New Orleans: [ca. 1960]. Broadside, 9 x 6 inches. Minor toning. Broadside urging the white citizens of New Orleans to stop buying Ford cars, claiming Ford profits "have been distributed to integration and civil rights organizations" to the detriment of white folks "by forcing them to associate with negroes." The..... More
[Asheville, N.C. ca. 1948]. Large broadside, measuring 14 x 22 inches, printed on card. Upper left and lower right corners chipping. Some dampstaining, creasing, and mild wear. The years following World War II saw a significant economic expansion in the United States. Part of this expansion was a massive boom..... More
[Mullins, S.C. 1908 or 1914]. Broadside, printed in black on green paper stock, 12 x 8.75 inches. Old folds, minor loss to edges and crossfolds, noticeable soiling and staining. An unrecorded broadside advertising land for sale specifically to African American residents on Smith Street in the city of Mullins, South..... More
Camden, Ar. August 5, 1860. [2]pp. on blue lined paper. Old folds, minor edge wear. An interesting pre-Civil War letter sent from Arkansas settler Lawrence P. Speck to his cousin Jennie back in Tennessee. Speck moved from Tennessee to Arkansas to pursue business opportunities, and writes that he "likes it..... More
Richmond, Arkansas: July 18, 1866. [4]pp., closely written on a single folded quarto sheet of blue-lined paper, totaling approximately 1,800 words. Old folds, minor wear and light soiling. An informative correspondence from an Arkansas citizen to another in the year after the Civil War ended. The writer, J.H. Kent of..... More
[Various locations: 1861-1865]. Forty letters, approximately [96]pp. Many with original envelopes. Light wear and soiling, old folds. In a legible hand. Together with twelve additional family letters and two military commissions. A wonderful archive of correspondence written home from the Confederate lines by William Henry Tabb of the 14th Mississippi..... More
[N.p., likely Springfield, Il. ca. January 8, 1877]. Three long galley leaves, each approximately 6.5 x 19 inches and printed on rectos only, with numerous pencil emendations. Old folds and creases, numerous chips and tears to margins, pervasive wrinkling, making reading a bit challenging at times, but with no loss..... More
[Various locations in Florida]: 1901. [16] leaves, illustrated with thirty-two original vernacular photographs, all 3.5 x 3.5 inches, most with manuscript captions in ink above the images. Oblong octavo. Contemporary gray paper wrappers, white titles on front cover. Spine mostly split, a few shallow chips to edges. Internally clean. A..... More
Jacksonville, Fl. March 15, 1858. [4]pp., on a single folded sheet. Old mailing folds. An informative dispatch from antebellum Florida from A.C Scranton to "Friend Barton" in 1858. In his letter, Scranton reports that despite some problems, he is enjoying southern people and general life in Florida: "The people generally..... More
[Various locations in North and South Carolina: 1860-1879]. Thirteen autograph letters, signed, totaling twenty pages. Original mailing folds, minor overall wear. A collection of thirteen manuscript letters mostly sent to A.C. Myers at various locations in South Carolina, nine of which involve business matters and with four letters sent to..... More
Auburn; Buffalo; London: Derby and Miller; Derby, Orton, and Mulligan, 1853. [4],336pp., plus frontispiece portrait and six plates. 12mo. Original publisher's cloth, spine gilt. Spine ends and corners worn, cloth rubbed; patches of discoloration to rear board. Slightly later, pencil ownership inscription and annotation on front free endpaper recto. Scattered..... More
[Raleigh?]: 1911. 23pp. Square 12mo. Original black cloth. Minor wear to covers, text block detached. Minor soiling, small ink stamp to final blank and verso of title page. A rare little volume published by author and English instructor Harry Houston Peckham, possibly in North Carolina during his time teaching there..... More