New York: C. Alvord Printer, circa 1856. Unbound. The broadside measures approximately 22” x 17”; the image is about “20 x 16”. The print features wood-engraved portraits of the Abbe de L`Epee and Laura Bridgeman along with images of hands forming letters in both single-hand and double-hand alphabet systems, as... More about Large deaf education broadside titled, "Single and Double Hand Alphabet"
Ann Arbor, Michigan: 1908. Album. The album measures approximately 10.5” x 13” and contains 16 photographs; 15 are affixed to its pages, and one is laid in. Five of the photos measure 7.5” x 9”; the remainder 5” x 8”. Everything is in very nice shape. This is an excellent... More about Photo album document a University of Michigan student “County Fair.”
Meridian, Connecticut: circa 1900. Album. All but one of the images measure approximately 3.5” x 2.25”. 19 of the images are cyanotypes; 20 are photographs. Highlights include cyanotypes of: The school’s driveway and the large central building, Residential cottages for the boys, Three boys on work detail carrying... More about Small album with 39 cyanotypes and photographs including at least nine of the Connecticut State...
New Market, Virginia: Salomon Henkel's Druckerey, 1819. Boards. Second edition. 36 pages. 3.5” x 5.5”. Woodcut title page vignette and other woodcut illustrations throughout. Original cloth-backed, paper-covered boards decorated with woodcuts including a large example of the famous Henkel rooster on the rear cover. An exceptionally nice example. This scarce... More about Das Kleine A B C Buch, oder erste Angangs-Buchlein Mit schonen Bilder Und Deren Namen . . . . ...
St. Louis: George Knapp, 1861. Wraps. Complete with 12 pages including the cover. (See Sabin 2217.) In nice shape with some light marginal toning. William Greenleaf Eliot was born in Massachusetts. After graduating from Harvard Divinity School in 1834, he moved to St. Louis where he founded the first Unitarian... More about Loyalty and Religion. A Discourse for the Times
Murray, Kentucky: circa 1935. Album. The album measures 11” x 7.5” and contains over 120 photographs documenting the time Upton was training to become a nurse at the William Mason Memorial Hospital in Murray, Kentucky. Most of the photos measure about 3” x 4”, some are larger. In addition to... More about Photograph album documenting the training of a male nurse at the William Mason Memorial Hospital...
Capital College, Bexley, Ohio: 1918-1923. Album. The album measures 10” x 7” and contains over 280 photographs ranging in size from 1” x 1.5” to 7” x 5”. The photos are glued to the pages; all are captioned. There are several newspaper clippings attached to the pages and laid-in. A.... More about Exceptional photograph album documenting college-life in the first quarter of the 20th Century
Chicago: Scott Foresman, Copyright 1960. Johnson, Gordon. Posters. Complete set of 12 giant (18" x 21") Dick, Jane, and Sally poster cards for classroom display. Includes the original shipping sleeve. Generally clean with occasional light soiling and finger smudges. Minor wear. Two of the cards have edge tears; one extends... More about The Big Book for Before We Read
Manhattan, Kansas: circa 1870. 1/2 leather. This half-leather volume with marbled boards measures 8” x 10.5” and is titled “Lectures on Natural Philosophy.” It contains approximately 140 manuscript text pages and an additional 80 pages with about 150 meticulous hand-drawn illustrations of apparatus and experiments, some in color. The pages... More about Bound volume of manuscript Natural Philosophy (i.e. Physics) lecture notes and drawings probably...
Pittsfield, Massachusetts: 1840. Unbound. This four-page folded letter measures 16” x 10” unfolded. It was sent to Reverend Thomas H. Gallaudet in Hartford, Connecticut by Horatio Brinsmade in Pittsfield Massachusetts. The letter is dated January 8, 1840. It bears a 10-cent blue manuscript rate mark in the upper right corner... More about Letter to Thomas H. Gallaudet requesting that he arrange for the residential treatment of a...
Salem, Virginia: May 24, 1861. Envelope or Cover. This letter was mailed using a U.S. 3-cent Nesbitt (Scott #U10) envelope on May 24, 1861, after Virginia had joined the Confederacy. As such it should have been rejected by the Confederate postal authorities. The letter is datelined, Salem May 24, 1861... More about The only known U.S. postal envelope mailed through the Confederate post office at Salem Virginia;...
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 about HUMOROUS LETTER TO A STUDENT AT THE CLINTON LIBERAL INSTITUTE FEATURING A DRAWING OF HIM...
