Marietta, Pennsylvania: 1861-1880. Wraps. The cover of this 53-page handbound manuscript ledger measures approximately 5.25” x 8” although individual leaves vary in size between 3.75” x 6.25” and 4.5” x 7.5”. Entries are recorded legibly in pencil, and the pages are in nice shape. The binding is sound; however, the..... More
[Reading, Pennsylvania]: 1922-1929. Faux leather. This 5” x 7.5” notebook contains 120 pages chock full of manuscript production tables, sizing information, test results, assorted notes, clothing labels, elastic samples, receipts, correspondence, certifications and more. A six-page pamphlet extract with information about an automatic sewing machine is laid in. All of..... More
Kyoto: Tanaka Jihei, Circa 1900. Soft Cover. 8vo. Complete in one volume. Blue cover with printed paper label. 27 single and 12 double page wood cuts with light color ink wash. Prints mostly depict birds with an occasional fish, deer, insect, or mouse. Prints are in nice shape with the..... More
New York: William Morrow and Company, 1946. First Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Oblong 16vo. Very nice movable book requiring the reader to catch loose dogs and put them in the correct beds. All six dogs (poodle, collie, terrier, scottie, spaniel, and dachshund) and dog beds are present. Both fire department..... More
Oldenburg, Germany: Verlag Gerhard Stalling, 1930. Wenz-Vietor, Else. First Edition. Hard Cover. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Complete. Text in German (Sutterlin typeface). Striking color illustrations throughout; seven of them are full-page. Sound binding; front hinge starting to crack. No names or other writing. Clean pages with a...... More
Redwood City, California: October 15, 1940. Unbound. This typed letter, dated 17 October 1940 and signed by a prominent Issei member of California's Japanese-American community presents a 2' x 4' silk U.S. flag to an unnamed person, presumably a government official or journalist. Both are in nice shape; the display..... More
England: Brown Watson, 1986. Paper Covered Boards. 4to. Very hard-to-find reprint of Kubasta's Tip + Top and the Moon Rocket, originally published in 1964. In terrific shape; doesn't appear to have ever been read. All six popups and associated animations work great. Almost no cover wear. Number 10 on Tillman's..... More
Spooner, Wisconsin: circa 1905. Card. Four card-mounted photographs, each measuring approximately 7” x 5”. One of the cards is blind-stamped “L. L. Richardson, Spooner, Wis.” and one has a later annotation on the reverse, “Shell Lake Lumber / Spooner, Wisconsin.” The photographs are in nice shape; there is some wear..... More
New York and London: E.P Dutton & Co. and Longmans, Green and Co., [1884]. Doyle, Richard. First Edition. Pictorial Cover. 8vo. Complete with 56 pages and all 25 color illustrations (two are double-page) and 31 sepia illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. Sound binding; neatly mended front hinge, rear hinge just starting to..... More
Donohue, 1912. Printed Wrapper. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Complete. This edition has eight full page color lithographs instead of the more frequently found copies with only four The full page color illustrations are of scouts Selecting a campsite, Signaling form a hilltop, Sending Morse Code, Fording a...... More
[1929]. Each of the four broadsides measures 6.25” x 9.75”. All are in nice shape. They are titled “Has Prohibition Brought Temperance?”, “Four Your Children’s Sake”, “Do You Want to Put the Criminal Out of Business? Help the Unemployed?”, and “Tax Payers! Do You Know”. Four different broadsides published by..... More
Chicago: Ireland Magic Company, 1960. First Printed Edition. Soft Cover. 8vo. 28 pages. Photo frontispiece of Leech. Previously issued in 1948 in mimeograph. Classic text on misdirection. Tight binding. Clean pages.Almost no wear. From the collection of Tom Mullica, one of the world's greatest comic-magicians. Mullica's embossed stamp is on..... More
New York: Nelson Doubleday, 1961. Sendak, Maurice. Hard Cover. 8vo. Number 41 from the 'Best in Children's Books' series with illustrations by Maurice Sendak. Six pages of two-tone Sendak illustrations for the story, "What the Good-Man Does is Always Right." Book has almost no wear. Sound binding, clean pages, no..... More
