DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY AND BY-LAWS OF THE DAWSON'S RUN OIL COMPANY, together with an act entitled "An act to enable joint tenants, tenants in common, and adjoining owners of mineral lands in this Commonwealth, to manage and develop the same
Philadelphia, [PA]: Ringwalt & Brown, Steam-Power Book & Job Printers, 111 and 113 South Fourth Street, 1865. First edition (?). 18 cm. 16pp. Text block loose and laid into the wrappers, but a very good copy. Printed tan wrappers. Apparently unrecorded on OCLC. A printing of the by-laws and general description of the Dawson's Run Oil Co., Harmony Township,... Read More
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BATTLE OF PEA RIDGE, ARKANSAS. MARCH 6, 7 & 8, 1862
N.P., n.p., n.d. Condensed story of the battle presented by the Pea Ridge National Park Assoc. Folded pamphlet. 12mo.; no pagination (8pp.). One illustration. Very good.
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![WANTED. / WANTED TO HIRE BY THE SUBSCRIBER, TWO MASTER MILL- / MEN, TO GO SOUTH IMMEDIATELY. THE MILLS WHERE THE MEN / ARE WANTED ARE SITUATED ON DOBOY ISLAND, AT THE MOUTH OF THE / ALTAMAHA RIVER, IN GEORGIA, ABOUT 12 MILES BY RIVER BELOW / DARIEN..../ [followed by 12 more lines further describing the work involved, qualifications, conditions in the area, etc.]. Signed in type at the end "Clark Sayles, / Pres't Doboy Steam Mill & Lumber Co.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/019/808/521808019.0.m.0.jpg)
WANTED. / WANTED TO HIRE BY THE SUBSCRIBER, TWO MASTER MILL- / MEN, TO GO SOUTH IMMEDIATELY. THE MILLS WHERE THE MEN / ARE WANTED ARE SITUATED ON DOBOY ISLAND, AT THE MOUTH OF THE / ALTAMAHA RIVER, IN GEORGIA, ABOUT 12 MILES BY RIVER BELOW / DARIEN..../ [followed by 12 more lines further describing the work involved, qualifications, conditions in the area, etc.]. Signed in type at the end "Clark Sayles, / Pres't Doboy Steam Mill & Lumber Co.
Pawtucket, RI: Doboy Steam Mill & Lumber Co, 1848. Advertising handbill. Broadside on yellow paper, 7 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches, employing several sizes and styles of type, including a large bold display type (1 1/2 inches) in all capitals for the headline. The Doboy Steam Mill & Lumber Company was a northern owned lumber mill located on the... Read More
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![Clocker William's / $10.00 Daily Double ... / Oaklawn Park - March 29th / ... "Lazy Mary B" and / "Johnnie's Aga" / ... / Positively Not Sold on News Stands or at Race Track Entrance - Deal Direct with Above Office [partial text]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/329/775/522775329.0.m.jpg)
Clocker William's / $10.00 Daily Double ... / Oaklawn Park - March 29th / ... "Lazy Mary B" and / "Johnnie's Aga" / ... / Positively Not Sold on News Stands or at Race Track Entrance - Deal Direct with Above Office [partial text]
[Hot Springs, AR]: Clocker William, 1964. Broadside, 11 1/8 x 8 1/2 inches, employing several sizes and styles of type, central cut of a horse's head (3 x 2 3/4 inches), advertising betting services for Hot Springs' Oaklawn Park horse races, offering the pick of the day and listing three winners for March. We have found no other record... Read More
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Fishing in Canada and Newfoundland
(Montreal, Canada): Canadian National Railways, 1932. One of several editions published, 1927-1933. 8vo. 134, (2) pp. Illustrated from photographs, large folding map at rear. Province-by-province survey of angling possibilities, giving suggested lodging and guide services for most locations. With the Jeffrey Norton angling book label on the verso of the front wrapper. This edition not located on OCLC (which... Read More
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Hillsdale Rowing Club [name on building in photograph]
Hillsdale, MI, 1888. Photograph, 7 x 9 inches, picturing around 60 members of the club, men, women, and children, on the deck and roof of the clubhouse on the edge of a lake or stream, a boat visible in the foreground. Accompanied by "Steam Launch at Hillsdale, Mich." [pencil caption], a photograph, 6 x 8 1/4 inches, picturing a... Read More
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Field and Trap Shooting
Wilmington, DE: Hercules Powder Co, 1923. First edition. 8vo. 56 pp. Illustrated from photographs; 8 full-page ads for the company at the rear. Individual chapters devoted to upland game, wild fowling, and trapshooting, all richly illustrated. Phillips, p. 636. OCLC locates seven copies (Library of Congress, Hagley Museum, Michigan, Wyoming, Yakima Public, Illinois Center for Research Libraries, British Library).... Read More
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![A CARD. / My fellow Citizens of / Greene and Orange: / In the Orange Chronicle of last week, / I caused myself to be announced as a / candidate to represent you in the Con- / vention just called by the Legislature ... / [followed by eight long paragraphs of text in four columns]. Signed in type at the end "John Willis.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/205/372/523372205.0.m.jpg)
A CARD. / My fellow Citizens of / Greene and Orange: / In the Orange Chronicle of last week, / I caused myself to be announced as a / candidate to represent you in the Con- / vention just called by the Legislature ... / [followed by eight long paragraphs of text in four columns]. Signed in type at the end "John Willis.
