As reflected in four autograph letters, signed, 24 February-21 November 1862, from junior cavalry officer W.D. Stafford to his wife Hattie in West Union. From 12 x 8 in. to 8 x 5 in. (16) pp. News of Weather, dullness of day to day activities, activities of friends, etc. Accompanied..... More
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(Durham, NC: The university), 1938. First edition, “Centennial Edition” (founded as Union Institute” in Randolph County, 1838). 4to. (32) pp. Illustrated from photographs, all full-page plates, picturing campus buildings, interior views, and aerial view of the football stadium, bird’s-eye views of the campuses; street map and plan locating each campus..... More
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(Durham, NC: The university), nd [1949 or 1950, from chronology on rear wrapper recto). 4to. (32) pp. Illustrated from photographs, all full-page plates, picturing campus buildings, interior views, and aerial view of the football stadium, bird’s-eye views of the campuses; street map and plan of locating each campus. Text consists..... More
Louisville, KY: John P. Morton & Co. [for the railroad], [1876, “Quickest and Best Route to the Centennial”]. Broadsheet, 16 ½ x 22 inches, folded to narrow 8vo. Recto prints six timetables for various routes, an advertisement for trains to the Centennial in Philadelphia (13 ½ x 7 7/8 inches)..... More
Niagara Falls, NY: The lines, nd [ca. 1920?]. Broadside, 13 ½ x 8 ½ inches, employing several sizes and styles of type. Offers tours on Lake Ontario, to Toronto and the 1000 Islands area, trips and escorted tours to the 1000 Islands, Montreal, Quebec, the Saguenay, Port Arthur, and Duluth..... More
Barnstable, [MA]: S. B. Phinney, 1840. Bounded in 3/4 leather and marbled boards, front joint splitting. 23 cm. 92pp. Bound with A DISCOURSE PRONOUNCED AT BARNSTABLE ON THE THIRD OF SEPTEMBER, 1839, at the Celebration of the Second Centennial Anniversary of the Settlement of Cape Cod, by John Gorham Palfrey..... More
Littlestown, PA: "News" Print, 1876. Printed broadside, 15 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches, the text and title enclosed within an ornamental border. A local minister defends himself against perceived slanders by another minister, presenting "his side of the story" from beginning to end. The Littlestown News was published by Barton..... More
NP: np, [1861]. Printed broadside, 17 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches, employing bold capitals for the short head. Issued as a campaign platform for a position as one of the delegates to Virginia's secession convention, Willis argues forcefully for secession in this broadside, defends the institution of slavery, and announces..... More
New York: Wright & Swasey (Wright gravure co.), 1892. 21 x 30 cm. 4pp., 80 plates. "This book is one of an edition of one hundred and fifty copies published in December, 1892, on heavy plate paper bound in full red morocco, and sold by subscription. This copy is no..... More
New Orleans, LA: March 3rd, 1924. Broadside printing 20 color plates representing the pageant floats. Broadside, 24 1/4 x 40 inches, the color floats in five columns, each column printing four like-sized panels. The only copy we have been able to find is held at the Ringling Brothers Library in..... More
[Washington, DC: 1902-03]. Two volumes. 4to. [unpaginated]. Contemporary 3/4 leather and dark green cloth. Front joints starting, some loss to cloth on rear board of first volume, all edges red, a heavy set. Volume I: 690,602 - 707,230; Volume II: 707,340 - 735,774. Stamped in gilt at the base of..... More
NP: The club, 1902. 12mo. 44 pp. Includes the club's certificate of incorporation, constitution, by-laws, rules, and lists of governors, officers, and members. Cover title: "Carteret Gun Club, 1902." Club formed for live-pigeon shooting, employing live pigeons for targets instead of clays. Reports of several Carteret Gun Club shooting meets..... More
