Cambridge: The society, 1880. Society membership card for 1880-81, 3 5/8 x 4 7/8 inches, printed on blue card stock, the text printed within a bold red border, with the member's name ("H.K. Smith") and address ("Ely") written in appropriate spaces left on the partly printed card which is signed... More
Two cabinet photographs, undated [ca. 1890], each 4 3/8 x 6 1/2 inches, mounted on heavy card stock, one of the photographs picturing the men seated and standing in front of their tent "Bangor No. 1," pitched in a grove of trees, and also showing a meal cooking over their... More
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
NP [Azusa, CA?]: np [Camp Rincon?], nd [ca.1910's]. Single sheet, 16 x 53 cm., folded to 16 x 9 cm. With 6 panels of text and photo illustrations on both sides. Front and rear panels show an identical illustration of a hillside of light orange trees, lettering in black and... More
Philadelphia, PA: William H. Rau, publisher ("Sold only by Griffith & Griffith, Philadelphia, Chicago, London, Hamburg, Ger., Milan, Italy"), nd [ca. 1900]. Stereoview, 3 1/2 x 7 inches, picturing a group of 14 African-American soldiers in uniform crowding dice throwers on an open lawn. Camp Wikoff, on Long Island's Montauk... More
New York: Chas. Magnus, 12 Frankfort St., New York & 520 Seventh St., Washington D.C. 1864. Hand-colored lithograph, 30 x 43 cm. image, on a 36 x 55 cm. sheet, matted. Lithographed and printed by Chas. Magnus. "Entered according to act of Congress A.D. 1864 by Chas. Magnus in the... More
(Dunsmuir, CA: Sweet Briar Camp and Shasta Retreat, 1895). Second edition. Promotional of 16 panels folding to narrow 12mo. Illustrated from photographs, single-panel map of the larger area from San Francisco to Santa Cruz. Promotional for the the two camps and the excrsion train linking the two cities; includes four-panel... 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
![A CARD. / My fellow Citizens of / Greene and Orange: / In the Orange Chronicle of last week, / I caused myself to be announced as a / candidate to represent you in the Con- / vention just called by the Legislature ... / [followed by eight long paragraphs of text in four columns]. Signed in type at the end "John Willis."](/pictures/thumb/58054.JPG?v=1474085611)
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 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
[Greensboro, AL]: Alabama Beacon, 1868. Printed broadside, 8 3/4 x 4 1/4 (both sides trimmed, not affecting text). It gives a somewhat defiant tone to events of the recent past "A people rising in their might / To sweep oppression from the land; / Defeated in the cause of right... More
[Washington, DC]: The Evening Critic, 1884. Printed broadside, 10 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches (trimmed, only the right edge remains of the printed ornamental border enclosing "A Happy New Year."), on pink paper. Both poems commenting on the passing of time and the promise of the future. The Evening Critic... 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
NY: The Tribune Association, 1860. 8vo. 104 pp. Self-wrappers (a little soiled), stitched. Very good. One of three reprint editions published in 1860 for use in the 1860 political campaigns (first published in 1857). Sabin 70258. Blockson Catalogue 2556 (for the first edition). No edition in Work. More
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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
Paris: Georges Petit, 1910. 4to. 49 pp. 27 plates, picturing 118 examples, the text describing each individually. This copy extended by the addition al description of five more examples in manuscript, photographs of each mounted on four inserted leaves. Contemporary roan-backed red cloth, gilt spine title and gilt title on... 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: Henry Carey Baird], August 1, 1872. "Henry Carey Baird's Catalogue" [running title]. 16mo. 12 pp. Hunter and Co. was apparently jobbing Baird's list of approximately 200 titles. Printed self-wrappers, stitched. 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
Hamilton, (AL): Ford Bros. Printers, (1907). 8vo. (34) pp. Illustrated, class portrait plates. Original printed gold wrappers, stapled. Very good. Courses of study with texts, facilities, expenses, pupils listed by class, seventh to tenth grade, etc. Scarce; OCLC locates this title only at Auburn and there only 1906-1907 and 1916-1917. More
Belfast, (ME): nd [ca. 1825]. Printed broadside, 10 x 7 inches (somewhat trimmed), employing several sizes and style of type, including a large display type for the headline. Nathan Read (1759-1849) served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts, 1800-1803; he moved to Maine in 1897 and was involved... More
(Virginia Beach, VA: The hotel [Thomsen-Ellis Co., printers, Baltimore & New York]), nd [ca. 1925]. 4to. (25) pp. Illustrated, plates, 3-page folding panorama of the hotel and its beach club. Original illustrated marbled wrappers, tied; tour company stamp on front wrapper and endpaper, else very good. First edition (?). Elaborate... More
[Ravenna, OH?]: 1856. Broadside, 24 x 20 inches, employing several styles and sizes of type, including a large display type for the horse's name (3 3/8 inches tall) and other large display types, with the text offering terms for stud service, places and dates for standing, Bullrush's pedigree as a.... More
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