Birmingham, AL: Published by Firemen’s Relief Assn. 1922. Oblong folio. (44) pp. Illustrated from photographs, portraits, images of fir stations, etc., table of fire alarm box locations; many ads for local businesses. Includes an overview of the recent department administration and biographical sketches, with portraits, of leaders; also includes an..... More
(Birmingham, AL): The company, nd [ca. 1910]. Promotional and stock sales instrument for the company, an 8-panel folding brochure, emphasizing the superiority of oil over coal and investment value. The company had organized under the laws of Alabama and all of the officers and directors, a judge, local tax official..... More
Philadelphia: Published by Johnson & Warner, 1812. 12mo., 13 cm. [4], 5 - 36pp., Illustrated with 11 engravings. Lacks wrappers. Bound in black leather with gilt designed borders on boards, gilt title on spine. Chipping to head of spine, front joint starting. A moral lesson of friendship and deception. This..... More
Washington, DC: National Archives Trust Fund Board, 1984. First edition. 4to. xi, 97 pp. "This catalog list the National Archives and Record Services microfilm publications of records that relate directly to blacks in the United States … brief narratives describe these publications" (Introduction). Very good. Illustrated gold wrappers, stapled. (#6513)..... More
Bladen Springs, AL: The proprietor, nd [ca. 1877, the latest testimonial is dated December 29, 1876]. First edition of this early promotional. 8vo. (8) pp. "12 hours by steamboat from Mobile, on the Bigbee River. Daily communication during the winter season. Large hotel and pleasant cottages." Includes a description of..... More
Printed broadside, 12 x 8 1/2 inches, with a one-line head, the text enclosed with an ornamental border. Folded; somewhat frayed along the left edge, several small holes, taking a half-dozen letters, foxed. First edition (?). A stirring, patriotic account of the Union victory that allowed Canby's forces to take..... More
Takoma Park, Washington, D.C. N.P., n.d. Blue lettered buff paperwraps (some short splits to wrappers, at spine ends). 8vo.; 76pp. Photo illustrated. A very good copy. The Bliss Electrical School was founded in 1893 and located in the suburbs of Washington, DC. Included in the catalog is a description of..... More
[Allegheny City, PA: R. Matchett, Proprietor, nd] [1890?]. Single sheet, folded in thirds. 32 cm. 6 pp. of text, testimonials, and advertisements for Four-Fold Liniment, "the leading liniment of the age." Printed on poor quality paper, old fold lines, seperated across the center fold, a few small holes, and one..... More
Blowing Rock, NC: The Martin Cottage, [1920s, but after 1923 when the large addition was made]. Six-panel brochure for Blowing Rock and the Martin Cottage, one of the town’s first guest houses, established in the 1880s and purchased in 1891 by H. C. Martin whose wife Ida managed it. Title..... More
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Salem, OH: W.H. Mullins Co., 1913. Color illustrated blue and gray stiff paper wraps. 8vo.; 79 pp. [two poems and two pages of text; the remainder is photo illustrated plates]. Chipping to bottom of spine; short splits at joints near head of spine. An overall very good, tight copy. More
Salem, NC: L. V. & E. T. Blum, 1877. "Fiftieth Year" (at head of front wrapper). Small 4to (21 cm.). 38 pp. Illustrated from wood engravings; title and front wrapper illustration enclosed within a wide ornamental border. Includes fiction, farming tips, recipes, etc., and the usual almanac fare. Text uniformly..... More
Birmingham, AL: Jefferson County Committee for Economic Opportunity, August, 1972. First edition (?). 4to. 47, 77 pp. [printed rectos only]. An important post-integration organization fostering co-operation between white and African-American communities in the county, “searching for new approaches to old and complex problems and designed to enable disadvantaged persons to..... More
Washington [D.C.]: Published by Cassmir Bohn. Sold by all the booksellers. Murphy & Co. Printers, 178 Market Street, Baltimore, 1854. 24mo. 103 pp. Embossed pebbled green cloth stamped in gilt on spine and front cover. All edges gilt. Title page printed in two colors, a folding map of Washington, DC..... More
New York: N. Currier, c.1847. Hand-colored lithograph, 10 x 13 inches. Matted. Some browning to margin, but very good. The print pictures General Winfield Scott and his troops around an artillery battery. A caption in the lower margin describes the action during the battle. More
Marysville, Missouri. April 28, 1864. Partly printed broadsheet, filled in and signed by Felix Blakely. Twenty hundred dollar bond. Hand written note signed by Judge Joseph J. Wyatt stating he approves of the sufficency of the penalty and the security of the bond. Uncommon we would think as most charged..... More
[Rochester, NY: H.H. Warner & Co., 1882]. Salmon colored illustrated paper wraps. 23.5 cm. 31, (1) pp. Advertisements for Warner's "Safe Kidney and Liver Cure," interspersed with treatments for various disorders, and testimonials from satisfied customers. Scattered in text illustrations, plus a running addendum along the bottoms of the pages..... More
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Boston: Oct.1, 1846. Broadside. 24.5 x 28.5 cm. Professionally rebacked, some browning and old staining, with a number of closed tears. Apparently no OCLC. Shows the transitional period of railroads operating with the canal and lake systems. The line to Worcester had been a single track until 1843. More
Boston, (MA): Boston Gazette [Printed by Russell & Cutler], 1812. Printed broadside, 17 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches, the head printed in bold type. When Revolutionary War hero General Benjamin Lincoln, in his role as collector for the port of Boston, managed to get the contract to build the Cape..... More
New York: Lith. of Chs. Magnus, nd [ca. 1850]. Illustrated letter sheet, 10 3/8 x 8 3/8 inches. The color view at the head featuring a wooded square with a fountain in the foreground of a business district, the street teeming with pedestrians, horses and carriages, and riders on horseback;..... More
NP: np, [1800-1815]. Broadside. 31 x 23 cm. A poem, eight stanzas of four lines each. Edges rough, some wear at folds with a little separation. An unrecorded variant of "Truxton's Victory," the text differing slightly, though expressing same content. First two lines of each stanza only rhyme and the..... More
[Wheeling, WV: The Sterling Company, nd] [ca. 1876]. Yellow folding box, 9 3/4 x 3 1/4 in., collapsed. Printed with advertising text and the company's trademark logo, a woman leaning against tree cornered by a snake, with an Indian with bow and arrow coming toward her. A very good example..... More
New Orleans, LA: Penick & Ford, October, 1936. 12mo. 48 pp. Illustrated from photographs. "100 delicious new recipes: gingerbread, cookies, cakes, pies, puddings, breads, muffins, waffles, griddle cakes & candies," an advertising recipe book for Brer Rabbit Molasses. Very good. Original color illustrated wrappers (a little soiled), stapled. (9155)... More
Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Immigration, nd [1904]. First edition, apparently prepared for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis. 16mo. (1), 19 pp. Though dealing primarily with the various species of pines, the pamphlet describes each of the state's hardwoods, giving uses for the timber. OCLC..... More
Oklahoma. Atoka, I.T. American Investment Company, nd [ca. 1905]. Small stain in one margin, not affecting text, else very good. Oklahoma just before statehood, with the western counties named, the eastern counties mostly numbered, and the "Osage Nation" given its own boundaries. An advertising map for the American Investment Company..... More
Brookgreen Gardens, SC: 1936-47. Five folding pamphlets, including: SCULPTURE BY ANNA HYATT HUNTINGTON; VERSES IN THE GARDENS; MAP OF THE MUSEUM OF SMALL SCULPTURE; HISTORY; and a general museum pamphlet with illustrations. All designed to aid the visitor to the gardens. All very good. The set. More
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