1864 South Carolina Letter Slaves Flee Soldiers Manhunt Catherine Noyes Teacher 12 Page Letter This is a fascinating 12 page handwritten letter from Catherine Noyes, a young woman who went to South Ca

 

1880 Broadside Richmond Virginia Knights of Honor Widows Orphans This is a very nice early broadside for the Knights of Honor. It is from Richmond, Virginia and was done in 1880 by James Lamkin and Wi

 

Description: one volume exploring Asia (Tibet / Tartaria) , WITHOUT engravings and maps, from Abbe Prevost extensive Histoire Generale des Voyages. French edition with 624 pages. Title: "Histoire gene

 

Ornitologia brasileira; ou, História natural das aves do Brasil notáveis por sua plumagem, canto e hábitos, por dr. J.T. Descourtilz, is a 1944 reissue of the famed mid-19th Century naturalist work

 

An original mortgage document dated February 20, 1871 , hand written on vellum, referring to security for 200 pounds secured against No. 12, North Crescent, Park Town, Oxford - see below (the property

 

OFFERED WITH NO RESERVE is THE VERY RARE 1781 DUBLIN-PRINTED THIRD EDITION OF JOHN MOORE’S ‘A VIEW OF SOCIETY AND MANNERS IN FRANCE, SWITZERLAND AND GERMANY,’ printed in two octavo volumes at Du

 

YOU ARE BIDDING ON A 500+ YEAR OLD FRAGMENT OF GORGEOUSLY HAND PAINTED AND ILLUMINATED TEXT FROM THE BOOK OF HOURS -- PSALMS OF DAVID USE OF ROUEN; ORIGINATING IN PARIS, FRANCE, CIRCA 1460 This is a r

 

This is a wonderful original document dated 1769, Lancaster, Massachusetts, where Peter Goodenow has signed a petition for Ezra Houghton to appear before a court held in Worcester, Massachusetts to an

 

Payment | Shipping | Policies 1587 ELIZABETHN VELLUM DEED RED WAX PENDANT SEAL BEAUTIFULLY PENNED 1587 English vellum indenture with Red Wax pendant seal and signed by Robert Aske of Aughton in the Co

 

This diary easily reads like a romantic novel. She’s a marvelous writer and I enjoyed every page. It was written by Dorothy M. Whitehead about her travels through Italy in the fall of 1912. She has