Recent Arrivals from Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints

Recent Arrivals from Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints

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Fifteen Exquisite Watercolors of Flowers and Four Pencil Sketches by a Skilled Artist

by [Original Art; Flowers]

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Used - Fine condition
Published
1840
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1840. Fine condition. An exquisite suite of watercolors & pencil sketches, possibly created for a friendship album. The floral images are of a floral wreath, pink rose, sweet pea, fuchsia, bachelor button, white lily, pansies, geranium, tulips, red ivy leaves, dogwood, etc. The floral wreath has the name "Katie" in the center. The four pencil sketches are of… Read more about this item
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The Last Days of Pompeii, Two Volumes

by Bulwer-Lytton, Edward

Condition
Used - Good +
Edition
First American edition
Published
1834
Binding
Hardcover
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1834. First American edition. Hardcover. Good +. A two volume set in the original tan publisher's cloth with the original labels (chipped at edges). Small 8vo, 240 pp; 201pp, 28pp ads, [8] ads. Corners bumped, light general foxing throughout.
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Land Speculation on the Railroad in Kentucky and Tennessee, archive

by Kentucky; Tennessee; Railroad] Livingston, Edward

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Used - Good + overall
Published
1886
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Garrison, New York, USA
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1886. Good + overall. A series of letters to Edward Livingston dating 1836-1887 about land on the Kentucky and Tennessee border in and around the Walker's State Line. Edward Livingston [1834 - 1906] was an American railroad businessman and prominent in New York society and resident of Garrison, NY. In one letter on letterhead from Cleveland,… Read more about this item
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The Lay of the Land "98 model" Connecticut Road Book

by [Bicycling; Connecticut] Westlake, Philip W, Chief Consul

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Used - Otherwise very good condition
Published
1898
Binding
Maps
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1898. Maps. Otherwise very good condition. A road book for the state of Connecticut, intended most likely for bicyclists. Beginning in New York City, the fold out maps start from New York City throughout Connecticut. At the back are bicycle laws of the state and a list of "Consuls" and hotel names and addresses. Not recorded on OCLC.… Read more about this item
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Forget-Me-Not Everyday Greeting Cards for 1953

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Used - Otherwise very good condition
Published
1953
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Ohio: Forget-Me-Not Greetings/American Greetings Corp., 1953. Otherwise very good condition. A large salesman's dummy of "Birthday and Everyday Line of Greeting Cards B-A-L-A-N-C-E-D to give you more sales and profits." Forget-Me-Not Greetings was a division of American Greetings Corp. from 1939-2000. American Greetings started in 1906 as Sapirstein Greet Card Co. and was not renamed 'American' until… Read more about this item
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Yellow Tufted Bee Eater, from Sandwich Islands, engraving

by Lewin, W.; Capt. Dixon

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Used - Otherwise very good condition
Published
1789
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London, 1789. Otherwise very good condition. A b&w copper engraving from Latham's Synopsis. Plate mark 7 1/8 x 9 1/4" with margins, browned at edges.
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Collection of 27 Liquor Labels, unused samples

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Used - Very good condition
Published
1940
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Garrison, New York, USA
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1940. Very good condition. A group of liquor labels, 27 individual labels for Whisky, Rye, Sloe Gin, Cherry Cordial, Cognac etc., 14 of which are 'selected and imported by R.H. Macy & Co." Brands include: York House Irish Liqueur Whiskey, Old Cobweb Rye, Savoy Plaza, Kentucky Triumph, Glenmore, Old Musket, Old Whaler, Grand Canyon, Myers's Rum, Wolf Creek,… Read more about this item
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Twelve Years of Pioneering in Rotary Wing Aircraft

by [Bellanca, G.M.]

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Used - Good
Published
1938
Binding
Paperback
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Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Aircraft Syndicate, Ltd., 1938. Paperback. Good. The achievement of feathering control is as important to the success of rotary wing aircraft as the adoption of the aileron to the airplane from the early warping wing control." "The following pages illustrate the various steps though which this scientific achievement has been made." 12mo, 16pp, pamphlet, tan card… Read more about this item
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The Fight Against Fluoridation in Peekskill

by Winslow, Charles E.

