Search Results: Authors starting with C from Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc.

MELITE'S BAY CAPE TOWN SOUTH AFRICA, 1853. On offer is an interesting, original manuscript relic of mid 19th Century shipping and commerce handwritten by the renowned C B Pendleton noted in dispatches for his gallant help and aide to survivors of the shipping disaster at high seas on the cholera stricken 'San Francisco' while Pendleton was captain of the Lucy Thompson in 1857. This 1853 autographed letter [ALS] dated Melite's Bay [Cape Town South Africa] Sept of 1853 regarding his problems with setting out to sea because of the steamboat ballast, and decision not to transfer cotton to the steam boat Joseph Walker. He also mentions his ill health though it is improving. Blue folded letter is frank with a 3ct #11, with file fold through stamp. Some small split in a fold or two but overall G.. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Manuscript.

SOUTH AMERICA PERU BOLIVIA VENEZUELA CHILE. Good. 1890. On offer is an original, historically significant 1890 to 1891 manuscript diary handwritten by prominent New York businessman and author E.C. White [E.C. White was the son of Dr. Emerson White, who was president of Purdue University. His brother was Albert Blakeslee ''A. B.'' White he was West Virginia's 11th governor, serving from 1901-05] who traveled, and lived in South America. The keen eyed and erudite diarist Mr. White does a superb job detailing his adventures by steamship, horseback, Alpaca and train. But his experiences and downright good fortune to be in the right place at the right time to witness and participate in some extraordinary events in South America most particularly the civil war in Chile. White was in Venezuela, Peru, Chile, Bolivia and points in between and among his experiences are the finding an Incan "ruined city" on top of a mountain in Peru, spies hiding on board a steamship,… Read More

NORTHAMPTON CHICOPEE SPRINGFIELD MASSACHUSETTS MA. Very Good+. 1854. On offer is the remarkable handwritten journal of Mr. E. C[hester ?]. Gray as shown on the free front endpaper's title: "E.C.Gray's Topic Book". Extraordinary Americana relic of the 1850s through the 1880s being one part what appears to be an abridged version of the renowned 'Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene' by Dr. Calvin Cutter which Mr. Gray kept as a medical reference comprising of approximately 26 pp of the text with 31 chapters. Mr. Gray, of the Northampton Massachusetts had an exceptionally fine almost calligraphic in its steadiness handwriting in this very densely written journal packed with his precise neat cursive. (Research suggests that Mr. Gray may have been a doctor and a reverend or deacon of his Church.) This section is followed by some 60 pp. of ink and pencil poems, songs, sermons including "The Arab's farewell to his Horse", "To the Wind",… Read More

KOHALA HAWAII [SANDWICH ISLANDS], 1891. On offer is an interesting 1891 manuscript autographed letter signed [ALS] dated Kohala [Hawaii also the Sandwich Islands] handwritten by missionary and physician E.C. Bond to his children Robbie and Edith. A family letter wherein their father wishes them well in their new school in Punahou School [Honolulu, Hawaii], updates them on the progress of their Aunt and her baby and other news regarding locals they are familiar with. Casual research suggests that Dr. Bond had a long association with the Hawaiian Government. Two pages, 8 x 5 inches. Overall VG.. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Manuscript.

SOUTH EAST COAST OF ZANZIBAR, 1880. On offer is a charming, historically significant autograph letter signed [ALS] dated January 26 1880 handwritten by British serviceman, C. Turner, RM [Royal Marine] aboard the HMS London a renowned ship with a storied history including its work suppressing the slave trade, writing from the south east coast Zanzibar. Over 4 pages beginning by chiding his brother and sister for not writing Turner writes of personal matters: 'Get me a nice girl, the one I left in Chatham has given me "turnips" she said she couldn't do without a young man for so long' to most interestingly that the ship has 'been chasing slave ships from a boat 100 miles away from ship, went ashore with Collings to chase the slaves in the woods; met a panther 3 yards in front, Collings fired but didn't kill him; I fired my rifle as he was about to springe and killed him 2 feet from me. He measured 5 feet, I have got the skin and won't go slave catching again this… Read More

