The Limeist Lime.
Strasburg, VA: 1910s. [1] pp. 4 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches. Early 20th c. advertisement. Product for sale by D.L. Kenly & Co. of Hagerstown, Md. featuring an engraving of Chief Powhatan. A very good copy. More
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Signatures from a Gathering of The New York Farmers Organization.
[NY]: [ca. 1885]. 1 sheet. Illus. with 1 wood engraving. 5 x 7.5 inches. Thirty-one signatures on the verso of an engraved program cover of those attending a dinner of The New York Farmers organization, founded in 1882 at the Union League Club, and open to landowers and those involved..... More
Appetizing Health Food Recipes and Menus.
Battle Creek / Springfield: Forbes & Wallace, ca 1920s. [24] inc;. wrappers. Illus. 12mo. Stapled paper wrappers. Recipe booklet. Advertisement used by Forbes & Wallace but actually published by The Battle Creek Food Co. A very good copy. More
Notes on the Progress of the Iron Trade of Cleveland on the North-East Coast of England.
Middlesbrough, England: The Printing and Publishing Company, 1878. 20 pp. [2 pp.] chart + folding map. Illus. with 1 color map. Paper wrappers. First edition. In small red print on front wrapper: "Prepared for the Paris Exhibition, 1878, and distributed by the North of England Iron Manufacturers' Association and the..... More
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[Advertisement] A Genuine 1900 model gas lamp...or Burdick 10,000 Mile Cyclometer Free.
Chicago: n.d. [1900]. 1 sheet. Illus. with b/w drawings. 5.5 x 8 inches. On verso: statement to customers entitled "Beware of Misrepresentation," which warns of a series of low-quality imitations of their products being made available for purchase by illegitamate manufacturers and merchants. James L. Mead founded The Mead Cycle..... More
Fifteenth Annual Report of the Receipts & Expenditures of the City of Boston, and County of Suffolk, May 1, 1827.
Boston: True and Greene, Printers. 1827. 47 pp. 8vo. Stitched paper wrappers. First edition. Scattered foxing else a very good untrimmed and unopened (uncut) copy Shoemaker 28229. More
Ninth Annual Report of the Committee of Finance. May, 1821.
Boston: n.p., 1821. Unpaged [14 pp]. 8vo. Stitched paper wrappers. First edition. Balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and notice for public meeting on finance plus a proposal to pay for lighting for the city. OCLC shows only three copies. Some ink calculations in an old hand and a small..... More
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Brazil at a Glance. [with] What is your I.Q. on Brazil.
New York: Brazilian Government Trade Bureau, 1943. 4 panels x 2 sides, each. 8vo. First edition. Two trade brochures for Brazil produced during Word War II. 1. Brazil at a Glance: 8 columns (1 sheet, 23 x 40 cm folded to 23 x 10 cm). 2 maps, 6 photographs. Dated..... More
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[Invoice on Letterhead] Brown's House Furnishings Store [with] Stamped Envelope from Proprietor J. Wilson Brown.
Baltimore: 1892. 1 sheet + 1 envelope. 8.5 x 10 inches. Dated April 12th, 1892, to Mrs. Thomas B. Nalle for housewares, including bread plates, gravy boats, match stands, and a griddle greaser, totaling $43.15. Stamped as payment recieved, April 29th, 1892, and initialed "L.H." With stamped envelope to Mrs..... More
Life of Gen. U. S. Grant. Description of Tomb.
New York: Enterprise Press, 1927. Frontis, [4], 19 pp., [4]. 5.75 x 3.75 inches. Paper wrappers. n.ed. Light rubbing to front wrapper and very faint dampstain to edge of a few leaves; overall a very good copy. More
San Francisco. Center of the California Vacationland. A Guide Book for Visitors.
San Francisco: Californians, Inc., 1933. Frontis, 63 pp. 87 b/w photos. 4.25 x 7.75 inches. Guide to the city and its environs in the train era when $133.98 bought a round trip ticket from Boston. Light crease to corner of front wrapper else near fine. More
Estaciones de los Ferrocarriles del Estado.
n.p. [Chile]: Imprenta de los ff. cc. del estado, n.d. (ca. 1900). 11 5/8 x 20 3/4 inches. Four columns with decorative border listing the stations of the state railroads in the four districts (administracion) and the FF. CC. del Norte. Eleven station names added in manuscript. Very good overall..... More
A Sermon, upon the Death of the Hon. Daniel Webster, Delivered in the North Baptist Church, Newport, R.I., November 21, 1852, by J. O. Choules.
