Americana from SRG Antiquarian Books

Set of two autobiographies of P T Barnum: The Life of Barnum, the World Renowned Showman. Written by Himself . to Which is added The Art of Money Getting, or Golden Rules for Making Money, Profusely Illustrated. [ Appears to be self published, but 1890 with n.d. printed] AND Struggles and Triumphs: or, Forty Years' Recollections of P. T. Barnum.… Read more about this item

Shepp's New York City Illustrated Scene and Story in the Metropolis of the Western World; How Two Million People Live and Die, Work and Play, Eat and Sleep, Govern Themselves and Break the Laws, Win Fortunes and Lose Them, and so Building and Maintain the New-York of Today. The Business and Social Capital of America Portrayed by Pen and Camera, in… Read more about this item

Around the Pan with Uncle Hank. His Trip Through the Pan American Exposition. [Held in Buffalo, New York]. By Thomas Fleming. Published by The Nut Shell Pub. Co., New York. "Dedicated to the Spirit of Pan America in A Spirit of Fun". "There are two sides to every story: the story of the Pan-American Exposition of 1901 had its funny side,… Read more about this item

Farm Ballads, by Will Carleton, Illustrated. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, Franklin Square. Contents: 19 Farm Ballads, 14 other poems, 31 black and white illustrations. Condition: NOT a library book. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision! Very good condition, with bright gilt on both cover and spine. Firm, tight binding, fresh… Read more about this item

Charlie McCarthy. So Help Me, Mr. Bergen! by Eleanor Packer, Line Drawings by Henry Vallely, Photographs by Ed Estabrook, Universal Studios. Grosset & Dunlap: 1938, First Edition. Condition: NOT a Library Book. In full original dust jacket which has been archivally restored as shown. Very good condition throughout, with no stamps, crimps, writing, or book plates within. *Please Note: This item will… Read more about this item

Song Parade, America's Foremost Lyric Magazine. Vol 1, Number 1, May, 1941. New York: D S Publishing: 23 pages. Soft cover Magazine. Photographs (on cover or on inside pages) of Glenn Miller, Dorothy Claire, Yvette, Bing Crosby, Guy Lombardo, Benny Goodman, Gracie Barrie, Dick Todd, Virginia Verrill, Paulette Goddard, Horace Heidt's orchestra, the Bailey Sisters, Mary Martin, Buddy Clark, Dale Evans,… Read more about this item

Alice, Where art thou Going, March Song, Words by Will A Heelan, Music by Albert Gumble, Composer of "Jessamine", 1906, Original Sheet Music, First Edition. Complete. Suitable for framing. Review photos for details of condition. *Please Note: This item will be shipped to your address of record AND will require a verified signature upon receipt. Thank you for tracking your… Read more about this item

Immortal Songs of Camp and Field; the Story of Their Inspiration Together with Striking Anecdotes Connected with Their History. Cleveland: The Burrows Brothers Company, 1899. First Edition. 25 popular songs and their stories, including Yankee Doodle, Battle Hymn, Columbia the Gem of the Ocean, Star Spangled Banner, John Brown's Body, Dixie, Hail Columbia. Condition: NOT a library book. Excellent, with… Read more about this item

The Temperance Reform and Its Great Reformers. An Illustrated History, Including the Temperance "blue laws" of the New England Colonies; the Liquor Laws of the States; A Sketch of the Various Temperance Organizations; Biographies of Lyman Beecher, John B Gough, Dr Jewett, etc., A Chapter on the Medical and Chemical Phases of the Movement; "The Crusades"; the Woman's Christian Temperance… Read more about this item

Choice Selection of Old Time Songs, Words and Music, Compliments of the Sharples Separator Co., West Chester PA. c1900 The Sharples Separator Works was based in West Chester, PA for the company's primary office. Their product was the first U.S. based cream separator on the market. No date on advertising item, company ads appropriate to 1900. Condition: All original pamphlet in very… Read more about this item

