![Cover title:] Japanese Russian War 1904. [A personal album of hand-captioned stereographic...](/pictures/thumb/3662_1.jpg?v=1560463357)
A significant and captivating photographic archive recording the first modern war from the perspective of an important figure in its documentation, pioneering American war correspondent and photojournalist Richard Barry. This remarkable archive contains half stereographic photographs taken and captioned by Barry during the Russo-Japanese War, some of which illustrate his.....
A compelling chart graphically comparing the cultural, economic, material, and human resources of the Free and Slave States, issued shortly after the Battle of Fort Sumter, and seeking to bolster Union spirit. Consisting of twenty-eight bar graphs and drawing on the most recent information (most of which dates from.....
![Beppo Wallenda Circus Tour photo album.]. Beppo, compilers Mary Wallenda](/pictures/thumb/5692_1.jpg?v=1580334844)
A delightful photo album evidently compiled by Beppo and Mary Wallenda, chronicling thirteen years of their circus tours throughout Europe and the U.S. Vividly depicted in this album is the world of European and American circuses and traveling circus troupes with a mixture of publicity shots and intimate candid.....
First edition. Inscribed in ink by Beston on the front free endpaper, as follows: “For George Hall, Esqr., with the compliments of the Outermost Householder. Henry Beston October 1928.” CONDITION: Good, extremities slightly worn, spine faded with author and title barely legible, newspaper clippings about Beston affixed to the front.....
A fundraising circular for Mary McLeod Bethune’s all-black Bethune Cookman College in Florida. Celebrated African-American educator, stateswoman, philanthropist and civil rights activist Mary McLeod Bethune (1875–1955)—fondly known as “The First Lady of The Struggle”—is best known for founding this private college for black students in Daytona Beach, Florida. Born.....
A large and boldly graphic map, centering on the Ottoman Empire and depicting various missionary outposts therein, and as such a powerful visual tool designed to promote the missionary cause. The map extends from the Caspian Sea in the northeast to southern Bulgaria in the northwest, and from the.....
A scarce Panther item, published both separately and also as an insert to the June 1970 issue of The Black Panther newspaper. During the late 1960s and early ‘70s, the Black Panther Party attained the height of its influence and underwent a shift from exclusively black-oriented concerns to a more.....
![Part of the Crew, U.S.S. Bear in 1898. Relive [sic] Expedition on the Ice, at Point Barrow. H....](/pictures/thumb/5282_1.jpg?v=1572632476)
A rare photo of ten members of a relief expedition for 275 stranded whalers, commanded by African-American Capt. “Hell Roaring” Mike Healy. This photograph shows ten members of the crew of the USS Bear at Point Barrow in 1898, wearing fur jackets and mukluks and posing with harpoons. One.....
Blanchard’s map of Missouri and eastern Kansas with a portion of southwestern Illinois, published as the country turning the page on the era of Bleeding Kansas and the Civil War. A key on the lower left identifies both proposed railroads and those in operation, state capitals, county seats, state.....
![Legal papers relating to the Roorback Forgery.]. Samuel Blatchford](/pictures/thumb/5894_1.jpg?v=1589064243)
A compelling lot of legal papers relating to the 1844 libel case of Thurlow Weed vs. James G. Bennett, which concerned the widely-printed allegation—known as the Roorback forgery or hoax—that then-presidential-hopeful James K. Polk had branded his slaves and sold them to slave traders. In the lead-up to the.....
First edition, one of fifty copies printed. A rare account of the libraries of six Bangor gentlemen, including those of Col. J. W. Porter (genealogy and local history), Fred H. Parkhurst (history, science, literature, constitutional law, etc), C. E. Bliss (Websteriana), Prof. D. S. Talcott (early printed books), Frederick H......
A fine copy of this charming pocket atlas of 18th century France. Rigobert Bonne (1727–1795) was an engineer, mathematician and cartographer. In 1773 he succeeded Jacques-Nicolas Bellin as royal hydrographer at the Depôt de la Marine. This is one of his earlier cartographic publications. In its original and very.....
