Search Results: Titles starting with A from Back of Beyond Books

Quincy, IL: Quincy Herald Steam Press. Good. 1855. Broadside. Broadside approx. 21¼" x 13½" printed in various (let's see how many differing types can we use in one broadside) wood and metal types; right margin irregularly cut, top left corner with short tear, no loss of content. Light foxing and soiling. Else good. Quincy, Ill. Quincy Herald Steam Press, Oct. 6, 1855. Not found in OCLC or Byrd, Illinois Imprints. One copy in OCLC at the American Antiquarian Society as of January 2020.; 1 pp .

Archive of material from the businesses of Anton M. Holter, the father of the lumber business in Montana. This archive includes 13 binders of manuscript letters, orders and receipts, most on company billhead and dated between the 1870s and 1890s. Each binder has between 50 and 125 sleeves; most sleeves contain multiple items. There are approximately 1500 items. Correspondence has expected wear and soiling but overall the archive is in very good condition. Holter family papers are found at the Montana Historical Society and the Library of Congress.This archive of material surrounds the A. M. Holter Hardware Company, a business influential in the social and economic development of Montana Territory. A treasure trove of information for the Montana historian, this archive contains correspondence from Montana businesses during its territorial and early statehood days. Anton Martinius Holter (1831-1921) has an impressive resume. "The father of the lumber business in Montana" was a… Read More

Central City, CO: A. M. Thomas, Photo. Very Good. Mounted albumen print depicting a scene along a railroad in Colorado with photographer's imprint on mount. Albumen print measures 7 ½" x 9 ½"; with mount 10" x 12". Published circa 1900. Original mount has light wear to edges and light toning; photo has moderate overexposure or sunning but content can still be clearly viewed. A. M. Thomas was a photographer active in Central City, Colorado from 1900-1901 (Mautz p. 209). With no title and little information on Thomas, the specifics of this image are a mystery to this cataloguer. The image is set in the Rocky Mountains, likely near Central City, Colorado, with a creek at the center of the image, a railroad track on the left, a wood-plank retaining wall on the right, and a few sets of pipes running along and across the creek. .

Very Good. 1851. Letter written to Edward D. Hicks of Nashville, Tennessee by his sister Em Hicks in Jackson, Mississippi. Letter is dated Jackson, Nov. 14th, 1851 and is in original stampless envelope. Letter was written on blue paper and in a legible hand. Envelope is date stamped Nov. 18, Jackson, Mi. and has "5" rubber stamped in the right hand corner. Envelope has heavy wear and toning; letter has two ½" round closed tears along folds, minimal content is affected. We believe the recipient of this letter to be Edward Dickson Hicks, Jr. (1831-1894), a prominent citizen in the Nashville community. Hicks was the son of Edward Dickson Hicks and Nancy Watkins Davis, and the family owned Devon Farm in Nashville. Edward Dickson Hicks, Jr. participated in the family business, raising Devon cattle and promoting the breed. He also had a touch of Gold Fever. In his travel diary (not included here) he wrote: March 13, 1850, "Have the California Fever on the high order.… Read More

Very Good. ALS written by Guillermo Money to the defense lawyer of Señor Don Pedro Abarto, and wife Doña Isabel Rada. Dated to 20th of April 1868 at Misión de San Gabriel, California. Letter measures 7" x 9". [4pp]. Content is in Spanish. Letter has mailing folds and a few ink smudges; light toning to letter, else very good. It is stated at the top of the letter that this was a copy for the defense lawyer. Guillermo Money writes to Señor Don Pedro Abarto and his wife Doña Isabel Rada, providing a statement concerning a land dispute. Guillermo Money was the ex-husband of Doña Isabel Rada. The letter reveals that Doña Isabel came to Guillermo Money unexpectedly after 15 years time, imploring him to help her in regards to a tract of land she owned when she was married to him. This tract of land was purchased by Money from the deceased Sidro Reys and at some point was registered under the name of Doña Isabel. Money includes a… Read More

Very Good. Letter written by Reverend John Niles during his years at Yale College to fellow student of divinity Sylvester Dana. In stampless covers with address reading "Mr. Sylvester Dana, Student of Divinity, Somers" (Connecticut) ; covers have a "paid" stamp and another unreadable stamp (possibly New Haven April…). Very good with light soiling, minor fold tears and a ½" round portion missing from bottom edge where sealed. Letter is dated Yale College, April 9th 1790 (the 0 has a large flourish so it could possibly be 1798). John Niles attended Yale College and joined the church in his later years at Yale; he and a close friend, Lyman Beecher (mentioned in this letter) , stayed on to study theology with the President of the College Timothy Dwight. He later became the first principal of Hamilton Oneida Academy and then became the first resident minister in Bath, New York circa 1808. Sylvester Dana was likely studying divinity at one of the many… Read More

