Plain white calling card (1 7/8 x 3 inches) signed in pencil on recto Timoteo Haalilio | Sandwich Islands. On the verso he writes, again in pencil, "I am glad to see Mis [sic] Barnard." Residue of five small glue spots on…
more >

Collection of 55 letters, 113 pages of correspondence, in generally very good, clean and legible condition, occasional spotting, soiling, tears and nicks, otherwise good.
more >

large folio, (sheets measure 15.5 x 10”), 9 pages, folded, docketed: “Armement de Jean Marie – 2me Voyage,” neatly inscribed in ink, in very good clean and legible condition.
more >

Paris: De L’Imprimerie Royale, 1734, quarto, eight pages, untrimmed and uncut, a fine copy. This concerns the shipping of slaves to America, and their barter against, sugar, cotton and other goods, and gives a specimen of the certificate and bill of lading required.
more >

Album measures 7” x 11 ½”, bound in brown cloth, stamped on front cover “Fotofolio”, worn at tips, edges, and corners, includes 104 black and white photographs measuring 2 ½” x 3 ¾” to 5 ¾” x 4”, plus 13 real photo…
more >

[February 2, 1855, octavo, three pages of a bifolium, in very good, clean and legible condition.
more >

Collection of 90 letters, 246 manuscript pages, mainly quarto, folding stamp-less letter-sheets, dated from December 17, 1843 to February 1, 1871. Only four letters are from the 1860s and 1870s, the bulk (86 letters) date from 1843 to 1859. Also included are…
more >

quarto, two pages, neatly inscribed in ink, mailing envelope missing, otherwise very good.  
more >

two volumes, octavo, 168 and 142 pages, plus blanks, bound in original marbled board and ¼ cloth blank books, volumes worn and shaken, boards rubbed, text inscribed in pencil, occasional sketches and drawings, some smudging but quite readable.
more >

America: 1773, folio, [5] ff. 163, [5] pp., original manuscript, bound in contemporary vellum, front cover with title inked in early hand; binding darkened, stained, and rubbed, with vellum cracked and peeling over spine. Sewing loosening; a number of leaves separated. Pages…
more >