Np [New Bedford, MA?]: np, 1862. Self wraps. 19.5 cm. 12pp. Text consists entirely of a "Catalogue" list, with brief descriptions of more than 240 numbered lots under various headings (Machinery and Tools in Machine-Shop; Rivet Room; Skinners' room; Blacksmith shop, etc.). More
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[1812]. Election document summary for Littleton, Massachusetts, for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor for 1812. Partly printed, completed in manuscript, 31 x 19 cm., two leaves. Old fold lines, small hole from broken seal, not affecting any text. Engraved State Seal of Massachusetts at top of first leaf..... More
Athens, GA: Athens Clarke Heritage Foundation, (c1974). First edition. Each series includes plates from photographs picturing six historic houses in Athens, Georgia, enclosed in a folding envelope, with a paragraph of description for each printed on the verso of the title leaf. Photography by Richard Vanderpool. Each series signed by..... More
Atlanta, GA: Atlanta Historical Society, 1927. Complete run of this periodical under these two names, No. 1., September, 1927 – Volume XXX, Nos. 3-4, Winter, 1986-1987 (Bulletin: 79 issues and six separately published indexes; Journal: 33 issues; in 1987 the title of the publication was changed to Atlanta History which..... More
Atlanta, (GA): Chamber of Commerce, 1914. Broadsheet, 6 x 37 ½ inches, recto including the printed wrapper, and 11 panels of promotional material, “The Story of Atlanta” covering five panels, tables showing growth on the other five, verso including a 6-panel, 6 x 18 ½ inch, panorama of the city..... More
(New York: Photo Engraving Co.), nd [1889]. Promotional. 8vo. 30, (2) pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, map. Cover title: Atlantic City by the Sea. OCLC locates five copies (Atlantic City Public, Princeton, Stockton, Winterthur, Fenimore Art Museum), dated variously in the 1880s and 1890 from meteorological charts in the pamphlet..... More
NP: np, nd [1930s]. Promotional for this camp on Attean Lake (due west of Moosehead Lake). 8vo. (24) pp. Illustrated from photographs, detailed map of the area (apparently issued separately) laid in. Trout and salmon fishing, hunting for moose, deer, and grouse. Not recorded on OCLC. Very good. Original birch-bark..... More
Jeffersonville, IN, 1807-1820. 4to, 8vo, and 12mo, a collection of manuscript documents, including receipts, copies of contracts, arrest warrants, depositions, etc. The earlier documents (1807) are related to the first attempt to construct a canal around the Falls of the Ohio River, including a receipt for services as a director..... More
Atlanta, GA: B.F. Bennett, printer (for A.C. Tuxbury), nd [ca. 1880]. First edition (?). 8vo. (4) pp. Illustrated. Advertisement, with two pages of testimonials, for a "cotton planter and fertilizer" manufactured by E. Van Winkle of Atlanta (the cover illustration shows a farmer riding the machine over a plowed field..... More
Paris: 22 Annee, Numere 1100, Dimanche, 17 Decembre 1911. (This issue only. Folio. [401]-408 pp. Another color illustration on the front wrapper. A three-paragraph description of the “Panther” hunting scene in Texas (two panthers, actually jaguars, at the bottom of cliff walls being shot at by a hunter in a...... More
[Raleigh, NC: Fort Realty Company, 1919]. Single sheet, 38 x 37 cm., printed on both sides. Auction sale and promotional information for the town of Knightdale, NC on one side, plat map for the town on verso. The map shows the Knightdale-Southside property of Jas. H. Pou, for sale by..... More
[Derry Depot, NH?]: August 21, 1878. Broadside, 74 x 54 cm. Printed in various sizes and styles of type, including large bold letters. Old fold lines, splits and wear along several folds affecting a letter or two, some edge chipping, upper right corner chipped away, affecting the exclamation point printed..... More
