FIRST AMERICAN EDITION
OF EMERSON’S POEMS, 1847

First American edition, first issue. BAL 5211. CONDITION: Good, lightly soiled, two small ink spots on rear cover.

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AND ITS LOGGING INDUSTRY

An evocative album documenting the Northern California lumbering industry in the early 20th century. Comprising images by at least eight identified photographers, this album begins with a range of photos of lumberjacks posing in front of massive felled, or soon-to-be felled, Redwood trees in Humboldt County. Images show the transportation.....

PHOTO OF CORNELIA A. FASSETT’S PAINTING
OF THE 1877 ELECTORAL COMMISSION,
WITH A BROADSIDE KEY

A scarce photograph of Cornelia Adele Fassett’s noted painting of the meeting of the Electoral Commission of 1877, accompanied by a broadside key. The 1877 Electoral Commission was a temporary body created by Congress to resolve the disputed 1876 presidential election between Republican Rutherford B. Hayes and Democrat Samuel J......

EARLY WINE-RELATED ADVERTISING
LITHOGRAPH WITH CALIFORNIA INTEREST

An exceedingly rare pictorial broadside advertising Turner Brothers wines, syrups, and cordials. The broadside was drawn by John Ffooks, who depicts the manufacturing facilities of the Turner Brothers in New York City, Buffalo, and San Francisco in three separate insets. The latter depiction is especially interesting, as it sets.....

SCARCE CIRCULAR FOR ADAM
FOREPAUGH’S WILD WEST SHOW

A large illustrated circular promoting a Wild West-cum-circus show in New York City produced by Adam Forepaugh. Adam Forepaugh (1831–1890) was one of the great circus organizers of 19th century America from immediately after the Civil War until his death in 1890. Forepaugh is generally credited with devising the “Wild.....

ACCOUNT OF THE 55TH MASS. INFANTRY REGIMENT
OF AFRICAN AMERICAN TROOPS

Col. Charles B. Fox’s scarce account of his service with the 55th Mass. Infantry Regiment—the second African American regiment formed during the Civil War—with important content on the company’s black volunteers. Massachusetts Governor John Andrew created the 55th in 1863 in response to the demand for enlistment in the already.....

A FINE PAIR OF SCHOOLBOY MAPS

A remarkable pair of schoolboy maps, drawn concurrently at the Washington Academy. Two nearly-identical schoolboy maps of the United States, large in size, detailed in content and refined in execution. Remarkable for having been produced at the same school on the same date. Aside from the intrinsic appeal.....

ASCENSIUS PRESS EDITION
OF FROST’S NORTH OF BOSTON

Centennial edition. Limited to 41 copies, 26 being lettered copies bound in full calf. This copy letter “K.” With two evocative photographic illustrations by Larry Hayden, one illustrating Home Burial and the other After Apple Picking. The third illustration, which appears at the head of the colophon page, reproduces an inscribed.....

MANUSCRIPT RECORDS OF THE 3RD MAINE
INFANTRY, INCLUDING SOME GETTYSBURG CONTENT

An archive of three manuscript volumes documenting this storied Maine Regiment, which saw much action serving in the Army of the Potomac. These records were compiled by 1st Lieut. George S. Fuller (1835–1913) of the 3rd Maine Volunteer Infantry’s Company E. Composed chiefly of Kennebec lumbermen, the 3rd Maine.....

INSCRIBED BY THE CAST
OF “RHAPSODY IN BLUE”

A sheet music cover inscribed by Ira Gershwin and the stars of the 1945 biopic of George Gershwin to dancer and actress Ann Miller—a prolific performer in the classic Hollywood musical era of the 1940s and ‘50s. Released eight years after his premature death, the movie Rhapsody in Blue (1945).....

WILLIAM CLARK AND A DEPUTATION OF INDIANS

A brief but interesting letter from an important period in US–Indian relations, with mention of William Clark. George Gibson, then the Commissary General of Subsistence responsible for feeding the military, informs Lieutenant A.M. Wright that “deputation of Indians amounting to 28 persons will pass Mackinaw on their return from.....

“THE SLAVE TRADE IS NOT A TRADE, BUT A CRIME”

A powerful account of William Wilberforce’s introduction of the motion to immediately abolish the English slave trade in the British House of Commons, and a response to objections and counter-proposals, including “gradual abolition.” English Anglican priest, poet, and natural philosopher Thomas Gisborne (1758–1846) was a central figure in the Clapham.....

POCKET MAP OF KANSAS CITY, WITH GUIDE-BOOK

A scarce pocket map of Kansas City accompanied by an inserted guide-book, providing much information on the development and potential of this important midwestern commercial hub in the 1880s. The map provides a comprehensive view of the city, situated at the confluence of the Missouri River and the Kansas River.....