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Five Calligraphic Handwriting Examples from 1832 by William C Ulyat
SOLD

YOUNG ARTISTS AS PUBLISHERS

C. G. Way, editor
[EARLY AMATEUR NEWSPAPER — with JAMES WELLS CHAMPNEY as a teenage proprietor.] The Enterprise. Vol. I, No. 6. Roxbury, [Mass.], Monday, February 15, 1858.
SOLD

Broadside / program

[TRINITY COLLEGE / WASHINGTON COLLEGE.]
BROADSIDE: Order of Exercises. For Commencement. Washington College. IV August, MDCCCXXXVI., 1836 commencement of Washington College, Hartford, Connecticut, the institution now known as Trinity College
$75 $100 or less

WALL STREET HUMOR & FINANCE

New Yorker Staff; Bond Club
[HUMOUR; BUSINESS]. Special Issue: New Yorker. Bond Club of New York, May 25, 1928., New York bond market shortly before the crash of 1929
SOLD

POE POE

POE, Edgar Allan — DIETZ, F. Meredith, editor; PITTMAN, Diana.
Inscribed offprint or advance promotional packet from the August 1941 issue of The Southern Literary Messenger, The Key to the Mystery of Edgar Allan Poe
$50 $100 or less

PORTLAND AFRICAN AMERICAN FRATERNAL PHOTOGRAPHS

Theodore Mentzer [Photographer]
BLACK PRINCE HALL FREEMASONS and WOMEN’S ORDER of the EASTERN STAR Two Original Panoramic Photographs
$2,000
1920s African American Baseball Team Sports Photo - (Semi Pro?)
$1,500
1930s Depression Era Appalachian Portraits Itinerant RPPC Photo Archive (22)
$2,000

1817 print “American Generals” of War of 1812

@ 1817 print “American Generals” of the War of 1812
$250

Panora of Boston’s 1851 Great Railroad Jubilee

Panoramic view of Boston’s 1851 Great Railroad Jubilee
$200

1876 Centenial lithograph

George Stinson & Co.
In Remembrance of the One Hundreth Anniversary of the Independence of the United States, and the star spangled banner in triumph still waves over the land of the free and the home of the brave
$850

Bunker Hill Monument 1843 consecration card

Bunker Hill Monument 1843 consecration card
$300

Late 1800s Brown University Cycling Team photo

unknown
Late 1800s Brown University Cycling Team photo
SOLD

Five 19th Century firefighting lithographic plates

Cadwallader D. Colden
Five early 19th Century firefighting lithographic plates celebrating opening of Erie Canal
$900
Antique Bibliophiles Photograph Collection: 14 Cabinet Cards and Vintage Photographs of Women and Men with Books!
$175
N/A
True Story of the Hatfield and McCoy Feud, Souvenir of West Virginia
$75 $100 or less

EARLY KENTUCKY PIONEERS AND THEIR TRIALS

ALFRED PIRTLE
THE CHENOWETH FAMILY MASSACRE
SOLD

EARLY GUIDE TO IDAHO

Union Pacific Railway
Idaho, A Complete and comprehensive Description
$750

GUIDE TO NEW ORLEANS

F. F. Hansell
HANSELL'S ILLUSTRATED NEW ORLEANS GUIDE
$250

HANDSOME WPA PRODUCTION—BEAUTIFICATION OF A RIVER

Workers of the Writers Program of the WPA in the State of Texas
Along the San Antonio River
$75 $100 or less
[AMERICANA]. Parke-Bernet Galleries, Inc.
Frontier Americana. Books on the West & Canada Selections from the Stock of Peter Decker.
$50 $100 or less

Framework for Musk's Trillions

ROULET, Paul.
[MATH; LOGIC; DATA VISUALIZATION]. Remarks on Notation. Author's signed note to front wrapper.
$250