Vicksburg, Mississippi: Company K, 57th Georgia Regiment, Jun 25 [1863]. This stampless cover was mailed by Miller from Vicksburg to a friend back home in Georgia. He has annotated it along the left edge, “From A J Miller / Co. K 57th Ga Rgt”. It bears a 25mm double-circle Vicksburg..... More
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas and Chicago, Illinois: 1878-1879. Unbound. Three passes signed by General Officers: One pass, for July 9th, 1878, was partially printed by hectography for “Headqrs. Dept of the Missouri, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas” and signed in ink by Brevet Major General John Pope. One pass, for August..... More
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: circa 1851-1857. Envelope or Cover. This folded mail-order broad sheet measures approximately 15.5” x 10” unfolded. One page lists a variety of quack medicines available for wholesale purchase and the second page is a “Circular” filled with ‘small print’ that defines terms of sale and provides selling tips..... More
Lynn, Massachusetts: Lynn Base Ball Association, 1903. Booklet. 32mo. The dance card is for the "Grand Assembly and Dance Under the Auspices of Lynn Base Ball Association" held at the East Lynn Odd Fellows' Hall on Friday evening, April 3rd, 1903. The cover illustration shows a player being tagged out..... More
Philadelphia: Lee & Walker, 1862. First Edition. Sheet Music. 6 pages including the cover. Portrait illustration of Sprague on the front cover. Once bound so slightly trimmed with a rough left edge. Light wear and soiling. Small owner's stamp in upper right corner of the cover. William Sprague was the..... More
Bridgewater to Fall River, Massachusetts: 1861. Unbound. This two-page letter is dated “Bridgewater, Dec. 14. 1861.” It is enclosed in an envelope featuring an illustration of the Bridgewater State Normal School which has been franked with a brown-red 3-cent Washington stamp (Scott #65). The envelope, which features an illustration of..... More
Various locations: 1907-1911. Notebook. Campbell was the son of the wealthy owner of the Knight-Campbell Music Company of Denver. His 4” x 7” leather diary contains approximately 385 pages. Each diary page accommodates entries for multiple years Entries begin in January 1907 and continue to October 1911. Most pages contain..... More
West Point, New York to Springfield, Massachusetts: 1846. Envelope or Cover. This stampless folded letter is datelined “Good Friday Morn. 1846”. It was sent by Margaret Stebbins Scammon to her brother, a banker in Springfield, Massachusetts, and displays a faint red circular West Point postmark and a fancy “5” rate..... More
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Washington, DC: American Red Cross, 1917-1918. Various. This archive consists of one American Red Cross membership card, two American Red Cross donation receipts, four official letters discussing American Red Cross certification on official American Red Cross letterhead (three with their postally use mailing envelopes), one postcard discussing..... More
Paris: Charles Lavauzell, 1976. First Edition. Leatherette. 4to. In French. 319 pages. Profusely illustrated in color and b/w. Facsimile letter from Georges Pompidou laid in. Dark blue and gilt leatherette cover with 3-D facsimile medal mounted on front board. Bright and fresh with almost no wear. Doesn't appear to have..... More
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 1839. Envelope or Cover. This one-page stampless folded letter measures 15” x 9.75” and is datelined Philadelphia, May 1st 1839. It is addressed to E. H. Lathrop of the State Commission. It bears a circular Philadelphia postmark dated May 2nd in blue and a manuscript “25” rate mark..... More
New York: International News Company, 1884. Hard Boards with Cloth Spine. Folio. This book has the same cover illustration as a German edition, Lebende Thierbilder, along with three of the same movables. Complete with six movables: 1) Happy Family - works fine; tab shortened and very worn... More
