a libretto by Felice Romani, was first performed in Milan at La Scala on 26 December 1831. An attractive item.

MEMOIRS OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY PART I VOL. XXXIX 1870-1871 by [PERIODICALS - ASTRONOMY]

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Title: MEMOIRS OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY PART I VOL. XXXIX 1870-1871
Author: [PERIODICALS - ASTRONOMY]
Seller: Boston Book Company (United States)
Description: 1871. [PERIODICALS - ASTRONOMY]. MEMOIRS OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY PART I VOL. XXXIX 1870-1871: ON THE GRAPHICAL CONSTRUCTION OF A SOLAR ECLIPSE, BY PROF. [ARTHUR] CAYLEY. London: Published by the Society, 1871. 17 pp. + 1 two-color plate (a diagram). 4to., text side-sewn within printed paper wrappers. Wrappers are age-toned and split along spine, with a Small pencil initial to top of front wrapper. Text and plate clean and fresh. Very good.

1938 Lesbian Novel "Torchlight to Valhalla by Gale Wilhelm

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Title: 1938 Lesbian Novel "Torchlight to Valhalla
Author: Gale Wilhelm
Seller: Max Rambod Inc. (United States)
Description: 1938. [LGBTQ] Wilhelm, Gale. Torchlight to Valhalla. New York: Random House, 1938. First edition. Hard cover. 191 pages, 5" x 7.5." Considered a classic in early lesbian fiction, Torchlight to Valhalla does not exoticize the lesbian experience; rather, it explores complex same-sex relationships in the context of familial stress, friendship, and grief. Notably, the queer characters are given a happy ending--a strong deviation from other LGBT novels of the time. Dust jacket summary states: "Readers in search of the morbid and sensational will find nothing they seek in [this book]. This is a book, rather, for the growing number of people who realize that homosexuality is simply one of a number of physical and psychological phenomena that must be taken into account, calmly and dispassionately, in a study of the troubled and complicated times in which we live." Dust jacket bears image of a blue sky, sunlight streaming from behind a cloud. Some fading and age toning is present, as is a bookplate on the front endpaper. Jacket has been price clipped. Otherwise in very good condition.

A Giuda da Carioth by [ANARCHISM] [FREETHOUGHT] ORIANI, Alfredo

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Title: A Giuda da Carioth
Author: [ANARCHISM] [FREETHOUGHT] ORIANI, Alfredo
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books (United States)
Description: New York: Libreria Rossa, N.d. (ca 1920s). No statement of edition, but apparently the sole printing. 12mo; staple-bound wrappers; 16pp. Mild toning to text; trivial toning to wrapper edges; Very Good or better. An anticlerical tract, written in the form of a letter to Judas Iscariot. Issued by the small New York emigré anarchist & freethought publisher Libreria Rossa, in their series "Romanzi Anticlericali." Text entirely in Italian. Very scarce; OCLC notes only a single physical location (University of Minnesota).

Breath, Eyes, Memory by Danticat, Edwidge

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Title: Breath, Eyes, Memory
Author: Danticat, Edwidge
Seller: Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
ISBN: 9781569470053
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: Soho Press, Inc, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Signed by Danticat on the title page. Fine in a Fine dust jacket, unclipped ($20.00). Quarter blue cloth with blue paper on the boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally. Danticat's debut novel of a Haitian girl's coming-of-age.

Audubon's America. The Narratives and experiences of John James Audubon by Audubon, John James, Donald C. Peattie [editor]

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Title: Audubon's America. The Narratives and experiences of John James Audubon
Author: Audubon, John James, Donald C. Peattie [editor]
Seller: The Kelmscott Bookshop (United States)
Condition: Very Good in Good dj
Description: Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1940. LIMITED EDITION. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dj. LIMITED EDITION. Hardcover. SIGNED BUT THE EDITOR. 4to. 1 of 3025 copies. Beige cloth boards with black and gilt title to spine and front board. Browing to top portion of front board. Pristine interior with tight binding. Includes several illustrations. Glassine dust jacket with several large open tears and wear to edges. Housed in a good black paper slipcase with minor wear. 327 pages. NAT/070305.

LEGENDS OF LOUDOUN: AN ACCOUNT OF THE HISTORY AND HOMES OF A BORDER COUNTY OF VIRGINIA'S NORTHERN NECK by Williams, Harrison

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Title: LEGENDS OF LOUDOUN: AN ACCOUNT OF THE HISTORY AND HOMES OF A BORDER COUNTY OF VIRGINIA'S NORTHERN NECK
Author: Williams, Harrison
Seller: Second Story Books, ABAA (United States)
Description: Richmond: Garrett and Massie, Incorporated, 1938. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, xii, xiii, xv, 248 pages. In Good condition. Bound in the publisher's gray cloth bearing white lettering to paper label to the spine. Boards have moderate wear including slight sunning and rubbing to the joints/edges. Slight cocking to the spine. Text block has moderate wear including age toning to the edges and slight offset toning to the end papers. Slight erasure residue to the front end paper. Conditions are as is. Frontispiece. Illustrated. First edition. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex, Column Y. 1408099. FP New Rockville Stock.

The National Geographic Magazine (June 1949, Vol. 95 no. 6

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Title: The National Geographic Magazine (June 1949, Vol. 95 no. 6
Seller: Weller Book Works ABAA/ILAB (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: National Geographic Society, 1949. Very Good. The National Geographic Magazine (June 1949, Vol. 95 no. 6. Washington D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1949. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Very good with light rubbing and bumping.

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