Beatrice, Nebraska: Clara Bewick Colby, 1888. 17 1/8” x 12”. Newspaper. Pp. [8]. Very good: fresh, folded twice with a tiny separation at intersection of all leaves not affecting text; leaves unopened. An early issue of The Woman's Tribune which was published until 1909. Its editor and founder, Clara Bewick... More

[Albany, New York]: N. P., 1802. 13 3/8” x 8¼”. Single sheet of letterpress printed one side Very good: old folds, light foxing, short title handwritten on verso. A letterpress broadside of a bill presented in the New York legislature in 1802. It was probably presented in conjunction with its... More

White County, Tennessee (probably Sparta): 1852/1861-63. mostly 1852 (store) and 1861-1863 (medical practice). 12” x 7½”. Lined ledger book. 139 leaves handwritten both sides, the first 60 with entries for the store, the rest for the medical practice. Around 20 scraps of paper with handwriting laid in. About good: sound... More

N. P. Women's Christian Temperance Union? ], [1884?]. 9 5/8” x 5¾”. Single sheet printed both sides. Very good: light wear, a couple faint creases and tiny closed tears. An essay on suffrage by Mary B. Willard, sister-in-law of Frances Willard, who was editor of the WCTU's Illinois chapter's newspaper... More

Bayonne, NJ: Naval Supply Depot, 1954. 9” x 12”. Single sheet of thin card stock printed one side. Near fine with light corner wear. A visually pleasing promotion for a naval supply store in New Jersey. OCLC locates no copies, though we've sold previously a version with the woman's hat... More

[chicago, Illinois]: [NAACP Southside Chapter], 1974. 11¼” x 8½”. Stapled wrappers. Pp. [168]. Very good: wrappers moderately worn and scuffed, light dogear to around half the leaves. Program for an annual fundraising dinner put on by the women's auxiliary of the NAACP's Chicago Southside chapter. At the time, the chapter... More

Various: Mostly 1943. 15 letters (27 pages) , on sheets measuring from 8¼” x 5¼” to 10½” x 8”. Most are handwritten, most on WAAC stationary, and all in original mailing envelopes. Very good or better in easily read hands. This is a group of letters written to Shirlie Montgomery... More

Various: mostly 1942-1946 and 1952-1953. Scrapbook (1942-1946) is string tied embossed paper over boards measuring 14½” x 12¼”. It contains 54 pages with ten items of correspondence, seven items of ephemera and approximately 72 news clippings adhesive mounted; final 15 pages are blank. 15 photographs and nine pieces of ephemera... More

Dutch New Guinea: June, 1945. Two drawings, colored pencil on celluloid measuring 8” x 10” and the reverse. Fine. Two color drawings, likely by a WAC, depicting thatched huts and villagers by the water in Dutch New Guinea. 5500 WACs were sent to the Southwest Pacific Command with some of... More

Fort Des Moines, Iowa and Pasadena California: 1943-1945. 24 autograph letters (approximately 65 pages on sheets measuring around 7½” x 5¼”) , one typescript letter, eight greeting cards and two dinner menus. Two steel spiral stenographer's note books measuring 9” x 6” with 123 pages of handwritten notes. Uniforms include... More

New York City and Dahlgren, Virginia: 1943-1946. 10¼” x 13¼”. String tied, full leather. 80 pages with 382 black and white photographs mostly inserted into corner mounts + seven postcards written to Bicknell's mother laid in. Most photos measure from 2½” x 3½” to 5¼” x 3 3/8” and none... More

Chicago, Illinois: The Merrill Publishing Company, (© 1943). 14¼” x 10¼”. Stapled card wrappers. Pp. [48] Very good: unused, with moderate edge wear and a few faint soils spots to wrappers, penciled name at the top of the front wrapper and lightly toned leaves; center bifolium detached. 47 large drawings... More

N. P. N. P., (1936?). 20¼” x 10 5/8”. Lithograph mounted on artist's board. Very good: bright with light to moderate edge wear and a few surface creases/abrasions, pin holes at four corners and a small soil spot. A stunning image of an African American woman atop the months of... More