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Decorative Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. 63pp. 7 x 5 inch. Scarce. an interesting little book by Ainscough, I believe his first whilst he worked for The Post Office, (he later wrote a couple of novels under the pseudonym of Rivington Pyke). Slight looseness at internal hinges but all still holding together well. Contains a book plate of the Secret Societies author Charles William Heckethorn inside front cover.

1 sheet. 10 x 16 inches. All manuscript [not partially printed] bond dated February 1, 1799, signed by August C. Van Horne and John Speyer, to which as been added the name of Susan Rivington, in the amount of $50,000. With seals after each of the names. "Know all men by these presents, that we Augustus C. Van Horne, John Speyer, and Susan Rivington are jointly and severally held and firmly bound unto James Morris Esqr. Sheriff of the City and County of New York. Whereas the above bounden Augustus C. Van Horne is now in the custody of the above named James Morris. on civil process only, and is permitted by the said Sheriff to go at large within the liberties of the jail of the City of New York, as the same liberties and limits thereof are designated by the Court of Common Pleas." Augustus C. Van Horne (1765-1853), son of Cornelius Van Horne, was a well-known merchant. John Speyer was a merchant in a partnership with Jacob Mark, their company, Mark & Speyer, failing spectacularly in 1799, growing into an immense lawsuit not settled until 1820. Susan Rivington was the daughter of James Rivington, publisher, sometime loyalist and later spy for Washington. There is a separate bond of James Rivington, Jr. and Susan Rivington to James Morris, Sheriff of New York City, also dated February 1, 1799, at the New York Historical Society. The Rivingtons and Van Hornes were related by marriage. James Morris (1764-1827) was Sheriff of New York County from 1798-1801. The cause for the bond is not known, though the three incidents, the two bonds signed by Rivington and the failure of Speyer's firm, all in the same year, would suggest a relationship See: 1. Scoville: The Old Merchants of New York City, p. 88. 2. Murray v. De Rottenham, 6 Johns. Ch. 52 (1822). March 10, 1822. New York Court of Chancery. 6 Johns. Ch. 52. 3. New York Historical Society Museum/exhibit/augustus-cornelius-van-horne-1765-1853. Very good, edge worn, light soiling, contents clean.

Zustand: Near Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original magnificently decorated ornate red, blue, black and gilt front cover, gilt title and author lettering to the spine, gilt coat of arms and elaborate gilt border to the rear cover, red and gilt paste downs. Folio 14¾'' x 11½''. A gorgeous example of the colour printing skills of William Griggs with a full colour illuminated dedication page, frontispiece of The Royal Library, Windsor Castle, 21 pages of text with different colour illuminated chromolithographed borders followed by 152 full-page chromolithographic illustrated bindings. Tipped to the top of the front free end paper is a hand written letter on Windsor Castle headed note paper from the author concerning the publication of this volume dated 2nd November 1889, some three years before it went to press, SIGNED by the author 'R. Holmes'. From Lord Balfour's private library with pencil note to this effect inside the rear end paper. Neatly repaired tear across the top quarter of the spine, contents without any foxing in very near Fine condition. Heavy volume 5 kg, extra postage will be requested over and above our default setting for destinations outside the UK. Member of the P.B.F.A. BOOKS (Binding, Collecting, Printing, Paper).

This English-born American bookseller and publisher was controversial during the American Revolution for his suspected Tory sympathies, especially since he published the "New York Gazetteer," even returning to England briefly early during the war; but it's believed he was actually a spy for the Americans, and smuggled messages to General Washington printed on thin paper bound into the covers of books. ADS, 2pp (separate leaves), 7 3/4" X 6" and 7 3/4" X 7½", New York, NY, 1789 September 10-11. Very good. Mild bit of age toning, slight bit of soiling. First leaf, in Rivington's hand, records a real estate transaction (verbatim, with line breaks included): "James Rivington & wife / to / Benj: Moore / deed & Release Sept: 10 & 11, 1789. / Recd. -- Lib:45. p529 -- & Lib:46. p221. -- / 16 ac. 2 roads & 32 paas.-- Between Green- / -wich Road & the River -- South of / Mary Clarke's land. --" The second leaf, in another and neater hand, notes: "Abstract of Title to two Lots of Ground, on the North-Easterly side of Twenty first Street, in the 12th Ward of the City of New York, distinguished on the plot beneath by the numbers 1 & 2." Below this is a well-drafted plat map showing land parcels between "9th Av." at left, "8th Ave." at right, "22d St" at top and "21. St." at bottom -- with the two lots in question here neatly marked "1" and "2" in the lower right area of this block. The purchaser here was Bishop BENJAMIN MOORE (1748-1816) the second bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York and president of Columbia College -- best remembered as the father of Clement C. Moore (1779-1863), the scholar who penned the immortal poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas" in 1823. Bishop Moore and his son owned a number of properties in this area, mostly in the Chelsea Historic District slightly north of the two lots he purchased from Rivington. A scarce document with interesting connections. Accompanied by a superb and itself scarce vintage steel-engraved portrait, heavy stock 7" X 10½", n.p., n.y. [mid-19th century]. Fine. A bold and handsome head-and-shoulders portrait of Rivington gazing intently at the viewer, looking rather like Washington himself, engraved by A.H. Ritchie.

Zustand: Good. Folio. 26.5 x 41cm. 2 volumes. Rebound by the artisan binder Sasha Mosalov in full goatskin in 2 brown textures. Original spine labels preserved.2 volumes. x, xxxiv, [4], 500; [2], 433, [1], [126], [4], 111, [1], [5] pp. Three folding maps.Coming down from earliest times to the year 1762, Anderson's work is a monument of stupendous industry. Composed in the form of annals, it is not merely a record of commercial progress and colonial enterprise, but a history of the political, industrial, and social development of all civilised countries, and especially of Great Britain and Ireland" (DNB). "The author was a clerk in the South-Sea House, London. It contains a most accurate account of the South-Sea Company, and the very extraordinary actions of the year 1720." (Sabin). Sabin 1382; Kress 6154. Chinese seal to both title pages.OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:863535986: (xxxiv, [4], 500 pages, [3] folded leaves of plates; [2], 433, [128], 111, [6] pages) : maps ; folio.