Bible 1669
LONDON
Printed by John Bill and Cristopher Banker
$7,500. if authentic signature
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Bible 1669 LONDON Printed by John Bill and Cristopher Banker $7,500. if authentic signature |
 1858 by Stephen H. Branch New York City Politics and parody. 12" x 8.5" $700. |
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1858 by Stephan H. Branch, Alligator bimonthly Political Opinion and Parody. The lily and rosy and classic Mistress on her couch reclining. Amorous Dan-Good evening, my pretty Violet. Violet-A warm salute to my kind protector. Violet -Yes, and Governor Bell. Simeon forced a dozen kisses from my lips and cheeks. Dan-0, the scamp! (Sits by her side, and sips luscious fragrance from her cherry and rosy lips, while she archly reclines on the sofa that he purchased for her)- Sim is a bold villain. Did he seek more than a kiss? Violet-He again strove hard to ravish me. Dan-But you foiled him? Violet-I did,. Dan-0, my love, let me reward thee with these grateful lips. (Kisses her twenty times in rapid succession.) Violet-0, dearest, I fear you will smother me with gratitude. Do not strangle me with such emblems of affection. Dan-I love thee too fervently-, my charming Violet. Violet-I'm sorry you have a family. Dan-And so am 1, my fair one. But neither kin nor stranger shall blight our sweet relations. Thou art all to me. Without thee, I am most desolate. Violet-I fear Simeon Draper will mar our happy destiny. Dan-Why? Violet-Because he loves me. Dan-His love is of a lustful nature, while mine is from the purest rivulets of the heart. Violet-I know you adore my spirit, while he only loves my form. Dan-And dost thou avow so much? 0, breathe those sweet tones again. Violet-Shall I sing them, dearest? Dan-0. what bliss is this! Sing, 0 sing, my beauteous Violet, and entrance my heart, with thy celestial music. Violet sings-For many a day, With doubtful ray, I gazed for thee, O'er lea and sea: And from my heart, Thou ne'er shalt part, So dear to me Thy love will be. So on my bed, Repose thy head, And from my lip Choise honey sip. Dan--O my! and O thy! I will ever try To please thy fair eye, So happy am 1. Violet-Come, 0 come with me, And most happy be. Dan-O, O, O! scream to the peak of your lungs, and terrify and threaten to expose him. I love you so devoutly, that I cannot live if he continues to molest you. I have already expelled your Friend from the Island. My affection for my fair Violet has the intensity of Othello's for Desdemona, ere Iago maddened the honest Moor with fatal jealousy. situation as Matron, and as be has been a Governor much longer than you, and as himself and Richard B. Connolly have long controlled the Island, bad I not better be a little familiar with Simeon, so that I will not arouse his wrath to such intensity as to peril my situation as Matron? Please view these matters with discretion, my noble Daniel. he has not the might and wealth of the Tiemanns and Coopers. So, don't be alarmed, dear Violet. Myself and Peter Cooper can protect you against the world. When did Simeon threaten to suspend you? Dan-Did he asssign the cause? Violet-Because be thinks I love you better than him. Dan-How did he learn mv intimacy with you? Violet-When you came to see me lastweek, he was sitting on the sofa with me, while you knocked at the door. Dan-Good gracious! And where did he go when I entered? Violet-He ran into the bed room got under the bed. Dan-Thunder and lightning! O, if I had only caught him. And why did you not tell me, my constant Violet? Violet-Because I feared you would kill him. Dan-You were right, and exercised great prudence, and probably saved his life, as I might have slain him. (Paces the room in great agitation.) Gods! I feel murderous! When do you again expect him? Violet-Never, as he emerged from under bled in great anger, after you left, and cursed me long and fearfully, for keeping him under the bed so long, while you were permitted to enjoy the beauties of my person. Dan-What did he threaten when he left? Violet-To have me suspended immediately. Dan-I dare him to make the attempt. I would spend my last dollar to have you reinstated. And I will instantly depart for the city, and put wires in motion that will paralyze his wicked purpose. Violet-I fear you are too late, as he left in' a desperate rage, and has probably decapitated my Matron head already. Dan-I, too, am in a furious rage, and I am resolved to defeat his unhallowed project. So, a sweet adieu, my lovely Violet, and when we meet again, we'll embrace and entwine our forms and hearts with unwonted hilarity and fervor. Violet-(Weeping). Good-by, sir. Dan-And why do you weep, my fair and gentle lady? Have I offended thee, sweet angel? Dan-0,my pretty and tender Violet, do orgive my cruel mental absence. For my distracted mind was riveted on Simeon's plots to destroy you. So, there, (kissidg her), and there, and there, and- Violet-That will suffice. I fear your enthusiastic and endless kisses will again threaten me with strangulation. 0, Daniel! Daniel! thou art a dear and fervent lover, and I do hope you will return to-morrow, and pass the night with thy devoted, and pensive, and lonely Violet! Dan-I will-I will: While I Sim Draper do pursue. on his prancing form, untill it fades from her dismal view, and she retires to her lonely apartment, and weeps like the wretched Niobe.) 1858 by Stephan H. Branch, Alligator bimonthly Political Opinion and Parody. |
  Masonry 1827 $700. poor condition, no cover 93 pages 8" x 4.5" |
 Civil War Newspapers, New York, Saturday June 18, 1864 16.5" x 11.5" $700. |
 Civil War Newspapers, New York, Saturday June 18, 1864 16.5" x 11.5" $700. hand colored French lithos, marks and monograms |
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