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  • Bride of Frankenstein opening night ad...
    Item #725661
    THE DETROIT NEWS, May 3, 1935 

    * "Bride of Frankenstein" horror film
    * Opening day premiere advertisement (Detroit)
    * Actor Boris Karloff  as The Monster

    Page 15 has a illustrated advertisement for the premiere showing in Detroit for the horror film: "The Bride Of Frankenstein" starring Boris Karloff. The ad measures 10 1/2 x 4 inches.... Read full description  
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  • 1963 "The Flintstones" w/ Bamm Bamm color comic strip...
    Item #725137
    COLOR COMIC STRIPS section only of The Detroit Free Press, Oct. 27, 1963

    * 1st appearance of "Bamm Bamm" Rubble
    * "The Flintstones" color comic strip
    * "Stone age" animated comedy series


    This section has several color comic strips which includes a page 4 "THE FLINTSTONES" strip with... Read full description  
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  • 1963 "The Flintstones"w/ Pebbles color comic strip...
    Item #724916
    COLOR COMIC STRIPS section only of The Detroit Free Press, April 14, 1963

    * First appearance of baby "Pebbles"
    * "The Flintstones" color comic strip
    * "Stone age" animated comedy series


    This section has several color comic strips which includes a page 7 "THE FLINTSTONES" strip with the... Read full description  
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  • From rough & tumble Deadwood, Dakota Territory...
    Item #724668
    DEADWOOD DAILY PIONEER, Black Hills, (South Dakota) July 28, 1889  This city would arguably be--along with Tombstone & Dodge City--one of the more famous of all the towns from the rough & tumble days of the Old West, and only rarely do such issues come to light. It attracted larger-than-life Old West figures including Wyatt... Read full description  

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  • Ad for historic pier... Promoting Atlantic City as a summer vacation spot...
    Item #724595
    THE SEASON - ATLANTIC CITY,  For the week ending July 17, 1894  This was a seasonal newspaper to promote the attributes of Atlantic City as a summer vacation spot. Page 2 notes that it was: "...distributed FREE on all express trains on the Camden & Atlantic and West Jersey Railroads...".... Read full description  

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  • Battle of Shanghai in 1937...
    Item #723561
    THE BETHLEHEM GLOBE-TIMES, Penn., Sept. 14, 1937

    * Battle of Shanghai, China
    * Imperial Japanese Army
    * Second Sino-Japanese War


    The top of the front page has a four column headline: "CHINESE AIRPLANES SINK JAP WARSHIP, DAMAGE TWO OTHERS; HEAR 'PIRATE SUB' CAPTURED" with subheads and related photo. (see images) 
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  • African Lion Exhibit in 1802 Boston...
    Item #722885
    NEW YORK EVENING POST, Nov. 25, 1802

    * African lion on display advertisement (notice)

    The top of the front page has a notice for an exhibit of "The King Of Beasts" which includes details about the event and a woodcut of the African lion. Complete with all 4 pages, minor margin wear, nice condition.

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  • Early from 1880 Salinas, California...
    Item #722563
    THE MONTEREY DEMOCRAT, Salinas City, Monterey County, California, Oct. 2, 1880  

    * Rare publication
    * Old Wild West


    An early title from the county seat of Monterey County, just south of San Francisco. Very typical of newspapers from the era with a nice mix of news of the day and advertisements, some illustrated.
    Gregory's... Read full description  
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  • 1967 Battle of Mekong... Vietnam War...
    Item #722361
    THE SPRINGFIELD UNION, Mass. June 20, 1967

    * Battle of the Mekong - Delta - River
    * Vietnam War - U.S. Navy River Patrol Boats


    The front page has a two column heading: "GIs Kill 276 Reds In Heavy Fighting" (see images)
    Complete with 36 pages, tiny binding holes along the spine, nice condition.

