1945 War Loan Poster Featuring the Flag Being Raised on Iwo Jima
Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1945. 26"x 36". Folded. Minor stains on the verso and tack holes to all four corners. A very attractive image.
Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1945. 26"x 36". Folded. Minor stains on the verso and tack holes to all four corners. A very attractive image.
New York: 1883-84. 8 medical School lecture tickets for courses taken by Jay Humphreys at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Medical Department of Columbia Collage, City of New York Session of 1883-84. 8 cards for classes in Pathology, Physiology, Chemistry, Anatomy, Obstetrics, Matriculation Ticket, General Ticket, Surgery. Good condition.....
Cincinnati: The Eagle Carriage Co., circa 1910. 56 pp. Very good condition with light soiling to the wraps and corners bumped. This also includes a tipped-in price list.
[London]: John Fairburn, 1825. 76 pp. Removed and lacking the frontispiece. Maria Foote (1797-1867) was a well regard actress in London who at the age of 17 entered into a relationship with William Berkeley who promised to marry her. Over several years the couple had 2 children and eventually Foote.....
London: W. Oliver, 1862. 202 pp. Illustrated. Good condition. Wraps almost detached. William Windham (1840-1866) was an eccentric young man who inherited his father's estate. When he married a young woman against the wishes of his mother and uncle, they tried to have him declared insane. This piece documents the.....
[Community of True Inspiration], 1885. 86 pp. Very good condition in marbled paper covered boards. A catechism Part 2. A basic intro duction to the belief of the Amana Society which lived communally in Iowa until 1932.
Philadelphia: The Old Franklin Publishing House, 1881. 62, [2] pp. plus plates. Two variants with the one in prink wraps having added text printed on the front cover and the rear cover has the likenesses of James Malley and Blanche Douglas while the other copy has ads on the verso.....
Philadelphia: D. Landreth & Sons, 1898. 64 pp. Good condition with decorative color wraps. Illustrated in black and white. Some wear to the spine.
Laconia, N.H. John J, Lane, 1891. Good with worn wraps and occasional stains Almy was rejected by a New Hampshire farmers' daughter and murdered her He was found guilty and sentenced to hang McDade 6 32 pp pp.
Worcester, MA. Massachusetts Spy, 1819. Broadside. 12 1/4" x 19". Good with edge wear and a stain to the lower right corner. A rousing plea for Federalists to cast aside their lethargy and vote for Federalist candidates in an upcoming Massachusetts election. No other copies are listed on Oclc.
Arbroath, Scotland: P. Cochran, 1822. The agricultural distress that arose in the wake of the Napoleonic Wars and the introduction of machinary was at its height in 1822, the year in which Parliament conducted major hearings. Crime was rife during this period throughout Great Britain. Arbroath, in Angus County, is.....
Philadelphia: P.S. Duval, 1853. 37" x 30". Folded and paper lightly tanned. The first plan for the town was done in 1848 and lots were offered for sale. The town was laid out again in 1853 and by then a few buildings had been constructed and the map we offer.....
Trade card for Nolconi & Co. who specialized in supply medical products for sailing ships. Good with soiling and a charming folk-art painting on the reverse of a boy fishing. Circa 1850's.
London: Printed by A. Macpherson for J. Lee, [1802?]. 22, 4 pp. The piece lacks wraps but includes the unusual plate of British Soldier Benjamin Armstrong flogged by an African. Joseph Wall (1737- 1802) was born in Ireland and described in several accounts as a volatile but good soldier serving.....
Alfred, ME: The Shaker, c.1915. Two postcards of the Alfred Maine Shaker village. The bottom image pictures the Church Family showing the 3rd dwelling house recently finished to replace the 2nd dwelling which had burned to the ground. The top image pictures the Second or Gathering Family which was where.....
London: J. Johnson, 1792, 1796. 266, 348 pp. 2 titles in matching bindings. Very good with light wear to the bindings with minor loss to the head and tail of the spines. John Aikin was a doctor who devoted much of his life to writing and worked in conjunction with.....
Chicago: Fergus Printing Co., 1873. 16 pp. Fair condition with soiled and worn wraps. The right edge of the front wrap is crudely repaired. The inside front cover has the bookplate of Reuben Jay Flick (1871-1940) who lived in New York City and Lenox Massachusetts and was a member of.....
Mount Lebnon: The Shakers, 1890. 34 pp. Chipping to the wraps and stamps from a former owner. Born in 1815 Avery became one of the most important Shaker leaders and was doing his best to stem the tide of the decline of the Shakers when he died.
Dorchester, MA: 1800-1801. [32] pp. Fair condition withs oiling, corners dog-eared. 2 pages lacking that contain the months Sept.-Dec. As a young man Bedlam travelled to Argentina and remained there until his death in 1814.
Philadelphia: M.D. Swisher, Publisher, Circa 1880's. 4 pp. Below the imprint: "Kurzenknaube & Songs' Music Room. 2308 N. Third St., Harrisburg, Pa. Two page piano score. Good condition with light wear and soiling to the edges. Apparently unrecorded. With a striking lithographic pictorial cover depicting costumed Siberian peasants, two.....
Wayne State University Press, 2001. New and still shrink wrapped.
Cleveland: Kaufmann & Fistler, 1855. Broadside. 11 1/2" x 12". loss to the edges. Likely printed by Peter Kaufmann who was a follower of George Rapp and later found the short-lived utopian community Teutonia.
Philadelphia: Published by the Author, 1822. 315 pp. Label removed from the verso of the front board and there is a small library stamp on verso of the rear board. Binding worn and rubbed and the lower corner of the title page is lacking. "The Carsons had been married.....
London: Harding and Lepard, 1827. Second edition. 542 pp. Extra illustrated with 56 additional plates.
[Worcester]: Worcester Police Department, 1896. 5 3/4" x 9". Good condition. George "Stormey" Eagan was wanted for robbing and nearly killing Thomas Devoy in Worcester.