15 letterpress literary broadsides, Ken Kesey, Erica

[LINCOLN, Abraham (1809-1865)]. “Daily Star Extra” on the Assassination of President Lincoln. [Connecticut]: Daily Star, Saturday Morning, April 15, [1865]. Letterpress broadside Extra rep

[CIVIL WAR]. The Cost of Rebel Peace: Plain Words for Working Men. New York: John A. Gray & Green, 1864. 11 x 15 1/2 in. letterpress broadside. Printed for the Union Executive Congressional Committee.

Wavy Gravy 50th Birthday Benefit poster, Jerry Garcia, John Kahn, Kantner/Balin/Cassidy Band, Mickey, Hart, Bob Weir, Ken Kesey, Paul Krassner and Wavy Gravy, May 15, 1986, Berkeley Community Theatre,

[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. 12 Likely Negroes for Sale.  Barren County, KY: N.p., 27 April 1863.   10 5/8 x 14 3/8 in. letterpress broadside (minor offsetting, a few ink spots); framed to 15 1/8

Ken Kesey signed and numbered poster. Signed lower right, numbered "202/400". This poster is also signed by Mountain Girl (Carolyn Adams Garcia). Anon (Linda Breen) and Mike Hagen. Measures 22-in. x 1

Larry McMurty's copy of the 1972 "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" by Ken Kesey, published by Methuen and Co. Limited with Calder and Boyars (London), 311 pages, hardcover with dust ja

Runaway Slave Small Letterpress Broadside. Dated September 27, 1841. Broadside would indicate that the owner had frequent slave escapes. Charles Carroll was a member of a prestigious Maryland family.

This poster by Keith Kleespies advertised the appearance of the Grateful Dead, Ken Kesey and the Pranksters, and Lemon Pipers at the University of Cincinnatti Fieldhouse on April 3rd, 1970. An amazing

[KNIFE THROWING] [JUGGLING] The Original Chinese Magicians and Jugglers, Arr Hee and Asham. Plymouth: Leviathan Broadside Press – I.W. N. Keys, 1860. Large letterpress broadside bearing a centra

(CIVIL WAR--CONFEDERATE.) Charleston Mercury Extra . . . The Union is Dissolved! Letterpress broadside, 23¼ x 12¾ inches; 1½-inch repaired closed tear in upper margin, minimal wear at f

VAN AMBURGH, Isaac (1808 – 65). Mr. Ducrow and Mr. Van Amburgh With the Beautiful Stud of Horses! Manchester: T. Wilkinson, 1841. Two-color letterpress broadside with wood-engraved image of the

DAVENPORT BROTHERS (Ira 1839 – 1911 and William 1841 – 77). The World-Renowned Davenport Brothers! Their Wonderful Seances. Allentown, PA, ca. 1869. Letterpress broadside/handbill bearing

HOUDINI, Harry (Erik Weisz) (1874 – 1926). Mr. Houdini. Early German Playbill. Onsabruck: A. Liesecke, 1901. Letterpress broadside for an early appearance at the Circus Corty-Althoff just one ye

(CIVIL WAR--MARYLAND.) Secessionist recruitment broadside issued in the wake of the Baltimore Riot to the "People of Baltimore!" Letterpress broadside, 17¾ x 12¾ inches, with small wood engr

[ANDERSON, John Henry] BEWARE OF YOUR CHILDREN! THE SUPERHUMAN BOY. Whitechapel: Henry Bownceby [?], [1857]. Large letterpress broadside reproducing a letter apparently written and signed by one Peter

(CIVIL WAR--NEW YORK.) Don't Unchain the Tiger! Letterpress broadside, 18 x 12 inches; folds, uneven toning, tack holes, minor wear. New York: Sinclair Tousey, 24 July 1863 Issued two weeks after the

[TATTOO] Miller Brothers & Stanley’s Big One Dime Show! Providence: Zimmer [?], ca. 1890. Pictorial letterpress broadside for “minstrel, variety, museum and aquarium” presentation fe

(ABRAHAM LINCOLN.) Chautauqua Democrat Extra assassination broadside. Letterpress broadside, 16 x 8½ inches, with headline "Reported Death of Abm. Lincoln, Attack on Secretary Seward"; folds, fox

Houdini, Harry (Ehrich Weiss). Houdini – Daring Dive Into the Edgbaston Reservoir. Birmingham: Parker & Groves, Printers, 33, Coleshill Street, ca. 1910s. English letterpress broadside for Houdini��

[VENTRILOQUISM] CHING Lau Lauro (ca. 1806 – 40). Wonderful Powers in Ventriloquism. Stratford: Ward, Printer, Bookbinder &c., 1832. Early letterpress broadside advertising a performance at the R

BLITZ, Signor (Antonio Van Zandt, 1810 - 77). Signior Blitz … Professor of Mechanism and Metamorphosist. Chatham: Townson and Burrill, 1825. Letterpress broadside from early in Blitz’s car

[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Notice...Three Likely Negroes. St. Louis, MO: N.p., 18 September 1846. Visible 11 3/8 x 8 3/8 in. letterpress broadside (creasing, ink bleed from verso); matted and framed to 15

[PEPPER’S GHOST] Phantoscope. Birmingham: J. Upton, Printer, [1872]. Letterpress broadside for the varied production at the Regent Hall, Yarmouth, of not only Pepper and Tobin’s groundbrea

[KNIFE THROWING] [JUGGLING] The Great Chinese Feat! Impaling the Human Body. [London?], 1854. Large letterpress broadside with elaborate wood engraved image at its center depicting the “impaleme