1884 Blaine & Logan campaign bandana and cards

Blaine & Logan 1884 presidential campaign cloth bandana and cards
SOLD

1829 Conservatorio of Philadelphia

Trajetta, Phil.
1829 An Introduction to the Art and Science of Music. Written for the American Conservatorio of Philadelphia.
$150
1910s Native American Men Studio Portrait RPPC Photo
SOLD
1900s M.E. Epworth League w/ Banners Photo (Baltimore)
$1,000
1910s Military Hospital Staff w/ Dog Mascot & Human Skull Panorama Photo
$600
1910s Motorcycle Mechanic Handwritten Ledger Pre WWI
$1,000
EBERSTADT, Charles.
Western Americana Collecting.
$75 $100 or less

FROM SCREENING TO STARDOM—THE PRESS GOT THIS FIRST

Castle Rock Entertainment (Publisher / Studio)
City Slickers Original Studio Press Kit [Complete Studio Folder, Six Original Publicity Stills, WBCN Preview Pass & Promotional Material], THE COMPLETE MEDIA KIT DISTRIBUTED BEFORE ONE OF HOLLYWOOD'S MOST SUCCESSFUL MODERN WESTERN COMEDIES REACHED THEATERS.
$85 $100 or less

1893 Cape Cod promotional guidebook

Robbins, E. L.
Quaint Cape Cod and its Summer Delights
$200
1930s 1950s Collection of 30 8x10 Photographs Aerial Photos of Manhattan New York City City Hall Buildings Department of Marine and Aviation Fairchild Aerial Thomas Airviews
$750

Signed Bataan Death March Survivor's Memoir, 1948

Robert Woodrow Levering; with a Foreword by G.G. Harrison, Rear Admiral USNR, Retired
Horror Trek: A True Story of Bataan, The Death March and Three and One-Half Years in Japanese Prison Camps [Signed and Inscribed]
SOLD

The Book That Defined 1980s Transgressive Culture

Adam Parfrey, editor
Apocalypse Culture
$95 $100 or less

Pulitzer Winner's Novel, Ltd. Signed and Numbered

Julia Peterkin
Bright Skin [Signed, Numbered]
$375
Thayer & Co.,New Haven, Connecticut, 1860
[Michigan Land] SUMMERFIELD CITY. 500 SPLENDID BUILDING LOTS TO BE GIVEN AWAY., SUMMERFIELD CITY, MICHIGAN. 1860 DOUBLE-SIDED LAND PROMOTION WITH ORIGINAL TOWN PLAT.
$750

Antebellum Blues

[Anonymous].
[2 BROADSIDES] HARD TIMES & AMERICAN TAXATION. A SONG COMPOSED AT THE CLOSE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
$375

THE WILD MEN OF BORNEO

[Anonymous].
[BROADSIDE; THEATER] SEE THE WONDERS OF NATURE. WORDS DEDICATED TO WANO AND PLUTANO, THE WILD MEN OF BORNEO.
SOLD

Titusville, Pithole City...

[DAVENPORT, Walter G. (George W.), addressee] — H. BOWER, James BROAD[?], J. McCASLIN, and others.
[THE PENNSYLVANIA OIL RUSH] A small archive documenting oil-land speculation in the Venango County oil region — with a manuscript document dated at Pithole City., Autograph letters and legal documents, 1868–1874. Titusville, Pleasantville, Tidioute, and Pithole City, Venango County, Pennsylvania [with associated Connecticut family papers, c. 1830s–1910s].
$750

"How to Get, and What to Take, to Kansas"

Redpath, James and Richard J. Hinton
[Facsimile] Hand-Book to Kansas Territory and the Rocky Mountain Gold Region; Accompanied by Reliable Maps and a Preliminary Treatise on the Pre-Emption Laws of the United States
SOLD

Privately Printed and Published, Oakland, CA 1911

[Fine Press][Unrecorded?] Thanksgiving November Thirtieth Nineteen Hundred Eleven
$75 $100 or less

Classic Patent Medicine Promotional Song Book

[Patent Medicine] Merchant's Gargling Oil Songster
$55 $100 or less
1930s 10 Printing Books Booklets Master Printers Association San Diego California R.T Porte Salt Lake City Utah
$75 $100 or less
1800 Scarce Early American Imprint Songbook Spicer's Pocket Companion Masonic Songs by Andrew Wright Northampton Sabin 89428
$750

