Anthology of poems on flowers illustrated by chromolithography after paintings by woman botanical artist, Susie Barstow Skelding (1857–1934). Rare in all editions, the present example... Read More
A rare photograph of the participants in the 45th meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science held in Buffalo, New York in... Read More
![Fashion Welts [cover title for Raymond Loewy designed Saks-Fifth Avenue trade booklet]. Saks-Fifth Avenue.](/pictures/thumb/3727769_1.jpg?v=1537910635)
For women golfers, and tennis players, an elegant piece of 1920s women’s fashion advertisement with cover art by “Loewy” i.e., Raymond Loewy (1893–1986), famed Franco-American... Read More
![Willoughby Lake [Vermont Poem, Printed on Birch Bark]. Laura B. Case.](/pictures/thumb/3727768_1.jpg?v=1537910635)
An excellent survival, a poem, in three four-line stanzas, printed in a fanciful font, an ode to Vermont’s Willoughby Lake: “Of all the Lakes in... Read More
Exceedingly rare, post-Revolutionary War Philadelphia almanac. Not located per OCLC, AAS online, nor NAIP. Drake locates LOC only. Hildeburn provides no locations. Interestingly, this almanac... Read More
![Souvenir and Book of Information of San Francisco Published by and Compliments of Newman’s New Russ House… [cover title]. Proprietors Charles Newman Co.](/pictures/thumb/3727760_1.jpg?v=1537910633)
Advertising with dogs. Rare, possibly unrecorded, c.1900 illustrated souvenir book of “Newman’s New Russ House,” a San Francisco luxury hotel later destroyed in the city’s... Read More
A stunning copy. View book of the Pike’s Peak region of Colorado, encompassing its high Rocky Mountain terrain and the towns of Denver, Colorado Springs... Read More
Striking layout, C.1920s Burgess “Wireless” Batteries sales brochure and mail order sales list of batteries made specifically for home broadcasting/receiving radios. The batteries were manufactured... Read More
![[Important Thomas Alva Edison Manuscript Laboratory Note]. “Edison”, Thomas Alva Edison, 1847–1931.](/pictures/thumb/3727757_1.jpg?v=1537910632)
1920 Laboratory note by Thomas Edison, inventor of the phonograph, concerning moulds for his company’s proprietary “Edison Disc Phonograph” records. Here in his own hand... Read More
![[C. 1930s Cairo, Egypt Tourist Map and Perfume Shop Ephemera]. Ahmed Soliman, Abou Taleb El-Helw & Said Abdel Latif, Shepheard's Hotel Cairo.](/pictures/thumb/3727756_1.jpg?v=1537910631)
English-language tourist ephemera from 1930s Cairo, Egypt with a focus on exotic Middle-Eastern goods and all the amenities of home in a foreign city. Of... Read More
![New Bible Cards. Interesting and Instructive with Beautiful Maps [card game]. Publishers and Manufacturers L U. Snead & Sons, Dwight L. Moody; 1837–1899, D L. Moody.](/pictures/thumb/3727752_1.jpg?v=1537910630)
Unrecorded in OCLC, a rare late Victorian card game in its original box used for Bible study and as a parlor entertainment “...for the benefit... Read More
![[Trip to the American West and the Canadian Rockies by the Pilgrim Commandery, No. 11, Knights Templar, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ]. No. 11 Pilgrim Commandery, Pennsylvania, of Harrisburg, Knights Templar.](/pictures/thumb/3727750_1.jpg?v=1537910629)
A collection of six items, some unique. In August and September 1904, members of Pilgrim Commandery, No. 11, Knights Templar, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania formed a.... Read More
With a phenomenal trick dancer, a July 1931 program for Copenhagen, Denmark’s “Valencia” dance hall with half tone illustrations of the dancing and other vaudeville-style... Read More
Flake 110b. Promotional literature from the Church of Latter Day Saints published by the Deseret News in 1904. Salt Lake City: Bureau of Information and... Read More
Illustrated with a view of the Temple Block in Salt Lake City, an ephemeral item, a giveaway card, that demonstrates the endeavors of the Mormon... Read More
Pre-World War I American children’s book in scarce dust jacket and with publisher’s advertising brochure promoting the book for the Christmas holiday season. Billy Popgun... Read More
Late Victorian children’s geography book presented in the form of travel adventure by boys and girls of the “North-End History Club.” The children of the... Read More
In the matter of Ah Fong, a Chinese woman immigrant, an 1874 opinion for the U.S. District Court of California. The opinion was written by... Read More
In outstanding condition, with remarkably fresh and vibrant hand-coloring; a lithographic portrait of U.S. presidential candidate John C. Fremont (1813–1888), the first candidate of the... Read More
![Candrian’s Double Indexed A to Z Street Guide of San Francisco ... With Car-o-Grams & New Map [cover title]. H A. Candrian, Candrian Map & Guide Company.](/pictures/thumb/3726708_1.jpg?v=1537910627)
1926 Pocket directory of San Francisco with foldout map sheet. The combination street guide and city directory includes one unusual feature as part of the... Read More
Unrecorded in OCLC, C.1903 Advertising booklet for Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, an herbal-alcohol tonic for women’s gynecological health, sold by The Lydia E. Pinkham... Read More
C. mid-1820s portrait engraving of Congressman and likely then-United States Secretary of State Henry Clay of Kentucky (1777–1852). The bust-length portrait shows Clay within a.... Read More
![The History of Woman Suffrage [with Lengthy Autograph Inscription on Men and the Issue of Women’s Suffrage, Signed by Susan B. Anthony]. Susan B. Anthony, Susan Brownell Anthony, 1820–1906, Marilla M. Ricker, 1840–1920, Lyman Abbott, 1835–1922.](/pictures/thumb/3726484_1.jpg?v=1537910624)
Important association copy of the separately published fourth volume of The History of Woman Suffrage, inscribed at length by co-editor/publisher Susan B. Anthony to New... Read More
Unsophisticated and complete copy of a rare 18th century Philadelphia almanac. Contemporary manuscript annotations scattered throughout are augmented with three small drawings. Manuscript entries relate... Read More
![The Army Paymaster’s Manual [Charles Colné‘s Copy with his Numerous Manuscript Emendations]. Paymaster United States Army J. H. Eaton, Charles Colné.](/pictures/thumb/3724903_1.jpg?v=1537914654)
American Civil War-era, 1864 official military handbook, The Paymaster’s Manual, or Collection of Official Rules, for the Information and Guidance of Officers of the Pay... Read More
