(Durham, NC: The university), nd [1949 or 1950, from chronology on rear wrapper recto). 4to. (32) pp. Illustrated from photographs, all full-page plates, picturing campus buildings, interior views, and aerial view of the football stadium, bird’s-eye views of the campuses; street map and plan of locating each campus. Text consists..... More
Louisville, KY: John P. Morton & Co. [for the railroad], [1876, “Quickest and Best Route to the Centennial”]. Broadsheet, 16 ½ x 22 inches, folded to narrow 8vo. Recto prints six timetables for various routes, an advertisement for trains to the Centennial in Philadelphia (13 ½ x 7 7/8 inches)..... More
Niagara Falls, NY: The lines, nd [ca. 1920?]. Broadside, 13 ½ x 8 ½ inches, employing several sizes and styles of type. Offers tours on Lake Ontario, to Toronto and the 1000 Islands area, trips and escorted tours to the 1000 Islands, Montreal, Quebec, the Saguenay, Port Arthur, and Duluth..... More
Fort William and Port Arthur: Civic Tourist Bureau and Chamber of Commerce, nd [ca. 1950?]. Broadsheet, 19 x 24 ¾ inches, folded to narrow 8vo, recto with title panel and 11 panels of illustrated promotional material for hunting and fishing opportunities in the area; verso with map of the area..... More
Barnstable, [MA]: S. B. Phinney, 1840. Bounded in 3/4 leather and marbled boards, front joint splitting. 23 cm. 92pp. Bound with A DISCOURSE PRONOUNCED AT BARNSTABLE ON THE THIRD OF SEPTEMBER, 1839, at the Celebration of the Second Centennial Anniversary of the Settlement of Cape Cod, by John Gorham Palfrey..... 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
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 York: Wright & Swasey (Wright gravure co.), 1892. 21 x 30 cm. 4pp., 80 plates. "This book is one of an edition of one hundred and fifty copies published in December, 1892, on heavy plate paper bound in full red morocco, and sold by subscription. This copy is no..... 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
[Washington, DC: 1902-03]. Two volumes. 4to. [unpaginated]. Contemporary 3/4 leather and dark green cloth. Front joints starting, some loss to cloth on rear board of first volume, all edges red, a heavy set. Volume I: 690,602 - 707,230; Volume II: 707,340 - 735,774. Stamped in gilt at the base of..... More
Paris: Gravee chez Monrocq, fr., A Donamette Imp. nd [1890s?]. Large folding color map of Mexico, in 32 panels, laid down on newer linen, 73 x 102 cm., tipped into a dark green cloth folder (mottled), "Repubica Mexicana 1.3,000,000 Altimetrica" on spine. Altitudes are shown by gradient tints identified in..... More
[Paris: 1764]. Map of the Canary Islands, hand-colored in outline, hand-colored cartouche, relief shown pictorially. 18 x 23 cm. on a 31 x 43 cm. sheet of laid paper. Sheet removed from Jacques Nicolas Bellin's "Le Petit Maritime Atlas," printed in Paris in 1764. Sheet number in upper right margin..... 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
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
Birmingham, AL: Roberts & Son, Printers, /Stationers, Lithographers, Engravers, nd [1923]. 4to (28 cm). 382 pp. Illustrated from photographs, color plates; laid in is an information sheet, announcing that “prices in this catalog are corrected to March 15th, 1923, and include some rather sharp advances made by the manufacturers since..... 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, PA: William Brown, Printer), 1830. Folio (33 cm). 4, (1) pp. The auction included 148 numbered lots of wholesale textiles, the catalogue set up in tabular form to include lot number, number of items in the lot, a description of the goods, and space for “Remarks” (this copy without..... More
Cincinnati, (OH): Elm Street Printing Co., 1871. 8vo. 29 pp. Includes lists of trustees, “Ladies’ Board of Care,” faculty, students by class and department, men and women; course of study, with individual course requirements; and regulations, expenses, a calendar, and general information. Original printed tan wrappers (some soiling); ex-Western Reserve..... More
Cincinnati, (OH): Elm Street Printing Co., 1877. 8vo. 28 pp. Illustrated from wood engravings of campus buildings. Includes lists of trustees, “Ladies’ Board of Care,” faculty, students by class and department, men and women; course of study, with individual course requirements; and regulations, expenses, a calendar, and general information. Original..... More
Portland, Oregon: Himes & Bachelder, Book and Job Printers, No. 93 Front Street, 1872. Beige printed wrappers. 23 cm. 20pp. Signature on cover and title page of Eugene L. Ware. Typographically well done. The University was founded by Congregational Ministers. Included are lists of faculty, alumni, male and female students..... 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
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