![145033] Raffle for the Young Trotting Horse “Billy Wise” at the Parlor Billiard Hall [Opening...](/pictures/thumb/145033_1.jpg?v=1567527386)
An unusual nineteenth-century American broadside advertising the raffling in a parlor billiard hall of “Billy Wise,” a trotter horse. We have yet to identify “Billy..... Read More about Raffle for the Young Trotting Horse “Billy Wise” at the Parlor Billiard Hall [Opening lines...
![3729751] March Composed & Dedicated to The United States Marine Corps, by A Lady of Charleston. A...](/pictures/thumb/3729751_1.jpg?v=1620878708)
Rare c.1820s “New Edition” of this Southern woman composer’s patriotic composition dedicated to the United States Marine Corps.¹ “Lady of Charleston” Eliza Crawley Murden’s March..... Read More about March Composed & Dedicated to The United States Marine Corps, by A Lady of Charleston
![3728915] [1886 American Prison Art by an Italian-American Circus Performer Incarcerated for...](/pictures/thumb/3728915_1.jpg?v=1642471487)
Italian-American Achille Onofri, was an acrobat and contortionist who had met trapeze artist Millie Cook in Havana, married her, and then moved to Philadelphia with..... Read More about 1886 American Prison Art by an Italian-American Circus Performer Incarcerated for Murder,...
![3727483] 10 Rules for Investors [cover title]. A. Vere Shaw, 1887–1970, Barron's](/pictures/thumb/3727483_1.jpg?v=1536186552)
1929 pre-Crash stock market investing tips from noted financial adviser A. Vere Shaw (1887–1970). Shaw was “...a founding member of the Investment Counsel Association of..... Read More about 10 Rules for Investors [cover title
![3731791] Providence and Worcester Road Lottery. [1825 Rhode Island lottery ticket]. Manager i. e....](/pictures/thumb/3731791_1.jpg?v=1659980882)
Tickets for this lottery were issued in Cumberland, Providence County. Signed by A. White Jr. [Providence:] John Miller, Printer, 1825. 2 x 5¾ inches. Near..... Read More about Providence and Worcester Road Lottery. [1825 Rhode Island lottery ticket
![3732901] The Negro in South Carolina during the Reconstruction [in:] The Journal of Negro...](/images/noimage-req.png)
First edition (preceding its publication in book-form) of this important monograph on the role of African Americans during South Carolina’s Reconstruction-era. In 1922 Taylor [Alrutheus..... Read More about The Negro in South Carolina during the Reconstruction [in:] The Journal of Negro History, Vol....
![3731491] Perlee’s Magic, Labor-Saving, Money-Saving, Clothes-Saving, Washing Bleaching and...](/pictures/thumb/3731491_1.jpg?v=1645196907)
Proto-Tide laundry detergent. Magical and astonishing, Perlee’s fluid, by his account, practically washed your clothes for you. The soap wasn’t that magical —one had to..... Read More about Perlee’s Magic, Labor-Saving, Money-Saving, Clothes-Saving, Washing Bleaching and Cleansing...
![3732918] [Presentation Copy:] Sermon Preached at the Consecration of Rev. Elisha Smith Thomas as...](/pictures/thumb/3732918_1.jpg?v=1672195326)
A very scarce ordination sermon preached in 1887 by Henry Benjamin Whipple (1822–1901), the first Episcopal bishop of Minnesota. Bishop Whipple spoke on the occasion..... Read More about Presentation Copy:] Sermon Preached at the Consecration of Rev. Elisha Smith Thomas as Assistant...
![3726429] United States of America: State of Mississippi, to wit: By This Public Instrument of...](/pictures/thumb/3726429_1.jpg?v=1534362380)
Legal instrument of protest signed by Alexander H. Arthur, Notary Public for the Office of the Planters’ Bank of the State of Mississippi at Vicksburg..... Read More about United States of America: State of Mississippi, to wit: By This Public Instrument of Protest…
![3728524] [C. 1877–1881 Scroll Saw Group: Trade Catalog, Chromolithographic Trade Cards, and...](/pictures/thumb/3728524_1.jpg?v=1624381421)
Diverse group of mid-Victorian scroll saw-related material including trade literature, marketing materials, and oversized pattern sheets for creating fretwork designs in the Queen Anne Revival..... Read More about C. 1877–1881 Scroll Saw Group: Trade Catalog, Chromolithographic Trade Cards, and Oversized...
![3731952] 1839 Autograph Letter Signed by A.P. Willis, Mississippi Cotton Agent and Businessman. A...](/pictures/thumb/3731952_1.jpg?v=1659034746)
Newsy letter from ante-bellum Natchez, Mississippi touching on the payment of a debt and with much on the business activities of a cotton and shipping..... Read More about 1839 Autograph Letter Signed by A.P. Willis, Mississippi Cotton Agent and Businessman
![3730889] The Manufactories & Business Houses of the Firm of A. W. Faber, An Historical Sketch....](/pictures/thumb/3730889_1.jpg?v=1643663106)
Very scarce. Color illustrated history of of the firm A.W. Faber Company, international lead pencil, writing slate, and art supplies manufacturers and merchants. The company..... Read More about The Manufactories & Business Houses of the Firm of A. W. Faber, An Historical Sketch....
