Paris: Chez G Boun, 1585. Unbound. This leaf (M.CLXXVI-M.CLXXVII) measures approximately 8.25” x 12.5” and came from the 1585 printing of Les Oeuvres d’Ambroise . . . Des Distillations. The images are strong. The leaf has some minor soiling and edge-wear. The image on this leaf shows (roughly translated from... More
Paris: Chez G Boun, 1585. Unbound. This leaf (M.CLXXV-M.CLXXVi) measures approximately 8.25” x 12.5” and came from the 1585 printing of Les Oeuvres d’Ambroise . . . Des Distillations. The images are strong. The leaf has some minor soiling and edge-wear. The two images on this leaf show (roughly translated... More
Duluth, Minnesota: Duluth Superior Milling Co, 1909. Unbound. The multi-color illustrated advertising cover (envelope) features a African-American baker, dressed in a spotless white suit with red tie, resting his right elbow on a sack of Duluth Flour while holding a sliced loaf of white bread in his left hand. The... More
Philadelphia: George W. Taylor, 1853-1854. Half leather. 24 monthly issues bound together. Complete; each volume contains 104 text pages. Half-leather with marbled boards; 6.75” x 10.25”. Sound binding. Clean pages with light intermittent foxing. Old pencil annotation at top of the first title page. Light dampstain to the first six... More
San Francisco to Cette (today Sète), France: 1869. This three-page folded letter, in French, measures 16.5” x 10.5” unfolded. It is dated “Sn Francisco le 7 Yuillet 1869” and franked with a 15-cent black Lincoln stamp (Scott #77) canceled with a ‘fancy’ black circle-of-wedges. Three postmarks are on the front..... More
New York: Books Inc., 1934. 1st Printing. Faux leather. Approximately 4.25” x 6.25”. Complete with 93 pages including the index. Original red faux leather cover. Sound binding, clean pages, almost no wear. Doesn’t appear to have ever been read. Over 250 drink recipes including 14 classics that Burke identifies as... More
New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1898. _. Hard Cover. 16mo. Complete; 337 pages plus one page of advertisements. Clean, unmarked pages. Minor wear to cover; very slightly cocked. "Dining well on small means is an art only to be acquired by long experience, and the object of... More
Mohawk, New York: circa 1857. Unbound. This envelope features a hand-drawn pen illustration of a young man trudging along a road and pushing a wheel-barrow with a large crate addressed to “James Johnson, Clinton Liberal Institute, Clinton, N.Y.” It is franked with a 3-cent, plum or deep claret, Type III..... More
1865. Advertisement. Advertisement for John Taylor's Sons' Albany Cream Ale brewed in Albany, New York. The ad is from an 1865 New England business directory and measures approximately 5.5" x 9". It features a wood engraving of the John Taylor Brewery complex in Albany. The text notes that the brewery... More
Mansfield, Ohio: The Page Dairy Company, circa 1947. Unbound. The grouping includes: * 16 b/w photographs ranging in size between 2.5” x 3.5” to 3.5” x 5”, * A pair of company Christmas cards each with a Christmas business card from the owner, Henry A. Page, * A coupon for... More
San Antonio, TX: Clegg Company, 1956. First Edition. Hard Cover. 4to. Complete with 99 pages. Color and sepia photographs throughout; map. Sound binding with intact hinges. Clean pages; a former owner has highlighted one column on Koehler's list of taxidermy mountings in light green. Light cover wear. Presentation inscription on... More
Lowell, Massachusetts: 1871-1895. Notebook. The journal measures 6.75” x 8.25”. Approximately 300 pages filled with manuscript entries. About ten newspaper clippings laid-in or affixed inside the covers. The pages are in nice shape and the binding is holding although a few signatures are beginning to separate. The spine covering has... More
Location unknown: 1920s-1930s. Card. The photograph measures 7” x 5” and the slightly concave mounting card, 7” x 9” The photo is in nice shape. The card has a small chip at the upper left corner. The photograph shows six men standing behind a long glass-enclosed butcher counter. Three of..... More
Highland, Illinois: circa 1937 based upon visible advertisements. Unbound. This 7” x 5” card-mounted photograph shows the interior of a rural Illinois tavern. A middle-aged man wearing a vest, tie, and apron is standing behind the bar along with a more casually dressed young man who appears to be a.... More
Los Angeles County: circa 1910 based upon Los Angeles Aqueduct records and the type of AZO “put stamp here” box. Unbound. This real photo postcard shows shows a mix of 13 white and hispanic workers and their children processing apricots under a large open air structure. Four of the white... More
Baltimore: The C. H. Pearson Packing Co., 1905. Envelope. Nice advertising cover for The C. H. Pearson Packing Company, located at the Chesapeake Warf in Baltimore. The cover (envelope) freatures an illustration of a woman holding a large oyster while standing upon a mound of fruits and vegetables in front... More
