Middletown, Connecticut: 1852. Envelope or Cover. Four-page letter with its mailing envelope. The cover bears a circular Middletown, Con. Postmark with black “PAID” and circled “3” handstamps; three cents being the cost to mail a prepaid letter up to 3,000 miles. Both are in nice shape. In this..... More
Philadelphia, Pensylvania: 1828. 1/4 leather. This ciphering book measures 8” x 12.5”. It contains 92 pages of ciphering work. There is also an additional 36 pages of text in a different hand (perhaps by a sister) copied from Timothy Shay Arthur’s Advice to Young Ladies and the American Tract Society’s..... More
Lititz, Pennsylvania: Circa 1863-1868. Wraps. Nine workbooks used by the same student ranging in size from 6.25” x 7.5” to 8.5” x 7”. All have sound bindings. All are lightly soiled but in nice shape. One of the booklets has some mouse predation on the rear cover. The..... More
St. Louis: George Knapp, 1861. Wraps. Complete with 12 pages including the cover. (See Sabin 2217.) In nice shape with some light marginal toning Elliot preached this sermon on August 18, 1862 shortly after eleven Southern states had seceded and while Missouri teetered between joining the Confederacy or remaining..... More
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
Uxbridge, Massachusetts: 1837. Envelope or Cover. This stampless folded letter measures 16” x 9.75” unfolded. It was written on March 23, 1837. It bears a circular Uxbridge postmark in red and a manuscript “10” postal rate, the cost to send a letter between 30 and 80 miles. The letter is..... More
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
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
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. At that time, such usage was appropriate as Confederate Postmaster General John H. Regan had decreed the pre-war Union postal..... 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
Marshfield, [Massachusetts]: 1789-1790. Wraps. This ciphering book is approximately 8” x 12.5”. It contains 64 pages of mathematical exercises. The front cover is present; the rear cover has perished. The pages are in nice shape and soundly bound; the cover is worn and soiled. It was written while Asa was..... 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
[Schaefferstown, Pennsylvania]: circa 1840. Unbound. The Rewards of Merit vary in size: two measure approximately 3.25” x 5.5”, two 4” x 2”, one 4” x 3”, and one 6.5” x 3”. None are dated, however two were printed by Geo. P. Daniels of Providence, Rhode Island, who was in business..... More
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
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... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts: Twenty-Fifth Reunion [committee for the Harvard Class of 1906], 1931. Album. This album, which measures approximately 11” x 14.5”, has a debossed gold-leaf title, “Harvard Class of 1906 / 25th Anniversary / Reports” on the front cover. It contains more than 100 pages filled with a variety of..... More
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. The photographs are all in nice shape, as are most of the mounting..... More
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
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
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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..... More
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
