![The Literary Examiner, and Western Monthly Review [bound with:] The Examiner and Hesperian [caption titles for both].; [Edited by E. Burke Fisher and W.H. Burleigh]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/826/945/565945826.0.l.jpg)
The Literary Examiner, and Western Monthly Review [bound with:] The Examiner and Hesperian [caption titles for both].; [Edited by E. Burke Fisher and W.H. Burleigh]
[Pittsburgh, PA: Whitney & MCord], 1840. First edition, volume I, nos. 1-5 of the first title (wanting No. 6); volume II, no. 1 of the second (wanting No. 2). 4to. Two titles bound in one: 392; 72 pp. Wanting any title page, index, or preliminaries that might have been published. The Examiner and Hesperian was a new name the editors chose for The Literary Examiner as a second volume began, but the whole enterprise ended after no. 2 of... Read More
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FLORIDA CENTRAL & PENINSULAR R.R. Florida Trunk-Line: Through the Mammoth Orange Lake Groves by Daylight. [cover title]
Buffalo, NY: The Matthews-Northrup Co. Complete Art-Printing Works, 1897. Large broadsheet, 36 x 17 1/4 inches folded to narrow 8vo, the recto with 18 panels of promotional material for the "tourist, sportsman, invalid, and prospector," the verso with a map of Florida showing the lines of the Florida Central & Peninsular R.R. ("Geographically Correct Indexed Township Map of Florida, Middle and Southern Georgia, and Southern South Carolina"), with inset maps of "Western Portion of Florida" (3 1/2 x 5... Read More
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![Song. / Tune -- Anacreon in Heaven. / While Round the full board, independent and free, [first line of the first stanza] / [followed by lyrics in six stanzas, the last five numbered at the head in Roman numerals, each stanza with eight lines, the last two lines reading "O, sage may Columbia forever remain / From the freedom of France and Religion of Paine!"]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/142/374/603374142.0.l.jpg)
Song. / Tune -- Anacreon in Heaven. / While Round the full board, independent and free, [first line of the first stanza] / [followed by lyrics in six stanzas, the last five numbered at the head in Roman numerals, each stanza with eight lines, the last two lines reading "O, sage may Columbia forever remain / From the freedom of France and Religion of Paine!"]
[Boston or Salem, MA?]: np, 1805. Printed broadside, 11 x 4 3/4 inches, the head printed in larger bold type. An anonymous American political song written from an intensely Massachusetts Federalist point of view, the lyrics include Federalist buzzwords of the time, used to denounce Republicans, often termed anarchic, French-sympathizing, conspiratorial, and deistic, a take on Robert Treat Paine's "Adams and Liberty," published in 1798. This song was included in the 1812 anthology "Patriotic Vocalist" (pp. 11-13; Salem, MA:... Read More
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Colton's Township Map of the State of Florida. Drawn, engraved, and published by G.W. & C.B. Colton
New York: Colton, 1878. Engraved broadside map of Florida, 17 1/2 x 27 1/4 inches, the counties hand-colored in light pastel shades of green, pink, and yellow, the borders a heavier pink; southern Florida, including Dade and Monroe Counties, the Everglades, and the Keys, appears in an inset, 8 1/2 x 10 inches. Publisher's ad on front pastedown. Cover title: "Colton's Map of the State of Florida." This map was published and revised a number of times, 1868-1885; all... Read More
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Evangeline Country
New Orleans, LA: J.T. Monroe, General Passenger Agent, Southern Pacific Lines, 1929. Promotional. 8vo. 15, (1) pp. Full-page illustrations from photographs, railroad map showing the Southern Pacific lines and connections. Promotional for the New Iberia, Bayou Teche area of southwestern Louisiana. OCLC locates one copy (Moncton Centre d'Etudes Acadien). Very good. Original 3-color illustrated stiff wrappers, stapled. (#5431).
