From the scarlet past of fabulous New Orleans : souvenir edition of the world famous Tenderloin directory 'The blue book', with a brief story of Storyville.
From the Rare Books Collection. What constitutes a Confederate imprint? Preliminary suggestions for bibliographers and catalogers, by Charles Heartman, was published in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, at the Book Farm in 1939. This is one of 250 copies...
From the Rare Books Collection. This book is a salesman's copy designed to be a preview of a book not yet published. It is comprised of irregularly numbered sample pages and illustrations, a register to record subscribers' names, and examples of...
A portfolio of original photographic views of the great World's Fair and its treasures of art, including a graphic representation of the famous Midway Plaisance; Volume 1, Number 16. A photographic and historical representation of the "magic city"...
A portfolio of original photographic views of the great World's Fair and its treasures of art, including a graphic representation of the famous Midway Plaisance; Volume 1, Number 9. A photographic and historical representation of the "magic city"...
A portfolio of original photographic views of the great World's Fair and its treasures of art, including a graphic representation of the famous Midway Plaisance; Volume 1, Number 8. A photographic and historical representation of the "magic city"...
From the Rare Books Collection. Joseph Addison's drama about Marcus Porcius Cato, also known as Cato the Younger, a Roman politician and statesman who lived 95-46 B.C. This copy has brown paper boards with brown calf quarter bindings and corners...
From the Rare Books Collection. Title page of Temora, an ancient epic poem, in eight books : together with several other poems composed by Ossian, the son of Fingal. Also from the title page: Translated from the Galic [Gaelic] language by James...
Holograph manuscript in black ink illustrating mathematical problems and solutions, with hand-drawn geometric figures. Richard Shepard's Book is a bound manuscript documenting a student's mathematics education from 1751-1756. This exercise book...
From the Rare Books Collection. This antiphonal manuscript, circa 16th century, is believed to be of Spanish origin. An antiphoner is a Catholic liturgical book containing antiphons and responsories for the Daily Office, the set of eight daily...
A Bill: To exempt the cargoes of vessels owned by the States of the Confederacy from existing restrictions upon exports and imports. By Mr. Orr, by leave; Read first and second times and referred to Committee on Commerce. Reported with an...
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act to declare what persons shall be exempt from military service." By Mr. Collier, of Virginia; enacted by the Congress of the Confederate States of America circa 1861-1865.
A Bill: Declaring the mode of ascertaining the value of the tithe deliverable to the government under the true construction of existing laws. December 5, 1864, read first and second times,and referred to Committee of Ways and Means; December 29,...
A Bill: To be entitled, "An Act to amend the existing Acts for the exemption of persons from military service." Mr Perkins moved the following as an amendment to the Exemption Bill, reported from the Committee on Military Affairs; enacted by the...
An Act: To amend An Act entitled, "An Act to increase the efficiency of the army by employing free negroes and slaves in certain capacities," approved 17 February 1864. Read first and second times and ordered to be placed upon the calendar and...