CHICAGO BEFORE THE EXPRESSWAY ERA

Cronquist, Gustaf W. (1878–1967) ; Swedish Architectural & Urban Photographer
Chicago River and Michigan Avenue Bridge District Chicago River and Michigan Avenue Bridge District, A SWEDISH PHOTOGRAPHER’S VIEW OF POSTWAR CHICAGO.
$650

Santa Claus Rides a Jet Fighter.

Jet Stream--4 Volumes of the Student Newspaper from Blair Elementary School, Fairchild Air Force Base, Fairchild, Washington, 1957-1958
$95 $100 or less

New York City at the Epicenter

Map of New York and Vicinity
$225

Photo of Omaha/Ponca Indian Family by Walt Peabody

Cabinet Photograph of Omaha or Ponca Indian Family by Walt Peabody (Peabody Studio) Lyons Nebraska 1890s
SOLD

Tintype 2 Young Boys Posed in Beach Swimwear NJ

1890s Tintype Two Young Boys Posed in Beach Swimwear by Howard Geissinger of Atlantic City NJ
$90 $100 or less

Driving a New Hupmobile Home in 1922

[Automobilia][Missouri] Bringing Home the Hup--8 Photos from 1922
$35 $100 or less

Early Printed Directory Oregon Post Offices

Early 20th Century Printed (with manuscript corrections/changes) Roster of Oregon Post Offices
$200

Idaho 1897

Map of IDAHO 1897
$35 $100 or less

Cowboys - Con T Kennedy Traveling Carnival 1913

2 RPPCs of Cowboys from the Con T Kennedy Traveling Carnival 1913 Missouri
$75 $100 or less

Delaware

DELAWARE ARCHIVES, MILITARY AND NAVAL RECORDS. FIVE VOLUMES; A COMPLETE SET.
$100 $100 or less

Letter Michigan State Treasurer/Auditor General

Hollingsworth, Sam
ALS to Michigan Auditor General Hon. John J. Adam, 1848
$55 $100 or less
Okrent, Nick and Rebecca Stuhr (editor)
LIFE DURING WARTIME, PENN AT HOME AND ABROAD DURING THE GREAT WAR
$45 $100 or less

George White’s Scandals Souvenir Album c1930s

George White’s Scandals Souvenir Photo Album c1930s – Risqué Images
$75 $100 or less

Misogyny California men behaving badly

Milline Club
Pre Me Too Misogyny from San Francisco California, advertising men behaving badly with major business support
$525

Franklin D. Roosevelt Engraving

F.D.R. Engraved Portrait Vignette
$15 $100 or less

Prohibition

Prohibition - Prescription for Alcohol as Medicine
$20 $100 or less

Advocate and Family Guardian

Advocate and Family Guardian Publication
$18 $100 or less

Woolaroc (Museum) Bk - Signed by Joe Beeler + 2

Woolaroc (Museum) Book by Joe Williams 1991 Signed by Author, Artist Poppenhouse & Artist Joe Beeler
$100 $100 or less

Gilliam Coal & Coke Co

Gilliam Coal & Coke Co
$15 $100 or less

Map Southern Railway System

Map Southern Railway System
$20 $100 or less

Seaman,s Discharge Card

Seaman's Discharge Card
$50 $100 or less

RPPC of Naked Happy Jack Eckert 739 Pounds c1908

Unused Promotional Photo Postcard – Naked Happy Jack Eckert 739 Pounds c1908
$165

Overland wagon train to California letter

Fantastic overland letter from California describing wagon train trip Great detailed writing sadly lacks final page
$675

Map - Showing Triangulation of Colorado 1877-80s

1877-80s Map - Sketch Showing the Primary Triangulation of Colorado by Gardner & Wilson
$150

