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Parson Weems' book on George Washington...
June 27, 1803
Item #655875 GAZETTE OF THE UNITED STATES, Philadelphia, June 27, 1803 The back page has a small advertisement for "The Rev. M. L. Weems", more popularly known as Parson Weems, the ad noting: "Is hereby...
$32.00
Reporting the death of John Jay...
May 23, 1829
Item #649896 NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, May 23, 1829 * John Jay death Page 6 has a brief & inconspicuous--yet notable--report of the death of John Jay, the nation's first Chief Justice of...
$30.00
Prelude to the Black Hawk Indian War...
August 06, 1831
Item #648136 NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, August 6, 1831 Inside has: "Indian Disturbances", from Belleville, Illinois, regarding the onset of what was to eventually develop into the Black Hawk War....
$29.00
Fur traders battle with the Indians...
March 25, 1837
Item #648863 NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, March 25, 1837 Page 2 has an interesting & quite involved report headed: "Battle of the Fur Traders With the Indians Near the Rocky Mountains", detaili...
$32.00
President Polk sells land rich in lead ore...
January 08, 1847
Item #655873 THE DAILY UNION, Washington, D.C., Jan. 8, 1847 The ftpg. contains three documents "By the President of the United States" and each signed in type: James K. Polk. The lengthiest is for the sale ...
$29.00
Harper's Ferry...
July 06, 1861
Item #172482 HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 6, 1861 The full front page is a print: "Constituent Convention of Virginia Assembled in the Custom House at Wheeling, Ohio Co." Among the full page prints wi...
Map of the "liberation of Tennessee"...
June 21, 1862
Item #656068 NEW YORK TRIBUNE, June 21, 1862 The front page is dominated by a large & very detailed map headed: "THE LIBERATION OF EASTERN TENNESSEE" with an explanatory caption. Amo...
$38.00
Confederate Act of Congress to organize a military...
March 04, 1864
Item #656034 DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, March 4, 1864 * Confederate Act of Congress * Organizing a rebel military A very nice newspaper from the capital of the Confederate States of America. Among ...
$88.00
Slavery, in print and in text...
March 12, 1864
Item #172762 HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 12, 1864 The full front page is a print captioned: "Major-General William T. Sherman". Page 2 has an interesting article concerning an avoidance of the...
Ironclad monitors...
July 30, 1864
Item #656171 ARMY & NAVY JOURNAL, New York, July 30, 1864 As noted in the masthead this was the: "Gazette of The Regular & Volunteer Forces" and as such is replete with military news of all sorts. Th...
$29.00
Uncommon California periodical from 1873...
Item #649229 SAN FRANCISCO NEWS-LETTER & CALIFORNIA ADVERTISER, 1873 The subtitle in the masthead notes: "Devoted To The Leading Interests of California and the Pacific Coast". The content is varied and ...
$26.00
The California bandit is finally captured...
May 15, 1874
Item #661005 THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 15, 1874 * Tiburcio Vasquez - the Californio bandido * Los Angeles area outlaw The front page has a report of the capture of the infamous bandit Tiburcio Vasquez. Vasqu...
$98.00
Johann Reis - inventor of the first "make-and-break telephone"...
Very early report on the "telephone"...
March 22, 1876
Item #661063 THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 22, 1876 * Johann Philipp Reis * Very early telephone experiments Page 4 has a very early article on: "The Telephone" which takes most of a column. Although...
$84.00
Making Ivory Soap float... A new fire escape...
April 01, 1882
Item #656211 SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York City, April 1, 1882 Amongst the vast variety of inventions and mechanical improvements which are found throughout this issue--many of which are illustrated--is a fascin...
$44.00
Very first appearance of Walt Whitman's poem "Soon Shall the Winter's Foil Be Here"...
February 21, 1888
Item #655880 NEW YORK HERALD, Feb. 21, 1888 * Walt Whitman's "Soon Shall the Winter's Foil Be Here" * First 1st appearance in printing Near the middle of page 6 is a poem titled: "So...
$125.00
Great prints of Peoria and Hannibal... Indian life...
October 25, 1890
Item #656187 FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Oct. 25, 1890 Among the prints within are a halfpg: "Incident of Indian Life--The 'Squaw Man' Visited by His Wife's Relations--Scene in the India...
$54.00
Dr. Solis Cohen, a notable Jew... Columbian Exposition...
August 17, 1893
Item #654418 FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Aug. 17, 1893 * Jacob da Silva Solis-Cohen Full ftpg. shows a scene at: "The World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago". Also a great double...
$49.00
Popular for the colorful political cartoons...
October 18, 1893
Item #655949 PUCK, New York, Oct. 18, 1893 * Color political prints - cartoons Puck was America's first successful humor magazine of colorful cartoon caricatures and political satire, publishing from 187...
$32.00
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