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Item #622133THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 30, 1940
* Italo Balbo killed
* Italian Blackshirt
* Marshal of the Air Force
The front page has a five column headline that reads: "BALBO KILLED, HIS PLANE SHOT DOWN" with subheads that include: "Italy In Mourning" "Fascist Leader Had Been Sent to Libya After Reported Jealously of Premier" and... Read full description -
Item #622107DAILY NEWS, New York City, March 9, 1999 This is the "National Edition" with the very nice, full front page memorial to Joe DiMaggio who had just died, with a special "wrap-around" cover sheet with his photo from an earlier year with the New York Yankees. Great to have this report in a New York City... Read full description -
Item #622097THE NORWICH SUN, New York, Oct. 11, 1923 Front page heads include: "Yanks Win The Second Game By the Score of Four To Two; 'Babe' Ruth Gets A Home Run".
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Item #622075NEW YORK WEEKLY BUDGET, June 25, 1853 Among the articles are: "Catholic Violence" "Sad Casualty on the N.Y. & Erie Railroad" "How Felons are Made" & more. This is the vol. 1 #4 issue.
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Item #622046FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Massachusetts, August 19, 1960
* Korabl-Sputnik 2
* Soviet space dogs Belka and Strelka
* Francis Gary Powers
The front page has a two heading: "5-Ton Space Ship Carrying Animals Launched By Reds" This was the very 1st space flight to bring back animals still alive.
Also on the front page is a four column headline: ... Read full description -
Item #622032NEW YORK SPECTATOR, Feb. 19, 1817 The top of the front page as an announcing: "According to the provisions of the constitution the votes...for President and Vice President were yesterday counted...was officially proclaimed by the President of the Senate that JAMES MONROE is elected President...and DANIEL D. TOMPKINS is elected Vice... Read full description -
Item #622018NEW YORK SPECTATOR, March 2, 1816 Page 3 has an interesting article of a new devise called a: "Life-Saving Mattress" with a prefacing note that it is: "...not only for all the uses of a common mattress, but also for the preservation of life in cases of shipwreck.", followed by: "A Description of the Patent Life-Saving... Read full description -
Item #622008ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, April 28, 1883 Perhaps the best print is: "LaCrosse Match Played Last Sat. at Kennington Oval..." which has 4 scenes.
Among other prints are a full page with 11 scenes of: "Grand Military Assault at Arms a the Royal Albert Hall..." which include life saving & wrestling; a... Read full description -
Item #622006ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, Oct. 20, 1855 Inside has a full page article: "Operations In the Pacific--Visit of an English Ship to Japan" which includes 7 prints from Japan. Other prints include a fullpg: "Scene in a Street of Sebastopol..." plus 3 more fulpg. prints of Sebastopol from the Crimean War. The... Read full description -
Item #622005THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, Nov. 16, 1872 The prime content within this issue is the doublepage print captioned: "London Bridge". Many more interesting prints within including: "Railway Bridge Destroyed by Floods in Ceylon" "Changmaunna, in the Looshai Country" "Entrance Court of the Brighton Aquarium"... Read full description -
Item #621994MID-WEEK PICTORIAL of the New York Times, April 20, 1935
* Publisher Adolph Ochs death
The front page is taken up with a photo of "Adolph S. Ochs", publisher of the N.Y. Times who recently died.
Complete in 28 pages, 9 3/4 by 13 inches, minor mend to a lower corner, minimal margin wear. -
Item #621984COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, May 28, 1814 Page 2 has: "The Crisis--No. II" "The Lake War" "No Armistice" and other reports.
Four pages, close-trimmed at the bottom of pg. 1 & top of pg. 2, some light dirtiness to the ftpg., generally good. -
Item #621977THE TIMES, London, July 10, 1837
* William IV of the United Kingdom
This venerable British newspaper has all columns on all pages black-bordered for the death & funeral of King William IV. Pages 4 & 5 have column heads including: "Funeral of His Late Majesty King William IV" "The Town of... Read full description -
Item #621963THE NEWS, Cleveland, Ohio, September 30, 1926
* Re: Jack Dempsey's defeat at the hands of Gene Tunney
* Estelle Taylor, his actress wife, supports him
* Boxing history
The front page has a one column head: "Estelle Is Still True to Dempsey," with the subhead: "Doesn't Know Difference Between Upper Cut and... Read full description -
Item #621947NEW YORK EVENING POST, July 26, 1815 Pages 2 and 3 have the latest reports on the Napoleonic War in Europe. The front page begins with a very nice illustrated "Steam Boat" ad, plying the Hudson River. The bkpg. has an equally nice illus. stagecoach ad, with details (see).
