- A Telephone Linesman's Porcelain Occupational
A Telephone Linesman's Porcelain Occupational Shaving Mug
20th Century
bearing the name Fred A. Ricketts in gilt lettering against a green wrap, and featuring an exceptional image of a gentleman climbing a telephone pole that reads Hudson Riv. Tel. Co.underside marked T&V Limoges France and signed H. Hoffman Decorator, Albany, N.Y.Height 3 5/8 inches.
Albany, New York City Directories from the 1920s and 1930s confirm that a Frederick A. Ricketts worked as an electrician. Ricketts married Katherine Prime McMurray on December 14, 1911, in Albany. The Hudson River Telephone Company was founded in Albany in 1883 and serviced clients along both shores of the Hudson River.
Property from the Collection of James Carpenter, Montague, New Jersey
- [AFRICA] - [HUNTING] - [TRAVEL] - [SAFARI
[AFRICA] - [HUNTING] - [TRAVEL] - [SAFARI PRESS]. A group of approximately 64 volumes, including works primarily related to Africa, hunting, and travel, many of which are published by the Safari Press, including:
1-23) [Classics in African Hunting Series]. An incomplete run of 23 volumes, all published in Long Beach, CA: Safari Press, Inc., [1983-2011], all FIRST EDITIONS (vol. 67: FIRST ENGLISH EDITION), LIMITED ISSUE, each numbered out of 1,000 copies, EACH SIGNED BY THE EDITOR, AUTHOR, AND/OR ILLUSTRATOR.
24) CHILTON, Johnny. [Classics in Big Game Hunting Series.] Out of Bullets! Safari Press, Inc., [2011]. Vol. 38 only. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, 44 of 250 copies, SIGNED.
25) STANLEY, Henry M. How I How I Found Livingstone: Travels, Adventures, and Discoveries in Central Africa. NY: Scribner, Armstrong & Co., 1872. (Covers detached.) FIRST AMERICAN EDITION.
26) STANLEY, Henry M. Through the Dark Continent. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1878. 2 vols. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION.
27) SYKES, C.A. Service and Sport on the Tropical Nile. L: John Murray, 1903. FIRST EDITION.
28) BELL, W.D.M. The Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter. L: "Country Life," Ltd., et al, 1923. Provenance: Noreen Curry (bookplate). FIRST EDITION.
29) BOYCE, William D. Illustrated Africa Noth Tropical South. Chicago et al: Rand McNally & Company, [1925]. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, WITH COMPLIMENTS CARD SIGNED BY BOYCE and tipped in.
30) PATTERSON, Frederick B. African Adventures. NY et al: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1928. (Lacking dust jacket.) FIRST EDITION.
31) DINESEN, Isak [Karen BLIXEN]. Out of Africa. NY: Random House, [1938]. (Lacking dust jacket.) FIRST AMERICAN EDITION.
32) WARD, Don, editor. Wild Streets Tales of the Frontier Towns by members of the Western Writers of America. Garden City, NY, 1958. FIRST EDITION.
33) MELLON, James. African Hunter. Safari Press Inc., [1975]. FIRST EDITION.
34) BEST, Anthony A., editor. Rowland Ward's Records of Big Game. Sussex, England, 1977. Seventeenth edition, LIMITED ISSUE, 143 of 150 copies, SIGNED.
35) [ENCYCLOPEDIA]. Encyclopedia of Big Game Animals in Africa with their Trophies. NY et al: Pierre Fiorenza\Larousse, [1983]. FIRST EDITION.
36) BODDINGTON, Craig T. Where Lions Roar Ten More Years of African Hunting. Safari Press Inc., [1997]. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED.
37) KISTNER, Alzada Carlisle. An Affair with Africa Expeditions and Adventures Across a Continent. Washington, D.C. et al, [1998]. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY KISTNER: "Adventure is addictive - Enjoy! Alzada C. Kistner."
38) KLINEBURGER, Bert. International Hunter 1945-1999 Hunting's Greatest Era. [Kerrville, TX,1999]. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE, lettered AR of 1,000 copies. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY KLINEBURGER: "To my friend Michael Keith Good hunting Bert Klineburger."
And 25 others. Together, 63 works in 64 volumes, various sizes, all in original bindings, most with their publisher's dust jackets and slipcases, many FIRST EDITIONS, many SIGNED, condition generally very good. Complete list available upon request.
- [GREEK HISTORY]. A group of 2 leather-bound
[GREEK HISTORY]. A group of 2 leather-bound works in 15 volumes relating to Greek history, comprising:
SMITH, William, editor. Dictionary of Greek and Roman Mythology. London: John Murray, 1880. 3 volumes, octavo. Contemporary tan tree calf gilt, green and brown morocco lettering-pieces gilt, edges marbled.
GROTE, George. History of Greece. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1858. 12 volumes, 8vo. Engraved frontispieces. (Some internal spotting.) 20th-century half tan calf, brown and green morocco lettering-pieces gilt, edges marbled. (Some very slight rubbing.)
- GROUP (6) CLAIRE MURRAY HOOKED RUGS
GROUP (6) CLAIRE MURRAY HOOKED RUGS 20th c., 100% wool, with original labels verso, seashore themes with shells and fish, various sizes: (1) at approx. 74"l x 34"w, (2) at approx. 62"l x 38"w, (1) at approx. 59.5"l x 41.5"w, (1) at approx. 65"l x 31"w, and (1) at approx. 38"l x 28"w
- G. AGAR ELLIS, HISTORY OF THE STATE
G. AGAR ELLIS, HISTORY OF THE STATE PRISONER, 1826 The True History of the State Prisoner commonly called the Iron Mask Extracted from Documents in the French Archives. By George Agar Ellis. Published 1826 by John Murray. First edition. A detailed study of the enigmatic man who spent many decades confined to the Bastille and other prisons around France and the Fortress of Pignerol in modern Italy. Bound in light brown calf with marbled overlays inside and out. Marbled page edges with elaborate gilt on the spine that fills the compartments between the five frets. Title in compartment 2 highlighted with a green gilt titled leather label.
