Baltimore: John Murphy, 1851. 50pp, small printed addendum note tipped in at pp.42-43. Several folding tables, charts, large folding map "Exhibiting the Railway Route between Baltimore & St. Louis; Together with the Other Principal Lines in the Eastern, Middle and Western States." Plain rear wrapper present. Stitched. Scattered foxing, light..... More
Columbus, Ohio: 1838. Disbound, foxed moderately. 14, [2 blank] pp. About Good+. Listing the churches in the Association, names of Messengers, statistical data, participants in the Convention. Abstracts of Letters from constituent churches portray the state of religion at this time and place. Some parishioners "are at peace among themselves,"..... More
[Ravenna, Ohio? August 30, 1842]. Broadsheet. 17" x 20", printed in six columns on recto, one column plus a few lines on verso. Several fold splits and repairs, with a few words and letters lost in several places. Several fox marks. Good. The broadsheet expresses the position of the Democratic..... More
Lancaster, O. 1841. Stitched in contemporary plain wrappers, 16pp. 6 1/4 x 8 1/2". Light wrapper wear, Very Good. Grand Officers, Councils represented, the Constitution of the Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters for the State of Ohio, By-Laws of the Grand Council of Ohio, and General Regulations are..... More
Columbus: Richard Nevins, 1862. 70, [2 blank] pp. Original printed wrappers [dustsoiled with some wear], stitched. Minor foxing. Very Good. With many references to the Civil War, and detailed information on the state of Freemasonry in Ohio at this time. FIRST EDITION. Not in Sabin, Thomson, Eberstadt, Decker. More
Columbus: Write and Legg, Printers, 1841. 84pp. Modern plain wrappers with title label. Light uniform tanning, minor foxing, faint rubberstamp on title page, short closed tear at one leaf [no loss]. Very Good. The Proceedings included presentation of papers on Diseases Induced by Mercury [by Dr. J.P. Harrison], a Report..... More
Tiffin, Ohio: John G. Breslin, Printer, 1847. 4" x 5.5" in original plain wrappers [with presentation inscription "by Croghan Lodge"]. Stitched. 30, [2 blanks] pp. Wraps lightly worn, else Near Fine. With a Form of Petition for membership in the Lodge. The applicant "has examined your Constitution and By Laws..... More
New York: George Nesbitt, 1875. Original printed wrappers [front wrap detached with erasure of old institutional mark, rear wrap illustrated with 'The Great Highway and Railroad Three Span Steel Bridge over the Mississippi River at Saint Louis, Missouri']. Small map on page [3] shows the Road's locations. 22pp, two folding..... More
Massillon, Ohio: James E. Wharton, Printer, 1856. Disbound, 22pp. Light wear, Good+. The Company was chartered in 1848 by the legislatures of Ohio and Pennsylvania. Its mission, beginning at Pittsburgh, where the Pennsylvania Central Rail Road ended, was to link that Road with the railroads of Ohio, which would then..... More
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[Columbus, Ohio: July 7, 1870. Broadside, 4-7/8" x 8-3/4." Near Fine. The broadside is signed in type by B.F. Romaine, the longtime Corresponding and Financial Secretary of the Ohio Colonization Society, which was hard at work despite [or because of] the Reconstruction Amendments abolishing slavery and admitting Negroes to American..... More
Columbus: Nevins & Myers, 1875. 12pp, stitched, light soil. About Very Good. Democrats attack the Grant Administration for Caesarism, corruption, fiscal irresponsibility, vindictive animosity towards the South, and an unseemly solicitude for the Negro. "The Civil Rights Bill was passed as a measure of spite and ill-will toward the people..... More
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Cincinnati: Enquirer Buildings, 247 Vine Street, 1867. Original printed wrappers. 120pp. Full-page portrait of George Pendleton, Ohio Copperhead and McClellan's running mate in the 1864 presidential election; many advertisements from local merchants, some illustrated. Wraps lightly spotted and worn, else Very Good. Contemporary signature, 'H. [?] Swearengen', on front wrapper..... More
