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Minneapolis: Coffee House Press. 4.5" x 8" Poetry broadside, excerpt from The Man in the Cardboard Mask, printed at Odegard Books, 1985. More
Broadsides
A national hymn. Composed to be sung on the 14th of May, 1841; the day recommended by the President to be set apart as a day of fasting and prayer, by the people of the United States, on account of the death of Gen. Wm. H. Harrison
[N.p. publisher not identified, n.d. but 1841.]. Broadside (approx. 11¾" x 9½"), 6 numbered quatrains beneath a running head and a large 4½" x 6" woodcut of the death-bed scene, with the dying President and seven others, occupying one-half the text area; all within an elaborate floral border; mounted at..... More
Avian Mastication Center, absolutely and most perfectly completely unincorporated subsidiary of the Hamady Birdfeeder Co
Mount Horeb, Wisconsin: Perishable Press, [1973]. Broadside (approx. 12" x 19"); one diagonal crease else a fine copy. From the library of Kim Merker. " ... has removed on to its ... international début ... at tellus mater, inc / three-nineteen state street / madison, wisconsin."/ " ... the fabricator..... More
The Perishable Press Limited was established in 1964 & was so named because it seemed to most adequately describethe human condition which is both perishable and limited...
Mt. Horeb: Perishable Press, 1972. Broadside, approx. 18½" x 12", text in double column under a running head; previous folds; very good. One of at least three broadside catalogues of books with the same running head, published by Hamady, this endling with books publishged in 1972 (another we are aware..... More
The Perishable Press Limited was established in 1964 & was so named because it seemed to most adequately describethe human condition which is both perishable and limited...
Mt. Horeb: Perishable Press, 1973. Broadside, approx. 18½" x 12", text in double column under a running head; previous folds; generally fine. From the library of Kim Merker. One of at least three broadside catalogues of books with the same running head, published by Hamady, this endling with books published..... More
Reading is to the mind
[Minneapolis]: Coffee House Press, 1992. 7.5" x 11", quotation broadside accompanied by relief print by Susan Nees. More
The great conflagration in Portland, July 4, 1866
N.p. [Portland?]: n.d. [1866]. Broadside (approx. 9¾" x 6"), text in double column beneath the running head, the whole within a decorative border; top right corner lost (not affecting any letterpress); all else very good. Verse in 12 octets. OCLC notes: "Another edition is printed from different settings of type;..... More
Harvard University. Valedictory exercises of the senior class of 1839, Tuesday, July 18. 1. Voluntary. By the band. 2. Prayer. By the Rev. Dr. Ware, Jr. 3. Oration. By John C. Adams, Lyons, N.Y. 4. Poem. By Edward E. Hale, Boston. 5. Ode. By Nathanial H. Morison, Peterborough, N.H.
[Cambridge, Mass. 1839.]. Broadside, approx. 10¼" x 8¼", the "Ode" comprising 10 quatrains and sung to the tune of "Auld Lang Syne" occupies the bottom half; the whole within a typographical border; attached is a bill for $110.77 to a "Mr. Baker" for "Absence, Omission of Exercises and Duties," printed..... More
Every Education
[Minneapolis]: Coffee Press House, 1993. 7" x 11" quotation broadside printed for the Minnesota Humanities Commission's Teacher Institute, 1993-4. More
One Small Saga
West Branch, Iowa: Coffee House Press, [1984]. 4.75" x 8" prose broadside with announcement on olive green paper. More
The Connecticut Courant
Hartford: [1869]. Broadside (approx. 26" x 16"), folio; typographic ornamental border; text in double column; stock unevenly toned, three shallow losses not affecting text, mostly clean tears along previously folds without loss of meaning, small soil spot at center. Advertisement for "The oldest and best news and family paper published..... More
From your parents you learn
Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 2008. 7.5" x 11" poetry broadside with relief print, artist unknown. Printed on the occasion of CHP's move from the Historic Warehouse District to the former Grain Belt Beer Bottle House in Northeast Minneapolis. More
Tafeu! Receipt to manufacture 1 cart load of Dodge Hayward's land dressing, worm and insect killer
Mast Yard, NH: Dodge Hayward, n.d., [ca. 1860s]. Small broadside (approx. 6¾" x 5"); very small chips from the right lower margin; very good. A recipe for the creation of a fertilizer and insecticide with directions for using it. More
A magical learning machine using free brain power now ready
Sumac Press, 1975. Edition limited to 100 copies, folded broadsheet, 26 x 17 cm, printed in red & black, fine. Rulon-Miller, Wulling 140. More
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[Excerpt from:] The Delights of Reading
[Minneapolis]: Coffee House Press, 1992. 11" x 15" quotation broadside accompanied by relief print by Leslie Ross, featuring the new CHP logo. More
Provincially printed circus broadside
Hengler’s colossal Hippodrome and Grand Cirque Variety. The Star Company of Great Britain. Under the distinguished patronage of her Majesty the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Royal Family, at Windsor, in February, 1848, and 1849...
N.p., n.d. [Hesket-Newmarket ? ca. 1855]. Tall folio circus broadside approx. 33" x 7¼" (85 cm x 19 cm), printed in blue and black, wood-engraved royal arms at the top, wood-engraved illustration of a female performer on horseback; previous folds, but generally in fine condition, and an unusual survival. The..... More
Himmels-brief, welcher mit goldenen Buchstaben geschrichten und zu sehen ist in der St. Michael's kirche zu St. Germein, allwo dersetbe uber dem Taufschein schwebet
[Pennsylvania: n.d., ca. 1830?]. Broadside, approx. 18" x 14", (46 x 35 cm.) some short splits starting at folds, else very good. A broadside version of the Letter from Heaven, first published in Magdeburg in 1783; the letter describes a good Christian life, and acts as a talisman or charm..... More
A Montana incunable
Charge of Chief Justice Hosmer, to the Grand Jury of the First Judicial District, M.T., delivered, December 5th, 1864
[Virginia City, Montana: 1864]. Bifolium, 12¼" x 7¾" (31 x 19.5 cm); single page of text in triple column; embossed seal at the top of the first column; small scallop tear at the top of the third column, barely touching 1 letter; all else very good. Streeter IV, 2211: "This..... More
Invitation hymn
[Enfield, Mass. S. Howe, 1838.]. Small oblong broadside (approx. 6¼" x 7¾"), text in double column beneath the running head and woodcut incorporating masonic emblems; near fine. Hymn in ten numbered stanzas; first line: "We're travelling home to heaven above, will you go?" OCLC notes: Printed by Solomon Howe at..... More
Celebrating Origins
[Minneapolis]: Coffee House Press, n.d. 7.5" x 9" poetry broadside celebrating the Coffee House Press, printed on orange paper. More
Celebrating Origins
[Minneapolis]: Coffee House Press, n.d. 7.5" x 9" poetry broadside celebrating the Coffee House Press, printed on white paper. More
Celebrating Origins
[Minneapolis]: Coffee House Press, n.d. 7.5" x 9" poetry broadside celebrating the Coffee House Press, printed on blue paper. More
Celebrating Origins
[Minneapolis]: Coffee House Press, n.d. 7.5" x 9" poetry broadside celebrating the Coffee House Press, printed on brown paper. More
Eatin' With Sticks
[Minneapolis]: Coffee House Press, 1996. 8.5" x 15" poetry broadside printed on the occasion of the 1996 holiday season from Lawson Inada's forthcoming book Drawing the Line. More
