Alexandria, Va. [1950s]. Four programs, each a single sheet folded to make [4]pp., each printed in a different monotone color. Only two folded, minor ink notations to one example, minor even toning. A small but notable collection of advertising ephemera from the segregated Carver Theater in Alexandria, Virginia. The Carver..... More
Hampton, Va. Normal School Press Print, 1886. viii,75pp. Original green printed wrappers. Some chipping to spine and edges of wrappers, a handful of earnest cello tape repairs. Internally rather clean. A rare session catalogue for the Hampton Institute printed at the school during the middle portion of the school's second..... More
Sandy Creek, N.Y. 1895. Broadside, 12.25 x 5.5 inches. Uniformly tanned, old folds, moderate marginal chipping. Mounted to slightly larger cardboard backing. A seemingly-unrecorded broadside advertising a performance by an African-American singing troupe while on the road in New York. Somewhat incongruously, the Original and Famous New Orleans Jubilee Singers..... More
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[Hampton, Va. The Press of the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, January, 1924]. [8]pp. 16mo. Original self wrappers, stapled. Very minor wear. A very rare fundraising brochure printed and issued by Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute during the Roaring Twenties. The short, pocket-sized work includes sections titled, "What Hampton Is,"..... More
New Haven: October 31, 1927. Photographically-iIlustrated broadside, 16 x 19 inches. Moderate edge wear, a few short, closed edge tears. An advertising broadside for the Illustrated Current News of New Haven, Connecticut, featuring the infamous Muse Brothers of Roanoke, Virginia. In the early-20th century, George and Willie Muse disappeared from..... More
Richmond, Va. Saint Luke Press, [1927]. 12pp. Oblong octavo. Original pictorial self wrappers, stapled. Minor soiling and edge wear, soft vertical crease. [with:] Community Hospital Campaign June 10 - June 25 1927 (Inclusive) To Our Workers...[caption title and beginning of text]. Small broadside, 5.25 x 6.25 inches. Printed in blue..... More
Washington DC: [1864]. Albumen photograph, 5 x 8 inches, on a "Brady Washington" studio mount measuring 6 x 9 inches. Top left corner creased, light spotting to photo and mount, minor soiling to image. A striking photograph from the Washington, D.C. studio of Mathew Brady, capturing the scene in a...... More
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[Various locations in Virginia and Cuba]: 1910-1911. [30] leaves, illustrated with eighty-five mounted sepia-toned photographs and fifteen mounted cyanotypes, plus nineteen photographs laid in. Oblong octavo. Contemporary leather. Binding significantly chipped and rubbed, spine perished. First leaf detached, a couple of removed photos, otherwise nice internally. An intriguing collection of..... More
Baltimore: Published by John F. Weishampel, Jr., [1859]. 86,[4]pp., including two engraved plates. Original brown cloth decoratively blindstamped, with gilt titles on front cover. Minor edge wear and moderate staining to boards, spine ends scuffed. Occasional foxing to text. The rare first edition of Reverend Noah Davis's redemptive autobiographical "emancipation..... More
"Naval Asylum" January, 1848. [3]pp., on a single folded folio sheet of lined paper, docketed in pencil on verso of the second leaf, "Dr. Garnett's Essay." Old folds, light toning, minor darkening along folds. A manuscript essay authored by Dr. Alexander Yelverton Peyton Garnett (1820-1888), a Navy surgeon recently returned..... More
Houston: Gray, Dillaye & Co., 1909. viii, 230pp. Modern half black morocco and black cloth, spine gilt, preserving original gilt cloth label on front cover reading, "A.C. Gray." Title page a bit chipped, diagonal crease in first few text leaves, moderate even toning to text. The printer's copy of one..... More
Houston: Gray, Dillaye & Co., 1909. viii, 230pp. Contemporary black limp leatherette, with gilt titles on front cover and "Alice Gray Sears McGee" stamped at the bottom. Title page a bit chipped, with two brown cello repairs to both title and the first leaf of the Preface, the latter of..... More
Mooresfields, Va. April 6, 1805. [3]pp., on a single folded sheet, addressed on verso of second leaf. Old mailing folds, minor loss to second leaf from removal of wax seal, costing a few words, closed horizontal tear to second leaf, minor toning. An informative manuscript letter written from Jeremiah Moore..... More
Richmond: Samuel Pleasants, 1803. 43pp. Modern half blue calf and marbled boards, original leather label retained. Moderate wear and soiling to text, title page with contemporary ownership inscription heavily inked over. One or two other ink notations to text. A solid copy. An anonymous collection of travel notices written by..... More