London: Archibald Constable and Co, 1819. First edition. 18cm. viii, 170pp. Disbound. Joseph John Gurney and his sister Elizabeth Fry's investigation of prisons recorded in this book had political effect on prison reform. More
[Pittsburgh, PA]: 1918. A 2 pp. letter in French, approx. 90 words in ink, on letterhead of "Madame Yvette Guilbert's Recitals." Lightly creased from folding, accompanied by a postmarked envelope, addressed to Mrs. Eliot Norton in New York City. The pair are framed with a printed sketch (removed from a...... More
Alexandria, VA: Gazette Book and Job Office, 1883. 23cm. 140pp. Frontis. map by C.B. Graham, Lithographer, a bit worn at edges. Brown cloth with title stamped on cover in gilt. Front hinge cracked, title page edge worn, with some loss at margins (apparently loose at one time and tipped back..... More
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster-Row, 1810. Second edition. 16.5 cm. [viii], 242pp,, [1]. Bound in an Etruscan style binding, with a fore-edge painting of Eton. The joints of the binding have been repaired with Japanese paper and the hinges reinforced with grey cloth tape. More
[Washington, DC: 1896]. Original photograph, 23 x 18 cm., laid down on a backing board. In 1895, President Grover Cleveland's White House Christmas Tree was the first there to have electric lights. This tree was decorated the following year. In 1896, Frank Boteler (1858-1935) was working in Washington, DC in..... More
![Item #68323 THE IMPROVEMENT OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT [From The Christian Union. October 9, 1890.]...](https://bartlebysbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/68323.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1699219174)
NP: np, [1890]. Broadside. 40 x 27 cm. First separate printing. Text in three columns. Some soiling and spotting, old fold lines. Accompanied by a typed note signed by Ely, dated November 6, 1890 from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore saying he is sending this broadside. Ely was a progressive..... More
Washington, DC: U.S. Naval Photographic Center, 1968. A group of U.S. Naval Station press release photos, 35 black & white images, 8 x 10 in., all stamped on verso by the U.S. Naval Photographic Center, J.E. Pfeifer, photographer. Leo [Leveo] Sanchez, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Director of the Office of Economic..... More
[Los Angeles, CA]: nd [ca.1940s]. Black & white photo, 5 x 7 in., of a celebratory group enclosed in a buff colored souvenir photo folder, 6 1/2 x 8 1/2 in., printed in blue, from the Last Word Night Club in Los Angeles. The group of African Americans, four men..... More
Baltimore, MD: Markiewicz Photos, nd [1930s?]. Black and white photo, 20 x 24.5 cm. of a group of older men in dress uniforms, with swords at their sides and ribbons on their chests, posed on the front steps of a brick building. Two of the men are holding flags, one..... More
Geneve [Switzerland]: Photographie C. Boesch, [1924]. Black and white photo, 23 x 29.5 cm., of assemblage of men and one or two women seated at tables in a meeting hall, all with stacks of paperwork in front of them. The photographer's name is stamped in the lower right corner and..... More
![Item #68318 7th EXTRA SUP. TO THE CANAL GAZETTE. / CANALS, NO. 14. [caption title]. Wm HOLLINS](https://bartlebysbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/68318.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1699219165)
[Baltimore, MD: np, 1826]. 44.5 x 28.5 cm. Broadsheet, [2] pp., printed in three columns. Hollins states he has been "incessantly engaged in obtaining information on the subject of Internal Improvements for nearly three years -- publishing 5000 copies of many of thirteen different numbers, issued in the form of..... More
[Harrisburg, PA]: Printed by R. B. Wilkins & G. Sweney, [1817]. Broadside on silk. 35 x 28 cm. Text in two columns enclosed in ornamental border. Signed in type William Findlay. Harrisburg, December 16th, 1817. Very good some darkening on edges, a slight defect in type where the silk was..... More
