(Belgrade Lakes, ME): The hotel (Press of john G. Allen, Boston), nd [ca. 1920]. Promotional. Small 4to. (11) pp. Illus. from photographs, map. Promotional for the hotel and its facilities on Belgrade Lakes, primarily advertising the excellent fishing for Brook Trout, Landlocked Salmon, and Smallmouth Bass. Apparently not recorded on... More about Central House, Belgrade Lakes: Maine's Famous Inland Resort [cover title
NY: Chamber of Commerce, 1861. Broadside, 10 x 8 in., 6 paragraphs, with a blank integral leaf (docketed on verso). Folded as for mailing, but a very good copy. The special meeting was "called to consider the present alarming condition of the country." A committee issued this call for "subscriptions... More about CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ROOMS, / NEW-YORK ... / SIR: / AT A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
Holliston, [MA]: np, 1891. Two advertising handbills, 9 3/4 x 6 and 9 5/8 x 6 inches, employing several sizes and styles of type, listing the casts for an interlocutor, tambos, bones, and pianists, and the performers for musical selections, for solos and groups; the first evening's cast was all... More about Charcoal Sketches: Series number One [and Two], Tuesday [and Wednesday] Evening, May 26 [and 27],...
NY: Sutton, printer, 142 Fulton St. nd [ca. 1880]. Broadside, 9 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches, on blue paper, printed in various shades of blue, employing a number of styles and sizes of type, including several display types, the whole enclosed by an elaborate ornamental border. Some old folds, but a lovely advertising broadside. More about Charles P. Freeman & Co. / 144 Broadway, New York, / Importers & Wholesale Dealers in /...
Charleston, SC: (A.S. Willington & Co.), 25 March 1864. Vol. LXII, No. 19,725 [this issue only]. Double-folio. (2) pp. Includes an interesting article on the activities of divers in Charleston Harbor and other local news; as winter was winding down, there was not much war information, but notice was given... More about Charleston Daily Courier
Phila. Art Press, Loughhead & Co., n.d. (early 1900's). Stapled illustrated blue paperwraps. Small 8vo.; 8pp., on glossy paper. Photo illus. A promotional brochure for the city & the hotel. Mentioned are the Chicora Golf Links and the U.S. Government's construction project, building the largest Naval Station and dry dock..... More about CHARLESTON HOTEL. CHARLESTON S. C
Charleston, SC: News and Courier Book Presses [for the] Chamber of Commerce, 1880. 8vo. 23 pp. Original printed gray wrappers (a little soiled); some foxing, but very good. First edition. Turnbull IV, p. 106. More about Charleston, South Carolina: The Advantages of the City of Charleston as a Port of Import and...
[New York? or Philadelphia?]: The Association, (1924). Revised edition. 16mo. 16 pp. Charter and by-laws for this angling club, established in the 1890s by trout fishermen primarily from New York and Philadelphia, on the Brodhead, a tributary of the Delaware River, in Monroe County Pennsylvania; one of the most important... More about Charter and By-Laws of the Parkside Angling Association, Henryville, Pa
Pittsburgh, PA: Myers, Schoyer & Co., Printers, 1876. First edition. 16mo (5 3/4 x 4 inches). 26 pp. "This association shall have for its object the protection and propagation of game and gamefish, the enforcement of all laws and ordinances, against the unlawful killing or selling of same; the advancement... More about Charter of Incorporation and By-Laws of the Sportsmen's Association of Western Pennsylvania,...
[Shieldsborough, MS?]: 1866. 8vo. (2), (22) pp. Original printed wrappers, stitching perished, old ink note on front wrapper. Very good. First edition. A rare municipal reconstruction-era charter for a Mississippi city. Shieldsborough, with its name derived from a land grant given Thomas Shields after the American Revolution, was incorporated in... More about CHARTER OF THE CITY OF SHIELDSBOROUGH, HANCOCK COUNTY, MISS. [wrapper title
Washington: John T. Towers, Printer, 1848. 8vo. 52 pp. Blind stamped brown cloth binding; gilt title on front cover. Very slight bumping to corners; wear to spine ends; darkening to text block, not affecting legibility of text. A very good copy. More about THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, BEING THE ACT OF INCORPORATION, AND THE ACTS SUPPLEMENTARY...
Washington City: M'Gill & Witherow, Printers and Stereotypers, 1871. 16mo; 41 pp. Original orange cardboard wraps, soiled. A very good copy. "Soon after the organization of the Grand Chapter [of Freemasons], in 1867, Companion Benjamin B. French, the Inspector General of the Southern Jurisdiction for the A.A. Scottish Rite for... More about CHARTER, BY-LAWS, OFFICERS AND LIST OF MEMBERS OF LAFAYETTE COUNCIL, (SELECT, ROYAL, AND...
New York: Printed by Curran Dinsmore and Co., 1852. First edition. 8vo. 31 pp. Large folding map, featuring the color outline of the Mobile and Ohio system, from Mobile, through Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky to the upper Midwest. Not in Owen. OCLC locates two copies (New York Public, Virginia). Original... More about Charter, Laws, and Exhibit of the Progress and Condition of the Mobile and Ohio Rail Road...
