Philadelphia: Aitken, 1789. vi, 320, 323-359, [3 blanks]; iv, 360 pp. 2 volumes, as issued. Bound in modern quarter calf and paper over boards. Scattered foxing. Else Very Good. This first edition is by one of the most important early historians of the Revolution. It is "the work of an..... More
Manuscript letter, entirely in neat ink handwriting, probably that of General Winder's son and adjutant, Captain Sidney Winder. Blue lined paper, folded to [4] pp. Letter on first page, interior pages blank, docketed on page [4]. Small closed tear expertly repaired in blank portion of final leaf. Very Good... More
[Santa Rosa: 1885]. Engraved invitation, top flap with color illustration of American flag. Bottom half in several elegant type styles and fonts. "Grover Cleveland" in manuscript. Mild wear, Very Good. [offered with] REGULATIONS OF THE GRAND MILITARY CARNIVAL OF CO. E. 5TH INF. REG. N.G.C. AT ARMORY RINK, SANTA ROSA..... More
Philadelphia: W. Ross, 1797. 140, [12 Index] pp. Bound in attractive original quarter calf and marbled paper over boards, with gilt-lettered morocco spine label. Occasional light foxing, Very Good. [offered with] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES, AT THE SECOND SESSION OF THE FIFTH CONGRESS. Philadelphia..... More
Washington: 12 September 1801. Single page, in neat ink manuscript. Light old folds, blank inner margin reinforced. Very Good. "Sir | I have shipped in the Hiland, Capt. Hand for Philadelphia, and to your care, a box addressed to the Governor of the Indiana Territory, containing laws for the use..... More
[Cincinnati: 1876]. Folio, 11-3/4" x 14-1/2." 8p. Caption title, as issued. Each page printed in three columns, each column separated by a rule. Minor wear, Very Good. Schurz, a German-American, whose advocacy was important in securing German immigrants to the Republican Party, had finished his term as U.S. Senator from..... More
Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1779. 46, [1 errata], [1 blank] pp, with the half title as issued. Disbound, with first and last leaves detached from text block but present. Scattered spotting, Good+. A fine Revolutionary War election sermon by the Wallingford minister. Dana's text is from Jeremiah XVIII. 9..... More
Tacoma, Wash. 1896. 21, [1 blank] pp, in original printed wrappers with wrapper title as issued. Entire text in German Gothic type. Stapled as issued, a couple of extremity chips on the wrappers, Very Good. Each page printed in two columns. Henry Craemer, a German immigrant employed at a local..... More
[New Orleans: 1874]. Folio, with the ownership bookplate of Felix Limongi. Extra-illustrated chromolithographic title page as frontis, dated 1874. [21], 12- 336, [18] pp. Profusely illustrated, many advertisements. Light to moderate foxing, Good+. Bound in publisher's black cloth with front cover stamped in gilt: "Presented to Str. Waloon | Jewell's..... More
Cincinnati & New York: Russell Morgan Print 4493, [c. 1900]. Broadside theatrical poster, in a variety of colors, oblong 21" x 28." Several areas of short margin tears, one small area of abrasion [1/4" x 1"] in the poster, not affecting text. Very Good. More
Wallingford, Conn. Printed at the Circular Office, 1865. Original printed title wrapper [lacking the rear wrapper]. 32pp, with frontis engraving entitled 'Dwellings of the Community, Oneida, N.Y.' Stitched, moderate foxing, Good+. John Noyes's genius "for organization and his dominating personality made Oneida Community the most successful of all American..... More
[New Orleans]: Clark & Hofeline, Book Printers, 112 Gravier Street, [1875]. 16pp, stitched in original printed title wrappers, as issued. Lightly toned, light foxing and extremity wear to the wrappers. Several penciled text corrections by a contemporary reader. Very Good. A New Orleans native, Confederate veteran, and Conservative Democrat, Wiltz..... More
Salem, MA: 1824. Bifolium, folded to [4] pp. Letter on first page, interior pages blank, addressed, with Salem postal cancel, to "James H. Causten Esqr. | Baltimore." Old folds, tear without text loss from removing the red seal [a remnant of which remains]. Expert reinforcement on blank verso of portion..... More
Washington DC: 1861. Single sheet, folded to [4] pp bifolium, each page 6-3/8" x 8-1/8." Neat ink manuscript on first three pages. Last page blank. Very Good plus. With the canceled postal envelope, in Gothic type "Official" in upper left corner and "Pension Office" in upper right corner above Barrett's..... More
New York: John Trow, 1854. 22, [2 blanks] pp. Broken stitching, gathered signatures. Old duplicate rubberstamp, light dusting. Good+. Cooley's speech demonstrates the disruption of the Democratic Party caused by President Pierce's Kansas policy, Stephen A. Douglas's attempt to repeal the 1820 Missouri Compromise, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act... More
New York: McSpedon & Baker, Printers to the Common Council, 1850. 116pp, in original publisher's cloth [stamped in blind, with gilt spine title, chipped at spine ends]. Text lightly toned. Except as noted, Very Good. This was one of the most dramatic of New York City's many fires, explosions..... More
Penn Yan, N.Y. Photographed by W.C. Crew, [1865]. 2-3/8" x 4." The information regarding W.C. Crew on the verso. Very Good. There were several variant imprints, some captioned 'Washington and Lincoln, Apotheosis.' No caption was printed with this carte. More
[np: nd]. 2-3/8" x 4." Lightly foxed. No imprint. The photo of the bearded Lincoln is clean and unmarked. Except as noted, Very Good. More
[np: 1865]. Carte de visite cartoon, oblong 2-1/2" x 4." From an 1865 Currier and Ives 4to lithograph, c. 11" x 16." The miniaturization has rendered the text difficult [but not impossible] to read. Else Very Good. It was rumored that, when Jefferson Davis was captured at War's end, he..... More
Framed, with a half-length engraved portrait of Tyler. Very Good. The engraving is by James Reid Lambdin, from Volume IV of 'The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans, with Biographical Sketches.' Philadelphia: 1853. Tyler probably signed and addressed the envelope as President; he had four Secretaries of the Navy..... More
Birmingham... 1877. 64pp. Disbound, else Very Good. Malins led a mass resignation from the world Templar organization, which acceded to the refusal of Southern Templar societies to admit black Templars. "It has been found that the Grand Lodges in the ex-Slave States have generally excluded all coloured people from membership..... More
London: E. Curtice & Co. [A. Ireland and Co., Printers, Manchester], [1876]. 24pp. Disbound, else Very Good. The International Order of Good Templars, established in America "for the reclamation of drunkards," was "founded upon the principle of the universal brotherhood of man." Unfortunately, in the Southern States "the liberation of..... More
New Orleans: 1864. 8" x 10." Printed broadsheet [several type fonts and styles], completed in manuscript. Old folds for recording and filing. Very Good plus. Haden [also spelled Hayden, on the verso] pledges his allegiance to the United States, and signs with his mark on 25 March 1864 at Fort..... More
New York: Bartlett & Welford, 1844. xvii, [1 blank], [11]-328 pp, plus ten folding engraved lithographed battle maps. Text and maps clean and Very Good. Original boards [worn], firmly rebacked with original paper spine label retained. Ours is the earliest obtainable and the first published edition. It is the..... More
Petersburg: Printed by Edmund & Julian C. Ruffin, 1840, 1843. xxxi, [1 blank], 160; [4], [9]-130. Page 102 et seq are misprinted 104 et seq. Text is continuous. Light foxing. Several institutional and withdrawal stamps. Good+, in modern black cloth, with gilt-lettered red morocco spine label. Theodorick Bland, a Virginia..... More