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STRICTURES ON HARVARD UNIVERSITY. -- PERSONAL SATIRE IS WORTHY OF LITTLE NOTICE-- IT IS SELDOM...

[Austin, William]:

STRICTURES ON HARVARD UNIVERSITY. -- PERSONAL SATIRE IS WORTHY OF LITTLE NOTICE-- IT IS SELDOM JUST. BY A SENIOR.

Boston: Printed and Sold by John W. Folsom, 1798. 35, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, untrimmed, light rubberstamp, light foxing and mild wear. One small margin hole just touches a couple of letters, but does not obscure them. Good+. Austin, to whom DAB attributes authorship, graduated from Harvard in 1798. Among... More about STRICTURES ON HARVARD UNIVERSITY. -- PERSONAL SATIRE IS WORTHY OF LITTLE NOTICE-- IT IS SELDOM...

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TO THE HON. THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF OHIO-- THE UNDERSIGNED HAVING BEEN APPOINTED A...

[Bank of Akron]:

TO THE HON. THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF OHIO-- THE UNDERSIGNED HAVING BEEN APPOINTED A COMMITTEE OF THE CITIZENS OF AKRON, AT A MEETING HELD AT THE HOUSE OF GEN. NORTHROP ON THE 14TH OF DEC. 1835...FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE SUBJECT OF THEIR APPLICATION, HERETOFORE MADE, FOR THE CHARTER OF A BANK AT AKRON...

[Akron, Ohio?]: 1835. Folio sheet, folded to 8" x 10". [1], [3 blanks] pp. Printed on the recto of the first leaf. Light wear, short closed tear at outer margin [no loss]. Very Good. This rare plea for the establishment of a Bank at Akron is signed in type... More about TO THE HON. THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF OHIO-- THE UNDERSIGNED HAVING BEEN APPOINTED A...

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BOSTON, 26TH OF JUNE, 1775. THIS TOWN WAS ALARMED ON THE 17TH INSTANT AT BREAK OF DAY, BY A...

[Bunker Hill]:

BOSTON, 26TH OF JUNE, 1775. THIS TOWN WAS ALARMED ON THE 17TH INSTANT AT BREAK OF DAY, BY A FIRING FROM THE LIVELY SHIP OF WAR; AND A REPORT WAS IMMEDIATELY SPREAD THAT THE REBELS HAD BROKEN GROUND, AND WERE RAISING A BATTERY ON THE HEIGHTS OF THE PENINSULA OF CHARLESTOWN, AGAINST THE TOWN OF BOSTON...

[Boston: Printed by John Howe, 1775]. Folio broadside, 36cm x 22cm. Thomas W. Streeter's copy, with his small sticker on the blank verso. Near Fine. "British account of the battle of Bunker Hill" [ESTC], printed in Boston a week after the Battle. The printer, John Howe [1754-1835], was a Loyalist;... More about BOSTON, 26TH OF JUNE, 1775. THIS TOWN WAS ALARMED ON THE 17TH INSTANT AT BREAK OF DAY, BY A...

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AN ANALYSIS OR OUTLINE, OF THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF JOSIAH BURNHAM; WHO WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH,...

[Burnham, Josiah]:

AN ANALYSIS OR OUTLINE, OF THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF JOSIAH BURNHAM; WHO WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH, AT THE SUPREME COURT, HOLDEN AT PLYMOUTH, ON THE 4TH TUESDAY OF MAY, 1806,- AND WHOSE EXECUTION WAS TO HAVE TAKEN PLACE AT HAVERHILL, THE 15TH OF JULY FOLLOWING, BUT REPRIEVED BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR, WITH ADVICE OF THE HON. COUNCIL, TO THE 12TH OF AUGUST; FOR THE MURDER OF RUSSELL FREEMAN AND JOSEPH STARKWEATHER,- WHICH OCCURRENCE TOOK PLACE, AT HAVERHILL GAOL, ON THE 17TH OF DECEMBER, 1805. COMMUNICATED BY HIMSELF.

