Printed by the Compton Litho. Company, St. Louis. Trade card, 3 1/4 x 5 1/8 inches. Undated, but 1880s. Some light rubbing to image, one tiny corner chip; very good. This uncommon and attractive card invites inquiries "for full and complete information touching on the products of Arkansas, her climate..... Item #21894
Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, [1853]. Hardcover. Good. 44 pp, with illustrations in the text. In original printed paper-covered boards, leather spine mostly perished. Rear board (which is printed with a list of “Aids for Sabbath-School Teachers”) holding on by threads. Good. Penciled ownership inscription “Elizabeth Ann Lloyd [?] of [illegible]”..... Item #22461
Newark, NJ: The Consolidated Illustrating Co., [1896]. 7.5 x 10.5 inches (oblong), original embossed wrappers. xix, 208 pp, with many illustrations from photographs. Front wrapper detached, wrappers have some some staining, chipping to spine; good. An elaborate and relatively uncommon promotional that--in addition to general text on the advantages of..... Item #21495
Philadelphia: J.H. Johnson. Broadside. Very good. Song sheet, 6 x 9.5 in., with wood engraved vignette of a bearded man (king?) removing the hat of a supplicant, decorative border. Undated, possibly late 1850s. Light foxing. A song descrying the ineffectiveness of Philadelphia's city council and the overzealous use of the..... Item #20742
Chicago: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway, 1908. Softcover. Good. 10.5 x 14 in., 10 pp. Old folding creases, some chipping and short tears; good. An early issue of this western land promotion magazine from the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway, published from 1904 to 1938. Articles in this..... Item #21855
Wausau, WI: G.D. Jones Land Co., [1914]. Large folding brochure printed in black and green, with plat map on one side and extensive text on the other. 9"x 5" when folded; unfolds to 18" x 20". Fair to good condition only: rumpled and has staining, small amount of text obscured..... Item #21481
[Kansas City]: T.J. Green & Co. Undated, likely early 20th century. Four cards measuring approximately 2.5 x 4.5 inches, each advertising a differrent residential development in Kansas City: Eaton Place, Forest Park, Melba Park, and Chesterfield Each card has brief promotional text ("fine residence lots," "magnificent view, every lot 2..... Item #21482
[Waco, TX]: [1920]. Softcover. Very good. 9.5" x 12.25" (oblong), string-tied. [16] pages, illustrated. Light soiling, toning, and moderate general handling wear to covers, some light foxing internally. Provides a history of Assumption Parish (the first Catholic church in Waco was founded in 1870) and details of the work accomplished..... Item #22169
Milwaukee: Geo. Brunder, [1883]. Softcover. Good. 13 cm (ca. 5"), pp 110 , [2] (index); original sewn wrappers, with decorative initials and wood-engraved illustrations in the text. Final leaf (index of songs) and back cover are damaged, with some loss, chipping to corners of front cover; otherwise very good. An uncommon..... Item #21644
New York: G.P. Putnam, 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. viii, 366 pp, with 19 steel-engraved plates (portraits and views of the authors' homes), 14 wood-engraved vignettes (of which 7 are printed in color), and 16 facsimiles. A handsome copy in publisher's full morocco with stamped decoration and raised bands..... Item #21559
Very good. 24" x 17" engraving by Hezekiah Wright Smith (1828-1889) after a painting by Thomas Hicks (1823-1890), matted and mounted on cardboard backing (total dimensions 26.5" x 19"). Printed below image on left: Painted by T. Hicks. N. A.", and on right: "Engraved by H. Wright Smith." Dated to..... Item #22370
Near fine. Undated manuscript document in which Thomas Lewis (1720-1800), Justice of the Peace for Burke County, Georgia, certifies that Ezekiel Airidge "has take the Oath of allegiance to the State and is thereby intitled to all the Benefits & Priviliges of a free Citizen of the same." Lewis was..... Item #22007
