NP [Mansfield, Ohio?]: nd [1890s?]. Color illustrated broadside, 26 1/2 x 15 3/4 in. Advertisement for the Aultman-Taylor Engine, illustrated in full color, with trade names the "Eureka" and the "Hercules," and the "Columbia" with Russell Ball Bearing Wind Stacker and Parsons Self Feeder, illustrated in full color. In addition... More about THE / AULTMAN / & TAYLOR / MACHINERY CO. / MANSFIELD, O
Little Rock: Printed by William E. Woodruff, Printer to the Territory, 1834. 20 cm. 119, iii pp. Stitched signatures, unopened and untrimmed. Very good. ALLEN 33 OCLC: AAS, Univ. of AR Fayetteville, Univ. of AR Law, Georgetown Univ., Georgetown Univ. Law, Law Library of LA, Univ. of Houston, Univ. of... More about Acts passed at the eighth session of the General Assembly of the Territory of Arkansas : which...
Greenfield, (MA): Franklin Job Printing Office, 1866. 12mo. 11 pp. Original gilt-stamped blue wrappers. Fine. First edition. Cover title: The Federal Union Gold Mining Company. "Whereas, Napoleon B. Buford of Illinois, Erskine McClallen of Cororado, Joseph Beals, Elisha Wells and others of Massachusetts, having acquired a large mining property on... More about By-Laws of the Federal Union Mining Company, Clear Creek County, Colorado, Organized, March 27,...
New York: Wright & Swasey (Wright gravure co.), 1892. 21 x 30 cm. 4pp., 80 plates. Original red morocco boards (rubbed), recently rebacked, corners repaired. Old tape marks on front board. Title page with edge wear, and a few plates with corners bent. "This book is one of an edition... More about CARICATURES PERTAINING TO THE CIVIL WAR; Reproduced from a Private Collection of Originals...
NP: np, nd [1847 or 1848]. One of at least three editions (LCP/HSP Afro-Americana 2853 and 2854 describe two editions differing from this one). 8vo. 8 pp. (discourse on pp. 3-8). Title-page cut of "Cudjo," an African-American in formal attire, delivering his discourse. Caption title: "Negro Sermon." "Cudjo" delivers a.... More about A Discourse, December 25, 1847, to the Male and Female Bredren of Alabama, by Cudjo. Price 12 1/2...
Washington, (DC): Printed and published by S.A. Elliot, [1823]. First in a series of almanacs issued annually through 1832. 16mo. (2), [5]-61 pp. Sabin 22238. Drake 1521 (Boston Athenaeum, American Antiquarian Soc.). OCLC cites three copies (Boston Public, AAS, George Washington). Orig. salmon wrappers, printed paper label on upper wrapper. Very good. (1209). More about ELLIOT'S WASHINGTON POCKET ALMANAC for 1824
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A Paris: Chez L. Conquet, 1881 & 1883. First edition thus (plates originally issued mid-1770s to early 1780s). Suite 1: "Tirage exceptionnel, à 20 collections des 3 [herein 6] états reunis … fait pour le compte de vingt souscripteurs. Collection de M.L. Dupont, No. 2", in an edition of 370... More about Estampes de Freudeberg pour le Monument du costume [WITH] Estampes de Moreau le jeune pour le...
[Washington City]: Dan'l McKeowin, Dr. [Nov.2] 1814. Decorative partly printed billhead with the establishment's name, an eagle vignette and Washington City all enclosed in an oval border. 27 x 12 cm. The tavern owner's name, Dan'l. McKeowin is printed below the oval, and the year 18[14 in ms.]. A manuscript... More about INDIAN QUEEN TAVERN. WASHINGTON CITY
Morgantown, (VA): Virginia Weekly Star office, 1861. First edition. 8vo. 16 pp. First public printing of the revised (1860) charter, with four pages of newly drafted municipal laws regulating gambling, maintenance of privies, selling on the Sabbath, keeping of hogs, detonation of fire-crackers, etc. The first printing of the municipal... More about Ordinances of the Corporation of Morgantown, with the Charter Annexed
[Raleigh, NC]: North Carolina Standard, 1856. First separate edition (?). Printed broadside, 19 7/8 x 11 3/4 inches, the headline printed in bold capitals. A forceful defense by Hedrick of both his own personal integrity and of the position of preventing the institution of slavery's expansion into the western territories... More about Prof. Hedrick's Defence [caption title, followed by three columns of dense text, separated by...
Baltimore, (MD): Printed by James Lucas, 1847. First edition. 8vo. 25 pp. Large folding map, 51 x 68 cm., of the railroad and canal systems of Pennsylvania and Maryland, the routes hand-colored according to status (e.g., proposed routes in yellow). The Cumberland Valley Rail Road ran from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to... More about Report of the Proposed Construction of a Rail Road from York to the Cumberland Valley Rail Road
(Johannesburg & London): (1894-1914). Twenty-one annual and monthly reports, a circular to shareholders, and articles of association, for several different gold mining companies operating in South Africa at the turn of the century. The group, probably all belonging to Christopher R. Corning, have been hole punched at the left margin... More about SOUTH AFRICAN GOLD MINING REPORTS, PROSPECTUSES, etc., INCLUDING FOLDING PLATES AND MAPS
[Albion, NY: ca. 1868]. Broadside. 70 x 58 cm. Newspaper supplement, printed in nine columns, recording the speech of Hon. Noah Davis on the "Issues of the Day Ably Discussed. Reconstruction---Public Debt---Democratic Repudiation---Greenbacks and Bonds---Taxation---Expose of Democratic Misrepresentations---Gov. Church Under the Scalpel." Old fold lines, but an otherwise fresh copy... More about SUPPLEMENT TO THE ORLEANS AMERICAN
Pawtucket, RI: Doboy Steam Mill & Lumber Co., Feb. 6, 1848. Advertising handbill. Broadside on yellow paper, 7 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches, employing several sizes and styles of type, including a large bold display type (1 1/2 inches) in all capitals for the headline. The Doboy Steam Mill &... More about WANTED. / WANTED TO HIRE BY THE SUBSCRIBER, TWO MASTER MILL- / MEN, TO GO SOUTH IMMEDIATELY. THE...
