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Sayville Hose Company No. 1. Grand Benefit ... Opera House Building Fund, Wednesday Evening, August 7th, 1901.
 [141742] (BROADSIDES - NEW YORK - FIREHOUSES) [Montgomery & Stone, et. al].
[N.p.]: [s.n.], [1901]. Silk broadside, cream with dark blue lettering. Light soil, mild creases; very good. A program in twelve acts involving singing, jugglers, prismatic fountains with colored jets, etc. Among the more notable comedians was the famed act Montgomery & Stone, i.e. David Montgomery and Fred Stone. Montgomery and Stone became prominent in New York in burlesque houses and minstrel shows, but their meteoric rise to fame came when they starred in L. Frank Baum's sensational 1903 Broadway musical version of “The Wizard of Oz.” Other performers listed at Seeley & West; Myrtle Tressider, George Fuller Golden, Bessie Bonehill and various others. $100
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 Buffalo. The City of The Pan-American Exposition. General Passenger Department. Michigan Central. The Niagara Falls Route.
[141517] (BUFFALO - PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION) [Michigan Central Railroad].
Chicago: Rand McNally, 1901. 16mo, 32 pages. Illustrated wraps, staple-bound. Light soil and light creases to wraps; very good condition. Not on OCLC. Profusely illustrated with local scenes and views around Buffalo, New York. A railroad promotional item encouraging tourism to Buffalo for the Pan-American Exposition. $100
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 The Little Hymn and Text Book.
[140199] (CHILDREN’S BOOKS - LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK) [P.B. Allen printer] .
Williamsburgh, L.I. [Long Island]: [s.n.], 1854. 4 x 2¾ inches. 16 pages. First Edition? Yellow wraps; hand-sewn and pinned in center. Also, a clover leaf pinned to back, presumably for good luck. Contemporary 1854 ownership of a Christiana Westervelt inside front cover. Lightly soiled. Small edge chips. A good example of this scarce children's book. Not found on OCLC. $75
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 Original Photograph of Cornell University by Ithaca Photographer, Charles W. Howes.
[140655] (CORNELL UNIVERSITY ITHACA NY) [Charles W. Howes].
[40 & 42 East State St., Ithaca, New York]: , [ca. 1980’s]. Original 4½" x 6½" photograph on printed 8" x 10" cream-toned mount. Photo with tiny defects, mount slightly soiled. Very good, overall. Nice image of Cornell's McGraw Tower from, I believe, the hills of Cass Park. Charles W. Howes, (1857-?) Began studying photography with William Frear in Ithaca, employed with photographer J.F. Ryder in Cleveland, worked for the Oliver Gallery in Oswego. In 1885, he bought out Frear and became the photographer for Cornell University and Ithaca High School. [Selkreg, “Landmarks of Tompkins County, New York” (1894).] $45
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 Memorial Souvenir. Greeting. The management kindly present their claims to the generosity of the citizens of Buffalo ... the Opening Night, Monday Evening, Sept. 18, 1876... Rosedale; or, the Rifle Ball. [first lines]
[141666] (NEW YORK - BUFFALO - ENTERTAINMENT) [Academy of Music].
[Buffalo?]: Courier Company, 1876. 9 x 4½ inches. Silk broadside, printed with blue ink and modest decorations, announcing the opening night of the play, Rosedale, or the Rifle Ball at the Academy of Music in Buffalo. Two fold lines, light fraying, near fine condition. During the play, the crowd was entertaining by the Rifle Ball Dance. Actors Lester Wallack and Kate Bartlett were the headlining performers. A typical 19th century melodramatic play involving widows, soldiers, money, gypsies, inheritances, and the like. Rosedale achieved enormous success throughout the late 19th century, debuting in the 1863-1864 season. $125
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 By-laws of the Eighth National Guard, N.Y.S.M. Adopted 1827 ... Re-revised 1864.
[141727] (NEW YORK - CIVIL WAR) [8th National Guard of New York].
New-York: G.F. Nisbitt & Co., 1865. 12mo, 24 pages. Printed wraps, stapled binding. Light dampstaining to covers and front endpapers, else very good. OCLC, one copy. Published in the last year of the Civil War, the by-laws of the Eighth Company, National Guard, Seventh Regiment, Third Brigade, and First Division of the New York State Militia. $75
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A Narrative of an Attempt Made by the French of Canada Upon the Mohaque's Country. Reproduced in Facsimile from the First Edition Printed by William Bradford, 1693.
[140154] (NEW YORK - COLONIAL AMERICA) Nicholas Bayard & Charles Lodowich.
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1903. Folio, slim, 22 pages. Bound in publisher's dark green cloth. Facsimile of the 1693 William Bradford imprint. One of 500 copies. One corner bump; a clean presentable copy in very good condition. Introductory note by Adelaide R. Hasse discussing the first book printed in New York. $45
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Fort Number Eight: The Home of Gustav and Eliza Schwab.
[110558] (NEW YORK - CONNECTICUT - SCHWAB FAMILY) Lucy Schwab White.
New Haven: Yale University, 1925. 1925. 45 pages. First Edition, limited. 1/500 copies. Hardbound, without dust jacket. Mild sunning to edges of covers; a very good copy. Illustrated with photos with tissue guards. A history of the Schwab family. New York, Connecticut regional family history. $45
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Boomerangs! To an Appreciative, Generous and Noble Hearted Public. [Caption title]
[142000] (NEW YORK - PHELPS - INDEPENDENCE DAY - HUMOR) [Anon.].
[N.p., Phelps, New York?]: [s.n.], 1879. Broadside, printed on yellow paper. 12 x 6 inches. Small tape stain to bottom portion, small numerous creases and one closed, inter-textual tear, good. Not on OCLC. Presumably a facetious or satirical broadside that describes the seven divisions in an Independence Day parade (presumably in Phelps, New York) in an irreverent manner, with free-wheeling language. The procession consisted of “...brave men and beautiful women, fierce war horses, elevating mules and musical jackassses, chariots, beer, Sunday Schools, Sioux Indians and wheelbarrow mansions.” The Fifth Division consisted of described Bummers from the West End: “Headed by Man Dear, orators, auctioneers, truthful as well as learned blacksmiths…. ” Other divisions are comprised of the “High ‘Monki’ Monks” and of “Eminent Divines, Learned Statesmen, and Leading Men of all Professions”. This last division included: “Skatie Burnett, with sickly boy carrying documents on ‘What I know about the Bible’ and other agricultural implements, singing to slow music, ‘Dare to do right....” $200
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 Young Men's Association for Mutual Improvement. Albany, July Fourth, 1838.
[141701] (NEW YORK - PRINTING ON SILK) [Young Men's Association for Mutual Improvement].
: , . [N.p. 1838.] Silk silver ribbon printed all in black, 7¾" x 3" Illustrated with a vignette of a Lady Columbia figure holding a staff and surrounded by flags, a shield, navigational instruments, a globe, etc. Above her head in a ribbon are the words “Intelligence The Life of Liberty.” A rare commemorative ribbon celebrating the fourth of July in Albany, New York and perhaps issued as a reward or premium by the Young Men's Association for Mutual Improvement. Creases, light fraying, very good and quite clean. $125
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