Paris, Main: 1863-1870. Unbound. These 14 items vary in size. All came from a descendent of S. P. Maxim, a selectman of the town of Paris, Maine, and as such a member of its Civil War recruiting committee. Most of these items reference either Maxim or the town of Paris..... More
Philadelphia: U.S. Sanitary Commission. Unbound. A three-page broadsheet, measuring 8” x 10”, titled “GREAT CENTRAL FAIR, / To be held at Philadelphia, June 1864, / FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE UNITED STATES SANITARY COMMISSION.” It was published jointly on March 1, 1864 by the commission’s Executive Committee of the Great..... More
New York: Lion Match Company, 1930s-1940. Unbound. This collection contains ten “Feature Matchbooks.” Two are large matchbooks that measure approximately 3½” x 4¼” closed and 3 ½” x 8” when opened. Four are standard-size matchbooks and measure about 2” x 2” inches closed and 2” x 4” opened..... More
Chicago and New York: [J. L. Taylor], late 1910s to early 1920s. Unbound. Collection of 18 beautiful advertising mailers for men’s clothing made by J. L. Taylor, a subsidiary of the International Tailoring Company. These colorful advertising mailers range in size from 4" x 6.5" folded to 13.25" x...... More
New York: 1882. Envelope or Cover. This 1882 advertising packet directed toward retail merchants and addressed to Creasy & Brown of Mifflinville, Pennsylvania, that consists of an An illustrated broadsheet featuring a bottle of Cashmere Bouquet Perfume, A 20-page pricelist listing over 200 perfumes, soaps, and scented..... More
New York: 1864. This attractive billhead is 10” x 8.5” and printed in black on blue-gray paper. The illustration features a shore bird examining roasted poultry of different sizes. An blue 2 cent Bank Check stamp (Scott R5) is affixed to the document. The bill is for 157 chickens, 25..... More
Boston: 186. This very attractive billhead is 5.5” x 8.5” and printed in black. The terrific illustration features two men in a downpour. One very unhappy man is dressed in street clothes and top-hat getting drenched by rain as the wind rips apart his umbrella. The other man remains content..... More
Darmstadt, Germany: Frommann, [1869]. Unbound. 30 of 32 cards with two (duplicates) provided in facsimile plus instruction folder (in English, French, German, and Italian) and box remnants. Lithographed with stenciled color. Music staves on each card; twelve face cards show amateur musicians singing and playing a variety of instruments. Cards..... More
Washington DC: 14 October 1865. Unbound. Two partially printed pages plus the original mailing envelope addressed to Maryland Congressman Charles E. Phelps (a Medal of Honor recipient) for delivery to his constituent, Perry M. Shipley. The Pardon measures approximately 23.5" x 17.5" unfolded. It bears an official embossed Presidential Seal..... More
Primarily Washington, DC: mostly circa 1949. Loose-leaf binder. Includes DuBois's unfinished monumental reference work on military ribbons of the world. The archive is contained in an 11"x11.75"x3" Kempco file box. Its principal component is a two-volume, unpublished manuscript in two binders, each measuring 9"x11". Together they contain approximately..... More
United Kingdom, France, North Dakota, and Massachusetts: 1917-1958. Album. This scrapbook measures 12” x 12.5” and contains 37 pages with about 90 documents, vouchers, photographs, watercolors, patches, letters, newspaper clippings, and other ephemeral pieces. The album and most of the contents are in very nice shape; some of the newspaper..... More
Plymouth, Connecticut: 1910. Album. This album amicorum was compiled by Elvira C. Bates (nee Scott) of Plymouth, Connecticut in 1910, who was 67-years old at the time. It consists of 391 entries; 365 daily squares from a desktop calendar plus an additional 26 undated squares. All are annotated..... More
Most from Nevada mining towns: Most from 1900-1910. Collection of forty-eight western tokens plus other exonumia composed mostly of merchant "good for" tokens, several Pony Express commemorative ‘so-called-dollars’, a tool-check, and a ‘dog house’ license. These were issued at various locales, mostly in Nevada with a couple from California. The..... More
Washington, D.C. 1944. Unbound. A small collection of J. Edgar Hoover autographed typed letters and other documents relating to the employment of a clerk-typist at the FBI in 1944-1945. The collection includes: Two typewritten letters to the applicant, both signed by Hoover in ink... More
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One “published and sold by George D. Jewett”, the other by “Wm. C. Hale”, both of Hartford, Connecticut: 1853. Envelope or Cover. Both envelopes are postally used and measure approximately 5” x 3”. One features five morose workmen passing a bottle within a scroll that reads “Intemperance is..... More
Columbus, Ohio: M. C. Lilley & Co., circa 1890. Envelope or Cover. This advertising package consists of an illustrated advertising envelope, an illustrated handbill, and a 32-page illustrated catalog. The envelope is franked with a 1c blue Franklin stamp (Scott #219) which was placed in use in 1890; its cancellation..... More
Kansas City, Mo. Land & Immigration Office of the Kansas Division (formerly Kansas Pacific Railway) Union Pacific Railway Company, circa 1880. Unbound. This 6-panel brochure measures approximately 7.5” x 10.25” unfolded. It was published by the “Land & Immigration Office of the Kansas Division (formerly Kansas Pacific Railway) Union Pacific..... More
Washinington, DC: 1937. Unbound. One-page handbill (approximately 9” x 11.5”) formatted to appear like a page from the Congressional Record. Storage folds, some beginning to split at the margin. Clean with some light toning. This handbill provides the text of Jenckes’s speech in the House of Representatives on 6 December..... More
Maryland and Pennsylvania: 1959, 1960, 1968. Spiral bound wraps. Three sketchbooks created by a budding artist who later found success as a commercial illustrator of horse races, trucks, and railroad trains. These 8" x 11" standard-size spiral notebooks contain a total of approximately 425 pages, almost all filled..... More
Unidentified printer, 1832. Unbound. This broadsheet measures approximately 11" x 17.25. Printed on both sides. Light foxing and stains. Edges worn. Chip at lower right corner does not affect any text. One small thin (half the size of a dime) that affects three or four words of the text. Docketing..... 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
Brocton-Bridgewater, Massachusetts: 1823-1828. String. Brocton and Bridgewater, Massachusetts, were located within about seven miles of each other, about 25 miles south of Boston and 35 miles east of Providence, Rhode Island. Both of these manuscript account books were kept between 1823 and 1828. One is for Sylvanus Keith &..... More
Richmond, Virginia: 26 July 1861. Envelope or Cover. This 5.5" x 3.25" envelope has two Richmond, Virginia postal markings: a circular city postmark dated "Jul 26 1861" and a circular "Paid 10" handstamp. There is also a bold strike of an "Adams Ex. Co. * Louisville, Ky. * Jul 31..... More
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Cincinnati: Caleb Clark Book & Job Printer, 1865. Wraps. Complete 24-page pamphlet. Sound binding. Removed from a sammelband so a little rough along the left edge. Minor soiling to the cover, otherwise in nice shape. In 1780, before Kentucky was a state, the Virginia Assembly (perhaps prodded by Governor..... More
Unbound. Nine Propositions, Which contain the grounds of the Wyoming Claim, on the State of Connecticut. [probably Connecticut: circa 1790.] This broadside measures 6” x 9.5”. Light wrinkles and faint marginal toning, mostly along the top margin. It makes a strong case for Connecticut’s retention of the Wyoming Valley..... More
