1810. Single sheet, folded to 30 x 18 cm., [3] pp., docketed on the fourth page. Browned, slight tears at folds and edges, in ink in a legible hand. A tender copy. A list of claims against the estate of Moses Wing (1760-1809), clockmaker and jeweler, 1810. Several dozen persons..... More
[New York, NY: np, 1856]. Single sheet, folded to 32.5 x 20.5 cm., [2] leaves. The two items, printed on pages [1] and [3], with both versos blank. Old folds (a few tiny separations), some old staining and browning, a few tiny holes. The first document, a printed broadside, is..... More
[Providence, RI ? np, 1819]. Single sheet. 35 x 21 cm. [2] pp. Printed in two columns. Old fold lines, a few separations along folds. It seems only a copy at Brown listed on OCLC. American Imprints 49750 does not list a place of publication but Brown notes it as..... More
![Item #67641 "HOME OF WASHINGTON, MOUNT VERNON, VA." [caption title]; Large Cabinet Card of...](/pictures/thumb/67641.jpg?v=1678830848)
Original photograph, image 19 x 27 cm., mounted on a backing board, 26 x 34 cm. overall. Sepia tones, slightly faded, tear on board not affecting photo. Chipping on corners of board. Printed below the photo, on the backing board: Washington, D.C: Luke C. Dillon, Office, 935 Penn. Avenue, Pullman's..... More
![Item #67642 THE LEECH. "BLOOD! IAGO! BLOOD! Vol. I, No. 1 [all]. Union College, July, 1864](/pictures/thumb/67642.jpg?v=1678830850)
[Schenectady, NY: 1864]. This issue only. 30.5 x 24.5 cm. 12 pp. Masthead with cut of two men facing away from viewer. A short tear in fore-margin throughout, one chip affecting several characters on last leaf. A fairly well-preserved copy, partly unopened. Short-lived literary magazine. Much of the content is..... More
Receipt 16.5 x 19.5 cm. Partly printed, completed in manuscript. Browned, edges uneven. Very good. Fessenden and Bailey of Medford, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County, paid the tax collector two dollars for the privilege of operating a "two wheeled carriage called a chair or (chaise?) and the harness used therefore." Levi..... More
NP: np, [1850-1890?]. Broadside poem. 18 x 13.5 cm. Top and bottom margins a bit uneven. Four stanzas of six lines each, mourning the loss of two children. OCLC lists only a copy at Brown where the speculation of date is taken. More
Chicago, IL: Hall & Co. (E. D. Mendel, Lithographic & Map Publishing Office, Chicago), 1855. Lithograph map of Chicago, 31 3/8 x 25 1/2 inches, the map fully enclosed with a simple bold rule. “Shows parks, public buildings, railroad stations, land ownership, and railroads; includes population statistics for 1840 through..... More
Concord, Mass. Republican Office, 1841. Broadside. 29 x 21 cm. Two columns of text below the title, all enclosed in a decorative border. List of the service, anthems, hymns, and other actions. Not found on OCLC or AAS. More
[Columbus, OH: S. Medary? 1850]. Broadside, 35 x 35 cm. Fold lines. Sheet toned, some minor chips and separations at edges. Very good. A floor plan and seating chart for the Ohio Constitutional Convention of 1850. At the head of the chart is the desk of Convention President William Medill..... More
nd [ca.1860?]. Single sheet. 33 x 21 cm. 1.5 pages. Old fold lines, short tears and small separations at folds. Original manuscript poem written by a "friend" of some talent and education, praising the attorney, George Griffin (1778-1860), of New York City, comparing him to "Great Hamilton" who had died..... More
[Boston, MA] ? np, July 16, 1859. Broadside. 24.5 x 19 cm. Printed on blue paper. Text in various sizes and styles of type. Very good. More
Worcester, [MA]: Henry J. Howland, printer, 199 Main Street, November, 1849. Broadside. 25.5 x 19 cm. "Tickets for the course may be obtained of the Secretary, and at the Bookstores, at the following prices: gentlemen, $1.00. Ladies and minors, $0,50. All purchasers of tickets will be entitled to the use..... More