New York: Printed at the DeVinne Press, 1896. 26.5 cm. xviii, 295pp. Color frontispiece, map, facsimiles, and illustrations. One of 600 hundred copies. Limp vellum, with brown cloth ties, blind embossed arms on front and rear covers, gilt stamped title on spine. Some pencil notations in margins. Very good. More
Knoxville, TN: Knoxville News-Sentinel, 1944. Printed broadside on card stock, 12 x 9 inches, several sizes of type (to 2 ½ inches), the title in larger bold type, text enclosed within a double black line border. In part, “A reward of $500.00 will be paid to the finder or finders..... More
Nashville, TN: Brandon Printing Co., May, 1887. First edition. 8vo. 13, (1) pp. Street plan, folding map (“Map of West Nashville Showing its Relation to Nashville Proper”), a street map of Nashville showing the new city adjoining to the west. Prospectus issued by the Nashville Land Improvement Company for the..... More
Nashville, TN: S. Nye & Co., Printer, 1837. First edition. 8vo. 38 pp. The president of the university discusses its aims, status, and achievements. Allen Imprints 1389. Later plain tan wrappers (noted “Nashville, 1837” at head of front wrapper which is detached); text block uniformly browned, tear into title page..... More
Nashville, (TN): Printed at the Western Methodist Office, W. Cameron, Printer, 1834. First edition. 8vo. 21 pp. The president of the university encourages the cultivation of the intellect. Allen Imprints 1125. Uncommon pamphlet (OCLC locates nine copies). Later plain tan wrappers (noted “Nashville, 1834” at head of front wrapper); some..... More
Nashville, (TN): A. Nelson & Co., Printers, Record Office, 1850. Annual catalogue. 8vo. 35 pp. Includes lists of trustees (appointed 1800-1847, noting deceased and resigned; professors (elected 1808-1849, noting deceased and resigned), and regular graduates by class, 1813-1850; the appendix includes a short history, descriptions of campus buildings, number of..... More
Washington, (DC): Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1850. First edition. 8vo. 7 pp. [printed double-column]. Strong statement in support of southern Democratic Party stands on the status of slavery in the western territories in the heated debate over the Compromise of 1850 that passed in September. Turney (1797-1857) served..... More
Washington, DC: 29th Congress, 1st Session, Ho. of Reps. Doc. No. 167, 1846. First edition. 8vo. 95 pp. Tables, financial statements. The reports pertain to portions of the river in both Alabama and Tennessee. Disbound pamphlet (removed from a bound volume with some spine residue). Very good. More
Kalamazoo, MI: Photographed & Published by W. S. White, nd (1889). Each image measures 4 3/16 x 3 inches, mounted to printed orange card stock. Very good. More
New York: E. Wells Sackett & Rankin Stationers & Printers, 1882. 8vo. 8 pp. Signed at the end by Tennessee’s governor and speakers of the house and senate. Perhaps issued in New York to attract buyers of the state bonds. OCLC locates one copy (New York Public). Original printed yellow..... More
Knoxville, (TN): Standard News Agency), nd [ca. 1930]. First edition. 12mo. (30) pp., 11 pages of text, 12 full-page color illustrations from photographs by Knoxville’s Jim Thompson Co., four pages of charts giving driving and hiking distances on roads and trails in the park, and one page showing a height..... More
Chattanooga, TN: Signal Mountain Co., nd [ca. 1910]. Advertising brochure for the hotel. 12-panel promotional folded to narrow 16mo (16 cm), recto with front wrapper and three panels of text concerning activities at the hotel, illustrated from photographs (two showing ladies on the golf links), verso with triple-panel panoramas of..... More
Memphis, TN: E. Katzenbach; Philadelphia: Lee & Walker (T. Sinclair’s Lith. Philada.), c1866. First edition (?). 4to. 5, (1, full-page ad for other Katzenbach sheet music) pp. Chromolithograph title in red, blue, black, and brown, picturing a racing buggy drawn by two horses carrying a man and woman, with men..... More