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  • On Mormon wives testifying against their husbands...
    Item #721569
    DESERET EVENING NEWS, Salt Lake City, Utah Territory, July 9, 1874  Page 2 has nearly two columns taken up with the details report of a Utah Supreme Court case concerning wives testifying as witnesses against their husbands.
    The report is headed "Supreme Court Decision" "Wives as Witnesses" being the case of... Read full description  

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  • Herman Melville's Moby-Dick...  Arctic Expedition...
    Item #721500
    HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, New York, December, 1851 

    * Herman Melville's Moby-Dick
    * Early novel review - The Whale
    * First introduction to the public 


    Near the back of the issue is "Literacy Notices" which discusses "A new work by Herman Melville, entitled Moby Dick; or, the Whale, has just been... Read full description  
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  • Charles Dickens, Samuel Johnson, and prints of Albany and North Carolina...
    Item #721482
    HARPER'S NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE, New York, March, 1857.  Simply a great issue. Included are the following: ae early (pre-book) serialized portion of "Little Dorrit", by Charles Dickens, a lengthy tribute to the famed Samuel Johnson (taking more than 10 pages), and detailed, illustrated... Read full description  
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  • At a reduced price... Lineage to California's first newspaper... From shortly after statehood...
    Item #721154
    DAILY ALTA CALIFORNIA, San Francisco, Feb. 13, 1852

    * Very rare old West publication (early)
    * Gold rush mining - miners - 49ers era 
    * Soon after statehood - joining the Union
    * LARGE SIZED ISSUE - Measures 28 x 21 inches


    The very first title in the Golden State was the... Read full description  
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  • Surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga...
    Item #721029
    EDINBURGH EVENING COURANT, Scotland, Dec. 8, 1777

    * Battles of Saratoga - Revolutionary War
    * General John Burgoyne surrenders


    Certainly the most  significant content is the page 2 report on the surrender of Burgoyne at Saratoga, a very much-needed victory for the American cause. Some of the reporting includes: "...arrived in town... Read full description  
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  • 1979 KISS concert tour advertisement...
    Item #720758
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, Aug. 6, 1979

    * Early KISS - American hard rock band
    * Gene Simmons - Paul Stanley - Ace Frehley
    * Dynasty Tour - "Return of KISS" concert
    * With heavy metal band Judas Priest 
    * Nassau Coliseum - Uniondale, New York


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  • John Dillinger hiding in 1934 Chicago...
    Item #719990
    CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, June 28, 1934 

    * The hunt for John Dillinger 
    * Hiding in Chicago, Illinois
    * Aide Albert Reilly arrested 


    The top of page 2 has a one column heading: "Dillinger's Pal Is Seized In Bed By Federal Men" with subhead. Small photo of Reilly is on the back page. (see images) Nice to have in this... Read full description  
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  • Baseball in England with a full page engraving...
    Item #719704
    THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, Aug. 15, 1874   Formatted very much like Harper's Weekly with many nice prints, the prime feature of this issue is the very nice full page print titled: "The Americans Playing Baseball at Prince's Ground". The engraving shows the entire field with all defensive players plus a... Read full description  
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  • On a California lynching by the Committee of Vigilance, wth a print...
    Item #719062
    ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, Nov. 15, 1851  Pages 3 and 4 contain an article on a famous case involving the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance, headed: "Californian Lynchings". Included as well is a print captioned: "Lynching In San Francisco".
    In 1851, San Francisco was a city in... Read full description  
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  • Death of King George V...
    Item #718122
    THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, Jan. 25, 1936 

    * The Death of King George V
    * British illustrated newspaper

    A special issue of this popular illustrated newspaper on the death of the death of King George V, with a great wealth of photos and illustrations on his life and of the British monarchy. Great to have this historic content in a London... Read full description  
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  • From the "heyday" of Asbury Park, New Jersey...
    Item #717577
    THE DAILY PRESS, Asbury Park & Ocean Grove, New Jersey, Aug. 7, 1888 

    * From this tourist mecca of the 19th century
    * Famous hotels in illustrated ads

    An interesting newspaper from these once-famous vacation meccas on the Jersey coast, containing various news of the day with an emphasis on tourism-related items.
    Page 2 has a... Read full description  
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  • Roosevelt in Washington... Lenin's Bolsheviki...
    Item #717081
    LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, March 1, 1919. 

