Washington: Government Printing Office:, 1900. [2 (blank)], 87, [3 (blank)] pp. 8 b/w illustrations on inserted plates and 4 fold out maps in color. 10" x 7-1/2". Black cloth binding with gilt title lettering stamped to front board. More
Chicago: Press & Tribune Office, [1860]. Reproduction, ca 1955. Broadside. Patriotically themed wood engraving in masthead. 13-15/16" x 8-15/16" [35.5 cm x 22.8 cm]. Mounted on stiff card stock. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. The 1860 Republican National Convention met in Chicago, Illinois from May 16 to May..... More
Tulsa: Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art, 1961? - 1965. 10 broadsides. Several b/w illustrations. 14" x 8-1/2". Loose leaves, not housed in a portfolio. This set consists of: No. 1. Oklahoma's First School, No. 2. Steamboats on the Arkansas, No. 3. Capitols and Coucil Houses, No 4..... More
(n. p.): 1909. 1st printing. SIGNED by Carnegie, Littleton & Smith. Broadside, printed on card stock. Oval b/w lithographic portrait of Carnegie in center. EC embossed under Carnegie, within sprig of flowers. 10-1/2" x 8-1/2" Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. The bill of fare for the evening begins..... More
Malden / Boston / New York: The Perry Pictures Company, (1898). 2nd edition, ca 1900. 32 ll: title leaf, followed by 31 leaves of b/w images. Each image [~ 4" x 6"] to leaf recto, captioned. Versos blank. Printed on glossy paper. Booklet with horizontal format: 5-1/4" x 8". Original..... More
(n. p.): (1990). 1st edition. Number 20 of 150 printings. Broadside. Large color illustration Oblong format: 10-3/16" x 13". Illustration pasted to white mounting paper. Title penciled in below. More
San Jose: Pollock, The View Artist / Hurlbert Bros. & Co. Print, (n. d.). Ca early 1890s. View dated from verbiage found on card verso. Elaborate publisher imprint to verso, describing Pollock's business & services offered. 8-1/2" x 10-1/2". Scalloped edges. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Somewhat to..... More
[Baltimore, MD]: (n. d.). 1st Printing, ca 1880. Broadside, printed on grey paper. 11" x 8-3/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Circular announces that Buschmann & Clarke have "purchased the interest of Bryan & Clarke in this establishment", who herewith "offer this our first Circular and Price List"..... More
Thomasville, GA: A. W. Moller. For Sale by J. E. Robinson, Broad Street. (n. d.). Ca 1890. Orange mount [recto], grey verso, rounded corners. Company stamp to verso. 5" x 8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. The Piney Woods Hotel opened in 1885, and was located between Broad..... More
San Diego: Coonley Photo "Pepper Tree" (1894). Rectangular creme-colored mount, round corners. "Loring's H St. Book Store" stamp in lower margin. Complete 6 line "Loring's H St. Book Store" stamp to verso. 5-1/4" x 8-1/2". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
(n. p. (n. d.). Ca late 1860s / early 1870s. Rectangular creme-colored mount, square corners, no imprint. 4-1/2" x 7". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
Los Angeles: Garden City Foto Co., (n. d.). Ca 1900? Company stamp, in pink, to verso. Image shows the house then present at this LA location. 5-3/16" x 8-3/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
Chicago: The N. K. Fairbank Company, (1902). 1st printing thus. Unpaginated, though 16 pp. Each page illustrated with a Kemble drawing, alternating between color & b/w facing pages. 6-3/4" x 4-5/8". Printed self-wrappers, stapled. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. A promotional piece for Fairbank's Gold Dust Washing Powder..... More
New York: Geographia Map Co. Ca 1940s. Single sheet, printed in colors, recto only, folded into 27 panels. Unfolded: 27" x 40-1/8". Folded: 9-1/2" x 7/8". Housed in publisher purple & yellow paper portfolio. Map shows postal zones, main auto routes, railroads, and motor coach and street railway lines. Also..... More
San Francisco: Published by Fred B. Bain Inc, (1920). 1st printing (presumed). Single sheet of stiff stock, folded 3x for 6 panels, printed both sides, with map side have a rivet-mounted 6-7/8" central pointer as the "Patent Indicatior". 4 outer panels with Street names corresponding to pointer segments. One outer..... More
San Francisco: 1887. A fill-in-the-blanks job-printed receipt for this California publisher, detailing layaway terms. Verso with blanks to record customer's payment record. 3-7/8" x 10". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. One Francis Cutting has deposited One Dollar, as of February 19, 1887, towards purchase of "1 Set Dickens"..... More
Manchester, N. H. J. T. Langley, (n. d.). Ca early 1870s. Elaborate photograper imprint, in gold, to card verso. 6-1/2" x 4-1/8". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "Thornton was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. In August 1862, he assumed command of..... More
(n. p.): 1911. 1st Printing. SIGNED by 18 of the dinner attendees, including Baxter. Unpaginated, though 4 pages. Dinner menu printed p. 3, other pages blank. Photographic b/w image of Baxter, in uniform, to front cover. 8-1/2" x 6-1/2". Printed stiff card stock covers, gold cord tie. Baxter a Naval..... More
San Francisco: 1904. Unsigned. Single sheet, letterhed printed at top. 19 lines, double-spaced. ~ 200 words. Text concludes mid-sentence, implying a second sheet present at one time. Woodcut graphic, to left, depicting the firm's building [which was destroyed in the 1906 fire]. 10-3/4" x 8-1/4". Now housed in an archival..... More
Stockton, California: 1958 - 1960. 38 ll of tan construction paper, of which 30 are filled with school id cards, report cards, letters, cards, menus, event tickets & programs, newspapers, etc, etc. ~ 150 items. 14-3/8" x 12". All housed in a black vinyl twin screw-post binder. A nice window..... More
San Francisco. Printed at the Grabhorn Press. October 2 1959. 1st Printing. Printed bifolium. Vignette of Mr. Griswold to upper wrapper. 11-1/4" x 9-1/2". White card stock, self wrappers, printed in black and blue, now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
(n.p.). June 20, 1933. 1st Printing. 4 pp. unnumbered. Illustrated upper wrapper, couple small vignettes to lower wrapper. 8-1/4" x 6-1/4". White card stock, self wrappers, printed in yellow and black, now housed in mylar sleeve. Menu in English and Spanish. More
(n.p.): c. 1980s. 1st Printing. Broadside. Picture of the proprietor(?) 17" x 11". Off white card stock, printed in black, menu items hand written in black ink. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
(n.p.): Schwabacher-Frey. August 17th, 1950. 1st Printing. Printed bifolium, with one slip. Few small vignettes. 14" x 11". White card stock, self wrappers, printed in red and black. Slip is typed in black to light green paper. held together by a red cord tie. Now housed in a mylar sleeve..... More
New York: Underwood & Underwood, Publishers. (1899). Caption printed to verso, in 6 languages. Stereo image, separate, domed, mounted to stiff-stock concave card. Oblong format: 3-1/2" x 7". Rounded corners. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
