![3735412] Lacon; or Many Things in Few Words; Addressed to Those Who Think. A. M. Rev. C. C. Colton](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3735412.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1755808561)
This 1836 New York edition of a popular gift book reached Bardstown, Kentucky two years after publication. As seen on the front free endpaper, “J..... Read More about Lacon; or Many Things in Few Words; Addressed to Those Who Think
![3735393] Official Register of the Officers and Cadets of the U.S. Military Academy, West Point,...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3735393.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1755809138)
Stonewall Jackson’s name leads this very rare Register of West Point cadets from June 1846, the year he graduated. Older than most classmates, Jackson entered..... Read More about Official Register of the Officers and Cadets of the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New-York....
![3735384] Keep Indiana Democratic Red Feather Campaign Badge. Unk](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3735384.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1755206536)
Mid-20th-century political campaign ephemera consisting of a dyed red feather printed in yellow and red with the slogan “KEEP INDIANA DEMOCRATIC.” Distributed during Democratic state..... Read More about Keep Indiana Democratic Red Feather Campaign Badge
![3735380] Whitman’s Party Book. Illustrated with Chocolate Gift Boxes. Whitman's](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3735380.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1755119927)
Richly-illustrated, a circa 1930s–1940s promotional giveaway aimed at Whitman chocolates customers planning home social events, produced by the Philadelphia candy manufacturer. The booklet presents suggestions..... Read More about Whitman’s Party Book. Illustrated with Chocolate Gift Boxes
![3735374] 1867 autograph letter signed soliciting a musical instructor for rural youth in...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3735374.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1755119926)
A community letter seeking to recruit Abel Rambo (1821–1887), a respected educator, to instruct Pottstown’s youth. In part: “Sir, I embrace this opportunity of informing..... Read More about 1867 autograph letter signed soliciting a musical instructor for rural youth in Pottstown,...
![3735373] The Confederate States of America Twenty Dollars… (Confederate Currency & Patent...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3735373.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1755119926)
Printed in 1885, this dual-sided circular advertises Dr. Morse’s Indian Root Pills on one side and features a black-and-white facsimile of a Confederate States $20..... Read More about The Confederate States of America Twenty Dollars… (Confederate Currency & Patent Medicine...
![3735372] John Beatty. Autograph Note Signed on U.S. House of Representatives Letterhead, February...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3735372.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1755034644)
In full: “Globe, Please send me 20 copies Daily Globe of today — Money enclosed. Respectfully Jno Beatty.” (with contemporary pencil notation beneath: “$1 —..... Read More about John Beatty. Autograph Note Signed on U.S. House of Representatives Letterhead, February 25, 1868...
![3735335] Ten Little Injuns: Comic Song and Chorus. Sung with Immense Applause by Mr. E. F. Dixey....](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3735335.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1755206536)
Dedicated to “To Master Frank Dixey Winner,” this sheet music was performed by Edward F. Dixey, a 19th-century American comic actor associated with blackface minstrelsy..... Read More about Ten Little Injuns: Comic Song and Chorus. Sung with Immense Applause by Mr. E. F. Dixey
![3735334] Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines. Written & Sung By T. Maclagan [cover title]. T....](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3735334.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1753205063)
This postbellum American comic ballad was likely written and performed by Scottish entertainer Tom Maclagan, active since the mid-1860s. The piece gained fame in the..... Read More about Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines. Written & Sung By T. Maclagan [cover title
![3735259] The American Caravan: A Yearbook of America Literature. (Signed by Robert Penn Warren](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3735259.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1757437843)
Signed by Robert Penn Warren in Seminal Modernist Anthology Featuring Hemingway, Stein, Stevens, and Others First edition, signed on the title page by Robert Penn..... Read More about The American Caravan: A Yearbook of America Literature. (Signed by Robert Penn Warren
![3735257] The Borzoi 1925: Being a Sort of Record of Ten Years of Publishing. (Inscribed, Blanche...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3735257.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1757429095)
Inscribed Copy of the Borzoi 1925 from Blanche Knopf to Hollywood Film Producer Walter Wanger First edition, limited to 500 copies. An exceptional presentation copy..... Read More about The Borzoi 1925: Being a Sort of Record of Ten Years of Publishing. (Inscribed, Blanche Knopf to...
