![MANITOU & VICINITY [cover title]. Manitou Springs Colorado](/pictures/037915.jpg)
[Colorado Springs]: [Thayer & Howbert], [1880s]. First Edition. Decorated Cloth. Contains 12 plates of views in leporello (accordion-fold) format. Based on photographs, the views include: Manitou with Pike's Peak in the Distance; Manitou Bath House; Ute Iron Spring; Colorado College, Colorado Springs; The Antlers; Colorado Springs and Pike's Peak from..... More
![PIKE'S PEAK BY AUTO [cover title]: THE PIKE'S PEAK AUTOMOBILE HIGHWAY...Grandest Scenic Highway...](/pictures/040586.jpg)
Brooklyn, NY: Albertype Co., circa 1918. First Edition. Softcover. Contains 11 leaves printed in sepia ink on heavy stock, rectos only: one page of text, 10 views from photographs. Ribbon-tied, pictorial cream wrappers. 4.75" x 6.5" Views include: Entrance to Pike's Peak Auto Highway; Ute Pass; Glen Cove; Serpentine Trail;..... More
Chicago and New York: Rand-McNally & Co., (1919). 1919 edition. Softcover. pp: 25, (11) hotel and other ads. Full-color map opens to 19" x 26". Automobile Road Map printed in red on verso. Folds into brown stiff wrappers, printed in black. Covers dusted, traveler's notes pencilled on title-page, map near..... More
Jamaica, NY: Long Island Rail Road, 1969. First Edition. Broadside, printed in green on yellow stock. Describes the trip aboard the ferry boat "Martha's Vineyard"; bus tour including Branford Trolley Museum, Yale University, Booth Memorial Park; dinner at Elk's Restaurant, Port Jefferson; train schedule; small photo of ferry boat; etc...... More
Chicago: Rand-McNally & Co., circa 1892. Early edition. Softcover. Map printed in black and red, opens to 14" x 21". Folds into printed card covers, which include a testimonial statement by Wm. McKinley as Governor of Ohio [1892-1896], while the map is copyright 1888. More
Hartford, CT: Governor's Office, 1917. Original document. Partly printed document, accomplished by hand. In part: "...reposing special trust and confidence in the skill and patriotism of J.S. Anderson, Jr. of the Mirror of Stonington, Conn., do hereby appoint him...Special Representative of the division of co-operation of the press, committee on..... More
Hartford: Geo. E. Wright, (1902). First Edition. Original Cloth. pp: xxvi, 42; 8 b&w illustrations. Bound in red cloth over card stock, cover printed in gilt; spine partly worn, otherwise sound. 5.75" x 3.25" Trolley-car guide and business directory of Hartford at the turn of the 20th century. Includes a...... More
1873. Original document. One page, octavo, printed form, accomplished by hand. Application is made to the Board of Commissioners, Middlesex County, Connecticut in September, 1873. Signed by E.W.N. Starr, Town Clerk, by the applicant, and by the guarantor. Docketed on the verso. 8" x 5" More
Middletown [CT]: County of Middlesex, 1882. Original document. Printed form, accomplished by hand. Names the licensee, dates of issuance and expiration, and fee paid; signed by two county commissioners and the county clerk. Printed with filigree corner and border decorations, county seal, and an eagle symbol. 9.75" x 13.25" Suitable..... More
1862. Original manuscript. Written neatly in sepia ink on a slip of paper, 4.75" x 7.75". Six itemized charges, including: "Sept 2nd - To putting up bills headed Remember the War Meeting - .50"; "3rd - To putting up bills for Irish Meeting - .50"; "5th and 9th - Distributing..... More
Morris, CT: Community Hall, 1935. First Edition. Original cloth. 60pp; 12 plates from photographs. 7.5" x 5". Laid in is a printed Compliments handbill, with a map to the Museum on the back. Commemorates Revolutionary War officer James Morris, and Aline Morris, the French-born US educator who flourished 125 years..... More
1754. Original manuscript. 1-1/2 pages, quarto, 52 lines written in sepia ink on laid paper. In part: "...I Daniel Armstrong of Norwich in ye County of New London and Colony of Connecticut in New England for and in Consideration of one Hundred & thirty pounds in Current Old Tenor Bills...Sell..... More
1743. Original manuscript. One page, folio, 42 lines written in sepia ink on laid paper. In part: "...I Joseph Carew of Norwich in the County of New London and Colony of Connecticut in New England for and in Consideration of the Sum of four Hundred pounds in True Bills of..... More
