Coffee House Press 1984-1999: fifteen years of fiction and poetry
[Minneapolis]: Coffee House Press, 1999. 13½" x 10½" broadside commemorating the 15th anniversary of CHP, featuring relief print, artist unknown. More
[Minneapolis]: Coffee House Press, 1999. 13½" x 10½" broadside commemorating the 15th anniversary of CHP, featuring relief print, artist unknown. More
Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, [1993]. 4¼" x 10" Coffee House Press catalogue detailing letterpress printing services offered and products available. Red ink trim along right edge. More
[Minneapolis]: Coffee House Press, n.d. 11" x 14" broadside listing the print services offered through the Coffee House Press Letterpress Program. More
[Minneapolis]: Coffee House Press, n.d., [1992 or after]. Broadside, 11½" x 18", two color on blue paper. More
London: Harrison and Sons, 1915. First edition, 8vo, pp. [2], xix, [3], 561, [1]; original red cloth backed paper covered boards, extensive soiling near spine, spine itself is creased and chipped at head and tail, bookplate on front paste-down; copy remains good and sound. More
n.p. ca. 1976. 26 photographs, 24 about 8" x 6", one 3" x 10.25" and one 4" x 10", all photographs of Zhou Enlai, from a young adult to his death and funeral; 21 photos part of an incomplete numbered run lacking nos. 5, 12 and 22, the others apparantly out of series; one photograph creased at the corners, one photo with an abrasian just touching the edge of the image, otherwise generally fine. Zhou Enlai was Premier of the PRC and Mao Zedong's second in command. He was a popular member of communist leadership, and his death lead to a national period of mourning despite attempts to suppress it. These photos of Zhou Enlai were likely produced as a set to commemorate his death and are known images from a variety of sources. More
Various: 1875-1885. A collection of approximately 80 gift books and gift cards with fringe bindings, bound in paper wrappers with chromolithograph images, many over gilt backgrounds, the majority of them very good with occasional condition issues, including worn fringe, a few with water stains, and chipping and loss to spines. The collection includes approximately 36 books (i. e. more than 4 pages). Many with original printed paper folders and one in the original clamshell box. Accompanied by an assortment of 45 fringed cards for holidays, birthdays, and for mourning. A few titles duplicated but under different imprints. The use of silk fringe in the binding of gift books was a short-lived fad at the end of the 19th century. This collection serves as an excellent survey of this publishing phenomenon. A complete list of titles is available on request. More
London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1898. First edition, 8vo, pp. x, 502, [6] (pub ads); frontispiece portraits, lightly toned, corners bumped, extremities a bit rubbed, spine ends lightly chipped, hinges starting, else good or better in original blue cloth with gilt-lettered spine. A private look at English high society in the 19th century, with chapters devoted to Lord Russell, Lord Shaftbury, Cardinal Manning, and others. More
Boston: Benjamin Russell, Wednesday, July 10, 1793. 19 " x 12", pp. [4]; 4 columns per page; removed from binding, early owner's name at top. Extracts from the "Patriot of the World", political state of Europe, domestic miscellany, latest European intelligence mentions Barcelona: our army on this side Catalonia, is taking every disposition for invading France. Ship news, marriages, deaths, public announcements, ships for sale (with cuts), twenty five dollar reward for stolen horse, poem "Declaration of Independence" by Mr. Richards, and usual ads. More
Boston: Benjamin Russell, Saturday, July 13, 1793. 19 " x 12", pp. [4]; 4 columns per page; removed from binding. Extracts from the "Patriot of the World" (continued), political state of Europe, Spain's necessity to go to war with France, Portugal also in the league against France, the Swiss cantons declare neutral in the grand council, action at Maulde, capture of Nantz, domestic miscellany, ship news, a proclamation by John Hancock, marriages, deaths, public announcements, ships for sale (with cuts), poem "Assology" by 'Squire Sawney, and usual ads. More
Boston: Benjamin Russell, Wednesday, July 24, 1793. 19 " x 12", pp. [4]; 4 columns per page; removed from binding, early owner's name at top. Politcal miscellany from the Gazette of the United States Pacificus no. II concerning treaties between the United States and France, domestic miscellany, values of merchandise exported from each state of the United States, important proceedings, marriages & deaths, port of Boston list of ships entered and cleared, auction announcements, ships for sale (with cuts), and usual ads. More
Boston: Benjamin Russell, Wednesday, August 21, 1793. 19 " x 12", pp. [4]; 4 columns per page; removed from binding, early owner's name above masthead, p. 2 trimmed close with minor loss. Good reasons for war, (followed by) an anonymous letter by a US citizen in favor of strict neutrality, domestic miscellany, politics, an English party killed 30 patriots one by one in Martinique, military news, deaths, auction sales, ships for sale (with cuts), a poem written by a young soldier about enlisting himself into the United States army, and usual ads. More
Boston: Benjamin Russell, Printer, Wendesday, May 16, 1798. Approx. 19" x 12", pp. [4]; 4 columns per page; removed from binding. "Address to the Young Men of Philadelphia", with an answer from the President John Adams, as well as an address to the young men of Boston; also in this issue, communications from Paris and the policy of neutrality during the current prickly relationship with France. Notices of public sales and ads (with cuts), marriages, deaths, marine journal, ship news, boarding & lodging, patent medicine 'elegant gilt smelling bottles', books, English & Dutch goods, India cottons, houses to be sold and let. More