![3732184] Square Dancing in the Ice Age. (Signed, Review Copy). Abbie Hoffman](/pictures/thumb/3732184_1.jpg?v=1672852008)
First edition, firs printing. Inscribed to New York gossip columnist Liz Smith: “To Liz Smith from Abbie Hoffman.” Review copy with publisher’s slip, two-page press..... Read More about Square Dancing in the Ice Age. (Signed, Review Copy
![3730561] Colonists in Bondage. White Servitude and Convict Labor in America, 1607-1776. Abbot...](/pictures/thumb/3730561_1.jpg?v=1622757853)
“Colonists In Bondage tells the paradoxical story of those white men and women who endured servitude as a road to freedom. Voluntarily or involuntarily, they..... Read More about Colonists in Bondage. White Servitude and Convict Labor in America, 1607-1776
Letters and papers of Abner Woodward (1762–1840), farmer, mail coach operator, Revolutionary War pensioner, and War of 1812 soldier of Ashford, Connecticut and those of..... Read More about 1801–1920, Woodward Family of Connecticut Archive of Letters and Papers
![3731295] Cancion Cruzada. Prologo de Emilio Ballagas. Acacia Hernández Jiménez,...](/pictures/thumb/3731295_1.jpg?v=1657382765)
A joint collection of poetry by Acacia and Aída Hernández Jiménez, with a foreword by Emilio Ballagas. OCLC returns only University of Miami and two..... Read More about Cancion Cruzada. Prologo de Emilio Ballagas
![3726692] [Philadelphia Academy of Music, 1873 Program:] Forasmuch as Dyvers Syngynge People…....](/pictures/thumb/3726692_1.jpg?v=1534362443)
Delightfully humorous program for a concert of antique music performed at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. Likely getting into the spirit of the nation’s..... Read More about Philadelphia Academy of Music, 1873 Program:] Forasmuch as Dyvers Syngynge People…
![146245] Photographic Souvenir Programme of the Actors’ Fund Benefit at the Broadway Theatre....](/pictures/thumb/146245_1.jpg?v=1534362283)
Illustrated programme at the New York City Broadway Theatre 1892, an early artifact of the still-extant Actors’ Fund Benefit. The evening’s performance is thoroughly detailed..... Read More about Photographic Souvenir Programme of the Actors’ Fund Benefit at the Broadway Theatre. January...
![145516] An Act for the better recruiting His Majesty’s Forces on the Continent of America; and...](/pictures/thumb/145516_1.jpg?v=1576019267)
An exceedingly rare Boston-printed 1756 act of Parliament to significantly enlarge the number of British troops in North America. This act allowed British army recruitment..... Read More about An Act for the better recruiting His Majesty’s Forces on the Continent of America; and for the...
![3731797] Harrisburgh Church Lottery. By Authority. [1802 Pennsylvania lottery ticket]. Adam Boyd](/pictures/thumb/3731797_1.jpg?v=1659980883)
The Harrisburg Church was organized in 1794. Worship was first held in the loft of the jailhouse, then in the local court-house. The General Assembly..... Read More about Harrisburgh Church Lottery. By Authority. [1802 Pennsylvania lottery ticket
![3731997] Kwamina. The New Musical. Afred de Liagre Jr](/pictures/thumb/3731997_1.jpg?v=1658775995)
This 54th Street Theatre Broadway flop was set in a Western African nation as it was about the gain independence from Britain. While the dances..... Read More about Kwamina. The New Musical
![3731335] Dr. Benjamin Franklin. Engraved by J. Hopwood from an original Picture in the Possession...](/pictures/thumb/3731335_1.jpg?v=1642442704)
An 1801 stipple engraving of Benjamin Franklin claimed to have been made after a portrait owned by George Washington. “Hopwood worked for British magazines of..... Read More about Dr. Benjamin Franklin. Engraved by J. Hopwood from an original Picture in the Possession of the...
![3730853] Cinderella or The Glass Slipper [cover title]. after Charles Perrault](/pictures/thumb/3730853_1.jpg?v=1643677480)
A poetical re-telling of “Cinderella,” illustrated with eight hand-colored wood engravings. This edition was published by prolific 19th-century children’s book publisher, John McLoughlin as part..... Read More about Cinderella or The Glass Slipper [cover title
![3731358] Benj. Franklin. [Benjamin Franklin Portrait Engraving]. Charles Nicolas after COCHIN](/pictures/thumb/3731358_1.jpg?v=1642442707)
Stipple octagon-shaped engraving signed “N. Cochen del. F. Bolt Sc. 1822” and showing Benjamin Franklin with his iconic glasses and coon skin hat; based on..... Read More about Benj. Franklin. [Benjamin Franklin Portrait Engraving
![3731354] Benjamin Franklin, born at Boston, the 17th. Any. 1706. Engraved for the Universal...](/pictures/thumb/3731354_1.jpg?v=1642442706)
A classic portrait, engraved in 1777, showing Benjamin Franklin with his iconic glasses and coon skin hat. On Charles Nicolas Cochin’s 1777 portrait, Sellers wrote..... Read More about Benjamin Franklin, born at Boston, the 17th. Any. 1706. Engraved for the Universal Magazine
