![Item #3563 The Pine and Palm. Year Number, 8. Whole Number, 136 [caption title]. African...](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/McBRB3563.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1661965749)
Boston: February 20, 1862. 4pp. on a single sheet of newsprint. Folded, split along top central vertical fold lines of both leaves with minimal loss, bottom portion of spine fold also split, some edge darkening and minor chipping. A rare surviving issue of The Pine and Palm, an abolitionist newspaper..... More
![Item #4377 Bishops of the A.M.E. Church [caption title]. African Methodist Episcopal Church,...](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/McBRB4377.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1693668216)
Boston: J.H. Daniels, 1876. Pictorial lithograph, 16 x 20 inches. Moderate overall toning and dust-soiling, noticeable dampstaining around edges, a handful of short closed edge tears and chips, tiny hole at center not affecting images, one small tape repair to verso. A striking visual celebration of the early notable figures..... More
Boston: Printed and Sold by Rogers & Fowle Next to the Prison in Queen-Street, 1743. 215pp., final page misnumbered 115. 12mo. Contemporary sheep, blind ruled. Hinges cracked, but holding; boards scuffed. Contemporary ownership inscription on front free endpaper and shelf label on spine. Light wear to edges of text block;..... More
Greenfield, [Ma.]: Franklin Job Printing Office, 1866. 11pp. Original printed wrappers, gilt lettered.Stitched, as issued. Very minor edge wear. An occasional faint fox mark. Uncommon by-laws of this relatively early Colorado mining venture organized by Massachusetts and Illinois investors. The text provides a list of company officers and rules for..... More
[Athol, Ma. 1916]. Broadside, 16 x 5 inches. Previously folded. A couple of chips and small closed tears at edges. Even tanning. Rare broadside advertisement for a weekend engagement of D.W. Griffith's infamous silent epic The Birth of a Nation at Steinberg's Athol Opera House, located in Athol, Massachusetts. The..... More
[Boston: 1848]. Broadside, 24 x 19.25 inches, main text in two columns. Old folds, minor wear, light foxing. Docketed on verso. A bold and visually-interesting broadside printing the Thanksgiving Proclamation of Massachusetts Governor George N. Briggs for the year 1848. Governor Briggs' religiously-tinged proclamation called for rest, fellowship, and thanks..... More
Boston: 1868. Broadside, 13 x 9.75 inches. Printed on purple paper. Light fading and minor soiling at edges. Broadside advertising the rail line from North Bridgewater, East Stoughton, and East Randolph departing for Boston for passengers to take in the afternoon and evening theatre shows in the city. Times are..... More
Milton, Ma. 1765. [4]pp., folio. Old folds, minor toning, light foxing. Docketed on verso of second leaf. A contemporary manuscript copy of a partnership agreement between James Boies and "Richard Clarke of Milton aforesaid papermaker" for the establishment of a paper mill on the Neponset River in the Massachusetts Bay..... More
[N.p., probably Boston: ca. 1887]. [8]pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Minor dust-soiling and edge wear, soft vertical crease throughout. Internally clean. An apparently unrecorded prospectus for Woodward Underground Telephone and Telegraph Company, an early New England telephone service provider that proposed underground lines between various cities in Massachusetts and New..... More