The Amazing Vacation.
Scarce juvenile fantasy novel with drawings by British illustrator Erik Blegvad. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1956). First Edition. 216pp. Sm. 8vo. Hardcover. Small..... Read More about The Amazing Vacation
Scarce juvenile fantasy novel with drawings by British illustrator Erik Blegvad. New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, (1956). First Edition. 216pp. Sm. 8vo. Hardcover. Small..... Read More about The Amazing Vacation
Engraving by Daniel Berger (1744–1824) and adapted from a line engraving by an unknown artist; signed “D. Berger Sculp. 1783.” Oval medallion with a ring..... Read More about Benyamin Franklin, gebohren 1706. [Benjamin Franklin Portrait Engraving
Miami, Florida beekeeper F. Danzenbaker, formerly of Washington, D.C., held at least four patents for his hive. The text thoroughly describes Danzenbaker’s hive for comb..... Read More about Facts About Bees. Management of Danzenbaker’s Hive For Comb Honey… [cover title
Unrecorded on OCLC, a rare and ephemeral campaign biography throwaway from the 1888 New York gubernatorial race which re-elected sitting-Governor David B. Hill to a...... Read More about 1892 U.S. Presidential Candidate:] An Outline of the Official Life and Public Services of His...
Speech of U.S. Senator David Barton (1783–1837) of Missouri concerning debate on an appropriation bill. Barton takes his colleague, Senator Hugh L. White of Tennessee..... Read More about Speech of Mr. Barton, of Missouri, in Reply to Mr. White, of Tennessee, Upon the Appropriation...
Frontiersman David Campbell Robinson’s notebook, spanning 1791-1803, documents land ownership and transactions in Western Virginia, religious observations, and an extraordinarily vivid recounting of a dream..... Read More about 1791–1803 Notebook kept by frontiersman David Robinson in the Northwest Territory and Western...
Stipple engraving by David Edwin (1776–1841), signed “Edwin sc.” Based upon the portrait made by the royal Manufacture Nationale at Sèvres between 1778 to 1779..... Read More about Benjamin Franklin. Born Jany. 17th 1706. Died April 17th, 1790
First edition and inscribed: “For Paul Bartel—to look back at one who came earlier. David Freeman, Los Angeles, October 1988.” Bartel directed the black comedy..... Read More about The Last Days of Alfred Hitchcock. ( Association copy, signed
It is unknown by us if the present copy is a first edition in a variant binding color, a trial binding, or an early reprint..... Read More about The Picturegoers. A Novel. (Signed
“Free Trade, Free Labor, Free Soil, Free Speech and Free Men.” Albany pamphlet issued as a newspaper “Extra” of the Albany Atlas, publishing the anti-slavery..... Read More about Herkimer Convention. The Voice of New York! Proceedings of the Herkimer Mass Convention of Oct....
Brief note by David d’Angers (1788–1856), 19th century French neoclassical sculptor and member of Académie des Beaux-Arts, elected in 1826. D’Angers studied in the studio..... Read More about Autograph Note Signed by David d’Angers, French Sculptor and Member of Académie des Beaux-Arts
Cover title continues: “Special Edition Prepared for Class Use.” A thorough study of the division of social classes of Southern African Americans within a caste..... Read More about Children of Bondage. The Personality Development of Negro Youth in the Urban South
Biography of celebrated French Renaissance soldier, Pierre Terrail (1476–1524), more generally known as the Chevalier (Knight) de Bayard or simply, le bon chevalier—the good knight..... Read More about Bayard Bookplate and Primitive Iron Bookmark within:] Histoire de Pierre Terrail, dit Le...
“A hitherto unpublished account of Col. Brown’s attempt to cut Burgoyne’s communication at the head of the Northern Lakes.” (Decker) Off-print from The New-England Historical..... Read More about The Fight at Diamond Island, Lake George
1464 document signed by Louis d’Harcourt, Bishop of Bayeux, Normandy, France and Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem. A member of the influential d’Harcourt family of Normandy..... Read More about 1464 Document Signed by Louis D’Harcourt, Bishop of Bayeux, France and Latin Patriarch of...
Yearbook of Central State University, an independent HBCU since 1947. The school began in 1887 as a two-year normal and industrial department at A.M.E Church-affiliated..... Read More about The Centralian. 1967. Central State University
The Utica Convention of 1848 resulted in the formation of the Free Soil Party who opposed the expansion of slavery into Western territories. The pamphlet..... Read More about “Albany Atlas Extra—February, 1848.”] The Utica Convention. Voice of New-York!! Proceedings...
First edition, No. 32 of 60 copies on blue paper and specially bound. Edited and with an introduction by Jean-Louis Chevalier. Decorations by Denton Welch..... Read More about Dumb Instrument. Poems and Fragments. (Special Limited Issue
Advertising broadside for the Pennsylvania Industrial and Construction Exposition held at the Farm Show Building in the state capital. Attendees of the six-day construction trade..... Read More about 1954 Exhibit Broadside: Pennsylvania Industrial and Construction Exposition, Harrisburg, Pa
Proposal for this Kansas national park offering a brief text covering history, analysis and recommendations. The report is notable for its four 8 x 10..... Read More about Proposed True Prairie National Park, Kansas. [Alternate title:] Proposal for a True Prairie...
Autographed portrait print of a triumphant Bishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa, 1984 Nobel Peace Prize Recipient. The image of Bishop Tutu—then Bishop of Lesotho..... Read More about Autograph Portrait Print of Bishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize Recipient and South African...
Profusely illustrated, an important exhibition catalog on Henry Ossawa Tanner, the first Black American artist to attain international distinction. Born in Pennsylvania, Tanner is known..... Read More about Henry Ossawa Tanner
First edition, first printing. Inscribed and signed and with a drawing of the moon and stars with a rose below: “For Lea [Gee?] – in..... Read More about The Motorcycle Betrayal Poems. (Inscribed and signed
The author’s first book. Comic and satirical musings on various themes—America, Brotherhood Week, Freedom Rides, etc.—from comedian and civil rights activist, Dick Gregory (1932–2017). Gregory’s..... Read More about From the Back of the Bus
1909 Illustrated prospectus for a convention in Pittsburgh to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the organizing of the Disciples of Christ church in nearby Washington..... Read More about Pittsburgh and the International Centennial Celebration and Conventions of the Disciples of Christ