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FR/No Dustjacket. 1854. 1/4 Leather. [This copy has Jan. & Feb. penciled in on the March 1854 issue. Indeed the March issue begins on page 325 and ends on page 427. 3 times the normal issues.] 1-427 pages. Bound in 1/2 leather with marbled boards. This copy belonged to H[enry] J. Bunnell [of Waverly] and then to LeRoy D. Farnham of 42 Main St. This monthly contains literary republications like Adventures and experiences of Frances Felton ... poetry, etc. We are grateful for the articles entitled "The Susquehanna Valley: Gleanings from its Indian and Pioneer History". This printed material is the first history of Tioga County area and Owego, NY. Included are articles titled "Village gossip" and "Our Stocking". This copy has a loose manuscript note indicating that the Our Stocking articles are by Senator Platt. Included is a holograph manuscript letter, 2 page, to Dr. L. D. Farnham, Binghamton, NY May 28, 1897 from L. W. Kingman. LeRoy W. Kingman was the publisher of the Owego Gazette and… Read More

.......: ***** Self Published *****. VG/No Dustjacket. 1866. ........ Cloth. Professionally rebound in cloth with leather spine labels with gilt lettering. Bound in 3 Volumes with seperate title pages and TOC's with index. These were issued on the 1st & 15th of every month depending on the [Civil] war. REF: Nevins p. 18 . 8vo., 1280 pp., Professionally rebound, foxing on indexes and ad pages, pages toning .

VG/No Dustjacket. 1914-1920. Cloth with leather labels. Cloth binding with leather labels. Volume 20 is the Preface and General Index. Most of these "were published by the Government of Great Britain, and were distributed by it to such persons the United States and elsewhere as were supposed to be able to influence public opinion." .

Frankfurt, Germany: Johann Ammon. . VG/No Dustjacket. 1624. First Edition. 1/4 Leather. illustrated with 11 full plates plus one in the text. [bound with] Philipp Reinhard. Stemma Leostenianum Genealogia illustrium et generosorum dominorum ac heroum, comitum in Lovvenstein, VVertheim, Rupeforti, Montacuto, & c. Frankfurt, Johann Ammon. 1624. Signatures: a-b⁴ c². Errata: leaf c2r.Description: [20] pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : genealogical table, portraits; Reference - Graesse. . Sm 4to., [8], 303, [19] p., Exterior hinges cracking, minor age toning. .

New York, NY: ***** Self Published *****. VG/No Dustjacket. 1866. ........ Cloth. Professionally rebound in cloth with leather spine labels with gilt lettering. Bound in 2 volumes. Contains copies(all First Editions) of the documents produced by the US Sanitary Commission between 1861 and December 1865 With a genral title page and TOC in each volume with various page numbers but lacking original wraps or printed cover. REF: Nevins page 18. . 8vo., v. p., Professionally rebound, pages toning .

--/No Dustjacket. 1847. Maryett [Mariett 1835-1892] Bogart and Kate [Catherine 1844-1932] born in the Town of Dryden, Tompkins County, New York. We have two samplers that are hand stitched by each sister along with a manuscript album containing poems and braided hair samples from their family and friends. In 1847, at age 12, Maryett demonstrated her sewing mastery with a 16" X 7 3.4" sampler of wool on linen, showing 4 different embroidered alphabets with one set of numbers and her age surrounded with a border. There is evidence of some folding with some light damage and fading. Nicely framed with a brief genealogy on the reverse frame backing in ink. Marietta Bogart 1835-1892 buried Willow Glen Cemetery [Dryden, NY].  Lived with father Aaron Bogart 1803-1887 and mother Susan Todd Bogart 1802-1886 on military lot No. 66 in Town of Dryden, [NY] Later in 1860, at age 16, her sister Kate presented her knowledge of embroidery with a 12 1/2" X 17 1/4" sampler using wool on linen with 4 different… Read More

London, UK. FR/No Dustjacket. 1723. First Edition. Leather. 2 Volumes. (6),(4) 1-440 pages; (3) 4-432, (1) 2-72 which are appendix and contents. Volume 1 has 26 plates and 2 maps, Volume 2 has 17 plates and 2 maps, errata. A total of 43 plates and 4 maps. 4 leafs of subscribers. Some plates drawn by HOGARTH. Reference Cox volume 1 pages 77-78; Graesse; Not in Blacker II sale. FIRST EDITION. Leather covers are present but unattached as well as the binding, first signature loose in volume 2. A clean and broad-margined copy. "La Mottraye [1674-1743] traveled over several decades (1696-1725) by Europe, Asia and North Africa. The focus of his itinerary are Italy, Germany, Scandinavia, the Ottoman Empire and the northern Black Sea region." (Griep-Luber). . Folio, Complete but needs rebinding. .

