New York: C. S. Westcott & Co., 1864. Original printed wrappers with wrapper title [as issued]. Disbound neatly. 254, [1] pp. Light wear, Very Good. Inscribed in an elegant hand, "Robt. L. Stuart Esq. with respects of J.W. Hunter." Hunter, Assistant Auditor at the New York Custom House, was arrested..... More
[New York: Isaac H. Blanchard Co, 1900]. Original green cloth [corners bumped, a bit of extremity wear, gilt spine lettering and front cover lettering dulled]. xxxix, 627pp. Many folding color maps, charts and illustrations. Two single-page printed items from the Merchants' Association laid in: [1] "The edition of this report..... More
New-York: Printed by Egbert Hedge, Railroad Journal Office. 120 Nassau Street, 1841. 34, [2 blank], [2], 15 [appendix], [1], [2 blank] pp. Attractive green foldout map of the State of New York [a few short splits along folds, one short closed tear repaired with small piece of tape on verso]..... More
[New York: 1836]. 11, [1 blank] pp. Folding chart. Stitched, untrimmed. Scattered light foxing, Very Good. The pamphlet includes 'Report of the Receipts and Expenditures ...up to, and including the 31st day of December, 1835'; 'Copy, of the Petition of the New-York and Erie Rail Road Company' seeking State support..... More
New-York: Printed by George P. Scott & Co., 1835. 11, [1 blank] pp. Original printed blue wrappers [light foxing and soiling], stitched. Very Good. Three distinguished civil engineers: Robinson built Virginia's first railroad and organized several others; Knight was chief engineer of the B&O Railroad; Wright made the survey for..... More
New York: Press of the New York and Erie Railroad Company, [1856]. [2], iv, [5]-180pp. Stitched in original printed wrappers. Rear plain wrapper detached and torn. Very Good. More
[New York]: Printed by D. Fanshaw, 1825. 12pp, Disbound, light to moderate spotting. Good+. Printing the Constitution and the Address of the Associates of the New-York Athenaeum, an institution "for the cultivation of Literature and Science, and by which a taste for such pursuits might be awakened and preserved." The..... More
[np New York? nd, 1859?]. Original printed front wrapper, with wrapper title as well as caption title [as issued]. Stitched. 39, [1 blank] pp. Light dust and wear, Good+. An analysis of litigation between the Railroad and a supplier, demonstrating the incompetence of the New York Central's management team. The..... More
[New York? 1873?]. 16pp. Original printed front wrapper [dusted], light wear, Good+. Living in an age of rapid communication and transportation, the people are "dependent almost for their very existence upon the transportation facilities of the country." Rapid advances in rail and steam travel and telegraph technologies necessitate reform: stock-watering..... More
![Item #41537 THE FIRST BOOK OF THE CRONICLES [sic] OF THE RICH AND DEVOUT MEN, AND THE MEN OF...](https://lesserbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/41537.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1769619014)
[New York? 1850s?]. Broadside, 9-1/2" x 11/3/4." Outer edge untrimmed with some short, closed margin tears. Printed in 16 mock-biblical verses, in two columns separated by a rule. Very Good. "Satirizes a dispute over the construction of a church" [OCLC]. As with many of this genre, the references are obscure..... More
New York: H.R. Robinson, 1838. Oblong lithograph broadside, 13-1/4" x 20." Shallow blank left margin chips from a prior mounting. Light outer margin darkening. A clean image, signed 'Blanks fecit' [perhaps Edward Williams Clay]. Very Good. A satiric commentary on thwarted Democratic hopes to control New York City. Whigs dashed..... More
[New York: 179-]. Unaccomplished, printed folio broadside, 8" x 13". Printed on laid paper. Very Good. New York's militia law required able-bodied males between the ages of sixteen and forty-five to serve in the militia, with certain stated exemptions [clergy, certain public officials, schoolmasters and students, Quakers]. Militia members were..... More
