Americana from Mare Booksellers

Norwich, NY: The David Maydole Hammer Company, Publisher, 1923. Wraps. Fair. Wraps. Small booklet. 71 pp. Black and white illustrations of hammers throughout. A trade catalog of hammers manufactured by the David Maydole Hammer Company, preceded by a short biography that originally appeared in an 1884 book, Captains of Industry. The catalog includes a variety of hammers, including… Read more about this item

Washington: US Treasury Department, Publisher, 1859. Unbound. Good. Single sheet, 8 ¼ by 11 ½ inches. Printed on laid paper. A notice to sailors that the light at Long Wharf in New Haven, CT was to be discontinued under the authority of the Treasury under the advisement of the Light-house Board. It appears an iron post was erected… Read more about this item

Barre, MA: Imprint Society, 1971. Cloth. Very Good. #432 of 1950 copies printed. Marbled boards with a beige cloth spine. 36 pp. Loose illustrated plate, and invoice, laid in at the front. Signed and numbered by the author on the colophon. A brief history of and biography of the engraver and cartoonist D.C. Johnston and his creation of… Read more about this item

West Pownal, ME: Pownal Spring Co., Publisher. Wraps. Good. no date, perhaps late 1890s, early 1900s. Printed wraps. 24 pp. With a few illustrations. A promotional work discussing the discovery of and the medicinal properties of water from the Pownal Spring in West Pownal, Maine. The work includes various testimonials from people purporting to have been healed of… Read more about this item

No Place: No publisher. Unbound. Good. Group of Six Black and White photos of African Americans. All measure 4 by 6 inches, with 5 of the 6 adhered to an old photo album leaf. One detached from the leaf. No dates or places, although based on the bobby sock style, perhaps 1950s. Four of the photos depict a… 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 the… Read more about this item

No Place: No publisher. Pamphlet. Good. No publisher, place or date. Presumed US Government Printing Office, Washington DC: 1860. Single sheet, disbound from a larger work. No wrappers. 2 pp. A short piece discussing claims to land relating to the heirs of James McDaniel, a Native American who was part of the Cherokee tribe. The document mentions his… Read more about this item

Boston: Boston Area Student Mobilization Committee, Publisher, 1969. Unbound. Good. no date, 1969. Single sheet, roughly 17 by 11 inches. Printed on both sides. A large handbill promoting an October 15 rally at the Boston Common, as well as a November 14 student strike and the November 15 March on Washington. Organized nationally by the Student Mobilization Committee,… Read more about this item

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