[Washington, D.C. The Company], 1897. Single sheet printed on both sides, folded into five panels. 6 1/2 by 19 in. Promotional looking for agents to sell "Our Native Herbs." The top five agents are pictured in small portrait vignettes, along with the number of boxes of herbs sold in 1896;..... More
Portraits on ten of the cards are enclosed within ornamental borders; the subjects are posed in front of clapboard farm buildings outdoors or indoors in front of quilts and coverlets. One photograph pictures a young horsewoman mounted side-saddle (light ink smears above her head); one image is a duplicate. Several..... More
(Kansas City, MO: The Commercial Club), nd [ca. 1915]. 4to. (20) pp. Illustrated from photographs. Original printed light green wrappers (rubbed, some wear around the edges). Very good. First edition (?). Emphasizes the extensive park system and pictures a wide range of park facilities, geological formations, public and private buildings..... More
Memphis, TN: Press of S.C. Toof & Co. (for the Memphis Terminal Corporation), 1915. Oblong 4to. 48 pp. Illustrated; portrait, views. Original color illustrated wrappers; spine worn, else very good. Promotional for the Memphis Terminal Corporation, published in conjunction with the American Cotton Growers' Association's annual meeting. The illustrations of..... More
New York: H. Phelps & Co., 124 Nassau Street, 1848. 12mo. 2 preliminary leaves, 9-100pp. Original color pictorial wrappers (front cover torn and partly detached), edges frayed, foxing. Lincoln-Lowenstein 282bb. More
New York: Madison Books, Inc., 1961. First edition, Nos. 1-3 (all published). Folio. 104; 96; 96 pp. Illustrated from photographs, old paintings, drawings, and prints, plates, many in color, maps. Includes big game, upland game, and waterfowl hunting, historical essays that involve guns (e.g., concerning incidents in various American wars..... More
(Oklahoma City, OK): Eastside Ministerial Alliance, Co-sponsoring James Europe Post 157, the American Legion, (1964). First edition (?). 4to. 28 pp. Illustrated from photographs, portraits. Up until 1960 the American Legion posts in Oklahoma were segregated; this pamphlet, with many congratulatory letters from state and federal offices, celebrates, in part..... More
Boston: Printed by Nathaniel Coverly, Jun'r. Corner Theatre Alley, nd [ca.1812]. Broadside ballad, 10 ½ x 7 3/8 inches, 26.5 x 19 cm. (trimmed close to text), with two Patriotic relief cuts (each 3 1/8 x 1 ¾ inches), one an American Eagle with arrows clutched in his talons, the..... More
Washington, NC: Friday, July 12, 1822. This issue only (this weekly newspaper was published in Washington, 1815-1825). Printed broadsheet, 18 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches, masthead illustrated with a cut of the American Eagle (1 1/8 x 2 1/8 inches), text arranged on both sides of the broadsheet in four..... More
(NY: American Tobacco Co., c1964). One of several printings from the early 1960s. Small 4to. 64 pp. [printed double-column]. Illustrated from photographs and old ephemera and advertising. History of tobacco in the new world and of the American Tobacco Company. Original color illustrated glossy wrappers (ink “Tobacco” on front wrapper..... More
[Paris?, ca. 1680]. Engraved map picturing California as an island, 6 x 6 7/16 inches, with outline hand-coloring, a reduced version of Sanson's great 1650 map of North America. Cropped nearly neat line on left side, else very good. More
Chicago: J. L. Regan & Co., Printers, (1885). Lime green wrappers decorated and outlining title in brown ink. 4 1/4 x 6 3/4. 32pp. of which over 20 have illustrations of products, with price guide on blue paper laid in. Printed in blue ink. Very good. More
Chicago: J. L. Regan & Co., Printers, (1886). Lime green wrappers decorated and outlining title in brown ink. 4 1/4 x 6 3/4. 32pp. of which over 20 have illustrations of products. Printed in blue ink. Very good. More
