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Item #703551THE GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE, London, February, 1790
* Full page engraving of Bunker Hill
Certainly the prime piece is the very nice, full page engraved plate captioned: "View of Bunker's Hill" which is accompanied by a brief article which includes: "...very accurate & pretty drawing of Bunker's... Read full description -
Item #703549THE UNIVERSAL ASYLUM & COLUMBIAN MAGAZINE, Philadelphia, October, 1790 The issue begins with the continued: "History of the Life & Character of Benjamin Franklin, L.L.D." which takes 6 pages & includes 4 letters signed by him in type from 1753 & 1754: B. Franklin.
Other articles include: "On the Invention of... Read full description -
Item #703537THE PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE, Philadelphia, July 19, 1753
* Most famous of newspapers
* Benjamin Franklin (very rare)
In the imprint at the bottom of the back page is the much desired Benjamin Franklin imprint, noted as: "Printed By B. FRANKLIN, Post-Master, and D. HALL at the New Printing Office, near the Market". Franklin... Read full description -
Item #703526THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Dec. 25, 1969
* Eric Andersen - folk music singer & songwriter
* The Town Hall Manhattan concert advertisement
Page 39 has a full page advertisement for a "ERIC ANDERSEN" concert at The Town Hall in Manhattan.
Page 34 has a smaller ad for this same concert. (see... Read full description -
Item #703525THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Aug. 16, 1973
* The Allman Brothers Band - Dickey Betts
* American rock band concert advertisement
* Elton John Madison Square Garden concert
* The Beach Boys Roosevelt Stadium advertisement
Page 47 has a full page decorative advertisement for the "THE ALLMAN BROTHERS... Read full description -
Item #703520THE PENNSYLVANIA PACKET OR THE GENERAL ADVERTISER, Philadelphia, Jan. 30, 1781
* American Revolutionary War
* Closing months - nice masthead
Page 2 has: "A Proclamation" beginning: "Whereas a resolve...for apprehending all prisoners of war that have been captured by any armed vessels of the United States and... Read full description -
Item #703518THE BOSTON GAZETTE & COUNTRY JOURNAL, Dec. 8, 1777
* Battles of Saratoga - Revolutionary War
* General John Burgoyne surrenders
The patriotic engraving in the masthead was done by none other than Paul Revere, showing the caged dove of peace being set free over the skyline... Read full description -
Item #703517THE CONTINENTAL JOURNAL & WEEKLY ADVERTISER, Boston, Sept. 24, 1778
* General John Burgoyne
* Surrender at Saratoga
* Revolutionary War
* British scrutiny in Britain
The entire front page and part of page 2 are taken up with a lengthy & very detailed account of the trial of General Burgoyne concerning his... Read full description -
Item #703516THE SALEM GAZETTE, Massachusetts, June 20, 1782
* American independence ?
* Revolutionary War Era
* In a patriot publication
The front page begins with a letter from the King of France to Count de Rochambeau concerning hopes for peace and events at the close of the Revolutionary War. Also a front page item: "Seasonable... Read full description -
Item #703512THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., Feb. 10, 1964
* Religious view of the teen idol band
* The Beatles arrival in America
* Beatlemania begins in the U.S.
* British invasion (historic)
The bottom of the front page has a three column photo with heading: "All Part of the Job for Beatles' Driver" with brief text. (see images)... Read full description -
Item #703505THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Feb. 6, 1969
* The Jeff Beck Group w/ Jethro Tull & Mountain
* British & American rock bands - Beck cancelled
* Stony Brook University concert advertisement
Page 29 has a 6 x 2 inch advertisement for "Jeff Beck & more" concert at Stony Brook University.... Read full description -
Item #703502LOS ANGELES TIMES, August 3, 1979
* Cather Thurman Munson
* New York Yankees baseball
* Jet airplane crash disaster
The top of the front page has a one column photo with tiny heading: "Killed" with brief text. Actual report is in the sport's section which is missing here.
