San Francisco, (CA): H.S. Crocker & Co., 1878. 12mo. 32 pp. Self-wrappers (stitched; lacking outer wrappers); some wear along the spine, final leaf a little frayed around the edges, but very good. Revised edition (the first edition was printed in Sacramento in 1868; the lone recorded copy of that edition..... More
Cleveland, O[hio]: Plain Dealer --- Extra, Sept. 17, 1866. Broadside. 58 x 15 cm. Matted, glazed and framed. A small stain from paper clip at lower left of text, else very good. Custer's rebuttal to J.W. Forney, Secretary of the United States Senate, dated August 20, 1866, regarding his testimony..... More
Buffalo, NY: Gies & Co., nd [ca.1890]. Color lithograph advertisement, 13 x 42 in. image, on an 18 x 46 in. sheet. A view of the vast brick complex of the Davis Sewing Machine Company, including the surrounding neighborhoods and streets of Dayton. Trains are seen coming and going in..... More
[Salem, Mass.]: Salem Observer Press, [1842]. Broadside, 19" x 16 1/2". Caption title and three columns of text and tables within an attractive ornamental border. Old tidelines to upper corners, some foxing, snag at lower left of ornamental border (repaired on verso). Tipped onto a backing board at upper corners..... More
Richmond, VA: The salon (Quality Printing Co., Richmond, Va.), nd [1930s]. Illustrated advertising broadside, 19 3/4 x 15 3/4 inches, text in blue reverse within two banners and a sign, illustrated from a photo montage of 20 images (variously 3 3/8 x 2 1/4 inches or 3 3/8 x 2..... More
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
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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
Habana: Imprenta de D. Antonio Maria Valdes, (1820's). Two broadsides in Spanish, printed in various sizes and styles of type including headers in a bold shadow font. Text enclosed in decorative floral borders. Edges a bit unevenly trimmed, some old repairs to verso of the larger broadside, which also shows..... More
[Bremo, Fluvanna Co., Virginia]: John H. Cocke, nd [1837, determined by the horses named in the text]. Broadside, 17 1/4 x 11 inches, employing a large bold type for the one-word head and printed on course brown paper; the wood engraving is signed in the image "Anderson." The horse stood..... More
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
Hand sewn calf covers, well worn. 16cm. 118 pp. Short, near daily entries between July 1775 and Sept. 1777, then scattered from 1778-1788, in a legible hand. A wealth of local names are recorded amongst the listings of court cases and other legal transactions. According to the Carlisle County Historical Society..... More
Mexico: Imp. de la Calle de Sta. Clara N. 23, 3 de Abril de 1847. First edition. Printed broadside, 12 7/8 x 9 3/8 inches, employing several sizes and styles of type. Anaya (1795-1854) was interim President of Mexico from April 2 – May 20, 1847, and again from November..... More
(St. Genevieve, MO): 1809. Folio. One page, approximately 175 words. A native of Virginia, Ashley migrated to Missouri early in the first decade of the 19th century, engaging in business first in St. Genevieve, then in St. Louis, before embarking on a career in public life that included service in..... More
Portland, (ME): Sanborn & Carter, 1853. First edition. 12mo. 180 pp. Wood engravings, plates, extra engraved title page, folding map. Original gilt-stamped green cloth (faded, spine ends chipped). Very good. More
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
St. Louis, MO: St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 1876. Four issues, New Series, Vol. 2, Nos. 48, 49, 50, and 52. Large format newspaper, 59 x 45 cm., each issue 8 pp. All are very good, crisp copies. Articles describe the June 25, 1876 battle, "thirty or forty miles below Little Horn"..... More
Boston [MA]: Printed by Ingraham and Hewes, 1826. Second edition. 12mo. 17.5 cm. vi, [7] - 128pp., lacks rear flyleaf. Contemporary blue-green marbled boards with brown leather spine. The story of a shipwrecked American vessel, Ocean, on the river La Plata in 1817. Includes a detailed account of life in..... More
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
Nashville, (TN): Printed by George Wilson, 1823. 8vo. viii, 390, liv pp. half-title; errata leaf. Contemporary calf (rubbed), leather spine label; front and rear blank endpapers partly torn away; some age toning to text, but a solid copy, as good as we have seen. First edition. Howes H-359 ("b"): "Of..... More
Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1838. 8vo. xiv, (2), 371 pp. Folding map frontispiece, state borders outlined by hand in colors. Brown ribbon-embossed cloth (oak-leaf and acorn pattern), gilt spine title. A couple of short closed splits at the spine extremities and a few scattered spots of light..... More
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[Schenectady, NY?]: 1843. Broadside. 40.5 x 28 cm. Dated May 1, 1843, with a fine large engraving of spirited horse, signed in the plate by Anderson, occupying the upper third of the broadside, followed by 22 lines of text giving the horse's pedigree and description. Irishman, a chestnut standing 16..... More
[Lawrenceville, IL: np, 1855?]. Broadside. 57 x 27 cm. Some toning otherwise very good. Extolling the virtues of the land and its abundant fertile soil, good water and choice timber land, most all property within one to six miles of the Ohio and Mississippi Rail Road. Date from BYRD who..... More
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
Philadelphia: E. Littell, William Brown, printer, 1824. 8vo. (2), 511, xlvii pp. Contemporary sheep (scuffed, spine darkened and somewhat eroded). Very good copy. First edition. Howes L-204: "Here the son of 'Light Horse' Henry Lee resents the slurs on his father contained in William Johnson's Life of Greene and attacks..... More
Oblong double-folio, 13 x 17 inches, seal affixed; docketed on verso. Several small breaks at corner folds, corner torn away, just touching the docketing. A very good copy. In this document, Jonathan Tucker was appointed second lieutenant of a company in the 5th Regiment of Militia in Worcester County. In..... More