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
[Washington]: Printed by Lemuel Towers, [1860]. 24pp. Folded, untrimmed and uncut. Caption title [as issued]. Scattered mild foxing, Very Good. Benjamin spoke for the Southern Democrats as the crucial 1860 presidential race heated up. The Speech would also be printed as a Breckinridge-Lane campaign pamphlet in the upcoming election. The..... More
[New York: Currier & Ives, 1861-1863?]. Folio lithograph broadside, oblong 18" x 13-1/4." A few vertical folds with a closed tear along the end of one fold [no loss; expertly repaired on verso with archival tape]. Light spotting and wear, Good+. John Bull, representing Great Britain, holds a large clump..... More
Philadelphia: Published by James P. Parke. Brown & Merritt, Printers, 1808. Volume I: Pages 455, [1 errata], folding plate after page 210; full-page plate of slave shackles after page 300; "Am I Not a Man and a Brother" seal illustrated on page 359. Front inner hinge archivally reinforced. Front free..... More
Knoxville, Tennessee: 1865. Octavo sheet, folded to four pages, each page 5" x 8-1/2." Inscribed at the bottom of the first page, "Yours truly | Josiah Durtis | Late Surgeon & Med. Dir." Circular rubberstamp of J. Curtis | May 22 | 1866. Very Good. The first lines of the..... More
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1864. 1. Bemis, George: PRECEDENTS OF AMERICAN NEUTRALITY, IN REPLY TO THE SPEECH OF SIR ROUNDELL PALMER, ATTORNEY-GENERAL OF ENGLAND, IN THE BRITISH HOUSE OF COMMONS, MAY 13, 1864. Boston: Little, Brown. 1864. viii, 83, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, original printed front wrapper. Clean text..... More
Memphis: Printed by Saunders, Jones & Co., South Cor. Front and Madison Sts. [1867 or 1868]. Beautiful chromolithographic trade broadside, 8-1/4" x 10-1/2." Printed in red, green and gilt, the text enclosed within a triple-rule red and green border, with green corner ornaments and a large, green ornament above the..... More
Philadelphia: Barclay & Co., Publishers, [1873]. Original printed and illustrated salmon wrappers. Stitched. Folded illustration frontis of Foster killing Putnam with a 'car-hook'. [2], 19-96 pp, as issued, with full-page illustrations and two additional folding illustrations. Captions to the illustrations are printed in English and German. Near Fine. McDade's entry..... More
Boston: Printed by Stephen Foster, 1831. 24pp. Disbound with minor toning. Else Very Good. Foster issued second and third editions in 1831, to respond to demand, particularly, as Garrison notes, from "my colored brethren," Garrison's Preface, dated July 4, 1831, says, "They who do not hesitate to call me a...... More
[Boston: Adams & Nourse, 1789]. Printed folio broadside, 9-1/4" x 12-5/8," the word "Sherburne" in manuscript. With the Seal of the Commonwealth. Signed in type by Governor Hancock ["John Hancock"], and in manuscript by John Avery Junior, Secretary and dated January 6, 1789. A Very Good, very scarce example of..... 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 York: H.R. Robinson, [1837]. Oblong 13-1/2" x 21". Light dusting, a couple of closed tears and shallow extremity chips to blank margins. Very Good. Reilly explains: "A satire attributing the dire fiscal straits of the nation to Andrew Jackson's banking policies, with specific reference to recent bank failures in..... More
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New York: Published for the Author, and sold by S. King, 136 William-Street, 1823. lvi, 93, [1] pages. Bound in original salmon-colored paper over boards [light wear along spine]. Title printed on front cover and spine, publisher advertisement on the rear board. Light scattered foxing, untrimmed, Very Good. Judah was..... More
New York: For Sale at J. Katzenelenbogen, 35 Ludlow Street, New York, [c. 1891]. Oblong Broadside, 9" x 14." The English alphabet is printed, with each English letter in type and typescript, upper and lower case. Edge-chipped, old vertical center fold with splits not affecting text, Each English letter in..... 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
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London: Printed, and sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster, 1704. [18], 90, 95-171, [1 blank]. Pages 79 and 86 are misnumbered '76' and '96' respectively. Despite the mispagination, the text is continuous. ESTC notes an errata slip, apparently in some copies. Bound in original speckled roan [rebacked], with..... 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
Philadelphia: Published by R, Magee, [@1847]. Oblong 10" x 14", lithograph colored by hand. Colors and image bright and clear, with light blank margin foxing. Near Fine, in an archival mat with mylar sheet. A dramatic depiction of the clash between American and Mexican forces, with charging cavalry and two..... 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
[Richmond?]: Entered according to the Act of Congress in the year 1867, by Wilmer McLean in the Clerk's office ... Eastern District of Virginia, 1867. Broadside folio Print, 24" x 21" in modern frame. The eighteen officers are identified just below the image, Lee and Grant with facsimile signatures. Scattered..... More
Mexico: American Star Print. 1848. Oblong 4to. [24]pp. Errata slip pasted to verso of title page, listing "Names Accidentally Omitted," including that of 2d Lt. G.B. McClellan. Map, entitled 'Battles of Mexico... Made by Major Turnbull, Captain McClellan..." Slip laid in concerning "1st Lieut. Andrew I. Williamson, 3d Infantry." Original..... More
[Philadelphia]: Printed by William Bradford, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty for the Province of New-Jersey, 1752. Folio. [4], 504 pp, lacking the last three index pages. Scattered spotting, dirty endpapers. Bound in sheep, rebacked in period style with ribbed spine. Good+. "The first volume of the second official..... More
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New York: Hugh Gaine, 1774. Folio, two volumes in a single contemporary calf volume [some rubbing, hinges firm but each has small separation at the top]. Raised spine bands, somewhat faded spine lettering. Pages iv, 420; [4], 421-835 [i.e., 833], [1 errata] [as issued]. Contemporary signature of Peter Silvester on..... 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