[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.
Providence, R.I. Police Department, 1894. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". $50 reward form the Providence Police department for information on John Wilcox who had badly decayed teeth, rode a bicycle, was in the produce business. Good with folds and a tack hole near the top edge.
Hartford: Connecticut Courant, 1815. 4 pp. extra with the last page blank. 12" x 19". A desirable copy in original state as issued, of what is possible the earliest publication of these proceedings. The Hartford Convention convened on Dec. 15, 1814 and concluded its proceedings on Jan. 5, 1814. This.....
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: c.1830. 8" x 6 1/2". Engraved in ornate letter and script. Very good condition. The billhead is for Edward Schelmerdine's hat manufactory located at 159 Chestnut St, in Philadelphia The invoice is for 3 purchases of Beaver hats during the year of 1830. Schelmerdine arrived in Philadelphia from England.....
[Huntsville, Alabama?]: 1864. 9" x 14.5". A Fortunate survival, of a apparently unrecorded broadside presumably printed in Union occupied northern Alabama by a soldier from Indiana servicing in Grants army. No copies found. Edge wear, folds and soiling. Includes a lengthy description by Robert Rubin.
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.
Canton, OH? Circa 1835. Broadside. 7" x 16 1/2". Loss along the edges, creasing and light staining. Listed in a Midland Notes catalog in 1959. The text praises the difficult but noble life of peasant farmers and describes how war can destroy everything. The library Company of Philadelphia has.....
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.....
Providence, RI: Kendall Mf'g Co., Circa 1880. Broadside. 10 1/4" x 11 1/2". Staining, folds and minor loss.
Philadelphia: Printed for the Author by Griggs & C., 1818. Third edition. 48 pp. Removed from a bound volume, left edge of the pages stained and there is an old, raised library stamp on the title page (Library Company). Not in McDade. Sabin 102470. This work includes a plate.....
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.....
[London?]: 1777. second edition. 94 pp. In a period binding with hinges splitting, boards soiled and worn. The plate of Aitken is lacking. This is the second edition with added content. ESTC and OCLC locate 4 copies at Brown, the National Library of Scotland, British Library and the Bristol Library.....
Nelson, NZ: H.D. Jackson, [1890]. 128 pp. [Bound with] The Origin, Career and Destruction of the Kelly Gang. Also the Adventures of Captain Moonlite by F. Hunter. Adelaide, Aust.: A.T. Hodgson, c.1895. 86 pp. Booth title are lacking their wraps and were trimmed when bound. Two good accounts of frontier.....
London: J. Debrett, 1782. 32 pp. Good in later binding with spine lacking. ESTC N54487. Scarce with one copy located in England and two in America. This work is a scathing attack on the British Government's failures during the American Revolution. The author argues that a change in government.....
Philadelphia: M. Carey & Son, 1820. 14 double page maps in boards that have the title page on the front cover and a book catalog on the rear board. Remarkably rare with a copy in very poor condition at the Library of Congress and a copy in the Rumsey collection.....
[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.....
Amana: Amana Society, c.1890. 6"x 8 1/2". Very good with light wear to the lower left edge. Very good color lithographed label from this famous Iowa communal group who operated a textile mill.
Lebanon, N.H. C.E. Lewis, c.1880's. Two stereoviews on similar mounts one of which was produced by C.E. Lewis. Fair condition with soiling and staining. Scarce.
Glasgow Scotland: United Publishing Co., 1888. 271, [1] pp. good condition. Looks like the interior front hinge may have been cracking and a former owner glued the front fly leaf edge to the hinge to strengthen it. Evans was born in England and he and his brother were both reformers.....
[Benton Harbor]: [House of David], c.1930's? Cover title House of David Song Book. Not issued with a title page or publication information. An index precedes the songs. Likely issued after the 1930 split when Mary Purnell and her followers left the House of David and formed Mary's City of David.....
[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.
Amana, Iowa: [Community of True Inspiration], 1889. 112 pp. Very good condition in marbled paper covered boards. A catechism Part 1. A basic intro duction to the belief of the Amana Society which lived communally in Iowa until 1932.
Gaylord Watson: Gaylord Watson, 1857. 70, [2] pp. Embossed boards with folding map. Ex-library with bookplate.
New York: J. & H.G. Langley, 1842. January- June 1842. 62 pp. Heavy foxing. This volume includes Walt Whitman's Child-Ghost, a Story of the Last Loyalist. Also a multipart article Association and Attractive Industry by Albert Brisbane who was a leader of the Fourierist movement. This 4 part article describes.....