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Used
Published
1952
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Paperback
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1952. Paperback. A printed pamphlet objecting to adding Flourine to the water supply. "Artifical water flouridation is mass medication." A protest by a concerned citizen. 12mo, 4 x 5 3/4", 8pp, tan paper covers, damp stained, front lower corner chipped, a very readable account.
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Land Transfer East Hampton, Suffolk County, New York to David Hedges

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Used - Good + overall
Published
1805
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Garrison, New York, USA
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1805. Good + overall. ALS record of George Strong of Easthampton, yeoman, sale 1 acre of land known as 'Millers ground' to David Hedges for the sum of $4. Land is 'buted and bounded as follows East by David Hedges west by John Miller south by Elisha Osborn...' Signed by John Strong, Peirson Strong and one other, possibly… Read more about this item
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Farmer's Agricultural Ledger selling fruit to New York Merchants

by Williams, Theodore

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Used
Published
1853
Binding
Paperback
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1853. Paperback. Ledger begins with "The Monticello place was purchased Aug 5th 1848 by Theodore Williams for thirty six hundred and five dollars." "Rec'd for fruit sold from Monticello place in fall of 1848..." many entries for oats, straw, hay, potatoes, corn, apples, grapeseed. Purchases in New York include: Gleason, Pepoon, Jenkins, Tainter, Geo Kingsly, Elisha Collins. … Read more about this item
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The Making of Color Prints, advertising hand out

by Matsumoto Print Works

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Used - Very good condition
Published
1910
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Garrison, New York, USA
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Nagoya: Matsumoto Print Works, 1910. Very good condition. A single sheet monograph of hand made Japanese paper folded to make a 4pp leaflet (6 1/2 x 8"). A Japanese printing company displaying Japanese design. First page has "A Word of Introduction" written in English with brown ink, and red accents; inside spread is the article, "The Making of… Read more about this item
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Glass Blowing engravings

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Used - Good + overall
Published
1740
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Germany, 1740. Good + overall. 3 German copper plate engravings of glass blowing, with German text. Approx. 6 x 4", toned, mat burn where previously framed.
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Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., "Buzz Aldrin", signed photograph

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Garrison, New York, USA
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Very good condition. An official NASA photograph of Buzz Aldrin in his spacesuit, with a backdrop of the moon. Signed by Aldrin to the Edward Benson Family. Aldrin is the 2nd person to walk on the moon after Neil Armstrong. His career at NASA started as part of the Gemini program in 1963, the Apollo program in 1967.… Read more about this item
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Archive of WWI and WWII ephemera from Richard Broward's career in the US Army from 1918-1950

by Broward, Major Richard

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Used
Published
1993
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1993. Assorted ephemeral items from the family life and military career of Richard C. Broward (b. 1899). Broward joined the army in 1918 and served until retirement in 1950. His career saw him at army bases in North Carolina, Alabama, Michigan and Texas and travel around the world. In 1951 he worked at Texas Aviation Industries in USAF… Read more about this item
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Brown & Stansbury Booksellers & Stationers, block printed advertisement for binding and selling merchant account books

by [New York City; Bookseller; Advertising]

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Used - Otherwise very good condition
Published
1802
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Garrison, New York, USA
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1802. Otherwise very good condition. Small advertisement for the creation of merchant account books surrounded by a printed border, with "I Dunderdale" and "New York, 27th October 1802" in ink above and below. 4 1/4 x 6 1/4", toned.
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Illustrated stock certificate for the Peekskill Academy 1853

by Peekskill Military Academy

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Published
1853
Binding
Ephemera
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[New York], 1853. Ephemera. This certifies that Edward Wells is entitled to five Shares ... if stock in the Peekskill Academy, the said shares being of the par value of Five Dollars each, and being issued for subscription for increase of the Library and Apparatus." Signed by the President James Brown and Secretary James Brewer on 30th day… Read more about this item
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Carnival edition of the Picayune New Orleans La. February 29th 1892, Proteus Procession subject A Dream of the Vegetable Kingdom

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Published
1892
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New Orleans, LA: T. Fitzwilliam & Co., 1892. A colorful image of the Proteus procession held in New Orleans, Louisiana, on February 29, 1892, published in a special carnival edition of The Picayune newspaper. The theme was 'A Dream of the Vegetable Kingdom' - eighteen decorated floats pulled by horses with titles, 'Proteus,' 'Cacti,', 'Strawberries,' Thistles,' Water-Melon,' Fungi,' etc. … Read more about this item
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Join the Air Service and Serve in France - Do it Now

by Verrees, J. Paul [Poster, W. W. I.]

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Used - Very good condition overall
Edition
First printing
Published
1917
Binding
Poster
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New York, 1917. First printing. Poster. Very good condition overall. A W.W.I. recruiting poster displaying a two-man biplane with American and French markings on a red sky background with two uniformed spotters in the foreground and is signed and dated "J. Paul Verrees 1917" in the lower right corner. Many were eager to join the war… Read more about this item
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Hair Samples, an archive of the Maloy/Meloy Family

by [Cold Spring, NY; Genealogy]

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Used
Published
1864
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Cold Spring, NY, 1864. A collection of 16 hair samples collected by the Maloy Family, plus 2 handwritten notes dated 1842 and 1862. Each hair sample is folded in paper, sometimes newsprint, with names written in pen on the outside. Names include: Daniel Meloy, James Meloy, B. Meloy, Frances, George, Elisabeth, Amos, Lovenda, 1859 Charles Haight, Roleph R.… Read more about this item
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