Formerly bound. Original publisher's beige paper wrappers. No date, circa 1840. 4" x 7." Four pages, complete. Pages are clean and intact overall except for a few wrinkles, slight rippling, occasional offsetting, light to moderate foxing and staining throughout (text still readable), and minuscule chipping along spine (text is unaffected). A Very Good copy. A Christian tract containing verses from the Bible that describe the inherent sinful nature of man and what happens to unrepentant sinners. Tract No. 243 of the American Tract Society. The American Tract Society (ATS) is an evangel... View More...
Beige-colored Senate pamphlet. 28th Congress, 2nd Session. January 13, 1845. 5 1/2" x 9." Eight pages, complete. A very clean copy. This document addresses the printing of British Parliament acts for the use of the U.S. Senate. The acts include Cap. CXXXVIII, which extended the jurisdiction of British courts in Lower and Upper Canada, and Cap. LXVI, which regulates the fur trade. View More...
Beige advertising brochure for performances by Agreneva Slaviansky and her Royal Russian Choir. No date, circa 1929. 6" x 9." Four pages, complete. Two black and white reprinted photographs are included that show Agreneva Slaviansky in an ornate outfit and Slaviansky and her choir, respectively. Pages are very clean and intact. Margarita Agreneva Slaviansky (1880/81-1964) was a Russian vocalist and choral conductor and daughter of Prince Dimitri (or Dmitry) Alexandrovitch Agreneff. Prince Dimitri received the honorary name of "Slaviansky" after he drafted vocalists and visited Slavic vi... View More...
No date but circa 1938. One sheet, 13 1/2 x 12 inches, folded to make eight two sided panels. Photo illustrated, with information on the cruises (itineraries, fares, places to visit, maps, etc.).Printed attractively in black, orange and blue. The company's ships were the Northland, and the North Sea. View More...
Original announcement printed as a brochure on beige paper. This announcement advertises an upcoming title, "American First Editions." No date, circa 1942. 6" x 9." Four pages, complete. One leaf folded in half and printed on all sides. Brochure is very clean and intact. A few minuscule wrinkles and a small, very faint smudge on the last page. A Fine copy. This is an announcement advertising the limited fourth edition of Merle Johnson's American First Editions, which was edited by Jacob Blanck. The first two pages of the brochure give some background on the book. Excerpts from the f... View More...
Original tan wrapper with black lettering on front cover and spine. 6 X 9 1/4 inches. This copy is maps and diagrams, which comes in a box. All plates are present. View More...
Original letter handwritten in black ink on light blue paper. Datelined April 6, 1819 in Boston, Massachusetts. 8" x 13." One page. Letter is clean and intact overall but has faded to a light beige through age toning, a few small stains, and slight wear to extremities. A Very Good copy. In this letter, the writer's signature is not legible but appears to be a first name only. He writes to naval officials in Washington, D.C. to send him documentation as to the arrival and inspection of ship anchors his company has manufactured and shipped. The writer states that he needs these documents... View More...
Original white wrapper with black lettering and a black and white illustration of a Type A Pumping Engine on the front cover. 5 3/4 X 8 3/4 oblong inches. Copy is a bi fold making 4 pages. 2 black and white illustrations with descriptions and pricing. The remnant's of another pamphlet has lightly bled on the back page of this copy. Text is not affected. A red and white sticker on the upper left front cover has the number 187 written in black ink. Lightly dirty, however complete. View More...
Original white wrapper with black lettering. 5 3/4 X 8 3/4 oblong inches. Copy is a bi fold making 4 pages. 3 black and white illustrations with descriptions and pricing. A red and white sticker on the upper left front cover has the number 181 written in black ink. Copy has 2 holes punched along spine. Lightly dirty, however complete. View More...
Original white wrapper with black lettering. 5 3/4 X 8 3/4 oblong inches. Copy 6 pages. 2 black and white illustrations with descriptions. Copy has 2 holes punched along spine. A red and white sticker in the upper left of front cover has the number 187 written in black ink. Lightly dirty and dampstained, however complete. View More...
Dimensions 10 x 14 inches. $1000 Consolidated Mortgage Five Per Cent Gold Bond. Black ink, vignette of two Native Americans sitting on a hill, one looking at a group of settlers with a covered wagon on the left, and one looking at a train on the right. Decorative border. Fold line at top, minor discoloration lower right corner. Includes all 99 coupons. No. 5852, not issued, no stamps or signatures. The Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad Company (AKA "Choctaw Route") completed its main line from West Memphis, Arkansas to Western Oklahoma in 1900, then extended into Texas in 1902. It came under... View More...
