Massachusetts: 1860s. 9 x 6 inches. Polished calf decorative covers. Nineteen pages, with 55 Carte-de-Visite portraits. A carte-de-visite portrait album kept by Billings during the Civil War. Notation before index reads: “This album was sent me, at my order, from Philadelphia and was received while our army lay at Brandy.....
Harpers Ferry: 1860s. First Edition. The 22nd Regiment, still in existence, was organized in April, 1861. A very good example.
Chicago: 1969. 21 1/4 x 29 1/4 inches. Some light toning and edgewear, near fine condition overall. The first example of this poster we have encountered, which shows Judge Julius Hoffman, Chicago Mayor Richard Daley and President Richard Nixon. We find no other records, and can only assume it was.....
Chicago: 1969. Poster. 24 x 20 inches. Minimal wear, fine condition. An iconic poster protesting the arrest of the Chicago 8 on conspiracy charges relating to the protests at the 1968 Democratic Convention. The group, originally as eight members, consisted of Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, founders of the Youth.....
New Hampshire: Printer Unknown, 1863. First Edition. Printed broadside, 16 ½ x 11 ½ inches, archivally mounted and matted. A very good copy with some light toning, small closed tear at upper margin, light foxing at upper margin, very tiny spot of loss to illustration at fold. Franklin Pierce remained.....
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.....
N.p. 1863. Dark carved wood, 11 ½ x 11 ½ x 1 inches, with bone border and star inlays in corners, an inlaid tree with carved names of Civil War battles as leaves. During the Civil War, wounded or captured soldiers would often pass their time waiting to return to.....
New York: Jackson, 1860s. First Edition. An unrecorded recruitment broadside for the 11th New York Cavalry. Col. James Swain led the regiment, which was first organized on Staten Island in late 1861. Most troops came from New York City, the site of robust recruitment in the early years of the.....
Virginia City: Sutterley and Co., 1864-1867. Albumen photograph on mount, 4 x 2 ½ inches. Pauline Cushman was an actress and one of the most successful spies for the Union Army. She ingratiated herself with the Confederate army by toasting Jefferson Davis after one of her performances. She was eventually.....
1860s. A striking photograph, featured on page 89 of David Deitcher’s Dear Friends: Photographs of Men Together, 1840-1918. “Romantic friendship between American men acquired a different kind of social prestige and meaning within the Civil War. No sooner did young recruits leave the shelter and ties of home and family.....
Mostly Greenland: 1950s. Various sizes and formats, most photographs measuring 8 x 10 inches. Some light normal wear, near fine condition overall. After the start of the Korean War in 1951, in an effort to expand the range of American aerial defenses, the US Corps of Engineers began construction of.....
Boston: Oliver Ditson and Company, 1863. First Edition. Manuel Fenellosa and his brother-in-law Manuel Emilio came to the United States from Spain in 1836 aboard the SS United States. They settled in Salem, Massachussetts, first forming a band and then a music school. They were friends of the publisher John.....
Canton: 1944-1945. Forty-three photographs, measuring 2 1/4x4 to 3 1/8x4 3/4 inches. Identifications to versos, generally fine condition. Offered here are forty-three wartime portraits from the Timken Roller Bearing Company, a major producer of bearings for the war effort, with many pictures of women at work. The company produced an.....