Rare books, pamphlets, manuscripts, letters, correspondence, journals, archives, ephemera and so on: Selections from our inventory that we either find interesting, unusual, amusing or significant.
Rare books, pamphlets, manuscripts, letters, correspondence, journals, archives, ephemera and so on: Selections from our inventory that we either find interesting, unusual, amusing or significant.
![3731919] Golden Pomegranates of Eden. Elizabeth Marney Conner, pseud. Paul Veronique](/pictures/thumb/3731919_1.jpg?v=1652910752)
Unrecorded and sole(?) edition of the feminist musings and declarations by this little-known author, with highly-spiritual and unusual beliefs. Elizabeth Marney Conner (pseud. Paul Veronique)..... Read More about Golden Pomegranates of Eden
![3731868] The Regulations Lately Made concerning the Colonies, and the Taxes Imposed upon Them,...](/pictures/thumb/3731868_1.jpg?v=1652926216)
First edition. Boston stamp tax collector Andrew Oliver’s copy; signed on title-page. Ghostwritten by Thomas Whately, this pro-government pamphlet promoted Lord Grenville’s positions on colonial..... Read More about The Regulations Lately Made concerning the Colonies, and the Taxes Imposed upon Them, considered
![3731786] 1888 –1889 Bank of Minot, Dakota Territory Collection. President E. Ashley Mears,...](/pictures/thumb/3731786_1.jpg?v=1652910743)
The Bank of Minot was likely the first bank established in Minot, Dakota. In this group, the bank’s president and cashier solicit investments and discuss..... Read More about 1888 –1889 Bank of Minot, Dakota Territory Collection
![3731621] Eighty Years and More (1815-1897): Reminiscences of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Elizabeth...](/pictures/thumb/3731621_1.jpg?v=1652915196)
First edition of Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s autobiography, an “account of her life as one of the leading thinkers and activists of American feminism [and] an..... Read More about Eighty Years and More (1815-1897): Reminiscences of Elizabeth Cady Stanton
![3731453] Doctor J. Flagg, Respectfully acquaints the ladies and Gentlemen of this town, that he...](/pictures/thumb/3731453_1.jpg?v=1648176441)
Unrecorded late 18th Massachusetts handbill advertising the dentistry services of Josiah Flagg (b. 1763, Boston), the first native-born American to make dentistry his life’s work..... Read More about Doctor J. Flagg, Respectfully acquaints the ladies and Gentlemen of this town, that he continues...
![3730061] [Library of Vice President Hannibal Hamlin; Captain Bligh’s Open Boat Voyage; Benjamin...](/pictures/thumb/3730061_1.jpg?v=1648176439)
Of Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, and Captain Bligh. From the library of Hannibal Hamlin, Vice President under President Abraham Lincoln, and his rubber stamp on..... Read More about Library of Vice President Hannibal Hamlin; Captain Bligh’s Open Boat Voyage; Benjamin Franklin]...
![3731680] Simple Speaks His Mind. (Inscribed). Langston Hughes](/pictures/thumb/3731680_1.jpg?v=1647572607)
First edition of this first collection of the “Simple” short stories written about the everyday lives of Harlemites. Given by Hughes, in the year of..... Read More about Simple Speaks His Mind. (Inscribed
![3731320] A Resolve of the Honorable His Majesty’s Council of the Province of the...](/pictures/thumb/3731320_1.jpg?v=1644519983)
One of four known copies. A rare 1759 circular encompassing the “unseemly” behaviors of mixing wine, food, and song with religious ceremony in Colonial America..... Read More about A Resolve of the Honorable His Majesty’s Council of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay,...
![3731184] Map of the United States, Showing the Territory in Possession of the Federal Union,...](/pictures/thumb/3731184_1.jpg?v=1642086373)
An unusual 1864 Civil War map distinguishing territory controlled by the Federal Union from that remaining in possession of the Confederacy. Together, areas tinted purple..... Read More about Map of the United States, Showing the Territory in Possession of the Federal Union, January, 1864
