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![Bookwork: "An Instauration for Gaspereau Press" [Broadside Poem]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/120/596/1318596120.0.b.jpg)
Bookwork: "An Instauration for Gaspereau Press" [Broadside Poem]
by Sanger, Peter, (Gaspereau Press)
Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada: Gaspereau Press, 2004. First edition. Limited edition broadside poem. Number 172 of 200 signed by Sanger, who wrote the poem to commemorate the grand opening of the new Gaspereau Press printshop on September 9, 2004. Letterpress printed on Mohawk Superfine paper by Andrew Steeves on a Vandercook press in three colors-- gold, black and blue-- from Garamond type cast in metal specifically for this broadside to be hand printed. (The heading, "Bookwork," is photopolymer...
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$100.00
![CENTER BROADSIDES 2005 READING SERIES; [Portfolio of 12 Signed Broadsides]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/721/613/1279613721.0.b.jpg)
CENTER BROADSIDES 2005 READING SERIES; [Portfolio of 12 Signed Broadsides]
(New York: The Center for Book Arts, 2005). First edition. Limited to 100 copies (as stated on each broadside). 12 letterpress-printed broadsides -- EACH ONE SIGNED BY THE POET -- housed together in portfolio handmade by summer interns under the leadership of Ana Cordeiro, the Center's binder-in-residence. Produced in honor of readings at the Center by established and emerging poets throughout the year. Portfolio is 11 x 16" yellow quarter-cloth with hand-dyed Chinese rice paper over boards, with...
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$400.00
![THE MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY OF THE UNITED STATES.| MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY, ADAMS COUNTY TO WIT.| TO DAVID B. MORGAN HIS COUNSELLORS, ATTORNIES, AND AGENTS [& EDWARD TURNER] GREETING; WHEREAS, IT HATH BEEN REPRESENTED ... ON THE PART OF RICHARD TERRALE & PETER ISLER COMPLAINANT'S ... WE THEREFORE IN CONSIDERATION OF THE PREMISES, STRICTLY ENJOIN AND COMMAND YOU THE SAID DAVID B. MORGAN & EDWARD TURNER UNDER THE PENALTY OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO BE LEVIED OF YOUR GOODS AND CHATTELS TO OUR USE, THAT YOU DO ABSOLUTELY DESIST FROM PROSECUTING A CERTAIN SUIT OF FORCEABLE DETAINER, OR ANY OTHER SUIT OR SUITS AGAINST HIM THE SAID ISLER FOR THE RECOVERY OF THE POSSESSION OF A CERTAIN HOUSE AND LOT ... UNTIL OUR SAID COURT SHALL ANOTHER ORDER TO THE CONTRARY. WITNESS, THE HONORABLE WALTER LEAKE ESQUIRE, FIRST JUDGE OF OUR SAID COURT, AT THE COURT HOUSE OF SAID COUNTY...ISSUED THE 28TH, JULY 1814. [on verso: RECD. 8TH AUGUST 1814| 56, ADAMS SUPERIOR COURT| R. TERRELL & P. ISLER VS. DAVID B. MORGAN INJUNCTION.| SERVICE ACKN](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/427/566/311566427.0.b.2.jpg)
THE MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY OF THE UNITED STATES.| MISSISSIPPI TERRITORY, ADAMS COUNTY TO WIT.| TO DAVID B. MORGAN HIS COUNSELLORS, ATTORNIES, AND AGENTS [& EDWARD TURNER] GREETING; WHEREAS, IT HATH BEEN REPRESENTED ... ON THE PART OF RICHARD TERRALE & PETER ISLER COMPLAINANT'S ... WE THEREFORE IN CONSIDERATION OF THE PREMISES, STRICTLY ENJOIN AND COMMAND YOU THE SAID DAVID B. MORGAN & EDWARD TURNER UNDER THE PENALTY OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS TO BE LEVIED OF YOUR GOODS AND CHATTELS TO OUR USE, THAT YOU DO ABSOLUTELY DESIST FROM PROSECUTING A CERTAIN SUIT OF FORCEABLE DETAINER, OR ANY OTHER SUIT OR SUITS AGAINST HIM THE SAID ISLER FOR THE RECOVERY OF THE POSSESSION OF A CERTAIN HOUSE AND LOT ... UNTIL OUR SAID COURT SHALL ANOTHER ORDER TO THE CONTRARY. WITNESS, THE HONORABLE WALTER LEAKE ESQUIRE, FIRST JUDGE OF OUR SAID COURT, AT THE COURT HOUSE OF SAID COUNTY...ISSUED THE 28TH, JULY 1814. [on verso: RECD. 8TH AUGUST 1814| 56, ADAMS SUPERIOR COURT| R. TERRELL & P. ISLER VS. DAVID B. MORGAN INJUNCTION.| SERVICE ACKN
by Mississippi Territory
[Mississippi Territory, 1814. Broadside injunction, oblong 11.5" x 7.25". Printed with names, dates and details in manuscript. The signature 'Theodore Stark' appears in the left margin. Theodore Stark was a notary in the Mississippi Territory. Tanned, light wear, Very Good. This is a rare legal writ from the Superior Court in the early Mississippi Territory. The writ prohibits Morgan from proceeding with a suit to recover possession of a house and lot from Terrell and Isler. Judge Walter Leake, from...