- CHESTER A. ARTHUR SIGNED TERRITORIAL
CHESTER A. ARTHUR SIGNED TERRITORIAL LAND GRANT A territorial land grand signed by President Chester A. Arthur. This land grant document is for the Olympia, Washington territory and is dated October 26th 1883. To John Murray, an area later to become Camp Murray, the current home of the Washington State National Guard. Mounted in a double sided black frame under glass.
- T R MALTHUS, PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL
T R MALTHUS, PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, 1820 Principles of Political Economy Considered With A View to Their Practical Application by Thomas Robert Malthus. Published 1820 by John Murray. First edition. An important work in economics and politics. Book is bound in red cloth boards with gilt titling on the spine. Page edges left rough.
- LAWS AND ACTS OF PARLIAMENT, 1681 FOLIO
LAWS AND ACTS OF PARLIAMENT, 1681 FOLIO The Laws and Acts of Parliament Made by King James The First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Queen Mary, King James the Sixth, King Charles the First, King Charles the Second Who now presently Reigns, Kings and Queen of Scotland, Collected and Extracted, from the Publick Records of the said Kingdom, by Sir Thomas Murray of Glendook, Knight, and Baronet, Clerk to His Majestie's Council, Register, and Rols, by his Majestie's special warrant. Published 1681 by David Lindsay, Edinburgh. Book is folio sized and quarter bound with light leather on the spine and marbled boards. Spine has gilt titling on a field of black.
- GROUP OF MILITARY AND OTHER DOCUMENTS
GROUP OF MILITARY AND OTHER DOCUMENTS ,A Confederate document dated July 17, 1861, from Col. Murray to General Henry R. Jackson that he was fired upon by enemy cavalry at Petersburg; a supply document dated April 1, 1865, for the 31st U.S.C.T.; a pass dated July 17, 1864, for John Cranch and his wife to go to Alexandria and visit a sick friend; an 1847 articles of agreement for travel to Savannah, Missouri for military service; a New York appointment for George Nichols as a Brigadier General dated February 15th, 1845; a Northbridge, Massachusetts November 1862 payment to the wife of a volunteer as an act of aid; a recto and verso British enlistment dated 1816 with a letter written in the margins; and a Rhode Island document dated November 4, 1786, that Hope Angell was voted clerk of the town of North Providence.
- LARGE GROUP OF VINTAGE ACE D-SERIES
LARGE GROUP OF VINTAGE ACE D-SERIES DOUBLE NOVEL BOOKS 1953-1961, 60 volumes, 120 titles, no duplicates, bound tĂȘte-bĂȘche, all D-series, including authors such as A. E. Van Vogt, Andre Norton, Poul Anderson, Margaret St. Clair, Murray Leinster, Issac Asimov, L. Sprague de Camp, John Brunner, Kenneth Bulmer, Robert Moore Williams, Jack Vance, A. Bertram Chandler, and many others. To include: D-31, 36, 44, 53, 61, 69, 73, 79, 84, 94, 96, 99, 110, 118, 139, 146, 162, 173, 176, 199, 205, 215, 223, 227, 237, 242, 255. 277, 286, 291, 295, 299, 303, 311, 315, 322, 331, 322, 331, 345, 351, 358, 362, 369, 381, 385, 391, 403, 407, 413, 427, 431, 437, 443, 449, 453, 465, 471, 497, 507, 509, 517.
- GREAT BOOKS OF THE WESTERN WORLD, 20
GREAT BOOKS OF THE WESTERN WORLD, 20 VOL. Various Sizes Leather bound with gilt trim, including: Sir Francis Bacon, ""Advancement of Learning, Novum Organum, New Atlantis"; Charles Darwin, "The Origins of Species by Means of Natural Selection"; Henry Fielding, "The History of Tom Jones, Vol. I"; Henry Fielding, "The History of Tom Jones, Vol. II"; Galen, "Hippocrates Writings"; Edward Gibbon, "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire"; Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, "Faust"; Homer, "The Iliad"; Homer, "The Odyssey"; Herman Mellville, Moby-Dick"; Michel de Montaigne, "Essays, Book Two"; Gilbert Murray, Translator, "The Complete Plays of Aeschylus"; Plutarch, "The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans, vol. I"; Edward B. Pusey, Translator, "The Confessions of Saint Augustine"; Francois Rabelais, "The Histories of Gargantua and Pantagruel, vol I"; Francois Rabelais, "The Histories of Gargantua and Pantagruel, vol II"; "The Plays of Sophocles"; P. Cornelius Tacitus, "The Anals and Histories"; Thucydides, "The History of the Peloponnesian War"; Virgil, "The Aeneid";
- TWO GOOD BOOKS ON MICHELANGELO Comprising
TWO GOOD BOOKS ON MICHELANGELO Comprising R. Duppa, THE LIFE OF MICHEL ANGELO BUONARROTI, With His Poetry & Letters 2nd ed. (London: J. Murray, et al., 1807) 4to, large paper, 3/4 leather, linen boards, marbled endpapers (later 19th-century), with signature on title page, numerous engraved plates including a large folded rendition of the Sistine Chapel ceiling; and Mario Salmi, et al., DRAWINGS OF MICHELANGELO (NY: Braziller, n.d., about 1966) folio, half leather, canvas boards, slipcase.