St. Louis: 1886. Unbound. This letter from the Electric Aurophone Company is dated November 20th, 1886. It was sent from the company headquarters on the St. Louis riverfront to a merchant in Mount Carmel, Illinois. The letter is in nice shape with some light soiling. The electric Aurophone was a...... More
Paris: Chez G Boun, 1585. Unbound. This leaf (M.XXXI-M.XXXII) measures approximately 8.25” x 12.5” and came from the 1585 printing of Les Oeuvres d’Ambroise . . . Des Monstres. The images are strong. The leaf has some minor soiling and edge-wear. The two images on this leaf show (roughly translated..... More
Paris: Chez G Boun, 1585. Unbound. This leaf (M.CXCI-M.CXCII) measures approximately 8.25” x 12.5” and came from the 1585 printing of Les Oeuvres d’Ambroise . . . Aphorismes. The images are strong. The leaf has some minor soiling and edge-wear. Aelius Galenus or Claudius Galenus, sometimes known as Galen of..... More
Paris: Chez G Boun, 1585. Unbound. This leaf (VIII.CIX-VIII.CX) measures approximately 8.25” x 12.5” and came from the 1585 printing of Les Oeuvres d’Ambroise . . . Des Venins. The images are strong. The leaf has some minor soiling and edge-wear. The upper right corner of the leaf is missing..... More
Paris: Chez G Boun, 1585. Unbound. This leaf (M.XXIII-M.XXIIII) measures approximately 8.25” x 12.5” and came from the 1585 printing of Les Oeuvres d’Ambroise . . . Des Monstres. The images are strong. The leaf has some minor soiling and edge-wear. The four images on this leaf show (roughly translated..... More
Paris: Chez G Boun, 1585. This leaf (M.XXV-M.XXVI) measures approximately 8.25” x 12.5” and came from the 1585 printing of Les Oeuvres d’Ambroise . . . Des Monstres. The images are strong. The leaf has some minor soiling and edge-wear. The four images on this leaf show (roughly translated from..... More
Paris: Chez G Boun, 1585. Unbound. This leaf (M.XXXV-M.XXXVI) measures approximately 8.25” x 12.5” and came from the 1585 printing of Les Oeuvres d’Ambroise . . . Des Monstres. The images are strong. The leaf has some minor soiling and edge-wear. The four images on this leaf show (roughly translated..... More
Paris: Chez G Boun, 1585. Unbound. This leaf (M.XXI-M.XXII) measures approximately 8.25” x 12.5” and came from the 1585 printing of Les Oeuvres d’Ambroise . . . Des Monstres. The images are strong. The leaf has some minor soiling and edge-wear. The three images on this leaf show (roughly translated..... More
Bridgeport, Connecticut: Bridgeport Hospital, 1890. Envelope or Cover. This one-page letter, dated Jun 12 1890, is written on illustrated stationery that features an image of Bridgeport Hospital. P. T. Barnum’s name stands at the top the list of hospital officers as the institution’s “President”. Crosby is identified as the institution’s..... More
New York: C. Magnus, [1865]. Envelope or Cover. Large octagonal die-cut sheet that measures about 10¾” x 10¾” when opened. Printed on both sides with 14 birds-eye views of American cities, accompanied by one view of a building from each (Albany, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit, Louisville, Milwaukee, New York..... More
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New York City to Palmer, Massachusetts: 1819. Envelope or Cover. This three-page stampless folded letter measures 9” x 16” unfolded. It is datelined “New York Jan 9th 1819” and bears a red, circular New York City postmark dated January 19 and a manuscript rate mark that reads, “18½”, the cost..... More
Juneau, Alaska and Portland, Oregon: 1948. Unbound. Two-page typed letter, unsigned. The letter is datelined, “Morningside, Hospital. / Montaville, Station. / Portland, Oregon. / Sept, 23, 1948,” and is in nice shape. Eino Mack was the son of a Finnish emigrant who worked for the Alaska-Juneau Gold Mining Company..... More
Kinderhook, New York to Boxford, Massachusetts: 1839. Unbound. The cover bears a scarce 31mm red circular Kinderhook post mark dated March 2 and a manuscript “18¾” postage rate showing the cost to send a letter between 150 and 400 miles. In nice shape with a 4” split to one mailing..... More
New York: Seabury & Johnson, circa 1900. Envelope or Cover. Three all-over chromolithographic Seabury & Johnson advertising covers, all are franked with 2-cent Washington stamps (Scott #279B) tied by New York machine cancellations dated between 1898 and 1901. Faint illustrations of the S&J factory are in the address field of..... 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
New York: Wm C. Bryant & Co., 1869. Unbound. Complete with all 31 pages. Never bound. Cleveland History Center blindstamp. No deaccession markings, but correspondence from the reference supervisors states the pamphlet was deaccessioned. Supple with some light toning; vertical crease. Small (1") quarter-circle dampstain in lower left corner. See..... More
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: Photograph by H. P. Osborne & Son, 1863. Unbound. The albumen photograph of Johanna Maria (Polly) Heckewelder is mounted on a card measuring approximately 2½“x 4”. The reverse contains a printed biography of Hekewelder under the title: “Great Western Sanitary Fair. / Cincinnati, December 21st, 1863.” The printing..... More
Marietta, Pennsylvania: 1861-1880. Wraps. The cover of this 53-page handbound manuscript ledger measures approximately 5.25” x 8” although individual leaves vary in size between 3.75” x 6.25” and 4.5” x 7.5”. Entries are recorded legibly in pencil, and the pages are in nice shape. The binding is sound; however, the..... More
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: circa 1851-1857. Envelope or Cover. This folded mail-order broad sheet measures approximately 15.5” x 10” unfolded. One page lists a variety of quack medicines available for wholesale purchase and the second page is a “Circular” filled with ‘small print’ that defines terms of sale and provides selling tips..... More
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Washington, DC: American Red Cross, 1917-1918. Various. This archive consists of one American Red Cross membership card, two American Red Cross donation receipts, four official letters discussing American Red Cross certification on official American Red Cross letterhead (three with their postally use mailing envelopes), one postcard discussing..... More
Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea, 1863. First American Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo. First book edition of lectures Simpson delivered at Edinburgh's Royal Infirmary that had been previously published as journal articles in the London Medical Times and Gazette. Complete with 510 pages and 102 in-text illustrations. Sound binding but hinges starting..... More
St. Louis: 1936 (from the date of the advertisement's appearance in the newspaper). Unbound. The advertising proof shows a portrait photograph of Mr. August Siever and announces that he has left his position as the manager of the Geo. D. Fisher Optical Co. and is now associated with the Optical..... More
Various locations: mostly 1865. Nine letters written to Stephen H. Gregory, a member of D Company, 39th New York Volunteer Infantry. Eight were written during April and May of 1865 while Gregory was recovering from wounds at the Homewood Hospital in Washington D. C. The ninth letter is pre-war. Two..... More
Durham, North Carolina: circa 1878. Envelope or Cover. This quack medicine advertising grouping consists of a one-page promotional handbill, an 8-page accordion-fold pamphlet, and an illustrated advertising envelope for “Barham’s Infallible Pile Cure.” The envelope is franked with a cork-canceled 1-cent gray blue stamp (Scott #156) with no town markings..... More
