Censorship and Trade
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1916. Softcover. 12mo. Printed wrappers. 24pp. Small chip to one corner of front wrap, very good. More
London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1916. Softcover. 12mo. Printed wrappers. 24pp. Small chip to one corner of front wrap, very good. More
London: Eyre & Spittuswoode, Ltd., 1916. Softcover. First edition. 12mo. 24pp. Stapled printed green wrappers. Fine. Complimentary slip from Sir Gilbert Parker laid in. More
London: Eyre & Spittuswoode, Ltd., 1916. Softcover. First edition. 12mo. 24pp. Stapled printed green wrappers. Fine. More
(San Francisco: The Committee of Fifty[?], 1896). Softcover. First edition. Octavo. 29pp. Printed glazed brown wrappers. Tiny tear and a little rubbing on the wrappers, near fine example of a fragile pamphlet. More
Newark: Curtis Paper Company, [no date]. Unbound. 12" x 10". Blank certificate, to be awarded by the "Curtis Paper Company for the exercise of outstanding skill and craftsmanship in the field of the Graphic Arts", printed in teal, yellow, and black. Fine. More
New York: Manhattan Engraving Co., 1874. Engraved certificate. Measuring 7½” x 4¾”. Illustrated with vignette depicting Liberty in a white gown, loosening the shackles of a formerly enslaved Black man who is kneeling on the ground. Engraved text with ornamental border, completed in manuscript: "This is to Certify, That Henry..... More
New Orleans: Public Service Inc., 1956. Unbound. Broadside certificate. Measuring 17.5" x 13". Printed in black and green on parchment-style paper with embossed gold seal. Neatly affixed and probably easily removed, from a contemporary matte. Matte a little toned, otherwise about fine. Signed by half-a-dozen officers or luminaries of the..... More
[No place]: U.S. Information Service, 1964. Softcover. First edition. Quarto. 46pp. Stapled illustrated pale blue wrappers. Text in English and French. Modest age-toning on wrappers, faint crease on one corner, else near fine. More
Natchez, [Mississippi]: Printed at the Book and Job Office, 1840. Softcover. First edition. Contemporary unprinted blue wrappers. 90pp. Short tear and a little wear on the front wrap, slight scattered foxing, else a near fine copy. History and then current structure of the college. Includes catalogue of the college library..... More
LIbertyville, Illinois: circa 1950s. Softcover. Spiral bound trade catalog measuring 9" x 11". 80pp. Near fine with some edgewear. A trade catalog for the Chicago Match Company in the 1950s. The catalog contains 80 pages featuring the product line with general information and pages detailing the complete product line illustrations..... More
New York: McLoughlin Bros. 1898. Softcover. Octavo. Stapled lithographic wrappers. Unpaginated, (12pp.) including wrappers. Contemporary pencil name, tiny splits at the very extremities of the spine, near fine. Issued in the Goody Two Shoes Series. More
Plymouth: H.E. Prout & Co., 1869. Unbound. Small broadside or circular. Two quarto leaves. Creases on both leaves, lightly worn and soiled with some small closed tears, very good. A circular directed to Choral Societies requesting that the secretaries of the various societies transmit to the publishers information to be..... More
New York: Christie's East, 1998. Softcover. First edition. Quarto pictorial wrappers. 53pp. Illustrated with color plates. Fine. More
New York: Christie's East, 1993. Softcover. First edition. Quarto pictorial wrappers. Fine. More
New York: Christie's East, 1994. Softcover. First edition. Quarto pictorial wrappers. Fine. More
London: Angus Thomas, [circa 1890]. Softcover. Trade card. 3.5" x 5". Scalloped edges. Printed in purple ink. A trade card for a publisher of Christmas cards, with a faux miniature book of "Christmas Proverbs" (1.5" x 2") affixed to the card. The book titled *The ABC Reasonable Railway Guide Full..... More
No. Brunswick, N.J. Harrowsmith, Inc., [circa 1970]. Unbound. Group of 20 unused Christmas cards. Fine with fine accompanying envelopes in a lightly worn cardboard box. Cards depict an African-American boy with his arm draped over the shoulder of a blonde boy; inside has a brief, uplifting holiday message. The cards..... More
All Occasion Book Publications / Walter P. Phillips, 1949. Softcover. First edition. Illustrated by William Kemp Riley. Oblong octavo. Comb-bound along the topedge. Very good with toning to the wrapper, some light creases and scrap on the front cover. All pop-ups fine. Various Christmas related stories, poems and song, illustrated..... More
All Occasion Book Publications / Walter P. Phillips, 1949. Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated by William Kemp Riley. Oblong octavo. Comb-bound along the topedge. Some foxing and water splashes to the front and rear covers, very good. Interior and all five pop-ups fine. Various Christmas related stories, poems and songs, illustrated..... More
Polygraphic Company of America, 1950. Softcover. Oblong octavo. Spiral bound in wrappers. Very good or better with light general wear and house in unprinted good only cardboard window sleeve. More
[Brooklyn?]: Kings County Medical Society, [1869]. Softcover. Small octavo. 21cm. [8]pp. Two old horizontal folds, small tears, very good. List of members from 1822-1867. *OCLC* locates no copies. More
Mineral Park, Arizona: [circa 1876]. Unbound. Autograph Letter Signed. Octavo. 4pp. Mineral Park, March 15. Four small archival clear tape mends along the old folds, else very good or better. A long, detailed letter written in pencil by a miner working for the Keystone Mining Company at Mineral Park. Located..... More
Nashville: Devany's Agricultural Works, 1877. Softcover. Octavo. 8pp. Printed illustrated self-wrappers. Illustrated. Two horiztonal folds, minor staining on the last sheet, else near fine. Lists prices and terms for a variety of implements. More
[New Haven, Conn.]: Simeon E. Baldwin (and others), 1878. Unbound. First edition. Single small printed quarto leaf (approximately 8½" x 10"). Old inoffensive folds, a small tear, slight age-toning, a very good or better example. Archivally dry-mounted and matted, easily removable. The circular letter that was the foundation document of..... More
[Circa 1915]. Unbound. Circular pocket mirror. Approximately 2" in diameter. Mirror shows tarnish to the silvering but is unbroken, a little rubbing on the image not affecting the portrait, very good or better. Portrait of an African-American man, possibly in Western-style dress. The only pocket mirror portrait of an African-American..... More