Littleton, N.H. Charles P. Barnum's Bicycle Agency, 1894. First Edition. Softcover. 8pp; illustrated thoughout, descriptions and prices. Cycling equipment includes: bicycle suits, kerosene bike lamps, cyclometers, carriers, child's seat, bells, locks, whistles, horns, repair kits, pumps, tools, lubricants, etc. Shown on the back page are The "Comet" Safeties for boys... More
Syracuse, NY: H.R. Olmsted & Son, 1898. First Edition. Softcover. 24pp; illustrated thoughout, descriptions and prices. Cycling equipment includes: tourist bags, tool kits, belts, bicycle bells, coasters, toe clips, cyclometers, kerosene lamps, locks, floor stands, pumps, saddles, tools, etc. Bound in printed red wrappers, 10.25" x 6.75" [The earliest Olmsted... More
Boston: Sterling Elliott, 1899. First Editions. Softcover. Six issues, 32pp per issue, bound in original decorated wrappers. 9.5" x 6.5". Contains illustrated ads for various bicycles and equipment. Articles focus on the experience of bicycling, travel by bicycle, bike maintenance, tours to various areas, etc. Highlights in these issues include... More
Indianapolis: Marmon Motor Car Co., circa 1930. Softcover. 23pp; 20 views from photographs, showing the Marmon Sixteen five- and seven-passenger sedans, the seven-passenger limousine, five-passenger convertible, five-passenger close-coupled sedan and two-door coupe, two-passenger coupe and convertible coupe, chassis, engine, etc. Bound in tan wrappers, stamped in silver and black. 8.75"... More
Rawhide, Nevada: N.E. Johnson, 1908 [1970s]. Softcover. pp: (1) text, (41) views from photographs with captions, (1) portrait of Ned E. Johnson (photographer), folding panorama bound in at back. The one-page text, "Rawhide," is by F.W. Clark, Pacific Coast Agent. Bound in pictorial green wrappers. Private bookplate inside cover, otherwise... More
Des Moines.Iowa: Kenyon Company Map Makers, 1916. First Edition. Softcover. Full-color map, opens to 18.5" x 32", including margins. Place-name index, census figures, shipping & postal guide on verso. Folds into printed, red card covers, 5.5" x 3". Printed inside front cover: "Don't waste time looking at poor land...come to... More
Denver: W.G. Chamberlain, circa 1875. Original photograph. Two sepiatone images (3.5" x 3..25"), mounted side by side on green card stock, 4" x 7". Dampmark on verso. Printed slip on verso: "Clear Creek Canyon. This canyon is traversed by the Colorado Central Rail Road with an ascent of 106 to... More
Colorado Springs: Gurnsey, circa 1880. Original photograph. Two sepiatone images (3.5" x 3..25"), mounted side by side on yellow card stock, 4" x 7" "Exterior view looking northeast of the original 'Summer House' at Ute Iron Springs in Manitou Springs, Colorado; a shingle roofed pavilion (1880) with latticed balustrade and... More
![HANDWRITTEN LETTER (ALS) FROM THIS WHALING CAPTAIN [to N & WW Billings, New London, Connecticut] DATELINED AT CAPE VERDE ISL., JUNE 19th, 1833. Capt. Albert McLean.](/pictures/040554.jpg)
1833. Original manuscript. One page, quarto, about 20 lines in sepia ink, by a readable hand. Minor break at one fold, no text loss. In part: "Sir, I now embrace the second opportunity to inform you that we are all well at present & I cruised at the Western Islands... More
Pomona, California: Pomona Pump Co., 1920s. First Edition. Softcover. 39pp; illustrated throughout from photographs, bi-color centerfold. Bound in color-pictorial wrappers, with an aerial view of the Pomona Pump Works on the back cover. Contains views and detailed descriptions of the pumps; their uses for farming, swimming pools, etc.; and prices... More
![WASH YOUR FAT AWAY WITH HOWARD OBESITY OINTMENT: Simple, Harmless and Inexpensive External Remedy [broadside]. Howard Company.](/pictures/040552.jpg)
New York: Howard Co., ca. 1900. Original document. Broadside, printed in black ink on pulp stock, lightly tanned. Text in part: "It removes fat from that part of the body to which it is applied--restoring the natural bloom of youth, leaving no wrinkles or flabbiness....You merely apply the ointment to... More
Washington DC: [USGPO?], 1887. First Edition. Softcover. 8pp. Self-wrappers. Neatly removed from a nonce volume, and spine reinforced with archival paper. 8.75" x 5.5" Stewart (1827-1909), American lawyer and politician, left Yale University in 1850 to join the Gold Rush to California, soon moving on from San Francisco to begin... More
Washington DC: [USGPO?], 1887. First Edition. Softcover. 14pp. Self-wrappers. Neatly removed from a nonce volume, and spine reinforced with archival paper. 8.75" x 5.5" Stewart (1827-1909), American lawyer and politician, left Yale University in 1850 to join the Gold Rush to California, soon moving on from San Francisco to begin... More
