Boston: Gould, Kendall and Lincoln, 59 Washington Street, 1850. First Edition. Famous scientific expedition exploring the Northern End of Lake Superior was composed of Scientists and Students (mostly from Harvard). Read More about Lake Superior: Its Physical Character, Vegetation and Animals. With a Narrative of the Tour, by...

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...

London: Published by G. Berger, [1848]. First edition. "The greater part of the pamphlet is devoted to the trials and experiences of the first few years and it is an excellent picture of frontier life." (Buck). Written by the mother of the family and put into literary form by one..... Read More about A True Picture of Emigration: Or Fourteen Years in the Interior of North America; Being an...

[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 trip..... 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: W.B. Sloan, [1850]. An early Chicago almanac and imprint, with travel distances via rail and steamboat, along with prose, poetry, and other miscellany. Only a handful of copies located. Scarce. Read More about Sloan's Almanac and Traveler's Guide for 1851

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....

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...

New Haven: by Thomas and Samuel Green, 1795. With an untitled poem on page 38. Read More about The Heavenly Mansions. : A Sermon preached May 14, 1795, in the City of New-Haven, at the...

Washington, D.C: GPO, 1861. First edition. Read More about Addresses on the Death of Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, delivered in the Senate and House of...

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1916. First edition. The memoir of Mrs. John A. Logan, widow of the Union General and politician. This copy generously extra-illustrated and extended to two volumes. The extra-illustrations include the following:Mrs. John Logan, ALS; Dollie Madison, free frank autograph; Richard Wallach, Mayor of Washington, D.C...... Read More about Reminiscences of a Soldier's Wife