NP: np, 1861. Printed broadside, 17 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches, employing bold capitals for the short head. Issued as a campaign platform for a position as one of the delegates to Virginia's secession convention, Willis argues forcefully for secession in this broadside, defends the institution of slavery, and announces that he will work toward removing Virginia from the... Read More
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![GENERAL GRANT / AND / CAPTAIN BEN HILL SCREWS. / [ornamental rule] / (New York Herald, June 29, 1876.) / IMPRUDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE! / BOLD EXPRESSIONS OF A DEFIANT REB. / [ornamental rule] / [followed by seven paragraphs, printing Screws' address to the President at his White House visit]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/206/372/523372206.0.m.jpg)
GENERAL GRANT / AND / CAPTAIN BEN HILL SCREWS. / [ornamental rule] / (New York Herald, June 29, 1876.) / IMPRUDENCE AT THE WHITE HOUSE! / BOLD EXPRESSIONS OF A DEFIANT REB. / [ornamental rule] / [followed by seven paragraphs, printing Screws' address to the President at his White House visit]
(Montgomery, AL): G.W. Beers & Co., Printers, 1876. Printed broadside, 14 1/8 x 11 inches, employing several sizes and styles of type, including nice display types in the head, on thin card, the whole enclosed within an ornamental border. In part: "We come, Sir, from the land ... of the famed Kuklux, on whose back, Mr. President, you have... Read More
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![Bowling Green [caption title below a color view of that New York City neighborhood, 3 x 7 inches]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/924/458/534458924.0.m.jpg)
Bowling Green [caption title below a color view of that New York City neighborhood, 3 x 7 inches]
New York: Lith. of Chs. Magnus, 1850. Illustrated letter sheet, 10 3/8 x 8 3/8 inches. The color view at the head featuring a wooded square with a fountain in the foreground of a business district, the street teeming with pedestrians, horses and carriages, and riders on horseback; a corner building with the sign "Washington" is prominent. OCLC locates... Read More
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The Kinsey Republican. / Kinsley, Edwards County, Kansas, Wednesday, November 6, 1878. / Extra. / [followed by illustrated text and commentary on a state and local election, printed in five columns]
Kinsley, KS: Kinsley Republican, 1878. Printed broadside extra, 16 1/4 x 13 inches, employing several sizes and styles of type and with two cuts, one of a rooster, the other of a racehorse with jockey (each 2 x 2 inches) in the first column. Gives vote totals for state and local offices, ranging from governor to "road overseers," by... Read More
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![Wool / Carding. / The undersigned would respectfully inform / the citizens of Clay and adjoining counties, / that they will be prepared to CARD WOOL / by the 1st of May. ... / [followed by 19 lines further explaining the word and services of the company]. Signed in type at the end "Corbin, Everett & Jaggar. / Liberty Mills, April 26, 1861.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/933/458/534458933.0.m.jpg)
Wool / Carding. / The undersigned would respectfully inform / the citizens of Clay and adjoining counties, / that they will be prepared to CARD WOOL / by the 1st of May. ... / [followed by 19 lines further explaining the word and services of the company]. Signed in type at the end "Corbin, Everett & Jaggar. / Liberty Mills, April 26, 1861.
Liberty Mills, (MO): Corbin, Everett & Jaggar, 1861. Printed broadside, 17 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches, employing several sizes of type, including large display types, the whole enclosed within an ornamental border. Work shall be done promptly, and in a WORKMANLIKE MANNER. [We] expect to be prepared in season to do COUNTRY WEAVING, such as three and four leaf... Read More
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R & W. Caldow, / Wholesale and Retail Dealers in / Fancy & Staple Dry-Goods / Importers of Irish Linen & Lace / Fifth Street, / A Few Doors West of Vine, / Cincinnati. / Plain and Figured Silks and Satins / ["Superfine / Cloth, Cassimeres, / and Vestings, Family Mournings," printed in a ribbon to the left of the three-line business address, "Ribbon, Laces, / Hosiery & Gloves, / French Cambric, / and Handkerchiefs," in a ribbon to its right]
Cincinnati, (OH): P. Clarke, Sculpt., 1840. Engraved trade card, 4 3/4 x 4 7/8 inches, employing several styles and sizes of type, including italic. We have been unable to trace any information concerning the Caldow enterprise. Rather uniformly browned, but a nice example, with a deep impression, of an early western American trade card. (#5010).