[Concord, NH]: [1918]. Two items -- a handbill or small broadside (11.25" x 6") titled "What's Sauce for the Goose is Sauce for the Gander! Do in 1918 What You Were Urged to do in 1898. Stand by the Administration that is Waging the War!" and a circular (11.25" x...... Item #21374
[Mobile, AL]: 1923. Softcover. Very Good. 90 pp, in original wrappers. Light soiling and shelf wear to wrappers, some rusting to binding staples; contents clean. Interesting report including a variety of statistics and details of the accomplishments and work performed by vaious city departments over the course of the year..... Item #2376
Boston: Printed by Russell and Gardner for B. Russell, Printer to the State, 1819. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. 41 pp, in original plain papper wrappers. Dogears, some light dampstaing to second half; still very good. In addition to the rules, includes a directory of all members and the districts..... Item #22392
Cincinnati: Feicke-Desch Printing Co. Softcover. Very good. Undated, ca. 1912. Oblong 8-1/4 x 5-1/2" brown paper wraps printed in black and copper gilt, with a photo-gravure lozenge depicting the Covington suspension bridge tipped onto the upper wrap; [64} pp, each illustrated with a photograph colored in blue (imitating cyanotype) in..... Item #20300
New York: Ludwig & Tolefree, 1830. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8.5 x 5.25 inches, 151 pp, with engraved frontispiece and four additional illustrations. In original boards, with what appears to be later (but not recent) cloth over the original cloth spine. Boards worn, front board only just attached, some losses..... Item #21128
Montpelier, VT: Argus and Patriot Print, [1884]. Softcover. Very good. Title (from cover) continues: "These Two Finely Bred Trotting Stallions Will Make the Season of 1884, ending July 1st, at the Stable of Wm. McDougall, Prop'r, Tunbridge, VT. 4" x 6.5, 8 pp, in original orange printed wrappers. Minor soiling..... Item #22181
New York: Great American Tea Company, 1886. Near fine. Original chromolithograph advertising poster, 22 x 32 inches. A stunning print with exceptionally rich color, archivally backed. Professional restoration to edges and a few small spots on the printed area. Near fine. "Ten minutes for refreshments!" was the well-known cry of..... Item #22219
Roswell, NM: Burns-Curry Realtors, [1973]. Four-fold brochure with map, illustrations from photographs. 8.5 x 4 inches when folded; fine. Much of this development was completed in the mid-1960s with the expectation of selling homes to people who worked at Walker Air Force Base. After the base closed in 1967, the..... Item #21467
[1855]. Softcover. Very good. Folio, 7 pp, printed on blue paper in two unsewn (unbound) gatherings. Minor handling wear; near fine. The Rogue River Indians were not a single tribe, but a conglomeration of several groups living in the Rogue River Valley of southwestern Oregon. This treaty was concluded by..... Item #20479
Evanston, IL: 1914. First Edition. Softcover. Good. Volume 1, No. 1 (January 31, 1914) and Volume 1, No. 14 (May 2, 1914) of "The North Shore Review," a little-known weekly newspaper published in Evanston, Illinois that billed itself as the first paper with an all-female staff. Ironically enough, it was..... Item #22006
Softcover. Very good. Two publications: "The Chief Needs of Adult Blind Persons and the Chief Aims of the Michigan Employment Institution for the Blind (7 pp); and "A Free Lending Library for the Sightless, Circular of General Information (4 pp). Both published by the Institution in 1904, both with old..... Item #21820
[Philadelphia]: Ives pr. & stationer, 1862. Folding trade card, 2.5 x 3.75 inches, with views of the Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon and the attached hospital on the front and back and text inside. Light soiling; very good. The Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon was "staffed by volunteers and provided relief for..... Item #21231
Holliston [MA]: Parker & Plimpton, 1851. First Edition. Softcover. Good. Title continues "Also, Statistics of the Town Returns in 1850, as Required by the Act to Ascertain the Ratable Estates within this Commonwealth. Also, Statistics of the United States Census, as Taken and Returned by the Marshall, for June 1850."..... Item #19531
