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
Very good. Original photograph, 4x5.5 inches, mounted on 6x8 inch board with decorative border and printed captions. Credited on the mount to Dexter, McKeesport, PA. Ca. 1900. Doranto was one of several actors in the later nineteenth and early twentieth centuries regularly performed Chinese impersonations in traveling variety shows. Claiming..... Item #20785
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
Very good. Four photographs, 4" x 5.5" (two on 6" x 7" mounts and two on 5.25" x 6.5" mounts). A nice grouping of what we presume are amateur, unpublished images that convey some of the flavor of a stroll through the exposition grounds. Our personal favorite is a wonderful..... Item #21278
Very good. Four photograph albums containing a total of 558 mounted images documenting military training and service in Japan in 1920s and 30s, all in very good condition. Although we acquired these albums together, they appear to have belonged to different people. Most, if not all, were officers. One album..... Item #20997
Broadside, 27 x 40 inches, printed in a deep, vibrant red and black. Undated, but ca. 1886. Features captioned images of 24 different wagons, carriages, and buggies, each with a caption briefly describing the model and its specifications. Two text panels describe the materials used for construction (first-class, thoroughly seasoned..... Item #20858
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
Mesa, AZ: Chamber of Commerce. Softcover. Near fine. Undated travel brochure, probably 1940s. 4 x 9 inches when folded, with a two beautiful two-panel cover illustration of a woman in cowgirl attire picking oranges, with a fertile valley in the background. Inside illustrated with both color and b/w photos showcasing..... Item #21239
[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
String-tied album, 10.5 x 15 inches, with photographs and ephemera mounted to both sides of 14 cardstock leaves, accompanied by additional loose photos, most dating from the 1920s. There are a total of 151 photographs, of which 71 are mounted and 80 are loose. Sizes vary, most in the range..... Item #21030
Two large photograph albums containing more than 400 photographs from a prominent sporting family in Edwardian and Interwar Britain. Members of the family played cricket and polo, raised horses, participated in fox hunting and steeplechase events, and visited the estates of similarly inclined members of their class. Major Pascoe William..... Item #20821
Chicago: North American Publishing Company, [1899]. Very good. Publisher's broadsheet prospectus, 21.5 x 15.5 inches, with half-tone photographic illustrations on both sides. Folding creases, a few short tears to top and bottom margins; very good. Advertises "The Book that Twelve Million People Will Want to Read" (because "all the world..... Item #20986
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Collection of 21 manuscript financial documents from one of the first American companies dedicated to extracting and selling oil outside the United States. Known variously as the Peruvian Refinery Company, Peruvian Refining Company, Peruvian Petroleum Company and Peruvian Petroleum and Refinery Company, the company was founded by James Bishop --..... Item #21378
Hardcover. Very good. Accordion-folded album containing nine original albumen photographs of Madeira, including a four-panel panorama of Funchal. Images measure 6.5 "x 9" and are backed with linen; red cloth album measures 6.75" x 9.5" (oblong). Some fraying to boards, final photograph creased at the edge; all else very good..... Item #19770
New York: United States Lines, 1929. Travel brochure, 9 x 4 inches (folded), with ten panels of text and illustrations from photographs. Rubbing along folds; very good. Promotes the Ibero-American Exposition at Seville and the International Exhibition of Art Industry and Commerce in Barcelona, which could be reached via an..... Item #20914
1888. Very good. Chromolithograph trade card, 3 x 5 inches, advertising Street & Smith's "Select Series of Popular American Copyright Stories" and their periodical, the New York Weekly, via an illustration of a pink-cheeked young woman and the motto "Love is the Lord of All." The Select Series was a...... Item #21325
[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
Visiting Nurse Association. Very good. Undated (c. 1920s) trade/advertising card for the Visting Nurse Association of New Britain, Connecticut. 3.5 x 6 inches. Light soiling and edgewear, about very good. Text on one side describes what visiting nurses do, including offering in-home care to the sick, advising expectant mothers "on..... Item #20961
Wien: Wohlgemuth, Domjan & Bauml. Softcover. Near fine. Travel brochure. Undated, 1920s. 7 x 4 7/8 inches, 64 pp, with folding map (13 x 17 in.) of Vienna showing tour routes, five full-page birds-eye views of routes outside the city, ads, half-tone photographs. Text in German, French, and English. Cover..... Item #20907
Yuma, AZ: Yuma County Chamber of Commerce. 1930s promotional brochure. 20 pages, 9 x 8 inches when unfolded, extensively illustrated with half-tone photographs, double-page map at center. Showcases Yuma's businesses, irrigation and agricultural production (dates, figs, cotton, alfalfa, grapes, lettuce, canteloupes, pecans, grapefruits), mining, recreational opportunities. The last page describes..... Item #21238
Partially printed document completed in manuscript, recording a $100 bond paid (or pledged) for Sanders Franklin, who has been charged with operation of an illegal distillery. Very good condition, with a two-inch split along one fold. The form used dates from the pre-Statehood (1907) era, and in several places the..... Item #20866
Syracuse, NY: Franklin Automobile Company, 1914. Approximately 6 x 9 inches, 16 pp, with half-tone illustrations in the text. Stapled wrappers. But for a previous owner's ink stamp in purple ink on both the upper wrap and title page, the pamphlet is fine, clean, and bright. Not found in OCLC..... Item #19800
Philadelphia: Thayer, Merriam & Co. Undated, ca. 1889. Publisher's broadsheet prospectus, 9.5 x 12 inches, for "Barnum's Own Book," apparently one of many editions of The Life of Barnum, the World-Renowned Showman, which came out under several different imprints in 1890. Printed on very thin paper, it has old tape..... Item #20775
Washington, D.C. [1850]. Single sheet folded to 10.75 x 8.25 inches with text on two of four pages. Folding creases; very good. An attractive illustrated circular soliciting veterans of the Indian Wars in the Old Northwest (1792, 1795), War of 1812, Seminole Wars (1835-36), and Mexican War to retain Gage's..... Item #20762