Dimensions 13 x 9 inches. Five Year $50 Seven Per Cent Bond. Black and green ink, vignette of a train rolling past a river, decorative border. Minor chipping at top edge. Not issued, no number, stamps, signatures or coupons. Begun in 1867 by Connecticut entrepreneur David Lyman, the New Haven, Middletown and Willimantic Railroad Company began service from New Haven to Middletown in 1870, built a drawbridge across the Connecticut River at Middletown, and reached Willimatic in 1873. Unfortunately, the construction was much more expensive than anticipated. The company was unable to pay the intere... View More...
Dimensions 13 x 9 inches. Ten Year 4 1/2 Per Cent Bond. Black ink, vignette of a two steamboats on the ocean, decorative border. Embossed stamp, fold lines. No. 16 for $10,000. Issued to Lee Higginson & Co. on November 1, 1889. Signatures obscured by ink strike lines, "Frederick L Ames, N. Thayer, Charles Choate and John M. Washburn". Purple "Canceled" stamp across center. Transferred to Kuyvet W. Sears of Nahant, Massachusetts, on November 9, 1889. The Old Colony Steamboat Company was chartered in 1874 and provided steamboat service from Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, to New York City. It wa... View More...
Dimensions 13 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. $500 Five Per Cent Bond. Black and green ink, vignette of a train rolling past a herd of cows lounging by some trees, another circular vignette of steam locomotive in station at bottom. Decorative border. Fold line, three punch holes. No. 1398, unissued, no stamps, signatures or coupons. Originally the Berks and Chester Railroad (inc. 1864), the company was reorganized as the Wilmington and Northern Railroad in 1876. It ran from Wilmington, Delaware, to Birdsboro, Pennsylvania, where it joined the Reading Railroad's main line. In 1895, it was completely taken ... View More...
Original publisher's advertising brochure for books by George Wharton James. No date, circa 1910s. 5 3/4" x 8 1/2." Four pages, complete. Pages are very clean and intact. A fine copy. George Wharton James (1858-1923) was an American lecturer, journalist, editor, and photographer. James wrote many publications on California and the American Southwest. Forty-three of James's titles are featured with brief descriptions and the price of the item. The following are a few examples of his books for sale: "California, Romantic and Beautiful," "Arizona, the Wonderland of the Southwest," "The P... View More...
Original publisher's pink time table for the Boston, Pawtucket, Providence Express Service. 3" x 4 1/4." Four unnumbered pages, complete. One leaf folded in half. Pages are very clean and intact. A Fine copy. Front cover: "Motor Coach Service; Boston, Pawtucket, Providence Express Service; Ride Luxuriantly: The Shortest Route via Forest Hills Every Hour on the Hour; Pierce Bus Lines, Pioneer Operators." The interior pages show three time tables for the motor coach (bus) service from "Boston to Pawtucket and Providence" and "Providence and Pawtucket to Boston" and "Special Morning Trips ... View More...
Buck Rogers Official Punch-O-Bag with original illustrated envelope. Bag has apparatus disintegrated in envelope. No date, circa 1935. Envelope measures 3" x 4 5/8." Envelope is unopened but has some chipping at the edges on the front, which is the illustrated side, and the upper-right corner on the back. Very clean and intact in consideration of the item's age. The envelope includes an illustration of a boy playing with the Punch-O-Bag. The Punch-O-Bag depicted in the illustration shows the face of Killer Kane, the main villain in the Buck Rogers comic strip. While Killer Kane is the ... View More...
Original publisher's white wrappers with staple binding. Front and back covers have color illustrations. The front cover shows a reprinted illustration with the caption, "Santa Ana Canyon." The back cover features a full-page illustration advertising Chesterfield Cigarettes in which a man has his hand read by fortune-teller with the caption,"Your cigarette line reads... They Satisfy; And there's a wealth of good taste in store for you." 8 1/2 " x 11 1/2." Forty-eight pages, complete. Many black and white illustrated advertisements throughout the magazine, complete. Most of the ads relat... View More...
Catholic Mutual Beneficial Association of The Archdiocese of San Fransisco. Executed Certificate of Membership. San Francisco, June 30, 1881. Issued to John Dempsey of Smartsville, Yuba County Ca. Signed by J.B. Mc Nally, President, and attested to by Edward Gilson, Secretary. Certificate numbered 2621. Printed on gold colored paper. 7 3/4 X 9 inches. The Catholic Mutual Benefit Association of The Archdiocese of San Francisco was founded on February 1, 1880. Its basic premise was that upon the death of one of its members, that member's designated beneficiary was to receive an amount of money e... View More...
Formerly bound. Original publisher's beige paper wrappers. No date, circa 1833. 4" x 7." Sixteen pages, complete. Pages are clean and intact overall except for a few wrinkles, slight rippling, occasional offsetting, light to moderate foxing and staining throughout (text still readable), and minuscule chipping along spine (text is unaffected). A Very Good copy. A Christian tract containing a story about model children who want to repent and be good Christians. The story also addresses the consequences of parents who do not give their children religious instruction. Tract No. 245 of the... View More...