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Item #621944NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington D.C., March 14, 1820
* Francis Scott Key house for sale ad
* From the Nation's Capital
A back page notice headed "Valuable Property For Sale" begins: "That large and commodious two story brick dwelling house near the upper end of Bridge street, lately occupied by Francis S.... Read full description -
Item #621920MORNING POST & DAILY ADVERTISER, London, Jan. 18, 1787 Page 2 has a brief Judaica item mentioning: "...lately took in an unguarded Israelite...most cursedly; and they are so charitably disposed as to be always ready to take in either Jew, Turk, Heathen, or Infidel." Much... Read full description -
Item #621917Second-rate (used) Large Mylar Clear Storage Pocket - approximately 23 1/2 x 18 inches...
We have an assortment of used storage pockets which have minor defects due to being used. They are not damaged, but are not new.This item is not eligible for free shipping. -
Item #621915Second-rate Medium Storage Portfolio - approximately 17 x 12.5 inches...
We have an assortment of portfolios which have minor defects (small scratches, dimples, glue yellowing, etc.) making them not fully first-rate. They are being offered at below 50% of retail value.
Note: The S&H for this heavy storage option is $13 for the first... Read full descriptionThis item is not eligible for free shipping. -
Item #621914Second-rate Large Storage Portfolio - approximately 24.5 x 18.5 inches...
We have an assortment of portfolios which have minor defects (small scratches, dimples, glue yellowing, etc.) making them not fully first-rate. They are being offered at below 50% of retail value.
Note: The S&H for this heavy storage option is $16 for the first... Read full descriptionThis item is not eligible for free shipping. -
Item #621908NEW YORK HERALD, Dec. 19, 1861 Present are the outer leaves only but still a displayable issue as nearly half of of the front page is taken up with a large & very detailed Civil War map headed: "THE MILITARY POSITIONS IN WESTERN KENTUCKY." First column war headlines as well (see).
Present are pages 1, 2, 11 & 12, small piece... Read full description -
Item #621897NEW YORK HERALD, June 10, 1861
* Early in the Civil War map
* Harper's Ferry, West Virginia
The front page is dominated by a large Civil War map headed: "THE SEAT OF WAR IN VIRGINIA". Among the first column heads are: "The Insurrection" "The Latest News from the Seat of War" "Important... Read full description -
Item #621886NEW YORK HERALD, June 30, 1865 The front page has column heads: "SOUTH CAROLINA" "Redistricting the Department of the South" "Gov. Clark, of Mississippi, in Fort Pulaski" "Virginia" "Restored Commerce" "Dept. Regulations for the Renewal of Trade Throughout the Country"... Read full description -
Item #621858SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN, New York, Feb. 13, 1875 An inside page has a 4 by 5 illustration of "Blackford's Flying Machine". The companion report headed "A New Form of Flying Machine", begins with the solution to successful flight: "Screw propulsion is the principle upon which will, probably, be accomplished the great problem of... Read full description -
Item #621841THE HURON COUNTY NEWS, Port Austin, Michigan, May 29, 1873
* Rare title
This 4 page newspaper has new of the day with several interesting advertisements.
Complete, a little fold wear with a few archival tape mends, light toning, generally in good condition. -
Item #621839THE NEWS AND OBSERVER, Raleigh, North Carolina, July 26, 1934
* Engelbert Dollfuss assassinated by Nazis
* Austrian dictator
* Nazi coup fails
The front page has a four column headline: "AUSTRIAN PREMIER KILLED BY NAZIS AFTER CAPTURE OF FEDERAL CHANCELLORY" with subheads and photo of Dollfuss.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day.... Read full description -
Item #621829NEW YORK HERALD, Feb. 6, 1861
* President-elect Abraham Lincoln
* Springfield, Illinois
Page 4 has: "Important From Springfield" reports on an interview between Lincoln and Horace Greeley, with some additional items (see). Other interesting articles relating to the coming Civil War.
