Americana from Mare Booksellers

No Place: No publisher. Pamphlet. Good. No publisher, place or date. Presumed US Government Printing Office, Washington DC: 1860. Pamphlet, disbound from a larger work. No wrappers. 4 pp. A short piece seeking money money from the US government for injuries and disability stemming from an attack on him by Sioux Indians (allegedly). The report gives some detail… Read more about this item

Boston: Chas. F. Bates Co., Publisher. Unbound. Good. no date, presumed late 1800s. Single sheet of thin card stock paper, printed on both sides. Approximately 4 ¾ by 3 inches. Color illustration on the front depicting a "grandma" cat bathing a kitten in a bowl. Advertising copy on the back promotes Electrine Soap, kitchen and hand soap, as… Read more about this item

Chicago: No publisher Given, 1949. Wraps. Good. No publisher given. Chicago: 1949. Single sheet folded into four pages. Black and white photos and illustrations abound! With a stated circulation of 50,880. Fifth issue of this small magazine issued by the Kukla, Fran and Ollie Show, essentially an early fanzine for fans of the show. The Kuklapolitan Courier began… Read more about this item

No Place: Vocational Guidance Bureau. A Red Feather Agency. Pamphlet. Very Good. No place or date. Perhaps Cleveland, Ohio, late 1940s, early 1950s. Single sheet, folded into a roughly 4 by 3 inch pamphlet. A piece offering to counsel retirement age workers on steps for the future. Written for the employer, the piece appears to have been issued… Read more about this item

No Place: No publisher. Wraps. Very Good. No publisher, place or date. Presumed published by the Polish Army Veterans Assn. of America in the US. Glossy wraps. Unpaginated, approximately 100 or so pages. Also present is a four page program of events, matching the book. Black and white photos throughout. Text in Polish and English. A book issued… Read more about this item

Lafayette, IN: The Echo Music Company, Publisher, 1891. Wraps. Good. Color printed/illustrated wraps. 30 pp. A journal devoted to music, including several essays on music related subjects, as well as sheet music for several hymns and an Easter Hymn. Last several pages are devoted to advertising, including a three page section advertising homes to be given away by… Read more about this item

Boston: The Beacon Press, 1930. Cloth. Good. Green patterned cloth. 154 pages with a few black and white photos throughout. Reminiscences written by Oscar Laighton on life on the Isles of Shoals off the coast of New Hampshire and Maine in the late 1800's and early 1900's. In GOOD condition. Uneven darkening and fading to the covers, with… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Franklin L. Graves, Publisher, 1929. Wraps. Good. Printed wraps. 48 pp. Fifth issue of this little magazine that embraces a philosophical and aesthetic style similar to the Philistine published by Elbert Hubbard. Graves focuses on efficiency as a means to improving one's life, giving aphorisms throughout, tending toward New Thought style philosophy. This issue discusses safe… Read more about this item

New York: National Automobile Chamber of Commerce, 1924. Wraps. Good. Illustrated card stock wraps. 230 pp. Black and white photos throughout. A catalog to various automobiles, including cars, trucks and other commercial vehicles, made by a variety of manufacturers. Includes cost, principal mechanical details and specifications. Manufacturers include Auburn, Apperson, Chevrolet, Durant, Haynes, Dodge, Studebaker, Olds, Nash, Pierce-Arrow,… Read more about this item

New York: Joint Committee on Negro Child Study in New York City, Publisher, 1927. Wraps. Good. Printed wraps. 48 pp., plus a few fold out tables. A report on the findings of a 1925 study of African American children in New York City, who either appeared before the court, or were in some other way documented as "delinquent"… Read more about this item

Oregon: W. Lloyd Gallery, Publisher, 1989. Unbound. Very Good. Cardboard disk, measuring approximately 7 inches in diameter. Printed on a single side only. Printing in a variety of fonts and styles advertising an exhibition of sculpture, with the theme "Concern for Construction." VERY GOOD condition. Minor toning, soiling and edgewear.

Windsor, VT: Nahum Bower, Publisher, 1805. Unbound. Good. Side folding newspaper format. 8 pp. Single issue of this short-lived newspaper from Vermont, apparently only publishing for one year. With the usual sort of news, politics, political commentary that one would expect from a paper. Of note is a brief account of what appears to have been an insurrection… Read more about this item

No Place: No publisher. Unbound. Good. Adlai Stevenson For President Committee Archive of Correspondence, Mailings, Press Releases, etc. All circa 1956. Perhaps 150-200 pieces. Most single typed sheets or memos, with a few Adlai Stevenson newsletters, telegrams, etc. Three letters appear signed by Adlai Stevenson, although it is not known whether it was him signing, or a secretarial… Read more about this item

Los Angeles: Franklin L. Graves, Publisher, 1929. Wraps. Good. Printed wraps. 48 pp. Third issue of this little magazine that embraces a philosophical and aesthetic style similar to the Philistine published by Elbert Hubbard. Graves focuses on efficiency as a means to improving one's life, giving aphorisms throughout, tending toward New Thought style philosophy. With a brief mention… Read more about this item

Chicago: Joseph Belfort, Publisher. Unbound. Good. no date, presumed mid 1900s. Three 8 ½ by 11 inch sheets, stapled together at the upper left corner. Printed on single sides only. Perhaps mimeographed or reproduced using a spirit duplicator. A list of over 100 topics/questions to which the author would provide the answers, in book form, for the low… Read more about this item

Milwaukee: Schwaabs, Producer. Unbound. Good. no date, perhaps late 1800s to 1925. Measures ¾ inches in diameter, and stands about ¼ inches tall due to its mounting backing. Metal with a heavy patina. A button perhaps issued as a promotion for clothing, or something else, featuring a bust of Lincoln and the words "Lincoln Junior Club." GOOD condition… Read more about this item

New York: No publisher, 1885. Pamphlet. Good. Presumed the New York Bar Association. New York: 1885. Pamphlet, side sewn, lacking any wrappers or binding originally issued. 69 pp. Reprinted from the West Coast Reporter. A critical look at the Civil Code laws of California, asserting that the civil code as written is full of errors, uncertainties and inconsistencies,… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Macy Electric Supply Co. Distributors Advertising Promotions, Publisher. Wraps. Good. no date, presumed circa 1953. Color illustrated wraps. 16 pp., including covers. Black and white illustrations throughout. A catalog advertising a variety of new Lionel model trains for 1953, including those with puffing smoke and real rr whistle. GOOD+ condition. Moderate toning and minor wrinkling to the… Read more about this item

Portland, ME: Gould and Elwell, Publisher, 1849. Tabloid. Good. Tabloid newspaper. 8 pp. A single issue of this "independent family journal of literature, news, etc." Includes a captivity narrative, presumably all fiction based on history, by Charles P. Ilsley and titled, "An Indian Tale. The Captive Maiden." Set in and around the town of Buxton, Maine. Also present… Read more about this item

New York: Privately printed. Typophiles, 1953. Hard Cover. Good. Blue paper covered boards. One of 2000 copies printed. 26 pp. With a few illustrations. A publication issued to commemorate Printing Week in New York, 1953 and the birth of Benjamin Franklin and his work as a printer. GOOD condition. Spine faded, with the paper at the head of… Read more about this item