New York: Frank Seaman, Publisher, 1883. Wraps. Printed wraps. With a few illustrations. Lengthy section of ads in the rear. A general interest magazine edited by Dio Lewis, with some items related to women's issues and health. This issue includes a study of inebriety in women; a new remedy for... More
Scotch Plains, NJ: Morning Sun Books, 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover. Stated first printing. Green paper covered boards in color illustrated dust jacket. Small folio. 128 pp. Color photos throughout. A work devoted to the railroad photography of William J. McChesney, providing an exhaustive look at the various railroads and... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1865. Cloth. Brown cloth. 512, 512, 460 pp. A detailed biography of Samuel Adams, focusing on his role in the forming of the United States, including his thoughts on British rule, and his actions during the American Revolution and after. POOR condition. Ex-library. Pockets, pastedowns... More
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, U.S.A. Portsmouth Marine Society, 2000. Cloth. First Edition. Cloth in unclipped jacket. 306 pages. With black and white photos and illustrations throughout, including a fold out depiction of the shipyard. An in depth history of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard on the border of Maine and New Hampshire... More
New York: The Century Co, 1891. Wraps. Illustrated wrappers with angel illustration in gilt. Black and white illustrations throughout. Single issue of this magazine devoted to literature, history and other topics. This issue with many pieces relating to Christmas. Of note is part II of "The Naulahka" by Rudyard Kipling... More
New York: Julius Bien, Publisher. Unbound. no date. Perhaps early 1900s. Two card stock die cut color figures in a dance pose held in a folder with an illustration on the front. A piece of ephemera depicting a pose in the Swedish Weaving dance, with the reverse of one figure... More
Washington: Lemuel Tower, Printer, 1857. Pamphlet. Pamphlet. 15 pp. Double columned text. A printing of a speech by Senator Stephen Douglas, speaking out against the legitimacy of the Lecompton Constitution of Kansas, citing coercion and other tactics by pro-slavery forces used to try to establish Kansas as a slave state... More
Portsmouth, NH: Portsmouth Historical Society, 2017. Trade Paperback. Trade paperback. 229 pp. A detailed history, drawing on primary sources and other material, of the lives of black, Native American and mixed-race people living in the Kittery and Berwick region of Maine from 1645 to around 1820, contradicting popular conceptions that... More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1896. Leather. Black leather. Pocket sized format. 111. A few black and white illustrations throughout. A guide for members of the Hospital Corps in the United States Army, instructing on marching formations, extensive instructions on carrying litters and injured soldiers, packing medical supplies, etc. With the... More
No Place: Barker's Nerve and Bone Liniment, Publisher. 1899. Wraps. No place or date, presumed Philadelphia, circa 1899. Color illustrated wraps. 32 pp., plus covers. Black and white illustrations throughout. The illustrations are cartoon in form, with two bearing derogatory racial stereotypes of African-Americans. With one illustration lampooning the discovery... More
Battle Creek, MI: Postum Cereal Company, 1920. Wraps. Color illustrated wraps. 16 pp., including covers. Color illustrations throughout. A promotional work issued by the Postum Cereal Company to promote its Toasties Cereal, written a short work for children following the adventure of a boy and tiny Native Americans and elfin... More
Philadelphia: Review Printing House, 1887. Wraps. Printed wraps. 80 pp. A bound volume of financial and business reports for several different railroad companies: the Susquehanna Coal Co., Mineral Railroad and Mining Co., Summit Branch Railroad Co., and the Lykens Valley Coal Co, all operating in Pennsylvania or vicinity. POOR condition... More
New York: A.S. Barnes, 1851. Hard Cover. Printed paper covered board with black leather spine. Xix, 13-405 pp., plus ads in the rear. 11 numbered maps plus four battle plans/maps. Several small black and white illustrations throughout. A general history of the origins and growth of the United States, from... More
Crotch Island, Stonington, ME: Planned Total Environment, Publisher, 1974. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. 84 pp. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout. First, and perhaps only, issue of this journal issued by members of an intentional/experimental community planned on Crotch Island in Stonington, Maine. The group planned on using the community... More