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Six bankruptcy filings, being partly printed documents from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, each completed in manuscript and signed by a clerk of court, 28 March - 7 July, 1842
New Orleans, LA: The court, 1842. Documents. Each 4to, one-page, two with blank integral leaf, all six docketed on verso; all of the forms set a date in the court for hearings on a plea for bankruptcy, by (1) George E. Payne, (2) J.B. Hallin and Lucien Herman, (3) E. Ford of Forsyth, Goodwin & Ford, (4) John Mangum Hall, and (5 & 6) William Riddle. Each was sent to an agent of the United States Bank, W.W. Frazier... Read More
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Sammelband of four titles published by B. Leverett Emerson of Boston, all octavo, in a binding executed for the publisher, as described below
Boston: B. Leverett Emerson, 129 Washington Street, 1863. Reprints (all four titles first published in 1861). (1) Trall, Russell D. Pathology of the Reproductive Organs; Embracing All Forms of Sexual Disorders. 1862. xii, 242 pp. Portrait frontispiece of the author. (2) Jackson, James C. The Sexual Organism, and Its Healthful Management. 1863. iv, (2), [5]-279 pp. Portrait frontispiece of the author. (3) Austin, Miss Harriet N. Baths, and How to Take Them [caption title]. 11 pp. (4) Jackson, James... Read More
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Minority Report of the Special Committee on the Bill to Annex a Portion of the Parish of Madison to Tensus Parish to the Legislature of the State of Louisiana
Baton Rouge, (LA): J.M. Taylor, State Printer, 1861. First edition. 8vo. 6 pp. Madison Parish objected to having its land annexed. Parrish & Willingham 3028 (locating four copies: Georgia, State Library of Louisiana, Boston Athenaeum, New York Public). OCLC locates two of those copies (Georgia, Boston Athenaeum). Old light tideline in upper corner, trimmed a little close along upper edge, else very good. Disbound pamphlet. (#5647).
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Southern Mutual Insurance Company, / Of Baton Rouge. / [followed by a partially printed form, completed in manuscript, certifying that S.M. Hart is entitled to $70 "in the net earned profits … for the year ending the 31st day of January, 1861"]. Signed by William S. Pike as President and F.E. Hebert as Secretary
Baton Rouge, LA: The company, 1861. Ephemera. Stock certificate, 7 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches, printed in blue and red, the form enclosed within an ornamental blue border. Most of the text deals with contingencies and terms of payment for the shared profits. A rare Confederate imprint and Civil War-era financial document. Not in Parrish & Willingham or Hummel. Not recorded on OCLC. Folded, but very good. (#5529).
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Semi-Weekly Standard.; William W. Holden, editor and proprietor
Raleigh, (NC), 1863. Double-folio. (2) pp. Vol. xiii, No. 56, 10 July 1863 [this issue only]. Includes long reports on the battle at Gettysburg (as reported here, with news through mid-day July 3, the outcome still in doubt, Longstreet killed), news of the fall of Vicksburg, ads, and legal notices. Crandall 5251 (noting but two issues of this of this newspaper). Folded (old tideline, right edge frayed and soiled, not affecting text).
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![Program for the Winter Meeting Held Concurrently with the Department of Superintendence [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/253/580/625580253.0.l.jpg)
Program for the Winter Meeting Held Concurrently with the Department of Superintendence [cover title]
New Orleans, LA: Dept. of Visual Instruction of the National Education Association, 1937. Ephemera. 16mo. 4-page folding brochure, the program for the convention which met in New Orleans, February 22 and 23, 1937. The program included addresses, visual presentations, brief talks, and educational films; luncheon menus, typical New Orleans fare, are printed on the rear panel. Very good. Printed self wrappers. (#5553).
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Mailing envelope printed for the Hill-Side Nursery, Marksville, Louisiana
Marksville, LA: The nursery, 1888. Ephemera. Mailing envelope, 3 3/8 x 6 inches, printed on the address panel "In Ten Days Return to / The Hill-Side Nursery, / P.O. Box 47. / Marksville, Louisiana. / Rare New Fruits / A Specialty. / Boton, Chabot, Kelsey, / Massu, Simoni, Ogan, Yel- / low Japan, Botonkio, Bo- / tonkio No. 2, Satsuma, Hat- / tonkin, Yosobe, Ura Beni, / Hoyo Smomo, Engre, True / Sweet Boton and buds of the /... Read More
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APARTMENT HOUSES OF ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA. TRULY "A PLACE IN THE SUN." LIVE IN FLORIDA THE HOMELIKE WAY. [cover title]
St. Petersburg, FL. St. Petersburg Apartment Owners Assoc.d. (ca. 1930's). Color illus. paperwraps, with insets of black & white photos. Folded in half vertically. 8vo.; 19pp. A photo illustrated alphabetical listing of apartments for rent, for the week or the season. Color illus. map on rear wrap. Very good. No listings found on OCLC.