First section only with pages 1-32, missing... Read full description -
Item #703501LOS ANGELES TIMES, May 17, 1990
* Jim Henson death (1st report)
* "The Muppets" creator - puppeteer
* Sammy Davis Jr. death (1st report)
* Singer - actor - dancer - comedian
* Best title to be had ?
The bottom of the ftpg. has two notable announcements: "Consummate Entertainer Sammy... Read full description -
Item #703486ST. LOUIS DAILY GLOBE-DEMOCRAT, Missouri, May 26, 1884
* Spiritualists - mediums - seances
* Clairvoyant - seer exposed
This uncommon Midwestern title has news of the day with many interesting advertisements. The top of page 7 has a one column heading: "A SHAM SEANCE" with subheads. (see images) Text takes up over a full column.
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Item #703484EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Jan. 31, 1918
* Welker Cochran photo
* Young billiards prodigy
* Game of pool
Page 11 has a two column photo of Welker Cochran with heading: "Boy Billiardist Threatens Willie Hoppe's Championship" (see) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very... Read full description -
Item #703481THE PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE, Philadelphia, July 26, 1750 A quite early colonial newspaper published by none other than Benjamin Franklin, although the "advertising leaf" which appeared with this issue, and upon which was the imprint of "B. Franklin", is not here as it was typically not bound with the issue... Read full description -
Item #703480THE PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE, Philadelphia, Oct. 4, 1753
* The iconic Benjamin Franklin newspaper
A quite early colonial newspaper published by none other than Benjamin Franklin, although the "advertising leaf" which appeared with this issue, and upon which was the imprint of "B. Franklin", is not here as it was... Read full description -
Item #703479THE PENNSYLVANIA GAZETTE, Philadelphia, Aug. 2, 1753 In the imprint at the bottom of the back page is the much-desired Benjamin Franklin imprint, noted as: "Printed By B. FRANKLIN, Post-Master, and D. HALL at the New Printing Office, near the Market". Franklin would later dissolve his involvement with this newspaper he made... Read full description -
Item #703475THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Sept. 12, 1968
* re. Andy Warhol assassination attempt
* First interview after shooting incident
* Valerie Solanas - radical feminist
* Photo w/ Warhol superstar Viva
The front page has a heading: "Andy Warhol: 'I Thought Everyone Was Kidding'" with... Read full description -
Item #703474THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Sept. 5, 1968
* 1968 Democratic National Convention protests
* United States involvement in the Vietnam War
* Far left-wing Democrats riot in Chicago, Illinois
* Support for presidential candidate Hubert Humphrey
The front page has three related photos with brief text. (see... Read full description -
Item #703468THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, July 11, 1902
* Old West outlaw Harry Tracy
* Hunted in the Northwest by posse
* Hole-in-the-Wall Gang member
The top of the front page has a two column heading: "TRACY'S TRAIL AGAIN FOUND" with subhead. (see images) Harry Tracy was an outlaw from the closing days of the Old West and is said to have... Read full description -
Item #703466NEW YORK POST, August 30, 1945
* U.S. occupation of Japan begins
* General Douglas MacArthur takes over
* USS Missouri (Big Mo) in Tokyo Bay
* Official Pearl Harbor report is released
The front page has a headline: "M'ARTHUR RULES JAPAN" with reporting on page 3 including related photo and more.
Complete with 40 pages,... Read full description -
Item #703446LLOYD'S EVENING POST, London, Dec. 12, 1777 This is a fine issue on the historic surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga, the event which when learned in Europe encouraged further support for the American cause among the French & others.
Page 4 begins with a letter signed in type: Horatio Gates, datelined at Albany, October 19,... Read full description -
Item #703437THE WORLD, London, Nov. 4, 1791 Page 2 has a brief item: "Greater jealousies than ever subsist between the French, Spanish, and American Colonies on the banks of the Mississippi; each party complains of the encroachments of the other, although each has more ground than they can possibly occupy."
