One of a Kind
[Cincinnati, Ohio] [Quincy, Illinois] Panoramic Showroom Photo of Shapero's Department Store Showcasing Display Cases of Quincy Quipment, Quincy, Illinois Framed photograph measures 20.5 x 45 inches (outside frame measurement) and weighs a little over 14 pounds. Photo (not examined out of frame) appears to be in fine condition. The.....
![Item #1191 [Railroads, Philately] 1869 ALS Regarding Pending Completion of American...](https://stellarrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1191.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1705944202)
San Francisco, California to Liverpool, England: 1869. [Railroads, Philately] 1869 ALS Regarding Pending Completion of American Transcontinental Railroad, Red. McKnight to George McKnight, San Francisco, California to Liverpool, England, April 23, 1869, 8 x 10.5 inches, 1 pp. bifolio. One-page bifolio letter on fragile blue paper; small holes.....
1959. The Trial of Milton Berle A rare manuscript for “The Trial of Milton Berle,” a tongue-in-cheek roast of “Mr. Television” himself. 1959. 55 typed 11” x 8.5” leaves, including 15 stapled or paper-clipped gatherings and one loose sheet. A few sheets with light wear or toning at edges;.....
Portland, England: 1860, 1880. 1880 ALS by Prince Alfred Ernest Albert, Duke of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, to Sir Cooper Ray, Prince Alfred, Portland, England, 1880, 4 7/8 x 7.75 inches, 4 pp.; and 1860 Engraving of Prince Alfred, Daniel John Pound, N.P., 1860, 8 7/8 x 13 inches, 1 pp.....
![Item #321 [Earle R. Forrest] Arizona's Dark and Bloody Ground-- Complete Carbon Copy of...](https://stellarrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/321.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1680557886)
Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Press, 1936. Manuscript. Earle R. Forrest, Arizona's Dark and Bloody Ground--Complete Carbon Copy of Original Manuscript with Author's and Publisher's Holographic Corrections. Caxton Press, Caldwell, Idaho, 1936. 295pp. plus notes. Approx. 8.5 x 11 inches. Complete carbon of the original manuscript with author's holograph corrections plus.....
![Item #403 [Shakespeare] 2 Original Watercolor Studies Attributed to Sir John Gilbert...](https://stellarrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/403.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1683061416)
Circa 1858. [Shakespeare] 2 Original Watercolor Studies Attributed to Sir John Gilbert the "Grave-Digger" and "Horatio" from Hamlet Circa 1858. 8.5 x 11 inches. Both watercolors on thick cream stock. Previously framed with both showing acid-burning but not unpleasantly so. Light foxing and soiling. Verso blank on both. Manuscript.....
![Item #1235 [Arizona, Mining] Archive of Prescott, Arizona Pioneer George Hartmann, dated...](https://stellarrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1235.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1707170723)
Prescott, Arizona: 1874-1964. [Arizona, Mining] Archive of Prescott, Arizona Pioneer George Hartmann, dated 1874-1964. Archive of 26 family papers, photographs, deeds, etc. dated 1874-1964. Items in this archive include Hartmann’s certificate of membership to the Knights Templar Order of the Red Cross, Prescott, Arizona Territory, signed by F.G......
Personal Archive of Ornithologist/Biologist/Superintendent of National Zoological Park Ned Hollister Including Photo Albums, Professional Papers, and Manuscript, plus his Collecting and Field Journals. Extensive archive of several hundred items plus 1300 plus photos and negatives. The vast majority of items in very good condition. Ned Hollister seemingly was a......
![Item #1194 [California, Nevada, Mining] Senator John Percival Jones Collection of 6 Items...](https://stellarrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1194.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1705961746)
1867-1908. [California, Nevada, Mining] Senator John Percival Jones Collection of 6 Items including Manuscript ALS, Mining Stock Certificate, Cut Autograph, John Percival Jones, 1867-1908. Six items, including five signed by Nevada senator John P. Jones (1829-1912). Very good condition overall. Collection details below. John P. Jones was a politician.....
Original Dry Point Etching Plate for Walt Kuhn's "Colt" 1922 Plate measures 6.5 x 6.5 inches. Mostly clean with some minor spotting. Verso is much darker (oxidized?) with small white label with "Colt" written on it. Consignor displayed plate in sealed frame since 2005. The frame was damaged in.....
![Item #1242 [Colorado] Dr. Nolie Mumey Archive. Nolie Mumey](https://stellarrarebooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/1242.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1707772419)
Denver, Colorado: N.D. Dr. Nolie Mumey Archive: 33 Original Manuscripts, plus Typescripts, Photographs, and Other Documents, Nolie Mumey, N.D., Denver, Colorado. This extensive collection contains thirty-nine manila envelopes and numerous loose photographs, correspondence, newspaper articles, and other items pertaining to Dr. Nolie Mumey’s research and writing of numerous.....
John Howard Payne Autograph Note 3 ⅝ x 6 ½ inch note, mounted onto slightly larger paper. Lightly age-toned and wrinkled. Very Good. An unsigned note, handwritten in fountain pen by actor, poet and playwright John Howard Payne (1791-1852). Payne has penned a favorite quotation from Shakespeare’s “Henry.....