Brooklyn, NY; Jamaica, L.I. 1861-1886. Approx. 126 ll. of ms receipts, many tipped in. Oblong format 5- ” x 7 ¼”. Full calf with brown-stamped borders to upper and lower boards, gilt-stamped, red calf label to backstrip. Cornelius Duryea and his seven daughters are part of the sixth generation of..... More
[1851]. Bifolium, i.e., 4 pages of lined paper, 23 lines per page, ~ 10 words per line, ~ 900+ words. 9-3/4" x 7-5/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. While no year is written on the ALs itself, we posit 1851, as the Maritime Heritage website shows the only..... More
Sag-Harbor [Long Island]: Corrector Office, 1835. 1st Printing. Broadside, 12 lines of printed text. Typographical ornament under "Notice". 10-3/4" x 8-3/4". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. In this printed notice, Nathan Corwin informs "all persons indebted to the late firm of N. & G. Corwin, that all notes..... More
[New York]: 1938. 1st Printing. Menu: 4 pages. Passenger list: 8 pages, which includes, on the last 4 pages, general shipboard information as well as shore excursion options [4] while in Bermuda. Lot also include single sheet of blank "Eastern Steamship Lines" stationery & accompanying envelope, as well as "Eastern..... More
(n. p.): (n. d.). Ca 1870s / 1880s. 6" x 4-1/4". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
Littleton, N. H. B. W. Kilburn, Photographer & Publisher. (1895). Albumen stereo image of San Rafael, from an elevated perspective, mounted to peach-colored card stock. Lettering in black ink. Verso with publisher imprint. Oblong format: 3-1/2" x 7". Concave. Rounded corners. Now housed in an archival sleeve. San Rafael was..... More
(n.p.). c. 1960's. 1st Printing. Single leaf. Illustrated. Approx. 8-1/4" x 8-1/4". Thin, illustrated card stock, printed in orange, yellow and brown, now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
San Francisco: Privately Printed [by the Grabhorn Press], 1944. 1st Edition (Magee 401). Limited to 150 cc. [4], 83, [3] pp. 8vo. 9-3/4" x 6". Yellow linen cloth spine over grey paper-wrapped boards. Printed paper spine label (usually lacking). Esberg compiles replies to a letter he sent to "a representative..... More
(n.p.). c. 1950s. Bifolium with slip. Pictorial exterior wrappers, internally decorative. 13-1/2" x11". Card stock, self wrappers, slip stapled in, black lettering. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
New York: 1876 - 1897. Receipts: ~ 6-7/8" x ~ 8-1/2" to ~ 10-3/8" x ~ 8-3/8". All receipts with interesting mss entries, giving service provided, along with the cost thereof, e.g., on a receipt from "J. Duane, Dr. / Horse Shoeing, No. 16 Hester Street" we find the mss..... More
Hartford, Conn. 1870. 1st printing. Broadsheet leaflet, with "U. S. Hotel Coach" schedule ["Fare 25 cents"] to recto, Bill of Fare to verso. Ornamental typographical border to recto. 8-7/8" x 5-1/2". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. The Bill of Fare lists 9 courses, starting with Soup, followed by..... More
(n.p.). 1950. 1st Printing. 16 pp. and one slip. Illustrated. 9-1/4" x 6". Blue textured, card stock wrappers, gold lettering to upper wrapper, white glossy leaves, printed in black. Stapled. One white, paper slip scotch-taped in to lower wrapper, printed in black. Now housed in a mylar sleeve... More
San Francisco: Crocker & Co's print, 1884. Single sheet printed form. Mss entries recording 28 Nov 1884 sale to Mr J. C Hubbel of Oakdale, listing 4 items, totalling $23.50. Penciled entry at bottom noting payment Dec 3rd. Oblong format: 4-5/8" x 8-1/2". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve..... More
Monterey, California: Lithographed by W. T. Lee Printing Company. c. 1960s. 1st Printing. 60 pp. Illustrated. 11" x 8-1/2". Brown card stock wrappers, printed in white and black. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
Los Angeles. Lord Menu Co., c. 1960s. 1st Printing. Tri-fold. Illustrated upper wrapper. 18" x 12". Card stock, self wrappers printed in brown, white and black. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
(n.p.). c. 1960s(?). 1st Printing. 4 pp. unnumbered. Illustrated upper wrapper. 17" x 11". White paper, self wrappers, printed in black, now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
(n.p.). c. 1950s. 1st Printing. Printed bifolium. 19" x 11". Card stock, self wrappers, printed in red and black, now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
(n.p.): c. 1970s(?). 1st Printing. 4 pp. unnumbered. Profusely illustrated with color images of dishes. 18" x 12-1/2". Laminated, illustrated card stock wrappers, full color illustrations inside, lettering printed in red, brown and black, now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
(n.p.). 1949. 1st Printing. 4 pp. unnumbered. Three slips, two place mats. Illustrated upper wrapper, small vignettes throughout. Menu: 15-3/4" x 11-3/4". Place mats: 1-" x 14". Dark gray card stock self wrappers, printed in red and brown. Two slips stapled to head, one slipped in. Place mats printed to..... More
(n.p.). 1st Printing. Illuatrated bifolium. Pictorial upper wrapper. 16-1/2" x 9-1/4". Off white paper, self wrappers. Black lettering, now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
El Paso, Texas. [1966]. 1st Printing. 4 pp. unnumbered. One slip. Illustrated upper wrapper,one illustration to verso of upper wrapper. 18" x 10-1/2". Gold, textured wrappers, printed in black, white paper leaves printed in black, white paper slip typed in blue ink - paper clipped in. Held together by three..... More
(n.p.): c. 1960s(?). 1st Printing. Tri-fold. Illustrated wrappers. 18" x 8". Card stock self wrappers, printed in yellow and brown. letting in orange and brown. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
New - York: Published and Sold by Gould and Banks, Corner of Nassau and Spruce-Streets, 1821. 1st Edition (Goldsmith 23199; Sabin 10109). 268 pp. Large folding frontis with rates of duty on American imports from 1790 to 1820. 8vo. Bound in modern light brown full antique calf. Speckled edges. This..... More
November 1938. 1st Printing. Broadside. Small illustration at head. 6" x 3-1/2. White paper, printed in black, now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, (1869). Early printing. xviii, 524 pp. Errata slip tipped in after p. 524. Illustrated, including frontispiece of Yosemite Falls. 8vo. Purple decorative cloth lettered in gilt, with elaborate gilt stamped oxen cart to front board. The author's round-the-world trip includes much in China, as..... More
