Guide to American Historical Manuscripts in the Huntington Library
(San Marino, California): Huntington Library, (1979). Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. 442pp. Blue cloth gilt. Tiny name stamp on front fly, else fine. More
(San Marino, California): Huntington Library, (1979). Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. 442pp. Blue cloth gilt. Tiny name stamp on front fly, else fine. More
Annapolis, MD: Historic Annapolis, Inc, 1975. Softcover. First edition. Square octavo. 23pp. Stapled wrappers. Near fine with modest edgewear. More
Newark, New Jersey: The Historical Records Program Works Projects Administration, 1941. Softcover. First edition. Quarto. 185, [9]pp. Mimeographed leaves bound with canvas spine and orange screenprinted wrappers. Some modest discoloration at the edges of the canvas spine, very good or better. Most copies seem to have gone to libraries, very..... More
(Saint Paul, Minnesota: Northern Pacific Railway, 1956). Softcover. Stapled wrappers, folded as issued. Approximate measurements are 8" x 9", folded 4" x 9", 46 columns. Wrappers starting to split at spine, folds tender, a very good copy. Scarce, *OCLC* locates only 1 other copy. More
(Massachusetts): Williams College, 1919. Hardcover. First edition. Near fine with some loss to the spine lettering. Attractive bookplate of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Tatem. More
(Buffalo, Wyoming: Frank O. Horton), [circa 1922]. Softcover. First edition. Oblong stapled wrappers. 16pp. Illustrated. Good only with toning, tears, and foxing. Promotional for the ranch describing its amenities, scheduling, and outdoor activities, including hunting and fishing. Not recorded on OCLC. More
Wilmington, Delaware: Hagley Volunteers Cookbook Committee, (1983). Softcover. First printing (of 5,000). Octavo. 165pp. Cover illustration of three early Du Pont Company homes by Phyllis Clark-Harvey of Wilmington. Plastic comb binding. A touch of foxing and wear on the covers, else fine. "This new cookbook will provide not only receipts..... More
New York: Hagstrom Company, 1953. Hardcover. Large folio. 100pp. Maps in color. Metal spiral bound in photographically illustrated flexible card wrappers. Spirals a bit rusted, scrapes and scuffing on front wrap, short tear on rear wrap, overall very good, internally about fine. Includes much additional information, as well as advertisers..... More
[Circa mid-1940s]. Unbound. Gelatin silver portrait photograph. Measuring 8" x 10". Very finely hand-tinted, mostly in white, blue, and red. Slightest rubbing at extremities, but easily fine. Neither the subject or the photographer is identified. Portrait image of a young sailor. A striking image. More
Charleston, W. Va. Du Metz, [circa 1920]. Unbound. Gelatin silver portrait photograph. Matted to 3.25" x 4.75". Mounted and sealed in photographer card mount of 5.25" x 8". Photographers small marks on front below the image. Very finely tinted, mostly in yellow, green, and pale red. A few tiny spots..... More
San Antonio, Texas: The Fox Co., [circa 1930]. Unbound. Gelatin silver portrait photograph. Image size revealed is approximately 5" x 7", mounted and sealed in photographer card mount of 7.5" x 9.5". Photographers marks on front. Small smudge at top of the image and a little scrape on the mount..... More
[Circa 1847]. Hardcover. Quarter plate daguerreotype in floral leather case. Measuring 3¾" x 4½". Case rubbed but hinge sound and clasps present, the case is very good or better; the image about fine. A lovely dag of two young sisters in hand-tinted, blue polka-dotted dresses. Subjects unidentified. The case, matte..... More
Milwaukee: Wisconsin Legal News, [circa 1880]. Unbound. Pictorial flyer printed on yellow paper. 6" x 9". Tiny tears at the edges of the old folds, else near fine. Well-dressed Gilded Age Americans are pictured at sumptuously laid tables, being served by a tuxedoed Black waiter. Attractive wood engraving is signed..... More
Los Angeles: LACE (Los Angles Contemporary Exhibitions), (1992). Unbound. Handbill. Measuring 7" x 8½". Printed in black on white paper with graffiti used for the title. Neat vertical crease thus near fine. Participating artists included Nuke (Joseph Montalvo), Duke (Erick Montenegro), Angst, and others noted only as Ben, Helen, Jill..... More
New York: New-York Belting and Packing Co., 1871. Unbound. Handbill. Approximately 5.25" x 8.5". Two horizontal folds, some age-toning, a very good example. On the verso is a letter in pencil dated in 1873 from Lancaster, Ohio from George Lutz to his brother Henry Lutz, offering his brother to convey..... More
New York: The Committee on Civil Rights in Metropolitan New York, [early 1960s]. Unbound. Handbill. One octavo sheet folded to make four pages. Measuring 3¾" x 8½". Just about fine. An interesting document, advertising The Committee on Civil Rights in Metropolitan New York's "free apartment hunting service"; both a person..... More
Gainesville, GA. A.W. Russell, Commercial Printer, 1888. Unbound. Small advertising broadside. 9.25" x 5.25" illustrated at the head with a vignette of a woman in Victorian dress writing at her desk. Folded, and reinforced on verso with archival tape in a few places, but still very good. Attractive. More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1959. Hardcover. First edition. Volume 7 only. Tall octavo. vi, 286pp. Olive cloth with gilt spine. Lightly rubbed boards with bumped corners, and slightly creased spine, very good. The index of the 7 Volume set. Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 143. More
Reading [Pennsylvania]: Johann Ritter und Comp. 1828. Hardcover. Zwente und verbesserte Auflage. Octavo. viii, 108, [18]pp., and left half side only of the folded table at the back. An early handwriting manual and book of contracts for German immigrants in the United States, together with other useful information. Includes an..... More
[No place: no publisher, circa 1960]. Unbound. Handpainted illustrated poster. Poster paint on thick card. 14" x 22". Depicts a door with the above text on the glass of the door. Unsigned and undated, but came with two similarly-themed posters from 1960 and 1961. Light bumps at the corners, else..... More
Walton, New York: James O'Neill, [circa 1800]. Unbound. Small handwritten broadside on blue paper. Measuring 16" x 8". Old folds, foxing (or perhaps offsetting from the iron gall ink), a pleasing very good example. A broadside signed by James O'Neill, a shopkeeper, at the conclusion offering lots from the Hardenbergh..... More
New York: Nov. 30th 1850. Unbound. Bifolium (one leaf folded to make four pages). Old folds, else near fine. Handwritten letter that begins: "Sir, I enclose you a Petition in behalf of the Seaman who served during the late War with Mexico, to be presented to the two Houses of..... More
Bayside, Patuisset Island,Massachusetts: 1902-1916. Hardcover. 6.5" x 8" notebook. Good only with loose boards, tears, and worn edges. A composition book converted for use as a guest book for a family's vacation cottage, listed as "Bay Side Cottage," on Patuisset Island, Massachusetts between 1902 until 1916 entitled "Haps and Mishaps..... More
(Harpers Ferry, West Virginia): Harpers Ferry National Historical Park/United States Department of the Interior, 1989. Softcover. First edition. Stapled oblong wrappers. Foxing on cover, else near fine. More
Cambridge: Powell Press, 1904. Softcover. Oblong octavo. Approximately 11" x 7.5"..[24]pp., Illustrated from photographs. Stapled printed glazed wrappers. Stain on rear wrap, moderate edgewear, a sound very good copy. Unscored. Many photos of the teams and players (as well as of the Harvard track team, and the Princeton baseball team)..... More