[Washington, D.C. Chinatown Creative Workshop Program, n.d.] [ca. 1974]. Grey photo illustrated paper wraps, stapled. 22 cm. [12] pp., including wrappers. Reproduced typescript. Brief captioned text illustrated with photos taken by participants in the Chinatown Creative Workshop, sponsored and funded by the Youth Opportunity Service.The brochure advocates for a playground..... More
New York: The American Guardian Association, National Fund Campaign Headquarters, 8 West Fortieth St. nd [ca. 1925]. Broadside, 55 x 44 cm. Followed by nine lines of text appealing to the citizens of the United States and noting that Governor-General Leonard Woods had created the American Guardian Association to keep..... More
Chicago: George F. Cram, nd (ca. 1910's?). Folding map, 47 x 62 cm., tipped into black lettered brown paper wrapper which has been folded in thirds. "This map shows all counties, cities, towns and villages, principal rivers and lakes. Every name clear and distinct. Just the thing for travelers &..... More
[Natchez, Mississippi: 1846]. Single sheet, folded to 25 x 20 cm. (1) pp. of text, internal pages blank, docketed on the fourth page. Old fold lines else a very nice example. A neatly calligraphic document, the marriage license, "State of Mississippi, Adams County, to any Judge, Minister, or Justice, lawfully..... More
Chicago [IL]: Shober & Carqueville Litho. Co., nd [1883-95]. Broadside, 55 x 69 cm. Vignettes of the farm include a central bird's eye view of Oaklawn, with a group of Percherons in a field in the foreground and stallion's stables and Dunham Castle in the background. This image is surrounded..... More
NP: September 10, 1857. Partly printed document, completed in manuscript, on blue lined paper, 12 x 19 cm. Signed by T.H. McCray, and by the President of Tellico Mfg. Company, S. Vanhook. The money was to be placed to the account of the Tellico Manufacturing Company. This document marked "No..... More
1832-1844. Bound volume of pamphlets and speeches, 3/4 plain red leather and drab boards (rubbed). 22 cm. A manuscript "Order of Contents" appears on the front endpaper, listing 17 items [some of the below listed items have been grouped together in this hand-written table], followed by a 2 pp. general..... More
[Beruit: U. S. S. North Carolina], 1915. Printed glossy tan paperwraps, stapled, small chip to front cover. Photo illustration of the U.S.S. North Carolina, by Brown Bros. Photo, Newport News, Va., on front wrapper. 21cm. 14pp., (2). Illustrated with photos and sketches. Stamp of the Serials Division Sample File in..... More
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New York [NY]: P.W. Derham, Printer and Stationer, 15 Nassua Street, Corner of Pine, nd [1863-4?]. Folio broadside, 48 x 29.5 cm., text in two columns beneath the title in display type. Old folds with slight damage; some foxing. Professionally rebacked. This broadside, printed ca. 1863-4, offers a political analysis..... More
[Madrid]: 1853. Apparently first issued in two sheets, 1851-1853. Engraved broadside map, 32 x 42 inches, folded to 8vo, with hand-colored borders; inset maps of Havana and eleven other towns (Caibarien, Guanabocoa Guanajay, Guines, Holguin, Manzanillo, Pinar del Rio, Puerto Principe, San Antonio de los Banos, Remedios, Santa Clara, and..... More
New York: Sign O' The Lanthorn, 126 William Street, (1898). First edition. No. 12 of 125 copies. 29 cm. unpaginated, text printed on double leaves, illustrated. Title page in red and black. Bound in quarter reverse calf (rubbed, spine ends worn) and green cloth; printed paper label laid down on..... More
Single sheet, 30 x 13.5 cm., recording the attendants at the service for Moses Samuel Dickinson who died at the age of 21 on May 2, 1792. Old fold lines, a short separation along the vertical fold, slightly affecting one letter of text. In a neat hand, the people present..... More
New York [NY]: Alfred A. Knopf, 1947. First edition. 8vo. xi, (1, blank), 298, xii, (1) pp. Gilt stamped red cloth. Spine spotted and faded, worn at ends, gilt title faded, shelf wear. A good, clean copy internally. Small bookseller's label on rear pastedown. This copy signed by Nobel Prize..... More
[Chicago? May 25th, 1868]. Small broadside, 19.5 x 12 cm., printed in various sizes and styles of type. Old fold lines, else very good. Chas. Fargo's instruction to his Agents and Messengers reads in part: "You are again particularly cautioned against Safe Blowers and Train Robbers. The late bold and..... More
[Cleveland, Ohio: 1879]. A brief manuscript essay, a little more than 3 pp., approx. 800 words, on lined paper, in a neat hand. The anonymous author records his birth in New Haven, Connecticut on Dec. 31, 1810. He mentions that his father was in the West India business as a...... More
Washington City: M'Gill & Witherow, Printers and Stereotypers, 1870. Grey printed paper wraps. 23 cm. 16 pp. Chipping to upper outer corners of pages, not affecting text; short splits to wrappers along spine. Kilbourn's speech accompanied his proposed resolution for the International Industrial Exhibition to be held in the city..... More
[Washington, D.C. 1865]. Broadside. Engraved invitation, printed on stiff card stock, 29 x 24 cm. Designed & drawn by Bruff. Engraved by Dempsey & O'Toole. Vignette portraits of Lincoln and Johnson, surrounded by two columns on which eagles perch, and stone steps printed with the dates 1777-83, 1812-15, and 1860-65..... More
Omaha [NE]: Cotter, Printer, (1889). Broadside, printed on golden yellow silk. 23 x 11 cm. Edges frayed, particularly the top margin, affecting a few letters of text. M'lle Rhea portrays Beatrice and William Harris is Benedick. Fifteen other cast members are named. The broadside assures the audience that the costumes..... More
nd. A manuscript lecture on the principles of mathematics and the "two great branches- Arithmetic or the science of Numbers, & Geometry or the science of extension." Stitched sheets, 15 pp., approx. 3750 words, in a neat hand, all but one page written on rectos only. A few ink and..... More
[various locations in Alabama: 1943-47]. From his farming co-operative, St. Teresa's Village, that he started near Bolling, Alabama, Terminiello pursued his career trying to "preserve a Christian standard in America," but gradually turned to Anti-Semitism and Fascism, from the late 1930s through the 1940s, earning him the nickname "Father Coughlin..... More
London: Printed by the assigns of the Kings Printers and by the assigns of R. and E. Askyns, Esquires, 1696. 8vo. [14], 331, [5] pp. Full contemporary calf, front joint shows signs of being repaired. There are two distinct American ink signatures on the title leaf, one of Benjamin Lynde..... More