Boston: Benjamin Russell, Printer, Saturday, July 6, 1799. Approx. 19¼ " x 12¼ ", pp. [4]; 4 columns per page; owner's name at top, removed from binding. Public notice to prevent fires; also in this issue, law published by Congress of an Act to regulate the collection of duties on imports and tonnage; foreign news concerning the troops from Turkey, Gaza and Syria fallen to the hands of the French, as well as further news of the French armies; also included is a proclamation by the President John Adams and an Act of Congress to further suspend the 'Commercial Intercourse between the United States and France". Marine journal, ship news (with cuts), as well as ads for land and farms for sale, patent medicines, wet nurse, rum, fresh fruit, and linens. Also, a list of new books for sale. More
Boston: Benjamin Russell, Printer, Wednesday, September 24, 1800. 19" x 12", pp. [4]; 4 columns per page; removed from binding. Laws enacted, an act to establish the district of Kennebunk, cheating in play never prospers, military review, naval affairs, proclamation by the governor of the province of West Florida he will pay $4,500 to any person who will deliver him the body of William Augustus Bowles or produce sufficient proof of having killed him, 'Ode to Fancy' by Peter Quince, marriages, deaths, shipping intelligence, usual ads (some with cuts), strayed or stolen horse, and patent medicines. More
Boston: Benjamin Russell, Saturday, August 1, 1807. 19¾" x 13¼", pp. [4]; 5 columns per page; removed from binding, early owner's name above masthead, two inch tear with creased fold on upper edge, with all text present but paper mutilated. Miniature almanack, price of stocks, political miscellany, War-is it necessary? or if not necessary - is it expedient? (with Great Britian), Neopolitan ports blockaded, marriages, deaths, shipping news, auction sales, ship sales (with cuts), new publications, usual ads, and a runaway indentured servant reward. More
Boston: Benjamin Russell, Saturday, June 4, 1808. 19¾" x 13¼", pp. [4]; 5 columns per page; removed from binding, early owner's name above masthead. Miniature almanack, foreign articles, Bonaparte's journey, anti-embargo resolutions, marriages, deaths, shipping list, Boston Theatre, Harvard College lottery, ship announcements (with cuts), public announcements, new publications, farms for sale, and usual ads. More
Boston: Benjamin Russell, Saturday, June 11, 1808. 19½" x 13¼", pp. [4]; 5 columns per page; removed from binding, early owner's name above masthead, trimmed close with loss at bottom of second and third page, as well as edge of second page. Massachusetts government, an answer from the House of Representatives to the Governor's speech on foreign policy, European news - with mention "Bonaparte was determined to take every step to force the United States into a war with England", New Hampshire elections, births, marriages, deaths, shipping news, auction sales, new publications, and usual ads. More
Boston: Benjamin Russell, Saturday, April 1, 1809. 19½" x 13½", pp. [4]; 4 columns per page; removed from binding, early owner's name above masthead. Washington and the real whig nominations, democratic patriotism or the plunder of fity-eight thousand dollars, Napolean and his troops in Spain, Martinique captured, Massachusetts Federalists!, general caucus, shipping list, ship announcements (with cuts), auction sales, Boston Theatre, Rhode Island coal lottery, miniature almanack, public announcements, school for young ladies, painting and glazing, and homes to be sold or let. More
[Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, n.d., ca. late 1980s]. 3½" x 5" calling card for Graywolf Press printed by Allan Kornblum at the Coffee House Press. More
Hartford: Saturday, October 21, 1848. 26" x 20", pp. [4]; 7 columns per page; central fold, removed from binding. Numerous ads, some with cuts, an endorsement for Taylor and Fillmore for President and Vice-President, with much on the upcoming election, an account of Taylor and Slavery, and Van Buren and the tariff, deaths, marriages, foreign news, and 5 columns on the last page advertising patent medicines. More
Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin, Tuesday, May 19, 1812. 20½" x 13½", pp. [4]; 5 columns per page, removed from binding. Letter to the Citizens of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on the embargo and war with Great Britain by Timothy Pickering, an animated debate in the House of Representatives for repealing the Embargo, state election results, public notices, marriages, deaths, an excerpt from Gov. W.H. Harrison to Col. J.M. Scott describing war with the Indians and lack of peace, usual adverts (some cuts), and patent medicines. More
Hartford: printed by Hudson and Goodwin, Monday April 15, 1799. Approx. 19½ " x 12¼ ", pp. [4]; 5 columns per page; removed from binding. Contains an anonymous two-and-a-half column article "A Picture of France and the Directory" with an excerpt describing its corruption, "The design of the directory is to place all nations under the domination of scoundrels; thus to procure faithful allies and to conceal its own enormitites in the crimes of the universal revolution which it meditates and in realizing makes hourly progress... or Barras's frequently sending his dogs to take the country air in a carriage of the late queen of France, drawn by four horses glittering with gold, silver, &c.&c. Although all Paris would testify to the truth of these occurrences, I will not expose myself to the danger of creating in you a disbelief...I have given you a feeble idea of the criminal and ridiculous excesses of the directory of France." Also in foreign news London: an outline of the plan to be proposed of a Union between Great Britain and Ireland, numerous ads, including patent medicines, lands and farms for sale, and rum. More
Red Wing: Red Wing Printing Co., 1882. 8vo, pp. 14; orig. pink printed wrappers; slight fading at extremities, old library rubber-stamp on cover, else very good. Unusually nice copy. More
Maestricht: Jean-Edme Dufour & Philippe Roux, 1775. 8vo, pp. [4], vii, [1], 170, [2]; later quarter brown calf over marbled boards, green morocco label on spine; spine rubbed, else very good. Twenty-four poetic tales of love, followed by a dozen miscellaneous verses. Not in NUC. More