"I Hear America Singing" No 1 Twice 55 Community Songs, "The Brown Book". -- Set of Two, one paperback and one COMPLETE Edition. 1910 Condition: NOT a library book. Both books complete with clean interiors. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision! *Please Note: This item will be shipped to your address of record… Read more about this item

Peculiarities of American Cities. by Captain Willard Glazier. Illustrated. Philadelphia: Hubbard Brothers, 1886. Albany, Boston, Buffalo, Brooklyn, Baltimore, Charleston, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Chicago, Cheyenne, Detroit, Erie, Harrisburg, Hartford, Lancaster, Milwaukee, Montreal, Newark, New Haven, New Orleans, New York, Omaha, Ottawa, Pittsburgh, Portland, Philadelphia, Providence, Quebec, Reading, Richmond, Saint Paul, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, Savannah, Springfield, St Louis, Syracuse, Toronto, Washington. Condition: NOT… Read more about this item

The Everybody Sing Book, Revised Edition, Edited by Kenneth S Clark; A Real American of Songs for Group Singing in the School, Home, and Community. 1935. **Please review photos to see the Contents of the book!** Condition: Personal copy of this scarce song book in good condition. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying… Read more about this item

Crowning Glory No. 1, A Choice Collection of Gospel Hymns, by Peter Bilhorn, assisted by A. Beirly. Published by P Bilhorn, Chicago, Illinois. 1892 [date obtained from inserted page of original owner, dated 1891] Preface: Crowning Glory No. 1 is a collection of Songs and Hymns, for Solos, Duets, Quartettes, Chorus and Congregational Singing. Especially adapted for Sunday Schools, Prayer Meetings,… Read more about this item

The Cowboy Sings, Songs of the Ranch and Range...1932; AND Army Song Book, 1941 second edition. ***Please review photos for contents of each book*** Condition: Personal songs books in good condition as shown. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision! *Please Note: This item will be shipped to your address of record AND will require… Read more about this item

Treasure Chest of Cowboy Songs, 1935; Treasure Chest of Songs We Love, 1936; Treasure Chest Community Songster, 1936; Treasure Chest of Dances Old and New, 1937. ***Please see photos for contents of each music book*** Condition: Personal copies in good condition as shown. Please review photos and ask for more if necessary to make your best buying decision! *Please Note: This item will… Read more about this item

The Farmer's Every-day Book; or, Sketches of Social Life in the Country; with the Popular Elements of Practical and Theoretical Agriculture. And Twelve Hundred Laconics and Apothegms Relating to Ethics, Religion, and General Literature; Also Five Hundred Receipts (recipes) on Hygeian, Domestic, and Rural Economy. By the Rev. John L. Blake, D.D. New York and Auburn: Miller, Orton & Mulligan.… Read more about this item

The Rocky Mountains; Or, Scenes, Incidents, and Adventures in the Far West, of the Army of the United States, and Illustrated from Various Other Sources.1837, 2 volumes, First American Edition. . With a fold out original map in front of each volume. Each volume 248 pages. Volume one has 10 pages of publisher's book ads. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard.… Read more about this item

Circus Day and Other Adventure Stories, 1922 First Edition. by Edna Payson Brett, Author of "A Merry Scout". Illustrated by Garada Clark Riley. Chicago/New York: Rand McNally & Company. 1922. Contains four stories: The Day of the Circus; The Santa Claus Company; How Yankee Celebrated the Fourth; and Who Should Carry Gideon. Condition: In remarkably good condition. Minimal wear to cover edges.… Read more about this item

The Telegraph in America, Its Founders, Promoters and Noted Men. by James D Reid. New York: Derby Brothers, 1879 First Edition. From the Western Union Library, with stamp on title page as photographed. Engraved portraits both in frontispiece and throughout the book of primary figures in the industry and its development...all with original tissue guards. Condition: Good condition, full leather, with… Read more about this item