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1869, 1869 / LIVERY, FEED & SALE STABLE. / Liberty, [cut of a horse drawn carriage, with driver, 1 1/8 x 2 1/2 inches] Missouri. / The undersigned having refitted the old "Thompson House" Stables, is prepared / to accommodate the public with / Hacks, Buggies and Saddle Horses, / and any thing else in his line. / He will also Run a Daily Hack to and from Liberty Landing to connect / with North Missouri Railroad at Baxter. [complete text]. Signed in type at the end "Wm. D. Wymore. / Liberty, March, 1869."

1869, 1869 / LIVERY, FEED & SALE STABLE. / Liberty, [cut of a horse drawn carriage, with driver, 1 1/8 x 2 1/2 inches] Missouri. / The undersigned having refitted the old "Thompson House" Stables, is prepared / to accommodate the public with / Hacks, Buggies and Saddle Horses, / and any thing else in his line. / He will also Run a Daily Hack to and from Liberty Landing to connect / with North Missouri Railroad at Baxter. [complete text]. Signed in type at the end "Wm. D. Wymore. / Liberty, March, 1869."

Liberty, MO: Wm. D. Wymore, 1869. Printed broadside, 7 3/4 x 11 3/4, employing several sizes and styles of type, including bold capitals for the head. Wymore (1835-1894) apparently took over the "Thompson House" Stables from a relative, George W. Wymore, who had established the business in the late 1840s... More

Price: $600.00

Business trading in cotton and other commodities, as recorded in a business ledger compiled by C.A. Burgess of New York City, 1855-1865, consisting of manuscript receipts, with a number of partly printed receipts and other documents, completed in manuscript and tipped-in

Business trading in cotton and other commodities, as recorded in a business ledger compiled by C.A. Burgess of New York City, 1855-1865, consisting of manuscript receipts, with a number of partly printed receipts and other documents, completed in manuscript and tipped-in

New York: 1855-1865. Small oblong 4to. 148 leaves, almost all with manuscript entries on both sides, usually more than one per page, interleaved with blotting paper, as issued. The receipts, representing hundreds of transactions are signed by nearly as many New York merchants, acknowledging payment for a variety of goods... More

Price: $1,500.00

CORE HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS AND MEMORABILIA FROM THE FIRST COMPANY, 7TH REGIMENT NATIONAL GUARDS, NEW YORK STATE ARTILLERY, New York City, ca. 1816-1847.

CORE HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS AND MEMORABILIA FROM THE FIRST COMPANY, 7TH REGIMENT NATIONAL GUARDS, NEW YORK STATE ARTILLERY, New York City, ca. 1816-1847.

A collection of 11 items from the first organizational years of the National Guard unit which protected New York City in the early 19th century. The group consists of three brass cylinders, each containing rolled manuscript documents related to the regiment; an oval metal box containing a pair of epaulettes... More

Price: $4,500.00

The Currency Bill: / An Act to Fund, Tax, and Limit the Currency Passed by the Congress of / the Confederate States, at Richmond, February 16th, 1864. / [double-rule] / [followed by 18 numbered points to the act, printed in two columns separated by a thin rule]

The Currency Bill: / An Act to Fund, Tax, and Limit the Currency Passed by the Congress of / the Confederate States, at Richmond, February 16th, 1864. / [double-rule] / [followed by 18 numbered points to the act, printed in two columns separated by a thin rule]

[Richmond VA]: 1864. Printed broadside, 19 x 11 1/2 inches, on Confederate necessity paper. Sets forth rules for handling bonds and treasury notes. Parrish & Willingham 75 (Duke only). Not in Hummel or "More Virginia Broadsides." OCLC locates one copy (Duke). Folded; several splits at the head (affecting several letters)... More

Price: $3,000.00

THE DEAD LETTER FILE FROM ALCATRAZ PRISON, 1951-1962.

THE DEAD LETTER FILE FROM ALCATRAZ PRISON, 1951-1962.