The... Read full description -
Item #703428EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Oct. 28, 1913
* Coalfield War - National Guard vs. miners
* United Mine Workers of America (UMWA)
The front page has a nice banner headline: "COLORADO STRIKERS AND DEPUTIES IN BIG BATTLE" with subheads. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp"... Read full description -
Item #703424THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, July 8, 1758 Page 6 has over half a column headed: "America" being a letter from Philadelphia noting in part: "Our military operations are nearly as late as usual...There will be about 16,000 provincials raised north-eastward of Delaware...500 rangers under Major Rogers...the... Read full description -
Item #703423THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Nov. 9, 1758 The middle of the front page has a report from New York headed: "America" with naval reports.
Page 6 has another report headed: "America" with reports from New York and South Carolina, the former including: "We hope to have another brush with M. Montcalm at the breastwork... Read full description -
Item #703416THE DETROIT NEWS, April 3, 1962
* Benny "Kid" Paret last fight - death
* Welterweight World boxing championship
* vs. champion boxer Emile Griffith
The front page has a one column heading: "Kid Paret Succumbs to Injuries" with subhead and photo. (see images)
Complete with 40+ pages, some small binding holes along the spine, small... Read full description -
Item #703409THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Aug. 10, 1967
* Country Joe and the Fish - McDonald
* American psychedelic rock band
* Tompkins Square Park performance photos
The front page has a few photos regarding the "Summer of Love" activities in Manhattan including a performance by Country Joe and the Fish. Page 25 has a full... Read full description -
Item #703408THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, May 22, 1969
* Dr. Timothy Leary - American psychologist
* Leary v. United States - Supreme Court decision
* Marijuana possession conviction overturned
* Lysergic acid diethylamide - lysergide - LSD fame
The top of page 21 has a one column heading: "Leary Ruling May Ease Pot... Read full description -
Item #703407THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Aug. 17, 1967
* Ravi Shankar concert advertisement
* Indian sitarist and music composer
* North Indian classical music performance
* Philharmonic Hall at Lincoln Center
Page 14 has a 7 x 5 inch advertisement for a: "RAVI SHANKAR" concert in Manhattan. (see images)
I suspect this... Read full description -
Item #703403THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York, March 24, 1966
* Chuck Berry "King of Rock and Roll"
* American singer, songwriter & guitarist
* Carnegie Hall concert advertisement
* The Byrds - rock band upcoming performances ad
Page 20 has a small advertisement for a "Chuck Berry & The Four Tops" concert at... Read full description -
Item #703402THE NEW YORK TIMES, August 13, 1881
* The murder of Jennie E. Cramer
* "The Elm City Tragedy" - New Haven's "Beautiful Victim"
* Blanche Douglass arrested
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "JENNIE CRAMER'S DEATH" with subheads. (see images) This article provides... Read full description -
Item #703400THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR, Boston, April 22, 1943
* re. The famous Doolittle raid of Japan
* U.S. Army Air Force B-25B Mitchell bombers
* Realization of Japanese executions
The front page has a five column headline: "Killing of Fliers by Japanese Rouses U.S." with subhead. (see images) This was when it was first... Read full description -
Item #703399ALLEGHENY COUNTY REPORTER, Wellsville, New York, Aug. 8, 1902
* Old West outlaw Harry Tracy suicide
* Hole-in-the-Wall Gang member death
The top of the front page has a one column heading: "BANDIT TRACY DEAD" with subheads and illustration of Tracy. (see images) Harry Tracy was an outlaw from the closing days of the Old West and... Read full description -
Item #703397THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Feb. 2, 1910
* Primero coal mine mining explosion disaster
* Las Animas County, Colorado ghost town
* Browder - Drakesboro, Kentucky mine explosion
The top of the front page has a four column headline: "114 DEAD IN TWO MINE EXPLOSIONS" with subheads. (see images) Surprisingly this issue is in good... Read full description -
Item #703395THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York, Jan.11, 1968
* American musician - guitarist Frank Zappa
* "The Mothers of Invention" rock band
* Sally Kempton editorial with photo
The front page has a heading: "Zappa & the Mothers: Ugly Can Be Beautiful" with lead-in: "Anti-Idols" and photo showing Zappa... Read full description -
Item #703392THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York City, Aug. 24, 1967
* Early Neil Diamond performance advertisement
* American singer - songwriter - musician
* Pre "Sweet Caroline (1969)" song fame
* "The Bitter End" nightclub - Manhattan
Page 27 has a small advertisement for a Neil Diamond performance at "The Bitter... Read full description -
Item #703391THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Massachusetts, December 17, 1973
* O. J. Simpson breaks season rushing record... 1st to go over 2,000 yard mark
* Buffalo Bills - NFL football
This 28 page newspaper has a six column headline on page 13: "O.J.'s Odyssey Ends at 2003" with nice photo of Simpson running off the field after the game.