    * Color cover, "The World Question"
    * Lenin's Socialism comes for the World
    * Multiple ads for products of the era

    This issue features a color cover, "The World Question". Within the issue is an article, "Roosevelt's Introduction to... Read full description  

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  • Anthracite coal region...  Great era-themed ads...
    Item #717043
    LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, March 23, 1918

    * Cover is color illustration of a WWI Savings Stamp
    * Anthracite coal region of Scranton to Shamokin, PA.
    * WWI-themed articles and photos
     
    The front page is a color illustration: "BE A STAR", captioned: “A Nation is as Prosperous as its Children are... Read full description  
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  • A nice color cover by Orson Lowell - worker reading a newspaper during lunch...
    Item #717038
    LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Feb. 7, 1920
     
    * Orson Lowell color cover - construction worker reading newspaper during lunch
    * WWI-themed articles and photos
    * Multiple ads for products of the era
     
    The front page is a color illustration by Orson Lowell: "The Topic of the Day"... Read full description  
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  • Submarine Warfare... Patriotic poem by Minna Irving...
    Item #717009
    LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Feb. 22, 1917 
     
    * Front color cover… ON GUARD
    * "OUR COUNTRY" - poem by Minna Irving
    * Multiple ads for products of the era
     
    The front page is a color illustration of: "ON GUARD - Naval Militiaman Protecting Brooklyn Bridge, Destruction of Which... Read full description  
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  • Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge color cover... double page German battle front map...
    Item #717008
    LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, October 5, 1918
     
    * Cyrus LeRoy Baldridge color cover - YMCA
    * Double-page map of German battle-front
    * Full-page color ads
     
    The front page is a color illustration by C. Le Roy Baldridge: “At the sign of the Red Triangle" (with Y.M.C.A. in the... Read full description  
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  • Bombing a Zepplin... Frameable auto ads...
    Item #717007
    LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, May 4, 1916
     
    * Color cover
    * WWI-themed articles and photos
    * Multiple ads for products of the era
     
    The front page is a color illustration: "The Moth and The Flame".  Several articles related to WWI are present - including a full-page photo showing a plane dropping a bomb on a... Read full description  
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  • 'Bleeding Kansas' and the shooting of Sheriff Jones...
    Item #717003
    NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Sept. 8, 1856  

    * Bleeding Kansas
    * Missouri border invasion
    * War on slavery


    The front page has a 2 1/2 columns of coverage on the "Bleeding Kansas" situation with headings that include: "The Kansas War" "Details of the Fight at Ossawatomie" "Border-Ruffian... Read full description  
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  • Displayable Fourth of July issue from 1910...
    Item #716816
    LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY, New York, June 30, 1910  The photo shows the very nice and displayable color cover beneath which is noted: "Fourth of July Number", obviously celebrating the 4th of July, or Independence Day. Avery nice issue for display.
    Complete in 26 pages, lacking a back cover, excellent condition. Very... Read full description  
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  • Print of Joseph Rainey, the first African-American to serve in the House...
    Item #716450
    FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Jan. 14, 1871  

    * Joseph Rainey sworn in w/ illustration
    * 1st African American to serve in U.S. Congress


