New York: New York Peace Society, [1909]. Softcover. Good. Single sheet 12.5 x 18 inches, folding to 9 x 6.25 inches, printed in red and black. Short tears along folds, a few small splits at intersections; good. Scarce illustrated circular advocating allocation of government funds "for productive, humane, and enlightened..... Item #21322
1998. Soft cover. Very Good. 109 pp, plus ads. Comb binding. Short tear and a few smudges to front cover, no internal markings. Reproduces many historic photographs and early maps, and includes short text about notable events and institutions as well as census records. Item #12282
Hartford: E.T. Pease & Co., 1854. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. Pamphlet, 51 pp, sewn binding, original printed wrappers. Some paper loss to spine and at corners, binding tight, text clean. On March 2, 1854, a recently installed 50-horsepower steam boiler exploded at the railroad-car factory Fales & Gray Car..... Item #21005
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
Cambridge: Hilliard and Brown, 1829. First Edition. Wraps. Good. 4-1/2 x 7" sewn plain-paper (later) wrappers, pp. 24, wraps soiled, the whole pamphlet faintly creased vertically, but good and sound, with intriguing pencil notations throughout (see below). A straightforward listing of the adminstrators, faculty, and students (under- and post-grad) at..... Item #20299
Newark, NJ: The Consolidated Illustrating Co., [1896]. 7.5 x 10.5 inches (oblong), in original embossed wrappers. xix, 208 pp, with manu illustrations from photographs. 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 settling in..... 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
Very good. Three-page manuscript letter, approximately 800 words, from Dr. G.A. Hinnen of Cincinnati, Ohio, to his parents. Dated March 22, 1937 and written on letterhead of the National Association for the Elimination of Home Work, of which the Hinnen was on the Advisory Committee. Writing more than a month..... Item #21323
[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
Austin: John Marshall & Co., State Printers, 1858. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. pp 284, ix (index), in original sewn wrappers. Rear wrapper and final page of index detached but present, some light staining to front wrapper and lower corner of first 40 pp, not affecting text, otherwise quite clean..... Item #21557
New York: Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., 1978. Softcover. Very Good. Part One: Unpaginated, approximately 150 pp, with b/w illustrations. Part Two: Unpaginated, approximately 120 pp, with b/w illustrations. Top edges toned, light handling wear; contents clean. Auction catalogues for Sotheby Parke Bernet sales 4114 and 4179. Item #2479
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
Austin: University of Texas, 1916. Softcover. Good. 172 pp. Original wrappers present but heavily chipped, front wrapper detached. Binding sound, text unmarked. Old dampstin to lower outer corner of last 65 pp. Relatively scarce report resulting from Texas Governor James E. Ferguson's efforts to have several people he disliked for..... Item #21463
Softcover. Very good. Collection of 25 pieces of sheet music issued as Sunday supplements to the San Francisco Examiner, each 4 pp, 14 x 10.5 inches, printed on thick newsprint. All with the name "R. James" in ink on the cover, a few with short tears at margins or light..... Item #21298
[Germantown, PA]: [Germantown Print Works]. Textile. Good. An appealing illustrated broadside on cloth bearing a very early appearance of the famous "I cannot tell a lie" cherry tree story. Collins (Threads of History) says it was printed by the Germantown Print Works in Pennsylvania, ca. 1806. The story itself, which..... Item #20532
[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
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
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1929. Softcover. Very Good-. 39 pp, with illustrations, maps, in original wrappers. Light handling wear and soiling to wrappers, name on front cover, remainder of removed bookplate on front inside cover; contents clean and sound. A brief history of the Bell System including details about..... Item #21764
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