1740. Original manuscript. One full page, quarto, 45 lines written in sepia ink on laid paper. In part: "To all people to whom these presents shall come Greeting. Know ye that I Thomas Danforth of Norwich in the County of New London and Colony of Connecticut in New England for..... More
1765. Original manuscript. One page, folio, 43 lines written in sepia ink on laid paper. In part: "...Know ye that I Jonathan Peck of Norwich in ye County of New London & Colony of Connecticut in New England for & in consideration of ye Sum of Eight pounds lawful money..... More
s.l. s.n., circa 1850s? Original document. Engraved map, colored by hand in pink, green and yellow; mounted on canvas in panels for folding. Opens to 15" x 24". Folds to 7.5" x 4". Trace of light wear at folds, still in sound condition. Shows rivers, railroads, major property owners, etc...... More
1750. Original manuscript. One full page, folio, 31 lines written in sepia ink on laid paper; some weakness at folds with no text loss. In part: "...I Thomas Partridge of Preston in ye County of New London and Colony of Connittient[sic] in new england Do for and in consideration of..... More
St. Paul: Pioneer Press Co., Printers, 1883. First Edition. Calf & Boards. pp: vii, (i), 166 with index, erratum slip tipped at front. Bound in half-calf and marbled boards, spine ruled and lettered in blind; some edge wear to boards, else clean and tight. 9" x 5.75" Sets forth laws..... More
Bismark, Dakota: Tribune Printers & Binders, 1888. First Edition. Original Cloth. 85pp. Bound in maroon cloth, blind-ruled borders, gilt cover lettering. Major sections of this report are: Report of the Commissioner of Immigration: Report of Territorial Statistician; Dakota Weather Service; Agricultural Products; Land Entries (settlers and homesteaders); The Railroads. 9.5"..... More
Baltimore: George M'Dowell & Son, 1832. First Edition. Full Leather. 471pp; woodcut illustrations and text maps; foxing in text. Bound in contemporary calf, red leather spine label, gilt lettering. 9" x 5.5" The first half of this book gives state-by-state data on population, history, towns and counties, etc. for the..... More
Chicago: Rand, McNally, 1903. Copyright 1895. Pictorial Paper Covers. 64pp; 80 b&w views from photographs. String-bound in color-pictorial wraps. Laid in is a turn-of-the-century postcard in color, a view of Pennsylvania Avenue from Treasury. 6.25" x 8.75" More
Washington DC: Capital City Art Co., Circa 1910. First Edition. Pictorial Stiff Wrappers. Title-page, 20 plates from photographs. In addition to exterior and interior views of government buildings are views of: New Corcoran Gallery of Arts; Arlington House; birdseye view of Pennsylvania Avenue, showing trolley lines and horses; Soldier's Home;..... More
Washington DC: Lee House, 1920. First Edition. Printed self-wraps. Broadsheet, opens to 16.5"x 12" with color map and photo views. Side 1: street map of Washington, with 43 points of interest. Side 2: promotional info on The Lee House and accommodations. Each with tub and shower bath . electric fans..... More
![THE U.S. CAPITOL [cover title]. Washington DC](/pictures/038339.jpg)
New York: Adolph Wittemann, 1885. First Edition. Original Cloth. Contains 12 panels of views in leporello (accordion-fold) format, two views per panel, printed in sepia from Louis Glaser photo-lithographs. Views include: Capitol (several views); Senate Chamber; Congressional Library; Ladies Parlor; various murals; Marble Room; President's Room; Statuary Hall; House of..... More
![VIEWS OF WASHINGTON [Albertype views by Louis Glaser]. Washington DC](/pictures/037566.jpg)
![VIEWS OF WASHINGTON [Albertype views by Louis Glaser]](/pictures/037566_2.jpg?v=1535398750)
![VIEWS OF WASHINGTON [Albertype views by Louis Glaser]](/pictures/037566_3.jpg?v=1535398750)
NY: Wittemann Bros. 1885. Early edition. Original Cloth. 12 panels of views, accordion-fold (leporello) format. Views include: Washington Monument; Capitol; Peace Monument; U.S. Treasury; Corcoran Art Gallery; Post Office Deparment; Smithsonian Insittute [sic]; National Museum; Soldiers' Home; &c. Decorative red cloth, stamped in black. Two panels archivally rejoined on verso..... More