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  • Details of a horrible crime...   Thomas Edison & P. T. Barnum...
    Item #702034
    ST. LOUIS GLOBE DEMOCRAT, June 15, 1878  The top of the ftpg. has column heads: "SENT TO SEE SATAN" "The Revolting Alliance Formed by  Fiendish Quartet" "A Farmer & His Voluptuous Wife Their Victims" '"How the Latter Gave Battle to the Lecherous Brutes" "Three of Whom... Read full description  
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  • Mostly religious content...
    Item #702033
    CHRISTIAN INQUIRER, New York, Jan. 4, 1866  As the title would suggest, this newspaper is filled mostly with religious content.
    Four pages, never bound nor trimmed so it folds out to one large sheet, nice condition.
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  • Early from Carlisle, Pennsylvania...
    Item #702031
    THE CARLISLE REPUBLICAN, Pennsylvania, March 21, 1820

    * Very rare publication
    * Cumberland County


    According to the Am. Antiquarian Society information this was a short-lived newspaper, existing from 1819 - 1820 (information in Gregory is in error; says it began in 1830).
    A typical news of the day with the back page taken up with ads, including 2... Read full description  
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  • St. Valentine's Day Massacre investigation in a Chicago newspaper...
    Item #702030
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Feb. 20, 1929

    * St. Valentine's Day Massacre investigations
    * George 'Bugs' Moran & Al 'Scarface' Capone
    * Best publication to be had - very rare as such


    The front page has a one column heading: "GANG MASSACRE INQUIRY SHIFTS TO DYERS' FEUD" with smaller... Read full description  
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  • 1944 Bereznegovatoye–Snigirevka offensive ends...
    Item #702028
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 18, 1944

    * Bereznegovatoye–Snigirevka offensive ends
    * Southern Ukraine - Soviet Red Army victory
    * Rodion Malinovsky & the 3rd Ukrainian Front


    The top of the front page has a five column headline: "RUSSIANS 10 MILES FROM RUMANIA" with subheads and related map. (see images)
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  • Premiere of "Raiders of the Lost Ark", in a Los Angeles newspaper...
    Item #702026
    LOS ANGELES TIMES, June 11, 1981

    * Best "Raiders of the Lost Ark" film advertisement
    * Grand Opening Day (EVE) movie premiere
    * Steven Spielberg - Harrison Ford


    A nice issue on the premiere of the motion picture hit "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and perhaps no better issue could be found than this, the... Read full description  
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  • 1929 Ludwik Idzikowski airplance crash death...
    Item #702025
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 15, 1929

    * Polish military aviator Ludwik Idzikowski
    * Transatlantic airplane flight crash - killed


    The front page has a banner headline: "SEA FLYER KILLED IN CRASH" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display. Related photo and heading is on the back page.
    Complete with 38 pages, rag edition in... Read full description  
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  • Soviets take the lead in the space race in 1961...
    Item #702024
    THE PRATT DAILY TRIBUNE, Kansas, April 13, 1961 

    * Yuri Gagarin - Vostok 1 - Soviet cosmonaut
    * 1st human into outer space


    The top of the front page one column heading announcing that the Soviets have taken the lead in the space race: "Space Man Describes Sensations" Also another related article is headed: "JFK... Read full description  
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  • 1982 First Blood & Halloween III opening day ads....
    Item #702017
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Oct. 26, 1982

    * "First Blood" & Halloween III" advertisements
    * Grand Opening Day movie premieres
    * Action & Science fiction horror films


    Page 58 has a nice advertisement for the opening of ""First Blood"
    Page 61 has a smaller ad for the... Read full description  
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  • From a small mining town in Northern California...
    Item #702006
    AMADOR DISPATCH, Jackson, California, May 15, 1880 

    * Rare old West publication

    Jackson was founded in 1848 at a year-round spring, settled by American pioneers and then gold-seekers upon its discovery at the foothills of the Sierra Nevada range. It was also a convenient stopping place on the road from Sacramento to the... Read full description  
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  • 1957 rescue on Mount Eiger... Claudio Corti...
    Item #702005
    THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, Aug. 12, 1957

