Fred K MacCrellish & Co: San Francisco, 1875. 31.5 x 24, one sheet, pages 1 and 2 only on cotton based paper, toning, spotting, tears, creasing, missing tip of upper left corner, small area of light staining. Articles on the Fourth of July celebration and listing all the military units..... More
***, (2007). paperback. Dark Gray, 50/50 cotton/poly, size XL only, supplies limited. More
J. Dunnell: (Pawtucket), (1845-1850). Paperback. Oblong 7.5 x 12.5", pict sewn pale yellow wraps, 17/18 calico fabric samples, fabric mounted in the center of each page. Covers stained, heavily soiled, torn, creased, pp have light soiling and creasing, page where sample was removed is torn, some of the samples have..... More
Backed with blue cotton and with blue borders & knotted fringe. Below the wings are painted the words "Camp Cody" and "Deming N.M". Eage is resting on a box containing these words: "When the golden sun is sinking, And your mind from troubles free, While of others you are thinking..... More
np (GPO: Washington DC), 1871. 9 x 5.5, wraps (removed from bound volumes), 97pp + 2 pp, front blank soiled and toned, tear in bottom margin of last page, contents good. Scarce. William Sprague, then Senator from Rhode Island, and his partner Harris Hoyt had sent a shipload of machinery..... More
Louisville, Kentucky, Tuesday Morning. [Locofoco] 25 x 17.5", unpaginated, (4pp). Light creasing and soiling, scattered spotting, folded in half, edge tears, chipping else very good condition. A couple of brief articles: "at Nassau, the United States revenue cutter Nautilus arrived there to demand the slaves who had recently fled to..... More
Louisville, Kentucky, Saturday Mornin. [Locofoco] 25 x 17.5", unpaginated, (4pp). Light creasing and soiling, scattered spotting, folded in half, edge tears, chipping else very good condition. Ads: "Negroes wanted. Notice to all persons having Negro property for sale can find a purchaser, at highest cash prices, by calling at the..... More
Louisville, Kentucky, Wednesday Morni. [Locofoco] 25 x 17.5", unpaginated, (4pp). Light creasing and soiling, scattered spotting, folded in half, edge tears, chipping else very good condition. Ads: "Negroes wanted. Notice to all persons having Negro property for sale can find a purchaser, at highest cash prices, by calling at the..... More
Louisville, Kentucky, Thursday Mornin. [Locofoco] 25 x 17.5", unpaginated, (4pp). Light creasing and soiling, scattered spotting, folded in half, edge tears, chipping else very good condition. Some of the articles: "Singular Case of Imprisonment. Capt. William Powell whose vessel sails between Norfolk and New York writes "I have this day..... More
Louisville, Kentucky, Tuesday Morning. [Locofoco] 25 x 17.5", unpaginated, (4pp). Light creasing and soiling, scattered spotting, folded in half, edge tears, chipping else very good condition. Ads: "Negroes wanted. Notice to all persons having Negro property for sale can find a purchaser, at highest cash prices, by calling at the..... More
Louisville, Kentucky, Wednesday Morni. [Locofoco] 25 x 17.5", unpaginated, (4pp). Light creasing and soiling, folded in half, edge tears, chipping else very good condition. Ads: "Negroes wanted. Notice to all persons having Negro property for sale can find a purchaser, at highest cash prices, by calling at the jail, in..... More
Budden & Son: Atlanta, 1891. Paperback. 36 x 52", linen backed. Stained, soiled, edges fraying, chipping else good. In 1891, John Askew Smith and others arrived in Gaston County, North Carolina to establish an town east of Whetstone Mountain which would be called Bessemer City Mining & Manufacturing Company. He..... More
***, (2007). paperback. Maroon t-shirt, size Medium, 100% cotton, never used, promotional, found in box with other Juno t-shirts, one only! More
New York, 1866. Illustr, 16 x 11, 129-144 pp. Removal marks, creased, soiled, stained, tears, spotted. The full-page illustr accompanying the article shows the ministers who attended the conference, the majority of whom were African-American. Other articles: "King Cotton Redivivus," "Starkweather the Murderer." An installation of Harrington's "Inside. A Chronicle..... More
Cornelius Wendell: Washington, 1857. Hardcover. Fifty plates (three in color including maps), 9 x 6", blindstamped brown cloth, gilt spine lettering, 536pp. Covers well worn, rubbed and spotted, lacks spine tips, gilt lettering almost completely gone, front inner hinge/textblock cracked, endpapers toned and one is missing a piece, toning, waterstaining..... More
Scientific American, Munn & Company: NY, 1849 and 1850. Illustr, 15.5 x 11, quarter leather, black leather spine label with gilt lettering, marbled boards, 416 pp. Covers rubbed, scratched, spotted, corners and spine tips bumped and worn, small dent on top of rear board, outer edges of spine worn and..... More
(Fireside Game Co.: Cincinnati), 1896. Paperback. 3.5 x 2.5", seven different views, African American children and adults, the backs have a blue green pattern showing an alligator by a swamp in the center and is surrounded by watermelon and cotton. Cards have light soiling and wear, one has light staining..... More
NY 1854. Illus by J.S. Cotton, 8x5", cloth, 23pp, lacks f.e.p., corners bumped, extremities frayed. More
Mostly art photos, but first is of blacksmith, last page with drawings of various stoves they sold, oblong 9 x 12", wraps, badly stained & wrinkled plus worn but scarce. Also known as The Blue Store. Sold as is. Exposition tie-in: for the Cotton Expo in Atlanta... More
Jonathan David Publishers: Middle Village, NY, 1975. Photos, 11 x 8.5, gilt lettered red boards, 160pp, covers lightly rubbed, extremities bumped and lightly fraying, hinges loose, inkstamps from former owners inside covers and throughout book else a nice but a bit loose copy in edge torn (and tape repaired), rubbed..... More
Tuskegee, 1936. Gift inscription tag oblong 2 x 5, message in brown ink written on the reverse of a Christmas and New Year gift tag, ring 1 1/4" diameter, napkin 19 x 16, cream colored, cotton or linen, the name "Carver" embroidered in brown thread. Gift tag has creasing, soiling..... More
Fox Records: Hollywood, nd (1960s?). #fr102. Record is 78 rpm, 10" diameter, sleeve has a pict front cover, 10.25 x 10.25 and expands to 10.25 x 20.75. Interior has text and illust, record is in good condition with a few minor scratches, sleeve is toned, creased, soiling, chipping, sticker removal..... More
Scribner's: NY, 1930. Illus., 10 x 7", black buckram, gilt spine lettering, 683pp. Ex-library, bound without magazine covers and ads, covers worn and rubbed, scratched, contents have scattered light spotting and a few edge tears else good to very good. A note accompanying the story says that Hemingway is considered..... More
Np (London), 1868. 2pp, July 24, 1868. Choice and ornate vellum patent document, granted to William Robert Lake by the Queen for his "Improvements in teeth for machines for picking or separating cotton wool and other fibres." Elephant folio size bearing magnificent hanging wax seal (depicting Victoria on both sides)..... More
(NY), 1938. Paperback. 8 x 10" semi-gloss photo, slight toning to upper and lower borders, minor corner bump else an attractive image of a smiling Lunceford in a white(?) suit. Procured at stage door, Loew's State, Wed Jan 5 1938. COA included. Jazz alto sax player, Lunceford taught at Manassas..... More