Hanover, N.H. Printed by Moses Davis, [1806]. 11, [1 blank] pp. Original stitching, untrimmed. Scattered spotting and light wear, else Very Good. This sensational murder trial drew more than 10,000 spectators on execution day. The site was the west side of Powder House Hill in the little town of Haverhill... More about AN ANALYSIS OR OUTLINE, OF THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF JOSIAH BURNHAM; WHO WAS SENTENCED TO DEATH,...

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GENERAL SCOTT. THE HERCULES OF THE UNION, SLAYING THE GREAT DRAGON OF SECESSION. Civil War

[Civil War]:

GENERAL SCOTT. THE HERCULES OF THE UNION, SLAYING THE GREAT DRAGON OF SECESSION.

[New York? Currier & Ives? 1861]. Lithograph, 13-1/2" x 18". Paper browned but images clear. Short closed tear at top blank margin, minor chipping to two corners. Very Good. "A tribute to commander of the Union forces Gen. Winfield Scott, shown as the mythical Hercules slaying the many-headed dragon or... More about GENERAL SCOTT. THE HERCULES OF THE UNION, SLAYING THE GREAT DRAGON OF SECESSION

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A COMPENDIOUS SYSTEM OF THE BANKRUPT LAWS. William Cooke

Cooke, William:

A COMPENDIOUS SYSTEM OF THE BANKRUPT LAWS.

Dublin: Printed for Messrs. Lynch, Colles... 1786. Original calf [hinges starting, some rubbing]. Raised spine bands, gilt-lettered red morocco spine label. Pictorial bookplate of Paul Gurley Merrow on front pastedown. viii, [8], iv, 372, [8] ccxxxiii, [23], pp [complete and as issued, except that in our copy the pages numbered... More about A COMPENDIOUS SYSTEM OF THE BANKRUPT LAWS

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A CONTEMPORARY PRINTING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE IN THE UNIVERSAL MAGAZINE OF KNOWLEDGE...

Declaration of Independence:

A CONTEMPORARY PRINTING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE IN THE UNIVERSAL MAGAZINE OF KNOWLEDGE AND PLEASURE.

London: August, 1776. 378, [6] pp. The complete text for Volume LIX, July-December 1776 plus Index. Two folding maps: 'An Accurate Map of the Present Seat of War, between Great-Britain and her Colonies in North America' [hand-colored]; 'A Plan of the City and Environs of New York'. Maps with several... More about A CONTEMPORARY PRINTING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE IN THE UNIVERSAL MAGAZINE OF KNOWLEDGE...

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THE FOUR TRAITORS, WHO MOST INFAMOUSLY SOLD THEMSELVES TO THE DORRITES, FOR OFFICE AND POLITICAL...

[Dorr Rebellion]:

THE FOUR TRAITORS, WHO MOST INFAMOUSLY SOLD THEMSELVES TO THE DORRITES, FOR OFFICE AND POLITICAL POWER. LET US NOT REWARD TRAITORS, BUT WITH JUST INDIGNATION ABANDON THEM AS "SCAPE-GOATS," TO THEIR DESTINY- FOREVER.

[np: 1845]. Illustrated broadside, 9-3/8" x 13". Attractively framed. Near Fine. "An illustrated broadside reviling four Rhode Island Whigs who broke party ranks to support a popular movement to free imprisoned radical Thomas Wilson Dorr... The broadside's author alleges political opportunism in the alliance of [left to right] Charles Jackson... More about THE FOUR TRAITORS, WHO MOST INFAMOUSLY SOLD THEMSELVES TO THE DORRITES, FOR OFFICE AND POLITICAL...

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CHRIST'S PROMISE TO THE PENITENT THIEF. A SERMON PREACHED THE LORD'S-DAY BEFORE THE EXECUTION OF...

Eliot, Andrew:

CHRIST'S PROMISE TO THE PENITENT THIEF. A SERMON PREACHED THE LORD'S-DAY BEFORE THE EXECUTION OF LEVI AMES, WHO SUFFERED DEATH FOR BURGLARY, OCT. 21, 1773. AET. 22. BY... PASTOR OF A CHURCH IN BOSTON. N.B. THIS DISCOURSE WAS PREACHED AT THE DESIRE OF THE PRISONER, WHO WAS PRESENT WHEN IT WAS DELIVERED.

