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Public Sale of Mathematical Instruments ... of the Estate of B[enjamin] Stancliff .... by Stancliff, Benjamin - AMERICAN INSTRUMENTS - MANUSCRIPT

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Seller: Palinurus Antiquarian Books

Title: Public Sale of Mathematical Instruments ... of the Estate of B[enjamin] Stancliff ....
Author: Stancliff, Benjamin - AMERICAN INSTRUMENTS - MANUSCRIPT
Seller: Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition: Very good; some old folds.
Description: [Philadelphia], 1834. Not bound.. Very good; some old folds.. Folio sheet folded as 4 pp.; last page is a blank. The estate inventory of Benjamin Stancliff who was a maker of optical, philosophical, and mathematical instruments in Philadelphia from the late 18th to early 19th century. The inventory lists the tools, supplies and instruments in his estate and what they sold for as well as an accounting for the total. Such inventories are exceptional and rare given the handful of people engaged in this trade. It offers a unique insight into the mode and manner of production and commerce in scientific instruments in colonial America. See Skerritt, Catalog of the Charles E. Smart Collection ....; NMAH web page for Stancliff in Wash. DC for citations and instruments.

[Three Manuscript Letters Sent to Aristarchus Champion from New York Correspondents Just Following the Mexican-American War, Concerning Mexican Claims, New York Real Estate Prices, a Proposed "Road to Lake Erie," and Art Purchases] by [Mexican-American War]. [Champion, Aristarchus]

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Title: [Three Manuscript Letters Sent to Aristarchus Champion from New York Correspondents Just Following the Mexican-American War, Concerning Mexican Claims, New York Real Estate Prices, a Proposed "Road to Lake Erie," and Art Purchases]
Author: [Mexican-American War]. [Champion, Aristarchus]
Seller: McBride Rare Books (United States)
Condition: Very good.
Description: New York, 1850. Very good.. Three manuscript letters, totaling nine pages, and approximately X words. All on single folded sheets, all addressed on the verso of the second leaf. Old mailing folds, minor foxing and wear, small hole in second leaf of two letters from removed wax seals. An informative trio of manuscript letters sent by Thomas Spencer and William W. Bliss from New York City to Aristarchus Champion in Rochester. Aristarchus Champion (1784-1871) was a Yale graduate in 1807 and spent a long career as a lawyer, real estate speculator, and philanthropist. He was involved in business dealings with both of his correspondents here, and the letters detail some of those activities. The letter by Thomas Spencer is dated April 10, 1849, and concerns business dealings relating to both Mexican claims and New York real estate. Spencer writes in detail about a farm he attempted to sell "for the Mexican claims, but could not make it go." He also discusses further speculation in Mexican claims in a long paragraph on the second page, throwing out numbers like $50,000 and $90,000 as proposed totals for various deals before returning to further detailed discussion on the prospects of selling his farm. The remaining two letters are written to Champion by William M. Bliss, a business associate of Champion's. In his first letter here, written in January 1849, Bliss writes about the state of bonds, potential liens, and other financial matters relating to his company's business interests with regard to a new "road to Lake Erie" and Binghamton. Bliss's second letter is entirely concerned with the potential purchase of several paintings, including a "landscape on the Delaware River" by Walter Mason Oddie and a "scene in Gray's elegy" by an English emigrant artist who has become "an adopted citizen" of the United States. Bliss notes several prices in the process of discussing these various paintings. These letters concern a wide range of business dealings in New York in the mid-19th century, including Mexican claims and current art prices, providing a solid opportunity for studying contemporary real estate and art markets.

Little man, little man: A story of childhood by Baldwin, James

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Title: Little man, little man: A story of childhood
Author: Baldwin, James
Seller: Ed's Editions Bookstore (United States)
ISBN: 9780803748590
Condition: Very Good
Description: Dial Press, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x7x0. 1976 First Edition, First Printing stated. Dial Press. Dust jacket is clean, smooth, and crisp cornered. Slight chipping at top and bottom of spine coverage and small tear at front, bottom right corner. Overall, wear to the dust jacket is minimal, and it has been wrapped in a protective mylar sleeve to prevent further wear. Pictorial boards are clean and sturdy. Has a good binding. Pages are clean and unmarked. Professional packaging and prompt shipping. JB.

The San Carlos Apache Police by Clum, John P.

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Title: The San Carlos Apache Police
Author: Clum, John P.
Seller: Argonaut Book Shop (United States)
Condition: Very fine
Description: The New Mexico Historical Review, 1929 Book. Very fine. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Thin octavo. (18pp.). Frontis plate from a photograph. Gray wrappers printed in black, stapled as issued. A fine copy. First separate edition, first appearing in the New Mexico Historical Review, July, 1929. Excellent historical sketch of the Apache Indian police at the San Carlos Indian reservation. The author was Indian Agent at the San Carlos Apache Reservation in Arizona for three years beginning in 1874. He implemented a limited form of self-government on the reservation that was so successful that other reservations were closed and their residents moved to San Carlos. Clum was also the agent that captured Geronimo in April of 1877. Faced with many superior officers who strongly disagreed with his methods, and dogged by an uncaring Indian Bureau administration, Clum finally left his post as Indian Agent July 1, 1877. .

THE TREE OF IDLENESS and Other Poems by Durrell, Lawrence

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Title: THE TREE OF IDLENESS and Other Poems
Author: Durrell, Lawrence
Seller: Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc. (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: London: Faber and Faber Ltd, 1955. First Edition. Hard Cover with Dust Jacket. Fine/Near Fine. Octavo. 48pp, bound in burgundy cloth, spine lettering gilt. A fine copy in a so near fine dust jacket.

A Practical Treatise on Ventilation by Wyman, Morrill

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Title: A Practical Treatise on Ventilation
Author: Wyman, Morrill
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Condition: g
Description: Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1846. Hardcover. g. 8vo. xvi, 420 pp. Purple cloth binding. Illustrated with some b&w diagrams and figures. Binding almost completely faded to brown. Corners bumped. Wear to head and tail of spine. Text clean, and book in overall good condition.

Wizard of Oz by Baum, L Frank

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Title: Wizard of Oz
Author: Baum, L Frank
Seller: E M Maurice Books, LLC, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: San Rafael, CA: Classic Publishing, 1970 Pictorial boards, small tear to spine fold, gift inscription, else clean. The full text of the Wizard of Oz with pictorial and textual notations throughout followed by a biography of Baum as well as activities and facts. Illustrated throughout in a very 1970s style. . Pictorial Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Brigitte Bryan & Don Irwin (Cover). 4to.

THE LIVING PAST OF AMERICA by VANDERBILT, Cornelius, Jr.

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Title: THE LIVING PAST OF AMERICA
Author: VANDERBILT, Cornelius, Jr.
Seller: The Bookpress, Ltd. (United States)
Description: VANDERBILT, Cornelius, Jr. THE LIVING PAST OF AMERICA. New York: Crown, (1955). 4to. Cloth spine, boards, dust jacket. xiv, (ii), 2 pages. Being a survey of restored, historic houses and villages, with interior, exterior, and detail illustrations. Fine in lightly worn dust jacket.

The History of Nippon by AKIYAMA, Kenzo

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Title: The History of Nippon
Author: AKIYAMA, Kenzo
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Condition: very good(+)
Description: hardcover. very good(+). Frontispiece and other illustrations. 279pp. Small 4to, textured boards, Tokyo, 1941. A very good(+) copy.

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