Eight pages, some light damp... Read full description -
Item #621784THE WEEKLY MUSEUM, New York, June 9, 1798 Pages 1 & 2 have literary content and pg. 3 includes a chart of the: "Election for Governor". Also: "Depredations of Our Commerce" & a few other items.
Four pages, various foxing, 9 1/2 by 11 3/4 inches, good... Read full description -
Item #621777THE DAY, New London, Connecticut, June 7, 1928
* Woman aviator Amelia Earhart* About to make history
* Airplane "Friendship"
Less than 13 months after Charles Lindbergh's heralded accomplishment, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to achieve the feat. The front page has a four column headline: "Friendship Fails in 3... Read full description -
Item #621751TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Massachusetts, September 26, 1941
* Brooklyn Dodgers (Los Angeles)
* Wins baseball National League pennant
* 1st time in 21 years - The Bums
This 20 page newspaper has a two column headline on page 16: "Dodgers Cop Title In National League"
Other news of the day throughout. Light browning with some margin wear,... Read full description -
Item #621749TAUNTON DAILY GAZETTE, Taunton, Massachusetts, July 5, 1934
* Night of the Long Knives
* Adolph Hitler
This 16 page newspaper has two column headings on the front page that include: "BIGGEST THREAT TO NAZI DOMINATION IS IN FARMING AREA" and more.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete, light browning with some... Read full description -
Item #621748THE TIMES-PICAYUNE, New Orleans, February 6, 1943
* Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Jake Lamotta
* 2nd fight - Robinson's 1st ever loss
* Boxing - Boxers
This 22 page newspaper has one column headlines on page 9: "ROBINSON WIN STRING BROKEN" and "La Motta Floors Negro as He Takes Decision". This was the famous second fight in... Read full description -
Item #621747THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Michigan, February 26, 1943
* Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Jake Lamotta (day of)
* 3rd of 6 fights (tiebreaker)
* From Robinson's birth place
This 30 page newspaper has a five column headline on page 18: "Hayes Returns to Ring on Olympic Card" with subheads that include: "Sugar-Jake Rubber Bout Is... Read full description -
Item #621721EVENING PRESS, Guernsey, Sept. 13, 1943 The front page has a banner head: "Germany is More Resolute Than Ever" with a subhead: "Neither Time nor Force of Arms Will Cause Reich to Submit - Adolf Hitler". Hitler's speech is prefaced: "On Friday evening, Adolf Hitler, the German Fuehrer, delivered a message to the... Read full description -
Item #621718THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, May 24, 1928
* Airship Italia - Umberto Nobile
* North Pole - polar flight
The front page has a banner headline: "NOBILE CRUISES OVER POLE FOR HOUR, STARTS BACK" with subheads and map. (see) Nice for display.
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 26 pages, light toning, minor margin wear,... Read full description -
Item #621706THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 11, 1870
* Albert Deane Richardson
* Daniel McFarland murder trial
* Not guilty verdict (1st report)
The front page has an article headed: "McFARLAND ACQUITTED" "Triumphant Vindication of the Defendant's Action" "A Prompt Verdict Of Acquittal" and more. (see) Lengthy text.
Other news... Read full description -
Item #621691THE NEW YORK TIMES, July 9, 1859
* Battle of Solferino, Italy
The front page has one column headings: "Important From Europe" "The Great Battle Of Solferino" "Highly Interesting Particulars of the Conflict" "Six Thousand Austrian Prisoners Taken" and more.
Other news of the day. Complete in 8 pages, nice... Read full description -
Item #621687THE EVENING NEWS, Detroit, Michigan, October 8, 1902 Page 9 has a one column headline "PRINCE ALERT'S RACE" with subhead "Beat Sir Albert S. and Broke the Half Mile Pacing Record".
Other news, sports and advertisements are within.
