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COURTEOUS FAIRY by MELI, Giovanni - 19

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COURTEOUS FAIRY by MELI, Giovanni - 19

COURTEOUS FAIRY

by MELI, Giovanni

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19. MELI, Giovanni. BARKER, W. W., trans. THE COURTEOUS FAIRY and THE WORLD. Two Poems of the late John Meli in the Sicilian Dialect with biographical notes by the Abbe Contreras on the author; and the notes in the second edition of his works, to the poem of The World. Freely Translated into English Verse by W. W. Barker. Messina, 1815 to 1834. Calligraphy by John Howard Payne. Quarto. 82ff. Manuscript on lined paper. Beautifully bound in full walnut crushed morocco, intricately gilt, with five raised bands. Crushed green morocco doublures with wide walnut morocco dentelles, also intricately gilt. Silk moire endleaves. Slipcase. T.e.g. Giovanni Meli (1740-1815) was a Sicilian physician, poet, essayist, and satirist from Cinisi, near Palermo. He held the chair in chemistry at the University of Palermo for twenty years, but his first love was Sicilian poetry. The Courteous Fairy ("La Fata Galanti") was his first substantial work in the Palermitan dialect, written at the age of 22, four years before his first published collection. Although much of Giovanni Meli's work has been translated into English and published, "La Fata Galanti" has appeared infrequently in print in English. This nineteenth-century translation is the second of only three English translations (the most recent was published in 2015) and remains unpublished shed. The second title mentioned, "The World," would have probably been a translation of Meli's "L'Origini di lu Munnu," and is not actually included in the bound manuscript. William Wilton Barker (1769-1856) the translator, was the British consul in Messina. His wife was from Palermo, which could explain his proficiency in the Palermitan dialect. The poem tells of a would-be poet who rescues a toad from a peasant. The toad reveals itself to be the Courteous Fairy in disguise. She offers him any favor he desires, and he asks for her help in becoming a poet. They travel on a winged horse to the Isle of Falsehood, the Isle of Medicine, Mount Parnassus, and more. His soul separates from his body to go to the Underworld and on his fabulous journey he meets numerous figures of literature, myth and antiquity, gently satirizing them all. Finally the Fairy advises him to give up poetry for more realistic pursuits, and reveals herself to be the creation o.
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No. 10: Supreme Virtue [Autograph manuscript]
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No. 10: Supreme Virtue [Autograph manuscript]: Double SATB choir

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Oblong quarto (278 x 208 mm). Unbound, folded. 29 pp. + 2 pp. of additional manuscript apparently not included in the final version. Notated in pencil on 16-stave paper. Signed and dated New York, Jan-April 1997. Supreme Virtue was commissioned by the Dale Warland Singers with the support of the Jerome Foundation and the Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University. The Dale Warland Singers premiered the work in Minneapolis in June 2000. The text consists of an English translation by Stephen Mitchell of verses from the "Tao te Ching." It was first recorded by the Seattle-based chamber choir Esoterics on the Terpsichore label in the winter of 2008. "For a few years I was the tenor section leader of a choir in Washington, and in singing with and composing for them I'd become more and more interested in the quasi-instrumental vocal gesture. Stephen Mitchell's pellucid translation of this verse of the Tao te ching - a series of moral challenges all beginning with the words "Can you?" - spurred me to… Read More
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Thurber's Dogs. Suite for Orchestra after Drawings by James Thurber. Movement VI: Hunting Hounds....

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[Op. 95]. Le Petit Chaperon Rouge Double choeur pour voix de femmes et d'enfants. Avec acct de...
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Eighteenth Century German Manuscript: Inventarium Und Abtheillung, Weylandt der tugendtgsamben...
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Weier near Horburg (Wihr-en-Plaine), 1751; tall quarto (8 1/2" x 13"), 418 pages. Original manuscript of the last will and testament of Maria Balzinger (Baltzinger), deceased wife of Mathias Steib, official of the local court and tenant of Pfalz-Zweibrucken ducal estate at Weier near Horburg in the Alsace region. Contains detailed inventories of all personal and real property for both spouses, complete with monetary valuations, the names of all family members and beneficiaries, and full transcriptions of the couple’s original marriage agreements recorded at the City Hall in Colmar, November 26, 1703. Text in German, entirely repeated in French, consisting of 209 leaves of handmade watermarked paper written both sides, for a total of 418 pages. A valuable primary resource, with genealogical and historical data for a privileged Alsace family. Dated at Weier near Horburg, September 13, 1751. Fine condition, in original sewn binding. There is a single small chip, 8mm x 5mm in size, on the… Read More
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Poems (Two) 1925 Simultaneous [Signed, Typed Manuscript Poem]
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Poems (Two) 1925 Simultaneous [Signed, Typed Manuscript Poem]

