"Black Friday" November 2023 Timed Auction

16 Montana mercantile articles of incorporation, statements etc. The Fashion, Lo LO Valley Mercantile, Thompson Falls Mercantile, Montana Creamery, Th

Brochure for Lyon Curio Store, Clinton, Nebraska, Seller of Sioux Items. Rare, but in poor condition. "If it was made by a Sioux Indian-we have...

Typewritten letter w/envelope to Mr. Barnet Nover/journalist signed by Bernard M. Baruch/NYC congratulating Mr. Nover for an article he wrote titled...

1) 1912 Thos. Defenbaugh general merchandise. Talks about proxies, annual work, etc. References McDonald. Probably referring to the Kennedy MacDonald

Not only is this interesting; it is a rare Nevada state letter with a pictorial letterhead. It approves the General Corporation of the Tobin company i

Lot of 4. 1) California Electrical Works, San Francisco, billhead issued to the Virginia & Gold Hill Water Company in Virginia City for gravity ...

A group (5) of checks written on The Bank of California, an RPC of the Wells Fargo office in Virginia City, Nevada, along with an 1862 dated check fro

Rare 8.5x4" Duplicate of Exchange The Bank of California check No. 4671, datelined Virginia City, June 12, 1880. Pay to the order of Eagleton B...

Weekly California Express published by WF Hicks and Co. #50 & 51 Sept 1858. Published at Marysville, important and rare newspaper at the height ...

A group (8) of varied pieces of ephemera, including checks from a Las Vegas, N.M. grocer (2), a letter & bill from Dawson Coal and Coke, an assa...

Two editions: November 19, 1863 and November 26, 1863. These were the RELIGIOUS DEPARTMENT. Good for the soul! New York New York

Wow! Fantastic contents. Hardcover advertising book for this famous watch and clock brand founded in 1875 and based in New York. This book advertises

Over 25 land title abstracts from Oklahoma. 1890s-1930s. Oklahoma

Laminated front page of The Enid Daily Wave, January 7, 1897. Front page and a few more pages, Muskogee Phoenix, November 17, 1904. Oklahoma G

Volume 3. Interesting story called the Bad Man of Bodie! News from Calapoola. Extremely Fragile! Roseburg Oregon

Three British deed documents from the mid 1800s. One is a last will and testament , with an endorsement by the Archbishop of Canterbury William Howle

1906 Edgar A Murray, Vermin Destroyer, cover with Rat Doom and Roach Doom contents. Letter has a stated policy of "No Riddance, No Pay", s...

About 20 assorted pieces of US ephemera, c. 1888-1917. Billheads, Bank of Idaho miner vignette checks, stocks, letterheads, banks, some pictorials etc

Vintage telephone related items including several 8x10" photos of banquets of Telephone Pioneers of America. 2 vintage certificates to Edith M...

3 mechanical US patents to Charles Van DE Mark of Phelps, NY. 1867 improvement in cooking stove with drawing. 1870 cooking stove with drawing-stain.

Group of pages that were originally from a ledger of a lumber hauling company. These pages show statistics for the company by month between 1873 and 1

Lot of four. 1) The Appleton Journal is dated 1874. Includes article on the new Harvard and Women in Civil Service. 2) Unused Adam's Express 188...

Lot of 17. One item is not ephemera : brass round tag w/ the word "Overland" stamped on it, small hole . It looks like it's a baggag...

Lot of 54. Ad post cards/ephemera for dentists, beer (embossed), seafood, cigarettes camping, radio equipment. Brands like Miller High Life, Golden

Grab bag of mostly Montana letterheads and ephemera c. about 1877-1920, also photos, model railroad magazines and more. About 5.5 lbs.

Nice group of Arbuckle Coffee ephemera. Pictorial billheads 1902 and 1906. 11 animal advertising diecuts. 6 advertisements. Jim & Barba...

8 Midwest advertising pieces. American Ice. Diecuts-Guinn Feed, Bolivar, MO., Lawrence, Kansas. grand Detour Plow, Dixon, Ills. Decker, Bros., Pond C

Assortment of midwest paper advertising items etc. Tulsa, Poca City, Wichita, Missouri, Nebraska, Arkansas, Joplin, Pawhuska, labels etc. Gar

About 50 old advertisements and labels, some 19th century. Fish, tobacco, clothing, eggs, coffee, jam, fruit etc. Various sizes in this nice mix.

Lot of 2: 8-1/2 x 11-inch papers folded in two, both Include various images of the Pelton Water Wheel with text. c1893. Rare. Excellent condition. Pel

Lead Negro and alligator. 2.4x4".

9 catalogs, magazines etc. Radioactive Man, 7-11. Golden West, The Stockmen's Store. Berg's Clothiers. Misc advertising. Good Bread. I Know ...

National Bank of Merit for 4 shares of Stock to the holder, Orange print, very fine detail by H.J. Toudy & Co., Philadelphia. Signed by teacher,...

