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Spooner, Wisconsin, 1905.
Four card-mounted photographs, each measuring approximately 7" x 5". One of the cards is blind-stamped "L. L. Richardson, Spooner, Wis." and one has a later annotation on the reverse, "Shell Lake Lumber / Spooner, Wisconsin." The photographs are in nice shape; there is some wear and soiling to the cards; one card has a marginal dampstain.
The photographs show:
* Seven lumberjacks posed on a small dock with an axe, adze, and two-man crosscut saw,
* Five lumberjacks resting on a large log in front of what appears to be a very large hoist or crane,
* Two lumberjacks posing in front of a 15-foot high log pile taking a break from stripping bark, and
* Two lumberjacks posing with a two-horse team in a snowy clearing. L. L. Richardson was a Walworth County photographer who worked from a shop in Spooner between 1905 and 1906.
Shell Lake Lumber was the largest lumbering company in the region during the early 1900s. The rivers and streams in this area of Wisconsin were not suitable… Read More

Shanghai, China, 1936. Envelope or Cover. Very good. This one-page illustrated Christmas Greetings letter is datelined "Regimental Hospital / 4th Marines. Shanghai, / 29 November 1936." It was sent by Chief Pharmacist's Mate J. N. Lawrence to Richard McP[herren] Cabeen in Chicago. It contains one page of typed text on stationery from the "Army & Navy / YMCA / Shanghai, China" that features an illustration of a black dragon candlestick holding a red candle; black smoke from the candle curls upward producing a ‘cloud' of three camels (but no wisemen). The text "Christmas Greetings / from / The Orient" is at the top of the page. The mailing envelope bears two franking handstamps: one is an ornate dragon in purple; the other reads "FOURTH MARINE MAIL / No postage available. / Collect on Delivery / Chas. F. B. Price / Colonel, U. S. Marine Corps. Both the letter and envelope are in nice shape. In his letter, Lawrence explains why it was franked with a handstamp instead of regular postage. "During our… Read More

This two-page stampless folded letter was sent by U.S. Express Mail from New Orleans to New York City in January of 1837. It measures approximately 16" x 10.5" unfolded and bears a manuscript $2.25 rate mark, a manuscript "Express Mail" annotation, and a blue New Orleans postmark.The letter contains detailed information and instructions regarding a number of intended cotton transactions including a $9,000 endorsed draft referenced in its first sentence. James Henry informs his brother, Henry Stanton, that he had sent three additional checks totaling $12,970.30 by Express Mail from Mobile, Alabama.Leverich & Company was a commercial firm established in the 1820s by four brothers. Charles Palmer and Henry Stanton Leverich operated out of New York City as shipping merchants, commission agents, and investment bankers, primarily for Southern sugar, cotton, and molasses planters and producers. James Harvey and William Edward Leverich worked out of New Orleans. Charles P. Leverich later became president of… Read More

Mainz, Germany: Johann Schoeffer, 1533. Disbound. Very good. The History of Rome, originally titled Annales, and often referred to as Ab Urbe Condita (From the Founding of the City) is a monumental history of ancient Rome, written in Latin between 27 and 9 BC by the Roman historian Titus Livius (Livy). The work covers the period from the legends concerning the arrival of Aeneas and the refugees from the fall of Troy, to the city's founding in 753 BC, the expulsion of the Kings in 509 BC, and down to Livy's own time, during the reign of the emperor Augustus. This leaf (8" x 11½") discusses the conflicts between Rome, Carthage, and Macedon during the Punic and Macedonian Wars of the Third Century BC. It is from a version published in Mainz by Johann Schoeffer in 1533. It features a large illustration titled,"Wie die statt Abydos von dem konig Philippo gewunnen und jamerlich zerstort ward ("How the city of Abydos was won by King Philippo and miserably destroyed") which showings Macedonian… Read More

University of Paris: Andre Bocard, 1501. Disbound. Very good. Leaf from Provinciale Seu Constitutiones Angllie (Principal English Treatise on Canon Law) This 10" x 13¾ " leaf is from Provinciale Seu Constitutiones Angllie by William Lyndewood. University of Paris: Andre Bocard, 1501. Gothic font in two sizes, printed in red and black. Ecclesiastical laws established at Canterbury surrounded by Lyndewood's commentary in double columns. This book was printed in Paris for the English market. It was divided into five sections containing commentary on the synodal constitutions of the province of Canterbury, from the time of Archbishop Stephen Langton [1155-1228] to Archbishop Henry Chichele [1414-1443] by Lyndwood, who was the Bishop of St. Davids, the ordinary (ie., authoritative officer) of the Church in Wales Diocese of St Davids. An early post-incunable. See STC (Short Title Catalogue of Early English Printed Books to 1640) 17111, 17108.