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THE CELEBRATED SPARK PROOF DOUBLE CUT OFF SLIDE VALVE AGRICULTURAL ENGINE CLIMAX WITH UPRIGHT BOILER AND THE NEW ECONOMIZER WITH HORIZONTAL RETURN FLUE BOILER.| BUILT EXPRESSLY FOR THRESHING PURPOSES WITH A PERFECT SPARK ARRESTER.| COMBINING ECONOMY, EFFICIENCY, DURABILITY & SAFETY. SEPARATORS & ENGINES SUPPLIED AT LOWEST PRICE.| R. WHITELAW, WOODSTOCK, ONT
by [Whitelaw, Robert]
[Toronto]: A.H. Correl & Co. Propr's, Toronto Lith. Co., 1880. Pictorial broadside, oblong, 5.75" x 17". Beautiful full color lithograph advertisement featuring an elaborate scene of the "climax" engine expelling steam and hooked up to a thresher with several men working, an "economizer" engine sitting idle to the left, a background of several trees and hills, a small cottage, and a lake with a sailboat upon it. Near Fine. Robert Whitelaw [1827-1920], a native of Scotland, opened the first foundry of...
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SGD 828.12
SILHOUETTE LITHOGRAPH OF SILAS WRIGHT, PROMINENT NEW YORK POLITICIAN, "FROM LIFE BY WM. H. BROWN. LITH. OF E.R. & E.C. KELLOGG.
by [Wright, Silas]
[Hartford?, 1844. Inscribed, lower center: "SILAS WRIGHT. / Entered according to Act of congress, in the year 1844, by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg, in the Clerk's Office of the District of Connecticut." Light foxing, else Very Good. 12-1/4" x 16-1/4" Lithographed by the Kelloggs of Hartford. The Philadelphia Print Shop's web site explains, "From about 1830 through the rest of the century, the Kellogg brothers, in various partnerships among themselves and with others, published popular lithographs in Hartford,...
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SGD 276.04
THE HERCULES OF THE UNION, SLAYING THE GREAT DRAGON OF SECESSION
by [Civil War]
[New York?: Currier & Ives?, 1861. Lithograph, 12" x 17". Light lower margin wear. Very Good. "A tribute to commander of the Union forces Gen. Winfield Scott, shown as the mythical Hercules slaying the many-headed dragon or hydra, here symbolizing the secession of the Confederate states. At left stands Scott, wielding a great club 'Liberty and Union,' about to strike the beast. The hydra has seven heads, each representing a prominent Southern leader. The neck of each Southerner depicted is labeled with...
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SGD 2,415.35
Scathingly Anti-British Broadside Heralds Daniel Webster
by [DANIEL WEBSTER]
"Daniel Webster The Union Man, the Patriot, is to be with us To-morrow… Let us all meet to give him a welcome at the Depot… Let us show to the world that we have a 'higher law'—a law above all party politics—the Divine Law of Patriotism!" [DANIEL WEBSTER].
Broadside announcing his upcoming arrival at Springfield, Massachusetts, April 7, [1851]. 1 p., 12 x 16½ in.
Excerpts:
"Men of Hampden! Our ancestors, who, with arms in their hands, relinquished not their efforts, or spared their... Read more about this item
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SGD 5,451.79
PETER KRAMER'S LITHOGRAPH PORTRAIT OF ANDREW JOHNSON
by [Johnson, Andrew]
[np, 1865. Folio,19" x 24," half-length lithograph portrait with tintstone on paper, as described at the Smithsonian Institute's National Portrait Gallery. Some toning and light spotting at the margins, Very Good. The artist is probably "Peter Kramer, a painter and lithographer from Bavaria, who emigrated to the United States in 1848. He worked for P.S. Duval, a Philadelphia lithographic publisher, until 1857, and returned to Germany in 1858. He was later exiled for caricaturing the King of Bavaria...
