Search Results: Titles starting with O from Howard S. Mott, Inc

AN ILLUSTRATED BROADSIDE DEPICTING THE SMALLEST BOAT THAT EVER CROSSED THE ATLANTIC OCEAN COMPLETING ONE OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE JOURNEYS OF THE 19th CENTURY
INGERSOLL, O[liver] R[oland], (1837-1914), boatmaker. HUDSON, [John Morley], Captain and owner, and [FITCH, Frank E., companion and sailor]. O. R. Ingersoll's Metallic Life-Boat, "Red White and Blue." The Smallest Boat that ever crossed the Atlantic Ocean! Taken from a Photograph taken at the CrystalPalace, London...4to broadside, 11 12 x 8 1/2". [New York: 1866].
An illustrated broadside advertising both Ingersoll's boat "Red, White and Blue," the smallest boat to ever cross the Atlantic, sailing from New York to Margate in 34 days, and his "Great American Boat and Oar Bazaar, 213 & 244 South Street, New York," where he offers "Over 100 Race, Tow, Sail, Fancy, Ship and Metallic Life Boats on hand. Steam Yachts built to order. The Largest Boat Establishment in the United States." The illustration by "Wilson" depicts the boat… Read More

FIRST ISSUE OF THE 17TH U.S. ARMY ENGINEERS NEWSPAPER PRINTED IN FRANCE DURING WWI, A PAPER WITH A MISOGYNISTIC BENT
[WORLD WAR I ARMY NEWSPAPER]. The "OO LA LA" Times. A Journal printed with the hope of passing the Censor, and for those at Home who care. Vol. I, No. 1. Folio, 4pp., in four columns, printed on brown paper, unbound, as issued. Published by The 17th U. S. Engineers, "R[ailwa]y." Somewhere [St. Navaire, France:] Oct. 30 '17. $150.00
Poetry, sports, account of a "sing song," etc. An informative history of the U. S. Army Engineers is, Charles Hendricks, Combat and Construction: U. S. Army Engineers in World War I (U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, 1993), readable online. Future issues of this newspaper were notably misogynistic, at least as concerned French women. 17th U. S. Engineers (Railway) was one of the first units of the American Expeditionary Force in France. The first issue of this… Read More

A VERY LARGE EXAMPLE OF 18TH CENTURY SCHERENSCHNITTE OLD TESTAMENT FOLK ARTCOX, James, fl. 1741. Large folio "Scherenschnitte," or scissor art, depicting scenes from the Old Testament, 21 ½ x 17", laid down on contrasting black mat, in a 19th century frame, signed both in ink, and by scissors work, "James Cox, Midhurst [West Sussex, England] January 27, 1741."
Scherenschnitte is the visually stunning traditional folk art of cutting continuous paper designs, and often has symmetry within the design, i.e. "scissor snipping", or "scissor cutting." Originally practiced in China, it made its way to Austria, then spread all over Europe, much of it in the western art of Switzerland and Germany where it was called "scherenschnitte." This is a particularly early example from England, a country where the art form only became popular in the 1720's. There is so much going on here it takes a considerable amount of attention to notice… Read More

BY USE OF A CARTOON, A CARTOONIST PLAYFULLY ACCUSES OLIVER HERFORD OF NOT ONLY NOT AUTOGRAPHING A BOOK FOR HIM, BUT KEEPING BOOKS AS WELL
CROSBY, Percy Leo (1891-1964), American Cartoonist. [HERFORD, Oliver]. Full-page pen-and-ink cartoon, 1p., 4to. N.p., n.d. [1920's?].
A wonderful cartoon executed for Herford of a cherubic angel in "Heaven" writing in the "Book of Life", playfully accusing Herford of not only not inscribing books to him, but of keeping them as well: "Oliver Herford neglected to autograph a book for Percy Crosby and even went so far as to keep books. Please look into this Jesus." The two were friends, and Herford wrote the introduction to Crosby's
Skippy, from Life (1924). Horizontal fold line. 83579

