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
Davids Island, Long Island, New York: De Camp General Hospital, August, 1863. Envelope or Cover. This three-page letter was sent from a wardmaster at De Camp General Hospital on Long Island to a wardmaster at the U.S. General Hospital at Fort Schuyler, New York. It is enclosed in an envelope..... More
Hartford, Connecticut: 1848. Envelope or Cover. This four-page stampless folded letter measures 15”x10” unfolded. It was sent by “Cousin Nell” in Hartford, Connecticut to Anna L. Andrus at Harwinton. The letter is datelined “May 28’/48” and bears a faint circular Hartford postmark in red and a bold red “5” rate..... More
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania: 1900. Notebook. This 8”x10” journal 152 pages of which approximately two-thirds are filled with text. Four additional pages of text are laid in. The handwriting is legible, binding sound, and hinges intact. The reattached front free endpaper is inscribed, “M. Emilie Evans / Phoenixville Hospital / Penna. /..... More
England, France, Scotland, and the United States: 1826-1861. The archive includes 35 items written to and saved by Dr. Nairn. All but one are stampless folded letters or covers sent to him between 1826 and 1861 from family, associates, and creditors in England, France, Scotland, and the United States. They..... 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
Cambridge, Massachusetts: [1783. Envelope or Cover. This stampless, folded letter, measuring 12.5” x 8” unfolded, is datelined “Cambridge Decemr. 5th”. It was written by John Abbot, who attended Harvard between 1781 and 1784, to his brother Ezra Abbot at Andover.. It bears no postal markings as it was privately delivered..... More
Various locations: [circa 1895 – 1925]. This archive consists of four medical school tests, eight letters, and one handbill advertising the sale of Grace’s mansion. All in nice shape, however, worn mailing envelopes accompany three of the letters. Grace was the daughter of Abraham Hillard Frances, a prosperous..... 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
Basel: Heinrich Petri, 1578. Disbound. The "Monster of Krakow" from Cosmographia, das ist: Beschreibung der gantzen Welt by Sebastian Munster. Basel: Heinrich Petri, 1578. Disbound. This disbound leaf from Munsters Cosmographia measures 8" x 13.5". It contains two woodcuts, one showing the Monster of Krakow and the other, the..... 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