AMHERST MASSACHUSETTS, 1879. On offer is an original manuscript autograph letter signed [ALS] addressed to noted Civil War general, Yale economist, Superintendent of the 1880 census, and President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [MIT] Francis Amasa Walker (1840-1897). He was the son of renowned economist Amasa Walker. (A brief biography is at the end of this listing.) The Letter: Dated January 3rd 1879 31 Beacon Street, signed H. C. [Henry Cabot] Lodge (1850 - 1924) who was an American statesman, a Republican politician, and a noted historian from Massachusetts. He is considered to be one of the first Senate Majority leaders and was the first Senate Republican Leader, while serving concurrently as Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference. He is best known for his positions on foreign policy, especially his battle with President Woodrow Wilson in 1919 over the Treaty of Versailles, which the United States Senate never ratified. The letter requests Walker write an article on the census… Read More

Good+. 1815. On offer is a fascinating, historically significant journal handwriten by Joel Cadbury, on his journey to post War of 1812 America. The journal sees Cadbury travel from England to the United States, travel south to Washington D.C. discussing many of the prescient questions of the early 1800s in America, including seeing the U.S. Senate debate the 'Missouri Question'. He travels to Virginia, where he sees and is disgusted with the state of slavery and African-Americans on plantations. He visits Mount Vernon and George Washington's tomb, and meets, by chance, the Vice President of the United States, Daniel D. Tompkins. While the cover of the journal says "Joel Cadbury's Account of his Voyages to and From American and from its shore from 1815 to 1820," the years of 1815 appear to have been cut out of the book. 4 pages are missing from the very beginning, and the journal's first entry is in 1816. The journal begins with Cadbury's journey on the… Read More

NEW YORK NEW YORK ALABAMA, 1903. On offer is an interesting, modest group of 17 letters, most typed and some manuscript, written by Francis G. Caffey, an Alabama native, a lieutenant colonel during the Spanish-American war, a successful attorney and later a US federal judge. The letters dated 1903 through 1905 are for the most part legal and case matters with clients while he practised in New York but had many dealings in his home state. We note several letters are to a former CSA officer. Seventeen documents are signed and overall VG.. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Manuscript.

Girard, Pennsylvania Penn PA. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1936-1940. Hardcover. On offer is the Five Year "A Line A Day" diary of Mrs. Elizabeth Strobel Calaway (1889-1983) from Girard, Pennsylvania. Calaway was a teacher and she wrote religiously and extensively from 1936-1940, when she was aged 47 through 51. Elizabeth was married to George Arthur Calaway [sometimes Caloway], who worked as a contractor. They had one child, Alice Calaway (1916-2010). Elizabeth’s diary demonstrates the unbelievable (and sometimes unbearable) burden on a middle class working woman in 1930s America. Each morning she was up and off to work at her job as a teacher, walking in all weather. When not at work she was supporting her adult daughter, Alice, who still lived at home, and her husband, whose health was always tenuous. She was also volunteering for the Church, sewing and crocheting, attending events at the IOOF (International Order of Odd Fellows) , playing games with friends (the game… Read More

Macao, Macau, China, Havana, Cuba: Chinese Coolie Trade Ship Manifest Cuba. Poor with no dust jacket. 1866. Non-Book. On offer is an exceptional, complete 1866 Spanish ship manifest, recording the names and information of 473 Chinese men who were transported from the port of Macau to Havana, Cuba to complete their indentured servitude as “coolies”, working for Cuban sugar plantation owners. This manifest is for the May 12, 1866 sailing of the Spanish Galley, Cataluna. This sailing was captained by Captain M. L. Vaello, who sailed it for Alianza y Cia, a coolie importing business that was born through the merger of the Empresa and La Compania de Seguros y Creditos. The Alianza was the major importer of Chinese labourers, making 55 shipments of men between 1865 and 1873. This sailing of the Cataluna began the regular transportation of coolies by steamer to Cuba. Of the 473 men who departed Macau for Havana, only 409 survived the journey. This manifest was signed on May 9, 1866 by… Read More

