History from Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.

circa 1950's., 1950's.. Fine. - Small quarto, 6-1/4 inches high by 4-5/8 inches wide. A 6-1/4 inch high by 9-1/8 inch wide sheet of heavy cream stock folded as a greeting card with a Christmas greeting on the front. Inside, the card is illustrated with 2 photographs, one on each panel. The first is a photograph of Queen Frederica surrounded… Read more about this item

Paris: A La Librairie Illustree, [1886]., [1886].. Very good. - Octavo, 8-3/4 inches high by 5-1/4 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in three quarter brown leather and marbled boards titled in gilt on leather labels and with gilt decorations between raised bands on the spine. The endpapers are marbled and the top edge is gilt. The covers are slightly rubbed. vi… Read more about this item

Madrid: Oficina de Informacion Diplomatica, March 27-28, 1952., 1952.. Fine. - Folio hardcover. Original 12-3/4 inch high by 9 inch wide printed wrappers bound with silk cord into sumptuous 15-1/4 inches high by 10 inches wide burgundy leather with a gilt device centered within gilt decorated roulette and gilt double-ruled frames on the front cover. The binding is further enhanced… Read more about this item

Bermuda: Camden Editions, (1988)., (1988).. Very good. - Octavo, 9 inches high by 6 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in red cloth titled in gilt on the spine, laid into a pictorial dust wrapper featuring a portrait of Sir Richards. The head and tail of the spine are very lightly bumped. xvi & 375 pages, illustrated with frontispiece and a 28… Read more about this item

West Pittston, PA: Marc Publishing Co., (1967)., (1967).. Good. - Quarto, 10-3/4 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide. Softcover, bound in pictorial wrappers featuring a portrait of Moshe Dayan drawn by Ken Frantz. The covers are rubbed, creased and slightly stained. [62] pages profusely illustrated in black & white with photographs and maps. The corners of the pages are slightly… Read more about this item

Paris: Revue universelle, January 15, 1939., January 15, 1939.. Very good. - Octavo, 10 inches high by 6-1/2 inches wide. Softcover, bound in printed gray wrappers titled in black on the front cover and the spine. The edges of the covers are lightly creased. Volume LXXVI, No. 20, January 15, 1939, pages 129-256. The overlapping edges of a few of… Read more about this item

Morris-Town [NJ]: Printed by Henry P. Russell, 1803., 1803.. Good. - Octavo, 6-1/2 inches high by 4 inches wide. Hardcover, bound in full contemporary 19th century calf, titled on a black leather label on the spine. The covers are rubbed and scuffed and the title label is heavily chipped. (x), [1] - 172 pages. The front endpaper is heavily chipped… Read more about this item

Very good. - A 1-1/2 inch high by 2-1/2 inch wide section of paper with the close of a letter signed by Gregor Ziemer. Above the signature the phrase "Cordially yours" is typed, with Ziemer's name typed below his signature. Very good. Gregor Ziemer (1899-1982) was an American educator and foreign correspondent who lived in Germany during the 1930s… Read more about this item

Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 1, 1950., 1950.. Fine. - Over 75 words typed on his personal 8-1/8 inch high by 5-3/4 inch wide creamy white stationery with his name "Mr. Arn. J. d'Ailly" printed at top left. In his letter, addressed to the President of the Saint Nicholas Society in New York William M. Clearwater, d'Ailly informs him that… Read more about this item

Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 30, 1948., 1948.. Fine. - Approximately 70 words typed on his 8-1/8 inch high by 5-3/4 inch wide creamy white official stationery with "De Burgemeester van Amsterdam" printed in blue at top left under the embossed seal of the City of Amsterdam. In his letter, addressed to the President of the Saint Nicholas Society in… Read more about this item

Postmarked from Fulton, MO on May 13, 1965., 1965.. Very good. - sc A First Day Cover honoring Winston Churchill. The 3-5/8 inch high by 6-1/2 inch wide envelope is illustrated with a patriotic portrait along the left third honoring the wartime British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. The envelope bears the 5 cent U.S. postage stamp which also… Read more about this item

Richmond, VA: Virginia State Library, 1952., 1952.. Very good. - Folio, 19-3/4 inches high by 13 inches wide. Softcover, creamy tan wraps bound with black cotton cord, titled in black & red on the front cover. 8 pages, including the covers, printed in red and black on Linweave's early American paper stock with facsimiles of the 2 pages… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897., 1897.. Very good. - Octavo, 8-1/2 inches high by 5-1/2 inches wide. Five volumes uniformly bound in black cloth titled in gilt on the spines. The covers are lightly rubbed and soiled with some minor staining. The heads of the spines are slightly chipped. 516 pages; 675 pages; 598 pages; 530 pages;… Read more about this item

Hartford: B. & J. Russell, 1814., 1814.. Fair. - 32mo, 4-3/4 inches high by 3 inches wide. Vintage light blue boards backed with a tan paper covered spine. There is wear to the edges of the stained covers and the boards are splitting along the joints with a large piece out from the tail of the spine. The… Read more about this item

Paris: Chez Jean Desaint, 1741., 1741.. Good. - 18mo, 6-5/8 inches high by 4 inches wide. Full contemporary brown calf with a gilt titled red leather label and floral decorations in gilt between raised bands on the spine. The covers are rubbed and scuffed with wear to the edges and corners. The head of the spine is chipped… Read more about this item

London, 1857., 1857.. Very good. - Robert Rolfe, 1st Baron Cranworth's signature at the bottom left of a 3 inch high by 5 inch wide clipping from an envelope. "PAID 1857" with the royal crown is stamped in red at top right and partially overlaps the address penned in an unknown hand. The autograph is mounted with… Read more about this item

1868., 1868.. Very good. - Hugh Cairns, 1st Earl Cairns' signature at the bottom left of a 3 inch high by 4-1/4 inch wide clipping from an envelope. "London Official Paid" is stamped in red at top right above Miss Nicholson's address penned in an unknown hand. The autograph is mounted with glue from the verso onto a… Read more about this item

31, Great George Street, March 5, 1866., 1866.. Very good. - Over 30 words penned on both sides of 7 inch high by 4-1/2 inch wide creamy white paper. The first page of the letter is framed by black mourning borders. William Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley writes to apologize as he "cannot leave my court". Signed "W.P. Wood".… Read more about this item

April 21, 1789., 1789.. Good. - An autograph document penned in an unknown hand on 1-7/8 inch high by 8-1/4 inch wide parchment paper with clipped corners. A bankruptcy document dated "21st April 1789" reading "Let a Commission issue as prayed and be directed to Samuel Buck Nicholas Smith Esquires Thomas Bolland Charles Coupland and James Nixon Gentlemen",… Read more about this item

Grosvenor Square, November 30 [19th Century]. . Good. - Over 50 words penned on 7 inch high by 4-1/2 inch wide "52, Park Street, Grosvenor Square" stationery framed by black mourning borders. Sir Balwyn Leighton writes to the historian Edward Pears that he is sending him a corrected "proof copy" of his pamphlet "Poor Law, out-relief", requesting several… Read more about this item