.......: ........ G/No Dustjacket. 1881. ........ 1/4 Leather. LYMAN TRUMAN Follow his money! "Lyman Park Truman was born at Park Settlement [Town of Candor], March 2, 1806. In 1830, he came to Owego and entered Asa H. Truman's store as a clerk. Three years afterward he commenced the mercantile business on his own account. In May, 1836, the firm of L. Truman & Brothers was formed and they conducted a successful lumber and mercantile business for thirty years ... In 1856, Mr. Truman became president of the Bank of Owego, and ... successor, the First National Bank of Owego ... In 1857, ... state senator ... 24th. district ... He died in Owego, March 24, 1881, leaving a large fortune as a result of his active life." Gay. HISTORICAL GAZETTEER OF TIOGA COUNTY, NEW YORK, 1785-1888. Pages 341-342. DAY BOOK. Feb. 14, 1852 - July 9, 1856. Tall narrow folio, leather, 194 leaves. DAY-BOOK. July 11, 1856 - Jan. 8th, 1857. Tall narrow folio, leather, 797 leaves. Very readable! LEDGER. 1847 -… Read More

--/No Dustjacket. ca. 1845. CHENANGO RIVER VALLEY. A wonderful little handmade book with FOLK ART AND BRAIDED HAIR SAMPLES collected by Miss Olive Rigby with love and gratitude from her friends and relatives. These include Betsy A. Rigby, David Rigby, Jay Rigby, Eliza Leach, Susan Dayton, Altal M. Hodge, Martha A. Chapin, Susan E. Hollenbeck, Lucretia Leach, Chalets Leach, Mary E. Chapman, Jane Adelia Robinson and David Hodge. 34 leaves, circa 1845, some loose pages, 16mo. [4" x 3"]. Good condition. . 16mo., (34 leaves) .

--/No Dustjacket. Mushroom research file of this noted mycologist, who was a Harvard professor as well as founder and editor of the Farlow herbarium - Farlowia: a Journal of Cryptogamic Botany. His research is collected in an index file box holding information on card stock mostly 5" x 8" There are more than 80 watercolors plus field notes and pen and ink sketches of mushrooms mostly collected from Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. Edgar Seeler recorded the information about the identified mushroom specimens and his wife Katherine Seeler painted the watercolors. We are able to count 38 watercolors relating to Nantucket plus 6 black and white as well as 10 watercolors in an envelope. There are 37 researched mushrooms with watercolors without a designated location. Two were collected in Florida in 1943 and another from California. Katherine Seeler was a member of the Artist's Association of Nantucket as well as an expert on Nantucket baskets. .

G/No Dustjacket. 1862. Broadside. Du Bois & Lowe issue a broadside notice for identifying their logs coming down the Susquehanna River. 17" X 14" Printed at Havre de Grace, Md, March 1st. 1862 The neat part of this broadside is the branding codes of the various lumber sellers. Although most of the lumber came from the West Branch of the Susquehanna River, John DuBois was raised in Tioga County New York and still had connections here in the Owego area. Tioga County, NY was and still is a major supplier of logs to the world. This broadside hung in the law office of former Judge George Boldman of Owego. For more information about the issues of the day - United States Supreme Court 73 U.S. 548 TOME  v.  DUBOIS. In the Circuit Court for the District of Maryland; the case, as stated in the brief of counsel, and assumed by this court, being in substance thus: Dubois & Lowe brought trover against Tome, Shure & Abbott to recover damages for the conversion by them of certain saw-logs, and certain… Read More

Venice, Italy: House of Aldus. G/NO DUSTJACKET. 1502. First Edition. Hardcover. Thebaidos libri duodecim. Achilleidos duo [with Orthographia et flexus dictionum omnibus apud Statium bound in front]. Bound in full leather with the famous Altus symbol on both front and rear covers with the incorrect date of 1509 on the spine. All edges guilt. 16.3 mm X 9.5 mm. Statius may rank among the heroic poets of the Silvee Age. In the Middle Ages, he was much read by Dante. Achilleis remains an unfinished poem. . 12mo., 298 leaves, In rebinding, the top and gutter margins have been narrowed with out any damage to text. .

1830-1915. Letter. GEN. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN TRACY. Civil War; Commandant of Elmira Prison Camp; Brooklyn Lawyer; U. S. District Attorney Eastern District of NY; Defense counsel at the Beecher-Tilton trial; Secretary of the Navy [modernized vessels]; Land owner in Owego area, etc. A collection of more than 200 letters written to his family including his wife [who was killed in a fire along with a daughter and maid in 1890] and surviving daughter and granddaughter from 1866 to 1915. These are collected in his Civil War box labeled Pvt. Tracy. There are NO Civil War letters. There are a few more photographs and documents. There was a biography written about Gen. Tracy by Benjamin Franklin Cooling. But the author was not aware of this collection. . Most letters are readable with envelopes. Most have had the stamps removed. A few were involved with the fire and need to be conserved to view. .

[Zweibrücken] / Biponti: Ex Typographia Societatis [Studiis Societatis Bipontinae] [Deux Ponts Press]. Collectible-Very Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1781. LeatherBound. This publisher BIPONTINE EDITIONS issued a series in 50 volumes of Greek and Latin classics. This set is rare in 12 volumes. The 12th volume is dated 1786. . Sm 8vo. .

NY. Collectible-Very Good/NO DUSTJACKET. 1904. Pamphlet. CARDER designed this brochure signed and dated it on the back. 6 1/4 X 3 1/2 inches . Minor smudge on back cover .