Boston: News Group Boston, Inc., 1989. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Newspaper. 96 pages. Illustrations. Folded in half. Some page browning. The Boston Herald is an American daily newspaper whose primary market is Boston, Massachusetts and its surrounding area. It was founded in 1846 and is one of the oldest daily newspapers in the United States. It has been awarded eight Pulitzer Prizes in its history, including four for editorial writing and three for photography before it was converted to tabloid format in 1981. The Herald was named one of the "10 Newspapers That 'Do It Right'" in 2012 by Editor & Publisher. The Herald American converted to tabloid format in September 1981, but Hearst faced steep declines in circulation and advertising. The company announced it would close the Herald American—making Boston a one-newspaper town—on December 3, 1982. When the deadline came, Australian media baron Rupert Murdoch was negotiating to buy the paper and save it. He closed on the deal after 30 hours of talks with Hearst and newspaper unions—and five hours after Hearst had sent out notices to newsroom employees telling them they were terminated. The newspaper announced its own survival the next day with a full-page headline: "You Bet We're Alive!" Murdoch changed the paper's name back to the Boston Herald. The Herald continued to grow, expanding its coverage and increasing its circulation until 2001, when nearly all newspapers fell victim to declining circulations and revenue. This is an excellent source for what was known/understood at the time, recognizing that newspapers are the first draft of history. More

New York: New York News, Inc., 1982. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Newspaper. 60 pages. Illustrations. Some page browning. Folded in half. Some edge tears. The New York Daily News, officially titled the Daily News, is an American newspaper based in New York City. Founded in 1919 by Joseph Medill Patterson, as the Illustrated Daily News. It was the first U.S. daily printed in tabloid format, it reached its peak circulation in 1947, at 2.4 million copies a day. As of 2019 it was the eleventh-highest circulated newspaper in the United States. The Daily News was launched on June 26, 1919 as Illustrated Daily News. The Daily News was owned by the Tribune Company until 1993. New York's many subway commuters found the tabloid format easier to handle, and readership steadily grew. By the time of the paper's first anniversary in June 1920, circulation had climbed over 100,000 and by 1925, over a million. The Daily News carried the slogan "New York's Picture Newspaper" from 1920 to 1991, for its emphasis on photographs. A camera has been part of the newspaper's logo from day one. The paper's later slogan, developed from a 1985 ad campaign, is "New York's Hometown Newspaper", while another has been "The Eyes, the Ears, the Honest Voice of New York". The Daily News continues to include large and prominent photographs, for news, entertainment and sports, as well as intense city news coverage, celebrity gossip, classified ads, comics, a sports section, and an opinion section. More

Washington DC: Washington Star Communications, Inc., 1974. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Newspaper. Small tears and some loss of text at fold in first section. Some page browning. The Washington Star, previously known as the Washington Star-News and the Washington Evening Star, was a daily afternoon newspaper published in Washington, D.C. between 1852 and 1981. The Sunday edition was known as the Sunday Star.[1] The paper was renamed several times before becoming Washington Star by the late 1970s. For most of that time, it was the city's newspaper of record, and the longtime home to columnist Mary McGrory and cartoonist Clifford K. Berryman. On August 7, 1981, after 128 years, the Washington Star ceased publication and filed for bankruptcy. The Star's influence and circulation peaked in the 1950s, but found itself unable to cope with changing times. Nearly all top editorial and business staff jobs were held by members of the owning families. Suburbanization and television were accelerating the decline of evening newspapers in favor of morning dailies. In 1972, the Star purchased and absorbed one of Washington's few remaining competing newspapers, The Washington Daily News. For a short period of time after the merger, both "The Evening Star" and "The Washington Daily News" mastheads appeared on the front page. The paper soon was retitled "Washington Star News" and finally, "The Washington Star" by the late 1970s. More

Washington DC: The Washington Post Company, 1974. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Newspaper. 112 Pages in four sections. Some page discoloration. This includes a section on The Nixon Years. By late 1973, Watergate escalated, costing Nixon much of his political support. On August 9, 1974, facing almost certain impeachment and removal from office, he became the first American president to resign. After his resignation, he was issued a pardon by his successor, Gerald Ford. In retirement, Nixon wrote his memoirs and nine other books and undertook foreign trips, rehabilitating his image into that of an elder statesman and leading expert on foreign affairs. Nixon's resignation was the culmination of what he referred to in his speech as the "long and difficult period of Watergate", a 1970s federal political scandal stemming from the break-in of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the Watergate Office Building by five men during the 1972 presidential election and the Nixon administration's subsequent attempts to cover up its involvement in the crime. Nixon ultimately lost much of his popular and political support as a result of Watergate. At the time of his resignation, Nixon faced almost certain impeachment and removal from office. Nixon said he was resigning because "I have concluded that because of the Watergate matter I might not have the support of the Congress that I would consider necessary to back the very difficult decisions and carry out the duties of this office in the way the interests of the nation would require". Nixon also stated his hope that, by resigning, "I will have hastened the start of that process of healing which is so desperately needed in America." More

Washington DC: Capitol Souvenir Company, Inc. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Post Card. Format is 5.5 inches by 3.5 inches. Front side has a color image of the Old Pohick Church. The reverse has two sections. The right side has space for stamp and for an address [unfilled]. The left side has the following text George Washington maintained two pews in this church and was a vestryman in it. The center line text is Capitol Souvenir Company, Inc. Washington, D. C. and logo with an image of the Capitol and the text A Capsco Product. More

