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A collection of 400 Billheads Revealing the Lives and Habits of a large country estate and the Affluent Family residing there

A collection of 400 Billheads Revealing the Lives and Habits of a large country estate and the Affluent Family residing there

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Seller: Eclectibles
Title
A collection of 400 Billheads Revealing the Lives and Habits of a large country estate and the Affluent Family residing there
Seller
Eclectibles (United States)
Description
Newburyport, MA: David and Ruth Wallace (Hopper Mott), 1895. Social history - An archive of approximately 398 billheads relating to the running of Hawkswood, a large country estate in Newburyport MA 1895-97. The estate belonged to David Wallace and his wife Ruth, who was the widow of Hopper Mott, a prominent New York City family. Categories include: 82 receipts for Food including -Extensive monthly receipts for fish, pork and meat -Weekly and/or monthly receipts for general groceries, fruits, vegetables, milk, butter and cheese. Mostly from different vendors, Liquor and wine bills 59 receipts for Utilities, Water bills, Coal, Wood & Coke, Ice, Electric Light, Heat and Power Co. 72 receipts relating to transportation and communication -Fairbanks’ scales -Western Union telegraph monthly bills Newspaper subscriptions and box rental, Steamships, mercantile fees and sail making, Railway passage and Express companies. 92 receipts for miscellaneous household receipts including Livestock feed, Crockery and glassware, Guns and gun material, Trunks, bags, shawl straps, Plate glass, Watches, clocks, jewelry, Slate, tin, copper gravel roof, Carpets, wallpapers & draperies, Cloths and clothing, House, ship, sign and ornament painters, Stoves, ranges, furnaces, tin and sheet iron ware, 16 receipts for horses and carriage care and maintenance – Stabling, Horse shoeing and other animal maintenance, Horse and carriage furnishings, Carriage maintenance and repair including painting. Included is an interesting letter from a Manufacturer of Light Carriages and Wagons about laying pipe for water allowing adequate supply for 20 families. 77 receipts for plants and seeds, fertilizer, garden supplies and ornaments, greenhouse supplies. This appears to have been a great passion for the household. Many of the receipts are multiple pages of large quantities of trees, plants and seeds from the premiere producers at the time.- Trees, plants and seeds from nurseries and auctions, Fertilizer and farming tools, Greenhouse and garden equipment and pasture leases. Also letters regarding “master gardening” and requests for refunds for plants that died.
Ryder

Ryder by Barnes, Djuna

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Seller: Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Title
Ryder
Author
Barnes, Djuna
Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition
Good
Description
New York: Horace Liveright, 1928. First American Edition. Good. First edition, first printing. Signed by Djuna Barnes on the front free endpaper. Bound in publisher's royal blue cloth stamped in red and gilt; red topstain. Good, crudely rebacked with clumsy repairs to corners and upper board right edge. Slight lean to spine, cloth soiled, gilt mostly all rubbed. Contents tanned and with markings to title page and foreword. Barnes' first novel, a modernist romp with themes of free sexuality and polygamy. A homely copy with demerits, though scarce signed.
LIFE-SAVING: PERILS OF THE COAST, 1881

LIFE-SAVING: PERILS OF THE COAST, 1881 by HARPER'S WEEKLY

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Title
LIFE-SAVING: PERILS OF THE COAST, 1881
Author
HARPER'S WEEKLY
Seller
Antic Hay Books (United States)
Description
1881. HARPER'S WEEKLY. LIFE-SAVING SERVICE: PERILS OF THE COAST. A large (16- by 23-inch), double-page illustration from the April 16, 1881 issue of Harper's Weekly. The engraving shows four life-saving scenes: "Discovery Of The Wreck: A Patrolman's Signal"; "Off to the Wreck"; "Firing The Wreck Gun"; and "The Morning After the Wreck." Article on the U.S. Life-Saving Service on verso. $85.00.
The Family of Max Desir: a novel [signed]

The Family of Max Desir: a novel [signed] by Ferro, Robert [Randy Alfred association]

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Seller: Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
Title
The Family of Max Desir: a novel [signed]
Author
Ferro, Robert [Randy Alfred association]
Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (United States)
ISBN
9780525241973
Description
New York: E. P. Dutton, 1983. Hardcover. 244p., personal inscription to Randy [Alfred] signed by Ferro, first edition, first printing stated hardcover bound in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dust jacket in very good condition. Publisher's letter to Randy Alfred laid-in, signed by publicist Darlene Watson and with copious notes in Randy Alfred's handwriting on both sides. Randy Alfred was co-founder of The SF Bay Times and had an interview show on KSAN.
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New Zealand Journal of Geography #71 October 1981

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Seller: Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA
Title
New Zealand Journal of Geography #71 October 1981
Seller
Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
Condition
Very Good
Description
NZ: Allied, 1981. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Very good in wrappers. Name on front cover.

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