    Inside has a nice pint captioned: "Hon. J. H. Rainey, The First Colored American Representative--from a Photograph by Brady". There is a... Read full description  
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  • See the masthead...
    Item #716213
    POMEROY'S ILLUSTRATED DEMOCRAT, Chicago, Oct. 5, 1878  Not only does this have a very decorative masthead (see the print of a $2 bill), but the front page has a large illustration of: "The Great American Show".
    Eight pages, various tears at margins & folds with a few small pieces missing.
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  • The "Rare & Early Newspapers' logo... Civil War reporting... Prince Albert's funeral...
    Item #716162
    THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, Jan. 4, 1862   The front page has prints: "The Falls of the Riviere Du Loup, In Lower, or Eastern Canada" and: "Riviere Du Loup, or Fraserville, on the St. Lawrence, the Eastern Terminus of the Grand Trunk Railway".
    Prints inside include:... Read full description  
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  • From rough & tumble Deadwood, Dakota Territory...
    Item #716160
    DEADWOOD DAILY PIONEER, Black Hills, (South Dakota) July 23, 1889  This city would arguably be--along with Tombstone & Dodge City--one of the more famous of all the towns from the rough & tumble days of the Old West, and only rarely do such issues come to light. It attracted larger-than-life Old West figures including Wyatt... Read full description  

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  • Execution of Champ Ferguson...
    Item #716126
    FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Nov. 11, 1865  The full front page has 5 prints of: "The Catastrophe on Board the Steamer St. John".
    Prints inside include: "Burning of the Michigan Central Railroad Depot, Detroit" "Passengers & Crew of the Ship Titania Rescued..." "The Old Landmarks of New York City--House, N.W. Corner of Peck Skip and... Read full description  

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  • Russian and Polish emigrants being vaccinated in New York (1881)...
    Item #715769
    LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, May 14, 1881  The front cover has: "NEW YORK CITY - HEALTH OFFICERS VACCINATING RUSSIAN AND POLISH IMIGRANTS ON BOARD THE STEAMSHIP 'VICTORIA,' AT QUARANTINE...", which has a related article on page 6. Two inside pages have vignettes related to the progress of... Read full description  
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  • Early & very nice newspaper from San Diego...
    Item #715704
    SAN DIEGO DAILY UNION, California, Sept. 23, 1871 

    * Rare & early from Southern California

    Very early from San Diego--a volume 2 issue--when the population was just 2300, with a nice engraving of the harbor in the masthead.  All four pages have various news tidbits of the day, including local, regional, and national reports.... Read full description  
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  • Brutal Indian attack in Arizona...  Robert E. Lee...  much more...
    Item #715492
    NEW YORK ILLUSTRATED NEWS, July 15, 1861  Formatted much like the popular Harper's Weekly, but a much scarcer title.
    The full front page shows: "Capture of a Picket After Heroically Defending Himself Against About 50 Assailants, near Cloud's Mill, Virginia". Other prints include a dramatic double page centerfold: "Indian... Read full description  

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  • Death of President Rutherford B. Hayes...
    Item #715088
    THE ALLENTOWN DEMOCRAT, Penna., Jan. 25, 1893  

     * President Rutherford B. Hayes death

    The top of the first column on pg. 2 contains a report headed: "Death of Rutherford B. Hayes" which begins: "Rutherford B. Hayes died at Fremont, Ohio, on Tuesday night of last week, aged about 70 years..." with more (see... Read full description  
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  • 1887 White House Easter egg roll...
    Item #714497
    FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, April 23, 1887 This issue contains a slightly larger than a full page illustration entitled "Washington, D. C. -- An Unique Festival -- Egg-Rolling in the White House Grounds on Easter Monday" and has an accompanying article.
    Also in the issue is: "Destructive Prairie Fires in Kansas --... Read full description  
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  • Tortured by Indians...
    Item #714377
    DUNLAP'S AMERICAN DAILY ADVERTISER, Philadelphia, Oct. 8, 1792   The front page features 24 illustrated ship ads. Page 2 has a report: "...that Colonel Harden...on a mission to the Indians respecting a treaty of peace...were immediately made prisoners & sentenced to be burnt as spies. Colonel Harden saw his companion expire under all the... Read full description  

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  • 1939 Wizard of Oz debut... opening day close...
    Item #714178
    THE TIMES PICAYUNE, New Orleans, August 16, 1939

    * "The Wizard of Oz" premiere
    * Opening day advertisement (2 days away)
    * Judy Garland and more


