Providence: Printed and Sold, Wholesale and Retail, by John Carter, near the State-House, [1792]. 12mo. [24] pp. Stitched in contemporary plain paper wrappers. Minor occasional spotting. Very Good. "'Isaac Bickerstaff' is a common pseudonym in almanacs. Erroneously attributed by Evans to Benjamin West. The actual calculator appears to be Nathan..... More
New York: Published by Collin & Small, 113 Fulton Street, 1873. 95, [1 blank] pp. Disbound. Light to moderate foxing. Good. Wright attributes authorship to George C. Small, a New York humorist. "Small was originally a carpenter and his first earnings from writing came from Fox's Police Gazette. In July..... More
St. Louis: Printed at the Missouri Republican Office, 1826. 8vo. 71, [1 blank] pp. Gathered signatures, stitched as issued. Scattered, generally light foxing. Untrimmed. Good+ or so. Signed in type at the bottom of page 56, preceding the Appendix, 'Curtius.' Contemporary inscription at the head of the title page, "Secretary..... More
Philadelphia: James G. Watts. October, 1826. Stitched, 31 + [1] pp. Tanned, Good+. The bibliographers are content to call the author 'Fitzsimmons,' with no suggestion of his true name. These are twenty short essays, preceded by an introduction 'To the People of the United States,' exposing "the manifest injustice of..... More
Ravenna: Office of the Ohio Star, 1834. 48pp, disbound, lightly to moderately foxed. Top margin trimmed closely but not into text [one page number shaved]. Good+. A scarce pamphlet, consisting of a series of letters on the urgent need for Moral Reform. New emigrants to the West are "intoxicated with..... More
Philadelphia: Printed for Robert Campbell, 1795. 12mo. [4], xii, 13-283, [13] pp. Original calf with gilt spine rules, gilt-lettered spine title on black morocco. Occasional and widely scattered foxing, Very Good. Early ownership signature on front free endpaper, 'Ephraim Hinds.' The preface, a 'Dedication to the English Nation,' exhorts readers..... More
Boston: William Chadwick, Printer, 1849. Original printed brown wrappers [entitled, 'Ex Post Facto Laws by Judicial Legislation!!'], stitched. 40pp. Light wear, Very Good. Presentation inscription on front wrapper to Whiting Griswold, and addressed to him on plain rear wrapper. Griswold was from Greenfield, Massachusetts, active in public affairs, would become..... More
Boston: Ticknor, Reed & Fields, 1852. 24pp. Disbound without wrappers, else Very Good. "An attack on certain anti-slavery writings of Rev. J.G. Forman" [Work]. The caption title of this scarce pamphlet: "Review of Rev. J.G. Forman's (Ultra Unitarian 'Come-Outer,') Defence of Garrisonianism, Infidelity, etc., and of his Personal Abuse of..... More
[Providence? Kingston RI? 1847?]. Folio broadside, 12-1/4" x 19". Caption title, printed in four columns. Tanned, some light spotting. Signed in type, "A Citizen of Narragansett." Good+. Updike was a Rhode Island Whig, lawyer, and public-spirited citizen. As a state legislator, he improved public education, reformed the judiciary, and extended..... More
[np: 1858]. [4] pp. Printed on recto of first page only. Inner pages blank. Addressed in ink on last page to Honble. Samuel W. Parker of the House of Representatives. Roughness to blank inner margin, one short closed tear [expertly repaired]. Printed in two columns separated by a rule. Very..... More
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New York and Cincinnati: A.S. Barnes & Co. H.W. Derby & Co., 1848. 24pp. Stitched in original printed brown wrappers [a couple of shallow edge dings]. Light to moderate foxing, Good+. This pro-Taylor pamphlet prints "General Taylor's letter to Captain Allison, Baton Rouge, April 22, 1848." The Letter announces his..... More
[Concord: 1829]. 23, [1 blank] pp. Disbound. Light scattered foxing. Early ink correction in text. Good+. The anonymous writer, a loyal Son of Dartmouth, wonders why he and fellow graduates have "so often" been called upon "to render it assistance by voluntary contributions." Although Vermont has provided much assistance to..... More
Boston: Printed and Sold by John W. Folsom, [1786]. 12 leaves, as issued. Stitched, light to moderate wear. Two closed tears [no loss]. Good+ Folsom's edition is one of three printings of this almanac, all from Boston. The almanac includes a "Brief Account of General Washington" and a listing of..... More