Boston, [MA]: Sold by L. Deming, wholesale and retail. No. 62, Hanover Street, 2d door from Friend Street, [n.d.]. Broadside. 23 x 16.5 cm.. Caption and two columns of verse separated by the imprint (printed vertically). Some wrinkling and light browning, but very good. More
NP: np, [1858?]. Broadside. 43.5 x 23 cm. Illustration of the felly-bending machine occupies one-quarter of the sheet, with the name of "Burridge, Cleveland" printed below the image. Thirty lines of text explain the process of "bending fellies for wagons and carriages...." Old fold lines, trimmed to edge of type..... More
[Boston, MA]: J. H. Eastburn, City Printer. 18 State Street, 1837. Broadside. 59 x 51 cm. Three columns of text beneath title, with 26 articles, (misnumbered, no Article 11, but two numbered 12), the whole enclosed in a decorative border. Slight foxing to outer edges, else very good. No OCLC..... More
[Enfield, MA]: Printed [by John Howe] for the benefit of Mr. Luther Hyde, Price six cents, 1831. Broadside. 36 x 22. cm. Some wear along a fold affecting one letter; some lightening to two lines of type, but text legible. Small vignette of an eagle atop a shield at center..... More
[Philadelphia: 1863]. Broadside. 25.5 x 20 cm. Old fold lines, with wear at edges, stains along left margin, not effecting text. Fourteen rules "For the Government of the Free Military School." No copies located OCLC. More
[Philadelphia, PA]: Jas. B. Rodgers, Pr., 52 & 54 North Sixth St. 1865. Broadside. 18 x 22 cm. Text enclosed in a decorative border. With 14 lines of a poetic "EPITAPH. Gentle stranger, drop a tear, / The C.S.A. lies buried here; / In youth it lived and prosper'd well..... More
[Philadelphia, PA]: Young, Printer, 3 Black Horse Alley, 1829. Broadside. 45.5 x 29 cm. Text enclosed in a decorative border, with a number of vignettes, including a ship docked in a harbor, a sheaf of wheat and a plow in a field, two American eagle seals, etc. Two poems. The..... More
[Boston, MA]: Boston Chemical Printing Company, nd [ca. 1831-33]. Broadside on muslin. 30 x 29.5 cm. Three hymns, the first with music: "Sabbath School Hymn," including six verses and two lines of music, one for girls and one for boys; "We Never Part from Thee," in four verses; and "The..... More
New York, [NY: Harper's, 1843]. Broadside prospectus. 35 x 25 cm. Printed in green with elaborate red & green typographical border. Edges darkened and chipped, paper browned. Hills 1161: "This work was originally announced in 1843, and was issued in 54 numbers at 25 cents each." Hill locates just one..... More
Printed document, 1 p., completed in manuscript, 6.5 x 8 inches, directing "any coroner of Our County of Worcester, or his Deputy" to enforce this writ. Wax seals. Old fold lines, browned, some tears and wear at folds. This very early Worcester County writ attaches the house and land of..... More
[Philadelphia, PA: np], 1835. Broadside. 40 x 28.5 cm. Selling three pieces of property "seized and taken in execution as the property of John Eggleton...." Signed in type by Benjamin Duncan, Sheriff, Sheriff's Office January 20, 1835. The property which was to be sold on January 31st, was located in..... 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
Fond du Lac, Wis: Herald Print, [Ca. 1856]. Broadside. 25.5 x 20 cm. Printed on blue paper, text within an ornamental border, signed in type at conclusion of text by C.K. Morrill & Co. of Lowell, Mass, dated June 12th, 1855. Old fold lines, but no wear. Not in Wisconsin..... More
Baltimore, [Md.]: T. Newton Kurtz, No. 151 Pratt Street, 1848. 16mo. 15 cm. 216 pp., with numerous small vignettes by Anderson. Original brown blind stamped cloth with gilt decoration and title on spine. Slight wear to ends and corners, some scattered foxing, contemporary owner's signature on front endpaper. No copies..... More
Richmond, [Va.]: Printed by Peter Cottom, and for sale at his book store, near the Eagle Hotel, 1830. 8vo. 388 pp. Four (of 5) engraved plates, lacking the Virginia Race Horse plate. Contemporary brown calf, slight rubbing on edges, red leather label with gilt rules on spine. Old tide lines..... More
Albany, [NY]: np, 1817. Second American edition. 12mo. xii, -191 pp. Original calf backed plain drab boards. Spine ends worn, joints repaired. Persistent browning to text, some old staining at gutter. Included are 137 recipes to cure various diseases. AUSTIN 479. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 40487 seems to list only one copy..... More
Lexington, K. Printed and sold by Thomas T. Skillman, opposite the Post-Office, Main-Street, 1813. 18 cm. 158, 55pp. Full brown leather with black leather label and gilt rules. Spine ends worn down, joints repaired. Amateurish strengthening of hinges. Text block very good with scattered foxing throughout. Rev. Buchanan was chaplain..... More
Philadelphia, [PA]: Printed by T.W. Ustick, 1833. First edition. 12mo. 12, 140, 240 pp. Original cloth, with some loss to cloth of rear board, printed paper label, spine partly perished and cracked vertically, boards detached (new endpapers used to reattach them). KRESS. C.3500. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 19075. See DAB. Gouge was..... More
[San Francisco, Cal. Dec. 10th, 1856]. Printed circular. Single sheet of watermarked pale grey paper, folded to 27 x 22 cm., one page of text, in the form of a letter, signed in type by E.S. Cooper, A.M., M.D. A very good copy. Dr. Cooper offered his series of lectures..... More
Philadelphia, [PA]: Henry Carey Baird, [1861]. [2nd ed.]. 8vo. 23.5 x 16 cm. 6 pp., 14 leaves; 26 colored plates, publishers catalogue. Original brown cloth, fore-edge of front board has been repaired with cloth tape. Outer edge of about ten plates chipped in margins, first seven pages edge strengthened with..... More
Philadelphia, [PA]: Jan. 9, 1815. Second edition improved and enlarged. 20.5 x 12 cm. 336 pp. Black leather spine with gilt stamped title and rules, original printed boards rubbed. Small corner torn from title page, affecting a few letters on verso. Contemporary ownership signature of John Wheelock. More
Sag-Harbor, [NY]: Printed by Alden Spooner for the Author, 1808. First edition. 12mo. 17 x 11 cm. 287, [1] pp. Lacks front flyleaf. Brown contemporary calf, leather label, gilt ruled. Text browned. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 15849. KARPINSKI p.173. Parker started a small private school for young gentlemen who "have a wish..... More
Philadelphia: Lee & Walker 722 Chestnut St. [1863]. First edition. 33 x 26 cm. 6 pp. With a large color lithograph of the wedding party, by T. Sinclair. Disbound. Foxing and overall toning to edges, although the lithographic image is bright, outer edge of the first page of music has..... More
NY: Published by N. Currier, 152 Nassau Street, 1856. Hand colored lithograph, painted by A.F. Tait, and lithographed by L[ouis] Maurer (his signature on the plate) for N. Currier's New York firm. 52 x 68 cm. A couple of shallow chips along the margins, not affecting image; professionally cleaned, a...... More
Boston, (MA): Wm. C. Lears, 26 Washington Street, [1850]. Broadside. 39 x 25 cm. Gray paper, text enclosed in an ornamental border, with the names of the committee of nine, and the town clerk. Dated in type "Reading, April 1, 1850" at conclusion. A separation and a couple of tiny..... More
