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1492 - Hand-colored incunable leaf from the Cronecken der Sasson (Chronicles of Saxony), 1492
by Konrad Botho (Conrad Bote)
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- Used - Very good
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- 1492
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- Disbound
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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$350.00
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Mainz, Germany: Peter Shoeffer, 1492. Disbound. Very good. In 1492, a year before the famous Nuremburg Chronicle, the rarest of the early European "world" histories was published, the Chronicles of Saxony. Its author was a goldsmith, Konrad Botho (Conrad Bote), and it was printed in Mainz, the last work of the famous Peter Shoeffer, who had learned the… Read more about this item Item Price
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1527 - Leaf from William Claxton's translation of Jacobus de Voragine's Legenda Aurea (Golden Legend), printed in 1527with all references to the "pope" obliterated at the command ofHenry VIII following his excommunication by Pope Paul III in 1538
by Jacobus de Voragine and William Claxton
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- 1538
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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$400.00
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Westminster, England: Wynkyn de Word, 1538. Disbound. Very good. The Golden Legend, or Legenda sanctorum (Readings of the Saints) is a collection of 153 hagiographies originally compiled by Jacobus de Voragine between 1259 and 1266. It was one of the most popular texts of the Middle Ages and printed throughout Europe in more editions than the Bible. It… Read more about this item Item Price
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1535 - Leaf from the Supplementum Supplementi de le Chroniche (Suppliementum Supplements to the Chronicle) of Giacomo Filippo Foresti
by Giacomo Filippo Foresti
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- 1535
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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$50.00
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Venice, Italy: Bernardo Bindoni, 1535. Disbound. Very good. Giacomo Filippo Foresti first published his Supplement at Venice in 1483. It was a popular universal chronicle of its time and reprinted several times. It mixes mythological, historical, and Christian figures and treating all on an equal footing. It contains chapters on the Sibyls, the Trojan War and other similar… Read more about this item Item Price
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1517-1518 - Leaf from La Mer des Histoires et Chroniques de France (The Sea of Stories and Chronicles of France)
by Anonymous
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- 1518
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- Disbound
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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$100.00
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Paris, France: Gailot Du Pre and Michel le Noir, 1518. Disbound. Very good. La Mer des Histoires et Chroniques de France takes its title from Mare historiarum Item Price
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1493 - Incunable leaf from the Liber chonicarum (Nuremburg Chronicle)
by Hartman Schedel
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- 1493
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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Nuremberg, Germany: Anton Koberger, 1493. Disbound. Very good. The Nuremberg Chronicle was the most important of the 15th century universal histories and the most extensively illustrated book of its time. Its narrative begins with the creation and runs until the 1490s. It was written in Latin by Hartmann Schedel, a physician and humanist, on commission by two Nuremberg… Read more about this item Item Price
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1533 - Leaf from the Romisch Historien (History of Rome) by Titus Livius (Livy) discussing the conflicts between Rome, Carthage, and Macedon during Punic and Macedonian Wars of the Third Century BC
by Titus Livius (Livy)
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- 1533
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- Disbound
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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Mainz, Germany: Johann Schoeffer, 1533. Disbound. Very good. The History of Rome, originally titled Annales, and often referred to as Ab Urbe Condita (From the Founding of the City) is a monumental history of ancient Rome, written in Latin between 27 and 9 BC by the Roman historian Titus Livius (Livy). The work covers the period from the… Read more about this item Item Price
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1519 - Leaf from the most beautiful illustrated book of the 16th century, Die geuerlicheiten und eins teils der geschichten des loblichen streitbaren und hochberumbten helds und Ritters Tewrdannckhs (The atrocities and part of the stories of the laudable, combative and famous hero and knight Tewrdannckhs)
by Maximilian I and Melchior Pfintzing
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- 1519
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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$250.00
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Augsburg, Germany: Johann Schonsperger, 1519. Disbound. Very good. Die geuerlicheiten, often referred to as simply Theuerdank, was written by Emperor Maximilian I, polished by his secretary, Melchior Pfintzing, and first printed in Augsburg in 1517 by Johann Schonsperger. Trimmed along the top edge to facilitate its original binding.
