Germany, Trieste, Cuba, and the United States: 1904-1954. Album. This 11” x 7” leatherette album contains 64 photographs and about a dozen pieces of ephemera. Most items are captioned in either English or German. The photos range in size from 1” x 2.5” to 5.5” x 3”. Everything is glued... More
Pittsfield, Massachusetts: 1840. Unbound. This four-page folded letter measures 16” x 10” unfolded. It was sent to Reverend Thomas H. Gallaudet in Hartford, Connecticut by Horatio Brinsmade in Pittsfield Massachusetts. The letter is dated January 8, 1840. It bears a 10-cent blue manuscript rate mark in the upper right corner... More
St. Augustine, Florida: 1828. Unbound. This four-page, stampless folded letter measures 15.5” x 9.75” unfolded. It is dated June 18, 1828 and addressed to the Reverend Charles F. Seidel at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The cover has scarce oval “St Augustine / E. Flo.” postmark in red dated June 19 and a.... More
Hsi Chi Men, China: 1925-1926. Unbound. The archive consists of 11 captioned photos, a 14-page letter, a bilingual brochure for a Camp for Chinese Girls and Women, and a 17.5” x 22” anti-imperialist broadsheet. Some soiling, ink bleed, beginning splits, and minor insect predation. As noted in a Kingston, New... More
Darlington, South Carolina: 1829-68. Hardcover. Entries were kept in The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments published in New York by Daniel B. Smith, 1825. Contains eight pages of birth and deaths records for slaves of the Wilson’s plantation known as Levensworth plus one page listing all overseers..... More
Published in Philadelphia; sent from vaious places: American Tract Society, 1862-1864. Unbound. 22 postally used envelopes, each with the same imprint on the reverse, “Tract House, 929 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.” Large vignettes with either a Bible verse or encouraging aphorism are printed in the front of each, and related smaller... More
