I believe this is one of the original sellers, Originally from Guernsey, apprenticed here and eventually went back home and opened a library that's still there.
https://guernseypress.com/news/2006/...many-chapters/
Better info on his NY career here
https://books.google.com/books?id=DF...0Alles&f=false
pages i through iii
He apparently left the business and moved back to Guernsey in 1869, Alles moved back sometime before 1881.
Nice photo, whish I could afford it, and just wanted to add that little bit I looked up.