America: Sold by N[icholas]. Boone at the Sign of the Bible in Corn-Hill, Boston. This almanac for 1711 by Daniel Travis is as early a Boston almanac as one is likely to find now. It follows the traditional almanac formula of the time: eclipses for the year, Sign of Man..... More

New York: Published by C. Smith, [1797]. 8 ½ x 13 ¾." This very detailed plan of the Battle of Saratoga is closely derived from Faden's 1780 map of the same title; with a shading key, it shows the position of American and "Royal" troops. Smith's rendition omits an inch..... More

[Boston]: Mien and Fleeming, [1769]. Page size: about 6 3/4 x 4 1/4." In the summer of 1768 -- a year and a half before bullets would actually fly at the Boston Massacre -- a musical skirmish broke out between patriots and loyalists. It began with John Dickinson, author of..... More

Boston: Printed and sold by John W. Folsom, No. 10, Union-Street. Prolific Boston printer, publisher and bookseller John Folsom issued this almanac for just this one year. This is the second edition of the almanac which O’Neal describes as “very scarce.” O’Neal speculates that the Osgood Carleton was the primary..... More

Springfield, Mass: Art Photo Company [manufacturer]. 1932. 3 ½ x 5 ¼.”. An early eclipse-viewing apparatus on the occasion of the August 31, 1932 eclipse of the sun which crossed New England. The cardboard viewer has eye holes covered by a “Non-inflammable Filter.” The printed envelope for the “scope” features..... More

London: British Admiralty, 1775 and later. Two sheets, each approximately 33 ½ x 25,” with each view being about 4 ½ x 8 ¼.”. This rarely offered two-sheet set of six small views of Boston, circa 1775, is from J.F.W. Des Barres' monumental Atlantic Neptune. The views present a wonderful..... More

Williamsburg, VA: John Pinkney [publisher], 1775. 16 ¾ x 10 ½”. The text of the "Causes and Necessity of their Taking Up Arms" appears on pages 2 and 3 of the newspaper. The Second Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia on May 10, 1775, only about seven months after the..... More

Salida, Colorado: Moore, M. R., 1882. Page size: (23 1/2 x 16 1/2"). The Mountain Mail newspaper was published weekly in Salida, Colorado from about August, 1880 to July, 1882, during the early years of the Colorado Silver Boom that began in 1879. The paper is loaded with local news..... More

Boston: Printed and published by Edmund Freeman. 1785. The Boston Magazine was published from October, 1783 to December, 1786 and was the first magazine to be published in Boston in the aftermath of the American Revolution. A major attraction of this issue is the presence of the front and rear..... More

Littleton, NH: C. Everett Parker, ca. 1920s. About 7 x 9 ½” on 8 ½ x 11” sheets. This group of six White Mountains views of “The Eastern Playground of America” is designated “Series One” on the original envelope. The views are: • The Mt. Washington Hotel from the..... More

Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1789. 7 ¼ x 8 1/8.”. Appearing in the March, 1789 issue of the American Museum magazine, this engraving is the second American version of Franklin's famous chart of the Gulf Stream printed in America. Both American versions were preceded by English and French printings. The Chart..... More

Augusta, ME: Luther Severance, 1838. This is the Augusta printing of Jackson's second report on the geology of Maine. It features nine full-page plates plus an in-text woodcut “View of Mt. Ktaadn.” The full-page plates include: * View of Sugar-loaf Mt. from Seboois river… * View of Mt. Ktaadn..... More

Boston: Printed by I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews, 1795. This is the first general history of Maine, written in the post-Revolutionary War time period that saw several state histories published, including those by Belknap, Jefferson and Ramsay. Despite its distinctly chilly initial reception and the less than impressive editorial standards..... More