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![TO NEW ENGLAND MECHANICS: A COMPANY HAS RECENTLY BEEN FORMED UNDER THE TITLE OF THE UNITED MANUFACTURING COMPANY OF KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE [caption title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/403/933/244933403.0.l.jpg)
TO NEW ENGLAND MECHANICS: A COMPANY HAS RECENTLY BEEN FORMED UNDER THE TITLE OF THE UNITED MANUFACTURING COMPANY OF KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE [caption title]
(Providence, RI: Hammond, Angell & Co., printers, for the manufacturing company, 1890. 12mo.; 8pp. Promotional, encouraging the immigration of "mechanics of every kind" from the Northeast because of the paucity of skilled labor. Self-wrappers. Library of Congress perforation on the title leaf, else very good. Scarce; not located by the NUC or OCLC.
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![Historical Sketch of 'Louisiana' and the Louisiana Purchase. With illustrative maps reproduced from the exhibit of the General Land Office, Department of the Interior, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904 [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/068/633/626633068.0.l.jpg)
Historical Sketch of 'Louisiana' and the Louisiana Purchase. With illustrative maps reproduced from the exhibit of the General Land Office, Department of the Interior, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904 [cover title]
(Washington, DC: Press of W.F. Roberts), 1904. First edition. 8vo. 14 pp. 5 full-page maps, showing the extent of the United States or the colonies as various treaties were signed from LaSalle's proclamation in 1682 to the resolution between the United States and Spain in 1819. Caption title: "Louisiana Purchase Progress Maps of the United States." A good serviceable copy. Original printed tan wrappers (rubbed, a little splash stained). (#5384).
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The Statutes of the State of Alabama, Relative to Chancery Proceedings, and Rules for the Regulation of the Practice in the Courts of Chancery; Adopted by the Judges of the Supreme Court, at the Term Commencing in January, 1841
Mobile, (AL): S.W. Allen (Dade & Thompson, printers), 1841. 12mo. 27 pp. Original printed blue wrappers (publisher's ad on rear wrapper); some light foxing, but a very good copy. First edition. Ownership signature of J.P. Saffold, a Cahaba lawyer at the time of publication, at the head of the front wrapper. Not in Ellison Alabama Imprints. OCLC locates one copy (Samford).
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![New Orleans" [caption title], an engraved view, 5 x 7 3/4 inches, of the city along the bend in the Mississippi River, with steamboats and clipper ships on the river and lined up along the docks, one in the foreground being loaded](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/753/627/627627753.0.l.jpg)
New Orleans" [caption title], an engraved view, 5 x 7 3/4 inches, of the city along the bend in the Mississippi River, with steamboats and clipper ships on the river and lined up along the docks, one in the foreground being loaded
New Orleans, LA: Louis Schwarz, 1850. Illustrated letter sheet. 4to. Below the view is an autograph letter, signed by S. Samson, from New Orleans, Novr. 23rd 1854, to "Dear Father" (G.W. Samson) filling him in on his travels and discussing family news and misfortune, closing, in part: "I returned here the forepart of this Month and find Business rather dull owing to the low stage of water. The Boats are unable to bring down Freights." The engraved view is... Read More
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ACCORDION STYLE PHOTOS, "COMPLIMENTS AND BEST WISHES FROM SILVER SPRINGS COURT AND GRILL, SILVER SPRINGS, FLORIDA. (IT'S DIFFERENT).
N.P.: n.p., 1930. Textured blue stiff paperwraps, with small oval photo laid down on front wrap. Oblong 16mo.; 1pp. of text; 8 glossy photos printed on a folding strip (rectos only), tipped in. Very good. Photos by H.R. Bezant, of the hotel, its environs, and playground. Guests are encouraged to visit the glass bottom boats. No listings on OCLC.
