Discounted Issues (as priced), through March 14, 2019!
The following issues have been discounted by 50% through March 14, 2019. Prices shown reflect the discount.Discounted Issues (as priced), through March 14, 2019!
The following issues have been discounted by 50% through March 14, 2019. Prices shown reflect the discount.
Bodie, California as a boomtown...
Item #613469
June 1, 1879
ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, June 1, 1879
* Lee's Summit, Missouri
* Tornadoes outbreak - disaster
* Irving, Kansas
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 4 has an article headed: "HORRIBLE HAVOC" "The Wind Manifesting Its Wrath Out West" "Death and Desolation Visible on Every Hand" "Men, Women and Chi... See More
Reporting on the War of 1812...
Item #613511
November 12, 1814
COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Nov. 12, 1814 The front page has: "Piety and Patriotism". Inside has; "Events of The War" "From Halifax" "Military" concerning the War of 1812.
Four pages, some archival mends near margins, some dirtiness near margins.
Spiritualism...
Item #613516
August 11, 1877
ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, August 11, 1877
* Spiritualism - spiritualists
* Materializations - paranormal
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 11 has an article headed: "SPIRITUALISTS" "Piano Playing Without Mortal Contact" and more. (see) Text takes up about 1 1/3 columns.
This issue is not fragile as newsprint back... See More
Pensaukee, Wisconsin tornado disaster...
Item #613550
July 10, 1877
ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, July 10, 1877
* Pensaukee, Wisconsin tornado
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "THE MAD WINDS" "A Wisconsin Town Demolished by a Fierce Tornado" "Hotels, Churches and Residences Blown to Splinters" and more. (see)
This issue is not fragile as ne... See More
Battle of the Clearwater...
Item #613552
July 16, 1877
ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, July 16, 1877
* Battle of the Clearwater
* Chief Joseph - Looking Glass
* General Oliver Otis Howard
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 7 has an article headed: "Fierce Fighting" "Howard's Troops Rout the Redskins in Idaho" and more. (see)
This issue is not fragile as newsprint back... See More
White House Pow Wow...
Item #613596
October 2, 1877
ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, October 2, 1877
* Pow Wow - Indians
* Chief Spotted Tail
* Red Cloud
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 5 has an article headed: "THE FINAL POW-WOW" "What Spotted Tail and Red Cloud Demand of the President" and more. (see)
This issue is not fragile as newsprint back then was made o... See More
Ku Klux Klan in Missouri...
Item #613598
September 7, 1877
ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, September 7, 1877
* KKK - Ku Klux Klan
* Outrages in Ripley County
* Ozarks Mountain - Missouri
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 7 has an article headed: "Ku-Klux" "Lawlessness in Ripley and Adjacent Counties--Men and Women Flogged by Bands of Outlaws" and more.
This issue is not frag... See More
Be DeBar death...
Item #613608
August 29, 1877
ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, August 29, 1877
* Ben DeBar death
* American actor-manager
* Nice title to have in
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 5 has an article headed: "Ben. De Bar" "Death of the Great Actor and Manager" "Some Account of His Disease and Moments" and more. (see) Lengthy text.
This issu... See More
St. Louis, Missouri lynching....
Item #613630
November 11, 1877
ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, November 11, 1877
* Karl Strahl lynching - hanging
* Goetz murders
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 3 has an article headed: "HORROR'S HARVEST" "Carl Strahl, the Double Murderer, Executed by Judge Lynch" "The Murderer Leads His Captors to Where Goetz's Body Rests" "... See More
Hale's piano factory fire disaster...
Item #613642
September 4, 1877
ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, September 4, 1877
* Hale' piano factory fire
* Samuel Archer King - ballooning
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. The front page has an article headed: "TOMBS OF FIRE" "A Fearful Sacrifice of Human Life" "Two Hundred People Imprisoned in a Burning Factory" "An Many More Maime... See More
Nez Perce people... Chief Joseph...
Item #613654
December 2, 1877
ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, December 2, 1877
* re. Nez Perce War end
* Chief Joseph
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 4 has an article headed: "INDIAN PICTURES" "Scenes in the Camp of the Vanquished Nez Perces" "The Spirit of a Brave Tribe Crushed and Broken" and more. (see) Text takes up about 1 3/4 colum... See More
65 illustrated ship ads on the front page...
Item #613060
April 25, 1816
MERCANTILE ADVERTISER, Philadelphia, April 25, 1816 The front page has 65 illustrated ship ads. Page 2 has some news from the "National Legislature" plus mercantile related ads & notices. Pages 3 & 4 are mostly consumed by ads, some of which are illustrated.
Four pages, never bound nor trimmed, nice condition.
From a German-occupied island...
Item #613115
May 16, 1941
THE STAR, Guernsey, Channel Islands, May 16, 1941
* Rare Nazi occupation title
This island was occupied by the Germans during World War II so all reporting is pro-Nazi propaganda, yet in English as residents were British. The front page has: "German Submarine in North Atlantic Sinks Auxiliary Cruiser of 20,000 Tons" "England Has Destroyed India - Gandhi's Reply to Am... See More
Apparent German & Japanese successes...
Item #613116
February 9, 1942
EVENING PRESS, Guernsey, Channel Islands, Feb. 9, 1942
* Rare Nazi Occupation title
This island was occupied by the Germans during World War II so all reporting is pro-Nazi propaganda, yet in English as residents were British. The front page has: "Large Sections of Two Soviet Divisions Wiped Out" "Another Six Ships Sunk Off American Coast" "Britain Worried Over... See More
The latest Civil War news...