New York: Evans & Brittan (Printed by Cranston & Norman, Newport RI), 1852. 24 pp. 8vo. Removed. First edition. John Overton Choules (1801-1865) knew Webster for over 25 years and included a number of reminiscences of him in this sermon. A very good copy, rear wrapper edgeworn, last 2 leaves..... More
The Public Rights in Boston Common. Being the Report of a Committee of Citizens.
Boston: Press of Rockwell and Churchill, 1877. xv, 64 pp. 8vo. Stitched paper wrappers. First edition. Committee included W. H. Whitmore, G. B. Chase, H. A. Hill, Abbott Lawrence, C. H. Dalton. Wrappers edgeworn, a few small chips, rear wrapper detached, interior clean, about very good overall. More
Hastening to the Cross.
n.p. n.p., n.d. 1 sheet. 5.5 x 8.5 inches. C.M. Cowper", "Jesus Hastening to Suffer" within printed board on a raspberry colored sheet. Very good. More
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[Trade Card] Edwin Thorne Record 2: 16 1/2.
Waterbury, Vt. C.C. Warren, 1883. 2 sides. 3 1/4 x 5 incles. A famous image of the trotter Edwin Throne by Currier & Ives done in late 1882 and here used as a trade card dated Jan. 1, 1883 for Lion Harness and Rein leathers manufactured by the Waterbury, Vermont..... More
[Advertisement for Service Manual by Henry D. Wallen].
New York: D. Van Nostrand, [1869]. 1 sheet (6 3/4 x 4 3/8 inches). Printed two sides, the first advertising Henry D. Wallen: Service Manual for the Instruction of New Appointed Commissioned Officers, and the Rank and File of the Army..." the version contains two reviews, one from the New..... More
The Democratic Club of the City of New York, 617 Fifth Avenue.
New York: n.p., [1891]. 16 pp. Sm. 8vo. Stitched paper self-wrappers. First edition. The Democratic Club had recently reorganized to set it apart from municipal politics as well as to attract nonresident members to its new building. Contains a list of members and their addresses, both resident and nonresident. A...... More
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[Advertisement for] Spratts Patent (America) Limited [Dog and Poultry Supplies on] First Annual Exhibition of the New York Poultry Exchange [Form].
New York: (1887). 1 sheet. Illus. with b/w drawings. 8.5 x 7 inches. "To Secretaries of Shows: Spratts Patent (America) Limited / Contractors to the Kennel Club and all important Dog Shows, the Crystal Palace, Birmingham, Dairy, and all principal Poultry Exhibitions..." Advertisement mentions their improved Poultry, Pigeon, Rabbit, Bantam..... More
[Proxy Solicitation for Dividend No. 4 of the East Boston Company, dated April 4, 1850].
Boston: n.p., 1850. 1 pp. First edition. Addressed to Sam G. Rea, Salem, Mass. with 5 cent cancel postmarked Boston April 6 [1850]. An attempt to solicit the owners of Dividend 4 to then petition the East Boston Company to extend the deadline for land acquisition along the Wharves as..... More
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[Trade Catalogue] Fireproofer Insulated Files.
Youngstown, OH: General Fireproofing Co., 1954. 11, [1] pp. Illus. with b/w photos and renderings. 4to. Illustrated paper wrappers. Sales catalogue for the General Fireproofing Co.'s Fireproofer collection of insulated filing cabinets, with specifications. (Form No. 150FE758). Man photographs of the damage fires can do to files. "The company was..... More
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[Broadside] Bi-Centennial Celebration of the Settlement of Groton, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 1855.
Groton, [MA]: n.p., 1855. 1 sheet. 46 x 17 cm ) 18 x 7 inches. Linen backed. First edition. October, 31, 1855. President of the Day, Geo. S. Boutwell. "The morning will be ushered in by the firing of salutes. At 10 o'clock the Procession will be formed at Liberty..... More
Annual Catalogue of Hancock Union School and Academy 1890-1891. With Announcement for 1891-1892.
Hancock, NY: Herald Print, 1891. 20 pp. 12mo. Paper wrappers. First edition. School catalogue with lists of students, tuition, courses of study. Wrappers soiled, else a very good copy. More
Young Brooklyn Woman's Scrapbook Early 20th century.
[Brooklyn, NY?]: 1900s-1921. 49 leaves [98 pp]. Folio. [16.25 x 16 inches]. Brown leather covered boards. 347 images, including over 100 chromolithographic and other color cards. Plus programs, newspaper articles, images, photographs, drawings, & maps. Most are related to items of interest to a young girl at that time, however..... More
Jordan, Marsh & Co.'s Fall Catalogue for 1881. Boston, Mass.
Boston: Press of Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1881. 80 pp. 8vo. Stapled paper wrappers. First edition. Reports an explosive growth in the mail order business in the preface to the catalogue: "A single glance at this method of making purchases is enough to show the convenience, economy, and satisfaction..... More