    * Italian climber Claudio Corti
    * North face of Mount Eiger
    * Bernese Alps rescue - Switzerland


    The front page has a six column heading: "Save One of 4 Trapped in Alps" with subhead and two related photos.
    Complete with 40 pages, light toning at the margins, a little wear and small binding... Read full description  
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  • Adolf Hitler & Eva Braun's will and testament...
    Item #702001
    NEW YORK TIMES, Dec. 30, 1945

    * Adolf Hitler & Eva Braun
    * Last will and testament found
    * Mystery child ? - suicide plans


    The top of the front page has a two column heading: "Hitler's Private Will Found; Affirms His Suicidal Plans" with subhead. (see images) Lengthy report continues inside.
    Complete 1st... Read full description  
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  • General Douglas MacArthur in Australia...
    Item #701999
    LOS ANGELES EXAMINER, March 18, 1942

    * General Douglas MacArthur promoted
    * Supreme Commander, Southwest Pacific Area
    * Great issue for display


    The front page has a terrific banner headline: "M'ARTHUR IN AUSTRALIA; TAKES TOP COMMAND" with subheads, photo of MacArthur and a patriotic themed appearance. Nice for display.
    First... Read full description  
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  • "Public Enemy No. 1" captured...   Alvin Karpis...
    Item #701997
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 28, 1936

    * Alvis (creepy) Karpis gets life
    * Last public Enemy No. 1
    * Early F.B.I. case


    The top of page 11 has a one column heading: "KARPIS AND AID GIVEN LIFE FOR HAMM KIDNAPPING" with subhead. (see images) First report coverage on former "public enemy no. 1" gangster, Alvin Karpis,... Read full description  
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  • A short-lived campaign newspaper...
    Item #701993
    THE PEOPLE'S ADVOCATE, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Sept. 24, 1816  This very uncommon title began with this issue, being volume 1, number 1 (not noted as such by verified in Brigham), ending on May 17, 1817, existing for just 8 months.
    This newspaper did not have current news of the day but rather was a campaign newspaper in its early weeks,... Read full description  
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  • A religious and literary journal...
    Item #701992
    THE FRIEND, Philadelphia, Feb. 7, 1844  Although it calls itself "A Religious & Literary Journal" the content includes secular material as well.
    Eight pages, 9 by 11 inches, very nice condition.
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  • Still with the original outer wrappers...
    Item #701990
    NEW ENGLAND FARMER, Boston, May 11, 1850  Although this farming-themed title has rather mundane content, its interest is in it still having the original, brown outer wrappers it had when sold on the streets. Wrappers were almost always removed when bound into annual volumes.
    Complete in 16 pages plus 8 pages of front & back wrappers,... Read full description  
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  • On the future prospects of the United States...
    Item #701989
    THE NEW HAVEN GAZETTE & THE CONNECTICUT MAGAZINE, March 23, 1786 (year in Roman numerals)  A notable newspaper from the brief period between the end of the Revolutionary War and the creation of the American Constitution when the founding fathers were crafting a framework for a new federal government.
    All of page 1 and half of... Read full description  
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  • The evils of drinking and attending stage plays...
    Item #701987
    THE BALANCE & COLUMBIAN REPOSITORY, Hudson, New York, April 26, 1803  Inside has a continued article: "To the Citizens of the U. States" concerning the evils of drinking and attending stage plays. A few bits include: "The great numbers of taverns and tippling houses...have been cause of much concern...some of... Read full description  
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  • First American railroad publication...
    Item #701985
    AMERICAN RAILROAD JOURNAL, New York, Dec. 19, 1835

    * Very early on the railroad industry
    * Uncommon publication


    This is an early issue of the very first American periodical on railroading.
    The best feature of this newspaper may be the great and very early engraving of a railroad train in the masthead, showing an engine with three cars. Note the... Read full description  
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  • First American railroad publication: progress of masthead & title changes...
    Item #701984
    AMERICAN RAILROAD JOURNAL, New York  

    * Very early & rare railroad periodical
    * Trains - locomotives - lot of 6 issues


