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By the King: A Proclamation for Restraint of Excessive Carriages...
Carriages Over One Ton Banned "Upon Pain of Our Heavy Indignation" [Broadside]. [Highways]. Charles I [1600-1649], King of England. By the King. A Proclamation for Restraint of Excessive Carriages, To the Destruction of the High Ways. London: Imprinted...by Robert Barker and by the Assignes of Iohn Bill, 1635. 14-1/4" x...... More
Prices Skyrocket! Has Your Rent Been Raised? Are You Paying...
"Has Your Rent Been Raised?" [Broadside]. Russian Hill Communist Club. Prices Skyrocket! Has Your Rent Been Raised? Are You Paying Russian Hill Stores 60? a Pound for Hamburger? What Can We Do About It? [San Francisco]: Russian Hill Communist Club, [c.1947]. 11" x 8-1/2" mimeographed broadside. Moderate toning, else fine..... More
Stop World War III!
"They are Ready to Shed the Blood of All of Us" [Broadside]. North Beach Communist Party. Stop World War III! San Francisco: North Beach Communist Party, [1946]. 11" x 8-1/2" mimeographed broadside. Moderate toning, negligible light foxing and browning to upper margin. $450. * Distributed as part of a letter-writing..... More
List Of Cases To Be Heard At The Court House. 42 x 33 cm. 1872
The Fates of 24 Criminals in Staffordshire [Broadside]. [Criminals]. [Great Britain]. Leek Division of the County of Stafford. List of Cases To Be Heard At The Court House [Leek] on the [6th] Day of [Nov.] 187[2]. Leek, Staffordshire, 1872. 16-1/2" x 13" part-printed broadside completed in manuscript. Light toning, horizontal..... More
Die Martis, 23 Julii, 1650: Resolves of Parliament, Concerning Such...
Royalist Estates "Confiscated to the Use of the Commonwealth" [Broadside]. [Parliament]. Die Martis, 23 Julii, 1650. Resolves of Parliament, Concerning Such Delinquents as Have Not Paid in their Fines According to Compositions. London: Printed by Iohn Field, Printer to the Parliament of England, 1650. 13-1/4" x 8-3/4" broadside mounted and..... More
Particulars of the Behaviour, Confession, And Last Dying Words...
A Robbery Turned to "Wilful Murder" [Broadside]. [Execution]. Coleman, John [d.1823]. Particulars of the Behaviour, Confession, And Last Dying Words of John Colemam [sic], Who Was Executed This Day on Penenden Heath, For the Wilful Murder of Mr. James Smith, At Lewisham. [Strood]: Sweets, Printers, [1823]. 14-3/4" x 9-3/4" broadside..... More
An Account of the Trial, Behaviour, And Execution of Willm Abbott....
Unrecorded Account of a Notably Brutal London Murder in 1822 [Broadside]. [Execution]. Abbott, William [d.1822]. An Account of the Trial, Behaviour, And Execution of Will.m Abbott for the Wilful Murder of Mary Lees, Alias Duggan, Or Long Poll. Who Was Executed at the Old Bailey, On Monday Last. [Hythe, Kent]..... More
The Trial and Execution of John Any Bell Aged 14 For the Murder...
The Execution of a Teenage Murderer [Broadside]. [Execution]. Bell, John Any Bird [d.1831]. The Trial and Execution of John Any Bell Aged 14 For the Murder of Richard Taylor at Bridge-Wood, Kent, On the 4th of March, 1831. [London]: Printed and Sold by J. Quick, [1831]. 14-3/4" x 10" broadside..... More
Murder of a Policeman at Highbury. [London, 1842]
A Fatal Shootout with the Police [Broadside]. [Murder]. Cooper, Thomas [d.1834]. Murder of a Policeman at Highbury. [London]: Printed and Published by E. Lloyd, [1842]. 19" x 14-1/2" broadside hinged (with two small circular stickers at top-edge) onto 24" x 17" board. Text in five columns and woodcut vignette depicting..... More
The Pauper's Christmas Day, England, c1850
"Rate-Payers View Them With Much Delight" [Broadside]. [Poor Laws]. [Great Britain]. The Pauper's Christmas Day. [England: S.n., 1872?]. 10" x 8" broadside, text in two columns below headline, woodcut arms of the Prince of Wales above headline, column separated by rule, text enclosed by woodcut typographical border. Moderate toning, a...... More
Death of the Fox/I Saw Her at the Fancy Fair/The Thorn.
A Trio of Broadside Ballads [Broadside]. [Ballads]. [Great Britain]. Death of the Fox/I Saw Her at the Fancy Fair/The Thorn. [England, S.n., c.1840]. 9-3/4" x 7-1/2" triple-text broadside in two columns, backed onto 10-1/2" x 7-1/2" sheet, verse texts, each below headline, woodcut image of a fox hunter on horseback..... More
Miss Lucy Long/Travelling Tinker, London, c1845.
Tinkers and Blackface Minstrels [Broadside]. [Minstrels]. [Tinkers]. [Great Britain]. Miss Lucy Long/Travelling Tinker. [London]: Sharp, Printer Kent Street, Borough, [c.1845]. 10" x 7-1/2" dual-text broadside in two columns, upper half backed onto thin paper, verse texts, each below headline, woodcut image of a woman at head of Miss Lucy Long..... More
The Cottager's Daughter/The Sailor's Courtship, Northampton, c1850.