AN EXTRAORDINARY EARLY AMERICAN INVENTOR AND ENGINEER
"THE THEORY OF THIS INGENIOUS METHOD OF ABSTRACTING HEAT"
PERKINS, Jacob. On the Explosion of Steam Boilers. [caption-title]. 8vo, disbound, pp. 18 + folding plate. N.p., n.d. [i.e. London: 1827. First Edition. Rare. "In 1823, at fifty-seven years of age, Perkins started an entirely new type of activity, new to him and almost entirely new to science. This was his experimental work with steam of high pressure."-Dirk J. Struik, Yankee Science in the Making (1948), p. 69. Our copy is exactly like the BL copy, without formal title-page, and beginning on sig. "B"1. Inscribed on title: "With the Author's Compliments," and with a single correction in ink on p. 16. In 1823 Perkins invented super heated steam in an experiment, called a "flash boiler", one thousand shots per minute, using 900psi steam. This steam was later used in nuclear power plants to turn the steam turbines, and small flash boilers were used on some steam automobiles and… Read More

Original Art by John Hassall (1868-1948) and Frank Reynolds (1876-1953).TOTAL WE OFFER 13 INDIVIDUALLY PRICED WATERCOLORS, 7 BY HASSALL & 6 BY REYNOLDS. PLEASE INQUIRE:THEY ARE:HASSALL--"R" [for] "Rinking." 8 3/4 x 8. $400.00.HASSALL--"L "[for] "Lacrosse." 8 1/2 x 7 3/4. $250.00.HASSALL--"D" [for] "Diving." 9 1/2 x 8 1/4. $275.00.HASSALL--"O" [for] "Otter Hunting." 8 3/4 x 8. $400.00. HASSALL--"P" [for] "Picnic." 8 3/4 x 8. $350.00.HASSALL--"W" [for] "Wrestling." 8 3/4 x 8. $250.00. HASSALL--"Y" [for] "Yachting." 8 3/4 x 7 3/4. $150.00.REYNOLDS--"H" [for] "Hunting." 9 1/4 x 8 1/4. $300.00. REYNOLDS--"I" [for] "Indian Club." 9 1/4 x 9. $300.00REYNOLDS--"K" [for] "Kite." 8 3/4 x 8 1/4. $400.00. REYNOLDS--"N" [for] "Nine Pins." 9 1/2 x 8 1/4. $350.00REYNOLDS--"U" [for] "Upper Cut." 9 1/4 x 7 3/4. $300.00. REYNOLDS--"V" [for] "Volunteer." 9 x 7 1/2. $350.00.

AN IMPORTANT WORLD WAR II PACIFIC THEATER MANUSCRIPT LOGBOOK FOR THE MOTOR WHALEBOAT SERVING ADMIRAL SPRUANCE & CAPT. HOLDEN ON THE MOST DECORATED BATTLESHIP IN AMERICAN HISTORY
[NEW JERSEY, U. S. S.]. COCHRUN, A. R, Coxswain, USN & O. R. Alexander, Coxswain, USN & C. W. Frank, Jr., Ensign USN. Original manuscript, entitled: "The Log of #1-Motor Whale Boat. Engine # D. A. 8166. Serial #11278. U.S.S. New Jersey," with a small drawing of the motor whaleboat.8vo, original green cloth, hand-lettered "The LOG of #1-Motor Whale Boat U.S.S. New Jersey." 8vo, 60pp. At Sea, Pacific Ocean, January 7, 1944-August 4, 1944.
Although not battle reports, the logbook covers the period during which New Jersey saw action at Kwajalein, Truk Atoll, Mille Atoll, Peleliu & Angour, Waleai in the Carolines, New Guinea, Ponape, Saipan, and the Palau group (Yap & Ulithi Atolls). For a detailed account of New… Read More