Very Good. 1868. Autograph letter signed by Neill Brown, Tennessee Governor, to Horatio Seymour, Governor of New York. Dated : "Nashville Aug, 8th 1868."Letter is docketed on verso and reads "Neill S. Brown, Nashville, KY Aug, 8, 1868 - Introduction." Includes an engraving of Brown, no publication information. Very good with light soiling at mailing folds. Brown writes to Seymour, providing a letter of introduction for two gentlemen, Col. Jonathan Buick(?) and Lafayette B(?). Brown (1810-1886) was Tennessee Governor from 1847-1849, U.S. Minister to Russia from 1850 to 1853, and Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives. Horatio Seymour (1810-1886) served in the New York State Assembly, Governor of New York from 1852 to 1854, and was the Democrats' candidate for President in 1868. ; 8" x 5"; 1 pp .

Good. ALS written to Rev. Thomas S. Hinde of Urbana, Ohio from Thomas Scott of Chillicothe, Ohio dated to April 13th, 1833. Signed by Thomas Scott. Address reads: "Thomas Hinde, Esquire, Urbana, Champaign County, Ohio." Stampless letter; April 14 in manuscript and faded hand-cancelled oval reading Chillicothe, Ohio. When unfolded sheet measures 12" x 7 ½". Good with 1" piece missing along right edge where wax seal was affixed, some of loss of content; light toning overall. Chillicothe, Ohio was the first capital of the Northwest Territory (1800-03) , and Ohio's first state capital (1803-1810, 1812-1816). Thomas Scott (1772-1856) was the secretary for the State Constitutional Convention of 1802, and was an Ohio Supreme Court Judge from 1809-1816. He writes to Thomas Spottswood Hinde about appearing as a witness at the Common Pleas Court. Hinde was an American newspaper editor, opponent of slavery, real estate investor, and Methodist minister. A fine… Read More

1874. ALS. One page autograph letter signed by Sir John Lubbock. Note measures 7 x 4 1/2 inches. Two previous folds; light toning. Pinhole at top edge. Clipped catalog snippet tipped in on verso. Letter itself, addressed to W. Young relays the news of W. Kelham being elected an outpensioners at Modern College, a home for retired merchants. Sir John Lubbock (1834-1913) , according to Wikipedia was " was an English banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath. Lubbock worked in his family company as a banker but made significant contributions in archaeology, ethnography, and several branches of biology. He coined the terms "Paleolithic" and "Neolithic" to denote the Old and New Stone Ages, respectively." .

Good. ALS written in Nyra, Rooks County, Kansas on July 14th, 1884. Letter measures 5" x 16" and is folded numerous times. The original envelope is not included. The handwriting is somewhat hard to read and we could not decipher the name of the author "D. La[?]". Letter has light foxing and soiling. Farming and selling land are the two topics of discussion in the letter. The author writes of his wheat and potato harvest, his gardens, and reports that there were "no bugs, no chinch bugs, no grasshoppers, nor crickets but plenty of toads." The author also writes of the many folks selling up and how he was approached by a land buyer: "I seen Selby he is in the land business he told he would sell my homeplace and timber claim in less than two weeks…There is lots of land buyers traveling through the country, there been two or three here." The settlement of Nyra in Rooks County was seldom inhabited, and only had a post office from 1883-1888. This… Read More

Very Good. 1963. First Edition. Softcover. Letter from Dorothy L. Pillbury giving a personal history of her life, and the writing of her novel "Star over Adobe." She moved to New Mexico and was enchanted by its people and the mix of the three cultures: Indian, Spanish and Anglo. Dated Sept 16, 1963. Written on lightweight blue stationary. Includes the envelope addressed to the recipient in Iowa. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 3 pp .

Good. 1858. A letter written by Tazewell M. Howard to his relative Asa L. Howard. This letter was written just a few years before the Civil War and contains news about Tazewell's business, financial matters and banks, the hanging of a man named Teel and the burning of a jail. Includes manuscript letter and envelope with a 3 cent stamp; letter is dated to January 6th, 1858. Letter and envelope have moderate dampstaining, affecting content (although all content is still legible).The recipient of this letter, Asa L. Howard (1819-1858), operated "the Tavern" in Jacksonville, Floyd County, Virginia (in 1861 with the start of the Civil War this area would become West Virginia). This letter was written in January of 1858, and Asa would die in August of that same year. The letter starts off with Tazewell writing about his newly completed offices in Campbellton, Georgia. Tazewell was in the medical profession, and in a few years time would serve as a surgeon in the 55th Georgia… Read More

Very Good. 1895. Ephemera. ALS written to the Becker Brewing and Malting Company of Ogden, Utah from the W.R. Truesdell, the General Manager of Utah Hot Springs in Salt Lake Valley. The letter is dated to September 6th, 1895 and was written on Utah Hot Springs letterhead which includes an illustration of the resort. Letter has light creasing along mailing folds and light soiling. The Becker Brewing and Malting Company was founded in 1890 in Ogden, Utah, by the Becker family and was located on the southwest corner of 19th Street and Lincoln Avenue (University of Utah). The letter states that a check for $7 was sent to the Brewing Company to settle the Hot Springs' account for the month of August. ; 8" x 11" ; 1 pp; Signed by Author .

