OLD BOOKS *DROOLDROOLDROOL*
Hey NYC people! (Of which there are, like, two at most) There is going to be a Greenwich Village Antiquarian Book Fair:
FRI. Feb. 25 6-9pm $12
SAT. Feb. 26 12-6pm $7
SUN. Feb. 27 12-5pm $5
where they will be selling things like1:
1all descriptions copypasted from the website.
History of Kings County Including Brooklyn. 1884. Vol.1. only. $200
John Eddy 1821 map of New York State. VG condition.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe -Ten Volumes Vellum
Stone & Kimball, 1894. Very Good. No Jacket. Albert Edward Sterner (illustrator). First Edition. 10 royal 8vo volumes in full white limp vellum over stiff boards with art nouveau poppies in gilt on covers and spine strips. Hand-numbered and ltd to 250 sets. Title-pages printed in red & black. Printed letterpress on hand-laid paper.
And it looked like those are going to be the CHEAP things for sale.
There was also this:
"A VOLLEY FIRED BY A YOUNG VIRGINIAN IN THE BACKWOODS OF AMERICA [THAT] SET THE WORLD ON FIRE" - HORACE WALPOLE DESCRIBING THE "JUMONVILLE AFFAIR"
Jumonville, Joseph Coulon Villiers de; La Corne St-Luc; and Raimbault, P. AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED by "THE GENERAL OF THE INDIANS" LA CORNE ST. LUC and JOSEPH COULON DE JUMONVILLE whose death precipitated the French and Indian War. [Montreal], June 11th, 1749. Over 225 words penned on a 12 inch high by 6-3/8 inch wide sheet of watermarked paper. The one page document is a contract or letter of obligation by which Joseph Coulon Villiers de Jumonville and Paul Francois Raimbault de St. Blin agree to pay the outfitter La Corne St. Luc for equipment which they purchased for their voyage of exploration of the region surrounding their Nipigon [Ontario] trading post. A beautiful early French Canadian document with the strong autographs of 2 giant figures in American and Canadian history: one by virtue of an historical accident and the other by virtue of his intelligence and bravura.
$25,000.00
ABRAHAM LINCOLN. A lengthy letter, dated Hagerstown, Maryland, November 6, 1862 and addressed to “His Excellency Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States” and signed by the Chief Surgeons of the Army Corps, the Seminary and the Court House Hospitals in that region. They state:
“[We] beg leave to represent to your Excellency that in the hospitals in this place there are at present upwards of seven hundred sick soldiers that many of them are in very critical conditions such as demands the ministration of the clergyman as well as of the physicians, that many of them have already died and that most of them have been buried without any of the usual offices of religion…
“We therefore think it is highly desirable that [we] have among us a resident Chaplain who shall have the general oversight of the spiritual wants of our patients…[we] ask the appointment at your hands of Rev. Henry Edwards the Episcopal minister in this time…”
Below this appeal is a 13-line autograph endorsement signed by Major General George W. Morell, Commander of Defences of the Upper Potomac,
“I cordially & earnestly unite in the above recommendation. The importance of providing the services of clergymen for the hospitals can scarcely be appreciated…”
The President adds a 13-line autograph endorsement signed A. Lincoln, Nov. 12, 1862,
“If the Surgeon General concurs I would like to appoint Rev. Mr. Edwards a hospital [Surgeon] Chaplain to serve at Hagerstown so long as a hospital is maintained there, he understanding that his Commission may end with the breaking up of the hospital at that place.”
Finally Major General W. H. Hammond, Surgeon General, adds his approval,
“I know Mr. Edwards very well and am satisfied his ministrations would be useful at Hagerstown…” 4 pages, 4to in toto. Fold wear archivally reinforced for preservation. 1st and 2nd pages detached from each other, with no loss of text or appearance.
$15,000.00
Does it still count as covetousness if I normally don't care about material possessions and am perfectly happy to wear the same t-shirt for years until it wears out?