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SGD 379.56
LITHOGRAPH PORTRAIT "A. LINCOLN | LIKENESS FROM A RECENT PHOTOGRAPH FROM LIFE" BY ALONZO CHAPPEL
by [Lincoln, Abraham]
New York: Johnson, Fry & Co., Publishers, 1862. Broadside, 7-1/4" x 10-1/2", portrait area 5-1/2" x 7-1/2". Handcolored line and stipple lithograph depicting a full length portrait of a bearded Abraham Lincoln seated beside a table in front of a heavy drape, holding a book of the Constitution with both hands in his lap, torn newspapers at his feet with the headlines "Secession" and "Southern Confederacy." "Painted By Alonzo Chappel" directly beneath image followed by facsimile signature and caption,...
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SGD 621.09
Aiken Knitting Machine Co. ... Manufacturers of Knitting Machines, Winders, etc.
by [Broadside]. Aiken Knitting Machine Company
New York: Baptist & Taylor, Steam Job Printers, no date (ca. 1860 or 61). Promotional broadside employing different fonts & type sizes within an ornamental border, with four illustrations from wood cuts signed Kilburn - Mallory, Boston. Folio (16.5" x 10.25") printed in black ink on thin paper.
Folded once horizontally, slightly toned, trace edge wear, otherwise very good or better.
The illustrations show the Winder, the Circular Plain Knitting Machine, the Circular Ribbed Machine & the Healing &... Read more about this item
Folded once horizontally, slightly toned, trace edge wear, otherwise very good or better.
The illustrations show the Winder, the Circular Plain Knitting Machine, the Circular Ribbed Machine & the Healing &... Read more about this item
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SGD 131.12
JOHN C. FREMONT, REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR FIFTEENTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. LITH. & PUB. BY N. CURRIER, 152 NASSAU ST. N.Y.
by Currier, N[athaniel]
New York: Currier, 1856. Hand-colored broadside lithograph, 10" x 14." "From a Photograph by Brady taken June 1856" is printed beneath Fremont's portrait. Light discoloration beneath the portrait, the "F" in Fremont lightly abraded. Else Very Good. Fremont is seated in a blue chair in front of flowing purple drapes and a yellow cord. In June 1856 Fremont was nominated in Philadelphia as the first presidential candidate of the Republican Party. Gale 3521. Conningham 3260. Not in Reilly or Weitenkampf....
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SGD 828.12
WILLIE "THE LION" SMITH (1965) Swiss concert flyer
by International Record Exchange
No binding. Fine. Fine Art Print Zurich: International Record Exchange, 1965. Vintage original 3 x 6" (7 x 15 cm.) flyer, double sided, fine. Concert flyer for a concert in Baden, Switzerland, on December 4, 1965. Smith was one of the great proponents of the stride style on the piano.
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SGD 172.52
Record
by Wernet, Valerie
Chicago: Author, 2015. First printing. 13 x 8 inches, letterpress broadside. Edition of one hundred copies, printed from photographic plates. The plates reproduces typewriter poems (complete with overstrikes and other visual elements); one, printed in black ink, at original size; the other, printed blind, much enlarged. New.
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SGD 23.46
A Copy of Verses on the Unemployed and the Great Distress in England
London: W.C. Such, Printer and Publisher. Very good. Broadside. Undated, ca. 1922. 25 x 19 cm (ca. 9.75" x 7.5"), on newsprint or similar stock. Old folding creased, closed tear with archival repair on verso; very good. Although this song--a lament for England's poor and unemployed--may have been written as early as the 1890s, this edition, with its plea to "Please buy a copy from an unemployed ex-service man," was printed in the aftermath of World War I. Unemployment in England became a significant...
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SGD 103.52
Emerson's Patent Double Cross-Cut Narrow Blade Saw
Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania: Emerson, Smith & Co.. Very Good. Broadside. Broadside printed on Japanese paper and dated to the late 19th century. Broadside has rough edges and was folded multiple times. Broadside has many creases likely due to the statement printed in the upper left corner: "This is genuine Japanese paper. Press the sheet up into a ball, then straighten it out, and you will observe that it possesses remarkable properties, and a careful examination will interest you."...