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London: The Aquilla Press, 1930 Original typed Manuscript, Signed by Nancy Cunard, with 5 corrections. First appeared in print under the title, "Poems (Two) 1925"; published 1930 by The Aquilla Press. Three loose 8vo sheets, previously stapled. Three of the corrections are minor but one alters the original 40th line from "Cools at the still, yeasts raise his auburn flour" to Yeast raising auburn flour." In line 47 Cunard corrects the spelling of the word, "orgu[e]illeux" by adding the e, but it never made it into the published work. Signed in pencil, "Nancy Cunard 1925'" at the bottom of the poem. Age toning, paper-clip ghost, minimal wear, else in fine condition.
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[Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth- ALS] Longfellow ALS to Noted Poet and Journalist Charles Kent
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[Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth- ALS] Longfellow ALS to Noted Poet and Journalist Charles Kent

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4 pp. Cambridge, Apr. 29, 1880. 12mo. Neatly written letter from Longfellow to Charles Kent (1823-1902), well-known English poet, biographer and journalist, concerning a book written by Kent ("Corona Catholica), and others sent to Longfellow for which Kent had never heard back concerning Longfellow's receipt of the books. He writes: "My Dear Mr. Kent, I hasten wit all speed to thank you for your kind letter and for the "Corona Catholica," both of which reached me safely and are very welcome. But I am troubled by what you say of the other books sent so long ago, your collected Poems, and "Charles Dickens as Reader." They were both received and I wrote to you at the time a letter full of thanks, particularly for the Poems and among the Poems, more particularly for the beautiful lines addressed to me, which I always deeply feel." He goes on to say that he is truly grieved that his letter never reached Kent, with the only consolation being this letter. He also thanks Kent for the "Corona" but states that… Read More
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THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS, AND OTHER RITES AND CEREMONIES...
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THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS, AND OTHER RITES AND CEREMONIES OF THE CHURCH, ACCORDING TO THE USE OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND; TOGETHER WITH THE PSALTER OR PSALMS OF DAVID...

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London: Printed by John Baskett ... and by the Assigns of Thomas Newcomb, and Henry Hills ..., 1715.. [20,380],23,[3]pp. terminating at 3A4. Folio (465 x 285 mm). Contemporary black gilt paneled armorial goatskin, heavily gilt extra, a.e.g., marbled endsheets. Engraved frontispiece. Text in double columns, printed in black and red, the whole ruled in red. Spine and upper spine quadrant of upper board restored with black calf, edges of text block smoke-darkened, with occasional shallow isolated penetration into margins, early repair on verso of frontispiece, tidemark in upper forecorner/quadrant of last three text leaves and endleaves, small mend on verso of title at top margin, occasional hand-soiling and smudging, a few minor marginal nicks or short tears; in spite of these detractions, in the main a bright, crisp copy. One of two large folio printings of The Book of Common Prayer published by Baskett in 1715, this being the form that terminates at 3A4. This copy was associated with the family and… Read More
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[Pound, Ezra- Autograph Letter Signed, Pre-Raphaelite Association] ALS from Pound to Helen...
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[Pound, Ezra- Autograph Letter Signed, Pre-Raphaelite Association] ALS from Pound to Helen Rossetti Angeli, daughter of William Michael Rossetti