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New Orleans, City of Commerce and Carnival [cover title]
(St. Louis, MO: Missouri Pacific Lines, 1929. 4to. (24) pp. Illustrated from photographs, line drawings, marginal color vignettes, railroad map of the Missouri Pacific lines. Elaborate promotional featuring Mardi Gras and outdoor and sporting activities, yachting, horse racing, waterfowl hunting, and golf, but also treating, commercial activity and historical and architectural heritage. OCLC locates two copies (LSU, New York Public). Fine. Color illustrated wrappers, stapled. (#5439).
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New Orleans for the Tourist: The Southern Metropolis Replete with Interesting Evidences of the Old French and Spanish Civilization, and with Charming Features of Active Modern Southern Life; The City of Social Brilliancy and the Home of the Mardi Gras
(Chicago, IL: Illinois Central Railroad [Poole Bros.]), 1909. Third, revised edition. 8vo. 33, (2) pp. Illustrated from photographs, railroad map of the Mississippi Valley. Detailed promotional for New Orleans, emphasizing history, culture and architecture, with long descriptions of city sections, tourist sites, Mardi Gras, etc. Several editions of this promotional were published, 1903-1912. More common than other editions of this promotional; OCLC locates eleven copies. Very good. Original color illustrated wrappers, stapled. (#5434).
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New Orleans: "The Crescent City," Founded by Sieur Bienville in 1718
(New Orleans: J.T. Monroe for the Southern Pacific Lines, 1925. 8vo. 40 pp. Illustrated, plates, views of city buildings, people, and historic sites in green tint taken from photographs, railroad map. Promotional for the cultural aspects of the city. OCLC locates five copies of this edition (Historic New Orleans Collection, LSU, Louisiana Tech, Western Reserve, Texas-Austin); others were published in 1922 and 1927. Very good. Original black and green-stamped gray wrappers, stapled. (#5415).
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A Little Jaunt through N'Orleans: A Picturesque Review of the Modern, Commercial, and Historic City
New Orleans, (LA): Sutter-Van Horn Co, 1920. First edition. Oblong 4to. (32) pp., a title page and 15 leaves of illustrations from photographs, usually several to a page, all with captions; scenes involve public buildings, private residences, African-Americans at work, churches, monuments, cemeteries, roadways, museums, schools, commercial activity, etc. Thompson 2744. OCLC locates seven copies (Alabama, LSU, New Orleans Public, Tulane, New Orleans, Louisiana-Monroe, Wisconsin Historical Society). Very good. Original decorated tan wrappers, stapled. (#5383).
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![Gay New Orleans, the Crescent City [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/701/153/628153701.0.l.jpg)
Gay New Orleans, the Crescent City [cover title]
(Louisville, KY): Louisville & Nashville R.R. (Poole Bros., Chicago), 1938. Small 4to folded to narrow 8vo. (22) pp. Illustrated from photographs, street map of the city, with inset of the Vieux Carré, folding color panorama map of the Gulf Coast from New Orleans to Apalachicola. Richly illustrated promotional, emphasizing the major architectural features of the city, along with descriptions of historical, recreational, and cultural highlights. Apparently not recorded on OCLC. Very good. Original illustrated wrappers. (#5443).
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IN CHANCERY JACKSON, TENN
Single sheet, measuring 12 x 9 in., printed on medium blue paper. Black lettering, in various sizes and typefaces. Some breaks at margins, slightly extending into a letter or two; chipping along top & bottom edges (no loss of text); faint old staining along edges, but lettering bright. The broadside states the Chancery Court's intention to offer for sale, on Monday, April 8, 1867, one lot of ground in the town of Jackson, in Butler's Addition, to settle the... Read More
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![New Orleans, City of Romance and New Opportunity [cover title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/710/153/628153710.0.l.jpg)
New Orleans, City of Romance and New Opportunity [cover title]
(New Orleans, LA: Southern Railway System, 1929. 8vo. 31 pp. Illustrated from photographs, two railroad maps, one of the southeast United States, the other of the Gulf Coast from New Orleans to Pensacola. Detailed promotional for New Orleans, emphasizing history, culture, and architecture and commercial and outdoor opportunities. OCLC locates four copies (Historic New Orleans Collection, LSU, Tulane, Alabama). Old tideline through lower margin of text, else very good. Original color illustrated wrappers (rubbed), stapled. (#5436).
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