New Haven, CT: The Advocate Press, Printer, 1969. Wraps. Wraps. 78 pp. A collection of essays and manifestos discussing peace and protest, especially in regard to the actions of Daniel Berrigan and others (the Catonsville Nine) in burning draft records in protest of the Vietnam War. This includes similar actions... More about Delivered Into Resistance. The Catonsville Nine-Milwaukee Fourteen Defense Committee
No Place: Commercial Photo Shop, Publisher. Unbound. No place or date, presumed 1918. Long panoramic photo, printed on a single side. Black and white. Included in the plethora of people pictured are members of the 42nd Infantry, General Woodward, 73rd and 74th Infantry, Division Bands, 36th Infantry, General Hodges, Major... More about Plymouth (12th) Division Panaromic Photo taken at Camp Devens, Massachusetts, Dec. 3, 1918
New York: Virtue and Yorston. Half-Leather. no date, presumed circa 1867 or 1877 based on a date on the half title illustration of volume three and a misbound map in the same volume, with a date of 1877. Half leather with brown cloth. Small folios. 664, 680, 738 pp. All... More about The Great Civil War. A History of the Late Rebellion with Biographical Sketches of Leading...
New Haven: Eli Hudson, Printer, 1813. Pamphlet. Pamphlet, lacking any wrappers issued. 38 pp. A sermon musing on religious and theological themes, by noted American minister Lyman Beecher, father of Harriet Beecher Stowe. GOOD condition. Owner's name in ink on the title page, with a few other stray notes in... More about A Reformation of Morals Practicable and Indispensable. A Sermon Delivered at New-Haven on the...
Denver: Stonehenge Books, 1981. Wraps. Wraps. Signed by the author on the title page. 99 pp. Black and white photos throughout. A history of the rise of the Cripple Creek-Victor region of Colorado due to the discovery of gold, discussing the mines, early settlers, events and other figures in their... More about Cities of Gold. History and Tales of the Cripple Creek- Victor Mining District
Chapel Hill, NC: Tryon Publishing, 1997. First Edition. Wraps. Stated first edition, first printing. Wraps. 125 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. A history of the USS Constitution, examining the impetus for creating a navy, the design and construction of the USS Constitution, including elements which led to its success... More about Creating a Legend
Providence: B. Cranston and Co. and H.H. Brown, 1842. Pamphlet. Stated second edition, with an added note not issued in the first edition, being a statement from Judge John Pitman to Reverend Wayland. Pamphlet, lacking any wrappers issued. 32 pp. A work reflecting on the events surrounding the then very... More about The Affairs of Rhode-Island. A Discourse Delivered in the Meeting-House of the First Baptist...
No Place: Published by the Author, 1962. Wraps. Wraps. 36 pp. Black and white photos throughout. A collection of anecdotes of the early history of Leadville Colorado, including Jesse James and his prospecting there in 1880; an anecdote of the outlaw Espinosa Brothers etc. GOOD+ condition. Minor fading and soiling... More about Early Years of Colorado Presents New Tales of Early Leadville Part Two. 16 Stories. 16 Pictures
New York: The S.S. McClure Company, 1906. Wraps. Color illustrated wraps. Black and white illustrations and photos throughout. Single issue of this magazine, featuring: "The Unexpected," by Jack London; "Robin Goodfellow-His Friends," part IV by Rudyard Kipling; a lengthy article accompanied by photos on Montana by C.P. Connolly, primarily discussing..... More about McClure's Magazine. August, 1906
Boston: Davis C. Ballad, Publisher, 1814. Tabloid. Single sheet , folded into four pages. Roughly 15 by 20 inches. A few small illustrations in the advertising section. A single issue of this newspaper from Boston, containing several article and small pieces of news on the War of 1812. This includes... More about Boston Patriot. Saturday Evening, January 29, 1814
New York: The Century Co., 1892. Wraps. Illustrated wraps. Black and white illustrations throughout. A single issue of the magazine covering a wide range of topics. This includes a piece by Theodore Roosevelt, " An Elk-Hunt at Two Ocean Pass" recalling a hunt in Wyoming near the Shoshone Mountains. Also... More about The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine. September, 1892
Hartford: Hudson and Skinner, Printers, 1836. Pamphlet. Pamphlet in plain light blue wrappers, presumably not original to the work. 36 pp., including a small plan/map of a section of Hartford in 1639. A history of the First Church in Hartford, Connecticut, recalling the various clergy, ministers and events in its... More about Historical Sketches of the First Church in Hartford. A Centennial Discourse Delivered in the...
Philadelphia: Casemate, 2013. Cloth. Black paper covered boards in unclipped jacket. 272 pp. With a few maps and black and white photos. A detailed study of the use of unconventional warfare tactics used by George Washington and his army against the British during the Revolutionary War, examining his use of... More about Special Operations During the American Revolution
Washington: No Publisher, 1879. Pamphlet. No publisher. Washington: 1879. Pamphlet, lacking any wrappers that may have been issued. 32 pp. A somewhat long-winded speech by Edmunds, with many citations of the Constitution, various acts and laws passed throughout the 1800s, that may have somehow pertained to the use of the... More about Speech of Hon. Geo. F. Edmunds, of Vermont, in the Senate of the United States, on the Bill of...
Boston: C.F. Jewett and Company, 1878. Cloth. Brown cloth with a leather spine. Folio. 424 pp. Map of Essex County preceding the text. A General history of Essex County and the towns/cities that comprise it, all located on the North Shore, north of Boston. This includes short histories of Amesbury... More about Standard History of Essex County, Massachusetts, Embracing a history of the county from its first...
Worcester: American Antiquarian Society, 1977. Wraps. Blue printed wraps. Signed by the author on the title page. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society Volume 87 Part 1, April 1977. A history and study of printing in the United States (the American colonies at the time), examining the... More about Aprons Instead of Uniforms: The Practice of Printing, 1776-1787
Portland (ME): Chisholm Bros. Wraps. 1880 date given, but presumed circa 1883 based on a date on an advertisement for the Glen House in the rear. Illustrated wraps. 140 pp., plus ads. Fold out bird's eye view of the White Mountains preceding the text, with black and white illustrations throughout.... More about Chisholm's White Mountain Guide Book
No Place: H. Niles, presumed Publisher. Wraps. 1812, 1813. Pamphlet, with newer paper wrappers. Pagination varies. Double columned text. A collection of various portions or extracts of the Weekly Register from 1812 and 1813, including news on the War of 1812, sections on naval action; accounts of the destruction of... More about The Weekly Register. Extracts from 1812 and 1813
No Place: Julius Bien, Publisher. Unbound. No place or date. Perhaps early 1900s. Two cardstock 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 Scotch Highland Fling dance, with the reverse of... More about Folk Dance Place Cards. No. 2 Scotch Highland Fling
Bowie, MD: Heritage Book, 1999. Trade Paperback. Trade paperbacks with glossy yellow-orange wraps. 832 pp between the two books. Black and white illustrations throughout. A facsimile reprint of the 1903 original of this work, being volume 2 ONLY (parts 1 and 2), providing a short history of the Hampstead, New... More about A Memorial History of Hampstead, New Hampshire Congregational Church 1752-1902. Volume II, Parts...
No Place: No Publisher. Hard Cover. No publisher, place or date, presumed early 1900s. Paper covered boards with a black cloth spine. Unpaginated, perhaps 75-100 pages. A blank book with tipped in black ink line tracings/illustrations depicting decorations and ornamentation from a variety of historical examples, including Egyptian, Assyrian, work..... More about Historical Ornament. Scrapbook or Sample Book from Marjorie Drake Rhoades