1941 Death Valley Mack - Signed Photo & Poster

1941 Death Valley Mack - Signed Photo, Cardboard Poster & Advertising Blotter
$200

Engraving, The Rocky Mountains

The Rocky Mountains
$20 $100 or less

Puritan Mining Co Stock

Puritan Mining Co Idaho Stock Certificate
$15 $100 or less

Cirzcuit Court Baltimore County 1900

Circuit Court Baltimore County 1900
$20 $100 or less

Wholesale Trade-List A. N. Pierson Inc

Wholesale Trade-List, A. N. Pierson
$25 $100 or less

Coleman & Sullivan Checks

Coleman & Sullivan Checks
$10 $100 or less

1800's Georgetown Promissory Notes

Promissory Notes, Georgetown (Wahington DC )
$50 $100 or less
Cecil Stoughton
2 press photographs of President Kennedy in the Oval Office with his children
SOLD

Gun Collectors Letter 1947

The Gun Collectors Letter 1947
$35 $100 or less

Story of the House that Jack Built

The House that Jack Built
$25 $100 or less

USPS Souvenir Sheets

USPS FD Cancelled Souvenir Sheets
$35 $100 or less

O'Neil - Adams Company Surety Stamp Coupons

O'Neil-Adams Co Surety Stamp Coupons
$25 $100 or less

Distillery Warehouse Tax Stamp

Distillery Warehouse Tax Stamp
$25 $100 or less

National Air Race Sept. 1939

National Air Race Sept 1939
$35 $100 or less

Songs of Yosemite w/ Gunnar Widforss Art 1923

Harold Symmes
Songs of Yosemite Illustrated W/ Watercolor Paintings by Gunnar Widforss 1923
$225

Navaho Witchcraft by Kluckhohn 1944 Rare - Signed

Navaho Witchcraft by Clyde Kluckhohn 1944 – True First Edition & Author Inscribed Copy
$600

1782 Revolutionary War Pay Document - Signed x3

1782 Revolutionary War Pay Document – Signed by Jedidiah Huntington, Oliver Wolcott Jr & Eleazer Wales
$225

OPA, WWII Checks

WWII OPA Ration Checks
$25 $100 or less

US Indian Traders license 1882 Nevada

License to Trade With Indians 1882
$375

Manuscript petition to Republic of Vermont

Rare manuscript petition to the independent republic of Vermont woman’s property rights
$1,250

California civil war ballots Lincoln Douglas

Lincoln, McClellan, Douglas and Breckenridge California ballots
SOLD

Jamestown Exposition 1907

Jamestown Amusement & Vending Co
Jamestown Exposition 135 Postcards
$175

Sinclair Gasoline 1934 Word's Fair

Sinclair Gasoline 1934 World's Fair Brochure
$20 $100 or less

US Stamps #10 on covers.

Early US Stamps #10.s on covers.
$65 $100 or less

Washington Capitals Autographs

Capitals 1999 Calendar, Players 10 Pictures Autographed
$100 $100 or less

Prince Valiant Newspaper Comic Page

Harold R. Foster
Prince Valiant Comics
$45 $100 or less

Life Magazine FDR Issue

FDR Life Magazine 1937 Issue
$45 $100 or less

Life Magazine Volume 1 # 1

Life Magazine First Issue 1936
$75 $100 or less
FDR
FDR 1935 Appointment Notary of Peace Washington DC
$500

LOG CAMPS AND CABINS

LOG CAMPS AND CABINS. HOW TO BUILD AND FURNISH THEM.
$165

THE MAYNARD TELEPHONE EXCHANGE

THE MAYNARD TELEPHONE EXCHANGE
$225

CARRIE ELIZA CUTTER

CARRIE ELIZA CUTTER – THE “FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE OF THE 21ST MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
SOLD

North Carolina Civil War Letter

Nathaniel McLean
Civil war letter written from the headquarters of the 2nd Division, 23d A.C. Camp
$1,350