[Galesburg, IL ? np, 1851]. Broadside. 23 x 31 cm. Laid down on scrap cardboard, stained and browned. Bottom margin frayed, with loss to margin no loss of text. A fair copy only, but textually complete. Signed in type by Becker at conclusion, dated Victoria, Knox Co., Ills, February 17..... More
Charleston, South Carolina. July 27, 1840. 25 cm. Single sheet folded. Holograph note on a printed circular concerning ship's agent business. George W. Brown (b. 1803), an attorney "formerly of Nicholasville, Ky" came to Charleston in 1840 to go into business as a ship's agent, "a general Commission and Forwarding..... More
Single sheet, folded to 33 x 20 cm., one page a manucript, approx. 90 words, [2] blank, docketed on fourth page. Watermarked "USN" with Ship & Hudson. Ink browned. Simeon Draper, Jr., auctioneer of the city of New York, certifies that a public auction will be held at the merchants..... More
London: The Hogarth Press, Various dates all reprints. 8vo. The complete set of twenty-four volumes; hardbacks all in dust-wrappers. Dustjackets faded on spine with a few with pieces missing. Volume nineteen THE EGO AND THE ID has extensive pencil underlining. Previous owners stamp on bottom page edge. Otherwise a clean..... More
Broadside. Printed document, approximately 8 x 7 in. Text in full: "Sir, An act has lately passed, directing that certain copies of the Communications made by the President to Congress, shall be conveyed by post, free of postage. All packages, therefore, which are forwarded by a member of Congress, by..... More
New York ; London: Scribner, Welford & Co., No. 654 Broadway; 188 Fleet Street, 1870-71. Purple cloth, unevenly faded. 27 cm. iv, 64pp. 10 leaves of plates. Plain spine, with black and gold bands; gilt stamped title on front board. Wright 1066. Book plate of Stuart Henry Hartson on front..... More
Boston: September 1, 1886. Signed in ink by N.P. Hallowell. Printed circular. 20.5 x 13.5 cm. A very good copy. Norwood Penrose Hallowell (1839-1914) graduated from Harvard College in 1861. He was a member of the committee to raise money to put a memorial window in Memorial Hall at Harvard..... More
Washington, [DC]: Printed at the Office of Jonathan Elliot, Pennsylvania Avenue, 1828. 22 cm. [2], 3-32 pp. Disbound. A fairly crisp copy, but fore-edge cropped close, shaving a small amount of text on pp. 5-8 still readable. Howes J11. Cohen 13619 - "An anti-Jackson campaign document, comprising a reprint, with..... More
London: Printed by E.P. for the Company of Stationers; "Soliloquium Animae" Printed by Robert Young, 1640. 12mo. Frontis., [46], 277pp., [10];, [3, blank, 10], 223pp., [4, 1, blank]. Worn period leather binding, lacking clasps, tooled in black around edges of boards. Rear joint starting. Previous owner's signature on verso of..... More
![Item #67636 SPARTA DEMOCRAT-EXTRA [Caption title]. Abraham LINCOLN](/pictures/thumb/67636.jpg?v=1678826836)
Sparta, [IL]: Friday, January 15, 1841. Single sheet. 34 x 26 cm. [2] pp., text printed in three columns on both sides. Sheet very browned, foxed, small piece (blank) gone from an upper corner. The Sparta Democrat was a successor to the Columbus Herald, the first newspaper (1838) published in..... More
Single sheet, 22 x 17 cm., approx. 160 words. Docketed on verso, "Application for a Prop. Meeting to be held 25 Nov. 1781." Sheet a little browned, some manuscript corrections, old fold lines, tipped onto cardboard. Gorham and Longfellow were Gorham selectmen in 1781. The first article here requests that..... More
ca. 1898. Single sheet, 30 x 22.5 cm. Lyrics only, in ink. Old fold lines, multiple tears, repairs, a 3 x 4 in.section chipped away, with lyric re-written at a later date [and in a different hand?]. Stained. "4690 Geo W. Monroe," penciled at top [a previous owner and perhaps..... More