New Arrivals at De Wolfe and Wood:
An Occasional List

Welcome to our newest on-line catalog! We hope to feature an occasional assortment of our favorite new arrivals to the shop and some of our old favorites that are worth taking another look at. Orders may be placed via email (dewolfeandwood@roadrunner.com) or by phone daily 8am-4pm. An answering machine is also available after hours for those who would like to leave a message. All orders are subject to prior sale. Usual terms apply and institutions can be billed. Shipping will be determined by zip code. All items are returnable within 7 days if not satisfied. We accept Visa, Mastercard, Checks, Money Orders or Paypal. Please email with questions or comments!

De Wolfe and Wood
P.O. Box 425
Alfred, Maine 04002
207-490-5572

E1. Astronomy. [Newall, Anthony]. Darkness at Noon: or, the Great Solar Eclipse, of the 16th of June, 1806, Described and Represented… Boston: D. Carlisle & A. Newell, 1806. 34 pp. A very good copy in blue wraps. Great frontis illustration. SOLD!

E2. Banking. Greene, William. Mutual Banking: Showing the Radical Deficiency of the Present Circulating Medium, and the Advantages of a Free Currency. Boston: The New England Labor Reform League, 1870. 52 pp. Ex-library with 3 stamps and a stain on the lower left corner of the front wrap. SOLD!

E3. Chap book. Chap book-Uncle Frank's Fables for Children The Swallow and Other Birds. New York: Wm. H. Murphy Printer and Publisher 384 Pearl Street New York. n.d. circa 1840. 36 p. Good with some soiling and foxing. $75.00.

E4. Civil War Home Front. 10 letters most from Nettie Hodgkins of Lock's Village Massachusetts to female friends. Talk of who has been killed in the war and who has been drafted. Nice home front content. SOLD!

E5. Commercial Fishing. Mills, John. A Church Mission to Deep Sea Fishermen. Boston: Mills, Knight & Co., 1897. 26 pp. An interesting overview of a mission to Gloucester fisherman. Some good first hand information on the fishing industry. $45.00.

E6. Communal Group. Constitution an By- Laws of the Community of True Inspiration Incorporated under the Name of the Amana Society in the County and State of Iowa as Amended in October, 1919. 15 pp. Fine. A very rare constitution from this successful Iowa communal group. Most imprints were in German but this one is in English. SOLD!

E7. Cookery. Ellis, Mrs. The Dangers of Dining Out or, Hints to Those Who Would Make Home Happy. New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1863. 174 p. rear endpaper torn and light staining throughout the book. SOLD!

E8. Ireland. The Voice of Ireland Being an Interview with John Redmond, M.P. and some Messages from Representative Irishmen regarding the Sinn Fein Rebellion. London: Thomas Nelson & Sons, C. 1916. 55 p. Redmond calls for support of the Irish nation in fighting Germany and also attacks the Sinn Fein rebellion. $35.00.

E9. Juvenile. Peter Parley's Almanac for Old and Young 1836. Boston: Samuel Colman. Philadelphia: Desilver, Thomas and Co. New York: Freeman and Hunt, & Co. 1836. 96 p. Cover faded, light soiling and foxing. SOLD!

E10. Masons. Antimasonic Republican Convention of Massachusetts Held in Boston, Sept. 11, 12, & 13, 1833. No. 4. Fourth Antimasonic State Convention for 1834. Boston: Jonathan Howe, 1833. 48 p. The group met “for the purpose of consulting upon the common good by seeking redress of wrongs and grievances suffered.” $40.00.

E11. Masons. Antimasonic Republican Convention For Massachusetts Held in Boston, Sept. 10 and 11, 1834. No. 5. Fifth Antimasonic State Convention for 1834. Boston: Leonard W. Kimball, 1834. 40 p. An attempt to support politicians who favored “nomination of candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, and to advance the cause of equal rights, by the suppression of secret societies.” $40.00.

E12. Medicine. 1893 invitation to the graduation ceremonies at the Chicago Homeopathic Medical College. Includes a list of members of the graduating class. $40.00.

E13. Natural History. Collection of 10 cabinet photographs of  an expedition of University of Iowa on the ship Emily E. Johnson from Baltimore to Florida and the Caribbean. This expedition to collect geological and natural history specimens left Baltimore in 1893. Interestingly it was a coed group of students. Our collection is probably just part of a larger set. It includes;

a. Emily E. Johnson at the Baltimore Wharf.
b. playing out cable.
c. The shore, egg island. Bahamas?
d. East outlier of Water Key. Florida Key?
e. Near view of the Rookery, Water Key.
f. Untitled but probably Water Key.
g. Village at Entrance of Bahia Honda. Cuba.
h. Shore of Bahia Honda. Cuba.
i. Mangrove swamp Bahia Honda.

One mount is worn but a nice collection. ON HOLD!

E14. Quack Medicine. Barker’s “Komic” Picture Souvenir, Part 2. Philadelphia: The Barker- Moore & Mein Medicine Co., c.1900. [50] p. A well illustrated promotional piece for Barker’s Nerve and Bone Liniment. Each page has an elaborate cartoon. Nice color cover and in good condition with small chip to the edge of one page (no text loss). SOLD!

E15. Woman Suffrage. In the Senate of the United States. Mr. Blair, from the Select Committee on Woman Suffrage, Submitted the following… 49th Congress, 1st Session. Report no. 70. Washington: 1870. 38, 10. Removed. 2 part report on Suffrage issues. Part 1 by Blair was in favor of extending the vote to women and part 2 by Joseph Brown was against it. $35.00.