Boston: Printed and Sold by John Boyle, 1773. 31, [1 blank] pp, as issued. Disbound, else Very Good. Death's-head ornament above the title. With a running title, "Christ's Promise to the penitent Thief." Eliot, an influential proponent of the ideas of Natural Rights and self-government, staunchly supported the American... More about CHRIST'S PROMISE TO THE PENITENT THIEF. A SERMON PREACHED THE LORD'S-DAY BEFORE THE EXECUTION OF...

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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, FROM MASSACHUSETTS CONGRESSMAN GEORGE GRINNELL, JR., TO VIRGINIA...

[Grinnell, George Jr.]:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, FROM MASSACHUSETTS CONGRESSMAN GEORGE GRINNELL, JR., TO VIRGINIA CONGRESSMAN HENRY WISE, MAY 3, 1838, REGARDING THE RECENT GRAVES-CILLEY DUEL. WISE WAS GRAVES'S SECOND AT THE DUEL. GRINNELL ADVISES THAT REVEREND CALEB S. HENRY, AN EDITOR OF THE 'NEW YORK REVIEW', PLANS AN ESSAY REBUTTING "THE INFAMOUS ARTICLE" PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED AS THE "MARTYRDOM OF CILLEY," IN THE MARCH 1838 ISSUE OF 'U.S. MAGAZINE AND DEMOCRATIC REVIEW.' REV. HENRY, GRINNELL SAYS, SPOKE "IN TERMS OF INDIGNANT DENUNCIATION OF THE ARTICLE." GRINNELL ASKS WISE TO SEND HENRY A COPY OF THE 'DEMOCRATIC REVIEW' ARTICLE, AND A SUMMARY OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES REPORT ON THE DUEL.

Greenfield, MA: 1838. Sheet folded to 8" x 10". [4] pp. Toned, old folds. A few small chips at blank edges, short split along spine fold. A few small spots, Very Good. [offered with] Henry, Caleb S.: THE MARTYRDOM OF CILLEY. EXTRACTED FROM THE MARCH NUMBER OF THE U.S.... More about AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, FROM MASSACHUSETTS CONGRESSMAN GEORGE GRINNELL, JR., TO VIRGINIA...

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JEWS AND JUDAISM. AN ADDRESS BY MORRIS JASTROW, JR., PH.D BEFORE THE CONGREGATION RODEF SHALOM,...

Jastrow, Morris Jr.:

JEWS AND JUDAISM. AN ADDRESS BY MORRIS JASTROW, JR., PH.D BEFORE THE CONGREGATION RODEF SHALOM, DECEMBER 4, 1886.

Philadelphia: Edward Stern & Co., 1886. Original printed wrappers with wrapper title and imprint, as issued. 23, [1 blank] pp. Stitched, Near Fine. Inscribed, "With regards, Phila. Jan. 18- '87." Young Jastrow was "Lecturer" at Philadelphia's Rodef Shalom Congregation, founded in 1795 as the oldest Ashkenazi synagogue in the United... More about JEWS AND JUDAISM. AN ADDRESS BY MORRIS JASTROW, JR., PH.D BEFORE THE CONGREGATION RODEF SHALOM,...

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[Johnson, Samuel]:

TAXATION NO TYRANNY; AN ANSWER TO THE RESOLUTIONS AND ADDRESS OF THE AMERICAN CONGRESS. THE THIRD EDITION.

London: Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1775. [2], 91, [1 blank] pp. Disbound and lacking the half title, title page lightly dusted, else Very Good Printed in the same year as the first edition, this pamphlet rebuts the "loud clamours" and "wild affections" of ingrates "who have denied... More about TAXATION NO TYRANNY; AN ANSWER TO THE RESOLUTIONS AND ADDRESS OF THE AMERICAN CONGRESS. THE THIRD...

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TO THE VOTERS OF THE FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI. A. Lake, illiam

[Lake, W(illiam) A.]:

TO THE VOTERS OF THE FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI.

[Vicksburg: 1861]. Broadside, 7 3/4 x 14 1/4". Light old folds. Printed in two columns, signed in type at the end by Lake and dated Vicksburg, August 13, 1861. Signed, 'Hon. W.A. Lake' in ink at the top blank margin. Very Good. Lake started out in the Border State... More about TO THE VOTERS OF THE FOURTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI

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THE LAWS OF LAS SIETE PARTIDAS, WHICH ARE STILL IN FORCE IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. L. Moreau...