The book's type was designed by Vinzenz Rockner,… Read more about this item Item Price
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1856 - A letter from one of the most radical abolitionists, Abby Kelley, and her equally radical husband, Stephen Symonds Foster, delineating her meetings with a host of the country's most important abolitionists during a fund-raising trip on behalf of the American Anti-Slavery Society
by Abby Kelley to Stephen Symonds Foster
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- 1856
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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$4,500.00
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Eagleswood, New Jersey, 1856. Envelope or Cover. Very good. Abby Kelley was a major figure in the national anti-slavery and women's suffrage movements despite a split with Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton over the 15th Amendment. As a principal leader of the ultra-radical abolitionists, perhaps second only to William Lloyd Garrison, she traveled throughout the country… Read more about this item Item Price
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1900-1901 - An exceptionally detailed archive of U.S. Naval operations in support of allied ground operations during the Boxer Rebellion from the personal files of Admiral Louis Kempf, the commander of the U.S. flotilla in Chinese waters
by All related to Admiral Louis Kempff
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- 1901
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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$7,500.00
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Ta-ku, China, 1901. This archive from Admiral Kempff's personal files consists of five densely packed, typed "Bulletins" and letters detailing the U.S. Navy's participation in the conflict including its ground fighting at Ta-Ku which he personally directed. Over twelve pages of typed text. The documents contain some details not included in the official history of the action, The Boxer… Read more about this item Item Price
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1761 - A deed transferring ownership of a "tenement" in the heart of Boston located between entrances to Faneuil Hall and the Great Town Dock
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- Used - Very good
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- 1761
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- Unbound
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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$750.00
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Boston, 1761. Unbound. Very good. This three-page transfer of property on a bifold paper sheet measures 18" x 15" unfolded. The document is dated 30 July 1761. Payment was completed and the deed recorded at the Suffolk County Records of Deeds on 1 September 1761. In nice shape. Some storage fold splits have been neatly repaired with archival… Read more about this item Item Price
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1855 - An offer from the Anglo-Californian Gold Mining Company to convert "Unissued Shares" of the company's stock into "Preference Shares
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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$100.00
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London. Envelope or Cover. Very good. This two-page printed circular, dated May 19th 1855, from the Anglo-California Gold Mining Company in London, offers to convert "Unissued Shares" of company stock into "Preference Shares. It is enclosed in its original envelope and addressed to a shareholder in the Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England. It is franked with a… Read more about this item Item Price
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1888 - A Wyoming pioneer, whose earlier discovery of large fossils spawned the infamous paleontological 'Bone Wars', describes his new homestead near Fort Bridger
by J" [James Van Allen Carter]
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- 1888
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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Fort Bridger, Wyoming, 1888. Envelope or Cover. Very good. This four-page letter signed "J" [James Van Allen Carter] is datelined "The Willows / Aug 26 188[8]". It is enclosed in a green 2-cent Washington stamped envelope (Scott Type U71/U72) postmarked "Fort Bridger / Aug / 27 / 88 / Wyo." and addressed to Carter's mother in Lexington, Missouri.… Read more about this item Item Price
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1863-1864 - An archive of documents and letters regarding Florida's importance during the Civil War as the food "Supplier of the Confederacy" and the activation of the famous 1st Florida Special "Cow Cavalry" Battalion by a Tampa cattle broker
by Major Pleasant W. White, Captain James McKay, and others
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- Used - Very good
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- 1864
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- Various
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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$2,000.00
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Various, 1864. Various. Very good. This group of eight documents and letters is associated with Major Pleasant W. White, the Confederacy's Chief Commissary for Florida, and Captain James McKay, of the Fifth Confederate Commissary District. A good case could be made that they were the two most important officers in the Confederacy as it was their effort providing… Read more about this item Item Price
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1834 - A man in Lowell, Massachusetts, pleads directly to President Andrew Jackon to have his friend reinstated as the postmaster of Lowell, Massachusetts
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- 1834
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- Unbound
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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$150.00
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Lowell, Massachusetts, 1834. Unbound. Very good. This four-page letter is datelined, "Lowell. April 22. 1834. It was sent directly to President Andrew Jackson by Fink(?) Booth. It bears no postal markings and has no accompanying envelope. In nice shape. Aa transcript will be provided.
