New York: Office of the Rebellion Record, circa 1860. Unbound. This song sheet measures approximately 5.5” x 9.75”. It contains the music and lyrics for “The Star-Spangled Banner” and is headlined, “National Songs Issued by the Loyal National of League.” Light toned. The Loyal National League was a loose confederation..... More

Bridgewater, New Hampshire: 1846. Unbound. This partially printed document summarizes the vote taken “at a legal town meeting . . . at Bridgewater in the county of Grafton on Tuesday, march tenth, in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty-six . . . for one person to represent... More

Philadelphia: International Printing Company, 1948. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. Complete. 97 pages plus frontispiece. Signed by the author on the title page. Sound binding with intact hinges. Clean pages. Gift inscription on the front free endpaper. Almost no wear to cover. Somewhat scarce biography about a staunch supporter of... More

Moscow: Planeta, 1974. First Edition. Soft Cover. 8vo. Complete. 133 pages with list of illustrations in rear. B/w photographic illustrations throughout. Sound binding. Clean pages. Light wear to cover. This is a memorial poem and photographic tribute to Che Guevara, the Marxist revolutionary, guerilla leader, counter-culture hero, and co-founder of... 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

Sevierville, Tennessee: Divine Trust, 2010. Faux leather. This 35-page document, “Universal Postal Treaty for the Americas,” published by the “Office of the Postmaster General, Trustee of the Global Trust, Divine Province,” is mounted within a black leatherette portfolio. A printed letter from “James Thomas McBride Postmaster General” is laid in..... More

Washington, DC to Lowell, Massachusetts: 1836. Envelope or Cover. This four-page stampless letter measures 15.75” x 10” unfolded. It is dated “Feb 17th 1836” and bears a red circular “City of Washington” postmark dated “Feb 18” with a manuscript “25” rate marking, the cost to mail a letter a distance..... More

Guilford, Connecticut: 1829. Unbound. This three-page rubricated document was initiated by the Warden and Burgesses from the “Burough of Gilford” and routed through various supporting officials with endorsements by leading citizens to William T. Barry, the Postmaster of the United States and the only cabinet member not fired by President..... More

Probably Washington, DC to Tallahassee, Florida: 1832. Disbound. This one-page stampless folded letter measures 15.5” x 13” unfolded. It was signed by Samuel Ingham on “15 Apr ‘32” and sent to John Branch in Tallahassee, Florida. It was probably privately carried, perhaps by Ingham himself, to Norfolk, Virginia where is... More

Canon City, Colorado: 1916. Letter. The letter is written on United States Post Office stationery from a man named Allen, probably a post worker, and addressed to a friend named Lewis. Although no envelope accompanies the letter, its first page is postmarked, Canon City Colo. / M.O.B (Money Order Business)... More

Hartford, Connecticut: The Connecticut Courant, January 26, 1803. Unbound. Two pages of this four-page newspaper are devoted to Louisiana and the debate in the House of Representatives following Jefferson’s Second Annual Report to Congress. Two names have been written in the upper margin of the first page: Elihu Thomas and... More

Suffolk, Virginia: May 31, 1863. Unbound. This four-page letter is written on patriotic stationery that features an illustration of the U. S. Capitol. In it, Lewis—a member of the 13th Indiana Regiment—reports that it has been quiet as “the enemy has retired beyond the black water a distance of 20..... More

Washington, DC to Bellefonte, Pennsylvania: 1838. Envelope or Cover. This two-page stampless folded letter measures 16” x 10” unfolded. It is datelined “Washington 10th Janry 1838. It bears a red circular “Washington City D.C.” postmark dated January 10 and a manuscript “Free” signed by “W. W. Potter”. The letter is..... More