Nome, Ak. November 1, 1900. 6pp., with original transmittal envelope. Loose octavo sheets. Previously folded; light, even tanning. In a slightly hurried, but quite legible script. Missouri natives Edwin Sherzer and his brother were two of Nome's first postal workers, while they endeavored to develop a dog sledding business on..... More
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Tishomingo County, Ms. November 3, 1865. [1]p. of manuscript on a folio sheet. Old folds, minor wear and soiling. A manuscript true copy of a loyalty oath taken by Thomas B. Kerr of Tishomingo County, Mississippi following the end of the Civil War. The oath itself reads: "I do solemnly..... More
Humacao, P.R. Tip Conciencia Popular, 1929. [39]pp., plus frontispiece; includes advertisements. Original printed wrappers; rear cover lacking. Spine guillotined, leaves loose. Ink stamp on front cover, a few in preliminary leaves, corner chipped. A rare work by Puerto Rican poet Juan B. Delgado, and a victim of the New York..... More
San Francisco: 1889. Twenty-seven original photographs, approximately 3.5 x 5.75 inches. Small quarto album. Contemporary pebbled cloth, boards blind stamped. Light wear to spine, boards with minor scuffing, corners bumped. Two album leaves loose, several more beginning to separate at gutter. Photos mounted directly to leaves, with contemporary manuscript captions..... More
[Elizabeth, N.J. Elizabeth Printing Service, for the National Consumers Committee for Research and Education, Inc., 1959]. [16]pp. Original illustrated wrappers, stapled. Minor toning to spine. Internally clean. A scarce history of the Cultural Center for Migrants in Freehold, New Jersey, opened in the wake of the 1945 Migrant Labor Law..... More