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SGD 1,035.15
Rare Jim Crow Broadside from Father of American Minstrelsy
by [AFRICAN AMERICAN]
[AFRICAN AMERICAN].
Printed Broadside. "The Extravaganza of Jim Crow!" ca. 1832-1838. As sung by Thomas D. Rice. 1 p., 5⅛ x 16 in. Contemporary variant of "Jump Jim Crow," a traditional song made famous or infamous in the minstrel shows of T. D. Rice. This version has thirty-nine verses, with the chorus, and includes a final verse not seen elsewhere.
The character of "Jim Crow" has a complicated and fascinating history. Based on a folk trickster long popular among African American slaves, the... Read more about this item
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SGD 6,210.90
COL. HARNEY'S CHARGE ON THE MEXICAN LANCERS COMMANDED BY GENERAL LA VEGA NEAR VERA CRUZ. AMERICAN FORCES FROM 4 TO 600. MEXICAN FORCES FROM 6 TO 10,000
by [Magee, R., Publisher]
Philadelphia: Published by R, Magee, 1847. Oblong 10" x 14", lithograph colored by hand. Colors and image bright and clear, with light blank margin foxing. Near Fine, in an archival mat with mylar sheet. A dramatic depiction of the clash between American and Mexican forces, with charging cavalry and two apparently disembodied heads struggling on the battleground. This rare image depicts a heroic event in the Mexican-American War. In March 1847, Tennessee-born cavalry officer William S. Harney and his...
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SGD 2,070.30
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[La Cira].
by [Machir Sarah]; Ancetti (letters)
Pittsburgh, PA: 2008.. Broadside. 20" x 13" Silkscreen on rag with deckled edges. Very Good.
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SGD 103.52
THE POLITICAL "SIAMESE" TWINS. THE OFFSPRING OF CHICAGO MISCEGENATION
by [Election of 1864]
New York: Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau Street, 1864. Lithograph broadside, 13-1/2" x 17-3/4," on white wove paper. Mild edge toning, Very Good plus. "The unlikely teaming of military leader George B. McClellan with Peace Democrat (Copperhead) George Hunt Pendleton as presidential and vice presidential candidates in the 1864 election is ridiculed here. The artist charges McClellan with disloyalty to his former troops by virtue of a 'peace at any price' campaign" [Reilly]. Like the Circus performers Chang...
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SGD 3,450.50
LITHOGRAPH ENGRAVED BUST PORTRAIT OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN WITH BEARD, FACING RIGHT, LOOKING FRONT. BLACK AND WHITE PRINT. FACSIMILE SIGNATURE ABOVE FULL NAME: "A. LINCOLN./ ABRAHAM LINCOLN, SIXTEENTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
by [Lincoln, Abraham]
New York: Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St., 1865. Folio broadside, 12" x 16". Black and white bust portrait of a well-groomed, bearded Abraham Lincoln. He wears a dark jacket and vest with a white button-down collared shirt and dark bow tie. In very small print below the caption appears to be the number 205, or possibly 105. Moderately tanned, small white scattered spots. Several closed tears at edges and corners [several archival tape repairs on verso]. Good+.
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SGD 172.52
HAND-COLORED LITHOGRAPH BUST PORTRAIT OF PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON, FACING RIGHT, LOOKING FRONT. FACSIMILE SIGNATURE ABOVE FULL NAME: "ANDREW JOHNSON SEVENTEENTH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
by [Johnson, Andrew]
New York: Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St., 1865. Folio broadside, 13" x 19". Lithograph bust portrait printed in black and white and hand-colored expertly. Johnson wears a dark jacket and vest with a white button-down collared shirt and dark bow tie. Light toning and dusting, minor wear at corners, a few very small spots. A few closed tears [none enter portrait, two through imprint with no loss, several archival tape repairs on verso]. Else Very Good. An evidently unrecorded variant of Gale 0232 and...