![3735237] Follow Thru. “I Want to Be Bad.” (Jazz Age golf musical sheet music, later filmed.)....](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3735237.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1750800582)
Copyrighted in 1928 at the height of the Jazz Age, this first edition sheet music for Follow Thru showcases the breakout number “I Want to..... Read More about Follow Thru. “I Want to Be Bad.” (Jazz Age golf musical sheet music, later filmed
![3735144] The Life of the Solar Pioneer Karl Wolfgang Böer. (Signed First Edition). Karl Wolfgang...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3735144.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1749763455)
The story of this pioneer in solar engineering and science as told by Karl Wolfgang Böer with the assistance of Esther Riehl. New York: IUniverse..... Read More about The Life of the Solar Pioneer Karl Wolfgang Böer. (Signed First Edition
![3735018] Children’s Liberation. Country Women](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3735018.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1749761458)
A significant issue of the pioneering feminist periodical Country Women, here devoted to the theme of “Children’s Liberation.” Published bimonthly by a rural women’s collective..... Read More about Children’s Liberation. Country Women
![3734439] Battle of Nashville, Tennessee. [United States Colored Troops]. The United States...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3734439.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1753809822)
Between the 1880s and 1890s, Kurz & Allison issued thirty-six chromolithographic battle views of the Civil War. As Holzer and Neely observe, their work is..... Read More about Battle of Nashville, Tennessee. [United States Colored Troops
![3734375] Majestic. The “Smart Set” of Radio. [caption title]. Majestic Radio](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3734375.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1729783888)
Sales brochure advertising Majestic Radios, table-top radios for home use featuring “duo-valve self-shielded tubes…for superlative reception.” The radios were licensed under patents from R.C.A., Hazeltine..... Read More about Majestic. The “Smart Set” of Radio. [caption title
![3734374] Genuine Panama Hats for Men, Women and Children. Panama Hat Company](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3734374.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1729783888)
Well-illustrated trade catalog of handwoven Panama hats for the 1911 season, issued by the Panama Hat Company of New York City. Halftone illustrations depict 19..... Read More about Genuine Panama Hats for Men, Women and Children
![3734372] Catalogue of Toilet Preparations, Perfumes, Food Flavors, Food Colors, and Cleaning...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3734372.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1729783888)
Circa 1902 rade catalog of toiletries and household requisites—Fin de Siècle Hints—issued by W.A. Costen Company, chemists and perfumers of Pocomoke City, Maryland. More than..... Read More about Catalogue of Toilet Preparations, Perfumes, Food Flavors, Food Colors, and Cleaning Articles
![3734370] Woven Military Equipment. The Russell Manufacturing Co. Webbing Specialists. Middletown,...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3734370.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1729783887)
Well-illustrated trade catalog issued shortly after the First World War by the Russell Manufacturing Company of Connecticut, specialist weavers of elastic and non-elastic webbing. The..... Read More about Woven Military Equipment. The Russell Manufacturing Co. Webbing Specialists. Middletown,...
![3734358] Die Germantauner Zeitung. Dienstags, den 10ten December, 1793. Num. 167. [Philadelphia...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3734358.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1757023098)
This rare issue of Die Germanfauner Zeitung, a bi-weekly publication, is dedicated almost exclusively to covering Philadelphia’s devastating Yellow Fever epidemic in the fall of..... Read More about Die Germantauner Zeitung. Dienstags, den 10ten December, 1793. Num. 167. [Philadelphia Yellow...
![3733518] “That Harlem Number” [P. 500 in:] Survey Graphic. February, 1925. Ed Paul U. Kellogg](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3733518.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1757513697)
The Harlem Number Announced in Survey Graphic’s February 1925 Advertisement On page 500 of the February 1925 issue of Survey Graphic, a full-page advertisement announced..... Read More about “That Harlem Number” [P. 500 in:] Survey Graphic. February, 1925
![3733517] “Hampton, Tuskegee and Points North” by Robert R. Moton. [Pp. 15-18 in:] The Survey....](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3733517.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1736980141)
Robert R. Moton on the Great Migration and the Hampton-Tuskegee Model Published in the April 1, 1925 issue of The Survey Graphic, Robert R. Moton’s..... Read More about “Hampton, Tuskegee and Points North” by Robert R. Moton. [Pp. 15-18 in:] The Survey. Graphic...
![3732012] Selections from the Writings and Speeches of William Lloyd Garrison. With an Appendix....](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3732012.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1711907371)
First edition of this anthology of writings and speeches from the great New England antislavery reformer and editor of The Liberator. Inscribed and signed by..... Read More about Selections from the Writings and Speeches of William Lloyd Garrison. With an Appendix....
![3730662] Neutral Rights; or, An Impartial Examination of the Right of Search of Neutral Vessels...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3730662.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1757017943)
First American Edition of Schlegel’S Defense of Neutral Rights at Sea Translated from the French. Published during the maritime conflicts of the Napoleonic era, Schlegel’s..... Read More about Neutral Rights; or, An Impartial Examination of the Right of Search of Neutral Vessels under...
![3728045] Emancipation in the West Indies. A Six Months’ Tour in Antigua, Barbadoes, and...](https://rareamericana.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/3728045.jpg?width=320&height=480&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1759767455)
First hand reports of travels in the Caribbean and the effects of the abolition of slavery there by authors Rev. James A. Thome and J...... Read More about Emancipation in the West Indies. A Six Months’ Tour in Antigua, Barbadoes, and Jamaica, in the...
