Search Results: Ephemera from Michael Pyron, Bookseller, ABAA

1941. A group of 12 file photographs of Mobile, including a couple of Mardi Gras in Mobile. An interesting group of images. Conditions vary, but generally Good. Stamped and manuscript dates range from 1926 to 1954, though most are in the early 1940s. Sizes range, but generally 8 x10s.

Newton, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1998. Unbound. Near Fine binding. Seventeen promotional pieces: prospectuses and other ephemera. The gathering comprises: Bibliographic, Typographic and Politically Correct Bijoux. That's a Wrap! [1996], Nos. 2 & 3 [1] f. each. (folded); Chinese Handmade Paper. [1986]. [4] pp.; Chinese Decorated Papers. [1987]. [1] f.; The Etching of Figures. [1998]. [4] pp.; The First Fine Silver Coinage of the Republic of San Serriffe: The Bird & Bull Press Commemorative 100 Coronas. [1988]. [4] pp.; Numismata Typographica. [1992]. [1] f.; The Private Press-Man's Tale. [1990]. [1] f.; Swine Print. [1978]. [4] pp.; Three Early French Essays on Paper Marbling 1642-1765. [1987]. [4] pp.; Trade Tokens of British and American Booksellers & Bookmakers. [1989]. [4] pp.; Gordon Craig's Paris Diary 1932-1933 [1982]. [4] pp.; Communicated by F. M.: Irresistible Bits No. I (1987]. Broadside, folded and mounted; Louis Herman Kinder and Fine Bookbinding in America. [1985]. Broadside, trifold;… Read More

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co, 1901. Original Wrappers. Good binding. Octavo. 25, [1], [2 (blank)] pp. First edition. As issued, stapled into printed wrappers. Front wrapper detached with some loss along the bottom edge, but present; lengthwise crease to the pamphlet as a whole from being folded. An interesting address that compares the Civil War with the Second Boer War and how calamitous it would have been had Lee not surrendered but followed Jefferson Davis's vision of the Civil War having "entered upon a new phase. . . . Relieved from the necessity of guarding particular points, our army will be free to move from point to point, to strike the enemy in detail far from his base" (qtd on p. 4). Uncommon.

Florence, MA: Kat Ran Press, 2004. Unbound. Near Fine binding. Nine promotional pieces: prospectuses, catalogs, and correspondence. The gathering comprises: 3 ALS from Michael Russem, 2 on Kat Ran Press letterhead, one on a blank sheet [2002-2003]. TLS by Michael Russem on letterhead [2005]; Three Very Special Offers For Very Special People (with envelope) [2003]. Accordion fold, [4] pp.; Promotional postcard [2003]; Sleep by Haruki Murakami [2004]. [4] pp., illus.; Kat Ran Press: A Short Suvey of the First Three Titles [2000]. [4] pp.; A New Book from Kat Ran Press (Overpass) [2001]. [4] pp.; Kat Ran Press, Une Short Survey des Second Three Titles, avec Accounts des First Three Books [2002]. [12] pp., illus. (printed at Oxbow Press). All items are clean and bright and unworn. A interesting collection of ephemera and correspondence from an important American fine press that was in operation between 1994 and 2012.

Richmond: Richmond Press, 1927. Very Good binding. Octavo. 32 pp. Reprint. Stapled into stiff, printed wrappers. Light wear and some pencil bracketing to the epigraph on the cover; contents clean. Christian assures the reader that his address "will be in no spirit of carping criticism, with no desire to do injustice to [Lincoln], and will be as free from sectional prejudice and passion as one who has suffered as I have, by the conduct of Mr. Lincoln and his followers, can make it" (p. 1). It is nevertheless, a searing partisan assessment of who Christian calls a "Godless tyrant." Haynes 3413.

Richmond: J. H. Jenkins, 1910. Good+ binding. Octavo. 31, [1] pp. Second edition. Stapled into stiff, printed wrappers. A bit of wear with light chipping and some staining to the covers; notable stain to the fore-edge margin of the first leaf; contents are generally toned. An early edition of a frequently reprinted address. Christian assures the reader that his address "will be in no spirit of carping criticism, with no desire to do injustice to [Lincoln], and will be as free from sectional prejudice and passion as one who has suffered as I have, by the conduct of Mr. Lincoln and his followers, can make it" (p. 1). It is nevertheless, a searing partisan assessment of who Christian calls a "Godless tyrant." Haynes 3411.

Stanford, NY: Printed by Daniel Lawrence, for Henry and John F. Hull, 1803. Disbound. Good binding. 12mo. 111, [1 (ads)] pp. Removed from volume. Remnants of binding on the spine; title page is loosening; generally toned; ink number in the bottom margin of p. iii. Autobiography of a Quaker convert. An early edition was printed at Philadelphia by B. & J. Johnson in 1800. Publisher's advertisement on the final page. Shaw & Shoemaker 4562.

Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1936. Original Wrappers. Very Good+ binding. Octavo. III, [1], 38 pp., map, plates, illus. First edition. As issued, in printed wrappers. 12 plates on 6 leaves, all present as called for, as well as the folding map of the Lindenmeier site; unopened copy. A fresh, clean copy.

Philadelphia, 1808. Original Wrappers. Very Good binding. Octavo. 13, [3 (blank)] pp. Stitched, as issued; unopened. Light soiling to the covers; early pencil catalog number on the front cover; presentation stamp deep in the inner margin of the first page. Interesting piece of campaign literature in opposition to James Ross for governor and discussing at length his role in the presidential election debacle of 1800 and especially his bill that attempted to take from Congress the role it constitutionally was required to play. Shaw & Shoemaker 14293; Sabin 60787.

