Cort Theatre, 1914. Ephemera. Theatre Program, 6 x 16 inches, printed in black on white. The Cort Theatre, now named the James Earl Jones Theatre, opened in 1912 at 138 West 48th St., between 7th and 6th Ave. Very good copy with wear at top and bottom edges. Small chip.....

Guido Bruno, 1920. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 32 pages. 6 short stories of life in New York City. Guido Bruno (1884-1942) was a Greenwich Village character, writer, small press publisher and editor. First edition (first printing). A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback).

1926. Ephemera. Autograph letter signed. On letterhead of Harper's Bazar, dated December 22, 1926. Letter thanks the correspondant and sends signed books to her and wishes a Merry Christmas. About 40 words. Charles Hanson Towne (1877-1949) was an author, editor and New York celebrity. From 1926-1929 he was the editor.....

Austin Nichols & Co., 1898. Ephemera. Billhead, 8.25 x 13.75 inches. Engraved vignette in black on white of the Austin, Nichols & Co. building upper left. Company located at Hudson, Jay and Staple Streets. Very good copy. Previously folded. Some staining on bottom right.

Gould Storage Battery Co., n.d., ca. 1900. Trade Paperback. 16 pages. 6 figures. B/W illustrations. After a fire in 1895 Gould Storage Battery Company built a new town, named Depew, around the factory on 1300 acres outside Buffalo. Image of factory on rear of pamphlet cover. First edition (first printing).....

Trotter Refrigerator Co, n.d., ca. 1890. Trade Paperback. Small promotional booklet of lined blank pages. 2.2 x 5.4 inches. Trotter Refrigerator Co. manufactured Trotter's patent cold dry air refrigerators in Newark, New York, from 1889 to 1894. Very good in printed green wrappers (paperback). This brochure distributed by Frank Diel.....

Tower Manufacturing & Novelty Co., 1895. Ephemera. Billhead, 8.5 x 11 inches, printed in black, red and blue on cream. Very good copy.

Allen Paper Car Wheel Co., 1881. Poster. Advertising poster, 8.5 x 11 inches, printed in black on white. With price list for locomotive truck and tender wheels, and Coach Wheels, narrow and standard tread, and Wheels for Narrow Gauge Roads. Very good copy. Previously folded. Mild surface wear. Remnant of.....

1848. Ephemera. Autograph blue sheet folded, 8.75 x 11 inches when folded, with detailed description of the 29.24 acre plot of land. 'Beginning at a point on the northerly side of Richmond avenue which it intersects the westerly line of land now or late belonging to ____ Livingston, therein along.....

Norwalk Lock Company, 1867-1868. Ephemera. 3 billheads, 4.8 x 8 inches, printed in black on white. The Norwalk Lock Company was founded in 1856 in Norwalk, Connecticut. Very good copies. Each a receipt for payment on account. Each with 2 cent U.S. Inter. Rev. stamp on lower left. All signed.....

1836. Ephemera. ALS, dated Novr. 27, 1836, addressed 'Brother George' Cover: 'Capt. George Pipey / Dover / Mr. I. M Knight New Hampshire. Letter discusses business matters in New York and difficulties he is having with banks, and a mutual friend who is having mental problems. Signed 'Truly Yr. Brother.....

Dover Publications, June 1971. Trade Paperback. Jacob Riis's illustrated tour of New York's slums had an immediate and extraordinary impact on society, inspiring reforms that changed the face of the city. In 1890, when the book was published, the Lower East Side was a landscape of teeming streets and filthy.....