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

D1. [Almanac]. Miniature Almanack and Pocket Memoranda for the Year of Our Lord 1838. Being the 2d after Bissextile or Leap Year Calculated for New England. Exeter, [N.H.]: E. Fellows, c.1837. [32] pp. 3 ½” high. Plain wraps are worn, chipped and stained. A scarce little piece. $35.00.

D2. [American Revolution]. Connecticut Pay Table document authorizing the payment of twenty five shillings to William Torrey. William Moseley and Finn Wadsworth both signed this piece. $80.00.

D3. [Civil War]. Halleck, H. Wager. Elements of Military Art and Science; or, Course of Instruction in Strategy, Fortification, Tactics of Battkles, &c. Embracing the Duties of Staff, Infantry, Cavalry, Artillery, and Engineers. Adapted to the Use of Volunteers and Militia… New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1862. 449 pp. Plus plates. Very good with soiling to end papers. Has a former owner’s bookplate and signature. $175.00.

D5. [Financial history]. Francis, John. Chronicles and Characters of the Stock Exchange. London: Willoughby and Co., 1849. 386 pp. Minor foxing. Very nicely rebound. A look at the evils of the English stock market. $475.00.

D6. [Furniture making]. Two cabinet photographs of a New York furniture factory. Part of the Adirondack Views, photographed by J.F. Holley, Schroon, New York. Very nice images but the edges are trimmed. C.1890. $120.00.

D7. [Literature]. A.l.s. and manuscript poem written by Richard Eberhart (1904- 2005). This lot includes a letter written from Dartmouth College to a Dover New Hampshire high school student along with a manuscript copy of his poem The Great Stone Face. Folds and minor wear. $200.00.

D8. [Literature]. Stevenson, Robert. The Body Snatcher. New York: The Merriam Company, 1895. 61 pp. Good. Binding show some wear and fading at the spine. Minor foxing. A scarce first edition of this supernatural classic. $625.00.

D10. [Native Americans]. Report of Special Committee to Investigate the Indian Problem of the State of New York. Albany: The Try Press Company, 1889. 410 pp. Good with some light damp stains to the covers. One page with minor tear. An important record of the state various New York tribes in the 1880‘s. $75.00.

D11. [New Hampshire]. Cattle Show. The Fitzwilliam Agricultural and Mechanic Association…. Aug. 17, 1853. Broadside. 11 ½” x 20” Good with folds, minor tears and light foxing. Lists various prizes for best ox, cow, colt, cheese, butter, apples and other farm products. $200.00.

D15. [Western Americana]. Roundup. Books, Pamphlets, Maps, etc. About The West. Goodspeed’s catalogue 428. Boston: Goodspeed’s Rare Books, c.1950’s. 50 pp. Good with wear to the wraps. 7996 wonderful pieces of Western Americana were offered for sale. $25.00.

D16. [Women]. In Memoriam Eldress D.[orothy] A.[nn] Durgin, 1825- 1898; Eldress J.[oanna] J. Kaime, 1826- 1898. Concord, N.H.: The Rumford Press, 1899. 100 pp. Good with some wear to the binding and a bit of foxing. This work includes biographies, music and testimonies on the lives of this two Canterbury Shaker Sisters. Both women were held important positions of power within the Shaker movement. (Richmond 831) $150.00.

C3. [Broadside]. Woods’ Patent Portable Washing Machine!…. Geo. E. Boutell. Amherst, N.H., Sept. 19, 1860. Broadside. 14” x 18 ½”. Light wear, stains and foxing. $275.00.

C5. [Florida]. Key West. Key West: The Key West Administration, c.1936. [32] pp. Very good with minor soiling to the wraps. Nicely illustrated in color. This was an attempt to promote Key West as a tourist destination. The 1930‘s were difficult times for the island and the Federal government stepped in to run the city. $75.00.

C7. [Literature]. Lewis, Sincair. Our Mr. Wrenn. The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1914. 253, [1] pp. Good in lightly soiled cloth. Inscribed copy signed by Lewis in 1926. Early edition with “February, 1914. C-O” on copyright page. $200.00.

C9. [New York]. C. 1890 photograph of the Algonquin Building in Saratoga Springs, New York. 10” x 8”. Good with minor edge wear and a couple of light spots on the image. A neat image that pictures shop owners in front of their stores with products that they were selling. Includes furniture and trunks along with a trunk delivery wagon. $75.00.

C10. [New York]. C. 1890 cabinet photograph of the Saratoga Springs train station. $75.00.

C12. [Temperance]. Adams, Mrs. Wm. And Rev. W.D. Chase. A Legend of Corn Hill, Under the Similitude of a Dream, Addressed to the Corn Hill Reform Club….. [Rochester, N.Y.? 1878]. Broadside. 6” x 12”. Good with folds and minor wear. A temperance poem that I believe is from the Corn Hill section of Rochester, New York. $75.00.

B2. [Autograph]. Carrington, Henry (1824- 1912). Signed sentiment. Carrington was a Yale graduate who served in several positions during the Civil War. After the war, he was sent west as the Commander of the Mountain District. He was charge with protecting the Bozeman Trail and built Ft. Kearney. He lost favor after many of his men were killed by the Sioux in 1866. $95.00.

B3. [Autograph]. ALS. of F.D. Roosevelt as secretary of the Navy, April 22, 1918. This lot includes a thank you note to H. Walton for the donation of binoculars for use during WWI. This signed letter show some fading from having been framed but the F.D.R. signature is strong. Also includes related documents from the donation including a check for $1.00 and a letter informing the owner of the return of his equipment at the end of the war. A neat grouping. $700.00.

B6. [Free Will Baptists]. History of the Free-Will Baptists. A Circular to the Free Will Baptist Churches…. Pittsfield, N.H.: 1852. Broadsheet. 9 ¾” x 13”. Good with folds, wear and foxing. An unusual piece that solicits histories from churches for a history of the Free Will Baptists. $375.00.

B7. [Lightships]. Notice to Mariners. Light Vessel off Handkerchief Shoals, Vineyard Sound, Mass…. Boston: 1858. Broadside. 8 ¾” x 14 ¼”. Very good with folds. Notice is given by Melancton Smith that a lightship was to moored off Handkerchief Shoals, Vineyard Sound starting October 15, 1858. $190.00.  

The Publisher Copy

B8. [Literature]. Jewett, Sarah Orne. Deep Haven. Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1894. 305 pp. Very good with some light rubbing and wear to the spine and boards. Two hundred and fifty number copies were released, plus this unnumbered copy owned by the publisher. $150.00.

B9. [Literature]. Thaxter, Celia. An Island Garden. First edition. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1894. 126 pp. Bound in green cloth. Very good condition with some evidence that book plates were removed from the inside front cover. Includes wonderful color illustrations by Childe Hassam. $750.00.

B17. [Railroads]. For St. Louis take the Chicago & Alton Rail Road….. Chicago: Rand, McNally, c.1890. Broadside. 8 ½“ x 19“. Very good with light wear and folds. A very attractive broadside. $375.00.

B18. [Shakers]. [Baker, Mildred]. Greetings to You from the Society of American Shaker… [Sabbathday Lake, Me:] 1937. Broadside. Sr. Mildred authored this piece as a handout to be given to customers when the Shaker Sisters traveled to hotels to sell Shaker made fancy goods. She relates that much of the money through sales was used to support poor and orphan children being raised by the Shakers. By 1937, Sabbathday Lake was the most vital of the remaining Shaker villages with a large children’s order. $75.00.