[Peterboro, NY? 1874]. 4pp, folded. Some blank extremity wear, Good+. Dated in type at the end, "Peterboro, October 1, 1874." The eclectic reformer Smith opposes the election of Tilden as New York's Governor. "Every vote for Mr. Tilden is a vote for the restoration of the Democratic Party to power;..... More
Washington: Jonathan Elliot, 1832. 47, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, light scattered foxing, else Very Good. A presentation copy: "Professor Dean | with the respects of the Author." More
Berlin: 1797. Magazin von merkwürdigen neuen Reisebeschreibungen aus fremden Sprachen übersetzt und mit erläuternden Anmerkungen begleitet. Mit Kupfern. Vierzehnter Band. Berlin, 1797. In der Vossischen Buchhandlung. [Magazine of noteworthy new travel-experiences translated from foreign languages and accompanied by illuminating observations. With copperplates. Fourteenth Volume. Published in Berlin, 1797, by the..... More
[Lecompton, Lawrence, Topeka, Leavenworth, and the "bogus legislature" from Washington]: [1856-1877]. The earliest laws of the State of Kansas [excepting the second session], with the Kansas House Journal of the first statehood legislature. Paginated variously, some volumes with institutional rubberstamps and bookplates. Otherwise, texts are clean, with bindings in various..... More
Boston: White and Potter, 1852. 24pp. Stitched. Good+ The pamphlet presents a dispute over the apportionment of representatives in the State legislature. The Democrats urge a Convention to alter the system of representation, which unfairly diminishes the power of "agricultural towns" to the benefit of "large cities and flourishing towns."..... More
Butler County, PA: 1820-1828. Folio, 16" x 10". Three volumes bound in three quarter leather [SUE FINISH CONDITION] - front board detached, large piece of leather cover missing - approximately 292 pages, multiple cases per page - many cases relate to debts Squire William Campbell [1772-1828] was born in Franklin..... More
Boston: Redding and Company, 1855. [2], 91, [1 blank] pp. Disbound and lightly worn, else Very Good. This printed Letter to Doughface President Franklin Pierce is signed in type at the end, "AMERICAN CITIZEN" and dated Boston, December 1, 1854. Its message doubtless fell on deaf ears. The author, probably..... More
Statesville, N.C. 1894. Dated in type Nov. 5, 1894. Broadside, printed in two columns separated by a rule, 6-3/4" x 11." Old folds, with a small split at a fold intersection [no text lost; blank verso with browning around the intersection]. Else Very Good. [offered with] PRINTED BROADSIDE ADDRESSED TO..... More
New York: J. Brill, 1865. 2-3/8" x 3-7/8," illustration of a despairing Jefferson Davis, now a prisoner in handcuffs standing in the middle of his small cell. Mrs. Davis's dress and crinoline, in which he was allegedly captured, hangs on a wall in his prison cell. A stool and a...... More
Tallahassee: Office of the Floridian: Printed by Samuel S. Sibley. 1846 [i.e., 1847]. 99, V pp. Perforation stamp on title leaf, a couple of other institutional marks, else Very Good. Bound in later buckram, with gilt-lettered red morocco spine title [Social Law Library stamped at base of spine]. Florida joined..... More
Quincy, Ill. C.M. Woods, 1836 [Friday, January 1]. 8pp, caption title as issued. Each page 8" x 13." Disbound. Evenly numbered pages printed upside down. Very Good. The Extra lists hundreds of names-- Patentees and Present Owners-- and descriptions of lands [including acreage, location, taxes due] "lying in the County..... More
[np: c. 1800]. Folio sheet folded to 8" x 9-3/4." Three pages of neat ink manuscript, final page blank. Chained paper with watermark "Munn & Simmons 1798". Split along main fold [no text involvement]. Very Good. Probably in Pettit's hand, this document traces land titles from the 1780s in Harrison..... More
Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1825. 188pp, disbound, 27 folding charts. Very Good. A definitive report on the U.S. peacetime army during the 1820's, with reports on the status of surveys and fortifications, relations with the Indian tribes, and the financial structure and organization of the army. AI 22986 [3]... More
Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1824. Doc. 1. 19pp. Disbound, untrimmed, light toning. Good+. [offered with] DOCUMENTS ACCOMPANYING THE MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. Washington: Gales & Seaton. 1824. 317pp, folding tables. Untrimmed, disbound. Scattered toning, else Very Good. The 1814 Treaty of Ghent pledged all parties to..... More
Washington: Cornelius Wendell, Printer, 1857. 35th Cong., 1st Sess. SED11. 775pp, disbound else Very Good. At midstream of the Buchanan administration, his disastrous Kansas policy alienates his Democratic support in the North; even pro-slavery northerners find it difficult to stomach the election frauds and violence necessary to sustain the Lecompton..... More
[vp: 1898-1916]. Collected by Harvard University, bound in red institutional buckram with its library stamps and withdrawal notice on front pastedown. Several other library marks, generally inconspicuous. Else Very Good. Title quotation from Wikipedia's article on Schrader. The collection begins with a typed letter, signed by Schrader and dated 30..... More
Philadelphia: S. Agustus Mitchell, 1846 [i.e., 1925 "[Reproduced by North Pacific Bank Note Co.]" 34, [2 blanks] pp, with folding map, in color with decorative borders: "A New Map of Texas Oregon and California with the Regions Adjoining Compiled from the most recent authorities. . ." Very Good. The 1925..... More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1887. 4to. Frontis photo illustration of Schley with original tissue guard. 75pp plus full page illustrations, maps. Inner hinges cracking, else Very Good. "In the Thetis and Bear, Schley pushed vigorously northward, and on June 22 near Cape Sabine saved the seven survivors of Greely 's..... More
New York and London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1904. Original publisher's cloth, title stamped in gilt on front cover and spine, lettering surrounded by decorative border. Inner hinges cracked. ss, 320 pp on glossy paper, with illustrations as listed. Occasional mild wear. Very Good. More
New York: American Tract Society, [1895]. Original decorated and illustrated publisher's cloth [lightly rubbed]. Frontis photo illustrations. 515, [1 blank] pp, with many illustrations as collated. Very Good. Much information on the Hawaiian Islands, the Marquesas, Tonga, Fiji, New Zealand, and other Pacific Islands - - all ripe for conversion..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, [1842]. Volume I: li, [1 blank], [53]-371, [1 blank] pp. Folding map frontis [folds reinforced on blank verso], entitled Map of Lewis and Clark's Track Across the Western Portion of North America . . . Volume II: x, [1], 10-394, [1 blank] pp. The..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1935. x, 291, [1 blank] pp. Institutional bookplate on front pastedown, gum label at spine base. Else Very Good in original publisher's cloth. 43 Decker 190. More
[Courtland, Lawrence Cty., Alabama: 1840]. Single page, 7-3/4" x 12-3/4." Entirely in ink manuscript. Dated June 20, 1840, and signed at the end by Watkins and Swoope, with Jno. J. McMahon as witness. Inner edge is irregular. Closed tear [no loss] repaired expertly at blank bottom margin. Very Good. This..... More
[Springfield: 1847]. Oblong broadside, 12-3/4" x 16." Printed and completed in manuscript, with signatures of French and Cooley. Text surrounded by decorative border. Light wear, old folds with reinforcement on blank verso, Very Good. Docketed on verso in manuscript. More
[Springfield: 1834]. Broadside, obling 15-3/4" x 13," printed and completed in manuscript. Iconic Screaming Eagle holding 'E Pluribus Unum' banner at head of title. Several fold splits [minor loss], repaired archivally. Text surrounded by decorative border. With the embossed State Seal. Some foxing, old folds. Attested by the Regiment's Captain..... More