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Canton, China to Philadelphia, 1816. This stampless folded letter from Philip Ammidon (an early American opium dealer, in Canton, China) to Benjamin Ives Gilman in Philadelphia measures 16½" x 9½" unfolded. It was sent on 30 November 1816 and is one of two copies sent by Ammidon to ensure his message was received. As this letter was sent long before mail from China was officially routed through the U.S. Consulate in Shanghai, it was privately carried and bears no postal markings. It is likely the second earliest extant commercial letter sent to the United States from China. In nice shape. It reads in part: "I am shipping, on board the Ship North Point , John C. Paneson, a quantity of Teas & Silk, & I request that immediately upon receipt of this, you will affect insurance for my account on Said property, to Amount of Fourteen thousand five hundred Dollars ($14,500) at from Whampow to Baltimore, or a port of discharge in the United States, against all risk. The North Point is a fine . . . Ship,…
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1816 - One of the earliest extant Old China Trade letters regarding a shipment of tea and silk from a merchant who was simultaneously beginning the largest American opium smuggling concern in China
by Philip Ammidon to Benjamin Ives Gilman
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Two Teddy Bears in Toyland
by Gordon, Elizabeth M.
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New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1907. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Very Good. Wylie, Charles (photographer). Oblong 8vo. Wonderful early Teddy Bear book illustrated with photographs and featuring two Steiff stuffed bears. Includes photos of tin houses, toy soldiers, a soft monkey, and lots of dolls. Full-page photographs alternate with text pages. Sound binding with original cloth spine in nice shape. Hinges have old neatly done cloth reinforcement. Clean pages with an occasional finger smudge. Several leaves have faint corner folds. Pencil gift inscription on front free endpaper. Some soiling and wear to cover. A very nice example of a very scarce children's book.
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Creeper's Jeep
by Gramatky, Hardie
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New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1948. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good -. Gramatky, Hardie. 8vo. Complete. First edition with $2.25 on dust jacket. Inscribed by Gramatky on the title page, "For my very fine friends / -The Kollikers / with all good / wishes / Hardie Gramatky / 1948". Sound binding with intact hinges. Clean pages; small faint dampstain at bottom margin of title page. Almost no wear to cover. Dust jacket missing small pieces at head and tail of spine, otherwise only minimal wear. Gramatky's fifth children's book.
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