Boston: 1897-1898. Unbound. Both broadsides measure 6" x 17" and feature an illustration of steamship. Both have been glued to pages from an old ledger. They are in nice shape with toning and some edge wear. The Rose Standish, named for the first wife of Myles Standish, was one of..... More
Venice: Printed by Andrea Torresano of Asolo, 1491. Disbound. This leaf measures approximately "11.25" x 17". It comes with a 1926 descriptive card from The Foliofiles Incorporated (T.F.I.) that reads: "It was into Torresan's hands that Jenson's historic fonts passed upon the death of that great printer in 1480; and..... More
Basel: Heinrich Petri, 1578. Disbound. This disbound leaf from Munster's "Cosmographia" measures 8" x 13.5". It contains two woodcuts showing episodes from Alexander the Great's conquest of Central Asia. The leaf is in nice shape with some marginal toning. One woodcut shows the torturous execution of Bessus (Artaxerxes VV), who..... More
Basel: Heinrich Petri, 1578. Disbound. This disbound leaf from Munsters "Cosmographia" measures 8" x 13.5". It contains six woodcuts showing unusual men and animals from the Indian subcontinent. The leaf is in nice shape with some marginal toning. One wood cut shows a pigmy conversing with a man from Dondun..... More
Basel: Heinrich Petri, 1578. Disbound. This disbound leaf from Munsters "Cosmographia" measures 8" x 13.5". it contains two woodcuts, one showing the Monster of Krakow and the other the Lithuanian coat of arms. The leaf is in nice shape with some marginal toning. The Monster of Krakow was a horribly..... More
London to New York for delivery to Washington, DC: 1819. Envelope or Cover. This one-page stampless folded cover is datelined “London 24 Sept. 1819’, signed by J. Adams Smith, and addressed to David Gelson. It was carried on the ship Criterion, as noted in the low er left corner, and..... More
Written “On Board Transport Ship St. Paul” and mailed from “Military Station No. 1. Porto Rico”: Co. F, 4th Regiment, Ohio Volunteers, July 1898. Envelope or Cover. A four-page letter on patriotic stationery featuring an illustration of Uncle Sam driving a Spanish soldier from Cuba at bayonet point. Its identifies..... More
Mont Alto, Pennsylvania: Mont Alto State Sanitorium, 1910. Envelope or Cover. This postcard is franked with a one-cent green Franklin stamp (Scott #331), which has been canceled with a duplex “Mont Alto / PA” postmark. It bears an exceptionally nice, bold “DISINFECTED.” magenta handstamp (Sandrick Type 1) under the address..... More
From Posen, Prussia (today Poznan, Poland) to PWE #2 (Prisoner of War Enclosure #2) at [Souilly], France: 20 October 1918. Unbound. This postcard was sent to Unterofficier Friedlaender, who was held captive at the U.S. Prisoner of War Enclosure #2 in Souilly, France, from Posen, Prussia via the American Central..... More
U.S.S. Pittsburgh at Hawaii, Guam, Philippines, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Borneo, Siam, Singapore, Java, Ceylon, etc: 1929-1931. Album. This archive consists of an 8” x 14” 300-page scrapbook, filled with articles, clippings, photographs, cartoons, newsletters, assorted ephemera. Hood used 86 pages in the rear of the album to keep a...... More
Various locations: 1941-194. Disbound. This archive consists of 17 loose album pages with about 75 mounted photographs, 35 loose photographs, a Marines’ Hymn postcard, Captain Bryant’s ticket for a Lahainaluna School luau, and a booklet, North China Pictorial U.S.M.C., that chronicles the III Amphibious Corps’ occupation duty. The..... More
1917. Album. This large album measures 12” x 9.5” and contains well over 250 glued-in photographs, most measuring about 4” x 2.5”. The photographs are captioned in white ink on 46 of the albums 48 pages. Ten additional photographs are laid-in including a 10” x 8” official group..... More
Fort Barry (San Francisco), California: 1908-1910. Album. This leather album, measuring 8” x 10”, contains 35 photographs and real photo postcards, most measuring 5.5” x 3.5”, as well as one color-tinted panoramic photograph measuring 6.5” x 2.5”, a Christmas Dinner Menu for 1910, and two-color postcards. The menu and three..... More
