Richmond, VA: Bailie & Gallaher, Printer, 1837. Broadside on silk, 29" x 21". Eagle at top center, printed in three columns with wide typographical border. Imprint at bottom. Five small stains down the center, with four slight holes with some letter loss, and several horizontal separations. More
NP: Training Aids Division, Office of the Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Training Headquarters, Army Air Forces, in Collaboration with A.A.F. Instructor’s School (Flexible Gunnery) and the U.S. Navy, May 1944. Air Forces Manual No. 20, “Restricted.” 4to. vii, (1); G-104 (“This Is Your Gun: The Caliber .50 Browning Machine..... More
NP: The troop, nd [1943?]. Printed broadside, 22 x 14 inches, the caption title in large bold type. A printed tribute from a troop of World War II army trainees to their commander, “Lieutenant Ketcham”: [Following three long paragraphs of boilerplate concerning the required character needs of “the boss”] “He..... More
Troy, NY: Emma Willard Alumnae, 1921. Narrow 16mo. (6) pp. Prints a list of the Alumnae Board of Directors, a list of the four chapters, the constitution, by-laws, and enrollment information. Laid in are an errata card, and an envelope for membership registration. Not recorded on OCLC. Some offset from..... More
Des Moines, IA: Iowa League of Women Voters, nd [ca. 1930?]. First edition (?). Narrow 16mo. (3) pp. One of the league’s goals was to encourage political parties “to defend principles with facts which bear the test of intelligent examination. No right-thinking party man or woman wants a party success..... More
(Galesville, WI): The university, 1866. Printed broadside, 11 x 7 1/8 inches, the title in bold capitals, the text enclosed within a bold rule. The text describes the school’s location in Trempealean County, its general principles, its library of more than 4000 volumes, and boarding possibilities; with a nod toward..... More
New Haven, (CT): Thomas J. Stafford, Printer, 1864. First edition. 8vo. 24 pp. OCLC locates but one copy (Yale). A company chartered in 1854 to prospect for iron ore at mines on Iron Ridge; includes status reports from state geologists in Wisconsin and from company officials. Original self-wrappers, stitched. Very..... More
Milwaukee, (WI): Daily Sentinel Steam Power Press, 1857. First edition. 12mo. 12 pp. Sabin 8761. Addressed to “Hon Step. A. Douglas / U.S.S. / Washington, D.C.” on rear wrapper, with a Prairie du Chien postmark. Original printed wrappers, stitched. “Fahnestock Bequest / 1869” embossed stamp on title page. More
(Washington, DC): War Dept, Adjutant General’s Office, 1868. First edition. 12mo. (2), 16 pp. Whittlesey (1821-1886), an 1844 West Point graduate and a decorated cavalry officer who served in the Mexican War and the Civil War, produced this report “under orders to inspect the educational institutions of the United States..... More
Philadelphia, (PA): James Crissy, 1836. Second edition, revised and corrected by the author (this edition first published in 1832; originally published, 1804-1807). 8vo. 2 volumes: iv, 460, 42, viii; 448, 32, v pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait to volume one and with the atlas, also published in Philadelphia by Crissy, containing..... More
New York: Eastburn, Kirk, and Co., 1814. First edition. 8vo. (4), 156, [appendix:] 119, 29 pp. Prosecuted by future President Martin Van Buren, Hull was found guilty and condemned to be executed for his negligence that resulted in his army's surrender at Detroit early in the War of 1812; the..... More
Dedham, MA: Printed by H. Mann and Co., 1816. First edition. 8vo. 317, (1) pp. Sabin 44328: "Contains information relative to the war not found elsewhere." HOWES M-258. AUSTIN 1190. American Imprints 38138. Bookplate of prominent Rhode Island physician Irving Addison Beck on front pastedown, some light browning to the..... More
