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
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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
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
Baltimore: Printed by Wm. T. Bissell, 1875. 8vo. 10, (1) pp. Ads. Original printed green wrappers. Very good. "Ninth annual circular." Includes a list of faculty and textbooks, requirements for graduation, fees, and lists of students and recent graduates. The Washington University Medical School was founded in 1827, but closed..... More
Louisville, KY: Printed by John P. Morton & Co. for the company, 1867. 8vo. 152 pp. Tables. Detailed accounting of operations, income and expenses, capital improvements, expansion, etc., an analysis of business conducted, and complete proceedings of the stockholders' meeting. Cover title: "Annual Report of the Louisville & Nashville R.R...... More
St. Petersburg, FL. St. Petersburg Apartment Owners Assoc.d. (ca. 1930's). Color illus. paperwraps, with insets of black & white photos. Folded in half vertically. 8vo.; 19pp. A photo illustrated alphabetical listing of apartments for rent, for the week or the season. Color illus. map on rear wrap. Very good. No..... More
NP: np, nd [ca. 1830]. Printed broadside, 11 ½ x 9 1/8 inches, second line of the title in larger bold capitals. An appeal to keep the day “holy,” particularly aimed at proprietors of steam-boats, cars, and means of public conveyances: “Our Steam-boats, Rail-road Cars, Stages, and private vehicles groan..... More
8vo. (24) pp., 20 items or lots per page, written in a blank book. Full manuscript inventory of an unlocated southern household or plantation: furnishings, household goods, food, crops, livestock, etc., each item or lot with an appraised value; includes 13 slaves, ranging in value from "Boy George" at $25..... More
Phladelphia: Published by M. Fithian, 61 North Second Street, 1842. 8vo. 251 pp. Original publishers embossed brown cloth with title gilt stamped on spine. Very good copy. More
Philadelphia, (PA): M. Fithian, 1842. First collected and separate edition. 12mo. 251 pp. A defense of Catholicism against the extreme anti-Catholic demagoguery of the day: "the documents here referred to clearly shew, that the condition of mankind has been no wise improved by the great religious revolution of the sixteenth..... More
Pinehurst, NC: The company, 1932. Catalogue of archery equipment for sale, teaching manual, and record book. 8vo. 32 pp. Illustrated from photographs and line drawings, diagrams. This catalogue apparently not recorded in OCLC. Very good. Original decorated and gilt-stamped green wrappers, stapled. (10728). Catalogue of archery equipment for sale, teaching..... More
(Pinehurst, NC: The company, c1931). Annual catalogue of archery equipment for sale, teaching manual, and record book. 8vo. 32 pp. Illustrated from photographs and line drawings, diagrams. OCLC locates one copy (Virginia); North Carolina also holds a copy. But for the lacking rear wrapper, a very good copy. Original decorated..... More
Pinehurst, NC: Archers Co., 1931. Sale catalogue. Small 8vo. 32 pp. Illustrated from photographs, line drawings; ad for "Ye Sylvan Archer," a magazzine, laid in. 1931 sale catalogue from the archery supply company, with articles on the sport's history, instruction, and upcoming competitions. OCLC locates two copies (North Carolina, Virginia)..... More