    The bottom of page 38 has an historic advertisement in early film history. See images for a non-illustrated 7 1/2 x 6 inch ad for the premiere of "The Wizard of Oz" in New... Read full description  
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  • A few neat illustrated advertisements from 1815...
    Item #714098
    NEW YORK EVENING POST, Aug. 11, 1815 

    * Illustrated advertisements
    * Early 19th century original

    The front page is filled with advertisements, including illustrated ads for a steam boat and 17 illustrated ship ads. The back page has an ad for a stagecoach and more.
    Four pages in good condition..
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  • 1974 Queen, The Allman Brothers & Lynyrd Skynyrd...
    Item #713736
    THE VILLAGE VOICE (weekly), Greenwich Village, New York, May 2, 1974

    * "Queen" II concert tour - English rock band
    * Gershwin Theatre performances advertisement
    * The Allman Brothers Band concert advertisement
    * Lynyrd Skynyrd "Second Helping" album release
    * "Sweet Home Alabama" "Don't Ask Me No... Read full description  
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  • See the nice masthead...
    Item #713626
    POLITICAL AND COMMERCIAL REGISTER, Philadelphia, Aug. 23, 1811  If nothing else, this somewhat uncommon title has a very nice masthead, featuring a 3-masted ship at its center.
    Inside pages have various news reports from Europe and the United States. A wealth of advertisements as well, including 11 illustrated ship ads on the front page.
    Four pages, nice... Read full description  

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  • Winslow Homer print...
    Item #713393
    HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 18, 1874  Certainly the best print in this famous illustrated newspaper is the very nice full page by noted artist Winslow Homer, captioned: "New York Charities--St. Barnabas House, 304 Mulberry Street".
    Among the other prints are the full front page by Thomas Worth: "Pride & Politeness"; the full... Read full description  
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  • From this one-time boom town of Gunnison...
    Item #712908
    GUNNISON DAILY REVIEW, Colorado, June 5, 1882  An uncommon title from this boom mining town in the southwestern quadrant of Colorado, tucked in a valley amidst the Rocky Mountains.
    Gunnison boomed in the late 1870's and early 1880's and was once the home of Wyatt Earp and "Texas Jack". Today, there are some 5500 residents of Gunnison.... Read full description  

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  • Beautiful, colorful, and patriotic cover... Winston Churchill... Dwight D. Eisenhower...
    Item #712200
    THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS, England, May 12, 1945  This famous magazine has one of the finest, most patriotic front covers we have seen on the end of the war in Europe. Very colorful, it shows soldiers from many nations representing the Allied forces. The inside has a double-page color print of... Read full description  

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  • Front page print shows Lincoln being assassinated...
    Item #711122
    FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, April 29, 1865 

    * Famous Abraham Lincoln assassination issue
    * Much more uncommon than the Harper's Weekly


     This issue remains one of the most desired for this historic, tragic event, as it is one of the only newspapers which included a front page graphic showing the actual... Read full description  
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  • An early 1873 wine country newspaper...
    Item #710865
    THE NAPA REGISTER, Napa City, California, Oct. 15, 1873  

    * Rare old West publication
    * From the wine country


    Although in the heart of the wine region, for which this city is famous today, its beginnings were centered more on the California Gold Rush of 1849. This city became a refuge for miners during the first severe winter of... Read full description  
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  • Baseball caricatures by famed artist A.B. Frost...
    Item #710304
    HARPER'S MONTHLY, New York, January, 1890  The entire back page is captioned: "Our National Game" showing twelve different baseball caricatures each with a caption, illustrated by the famed artist A.B. Frost.
    Other articles include: "Jamaica, New and Old" "The Russian Army" "The Smyrna Fig... Read full description  
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  • Paul Revere's son in the bell foundry business...
    Item #710244
    BOSTON DAILY ADVERTISER, Feb. 21, 1822  

    * Paul Revere's son

    The front page has an illustrated ad for "Joseph W. Revere..."Factory and ship Bells..." with a bit more.
    Joseph was the 3rd Paul Revere's 8 children, taking over the bell foundry business from his father in 1811.
    Four pages, never bound nor... Read full description  

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