(Washington, DC): Southern Railway, (1906). Promotional. 4to folded to narrow 8vo. (8) pp. [printed double-column). Illustrated from photographs. Features the Bon Air hotel, Hampton Terrace, and the city’s country club. Not recorded on OCLC. Original illustrated wrappers, stapled. Very good. More
Jackson, MS: Mississippian Print, 1856. First edition (?). 8vo. 16 pp. [printed double-column]. "By an examination of the above record, it must be admitted by every candid and unprejudiced mind, that MILLARD FILLMORE, the Knownothing candidate for the Presidency, is an Abolitionist of the strictest sect, and an enemy to..... More
[Hartford, CT]: 1782. Partly printed document, 4 1/8 x 7 7/8 inches, the text headed “State of Connecticut” and enclosed within an ornamental border (somewhat trimmed); docketed on verso with annual notes on interest paid through 1790. Lawrence (1719-1802) served as Connecticut’s Treasurer, 1769-1789. One-inch circle punched through text, two..... More
Houston, TX: (Cumming & Sons, printers, for) Passenger Dept., Southern Pacific Sunset Route, nd [1900]. First edition. Oblong 4to. 32 pp. Illustrated, facsimiles of signatures and documents. Poor quality paper browned, else very good. Original printed tan wrappers. (496). More
Raleigh, NC: N.C. Dept. of Conservation and Development, nd [1938?]. First edition. Narrow 8vo. 18 pp. Illustrated from line drawings, map. Describes advantages of the state, including natural resources, energy, climate, transportation "reasonable" taxes, markets, labor, etc. Cover title: "The Balanced State: North Carolina." Thornton Official Publications 586. OCLC locates..... More
Single sheet, text on one side only, with small backing sheet attached by the seal to the rear of the page. Manuscript document from Geo. P. Keeports, Notary Public of Baltimore County, attesting that he and one Mathew Egan, witnessed William Aug't. Washington transfer and assign his right and title..... More
Baltimore, MD: (Printed by David Graham, at the new Printing-Office, in Calvert-street), July 31, 1792, Vol. I, No. 242. 4to. (4) pp. [printed triple-column]. Includes two pages of ads, various goods, help wanted, passage on ships, real estate, dance instruction, a runaway indentured servant (German, “supposed to be with child”)..... More
NP: np, nd [early 1880s]. First edition. 8vo. 11 pp. Inscribed at the head of the title leaf "Private / with comps of Gen. Rosecrans." William S. Rosecrans (1819-1898), an Ohio native and West Point graduate, served in the Civil War as a Union general, commanding the Army of the..... More
(Philadelphia, PA): Lee & Walker, c1857. Sheet music (another edition was published by Oliver Ditson in Boston, the same year). 4to. 5 pp. Front wrapper illustrated by a cut of a five-string fretless banjo. OCLC locates 10 copies, four in the South (Duke, Historic New Orleans, and South Florida, Middle..... More
(New Orleans: The society), 1915. Program and souvenir for the event. Small 4to (9 1/2 x 7 inches). Five leaves, the title page, a portrait plate of Andrew Jackson, with a view of the Hermitage on the verso, menu, 2-page program for the banquet, including toasts, speeches, music, etc., illustrations..... More
Menu, on stiff card stock, 9 x 11 in., folded (partially split along fold; moderately soiled). Cover title printed in red and blue, small circular vignette of a farmer in his field and a rider on horseback, under the banner "L'Etoile du Nord." Signed at the bottom of the cover..... More
[Philadelphia: Barker, Moore & Mein, Importers and Wholesale Druggists, 609 Market St. nd] [ca.1880]. Single sheet of buff paper, folded. 26 cm. [4] pp. A promotional circular illustrated with several vignettes on first and last page, including one showing frogs riding livestock and waving banners for Barker's Horse and Cattle..... More
NP: np, March 1990. 4to. 227 pp. White paperwraps. Printed front cover. Very good. Number of short articles by various writers. More