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$650.00
![Order of Procession for the Funeral of the Hon. Peter E. Bossier, A Representative in the Congress of the United States from the State of Louisiana...[Caption title]..](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/825/604/1358604825.0.b.jpg)
Order of Procession for the Funeral of the Hon. Peter E. Bossier, A Representative in the Congress of the United States from the State of Louisiana...[Caption title]..
by (Louisiana. Hon. Peter B. Bossier)
[Washington, D.C., 1844. Folio broadside. 340 x 220 mm., [13 1/3 x 8 ¾ inches]. Wide geometric mourning border. Old folds. Two small pieces lacking from right hand margin, but very good Bossier was of a Creole family, one of the earliest to settle in Louisiana. He was a cotton and sugar plantation owner. A Calhoun democrat, he served from March 4, 1843 until his death on April 24, 1844. He was later reinterred in Natchitoches, La.. His funeral service was conducted in the well of the House of...
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$300.00
![Silence and the Cave Shaded [handbill/broadside] [signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/851/061/216061851.0.b.0.jpg)
Silence and the Cave Shaded [handbill/broadside] [signed]
by McDonough, Martha Merrill
[Berkeley?]: Self-published by the author, 1966. Mimeograph of poem typed on single sheet of 8.5x11 inch paper, much yellowed, chipped round the edges and very fragile, signed by author at bottom right, "in memoriam, humanities auditorium 1965-1966" McDonogh was the author of "Poetry is for People" and other works. This poem was in the collection of Michael Rossman, unfortunately stored next to a newspaper with resulting darkening over time.
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$25.00
![LIBERTY AND UNION FOREVER. NEW PATRIOTIC AND COMIC SONG, ON THE SINKING OF THE PIRATE ALABAMA BY THE U.S. GUNBOAT KEARSARGE, CAPTAIN WINSLOW. JUNE 19TH, 1864. WRITTEN BY SILAS S. STEELE, ESQ. TUNE, "TEDDY THE TILLER,,' [sic] OR "CANNIBAL ISLANDS.](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/531/674/1397674531.0.b.jpg)
LIBERTY AND UNION FOREVER. NEW PATRIOTIC AND COMIC SONG, ON THE SINKING OF THE PIRATE ALABAMA BY THE U.S. GUNBOAT KEARSARGE, CAPTAIN WINSLOW. JUNE 19TH, 1864. WRITTEN BY SILAS S. STEELE, ESQ. TUNE, "TEDDY THE TILLER,,' [sic] OR "CANNIBAL ISLANDS.
by Steele, Silas B
[Philadelphia]: Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, by J. Magee, 316 Chestnut Street, 1864. Single sheet, folded to 5" x 8." Printed, in red and blue inks, on verso of first page only. Caption title flanked by American flags. Old folds. Pages [2] - [4] consist of a manuscript letter from a soldier named Daniel Baker to his "Dear wife," urging her to tell his mother to "keep up good courage for this war won't last more than a thousand years longer." Very Good. The humorous song...
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$375.00
Improved Air-Tight Stoves, Manufactured and for Sale by H. & F. Simpson, Agents for Dr. Orr. Corner of Congress and Water Streets . . . Boston
by H. & F. Simpson
Boston: J. G. Torrey, printer, 1838. Broadside. Folio. 400 x 275 mm. (15 3/4 x 11 inches). Text printed within an ornamental "greek key" border. Folded, with a printed strip of text with a change of address pasted beneath the title. Attractive and apparently rare broadside which advertises the manufacture and sale by H. & F. Simpson of a new line of air-tight stoves invented by Dr. Isaac Orr. The business of supplying safe and efficient home heating and cooking products was one of the...
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$625.00
1862 Civil War Bulletproof Vest Broadside
by CIVIL WAR
A remarkable broadside advertising the sale of bulletproof vests to Union forces in North Carolina in the wake of the occupation of much of coastal North Carolina by General Ambrose Burnside's Expeditionary Force. [CIVIL WAR].