A small archive of 28 letters, 12 post cards and miscellaneous ephemera and clippings from the Dead Letter Office at Alcatraz Prison, San Francisco Bay, dated from 1951 to 1962. The correspondence is addressed to inmates, both real and imagined, and to the postmaster at Alcatraz. A few of the... More

Price: $2,500.00

PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY: PASSAGE RATES AND GENERAL REGULATIONS; ALL RATES AND DATES IN THE FOLLOWING TABLES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

PACIFIC MAIL STEAMSHIP COMPANY: PASSAGE RATES AND GENERAL REGULATIONS; ALL RATES AND DATES IN THE FOLLOWING TABLES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

New York: Passenger Dept. [of the company], (1877). First edition. 12mo. 16 pp., text and table printed within red borders on each page. Folding color map showing the company's routes from New York to the West Coast, Japan, China, and Australia. Describes trips to each destination, with passenger rates for... More

Price: $500.00

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, WITH WHICH THE SENATE CONCURRED, JANUARY 20, 1829. Messrs. Johnson, of Kentucky, Ellis, Tyler, Johnson, of Louisiana, and Silsbee, the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to which had been referred various petitions remonstrating against the Transportation and Delivery of the Mails on the SABBATH, Report:--; [followed by 14 paragraphs of dense text printed in three columns, each separated by a thin rule].

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES, WITH WHICH THE SENATE CONCURRED, JANUARY 20, 1829. Messrs. Johnson, of Kentucky, Ellis, Tyler, Johnson, of Louisiana, and Silsbee, the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to which had been referred various petitions remonstrating against the Transportation and Delivery of the Mails on the SABBATH, Report:--; [followed by 14 paragraphs of dense text printed in three columns, each separated by a thin rule].

Baltimore (MD): Wm. Wooddy, printer, (1829). Broadside printed on silk (backed with linen), 51 1/2 x 40 cm. , employing several sizes and styles of type, the entire text and illustration enclosed within a wide ornamental border. The printer William Woody (ca.1788-1863) was active as a printer in Maryland from... More

Price: $5,000.00

Rice's Map of the City of St. Paul.

Rice's Map of the City of St. Paul.

St. Paul, MN: St. Paul Litho., Eng., and Publishing Co., (c1883). One of many editions, 1869-1899. Broadside map, 19 1/4 x 23 3/4 inches, with hand-coloring, a plat map of the city, with lakes, parks, cemeteries, railways, businesses, lakes, named neighborhoods, etc., clearly delineated; includes one section labeled "Home of... More

Price: $850.00

Ts. [i.e., St.] Johns Mirror Extra [caption title]. By Telegraph.

Ts. [i.e., St.] Johns Mirror Extra [caption title]. By Telegraph.

Jacksonville, [FL]: The newspaper [M. Whit Smith], January 15, 1862 -- 8 1/2 A.M. First edition (?] of this extra. Printed broadside extra, 9 1/2 x 2 7/8 inches, presenting "breaking" news related to Civil War issues in four reports in nine paragraphs: Possible work toward exchange of prisoners from... More

Price: $1,250.00

The Union hospitals in Civil War Alexandria, Virginia,; as pictured in a group of 18 stereocards showing the buildings as they appeared while in use during the conflict, the photographs taken and printed at that time, each "Prepared for R. O. Abbott, Surgeon, U.S.A., Colonel and Medical Director, Dept. of Washington, by the Surgeon in Charge of the U.S.A. Gen. Hospitals, Alexandria, Va." [Lt. Col. Edwin Bentley], as indicated by a printed label affixed verso of each [noted “ROA" in the individual descriptions below], all save one with an additional title label verso or title printed directly on the card verso, as described below, all printed in red, the exception having a manuscript title in pencil under the presentation label. Accompanied by six other stereocards of Alexandria's Civil War-era hospitals, the photographs mounted on larger cards than those with the printed labels, each with a printed caption below the image.

The Union hospitals in Civil War Alexandria, Virginia,; as pictured in a group of 18 stereocards showing the buildings as they appeared while in use during the conflict, the photographs taken and printed at that time, each "Prepared for R. O. Abbott, Surgeon, U.S.A., Colonel and Medical Director, Dept. of Washington, by the Surgeon in Charge of the U.S.A. Gen. Hospitals, Alexandria, Va." [Lt. Col. Edwin Bentley], as indicated by a printed label affixed verso of each [noted “ROA" in the individual descriptions below], all save one with an additional title label verso or title printed directly on the card verso, as described below, all printed in red, the exception having a manuscript title in pencil under the presentation label. Accompanied by six other stereocards of Alexandria's Civil War-era hospitals, the photographs mounted on larger cards than those with the printed labels, each with a printed caption below the image.