SIERRA MADRE CALIFORNIA CA. Good+. 1968. On offer is the interesting, original 1943 manuscript diary of Maybelle Caley Barker. A treasure trove of narrative making for a fascinating look at gender or women's' issues and the changing roles and perceptions of women in the mid-20th Century, a time of unprecedented change and the backdrop of a world at war. For a social historian, the diary opens a window of insight into the issues she thought were important and worthy of commenting upon. She didn't shy away from social issues either; although how she tempered her actions reflected a wider social view of women in society. When a male friend published an article in a local newspaper critical of women, she joined other women in writing letter of complaint we girls are writing Stan "letters of protest re his column sending them from other towns under assumed names ..... I signed it "Irate Husband". (Sept 23) She went on to quote the following rhyme - even though my… Read More

GREENVILLE GREENE COUNTY NEW YORK NY. Good+. 1892. On offer is the daily diary of Mary Ann Wells Calhoun of Greenville, New York in Greene County. Mary Ann makes personal notes and business notations as she seems to run a farm that includes a boarding house and noted the guests and their movements and the number of individuals that ate meals or came to tea etc. Mary Ann, likely a widow as she never mentions a husband and frequently gets rides from others on the way to Church or town, is also a keen observer of events around her and mentions all local events and passings. Here are some snippets: "Attended the funeral of Jane Miller a collered woman 99 years old." "Dear Sister Robbins died very suddenly this morning about six oclock. I was alone in the house with her. Philo Conkling and Doct came over. Philo stayed. Mary Talmadge here." "Funeral today at the house. She looked very natural." "Heard today of the death of my dear brother Lynde Wells. 90 years… Read More

US NAVY ELECTRICAL SCHOOL, HAMPTON ROADS, VIRGINIA. Very Good. 1934. On offer is a fascinating and one-of-a-kind document from the history of the United States Navy. It is an exceptionally curious and well-illustrated student’s workbook for a 6 month (24 week) course at the U.S. Navy Electrical School in Hampton Roads, Virginia, kept by Fireman Second Class Joseph Camerata. The book contains approximately 230 pages of detailed and handwritten class notes, drawings, graphs, schematics, and charts on a huge host of topics dealing with electricity and electrical engineering. The book is broken up into sections by week. Topics include sections on electrical theory such as magnetism, resistance, currents, and circuits, as well as sections on motors, storage batteries, telephony, gyro compasses, generators, searchlights, naval and ship organization, and much more. However, what makes this book so special and wildly unique, are the nearly 150 meticulously drawn illustrations, schematics,… Read More

ABOARD HMS JUPITER CAESAR DUNCAN ATLANTIC FLEET. Good. 1903. On offer are two extraordinary pieces of Naval history and life in the British Royal Navy in the early 20th Century. Two intricately detailed and graphic log books books from a midshipman who served on the HMS Jupiter, Caesar, and Duncan. Across the two large hardcover books the midshipman, Brian Cameron Gourley records information, both technical technical nautical observations as well as various remarks each day. These two books represent a comprehensive and thoroughly fascinating look at the life of a British midshipman at the turn of the century, as well as including drawings, diagrams, and maps, drawn in an expert hand, that give the reader a more complete understanding of the technical aspects of working on a battleship at the turn of the 20th century. LOG BOOK #1 records events and information across three ships: the H.M.S. Jupiter from September 15, 1903 to December 8, 1904 (around 160 pages of entries), the H.M.S.… Read More

North Africa. Good+. 1943. Softcover. SUPER WORLD WAR II NORTH AFRICA ROYAL AIR FORCE HANDWRITTEN MEMOIR: "This is an exercise book" which it is stated in the first line of the first entry: 22/2/43 (9 pages); "I bought this book yesterday and am just taking a few spare moments to jot down some of the happenings and events of the last few months. This book is not intended to be a diary as such, as I have found that a day to day record of events becomes monotonous; but rather a medium that permits me to express myself on paper at thise inevitable times, in the service, when, due to ones surroundings and situation, there is nothing else to do. I shall also include such events as seem worthy of record and which I may like to preserve for the future in a clear cut form than memory alone provides. So I am now on the threshold of Operational Flying there should be much of interest and amusement which will be of interest and amusement." He then summarizes his Air Force Career… Read More