About 25 pieces of US banking ephemera c. 1830's-1919. Mostly checks, a few correspondences. Best is 1919 Phoenix National Bank letter of credit.

13 Western checks, c. 1876-94. Includes 2 Carson City Savings Bank 1876 with 1870 CC $20 gold piece imprint. Also, Billings, other Carson, Helena, Sta

33 Western checks, c. 1866-1938. Some pictorial. Denver, Grass Valley, Astoria OR, Roswell, Minden, Carson City, Lovelock NV, Juneau, Helena etc.

About 50 pieces of US Western ephemera, Ubangi Savages 1932 circus RPC. Assortment of California and Nevada items. 2 very large repaired trade cards,

Memoir No. 38, North American Forty-Ninth Parallel by Reginald Aldworth Day, Part III. Department of Mines, Ottawa, 1912. 17 map sheets along the 49th

Rand-McNally vest pocket folding map of Colorado. c. 1907 with multicolored counties, map 21x27", some seam tearing please inspect. Colorado

Framed partially hand colored Missouri railroad map. No cartographer visible. Map 17x21", frame 23.25x27.5". Missouri Gary Bracken...

2 Montana pocket maps. c. 1909Helena, Clason Map Co., Denver. Foldout map 17x27", small seam tearing. Rand Mc-Mcnally, Montana, Torn cover is ...

1901 Rand-McNally Nevada vest pocket folding map with red highlights. 21x13" map. Back cover of holder is detached. Nevada

Two Atlases: First is Collier 1923, 11" x 15". Cover poor, contents average, 272 pages. Second is commercial Atlas of the World, by Geogr...

lot of 11. Group of Colorful and informative map/booklets. Covering the Entire Alaska/Yukon area maps i/e: Tongass National Forest (1973), Greater Fa

7x The KIVA, Journal of the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society, 1957-61. 3x Plateau, Quarterly of the Museum of Northern Arizona, 1969-70.

Impressive Collection of books and magazines of ghost towns in Arizona: 1. Dig Here by Thomas Penfield, published 1966 by The Naylor Company, San Anto

About 26 lbs. of Native American books. Kokopelli by Slifer, Missouri Archaeological Society 1966, Petroglyphs by Barker, American Heritage Book of In

Lists changes to obtaining stamps. From Leonard & Seaman on corner to 4th & J street. The 1863 Handbook Almanac for the Pacific Sates lists ...

Rare, Eradicating Plague From San Francisco by Todd, 1909, 313pp with index. The role of the rat and fleas, outbreaks etc. San Francisco California

c. 1890 reprint of Kimball's San Francisco Directory, 1850. 139pp. Gilt cover. San Francisco California

7 volumes of California petroleum history and production. Oil fields, production, fuel resources, Southern California, gas production. c. 1904-14. See

Collection of 9 books on lost mines, treasure and ghost towns: 1. Desert Treasure - a bibliography, by E.I. Edwards. The Progress Press. 1948. 2. Ca

This hardcover book addressed to the 31st Congress from President Zackary Taylor is pp. 851, with four fold-outs, including a message of California go

2000 reprint of Sacramento Directory, 1851 by Culver. 336pp. California

Hardcover 145 pages. "Yosemite and its High Sierra" by John H. Williams, with more tan two hundred illustrations including eight color pla...

Over the South Park to Leadville. An illustrated souvenir book depicting the scenic views and street views of Colorado from South Park to Leadville. T

Three sections from The Religious Intelligencer, a religious publication, dated in three consecutive weeks, July 6, the other July 13 and July 20, 18

29 volumes from Connecticut Historical Society. References from 1741-1946, legal, Smith Papers and more. Mostly volumes of Collections. 5x 20th Centur

Hardcover 1866, 329pp with index and contents. 1891 with detached boards, 280 pp with index. 1893 258 pp with index. 1 loose page. Idaho

The Portland Directory and Reference Book with a Business Directory Attached for 1871, Volume 10, by S. B. Beckett. Portland, published by B Thurston

The Worcester Directory, Volume 34, Drew Allis & Co. 1877. Folding map opposite the title page. 592 pages plus ads. Generally fine. Worchester ...

Group of five (5) books about rail transportation in Minnesota and Wisconsin Included are "Badger Traction" by Joseph Canfield (Hardcover ...

Nice assortment of Montana books and magazines. Montana Magazine 4 issues, 1956-95. The Bird Tail by McBride. Montana State College Yearbook 1952. Pol

Approx 70 hardcovers. Includes Nebraska History- A Quarterly Journal 1950's, 1980's. Bound Nebraska History Magazine 1930's, Nebraska H...

Slipcase set of Letters From Nevada Territory 1861-1862 by A J Marsh. Reports of 1863 Constitutional Convention, Nevada Territory by A J Marsh, Sam Cl

About 28 New England area books and publications. New Hampshire Historical Society Proceedings 1899-1905. Proceeding of the Bunker Hill Monument Assoc

Greenoughës Directory of the Inhabitants, Institutions, Manufacturing Establishments, Business, Societies, Business Firms, Etc., Etc,. in the C...

