New York: Seabury & Johnson, circa 1900. Envelope or Cover. Three all-over chromolithographic Seabury & Johnson advertising covers, all are franked with 2-cent Washington stamps (Scott #279B) tied by New York machine cancellations dated between 1898 and 1901. Faint illustrations of the S&J factory are in the address field of... More
Manhattan, Kansas: circa 1870. 1/2 leather. This half-leather volume with marbled boards measures 8” x 10.5” and is titled “Lectures on Natural Philosophy.” It contains approximately 140 manuscript text pages and an additional 80 pages with about 150 meticulous hand-drawn illustrations of apparatus and experiments, some in color. The pages... More
Chicago: circa 1865. Unbound. This postally used cover promotes Artificial Leg Depots operated by Dr. Robert Bly in conjunction with the U.S. Government. It includes an illustration of the Bly artificial leg. The envelope bears an undated circular Chicago postmark and is franked with a 3-cent Washington stamp cancelled by... More
Yokohama: 1905. Unbound. This lettersheet measures 14” x 6.75” unfolded. Inside, half of the sheet is filled with a colorful illustration of a Japanese woman daydreaming of her valiant soldier boyfriend/husband as she writes a letter to him. A honey-comb pop-up representing vibrant green bushes is in the upper left... More
Juneau, Alaska and Portland, Oregon: 1948. Unbound. Two-page typed letter, unsigned. The letter is datelined, “Morningside, Hospital. / Montaville, Station. / Portland, Oregon. / Sept, 23, 1948,” and is in nice shape. Eino Mack was the son of a Finnish emigrant who worked for the Alaska-Juneau Gold Mining Company. Beginning... More
Murray, Kentucky: circa 1935. Album. The album measures 11” x 7.5” and contains over 120 photographs documenting the time Upton was training to become a nurse at the William Mason Memorial Hospital in Murray, Kentucky. Most of the photos measure about 3” x 4”, some are larger. In addition to... More
USAHS Louis A. Milne and Hawaii: 1945. Album. This comb-bound album measures 12” x 9” and contains approximately 225 images and several additional pieces of ephemera. About 170 of the images are vernacular photographs; the remainder are a mix of postcards, professional photographs, and half-tone prints. Most of the snap-shots... More
Mississippi Gulf Coast: 1969. Album. This 9.5” x 11.5” three-ring binder contains 48 pages of vernacular photographs, newspaper and magazine clippings, maps, and a hand-written essay. There are 43 color and black-white photographs in the album. Most measure 4.25” x 3.5 or 5” x 3”. Everything, but the essay, is... More
Kinderhook, New York to Boxford, Massachusetts: 1839. Unbound. The cover bears a scarce 31mm red circular Kinderhook post mark dated March 2 and a manuscript “18¾” postage rate showing the cost to send a letter between 150 and 400 miles. In nice shape with a 4” split to one mailing... More
St. Louis: 1886. Unbound. This letter from the Electric Aurophone Company is dated November 20th, 1886. It was sent from the company headquarters on the St. Louis riverfront to a merchant in Mount Carmel, Illinois. The letter is in nice shape with some light soiling. The electric Aurophone was a.... More
Petersburg, Virginia: 1864. Unbound. The unmounted photograph measures approximately 9” x 6.75”. It shows the elaborate tent headquarters constructed by the unit complete with evergreen lined outside walls and double-arched entrance topped with a large triple-turreted insignia of the U.S. Army Engineers. A tripod-mounted theodolite and the unit’s colors stand..... More
Lakewood, [Connecticut]: 1861. Unbound. The document measures 7.5” x 10”. It was initially dated and signed by Superintendent Knight on 1 October 1861 and endorsed by Governor Buckingham on 3 October 1861. It is in nice shape with some minor smearing to the first three letters in Buckingham’s signature and... 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