Chattanooga, TN: Cotton Belt Pub. Co., (1883). First edition of Norwood's fifth Chattanooga directory. 8vo. 297 pp. Advertisements, some inserted on colored paper, illustrated endpaper advertisements, several pages printed in red or black-and-red. OCLC locates three copies of this issue (Virginia, Tennessee, Appalachian State). The copy offered here has traces... More about Chattanooga Directory 1883
[Chattanooga, TN: Chattanooga Plow Co., 1886]. Printed by The Calvert Lith. Co., Detroit, Mich. Red, white and black illustrated buff paperwraps. 8vo.; 12pp. Illus. A trade catalogue, with a price list. Printed in type on front wrap. "For Sale by Noell & Williams, Agents, Roanoke, VA." A very good copy... More about CHATTANOOGA PATENT THREE ROLL CANE MILLS, SELF SKIMMING EVAPORATORS AND PORTABLE FURNACES....
Chattanooga, TN: MacGowan-Cooke Printing, 1913. Narrow 16mo. (23) pp. Illustrated, two folding color panoramas, folding map. Original two-color wrappers, stapled; spine damaged, with text loose in wrappers. Still a good copy. First edition. Includes sketches of the battlefield sites and information concerning the Confederate reunion. OCLC locates a single copy (North Carolina). More about Chattanooga Reunion Association; List of Officers and Members; May 27-28-29, 1913, Chattanooga,...
N.P. n.p, n.d. (ca 1902). Black stamped glossy buff paperwraps. Oblong 12mo.; (5pp.). Photo illus. A list of previous speakers at the Chautauquas is given. Interested parties are urged to contact Dr. W.L. Davidson, Supt. of Instruction, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio; or C.J.F. Campbell, Secy., Melbourne, FL. A very good copy..... More about THE CHAUTAUQUA OF THE TROPICS AND MELBOURNE, FLORIDA
Evansville, IN: John F. Gansz, nd [ca. 1870]. Printed advertising handbill, 8 1/8 x 5 1/2 inches, employing several sizes and styles of type. We have not been able to find any other information concerning Mr. Gansz' business in Evansville. A little staining in the margin of the right edge... More about Cheap House. / Hats, Caps, / Boosts and Shoes. / John F. Gansz, / Fashionable Hatter, / Cor. of...
Cherokee, NC: The Association, 1953. Promotional for the season running June 27th through Sept. 7th, 1953. 8-panel brochure folded to narrow 8vo. Six panels of illustrated promotional text, ticket order form, and wrapper. Illustrated from photographs and drawings, map. Description of the outdoor drama written by Kermit Hunter, with information... More about THE CHEROKEE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION PRESENTS "Unto These Hills", a Drama of the...
Chicago: Poole Bros. n.d. (ca.1910). Buff stapled paperwraps (moderately soiled). Tall narrow 8vo.; 48pp. With numerous photo illustrations, and a two-page map of the C & O lines and connections (detached, with some wear at center around staple marks). Thumbnail sketches of the cities along its route, including the resorts..... More about CHESAPEAKE & OHIO ROUTE. ANNOTATED FOLDER DESCRIBING POINTS OF INTEREST
NP, Approx. 1915. oblong 4to. Gray paper wraps. Promotional brochure comprised of 17 photgravure printed plates. No OCLC. More about CHEVY CHASE COLLEGE AND SEMINARY WASHINGTON, D.C
Chicago, Illinois: Reuben H. Donnelley, 1916. 4to. 544 pp. Providing “complete classified lists of Chicago business houses who are subscribers to the Chicago Telephone Company’s service,” with numerous ads. OCLC shows five institutional holdings for the periodical, with four lacking this issue. Original rose wrappers (rubbed, chipped along edges, closed..... More about CHICAGO CLASSIFIED TELEPHONE DIRECTORY, "THE RED BOOK," JANUARY, 1916
(Chicago: Poole Bros. [for]) Passenger Traffic Dept., Queen & Crescent Route, [ca. 1911]. Narrow 8vo. 30 pp. [printed double-column]. Illustrated, maps. Original color pictorial wrappers (rubbed), stapled. Very good. Uncommon promotional for the railway line (Cincinnati to New Orleans) and the battlefield near Chattanooga, primarily a detailed history of the... More about Chickamauga: A Famous Battlefield, September 19th and 20th 1863 [cover title
[St. Louis?]: The company, [1912?]. Trade card, 3 1/8 x 5 1/4 inches, featuring a color bird's-eye view of the large plant's campus, with caption "Length of Plant 3/4 Mile" below printed name and locale; verso signed by "A.C. Williams" below a printed address for the company, indicating a St... More about Chromolithographic trade card for the Leslie, Arkansas, Plant of the H.D. Williams Cooperage Company
NP: np, (1939)? Sheets, 12 by 6 7/8 in., 8 pp., stapled at top margins. Printed on rectos only, paper browned. There appears to be no listing for this publication under the title. A similar item is listed as printed in 1939 but only chronicles the history of automobile development... More about A CHRONOLOGY OF THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY (1892-1939
