New York: J.W. Sheehy & Co., 1882. Lithograph, 25.75 x 21.75 inches. Lightly toned, some light soiling. Several small closed tears at edges, slight loss repaired on left edge. Archivally backed with linen. A scarce memorial poster commemorating the life of assassinated president James A. Garfield, featuring portraits of his..... More
![Item #1066 The Last Bulletin [caption title]. James Garfield](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/McBRB1066.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1586532606)
Elberon, N.J. [1881]. Broadside, 9 x 7 inches. Minor wear and toning. Broadside announcing the death of President James Garfield. Datelined at Elberon, where the President spent his final months, the broadside gives time of death and is signed in type by Garfield's doctors. It reads, in part: "The President..... More
Washington, D.C. Gales & Seaton, December 4, 1828. 4pp., folio, in bound volume of forty-seven issues, all 4pp., dated between August 13 and December 30, 1823. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards. Front board detached, spine mostly perished, rear board holding by one stitch. Occasional toning, spotting, and edge wear..... More
![Item #4337 Election 1960 [cover title]. Presidents, Election of 1960](https://mcbriderarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/McBRB4337_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1695221828)
[Various locations in and around Chicago, Il. likely early November, 1960]. Title leaf, plus [25] leaves, illustrated with forty-seven silver gelatin photographs, pasted one per leaf or page, all about 5.5 x 7.5 inches, plus five loose images (two duplicates and three other images not pasted in). Square quarto. Contemporary..... More
[Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Government Printing Office, March 10, 1932. 2pp., printed on a single sheet. Light dust-soiling, minor creasing. A seemingly unrecorded broadsheet communicating a proclamation by President Herbert Hoover, calling for the formation of a three-person board to investigate and report to him on a dispute between a pair..... More
Philadelphia: 1852. 155pp. Original three-quarter pebbled cloth and marbled boards, spine gilt, edges sprinkled brown. Some wear to spine and edges, corners rubbed. Front hinge cracking, front free endpaper detached. Later 19th-century bookplate on front pastedown. Light tanning and dustsoiling, an occasional faint fox mark. A revised edition of George..... More
Mexico City: 1847. [4]pp. Folio. 20th-century dyed calf, front board gilt lettered. Previously folded, with some creasing and small separation at old horizontal fold. Light tanning, scattered staining and soiling. Very scarce Spanish translation of General Zachary Taylor's official report to the United States Army on the Battle of Buena..... More