Boston: 1810. 44 folio issues, each [4] pp and 14" x 20-1/4." Number 4 of Volume 32 through Number 51 of Volume 32; Whole Number 1378 through Whole Number 1425, LACKING No. 7 [Whole No. 1881, January 22], No. 16 [Whole No. 1390, February 19], No. 18, [Whole No. 1392..... More

[London] Philadelphia, Printed: London, Reprinted for J. Almon, 1776. [4], 47, [1- publ. advt] pp. A Fine copy in modern quarter morocco and plain paper over boards, with gilt-lettered spine title. This is the famous response by a Maryland Loyalist to Thomas Paine's 'Common Sense'. Howes calls it the "most..... More

Charleston: Walker, Evans & Cogswell, 1899. 210pp, as issued. Publisher's gray cloth [light soil], front board and spine stamped in gilt (spine dulled]. Inner front hinge cracked but boards firm. Mild occasional foxing. Very Good. This first edition of this rare South Carolina regimental history. Coker dedicates it "to the..... 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

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

[Paris? 1790-1795?]. Uncolored oval bust portrait of a bespectacled Benjamin Franklin. 8-1/4" x 9-3/4", on a 10-1/2" x 13-3/4" sheet. Portrait surrounded by a black oval border. The portrait is captioned "Francklin." Directly beneath the oval border in small type is printed "Vanloo Pinxt" to the left and "P.M. Alex..... 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

[North Bloomfield California? c. 1882-1883]. Printed broadside on lined paper, 8"x 12-1/2." With spaces for names and signatures. 32 names are written in two columns; some are original signatures, others have been written down by a single person. Amount of contribution appears to the right of each name; "Pd." written..... More

Washington: Friday, January 18, 1833. Elephant folio broadsheet, 15-1/2" x 17-1/2". Printed in five columns on each page. Lightly toned, Very Good. Except for the last 1-1/2 columns, the entire Supplement prints President Andrew Jackson's Address of January 16, 1833, the most outspoken defense-- until Abraham Lincoln-- of the supremacy..... More

Philadelphia: John Bioren, 1824. 24pp. Stitched in original plain wrappers [lightly dusted]. Very Good. Kestenbaum calls this the "First printing of a Charter and official incorporation of a synagogue in America." The pamphlet prints the "Constitution," which is evidently considered the "Charter." Official certifications by the Commonwealth Attorney General, Judges..... 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

[Waterloo, MO]: June 8, 1840. Large folio, folded to 7-1/2" x 12-1/2". [3], [1 blank] pp. Completely in ink manuscript. Old folds, Very Good. Clark County, in farthest northeastern Missouri along the Des Moines and Mississippi Rivers, borders Iowa to the north and Illinois to the east. The County, created..... More

Plano, Illinois: Printed at the True Latter Day Saints' Herald Steam Book Office, [1870]. 8pp, as issued with caption title. Signed at the bottom of page 8, in type, by Joseph Smith as President; and by Joseph Smith, Alex. H. Smith, Mark H. Forscutt, Wm. W. Blair, and Josiah Ells..... More