St. Paul, Mn. 1885. 64pp., with in-text illustrations. Dbd. Original pictorial wrappers. An attractive 1885 promotional publication by the Northern Pacific Railroad, providing detailed descriptions and numerous illustrations of attractions to be taken advantage of along their routes from Minneapolis and Saint Paul to Seattle, and thence to Alaska. Includes...
Brooklyn. 1851. 208pp. Folio. Stitched. Light tanning. Very good. Untrimmed. A complete run of the first volume, comprising fifty-two issues spanning from November 1851 to October 1852, of THE CIRCULAR, "a publication of the utopian Oneida and Wallingford communities, edited by J.H. Noyes" - Lomazow. "The author, educated at Dartmouth...
Ottawa: Hunter, Rose and Co., 1868. iv,64pp. 16mo. Original green printed wrappers. Light soiling to wrappers, scattered light foxing internally. Very good. In a cloth clamshell box. A small hymnal for Ottawa residents, containing the lyrics to sixty-five songs. Quite scarce, with OCLC locating copies only at the University of...
Bridgeport, Ct. [ca. 1880]. [4]pp. plus fourteen pages of similar, related ephemera. Old fold lines. A few small tears at edges. Minor soiling to a few of the ephemera items. Good. An interesting group of ephemera printed by the architectural firm Palliser, Palliser & Co., around 1880. Publications featured include...
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Reading, Pa: Printed by Gottob Jungmann and Comp. 1796. Oblong broadside, 20 1/2 x 17 1/4 inches. Folio. The top edge trimmed in a decorative wave pattern. Light damspstaining and agetoning. Old folds, with a few minor clean tears. Accomplished in manuscript on July 14, 1796 in Berks County, Pennsylvania...
New York. March 5, 1858. [1]p., printed on a wide octavo sheet bordered in black. Small faint stain in upper margin, else fine. A rare piece of ephemera from the funeral ceremonies commemorating the death of Commodore Matthew C. Perry, best known for leading the mission that opened Japan to...
[Arequipa: Pedro Benavides, 1836]. Broadside, 12 x 8 1/2 inches. Two minor chips and light soiling, but generally very good. A number of decrees by Andrès de Santa Cruz printed for circulation in 1836, including an order to remunerate his army after his campaigns to subjugate Peru. Santa Cruz, president...
[La Paz. 1835]. Broadside, 10 1/4 x 8 inches. Tanned. Right edge slightly chipped, a few small holes along a fold line. About very good. An 1835 address by Andrès de Santa Cruz, South American revolutionary leader and president of Bolivia from 1829 to 1839, to the people of Peru...
Philadelphia. Jan. 10 - Oct. 31, 1801. 408pp, lacks a total of 26 pages from six different issues, two issues with portions torn away. Vol. I, No. 9, Nos. 12-51 (8pp. each). Quarto. Modern sheep, leather labels. Minor rubbing. Dampstaining and foxing throughout, instances of tape- repair, agetoning, else entirely...
[Paris. ca. 1720-1760]. Fifty-two cards, plus descriptive card, for a total of fifty-three cards. 2 1/4 x 3 1/2 inches each. 16mo. Each card backed on 19th-century heavy card. Bright and clean. Contemporary ownership notation on verso of each card. Very good. In a solander case. Later issue of this...
[Providence]: W.W. Shaw's Press - Day Star Office, [1849?]. Broadside, 11 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches. Some creasing and minute tears at edges, some fading to first line of text, else near fine. An unrecorded broadside advertising a performance of DAMON AND PYTHIAS at the Providence Museum during its first...
[Providence? 1836]. Broadside, 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches. Some loss at right edge, affecting printed border. Small tear at top edge. Good. Handbill promoting the Constitutional Ticket for the Rhode Island state election of 1836. The candidates are listed with their town of origin; Charles Collins of Middletown is...
