N.p. The Union News Company [printed by J. C. Bardell, Oakland, California], 1926. Pictorial mailing envelope approx. 5½" x 3¼", containing 15 captioned black & white photographs of St. Paul, each approx. 3¼" x 2"; the envelope is addressed to a Mrs. Stitz in Portland, Oregon and three of the..... More
[Providence]: printed at the Gazette Office, [1810]. Broadside (approx. 9" x 5¾"), light toning, a couple of short tears in the margins (no loss); all else very good. Republican Party election proxy, which includes the names of ten candidates for the Senate (Moses Lippitt of Providence and William Reynolds of..... More
[Providence]: printed by J. Carter, [1811]. Broadside (approx. 10" x 5½"), the text within a typographic border; some toning and several short breaks in the margins; all else very good. Federal Party election proxy, which includes the names of ten candidates for the Senate (Nicholas Brown of Providence and William..... More
[Providence: printer not identified, 1811]. Broadside (approx. 7½" x 4¼"), light toning; all else very good. Republican Party election proxy, which includes the names of ten candidates for the Senate (Nathaniel Hazard of Newport and John D'Wolf of Bristol among them), and one name each for secretary, attorney-general, and treasurer..... More
Providence: [neither printer nor publisher identified], December 2, 1831. Narrow broadside (approx. 13" x 5"), announcing the lottery and listing 5051 prizes amounting to $10,643, the grand prize being $2000; docketed on the verso: "Prov. Decem 2 1831 True copy furnished the Secty according to law / P. Case /..... More
[Bristol? publisher not identified], 1930. 4to, pp. 58; illustrated throughout; original pictorial wrappers; very good. Numerous ads for local businesses. Includes a history of the town by W. H. Munro, a section on leading industries, and a Bristol Pageant. More
Washington DC: Chinese Community Church of Washington D.C., 1980. 11 x 8.5 in., pp. 72; photoreproductive illustrations and local ads throughout; comb bound in yellow paper covers; light spotting to edges, staple holes in upper covers, near fine. The CCC was the first Chinese Christian church in the DC area..... More
Chicago: Chicago Book & Art Auctions, Inc., 1932. First edition; 8vo; pp. 32; 7 illustrations; price realized penciled in margin; very good copy in original paper wrappers. More
Philadelphia: published by John Conrad and Co. no 68, Chestnut Street. April 3, 1815. First edituion, 8vo, pp. 31, [1]; stitched, as issued; largely unopened; original drab blue rear wrapper, front wrap wanting; otherwise generally very good. AAS and Univ. of South Carolina only in OCLC. American Imprints 36153. More
[Providence]: from the Phenix Press, Jones & Wheeler, printers, [1808 or 1809]. 8vo, pp. 8; stitched, as issued; old stains, toned, and horizontal fold; good or better. Ownership signature of Robert Thornton of Johnston on last page. Sets out provision for raising taxes for the repair and improvement of roads..... More
[New York: no publisher given, ca. 1858]. First edition, 8vo, pp. 8; vertical crease, old library rubberstamp at the top of p. [1]; all else near fine. Following the passage of the act, George W. Morton wrote Remonstrance of the City Inspector against the proposed bill entitled "An act to..... More
[New York: E. B. Clayton, 1839.]. 12mo, pp. 7, [1]; removed from binding, first page soiled, some underlining in pencil, spine split at extremities. The British and American Steam Navigation Company was a steamship line that operated a regular transatlantic service from 1839 to 1841. American Imprints 53953. LC only..... More
Boston: printed by Richard Draper and Green and Russell, Printers to the Government, March 9, 1774. Folio, pp. 8; stitched, as issued; comprising pp. 509-516 of the Acts and Laws passed by the Great and General Court of Massachusetts; paper toned and with a vertical newspaper shadow on the first..... More
Chillicothe: printed by N. Willis, printer to the state, 1805. 8vo, pp. lxxvi, 491, [1]; contemporary full calf, red leather label on spine; some cracking and wear, text toned; all else very good. On the upper cover is penned: "To the township clerk of Springfield and his persons." The first..... More
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[Providence: publisher not identified, 1841-43.]. 8vo, 10 so-called session reports individually paginated, all but three signed in ink at the end by Henry Bowen, as Secretary of the General Assembly, for May, June and October, 1841; January, March, April, May, June and October, 1842; and January, 1843; 10 folding tables;..... More
Bristol [England]: T. D. Clark, printer, St. Michael's Hill, [1827]. Bifolium (approx. 13" x 7¾"), pp, [3]; last page blank except for a docket: "Joanna Buffinton's paper." Split at previous folds, with neat repair; all else very good. Not found in Afro-Americana. McGill only in OCLC. More
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Washington: James C. Dunn [later: American Colonization Society], 1838-1889. An incomplete and disparate run and with a major gap 1851-1870, 88 issues in all, volumes 16-18 in a bound volume but without a front cover, the rest in wrappers; a few wrappers missing, a few defective, a number loose, but..... More
Lancaster, PA: printed and sold by John Baer's Sons, [1870]. 4to, pp. [36] unpaginated; looped cord in upper left corner for hanging, as issued; corners curled; otherwise very good. Contains astrological charts for each month, weather predictions, fables, anecdotes, and an assortment of other writings, including a "fable of an..... More
St. Paul, Minn. H. H. Young, Secretary of Board [of Immigration], [1881]. 8vo, pp. 64; 28 wood-engraved illustrations throughout; original printed gray wrappers; slight chipping of the spine, some soiling but generally near fine. Notes on the natural resources, climate and temperature, population, Native Americans, water power, manufacturing, mining, agriculture..... More
Boston: printed for the Massachusetts Temperance Society, by John Wilson and Son, 1851. First separate and first American edition, 16mo, pp. 16; self-wrappers; old library pressure stamp at the top of the title page (and released); very good. Harvard and AAS only in OCLC. More
[Providence?]: 1842. Broadside, 15" x 10¾", text in double column; previous folds, else fine. The "Algerine Law," passed by the Rhode Island Legislature in early April,1842, "imposed severe penalties upon those attempting to exercise power or hold office under [Dorr's] People's Constitution" of 1841. This broadside consists of an attack..... More
[Providence?]: 1842. Broadside (approx. 12½" x 7½"), text in double column; trimmed, small hole affecting letters in 3 words (sense remains clear); very good. The "Algerine Law," passed by the Rhode Island Legislature in early April 1842, "imposed severe penalties upon those attempting to exercise power or hold office under..... More
Avon, NY: Allen W. Ward, 1901. Broadsheet, approx. 19½" x 5½", with a wood-engraved illustration at the top, the text signed in print on the verso by H. O. Silver. Ten of these broadsheets are tied together with string at the top and I suppose were likely meant to be..... More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1924. 8vo, approximately 230 unbound (as issued) charts, tables, graphs and maps (many folding, several rather large - 10 in color); dampstain throughout to lower gutter corners, often affecting image but also often confined to the margins; the several large folding color maps are generally unaffected;..... More
Providence, [et al.]: 1725-1840s. Thirty-one letters and documents in approximately 45 pages in all, some relating to prominent merchant traders; and many signed by prominent political figures. The collection of Allyn Kellogg Ford (1878-1964), a Minneapolis businessman, Minnesota president of the Sons of the American Revolution, a founder of the..... More
