A Mapp of ye County of Nottingham [from "England Exactly Described" published by Thomas Taylor, London 1715]
London: Thomas Taylor, 1715. Richard Blome. No Binding.
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London: Thomas Taylor, 1715. Richard Blome. No Binding.
USA: Turner, Leslie L. A Very Good Soft Cover Album. An Unusual Collection of New Hampshire Covered Bridge Photographs, From the 1920s/40s.Most are from October 1937. The album has 23 mounted photos of covered bridges around New Hampshire (many hand-colored) with notations of location and date photographed.The photographer was Leslie.....
Jacksonville: Florida-Times Union Newspape, 1934. The collection was assembled by Phil Turner, a circulation manager for this newspaper, and one of the men responsible for managing the paper's newspaper boys.Turner saved letters and a large assortment of other ephemera pertaining to the newspaper's subscription contest for its newsboys, with the.....
Omaha, NE: Union Pacific Railroad, 1927. Soft cover. Background Information:Founded in 1862, the original Union Pacific Railroad was part of the First Transcontinental Railroad project, later known as the Overland Route. Over the next century, UP absorbed the Missouri Pacific Railroad, the Chicago and North Western Transportation Company, the Western.....
USA: United Air Lines, 1955. Soft cover.
USA: United Airlines, 1951. 12 pieces including a signed letter from R. C. Mertes, Director School and College Services, dated April 1951. This group of aviation history was designed to be used in schools.
Germany. No Binding.
Italy: 1935. Hardcover. Black and White glossy photos with map on endpages. 4.5 by 6.75 inches. Accordion-style with captions in several language on the rear of each. Five-panel panorama; 32 images. No date c1930-1940;.
Italy: 1935. Hardcover. Black and White glossy photos with map on endpages. 4.5 by 6.75 inches. Accordion-style with captions in several language on the rear of each. Four-panel panorama; 23 images. No date c1930-1940; Carefully handled, minor shelf wear.
Honolulu: Hawaiian Tuna Packers, c1960.
Hawaii: Pan Pacific Surgical Association. 1954. Published for the dedication of a New Surgical Wing The Queens Hospital October 13, 1954 in conjunction with the Sixth Meeting of the Pan Pacific Surgical Association.Short, illustrated paragraphs entertainingly written highlighting procedures from the 600 A.D. Includes written commentary on what was happening.....
Alexandria Bay, NY: Heart Island Operating Company, 1976. Soft cover. Boldt Castle is a major landmark and tourist attraction in the Thousand Islands region of the U.S. state of New York. Open to guests seasonally between mid-May and mid-October. It is located on Heart Island in the Saint Lawrence River.....
France: A. Taride, Editeur, 1910. Hardcover.
The Jasna Góra Monastery in Czestochowa, Poland, is a famous Polish shrine to the Virgin Mary and one of the country's places of pilgrimage. The image of the Black Madonna of Czestochowa, also known as Our Lady of Czestochowa, to which miraculous powers are attributed, is one of Jasna Góra's.....
Italy: Unknown, c1930-1940. Hardcover. These popular booklets came with various stylized outer wraps and though undated are pre-World War II. Each photo is captioned on the reverse in four language: Italian, French, English, German.
California: Self published. Soft cover.
Soft cover. A popular souvenir published in numerous forms during the 1880s.
Austria: Bildkunstverlag, c1960. Soft cover. The photos are of the Danube River and Vienna, 20 Farbbilder Nach - Color Images. Bildkunstverlag; No Date c1960s; 3.125 by 4.5 inches. Vienna, Austria's capital, lies in the country's east on the Danube River. Its artistic and intellectual legacy was shaped by residents including.....
Italy: Scrocchi, c1930-1940. Soft cover. A popular tourist keepsake with 32 professional made photographs in an accordion style. In a full color thick cardstock binder with detailed street map. These popular booklets came with various stylized outer wraps and though undated are pre-World War II. Each photo is captioned on.....
Washington, D.C. U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1954. Stapled wraps.
Dundee, Scotland: Valentine, James (and his studio), 1890. Photography by Valentine, James (1815-1879). A Very Good Hardcover. James Valentine was a Scottish photographer who, with his company Valentine's of Dundee, produced Scottish topographical views from the 1860s, and later became internationally famous as the producers of picture postcards.Valentine market was.....
Chicago: Armour & Company, 1900. Background Information:Armour & Company was an American company and was one of the five leading firms in the meat packing industry. It was founded in Chicago, in 1867, by the Armour brothers led by Philip Danforth Armour. By 1880, the company had become Chicago's most.....
Durham, N.C. W. Duke, Sons & Co., 1888. Lithographed by Knapp & Co. New York. Soft cover. An uncommon album reproducing the Duke Cigarette series of cards.W. Duke, Sons & Co. was a tobacco manufacturer founded by Washington Duke in 1881. His son, James B. Duke, later became president of.....