Boston: Printed and sold by Nathaniel Coverly, by the gross, or single dozen, [1792?]. [24] pp, as issued. Title page woodcut, stitched, toned and lightly worn. Good+. Ownership signature of Elisha Ware. The almanac prints a list of "Roads from Boston to the Southward and Eastward, with the names of..... 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 titlepage, "Secretary of..... More
[New York? 1849?]. Original printed wrappers, stitched. 23, [1 blank] pp. Near Fine. A satire on Charles King's inauguration as President of Columbia College in 1849. "The only one of Delpho's Comedies which is now extant, and that has never before been published in America." King Charles is described here..... 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
Troy, N.Y. A.W. Scribner, 1870. Original printed wrappers [front wrapper detached but present], stitched. 16pp. Light wear, Good+. The author, who purports to write from Hunkerville in May 1870, claims that the Epistles "are valuable:- for I conscientiously desire to make a little money out of them." We have been..... 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
New York and Philadelphia: Appleton, 1843. 100pp, disbound. Lacks printed wraps and 22pp of advertisements at end. Foxed, final leaf dustsoiled. Good. No one seems to know who 'Lowndes' is. None of the cited bibliographies collates the publisher's ads. American Imprints alone records a second New York printing from this..... 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 was influential in improving public education, reforming the judiciary..... More
Richmond: Thomas W. White, 1827. 24pp, disbound, lightly foxed and toned, Good+. The pseudonymous author seeks to resolve the "state of distressing perplexity in which I find myself:" to vote for Jackson, or for Adams? He reviews the charges hurled at each candidate, the claims of their supporters, and the..... 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
London: James Ridgway, 169, Piccadilly [verso of half title: Henry Baylis, Johnson's-Court, Fleet-Street, 1831. 24pp, with the half title, as issued. Mild occasional foxing, Very Good. Bound in modern marbled paper over boards. Vindex, whoever he is, is angry with the British government for parroting the "silly, sounding, worn-out falsehood"..... 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