Washington DC: Capitol Souvenir Company, Inc. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Post Card. Format is 5.5 inches by 3.5 inches. Front side has a color image of the Banquet Hall of Mount Vernon. The reverse has two sections. The right side has space for stamp and for an address [unfilled]. The left side has the following text In the Banquet Hall at Mt. Vernon, Va., the central ornament is the mantlepiece, of Carrara and Siena marble, carved in Italy and presented by Samuel Vaughan, of London. The story goes that on its way to America, the mantel was taken by French pirates, who sent it to tis destination uninjured whey they learned that it belonged to Washington. the large painting by Rembrandt Peale of Washington before Yorktown now hangs in the Corcoran Art Gallery at Washington. The center line text is Capitol Souvenir Company, Inc. Washington, D. C. and logo with an image of the Capitol and the text A Capsco Product. More

Washington DC: Capitol Souvenir Company, Inc. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Post Card. Format is 5.5 inches by 3.5 inches. Front side has a color image of the Main Hall of Mount Vernon. The reverse has two sections. The right side has space for stamp and for an address [unfilled]. The left side has the following text Main Hall, Mount Vernon, VA. This is the central hall of Washington's mansion at Mt. Vernon. It is a beautiful example of the architecture of Colonial days. The center line text is Capitol Souvenir Company, Inc. Washington, D. C. and logo with an image of the Capitol and the text A Capsco Product. More

Washington DC: Capitol Souvenir Company, Inc. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Post Card. Format is 5.5 inches by 3.5 inches. Front side has a color image of Mount Vernon from the left side view. The reverse has two sections. The right side has space for stamp and for an address [unfilled]. The left side has the following text MOUNT Vernon, the home of Washington is on the Virginia short of the Potomac. 16 miles south of the Capitol. The second story end window is of the room in which Washington died. The window above is the attic room occupied by Mrs. Washington after her husband's death and chosen because the window overlooked his tomb. The center line text is Capitol Souvenir Company, Inc. Washington, 4. D. C. and logo with an image of the Capitol and the text A Capsco Product Capitol Souvenir Company, Inc. Washington, D.C. More

United Citizens for Nixon-Agnew, 1968. Presumed First Edition, First printing multiple original thus. Post Card. Format is 5.5 inches by 3.25 inches. Color picture on one side. The reverse side has two sections. The right section is unfilled in and has space for a stamp and address. The left side has the following text: This time vote like your whole world depended on it. And when you do ...take 4 voters with you. Remember... Polls don't vote People do. Then is smaller type text reads Published by United Citizens for Nixon-Agnew Charles S. Rhyne, Chairman, John Warner, Natl. Director. Dewey Arnold, Treasurer. There is a trade union label at the bottom. More

Boston: F. Trifet, 1903. Presumed first edition first printing of this issue. Sheet Music. Format is 10.5 inches by 14 inches. Some wear and soiling, with edge tears. The music for the five songs are printed on the second and third pages. The front cover has the title and publication information. The rear cover has a list of pieces offered by F. Trifet at the time of publication. Blake was an extremely prolific composer of 19th century salon trifles, amassing several hundred opus numbers. In 1879 publishing music was added to Trifet's stamp business, with the object of furnishing music to the masses of the people in large quantities at small profits. That success attended this undertaking is shown by the fact that Trifet Editions of music and music books were not figured by hundreds or thousands, but by hundreds of thousands and millions; one book alone, Harmonized Melodies, had, in 1899, consumed two hundred and seventy-five tons of paper. Now, surviving copies are quiet scarce, The Boston Journal of Sheet Music was published by Trifet. Initially sold by subscription for $1.00 a year in the 19th Century, the annual cost was raised to $1.50 in the early 20th century. More

New York: Broadway Music Corporation, 1942. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Sheet Music. Format is approximately 9 inches by 12 inches. 6 pages. Front cover has several colorful American flags. Advertised to Buy Bonds on back cover. Inscription signed by Howard Acton on the front cover. Cover has some wear, soiling, and creases. More

Indianapolis, IN: St. Claire Music Publishing Company, 1933. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Sheet Music. Format is approximately 9 inches and 12.25 inches. Cover has a large portrait of Franklin Delano Roosevelt about an American Eagle with olive branch and arrows in its claws. Shield is colored Red, White and Blue. Cover has some wear and soiling. 8 pages {cover, blank page, Dedication, three pages of music, blank page, back cover (has American Eagle illustration like on the front cover.) Harmonized by Irma Wocher Woolen. The Dedication reads: This song, inspired by the indomitable spirit of America to continually advance over all obstacles to gain new heights of achievement, has been conceived on behalf of the people of the national and presented to President Roosevelt, as an expression of the confidence now surging in the hearts of every man, woman and child in the land. More

Washington DC: B. S. Reynolds Co., 1904. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Single sheet, printed on one side. Format is approximately 17.5 inches by 14 inches, printed on one side only. Folded so that there are eight panels on this single sheet. Includes a Ready Reference Index that takes up about half of the upper right panel. It lists prominent institutions, railway stations, steamboats, buildings, monuments and statues and hotels. The United States Naval Observatory is in the upper left panel. The Zoological Park and Soldiers' Home Grounds are at the top boundary. The Navy Yard is in the lower right panel. Arlington National Cemetery is in the lower left panel. The boundaries between the four quadrants is in bold. Much of the map is captioned in terms of street names and numbers and places of significant interest. The Practical Guide was a booklet that included a fold-out map. The booklet is not present. This appears to have derived from the map in the booklet entitled the "Standard Guide" which was published in 1905. The B. S. Reynolds Company was a Washington, D. C. publishing company that specialized in postcards and lithographic guides. The company, formerly known as the Foster & Reynolds Company of 1202 D Street, NW, began putting out postcards in 1901 and became known for its views of the city’s monuments and buildings and of artworks in the city’s public buildings and museums. The company closed in 1948. More