Broadside. "Good News to the Army." Bartlett & Munn, Agents for Manufacturers. Newbern, N.C., April 17, 1862. 1 p., 9¾ x 6 ½ in."We beg leave to say to the officers and soldiers of the Expedition, that after some delay we have received another invoice of those Monitor, or... Read more about this item
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$3800.00
Two Meditations
by Barth, John
Minneapolis, MN: Toothpaste Press, 1980. 1/85. Broadside. 32.5 cm by 24 cm. Illustrated broadside on cream paper printed in light and dark blue. Fine. Signed and numbered by the author. Produced to commemorate the author's reading at the Walker Art Center. Printed by Toothpaste Press for Bookslinger.
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$50.00
![[Broadside with excerpted passage from The Middle Passage, signed]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/841/176/1532176841.0.b.jpg)
[Broadside with excerpted passage from The Middle Passage, signed]
by Johnson, Charles
Berkeley: Black Oak Books, Designed and printed at Okeanos Press, 1991. broadside. Single sheet broadside, 7x12.5 inches, mild crease at upper right corner, signed and dated by Johnson. Excerpt from the book of the same name published by Black Oak books on the occasion of Johnson's reading.
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$35.00
Now he had been riding since early morning..
by Helprin, Mark
Berkeley: Black Oak Books, 1991. Broadside. 35.5 cm by 18 cm. Broadside excerpt from 'Soldier of the Great War.' Near fine. Produced to commemorate the author's reading at Black Oak Books. Designed and printed at Okeanos Press.
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$20.00
Night is the Smoke of the Gods
by Buchert, Rob
Provo, UT: Rob Buchert / Tryst Press, 2002. 1/40. Broadside. 54 cm by 24 cm. Broadside of an original poem. Printed in bold black ink on cream colored paper with a simple gray and black smoke design. Fine.
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$65.00
Original flyer for a remote radio-controlled Ford Motors automobile event, 1934
by [Automobiles]
Pompton Lakes, NJ: Chivers Motor Company, 1934. Original flyer for a remote radio-controlled Ford Motors automobile event sponsored in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey on August 16, 1934. The event was sponsored by the Chivers Motor Company, featuring three Ford cars operated from a distance on the grounds of a local high school. "Magic car" or "phantom auto" shows became popular in the 1930s and 1940s, and were often used to promote car companies or demonstrate road safety. Radio engineers would follow...
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$300.00
O.K. OLL FOR KLEVELAND "AND AGAINST THE BLOODY HAND." THE CONTRAST
by [Connecticut Democratic Party]
[Hartford?, 1844. Folio broadside, 12-1/4" x 18." Printed in a variety of fonts and styles, in two columns separated by a rule. Old folds, slight fold crimp, fold splits repaired archivally. Else Very Good. This rare, evidently unrecorded broadside bitterly attacks Henry Clay, the Whig candidate for President, as "a mass of moral pollution:" "The gambler, the duelist, the murderer of Cilley, the profane man, the Sabbath-breaker, the licentious man, the man who sold himself to Adams to be made Secretary...
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$3500.00
Wayne Altenhoffen stood up with a black ledger and opened it with a flourish..
by Kesey, Ken
Berkeley: Black Oak Books, 1992. Broadside. 35.5 cm by 18 cm. Broadside excerpt from 'Sailor Song.' Near fine. Produced to commemorate the author's reading at Black Oak Books. Designed and printed at Okeanos Press.
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$40.00
![The Poem Called Alexander Hamilton [Broadside]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/257/914/1315914257.0.b.jpg)
The Poem Called Alexander Hamilton [Broadside]
by DORN, Ed
Lawrence, KS: Tanny/Peg Leg Press, 1971. Fine. 17 x 11 inches. On wove paper.
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$80.00
FIVE (5) SIGNED BROADSIDE POEMS: Includes "Clear Text" (#9/100) and "My Father's Ashes" (#8/100) by Hill; "The Death of Shadows" (#12/20) by Brady-Mobley; and "from Blue Flowers" (#5/100) and "from On Religious Conversion and Eternal Friendship" (#9/100) by Nuara
by Holter, Eric, Lindsay Hill, Kendal P. Brady-Mobley, Amy Caroline Nuara
[No-place]: Eric Holter / Peniel Press, 1992. First edition of each of these five limited-edition broadsides all of which are SIGNED BY THE POETS. Printed by Eric Holter at his Peniel Press. All are within 15 x 9" and printed on various colors and weights of fine deckled-edge papers. Fine.
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$175.00
Rubbergloves Denton Venue Poster
by Rubbergloves Denton, Misplaced Semicolon
Rubbergloves, Misplaced Semicolon, 2004. Soft. Very good/No jacket. Drawer 6. Event poster for the music venue Rubbergloves in Denton, Texas. Hand numbered 28 of 60 copies made, publicizing upcoming performances from Don Caballero, An Albatross, and more. Stamps on the back with contact information for the artist (Missplaced Semicolon). 15 x 20.5 inches.
