(Caldwell, New York), 1820. Folio broadside. 465 x 280mm., [18" x 11 inches].  Folded in quarters, couple of tiny separations along folds. Lightly toned, moderately foxing. An attractive, untrimmed copy. Signed in type by David Alden and Frederick Miller, Chairman and Sec'y of the meeting, respectively, as well as by..... More

Burlington, Vermont, April 22, 1848 - December 6, 1852. 12 mo.  150 x 95 mm., [6 x 7 ½  inches]. 44 pp.  Pocket ledger hand sewn at center, no cover.  Paper stock browned, slight water damage. Very legible hand. The business of Murphy & Spear is listed in the 1849..... More

(New York): ca. 1845. Folio.  300 x 215 mm., [12 x 8 ½ inches]; image size 140 x 108 mm., [5 ½ x 4 ¼ inches]. Wood engraving by Lossing & Barritt after a design by Samuel Wallin. Paper stock foxed, image clean and well executed.  Jesse Read was a...... More

Philadelphia: Crissy & Markley, Printers, 1858. Large 8vo. 245 x 165 mm., [9 ½ x 6 ½ inches].  8 pp. Orig. printed wrappers (top corner chipped). Rare Philadelphia auction catalogue which lists 35 paintings and engravings by T. Birch, A. B. Durand, E. Leutze., and others, and 37 elegantly illustrated..... More

Rondout, [New York], November 29, 1851. 4to. 250 x 195 mm., [9 ¾ x 7 ¾ inches].  1 p.  20 lines.  Manuscript in ink on blue paper.  Previous folds, hinged on verso, a few brown spots, bright & legible. Autograph letter of introduction for two burgeoning artists to Christopher Pearse..... More

N.p. (New York): Thos. A. Doyle, ca. 1830. 8vo.  240 x 150 mm., [9 ¼ x 5 ¾ inches].  4 pp.  Printed drop title.  Margins show some discoloration, edges a bit fragile, otherwise a very good copy. Unrecorded early American art auction catalogue, marked in pencil in places with prices..... More

New York: Baker & Goodwin, Book and Job Printers, [1855]. 8vo.  225 x 140 mm., [8 ¾ x 5 ½ inches].  52 pp.  Original printed wrappers; uniformly soiled, waterstained, a few minor chips and spine a bit split, otherwise a sound copy.  This copy with the stamp of the New..... More

[?Philadelphia, Pa.]: ca. 1840. Calling Card printed one side only. 40 x 75 mm.,  [1 ½  x 3 inches]. Painter’s name scratched out and  "Miss Louise Bradley, West Springfield," is penciled in Engraved border, pinholes.  James W. Williams was a miniature portrait painter. He also experimented with early photographic processes..... More

Hartford: Printed by E. Gleason, 1851. 8vo.  235 x 155 mm., [9 ¼ x 6 inches].  4 pp.   Folded as issued.  The catalogue lists 139 paintings by such Old Master luminaries at Rubens, Titan, Veronese, and Vernet, and American Masters Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Cole, and. S. F. B. Morse.  Also..... More

Boston: Eastburn's Press, 1844. 8vo.  213 x 140 mm., [8 ¼ x 5 ½ inches]. 8pp.  Original printed wrappers, removed from a pamphlet volume, wanting the rear wrapper.  Rare exhibition pamphlet that opens with the 29 verses from Chapter V of the Book of Daniel which begins, “Belshazzar the King..... More

(Washington, D. C. 1813). Broadside, narrow 4to.  270 x 145 mm., [10 ½ x 5 ¾ inches]. Paper brown with age, small piece missing from lower left corner with no loss of text; paper brown with age. Federal broadside issued for the State of New Hampshire declaring a direct tax..... More

Newburyport: Bro. C. Nason, Printer, Watchtower Office, [1849].  Folio Broadside.  370 x 190 mm., [14 ½ x 7 ¾ inches].  Woodcut of Masonic symbol at the top center of the broadside, text within a decorative border.  Some discoloration to the paper, left edge with a few tears and a small..... More

Boston: Propeller Press, 142 Washington Street, Boston, 1852. 4to.  300 x 220 mm., [12 x 9 inches].  Printed on thin paper, folded, with a few minor holes at center fold, brown with age and a few spots and scuffs, otherwise very good and sound. Rare Boston printed broadside, promoting the..... More