(Houston, TX: Missouri Pacific-Gulf Coast Lines [printed by John S. Swift, St. Louis], 1925). First edition. 8vo. 64 pp. Illustrated, maps. Elaborate promotional and viewbook for the Rio Grande Valley, with one or more photographic scenes of the are on each page, with descriptive text. OCLC locates 11 copies, six... More about The Beautiful Valley of the Lower Rio Grande [cover title
Huntsville, AL: Printed at the "Democratic Herald" Office, 1842. First (only?) edition. 8vo. (11) pp. 4 full-page diagrams (text on versos) that are metal cuts done from plates whose securing screw heads are evident. The title, copyright, and first page of text printed in portrait alignment, following pages of text... More about BENJAMIN BRANHAM'S PROTRACTOR SYSTEM OF GARMET CUTTING, WITH INSTRUCTIONS IN MAKING UP; FOR THE...
Forsyth, GA:, The college, (printed Albertype Co. Brooklyn, N.Y.), nd [ca. 1910?]. First edition. Oblong 8vo. (1) pp. Seven full-page views of the campus, including one folding panorama of the main campus quad. A Christian women's college dedicated to "giving the future mothers of the race the gracious enlightened tenderness... More about Bessie Tift College, Forsyth, Georgia [cover title
Boston [MA]: Billings, Clapp & Co., Publishers, 1885. Pictorial tan paperwraps. 16 cm. (32) pp. Illustrations. Color illustrated ad for Nichols' Elixir Peruvian Bark & Protoxide of Iron on rear wrapper. Short critiques on the resorts of Atlantic City, Aiken, several locations in Florida, etc., interspersed with promotional material for... More about "BETHESDA." A TRAVELLER'S CRITICISM ON OUR HEALTH RESORTS, THEIR SCENERY, CLIMATIC...
London: John Russell Smith, 1865. 22cm. [2], [6pp. index], 308pp., plus [32]pp. list of publications or books for sale by J.R. Smith. Leather backed cloth, head of spine worn down to page edges, gilt stamped title on spine. Foxing to title page, some overall toning to text. This copy bears... More about BIBLIOTHECA AMERICANA. A CATALOGUE OF A VALUABLE COLLECTION OF BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, MANUSCRIPTS,...
[Indianapolis, IN]: Indianapolis Journal Print, 1875. First edition (?). Illustrated advertising broadsheet, 28 1/2 x 10 5/8 inches, employing a large number of sizes and styles of type, including nice display types. The show traveled via its own fleet of 42 railroad cars, "Mr. H. Barnum, with years of experience... More about THE BIG SHOW COMING! / THE STANDARD AND RELIABLE / SHOW OF AMERICA! / ENDORSED BY THE PRESS OF...
Shreveport, LA: (H.G. Stetson, Printer, Camp St., New Orleans), November 5, 1866. Ephemera. Half-sheet folio, 5 3/8 by 11 inches, illustrated with a small engraving, 3/4 x 1 7/8 inches, of a steamboat in the upper corner; docketed on verso. Henry Ware, a native of Georgia, engaged in the commission... More about Bill of lading, a partly printed document, completed in manuscript and signed by a clerk, C.A....
[Richmond, VA: 1824]. First edition. 4to. 15 pp. Each line of the text is numbered. George Washington founded the Potowmack Company in 1785 to make navigability improvements to the Potomac River, with an ultimate goal of using waterways to connect the eastern seaboard to the Ohio River and the Great... More about A Bill, Incorporating the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company [caption title
Nashville: Foster & Webb, Printers, 1902. 12mo; 80 pp. First edition. Rebound in modern blue fabrikoid, with original paper wrappers bound in. Illustrated with photographs. Inscribed by Patrick Griffin (one of the subjects of the Sketches) on front wrapper. Small stain on title page, with some chipping to bottom of... More about BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND PICTURES OF COMPANY B: Confederate Veterans of Nashville, Tenn
Cambridge, England: Philip Steadman, 1967. This issue only. 4to. 32 pp. Illustrated from photographs, floor plans. "Form" was a short-lived periodical, 1966-1969; 10 numbers were issued during that period. This is the second of four issues partly devoted to Black Mountain College. The essay by Rice printed here was first... More about "Black Mountain College," pp. 19-27 [printed in four columns], in Form 5, comprising...
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 about Black Studies: A Select Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications
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 about Bladen Springs, Choctaw County, Alabama [caption title]. W.A. Turner, Proprietor, Successor to J....
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 about Blakely.; [followed by a long poem celebrating General Edward Canby's victory over the...
Chicago: Rufus Blanchard, 1874. Broadside map, 21 x 25 inches, the counties hand-colored in light shades of several colors, railroads, both finished and proposed, cities, and towns, including county seats, delineated. Cover title: "Guide Map to Ohio." Not in Phillips. Not recorded on OCLC (which does locate one copy of... More about Blanchard's Guide Map of Ohio and Indiana
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 about BLISS ELECTRICAL SCHOOL. CATALOG, 1925-1926
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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 about THE BLUE AND THE GRAY. [cover title]; STATUES IN STAMPED COPPER AND BRONZE
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 about BLUM'S FARMER'S AND PLANTER'S ALMANAC FOR THE YEAR 1878 [cover title
New York: Printed by James Parker and a few copies are to be sold by him, and Benjamin Franklin, in Philadelphia, 1747. First edition. Folio. 124, 39, (5) pp. Complete with the three folding maps by Lewis Evans, engraved by James Turner of Boston, two with hand-colored outline on linen... More about Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey. A bill in chancery of New-Jersey, at...
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 about Bohn's hand-book of Washington. With an appendix. Illustrated with twenty engravings of public...
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 about BOMBARDMENT OF VERA CRUZ, MARCH 25th, 1847
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 about BOND FOR APPEARANCE ON A CHARGE OF TREASON
Edinburgh: Printed by James Watson, 1720. Narrow 12mo. 204 unnumbered leaves. OCLC locates four copies of this edition (Claremont, Emory, Cambridge, National Library of Wales). Contemporary morocco (rubbed), gilt ornaments on spine faded), gilt-stamped ornamented leather pastedowns, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. (mostly rubbed away). Solid copy of a handy edition. More about The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and Other Rites and Ceremonies...
London: Printed by Thomas Baskett and Robert Baskett, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty, 1743. 8vo. [152pp.] with THE WHOLE BOOK OF PSALMS, Collected into English Metre, By Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others..... London: Printed by A. Wilde, for the Company of Stationers, 1740. [52pp.]. Closed tear in... More about THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS, AND OTHER RITES AND CEREMONIES...
London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, Sold by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1820. Stereotype edition. 14 cm. Full contemporary red straight-grained morocco, covers paneled and decorated in gilt, spine richly gilt, with raised bands and gilt title, gilt inner dentelles. All edges gilt, with a colored... More about THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER
London: Published for John Reeves, Sold by George and William Nicol and Scatcherd and Letterman, 1812. 25 cm. Full contemporary black straight-grained morocco, covers panelled and decorated in gilt and blind, spine richly gilt, with raised bands and gilt title. All edges gilt, with a colored painting of a mother... More about THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER
