(1898). Oblong folio album, 11 x 15 in., front cover lacking, leather spine worn and chipped, rear cover detached. A group of 195 photos, each 4 1/4 x 6 1/2 in., laid down on both sides of stiff card sheets, the first dozen with neatly printed caption titles below the... More
NP: np, nd (1875). Broadside, 29 cm. Bold title, plus six lines of type, followed by three columns of text. Old fold lines, some toning to paper, shallow chipping to margins, and one or two small holes, slightly affecting a numeral or two in the text. The Hillsboro Prize Concert... More
(1819-22). Small 8vo. (128) pp. Drab paper boards, leather spine and corners. Henrietta M. Thomas' ownership signature on front pastedown. The selections copied in her neat hand include exerpts from Robert Burns, Robert Southey, Opie, Cowper, Juvenal, etc. She also pens short introductions to some of the pieces before copying... More
New Haven [CT]: A. Morse, 1790. First edition. Original oblong sheep-backed boards. 12 x 20 cm. 24 leaves complete, comprising: [4], title, verso blank, introductory note, Index; [9]-12, General Directions for Learners; 5-8 explanations with examples; plates 1-36 on 18 leaves, music. Spine partly perished, vertical crease to front board;... More
Burke, SD: Samuel Chilton, Deputy State Surveyor, and C.W. Owen, 1908. One map, separated in half lengthwise, each section 103 x 36 cm., and laid down in two separate green cloth folders, folded to 19 x 38 cm. The two sections stamped in gilt: "Tripp Co. West," and "Tripp Co... More
(ca.1900-1915). Photo album, 122 black & white photos, most 3 1/4 x 5 1/2 in., each in a plastic sleeve. Most of the images are very good, clear, though two are double exposures. The majority of the images show various milling and manufacturing operations at southeastern lumber mills and plants... More
(1939-ca.1945?). Sgt. Hayes' collection of 35 original black & white photos, plus news articles, clipped illustrations of pigeons, etc. kept in an oblong limp leather photo album, 6 1/2 x 9 1/4 in., stamped on the front cover "Service Album, Ft. Geo. G. Meade, Md.," and embossed with the seal... More
Wetumka, I.T. 1890's ca. 4 7/8 x 6 1/2 in. Photo mounted on stiff card stock, showing group of men, including a soldier in uniform, lined up on the porch in front of the H.H. Holman general store which was founded by Holman in his mid twenties. A smaller sign... More
Hayman's original sketches, most with caption titles or descriptive notes, are laid down or laid into a scrapbook, blue-green paper boards, bound with cord at the left margin, "Scrap Book" in gilt on the front cover. The drawings vary in size from 2 3/4 x 4 1/4 in. (done on... More
New York & London: J.T. Lloyd, Publisher, 23 Cortlandt St., New York, and 1 Strand, London, 1864. Large folding map, 94 X 126 cm., backed with cloth, the states hand-colored in light shades of pink, green, and yellow. Tipped into a patterned brown cloth folder (spine faded) with cloth ties... More
New York: J.H. Colton & Co., No. 172 William St. 1856. Folding pocket map of California, 36 x 28 cm., the counties hand-colored in light shades of pink, green, and yellow, the state border outlined in a darker pink, enclosed in a decorative border on a 43 x 34 cm... More
New York: G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co., 172 William St. 1866. Folding pocket map of Arkansas, 28 x 34 cm., the counties hand-colored in light shades of pink, green, and yellow, the state border outlined in a darker pink, enclosed in a decorative border on a 36 x 40.5... More
1858-1859. Dr. Anderson's manuscript travel diary into the interior of Florida in the winter of 1858-59. Daily entries between November 14, 1858 and May 24, 1859, 160 pages, approx. 25,000 words, plus three accomplished pen and ink sketches and a pencil drawing, recorded in a plain black paper over boards... More
6th September 1852. Land grant, 32 x 38 cm., a partly printed document on vellum, completed in manuscript in a clerical hand, and signed by Governor P.H. Bell, counter-signed by S[tephen] Crosby, Commissioner of the General Land Office. The text on the recto is enclosed in a decorative border, with... More
Austin [TX]: Intelligencer, Print. nd (1866). Partly printed document, completed in manuscript. Single sheet, printed on both sides, 42 cm. Text on recto enclosed in a decorative border, faint blind-stamp impression of the state seal at lower left. Old fold lines, toning to paper, some shallow chipping and rumpling at... More
Austin, TX: A.C. Baldwin & Sons, Allied Printing, nd [ca.1918?]. Single sheet, 39 cm. 2 pp. Printed in various sizes and style of type, including a bold headline, two sub-headings, and another bold header. Some creasing and light toning to paper, old fold lines, else a very good example. Former... More
[New Haven, CT: Skull and Bones], nd [ca. 1864]. 12mo. 2 volumes: Photograph album of 10 thick card leaves, each holding two carte-de-visites (each 3 3/4 x 2 1/2 inches): a skull-and-bones, the group's meeting place, the Tomb (before additions), a group portrait of the 1864 class, individual portraits of... More
Omaha, NB: Printed at the Herald Steam Book and Job Printing House, 1876. First edition. 8vo. 144 pp. (the final 13 being ads for largely local businesses, termed a "business directory for Cheyenne" in Graff). Large folding map of Wyoming (with copyright secured by Triggs in 1875). Howes T-352 ("b")... More
Head Quarters, Bergen County, (NJ): 1780. Folio, one page, approximately 125 words, in part: “I perceive … that you had collected about two hundred Cattle more, and that a further number might be obtained … I cannot of right command the services of the militia … let the commanding officers... More
Philadelphia, (PA): Thomas T. Ash, [1835]. Number 5 [of 20] plates from paintings by Shaw included in Picturesque Views of American Scenery, originally published by M. Carey & Son and issued serially, 1820-1821, and republished by Ash in 1835. 12 7/8 x 16 3/8 inches. Aquatint with etching and hand-coloring... More
New York: J. T. Lloyd, 1861. Second edition, variant issue (first published in 1859; reprinted several times during the Civil War and after). Lithographed map, 31 1/2 x 51 inches, mounted on linen and folded into a 12mo cloth case, counties colored in various pastel shades, state boundaries colored in... More
Paris: De l'Imprimerie de la Republique, an VIII [1800]. First edition in French (first published in English at London, 1798). 4to. 3 volumes: (4), iii-xj, (1), 491; (6), 516; (6), 562 pp. 17 plates and one chart bound in the three text volumes; with the half-titles. Accompanied by an elephant... More
Charleston, SC: The artist, 1908 and 1910. Oblong folio. 24 watercolor sketches on card stock, each 4 ¾ x 6 ¾ inches and signed by the artist, each mounted to a larger sheet with a pen-and-ink lettered title on tissue bound ahead of the painting. With the bookplate of H.C.... More
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1942. Broadside, 16 7/8 x 12 3/8 inches, printing a message from "National Resources Development," report of the National Resources Planning Board, transmitted to Congress by the President on January 14, 1942. In addition to the four "universals of human life," Freedom of Speech Worship... More
London: Printed for the author and sold by J. Murray, J. Debrett, and J. Kerby, 1794. First edition. 2 volumes: xv, 399; xv, 499; (13, index) pp. Three folding maps and 12 plans, eight of the total folding; wanting the half-titles. Sabin 91057: "Stedman's History is generally considered the best... More
