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
Cloth, net $10.00. Half Calf, net $15.00. New Orleans, LA: F.F. Hansell & Bro., [1903]. Prospectus. 12mo. (3) pp., title leaf with portrait profile of Gayarre, interior double-page further description of the work, and a full-page illustration of the Hansell establishment. Very good. Printed self-wrappers. (#5545). More
(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
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
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
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
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
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
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
[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
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
[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
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
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
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
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
[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
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
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
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
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
NP, Approx. 1915. oblong 4to. Gray paper wraps. Promotional brochure comprised of 17 photgravure printed plates. No OCLC. More
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
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