BINDER FULL OF HISTORICAL R.R. EPHEMERA

An important loose leaf binder with over 125 pockets of documents, letters, maps, photographs, brochures, tickets, advertising, postcards, et al, for the Fall River Line of the "Old Colony SteamBoat Co.", dating from the 1860's through the 1930's, a wealth of historical ephemera, also includes "Hudson River Daytime Steamers", "Clyde Steamship Co.", "Providence Norfolk & Baltimore Steamship Line", "New Bedford Line" and more; (Warren Jacobs Railroad Collection from the JPR Fort Hill Repository).

RAILROAD SCHEDULE BOARD

Rare 19th c. "Notice" schedule board, pine with black painted surface, white ruled lines, double-sided, remnants of chalk distinguishing railroad lines and times, 25 1/2" x 15 1/2", "used at Hingham Station, So. Shore R.R...."; and a broadside card with string for hanging "Notice, Termination of Passenger Service on the Old Colony Lines...The New Haven Railroad June 22 1959", 12" x 10", ex. Warren Jacobs, "From the Hingham, Mass. station", (JPR collection).

BINDERS WITH R.R. EPHEMERA AND HISTORY

Five important large loose leaf binders with ephemera and written history from the 19th c., 1860-1899, for the "Old Colony and New Haven Railroad", pamphlets, Time tables, Ticket reports, Way Bills, photos of Engines, broadsides, one-of-a-kind collection, hundreds of pieces, (JPR collection).

BINDER WITH RAILROAD EPHEMERA

An important loose leaf binder from 1900-1945, primarily of the "New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Co.", includes hundreds of pieces of ephemera such as: Time table booklets and pamphlets, Shareholder reports, announcements, collections of tags, tickets, commutation tickets (into the 19th c.), railroad envelopes, maps, photographs, and a copy of America's Very First Railroad from Trains Magazine, Quincy, Mass.; (JPR collection).

SLIDE LID STORAGE BOX

19th c. slide lid storage box, pine, original finish, paper labeled on lid "Providence, Norfolk and Baltimore Steamship line, E.H. Rockwell, Agt. for Fall River Mass., February 10 1877.", 8" h, 15" l, 10" w, (JPR collection).

PAPER BROADSIDE

"Boston & Maine R.R., Notice Change of Hours...", dated 1864, small glue spots on corners, very clear, 9 1/2" x 12", (JPR collection).

OCRR STOCK CERTIFICATE AND SEARSPORT BANK NOTES

Old Colony Railroad Company, Coupon Bond No. 61, $1000, 1865-1891, 14" x 18 1/2"; and a 19th c. sheet of four uncut bills (unissued), $1, $2, $3 and $5, from the Searsport Bank, State of Maine, with shipping motifs, red and black ink, ($2 bill shows G. Washington, the $5 bill shows the American Bald Eagle with tall ships in the background), 13 3/4" x 8 1/2". 

BINDER OF RAILROAD EPHEMERA

Large loose leaf binder of "Misc. Railroad Ephemera: Mass. Railroads other than the Old Colony Line, Western Railroads, N.E. Assoc. of Railroad Veterans, Assoc. of R.R. and Steamboat Agents, Photographs." (JPR), ex. collection of Warren Jacobs; includes pieces from the 1830's to the 1930's.

MAP OF NY, NEW HAVEN & HARTFORD R.R.

Large framed map of the "New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Operated and Controlled Lines", c. 1890-1920, original period oak frame, some spotting, very legible, 27 1/2" x 45" (sight).

MAP OF THE RAILROADS OF MASSACHUSETTS

Map, 1890, Wright and Potter Printing Co., Boston, Mass., (Note: rails in red, ferry routes are dotted red, also shows Connecticut and Eastern New York), 29" x 36"; (ex. Warren Jacobs; JPR collection).

BOOKS ON RAILROADS AND RAILROADING

Approximately 40 books including: Harlow, Alvin F., Steelways of New England, New York, 1946; Adams, Charles Francis, Jr., Notes on Railroad Accidents, New York, 1879; Baker, George Pierce, The Formation of the New England R.R. Systems, Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1937; The First R.R. in America, The Granite Railway Co., 1926; Bound copy of "Scribner's Magazine", 1888, Vol. IV; (ex. Warren Jacobs; ex. John P. Richardson collection). 

CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Collection of seven (7) Big Little Books: Raymond, Alex, Flash Gordon in the Forest Kingdom of Mongo, Whitman Publishing Co., New York, 1937; Disney, Walt, Mickey Mouse Sails for Treasure Island, Whitman Publishing Co., New York, 1935; Gould, Chester, Dick Tracy Out West, Whitman Publishing Co., New York, 1933; Forrest, Hal, Tailspin Tommy The Dirigible Flight to the North Pole, Whitman Publishing Co., New York, 1934; Gray, Harold, Little Orphan Annie With the Circus, Whitman Publishing Co., New York, 1934; Smith, Sidney, Chester Gump at Silver Creek Ranch, Whitman Publishing Co., New York, 1933; Bernolt, Walter, Smitty Golden Gloves Tournament, Whitman Publishing Co., New York, 1934; (JPR collection).

BOOK BY EVELYN SHARP

Sharp, Evelyn; Wymps and other Fairy Tales, New York, John Lane, 1896, red boards with embossed color illustration on front cover by Mrs. Percy Dearmer, some discoloration inside flyleaf, exceptional color illustrations, "acquired in 1972 from Elizabeth Coatsworth Beston" (JPR).

FOUR ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN'S BOOKS

Quiller-Couch A.T., The Sleeping Beauty and Other Fairy Tales from the Old French, Hodder and Stoughton, London, illustrated with color plates by Edward Dulac, red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration, loose hinge, minor edge wear; The Snow Queen and Other Stories from Hans Anderson, with illustrations by Edward Dulac, Hodder and Stoughton, New and London, white pictoral cloth stamped in gold, soiled with foxing, darkened spine, slight age toned pages, otherwise good, small piece missing on corner of page 9; Old Time Stories, told by Master Charles Perrault, with translation by A.E. Johnson, illustrations by W. Heath Robinson, Dodd, Mead & Co., New York, 1921, green cloth, gilt lettering, color pastedown of "They Reached the House where the light was burning", very slight foxing throughout, six tipped-in color plates, 43 line illustrations, good overall; An Argosy of Fables: A Representative Selection From the Fable Literature of Every Age and Land, Cooper, Frederick Taber, illustrated by Paul Bransom, Frederick A. Stokes Co., New York, 1921, black cloth cover with gilt lettering and illustration, general wear, frontice illustration is missing, others tipped-in are intact, generally good condition. 

ANIMATE CREATION BY JOSEPH HOLDER

Three volumes of Animate Creation, Popular Edition of "Our Living World", A Natural History by The Rev. J. G. Wood, Revised and Adapted to American Zoology, by Joseph B. Holder, M.D., Selmer Press, New York, 1885, each volume is illustrated with 10 Louis Prang chromolithographs, as well as black and white illustrations; includes pink testimonial sheet with quote from Charles Darwin "The illustrations are the best I ever saw in any work."; "three volumes were part of Isaac Sprague library" (JPR).

BOOKS ON HISTORY OF OUR COUNTRY

Lossing, Benson J., Our Country, A Household History..., 2 vols., 500 illustrations, (Felix O.C. Darley), N.Y., Johnson, Wilson & Co., 1876, "from Hingham Artist I. Sprague library at Granville Mass" (JPR); and Steele, J. Dorman, A Popular History of our Country, One Hundred Years of American Independence, 1880, illustrated with maps and engravings; (JPR collection).

BOOKS ON BRAINTREE AND QUINCY

Pattee, William S., A History of Old Braintree and Quincy, with A Sketch of Randolph and Holbrook, Quincy, 1878, Green and Prescott, two copies, blue cloth, gilt lettering and brown leather, gilt; and Quincy City Directory & History 1888-9, binding worn, many advertisements; (JPR collection).

MEMORIAL HISTORY OF BOSTON

Winsor, Justin, The Memorial History of Boston, 4 vols., J.R. Osgood & Co., Boston, 1881, illustrated, "acquired from Hingham Historian, Mason A. Foley...from the family of Historian George Lincoln...part of his Ship Street, Hingham Library, 1966" (JPR).

BOOKS ON MASSACHUSETTS

Books on Census of Massachusetts, Industry of Massachusetts, and Records of Massachusetts...  ;(JPR collection). 

