Titles starting with 3 from Bartlebys Books

A very descriptive letter praising the fertile land-cherries, plums, peaches, grapes and especially the peaches and the home made wine. He comments on the many thousands of people crossing the allegany Mountains into Tennessee. Robson taught school at $400 per year trying to save enough to start a farm. He states; "The talk of the day here is Aaron Burr, the grand jury has formed a true bill and (Burr) is in jail. You may give your opinion but there is no doubt of his guilt in this place". Two s... more information

[Columbus, TX?]:, 1867.. Broadside, 13 x 12 inches, the headline a large display type (2 inches tall), with the text describing, in 11-line detail, a horse stolen from Tait "from my lot in the town of Columbus, Colorado County, Texas, on the night of the 10th of January, 1867." With the remnants of a contemporary postmarked mailing label on upper and lower edges, as if used as a seal. Winkler/Friend (1861-1876) 1688 (locating a copy at the Texas State Library). Not recorded on OCLC. Some foxing a... more information

Louisville, KY:: National Tobacco Works (J.V. Reed & Co., printers),, 1886.. Broadside, 12 x 8 inches, printing a list of premiums and several paragraphs describing entry rules, in varying typefaces and sizes, display type for the heads. Folded, but very good. Advertising a contest for the users of National Tobacco Works products awarding prizes for the greatest number of packaging tags returned to the company; the largest cash prize was $750, with watches, knives, teaspoons, diamond rings, and other m... more information

[Crimea, 1855]. Broadside, 13 x 8 1/8 inches, printed on blue paper. Folded; some soiling. Still very good. Apparently unrecorded and a rare survival possibly printed on a field press. Each of the ten races is named (e.g., The Opening Stakes, "Half-mile course"; The Winter Steeple Chase, "for all horses that have been at the front, before Sebastopol, since 1st December, 1854"; The Sebastopol Grand Military Steeple Chase, "for all horses the property of Officers in the Allied Forces... more information