Providence: What Cheer Print, [nd, but ca. 1885]. Broadside, 29 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches, with 6 1/2 x 8 1/4-inch wood engraving, signed by Jackson's Print, of Prof. Reynolds onstage with flying demons, a cauldron, and various displays on a table. Printed on inexpensive advertising paper, now a light...

[N.p., likely Buffalo, N.Y. ca. 1880]. Broadside, 24 x 4 3/4 inches. Two small areas of discoloration near bottom edge, else fine. Mounted and framed. A slim illustrated broadside printed on tan paper announcing and describing a performance by the Austrian magician and showman, De La Mano, here billed as...

Selma. [1855]. 8pp. Original printed wrappers. Light wear an sunning to wraps. Internally clean. A brief but enthusiastic encomium to the benefits of Freemasonry, delivered at a Lodge in Cahaba, Alabama, in 1855 by their Masonic chaplain, George F. Cushman.

[Mauritius. 1784]. Broadside, 10 x 13 inches. Old folds. Completed in manuscript, with wax seal and manuscript notations on verso. Worn and lightly soiled, with some minor separation and loss at folds. Good. Rare and ephemeral discharge paper for a French soldier serving on Ile de France - present-day Mauritius...

Newark, N.J. [ca. 1850]. Broadside, 20 3/4 x 8 inches. Minor chipping to corners, mild edge wear and wrinkling, old center horizontal crease, some staining, mostly marginal. Good plus. An attractive broadside publicizing a lecture by amateur archaeologist Montroville W. Dickeson on the "antiquities & customs of the unhistoried Indian...

Cleveland, Ms. [ca. 1910?]. Single card, 2 x 3 3/4 inches. Minor soiling and creasing. Very good. A business card for the Gordin House in Cleveland, Mississippi, Mrs. S.S. Floyd, proprietress. The card indicates: "Special attention paid to traveling men." Patrons can stay for a mere two dollars per day...

[Palmyra, Mo.? 1845]. Broadside, 8 x 11 1/4 inches. Oblong quarto. Two cmall chips and a one-inch closed tear at left edge. Manuscript annotation at lower edge. Faint foxing and dust soiling. About very good. An unrecorded Missouri broadside from 1845, advertising a public land sale near Palmyra, Mo. The...

Washington. Dec. 7, 1824. Broadside, 23 1/2 x 19 inches. Folded horizontally, with several old vertical folds. Slight wear and a few separations along folds, one chip at head, not affecting text. A couple of patches of light staining. Very good. The rare first printing of James Monroe's final State...

[Virginia City, Mt.]: Montana Post Print, [ 1864]. 7 1/2 x 3 1/4 inches. Slight wear. Very good. A very early example of Montana printing, and a record of early mining in the region. According to McMurtrie, the first printing press in Montana is believed to be that brought by...

[New York]. [ 1860s]. Printed check, 8 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches. Plus integral receipt form, also unused. Clean and very good. Handsomely printed check, with vignettes of stagecoach and two western hunters in western garb with their rifles and dog.

St. Louis, Mo. J.T. Hammond, [ca. 1841?]. Two certificates, each 3 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches, printed on the same side of a single 6 1/2 x 7 3/4-inch sheet of paper. Fine. A rare example of Mormon financial ephemera, documenting the Mormons' stay in Nauvoo and the attempt to...

Omaha. 1893. 24pp. Original printed wrappers. Very good. Promotional pamphlet on Nebraska issued for the Nebraska Columbian Exhibit. The state that forced "the Great American Desert [to] become only a name and a tradition." Focuses on agricultural riches and industrial potential of Nebraska.

Portsmouth, N.H. Nov. 12, 1788. Broadsheet, approximately 14 1/4 x 11 3/4 inches. Previously folded, with one small hole at lower central fold line. Slight curling at edges, very light tanning and foxing. Very good. A rare broadsheet calling for New Hampshire representatives to be appointed to the Electoral College...