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Three pages, 1949. A sprawling, witty and provocative letter written by Pound early on during his extended stay at St. Elizabeth's hospital (12 years, from 1948-1859) to Helen Rossetti Angeli, the daughter of famed Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood co-founder William Michael Rossetti. Written in pencil on the full opened face, with two notes perhaps by HAR, and then on both flaps on the verso, with two wrap-around portions also possibly by HA Rossetti. A lengthy and fascinating letter. "Dear Mrs. Angeli, Thanks v. much for yo/ volume. but must protest no jacket yr/sister Olivia being certainly more alive than anyone in Italy definite purf, not jacket vs not all brit/publrs/ are of the line of Barabbas & born to be damned- perhaps the very printing machinery in England [side flap] Yeats' definition of yr island 'The only country where a man will lie WITHOUT being paid for it' endemic [side flap] lie DOWN not being able to bear the Truth. cordially Ezra Pound." Pound has also placed in the body of the letter,… Read More
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[20 TYPED LETTERS SIGNED from H.L. Mencken to [Arnold Francis Gates] Gates (1914-1993), each...
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Baltimore,: 1936-42., 1936. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (each). Gates was an Abraham Lincoln enthusiast, poet, author, and became a scholar of Civil War and Lincoln history. He was an officer of the New York City Civil War Round Table. These letters are all addressed to Arnold Gates and cover a variety of subjects. The tone is friendly, but terse. Both followed and perhaps donated to a prisoner named Joseph Russell, who was first a robber and then a forger and plagiarist. Mencken and Gates occasionally are light-hearted, such as M’s thoughts on persons born in September (including himself, naturally). He declines membership to the Roughriders Club "I have a set rule against joining anything." One letter addresses the abdication of Edward VIII. Another makes disparaging remarks about Gertrude Stein and T.S. Eliot. "H.L. Mencken (1880-1956), journalist, author and critic, worked as a reporter and drama critic for the Baltimore Morning Herald from 1899 to 1906. From 1906 to the end of his working career he… Read More
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Manuscrit autographe de Boris Vian intitulé Conseil de révision (des opinions) à propos de...
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1958. Fine. s.d. (1958), 20,9x26,9cm, 4 pages sur 4 feuillets. - Manuscrit autographe de Boris Vian intitulé ""Conseil de révision (des opinions)"" à propos de Paul Anka. 4 pages rédigées au stylo à bille bleu sur 4 feuillets perforés réunis par des agrafes. Ratures et corrections. Pliure transversale en marge gauche sans gravité. Le manuscrit était destiné à « l'élite », c'est-à-dire aux lecteurs du Canard enchaîné, il a finalement été publié dans La Belle époque (1980). Bel article faisant la promotion du concert à l'Olympia du jeune Paul Anka, alors âgé de dix-sept ans, plus de dix ans avant le succès planétaire de My Way. Boris Vian vieillit d'ailleurs un peu la « vedette américaine » : « Paul Anka est un garçon de vingt ans qui écrit ses chansons et qui les chante. » Vian, lui aussi compositeur et interprète souligne pourtant : « Comme il n'en écrit pas des douzaines, il chante aussi d'autres que les siennes, par… Read More
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Poetry of Giovanni Meli : A Bilingual Anthology (Sicilian/English)

Poetry of Giovanni Meli : A Bilingual Anthology (Sicilian/English)

by Giovanni Meli; Gaetano Cipolla

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Don Chisciotti and Sanciu Panza
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Don Chisciotti and Sanciu Panza

by Meli, Giovanni

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Studi su Giovanni Meli nel II Centenario della Nascita (1740-1940) Contributo Alla Letteratura Meliana Promosso dal Comitato per le Onoranze al Poeta

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Palermo, G.B. Palumbo, 1942. 576 pp., plus plates, paperback, text unopened, ownership marking to verso of title page else good. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.
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Poetry of Giovanni Meli, The - A Bilingual Anthology (Sicilian/English) (Italian & Englsh Text)

Poetry of Giovanni Meli, The - A Bilingual Anthology (Sicilian/English) (Italian & Englsh Text)

by Meli, Giovanni/Gaetano Cipolla (Editor)

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Mineola: Legas Publishing, 2015. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good/None. 346 pages. Softcover in Italian & English Text. Blue wraps with only light marginal wear to edges. Illustrations throughout in bw by Diane Himmelbaum, William Ronalds and Beppe Vesco. Clean & unmarked copy. Record # 751215
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Opere poetiche œuvres poétiques

by Giovanni Meli

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Poèmes en sicilien et traduits en italien réédition 1977 Centro Meridionale editoriale 840 pages texte en sicilien et en italien uniquement en TBE
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Le Bucoliche.