ACCOUNT BOOK OF LEWIS FLANDERS

LEWIS FLANDERS
ACCOUNT BOOK OF LEWIS FLANDERS OF LOUDON, NEW HAMPSHIRE 1815-1825
$895

MICHIGAN SPORTS FISHERMAN

MICHIGAN SPORTS FISHERMAN
$345

JAPAN INSTITUTE BROADSIDE

JAPAN INSTITUTE BROADSIDE
$665

HAND BOOK OF OSBORNE COUNTY, KANSAS

HAND BOOK OF OSBORNE COUNTY, KANSAS
$1,500

Survey of American Landmarks, with Engravings

Williams, J. David
America Illustrated.
$100 $100 or less

TWO BROTHERS. ONE ENDURING JAZZ LEGACY.

Copi, Tom (1940–2015)
Original Photograph of Percy & Jimmy Heath in Performance c1980 [Photographer's Stamp], Captured by renowned jazz photographer Tom Copi, this original vintage photograph preserves the interplay of two of modern jazz's most influential musicians before a live festival audience.
$95 $100 or less

1917-1927 Photos - The Southern Plains

The Taggarts, Mitchells, Osbornes & Linthicums
The Good Life on THE SOUTHERN PLAINS, 1917-1927, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri Countryside & Backwoods
$225

THE ART OF TOBACCO ADVERTISING

Duke, W. & Sons
Costumes of All Nations [Tobacco Advertising, Cigarette Cards], STAGE PERFORMERS, INTERNATIONAL COSTUME, AND THE ART OF ADVERTISING —VICTORIAN CELEBRITY CULTURE PRESERVED THROUGH TOBACCO CARDS
$80 $100 or less

Antique Herbarium

Floral Memoirs
$2,550

Titans of Literature

Joan Mellen
Titans in the 20th Century Literary NYC Scene
$2,000
Fred Harvey Company
Grand Canyon Photo-gravure Album
$80 $100 or less
Unknown author
Anonymous European Travel Journal
$75 $100 or less
Bangs, Merwin & Co
Catalog of Autograph Letters and Documents, At Private Sale...
$75 $100 or less
Mark Twain, Eugene Field, James Whitcomb Riley
Facetia Americana
$75 $100 or less
Card Tricks for the Amateur Magician
$75 $100 or less
Walter B. Cannon, M.D.
Butterfly Cigarette Silks
$50 $100 or less
Fred J. Cook
The Nation: The Remington Tragedy
$95 $100 or less
Thomas Nast, Illustrator
Lot of 11 issues of Harper's Weekly
$200
Walter B. Cannon, M.D.
8 Lectures by Dr. Walter B. Cannon, M.D.
$300
Eugene Allen Smith, Alabama State Geologist
Geological Map of Alabama with Explanatory Chart
$400
E.T. Paull
E.T. Paull Sheet Music, Lot of 19
SOLD
Joseph K. Dixon
Print from Wanamaker Expedition
RESERVED
M. Curtis, U.S. Forest Service
Record of a Federal Attorney
$1,250
Gamaliel Bailey, Jr., editor & proprietor; John G. Whittier, corresponding editor
[AMERICANA] [ABOLITIONIST] 11 Issues of the National Era newspaper
$2,000
Chesapeake & Ohio #475
$95 $100 or less
Keystone View Company
Glass Lantern Slides
$100 $100 or less
George Harlow, IL Secretary of State
Calumet Club Chicago, 1896-1897
$100 $100 or less
Inanda (Martha Lively)
The Holy Life of Armelle Nicolas, Translated and Revised by Inanda
$110
Robert Pike, Jr and William Pike
Mnemonics Applied to the Acquisition of Knowledge
$125
Edwin Stellmacher
Diary of "Rainbow Division" Bugler
$150
Lot of Black Opera Singer Material
$175
Anna Botsford Comstock, B.S.
My Own Book of Three Flowers Which Blossom in April;, My Own Book of Three Flowers Which Blossom in May
$175
Lot of Early Portrait Photography
$200
Immaculate Heart College Art Department
Irregular Bulletin #8
$250
Cabinet Card of Miss Irene Woodward
$250