American: 1860s. An incredible portrait of an African-American soldier holding a rifle with a bayonet, highly uncommon for three reasons: the fact that it shows an African-American soldier in uniform during the conflict, the playful expression of the sitter, and the caption. The caption is of unknown origin, possibly composed.....
Ohio: 1918. Silver gelatin photograph in glass-fronted frame, image measures 24 ¼ x 6 ⅞ inches. Matted and framed, not examined out of frame. The 317th Engineer’s Band was a part of the 317th Engineer Regiment, an element of the 92nd Division, which was composed of over 15,000 African-American soldiers.....
[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.....
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.....
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.....
Mostly Indiana: 1857-1921. Fifty-Nine letters, appx. 100 pages total. Minimal wear, fine condition. The Milhous family were midwestern merchants who were active in Indiana and Ohio in the middle part of the nineteenth century. William Milhous was a Midwestern general store manager who was born in Ohio and operated stores.....
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 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.....
American: 1860s. Tintype measuring 3 ½ x 2 ½ inches in oval case, lacking front panel. A fine example. A particularly striking portrait of two Union soldiers seated together. Their resemblance suggests that they might be brothers.
American: 1860s. Images measuring 1 ¾ x 1 ½ inches in union case. A fine example. A particularly striking portrait of a young Union soldier, in a union case with another young man, possibly a relative.
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.....
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.....
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.....
Most Cebu: 1899-1902. Two hundred eighteen silver gelatin photographs, most measuring 6 ½ x 4 ½ inches, with forty one panoramic photos measuring 11 ⅞ x 3 ⅜. Fine contrast, heavy wear and some tears to bindings, excellent image quality and good bindings. A remarkable photographic record of the Philippine-American.....
Plymouth: 1813. Plymouth, Devon, England: 21st July 1813. Folio, 7 pages (13 1/8 x 8 ¼ inches), duty blindstamp, small ink stamp to upper inner margin of the first page, two seals to the last page, signed twice by Galindo. Toned, some small repaired tears (using reversible archival ph-neutral paper-repair.....
Mostly Georgia and Colorado: 1945-1950? Scrapbook with thirty-seven pages containing appx. twenty ephemeral items relating to the WAC and approx 275 photographs, about 50 of which are related to her WAC service and the rest showing scenic views in Colorado and Tennessee. A generally fine group. An extremely well preserved.....