![Item #36742 [A PICTURESQUE VIEW OF THE STATE OF THE NATION FOR FEBRUARY 1778]. American Revolution](https://lesserbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/36742.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1710781109)
[Netherlands? 1780?]. Oblong cartoon engraving, 7-1/4" x 11-1/4." Matted on paper backing. Minor dusting, Very Good. The engraving, which initially appeared in Westminster Magazine in February 1778, was frequently re-engraved. Our version, offered here, was issued without a date or credit line. It is thought to have been printed in..... More
Plymouth: Memorial and Rock Press, 1868. 52pp. Stitched in original printed wrappers, with wrapper title, as issued. Near Fine. The case resonates among today's hot-button political-social issues. "The oldest plea of homosexual panic in America seems to have been made in Massachusetts in 1868. Accused of killing a longtime friend..... More
Norwich, Chenango County NY: 1832. Visible 8 7/16 x 10 1/4 in. Lightly toned, tastefully matted and framed to 13" x 17." An extremely attractive, rare, evidently unrecorded imprint. Blank corners torn, but not observable as framed. Very Good. Joseph Ritner (1780-1869), a veteran of the War of 1812, joined..... More
New-York: Printed by T. and J. Swords, 1792. 30pp. Disbound, lacks the final blank leaf. Top blank margin of title page torn, but no text affected. Scattered foxing, Good+. Signed in type at the end by Richard Harison, John Cozine, C.I. Bogert, Robert Troup, James H. Hughes, and Thomas Cooper..... More
[Philadelphia? 1864? 1865?]. Elephant folio broadsheet, printed in six columns on recto and on verso. 15-3/4" x 21-1/4." Engraving of Screaming Eagle, with shield, bearing scroll inscribed, "Your Sons and your Money on your Country's Altar!" Blank lower margin chip. Very Good. The words to twenty-one patriotic songs are printed..... More
Glasgow, Edinburgh, London, New York: Blackie and Son, 1855. Volume First: Folio. Contemporary half morocco, bookseller ticket of Kerr & Richardson, Glasgow. Inscription to "Henry H. West from Sir John Falshaw Bart." xxiv, 335, [1 blank] pp. Volume Second: Folio. Matching half morocco and bookseller ticket. Plates collated as issued..... More
New York: Swords, 1795. xix, [1 blank], 25-184 pp. Some spotting and soiling. Late 19th-century half morocco (some rubbing). Good+ The first American edition of a "Narrative of a lady famous for her affair with Colonel Burr in the Revolution" [Howes]. This copy includes the frequently "suppressed" pages iii-vi of..... More
Philadelphia: Printed by David C. Claypoole, Printer to the Honorable the Congress of the United States of America, [1779]. 56pp, stitched, untrimmed and generously margined, uncut. Mild foxing. Very Good plus. During the first three months of 1779, and for each month of 1780, Congress's Journals were published monthly. Each..... More
Columbia [S.C.]: Printed by Doyle E. Sweeny, 1826. [6], 280, [4] pp. Toned with light to moderate foxing. The final four pages print a Table of Contents, an Index, and an errata. The rear free endpaper contains pencil notes from an early owner. Good plus, in modern boards with gilt-lettered..... More
Washington, D.C. Chronicle Publishing Company, 1872. 33, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, else Very Good. Corbin was the United States Attorney who prosecuted the Klan in the great South Carolina Ku Klux prosecutions. He was opposed by the respected Maryland lawyer Reverdy Johnson. The prosecutions arose out of the Klan's takeover..... More
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New York: J. & J. Harper, 1832. xv, [1 blank], [25]-335, [1 blank] pp, as issued. Bound in later cloth, rebacked, new spine label. Contemporary ownership signature of Cyrus Barker at top blank margin of title page. Foxed, two closed tears expertly repaired without loss. Good+. "The narratives of Cox...are..... More
Providence: 1840. 8" x 10". Written in ink on the first page of a folded sheet, and signed "T.W. Dorr for State Comm." Addressed to Francis on the final blank, with Providence postal cancel. Small tear at seal [no text loss], Very Good. Dorr is unhappy with Francis's decision to..... More