Weavers, Shepherdesses and Sailors [Broadside]. [Shepherds]. [Sailors]. [Great Britain]. The Cottager's Daughter/The Sailor's Courtship. Northampton, England: Henson, Printer and Publisher, 81 Bridge Street-Sold Also by J. Taylor, Town Crier, Aylesbury, Bucks, [c.1850]. 9-3/4" x 7-1/2" dual-text broadside in two columns mounted on 10-1/4" x 7-3/4" sheet, verse texts, each below..... More
The Tradesman's New Hymn, London, c1810-1812
"The Bearers Hereof are a Party of Tradesmen" [Broadside]. [Labor]. [Great Britain]. The Tradesman's New Hymn. [London]: W. Fortey, [c.1810-1812]. 10" x 7-1/4" broadside mounted on 10-1/2" x 8" sheet, verse text, in two columns below headline and woodcut vignette (of the English, royal and legal symbols), columns separated by..... More
The Wife's Dream, Northampton, England, c1850...
"I Try to Greet Him with a Smile When Oft My Poor Heart Bleeds" [Broadside]. [Temperance]. [Great Britain]. The Wife's Dream. Northampton, England: Henson, Prinier [sic], [c.1850]. 10" x 7-1/2" broadside mounted on 10-1/2" x 8" sheet, verse text, in two columns below headline, first column headed with a woodcut..... More
Lines by a Reformed Drunkard, Writing for the Benefit of His Fellow...
"May the Bright Star of Temperance Shine Through the World" [Broadside]. [Temperance]. [Great Britain]. Lines by a Reformed Drunkard, Writing for the Benefit of His Fellow-Men. Northampton, England: Henson, Printer, [c.1850]. 10" x 7-1/4" broadside mounted on 10-1/2" x 8" sheet, verse text, with prose sections in dialogue, in two..... More
Shocking Murder at Todmordon, London, c.1850.
A Gruesome Revenge Murder in Lancashire [Broadside]. [Murder]. Weatherill, Miles [d.1868]. Shocking Murder at Todmordon. [London]: W.S. Fortey, Printer & Publisher, 2 & 3, Monmouth Ct., [1867]. 10" x 7-1/2" broadside mounted on 10-1/2" x 8" sheet, summary of case in two columns and verse text in three columns below..... More
In Memoriam, Verses Written on the Barrowford Tragedy, March 4th 1897.
"Not Content With Strife, He Took Away a Life" [Broadside]. [Murder]. [Nowell, Sarah Ann]. In Memoriam, Verses Written on the Barrowford Tragedy, March 4th 1897. [Barrowford, Lancashire (?): S.n., 1897]. 11-1/4" x 8-1/4" broadside, woodcut vignette of a tomb above large headline, main text printed in parallel columns, thick black..... More
$100 Reward, Groton Village, Tomkins County, New York, 1879.
Highway Robbery, Tomkins County, New York, 1879 [Broadside]. [Criminals]. [New York (State)]. $100.00 Reward!! Dated Oct. 8, 1879. Tomkins County, NY, October 8, 1879. 9-1/2" x 9" broadside, text in single column below headline. Light browning, horizontal fold line through center, a few chips and clean short tears to left-hand..... More
Caution to Seamen, At the West Ham Police Court, On the 5th... 1882.
A Warning to Sailors [Broadside]. [Great Britain]. Caution to Seamen. At the West Ham Police Court, On the 5th of October, 1882, A Fireman was Convicted of Having Assaulted a Police Officer Attached to the Board of Trade Office, Victoria Docks, E., And was Sentenced to Imprisonment for Two Months..... More
The Observator Number 456, Saturday, December 15, 1683.
"Phanatical Sobriety" [Broadside]. [L'Estrange, Sir Roger (1616-1704)]. [Brome, Joanna (d.1684), Publisher]. The Observator. Numb. 456. Great Pains Taken to Make the Conspiracy a Sham. Phanatical Sobriety. Their Scandalls, And the Intent of 'em. Qualifications of Witnesses. A Strange Fetch of a Gentleman to Give the King a Sum of Money..... More
Trial, Execution, and Dying Behaviour of James Head Aged 40. 1813-1838
A Rare Broadside Recording the (Unjust?) Case of a Man Hanged for Arson [Broadside]. [Execution]. [Head, James]. Trial, Execution, And Dying Behaviour of James Head Aged 40, For Setting Fire to a Barn at Wakeley. [London]: Catnach, Printer, Monmouth Court, Seven Dials, [1819]. 14-1/2" x 10-3/4" broadside mounted on thick..... More
Notice! To the Voters of Montgomery County, 1861 Broadside...
Possibly Satirical 1861 New York Political Broadside [Broadside]. [Politics]. [New York]. Notice! To the Voters of Montgomery County. Charlestown, Montgomery County, NY, October 1, 1861. 12" x 9-3/4" broadside, single-column text below headline. Moderate toning, light soiling, horizontal and vertical fold lines, some chipping to edges, a few clean tears..... More
Wanted!, No 1 - Known Here as C J Wagner, Age About 30; 5 Feet 6 1-2.
"These Two Parties are Traveling in a Big Buick Automobile" [Broadside]. [Criminals]. [California]. Wanted! No. 1 - Known Here as C.J. Wagner, Age About 30; 5 Feet 6 1-2 Inches Tall; Well Dressed; Weight About 175 Pounds. Claims to be an Oculist and Carries a Case with Eye Glasses for..... More
A Calendar of the Prisoners Confined in His Majesty's Gaols at Durham.
Prisoners Awaiting Trial in Newcastle, February, 1831. [Broadside]. [Criminals]. [Great Britain]. A Calendar of the Prisoners Confined in His Majesty's Gaols at Durham, Newcastle, and Morpeth, For Trial at the Assizes, February, 1831, Before the Honourable Sir Joseph Littledale, Knight, And the Honourable Sir James Parke, Knight, Justices of the..... More