Lislet, L. Moreau and Henry Carleton:

THE LAWS OF LAS SIETE PARTIDAS, WHICH ARE STILL IN FORCE IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. .

New Orleans: Printed by James M'Karaher, 1820. Two volumes. xxv,[1 blank], 605; [3],612-1248,[4],73, [1 blank], [1 errata] pp. Scattered foxing and light wear, bound in modern cloth with gilt-lettered and lightly chipped morocco spine labels. Institutional rubberstamps, Good+. The Preface explains, "The laws of Spain are contained in various... More about THE LAWS OF LAS SIETE PARTIDAS, WHICH ARE STILL IN FORCE IN THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.

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CODE OF PROCEDURE FOR GIVING EFFECT TO THE PENAL CODE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. PREPARED UNDER...

Livingston, Edward:

CODE OF PROCEDURE FOR GIVING EFFECT TO THE PENAL CODE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. PREPARED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF A LAW OF THE SAID STATE.

New Orleans: Printed by Benjamin Levy, 1825. Folio. 263, 27, [1 blank] pp. [bound with] [Livingston, Edward:] DEFINITIONS OF ALL THE TECHNICAL WORDS USED IN THE SYSTEM OF PENAL LAW PREPARED FOR THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. [New Orleans: Benjamin Levy. 1826]. 27, [1 blank] pp. Bound together in contemporary marbled... More about CODE OF PROCEDURE FOR GIVING EFFECT TO THE PENAL CODE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. PREPARED UNDER...

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THE CONGRESSIONAL REGISTER; OR, HISTORY OF THE PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE FIRST HOUSE OF...

Lloyd, Thomas:

THE CONGRESSIONAL REGISTER; OR, HISTORY OF THE PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE FIRST HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. NAMELY, NEW-HAMPSHIRE, MASSACHUSETTS, CONNECTICUT, NEW-YORK, NEW-JERSEY, PENNSYLVANIA, DELAWARE, MARYLAND, VIRGINIA, SOUTH-CAROLINA, AND GEORGIA. BEING THE ELEVEN STATES THAT HAVE RATIFIED THE CONSTITUTION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES. CONTAINING, AN IMPARTIAL ACCOUNT OF THE MOST INTERESTING SPEECHES AND MOTIONS; AND ACCURATE COPIES OF REMARKABLE PAPERS LAID BEFORE AND OFFERED TO THE HOUSE. TAKEN IN SHORT HAND BY THOMAS LLOYD. THE SECOND EDITION. VOLUME II.

New York: Hodge, Allen, and Campbell, and for T. Lloyd, the Proprietors, 1790. 449 [i.e., 471], [1 blank] pp, as issued. Some leaves are foxed. Good+ in modern marbled boards, rebacked in calf with gilt-lettered morocco spine label. Second edition of the second volume of the Register, originally published in... More about THE CONGRESSIONAL REGISTER; OR, HISTORY OF THE PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE FIRST HOUSE OF...

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IDEA SUCINTA DEL PROBABILISMO, QUE CONTIENE LA HISTORIA ABREVIADA DE SU ORIGEN, PROGRESOS, Y...

Lope, D. Juan:

IDEA SUCINTA DEL PROBABILISMO, QUE CONTIENE LA HISTORIA ABREVIADA DE SU ORIGEN, PROGRESOS, Y DECADENCIA: EL EXAMEN CRITICO DE LAS RAZONES, QUE LO ESTABLECEN, Y UN RESUMEN DE LOS ARGUMENTOS, QUE LO IMPUGNAN. POR D. JUAN LOPE DEL RODO. QUIEN LA DEDICA ÁL EXCELENTISIMO SEÑOR DON MANUEL DE AMAT Y JUNIENT, CABALLERO DEL ORDEN DE S. JUAN, GENTILHOMBRE DE CAMARA CON ENTRADA, TENIENTE GENERAL DE LOS REALES EXERCITOS, VIRREY, GOBERNADOR, Y CAPITAN GENERAL, DE LOS REYNOS DEL PERU & C. &C. | POR MANO DEL SEÑOR DOCT. DON JOSEPH PERFECTO DE SALAS, FISCAL DE LA REAL AUDIENCIA DE CHILE, Y ASESOR GENERAL DE ESTOS REYNOS DEL PERU.