Boston, Mass. Issued by the Massachusetts Public Interests League, 210 Newbury St, nd (ca. 1924). Broadside, 11 x 5 1/2 inches. Arguing against ratification of a proposed 20th Amendment to the Constitution to reform child labor laws: "If the so-called Child Labor Amendment is ratified and becomes the law of..... More
(Los Angeles, CA: Wilmington Transportation Co. & Catalina Island Co., 1927). 14-panel promotional folded to narrow 24mo. Illustrated from photographs, map; list of Catalina Island Ticket Offices (mostly in the Los Angeles area, but including Chicago and Phoenix). Promotional for the island, emphasizing outdoor activities, fishing, swimming, boating, etc., and..... More
Birmingham, AL: Roberts & Son, Printers, /Stationers, Lithographers, Engravers, nd [1923]. 4to (28 cm). 382 pp. Illustrated from photographs, color plates; laid in is an information sheet, announcing that “prices in this catalog are corrected to March 15th, 1923, and include some rather sharp advances made by the manufacturers since..... More
Charlotte, NC: Cole Manufacturing Co., nd [ca. 1940]. Comprehensive catalogue for this company. 8vo. 44 pp. Illustrated from photographs and engravings, with full descriptions of the implements and extensive price lists. OCLC locates two catalogues for this company, from 1925 (two locations (Duke, Charlotte/Mecklenburg Co. Public) and from 1952 (one..... More
Bellefontaine, O. The Suburban Press, ca. 1903. 15 cm. 12pp., illustrated. Printed gray wrappers. Not listed Romaine. OCLC lists Ohio Hist. Connect. with a 1903 date. More
New Orleans, LA: Great Acquisitions Books, nd [ca. 1995]. Bookseller's catalogue. Small 4to. 45 pp. Illustrated. Offers 250 priced items, almost all with some connection to Louisiana. Old ink markings on front wrapper, two items circled in ink, else very good. Original decorated wrappers, stapled. (#5457). More
Philadelphia: The company, nd [1876?]. 4to. 8 pp. [printed double column]. OCLC locates two copies (Burndy, Winterthur). Folded (short split at fold). More
(Philadelphia, PA: William Brown, Printer), 1830. Folio (33 cm). 4, (1) pp. The auction included 148 numbered lots of wholesale textiles, the catalogue set up in tabular form to include lot number, number of items in the lot, a description of the goods, and space for “Remarks” (this copy without..... More
Cincinnati, (OH): Elm Street Printing Co., 1871. 8vo. 29 pp. Includes lists of trustees, “Ladies’ Board of Care,” faculty, students by class and department, men and women; course of study, with individual course requirements; and regulations, expenses, a calendar, and general information. Original printed tan wrappers (some soiling); ex-Western Reserve..... More
Cincinnati, (OH): Elm Street Printing Co., 1877. 8vo. 28 pp. Illustrated from wood engravings of campus buildings. Includes lists of trustees, “Ladies’ Board of Care,” faculty, students by class and department, men and women; course of study, with individual course requirements; and regulations, expenses, a calendar, and general information. Original..... More
Portland, Oregon: Himes & Bachelder, Book and Job Printers, No. 93 Front Street, 1872. Beige printed wrappers. 23 cm. 20pp. Signature on cover and title page of Eugene L. Ware. Typographically well done. The University was founded by Congregational Ministers. Included are lists of faculty, alumni, male and female students..... More
Lexington, KY: Jas. M. Byrnes, Printer, 1890. First edition. 8vo. 24 pp. 44 well-bred cattle to be sold, with pedigrees for each. Apparently not recorded on OCLC. Original printed pink wrappers (large chip in front wrapper, taking some of the ornamental border, rear wrapper detached). Still a good copy. More
New York: Geo. A. Leavitt & Co., Auctioneers, 1884. Auction sale catalogue. 8vo. viii, 434 pp.; eight-page prospectus printed on yellow paper, with a portrait of Murphy, bound in at the rear, but without the 9-page addenda. 3142 lots (unpriced). From the library of Americana collector Frank C. Deering, with..... More