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$50.00
JUSTICE
by Kipling, Rudyard
(London: Methuen and Co.), no-date [1919]. First UK edition, preceded by the 1918 U.S. copyright edition. Broadside poem in six stanzas with two on front and remaining four on back. SIGNED BY KIPLING on back beneath the final stanza. 5.5 x 8" stiff cream paper printed in black on both sides with exterior double frame rule and interior single rule "between which the names of towns and villages laid waste by the Germans in World War I are printed in capitals" [Richards A315]. Near fine with rubbing to top...
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$500.00
XENIA HOTEL. THE SUBSCRIBER RESPECTFULLY INFORMS HIS FRIENDS AND THE PUBLIC, THAT HE HAS AGAIN OPENED A HOUSE OF PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT, IN THE TOWN OF XENIA, AT THE SIGN OF THE COACH AND FOUR. HIS HOUSE IS LARGE AND COMMODIOUS, AND HIS STABLES EQUAL TO ANY IN THE STATE. HIS TABLE WILL BE SUPPLIED WITH THE BEST THAT THE COUNTRY AFFORDS, AND EVERY ATTENTION WILL BE PAID TO THOSE WHO MAY FAVOR HIM WITH A CALL. DURING THE SUMMER SEASON TRAVELLERS WHO ARE DESIROUS TO MAKE EXCURSIONS IN THE SURROUNDING COUNTRY, CAN BE ACCOMMODATED WITH SADDLE HORSES OR HACKS, ON THE MOST REASONABLE TERMS. HE TENDERS HIS GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENTS TO THE PUBLIC FOR FORMER FAVORS, AND FROM HIS LONG EXPERIENCE AS AN INN KEEPER, HE LOOKS CONFIDENTLY FOR A CONTINUANCE OF THEM. JANUARY 1, 1831. JOHN DODD
by [Dodd, John]
[Xenia, OH?, 1831. Framed oblong broadside, 11-1/2" x 9-1/2." Illustration of four horses drawing a coach, with passengers inside, and driver using a whip. Text and illustration surrounded by decorative border. Very Good. With this broadside John Dodd, a veteran innkeeper, launched his new Hotel, which became an Ohio landmark.. "John Dodd decided the city of Xenia needed a first class hotel so in 1830, proceeded to build such an establishment. On Jan. 1, 1831 he advertised the opening of his 'House of...
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JUSTICE
by Kipling, Rudyard
(London: Methuen and Co.), no-date [1919]. First UK edition, preceded by the 1918 U.S. copyright edition. Broadside poem in six stanzas with two on front and remaining four on back. 5.5 x 8" stiff cream paper printed in black on both sides with exterior double frame rule and interior single rule "between which the names of towns and villages laid waste by the Germans in World War I are printed in capitals" [Richards A315]. Good or better with creasing, few tiny tears to edges, slight overall tanning,...
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$75.00
SON OF TEMPERANCE
by Baillie, James
New York: Published by James Baillie, 1848. 9-1/8" x 13-1/2." Hand-colored print by Baillie, in a wood frame. Very Good, with light dusting. "This full-length, hand-colored print depicts a young man wearing a badge on a ribbon around his neck that hangs to his waist. He is holding a scroll with a pledge of temperance. The pledge reads, 'No brother shall make, buy, sell or use as a beverage any spirituous or malt, liquors, wine, or cider.' There is heavy red drapery with a tassel hanging behind him....
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$600.00
MY FATHER'S ASHES; Broadside poem
by Hill, Lindsay, Eric Holter, printer
[No-place]: Peniel Press, 1992. First edition. Number 38 of 100 copies SIGNED BY HILL. 14 x 7" light gray heavy card stock with titling in darker gray and rest printed in black. Fine.
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$30.00
LAKE ONTARIO SHORE RAILROAD. LETTER FROM GERRIT SMITH. PETERBORO APRIL 13TH 1870
by Smith, Gerrit
[Peterboro, N.Y., 1870. Broadside, 8" x 13" in double columns. Very Good. Smith, an early backer of this proposed railroad, admits that "we had greatly overrated the general desire for the road." The towns through which the road would travel have been unwilling to provide the necessary financial support. If they do not, then the road's organizers should be "too regardful of their reputation to consent to be the directors of a road which will, in all probability, load the original and honest...
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$175.00
![An antidote to alienation [broadside]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/228/065/1472065228.0.b.jpg)
An antidote to alienation [broadside]
San Francisco: Upshot, 1978. Broadside. 17x11 inch broadside, vertical fold crease, otherwise very good. Upshot was John and Paula Zerzan's group.
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$40.00
