Augusta, Ga. Phoenix Printing Company, 1935. 8vo, brown pictorial wrappers, 133 pp. Lengthy pageant program discussing the history of Augusta, GA, printed for its bicentennial. Minor creasing to covers and yellowing to pages, very good.
Kingston, Jamaica: 1801. Partially printed document measuring 9.5 x 5.25", dated 9th October, 1801 at Kingston, Jamaica, ordering the payment of $500 to Messrs B. (Pource?) & Co, from the account of Robert Lenox of New York, a prominent Scottish-American merchant. Creased toned, a few tiny chips along margins.
Haverhill, Massachusetts: 1850s. "Religious Album" binding of gilt decorated morocco leather measurin 8 x 6", published by J.C. Riker of New York wit tissue guarded illustration plates, containing 18 pages of handwritten sentiments from the 1850s, written to a girl named Betsy from friends in Haverhill, Massachusetts, beginning with a......
Montreal, Canada: 1863. 8vo, handwritten letter, 1.5 pages, signed "Wm Hodgson Address Grand Trunk Locomotive Works Point St. Charles Montreal," dated March 4th, 1863. Possibly William H. Hodgson, the English born architect and builder known to be working in Monrtreal at the time. Hodgson writes to his brother regarding his.....
Ohio: 1892. Diary with leather covers measuring 5 x 3.25", partially filled in. 74 pages contain handwritten entries of daily life in the region of Bellevue, Ohio (mentions many trips to Sandusky, Norwalk and Bellevue, with the latter the most frequently traveled to). Mainly agricultural content--picking corn, chopping wood, slaughtering.....
Wichita, Kansas: 20th Century Club of Wichita, 1936. 8vo, cream cloth with green lettering to cover, 196pp, many local ads. Eighth edition, having been published annually since 1929. The Preface states, “This volume is dedicated to the brides who will receive it through the courtesy of the advertisers. Our aim.....
Louisiana: 1940. Softcover, 12 x 9", stapled red, white and blue wrappers, 40 pp. 1940 Louisiana State Fair. Foxing and creasing to pages, rubbing along spine.
Victoria, B.C. Chas. F. Banfield, 1940-1945. Folding brochure issued by the government travel bureaus of Alberta and British Columbia, featuring photographic illustrations on one side, and a large color map of the provinces on the other, which prints dotted lines for under construction "post war" routes to Alaska. In excellent.....
Philadelphia: Printed by James Humphrey Junior In Front Street, 1773. Octavo, 52pp. later boards with red cloth spine and paper repair over spine. Scarce publication by this early American society of the aid of protestant missionary familes undergoing hardship in foreign lands. Prints a history of the group, lists of.....
Nevada City, CA: Pierce-Bosquit Abstract & Title Co., 1918. Large 8vo, 106, 4pp, printed on yellow paper, gray cloth with titles to front cover. Summarizes the ownership history of a tract of land just outside Nevada City, California, produced for Alex F. Durbin's loan application with the Grass Valley National.....
Glastonbury, Ct: 1778. Bifolium measuring 13 x 8.5", with [3] pp of ink manuscript, docketed on back "Glastonbury for supplying soldiers' families...Decem 31 1778." Folding creases, mild toning, minor chips and tears to right hand margin of second leaf, separation along most of center fold, with only bottom few inches.....
Salem: William Carlton, 1804. 16pp stitched, light old blindstamp. Later marbled wrappers. Text clean. Very Good. An early and scarce incorporation of a Massachusetts marine insurance company, signed at the end in type by Harrison Gray Otis as speaker of the House, David Cobb as President of the Senate, and.....
Detroit: Herman and Ben Marks, 1926. 4to, [28] pp, pictorial wrappers. Profusely illustrated trade catalog for fur clothing. In excellent condition with minor creasing to pages.
Los Angeles: Missionary Department of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1961. 4to, 16 pp, stapled wrappers. Creased, bit of soiling.
Montgomery, Alabama: Wilson Ptg Co, Circa 1920s. Small 8vo, stapled booklet, 16pp, illustrated. Promotional cook book with recipes making use of syrup produced by the Alabama-Georgia Syrup Co. Some foxing, creasing and soiling, paper abrasions to lower corner of front cover.
Dublin: Educational Company of Ireland, Limited, 1975. 8vo, 250pp, original dust jacket. A very good copy with toning/offsetting to a few pages, in a dust jacket that is rubbed and yellowed, with a 3.5 x .75" chip to upper portion of front panel.
Winona, Minnesota: Winona Chapter No. 141, O.E.S., 1922. 8vo, 207 pp, white cloth. Scarce community cookbook by a Minnesota Order of the Eastern Star chapter. Toning and foxing to pages, mild wear and staining to covers.
Anniston, Ala. Norwood Print, 1917. 8vo, stapled folding booklet, numerous photographic views, two maps. Illustrated promotional booklet for the town of Anniston, Alabama. Damp stained, soiled, chipping to first leaf.
Alaska: 1940s. Photo album binding measuring 15 x 9.25", comprised of brown suede wrappers with Alaskan themed illustration and lettering to front cover, containing 150 black and white photographs as well as 19 souvenir postcards placed into photo corners, inscribed by the compiler to front wrapper verso, together with his.....
Columbia, S.C. Charles A. Calvo, Jr., State Printer, 1886. 8vo, 34pp, original yellow printed wrappers. Chipping & soiling to front wrapper, creasing, closed tears, and a few chips to margins of pp 1-16 (no loss to text), lacking yellow paper spine covering, good.
Boston: E. Lincoln, 1806. 31, 8 pp. Disbound. Uniform light tanning, old unobtrusive institutional stamp and withdrawal. About Very Good. A peculiarly rancorous exchange on the question whether a bridge should be built from South Street to South Boston. The proponents of this plan, says the author, are guilty of.....
Chicago: 1890s. Album binding of quarter leather with black cloth measuring 10 x 8", titled in gilt to front cover "Kenwood Club No. 10," containing 10 linen backed albumen photographs, each measuring 9.25 x 7.5". Damp staining and foxing to photos, affecting images, some more than others, covers stained, front.....
Various Places: 1953. A collection of letters, photographs, and ephemera belonging to the McAfee family, an African American military family from Tyler, Texas. According to government records, John McAfee served in the military, as did three of his children, John, Travis and Rudolph. The majority of these items belonged to.....
New Orleans: American Frog Breeding Company, 1932 to 1934. A collection of booklets and ephemera belonging to Mrs. Elizabeth B. Laird of Castle Rock, Washington, sent to her by the American Frog Breeding Company of New Orleans, Louisiana. The company's founder, Albert Broel, authored the "Broel System of Frog Breeding,".....
Dartmouth, Massachusetts: 1775-1787. A collection of eighteen letters and ten documents sent to Aaron Blaney of Roxbury, Massachusetts between 1775 and 1787. Letters range from 1/4 of a page to slightly over a page in length. Toning and creasing to letters, occasional marginal tear, wax seals of many letters removed.....