Seven typed letters, signed by the general manager of the Golconda Gold Mining and Milling Co. of Colorado, dated Feb. 12- March 19, 1897, plus a hand-drawn diagram of three of the mines shafts, all on company letterhead
[Victor, CO], 1897. Retained copies of correspondence for seven letters (15 pages, rectos only; approx. 2500 words), plus a hand-drawn diagram for the "Nellie V. Shaft," the "April Fool Shaft," and the "Golconda No. 2 Shaft." The letterhead stationery is illustrated with a 2 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. printed drawing of the Golconda Mine and Steam Plant, flanked... 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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Dietz Specialized Catalog of the Postage Stamps of the Confederate States of America, Comprising the General Issues of the Confederate Government, Provisional Issues of the Postmasters, and Hand=Stamped Paids.; Fully illustrated
Richmond, VA: Dietz Printing Co, 1931. First edition. 16mo. 320 pp. Plates, vignettes. Very good. Original gilt-stamped pebbled cloth (joints rubbed). (#5727).
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![NEVILLE & CO. MAKE ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF AWNINGS, CANOPIES, COVERS AND FLAGS. SOLE AGENTS FOR JOHN BOYLE'S AWNING STRIPES. 31 and 33 CALIFORNIA ST., SAN FRANCISCO. [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/308/443/565443308.0.m.jpg)
NEVILLE & CO. MAKE ALL DESCRIPTIONS OF AWNINGS, CANOPIES, COVERS AND FLAGS. SOLE AGENTS FOR JOHN BOYLE'S AWNING STRIPES. 31 and 33 CALIFORNIA ST., SAN FRANCISCO. [caption title]
[San Francisco, CA]: A.B. Seeley, 188[7?]. Small trade card, measuring 10 1/2 x 6 1/2 cm. Printed advertisement on one side, with an illustration in green of a long awning extending from a building to the sidewalk; chromolithograph illustration on verso of two male cats preparing to fight over a female cat [caption title: "Well Sir / What Are... Read More
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A Journal of the House of Representatives for His Majestie's Province of New York in America.; Reproduced in facsimile from the first edition printed by William Bradford, 1695. With an introductory note by Adelaide R. Hasse
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1903. First edition thus, 1/500 copies. Folio. iv, 20 pp. Facsimile title page. Evans 735 (for the original): "Earliest publication of the Proceedings of a Legislative Body printed in the United States." Very good, partly unopened copy. Original blue-green gilt-stamped cloth. (#5877).
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Art Work of Hampden County.; Published in twelve parts
(Chicago, IL): Gravure Illustration Co, 1899. First edition. Folio. 12 parts, chiefly captioned illustrations. Illustrated with photogravures, plates. Focuses on the architecture of Springfield and Holyoke, but includes views from the surrounding country; the majority of the plates depict civic structures, like schools, churches, hospitals, monuments, parks, etc. Cover title: "Art Work of Hampden County, Mass." OCLC locates four... Read More
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![Head Qrs. Wheeler's Cavalry Corps, / August 3rd, 1863. / General Orders, No. 10. / [followed by four paragraphs advising officers under his command to recommend those who've exhibited particular gallantry for promotion, signed in type at the end "Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, one long paragraph offering a sample promotion, and another urging inclusion in any recommendation specific acts of valor, over time, the position for which the solider is being promoted, and the reason for the vacancy]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/132/374/603374132.0.m.jpg)
Head Qrs. Wheeler's Cavalry Corps, / August 3rd, 1863. / General Orders, No. 10. / [followed by four paragraphs advising officers under his command to recommend those who've exhibited particular gallantry for promotion, signed in type at the end "Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, one long paragraph offering a sample promotion, and another urging inclusion in any recommendation specific acts of valor, over time, the position for which the solider is being promoted, and the reason for the vacancy]
[In the field near Chattanooga, TN], 1863. Broadside printed on a field press, 13 x 6 1/2 inches. Parrish & Willingham 993 (Emory). Not in Hummel or Allen's "Tennessee Imprints." OCLC locates two copies (Boston Athenaeum, Duke). Old light tideline through right half of broadside, some minor edgewear and browning, a very good copy of a rare Confederate broadside... Read More
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MORRISON'S STRANGER'S GUIDE FOR WASHINGTON CITY
Washington, DC: W.H. & O.H. Morrison, 1872. 12mo.; 74pp. "The ninth edition, entirely rewritten & brought down to the present time." Large folding map tipped in to rear pastedown. Illus. with wood & steel engravings (some folding). One of the folding engravings has a long closed tear, but is still intact. The large folding map at rear pastedown has... Read More
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1888. CATALOGUE OF TROTTING STOCK, AT THE SAN MATEO STOCK FARM, THE PROPERTY OF WM. CORBITT, SAN MATEO, (SAN MATEO COUNTY), CALIFORNIA
