New York: H. de Marsan, nd [1861?]. First edition. Broadside song sheet, 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches (trimmed to edge of ornamental border), printing five verses and a chorus in two columns separated by a thin rule, and enclosed within a wide ornamental and illustrated border, with pictorial scenes... More about Bully for Us. [caption title] Composed and sung by Harry Fox, the Popular Negro Comedian, at...

New York: 1855-1865. Small oblong 4to. 148 leaves, almost all with manuscript entries on both sides, usually more than one per page, interleaved with blotting paper, as issued. The receipts, representing hundreds of transactions are signed by nearly as many New York merchants, acknowledging payment for a variety of goods... More about Business trading in cotton and other commodities, as recorded in a business ledger compiled by...

Richmond, (VA): Printed by James E. Goode, 1864. 15 pp., 12mo, original printed wrappers. First Confederate edition. Very good copy. Parrish 8662. More about By-Laws and List of Members of Richmond Randolph Lodge No. XIX, Ancient York Masons

Charlotte C. H. Charlotte Gazette Printing Office, 1874. 16mo. 10 pp. Original printed blue wrappers. Very good. First edition (?). Includes a list of the lodge's officers. Scarce; apparently unrecorded on OCLC. More about BY-LAWS OF KEYSVILLE LODGE, A.F. & A.M. NO. 154, ADOPTED JANUARY 10, 1874

Charleston, (SC): Evans & Cogswell, 1861. Revised edition (previous rules for operation had been published in 1806, 1839, and 1852). 8vo. 40 pp. Parrish & Willingham 7837. Turnbull III, p. 332. Very good. Original printed yellow glazed wrappers (spine a little eroded, old tideline in lower corner). (10161). More about By-Laws of the Orphan House of Charleston, South Carolina. Revised and adopted by the Board of...

NY: Passenger Traffic Dept., United Fruit Company Steamship Service, nd [ca. 1915]. Small 4to folded to narrow 8vo. 15 pp. Illustrated, includes deck plans for 11 different models of steamships in the line, one of which is double-page. Original illustrated wrappers, stapled. Very good. Promotional for the "Great White Fleet,"... More about CABIN PLANS [cover title

Oakland, CA: Oakland Chamber of Commerce, 1932. Promotional pamphlet, measuring 23 x 20 cm., folded to 23 x 10 cm. Red lettered white paper wraps, with color illustrations presented as oversized postage stamp views of tourist attractions in the two states; (24) pp. Illustrated with black & white photos and... More about CALIFORNIA - NEVADA TRAVELS ASSOCIATION. AMERICA'S GREATEST PLAYGROUND --- LAND OF A THOUSAND...

San Francisco, CA: Southern Pacific, 1902. First edition. 16mo. 32 pp. Illustrated from photographs. Promotional for those thinking of moving to the state, emphasizing agricultural and other employment opportunities. OCLC locates three copies (California State Library, California - Berkeley, California - Davis). Very good. Original decorated tan wrappers, stapled. (6143). More about CALIFORNIA FOR EVERYBODY [cover title

NP: ("Printed in Germany"), nd [ca. 1895]. First edition (?). 8vo. 15 plates of views on a single sheet, folded accordion-style into gilt-stamped cloth boards. The 33 views presented here form an architectural photo-essay of the California 1894 Mid-Winter Fair, including a panorama of the grounds and views of individual... More about California Mid Winter Fair 1894 [cover title

C. Washington, DC: Gibson Bros., Printers, n.d. (1863). 4pp. folder, printed on first page only. A declaration of "thorough loyalty" to the Union, and a belief that "the rebellion must be suppressed at whatever cost of treasure and of life." The occasion for this statement was a meeting of the... More about THE CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH OF WASHINGTON, D

Two cabinet photographs, undated [ca. 1890], each 4 3/8 x 6 1/2 inches, mounted on heavy card stock, one of the photographs picturing the men seated and standing in front of their tent "Bangor No. 1," pitched in a grove of trees, and also showing a meal cooking over their... More about Camp Africanus [manuscript mount title for a pair of cabinet photographs picturing four...

NP [Azusa, CA?]: np [Camp Rincon?], nd [ca.1910's]. Single sheet, 16 x 53 cm., folded to 16 x 9 cm. With 6 panels of text and photo illustrations on both sides. Front and rear panels show an identical illustration of a hillside of light orange trees, lettering in black and... More about CAMP RINCON, SAN GABRIEL CANON

(Dunsmuir, CA: Sweet Briar Camp and Shasta Retreat, 1895). Second edition. Promotional of 16 panels folding to narrow 12mo. Illustrated from photographs, single-panel map of the larger area from San Francisco to Santa Cruz. Promotional for the the two camps and the excrsion train linking the two cities; includes four-panel... More about Camping in the Vicinity of Mt. Shasta and in the Santa Cruz Mountains [cover title