Alexandria, VA: nd [after 10/7/64; cf. King Street Branch entry in the 1st Division]. A unique presentation assemblage prepared by a hospital department head for a colleague in a similar, and nearby, position. 24 stereoviews, image size 3 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches, mounted on stiff card stock, all except... More

Price: $8,500.00

THE WORLD'S GREATEST IMPORTING ESTABLISHMENT. MAIN BARNS OF THE HOLBERT HORSE IMPORTING CO. A.S. HOLBERT, PROPRIETOR. GREELEY, DELAWARE COUNTY, IOWA. [caption title below image]

THE WORLD'S GREATEST IMPORTING ESTABLISHMENT. MAIN BARNS OF THE HOLBERT HORSE IMPORTING CO. A.S. HOLBERT, PROPRIETOR. GREELEY, DELAWARE COUNTY, IOWA. [caption title below image]

Milwaukee, WI: The Gugler Litho. Co., nd [ca.1885]. Color lithograph, 19 x 27 inches [image], on a 24 x 32 inch sheet. The Illustration shows several multi-colored barns of the Holbert Horse Importing Company, with their roofs and walls lettered with advertisements for their services as importers of Percherons, Belgians... More

Price: $2,750.00

Life As It Is; or, Matters and Things in General; Containing amongst Other Things, Historical Sketches of the Exploration and First Settlement of the State of Tennessee; Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants; Their Wars with the Indians; Battle of King's Mountain; History of the Harps, (Two Noted Murderers;) a Satirical Burlesque upon the Practice of Electioneering; Legislative, Judicial, and Ecclesiastical Incidents; Descriptions of Natural Curiosities; a Collection of Anecdotes, &c. J. W. M. Breazeale.

Breazeale, J.W.M.

Life As It Is; or, Matters and Things in General; Containing amongst Other Things, Historical Sketches of the Exploration and First Settlement of the State of Tennessee; Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants; Their Wars with the Indians; Battle of King's Mountain; History of the Harps, (Two Noted Murderers;) a Satirical Burlesque upon the Practice of Electioneering; Legislative, Judicial, and Ecclesiastical Incidents; Descriptions of Natural Curiosities; a Collection of Anecdotes, &c.

Knoxville, (TN): Printed by James Williams, 1842. First edition. Small 8vo. 256 pp. Howes B-741 ("aa"). Sabin 7651. American Imprints 42-718. Allen Imprints 1850. Allen Some Tennessee Rarities 39. Horn Twenty Tennessee Books 9: "Succinct and graphic sketch of the history of Tennessee to the time of its writing. a.... More

Price: $2,000.00

THE GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, & STATISTICS OF AMERICA AND THE WEST INDIES... TO THE YEAR 1822; WITH~THE NEW STATES OF SOUTH AMERICA. H. C. Carey, J. Lea.

Carey, H.C. & J. Lea.

THE GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, & STATISTICS OF AMERICA AND THE WEST INDIES... TO THE YEAR 1822; WITH~THE NEW STATES OF SOUTH AMERICA.

London: Sherwood, Jones, 1823. 1st British ed., an abridgement of the authors' AMERICAN ATLAS (Phila., 1822). 8vo.; 447pp. With 18 folding maps and plates, 12 hand-colored. First British edition, an abridgement of the authors' AMERICAN ATLAS (Philadephia, 1822). Howes C-133. Includes nice engraved views of Quebec, Philadelphia, Havana, Rio de... More

Price: $2,500.00

Historical Collections of South Carolina; Embracing Many Rare and Valuable Pamphlets, and Other Documents, Relating to the History of that State, from Its First Discovery to Its Independence, in the Year 1776; Various notes and an introduction by the compiler. B. R. Carroll, comp.

Carroll, B.R. (comp.)

Historical Collections of South Carolina; Embracing Many Rare and Valuable Pamphlets, and Other Documents, Relating to the History of that State, from Its First Discovery to Its Independence, in the Year 1776; Various notes and an introduction by the compiler

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1836. First edition. 8vo. 2 volumes: lxxx, [9]-533; 576 pp. Folding map in volume one (professionally repaired). Howes C-178. Sabin 11067. Turnbull II, p. 360. Larned 1128: "This useful work contains a reprint of Hewatt's 'Historical Account of South Carolina' and 16 pamphlets and extracts... More

Price: $600.00

“Ashland / The Homestead of Henry Clay” [caption title below image]; Drawn by James Hamilton after daguerreotypes taken on the spot by J.M. Hewitt. Engraved by J. Sartain. Henry Clay.

[Clay, Henry]

“Ashland / The Homestead of Henry Clay” [caption title below image]; Drawn by James Hamilton after daguerreotypes taken on the spot by J.M. Hewitt. Engraved by J. Sartain

Louisville, KY: Published by F. Hegan, 1853. First edition (?; a reworked version was issued in Philadelphia in 1863). Engraved view of Henry Clay's home in Lexington, Kentucky, 20 3/4 x 30 1/2 inches, a richly hand-colored view of the stately southern house in a grove of trees, a dog... More

Price: $2,250.00

"HE SAID HE WAS A ROYAL SIAMESE." (caption title) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR DRAWING, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST. Dooley Dionysius.