Edinburgh. 1713. 24pp. 12mo. Dbd. Titlepage detaching, lower corner of leaf B1 torn away, slightly affecting text. Dust soiling, a few stray ink marks. Good. Scottish edition of this short tract full of energetic religious outrage that was part of a pamphlet war between William Robertson and the controversial Anglican...
[1853 - 1877]. Approximately [140]pp. of pasted clippings, letters, tipped in articles. Folio. Contemporary blue cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Contents mostly clean, though some scattered soiling; scattered chipping to edges of leaves. Many items laid in loosely. Overall, good. An interesting compilation of newspaper and periodical clippings, manuscripts...
San Francisco: C.A. Murdock & Co., 1875. 42pp. Frontis. Original printed wrappers. Wrappers faded at edges, old central fold line. Ownership inscription on front cover. Light tanning. About very good. A scarce copy of reports from officers and librarian of the San Francisco Mercantile Library, mainly regarding the cost of...
Chicago: Mills Novelty Company, [nd, ca. 1928]. 32pp., including illustrations. Original printed wrappers. Wrappers soiled, chipped, and torn. Some soiling and wrinkling to text. Good. A rare catalogue for spare and repair parts for slot machines produced by the Mills Novelty Company, which billed itself as the world's largest manufacturer...
Peterboro. Sept. 15, 1846. [1]p. circular. Faint creases, small tear along one crease not affecting text, minor age-toning. Very good. Gerrit Smith, reformer, philanthropist, and thrice presidential candidate from the Liberty Party, was one of the foremost abolitionists of his day and to whom Frederick Douglass dedicated his work "My...
[Madrid? n.d., but ca. 1797]. Broadside, 11 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. Folio, with integral blank leaf. Dbd., with old stitching holes in inner margin. Maltese cross at head of title, printed entirely in italic type. Contemporary and later manuscript annotations in ink and later pencil annotation on printed sheet...
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[New York. ca. 1885]. Broadside, 8 x 5 1/2 inches. Old fold lines. Repaired at folds on verso with tape. Minor wear. Good. Circular handbill promoting the forthcoming Statue of Liberty and soliciting contributions toward a base and pedestal for her placement. The circular has a woodcut picture of the...
St. Louis: The St. Louis Republic, 1908. 28pp., printed in double columns, including illustrations. Original printed wrappers. Front wrapper has closed tear, small chip, and light stain, else near fine. Centennial history of the St. Louis newspaper, originally founded by Joseph Charless as the MISSOURI GAZETTE in 1808. It was...
[Springfield, Il. 1834]. Broadside, 16 1/4 x 11 inches, printed in four columns. Old horizontal fold. Slight chipping at edges, a few dark ink spots. Contemporary manuscript annotation on rear bleeding through. Moderate tanning and scattered light foxing. Good plus. A scarce broadside response that was part of a bitter...
[Milwaukee, Chicago, and possibly elsewhere. 1908]. Between 4pp. and 12pp. each, most of the items numbering either 6pp. or 8pp. 16mo. and octavo pamphlets. Light wear. Very good. An interesting collection of ephemeral political propaganda, printed in a variety of European languages, produced for the election of 1908 and urging...
Jonesborough, Tn. Aug. 21, 1847. Newspaper broadside, approximately 16 1/4 x 11 inches. Previously folded. Separations along old folds, repaired in places with clear tape. A few small chips at edges. Ink stains at right edge, not affecting text. Light tanning and foxing. Good. The only known copy of this...
Nashville: Printed by S. Nye & Co., [ 1837]. [36]pp. Stitched as issued. Trimmed close. Minor soiling and foxing. Ink burn on first leaf, resulting in a small hole. About very good. "Calculated for the horizon of Nashville, Ten....And with slight variation, will answer for Kentucky, Mississippi and Alabama." A....
Nashville: Printed and published by W.F. Bang & Co., [ 1849]. [36]pp. Stitched as issued. Lightly foxed. Very good. "Calculated for the horizon of Nashville, Ten. ... And with slight variation, will answer for Kentucky, Mississippi and Alabama." A handsome Tennessee almanac with the typical calendar, as well as a....
