[Washington City: March 1, 1838]. Manuscript document, a tender copy, unsigned. Two leaves, ink on rectos only, 32 x 20 cm., approx. 680 words. Both leaves split across the central fold, the first leaf held together by a news clipping tipped on as part of the author's explanation of the..... More
33 x 65 cm. 13" x 25.5," folded in eight, very good condition, with eight intact seals.The 1704 document is a sale of 160 acres of land, "with the houses edifices premises & appurtenances therein belonging" to John Vandervere (c. 1671-1732) of Flatbush "Nassaw Island" (Long Island, NY) by his..... More
Partly printed indenture, completed in manuscript. Single sheet, folded to 33 x 20 cm., 2 leaves. Printer's slug in upper right corner: "Deed -- Sold by T.B. Jansen." Peter L. Davis, "late a [private] in Captain [Hooks] Company of the [Thirty Sixth] Regiment of [Infantry]" sells to Israel Foote of..... More
London: Secker and Warburg, 1984. First trade edition. Small folio. xx,381,[3]pp. Full maroon cloth, with titles stamped in gilt on spine, white printed dustjacket. Housed in publisher's plain card slipcase Very good industjacket and slipcase. The manuscript (only existing Orwell manuscript) originated with Orwell's widow, who offered it to a...... More
Partly printed document, completed in manuscript, and signed by Sarah P. Walker, Oliver C. Cutter, and James Walker. Folio sheet, 43 x 28 cm. Docketed on verso, noting the five year lease was to be in effect from Oct. 1, 1849 to Oct. 1, 1854. Creased from folding, one short..... More
Original oval photograph, approx. 7 x 5 in., matted. Samson is shown as an older man, in 3/4 view, turned slightly to his right, and dressed in a suitcoat and bow tie. A very good image. Rev. Samson was born in Harvard, Massachusetts in 1819, and graduated from Brown University..... More
Boston, [MA]: Sold Wholesale and Retail Corner of Cross & Fulton Sts. nd [William Rutter is listed above address from 1829 to 1834]. Broadside. 25 x 18 cm. Caricature image of woman in a hoop skirt in center of title. Two columns of verse, divided by a line advertising it..... More
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[Boston?]: np, 1848. Broadside. 23.5 x 25.5 cm. Text in three columns with notes beneath. The author of the piece while arguing Mann had maligned Page in the Journal seems in comments to have a religious axe to grind with Mann. In the next edition of the Journal someone who..... More
![A VISIT FROM SAINT NICHOLAS.; Illustrated from drawings by F.O.C. Darley. N[athaniel] Orr Co....](/pictures/thumb/66143.jpg?v=1631043738)
New York: James G. Gregory, Publisher. C. A. Alvord Printer, nd [1862?]. Illustrated paper wrappers. 26 x 21 cm. 7, [1] pp. Wrappers soiled, a few tears and chips, sign of sticker removed from upper right corner of front wrapper. The first separate printing in book form of the famous..... More
New York: Nov. 12, 1847. Broadside certificate, 27.5 x 22 cm. Partly printed, completed in manuscript, with a large oval engraving of a printing press, surrounded by a crowd receiving printed books from two members of the Society. Old folds, slight wrinkling, else very good. Signed by the President T...... More
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[Edgartown, MA? June 13, 1864]. Circular. 26 x 20cm. Printed in two columns, and signed in type by Richard Pease of Edgartown, and Henry Whiting and W.H. Sturtevant of Tisbury. This copy directed, in manuscript, to the selectmen of Shrewsbury, Mass. The Martha's Vineyard towns complain that they have filled..... More
London: Printed by William Annan, Gracechurch Street, 1838. Original plain blue wrappers, chipped, nearly detached. 32 x 25 cm. 4pp. Inscribed with author's respects to Colonel Peabody. Maugham was a Chemistry lecturer at Adelaide Gallery and was involved in the Oxyhydrogen Microscope though some controversy seems to have existed between..... More
[Peterboro, N.Y.? np, 1872]. Single sheet folded to 30.5 x 22.5 cm., 3pp., text in three columns (4th page blank). First lines: "The Democratic Party is my dread. The Republican party is my hope." Smith's narrative speaks to the idea that the Democratic Party, which had once valued human rights..... More
[various places, including Afton, MN; Bridgeport, Corvallis, & Philomath, OR; Siletz Reservation: 1865-1881]. The archive contains 13 small leather wallet-style pocket diaries, most approx. 5 x 3 in., with near daily entries from 1865-1881 (a few years missing), composed in ink in a tight manuscript hand by John E. Peterson..... More
Diploma, in manuscript, 24.5 x 30 cm. Mounted, glazed & framed. Some old staining and browning. David Ely was the son of Richard Ely and Phebe Hubbard, born June 7, 1749 (probably in Connecticut) and died February 16, 1816. He married Hepzibah Mills of Huntington and they had five children..... More
Baltimore, [MD]: Printed by Wm. Wooddy & Son, corner of Baltimore and Calvert streets, opposite the Musem, nd [ca. 1850s]. Broadside. 30 x 24 cm. Below the caption title in three columns is a list of about ninety goods available. All enclosed within a decorative border. Small edge tears and..... More
Philadelphia, [PA]: Published by Cowperthwait, Desilver & Butler, 1850. Map, 43.5 x 69 cm. Image size 40.5 x 67cm., enclosed in a double border of pink and green. States and territories hand colored. Two insets, one of the District of Columbia, and one of the Gold Region of California. Map..... More
Philadelphia, [PA]: Published by Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1850. Map, 43.5 x 35 cm. Image size 37 x 30 cm., enclosed in a double border of green and pink. Counties hand colored in pastel shades. Features include canals, roads, rail roads and rivers. A column along the top of the..... More
[New York: Published by Johnson and Ward No. 113 Fulton Street, 1864]. Map, 68 x 46 cm. Image size 61 x 41cm., enclosed in a decorative border. Some chips along edges. Outlined in pink, with counties hand colored in green, pink, and yellow, showing cities, rivers, roads and railroads. More
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NP: np, nd [after September 14, 1847]. Broadside. 79.5 x 58.5 cm. Image area 69 x 52 cm. Below the caption title are four columns of typeset text, surrounded by 18 woodcut vignettes of Scott's military engagements. Some wear and browning to edges, old fold lines, with some separation along..... More
Camden, Ala. "Southern Republic " print, 1851. Broadside, 32.5 x 15.5 cm. Printed in various sizes and styles of type, all enclosed in ornamental border. Some chipping around edges, uneven toning to paper. The "Programme" in three parts, is given below the title, and includes a number of polkas, waltzes..... More
[Washington, DC: 1858]. Broadsheet. 25.5 x 20 cm. On blue paper, laid down on linen, signed by the publisher. An appeal for subscriptions to the Daily Union, the Semi-Weekly Union and the Weekly Union, on behalf of the Democratic party, as the periodical "in a position to understand the view..... More
NY [NY]: Phair & Co., Steam Job Printers, 22 Beekman Street, nd [1850s, by the 1860s the printer was on Frankfort Street]. Broadside 23 x 29.5 cm. Soiled and foxed. Laid down on stiff card stock. The invention was designed to allow for passenger cars to safely detach from the..... More
New York, [NY]: Published by J. Disturnell, 1836. Original printed wrappers (soiled, frayed). 35 x 27 cm. 16 pp. of text, plus three plates (foxed). The three full page engravings are: The Narrows; Bay and Harbour of New York; and Hell Gate. This is the second part of an intended..... More
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