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SGD 1,173.17
COMPANY C 13TH REGIMENT MAINE VOL. INFANTRY SOLDIERS' MEMORIAL
by [Maine]
Cincinnati: Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co., Lithographers, 1863. Folio lithograph broadside, 18" x 22." Matted in a wood frame. Some soil and closed tears. The lists of Regimental Officers, Company Officers, Musicians, Wagoneer, and Privates are surrounded by lithograph vignettes of battle flags and rural, household, and battle scenes. Good+. The Company was mustered into service on December 4, 1861, at Augusta by Lieut. Col. S. Eastman.
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SGD 379.56
LOCO FOCO EXPRESSES
by [New York City Election]
New York: H.R. Robinson, 1838. Oblong lithograph broadside, 13-1/4" x 20." Shallow blank left margin chips from a prior mounting. Light outer margin darkening. A clean image, signed 'Blanks fecit' [perhaps Edward Williams Clay]. Very Good. A satiric commentary on thwarted Democratic hopes to control New York City. Whigs dashed Democratic expectations in the New York municipal elections of spring 1838. Successful Whig mayoral candidate Aaron Clark holds and restrains two horses by their tails: 'Stop my...
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SGD 2,070.30
Feathering (Signed Broadside)
by KINNELL, Galway
Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Vehicule Press, 2005. First edition. Broadside that measures 21.5" wide by 14.75" high. Copy Y of an indeterminate number. Features the title poem by Kinnell and an illustration by Carolyn O'Neill. A fine copy. Signed by both Kinnell and O'Neill.
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SGD 69.01
THE BLOCKADE ON THE 'CONNECTICUT PLAN.' RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
by [Welles, Gideon]
New York: Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St., 1862. Broadside uncolored Lithograph, 11" x 16-1/4." Light margin foxing, Very Good plus. "The artist ridicules the government's early efforts to overhaul and augment a somewhat outdated Union fleet in order to blockade Southern ports and effectively defend against Confederate privateers and blockade runners. Navy Secretary Gideon Welles of Connecticut is disparaged as two Union vessels- - essentially wooden washtubs armed with small cannons- - try to block the...
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SGD 2,415.35
AMERICAN METHODISM. 1872
by [Methodist Church in America]
Washington, D.C.: B.B. Russell, 1872. Broadside print, 14" x 19" [by sight], in a contemporary frame. Twenty-Nine oval portraits of American Methodist preachers, including African-American preacher Francis Burns. A central vignette of "Pioneer Preacher" John Wesley riding a horse into a small village where rural citizens await him in front of a log cabin. Light dusting and minor spotting, Beneath the illustration are the names of the artist, lithographer and printer. Very Good. Reverend Francis Burns...
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SGD 1,207.68
HEADS OF THE DEMOCRACY
by [Copperheads]
[New York: Currier & Ives, 1864. Lithograph broadside, oblong 12-1/4" x 13-1/2" [image]. Fine, in a wood frame. "This biting political caricature responds to a presidential campaign held during the American Civil War. A "Copperhead" is surrounded by a "Blunderhead," a "Sorehead," a "Blockhead" and a "Wronghead," with broken shackles below. Behind the group "McClellan's Letter," "Chicago Platform," and "London Times" are depicted. "The image criticizes a Northern political faction active 1861-64 known...
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SGD 2,415.35
William Henry Harrison: Rare Broadside of the Deadly Inaugural Address
by [WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON]
"If there is one measure better calculated than another to produce that state of things so much deprecated by all true republicans, by which the rich are daily adding to their hoards and the poor sinking deeper into penury, it is an exclusive metallic currency...."
"Always the friend of my countrymen, never their flatterer, it becomes my duty to say to them … that there exists in the land a spirit hostile to their best interests--hostile to liberty itself.... It is union that we want, not of a... Read more about this item
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SGD 5,520.80
