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SCHEME FOR SELLING BY CERTIFICATE, AND DISTRIBUTING BY ALLOTMENT, THE FOLLOWING VALUABLE PROPERTY AT YORK-HAVEN, VIZ.

SCHEME FOR SELLING BY CERTIFICATE, AND DISTRIBUTING BY ALLOTMENT, THE FOLLOWING VALUABLE PROPERTY AT YORK-HAVEN, VIZ. by [York-Haven Company]: Cole, William:

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Seller: William Reese Company
Title
SCHEME FOR SELLING BY CERTIFICATE, AND DISTRIBUTING BY ALLOTMENT, THE FOLLOWING VALUABLE PROPERTY AT YORK-HAVEN, VIZ.
Author
[York-Haven Company]: Cole, William:
Seller
William Reese Company (United States)
Description
[N.p., but likely either Philadelphia or Baltimore. , ca.1814].. Rare Pennsylvania Town Development Broadside One of only three located copies of this land lottery broadside pertaining to York-Haven, Pennsylvania, located on the Susquehanna River, about fifty miles from Baltimore. The bulk of the broadside is taken up with a listing of property, including the "Situation and Description" of the land, its size, and its dollar value potentially available to purchasers of lottery certificates. Almost all of the lots, 593 out of the 600 available, are designated for small residential plots measuring from just thirty by eighty feet to one large plot measuring thirty by 320 feet. The first six lots pertain to a handful of businesses already built near the canal, including a merchant mill, tavern, sawmill, and lumber yard. The certificates could be purchased from one of the company's agents in York-Haven, York, or Baltimore; the company also lists Philadelphia, but provides no agent in that city. The broadside is signed in type at the bottom by William Cole, the President of the York-Haven Company. This is followed by a short description of the town: "a Post-town in York County, Pennsylvania, on the West Bank of the river Susquehanna, at the Conewago Falls," and a list of distances from York-Haven to other prominent cities, namely Baltimore, York Borough, Columbia, Harrisburg, and Carlisle. The York-Haven Company was incorporated by an act of the Pennsylvania General Assembly on March 26, 1814. Its investors, including William Cole, were primarily Baltimore merchants. The company laid out the town of York-Haven in two sections in 1814 - "upper town" was perched on the hill and "lower town" was situated by the canal on the Susquehanna River. Because of the canal, York-Haven became an important trading center until the advent of the railroads. As of the 2010 census, just 709 people lived in York-Haven. OCLC records just two copies, at Yale and the American Antiquarian Society; however, the Yale copy is noted as imperfect in their online catalogue. We could locate no copies in auction records. An interesting and informative broadside pertaining to early 19th-century Pennsylvania real estate and business development, from the time before "scheme" was a pejorative. Letterpress broadside, approximately 17¾ x 11 inches. Dark stain in lower margin, minor spotting. Very good. Untrimmed. OCLC 233650527.
CHRISTIAN ARMOUR.

CHRISTIAN ARMOUR. by Ball, Eliza Craufurd:

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Seller: William Reese Company
Title
CHRISTIAN ARMOUR.
Author
Ball, Eliza Craufurd:
Seller
William Reese Company (United States)
Description
New York. , 1866.. Extraordinary American Color Printing An exquisitely decorative color plate book, with high grade chromolithography executed by the notable firm of Major and Knapp (previously Sarony and Major). The plates elegantly depict components of armor apparently based on scriptural directive, e.g. the breast plate, the valuable girdle, the "sandals of love and charity," the two-edged sword, the "shield of faith," and of course the "precious helmet." "One of the most elaborate books of its type" - Bennett. Quarto. Original heavily gilded calf, beveled edges, expertly rebacked in cloth, a.e.g. Some minor edge wear, but exterior gilt is bright. Internally fine except for almost negligible library blindstamp in upper margin of title-leaf and a few other pages. Bookplate. Overall just about very good. BENNETT, p.8. McGRATH, p.123, 144. REESE, STAMPED WITH A NATIONAL CHARACTER 59.
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Original photograph of 7 variously sized Ice Boats on frozen lake in Maine, largest has three in crew, two have 2 in crew and the rest have one by (Ice Yachting)

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Seller: James Cummins Bookseller
Title
Original photograph of 7 variously sized Ice Boats on frozen lake in Maine, largest has three in crew, two have 2 in crew and the rest have one
Author
(Ice Yachting)
Seller
James Cummins Bookseller (United States)
Condition
Mounted. Fine
Description
Lewiston, Maine: Flagg and Plummer, The Leading Studio, 1900. 13 x 7-1/2 nches with the mount. Mounted. Fine. 13 x 7-1/2 nches with the mount.
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OLD LOOPY, A LOVE LETTER FOR CHICAGO by Morley, Christopher

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Seller: Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press
Title
OLD LOOPY, A LOVE LETTER FOR CHICAGO
Author
Morley, Christopher
Seller
Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press (United States)
Description
Chicago: The Argus Book Shop, 1935. cloth, onionskin dust jacket. 8vo. cloth, onionskin dust jacket. 17 pages, with ten additional leaves of photographic plates. First edition; trade edition limited to 1,500 copies. A Morleian homage to Chicago with 10 black-and-white photographs by G. Ederheimer. Lee 115. Page design incorporates a marginal sketch in light blue (a kind of phantasmagoria of the Chicago skyline) at the lower outer corners. Nicely printed by the Fortune Press. Small paper defects at front and back hinges; jacket chipped, torn.

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