(Washington): ca. 1812 - 14. Folio broadside. 460 x 285 mm. (18 x 11 1/4 inches). Text printed in three columns. Old folds with a few minor tears at folds, paper stock toned with some light staining; well preserved copy with wide margins. Unrecorded broadside issued by the Quarter Master General's..... More
Lancaster, PA: 1856. Folio broadside. 495 x 330 mm. (19 1/2 x 13 inches). Text printed in five columns. Matted. Several tiny holes, affecting a few words. Substantial reportage, with text printed in six point type, of an anti-Fremont, pro-Buchanan rally, held at the home of James Buchanan. This was..... More
Cleveland: G. F. Lewis Publisher, Nov. 6, 1861. Single Issue. Broadside. 440 x 300 mm. ( 17 1/4/ x 11 1/2 inches). Printed in four columns. Folded, some minor separation at folds, edges folded and chipped, some discoloration from tape at top margin, otherwise good and sound. Old Soldier's Advocate was..... More
Chicago: Root and Cady, Publishers, August, 1868. Single issue. 335 x 260 mm. (13 x 10 inches). 8 pp. folded and unopened, some light soiling to the paper, otherwise very good. Rare musical newspaper published by Ebenezer Toner Root and Chauncy Marvin Cady, the leading music publisher's in Chicago before the..... More
Salem: Wm. Ives and Geo. W. Pease Printers, 1856. 8vo. 223 x 145 mm. (8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches). 33 pp. Stitched with new sewing; lightly soiled, with lower corner of two leaves missing, otherwise a good copy. A register of 50 newspaper and periodicals printed in Salem, with extensive..... More
Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Morning Leader, April 28, 1865. Large Folio. 610 x 500 mm. ( 24 x 20 inches). 4 pp. Illustrated on page 2 with a Funeral Monument in Memory of Abraham Lincoln. Folded with minor breaks at folds, otherwise very good copy. Volume XIX, No. 102, of the..... More
Reading, PA. & Boston, MA: 1799 - 1882. Manuscript archive consisting of letters, documents, wills, etc. from the Schoener family of Reading, Pennsylvania, including documents that detail the lives of two generations of family members and their successes and failures in making lives for themselves in 19th century America. Jacob..... More
Philadelphia: January 22, 1790. Autograph Letter Signed. Folio sheet folded. 1 page of text with address on the verso. Folded, with small tears at the folds blank piece missing at the wax seal. Highly legible hand. Watermark paper " I R ". Letter from Adam Zantzinger concern the receipt of money..... More
London: Bell and Dalby, 1866. Shaw, Henry. Handbook of the Art of Illumination, as Practiced During the Middle Ages. With a description of the metals, pigments, and processes employed by the artists at different periods. London: Bell and Dalby, 1866. $ 135.00 Tall 8vo. 270 x 180 mm. (10 3/4 x...... More
London and Bath: Isaac Pitman & Sons; Phonetic Institute, 1887. 8vo. 210 x 135 mm. (8 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches). viii, 244, [4] pp., plus 8 pp. ads. Original decorated green cloth; text block a bit cocked, but sound and attractive. Westby-Gibson finished his bibliography to celebrate the International Shorthand..... More
Albany: Joel Munsell, 1850. Munsell, J(oel). The Typographical Miscellany. Albany: Joel Munsell, 1850. $ 125.00 8vo. 230 x 145 mm. (9 x 5 3/4 inches). 268 pp. Illustrated through. Brown publisher's cloth, embossed with decorative design, label pasted to front cover; worn at edges, some foxing, binding a bit shaken. First..... More
(Rochester, N., Y.): Collins and Pratt, 1866. Printed broadside with manuscript inserts and addition. 4to. 305 x 186 mm. (12 x 7 1/4 inches). Illustrated with a 4 1/2 x 1 3/4-inch woodcut of the design of the patented Hop-Yard trellis. Broadside was folded, with a few minor tears at..... More
