[London] Philadelphia, Printed. London, Re-printed: For E. Johnson, 1776. [2], 42 pp, as issued. Lightly toned, minor foxing, a tear at the upper blank margin of the title leaf [no text affected]. Good+, in modern marbled boards and quarter brown cloth. "Although this was published over Samuel Adams's name..... More

Philadelphia: Published by Wm. H. Morgan, [c. 1815]. Hand-colored aquatint plate, matted, framed in wood. Engraved by J. W. Steel after S. Seymour. 14" x 18". Minor dusting around the blank margins. Very Good. "Print shows, in the center, General Andrew Jackson receiving the salute of General Richard Call while..... More

New Orleans, LA: 1834. Folio broadsheet, 7-1/2" x 12-1/2". [2] pp. Completely in ink manuscript, wax seal remnant in top left margin of recto. Toned, a few old folds [a few short fold splits repaired without loss]. Very Good. In 1833 Benjamin embarked on the practice of law in..... More

[Washington: Towers, 1861]. 16pp. Caption title [as issued], bound in 19th century stiff plain wrappers. Light scattered foxing. Very Good. After David Yulee of Florida, Benjamin was the second Jew to serve in the United States Senate. He "was one of the earliest of the Southern senators to advise secession..... More

[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

[Richmond: Hoyer and Ludwig, 1861]. Lithograph, 25cm x 35cm. Matted. A bit toned at extreme edges, Fine. An unusually rare Confederate imprint, a lithograph depicting Jefferson Davis in full military uniform astride his horse. Parrish & Willingham located a single copy in a private collection. "General Leonidas Polk remained convinced..... More

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

New York: 1856. 12" x 15" portrait on thin tissue paper, mounted to 14" x 18" paper backing. Half length portrait of John C. Fremont wearing a dark colored suit and tie. He has a full mustache and beard, his torso facing forward, head angled to the right. The copyright..... More

Springfield: Published and Sold by E.T. Goudy, [1845]. 40pp. Stitched, untrimmed, a bit of foxing to the title page. Very Good. "Useful Recipes" for coughs, nose bleeds, burns and scalds, and "hooks in horses" are printed; also, times of holding Circuit Courts in Illinois, with lists of presiding judges by..... More

New York: 1854-1859. Folio, 11" x 17", preprinted register with tabbed index and lined pages. [13-index], 638pp [manuscript entries total 425pp, other pages blank]. Full contemporary calf, [rubbed, worn through at edges and spine], front hinge split, index leaves coming detached. Occasional later owner's doodles (most notably on page 390)..... More

Boston: Edes and Gill, 1767. 107, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, uniformly tanned, short closed tear [no loss] to title leaf. Good+. This is the first American edition, printed in the same year as the London first. Authorship is generally attributed to Charles Lloyd, George Grenville's Secretary. "Famous defense of..... More

Pensacola: 1867. One printed page, with integral blank leaf. 4to, signed in type at the end by Mallory. Evidently unrecorded. Very Good. Formerly United States Senator from Florida, and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, Mallory became the Confederacy's Secretary of the Navy. He had long urged..... 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