Letterpress broadside for Professor Fredericks. N.p

CARRERA, José Miguel (1785–1821). A los Chilenos su compatriota… [Montevideo?]: N.p., 1818. Letterpress broadside, large 8vo (235 x 178 mm). Modern quarter red niger gilt; slipcase. A

[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

[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

[SLAVERY & ABOLITION]. Administrator's Sale of Slaves. Clay County, MO: N.p., 9 March 1858. 9 1/2 x 7 7/8 in. letterpress broadside (toning, short marginal tears); framed to 13 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (not e

ROYLE, Powis. SOIREES FANTASTIQUE. PROFESSOR POWIS ROYLE. Hartlepool: J. Procter, 1853. Letterpress broadside bearing a large wood-engraved image of Royle’s Magic Punch Bowl in the upper third,

POTTER, Professor. POTTER THE WONDERFUL! THE MARVELLOUS! THE GREAT ANTI-SPIRITUALIST AND WIZARD. West Hartlepool: J. Procter, 1872. Letterpress broadside proof of a bill bearing a central wood-engrave

Allyne, Professor. A Grand Lincoln Memorial. Colossal Gift Exhibition. Boston: Farewell Steam Job Printing, 1865. Letterpress broadside printed less than a month after the assassination of Abraham Lin

[BRECKINRIDGE, John C. (1821-1875)]. National Democratic Speaking! [Liberty, MO]: N.p., 1860.  11 1/4 x 17 1/2 in. letterpress broadside (tear near center, loss to lower corner, some offsett

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

YOUNG, William Henry (1821 – 74). Professor Young! The Great American Magician. Boston: J.H. & F.F. Farwell, Printers, ca. 1850. Double-sided letterpress broadside advertising an appearance at t

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.

[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

[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