Yeah, I think it probably does... :(
FRI. Feb. 25 6-9pm $12
SAT. Feb. 26 12-6pm $7
SUN. Feb. 27 12-5pm $5
where they will be selling things like1:
1all descriptions copypasted from the website.
History of Kings County Including Brooklyn. 1884. Vol.1. only. $200
John Eddy 1821 map of New York State. VG condition.
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe -Ten Volumes Vellum
Stone & Kimball, 1894. Very Good. No Jacket. Albert Edward Sterner (illustrator). First Edition. 10 royal 8vo volumes in full white limp vellum over stiff boards with art nouveau poppies in gilt on covers and spine strips. Hand-numbered and ltd to 250 sets. Title-pages printed in red & black. Printed letterpress on hand-laid paper.
And it looked like those are going to be the CHEAP things for sale.
There was also this:
"A VOLLEY FIRED BY A YOUNG VIRGINIAN IN THE BACKWOODS OF AMERICA [THAT] SET THE WORLD ON FIRE" - HORACE WALPOLE DESCRIBING THE "JUMONVILLE AFFAIR"
Jumonville, Joseph Coulon Villiers de; La Corne St-Luc; and Raimbault, P. AUTOGRAPH DOCUMENT SIGNED by "THE GENERAL OF THE INDIANS" LA CORNE ST. LUC and JOSEPH COULON DE JUMONVILLE whose death precipitated the French and Indian War. [Montreal], June 11th, 1749. Over 225 words penned on a 12 inch high by 6-3/8 inch wide sheet of watermarked paper. The one page document is a contract or letter of obligation by which Joseph Coulon Villiers de Jumonville and Paul Francois Raimbault de St. Blin agree to pay the outfitter La Corne St. Luc for equipment which they purchased for their voyage of exploration of the region surrounding their Nipigon [Ontario] trading post. A beautiful early French Canadian document with the strong autographs of 2 giant figures in American and Canadian history: one by virtue of an historical accident and the other by virtue of his intelligence and bravura.
$25,000.00
ABRAHAM LINCOLN. A lengthy letter, dated Hagerstown, Maryland, November 6, 1862 and addressed to “His Excellency Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States” and signed by the Chief Surgeons of the Army Corps, the Seminary and the Court House Hospitals in that region. They state:
“[We] beg leave to represent to your Excellency that in the hospitals in this place there are at present upwards of seven hundred sick soldiers that many of them are in very critical conditions such as demands the ministration of the clergyman as well as of the physicians, that many of them have already died and that most of them have been buried without any of the usual offices of religion…
“We therefore think it is highly desirable that [we] have among us a resident Chaplain who shall have the general oversight of the spiritual wants of our patients…[we] ask the appointment at your hands of Rev. Henry Edwards the Episcopal minister in this time…”
Below this appeal is a 13-line autograph endorsement signed by Major General George W. Morell, Commander of Defences of the Upper Potomac,
“I cordially & earnestly unite in the above recommendation. The importance of providing the services of clergymen for the hospitals can scarcely be appreciated…”
The President adds a 13-line autograph endorsement signed A. Lincoln, Nov. 12, 1862,
“If the Surgeon General concurs I would like to appoint Rev. Mr. Edwards a hospital [Surgeon] Chaplain to serve at Hagerstown so long as a hospital is maintained there, he understanding that his Commission may end with the breaking up of the hospital at that place.”
Finally Major General W. H. Hammond, Surgeon General, adds his approval,
“I know Mr. Edwards very well and am satisfied his ministrations would be useful at Hagerstown…” 4 pages, 4to in toto. Fold wear archivally reinforced for preservation. 1st and 2nd pages detached from each other, with no loss of text or appearance.
$15,000.00
Does it still count as covetousness if I normally don't care about material possessions and am perfectly happy to wear the same t-shirt for years until it wears out?
Yeah, I think it probably does... :(