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

Rochester, Boston, MA: 1822-1834. A collection of six letters ranging in size from 8-1/2" x 11" to 8-1/2" x 12-3/4", five complete and one partial letter. All in ink manuscript on unlined paper. Old folds, light toning, occasional light foxing, two on untrimmed paper. Most are addressed on final blank..... More

Richmond: 1862. Ink manuscript on ruled paper, 5-3/8" x 8-1/8." 8pp, each page filled with Chilton's letter. Old vertical fold with light wear, Very Good. A Whig, Chilton was a Talladega lawyer and former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court. Like many Southern Whigs, he opposed secession but, as..... More

New York: 1865. Elephant folio, 15-1/2" x 22." 8pp, each page in six columns. Several pages of advertisements. The rest devoted to the details of the surrender. A large map on page 8 displays the final troop movements and Appomattox Court House. Disbound, some spine separations, Very Good. The surrender..... More

Philadelphia: Collins, Printer, 705 Jayne Street, 1859 - 5619. 15, [1 blank] pp. Stitched in original printed wrappers [blindstamp and 'withdrawn' rubberstamp in blank upper portion of front wrapper]. Else Very Good. Mickve Israel [Hope of Israel], one of the oldest Philadelphia synagogues, was founded in the 1740s by Sephardic..... More

New-York: Printed by John Patterson, [1788?]. 603, [1 blank], xxii pp. Bound in original pale paper-covered boards [spine worn, covers detached but present]. Pages 207 and 408 are misnumbered as 107, 480, respectively, as issued. Text untrimmed and clean. Very Good. "Date of publication suggested by Evans. Patterson is not..... More

New Haven: T. & S. Green, 1783. 28pp, but lacking the half title. Toned, scattered foxing. Good+, in modern cloth with institutional bookplate and withdrawal on the front free endpaper. "Beadle was a poor unfortunate who exterminated his family and himself. 'It appears he had for some time before, carried..... More

Port Royal: 1863. Manuscript letter, in ink, on printed letterhead of the Department of the South, from Colonel Jno. W. Turner advising Colonel W.W.H. Davis, commanding U.S. Forces at Beaufort, that Colonel Higginson's proposal has been approved: Higginson, with his First South Carolina Colored Troops, is to occupy James Island..... More

Hallowell, [ME]: Newman & Rowell, 1845. 4 printed pages, 16-1/4" x 11-1/2", on a single folded sheet. Light discoloring and spotting. Good+. At head of title: "(Liberty Standard, Extra.)" The Liberty Party was the first national political organization to oppose slavery, "that most stupendous fraud and most atrocious piracy on..... More

Philadelphia: Published by R, Magee, [@1847]. Oblong 10" x 14", lithograph colored by hand. Colors and image bright and clear, with light blank margin foxing. Near Fine, in an archival mat with mylar sheet. A dramatic depiction of the clash between American and Mexican forces, with charging cavalry and two..... More

New York: Hugh Gaine, 1774. Folio, two volumes in a contemporary calf binding [some rubbing, hinges firm but each has small separation at the top]. Raised spine bands, somewhat faded spine lettering. Pages iv, 420; [4], 421-835 [i.e., 833], [1 errata] [as issued]. Contemporary signature of Peter Silvester on title..... More

[Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 1780 or 1781]. Folio. [1], 267-298, [1 blank] pages. Caption title, as issued. Lightly toned, a rubberstamp. Very Good. Bound in later buckram. ESTC W42652 [1- HSP]. Not in Evans. [bound with] MINUTES OF THE FIRST SITTING OF THE FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA..... More