AMERICAN EXPORT LINES.; Marseilles.
(n.d.). 1935. 1st Printing. Printed bifolium. Illustrated upper wrapper. 9-1/4" x 6-1/2". Thick paper, self wrappers. Prined in dark brown. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. A Luncheon Menu. More
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The FUGITIVES; or, The Quaker Scout of Wyoming. A Tale of the Massacre of 1778. Beadle's Dime Novels. No. 85.
New York: Beadle and Company, 118 William St. (1865). 1st edition (Johannsen 85-DN). [5] - 100 [= 96] pp. Wood engraving to front wrapper, duplicated as frontis. 12mo. 6-3/8" x 4-1/8". Printed orange paper wrappers (Type IV-DN). Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Per Johannsen, "The Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania..... More
TRADE CARD. U. S. Sanitary Commission, "The Home," for Mothers, Wives, Nurses and Relatives of Solders, Annapolis, Md.
[Annapolis?]: (n. d.). 1st printing, ca 1864. Card printed recto only. Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. "The USSC established offices and storehouses, and homes for soldiers and their relatives, throughout Maryland during the war, in Annapolis, Baltimore, Frederick, and Sharpsburg. The main purpose of these USSC stations was..... More
PERCY MACKAYE. A Symposium on his Fiftieth Birthday 1925; Foreword by Amy Lowell.
Hanover, N. H. The Dartmouth Press, 1928. 1st editon (BAL 13014). Limited to 300 cc. INSCRIBED by MacKaye to Walter John Coates. 56 pp. 8vo. Black linen cloth spine over blue paper-wrapped boards. Printed paper title label to spine & front board. More
MAP. Pony Express Route April 3, 1860 - October 24, 1861.
(n. p.): [1951]. Single sheet, printed in color, recto only. Explanatory text by Howard R. Driggs. Map shows route of the Pony Express with names and location of relay stations. Includes 11 captioned vignettes which depict various spots in the Pony Express route, e.g., Platte Bridge and Valley of the..... More
PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION To The PARIS AIR SHOW June 12 - 189, 1991. Presentation Souvenir Photograph Album.
Washington DC: United States Air Force, 1991. 94 leaves of black mounting paper, with clear acetate 3-hole sleeves. Laid-n a TLs, on U. S. Senate letterhead. Approximately 300 color photographs, ranging in size from 3-1/2" x 2-1/2" to 9-1/2". Album: 11-3/8" x 11-1/4" x 2-1/2". 3 ring blue vinyl notebook..... More
The NORTH AMERICAN ALMANAC. 1926.
Chicago: The North American Almanac Co., [1925]. 1st edition thus. 142 pp ot text, followed by ~ 30 pp of adverts. Illustrated. 8vo. Color printed paper-wrapped boards. More
The GREAT IRON WHEEL EXAMINED; or, Its False Spokes Extracted, and an Exhibition of Elder Graves, Its Builder, in a Series of Chapters.
Nashville, Tenn. Published for the Author, 1856. 1st edition. xvii, [18] - 331, [1 (blank)] pp. Frontispiece. Plate inserted prior to p. 141. 12mo. Original publisher's purple cloth with gilt stamped spine lettering and boards stamped in blind. Pale yellow eps. More
SKETCH Of The LIFE And EDUCATIONAL LABORS Of EBENEZER BAILEY.; Republished from Barnard's American Journal of Education.
[Hartford]: 1861. 1st separate edition (Sabin 2726). 43, [5] pp. One page publisher advert found 3 pages after text. Frontispiece of Bailey. Tissue guard. 8vo. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped green morocco leather title label to front board. More
The SKIPPERS Of NANCY GLOUCESTER.
New York: The Brick Row Book Shop, Inc., 1924. 1st editon. SIGNED / LIMITED edition, #45 / 500 cc. 49, [1] pp. Frontispiece. 8vo. Broadweave linen cloth spine over blue paper-wrapped boards. Printed paper title label to spine. More
LINTON'S RESTAURANT PICTURES. Snapshot Photo Booklet.
Philadelphia: (n. d.). Ca 1950s. 11 b/w snapshot 3-1/2" square photographs, scalloped edges, bound in a stapled, commerical Kodak yellow "Phototone Album Prints" booklet, with "Linton's Restaurant pictures" written, and circled, in blue ballpoint ink to front cover. 3-3/4" x 4-1/2". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. A snapshot..... More
BOHEMAIN GINGER ALE. "A Good Mixer".
[Oakland, Calif]: Bohemian Ginger Ale, (n. d.). Ca 1920s. Single sheet of stiff stock paper, color printed recto only, with 'bottle neck' die cut at top. Loop of hanging cord at top. 13-5/8" x 10-3/4". Now housed in an archival mylar sleeve. More
The COMMON SCHOOL SYSTEM Of The STATE Of NEW - YORK.; Comprising the Several General Laws Relating to Common Schools ... To Which is Prefixed a Historical Sketch of the Origin, Progress and Present Outline of the System.