    This title was the very first American periodical on railroading. Offered here is a lot of 6 issues from its earliest years, showing the change in title and masthead engravings... Read full description  
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  • Printed "in the field" in the jungles of New Guinea...
    Item #701983
    GUINEA GOLD, "Australian Edition", Aug. 19, 1945  

    * Rare military title
    * Jungles of New Guinea
    * World War II - WWII


    Hailing itself as the "most bombed newspaper", this military publication was printed in the jungles of New Guinea, hence the title.
    The headline announces: "JAP ENVOY FOR MANILA... Read full description  
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  • With an outer wrapper...
    Item #701981
    THE GENESEE FARMER, Rochester, New York, Dec., 1846  A small-size paper focused on the farming industry. A nice engraving in the masthead, and this issue has an outer wrapper.
    Complete in 20 pages plus the wrappers, 7 by 10 3/4 inches, never bound nor trimmed, nice condition.
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  • Printed on aqua-tinted paper...
    Item #701980
    AMERICAN WEEKLY MESSENGER, Philadelphia, Sept. 10, 1814  The content is mostly concerning military events in Europe. Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this issue is the color of the paper, having a decidedly blue-green tint, which is unusual.
    Sixteen pages, 6 by 10 inches, very nice condition.
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  • Misspelled title, and much on the War of 1812...
    Item #701979
    AMERICAN WEEKLY MSESENGER, Philadelphia, March 26, 1814  No, we did not misspell the title. The typesetter misspelled what was to have been "Messenger", a rather rare find in the rare newspaper hobby & a curious addition to any collection as such.
    Among the articles are: "Character of Tecumseh" which takes 1... Read full description  
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  • Lincoln's 2nd inauguration, with his inaugural address on the front page...
    Item #701971
    CLEVELAND MORNING LEADER, Ohio, March 6, 1865  

    * Abraham Lincoln's inauguration
    * Inaugural address on the ftpg.
    * Closing weeks of the Civil War


    The front page has a stack of column heads on both Lincoln's second inauguration as President, as well as the latest reports on the Civil... Read full description  
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  • America's second Presidential election: Massachusetts casts its vote...
    Item #701968
    COLUMBIAN CENTINEL, Boston, Dec. 8, 1792 Page 3 has under "Federal Register"  a report stating: "The Electors...of this Commonwealth, met at the Senate-Chamber...and gave their suffrages as follows: For President, George Washington--16 votes. For Vice President, John Adams, 16 votes. which is... Read full description  

    Item from last month's catalog - #364 - released for March, 2026.

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  • The "Battle of Los Angeles" during World War II...
    Item #701956
    SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, Feb. 25, 1942 

    * Battle of Los Angeles - Air Raid
    * Japanese airplane attack ? UFO's ?


    The front page has a two column headline: "War in California: Intern Japs, Congressmen Demand; Sub Raider Is Still Loose" with subheads. (see images)
    This is a report on what is known as the "Battle... Read full description  
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  • Five issue lot from before the Revolutionary War...
    Item #701947
    (5) THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, A group of five issues dated Aug. 12, 1758, June 24, 1760, May 5, 1761, Feb. 2, 1768, and May 21, 1772. A nice little group lot providing a flavor of life in England from the period when tensions were growing with its American colonies. 
    Each issue is complete in 8 pages, 8 by 11 inches,... Read full description  
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  • With the word "Confederate" in the title...
    Item #701936
    THE DAILY CONFEDERATE, Raleigh, North Carolina, June 1, 1864  

    * Very rare rebel publication

    It is always desirable to find a newspaper having the word "Confederate" in the title. Here is one.
    There is a wealth of war reporting, some articles including: "An Appeal to the People of the Confederate States"... Read full description  
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  • 1929 Parnassus, Pennsylvania mine disaster....
    Item #701931
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, March 22, 1929

