Enkhuizen, Netherlands: Jack R. Levin, 1971. First Paperback Printing. Hard Cover. Limited edition: #67 of 100. Facsimile of a miniature book originally printed in 1667. Illustrated title, frontispiece, and colophon. Approximately 1.75" x 1.5". Signed by Levin. Very slight cover wear. Selected verses from the Gospel of St. John... More
Petersburg, Virginia to Brickland Plantation, Lunenburg County, Virginia: 1864. Envelope or Cover. This four-page folded letter measures 15½” x 10” unfolded. It is datelined “Petersburg Oct 17th 1864” and franked with a Confederate 20-cent green Washington Stamp (Scott # 13) tied to the cover by a faint red Petersburg postmark..... More
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1922. Kirk, Maria L. & Arthur Hughes. Gift Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. Gift Edition. Complete with all 14 multi-color plates and front cover applique. Sound binding; rear hinge intact, front hinge cracked. Minor cover wear. Slightly darkened spine. More
Unlisted: Michael J. Myhal, 1973. Myhal, Michael. First Edition. Soft Cover. 4to. Limited edition (#198 of 500). Unpaginated, but approximately 75 pages. B/w illustrations and photos throughout. Sound binding. Clean with some minor edgewear. Doesn't appear to have ever been read. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. "How..... More
Philadelphia: 1832. Envelope or Cover. This one-page printed circular ,dated “Philadelphia, May 30th, 1832 was folded and sent by mail to the “Hon. P. Ellis” (Senator Powhattan Ellis of Mississippi) at “Washington City, D.C.” I bears a small, circular “PHIL 6 JUN” postmark in red and a black “FREE” handstamp..... More
New York: Badeau Lockwood & Company, 1865. Document. Folio. One page, partially-printed invoice for a large assortment of fireworks sold on 7 June 1865, less than one week after General Kirby Smith surrendered the last significant Confederate force.The invoice is in nice shape with legible handwriting. The invoice is from..... More
New York and Cincinnati: A. S. Barnes & Company and H. W. Derby & Co., 1849. First Edition. Complete. Approximately 4” x 6”. 86 pages including 3 pages of b/w illustrations. 9 additional advertising pages in rear. Title page illustrated with an untitled wood engraving (titled as “Scenery on a...... More
Cedarville, Ohio: circa 1915. Three photographs One photograph, measuring 9.75” x 7.75”, shows an entire finely-dressed blackface minstrel company posed on an ornately curtained stage. A second photograph, approximately 7” x 5”, shows eight members of the company posed on the same stage carrying a drum, sabers..... More
M.C.A.S. Goleta California to Armed Guard School, Gulfport, Mississippi: 1944. Unbound. This two page letter is written on U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Santa Barbara stationery is dated “Jan. 25 – 44.” It is enclosed in a free-franked, Marine Corps envelope and postmarked at Goleta, California on January 26, 1944..... More
United States, Italy, Korea, Vietnam: 1942-1973. Archive. Includes an early 1963-1964 Vietnam photograph album during the period President Kennedy began to increase in-country U.S. military presence. This archive consists of official paperwork, certificates, letters, and a photograph album that belonged to Lieutenant Colonel Carl L. Palmer. The photograph album..... More
New York: Patch Brothers, 1885-1890. Unbound. This wonderful studio photograph of a New York City coachman in winter dress and holding his whip is complete with fake snow and snowflakes. The albumin image measures 4.75” x 7.75”; the card measures approximately 5” x 8.5”. The card is labeled “Pach Bro’s..... More
Champaign-Urbanna and Chicago, Illinois: 1970s-1980s. Unbound. There are six programs and flyers of varying sizes. All in nice shape, one with pencil notes. "Porgy and Bess." Starring legendary bass-baritone William Warfield and Bernice Fraction. Presented at the Festival Theatre by the University of Illinois School of Music and Krannert..... More
New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1858. 3rd Edition. Hard Cover. "Revised, Enlarged, and Richly Embellished with Engravings." Complete with 267 pages and tissue-protected frontispiece showing the author. 28 full-page diagrams with in-text illustrations throughout. Sound binding with intact hinges. Clean pages; front free endpaper has a faint corner crease..... More
Vicinity of Ilion, New York: circa 1910. Album. Photograph album documenting improvement projects along the Erie Canal during the construction of the New York State Barge Canal system This album measures approximately 7½ “ x 10 ½“ and contains over 65 photographs ranging in size from 3½“ x 2½”..... 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
Stalag IIB (Hammerstein, Germany): 17 June 1944. Unbound. This German Kriegsfangenenpost Postkarte (prisoner of war mail postcard) is addressed to Jodice’s girlfriend in Watertown, Massachusetts. It bears an indistinct German town postmark and purple handstamp from Stalag IIB. A U.S. censor’s handstamp that was applied before delivery is in the..... More
U.S. Army Rhodes General Convalescent Hospital at Utica, New York: 1945. This large 12" x 14" album contains 38 pages filled with text and photographs. Ten pages contain Bourgeois's densely filled, pencil-written memoir-journal describing in detail his combat and prisoner experience Europe during World War Two. Three pages contain military-related..... More
Alexandria, Virginia: 1862. Unbound. This two-page letter is datelined “Near Alexander va Nov 13th 1862.” It is complete with an inch of toning along the top edge. Short .5” splits starting at the ends of one mailing fold. A transcript will be included. Aldrich was a member of the..... More
Sierra Leone, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Illinois: 1888-1897. Album. This album measures 11½" x 9" with 36 pages containing 66 cabinet photographs in page-inserts. Most of the photographs have ink captions on either the front or back. The album is padded in red velvet and has a decorative metal clasp. Everything..... More
Providence, Rhode Island: Providence Tool Company Armory, 1860-1863. Unbound. This archive contains over 300 records documenting business conducted by the Providence Tool Company Armory between the years 1860-1863 including both manuscript (the majority) and partially-printed purchase orders, bills, letters inventory lists, sales records, and other documents. The documents are sorted..... More
. Stafford, Virginia to Buck Hall (Buckhall), Prince William County, Virginia: 1840. Envelope or Cover. This one-page, stampless folded letter measures approximately 13” x 8” unfolded. It is datelined, “Stafford Sept. 4 : 1840” and addressed to “Mrs. Mary A. Hoole / Buck Hall / Prince William / V.” It..... More
San Francisco, California to Liverpool, England: April 23, 1869. Envelope or Cover. This one-page folded letter is franked with a 12-cent black Washington stamp embossed with an E-grill for postal security (Scott # 90). The stamp is canceled by a fancy radial cork handstamp. It bears a magenta San Francisco..... More
Mostly Utah, Wyoming, and Montana: 1869 – 1920s. Various. The two highlights of this amazing lot are: Moore’s file copy of a single-spaced, five-page 1927 typed letter to the Commander of the National Indian War Veterans vividly detailing his combat experiences between 1869-1873 during the Indian Wars in Utah and..... More
Woodbridge, Suffolk, GB: Antique Collectors Club, 1999. Hard Cover. 4to. 491 pages. Illustrations throughout. Doesn't appear to have ever been read. Only slight shelf wear to the dust jacket. (The dust jacket colors are bright and fresh. The haze/glare in the image is a reflection from a protective mylar cover.)..... More
Pennsylvania, California and Japan: 1968. Unbound. This collection of 20 b/w and color photographs ranges in size from 4.25” x 3” to 9” x 7.5”. 11 snapshots picture the dealer and his wife interacting with their hosts in Japan. One large b/w image shows all of..... More
