Bidspirit auction | A Collection of 19th-Century Books

A Collection of 19th-Century Books and Manuscript Ledgers Including Blaine's A group of Years of Congress - This collection features several 19th-century publications and handwritten manuscript ledgers. Included are two volumes of Years of Congress: From Lincoln to Garfield by James G. Blaine, published by The Henry Bill Publishing Company, Norwich, Conn., in 1884. These octavo volumes are bound in the publisher's brown cloth with gilt-stamped titles and ornamentation on the front covers and spines. The title page for Volume I specifies a review of the events leading to the political revolution of 1860. The manuscript material includes a large ledger titled Secretary's Record of the M. E. Sunday School, Nelsonville, O., which contains handwritten attendance and collection records from the 1870s and 1880s, including names of officers, teachers, and students. A second large ledger, with a partial spine label reading DA[Y] BOO[K] and the number 92, serves as a general store account book. It contains itemized entries for local residents, listing purchases of flour, coffee, tobacco, and other sundries with corresponding 19th-century prices. Additionally, the collection includes a thick, heavily worn volume repurposed as a scrapbook, filled with numerous newspaper clippings of 19th-century poetry and articles. This volume contains an inset portrait print of Thomas A. Edison with a facsimile signature. Burns in-house shipping is available. Pickup is Thursday, May 28 from 11 am to 7 pm at our gallery in Lancaster, Ohio 43130 or we will provide in-house shipping for this item. We will charge a $5 fee if you want to pick this lot up another day. Once packed up we will send you an invoice for shipping & handling. Shipping questions: shipping@burnsbid.com. Sales tax is collected on this auction. AB281