New York: Sheikhs ul Kaaba, March 21st, 1885. Envelope or Cover. This invitation, dated March 21st, 1885, is printed on pink paper measuring approximately 5” x 8”. It is signed in print by Charles Southern and Rober Hyslop. It is enclosed in a matching pink envelope featuring a ‘ankh ansata’..... More
Sandy Hill, New York: J. K. Sanborn, 1868. Envelope or Cover. This advertising packet consists of two four-page brochures illustrated advertising sawmill equipment enclosed in an illustrated advertising cover. It was sent from J. K. Sanborn, a sales agent in Sandy Hill, New York to Milo J Moore in Sherburne..... More
St. Louis, Missouri: St. Louis Independent Packing Co., 1917. Envelope or Cover. An attractive advertising cover featuring a large illustration of the St. Louis Independent Packing Company with two enclosed invoices. The illustrated envelope is franked with a two-cent red Washington stamp (Scott #487) and posted with a 1917 machine..... More
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 1837. Unbound. One-page letter, dated “April 22st 1837” from a Philadelphia mechanic describing stove foundry he and thirteen other workers had just started in within the city that earned the ire of local “cappitalists.” No mailing envelope, letter only. A transcript will be provided. In this..... More
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Kingston, Pennsylvania to Jersey Shore, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania: 1854. Envelope or Cover. One-page stampless folded letter from a hiring agent informing a client that he has located and tentatively procured the services of a broom maker. The letter shows a circular Kingston postmark dated “Mar/21” as well as a straightline..... More
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Lititz, Pennsylvania: 1833. Envelope or Cover. Two stampless letters from Lititz, Pennsylvania, one from Charles F. Kluge (the principal of Lititz Seminary) and one from Ann Herr (one of two sisters attending the school as boarders). Both are addressed to Susan (Susanna) Herr, Ann’s older sister, in Lancaster City. Both..... More
St. Louis, Mo. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, May 1, 1904. Newspaper. Three complete sections of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch covering opening day activities of the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. In exceptionally nice shape. Clean and supple with light toning and a single horizontal storage fold; otherwise..... More
Saratoga Springs to Clinton, New York: March 1868. Envelope or Cover. This two-page handbill measures 6” x 9.75” and is illustrated with an image of the Congress and Columbian Springs in Saratoga Springs, New York. An addendum identifying the “Discounts for 1869” is attached to the reverse. The handbill is..... More
Boston: Stewart Gold Mining Company of Colorado, May 28, 1864. Envelope or Cover. This one-page shareholder list measures approximately 5” x 8”. It was printed on 28 May 1864 and mailed three-days later to the “Assessors of Bridgewater, Massachusetts.” It is franked with a 2-cent black Jackson stamp (Scott #73)..... More
Syracuse, New York: Dec 10, 1852. Envelope or Cover. This circular measures approximately 7.5” x 10”. It is enclosed in its original mailing envelope which is addressed to a Militia Major in Paris. It bears a double oval Utica postmark dated Dec 17 and a manuscript “2” rate mark indicating..... More
Townsend to Littleton, Massachusetts: The Townsend Female Seminary, 1847. Wraps. This 14-page academic pamphlet measures approximately 4.5” x 7.5”. On the reverse it is addressed to Dr. E. [Edward] J. White of Littleton of Massachusetts, a physician according to the 1850 Census. It bears a circular Townsend postmark dated July..... More
Sent from Meriden, Connecticut to Boston, Massachusetts: docketed November, 1856. Envelope or Cover. This two-page, bi-fold handbill circular measures 7.5” x 9.75” and promotes the opening of the Mortorpathic Water Cure and College of Health. It was folded and mailed from Meriden, Connecticut to Boston Massachusetts in November of 1856..... More
