Liverpool: George Holt & Co. 1841. Unbound. This two-page folded letter and circular measures 15.5”” x 9.5” unfolded. It is addressed to A. Richards, Esq., New York and dated 4 June 1841. The cover has a manuscript annotation that reads, “Via Boston / Steamer Columbia.” There is a “Paid at... More
United States and Europe: 1886 and 1895. Hardcover. The 1886 journal measures 7” x 8.5”, contains 22 pages, and describes Miss Lamson’s cross-country rail journey from Cambridge, Massachusetts to California. The note book was previously used by Lamson as a copybook and also contains 28 pages of humorous essays, household... More
Allegheny (today Pittsburgh’s North Side), Pennsylvania: 1878. Hardcover. This 78-page hardcover scrapbook measures 8.5” x 11” and is neatly stuffed with approximately 320 brochures, certificates, itineraries, trade cards, news articles, hotel advertisements, business cards, calling cards, masonic cards, attraction receipts, event tickets, Curnard Line Passenger Lists, postage stamps, municipal seals... More
London: R. MacDonald, 1850. Soft Cover. 16mo. Complete with 90 pages, 4 folding illustrations, and 1 advertising leaf. Original green wrapper. Sound binding. Clean pages with dampstains and dog-ears. Legible, but heavily rubbed and edgeworn cover. An early traveler's guide to Paris that not only addresses the city's sights, public... More
Various European locations: 1875-1876. Album. This “8 x 11” album contains twenty-nine used pages filled with calling cards, autographs, photographs, programs, a menu, and other ephemera. Everything is glued to the album pages. The contents are in nice shape. It appears that four leaves have been removed. The album’s spine... More
Transcontinental United States: 1928-1929. This 11” x 7.5” album contains 88 pages packed with over 80 photographs (2.75” x 2”) plus postcards, Baker's original bill-of-sale, driver’s permits, tickets, original art, souvenir stickers, telegrams, and other ephemera. The album and contents are in very nice shape. Baker, the grandson of artist-illustrator... More
Oregon, at sea, and in many ports of call: 1919-1926. Album. The album measures 15.5” x 9” and contains 100 pages with over 300 photographs (mostly 3” x 5”), several pieces of personal ephemera, about 15 newspaper or periodical clippings, and 46 different beer bottle labels. The photos are arranged... More
On board ship, Hawaii, and Japan: [1906]. Album. This 13” x 10” blue and gold Japanese brocade album contains 30 pages filled with photographs, clippings, postcards, brochures, and other ephemera. The items are all glued to the album pages. Everything is in nice shape; the front hinge of the album... More
California, Niagara Falls, St. Louis World’s Fair, Hawaii, Philippines, Japan: Early 1900s. Leather album (approximately 7” x 5.5”) with a hand-drawn front-cover illustration of a Philippine mission. Contains 50 photographs (mostly 2.75” x 3.75”) and one introductory card dated April 19, 1905 which reads in part, “A few snap shots... More
London: Strangeways, Printers, 1926. First Edition. Hard Cover. Privately printed and limited to 100 copies. Green cloth cover with printed paper spine label. 35 deckle-edge pages with photo frontispiece of an actual diary page. Protective tissue present. Light wear. Minor sunning to spine; label chipped. Clean pages. Owned by famed... More
New York and London: De Forest & Son, 1833. Unbound. Three-page stampless folded letter dated 9 February 1833 sent from De Forest & Son of New York to Frederick Huth and Company of London. The letter measures approximately 16” x 9¾” unfolded. The front cover bears a manuscript notation “Columbia”... More
Omaha: Manufactured for Barkalow Bros. by Chisholm Bros of Portland, Maine, circa 1890. Faux leather. Complete. 14 accordion-fold pages. Faux leather cover (5” x 6”) blind-stamped with title and ornate designs. 35 views including Wyoming’s Green River Buttes, Utah’s Weber Canyon, the Great Salt Lake and Salt Lake City, Colorado’s... More
Album. Journal-Scrapbook-Photograph Album kept by a wealthy woman documenting her automobile travels throughout New England. New England: 1920-1928 This 11” x 12.5” album contains 143 pages filled with about 450 journal entries, photographs, clippings, postcards, brochures, and other ephemera. The items are all glued to the album pages or tipped into... More
At sea and Bombay, India: 1817-1818. Unbound. Four-page folded folio-sized sheet to Betsy Putnam of Danvers, Massachusetts signed by E. S. Nichols. Three separately dated letters are on the sheet: 31 Dec 1817, On board the Ship Saco; 2 Feb 1818, Off the coast of Ceylon; 30 Apr 1818, Bombay... More
Alaska, California, and Washington DC: mostly 1913. Unbound. This 10.5” x 7” album contains over 150 photographs (most between 3.25” and 5.25”) glued to 35 leaves. Over 110 of the photos are of the ship’s Alaskan mission, many captioned. About a dozen are of Washington DC, and the last 30... More
United States and Canada: 1930 - [1932]. Photograph Album. Over 275 photographs on about 240 leaves contained in a 7” x 11.5” album. Most of the photographs measure 2.5” x 3.5”, some are 3.25” x 5”; all are mounted using photo corners. The photographs and album are in nice shape... More
France and Switzerland: 1923. Photograph Album. Album is 11" x 7" with over 100 pages and approximately 140 photographs, most measuring 2.75" x 4.75" and captioned in type. Also includes one newspaper clipping and one postcard. Photos are in nice shape; glued to pages. Cover have some minor wear and... More
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1821. Half-Leather. 16mo. Complete with 50 engravings, two fold-out maps, and illustrated half-title. Sound binding with intact hinges. Clean pages; some minor toning and foxing. Large county map has a 2.5" split at one fold and old paper mend on reverse. Fold-out Guildford... More
Algeria, Morocco, Morocco Agency, Spanish Morocco, Gibraltar, Spain, France, Monaco, Italy, and Greece: : Round-the World Society, 1925-1926. Loose-leaf binder. This collection of 57 pieces of correspondence (41 mimeographed letters numbered XLIII through LXXXIII and 16 post cards) and six half-tone photographic enclosures is housed in a 6.75” x 9.5”... More
Jacksonville, Florida: 1896. Unbound. This four-page letter measures 5” x 8” p. Toned with light soiling. Although Shaffer begins his letter with a long list of things a “northern man” will enjoy about the state (summer when winter time, fruits, sea shells, the ocean, etc.), he soon delves into what... More