Item #613208
November 3, 1862
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Nov. 3, 1862
* Aldie, Virginia - Pirate Alabama - Snicker's Gap and more
Among the first column heads on the Civil War are: "Cannonading Heard at Winchester" "Startling News From Corinth" "The Rebel Ram at Savannah" "Another Skirmish near Aldie, Va." "Rebel Retreat from Philimont & Union" &q... See More
Rebels victorious in Kentucky...
Item #613210
October 21, 1862
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Oct. 21, 1862 Among the ftpg. column heads on the Civil War are: "The Skirmish at Centreville Station, Virginia" "The War in the West" "Advance of the Union Troops into Arkansas!" "The Rebel Victory in Kentucky" "The Repulse at Corinth" and more.
Eight pages, never bound nor trimmed, some wear at margins and some tears... See More
The Deseret Museum...
Item #613216
April 20, 1895
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, April 20, 1895 The front page of the issue contains four scenes from "The Deseret Museum, Salt Lake City, Utah" with an accompanying article. Inside the issues is "Whitlock's New 'Western' Independent Chuck"; "Hedges' Water Tube Stationary or Marine Boiler"; "The Sumatra Rhinoceros"; "An Explo
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Popular for the colorful political cartoons...
Item #613278
August 6, 1890
PUCK, New York, Aug. 6, 1890
* Color political prints
Puck was America's first successful humor magazine of colorful cartoon caricatures and political satire, publishing from 1871 until 1918. It was also the first to successfully adopt full color lithography printing for a weekly publication. The color prints are much desired for their displayability. This issue has as its politic... See More
Early for Western Pennsylvania...
Item #613540
August 15, 1822
THE PITTSBURGH RECORDER, Pennsylvania, Aug 15, 1822 The volume 1 number 30 issue of a quite uncommon and very early periodical from Western Penna. Content includes: "Revivals of Religion" "Anecdote of Seamen" "Western Missionary Society" "Effects of Christianity" "Affairs of Mexico" and more.
Sixteen pages various foxing throughout, 5 by 8-1... See More
Magazine in the Welsh language...
Item #613561
January 1, 1834
SEREN GOMER, Argraffwyr, Wales, (1834). A quite uncommon magazine from Wales, totally in the Welsh language. Although commonly spoken in the 19th century, its use had diminished in the 20th century. Efforts are being made to bring it back today. Here is a rare opportunity for an issue of this 32 page periodical, printed totally in Welsh. There is no year in the masthead however a photocopy of t
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Interesting letter from a young soldier...
Item #613345
December 31, 1862
THE CRISIS, Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 31, 1862 Among the articles are: "General Banks at New Orleans" "Morgan's Raid Into Kentucky--Surrender of 600 Federals" "Further of the Battle of Dumfries" "Confirmation of Grant's Falling Back..." "Despotism--The American Inquisition in St. Louis..." "Remarkable Letter from an Army Boy of the We... See More
WWII Nazi Germany on Guernsey Island...
Item #613224
November 17, 1943
EVENING PRESS, Guernsey, November 17, 1943. This four page newspaper was published on this island in the English Channel and was occupied by the Germans during almost all of WWII. During the Nazi occupation they took over this newspaper and filled it with pro-German propaganda, offering a unique insight into how the Axis reported the news during the war. The front page of this issue includes headl... See More
Unusual engraving in the masthead...
Item #613310
April 28, 1813
THE TICKLER, Philadelphia, April 28, 1813 The masthead features a very unusual engraving of a dog and an arm holding a switch, & notes: "by Toby Scratch'em". Various literary & news items. Complete as a single sheet issue, generally good.
"Tall oaks from little acorns grow"...
Item #613100
February 1, 1878
THE ACORN, North Attleboro, Massachusetts, Feb. 1, 1878
* Rare miniature title
* (Attleborough)
* Volume 1 Number 2
The vol. 1 number 2 issue from an amateur press, very common at the time. An acorn-themed masthead. Contains literary items, games, puzzles, "Chat with Visitors", etc. The back page as 2 small illustrations.
Four pages, 8 by 10 inches, nice condition.... See More
Ice Machine... Steam Pump...
Item #613207
March 16, 1878
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, March 16, 1878 The front page of the issue features a halfpage illustration "The Holden Ice Machine" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is "The National Steam Pump"; "Double Shearing, Punching and Straightening Machine"; "New Boat-Propelling Device"; "Phillip's Improved Buckboard Wagon"; "Mi... See More
Pneumatic message system...
Item #613211
March 24, 1877
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, March 24, 1877 The front page features a large illustration "Pneumatic Transmission in New York City" with an accompanying article and more illustrations inside. Inside the issue is "New Experiments in Mechanical Flight" with illustrations; "Houyoux' Rotary Pump"; and more illustrations, articles and advertisements.
Complete i... See More
American brick making machine...
Item #613214
January 18, 1873
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, January 18, 1873 The front page has a large illustration "The Great American Brick Machine" with an accompanying article. Inside the issue is "Emerson's Feathering Paddle Wheel"; "Nine Horse Power Compound Steam Engines"; "Design for Ball Ground Pavilion" and other illustrations, articles and advertisements.
This is ... See More
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