Cincinnati: Enquirer Buildings, 247 Vine Street, 1871. Original printed wrappers [bit of wear to inner margin of front wrap] with wrapper title [as issued]. 118pp. Stitched. Very Good plus. The fourth annual of this Democratic periodical's effort to become "indispensable to every Democrat who pays attention to political events." Its..... More
[Ohio: 1879]. Folio broadside, 6" x 12". Boldly printed on yellow paper using different sized fonts and styles. Lightly dusted, light creasing, single small pinhole. Very Good. Ohio's election for Governor occurred four days earlier, on October 14. The Republican candidate, Charles Foster, defeated Democrat Thomas Ewing Jr. The Republican..... More
Warren, Ohio: [1912]. Broadside, 6-3/4" x 10-1/4." Uniformly browned, a few light chips to blank upper margin. Very Good. The Ohio Woman Suffrage Association, founded in Cincinnati in 1869, was one of the earliest state-level suffrage organizations. It was active for several decades. Like the NAWSA, the group defined itself..... More
Washington: 1805. 12pp, disbound. Very Good. Senator Tracy's Committee examines the existing and contemplated road and water connections between Ohio and the eastern States, and the role that federal moneys might play to facilitate those connections. The bustle of activity in road and canal construction in Pennsylvania and Maryland are..... More
Columbus: 1864. pp 519, [1 errata], 70, [1]. Scattered foxing. Bound in modern cloth. Good+. The Civil War dominates the Session. Lieut.-Governor Anderson says that Ohio "will have the Union and nothing else!" Material on conscription, substitution and bounties, re-enlistment quotas, and other material reflecting Ohio's growing industrial strength is..... More
Columbus: Ohio State Journal Printing Establishment, 1879. 42pp, stitched in original title wraps. Light wear to extremities, light dustsoil to wraps, Very Good. Listing Officers, Classification, Memoranda of Meetings, Order of Exhibition, Rules and Regulations, Premium Lists, Ohio Fairs-- State, County, and Independent-- for FIRST EDITION. Not in Eberstadt, Decker..... More
[Columbus? 1839?]. 62, [2 blank] pp. Untrimmed, uncut [several loose gatherings]. Light dust and wear, else Very Good. AI 57674 [1]. More
Cincinnati: Porter, Thrall & Chapman, [1854]. 12pp, original printed wrappers with wrapper title [as issued]. Several old rubberstamps, moderately worn. Good to Good+. This rare plaintiffs' brief argues that Ohio's Liquor Law is unconstitutional because the Legislature failed to pass the Act in accordance with prescribed procedures; and, since the..... More
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Zanesville, Chillicothe, Columbus: 1811 - 1840. Various bindings in various conditions, usually with some institutional marks, a few with covers detached or absent; some sessions with contemporary ink notations; light to moderate foxing, spotting, toning. Overall Good+. 1810: ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF..... More
[Columbus? 1881]. Caption title [as issued], 4pp, folded, Near Fine. A Democratic attack on the Ohio Republican Party, Republican Governor Charles Foster [who had first been elected to that office in 1879], and the Republican-controlled legislature. This pamphlet tries to tar Foster as a greedy politician feeding at the trough..... More
[Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State Journal Print. 1866]. 16pp, disbound with some loosening. Caption title [as issued]. Lightly foxed, Good+. An attack on Ohio's Democratic Party-- the Party of Clement Vallandigham, the War's most notorious Copperhead. Its support of slavery, opposition to the War, and excessive tenderness toward the South in..... More
[Warren County, Ohio]: 1805. Small broadside, 6-1/4" x 7-1/2". Partly printed document, completed in ink manuscript, signed in ink by David Sutton, Clerk. Paper and wax seal on recto, docketed on verso. Light tanning and foxing, center fold with two short splits at ends. Very Good. The Warren County Special..... More
Cleveland: Rice & Penniman's Press, Whig Office, 1835. 12mo, 11pp + [1 blank]. Spotted, loose contemporary plain wrappers. Good or so. A rare, early Cleveland imprint. FIRST EDITION. AI 33836 [2]. Morgan 2781. More