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1895 - 1912 FIVE (5) ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT NOTEBOOK JOURNALS BELONGING TO HORACE HOBART, NOTED CHICAGO JOURNALIST AND FOUNDING EDITOR OF THE STILL-PUBLISHED RAILWAY AGE MAGAZINE
by HORACE R. HOBART
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- Used - Good
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- 1895
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- 1
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Cochrane, Alberta, CAN
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$3,455.99
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CHICAGO ILLINOIS, IL. Good. 1895. On offer is a fantastic group of notebook journals that belonged to Horace R. Hobart. Hobart led a long and illustrious life in newspapers, gazettes, and magazines. Born in 1839 he was a Wisconsin Cavalry Quartermaster in the Civil War starting in 1861 until being wounded in Arkansas. Beginning in 1866… Read more about this item Item Price
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1788 An Essay Towards A System of Mineralogy, Translated From The Original Swedish, 2nd Edition, Printed for Charles Dilly WITH HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT NOTES
by AXEL FREDERIC CRONSTEDT [translated by GUSTAV VON ENGESTROM]
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- Used - Good
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- 1788
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- 1
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Cochrane, Alberta, CAN
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$3,585.99
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THE POULTRY, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK: CHARLES DILLY. Good. 1788. On offer is an original, hardcover handprinted book from 1788, regarding the Natural Science of Mineralogy (the scientific study of chemistry, crystal structure, and physical properties of minerals and mineralized artifacts). The book comes at the end of the Scientific Revolution in the Western World, roughly from… Read more about this item Item Price
$3,585.99
1797 TWO [2] ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN LETTERS FROM LOVING PARENTS WHO HAVE JUST RELOCATED TO WEST VIRGINIA, TO THEIR DAUGHTER FROM WHOM THEY HAVE NOT HEARD FROM IN NUMEROUS YEARS
by MOSES and ELIZABETH STARR
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- Used - Good
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- 1797
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- 1
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Cochrane, Alberta, CAN
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$1,285.99
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NEW FRANKFURT, HARRISON CO. WEST VIRGINIA, 1797. On offer is are two lovely and fascinating letters from a father and mother to their daughter detailing their situation mere weeks after moving to New Frankford, Virginia. The letter is signed Moses Starr and Elizabeth Starr and addressed to their Dear Daughter. The first letter is dated November 17th, 1797 and the… Read more about this item Item Price
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1796 - 1801 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DIARY OF THE NOTED BRITISH 4th BATTALION ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY - OF WHICH PARTS WERE LATER PUBLISHED AS 'VOYAGE TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE'
by RICHARD RENSHAW
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- Used - Poor
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- 1796
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- 1
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Cochrane, Alberta, CAN
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$6,255.99
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MANCHESTER LANCASHIRE UK AFRICA EGYPT. Poor. 1796. On offer is the original handwritten manuscript "Voyages and Travels of Richard Renshaw" of the British Army's heralded Royal Regiment of Artillery, Renshaw of the 4th Battalion. Some parts of this manuscript were later published as 'VOYAGE TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE' in 1804. Renshaw retells in detail… Read more about this item Item Price
$6,255.99
1786 ORIGINAL NAIVE MANUSCRIPT DIARY HANDWRITTEN BY A VERY ACTIVE FARMER, TIMBERMAN AND JURY MAN ON THE NORTH SHORE OF LONG ISLAND SOUND
by JAMES BLAKEMAN, [sometimes BLACKMAN]
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- Used - Good+
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- 1786
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- 1
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Cochrane, Alberta, CAN
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$3,055.99
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STRATFORD, CONNECTICUT. Good+. 1786. On offer is a super, original, naïve 18th Century manuscript diary handwritten by James Blakeman [sometimes Blackman] of Stratford Connecticut and as inscribed on the title page: "My Journal for the year 1786 James Blakeman's Journal for the year 1786" a 4 x 6¼ inch 13 page monthly account [one title page… Read more about this item Item Price
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1739 SUPERB ORIGINAL HANDWRITTEN EARLY 18TH CENTURY MANUSCRIPT TRAVEL DIARY AND JOURNAL OF THREE [3] DUTCH MEN IN GERMANY
by HENDRIK VAN ALPHEN
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- Used - Very Good
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- 1739
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- Leather Spine
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- 1
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Cochrane, Alberta, CAN
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$11,500.00
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HOLLAND THE NETHERLANDS GERMANY. Very Good. 1739. Leather Spine. On offer is a superb, original historical early 18th Century travel journal of three [3] Dutch men, Daniel van Alphen, P. van Dorp and the writer of the journal Hendrik van Alphen (1708-1764) who travel from Holland to Germany from April 9th 1739 through late summer. Hendrik is… Read more about this item Item Price
$11,500.00
1744 - 1764 ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT VADE MECUM HANDWRITTEN BY A YOUNG JESUIT SCHOLAR DETAILING HIS LOGIC STUDIES UNDER PROFESSORE GIUSEPPE GUIDONE, HIS FINANCIALS, HIS BOOKS AND HIS NOTES OF HIS RELIGIOUS DEVOTIONS AND DEDICATION
by Di Cesare, Carlo Antonio
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- Used - Good+
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- 1744
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- Original Vellum
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Cochrane, Alberta, CAN
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$3,155.99
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NAPLES ITALY. Good+. 1744. Original Vellum. On offer is a super manuscript relic of 18th Century religious devotion being a vellum covered notebook titled 'Memoria' handwritten by Carlo Antonio Di Cesare, a Jesuit in Naples between 1744 and 1764. Superbly intimate look into the life of this Catholic man using the book as a 'vade mecum'… Read more about this item Item Price
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1745 - 1789 HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL, LEDGER AND DIARY OF A WEALTHY LANDLORD ON THE FRENCH RIVIERA - EX LIBRIS HPK [HANS PETER KRAUS]
by RUDELLE DALZON [DALSON]
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- Used - Good
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- 1745
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- Hardcover
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Cochrane, Alberta, CAN
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$5,295.99
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Toulon, France. Good. 1745. Hardcover. On offer is a stunning look into the the mind, finances and economy of Rudelle Dalzon a landlord, caterer and food supplier in pre Revolutionary France on the French Riviera. Many layered, very thick, elephant folio list many, many hundreds of transactions for rents, properties listed, supplies purchased, traded, sums loaned… Read more about this item Item Price
$5,295.99