MEMORIAL OF THE PILOTS OF THE PORT OF NEW YORK, PRAYING FOR THE REPEAL OR MODIFICATION OF THE ACT OF MARCH 2, 1837, CONCERNING PILOTS.
29th Cong., 1st Sess. SD15. 1845. 23pp, Disbound, Very Good. Signed in type by more than 20 New York pilots. More
29th Cong., 1st Sess. SD15. 1845. 23pp, Disbound, Very Good. Signed in type by more than 20 New York pilots. More
[Albany? 1853]. 32pp, disbound. Caption title [as issued]. Stab holes in blank left margin. Good+ to Very Good. More
Boston: 1826. Contemporary plain front wrapper, stitched, 35pp. Very Good. An examination of the scope of the admiralty jurisdiction accorded to federal courts by the Constitution, with discussion of early cases, colonial statutes, and constitutional debates. FIRST EDITION. AI 25593 [5]. II Harv. Law Cat. 223... More
Washington: R.O. Polkinhorn, Printer, 1877. 30, [1], [1 blank] pp. Original printed tan wrappers [some scoring, loosening, light chipping], stitched. Rear wrap has engraving of the U.S. Patent Office. Light staining to the outermost edges of text, else clean. Good+. The inner front wrapper advertises the Washington firm of Mason..... More
[Columbus? 1839?]. 62, [2 blank] pp. Untrimmed, uncut [several loose gatherings]. Light dust and wear, else Very Good. AI 57674 [1]. More
New York: E. Sargeant, 1808. pp [1]-40, [73]-92 [as issued]. Stitched, untrimmed, lightly dusted and foxed. Good+. A protest against modification or suspension of the Orders in Council. The author rebuts the arguments that the Orders will "interrupt our peace with the United States of America;" that the Orders are..... More
26th Cong., 1st Sess. Senate. 1839. 355. 1pp, disbound. Very Good. More
26th Cong., 1st Sess. Senate 172. 1840. 2pp, disbound. Good. More
Boston: Thomas and Andrews, August, 1799. Original sheep, rebacked, with original gilt-lettered morocco spine label laid down. Paginated irregularly, text continuous, as issued. xxvii, [1 blank], liv, 516 pp. Foxed moderately, Good+. The second American printing, "from the latest English edition." Evans 36040. Cohen 7072... More
[Washington: 1901]. 35, [1 blank] pp. Stitched in original printed wrappers with wrapper title, as issued. Very Good. The Court of Inquiry was held at Admiral Schley's request, after fellow officers questioned his conduct at the Battle of Santiago in the Spanish-American War. One book had called Schley a coward..... More
[London]: 1746. Folio, printed in two columns per page. [2], 150; [2], 72; [2], 195, [1 blank] pp. PLUS: large folding engraved, illustrated plate, 'The Situation of the English, French and Spanish Fleets, when They Began the Engagement in the Mediterranean, on the Eleventh of Feby. 1743/4. Cape Sicie Bearing..... More
Palmer [MA]: From the Press in Palmer, May 1, 1817. xii, [13]-144 pp. Contemporary ink ownership inscription of Joshua Fiske of Sturbridge, dated June 3, 1817. Foxed, generally lightly. Two small pinholes, each barely affecting a letter. Bound in original calf, red morocco spine title label. Slight chip to spine..... More
New York: Mercein & Post's Press, 1838. Contemporary plain wrappers, stitched, 18pp. Scattered light foxing. Very Good. The neutral American vessels were burned at sea, by order of a French Admiral, and their crews and goods carried into the port of Rochefort, France. There Mr. Pelletreau, as agent for the..... More
[Washington: Nicholson, 1856]. Lithograph, 9-1/4" x 6-1/2", measured at borders. Very Good. A plate from the 'Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan...' Library of Congress Control No. LC-USZ62-99468. More
[Washington: Nicholson, 1856]. Lithograph, 9-1/4" x 6-1/4", measured at borders. A few fox spots at lower blank margin, Very Good. A plate from the 'Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan...'. More
Washington: Judd & Detweiler, [1895]. Original printed wrappers [detached with some edge chipping] with wrapper title, as issued. Stapled as issued. 36pp, clean text. Good+. The case is an example in the long history, dating back to the dreams of Southern slavery expansionists, of American yearning to acquire Cuba. Wiborg..... More
[San Francisco? 1934]. [2], 71, [3 blanks] pp. Original printed title wrappers. Disbound, light rubberstamp, else Very Good. Phleger was a prominent California lawyer who served on several corporate boards. He also performed some public functions, having taken "part in the organization of the military government of Germany in 1945..... More
[Philadelphia: Ross? 1798]. 11, [1 blank] pp + one folded table. Bound in modern marbled wrappers. Untrimmed, lightly foxed, Very Good. The Report prints the results of adjudication of cases involving American vessels captured by British privateers during England's War with France. FIRST EDITION. Evans 34805. NAIP w026010 [7]. Cohen..... More
Brooklyn: Eagle Job and Book Printing Department, 1879. Mounted albumen photograph frontis [statue of Robert Fulton], plus numerous plates, collated complete. 162, [2], 158 pp. Bound in contemporary half morocco and marbled cloth, marbled edges, elaborately gilt-decorated spine, gilt spine title. A beautiful copy. Fine The book is a comprehensive..... More
26th Cong., 1st Sess. HED199. 1840. 76pp, disbound. Very light scattered foxing. Very Good. With some material on the Amistad case. More
Charleston: Printed by T.B. Bowen, No. 32, Church-Street, 1798. Broadside Ship Manifest, 9-1/2" x 15. Toned, otherwise Very Good. Printed document, surrounded by decorative border, completed in manuscript and signed in ink by James Simons and --- Waring. A rare 18th century American Imprint, unrecorded on ESTC, AAS, the Library..... More
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1881. Original printed front wrapper [spine wrapper gone]. Removed from a damaged modern binding. 271, [1 blank] pp. Blindstamp at upper blank forecorner of title leaf; accession number at blank upper margin of page [3]. A clean text. Very Good, with compliments slip signed by Preble to the..... More
Providence: Barnum Field, 1824. 12mo. Contemporary plain wrappers, stitched, 12pp. Rear wrapper with a couple of tears, text lightly foxed, Good+. Membership is limited to past or current "commanders of vessels," to provide "for their relief in distress, and for the relief of their widows and children." Honorary membership is..... More
[Providence]: Young's Press, 1851. Small broadside, 4.25" x 8", oblong. Printed on blue paper using several typesettings. With an attractive vignette of sloop at top left corner with printer's name below it, completed in ink manuscript. A few related ink notations on verso. Very light foxing. Very Good. The Providence..... More
[New York? 1863]. 20pp, caption title as issued. Stitched, light margin spotting. Very Good. Marshall O. Roberts [1818-1880] was a wealthy New York merchant, art patron and collector. He built the Hendrick Hudson, the first palatial steamboat which traveled on the Hudson River. A millionaire when the Civil War started..... More