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A defensive letter from a young American in Italy to his father, justifying his decision to...

A defensive letter from a young American in Italy to his father, justifying his decision to abandon college and study opera in Naples; Napoli, [Two Sicilies]

Napoli, [Two Sicilies]: 1859. Envelope or Cover. This one-page folded letter is dated “Napoli Dec 3. 1859”. It bears manuscript “per Liverpool” and postal rate markings and several Italian, French, and U.S. postmarks suggesting it traveled from Naples, through Marseille, Paris and Liverpool before arriving in Boston. It also bears..... More

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Playbill featuring one of the last American performances of the acclaimed 19th century...

Playbill featuring one of the last American performances of the acclaimed 19th century Shakespearean actor, John Vandenhoff

Boston: Eastburn’s Press, 1841. Unbound. This playbill broadside measures 7.5” x 17.5”. In nice shape with some light soiling and toning. The “Jan’y 22d, 1841” playbill advertises “Shaksperean Week!” at the Tremont Theatre in Boston, featuring “Mr. Vandenhoff’s Benefit, and Positively his Last Appearance” as well as Miss Vandenhoff for..... More

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Buckley’s New Banjo Book: containing full and complete instructions for learning to play the...

Buckley’s New Banjo Book: containing full and complete instructions for learning to play the Banjo, with or without a teacher . . . Being the very best Selection of Banjo Music ever presented to the Public.

Boston: Oliver Ditson (copyright held by Firth, Pond & Co.), 1860. Cardboard covers. First edition. Collated and complete with all 80 pages. Illustrated card covers with cloth spine covering. Cover illustration of Buckley (not in blackface) sitting in a chair and playing his banjo. Worn spine and cracked hinges. Soiling..... More

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Letter from a young man in a small California timber town to a friend in Oakland about attending...

Letter from a young man in a small California timber town to a friend in Oakland about attending a dance dressed as a “nigger wench” and obtaining sheet music and “bones” for an amateur minstrel show

Camptonville, California: 1883. Unbound. This three-page letter is complete with its mailing envelope. The envelope is franked with a green, 3-cent Washington stamp (Scott A46) and bears a large, circular Camptonville postmark. Both are in nice shape. Transcript included. In this letter, W. M. thanks his Oakland friend..... More

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