(2) HARDCOVER BOOKS BY TRUMAN CAPOTE.TO INCLUDE:"The Dogs Bark". First edition, Octavo, Random House, New York. 419 pages, red cloth boards, original dust jacket. Good condition. Along with "The Music For Chameleon"....
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OF (2) WHALING DOCUMENTS AND (1) ACCOUNTBOOK. TOinclude: an 1839 document with 27 pages pertaining to Captain Swain Isaac Smalley and the whaleship William out of Dartmouth, Massachusetts. The document is mostly...
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Phil Sultz and Tom Lang. Maija Grotell(artist's book). 1985, handmade paper, offset lithograph in colors, birch bark, pine. 6¼ h × 8¾ w × 1 d in. result: $315. estimate: $500–700. Initialed by Phil Sultz...
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LOG BOOK OF THE BARQUE CORA 1841-1845- A WHALING CRUIS...Log Book of the Barque Cora 1841-1845 - A Whaling Cruise to The Pacific out of New Bedford , preface page "Bark Cora's Log Book, Capt. Archilous Baker...
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20TH C. TLINGIT FELT & BUTTON BLANKETW/ TOTEMIC BEARNative American, Pacific Northwest, United States or Canada, Haida or Tlingit peoples, ca. early to mid-20th century CE. A remarkable example of traditional...
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14 BOOKS ALL RELATED TO WHALING EXCEPTONEON ASTRONOMY. SMITH'S ILLUSTRATED ASTRONOMY BY ASA SMITH, NY, 1855, QUARTRO, 79 PAGES, FAIR CONDITION. SHOWS STAINING, TEARS, CHIPPING AND FADING. A NEW BEDFORD MERCHANT...
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7 BOOKS RELATED TO U.S. NAVY AND TOMARITIMEHISTORY TO INCLUDE THE SHIPMASTERS ASSISTANT BY BLUNT, 1857, CALF LEATHER BOARDS, SHOWS WATER STAINING AND FOXING. VOYAGE OF THE U.S. EXPLORING SQUADRON, 1838, 1839,...
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1863-1866 ACCOUNT BOOK FOR NEW BEDFORDWHALING AGENTS SWIFT & ALLEN 16.75" X 7.25". WHALING AGENTS SWIFT & ALLEN, Includes outfitting and whale oil share distributions for more than 75 New Bedford/Fairhaven vessels....
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APPROX. 40 FISHING AND HUNTING-RELATEDBOOKS BOOKS, Sport with Gun and Rod,, The Sunnyside Book,, The Trappers of Umbagog,, Through the Wilds ,, A Will and a Way,, Fatal Gesture,, The Holidays,, Maine Register...
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HANDWRITTEN WHALEMAN'S TELEGRAPHIC CODEBOOK DATED 1883 APPROX. 5.5" X 3.5". BOOK, Dated 1883, Inscribed on cover "1883 Telegraphic Code J & W.R Wing[?] New Bedford, Mass and San Francisco, Cal". Contains several...
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SCARCE BOOK "BARK KATHLEEN SUNK BY AWHALE" WHALE", Bark Kathleen Sunk by a Whale as Related by the Captain, Thomas H. Jenkins to which is added an account of two like occurrences, the loss of Ships Ann Alexander...
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Indonesian Toba Batak Pustaha Book ofMagic Recipes, written and compiled by a Batak magician-priest (datu) containing magical formulas, divinations, recipes, and laws, two hardcovers (lampak) carved with motifs...
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GROUP OF NORTHEAST WOODLANDS INDIANBARK BOXESGroup of Northeast Woodlands Indian porcupine quill and moose hair decorated bark boxes, to include a sewing needle book, largest - 4" l., 3 1/2" w., 2" h.
Competitive...
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SHIP'S PASSPORT, 9-18-1871, IN FOURLANGUAGES.Signed by President Ulysses S. Grant and Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State. For a whaling voyage on the bark John P. West, Calvin Manchester captain, bound for the...
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WHALING JOURNAL FROM THE BARK "PRESIDENT"OF NEW BEDFORD 13.75" X 8.5". OF NEW BEDFORD, For a voyage that commenced May 27, 1867 and ended September 4, 1868, captained by James Soule. Contains 162 written pages...
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WHALING JOURNAL AND DOCUMENTS OF NEWBEDFORD INTEREST BEDFORD INTEREST, Whaling journal from the ship Chris Mitchell of New Bedford for a voyage that commenced August 16, 1856 and ended May 17, 1860, captained...
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WHALING JOURNAL FROM THE BARK "CAMILLA"OF NEW BEDFORD 16.75" X 7.25". OF NEW BEDFORD, For a voyage that commenced July 16, 1867 and ended July 5, 1871, captained by Benjamin F. Jones. Consists of 106 pages (approximately...
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COLLECTION OF BOOKS, PHOTOGRAPHS ANDARTIFACTS DOCUMENTING THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN MOSES RICH COLMAN ARTIFACTS DOCUMENTING THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN MOSES RICH COLMAN, Includes: 1) An 1859-1864 journal kept by Mrs. Polly...
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ACCOUNTING BOOK OF THE WHALING BARK"MARY FRAZIER" 13.25" X 18.25". "MARY FRAZIER", Manuscript officer's and crew account book for the bark's 1867-1871 whaling voyage to the Pacific under Thomas F. Caswell,...
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LOT OF 28, 19TH C MARINE INSURANCE POLICIESFORSHIPS OUT OF FAIRHAVEN AND MATTAPOISETT ALONG WITH A 1868 ACCOUNT BOOK FOR THE BRIG STAR CASTLE. SOME OF THE POLICIES ARE FOR THE SHIP SIAM, 1860, BRIG HOMER, BARK ROSCIUS,...
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LOT OF 8 BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS RELATEDTO WHALESAND NEW BEDFORD TO INCLUDE (1) AN 1858 COPY OF "THE HISTORY OF NEW BEDFORD" BY DANIEL RICKETSON, CLOTH BOUND, 412 PAGES, GOOD CONDITION WITH MINOR FOXING; (2) PAPER...
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SEVEN PIECE EPHEMERA LOT RELATED TOWHALING. TOINCLUDE: 1) CLOTH BOUND BOOK TITLED “BIRTH OF A WHALE SHIP” BY REGINALD B HEGARTY. PUBLISHED BY NEW BEDFORD FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY, 1964. COVER DESIGNED BY MILTON...
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LOT OF THREE WHALING ITEMS TO INCLUDE:1) ATRADING CARD FOR CC BRANDS ADVERTISING A WHALING GUN AND BOMB LANCE, JUNIUS A BRAND, NORWICH, ETC. 2) CLOTH BOUND BOOK TITLED “INCIDENT ON BOARD THE BARK COLUMBIA”...
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Untitled Basket by John McQueen JohnMcQueen (American b.1943).? Untitled basket comprised of wild cherry bark bound to reveal entry from 1979; diameter 15 x 9 in.Fiber artist John McQueen an Illinois native...
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Book of paper cutting "florence stilwell,1909 Inscribed, "1909 Florence Stilwell Her Book/Free hand cuttings with scissors, from birch bark, cut and arranged by," depicting various animals, figures and trees....
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[American Indian - Northeast] Bookson Legends and Art of Tribes of the Iroquois Confederacy and Great Lakes lot of 10 books including:Brawer Catherine Coleman (ed.). Many Trails: Indians of the Lower Hudson...
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