Le Bucoliche.

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Milano, Sonzogno, 1903, 16º brossura cop. muta, pp. 171
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Poesie nei principali dialetti italiani - Lu labbru - L'alitu.

Poesie nei principali dialetti italiani - Lu labbru - L'alitu.

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Milano, Treves, 1872, 8 dicembre, articolo, stralcio de "L'Illustrazione popolare". - !! ATTENZIONE !!: Con il termine estratto (o stralcio) intendiamo riferirci ad un fascicolo contenente un articolo di rivista, sia che esso sia stato stampato a parte utilizzando la stessa composizione sia che provenga direttamente da una rivista. Le pagine sono indicate come "da/a", ad esempio: 229/231 significa che il testo è composto da tre pagine. Quando la rivista di provenienza non viene indicata é perchè ci è sconosciuta. - !! ATTENTION !!: : NOT A BOOK : “estratto” or “stralcio” means simply a few pages, original nonetheless, printed in a magazine. Pages are indicated as in "from” “to", for example: 229/231 means the text comprises three pages (229, 230 and 231). If the magazine that contained the pages is not mentioned, it is because it is unknown to us.
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Don Chisciotti and Sanciu Panza.

Don Chisciotti and Sanciu Panza.

by Meli, Giovanni, 1740-1815. Cipolla, Gaetano, editor & translator. Vesco, Giuseppe, illustrator.[Cervantes]

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Canadian Society for Italian Studies, Ottawa, 1996. Soft Cover. 225 double pages; 22.5 cm. Translated into English verse with an Introduction and Notes by Gaetano Cipolla. Illustrated by Giuseppe Vesco. Sicilian and English in facing columns. This illustrated, double-column edition of the Sicilian physician and poet's inventive retelling of the famous adventures of Quijote and Panza is a surprising commentary on Cervantes and a mock-heroic epic masterpiece from Sicily. Paper; new from publisher. stock#102064x.
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Riflessioni Sullo Stato Presente Del Regno Di Sicilia (1801) Intorno All'agricoltura E Alla...
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Riflessioni Sullo Stato Presente Del Regno Di Sicilia (1801) Intorno All'agricoltura E Alla Pastorizia

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Mazara: Societa Editrice Siciliana, 1947. Hardcover. Near Fine. 1947. Italian text. Hardcover, blue cloth, leather title label, with the original wrappers bound-in. 383 pp. Near Fine. Spine sunned and light wear to the leather label; tight binding; clean interior. A nice edition of Meli's poetry.
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Die Befreiung 1813 - 1814 - 1815 :
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Die Befreiung 1813 - 1814 - 1815 : Urkunden - Berichte - Briefe mit geschichtlichen Verbindungen

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A 1st ed. good paperback, soiling & other signs of wear on covs. & spine as in image, with stamp fr. end p. & inside of cov. (image_2) "Alfred Rosenberg spende fur die Deutsche Wehrmacht 1939/1941 Gau Danzig" also FON pasted label. 520p. 19x13cm. 500gr. "Die Stempel mit dem Schriftzug: "Alfred-Rosenberg-Spende für die Deutsche Wehrmacht …". Eine kurze Untersuchung nach anderen Belegen und Formen über diesen Stempel ergab, dass solche Stempel auch mit anderen Gaubezeichnungen bekannt sind. Es handelte sich bei diesen Aktionen um deutschlandweite Buchsammlungen, die das Ziel verfolgten, den Soldaten an der Front Bücher zukommen zu lassen.
Durchgeführt wurde die Aktion "Buchspende für die Deutsche Wehrmacht" vom Kriegs-Winterhilfswerk, dem ein Aufruf Rosenbergs voranging. Bis zum Jahr 1940 konnten so 8 ½ Millionen Bücher gesammelt werden. Bis zum Frühjahr 1941 konnten in zwei Sammelaktionen 15 ½ Millionen Bücher an die kämpfende Front verschickt werden . Im Oktober 1941 erfolgte… Read More
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DOCUMENT SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR OF CONNECTICUT, APPOINTING A JOURNALIST TO THE STATE COUNCIL OF...