Grand Canyon, Arizona: El Tovar Studio, ca. 1950. Oblong 4to. 280 x 345 mm. (11 x 13 1/2 inches). 18 tipped-in color photographs print size 197 x 255 mm. (7 3/4 x 10 inches). Original textured stiff paper binding, sewn, title on upper cover, sewing thread partially broken but sound..... More
New York: George P. Putnam, 1849. 4to. 325 x 250 mm. (13 x 9 3/4 inches). 17 (table of contents and list of illustrations bound out of order), 119 pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece, engraved title-page, 6 full-page lithographs, 7 full-page engravings, and 99 woodcut illustrations in the text. Bound..... More
1816-1818. Informative series of financial instruments that illustrate the contractual arrangements between a bookseller from New York and a merchant from Connecticut in an enterprise that would perpetuate the Third River Paper Mill in Passaic, New Jersey. The Third River, which passed through the property where the paper mail was..... More
London: S. & J. Fuller, 1849. 8vo. 185 x 135 mm. (7 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches). 58, [1] pp., plus 5 pp. ads. Illustrated with nine plates include four aquatints. Bound in publisher's brown cloth, gilt title on upper board, title in blind on lower board; binding faded, some..... More
Worcester, MA. (Printed by Henry Holland), ca. 1848. Oblong quarto. 255 x 330 mm. (10 x 13 inches). (16) pp. text. Illustrated with an engraved portrait of Martin designed by Oliver Pelton, engraved title-page, and 11 writing samples. Original green publisher's cloth, title embossed in gilt on upper cover, spine..... More
London: Longmans, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1806. 4to. 295 x 230 mm. (11 1/2 x 9 inches). [xii], 184 of 186 pp., missing the half-title to Essay VI at p. 105-106. Illustrated with 7 engraved plates and stipple engravings in the text. Near contemporary black leather spine and tips, marbled..... More
Augsburg. Original Drawing for Book Illustration. 160 x 197 mm. (6 ¼ X 7 ¾ inches). Drawn on blue paper, laid down on 19th century paper. Black double fillet ink border. Shows some light wear but otherwise in very good condition. An attractive and well executed drawing in brown and..... More
Boston: Higgins, Bradley & Dayton, 1858. 8vo. 200 x 120 mm. (8 x 5 inches). xxv, 9-345 pp., plus 17 pp. directory of leather companies; (same collation as Sabin and the copy at the University of Delaware). Original brown cloth, title in gilt on spine; cloth boards discolored otherwise a...... More
Philadelphia: June 10, 1839. Autograph Letter Signed, in highly legible hand. 4to. 250 x 200 mm. (9 3/4 x 8 inches). 2 pages. Folded, sealed with wax, stamped "paid" on address section. Tear where wax seal was broken, no loss of text; small tear at fold, otherwise in very good..... More
Westport, Connecticut: The Tiger's Eye Publishing Company, 1947 - 1949. 9 issues all published. 4to. Original color printed wrappers; spine edges rubbed, with a few minor repairs, and a few pieces missing, otherwise sound and attractive. First edition of this highly regarded art and literary magazine edited by Ruth and John..... More
Lansingburgh (Troy), N. Y. 1849-50. Manuscript. 8vo. 190 x 150 mm. (7 1/2 x 6 inches). 24 leaves. Later marbled paper wrappers. Very legible hand. Meticulously prepared series of medical receipts written in a clear hand and signed by Robert T. Van Deusen of Rensselaer County, New York and dated 1849-50..... More
New York: Printed for Joseph I. Badger & Co., Proprietors in New-Haven. 1815. 8vo. 210 x 135 mm. (8 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches). 97 pp. Contemporary leather spine and tips, marbled paper boards. Preliminary leaves stained brown at margins, a few minor tears, otherwise a very good copy in..... More
London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1814. Two volumes. 8vo. 220 x 140 mm. (8 1/4 x 5 1/2 inches). xv, 402 pp.; [iv], 403-758 [2], clvi pp., plus pp. ads. Illustrated with 9 plates 4 of which are folding and numerous illustrations in the text. Near contemporary calf backed..... More