Dionysius, Dooley (1907-1996).

"HE SAID HE WAS A ROYAL SIAMESE." (caption title) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR DRAWING, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST.

1972. Original watercolor, approx. 11 1/2 x 14 in., matted, glazed and framed. The illustration shows four cats, dressed in elegant ball gowns (their tails peaking out just beyond the hems of their dresses) seated around a tea table in a drawing room. The tea table is full of cups... More

Price: $1,500.00

Nouvelle relation, contenant les voyages de Thomas Gage dans la Nouvelle Espagne, ses diverses avantures; & son retour par la province de Nicaragua, jusques à la Havane; avec la description de la ville de Mexique tell qu'elle estoit autrefoils, & comme elle est à present; ensemble une description exacte des terres & provinces que possedent les Espagnols en toute l'Amérique, de la forme de leur gouvernement ecclesiastique & politique, de leur commerce, de leurs moeurs, & de celles des Criolles, des Metifs, des Mulatres, des Indiens, & des Negres. Thomas GAGE.

GAGE, Thomas

Nouvelle relation, contenant les voyages de Thomas Gage dans la Nouvelle Espagne, ses diverses avantures; & son retour par la province de Nicaragua, jusques à la Havane; avec la description de la ville de Mexique tell qu'elle estoit autrefoils, & comme elle est à present; ensemble une description exacte des terres & provinces que possedent les Espagnols en toute l'Amérique, de la forme de leur gouvernement ecclesiastique & politique, de leur commerce, de leurs moeurs, & de celles des Criolles, des Metifs, des Mulatres, des Indiens, & des Negres.

Amsterdam: Paul Marret, 1695. Later edition in French (first published in Paris, 1676; the work first published in English in London, 1648). 12mo. 2 volumes bound as one: (24), 200, 178; (14), 318 pp. Extra engraved title pages to each volume, 16 folding maps and plates. Sabin 26304. Hill 665... More

Price: $1,500.00

MAP OF the stateS OF CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA carefully compiled from the latest authentic sources. Chas Drayton Gibbes.

Gibbes, Chas Drayton

MAP OF the stateS OF CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA carefully compiled from the latest authentic sources.

San Franciso, (CA): Published by Warren Holt, 1881. Broadside map, 92 x 76 cm., state borders with hand-coloring, all set within an ornamental border. Inset maps "Judicial Districts of California" and "U.S. Land Districts." Cover title: "Holt's Township Map of California and Nevada." Contemporary ownership signature on the front pastedown... More

Price: $3,000.00

REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DESIGN OF ARMY SEMIRIGID AIRSHIP RS-1. Henry Goldmark.

Goldmark, Henry (et al.).

REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DESIGN OF ARMY SEMIRIGID AIRSHIP RS-1.

(Washington, DC: National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, June 13, 1925). Two volumes: 28 [introduction, rectos only], (approximately 500) pp.; (approximately 400) pp. Both volumes illustrated with numerous charts, tables, blueprints, diagrammatic sketches and drawings, many folding, volume two with 13 full-size photographs bound-in. The committee members included Goldmark as chairman... More

Price: $2,500.00

CONSTABLE'S / SALE. / IN VIRTUE AND BY AUTHORITY OF EIGHT ORDERS OF SALE, SIX OF WHICH / WERE ISSUED BY GEO. A. HYDE, AND TWO BY Du BOUFFAY FREMON, TWO / JUSTICES OF THE PEACE WITHIN AND FOR ST. LOUIS COUNTY, AND TO ME / DIRECTED... / AND ALL AGAINST THE STEAM BOAT / MARMION; / I WILL, ON MONDAY, THE 9TH DAY OF MAY, 1842, BETWEEN THE HOURS / OF 9 AND 5 O'CLOCK OF SAID DAY, AT THE WHARF, NEAR THE FOOT OF CHERRY STREET, IN THE CITY OF ST. / LOUIS, SELL FOR CASH, TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, THE SAID STEAM BOAT MARMION, WITH HER RIGGING, / TACKLE AND APPAREL. James. Constable St. Louis Township Gordon.

Gordon, James. Constable St. Louis Township.