New York: compiled by Daniel Geary [printed by Winn Bros. & Judson, Cleveland, O.], 1888. Off-white paperwraps, lettered in blue and gilt (moderately soiled). Small 8vo.; 132, (4) pp. Corbitt's "First Annual Catalogue" of the pedigrees, descriptions, etc. of trotting stock on his San Mateo farm. Signature of Wm. Corbitt on front wrapper. A very good copy. No listings... Read More
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THE FEDERAL EMPLOYE. VOL. 1, No. 1, JULY 1916-No. 6, DECEMBER 1916. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES UNION AFFILIATED WITH AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR
Washington, DC: published monthly by the Federal Employees Union No, 14632, 1916. 8vo.; 232pp. Bound in tan buckram, original paperwrappers bound in at front and rear. Each issue with a separate table of contents. Illustrated with photos, ads and political cartoons. Buckram moderately soiled; dates stamped on spine indicate only issues from July-Oct. 1916, but Nov. and Dec. are... Read More
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Anniston City Directory, 1887-88; Contents: A General Directory of Citizens, Directory of the Churches, Societies, Associations, and Miscellaneous Information, Portraits of Some of the Leading Citizens, Cuts of Buildings, and a Complete History of the "Model City" of the South
Atlanta, GA: R.A. Howard, Publisher (Byrd & Patillo, printers), 1887. First edition of the first Anniston city directory. 8vo. xl, (4), [41]-158, (12), clxxi-cxcv pp. Illustrated, portraits, engraved views of buildings, etc. Not in Owen. Not recorded on OCLC. Original roan-backed printed boards (rubbed, head of spine severely chipped). Ex-library copy, with remains of number at base of spine,... Read More
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Thomas's Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode-Island, New Hampshire & Vermont Almanack, with an Ephemeris, for the Year of our Lord 1798: Being the Second after Bissextile, or Leap Year, and Twenty Second of the Independence of United Columbia; From Creation, According to the Scriptures, 5760. Fitted to the latitude and longitude of the town of Boston, but will serve without essential variation for the adjacent states; containing besides the more than usual astronomical calculations, a larger quantity and greater variety, than are to be found in any other almanack, of Matters Curious, Useful, and Entertaining
Worcester, (MA): Printed by Isaiah Thomas, 1797. 16mo. (48) pp. Includes and essay on the origin of almanacs. Evans 32919. Drake 3590. Printed self-wrappers, stitched. Some wear around the edges, but a very good copy. (2478).
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PASTONCHI: A SPECIMEN OF A NEW LETTER FOR USE ON THE MONOTYPE
London: Lanston Monotype Corporation, 1928. First edition, 1/200 copies printed by hand at the Officini Bodoni on special Fabriano paper. 4to. 65, (3) pp. Illustrated, plates, mounted specimen title page, specimen leaflets illustrating various type sizes tipped in. Publisher's quarter vellum and marbled boards, gilt spine title. Scattered foxing, else a very good copy. (2645).
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MORRISON'S STRANGER'S GUIDE FOR WASHINGTON CITY
Washington, DC: W.H. & O.H. Morrison, 1873. 12mo.; 74pp. Large folding map tipped in to rear pastedown, fragile at folds. Illus. with wood & steel engravings (some folding). Entirely rewritten & brought down to the present time. Gilt stamped brown cloth; spine mildly faded, a few small spots on cloth. A very good copy.
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[TRADE CARDS for five Japanese, Chinese, and Indian decorative arts dealers: N. Yamamoto, S. Matsuya, Kin-un-ken, East Asiatic Trading Co., and Krishna Brothers Jewellers]
[Various Asian cities: The companies, 1910. Five cards, 4 1/2 x 3 to 5 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches (one folding), 3 illustrated, all with some color on white card stock. [1] N. Yamamoto, dealer in antique and modern embroidered silks, drawn works, kimonos, curios, etc., Yokohama; a folded card (4 pp.) with chromolithographic cover showing a gold and... Read More
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![Powell's Directory of Montgomery City, Ala. [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/166/481/331481166.0.m.jpg)
Powell's Directory of Montgomery City, Ala. [cover title]
[Montgomery, AL: Powell], 1887. First edition of this directory (the first Montgomery directory was published in 1878). 8vo. 400 pp. Errata and omission slips tipped in. Advertisements for local businesses, some illustrated. Owen, p. 1078: "No title page." OCLC ("no title page") locates four copies (Birmingham Public, Samford, Alabama, Huntington). Original gilt-stamped black cloth, rebacked, with original spine laid... Read More
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Minnesota Gazetteer and Business Directory, for 1865; Containing a List of Cities, Villages, and Post Offices in the State; a List of Business Firms; State and County Organizations; a Classified Business Directory, Arranged Alphabetically in Towns; also Advertisements of Leading Business Houses throughout the State; with Much Other Useful Information
