Paris: Masson et Cie. 1905. First Edition. Paperback. Large 8vo; pp. [4], xv, [1], 454pp.; original buff printed wrappers (a bit a faint dampstaining along top edge and some soil spots); cracking to spine paper at crown without loss, else a very good, sound copy. Presumably the author's copy with... More about Exposé de la méthode hydrothérapique: Histoire, théories, technique, applications cliniques...

Menil la Tour: March 3, 1919. 13 pages, written on rectos only; American YMCA American expeditionary Force letter head printed in red and blue; previous fold; original censored envelope addressed to Mrs. William B. Ballou of Seattle, Washington, postmarked and censored; about fine. A quite rich in detail account of both... More about 13-page autograph letter, signed, to the author's "Aunt Dollie" while on active service...

York, PA: 1932. Small octavo (17cm.); black cloth, upper cover "Diary" lettered in gilt; 206pp., filled to completion. Cloth a bit dusty, the youthful owner's faint pencil ownership initials on upper cover and in ink on textblock fore-edge. Still, given its heavy use, Very Good and sound. Gift inscription from... More about Manuscript Diary for the Year 1932

Greenwood Mt., Maine: 1942. Slim octavo (26cm.); black cloth-backed paper-covered boards; [12] mimeographed leaves, ten original tipped in photographs. Boards rubbed with some biopredation to fore-edge paper of upper cover, foxing and dampstaining, textblock uniformly toned, else interior fine. Near Very Good overall. Presumably the only copy ever produced as... More about The Story of Bill Hylan's Threatened Baldness as Told by Bill and Set Down by His Grateful...

Virginia: n.d., ca. 1960s. Quarto (29.25cm.); orange post-bound folder, lettering pasted in black cut-out letters; [43] leaves used to completion on rectos only. Wrappers a bit worn, loss to the "C" in "Career" on upper cover, a few other letters starting to chip, else Very Good, internally near fine. Extensive... More about Manuscript] My Career As a Buyer

Edmond, OK: 1912-1913. Octavo (21cm.); red cloth tape-backed card wrappers; approximately half filled to completion ([38]pp. used). Wrappers rather worn, top fore-edge corner creased with crude archival tape repair to verso, preliminary leaves a bit toned, small loss to one leaf affecting text with brief loss of meaning, else Near... More about Manuscript Notebook] Domestic Science Sewing

Columbus, Sacket Harbor, Is-sur-Tille, and others: 1917-1919. Archive consisting of 38 letters, mostly autograph and accompanied with original mailing envelopes; 14 snapshot photographs; and the shard from a wooden airplane propeller. Letters with usual mail folds and some wear, else a Very Good, well-preserved archive. Collection of letters addressed to... More about Archive of World War I Letters, Photographs, and Ephemera, addressed to Francis P. Deimer of...