De Wolfe and Wood
P.O. Box 425
Alfred, ME 04002
207-490-5572
dewolfeandwood@roadrunner.com

Housatonic NY Ream Wrapper Used To Cover Manuscript Account Book 1830's

1. Ream Wrapper for the W. W. and C. Laflin Paper Mill in Housatonic which is.
36 pp. Covers heavily marked. (#2401)
Price: $200.00  

Inviting Dr. Scudder To Lecture On India-Boston 1850

2. Two-page letter from Ashbel Green Vermilye to Rev. Dr Kirk dated Newburyport March 16, 1850.
Vermilye urges Kirk to find money to bring Scudder to Boston to lecture on India. He gives a glowing report on Scudder and his lectures. Also mentions that Scudder has... (#2402)
Price: $125.00  

Native American First Nation Ojibway Bible Translations

3. Oo min wah moo win owh John The Gospel of John in Ojibway (Chippewa).
The Northern Gospel Mission, 818 14th St. N. Virginia, MN U.S.A. 107 pp. circa 1940's. Some chipping on cover. With a single sheet folded by Jimmy Mezzetay Cat Lake Sioux... (#2403)
Price: $125.00  

NYC Church Club Scrapbook 1890's Social Gospel Movement Helping Poor

4. Scrapbook kept by the Church Club of NYC from its organization in 1887 to 1892.
38 pp with numerous items. Binding in poor condition but contents in good condition. This was at the height of the Social Gospel Movement so there are several items relating... (#2404)
Price: $200.00  

Albert Osborn Questioned Documents Library

5. Albert S. Osborn Memorial Library 1952.
Osborn, Albert O.
81 pp plus an updated page from 1956. Loose leaf notebook with mimeographed pages. Made up of a bibliography of books owned by members of the American Society of Questioned... (#2405)
Price: $200.00  

Early Book On Chess Published U.S. Original Boards Paper Label Illustrated Benjamin Franklin

6. Analysis of the Game of Chess Illustrated with Diagrams.
Philador, A.D.
Boston: Samuel H. Parker, 1826. 252 pp. Original paper boards cloth spine with paper label. Some staining. (#2406)
Price: $250.00  

Classification Clouds Prang Color Lithographs Artist Cronau

7. Classification of Clouds for the Guidance of Observers.
Springfield, MASS: Taber Prang Art Co., Circa early 1900's. Flexible hardcover. 12 Lithograph plates after paining's by Cronau. A beautiful production. Good condition. (#2407)
Price: $150.00  

English Execution Broadside 1832 Daughter With Friend Kill Mother Said She Died Of Cholera

8. Trials and Execution of John Wood, aged 26, and Elizabeth Haines, 21, who were executed.
Stafford: Johnson, Printer, 1832. Measures 10 x 7 1/2. Laid down on paper. They murdered her for her money and claimed she had died from cholera. (#2408)
Price: $750.00  

Farrar Maine Camp Life Richardson Lake 1882 Johnson Illustrations

9. Camp Life In The Wilderness.
Farrar, Charles A.J.
Boston: A. Willias and Company, 1882. Second edition. Hardcover. With Twelve Illustrations In wood Engraved by Johnson. 224 pp. A very nice copy. (#2409)
Price: $250.00  

Illustrated Letter Sheet Daniel's Planing Machine Shakers Recommended 1841

10. Frank E. Daniels; Worcester, MASS Builds To Order, If Not On Hand, His Improved Patent.
Sent to Rueben Lander of Dexter Maine. On reverse is a letter to Rueben outlining the cost. Small hole with minor text loss. Among those recommending the Plan is Shaker... (#2410)
Price: $100.00  

Bridle Paths Vermont 1938

11. Guide to Green Mountain Horse Association Bridle-Paths in Vermont 1938.
Paper wraps. 75 pp in good condition. (#2411)
Price: $50.00  

Sin And Shame In Springfield IL All Caused By Monks And Their Benedictine

12. Hell In Springfield or A Burning History of the Sin and Shame Of the Capitol.
Clark, Wm. Lloyd.
Fifth Edition. Paper wraps. Circa 1930's. 47 pp. Creased but in good condition. It notes: "This is the only book ever published exposing Benedictine, the infamous dope made by the... (#2412)
Price: $100.00  

Dr. Snook Murder Olympics Gold Medalist Professor Sex And Cannabis In Columbus OH

13. Dr. Snook and the Murder of Theora Hix. The Uncensored Testimony of Dr. Snook in.
Paper wraps. 45 pp. Snook, an Olympic Gold Medalist and Ohio State University professor, was accused of murdering his mistress, OSU student, Theora Hix. The trial was quite sensational with... (#2413)
Price: $150.00  

Twenty- Four Citizens Try To Suppress Gambling In Richmond VA 1833

14. Report of the Committee of Twenty-Four Appointed At A Meeting Of The Citizens Of Richmond.
Richmond: T.W. White, 1833. Held the 28thday of October, 1833 For The Purpose Of Devising A Means To Suppress The Vice Of Gambling In This City. 44 pp, lacking wraps... (#2414)
Price: $175.00  

Hymns Psalms Bookplate Cony Female Academy ME Given By Rev Prince Salem-Blue Boards

15. A Selection of Hymns And Psalms For Social And Private Worship.
Andover: Flagg and Gould, 1821. Hardcover. 307 pp. Blue paper over boards with stain on front cover. Bookplate of the Cony Female Academy [Augusta, Maine] noting the book was given... (#2415)
Price: $100.00  

Murder And Suicide In Lyme CT 1841

16. Two letters from C.W. Wurt ? of Lyme CT. to Nathan Mather of Chatauqua County.
3 pp, some wear with some loss of text not related to the murder). Wurt ? writes that Atwell Tucker was drunk and tried to kill Dr. Noyes. A writ... (#2416)
Price: $300.00  

Hand Drawn Map Unity Village VT Spaulding 1836

17. Map of Unity Village Drawn From A True Survey By J.S. Spaulding.
May 1836. Measures 18 x 27. Has been rolled. Spaulding was an surveyor in Cavendish Vermont and it is believed that Unity Village was part of that town. With a.... (#2417)
Price: $750.00