![THE L.A.W. BULLETIN AND GOOD ROADS: A Weekly Journal Devoted to Highway Improvement and other subjects of interest to Wheelmen in general, and to the League of American Wheelmen in particular. [Broken run of 20 issues, all from 1897.]; Present are: January 1, January 29, February 5, February 12, February 26, March 12, March 19, April 2, April 9, April 23, April 30, May 14, July 9, July 30, August 13, August 20, August 27, September 3, September 10, September 17. Sterling Elliott.](/pictures/040542.jpg)
Boston: Sterling Elliott, 1897. First Editions. Softcover. Twenty (20) issues in original wrappers, 36 pages per issue. Contains illustrated ads for various bicycles and equipment. Articles focus on the experience of bicycling, travel by bicycle, bike maintenance, tours to various areas, etc. Bound in decorated wrappers; two holes in spines... More
1930. Original manuscript. Hardcover. pp: (32) printed matter, including 8 full-color pages of flags (world, ships’, etc.) and funnels, info on ship navigation; nicknames of U.S. cities; etc. One-page handwritten “itinerary” from Grand Rapids, MI to Detroit to Montreal to Quebec to Belfast, Liverpool and London, June 25-July 5 [1930]... More
Philadelphia: American Iron & Steel Ass'n, 1882. First Edition. Softcover. 29pp. Printed blue wrappers. Neatly removed from a nonce volume; back cover gone. 8.5" x 5.5" Swank was General Manager of the American Iron & Steel Association. More
New Bedford, MA: Board of Trade, 1896. First Edition. Softcover. 7pp. The New Bedford Board of Trade invites visitation and commerce from the people of Cape Cod. Touches on the railroad controversy, new ferry service, trolleys, demise of whaling, flourishing cotton industry, banks, shopping, opera house, &c. Bound in card... More
Schuylerville, N.Y. Published by the author, 1897. First Edition. Softcover. pp: 44, (2) map and key to map; 5 plates from photographs. Bound in printed green wrappers. 6.25" x 4.25" More
Portland, Maine: Stephen Berry, Printer, 1879. First Edition. Softcover. 53pp. Includes a blank membership certificate, lodge constitution, by-laws, order of business, list of 24 members (one deceased), and index. Bound in printed gray wrappers. 6.25" x 4" [Unrecorded by WorldCat.]. More
Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son, 1878. First Edition. Softcover. 32pp; frontispiece portrait of Thomas Talbot. Bound in printed gray wrappers; old signature at top of cover. 7.25" x 4.75" The author was Secretary of the Honest Money League of the Northwest. Thomas Talbot was elected governor of Massachusetts in 1878. More
![THE L.A.W. BULLETIN AND GOOD ROADS: A Weekly Journal Devoted to Highway Improvement and other subjects of interest to Wheelmen in general, and to the League of American Wheelmen in particular. [Broken run of 13 issues, all from 1896.]; Present are: June 19, July 17, July 24, August 28, September 11, September 18, September 25, October 2, October 16, November 13, December 11, December 18, December 25. Sterling Elliott.](/pictures/040541.jpg)
Boston: Sterling Elliott, 1896. First Editions. Softcover. Thirteen (13) issues in original wrappers, 36 pages per issue. Contains illustrated ads for various bicycles and equipment. Articles focus on the experience of bicycling, travel by bicycle, bike maintenance, tours to various areas, etc. Bound in decorated wrappers; two holes in spines... More
Philadelphia: League of American Wheelmen, 1898. First Edition. 103pp, including 35 double-page maps in black and white. Printed inside the cover is "The Rights of Wheelmen: An Act defining the rights and regulating the use of Bicycles and Tricycles." The text includes an explanation of the maps and an index... More
Worcester [MA]: Charles Griffin, Printer, 1827. First Edition. 16pp. Centers on the importance of agriculture and rural economy. Includes a two-page list of prizes awarded by the Committee on Neat Stock, the Committee on Fat Cattle & Milch Cows, the Committee on Working Oxen, the Committee on Manufactures of Wool... More
Philadelphia: Printed for Gratuitous Distribution, 1863. First Edition. Softcover. 16pp. Contains: Letters from General Rosecrans; Gov. Cannon's message and proclamation; An argument from an old Democrat; Speech of Hon. D. S. Dickinson; Lessons of the past; shall we heed them?; The army and the copperheads. List of contents are printed... More
New York: American Home Missionary Society / John A. Gray, Printer, 1857. First Edition. Softcover. 34pp. Bound in decorated yellow wrappers, sewn. 9" x 5.75" Sturtevant was then president of Illinois College. Here, he discusses emigration to the 16 non-slaveholding States. "For obvious reasons...we shall leave out of our estimate... More