New York: E.T. Paul Music Co., 1902. First edition (?). 4to. 7 pp. Publisher’s ad on verso of final page. Music only. Not recorded on OCLC. Original chromolithographed (Lith. by A. Hoen & Co., Richmond, Va.) illustrated wrappers, a dramatic scene picturing a Norse god driving four white stallions above..... More
New York: E.T. Paul Music Co., 1900. First edition (?). 4to. 7 pp. Publisher’s ads on verso of front wrapper and final page. Music only. At head of front wrapper: “Companion Piece to the Celebrated Ben Hur Chariot Race March.” Not recorded on OCLC. Original chromolithographed (Lith. by A. Hoen..... More
Baltimore, (MD): Miller & Beacham, c1855. First edition (also published in Boston by Ditson the same year). 4to. 7 pp. Publisher’s ad on verso of final page. Music only. At head of front wrapper: “To Miss E.J. Caperton / Monroe Co., Va.” OCLC locates six copies of this issue (New..... More
[Washington, DC?]: Greta Kempton, 1947. Copyright 1947. Painted by Greta Kempton” printed in lower blank margin of the photograph. “Inscribed by the artist in the lower margin of the matte “Mama Lottie, / Frenec & Marie / with best wishes / Greta Kempton / 1st November / 1947.” Kempton (1901-1991)..... More
London: Richard Phillips, 1820. First British edition (first published New York, 1817). 8vo. iv, 116 pp. Engraved view of Quebec, lacking engraved frontispiece. Based on a trip to Quebec in 1817. Sabin 76707: "Contains 'Cornelius's Tour to Virginia and Tennessee,' pp. 96-116." Lande 776. Not in Haynes. Lacking the frontispiece..... More
Philadelphia, (PA): Published by John Morgan (R. Carr, Printer), 1802. Second American edition (first issued the same year in New York; first published London, 1801). Thick 8vo. Two volumes bound as one: (6), viii, cxxvi, 113, (1); 115-392 pp. Large folding map; with the half title to volume one. Sabin..... More
New York: Putnam's Sons, 1897. First edition, 1/500 (unnumbered) copies. 8vo. xi, 162 pp. Portrait plates, facsimile, three maps, two folding, one enclosed in a rear pocket. Laid in is a partly printed deed (16 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches; long split at central fold, other wear and tear at..... More
Dublin: Printed for R. Marchbanks, 1775. First Dublin edition (first published the same year in London). 12mo. xix, (3), 206 pp. Lacking the errata leaf. With the engraved armorial bookplate of Hugh, Earl of Eglinton on the front pastedown and his shelf location label on the rear pastedown; probably from..... More
New York: Firth, Pond, c1858. First edition. 4to. 5 pp. Music only. At head of the front wrapper: “Cordially Dedicated to Cyrus W. Field Esq. of New York / by the Publishers.” Field (1819-1892), American businessman who started the Atlantic Telegraph Company, led a group of investors that financed and..... More
Niagara Falls, NY: The lines, nd [ca. 1920?]. Broadside, 13 ½ x 8 ½ inches, employing several sizes and styles of type. Offers tours on Lake Ontario, to Toronto and the 1000 Islands area, trips and escorted tours to the 1000 Islands, Montreal, Quebec, the Saguenay, Port Arthur, and Duluth..... More
Pittsburgh, (PA): Vernon Fahnestock, Print, (c1881). First edition (?). 3 pp. Music only. Not recorded on OCLC. Original wrappers, illustrated with a cut, 2 ¼ x 5 ¾ inches, of a steamboat, “Guenther’s Lung Healer” printed on the paddle-wheel framing, the front wrapper printing enclosed within an ornamental frame. Soiling..... More
(MN): Standard Print, April 28, 1898. Printed broadside, 10 7/8 x 6 7/8 inches, the title in bold large letters. Such local patriotic broadsides for the Spanish-American War are quite scarce. Not recorded on OCLC. Poor quality paper browned, but very good. More
Boston, MA: The author, 1854. First edition, a printed circular letter, detailing a proposal for a new route from Europe to America, following the lower edge of the Banks of Newfoundland, making contacts with icebergs and the “rock-bound shores” (at Cape Race) less likely, thus “lessening the risks of ocean..... More
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