Disbound. This 12-page disbound extract is from “Papers in Mechanicks,” Transactions of the Society, Instituted at London, for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce, Vol. 9 (1791), pages 159-168 and Plate IV. It contains reports of “Rewards offered for taking Wales by the Gun-Harpoon, in the year..... More

San Francisco, California: 1865. Unbound. This bill, measuring approximately 9” x 4½”, documents the sale of a harness and whip from Main & Winchester of San Francisco to Messers B. F. Kenard and Company. It is dated 10 January 1865. The billhead reads, “Bought of Main & Winchester, /..... More

Canton, Ohio: 1896-1900. This lot consists of two items. Both are in nice shape: An 1894 illustrated billhead from The Hampden Watch Company of Canton, Ohio documenting the sale of an “Endstand’. The illustration features a hand grasping a distraught, scythe-wielding Father Time. It measures 8½” x 5¾”... 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

Three items related to the culmination of John F. Kennedy’s campaign tour through Texas at a “Welcome Dinner” in Austin that had been organized by the State Democratic Executive Committee. A 7” x 9¾” invitation to the event which was to be held “on Friday evening the twenty-second..... More

Unbound. This cigar band has a central motif featuring a standing Native American warrior holding a shield that displays a Colorado Midland Railroad logo. Text on the band reads, ”Colorado Midland Rail Road”. The Colorado Midland Railway which was incorporated in 1883, was the first standard gauge railroad built over..... 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

Connecticut: 1850. Unbound. This three-page stampless folded letter written on an illustrated Yale College letter sheet measures 15”x9.75” unfolded. The letter, datelined “Northford June 22d, 1850,” was written over several days by C.B. Brooks and sent to a friend, “Hon. Smith.” In nice shape. The letter sheet features a...... 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

Washington DC: U. S. Senate, 1892. Disbound. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in response to a resolution of the Senate of the 12th instant, transmitting a communication of the port physician of Philadelphia relative to the danger from the introduction of cholera through immigration. 52nd Congress, 2nd Session..... More

Cleveland, Ohio: 1853. Unbound. This partially-printed certificate measures 8” x 10¼” and is dated 14 February 1853. It was issued by The Buckeye State Health Association, headquartered in Cleveland, to Mary Stevens of York, Ohio. The document features an attractive illustration of the Cleveland waterfront. The document reads in..... 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

West Chester, Pennsylvania: 1874. Envelope or Cover. This large broadsheet was printed in red and measures just over 9” x 12”. It was distributed through the mail by R. & E. Palmer of West Chester, Pennsylvania. This sheet was sent to William Potts of Parksburg, Pennsylvania along with a short..... More