Cincinnati, Ohio: Printed by Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co. 1862. Twenty lithograph plates of army life and operations, on 43 x 33 cm. sheets. Sketched from nature and drawn on stone by J. Nep Roesler, Corpl. of Color Guard, Company G, 47th Regt. OV. Portfolio lacking, an otherwise complete set. All... More
Whitsett, NC: The institute, 1899. Trade card, 3 1/4 x 5 3/8 inches, printed in blue on heavy stock, employing several sizes and styles of type, all within an ornamental border. An advertising card for the "33rd Term Opening August 16th, 1899." Some rubbing, but very good. More
[Cleveland, OH: World Publishing Co, 1966]. [Originally published London, Printed by I.D. and I.H. for Michael Sparkes, 1624]. Facsimile of the original edition. Folio. (14), 248 pp. Illustrated, plates, portraits, folding map. Cf. Sabin 82824 (for a seven page description of the original). Some spotting, but a very good copy... More
[Morgantown? 1880]. Broadside, 7 3/4 x 4 inches, printing three long paragraphs. Very good. Tate, commander of the 6th North Carolina Infantry during the Civil War and later president of the Western North Carolina Railroad, here announces his acceptance of the nomination of the Democratic-Conservative Party for a seat in... More
(Signal Mountain, TN: The hotel), nd [ca. 1925?]. Broadsheet, 6 1/4 x 21 inches, folded to narrow 12mo. Recto shows two panoramic views of the hotel grounds with promotional information; verso has a panorama of the river and two illustrations of golfers at the Signal Mountain Country Club. This appears... More
N.P. n.p. n.d. (ca.1920's?). A promotional brochure for this resort hotel, folded into 6 panels, "a modern fireproof ALL YEAR ROUND HOTEL." Three panoramic photos of the hotel and vistas including Lookout Mountain and the Grand Canon of the Tennesse. On verso are photos of men and women playing golf... More
Two manuscript letters, on lined paper, a total of 4 pp., approx. 550 words. Old fold lines, a short closed tear along one of the folds of the first letter. No accompanying envelopes. Clark's Nov. 24, 1856 letter to his brother, reports that many things in his new home territory are... More
New York: Viking Press, 1971. First edition. 8vo. 156pp. Black with gilt stamping on spine very good in dust jacket with a few edge tears. Inscription with drawing by the artist on fly leaf. More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1918. First edition. 8vo. xii, 390pp. illus. Grey cloth with white stamped lettering spine and front board. ored pictorial scene laid on front board. Slight soiling, else very good. More
Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. for John Grigg, Uriah Hunt, Towar & Hogan, R.H. Small, McCarty & Davis,Thomas De Silver. O. A, Roorbach, New York. 1827. Period leather binding, with gilt rules and red leather label on spine. 8vo. 659pp. A fine example. Period ownership signature of Chas J.... More
Cincinnati, Ohio: Wrightson & Co., Printers, 167 Walnut Street, 1867. Printed beige paper wraps. 8vo. 16pp. Some chipping to edges of wrappers, else very good. "This enthusiastic report is based partly on the assumption of 'The probable purchase of the State of Sonora by the United States Government and its... More
Delavan, Wis. E. Powers, 1890. Revised edition. 8vo. 202pp. Brown embossed cloth with gilt stamping on front board. Some fading else very good. Inscribed by author to Eli T. Stackhouse of South Carolina a congressman and Confederate war veteran. Powers believed the concussions from artillery fire had produced rain and... More
New York: Printed by Daniel Fanshaw, No. 20 Sloat-lane, 1818. First edition. 12mo. 175pp. Brown leather; spine with gilt rules and red leather title label. Lacks front endpaper, else very good. DeRenne page 365. More
New York: Published by Harper & Brothers. No. 82 Cliff-Street, 1837. Two volumes. 24mo. 324, 320pp. Frontis. portrait in vol. one. Original publisher's brown cloth with gilt stamped spines. Previous owner's signature on title pages and endpapers. Part of the Harper's Family Library, nos. 45 & 46. Field 1546 (later edition). Sabin 95216. More
Washington, D.C. Printed by G. A. Sage, E Street, Near Ninth, 1844. First edition. 16mo. 218pp., errata. Paper boards and worn black leather spine. Gilt stamped title on spine. Some repair to hinges. In the final pages the text devotes itself to local Information, courts, churches, circulating libraries, Fire companies... More
Cleveland, Ohio: Feb. 27, [18]82. Manuscript letter, 4 pp., approx. 360 words, signed by Lucretia Garfield. Old fold lines, some browning at folds, but a very good example. Mrs. Blaine's husband James G. Blaine was Garfield's Secretary of State, and was with the President at the railroad station in Washington... More
NP [Paris?]: np [Depot de la Marine; Petit, Sculp.], nd [1778]. Map. Single sheet, 23 x 16 5/8 in., trimmed to the neat line at right margin. Two closed tears extending into the top and bottom corners of the right side of the map, slightly affecting a letter or two... More
[Winchester, VA]: printed at the Office of the Winchester Virginian, [October 2, 1843]. Broadside, 16.5 x 12 in., advertising a demonstration of experiments designed "to convert every individual in the place to the truth of ANIMAL MAGNETISM...." Webster pledges to use all the various departments of this science, including "Will... More
[New York: G. Woolworth Colton, 18 Beekman St., 1862] [but Washington, D.C.: Capitol Curio Co. 1902]. A facsimile of the original 1862 edition, published by the Capital Curio Company, for the thirty-sixth Annual Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, Washington, DC, in 1902, and laid on a stiff... More
nd (ca.1859). "Drawn on the spot and in colors by C.H. Wells. Printed in oil colors by F. Collins." A wood engraving, colored, of George Washington's home Mount Vernon, shown from its river side, approx. 19.5 x 21.5 in., matted, glazed and framed. Upper corners of the image are curved... More
[Boston? 1835]. Printed newspaper extra. Folio sheet, 22.5 x 17 in., printed on both sides, in six columns of dense text and employing large display type at the head. Signed in type at the end by Andrew Jackson, Washington, 7th December, 1835. A printing of Andrew Jackson's "Message from the... More
1807. Manuscript poem, five stanzas of eight lines each. Single sheet, 2pp. of text. A note on the verso states the song was composed by Maj'r. Johnson for 4th July 1807. The author begins: "Come, Brother Soldiers, let's unite / With hearts and voices all agree / This day we'll... More
Single sheet, folded, 2pp., docketted on fourth integral leaf, matted, glazed and framed. Barbara Reily, of the City of Washington, gives to her grandchildren Joseph Anderson, William, Philip Key, and Phoebe Wright, children of her son Th. B. Reily "Negroe woman Frankey, or Frances, and her two children Mary and... More
[Washington, DC]: 1885. Mixed media relief of Mount Vernon, George Washington's home, incorporating a stone from the Washington Monument, 9.5 x 11.5 in., in the shape of an artist's palette. According to a brief biography in Virgil McMahan's "The Artists of Washington, D.C. 1796-1996," [Wash., DC: 1995], Lybrand was active... More
[Washington, DC]: nd [ca.1870]. Original watercolor, charcoal and chalk drawing on canvas, 24.5 x 29.5 in., glazed and framed. Signed by the artist. The young boy is well dressed in a double-breasted suit and bow tie, with button-up boots. He stands on a tiled terrace, one hand one a balustrade... More
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