Box 1
Contains 9 Results:
Italian visiting cards
This collection consists of six engraved Italian visiting cards from approximately 1780.
Handbill advertising services of "Audiger, libraire"
Handbill advertizing the services of a Monsieur Audiger, a French bookseller active in the early 19th century.
Paris Commune photo album
Copied from dealer description: "Album offering extensive photographic documentation of the Paris Commune and its aftermath, 1871-circa 1985." The Paris Commune was a revolutionary socialist government that ruled Paris from 18 March to 28 May, 1871.
Campus and lacrosse team negatives
Negatives of the Johns Hopkins University campus and lacrosse team, 1919. Index to negatives is located at front of collection.
Samizdat manuscript
This collection includes one volume of Veche, a samizdat manuscript of underground Russian literature, published in 1972 by Vladimir Osipov. Samizdat means "self-published" in Russian.
Anthony Trollope collection
Anthony Trollope (1815–1882) was one of the most successful, prolific and respected English novelists of the Victorian era. This collection includes materials related to Anthony Trollope, including pamphlets about Trollope and an item from the Trollope Society. Of particular interest is a February 16, 1862 letter written by Trollope to A.N. Zevely (?) of Baltimore. The collection spans 1862 to the mid-20th century.
August Mencken letters to James H. Bready
Joseph Hopkinson letter to Abraham Walton
Letter from Joseph Hopkinson, author of "Hail, Columbia!" to Abraham Walton, 1797 November 26.
Iraqi political cartoons from the first Iraq War
20 original drawings, created for an unknown Iraqi newspaper, of cartoons from the first Iraq War, 1990-1991.