[Philadelphia? 1866. Elephant folio broadside, 23" x 18-1/2." Old folds. Scattered margin repairs with occasional effect on a word: part of the "S" in "POST THIS UP" at the bottom is lost; slight loss to the "C" in Clymer at the bottom; a small loss to the neck of a...... More
New York: Currier & Ives, [1868]. Lithograph illustrated broadside by Currier & Ives, oblong 11" x 15-1/2". Matted. Light dusting, Near Fine. Cartoon characters identified by name; in lower right corner, "on Stone by Cameron." John Cameron was a talented artist employed at Currier & Ives. In lower left corner..... More
Steubenville, O. Printed by James Wilson, 1821. 78pp. Bound in modern cloth. Light to moderate foxing. Two repaired chips slightly affect about three letters; outer margin of title leaf archivally reinforced on its blank verso. Good+. The Review consists of eleven essays, each signed, "HAMPDEN," ending on page 61. The..... More
Charlestown, South-Carolina: Printed by David Bruce, 1778. 32pp. Trimmed closely at the bottom margin, occasionally shaving a catchword. Disbound with some inner blank margin wear at the title leaf. Good+. An early, scarce South Carolina imprint, with a stern Revolutionary War theme. Hart's Preface [dated 15 April 1778 from Charleston]..... More
Morgan County, Illinois: 1846 and 1847. Folio sheet, folded to [4] pages, each page 7-1/2" x 12-1/4." Contract is printed on page [1] and three lines on page [2], followed by the signatures of two Illinois Justices of the Peace [George Rearick and Mathew Stacy], Daniel Smedley, and Deborah Smedley..... More
[New Orleans: 1874]. Folio. Extra-illustrated chromolithographic title page as frontis, dated 1874. [21], 12- 336, [18] pp. Profusely illustrated, many advertisements. Light to moderate foxing, Good+. Bound in publisher's black cloth with front cover stamped in gilt: "Presented to Str. Waloon | Jewell's Crescent City Illustrated. | By James A...... More
New-York: Printed and Sold by Samuel Campbell, No. 124, Pearl-Street, 1795. 54, [1], [1 blank] pp. Light to moderate foxing, disbound, corner chip costs a page number. Good+. "Richard Cumberland's play The Jew was the first English play to have an admirable and virtuous Jew for its hero, an innovation..... More
Leavenworth [KS]: The compiler [Philips & Springer, general job printers, Times Publishing House], 1878. 8vo. 192, 32, 193-197, [1- advertisement] pp, plus broadsheet adhering to rear pastedown, entitled "List of Organized Counties in the State of Kansas, With the Names of Their Respective County Seats, 1879" [12-1/4" x 7-1/4," folded..... More
New Orleans [one Donaldson]: 1819-1840. The Acts are in both English and French on facing pages. Bindings vary: disbound, modern buckram, modern cloth, or contemporary sheep. The usual institutional marks and occasional light wear. Overall, Very Good. a. ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE FOURTH LEGISLATURE OF THE..... More
Savannah, Ga. The Morning News Print. 1888. [20], 360 pp. Frontis illustration of the First African Baptist Church, and another full-page illustration preceding the table of Contents. Well-used with contemporary ownership signatures of "Mr. Cornelious Adams, 1819 Reynolds." Inner hinges cracked and some loosening from binding, scattered foxing. Text portraits..... More
Portland: 1832. Broadside, 11-3/4" x 19". Lightly foxed, generously margined and untrimmed with lower blank margins chipped, some old folds. Else Very Good. Matted. Dated in type at the end: Portland, Oct. 25th, 1832." The text of this rare broadside, urging the defeat of President Jackson in the upcoming presidential..... More
[Boston: Adams and Larkin, 1794]. 3, [1 blank] pp. Single sheet. folded to 7-1/2" x 12-1/2." Printed on first 3 pages, final page blank. A few small pinholes, affecting a letter or two; and a few short chips and tears on the final blank. Good plus. The document is signed..... More
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Boston: Printed by D. Green for D. Henchman, 1744. [2], vi, 7, [1 Advertisement], 208 pp, as issued. Expertly repaired tear, without loss, at leaf 187-188. Faint blindstamp on title page. Very Good, in modern quarter blue cloth and paper over boards, original gilt-letter morocco spine label. Mayhew spent much..... More