CONSTABLE'S / SALE. / IN VIRTUE AND BY AUTHORITY OF EIGHT ORDERS OF SALE, SIX OF WHICH / WERE ISSUED BY GEO. A. HYDE, AND TWO BY Du BOUFFAY FREMON, TWO / JUSTICES OF THE PEACE WITHIN AND FOR ST. LOUIS COUNTY, AND TO ME / DIRECTED... / AND ALL AGAINST THE STEAM BOAT / MARMION; / I WILL, ON MONDAY, THE 9TH DAY OF MAY, 1842, BETWEEN THE HOURS / OF 9 AND 5 O'CLOCK OF SAID DAY, AT THE WHARF, NEAR THE FOOT OF CHERRY STREET, IN THE CITY OF ST. / LOUIS, SELL FOR CASH, TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, THE SAID STEAM BOAT MARMION, WITH HER RIGGING, / TACKLE AND APPAREL....

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

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MILITARY SERVICE WITH THE 10TH UNITED STATES CALVALRY [Buffalo Soldiers], F. P. Holcomb.

Holcomb, F.P.

MILITARY SERVICE WITH THE 10TH UNITED STATES CALVALRY [Buffalo Soldiers],

as recorded in a collection of nearly 700 photographs and real-photo postcards, 1911-1915, reflecting life in a peacetime assignment in Vermont, 1911-1913, and in the southwest battle zone guarding the Mexico-United States border in Arizona during the early years of the Mexican Revolution, 1913-1916, part of a larger collection of... More

Price: $20,000.00

STRICTURES ON DR. I. GALLAND'S PAMPHLET, ENTITLED "VILLAINY EXPOSED," WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF HIS TRANSACTIONS IN LANDS OF THE SAC AND FOX RESERVATION, ETC., IN LEE COUNTY, IOWA. D. W. Kilbourne.

Kilbourne, D.W.

STRICTURES ON DR. I. GALLAND'S PAMPHLET, ENTITLED "VILLAINY EXPOSED," WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF HIS TRANSACTIONS IN LANDS OF THE SAC AND FOX RESERVATION, ETC., IN LEE COUNTY, IOWA

Fort Madison, (IA): Printed at the Statesman Office, 1850. 8vo. 24 pp. Self-wrappers, stitched as issued; a little chipping along the spine and a few brown spots, but an attractive untrimmed copy. First edition. Howes K-131: "First imprint of this city." Streeter sale III, 1895: " Here Kilbourne accuses Galland... More

Price: $1,000.00

JACOB KLODSLOE, ONE OF THE NOBODIES: HOW HE CAME HOME FROM THE WAR, HOW HE GREW UP AND INTO IT. [cover title]. Jacob Klodsloe, Abraham Hoss Yeager.

Klodsloe, Jacob [pseudonym of Abraham Hoss Yeager].

JACOB KLODSLOE, ONE OF THE NOBODIES: HOW HE CAME HOME FROM THE WAR, HOW HE GREW UP AND INTO IT. [cover title].

Cleburne, TX: A.H. Yeager, publisher (T. L. Saunders, printer), 1899. 12mo.; 129pp. Original printed gray wrappers (some wear to spine); text paper somewhat browned, but a very good copy. First edition. Autobiographical story of a Confederate soldier from Washington County, Tennessee; Civil War experiences include his capture at Kennesaw Mountain... More

Price: $2,000.00

Confessions of a Flirt; "An Ower True Tale." Mrs. Edward Leigh, Ella.

Leigh, Mrs. Edward (Ella)

Confessions of a Flirt; "An Ower True Tale."

Milledgeville, GA: Boughton, Nisbet, Barnes & Moore, Printers, 1865. First edition. 8vo. 72 pp. Romance set in Georgia during the Civil War. Wright II, 1531 ("LC copy lacks all after page 16"). Parrish & Willingham 6402 (Library of Congress, North Carolina, Western Reserve), calling for "16 pp." Crandall 3100 ("16... More

Price: $2,500.00

FIRST REPORT OF A GEOLOGICAL RECONNOISSANCE OF THE NORTHERN COUNTIES OF ARKANSAS, MADE DURING THE YEARS 1857 AND 1858. David Dale Owen.

Owen, David Dale.

FIRST REPORT OF A GEOLOGICAL RECONNOISSANCE OF THE NORTHERN COUNTIES OF ARKANSAS, MADE DURING THE YEARS 1857 AND 1858.

Little Rock, AR: Johnson & Yerkes, state printers, 1858. Small 4to. 256pp. Illustrated, 6 color tinted lithographed plates. Contemporary black half-leather (joints and extremities rubbed) and marbled boards; some foxing, but very good. First edition. With a contemporary Arkansas binder's ticket affixed to the front pastedown: "Bound by / John... More

Price: $750.00

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