Lima [Peru]: Imprenta Real Calle de Palacio, 1772. 6" x 8". [74], 127, [1] pp. Bound in contemporary vellum [dustsoiled and spotted, two chips, large piece of back cover torn off], endpapers pasted to insides of covers. Title page printed in red and black inks. Occasional light foxing, else quite... More about IDEA SUCINTA DEL PROBABILISMO, QUE CONTIENE LA HISTORIA ABREVIADA DE SU ORIGEN, PROGRESOS, Y...

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TO THE VOTERS OF THE NINTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. McLEANSBORO, ILL., MAY 1, '62. FELLOW...

Marshall, Samuel S[cott]:

TO THE VOTERS OF THE NINTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. McLEANSBORO, ILL., MAY 1, '62. FELLOW CITIZENS:

[McLeansboro, Ill. 1862]. Broadside, 12" x 7-1/2". Printed in three columns beneath the title, on ruled paper. Near Fine. This rare, evidently unrecorded broadside announces Marshall's candidacy for Congress. General John Logan, a pre-War Democrat who vigorously supported the Lincoln Administration, had resigned the seat in April 1862 to become... More about TO THE VOTERS OF THE NINTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. McLEANSBORO, ILL., MAY 1, '62. FELLOW CITIZENS:

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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. TO THE SELECTMEN OF THE TOWN OF [WRENTHAM] IN THE FIRST DISTRICT,...

[Massachusetts]:

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. TO THE SELECTMEN OF THE TOWN OF [WRENTHAM] IN THE FIRST DISTRICT, VIZ SUFFOLK, ESSEX, AND MIDDLESEX. GREETING. THESE ARE IN THE NAME OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, TO WILL AND REQUIRE YOU, IN THE MANNER AS THE LAW DIRECTS FOR CALLING TOWN-MEETINGS, TO CAUSE THE FREEHOLDERS AND OTHER INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF...

[Boston: Thomas Adams, 1793]. Folio broadside, 8-1/4" x 13-1/2". Signed twice in type by John Hancock, and twice in manuscript by John Avery, Junior, Secretary. Old folds with some light splitting but no text affected. Paper seal obscures several words. "Wrentham" is inserted in two blank portions of the printed... More about COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. TO THE SELECTMEN OF THE TOWN OF [WRENTHAM] IN THE FIRST DISTRICT,...

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DEBATES, RESOLUTIONS AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS; OF THE CONVENTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF...

[Massachusetts]:

DEBATES, RESOLUTIONS AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS; OF THE CONVENTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, CONVENED AT BOSTON, ON THE 9TH OF JANUARY 1788, AND CONTINUED UNTIL THE 7TH OF FEBRUARY FOLLOWING, FOR THE PURPOSE OF ASSENTING TO AND RATIFYING THE CONSTITUTION RECOMMENDED BY THE GRAND FEDERAL CONVENTION. TOGETHER WITH THE YEAS AND NAYS ON THE DECISION OF THE GRAND QUESTION. TO WHICH THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION IS PREFIXED.

Boston: Printed and sold by Adams and Nourse, in Court-Street; and Benjamin Russell, and Edmund Freeman, in State-Street, 1788. 219, [1 blank] pp, as issued. Followed by contemporary ink manuscript index on four succeeding blank pages. Bound in modern quarter calf and marbled boards. Light to moderate foxing, Good+. An... More about DEBATES, RESOLUTIONS AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS; OF THE CONVENTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF...

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NEW HAMPSHIRE'S RALLY FOR LIBERTY. "I HAVE SWORN UPON THE ALTAR OF GOD, ETERNAL HOSTILITY TO...

[New Hampshire]:

NEW HAMPSHIRE'S RALLY FOR LIBERTY. "I HAVE SWORN UPON THE ALTAR OF GOD, ETERNAL HOSTILITY TO EVERY FORM OF OPPRESSION THAT BOWS DOWN THE SOUL OF MAN."