All New Mexico directories are rare. 1919 edition and a good reference for token collectors. 782pp with advertisements, 2pp of which are loose. Both b

The Albany Directory for the Year 1872, Containing a General Directory of the Citizens, Business Directory, Record of the City Government, Its Institu

The Albany Directory for the Year 1876, The Centennial Year Containing a General Directory of the Citizens, Business Directory, Record of the City Gov

The Albany Directory for the Year 1885 including Bath, East Albany and Greenbush, Also a Business Directory, and Records of the City and Village Gover

The Brooklyn City and Business Directory for the Year ending May 1, 1869, Containing Also A Street and Avenue Directory and An Appendix. Compiled by G

The New York City Commercial Register Containing the Cards of the Principal Merchants, Manufacturers &c., in the City and Vicinity, Classified A...

New York City Directory 1879-80 Much repair, 1657 pages plus ads, new tape binding on the back. Once owned by S.M. and D. E. Meeker, attorneys in New

Trows New York City Directory, Vol. XCIV for the Year Ending May 1, 1881. Published by The Trow City Directory Company, New York. 1702 pages plus ads.

The North Carolina Yearbook and Business Directory, 1907, published by the News and Observer at Raleigh, N. C. 632 pages with some damage to the cent

Wiggins Columbus Directory 1887-8, published by J Wiggins & Co., Columbus, Ohio. 951 pages plus addendas. Columbus Ohio The Fred Holabird...

9 vintage almanacs. Peruna Drug 1900-02, Hostetter's 1905-06, The Ladies Birthday Almanac 1905 and 1908. Swamp Root 1906. Kodol 1905 with color...

First edition. 1950. Photos. Indexed. 287 pages. Autographed. Front cover showing weakness, but still firmly attached. This is The Story of American E

2 Volumes on the American Men of Science. Classic biographical works. 1938 volume edited by Jacques Cattel, 1608 pages, hardbound. 1955 Volume One, Ph

This is a vintage c.1920's Atwater Kent model 60C radio. The center tuning knob is now missing . This unit is without a cabinet however has cons...

Lot of six different books related to aviation. Includes the following titles: Cessna's Golden Age by Alan Abel, Drina Welch Abel, and Paul Matt...

Birds of New Mexico by Bailey, 1928, 807pp with index and many bird plates. The Ruffed Grouse, with Special Reference to its Drumming by Sawyer, pages

Bookends (Three sets) with an American Indian theme and one with a farrier themed relief. One set (Indian) measure 6" high the other two, 4&qu...

7 Books on Ghost Towns -Includes: 1) Ghost Towns of the West Library by Lambert Florin. 3-book collector series, includes Ghost Towns of the Rockies,

1. Desert Gold and Total Prospecting by Henry Curtis Morris, published by the author, Washington, 1955. Signed with a personal message by Henry Morri

7 Mid Atlantic states books. Maryland in National Politics by Essary. USGS Central Pennsylvania 1913. Guide to Depositories of Manuscript Collections

Watches by Cecil Clutton and George Daniels, published 1965 by The Viking Press Inc., NY. First edition. Hard Cover with original sleeve in good condi

5 Books on Lost and Sunken Treasures in the United States of America. 1. Treasure Hunting - "The Treasure Hunter's Own Book of land Caches ...

1) Lost Mines of the Great Southwest "Including Stories of Hidden Treasures" by John D. Mitchell, copyright 1933, by M.F.Rose in Mesa, AZ;...

Vol. 1 No. 2 February 1875 L.P. McCarty Statistician, San Francisco, Calif. Filled with stats from every aspect of the US/World at the time. 157 pp

Lot of all 20 volumes of McGraw-Hill's Encyclopedia of Science & Technology. Eleventh Edition, 2012. All books hardbound, cover sizes 8 3/...

General Metal detecting books/magazine: 1. Gold Diggers Atlas by Robert Neil Johnson, 1999, 11th Edition by Cyril Johnson. 2. Metal Detecting - A Beg

The Mutiny of the Elsinore by Jack London, 1914, 378pp. "The Mutiny of the Elsinore" is a novel by the American writer Jack London first p...

7 red volumes from annual New England Association of Fire Chiefs Conferences. 1939, 1956, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966.

2 pirate books. Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates, ex Bushnell-Sage Memorial Library, Sheffield, Mass. 1921, woodblock and color prints, 247pp. The ...

1889 Poor's Manual of Railroads, 22nd Annual Number, 1064pp plus big appendix. Details on the major and minor railroads of the day including fin...

Converting the Sharia Desert into a Sea! French engineers plan to flood the Sahara with water from the Mediterranean!

Also 1912 journal on construction of boats to save lives at sea!

Two volumes. 1) 1862 Williams Combination of fire engines with locomotives. 2) 1869 Silsby, Mynderse & Co's Seam Fire Engine.