San Francisco, CA: Grabhorn-Hoyem. Very Good. 1969. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 400 copies printed at the Grabhorn Press. Quarter leather on cream cloth boards are lightly soiled. Interior is clean and free of markings.; Book; 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall .

San Diego, CA: Iron Bear Press. Very Good. Hardcover. Yellow triangle-shaped boards with title pasted on covers. Copy 47 of 100. Signed by the author. Folds in a triangular accordion-style way. A playful display of the limitless nature of art and the importance of embracing it. ; Miniature; 2 3/4" x 2 3/4" x 2 3/4" .

New York: Sun Dial Classics Co.. Good. 1908. First Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth boards with faded title on spine; includes a frontis of Lincoln. Boards have moderate soiling and wear; text block has light toning and soiling. Monaghan 1398. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 389 pp .

Lime Rock, Conn.: Bernhardt Wall, Etcher of Books. Very Good. 1931. Hardcover. Buff boards with grey quarter cloth, title label on front board; [v], 5pp. Limited, "no. 11" and signed twice by Bernhardt Wall, etcher; limitation page states 100 copies were printed, Monaghan states that only 30 were printed. Numbered and signed in pencil on limitation page, and signed underneath the first etching of Lincoln. Ex-Libris of William R. and Lora C. Rathvon, with bookplate on front pastedown and inscription to them from Mrs. Margaret Kinkaid on a front endpaper. As noted in one of the first etchings, Wall requested Barton to write a piece on Abraham Lincoln for the creation of a small etched book. Wall created an etched dedication to Barton on one of the first pages. "Artist and historian, Bernhardt Wall (1872-1956) was a pioneer etcher and producer of fine press books who treated a vast array of subjects, including Texas and the Southwest" (Texas A&M). There are a total of… Read More

Very Good. 1870. Mining document providing a quarterly assessment of the mines in White Pine County. Dated to March 1870, the beginning of the gold and silver mining rushes in eastern Nevada. Document measures 27 ¼" x 15" when unfolded. Five small sheets are glued together with the top and bottom sections (about 3" each) printed, and the majority of information in manuscript. Docketed in manuscript. Signed and dated by the county auditor Warren J. Lockhart. A couple ½" or less closed tears along folds and minor creasing, else very good. This document contains 57 mine entries with number of tons of ore extracted, value per ton, dollar amount per ton deducted by law, total value, and amount of tax. This exciting quarterly assessment was written up just after the silver strike in Hamilton in the White Pine district. The amount of ore taken is quite impressive and some of the mines are of note. For that quarter alone, Aurora Consolidated produced $95,734;… Read More

[Paris Hill, Maine]. Very Good. Collection of 40 playbills from the Academy Hall in Paris Hill, Maine. Dated between 1857-1900, with almost all items from the 19th century. Playbills are on a variety of color paper including orange, blue, purple, yellow, pink, white and tan. Playbills measure between 7" x 3 ¼" and 14"x 8" with most around 11" x 5". Overall very good. Playbills have moderate chipping and creasing, and light to moderate foxing. The Academy Hall in Paris Hill provided all sorts of entertainment including concerts, lectures, dances and plays. Paris Hill Academy was a school founded by the citizens of Paris, Maine in 1857. By the early 1860s it was home to the Paris Hill Thespian Club, and in the 1870s was taken over by the Unity Club (Oxford Hills Music and Performing Arts Association). This collection includes playbills for performances of the burlesque William Tell, With a Vengeance; Cinderella (billed as a "Fairy… Read More

Good. Hardcover. Account book from the Waterbury/Wallingford area of Connecticut dated from 1849 to 1883. About half of the account book is used (approximately 75 leaves). The author is unknown. Half leather with marbled paper; leaves are lined; manuscript entries are somewhat difficult to read. Spine has heavy wear and chipping, leather at corners is either mostly missing or has heavy wear; text block has moderate toning and soiling. The content of this account book varies; most of the earlier entries relate to general items sold (such as butter, flour, pork, boots, etc. ) , work completed or "lost time", and how accounts were paid (cash, trade, work) ; most entries from the 1870s onward regard cattle being bought and sold. The account book is set up with the customer or employee's name at the top of the sheet with details below it. The Payne and Platt families are seen numerous times in this book, along with the names Spencer Tyler, Herman Hotchkiss, Elliston Pierce, and… Read More