[Concord: 1848]. Elephant folio broadsheet, printed in seven columns on recto and verso. 19-1/2" x 26-1/2". Old folds, Very Good, with illustration of a sailing vessel, "Ship New Hampshire", flying the flags "No More Slave Territory", and "One Country, One Constitution, One Destiny." Illustration of Nathaniel S. Berry, "the man... More about NEW HAMPSHIRE'S RALLY FOR LIBERTY. "I HAVE SWORN UPON THE ALTAR OF GOD, ETERNAL HOSTILITY TO...

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LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK, COMPRISING THE CONSTITUTION, AND THE ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE SINCE...

New York:

LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK, COMPRISING THE CONSTITUTION, AND THE ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE SINCE THE REVOLUTION, FROM THE FIRST TO THE TWELFTH SESSION, INCLUSIVE. PUBLISHED ACCORDING TO AN ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE, PASSED THE 15TH APRIL, 1786. IN TWO VOLUMES.

New York: Printed by Hugh Gaine, 1789. Large folio. 10 3/4" x 15 1/2". Two volumes in 20th century binder's cloth, with gilt-lettered morocco spine labels. Vol. I: [3], [1 blank], 336, [11-Index], [1 blank], xii, [1], [1 blank]; Vol. 2: [1-title], [1 blank], 471, [1 blank], [17-index], [1 blank]... More about LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK, COMPRISING THE CONSTITUTION, AND THE ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE SINCE...

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A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LEE BASE BALL TEAMS FOR THE PAST TWO OR THREE YEARS. COMPILED BY KINNIE A....

Ostewig, Kinnie A.:

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LEE BASE BALL TEAMS FOR THE PAST TWO OR THREE YEARS. COMPILED BY KINNIE A. OSTEWIG.

Chicago: W.B. Conkey Company, [1897]. Original staples and printed wrappers [mild wear, a couple of spots]. 138pp. Portrait frontis of the author, other full-page portraits of his fellow ballplayers throughout the book. Near Fine. This rare book illuminates the early years of baseball in the American midwest. Ostewig was born... More about A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LEE BASE BALL TEAMS FOR THE PAST TWO OR THREE YEARS. COMPILED BY KINNIE A....

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Pennsylvania:

THE ACTS OF ASSEMBLY OF THE PROVINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA, CAREFULLY COMPARED WITH THE ORIGINALS. AND AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING SUCH ACTS, AND PARTS OF ACTS, RELATING TO PROPERTY, AS ARE EXPIRED, ALTERED OR REPEALED. TOGETHER WITH THE ROYAL, PROPRIETARY, CITY AND BOROUGH CHARTERS; AND THE ORIGINAL CONCESSIONS OF THE HONOURABLE WILLIAM PENN TO THE FIRST SETTLERS OF THE PROVINCE. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF ASSEMBLY.

Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by Hall and Sellers, 1775. Folio. xxi, [1 blank], 536, 22 [Appendix], [12- Index], 3 [Addendum], [1 blank] pp, as issued. Light toning, scattered foxing. Signature of owner at head of title page. Attractively rebound in modern quarter calf [raised spine bands, gilt-lettered morocco spine title]... More about THE ACTS OF ASSEMBLY OF THE PROVINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA, CAREFULLY COMPARED WITH THE ORIGINALS. AND...

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MEMOIR OF THE ASSASSINATION OF HENRY RIVES POLLARD. PREPARED BY HIS BROTHER, EDWARD A. POLLARD....

Pollard, Edward A.:

MEMOIR OF THE ASSASSINATION OF HENRY RIVES POLLARD. PREPARED BY HIS BROTHER, EDWARD A. POLLARD.

Lynchburg: Schaffter & Bryant, Printers, 1869. 32pp. Bound in modern plain wrappers, else Very Good. "Pollard had published an account of the 'elopement' a sister of James Grant who, taking offense at it, shot him in the back with a shotgun on the streets of Richmond. The jury acquitted him... More about MEMOIR OF THE ASSASSINATION OF HENRY RIVES POLLARD. PREPARED BY HIS BROTHER, EDWARD A. POLLARD

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