[AUSTRALIA]. HENRY, Marianne, prison matron. Original calligraphic pen-and-ink and watercolor broadside, handsome text surrounded by large floral watercolors, headed by two birds. Large folio, 23 1/4 x 18", inside 20th century (?) tan wooden frame. Melbourne, February, 1881.
A lovely retirement gift extending congratulations to Marianne Henry upon her retirement as Matron at Melbourne Gaol, signed by 33 associates from the jail. "Marianne Henry Matron, Melbourne Gaol. Dear Madam, We the undersigned Officers and Warders of the above Gaol feel that we cannot allow you to sever your long connexion to this Department without conveying to you the high degree of esteem in which you are held by all with whom you are associated in the discharge of your duties. Your large and varied experience in Prison discipline, your consummate tack and sound judgement filled you pre-eminently for the important position you have so admirably… Read More

AN ILLUSTRATED DIARY OF A BUSINESS TRIP BY STEAMSHIP TO THE WEST INDIES WITH ORIGINAL HAND-DRAWN PLANS OF HARBORS & TOWNS & ANOTHER TRIP BY SAIL TO SPAIN AND PORTUGAL

[FORWOOD, Sir William Bower (1840-1928)]. English merchant, shipowner, wealthy businessman, and Liverpool politician. Original Manuscript "Diary" of a voyage to the West Indies in one of his own steamships, the "Columbian," January 20th 1867 to March 27th 1867. [63] pp., + 6 accomplished full-page sketches of the West Indian towns and harbors the writer visited. 4to, original morocco (considerably rubbed), written at sea, and at various islands in the West Indies, 1867. BOUND WITH: Manuscript Diary, entitled, "Journal of Trip to Spain and Portugal in the S. S. 'Talisman' 1868." [43] pp., written on rectos only, at sea and on land in Spain and Portugal, 17 October 1868 to 25 November 1868.
The writer of these two very legible… Read More

LOTS OF CHILDREN RUSSELL, Bertha, Boston, Mass. Original sketchbook, with the ticket of "A. A. Walker & Co., Artists Materials & Fine Stationary, 538 Washington Street, Boston." 49 pp. of pencil and pen-and-ink drawings. Oblong 4to, original calf backed cloth (spine worn), signed and dated inside front cover, "Bertha Russell/Boston Mass./ (August 1887). Bertha has affixed a small photograph which we assume is of herself to a 4 x 6 ¾" drawing she has pinned to the first sheet, dating it Dec. 26th (1881). The only Bertha Russell we find that fits the bill of a young lady of Boston, married Samuel Ellsworth Winslow, Harvard '85, in 1889. She has been described as "the elegant Bertha Russell, an accomplished violinist." We don't notice any violins here, but there are a couple of cellos, or bass. She is mentioned in "Casey at the Bat. The Ballad of Sam Winslow," online, April 21, 2021.

LATHROP, Dorothy P. (1891-1980), American writer and illustrator of children's books.
Original Manuscript poem to her sister, Gertrude (1896-1986), American sculptor. 1p., 8vo, on bifolium of floral designed Japanese tissue paper + envelope hand addressed to their home address, postmarked and cancelled. Albany, New York, Dec. 22, 1911.
Twenty-year-old Dorothy Lathrop writes a sixteen-line poem in two eight-line stanzas for her fifteen-year-old sister, Gertrude, both of whom were living at 151 South Allen Street, Albany, NY. "If you have a song to sing:/ Sing it to-Day/ Let notes of gladness sing/ Clear as song of bird in spring./ Let every day some music sing:/ Sing it to-day./ If you have a smile to show,/ Show it to-day./ Make hearts happy, roses grow,/ Let the friends around you know/ The love you have before they go,/ Show it to-day." This predates by a number of years Dorothy's artistic and writing career which began in 1919. WITH: WEATHERLY, Fred[eric] E[dmund]. Happy Childhood.… Read More