Boston: Printed by Nathaniel Coverly, Jun'r. Corner Theatre Alley, nd [c.1812]. Broadside, 26.5 x 19 cm. Text in two columns separated by a decorative centerline. Two relief cuts printed above the title, one of an American Eagle with arrows clutched in his talons, the other of a drum, flag, bayonets..... More
(Washington County, PA): April 27, 1868. Julius Le Moyne. Broadside, printed on tan paper, 17 x 12 1/2 inches. Small tape mark lower center, partially separated along center fold. A bold and striking image. More
[New Orleans, LA? nd (ca.1862). First edition, the Philip D. Sang copy. Printed broadside, 13 x 9 1/4 inches, employing several sizes and styles of type including larger display types. One of the great Civil War broadsides, and the only recorded copy. This printing is the bold Confederate response to..... More
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
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
[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
Bardstown, KY: Ben Ellis & Son, Printers. 1858. Broadside. 37 x 16.5 cm. Some foxing, else very good. Decorative border around text. Not found on OCLC. Not in HUMMEL. Ellis was printer of THE REPUBLICAN in Bardstown beginning in 1844, no other imprints appear on OCLC. More
Buffaloe, Brooke Co., VA: Printed and published by Alexr. Campbell, 1826. First edition thus. 8vo. 478, (2, blank), xlviii pp. Hills American Bible 567: "Edited by the publisher. This is the first appearance of the Alexander Campbell Version of the New Testament which has been in print for over a...... More
Natchez: Printed by Peter Isler, printer to the territory, 1816. 8vo. 495, (1), (2), (20), (6) pp. Contemporary calf (rubbed), blind rules around edges of upper and lower boards and on spine, gilt stamped on brown leather spine label, some darkening to joints and spine. Offseting to endpapers and usual..... More
Winnsville, Fluvanna County, (VA): John H. Cocke, 1843. Broadside, 17 1/2 x 12 inches, employing a large bold type for the one-word first line in the head and a smaller bold type for the second line; the wood engraving is not signed. The horse stood at Cocke's Fluvanna County, Virginia..... 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
[Washington, DC]: National Intelligencer, 1827. Broadside. 61.5 x 49 cm. Six columns of text. Pres. John Quincy Adams emphasizes his strengths, discussing statesmanship, diplomacy and treaties, in over half this address. The remainder concerns positive comments on the country's finances, the duties of the Army corps of Engineers, including their..... More
Rockford, [IL? 1865]. Broadside, 22 X 8 cm., with small illustration of an eagle & flag motif under the "Rockford Register" line. A few shallow chips at edges, not affecting text. The "extra" announces: "We have just received the following additional despatches, confirming the glorious news of the fall of..... More
London: Printed for Edward Symon, against the Royal Exchange in Cornhill, 1727. Third edition, issued earlier in 1722 and 1726 (the first three editions were issued from the sheets of the first, the second and third with new title pages). 8vo. (54), 122 pp. Large folding map. Howes C-826 ("b")..... More
Peoria, (IL): Daily Transcript Book and Job Printing House, 1862. First edition thus (?). 12mo. 9, (3) pp. Final page prints a certificate, to be filled out in manuscript, for members as they join the unit; this copy made out to James Ward, and signed by the company's foreman and..... More
Iowa City, (IA): Wm. Crum, printer, 1860. 8vo. 12 pp. At head of the front wrapper "Second Edition - Great Sale." Graff 1340. Not in Streeter sale, Eberstadt, Soliday, or Decker. OCLC locates five copies (Columbia, New York Public, Newberry, Harvard, Western Reserve), without mentioning an edition statement. Original printed..... More
(Mt. Hope, KS?): n.d., n.d. (ca. 1890). 1st ed., published as a promotional to help the sale of a larger work of the same title, published in 1890 in Antioch, Illinois. Wraps; 15pp. Portraits on front & rear wraps. Rare. The NUC locates only the Denver Public Library copy. Orig..... More
Seattle, WA, and St. Paul, MN: 1900s and 1910s. Oblong 4to album, with 48 sheets of stiff black paper bearing 81 items (another seven are laid in), some in color, one or more pieces mounted per page, some overlapping each other, or trimmed artistically to fit the page. The advertisements..... 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
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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Richmond, VA: Bailie & Gallaher, printers, 1837. Silk broadside. 73 x 54 cm. Text in three columns, with vignette of an eagle above, and two text boxes on either side proclaiming "New-Orleans. January 8, 1815" and "Presidency. March 4, 1829-1837," enclosed in decorative borders. A few separations, two small holes..... More
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Paterson, New Jersey: Alexander S. Gould, Printer, [1832-3?]. Broadside, printed on silk. 66 x 51 cm. Seven columns of text. A few pieces missing along outer margins of border, a few tears within text. Jackson attacks the South Carolina Convention that passed the nullification ordinance, denounces nullification as treason and..... More
Montgomery (AL): Printed by Brittan and De Wolf, 1853. First edition. 8vo. 400 pp. Errata slip pasted to a rear endpaper. Includes Richard Henry Lee's funeral oration for George Washington, John Tyler's 1837 oration at Yorktown, two selections from William Lowndes Yancey, and other pieces, almost all of southern interest..... 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
Paris: Chez les Libraires Associes, 1772. 12mo.; (2), x, 515, (1) pp. With 17 folding engraved maps by Robert de Vaugondy (dated 1750). Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt-tooled, leather spine label, marbled endpapers and edges. Ecclesiastical supralibros, gilt, on both covers, described in an old manuscript note on a fly-leaf..... More