In the letter, Booth related how his friend, Mr. Myman, had performed… Read more about this item Item Price
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1942-1955 - An archive of material related to the most famous and popular song created by American soldiers for American soldiers, the Dog Face Soldier
by Bert Gold and Ken Hart
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- 1955
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- Various
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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$750.00
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Various, 1955. Various. Very good. This archive consists of four items. All are in nice shape.
1) A post V-J Day letter from one of the song's authors, Sgt. Bert Gold, to Lt. Audie Murphy, the most decorated American soldier in history. It is datelined "Hqs Co, 22nd Rep. Dep./ APO 714 - San Fran… Read more about this item Item Price
$750.00
1852 - U.S. Navy Department letter informing a 'ships carpenter' that he cannot avoid duty with the East Indies Squadron, an assignment that led to his accompanying Commodore Perry to Japan
by H. Parker to Daniel Jones
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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Envelope or Cover. Very good. This one-page stampless folded letter measures approximately 15½" by 9½". It was written by H. Parker at the Navy Department to Daniel Jones, a ship's carpenter, at Kittery, Maine. It is datelined, "Washington / 15th March 1832". It bears and indistinct "free frank" along with a circular Washington D.C. 5-cent postmark. In nice… Read more about this item Item Price
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1913 - Small visual archive documenting the damage caused by the Easter Sunday tornado that destroyed much of Berlin, Nebraska
by Miller Talmadge
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- Used - Very good
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- 1913
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- Unbound
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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Berlin (today, Otoe), Nebraska, 1913. Unbound. Very good. This grouping contains five real photograph postcards (RPPCs) by Miller Talmadge documenting the tornado that destroyed much of Berlin (now renamed Otoe) on Easter Sunday, 23 March 1913. The tornado was the longest continuous of a swarm of six storms that raged through Iowa and Nebraska that day. This category… Read more about this item Item Price
$150.00
Circa 1845 - Wood engraving of the Quarantine Station and Marine Hospital for emigrants at Staten Island, New York
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- 1845
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- Disbound
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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Leipzig, Germany: Illustrite Zeitung (Illustrated Newspaper), 1845. Disbound. Very good. This wood engraving clipped from an unidentified edition of the Illustrite Zeitung (Illustrated Newspaper), known colloquially as the 'Leipziger,' is undated, but information on the reverse indicates that it was published by J. J. Weber of Leipzig, Germany. It is titled, Quarantine und Marinehosital fur Einwanderer auf Staten… Read more about this item Item Price
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1892 - A report by the port physician in Philadelphia describing the Cholera danger posed by steerage passengers from Europe arriving at that city
by E. O. Shakespeare
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- Used - Very good
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- 1892
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- Disbound
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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Washington DC: U. S. Senate, 1892. Disbound. Very good. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in response to a resolution of the Senate of the 12th instant, transmitting a communication of the port physician of Philadelphia relative to the danger from the introduction of cholera through immigration. 52nd Congress, 2nd Session, U.S. Senate Executive Document #13. Washington,… Read more about this item Item Price
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Circa 1900 - Three postcards showing quarantine and immigration facilities at Angel Island near San Francisco, the arrival point for most immigrants from Asia, especially China
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- Used - Very good
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- 1900
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- Unbound
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Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
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$75.00
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San Francisco, Californi, 1900. Unbound. Very good. These three unused postcards show quarantine and immigration facilities at Angel Island near San Francisco. In nice shape. All are unused.
"Quarantine Station, Angel Island, Calif." San Francisco: Stanley A Piltz Company, undated
"Quarantine Station - Angel Island, Cal." San Francisco: Souvenir Publishing Company, undated
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