A... Read full description -
Item #703385THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York, Jan. 19, 1967
* Guitarist Mississippi John Hurt death editorial
* African American blues singer & songwriter
The top of page 7 has a heading: "Mississippi John Hurt: Death of a quiet Legend" (see images)
I suspect this to be an extremely rare item because there was really no reason... Read full description -
Item #703384LOS ANGELES TIMES, July 7, 1978
* Martina Navratilova vs. Chris Evert
* Wimbledon Championships - Women's singles
* Very first major tennis singles title
The front page has a banner headline: "Evert Loses at Wimbledon" with subhead and photo. (see images) This was her very first Major Women's singles... Read full description -
Item #703380THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, March 10, 1778
* Revolutionary War Era
* 18th century
* From The Enemy
An inside page has an interesting report signed by "A Manufacturer" concerning the potential problems with sending artisans & others learned in the trades to America, noting: "...Let us therefore... Read full description -
Item #703367THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, April 24, 1770
* The Boston Massacre
* Historic reporting
This is simply a terrific issue as it gives an excellent account of the Boston Massacre as taken from the "Boston Gazette" newspaper of March 12, 1770, the issue so famous that it was reprinted due to its... Read full description -
Item #703363THE LONDON GAZETTE, England, April 2, 1774
* Boston Port Act passed in a British publication
* Boston Tea Party colonists punishment for destroyed tea
The front page has a report that Thomas Hutchinson, governor of Massachusetts, requests to return to England, with Thomas Gage appointed as his replacement.
But of great significance... Read full description -
Item #703358THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, March 19, 1970
* The Snake Pit - gay bar police raid
* After-hours homosexual establishment
* NYPD inspector Seymour Pine
* Woodstock revisited with photos
The front page has a two column heading: "The Boys in the Snake Pit: Games 'Straights' Play" with lead-in:... Read full description -
Item #703321THE INDEPENDENT GAZETTEER; OR THE CHRONICLE OF FREEDOM, Philadelphia, Aug. 9, 1783 Page 2 has over half a column is taken up with: "The Address of the Citizens of Philadelphia & the Liberties thereof, to his Excellency the President and Congress of the United States". This address deals with the end of the war... Read full description -
Item #703311THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Dec. 3, 1970
* "Gimme Shelter" World premiere advertisement
* Rolling Stones documentary film - movie
* Altamont Free Concert footage - Meredith Hunter
* North American Tour (1969) - Madison Square Garden
Page 71 has a 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inch advertisement for the opening... Read full description -
Item #703310THE PENNSYLVANIA EVENING POST, Philadelphia, May 13, 1775
* Edmund Burke - Anglo-Irish statesman speech
* Conciliatory plan with the American colonies
* Prelude to the American Revolutionary War
All of pages 1 and 2 are taken up with continued discussion in the House of Lords: "Authentic Debates on the New-England Fishery Bill".... Read full description -
Item #703307THE CONNECTICUT COURANT & WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER, Hartford, Feb. 10, 1777
* Thomas Paine's "American Crisis"
* Essay # 2 re. Revolutionary War
* Intended to bolster American morale
Almost the entire front page is taken up with the continuation of Thomas Paine's essay #2 of his famous... Read full description -
Item #703299NEW ENGLAND CHRONICLE OR THE ESSEX GAZETTE, Cambridge, Jan. 4, 1776
* Traitor Dr. Benjamin Church
* British General Thomas Gage
* American Revolutionary War
* Great year to have (1776)
See the nice engraving in the masthead.
Fully two-thirds of the front page is taken up with... Read full description
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