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.....

[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.....

[Nashville. 1860]. Small printed form, approximately 8 1/4 x 5 1/4. Encased, previously folded. Small area of loss along fold, slightly affecting text. Light tanning. A printed invitation to a meeting of the Tennessee Agricultural Bureau, set to take place on September 10, 1860. Attendance is "earnestly requested."

Boston: Poole Printing Co., [ca. 1902]. 16pp., plus two promotional pieces laid in, one a folded broadside, the other [4]pp. on a folded sheet. Original light green printed wrappers. Light wear. Near fine. An unrecorded promotional pamphlet and related ephemera touting the advantages of investing in the ill-fated Angelina Orchard.....

Sarita, Tx. Burton Hurd Land & Immigration Co., [ca. 1907]. [32]pp. Oblong quarto. Original wrappers, front wrapper embossed in blind and the word "Sarita" embossed in grey. Some wear and creasing to wrappers, wrappers just starting to separate from text block. Slight soiling to titlepage, otherwise very good. Scarce promotional.....

[N.p., perhaps Fort Worth, Tx. December 1930]. [3]-34pp. as issued. Quarto. Original pictorial wrappers printed in red and black. Moderate soiling and foxing to wrappers, spine worn. Overall very good. A seemingly unrecorded Texas oil promotional work published by Paul Vitek, a successful Texas oilman in the first third of.....

London: Hughes, [n.d., likely ca. 1800]. Broadside, 10 x 7 1/4 inches. Mounted onto a later sheet. Minor soiling. Very good. An engaging broadside for a theatre performance centered around a drama called "The Africans." The scenery for the play is taken from the work of the intrepid British explorer.....

Omaha. [1898]. Broadside advertisement, approximately 10 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches. Previously folded, some separations along old fold lines. Tanned, corners slightly chipped. Good. A curious survival from the 1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition held in Omaha, promoting the sale of Mongolian jade carvings at a booth in the International Hall of.....

Boston; Independence, Mo. 1959. [3]pp. plus typed card. Loose sheets, previously folded. Slight wear and tanning. Very good. Two typed letters, signed, by former President Harry Truman regarding a 1959 dinner for Matthew Connelly. The event, at a subscription cost of $100, was held to defray the legal expenses incurred.....

[Washington. December 2, 1818]. Broadsheet, 12 x 7 1/4 inches. A few minor chips, several stabholes along the left margin, tanned. Good. A "slip bill" printing of an 1818 act directing the President "to select and locate a position suitable for a national armoury, on the western waters, for the.....

Puebla. May 31, 1869. Broadside, 17 1/2 x 11 3/4 inches, printed in Spanish and English in double-column format. Small portion (about 2 x 2 inches) torn out of upper margin affecting title line words "Gobernador Constitucional." Dampstaining. Tanned. Overall just about good. This Mexican broadside prints the text of.....

[San Francisco. 1856]. Printed form, unused, 9 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches. Allegorical engravings of "Liberty" and "Eye." Some minor dust soiling, else very good. The Vigilance Committee was an extra-legal organization which evolved in California in the mid-1850s with the goal of ending the lawlessness then rampant. This is.....