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A list, set forth below, of Alabama laws from 1859, through the Civil War and early Reconstruction, in various bindings and conditions. Overall Good+ to Very Good. ACTS OF THE SEVENTH BIENNIAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF ALABAMA, HELD IN THE CITY OF MONTGOMERY, COMMENCING ON THE SECOND MONDAY..... More
Philadelphia: C. Sherman, Printer, 5606 [i.e., 1845]. Contemporary plain wrappers [some chipping; old rubberstamp]. Stitched. 11, [1 blank] pp. One rubberstamp on title page, persistent small spot at blank lower margin. Else Very Good. This important organization was, according to the online Jewish Encyclopedia, "A society formed for the dissemination..... More
New York: Baker & Godwin, 1863. 117, [blank], [1], [1 blank] pp. In a presentation, gilt-decorated and gilt-lettered cloth binding to Hon. Robert Waddle [upper portion of front cover sunned]. With elegant presentation slip in typescript laid in: "Presented, with their compliments, by the Metropolitan Police of the City of..... More
[np: @1762]. Folio sheet, folded to 9-3/4" x 15." 3, [1 docket] pp. Old folds, with several separations expertly repaired without loss. Else Very Good, with caption title, as issued. A contemporary manuscript note in a blank margin recites English law that "no man shall be put out of his..... More
New York: Peter Smith [Currier & Ives], 1848. Folio lithograph broadside, oblong 14" x 19." Copyright information in manuscript at blank lower margin. Mounted to a thin board, light dusting. Very Good. Though little known today, Cass was a leader of the Democratic Party for thirty years, its 1848 presidential..... More
Baltimore: 1861. Folio broadside, on thin paper. 13-1/2" x 16-1/2." Significant reinforcement on blank verso, but not visible on printed recto. Small hole affecting 'th' in the word 'the;' small hole just touching the base of the final letter 'E' in the title. This rare, apparently unrecorded broadside seeks to..... More
[New York: Elias Dexter; one by L. Prang, c.1862-1863?]. Forty-eight handsome portrait engravings of important Civil War figures, including Lincoln and Cabinet members, Union Army and Navy leaders, Jefferson Davis, and others. Each mounted within a decorative stiff card frame with gilt border. Portraits are clear and clean, most with..... More
[New York? Currier & Ives? 1861]. Lithograph, 13-1/2" x 18". Paper toned but images clear. Short closed tear at top blank margin, minor chipping to two blank corners. Very Good. "A tribute to commander of the Union forces Gen. Winfield Scott, shown as the mythical Hercules slaying the many-headed dragon..... More
[np: 1844?]. Printed and decorated silk broadside, 18-1/2" x 13-1/2." Six red horizontal, flag-like stripes. Old tape bleedthrough at extremities from prior matting, light wear. Good+. The flag depicts a raccoon thumbing his nose at the moon. The illustration became a common Whig Party symbol in 1840. The coon is..... More
New York: [1862-1865]. Oblong 7" x 10," on a mount 11" x 13-7/8." Composite albumen photograph of 49 chest-up images. Each Officer is identified with printed key on the mount. Several images, including Robert Lee and Stonewall Jackson are probably from the Mexican War period; they certainly appear younger than..... More
[Berlin, CT]: April 4, 1840. Broadside, 7" x 13-3/4". Some spotting, a repaired fold split [no loss], Good+. This rare broadside, a brilliant example of uninhibited political invective, is an angry Democratic attack against Whigs' illegal disruption of the recent local election. "At your Town Election last fall, by the..... More
Letterpress broadside, 11-1/4" x 6-1/2" on thin paper. Text 10-stanza text, each stanza in four lines, surrounded by decorative border. Some light wrinkling [no text obscured], a couple of margin chips and a couple of fox spots, untrimmed. Good+. Born in Ireland, Cosgrove (1841-1912) enlisted at Vandalia in the 7th..... More
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Paris: Chez Cuchet Libraire, Rue det Hotel Serpente, 1787. Three volumes: xxxii, 478, [2- Table], [2 blanks] [plus three plates (including frontis) and one folding map] ; [2], 438, [6] [with three folding maps]; [2], 592 pp [one folding map, one folding chart]. Contemporary calf, gilt spine rules and morocco..... More
[Washington]: 1802. Broadside, 7-1/8" x 12-3/4." Signed in type, "H. Dearborn." At the end, in print, Lieutenant Colonel Thomas H. Cushing writes, "The foregoing exact copy of an original order of the Secretary of War, on file in this office, is communicated for your information and government." Followed by the..... More
Boston: Printed and Sold by John Boyle, 1773. 31, [1 blank] pp, as issued. Disbound, Good+. Death's-head ornament above the title. With a running title, "Christ's Promise to the penitent Thief." Contemporary ownership inscription at top margin. Eliot, an influential proponent of the ideas of Natural Rights and self-government, supported..... More
Philadelphia: John Fenno, 1791. 203pp. Folio. Original blind-ruled calf [lightly rubbed, rehinged]. Light scattered foxing, Very Good. This was an eventful Session of the first Senate. In late December 1790, the Journal records the receipt from Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury, of a report "containing a plan for a...... More
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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] SIXTH SESSION. THE ACTS AND RESOLUTIONS... Tallahassee: 1853. 193, X pp..... More
Charleston [S.C.]: Printed by A.E. Miller, 1828. ix, [2], [1 blank], 240pp. With the errata leaf. Contemporary half brown morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine [light rubbing]. Widely scattered light foxing. Very Good. Bookplate of Joel Davis Madden, Jr., on front pastedown. Alexander Garden was a soldier in Lee's Legion..... More
[np: 1864]. 4to. Written in ink, and signed at the end by Royce on the verso of a single leaf. Several small holes [text unaffected], a few closed tears [two archival tape repairs]. Good+. This unusual, insightful document illuminates the laws of war applicable during the bitter American Conflict. Royce's..... More
Helena, MT: 1866-1874. Ten engraved bank notes, completed in manuscript, from the "Banking House of L.H. Hershfield," "Banking House of L.H. Hershfield & Co.," and "Banking House of L.H. Hershfield & Bro." All signed by Hershfield or his brother and partner Aaron. All with U.S. Revenue Stamps and endorsements. A...... 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
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. Else Very Good. The Library of Congress entry: "A satire attributing the dire fiscal straits of the nation to Andrew Jackson's banking policies, with specific reference to..... More
New York: Currier & Ives, 1860. Lithograph illustrated broadside, 17" x 13-1/2." Uniform mild toning, shallow blank upper corner chip, light wear. Very Good. The Republicans depicted Lincoln as a familiar, iconic figure in American life: the self-made frontiersman who had pulled himself up by his bootstraps and climbed the..... More
New York: Currier & Ives, 1860. Uncolored lithograph broadside, 18" x 13-1/2." Several blank margin smudges, from prior mounting or old fingerprints. Very Good. An excellent description from the Christie's 2006 auction of the Forbes Collection: "LINCOLN EVICTS BUCHANAN. A witty comment on the unexpected victory of Lincoln and the..... More
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Boston: Edes and Sons, 1781. [3]-22, [2 blanks], 7, [1 blank], 8 pp. Lacking the half title. Stitched, untrimmed, light wear. Early 19th century ownership signatures. Except as noted, Very Good. The title page is preceded by "an order of the House, dated Feb. 26, 1781, that the Address and..... More