    * Parnassus PA Pennsylvania
    * Kinloch coal mine explosion


    The front page has a one column heading: "21 KILLED, 10 MISSING IN MINE GAS BLAST" with subheads. (see) First report coverage on the Valley Camp Coal Company disaster at the Kinloch mine in Parnassus, Pennsylvania. Always nice to have... Read full description  
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  • First report on the assassination of Lincoln...
    Item #701929
    CHARLESTON COURIER, South Carolina, April 20, 1865

    * Abraham Lincoln assassination (historic 1st report)
    * From the origin of the American Civil War (rare)


     Keep in mind that Charleston fell to Union forces on February 18 and after that date was in Union control. So this is the volume 1, number 47 issue in the "new... Read full description  
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  • Texas Guinan police raid... queen of the night clubs...
    Item #701925
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Nov. 12, 1929

    * Texas Guinan police raid
    * 'Club Royale' & more night clubs
    * "Queen of the night clubs" - actress
    * Prohibition era speakeasy fame
    * Best publication to be had (very rare)


    The top of page 5 has a one column heading: "Tex Guinan Gives Drys Big Hand In Night Club... Read full description  
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  • Very unusual newspaper: printed on transparent newsprint...
    Item #701924
    THE 'TEXAS ALMANAC'--EXTRA, Austin, Feb. 10, 1863

    * Extremely rare Southwest publication
    * American Civil War era


     This newspaper appears to have existed from October, 1862 thru June, 1863. This is the volume 1, number 53 issue.
    This is one of the more unusual we have encountered. It is a single sheet issue... Read full description  
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  • Lewis Yelland Andrews assassination in Nazareth...
    Item #701921
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, Sept. 27, 1937

    * Lewis Yelland Andrews assassination
    * Killed by Arab at Nazareth, Israel


    The top of the front page has a two column heading: "British Chief in Galilee Killed By Arabs Near Nazareth Church" with subhead. (see) First report coverage on the assassination of Lewis Yelland Andrews, British... Read full description  
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  • Night of the Long Knives in 1934...
    Item #701916
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, July 7, 1934
     
    * Night of the Long Knives
    * Adolf Hitler cleans house
    * Rebellion in Pre WWII Germany


    The front page has a banner headline: "500 NAZI KILLINGS REPORTED" with subheads. (see images) Nice for display. More on page 2 and two related photos on the back page.
    Complete with 26 pages, rag... Read full description  
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  • Jesse Owens beats horse in 1936...
    Item #701915
    SECTION 2 (sports) only of the Chicago Sunday Tribune, December 27, 1936

    * Jesse Owens vs. Julio McCaw
    * Track speedster beats Cuban horse
    * Olympic star sprinter


    The front page of this section has a one column heading: "Jesse Owens Wins Again--This Time He Outruns Horse" (see image) Page 3 has a pictorial of the 1936 sport's stars... Read full description  
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  • Willie Mays drafted by U.S. Army...
    Item #701909
    THE NEW YORK TIMES, Jan. 17, 1952

    * Willie Mays "The Say Hey Kid"
    * New York Giants baseball player
    * Drafted by the United States Army (Korean War)


    The top of page 33 has a seven column heading: "Mays of Giants Is Found Acceptable for Draft After Second Test" with subheads and photo of Mays taking the aptitude test. (see... Read full description  
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  • 1961 Barbra Streisand's 1st acting performance...
    Item #701905
    THE VILLAGE VOICE, Greenwich Village, New York, Oct. 19, 1961

    * Barbra Streisand - singer & actress 1st performance
    * Another Evening with Harry Stoones - Off-Broadway
    * Very early and extremely rare item on Streisand (19 yrs. old)


    Page 11 has a list of current Off-Broadway theatre performances including a musical titled:... Read full description  
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  • From Richmond, with a Proclamation signed by Jeff Davis...
    Item #701898
    CHRISTIAN OBSERVER, Richmond, Virginia, Feb. 2, 1865  

    * Confederate president Jefferson Davis proclamation
    * Rare publication from the capital of the Confederacy


    As the title would suggest, this is primarily a religious newspaper, however there is secular reporting as well, including war-related news.
    Among the... Read full description  
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  • Union occupation newspaper from Wilmington, North Carolina...
    Item #701895
    THE HERALD OF THE UNION, Wilmington, North Carolina, March 4, 1865  

