Philadelphia: 1854. Ninth plate ambrotypes in a union case, measuring 2 ½ x 2 ⅛ inches (visible) in larger case. With the identification of (Isaac) Rehn, with his imprint and “Patented July 4 & 11, 1854” imprinted on the case. A fine pair. A striking pair of ambrotypes of Mary.....
Various Publishers. A collection of books from the library of Earnest Elmo Calkins, who had the twin distinctions of being a pioneer in the design of the modern advertising agency and also being one of the first prominent American deaf businessmen. Highlights of the collection include a copy.....
N.P. 1880s-1890s. Albumen photograph measuring 6 x 3 ⅞ on larger mount. Chip with loss to corner of mount, retouched to add a moustache and a tie, good overall with fading. A cabinet card reproduction of an earlier photograph, captioned “Jim Fox,” with ink additions to the eyebrows, mustache and.....
New York: Gay Men's Health Crisis, Inc., 1983. Poersch, Enno. Poster, 35 x 23 inches. A scarce poster for an important early AIDS benefit, one of the first AIDS benefits organized by GMHC, taking place a few months earlier than the Rodeo event. GHMC bought all of the tickets from.....
New York: Gay Men's Health Crisis, Inc., 1983. Poersch, Enno. First Edition. Posterboard, 36 x 23 inches. A promotional poster for an early AIDS benefit at Madison Square Garden, sponsored by the Gay Men’s Health Crisis organization. GMHC, which still exists, played a very important role in raising awareness for.....
Chicago: Poole Brothers, 1917. Folding map measuring 38 ½ x 26 ¾ inches. Tape repairs to verso, some tears at folds and edges, still bring and attractive, good to very good overall with excellent restoration potential. A map of the canneries in Alaska, British Columbia and Washington operated by the.....
Alaska and Latvia: 1900-1930. Oblong folio album measuring 15 x 9 ½ inches, with 333 photographs included, including some photographic postcards. Photos generally fine, some loose in album, album very good overall with some light wear. An interesting photographic record of Latvian immigration and the period of population growth of.....
[New London]: Likely Timothy Green, 1776. First Edition. Broadside, small folio measuring 11 x 6 ½ inches, [2] pp. Light wear, near fine overall. Recent scholarship on the American Revolution, such as David C. Hsiung’s Environmental History and the War of Independence: Saltpeter and the Continental Army’s Shortage of Gunpowder.....
Mostly Connecticut: 1760s-1823. Twenty-six sermons, various paginations, likely bound by Burhans, with a note on front free endpaper stating: “The Following M.S.S. are a Memento of Labor - D. Burhans Property.” With “M.S.S. / Sermons” on a label at spine. Some wear to binding, contents generally fine, very good plus.....
V.P. c. 1905. Twenty five silver gelatin photographs measuring 3 ⅜ square on slightly larger mounts. Slight fading to images, excellent overall. A collection of travel photographs, most captioned, likely taken by a N.E.A. delegate on a 1905 tour of the Southwest which ended in San Antonio, and also including.....
Olympia: 1925. . Limp pebbled calf portfolios measuring 12 ½ x 10 ½ inches, with 106 illustrations, nearly all photographic, of furniture. Interior fine, some wear to portfolios, overall quite well preserved. The Henry McCleary residence in Olympia was built in 1923, sparing no expense. The mansion still stands today.....
New England: 1960s-1970s. Two plastic albums, 10 ½ x 11 inches. A lovingly arranged and annotated product of someone’s obsession with New England’s churches. Nearly all photos 3 ½ square. A few of the churches have multiple photos. Most photos are shot from a similar three quarters frontal view, though.....
Harpers Ferry: 1860s. First Edition. The 22nd Regiment, still in existence, was organized in April, 1861. A very good example.
California: 1850s. With thirteen letters, most multi-page, written from Monterey in 1850, a 7 pp facsimile transcription of a 1834 Mexican land grant on cloth measuring 11 x 14 inches, and and eleven page document on paper in Spanish relating to a Monterey land grant, transcribing an 1841 document. Letters.....
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Britton and Rey: 1850s. Single sheet measuring 8 ¼ x 10 ¾ inches on blue wove paper. Small chip to corner not affecting image, some older tape repairs verso at margins, else fine, very good plus overall and quite attractive. A series of four illustrations telling the story of a......
New York: Newport Land Company, 1967. Broadsheet measuring 5 x 10 inches. Fine condition. A scarce broadside published by the Newport California Land Company extoling the virtues of California and offering homestead lots to be given away via agents on the East Coast. “In view of its having been selected.....
Southern California: 1920s. Limp leatherette album, oblong 4to measuring 10 x 7 inches, with seventy photographs, most measuring 4 x 2 ½ inches. Wear to binding, photographs with excellent contrast, very good to near fine overall. An energetic album of photographs belonging to one Eddie Jones, a fun-loving banjo player.....
1890s. 9 ½ x 7 inch photographs on 11 x 13 mounts. The first photograph captures a bearded man atop a stump, peering in the forest, with sunlight pouring through a stand of redwoods. The second shows redwood rounds loaded on a train car, with “Exelsior Redwood Co. Eureka Cal.”.....
Mostly Los Angeles: 1937-1939. Oblong quarto, containing 117 photographs. Sixty-two of the photographs involve motorcycles directly, either action shots or posed shots in attire, with many others showing scenery from motorcycle tours. Some photographs missing, those present are in excellent condition with fine contrast, very good condition overall. A charming.....
Lebanon: 1861. Broadside measuring 17 ½ x 12 inches. Creases from original folds else fine, near fine overall. Newspaper about fine. A dramatic and unrecorded broadside from the first weeks of the Civil War, calling the citizens of Lebanon to a meeting at the courthouse on Saturday, April 27, 1861.....
London: John Snow / Bacon & Co., 1864. 8vo, 472, 32 pp. With 26.3 x 17.6 in. colored map attached at frontis. Tears to binding, map very good with some brittleness and folds at margins which make unfolding quite difficult, pages uncut, good condition overall. An uncommon work by the.....
New York? 1860s. An unusual image of a Zouave soldier in an outdoor setting, holding a horse. During the Civil War, roughly 95 Zouave regiments formed, adopting the names, uni-forms and sometimes fighting styles of the North African Zouave brigades. The bulk - about 70 of the regiments - fought.....
1927-1945. Various sizes and dates. Clara Adams was a wealthy widow who took up air travel in its early days, setting records for transatlantic flights and circumnavigation as a commercial airline passenger. In doing so, she helped popularize flying as a safe and comfortable way to travel. She was friends.....
Various Places: 1892-1894. Sammelband of thirteen reports, each with original front wrapper or wrappers bound-in; in half-calf, with gilt titles on spine. Includes: Guillouard, Louis. Rapport sur les travaux du comité départemental du Calvados. Caen: Ch. Valin, 1893. 19 pp., printed gray wrapper; Drouet, Paul. Souvenir.....
Havana: R. Testar, 1890s. Albumen photograph on cardstock mount, image measuring 7 1/4 x 4 1/2 inches on 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inch mount. A view of an American warship in Havana harbor, likely taken prior to the outbreak of hostilities between the United States and Spain in early.....