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![1869, 1869 / LIVERY, FEED & SALE STABLE. / Liberty, [cut of a horse drawn carriage, with driver, 1 1/8 x 2 1/2 inches] Missouri. / The undersigned having refitted the old "Thompson House" Stables, is prepared / to accommodate the public with / Hacks, Buggies and Saddle Horses, / and any thing else in his line. / He will also Run a Daily Hack to and from Liberty Landing to connect / with North Missouri Railroad at Baxter. [complete text]. Signed in type at the end "Wm. D. Wymore. / Liberty, March, 1869.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/943/458/534458943.0.m.jpg)
1869, 1869 / LIVERY, FEED & SALE STABLE. / Liberty, [cut of a horse drawn carriage, with driver, 1 1/8 x 2 1/2 inches] Missouri. / The undersigned having refitted the old "Thompson House" Stables, is prepared / to accommodate the public with / Hacks, Buggies and Saddle Horses, / and any thing else in his line. / He will also Run a Daily Hack to and from Liberty Landing to connect / with North Missouri Railroad at Baxter. [complete text]. Signed in type at the end "Wm. D. Wymore. / Liberty, March, 1869.
Liberty, MO: Wm. D. Wymore, 1869. Printed broadside, 7 3/4 x 11 3/4, employing several sizes and styles of type, including bold capitals for the head. Wymore (1835-1894) apparently took over the "Thompson House" Stables from a relative, George W. Wymore, who had established the business in the late 1840s. This copy appears to be a proof, with an... Read More
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![WOOLEN / FACTORY, / LIBERTY, CLAY CO., MO. / The undersigned would respectfully inform the citizens of Clay and adjoining / counties, that they are in full operation, with / Superior Machinery / for Manufacturing purposes, and with Experienced Workmen. And keep on hand / a large assortment of / WOOLEN GOODS, / [followed by 18 lines describing terms for specific woolen manufactures]. Signed in type at the end "W. Dale & Sons. / Liberty, April 26, 1861.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/944/458/534458944.0.m.jpg)
WOOLEN / FACTORY, / LIBERTY, CLAY CO., MO. / The undersigned would respectfully inform the citizens of Clay and adjoining / counties, that they are in full operation, with / Superior Machinery / for Manufacturing purposes, and with Experienced Workmen. And keep on hand / a large assortment of / WOOLEN GOODS, / [followed by 18 lines describing terms for specific woolen manufactures]. Signed in type at the end "W. Dale & Sons. / Liberty, April 26, 1861.
Liberty, MO: W. Dale & Sons, 1861. Printed broadside, 12 1/2 x 8 inches, employing several sizes and styles of type, including attractive display types, the whole enclosed within an ornamental border. "We will allow the highest market price for clean wool, and sell our goods as LOW as any Factory in the State ... Custom Coloring and Fulling... Read More
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![Constitutional Convention. / Independent Candidate! / [followed by a public letter to General John H. Young, urging him to run for a spot in the state constitutional convention, signed by 30 citizens, and Young's reply]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/947/458/534458947.0.m.jpg)
Constitutional Convention. / Independent Candidate! / [followed by a public letter to General John H. Young, urging him to run for a spot in the state constitutional convention, signed by 30 citizens, and Young's reply]
Urbana, OH: John H. Young, 1873. Printed broadside, 14 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches, with a larger bold head and the letters printed in bold face. Influenced, however, by your letter and by the solicitations of a large number of citizens of both parties," Young agreed to become an Independent Candidate for Delegate to the convention. The 1873 Ohio... Read More
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![List of Acts passed at the first session of the 18th General Assembly. [caption title in one line, followed by descriptions of 286 acts passed during the session, printed in five columns, the first three, printing 59 acts, in much larger type and with more detail than the others]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/775/789/535789775.0.m.jpg)
List of Acts passed at the first session of the 18th General Assembly. [caption title in one line, followed by descriptions of 286 acts passed during the session, printed in five columns, the first three, printing 59 acts, in much larger type and with more detail than the others]
[Nashville, TN], 1830. Large printed broadside, 28 x 20 1/2 inches, the head in large bold type. One of the acts provided for the building and funding of a state penitentiary near Nashville, another accounted for the extensive reform of penal laws, another "more effectually [provided] for emancipating slaves" ("Executors or administrators to emancipate slaves when so directed by... Read More
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Claire Flanders Photographs
(Washington, DC: The photographer, 2002. First edition. 4to. Four-page preface by the photographer. 126 pages, all full-page photographs, each with a one line caption. Inscribed by the photographer on the title page. Fine. Gray cloth, illustrated glossy dust jacket. (#5265).