Troy, N. Y. Johnson and Davis, Steam Press Printers, 1851. 1st Edition. ASSOCIATION Copy. 408 pp. 8vo. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with boards stamped in blind & gilt stamped title lettering to spine. This copy inscribed on a preliminary blank, "For District No. 10 of Cranford / From H...... More
ARGUMENTS Of The DEFENDANTS' COUNSEL, And Judgment of the Supreme Court U. S. in the Case of Vidal and Others ... versus The Mayor, Etc. of Philadelphia, the Executors of Stephen Girard ... January Term, 1844; To Which is Added the Will of Stephen Girad. Printed by Order of the Commissioners of the Girard Estates.
Philadelphia: Crissy & Markley, Printers, 1854. 1st Edition. 348 pp. 8vo. 9-5/16" x 5-7/8". Original publisher's black cloth binding with boards stamped in blind, and title gilt stamped to spine. "Girard was a French and naturalized American, philanthropist and banker. He personally saved the U.S. government from financial collapse during..... More
TODAY'S SPECIALS - The NEW 20th CENTURY.; Cold Service Suggestions.
(n.p). (n.d.). 1st Printing. Broadside, held in a large leave. 8-3/4" x 5". White paper, slipped into a larger card stock leaf, now housed in a mylar sleeve. We assume this menu to be from the 20th Century Limited passenger train that ran form NYC to Chicago. The line ran..... More
GRAND BAL. D'INAUGURATION PARÉ ET MASQUÉ CERCLE FRANÇAIS.; De L'Amitié, Academy of Music and Nilsson Hall, Monday, March 2nd, 1885.
New York. C. Jourgensen, Printer. 1885. 1st Printing. 4 pp. unpaginated. Small vignette to upper wrapper. 4-3/4" x 3-1/4". White card stock self wrapper, printed in blue. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. Inside this program lists "Order of Danses" Part I and II. More
CACHE Of NINE B/W PHOTOGRAPHS DOCUMENTING 19th C / EARLY 20th C TRADES & OCCUPATIONS.
(n. p.): (n. d.). Ca 1900. All images with a worker, or workers, in a professional setting, either actively engaged in their trade, or posed within their work environment. Divers sizes, ranging from 3-3/8" x 3-3/8" to 6" x 7-3/4". All photographs on a larger mount, some considerably so. All..... More
CACHE Of NINE LARGE-FORMAT PHOTOGRAPHS DEPICTING The LUMBERING INDUSTRY In The PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
Seattle: Kinsey Photo. Ca 1930s. 11" x 14". Image size: 10-1/4" x 12-7/8". Most oblong format. Each photograph housed in an archival mylar sleeve. Group of nine large-format photographs depicting lumbering activities of the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumbering Company, Pacific National Lumber Company, and the Simpson Lumber Company. All..... More
LA TERRASSE De La GARE.
Paris. (n.d.). 1st Printing. 4 pp. unnumbered. Small vignettes of food and drink. 9-3/4" x 5-1/2. White, platicized card stock self wrappers, printed in color, text in black. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
SEASONS GREETINGS.; In Behalf of American President Lines, Captain Joseph D. Cox, the Officers and Crew of the S.S. President Wilson Extend to each Passenger sincere wishes for A Very Merry Christmas.
(n.p.): December 25, 1960. 1st Printing. Bifolium, housed in larger wrappers. Illustration of poinsettias to upper wrapper, illustration of a Christmas wreath and a small vignette of a Santa. 13" x 10" White card stock wrappers, printed in red, green and gold. Menu items printed in red and green to..... More
COTTON'S SKETCH BOOK. Auto-Biographical Sketches of the Life, Labors, and Extensive Travels of Rev. A. J. Cotton.
Portland: Printed by B. Thurston & Co., 1874. 1st Edition. Not in Sabin, though see 17038 for an earlier work by this author. 216, [2 (blank)] pp. Frontispiece. 12mo. 7-1/2" x 4-5/8". Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to top board. More
HOTEL ELKHART. THREE FINE RESTAURANTS.; Imperial Room - Redwood Room - Coffee Corner.
(n.p.). c. 1950s. 6 pp. 11" x 10-1/4". Metallic blue card stock wrappers, printed in blue and black. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
DE ROUSSELLE'S.
Waco, TX. Osment. 1958. 1st Printing. Pictorial bifloium. Pictorial wrappers, with small vignettes inside. 12" x 9-1/2". White, card stock, self wrappers, printed in blue, gray and black. Now housed in a mylar sleeve. More
CALIFORNIA SUN EXPRESS.
(n.p.). (n.d.). 1st Printing. Bifolium, housed in larger wrapeprs. 12" x 8-1/2". Maroon, card stock wrappers, card stock leaves, printed in blue, held together by a cord tie. More
DOBBS HOUSE.; Hull-Dobbs Ranch Owned and Operated by Dobbs Houses, Inc.
(n.p.): (n.d.). circa 1950s. Pictorial bifolium, one slip. Pictorial wrappers. 11-1/2" x 9". Card stock, self wrappers, with "Luncheon Menu" slipped in. Printed in black. More