NP: np, [1904]. Single sheet, folded to 17 x 15 cm. One page of text, an invitation to attend the "Memorial ceremonies to the memory of the Honorable William M. Springer, deceased, late United States Judge of the Northern District, and Chief Justice of the United States Court of Appeals..... More
NP: np, nd [late 1920s]. Hotel brochure, single sheet, folded to 23 x 10 cm. Verso of the sheet is occupied by a "Highway Map of Oklahoma, Showing State and National Highways." Recto, in four panels, prints the cover title, including an illustration of the hotel with three towers; two..... More
NP: Reprinted from the Quarterly of the Oklahoma Historical Society, June, 1928. Black lettered buff paperwraps, stapled. Offprint. 24 cm. 28 pp. Two in-text maps. A few neat ink corrections to text. Small printed label affixed to front wrapper and recto of rear wrapper. Very good. More
A 2 pp. typed letter, on letterhead stationery of the Dept. of the Interior, Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes, dated Fort Gibson, Indian Territory, April 23rd, 1901. Accompanied by an envelope (soiled) addressed in type to Mrs. M.A. Shaw, Jewel, Alabama. The letter acknowledges Mrs. Shaw's letter regarding her..... More
[Oklahoma City, OK: np, nd [ca. 1925]. Printed yellow paperwraps, stapled. 22 cm. [32] pp. Photo illustrations. One signature loose from staples, else a very good copy. The association of more than 600 employers active in the state's industrial progress banded together "to promote and maintain through co-operative effort a...... More
Joliet, Ill. The Gerlach-Barklow Co., [1942]. Stiff manila card stock, folded along top edge to 15 x 12.5 cm., with small calendar sheets for the year 1942, printed in black and red, stapled to the inside of the folder. A brief reminiscence of Rogers, and a greeting from George Crawford..... More
Aproximately 8 x7 in.. Text in full: "Sir, An act has lateley passed. directing that certain copies of the Communications made bt the President to Congress, shall be conveyed by post, free of postage. All packages, therefore, which are forwarded by a member of Congress, by the Secretary of the..... More
New York ; London: Scribner, Welford & Co., No. 654 Broadway; 188 Fleet Street, 1870-71. 27 cm. iv, 64pp. 10 leaves of plates. Purple cloth unevenly faded with black horizontal lines. Gilt stamped front board. Wright 1066. Book plate of Stuart Henry Hartson. Newspaper clipping on the Tweed ring pasted..... More
Single sheet, 23 x 20 cm., approx. 120 words, addressed to James Skiner on verso. Old fold lines, lower edge of sheet chipped, ragged, a few small holes in the text affecting a word or two, some uneven fading of the ink (possibly overwritten in places). John Goodman greets his..... More
Indianapolis: Bingham & Doughty, 1859. 8vo. Frontis., xii, 638pp., 2 folding maps (both with short tears at gutter, extending slightly into map), five plates. Rather amateurishly rebacked (not in period style), original leather boards worn and rubbed, hinges reinforced with cloth tape, all edges marbled. Some old tidelines to index..... More
Troy, NY: Elias Gates, 1840. Thick 8vo. 7, 625 pp. Contemporary brown calf rubbed and worn, gilt stamped black morocco spine label. Index in the back damp-stained. Amos Eaton (1776-1842) originally studied law, but became increasingly interested in the natural sciences. By 1815, he was studying under Professors Ives and..... More
New York and Auburn: Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1855. First edition. 8vo. Frontis., 329 pp., (8) ads. Original brown cloth. Wear to spine ends and edges. Old paper label on spine. McDade 804. A case of arsenic poisoning. More
Lancaster, [PA]: Printed by William Greer, 1812. First edition. 12mo. 225pp. Including a short life of the author by his daughter. Disbound, remnants of spine, no covers. Text block very good, tight. Howes H423. More
[Linwood, Texas: 1852-54]. Manuscript invoice, single sheet, 23 x 20 cm., docketed on verso. The invoice, dated Linwood, Cherokee Co., Texas, 7 March 1854, records the number of crossing made by Almanzon Huston with "a four horse stage" over the Angelina Turnpike between January 2, 1852 and February 25, 1854..... More
New York: Samuel R. Wells, Publisher, No. 389 Broadway, 1870. First edition. 12mo. 149 pp., plus ad leaf. Original brown cloth, spine faded; some water spots on front cover. A Congregational minister, Thompson was a facile writer, producing a large number of books and pamphlets (see DAB). Here he takes..... More
Kansas City, MO. S. Ferd. Howe, Publisher, 1886. First edition. 8vo. 288pp., maps and illustrations. Very worn, soiled cloth, gilt title rubbed away, usual age toning of pages, a signature or two starting. "Deals with the cattle trade and Kansas City as a packing center." --HERD 1082. More
Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company; New York: J. C. Derby, 1854. 12mo. Folding map, 256pp., 4 (ads). Soiled and worn original red cloth. Chipping to spine ends and front joint. "Treats extensively of the several Indian tribes, their history, condition and prospects, with a sketch of the Indian language." -..... More
Paris, [FR]: Baudry's European Library, 1836. 8vo. xvi, 336pp. Later red buckram cloth with gilt title on spine. Wear to spine ends, spine faded. BAL 10298. "Classic account of the first American attempt at settlement of the Pacific coast, 1811 - initial action towards sustaining our claim to Oregon -..... More
Single sheet of letterhead stationery for Hutchins House, J.P. Horbach, Proprietor, 27 x 20 cm. approx. 65 words. Vignette of the hotel in the upper center of the sheet. Old fold lines, else very good. Horbach sends a brief letter of introduction for Mr. & Mrs. Richard Ennis of St..... More
New York: Office of the Banker's Magazine, 1870. 8vo. 192 pp. Original brown cloth, gilt stamped spine and front board. Discoloration from old offset on title and flyleaf. "Johnson had long been dispensing advice to bankers through letters, speeches, and occasional articles, but in the winter of 1849 he decided..... More
Amherst, N.H. Farmers' Cabinet Press, 1890. Pebbled burgundy cloth gilt stamped on front cover, spine faded. 8vo. (5), 6 - 67pp., (4) ads. A "Map of the Highways in Amherst and Vicinity" and other in text illustrations. Original photograph of a street in Amherst, "photographed in January by E.E. Hubbard,"..... More
Three sheets of letterhead stationery for Emerson & Berrien, Dealers in Household Furnishings, and for the Annual Southwest Silver Convention, El Paso, Texas. Single sheets, 29 x 21 cm., approx. 500 words, in a clear hand. Old fold lines, else very good. Emerson writes to Menger saying he has arranged..... More
Half sheet of lined paper, 13 x 19 cm., signed by James Parker, and docketed on verso. In a brief hand-written note, approx. 30 words, Parker requests that Col. Jas. W. Nicholls "on sight pay to the order of S. Berkson & Co. Five Dollars Currency for amt balance due..... More
nd [1866-67]. Small piece of lined paper, 5 x 19 cm., with two lines of manuscript text, a part of a sentence referring to a departmental provision, signed "Hon. J.W. Throckmorton / Gov. of Texas," in a clear hand. James Webb Throckmorton moved to Texas with his family in 1841..... More
Single sheet of pink paper, 25 x 19 cm. Stamp of a small five pointed star at upper center of page. Old fold lines, short splits along one fold, else very good. A partly printed document, completed in manuscript: "The Republic of Texas, County of Jasper, No. [355]. This is..... More