Boston, (MA): Pendleton’s Lithog’y, nd [early 1830s]. nd [early 1830s]. Black-and-white illustration, 2 ¼ x 5 ¾ inches, of three of the college’s buildings situated on a hill, fenced-in pastures and a barn to the left, a line of trees in front, and a single path leading up the hill..... More
[Amherst, Mass.]: John S. & Charles Adams, printers, 1830. 22 cm. 4pp. Some old spotting and stains, some calculations written on title page, perhaps a parent calculating the cost of the education. Amherst College was founded in 1821 as an attempt to relocate Williams College which had run into financial..... More
[London]: (Printed by John Stevens, 153, Fleet Street), (1835?). First separate edition (?), first published in the "Quarterly Review," No. 58 (December, 1823), p. 485, under the authorship of "a Barrister". Folio. 3 pp. "The principle of the Act for the abolition of slavery is, that the negro shall be..... More
Winchester, Tenn. The Anasarcin Chemical Co., ca. 1906. Single sheet folded. 15.5 cm. 4 pp. The two internal pages list druggists around the country, plus a handful in Canada and a few international, where the tablets can be found. On rear page is an advertisement for Anassarcin Elixir. Laid in..... More
Gulfport, MS: Chamber of Commerce (Gulfport Printing Co.), (1936). First edition. Broadsheet, 12 x 19 7/8 inches, folded to narrow 8vo, recto with title panel, a panel of text, another with a listing of “fresh water fishing points” and “salt water fishing points,” and a 2-panel chart describing 20 species..... More
![Item #57305 Annexation of Texas and Seperation [sic] of the United States [caption title](https://bartlebysbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/57305.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1611894572)
NP: [1844]. First edition. 8vo. (24) pp. Printed "Free Eagle of Mexico" emblem on final page. Streeter "Texas" 1471: "The signature 'Lundy' on page [2] is undoubtedly a pseudonym as Benjamin Lundy had died in 1839. This pamphlet was probably published in the spring of 1844 when the Texas Annexation..... More
[Washington, DC: Gales & Seaton, 1844]. Unbound sheets, stab-stitched. 23 cm. 15, (1) pp. Old vertical fold, foxing, age-toning, some loss at corners not affecting text. Printed copies, in favor and opposed, to the annexation of Texas, including Henry Clay's letter to the Editors of the National Intelligencer in April..... More
Atlanta, GA: R.A. Howard, Publisher (Byrd & Patillo, printers), (1887). First edition of the first Anniston city directory. 8vo. xl, (4), [41]-158, (12), clxxi-cxcv pp. Illustrated, portraits, engraved views of buildings, etc. Not in Owen. Not recorded on OCLC. Original roan-backed printed boards (rubbed, head of spine severely chipped). Ex-library..... More
Montgomery, AL: The college, 1922. Opening announcement for the school’s initial sessions of 1922-1923. 8vo. 16 pp. Illustrated from photographs (six portraits of faculty members and the school’s building). Includes lists of business staff and faculty (with biographical sketches), tuition and fees schedule, descriptions of chiropractic, courses (including “salesmanship”), degree..... More
(Charlotte, NC: Presbyterian Standard Publishing Co.), 1917. Annual catalogue for this Presbyterian secondary school located in Stanley County, 37 miles east of Charlotte. 16mo (16 cm). 7 pp. Prints the year’s schedule, list of faculty members and information concerning its purpose (“To prepare young men and boys for the actual..... More
Black & white photo, 8 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches. Group portrait of thirty-seven men, members of the San Francisco [CA] Striped Bass Club, in coats and ties at banquet tables well set with wines. Striped bass were introduced successfully to this area from the East about 1880. Mounting traces..... More
Lexington, KY: Transylvania Printing Co., 1891. 8vo. 61 pp. Wood engraving of the school building. Lists alumnae, from the class of 1870, pupils by course, faculty, course texts used, course descriptions and campus, rules of conduct, and such. Not recorded on OCLC. Original printed white glossy wrappers (some edgewear, spine..... More