This is complete in ten pages, chipping and small edges, irregular left spine. Must be handled... Read full description -
Item #621684THE NEW YORK TIMES, April 16, 1930
* Dr. Albert Einstein
* Uniform field theory
* Electricity and gravity
Page 3 has one column headings: "Dr. Einstein Clarifies Theory To Scientists" "German Physicist Retraces to Prussian Academy Steps in Reaching His Field Formula" See image for text here.
Other news, sports and advertisements... Read full description -
Item #621675THE NEW YORK TIMES, June 7, 1870
* Constantinople, Turkey
* Fire disaster - conflagration (1st report)
Page 5 has an article headed: "TELEGRAMS" "A Dreadful Calamity in Constantinople" "Thousands of Buildings Burned and Thirty Persons Killed" See image for text here.
Other news of the day. Complete in 8 pages,... Read full description -
Item #621672THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, August 30, 1944
* Nazi concentration camp exposed for 1st time
* Horrors of Majdanek revealed
A two column heading near the bottom of the front page reads: "Germans Admit Big Slaughter Of Many Men, Women, Children" Coverage on the horrors revealed at the Majdanek concentration camp at... Read full description -
Item #621671THE NEW YORK TIMES, February 10, 1932
* Junnosuke Inoue assassination
* Bank of Japan - Nippon Ginko
* League of Blood Incident
The front page has a two column headline: "CHINESE HOLD OFF ENEMY ON THREE LINES OF ATTACK; INOUYE IS SLAIN IN TOKYO" with many subheads. (see) Lengthy text continues inside with related photos.
Other news, sports... Read full description -
Item #621657NEW YORK TIMES, May 15, 1862 The front page features a nice & very detailed Civil War map headed: "The Military and Naval Advance Toward Richmond and Petersburgh." (see). Plus there are nice one column Civil War heads including: "Suffolk Occupied by a Portion of Gen. Wool's Forces" "Skirmishing... Read full description -
Item #621638LEOMINSTER DAILY ENTERPRISE, Massachusetts, February 9, 1932
* Winnie Ruth Judd death sentence
* "The Trunk Murderess"
The front page has one column headings: "JUDD WOMAN IS CONVICTED" "Hears the Death Penalty Without the Flicker of An Eyelash"
Other news, sports and advertisements of the day. Complete in 8 pages,... Read full description -
Item #621581ST. LOUIS GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, April 8, 1880
* Opium - poppy tears
* 19th century drug habits
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many advertisements. Page 3 has an article headed: "THE DREAMY DRUG" "How It Operates in the Chinese Dens in St. Louis" and more. (see)
This issue is not fragile as newsprint back then... Read full description -
Item #621575VERMONT GAZETTE----EXTRA
* President Martin Van Buren
* State of the Union Address
A great broadsheet (one sheet of paper printed on both sides) "Extra" created specifically to report the President's state-of-the-union address for 1839, headed: "President's MESSAGE To the Twenty-sixth... Read full description -
Item #621567BOSTON PATRIOT, Aug. 19, 1809
* Franz Joseph Haydn death
* Classical music composer
* Vienna, Austria
Page 2, under the "Died" is a small announcement "At Vienna, May 31st, Hayden, [Hadyn] the celebrated musical composer, aged 76." (see)
Most of the front page is taken up with the continued: "Correspondence of the Late President... Read full description -
Item #621536THE DAILY UNION, Washington, D.C., August 4, 1847
* Early California
* Need for settlers
Page 2 contains a quite lengthy, detailed, and very early description of: "California" as the article is headed. The article focuses on the various trades which are desperately needed in California, encouraging: ... Read full description -
Item #621510DAILY GLOBE, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, March 17, 1897
* Bob Fitzsimmons vs. James J. "Jim" Corbett
* Heavyweight boxing championship fight (eve)
* Fight of the century (19th)
Page 3 has one column headings: "THE BIG PRIZE FIGHT" "Ex-Senator Ingalls on Hand to View the Contest" "His Interview With... Read full description -
Item #621489NEW YORK HERALD, Feb. 1, 1864 The front page features a very nice & detailed Civil War map headed: "THE FIGHTING IN WESTERN VIRGINIA. Scene of the Recent Contest in Gen. Kelley's Dept." Also column heads on the war include: "Call for Half a Million of Men" "The President's... Read full description
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