(1857-1911). The solid wood box, 13 x 8 x 8 1/2 in.,from the Mount Pleasant plantation at Buffalo Forge, in Virginia is in fine condition, with side handles and brass corners. It has a top compartment, and a lower locking drawer (with key) containing two parts: a removable top layer... More about BRASS BOUND POLISHED WOODEN BOX WITH DRAFTING TOOLS AND CONTENTS, BELONGING TO DANIEL C.E. BRADY...
Paris: Didier, Libraire-Editeur 35, quai des Augustins, 1848. 10 volumes. Small 8vo. Red leather gilt stamped with St. Barbe inside a wreath on the front cover, raised bands and gilt stamped title and author on the spine. All edges gilt. Numerous color illustrations, mostly two to a plate. An additional... More about OEUVRES COMPLETES. AVEC UN COMPLEMENT PAR M. LESSON
The letters, dating from 1967 to 1972, request his college writing teacher's help in securing various fellowships & teaching positions. One note reads "[I] want like crazy to attend, largely because Dickey will be conducting the poetry workshop." In all, totalling approximately 800 words, with a manuscript addition of some... More about FOUR TLS (one incomplete
[Toledo or Cincinnati, OH?]: np, 1882. Broadsheet. 45 x 14 cm. Addressed "To the Editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer," with a date line of "Toledo, Ohio, January 31, 1882." Old fold lines, slight stain to upper left corner, otherwise very good. No OCLC, nor have we found located elsewhere. The... More about CHICKAMAUGA. THE CLAIM OF "HERO" AT THAT BATTLE. A REPLY TO THE STATEMENT OF GEN. J. B....
London: Constable and Co., 1911. First edition. Tall 8vo. xvi, 437 pp. Illustrated from photographs, folding map (tear near hinge). The author hunted sheep, gazelle, ibex, wapiti, and roe deer. Czech, p. 73: "This book represents a wonderful blend of travel, explorations, and big game hunting." Original three-color and gilt-stamped... More about Across the Roof of the World: A Record of Sport and Travel through Kashmir, Gilgit, Hunza, the...
Charleston, SC: John Russell, 1854. First edition. 8vo. 119 pp. Fraser (1782-1860) gave up a promising career in the law in the 1810s to become one of the best American miniature painters of the 19th century. This book "[gives] an authentic picture of the [ante-bellum] community" (DAB). Howes F-340. Sabin... More about Reminiscences of Charleston, Lately Published in the Charleston Courier, and Now Revised and...
St. Louis: April 28, 1842. Broadside, 10 3/4 x 13 1/2 inches, printed in various sizes and styles of type, including three large display types, for the two headlines and the central “MARMION.” The judgment which resulted in the sale of the Marmion was brought by Robert P. Clark, H.F.... More about CONSTABLE'S / SALE. / IN VIRTUE AND BY AUTHORITY OF EIGHT ORDERS OF SALE, SIX OF WHICH / WERE...
London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1898. First edition. 8vo. 2 volumes: xiv, (3), 550, 32 [publisher's catalogue]; (8), 641 pp. Two portrait plates, 33 maps and plans, some folding. With the year-of-publication ownership signature "A.C. Hopkins / Charles Town, WVa. / 1898" at the head of each half-title; Rev. Abner... More about Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War. With portraits, maps, and plans
London: Henry Colburn , Publisher, Great Marlborough Street. 1842. First edition. 8vo. 2 volumes: viii, (4), 301, (8, publisher's catalogue); v, (3), 312 pp. Lithographed frontispiece portraits, map, plan, and five lithographed or wood-engraved plates. Blackmer sale 850: "Hunter was present on board H.M.S. Dido during various scenes of action... More about NARRATIVE OF THE LATE EXPEDITION TO SYRIA, UNDER THE COMMAND OF ADMIRAL THE HON. SIR ROBERT...
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Baltimore, (MD): Geo. Willig, [1839?]. Engraved sheet music, a complete set, individually published, of a rare and important collection of southern fiddle tunes. Folio. Four volumes in one: 7; 8-13; 5; 7 pp. Knauff's "Virginia Reels" constitutes the first collection of fiddle tunes from the American South, and is the... More about Virginia Reels Selected & Arranged FOR the Piano Forte [Nos. 1-4
Richmond, (VA): Peter Cottom, 1825. Third edition, enlarged and improved (first published under a slightly different title in 1811). 12mo. 228 pp. Illustrated with five plates. American Imprints 21355. Haynes 11451. Tape repair to verso of frontispiece, affecting the image a little, chip to upper corner of another plate, not... More about THE GENTLEMAN'S NEW POCKET FARRIER, COMPRISING A GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE NOBLE AND USEFUL...