DOCUMENT SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR OF CONNECTICUT, APPOINTING A JOURNALIST TO THE STATE COUNCIL OF DEFENSE, 21 November 1917

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Hartford, CT: Governor's Office, 1917. Original document. Very Good. Partly printed document, accomplished by hand. In part: "...reposing special trust and confidence in the skill and patriotism of J.S. Anderson, Jr. of the Mirror of Stonington, Conn., do hereby appoint him...Special Representative of the division of co-operation of the press, committee on publicity, Connecticut State Council of Defense...." Large embossed seal. Signed in full by Holcomb, witnessed by R.J. Dwyer, Deputy Secretary. 11.75" x 9.5" Holcomb (1834-1932) was the 66th Governor of Connecticut.
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Junge Liebe in Einer Alten Stadt
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Junge Liebe in Einer Alten Stadt

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A 1st ed. good hardcover (cloth-bound), soiling of cloth & signs of age as in image, with stamp fr. end p. (image_2) "Alfred Rosenberg* spende fur die Deutsche Wehrmacht 1939/1942 Gau Westmark". "Die Stempel mit dem Schriftzug: "Alfred-Rosenberg-Spende für die Deutsche Wehrmacht …". Eine kurze Untersuchung nach anderen Belegen und Formen über diesen Stempel ergab, dass solche Stempel auch mit anderen Gaubezeichnungen bekannt sind. Es handelte sich bei diesen Aktionen um deutschlandweite Buchsammlungen, die das Ziel verfolgten, den Soldaten an der Front Bücher zukommen zu lassen. Durchgeführt wurde die Aktion "Buchspende für die Deutsche Wehrmacht" vom Kriegs-Winterhilfswerk, dem ein Aufruf Rosenbergs voranging. Bis zum Jahr 1940 konnten so 8 ½ Millionen Bücher gesammelt werden. Bis zum Frühjahr 1941 konnten in zwei Sammelaktionen 15 ½ Millionen Bücher an die kämpfende Front verschickt werden . Im Oktober 1941 erfolgte nach den Erfolgen der letzten zwei Sammlungen ein… Read More
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Surveillance; Hearings before the subcommittee on courts, civil liberties, and the administration...
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Surveillance; Hearings before the subcommittee on courts, civil liberties, and the administration of justice. on the matter of wiretapping, electronic eavesdropping, and other surveillance. February 6 [through] September 8, 1975. Part 1 [hearings],: 94th congress, first session. Serial no. 26.

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Agreement of Sale between the American Baptist Publication Society and John Wanamaker

Agreement of Sale between the American Baptist Publication Society and John Wanamaker

by Wanamaker, John

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1905. Good +. Signed 3-page typescript of a agreement of sale between the American Baptist Publication Society and John Wanamaker. The American Baptist Publication Society sold to John Wanamaker the Crozier Building at 1420 and 1422 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, for $900,000. The Crozier Building was designed by Frank Miles Day & Brother and was added to the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places in 1980. American merchant John Wanamaker (1838-1922) had made $1.5 million in profits and interest from his stores in Philadelphia and New York in 1904, suggesting that his acquisition of the Crozier Building was an investment. The Crozier Building has continued to function as a successful office building to this day. In Good+ Condition: chipping at edges; loss of lower corner of first page, with minor loss of text; separating along some of the 2 horizontal creases in each page; signatures are clean and intact.
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Invariance of Light Speed: Reality or Fiction?

Invariance of Light Speed: Reality or Fiction?

by Levy, Joseph

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This book was sent to Dr. David Bartlett of the Univ. of Colorado by Dr. Levy of France. Personal letter from Dr. Levy to Dr. Bartlett included. Text is very good——clean & tight & unmarked. Moderate shelf wear with 2 creases on front cover that intersect the spine. Dr. Bartlett's name written on front.
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5 letters, 1873-1879, to William Ward (1837-1895) [Philadelphia and Chester County Railroad]

5 letters, 1873-1879, to William Ward (1837-1895) [Philadelphia and Chester County Railroad]

