Philadelphia: Published Every Tuesday by Robert T. Bicknell, Stock and Exchange Broker, (April 15, 1834). Volume IV, No. 38. Large tabloid [around 60 by 44.5 cm], 4 pages. Old tape repair; spine fold weak. Good to very good. One of the earliest issues of this interesting publication that we have..... More
Dated January 25 and February 15, 1875. Both cards entirely handwritten in black ink on the blank verso of a pre-paid United States Post Card. Postmarked and canceled. Fine. Jeremiah Colburn was one of the few people willing to assume the responsibility for the publication of the American Journal of..... More
Written on two sides of a 25 by 20 cm sheet of an unruled double-sheet self-mailer. Folded for mailing; remnant of wax seal, with minor loss from opening. Hand-rated, with strong black and weak red postmarks. Very good. An interesting letter discussing changes to be made to plates engraved by..... More
Boston: Manufactured by Laban Heath & Co., Patented, December 25, 1877. Two tilting glass lenses housed in a folding nickel-plated brass frame with decorative scrollwork. The microscope when open to its maximum extent is 14.5 by 5 cm wide at the base and 3 cm in height. The lens has..... More
Boston: Heath, 1864. First edition, 14th printing. Newman 1-P-14(b). 16mo, original blindstamped brown cloth; front cover lettered in gilt. 32 pages; 10 engraved plates of bank note design elements, with original tissue guards, interspersed in the text, with plate 6 serving as a frontispiece, plate 4 printed in red ink..... More
Boston & Washington: Heath, 1877. Twelfth pocket edition. Newman 12-P-2. 16mo, original blindstamped green cloth; front cover lettered horizontally in gilt. 47, (1) pages; printed title preceded by a finely engraved title; 10 engraved plates depicting the right-hand sides of United States Notes and National Currency respectively in $1, $2..... More
New-York: 1859. 4to [29.5 by 22.5 cm], later brown half morocco, gilt, with brown linen sides; original blindstamped dark brown cloth, gilt-stamped with title, trimmed and mounted on front board; spine with two raised bands, ruled and lettered in gilt. 39, (1) pages. A worn copy, with staining throughout and..... More
Printed advertising placard [26.5 by 20.5 cm], mounted on red wooden shingle [29 by 24 cm] with wall mount on rear. Marginal chipping to top of placard; some roughness to shingle, especially at lower right. An eye-catching display item that is for the most part well-preserved. A fun piece of..... More