Louisville, KY: The hotel (John P. Morton & Co., Printers), 1872. Two examples from the same month, Sunday, March, 10 and Friday, March 22, 1872. Each 8vo. (4) pp., with the “Dinner” menu verso of title, a “Wine List” recto of integral leaf, and an illustration of the hotel’s Memphis..... More
[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
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
Birmingham, AL: Published by Firemen’s Relief Assn. 1921. Oblong folio. (60) pp. Illustrated from photographs, portraits, images of “recent fires,” etc., roster of officers and firemen; many ads for local businesses. Includes a brief overview of the department and the work of the relief association, and biographical sketches, with portraits..... More
Birmingham, AL: Published by Firemen’s Relief Assn. 1922. Oblong folio. (44) pp. Illustrated from photographs, portraits, images of fir stations, etc., table of fire alarm box locations; many ads for local businesses. Includes an overview of the recent department administration and biographical sketches, with portraits, of leaders; also includes an..... More
(Birmingham, AL): The company, nd [ca. 1910]. Promotional and stock sales instrument for the company, an 8-panel folding brochure, emphasizing the superiority of oil over coal and investment value. The company had organized under the laws of Alabama and all of the officers and directors, a judge, local tax official..... More
Philadelphia: Published by Johnson & Warner, 1812. 12mo., 13 cm. [4], 5 - 36pp., Illustrated with 11 engravings. Lacks wrappers. Bound in black leather with gilt designed borders on boards, gilt title on spine. Chipping to head of spine, front joint starting. A moral lesson of friendship and deception. This..... More
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
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
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
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
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
[Allegheny City, PA: R. Matchett, Proprietor, nd] [1890?]. Single sheet, folded in thirds. 32 cm. 6 pp. of text, testimonials, and advertisements for Four-Fold Liniment, "the leading liniment of the age." Printed on poor quality paper, old fold lines, seperated across the center fold, a few small holes, and one..... More
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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
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
Birmingham, AL: Jefferson County Committee for Economic Opportunity, August, 1972. First edition (?). 4to. 47, 77 pp. [printed rectos only]. An important post-integration organization fostering co-operation between white and African-American communities in the county, “searching for new approaches to old and complex problems and designed to enable disadvantaged persons to..... More
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
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
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
[Rochester, NY: H.H. Warner & Co., 1882]. Salmon colored illustrated paper wraps. 23.5 cm. 31, (1) pp. Advertisements for Warner's "Safe Kidney and Liver Cure," interspersed with treatments for various disorders, and testimonials from satisfied customers. Scattered in text illustrations, plus a running addendum along the bottoms of the pages..... More
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
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
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
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
Oxford: Printed at Clarendon Press by W. Dawson, T. Bensley, J. Cooke, 1798. 22 cm. Full contemporary red straight-grained morocco, covers panelled and decorated with gilt tooling, flat spine panelled and richly gilt, with gilt title, marbled endpapers. All edges gilt, with a colored painting of Henley Bridge, on Thames..... More
