Quincy, MA: 1813 (Dec. 24). Manuscript. 20 pp. 165 x 200 mm. Stitched as issued. At some point folded to pocket size and thus retains large fold down middle of pages, small chips and tears along edges, some age-toning, a few pages very browned. An ownership inscription on the front..... More
Washington DC: The Folger Shakespeare Library, 2001. Softcover. Quarto, 158 pages, illustrated in black and white. ¶ Through the underlinings, emendations, and other marginalia common to early modern readers, this title shows the variety of ways in which readers have related to books over the centuries. The use of books..... More
Massena, NY: 1812. Softcover. Dates: 1812-1829. Small 4to. 12 pp. Stitched. Primary source material for the study of animals as property in rural America at the turn of the 19th-century. This small but fascinating manuscript is of a type that is rarely encountered. It describes the distinctive markings of animals..... More
1871. Hardcover. Oblong folio (350 x 450 mm). With 32 watercolors of high quality by Annibale Angelini delineated from the original frescos. Original red pebbled cloth (shaken), upper cover with the crowned monograph of Prince Camillo IX (Vittorio Emanuele) Massimo. In excellent unrestored state. An important discovery. This album of..... More
![Canzoniere]. Poesie. Manoscritto antico d’ignoto autore (early title in MS on upper cover)....](/pictures/thumb/2973.jpg?v=1582352917)
Venice: 1510 (25 January). 8vo. in fours. Collation: A-Q4, COMPLETE. 64 ff. (some signatures written in contemporary MS, several erroneously, neat modern foliation in pencil). Paper size: 155 x 105. Watermarks: Northern Italy, ca. 1480-1520 (see below). Bound in late 18th century Italian sprinkled ochre boards, upper cover with title..... More
![MANUSCRIPT PLAY]. Der Katzenkomodie, erster Theil, oder Lottchus Todt. Historisches Trauerspiel...](/pictures/thumb/2009.jpg?v=1553284583)
1835. First Edition. Softcover. Small 4to. Manuscript on paper. [2], 53 pp. Complete. Stitched (plain paper wrappers torn and frayed along spine, with loss), edges untrimmed. Minor blemishes to the text but unsophisticated. Preserved in a protective cloth case. Highly curious and apparently unpublished German Romantic play concerning the "Death..... More
![Manuscript]. Elementa Chirurgiae dictata a Doctissimo, expertissimo Clarissimoq: Viro Professore...](/pictures/thumb/2417.jpg?v=1553284769)
Louvain: 1827. Hardcover. Dates: 1827-1829. 8vo. [2], 7, [12], 19-167; 147, 150-302 pp. (pagination skipped presumably due to a scribal error, resulting in the loss of one page of text?) + [15] pp. additional notes. Contemporary quarter morocco over recently renewed marbled boards, brilliantly executed in the antique style. Light..... More
Toronto, Buffalo, London: University of Toronto Press, 1993. Softcover. Octavo, 275 pages, illustrated in black and white. Ownership mark inside front cover. ¶ In his dedicated investigation into the early history of the book, Carlson provides insight in changing technology during the transition from fifteenth to sixteenth century and its..... More
Charterhouse School: 1871. Hardcover. Dates: 1871-1877 and 1910. Small 4to. 37 ff., mostly with newspaper clippings neatly pasted in on both sides + 4 ff. in manuscript ("Summary of Scores" from 1871-1877 and 1910). Several leaves excised; it is possible that the present album had been re-purposed. On a few..... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Houghton Library, 1992. Softcover. Quarto, 200 pages, illustrated in black and white. ¶ Essential collection of brief essays from a group of international scholars, illustrating the evidentiary usefulness of manuscripts as well as their complexities. Early and recent manuscripts from the collections of the Houghton Library illuminate..... More
![The Coat and the Cup [unpublished play]. Typescript (mimeograph) with additions and corrections...](/pictures/thumb/905.jpg?v=1553284742)
Copyrighted by Mary U Glazener: 1966. Hardcover. 43 pages on 43 sheets of 8 1/2 x 11" paper, inserted in modern green folder (3-hole punched). UNPUBLISHED provincial religious play by the author "The Cup of Wrath: The Story of Dietrich Bonhoeffer's Resistance to Hitler" (1992/3) which received some critical attention..... More
Frankfurt: 1925. Hardcover. Calligraphic manuscript on paper: 10 pages, including an original watercolor by the artist, and bound by her. Written on Flinsche Paper (Frankfurt). Large "modernist" watercolor illustration on first leaf (evidence of deep pencil scratch in outer margin), on the recto a manuscript dedication (dated June 1925) being..... More
London: Printed by G. Woodfall, 1818. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. [iv], 188 pp. Original drab boards (a little worn, expertly rebacked). Edges uncut and partially unopened. Ex-libris stamps in blind from the Theological Institute of Connecticut (now known as the Hartford Seminary). NB: in 1976 a collection of more than..... More
![Manuscript]. Early American Student's Ciphering Book. Higgins Family](/pictures/thumb/3003.jpg?v=1582353272)
Cape Cod, MA: 1793. Folio (paper stock ca. 300 x 200 mm). 24 pp. on laid paper, MS entries covering every page. In contemporary "home-made" rough canvas wrappers (worn), some damage (with loss of text) and inherent soiling to text. At least 8 ff. have been excised at the end..... More
![ON VELLUM]. Calligraphic / partially printed Austrian Patent of Nobility for Leopold Maria Edler...](/pictures/thumb/3005.jpg?v=1582353285)
Vienna: 1787 (April 21). Folio in 2s (360 x 305 mm). 10 vellum sheets, folded once to produce 20 pages. German Fraktur script, 3 elaborately engraved rococo borders by Fredericus Mayer; calligraphic text throughout in an accomplished hand (no doubt Viennese), 9 large ink borders in manuscript (ca. 250 x...... More
New York: Fordham University Press, 1965. Hardcover. Octavo, 284 pages, original cloth, no dust jacket. Water damage to case, text unaffected. ¶ An important bibliography of printed and manuscript catalogues of pre-1600 Latin manuscripts in European libraries -- from A-Z (i.e from Aachen, Germany to Zwolle, Holland). Still essential. More
![Manuscript]. Ordonnance du Roy Francois Ier sur ce qu'il veult et entend prendre sur les poissons...](/pictures/thumb/2426.jpg?v=1553284774)
Unbound. 4to. [16] pp. comprised of 8 half sheets folded once, unstitched, edges untrimmed. First leaf soiled, some dust-soiling throughout. Preserved in a mylar L-sleeve with lig-free board backing. Highly curious French legal manuscript concerning a rare 1543 Ordonnance on taxes on salt for preserving fish, a matter not only..... More
Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books, 1975. Hardcover. Octavo, 177 number pages, original cloth, no dustjacket. Illustrated in black and white. ¶ An important discussion of notable examples of early manuscripts to early printed books, with very good illustrations. More
Mexico City: 1731-1770 (bulk); 1697-1759. Ad 1: Folio. 157 ff. with final blank and several unnumbered leaves plus several leaves and notes loosely inserted, including one dated 1809. Bound in soft calf, blind ruled. Major worming in certain parts (SEE IMAGES), usual age-toning, some dark stains throughout occasionally affecting text;..... More
Wilmington, N.C. 1874. Hardcover. Manuscript on paper, 58 unnumbered pages, written in an octavo ruled notebook, the MS occupying the first half, the second being blank. Contemporary American binding (sheepskin over boards), light wear to binding extremities, hinges cracked but firm, marbled edges. An attractive manuscript in very good antiquarian..... More
Austin, Texas: Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 27 numbered pages, original cloth binding. No dustjacket. Woodcut illustrations. ¶ Bibliographical Monograph Series No. 7, a lecture given at the [Harry Ransom] Humanities Research Center on collection development specifically within the scope of manuscripts..... More
![Manila Galleon, Typescript]. "That Year's Galleon" (early title). Cameron Rogers](/pictures/thumb/1698.jpg?v=1553284553)
S.l. (probably Santa Barbara, CA): 1936. Unbound. n.d. (but not after 1936). 23 chapters + Epilogue, each individually paginated. Typewritten on "Superior Manifold - Esleeck Mfg Co" paper (8 1/2 x 11"). This appears to be the only significant Cameron Rogers manuscript still in private ownership (the University of Oregon..... More
San Antonio: Yanaguana Society Publications (vol. 1), 1937. FIRST EDITION. Hardcover. Octavo, 167 pp. Original maroon cloth (bindings a trifle worn but perfectly sound). ¶ Castaneda here presents a documented history of San Antonio from its founding up to Santa Anna's defeat at San Jacinto in 1836. The work is..... More
![Manuscript Briefs for Appellant in the case of] HENRY WADE VS. The STATE of TEXAS. [Two Drafts]....](/pictures/thumb/2801.jpg?v=1567633010)
Houston: Webb & Jarum, Attorneys for the Defendant, 1862 (January). Two separate manuscript drafts on leaves of lined legal paper held together by a strip of paste near the top edge; verso of last leaf of both copies docketed with short title and the case number (?) 1826. First draft..... More
Boston: Jenks, Hickling and Swan, 1853. 8vo. 191 x 122 mm. [1], 2-48 pp. INTERLEAVED with 12 leaves of blue writing paper facing each month of the year, on which a prior owner has written many diary entries, ink from notes have slightly stained the facing printed paper, title and..... More