Philadelphia, Ann Arbor, Owatonna, and Detroit: 1864-1881. Scrapbook. The album measures 6" x 15.5" and contains approximately 75 pages filled with ledger entries, scores of mostly medically related newspaper clippings, and about 35 ephemeral pieces including business cards, advertisements, printed letters, receipts, prescription blanks, dunning notices, medical society notices, reference... More about Homoeopathic Physician's Commonplace Scrapbook and Ledger
Circa 1830. Unbound. This manuscript lesson book contains 45 pages of navigational problems, one hand-drawn map (“A Chart from England to the Cape de Verde Islands”), and two illustrations (one of a sailing vessel and one of a Hadley Quadrant). The pages are in nice shape and soundly bound together... More about Deck officer’s navigational ciphering book
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 bears a red, circular “Bridgewater... More about Letter reporting on a two-day “teacher’s association” conference that was mailed in an...
Lakewood, [Connecticut]: 1861. Unbound. The document measures 7.5” x 10”. It was initially dated and signed by Superintendent Knight on 1 October 1861 and endorsed by Governor Buckingham on 3 October 1861. It is in nice shape with some minor smearing to the first three letters in Buckingham’s signature and... More about Manuscript document listing charges for tuition and board submitted by the Connecticut School for...
Louisville, Kentucky: 1929. This small 2” x 3” typewritten advertisement was enclosed in the accompanying envelope with a printed return address that reads, “Presbyterian Colored Missions, Incorporated, 314 South Hancock Street, Louisville, KY.” The advertisement reads, “EXTRA ****** WANTED—TEACHERS At the Presbyterian Colored Missions, 314 S. Hancock St. Won’t YOU..... More about Job advertisement for teachers to work at the Presbyterian Colored Missions in Louisville, Kentucky
Encildoun, Pennsylvania: 1861. Unbound. Four-page letter on stationery featuring an illustration of the Encildoun Boarding School for girls. The letter is dated March 3d, 1861. Although the bifold lettersheet is complete, the last sentence on the final page is truncated, and there is no closing or signature. Otherwise in nice... More about Letter from a young woman on illustrated stationery from the Ercildoun Boarding School for Girls
West Point, New York: 1868. Unbound. These 34 albumin photographs are mounted on both sides of 17 heavy card leaves. Most measure 7.75” x 5.5”. All are captioned in the margin. They also are annotated W.P.M.A. 1868. Likely these were removed from an academy yearbook or view book. The photographs... More about 34 large 19th Century photographs of the United States Military Academy
Glendale, California: 1930s. Album. This 12” x 8” album contains over 115 original photographs (most 4.5” x 2.75”) and real photo postcards. All of the images are glued to the pages. About 100 of the photos show training, racing, experimental, military, and commercial aircraft; the remainder show students and school... More about Photograph album showing aircraft, students, and facilities at the Curtis-Wright Technical...
Rochester, MN: 1947. Photograph Album. Album with 25 mounted (glued) 5" x 7" photographs and ten additional 3.5" x 3.5" laid in. Seven of the smaller snapshots duplicate the larger photographs. Includes several ephemera pieces (booster tags, a large newspaper article, and basketball playoff programs). The tags are mounted, the... More about Rochester (Minnesota) Senior High School "Atomic Age" Homecoming Parade Photograph Album
Hanover, NH: The Dartmouth Press, 1901. First Printing. Printed Wrapper. 8vo. This is an actual program from the ceremonies, which were held on 14-15 September 1901; it as not the reprinted monograph of 1902 nor a modern copy. 8 pages including the cover; bound with golden-brown thread at the spine... More about Program of The Webster Centennial of Dartmouth College Celebrating the One Hundredth Anniversary...
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Cincinnati: Caleb Clark Book & Job Printer, 1865. Wraps. Complete 24-page pamphlet. Sound binding. Removed from a sammelband so a little rough along the left edge. Minor soiling to the cover, otherwise in nice shape. In 1780, before Kentucky was a state, the Virginia Assembly (perhaps prodded by Governor Thomas... More about The Announcement [catalog] of Kentucky University [Transylvania University] for the Year...
Gonzales, Texas: 1851. Envelope or Cover. This two-page folded letter was written on September 18, 1851. It was franked with a three-cent orange-brown Washington stamp (Scott #10A) and received a manuscript postmark that reads, “Gonzales / Sept 20th”. The letter was missent to Bristol, Pennsylvania where it received a circular... More about Letter from the son of a Texas pioneer sent to a sister in Rhode Island which includes...
Wading River, Long Island, New York: 1853. This 4-page letter from a schoolteacher to her aunt, apparently in Bridgeport, Connecticut, measures approximately 6.5” x 8.5”. It is in very nice shape. Much of the letter concerns news about family and friends, however Clarissa notes that “My school is not yet... More about Schoolteacher’s letter describing a young slave’s attack upon three children in her classroom