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South Carolina Immigration Association, Chartered by the Legislature of South Carolina, January 26th, 1878:; Statement by the President and Directors Explaining Its Purpose and Inducements Offered Immigrants to North and South Carolina
Charlotte, NC: Observer Book & Steam Power Print, 1878. First edition. 8vo. 19 pp. Addenda slip. Inscribed at the head of the front wrapper "Dr. B. Franklin Clark, 32 Russell St. / Charleston, Mass."; several textual ink corrections [in the same hand?]. B.F. Clark, who inscribed this copy, was one of the directors of this association, made up of... Read More
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For President / Jefferson Davis / Of Mississippi / [caption title, followed by 24 lines listing Alexander Stephens for Vice-President and 18 electors for the state of Virginia]
[Richmond, VA?], 1861. Small handbill, 5 3/8 x 3 inches, the two major office seekers, separated by ornaments, listed above two at-large and 16 numbered electors. Parrish & Willingham 5367, locating one copy (Duke). Hummel 4667 (Duke). Larger versions of this electoral ticket are more common. Very good. (#631).
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Plea from Sarah A. Bailess (sp?), widow of Edward D. Bailess (?), deceased, of Phillips County, Arkansas asking for settlement of her husband's estate, in a two-page manuscript petition to the Probate Court of the County, October Term, 1854
4to.; (4) pp. [third page blank, final page docketed by court clerk]. The petition states that Sarah's husband died intestate some time in 185--. The administrator of the estate had not done anything to settle the dower rights or real and personal property of the decedent. The property included a tract of land of some 320 acres, plus "four... Read More
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![UTILITARIAN, / [large cut, 5 x 8 1/2 inches, of a beautiful stallion being held by a groom with three horses and farm buildings amidst rolling hills and a stand of trees in the background] / By Eclipse, out of a thorough-bred Roebuck mare, possessing all the useful quali- / ties, and fine action for the road … / [followed by 11 lines of text describing the horse and setting out terms for him to stand at stud]. Signed in type at the end "John H. Cocke.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/835/811/550811835.0.m.jpg)
UTILITARIAN, / [large cut, 5 x 8 1/2 inches, of a beautiful stallion being held by a groom with three horses and farm buildings amidst rolling hills and a stand of trees in the background] / By Eclipse, out of a thorough-bred Roebuck mare, possessing all the useful quali- / ties, and fine action for the road … / [followed by 11 lines of text describing the horse and setting out terms for him to stand at stud]. Signed in type at the end "John H. Cocke.
[Bremo, Fluvanna Co., Virginia]: John H. Cocke, 1837. Broadside, 17 1/4 x 11 inches, employing a large bold type for the one-word head and printed on course brown paper; the wood engraving is signed in the image "Anderson." The horse stood at Cocke's Fluvanna County, Virginia, plantation, Bremo, on the James River. Not in American Imprints through 1846. Not... Read More
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Old Point Comfort, Fortress Monroe, Virginia Beach, Hampton, Norfolk, and Richmond, as pictured in 40 labeled photographs, each 3 x 4 inches, in a large album containing 48 other, similar photographs of New York City, and New Haven (Yale buildings) and Branford Point, Connecticut. New York, Connecticut, and Virginia
1890. The Virginia photographs date from the mid-1890s and include views of historic buildings, hotels (Hygeia at Fortress Monroe and Princess Anne at Virginia Beach), nautical scenes, including ships, the beach (horseback riding on the strand) and waterfront piers, and private homes and churches, ending with images of the monuments to George Washington and Stonewall Jackson in Richmond. Some... Read More
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SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY: THE GATEWAY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
NP: published by Authority Board of Supervisors, 1914. Color illustrated paperwraps. 20 cm.; [32 pp.]. Illustrated with black & white photos and drawings. Two small maps, including one on the inside of the rear wrapper. A very good copy.
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OIL FUEL: TEXACO
New York and Houston: The Texas Oil Co, 1912. First edition. Small 8vo.; 149, (1) pp. Illustrated from photographs, two color plates, tables. Promotional for the uses of oil as a fuel source. Owner's name, another crossed through, but a very good copy. Original gilt-stamped decorated flexible green cloth. (#6326).
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