17TH C. MAP

Mercator, G., "Le Royaume De La Chine", from Pocket Atlas, c. 1630, engraved, hand-colored, very good condition, 6" x 7". 

MAPS OF SWITZERLAND

Three maps: "Switzerland With Its Subjects & Allies from the best Authorities", London, 1789, by Thomas & Andrews, original outline color, hinge mounted in matte, very good condition, 7" x 9"; "Swisserland", John Pinkerton, London, 1809, original hand-colored, good condition with archival tape reinforcing breaks along fold line, 15 1/2" x 20"; and "Switzerland", B.F. Lloyd & Co., Edinburgh, 1848, original outline color, good condition with overall age toning, 18 1/2" x 22". 

MAP OF GERMANY

18th c. map, "Carte D'Allemagne", 1755, Thomas Kitchin (1719-1784), in 1773 he became Hydrographer to the King of England. 

19TH C. MAP OF LONDON

"Stanford's Library Map of London and Its Suburbs", London, 1877, Edward Stanford, maps in portfolio, original hand-coloring, cover of portfolio is detached, maps in very good condition, 15" x 24". 

18TH C. MAP OF BARBADOS

"An Accurate Map of the Island of Barbadoes", "in which the different Parishes are laid down; with a Plan of Bridge-Town and Carlisle Bay". Published by J. Bew, London, 1782. Drawn by J. Lodge. Parishes demarcated by hand coloring, framed, age toning, fold lines, 12 1/4" x 15".

19TH C. CELESTIAL CHARTS

Burritt, Elijah, "Celestial Charts - 'Atlas Designed to Illustrate Burritt's Geography of the Heavens'", New York, 1856, atlas with seven plates measuring 13" x 15", each with original watercolor, good condition with overall age toning and minor foxing. 

19TH C. LITHOGRAPH

Currier and Ives, "The Hudson, from West Point: Grounds of the U.S. Military Academy", hand-colored lithograph by artist Fannie Palmer, 1862, medium folio, very good condition, framed and glazed, 11" x 15 1/2" (sight), 15" x 19 1/4" (framed). 

WAR OF 1812; SEVEN NEWSPAPERS

Pearson, Brig. Genl. Gardner W., War of 1812, Records of the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia, Boston, 1913, 448 pages, very good, "Acquired from Henrietta Hilles, a descendant of Solomon Lincoln...JPR"; and seven original copies of newspapers, "Boston Patriot" - 1812, 1813 and 1814, belonging to Capt. M. Fearing, Hingham; (JPR collection). 

19TH C. PRINTS AND CHILD'S SLATE BOARD

Two 19th c. hand-colored prints: "Death of Harrison, April 4, 1841", J. Fisher, Court St. Boston, some spotting and edges are torn, "it retains special interest to the History of Hingham...hung on the wall of Senator Solomon Lincoln, who knew President Harrison personally..." (JPR); and an N. Currier print of "Robert Burns and his Highland Mary, 1846", grain painted frame, "acquired from the author Elizabeth Coatsworth who acquired it from the original owner of the "Littlest House", Green St. Court, Hingham, It was inthe Attic. I acquired it from E. Coatsworth in 1974 at Chimney Farm, Maine" (JPR); and a child's wood and slate board, with 10 wood counting beads on a sliding wire fixed into the top section, "Found by author E.C. Beston in the "Littlest House", Green St. Court, Hingham when she wrote the Littlest House" (JPR), 6 3/4" x 6 3/4". 

STAMP COLLECTIONS

Pre-War Stamp collection, 1937, stamp album of the British Commonwealth of Nations, commemorating the Coronation of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (complete); other album of U.S. and foreign (incomplete), and many loose cancelled stamps.

STAMP COLLECTION

Shoebox full of U.S. plate blocks of four and perforated pairs of unused stamps, approximately 350, in glassine envelopes, approximately $475 face value, primarily 1960's and 1970's, mainly commemoratives,1973 first day cover, postlets, full pane sheets, etc.

WRIGLEY'S POSTER

"Millions Working for Victory..." lithograph poster, "Wrigley's Spearmint Chewing Gum", signed l.r. "Shepard", pinholes in corners, exceptional color, 11" x 28".

SIX SHEET BILLBOARD

"Uncle John's Syrup", some tears and rips, overall good condition, from a Plymouth, Mass. collection.