Boston: White and Adams, 1780. 18pp, without the half title. Modern wrappers over boards. Trimmed closely at the outer margin, barely touching a single letter. Lightly toned, Good+. This plea for ratification of the State Constitution, drafted by John Adams, reflects the American insistence on strictly limited government, with... More
Philadelphia: Printed, by Robert Bell... 1777. [6], 159, [1] pp, plus folding plate [outer blank corner torn]. Pages 97-104 misnumbered 79-86, as issued. Printed on pale blue paper. Lacking the half title, disbound with some loosening. Else Very Good. Several of these "Essays are translated from a Periodical Work, published... More
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
Hanover: Selbstverlag des Verfassers, 1862. Three volumes bound in two: xvi, 384; vi, [2], 168; viii, [4], 69, [3], 132. Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author, with original tissue guard, in volume 1. Contemporary black quarter morocco over pebble-grain cloth, gilt-paneled spines. A clean and attractive copy, with widely scattered... More
[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
Boston: Printed for, and sold by Joseph Greenleaf, at his printing-office... 1773. Original tooled calf, raised spine bands. Rebacked. [8], 386, [2- printer's advertisement] pp [as issued]. Contemporary inscription at upper margin of title page: "Ezekl Price | Tho's Greenleaf Junr." Very Good. The first edition of the first... More
Philadelphia: From the Press of M. Carey, 1792. iv, [5]-196, 189-252, 36 [Appendix I- Poetry], 44 [Appendix II- Public Papers], 40; Appendix III- Proceedings of Congress; and Index] pp. There is no loss of text, despite erratic pagination. Occasional mild wear. Expertly repaired closed tears at leaf 127-128 [no loss]... More
Boston, New-England: Thomas & John Fleet, 1778. 27, [1 blank] pp, with the half title. Stitched, untrimmed. Scattered foxing. Ownership signature of Cotton Tufts. Good+. In resisting Episcopal designs to establish a religion in the Colonies, Chauncy helped fuse religious conviction with political agitation against British domination of American... More
Cincinnati: Times Print, [1861-1865]. Folio broadside, 18-3/4" x 25-1/4", illustrated. Text above and below a large woodcut of a train laden with new goods to Olive Green, with tophatted onlookers, women, a dog. The front of the locomotive with sign, 'Olive Green Still Ahead.' The woodcut has the imprint 'Frazer... 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, Va. West & Johnston, Publishers, 1861. 198, [2- Index] pp. Title page with rubberstamp and light soil, verso with ink accession number. Text lightly to moderately spotted. Bound in later buckram, gilt-lettered morocco spine labels, gum label at spine base. This foundation Confederate imprint also issued from several... More
[Montgomery, Alabama: 1861]. Autograph Letter in the hand of Alex. B. Clitherall, Assistant, and signed "J.J. Harper, Secretary per Alex B. Clitherall Asst." Letter written by Clitherall, an Alabama lawyer who, among other duties, was assistant to Burton Harrison, Jefferson Davis's private secretary, in ink on recto of first leaf... More
[Philadelphia] America: Printed for the Subscribers, by Robert Bell, 1775. 4to. viii, 512 pp. Light foxing and toning, Very Good. Bound in modern quarter morocco with gilt-decorated spine, gilt-lettered spine label, marbled boards. Cullen thoroughly examines the use of many different substances for their curative properties, and their salutary effects... More
![AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, FROM FLORIDA CONFEDERATE CONGRESSMAN R.B. HILTON, TO CONFEDERATE PRESIDENT JEFFERSON DAVIS, RICHMOND, SEPTEMBER 1, 1862; PLUS, ON ITS VERSO, TWO OTHER MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENTS: [1] DAVIS'S REFERRAL, PERHAPS IN HIS HAND, SIGNED 'J.D.', TO THE SECRETARY OF WAR, REGARDING A COMMUNICATION FROM THE TALLAHASSEE GUARDS; [2] OPINION OF GEORGE WYTHE RANDOLPH, THOMAS JEFFERSON'S GRANDSON, AS CONFEDERATE SECRETARY OF WAR RESPONDING TO DAVIS'S REQUEST. [Recto]: "HIS EXCY. PRESIDENT DAVIS: / SIR: / THE ENCLOSED COMMUNICATION, FROM MEN WHO HAVE DONE GALANT [sic] SERVICE HAS BEEN FORWARDED TO ME TO BE PRESENTED TO YOUR EXCELLENCY - I HOPE IT MAY RECEIVE RESPECTFUL CONSIDERATIONS AND EVEN FAVORABLE ACTIONS./ VERY RESPECTFULLY YR. OBT. SEVT. R.B. HILTON, REP. FROM FLORIDA." On verso [as docketed]: "HON. R.B. HILTON/ M.C. FROM FLORIDA/ RICHMOND SEPT. 1, 1862/ ENCLOSED LETTER FROM TALLAHASSEE GUARDS." [On verso, Davis's reference to the Secretary of War]: "SECY. OF WAR FOR ATTENTION. AS A 12 MOS. COMPANY REORGANIZED THE CLAIM TO ELECT AS SET FORTH SEEMS TO BE WELL FOUNDED. IF THE STATEMENT IS FOUND CORRECT IT WOULD BE BETTER TO GET ANOTHER CO. TO COMPLETE THE REGT. ONE TENDERED FOR THE WAR WOULD NOT PRESENT THE DIFFICULTY. J.D." [On verso, Randolph's response]: "RESPECTFULLY RETURNED THE PRESIDENT. IT IS BELIEVED THAT ALL OF THE COS. OCCUPY THE SAME POSITION NO AUTHORITY HAVING BEEN GRANTED TO RAISE NEW COS. THE PETITIONERS HAVE FALLEN INTO THE MISTAKE OF SUPPOSING THAT OFFICERS ARE ONLY APPOINTED FOR CONSCRIPTS WHEN IN FACT THE LAW AUTHORIZING THE APPOINTMENT OF FIELD OFFICERS IS ONLY APPLICABLE TO VOLUNTEERS. GENL FINEGAN HAS BEEN DIRECTED IN NOMINATING FIELD OFFICERS TO CONSULT AS FAR AS PRACTICABLE THE WISHES OF THE REGT. G.W. RANDOLPH." [In pencil]: "Ans- J.D." Jefferson Davis.](/pictures/thumb/33439_1.JPG?v=1523967378)
[Richmond: 1862]. 5" x 8", lined paper. Completely in manuscript, two folds. Very thin remnant of paper and glue along one edge from apparently having been glued down previously [a handful of letters only slightly affected]. The middle portion of the verso contains Davis's referral to Randolph, reciting the "enclosed... More
Tallahassee: 1868-. Eleven volumes, library cloth binding, gilt-lettered red morocco spine labels. Old library rubberstamps and bookplates, Good+ to Very Good. The volumes provide a complete picture of Florida's legislative responses to Reconstruction and the decade after the end of Reconstruction. a] FIRST SESSION, 1868. THE ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS... More
Tallahassee: Office of the Floridian: Printed by Samuel S. Sibley. 1846 [i.e., 1847]. Nine bound volumes, containing twelve legislative sessions, bound in later cloth except as otherwise noted. Some institutional marks, overall Very Good. We offer the following: a] SECOND SESSION. THE ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF... More
Washington: Gales and Seaton, Printers, 1845. 28th Cong., 2d Sess. SD174. 693pp. 22 plates, five maps [3 folding] [complete]. Light scattered foxing, disbound, Very Good. "The most spectacular reconnaissance of the West since Lewis and Clark and the catalyst which changed the entire picture of Western geography and set... More
[Milledgeville: 1862]. Broadside, 6" x 13", printed in two columns. Browned and lightly worn. The following two lines of manuscript on verso bleed through to recto: "Insert one time & forward Bill to Executive Dept." Else Very Good. Signed in type by Henry C. Wayne, "Adj. & Ins. General." Georgia's... More
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
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
Philadelphia: Published by Mason & Co. 1864. 16pp, 2 7/8" x 4 1/4". Original printed wrappers with portrait of an unshaven Lincoln on the front wrap. Rear wrap is a publisher's advertisement [rear wrap spotted and shaved a bit at the fore-edge, costing a few letters]. Text clean with only... 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
San Francisco, Cal. 1852. 48pp, bound in period half calf and marbled boards. Scattered foxing, Good+. "These speeches of Lockwood are required reading for anyone wishing to understand the dark and cruel side of the activities of the Vigilance Committee. Lockwood was a man of great courage and unusual ability... More
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
Washington: Way and Gideon, Printers, 1826. 24pp, printed document, disbound and lightly foxed. Trimmed a bit unevenly but no text affected. Contemporary pencil notations at page 22. Good+ or so. The Canal in the Territory of Orleans, connecting Bayou St. John with the Old Basin, was called the Carondelet Canal... More