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  • Collection of Correspondence, Documents, Papers, and Speeches of Pre-Eminent Career American Diplomat, Philip C. Habib, 1948-1984
    29 letters, 38 pp., (no envelopes), dated 8 March 1851 to 26 July 1984, the bulk of the letters are incoming originals dated 1951-1957 (only one letter is post 1957); there are 3 outgoing copies of Habib’s letters, the rest are incoming;…
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  • Photograph Album Containing Large Format Photographs of Washington, D.C., the Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Colorado, and the Pacific Northwest, circa 1893
    Oblong folio, 55 albumen photographs, mounted on 18 cardstock leaves, bound in contemporary black padded Morocco, images are generally in very good, clean condition, with good contrast.
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  • Three Letter Copy Books of John Byrne, President of the Pittsburg, Shawmut & Northern Railroad Company, 1901, 1903 -1904
    Three volumes, quarto, 1,807 letters, 1,920 pages, the letters are mainly typescript on thin tissue paper, bound in ½ red sheep and pebbled cloth, bindings worn and rubbed, back strips missing, text in very good, legible condition.
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  • Autograph Letter Signed, as Minister Plenipotentiary to Mexico, dated Mexico August 1, 1839, to Messrs. Clopman & Co., Bordeaux, France, concerning a large shipment of Wine.
    Quarto, 3 pages, plus original mailing “envelope”, formerly folded, in very good, clean, and legible condition.
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  • Philadelphia Steam Umbrella, Parasol, Parasolette and Patent Walking Cane Umbrella Manufactory, No. 104 Market Street, Jany 1st 1847
    [Philadelphia] 1847, quarto, two page illustrated printed promotional circular letter, describing, and illustrating William H. Richardson’s Patent Walking Cane Umbrellas, formerly folded, very good, clean condition.
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  • Pair of Manuscript Reminiscences of Captivity in Andersonville Prison by two Members of the 8<sup>th</sup> Maine Regiment, written circa 1910-1911
    Octavo and quarto, 13 pages, inscribed on sheets of lined paper in pencil, in very good clean condition.
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  • Minute Book of the Providence Improvement Association of Delaware County Pennsylvania, 1929-1939
    quarto, 91 typed and manuscript pages, plus blanks, bound in original ½ leather and cloth boards, front board stamped: “Providence Improvement Association.” Very good condition.
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  • Autograph Letter Signed, Union City [PA?] March 27, 1881, to his brother John
    octavo, three pages, inscribed neatly in ink, very good, clean and legible condition.
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  • Manuscript map: “Redwood. Scale 3 chains to 1 inch. H. L. Scott Surveyor.”
    Pen, ink and wash, circa 1860s. Folio, measuring 26 ¼ x 18 ⅝ inches. Expertly restored and conserved, backed, else very good.
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  • Reglement pour l’establissement & l’entretien des Chemins Royaux, publics & de communication, aux Isle du Vent de L’Amerique. Du 17. Avril 1725.
    Paris: De L’Imprimerie Royale, 1725, quarto, 16 pages, light damp-stain, small number in ink, at upper left corner of first page, otherwise a very good, clean copy.
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