ST. JOHNS NEWFOUNDLAND LABRADOR. Good+. 1921. On offer is a super, original 1921 - 1922 manuscript diary handwritten by a young Salvation Army cadet named C.F.P. Campbell, undoubtedly a man, who was born July 2nd 1900. The 4 x 6 inch book dated January 30th, 1921 through May 20th, 1922 is filled with over 250 pages of daily entries and narrative detailing the life and works of a street level 'Sally Ann' soldier helping poor families, traveling about the region saving souls, collecting donations, maintaining meeting places, adverse weather conditions, illness, receiving mail from home, eating salmon, cod and seal, dealing with Eskimos, etc. in St. Johns and out lying regions. We note that Cadet Campbell has written on the fep: "Cadet Campbell at 63 Power Street St. Johns." Below the address is written "Born July 2, 1900." On the verso of the right front end sheet is a date line when Cadet Campbell was saved, entered training, applied for work, accepted for work,… Read More

Madison, Georgia. Good with no dust jacket. 1969. Hardcover. On offer is a 1969-1970 American diary from 71-year-old Florida Lamar Poullain Campbell Prior of Madison, Georgia. Prior was the descendant of the Poullain and Lamar families, who have called Georgia home since the early 1700s. Prior was born in Madison in 1898 and lived her life in that community. She married Walter Truman Prior, and had a daughter named Florida C. Prior Jr. Prior passed away in 1991 at the age of 93. Although her name is not inscribed on the book, context and the individuals named in her entries point to Prior’s identity. This diary was printed in 1925, but entries were sporadically made between 1969 and 1970. Prior's writing paints a detailed picture of life in the American South at this time. Personal relationships were very important to Prior, and her entries are replete with references to family and friends. She also describes the social events that she participates in, and the simple pleasures she… Read More

ENGLAND UK NEW YORK CLEVELAND SCOTLAND. Good+. 1908. On offer is a sensational early 20th Century manuscript travel diary, notebook and scrapbook compiled and handwritten by Ian Campbell Hannah (16 December 1874 - 7 July 1944) a British academic, writer and Conservative Party politician and author of such books as Christian Monasticism, Eastern Asia a History, The Heart of East Anglia, The Story of Scotland in Stone, The Sussex Coast, The Berwick and Lothian Coasts. The 250 or so page diary covers the period of 1908 through 1920 and quite heavily leans to an architectural study with super descriptions of the places he visited during his travels. Adding so much more depth are letters, postcards clippings and cut outs of the various places he visited making for a very over stuffed book. The book has 200 pages or so on New York, Cleveland and Pennsylvania and about 64 pages cover Scotland. Interestingly tucked in is a letter from Somers Clark, a noted English Egyptologist communicating about… Read More

KOREA. Very Good. 1962. Manuscript. On offer is a super manuscript relic of Canada's Korean War participation being a handwritten day book diary pages of a soldier with the famed French Canadian regiment the 'Van Doos'. The 2-ring 6 x 4 inch pages record terse, fact filled sometimes intimate personal notations of this soldier's duties and life in the Korean Theatre. Some pages are missing but from April 2nd 1952 through November 3rd 1952 [he notes 216 days in Korea at this point] this serviceman provides an intimate picture of a support soldier laying cables, building rafts, laying out minefields and many times under attack. June, July, August and September are the most filled months and in roughly 137 pages one reads the day to day mundane and of course the definitely not mundane entries - how he was driving a jeep with a Sergeant and a military officer and the jeep was under mortar fire and it rolled over down an embankment. Other entries include: May 17th 1952 29 years… Read More

London, England. Very Good. 1842. This super original diary written by 24-year old George Canning Backhouse, gives an excellent insight into a life of a young man from the upper-middle class starting his diplomatic career and living in London during the early Victorian era. His father, John Backhouse (1784-1845), was a noted British politician, who served as a Permanent Under-secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and who retired the same year when the diary was written. One of the first records is a memo regarding his father's papers. In 1838 George Canning graduated from the Christ Church College in Oxford, and started working at the Secretary of State's Office as a clerk at the Foreign Department. The diary contains about 50 entries, some mentioning his work at the office, but mostly documenting his social life consisting of parties, visits, balls, horse rides, skating in High Park and Kensington Gardens, attending cricket games. He was an active theatergoer and his diary… Read More