1805. Original Wrappers. Very Good binding. 12mo. 19, [1 (blank)] pp. First edition. As issued, stitched in plain wrapper; a few leaves unopened. Light wear to the covers including some silverfishing to the top inner margin of the rear wrapper and diminishing through the next several leaves; light soiling, but largely a remarkably copy. Deaccessioned as a library duplicate, the only indication being a mid-20th century gift stamp deep in the inner margin of p. 3; contents clean. An address criticizing incumbent Pennsylvania governor Thomas McKean and recommending Simon Snyder as governor in the 1805 election. While Snyder lost to McKean in a contentious 1805 contest, he would ultimately win in 1808 and serve three terms. The language early in the address is salient: "Principles and not men, were the foundations, on which American independence was established .... Principles and not men have been the objects of contest, ever since, between the several parties which have arisen under our government;… Read More

Litchfield, CT: Hosmer and Goodwin, 1808. Disbound. Good binding. Octavo. 16 pp. First edition. Removed from binding. Light foxing only. Sabin 15636; Shaw & Shoemaker 14758.

Richmond: Virginia Historical Society | printed by Macfarlane & Fergusson, 1851. Original Wrappers. Good binding. 12mo. 12 pp. Removed from a binding and lacking original printed wrappers, recently sewn through the notches to keep bifolium together. Ink drop stain to the outer margin of the fore-edge, not affecting any text, otherwise contents are clean. A brief sketch of the Virginia Senator. Haynes 11092.

Bennington, VT: William Haswell, 1825. Disbound. Good binding. 12mo. 23, [1 (blank)] pp. Removed from binding; light foxing throughout; contemporary ink pagination indicating its placement in the volume from which it was removed. Early religious tract. Sabin and McCorison tentatively posit printing dates of 1813 and 1812 respectively, while Gilman puts it at 1825. William's father, Anthony Haswell was a Boston, then Worcester printer during the Revolution and moved his family to Bennington in 1781 becoming the second printer in Vermont. A nice imprint from a line of notable Bennington printers. Sabin 99138; Vermont Imprints 1345; Gilman, "Bibliography of Vermont," p. 14.

[Montgomery]: Department of Agriculture and Industries, 1906. Soft Cover. Very Good+ binding. Octavo. 199, [1] pp., illus. First edition. As issued, stapled and in printed wrappers. A remarkably bright copy with only light shelfwear and some minor staining to the cover; contents clean and binding is tight. A very uncommon promotional piece from the State of Alabama outlining the agricultural opportunities in that state. OCLC identifies just 20 institutions holding copies. OCLC 4609323.

Auburn: API Historical Studies, 1910. Original Wrappers. Very Good binding. Octavo. 53 pp. First edition. In publisher's wrappers. Light wear to the extremities, but generally a nice copy of this biographical sketch of the Alabama Attorney General. Brannen 3251.

Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 1908. Original Wrappers. Very Good binding. Octavo. 193-312 pp. Through paginated quarterly; side stapled in printed wrappers; early 20th century UVA Alumni Bulletin; soiling to the wrappers else a clean copy.

Washington: R. C. Weightman, 1808. Disbound. Very Good binding. Octavo. 8 pp. Removed from nonce volume. Light toning, else nice. Includes an proposed amendment abolishing the office of the vice president, changing the length of term of the representatives to one year and of senators to three years, other similarly impractical amendments. Shaw & Shoemaker 16364.

Tuscaloosa, AL: M. D. J. Slade, 1854. Original Wrappers. Very Good binding. Octavo. 25, [1] pp. First edition. As issued, stitched in salmon-colored printed wrappers; interestingly, all the "N"s in the subtitle are reversed on both the wrapper and the title page. There is a bleached area to the top margin of the front wrapper and to a much lesser degree, the rear wrapper; faint tideline to the top margin of the first few leaves; vertical crease through the entire pamphlet with some creasing to the top third of most leaves; early number stamp on the top of the front wrapper; very little wear. A fairly presentable copy of this uncommon speech by Barnard. A New England-born academic, Barnard spent two decades in the south, most of it on the faculty of the University of Alabama. He returned north at the outbreak of the Civil War and before the war's conclusion would become the 10th president of Columbia University and was instrumental in shaping it into one of the leading universities. While he was… Read More

1791. 9" x 7.5." Writing on recto and verso. Near fine. A very nice example of an ALS by General Anthony Wayne. Wayne was an instrumental part of the Continental Army during the American Revolution, entering the fray as a colonel and at the conclusion of war, a major general. It is difficult to overstate Wayne's contribution to the American cause. After the war he served two years in Pennsylvania General Assembly and was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention. In 1791 he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia, serving in that role until his death in 1796. Interestingly, this letter addressing a financial matter was written the day he took his seat in Congress. One might imagine he was using his new position to put some additional authority behind his request. This letter appears to be addressed to Congressman Joseph Clay. Oxford American National Biography. Transcribed in full: "Savannah 4th March 1791 / Dear Sir / I was favored with yours of the 2nd inst. inclosing an… Read More

Harrisburg, PA: W. M. French | printed by Jones & Harvie, 1885. Broadside. Broadside. 8" x 5.25." Printed in red and black in cream cardstock. Large engraving fills the recto with French's advertisements for their cigars around the border. Light wear only. Very good to near fine. An interesting keepsake with a synopsis of Harris's tale, printed on the verso, describing a group of inebriated Native Americans kidnapping Harris because he wouldn't give them more rum. Harris's enslaved man, Hercules, brought aid from a neighboring tribe to save Harris just in the nick of time. And the two lived happily ever after. Take that for what it's worth.