Saint Paul, (MN): Groff & Bailey, 1865. First edition. 8vo. 24, 399 pp. Advertisements for local businesses, some illustrated. Preface: "First state directory ever published in Minnesota." OCLC locates ten copies (New York Public, Huntington, Newberry, American Textile Historical Museum, Detroit Public, Minnesota Historical Society, Minnesota, Wisconsin Historical Society, Yale, British Library). Original roan-backed printed boards, gilt spine title.... Read More
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CHATTANOOGA DIRECTORY 1883
Chattanooga, TN: Cotton Belt Pub. Co, 1883. First edition of Norwood's fifth Chattanooga directory. 8vo. 297 pp. Advertisements, some inserted on colored paper, illustrated endpaper advertisements, several pages printed in red or black-and-red. OCLC locates three copies of this issue (Virginia, Tennessee, Appalachian State). The copy offered here has traces of mounting at the hinge of the front endpaper... Read More
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INTERESTING FACTS OF THE WASHINGTON, D.C. MARKET "AMERICA'S No. 1 MARKET" COMPARED TO ALL CITIES IN THE U.S. IN RELATION TO AVERAGE BUYING POWER EMBRACING THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND THE 25-MILE SHOPPING RADIUS INTO MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA. AUTUMN 1936
Washington, DC: The Evening Star, 1936. Paperwraps, illustrated with a reproduction of a front page of the newspaper. 4to.; 27 pp. Illustrated with photos. A promotional to encourage advertising in this Washington, DC newspaper. One listing found on OCLC (Harvard Univ.).
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5TH DIVISION U. S. ARMY
Base printing plant, 29th Engineers, U.S. Army, 1918. A highly visual broadsheet printed on two sides. 13 3/4 by 9 1/8. A calendar of 1919, it has three months in each corner leaving a large center filled by a red diamond. The diamond is divided into 16 smaller diamonds, in which a unit no. appears. Overlaid is a large... Read More
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Acts of the Province of Maryland, Made and Passed at a Session of Assembly, Begun and Held at the City of Annapolis, on Wednesday the Twenty-second Day of November, in the Eighth Year of the Dominion of the Right Honourable Frederick, Lord Baron of Baltimore, Absolute Lord and Proprietary of the Provinces of Maryland and Avalon, &c. Annoqye Domini 1758
Annapolis: Printed by Jonas Green, 1758. First edition. Folio. 8 pp. Rare; various bibliographies and reference sources locate a total of five copies. Not in Evans. Shipton & Mooney 40968 (Maryland Diocesan Library). Bristol B-1957 (Library of Congress, Harvard-Law, Peabody Institute, Maryland Historical Society). Wroth "History of Printing in Colonial Maryland 205 (Maryland Historical Society, Library of Congress, Harvard-Law,... Read More
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Federalist Period manuscript Tax Collection ledger
Dublin, New Hampshire, 1787. 12pp. 5 7/8 by 3 5/8 in. Written on the last page “To Joseph Greenwood Collector / the within list is a tax for you to / Collect and pay to the State Treasurer / agreeable to the execution of your / warrant the first column amount / -ing to fifty one pound three shilling... Read More
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![Fairmont, Minnesota, and Its Lakes: A New Summer Resort Reached by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry. [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/570/011/379011570.0.m.jpg)
Fairmont, Minnesota, and Its Lakes: A New Summer Resort Reached by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Ry. [cover title]
(Fairmont, MN: Fairmont Improvement Assn.), 1896. First edition (?). Oblong 8vo. 29 pp. Illustrated from photographs, two maps, one of Fairmont and its lakes, the other of the railway's routes from Chicago through Wisconsin, Minnesota and the Dakotas. A series of photographs of the lakes, with facing descriptive text; includes sailing, boating, swimming, waterfowl hunting, and fishing. Not in... Read More
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Proposing and preparing for hunting trips, reporting on hunting possibilities and results, soliciting business, and other matters relating to big game hunting in Alaska and the Rocky Mountains, as recorded in five letters, autograph and typed letters, from four guides: W.L. Stinson, a guide in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
(ALS, 3 pages, approx. 450 words), Charles Madsen, of Kodiak Guides in Alaska (ALS and TLS, with list of equipment needed for a hunt, 6 pages, approx. 2000 words), Eli Metrokin, a Kodiak, Alaska guide (ALS, 4 pages, approx. 400 words), and Arnold Schueren, a hunting companion and author of Foxy's Lions Tales (TLS, one page, approx. 250 words;... Read More
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The Eastern Cherokees, How They Live Today: Their History
Knoxville, TN: J.L. Caton, publisher, 1937. First edition. 8vo. (28) pp. Profusely illustrated from photographs. Cover title: "The Cherokee Indians of the Qualla Reservation, Cherokee, N.C., How They Live Today, Their History." Apparently not in Thornton. Illustrated wrappers, stapled. Very good. (3138).
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