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[New York: William Bradford, 1702-1714]. Broadside, oblong 11-1/2" x 7-1/4." Printed blank form, variety of typefaces and styles. Light wear. Blanks not filled in. Very Good. The licensed tavern keeper promises to "maintain good Rule and Order, and not use or suffer any unlawful Games or Meetings in said house..... More
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New York: 1822. Folio document entirely in ink manuscript, 9-1/2" x 15-1/2." Old fold splits [some repaired skilfully, minimal loss to a small amount of text], lightly foxed. Signed in neat ink manuscript at the end by Htichcock. Good+. A rare, early document explaining the manner in which the City..... More
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New York: 1822. Folio document entirely in ink manuscript, 9-1/2" x 15-1/2." Old fold splits [some repaired skilfully, minimal loss to a small amount of text], lightly foxed. Signed in elegant ink manuscript at the end by Smith and Townsend. Good+. A rare, early document explaining the manner in which..... More
New York: Casper C. Childs, 1848. 18mo. Contemporary plain wrappers, stitched, 18pp, contemporary marginalia and light wear. Good+. Listing ninety members of the Committee, with addresses by Ward. They would support Lewis Cass of Michigan later this year in his contest with Zachary Taylor for the Presidency. More
1859. 6. New York: 1859. Original printed wrappers, stitched, 29pp. Foxed, Good+. A dispute over a lease granted by the State of New York's Land Office Commission to James B. Taylor "of the entire land, known as West Washington Market, with the piers adjoining the same." Taylor immediately sought the..... More
New York: Printed by Hugh Gaine, 1793. 51, [2], 79, [4], 96 pp, as issued. Rubberstamp on title page, with date and accession number stamped on its verso; accession number stamped in blank margin of last page. Else a clean, bright, and Very Good text in modern legal buckram, with..... More
[New York? 1824?]. 12pp, disbound with some loosening and light wear. Good+ to Very Good. The Memorial is "Addressed to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in opposition to a petition of 'the Merchants, Traders, and other Citizens of the city of New-York,' that Congress impose a duty of..... More
New York: Devlin and Company, 1871. viii, [9]-61, [2 advts], [1 blank] pp. 4" x 6". Original cloth-covered wrappers with gilt lettering on front, blind stamped on back. Several text illustrations. LACKS the folding map. Light wear. Rubberstamps of "Peirce Watches and Jewelry...New Orleans, LA." Private bookplate on front pastedown..... More
New York: McSpedon & Baker, Printers to the Common Council, 1850. 116pp, in original publisher's cloth [stamped in blind, with gilt spine title, chipped at spine ends]. Text lightly toned. Except as noted, Very Good. This was one of the most dramatic of New York City's many fires, explosions, riots..... More
[New York: 1886]. 14, [2 blank] pp. Original printed blue wrappers, stitched. Near Fine. New York State authorized Alfred E. Beach in 1868 to construct pneumatic tubes beneath New York City and Brooklyn for the purpose of conveying letters and parcels; an 1873 Act authorized Beach to construct an underground..... More
New York: 1879. 116pp, stitched and early staples; some loosening of text. Blank portions of inner lower corners chewed on first few leaves. Original printed wrappers [worn, chipped]. Blank portions of title page with remnants of old newspaper clipping. The text is otherwise quite clean. More than 20 color maps..... More
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[New York: Francis Childs], 1794. Large folio broadside, 19" x 26". Old folds, light wear, Very Good. The broadside prints "An Account of Cash Paid Out by Order of Common Council, from the Tax Granted the Seventh Day of December, 1792, for the Maintenance of the Poor and other Contingent..... More
Washington: 1856. 32pp, untrimmed and uncut. First and last pages dusted, occasional edge wear, else Very Good. A sympathetic portrayal of the life of James Buchanan, the Democrats' presidential candidate, with a defense of the Kansas policy pursued by Franklin Pierce. Fremont is dismissed as the candidate of disunion; and..... More