Shreveport, LA: Little Theatre of Shreveport, 1943. First Edition. Softcover. 16pp; cover photo, illustrated ads. Pictorial paper covers. 9" x 6" This copy has handwritten messages signed by six cast members, addressed to a man who had left for naval service in World War II. Articles inside include "Tribute to..... More

Springfield, Mass. Samuel Bowles & Co., 1852. Original album. Hardcover. The 40 cartes-de-visite are fitted into windows edged in gilt and labeled in pencil. Includes several tintypes as well as albumen prints. Compartmented morocco binding, elaborately decorated in gilt, all edges gilt, decorated brass clasps. Spine title: "Auto Photographic Album."..... More

Andover, Maine: s.n., [1910?]. Original document. Broadside, printed on black ink on tan stock, 9" x 18". Small hole in top margin, three pieces old transparent tape at bottom margin--no text loss. [Not recorded by WorldCat.] According to online sources, Andover's population at the time of this Ball Team Circus..... More

East Machias, Maine: Town Overseers, 1877. Original manuscript. Broadside, partly printed and accomplished by hand. Orders the Town to remove inhabitant Thomas E. Beverly, "having fallen into distress and in need of immediate relief," and to "provide for him without delay..." at the expense of the Town. Signed by the..... 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

Scarborough, Maine: 1793. Original manuscript. Small folio, 2-1/4 pp, readable hand, sepia ink. Dated 8 February 1793. Apthorp, a resident of New York City, accepts "Sixty pounds lawful money of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts" in exchange for a tract of land with buildings in Scarborough "given by Benjamin Milliken to..... More

Warren, Maine: 1837. Original manuscript. One page, written neatly in ink on heavy paper watermarked "J.M." and docketed on the verso. Partly printed, mostly handwritten, signed by John Miller, Justice of the Peace. 13.25" x 8" Betsey, a single woman, sold to Stevens for $80 "a tract or parcel of..... More

Baltimore, MD: Baltimore & Ohio R.R., 1928. Original edition. Broadside, printed in sepia ink on white paper; airplane view of capitol. 18" x 6" Below the photo-view of the capitol is the timetable of stations between New York and Washington, followed by places of interest in Washington: Congressional Library, Capitol..... More

Brooklyn: A. Wittemann, Albertype Co., circal 1910. First Edition. Softcover. 24 photomechanical plates mounted to leaves of heavy brown stock, including: Mount Vernon Place, Courthouse, City Hall, Cathedral, Union Depot, Maryland Institute, Eutaw Place, Center Market, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Lexington Street, Confederate Monument, Center Market, Druid Hill, Fort McHenry, &c..... More

1857. Original manuscript. One page, sepia ink on pale-blue paper, original folds, docketed on verso. White is returning the "duly executed" deeds to the properties of P.G. Rosenback, Samuel C. Gilbert, and Griffin Every. White needs to hear more from Dexter re the deed for Adam G. Rosenback because of..... More

Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1839. First Edition. Sewn Binding. 45pp. Archival spine reinforcement. 9.5" x 6" American Imprints 57169 (DGS; DI-GS; PPL; MWHi). The Committee's report, submitted by J. Daggett, precedes "An Act to provide for developing the Coal Mines of the State." Appended is "Some Account of the Anthracite..... More

Amherst, MA: Col. W.H. Phillips, 1910. First Edition. Original Wrappers. pp: 139, (28) illustrated local ads; text illus from photographs, 2 folding maps, one full-page map. Pictorial tan wrappers with minor signs of age; contents clean and tight. 8" x 4.75" More

Worcester, MA: Printed by Henry J. Howland, 1856. First Edition. Original Wraps. 37pp. 9" x 5.75" Emory Washburn (1800-1877) served as Governor of Massachusetts, 1854-1855, and wrote a number of legal treatises. He was instrumental in the founding of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. More