    * Rare Union occupation publication
    * Final weeks of the American Civil War
    * Last Atlantic port of the Confederacy 


    This is a Union occupation newspaper, as Wilmington fell to the Yankee forces in February, 1865, being the last Atlantic port to... Read full description  
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  • Latest-dated Charleston Civil War issue we have offered?
    Item #701892
    THE CHARLESTON MERCURY, South Carolina, Jan. 21, 1865

    * From the origin of the Civil War
    * Close to Confederates evacuating 


    A newspaper from this famous Confederate stronghold quite late in the Civil War, in fact, our records seem to indicate this is the latest-dated issue of the Mercury we have offered from the Civil... Read full description  
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  • 1940 Battle of Britain begins...
    Item #701889
    ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH, July 11, 1940

    * Battle of Britain begins (1st report)
    * German bombers over United Kingdom


    The top of the front page has a four column headline: "GERMANS BOMB ENGLAND FROM COAST TO COAST; TOWNS MACHINE GUNNED" with subheads. (see images) First report coverage on the beginning of the "Battle of Britain"... Read full description  
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  • Uncommon "Special Number" focused solely on Henry Stanley in Africa...
    Item #701888
    STANLEY IN AFRICA, "Special Number of the Illustrated London News", Feb. 6, 1878  

    * David Livingstone & Henry Morton Stanley

    This is a special issue with its own, exploration-themed masthead, containing a wealth of text on Henry Stanley exploring Africa, as well as 24 related prints, 3 of... Read full description  
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  • Scenes in British Columbia...
    Item #701885
    THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, March 10, 1883  The front page shows: "Confirmation of the New Archbishop of Canterbury...".
    Perhaps the best print is a full page of four: "Sketches in British Columbia" which includes scenes at Port Moody and along the Fraser River. There is a related full column article on British... Read full description  
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  • 1941 Strand Theatre fire disaster...  Brockton, Mass....
    Item #701876
    THE BOSTON POST, March 13, 1941 

    * Strand Theatre fire disaster
    * Firemen - firefighters
    * Brockton, Massachusetts


    The top of the front page has a one column heading: "DEATH TOLL IN BROCKTON REACHES 13" with subheads. (see images) Coverage on the Strand Theatre fire in Brockton, Massachusetts.
    Complete with 20 pages,... Read full description  
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  • The Beatles arrive in America for 1st time...
    Item #701873
    THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass., Feb. 8, 1964 

    * The Beatles arrive in America
    * Beatlemania begins in the U.S.
    * Pan American Flight 101 lands
    * British invasion (historic)


     The bottom of page 4 announces the arrival of the Beatles in America for the first time with a clever heading: "England Finally Revenged for 1776: The... Read full description  
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  • 1938 Sholomo Ben-Yosef execution... Jewish... Jews...
    Item #701872
    THE DETROIT FREE PRESS, June 30, 1938

    * Shlomo Ben-Yosef hanging
    * Revisionist Zionist - Irgun
    * 1st Jew executed by British
    * Mandatory Palestine
    * Jewish - Jews - Judaica


    The front page has one column headings: "Holy Land Is Put Under Army Rule" "Jews Protest British Execution of Youth" (see image) First report... Read full description  
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  • Nazis attack the Athenia... World War II begins...
    Item #701868
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, September 5, 1939 

    * SS Athenia, 1st British ship sunk by Germany
    * World War II at the beginning - WWII
    * Britain and France entering the war


    The front page has a banner heading: "ATHENIA REPORTED SHELLED" with subheads. (see images)
    Complete with 20 pages, light toning and a little wear at the... Read full description  
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  • Kentucky's Mammoth Cave...   Trading with Indians...
    Item #701864
    THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, Oct. 7, 1876  Inside contains a full page print: "American Sketches: Indians At A Hide-Trader's Hut" as well as: "American Sketches: The Mammoth Cave of Kentucky - The Mammoth Dome" and another half page: "The Mammoth Cave of Kentucky - The Gothic Gallery" which... Read full description  
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