Washington, D.C: Farnham, 1857. Second Edition. Inscribed. Inscribed on the half-Title: "Edmund Flagg Esq./ with the regards of/ C.C. Andrews." Second edition is printed in same year as the first. Read More about Minnesota and Dacotah: in letters descriptive of a tour through the North-West, in 1856

n.p. (Washington, D.C): Feburary 8th, 1930. ‘It Was Not Luck, But Hard Work’. A plucky letter from the first blind US Senator. Reading in part: “Through an electric shock I lost my sight. Then it was the beginning all over as a blind man to make myself into a successful..... Read More about Typed letter signed "Thos. D. Schall" (Thomas D. Schall) to "S.H." (Seymour...

[New York: Tribune Office, 1856]. Read More about THE BORDER RUFFIAN CODE IN KANSAS [caption title

[Minnesota: 1909]. Group of photos depicting a winter hunting trip to Trout Lake Minnesota. Printed card to inner cover lists the following members present for this trip: B. W. How, R. M. Wolvin, J. M. Truby, M. J. O'Rourke, and H. W. Brown [his name is gilt-stamped to upper cover..... Read More about Trout Lake, Minn. Dec. 10-19, 1909 [cover title, stamped in gilt

[Minnesota: privately printed, 1904. First edition. Howard Lake, Minnesota, 1904. Inscribed on the first blank leaf by the author, to Luther A. Brewer (American publisher, president of Torch Press, Cedar Rapids, Iowa). Dated in ink on the wrapper, July, 1904. Account in verse (to a Longfellow meter) of the fishing..... Read More about Legends of the Fishing Trip in Minnesota

Dubuque, Iowa: O. A. Bronson Jr, 1871. With Photograph. First volume of this chess journal. The early volumes were called “Dubuque Chess Journal” and “Brownson's Chess Journal,” then in 1876 the title was changed to “The American Chess Journal ”and then in 1877 returned to “Chess Journal.”¶ The portrait photograph..... Read More about The Chess Journal: Devoted to the Interests of Caissa. No. 1 August 1870; No. II, August 15th,...

Chicago: 35th and Iron Streets, 1909. The company was started for the dismantling odf the Chicago World's Fair. They became “Harris Brothers’ Homes” in 1913. Of the six national companies, selling kit homes through mail-order catalogs, Harris Brothers was probably the least-well known. Read More about Chicago House Wrecking Co. Catalogue No160A. 1909-1910

Chicago: Jevne & Almini, 1866-1867. First Edition. Plates Documenting Chicago Before the Fire, with the Original Prospectus. A marvelous collection of views of Chicago - drawn, described, and published by Chicagoans - providing the best visual description of the city before the destruction wreaked by the Great Fire of 1871..... Read More about Chicago Illustrated. 1830. 1866. Literary Description by James W. Sheahan Esq. Illustrations by...

Washington, D.C: 1862. Copperheads and Unconditional Unionists. This compelling, historical manuscript was penned during the contentious and hostile political environment that was pervasive during the Lincoln Administration. The subscription is for a speech by Pendleton arguing the constitutionality of the proposed “Legal Tender Act,” authorizing the government to issue paper..... Read More about Autograph Manuscript Subscription for copies of a speech made by Rep. George H. Pendleton Before...

Cleveland, Ohio: THE SAPERSTEIN GREETING CARD CO, 1939. Read More about Postcard: "Grounds of the Great Lakes Exposition at Night, Looking North Toward Lake Erie....

N.p. [Chicago?]: Privately Printed, 1927. First edition. Privately Printed Account of Safari in Kenya. Inscribed by the author on the ffep in 1928 to Daniel E. Pomeroy, a member of the Akeley-Eastman-Pomeroy African expedition Czech: "A quite scarce book, this details the author's safari into Kenya accompanied by Philip Percival..... Read More about The Unbelievable Game Country

Cleveland: Short & Forman, 1880. First edition. In addition to technical material, contains instructions on shooting, trapping, and fishing. Read More about Fifty Years with the Gun and Rod, including tables showing the velocity, distance, penetration or...