![Locomotive photo archive.] Photographs; Porte Feuille [cover-titles]. Boston, Providence Railroad](/pictures/thumb/5490_1.jpg?v=1575040057)
An impressive photo archive documenting a range of locomotives built for the Boston & Providence Railroad by the Rhode Island Locomotive Works; the Taunton Locomotive Mfg. Co.; Mason Machine Works; the Hinkley & Williams Works, and the Boston & Providence itself. Forty-two of the various engines pictured were produced.....
An appealing manuscript map of the Manzanita mine in the Sweetland mining district, Nevada County, California. The settlement of Sweetland was established by the Sweetland brothers in 1850. They are also known to have operated a trading post there in 1852. Henry Pettit Sweetland was a California State Assemblyman...
![No. 2. Quit-Claim Deed. From Patrick Breen. To P[at] Garrett and L.W. LLewellyn. Patrick Breen,...](/pictures/thumb/4615_1.jpg?v=1560463903)
A New Mexico Territorial mining document involving Pat Garrett and his mining partner and colorful friend W. H. H. Llewellyn. This quit-claim deed was submitted by mining prospector Patrick Breen of the Organ Mining District in New Mexico to certify his sale for the amount of one dollar of the.....
![Archive Relating to the Founding of the Town of Brewer, Maine]. Josiah Brewer, Joseph Sewell](/pictures/thumb/4192_1.jpg?v=1560463560)
A substantial archive of manuscript documents and letters, many of which relate to the early development of the town of Brewer, Maine and the role of Samuel B. Stone as “father of the town,” with letters concerning the administration and development of land in nearby Eddington, etc. The earliest.....
A striking bird’s-eye view of New Hampshire’s White Mountains, produced to supply the burgeoning tourist trade of the late 19th century. By the end of the 19th century the Lakes and White Mountain regions of New Hampshire had become major tourist destinations, with a well-developed network of rail and.....
![A letter to arms manufacturer James T. Ames]. Calvin Brown](/pictures/thumb/4415_1.jpg?v=1560463689)
A firsthand account of the Mare Island Navy Yard, then under construction, where the U.S. Navy civil engineer Calvin Brown would design and build Drydock #1—considered both his masterwork and one of the most remarkable masonry structures in California and the broader U.S. The Mare Island Naval Shipyard.....
Enthralling narrative of Englishman John Browne, detailing his journey with five fellow military deserters from St. Helena Island, three of whom make their way to Brazil, ending with Browne’s visit to Cape Town and return to St. Helena where he delivers this narrative under oath . John Browne’s narrative—the veracity.....
A rare, jam-packed minstrel show playbill with blackface performances by Buckleys Serenaders in their Boston theater, brimming with ‘comic’ descriptions of three acts plus general information. Part I of this program includes melodies such as Darky Felicity and Farm Yard; Part II features variety acts such as the song.....
The first edition of this captivating narrative of a harrowing voyage through the Straits of Magellan to Rio de Janeiro following a shipwreck off the coast of Chile. Part of George Anson’s fleet and commanded by Capt. Cheap, the Wager was en route to harass the Spanish when it.....
An interesting collection of views, mainly of major architectural monuments, but also including street scenes and a few genre subjects (a troika in summer, ditto in winter, and a street vendor and customers in front of the Tsar Bell). The locations are Moscow (23), St. Petersburg (10) and Nijni Novogorod.....
A 1930s pictorial map of Yosemite Valley featuring numerous amusing illustrations highlighting the tourist attractions of this celebrated national park. Created for the Southern California Automobile Club’s Westways Magazine, this map provides an automobile guide to Yosemite and features early trails as well as famous tourist destinations in Yosemite.....
A scarce and charming lithograph after a painting by Maine artist Esteria Butler showing Newton Theological Seminary, consisting of several handsome buildings situated on a hill. In the foreground, just beyond a gate and a carefully constructed stone wall, a horse-drawn carriage is shown making its way to the seminary.....
A handsome trade catalog of printing and lithographic inks, including samples of half-tone, semi-transparent, opaque, two-shade sepia, book, poster, soft, medium and heavy body inks printed over the same image of a cowboy on bucking bronco. The typography is impressive as each sample is printed on the type of paper.....