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1873. Near Fine. 5 handwritten letters to William Ward, 1873-1879, regarding the Philadelphia and Chester County Railroad, which existed from 1872 to 1885; it was succeeded by the Philadelphia Midland Railroad. William Ward was one of the organizers of the Philadelphia and Chester County Railroad and in 1874 was the president and treasurer pro tem. Letters #1 and #2 (Sept. 5 and Dec. 5, 1873) are from Jos. H. McKeehan, an attorney in Philadelphia, who is writing about deliquent subscribers to the railroad. Letter #3 (Dec. 18, 1873) is from the Village Record, a newspaper in West Chester, Pa., with a copy of the advertisement that ran in the paper listing the dates that instalments from railroad subscribers were due in 1872. Letter #4 (Nov. 26, 1875) is from John Smith of Ridley Park, about a plan to petition to vacate a street and public ground adjoining Mr. Bartol's purchase. Letter #5 (Sept. 8, 1879) from the superintendant of the Government Paper Mill in Dalton, Mass., complaining about… Read More
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Vellum indenture of lease and release between Christopher Gullett of Exeter, gentleman, and the...
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Vellum indenture of lease and release between Christopher Gullett of Exeter, gentleman, and the Rev. Saint Andrew Saint John, John Burton, and Ambrose Hall

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1776. Near Fine. 56 x 75 cm. Attractive calligraphy on vellum. Christopher Gullett of Exeter, gentleman, grants to the Rev. Saint Andrew Saint John of Somerly in Southampton Co., John Burton of Jacobstow in Devon Co., esq., and Ambrose Hall of London, administrators and assigns, the property known as Hayton in Sampford Spiney, Devon Co. With an ebossed grey-and-gilt one shilling stamp affixed to one side and an engraved stamp on the reverse; and the signature of Christopher Gullett at the lower edge with a red seal. Sealed and delivered in the presence of Wm. Kirkby and H. Hall. In Near Fine Condition: exterior when folded slightly soiled; otherwise, clean and bright.
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Handwritten Vellum Indenture for Sale of Woodland in Providence Township, Montgomery Co., by...
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Handwritten Vellum Indenture for Sale of Woodland in Providence Township, Montgomery Co., by Margaret Cauffman to Isaac Overholtzer

by Cauffman, Margaret; Willcox, Mark

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1814. Near Fine. On 25 March 1814 Margaret Cauffman of Philadelphia, gentlewoman, sold to Isaac Overholtzer of Norriton Township, Montgomery County, for $650 a lot of woodland of almost 5 acres in Providence Township, Montgomery Co., on the road leading from the Germantown and Perkiomen turnpike and on the Norristown Road. Signed by Margaret Cauffman; witnesses Sarah A. Cauffman, Catharine Wiseman, and Alexander J. Uhlyn; and Delaware County Judge Mark Willcox. Mark Willcox (1743-1827) was the son of Thomas Willcox (1689-1779), the founder of Ivy Mills, which produced the paper used for early currency of the United States. He continued to run the paper mill after his father's death in 1779; he also served as an associate judge for Delaware County from 1791 to 1823. His second wife was Anna Mary Cauffman, a sister of Margaret Cauffman. In Near Fine Condition; 1 x 10 cm. section lacking at lower left-hand corner, with minor loss of writing; otherwise, clean and bright.
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2 mortgage documents involving John K. Cuming, Alphonse A. Brunner, and a brick house at 1736...
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2 mortgage documents involving John K. Cuming, Alphonse A. Brunner, and a brick house at 1736 Grove St., Philadelphia

by Cuming, John K

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Philadelphia: John C. Clark & Sons, 1884. Fine. 2 documents printed by John C. Clark & Sons, Philadelphia, both printed in red and black, and folded. On 2 May 1884, John K. Cuming of Philadelphia, merchant, mortgaged a three-story brick house at 1736 Grove St., Philadelphia, for $900 to be paid within three years. Signed by John K. Cuming, witnesses Harry B. Yerger and Frank A. Brunner, notary public Harry B. Yerger (with his stamp), and Philadelphia County Recorders of Deeds John O'Connell and John Virdin. The note of satisfaction on 16 Oct. 1901 was signed by Kate E. Scott. John K. Cuming (1830-1915) was a prominent Philadelphian who served on the Select Council, the Citizens' Municipal Association, and the Board of City Trusts and was president of the Tenth National Bank for many years. In Fine Condition: clean and crisp.
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