[Cincinnati: 1845]. Folio sheet, folded to 8" x 10". [4]pp. Printed in typescript on rectos only, addressed in manuscript, with postal cancel, on page [4], to John W. Anderson, Columbus, Ohio; and ink signature 'S.P. Chase 1845.' Remnant of red seal. Couple of short tape repairs at folds. Else Very... More
Newbury: Printed and Sold by John MycalL----- Sold also by Draper & Folsom of Boston, [1778]. 12 leaves as issued. Spine reinforced. Some lightening of text, light toning, light blank edge wear. Good+. This is a scarce Revolutionary-era almanac. It is the only edition. With a table of roads and... More
Newbury-Port: Printed and Sold by John Mycall, and Draper & Folsom of Boston, [1778]. Stitched, 12 leaves as issued. Light wear, Very Good. This is a scarce Revolutionary-era almanac, which issued from Boston as well as Newburyport. Ours is "identical in content with the Draper & Folsom (Boston, 1778) edition... More
Philadelphia: Printed by Andrew Steuart, at the Bible-in-Heart, in Second street, [1763]. [40]pp, as issued. Bound in modern half brown morocco and marbled boards, with gilt-lettered spine title [small gum label on spine; old bookplate on front pastedown]. Light dust and wear, trimmed closely but without affecting text. Good+... More
Exeter, New Hampshire: From the Music Press of Henry Ranlet, [1802]. 4to. Oblong. 9" x 11-1/2." xxiv, 471, [1] pp [as issued]. Pages 49-56 bound out of order. Lightly toned, light wear, moderately foxed, pages a bit weary. Tattered rear endpaper retained. Good+ in later brown half calf and marbled... More
[np: 1862?]. Broadside printed on bright yellow paper, 3-5/8" x 8-5/8". Light toning, Very Good. This scarce song was printed in several locales, with slight variations. All appear to begin, as here, with "You Rebels come along and listen to my song." The song mocks the efforts of Abraham Lincoln... More
New York: Printed and Published at the Office of the Independent Review, 1876. [6], 50pp, errata slip tipped in following last page. Original printed paper-covered boards [separating from text block, soiled, edgewear, spine reinforced with cloth tape, institutional gum label at base of front cover]. Title leaf with institutional rubberstamps... More
Alton, Ill. Printed at the "Courier" Book and Job Office, 1856. 12pp. Stitched as issued, but separating along the spine,. Light chipping to blank edges, light spotting and dusting. Good+. "The issue is undoubtedly between Slavery and Anti-Slavery," says the author, a Madison County farmer and activist in local political... More
![STATE OF NORTH-CAROLINA. TO THE SHERIFF OF [WARREN] COUNTY: GREETING. YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED TO TAKE THE BOD[Y OF SAMUEL TAYLOR] IF TO BE FOUND IN YOUR BAILIWICK, AND [HIM] SAFELY KEEP SO THAT YOU HAVE [HIM] BEFORE THE JUSTICES OF THE COUNTY COURT OF PLEAS AND QUARTER-SESSIONS TO BE HELD FOR THE COUNTY OF [WARREN] AT THE COURT-HOUSE IN [WARRENTON] ON THE [FOURTH] MONDAY IN [FEBRUARY] NEXT, THEN AND THERE TO ANSWER [UNTO US ON A PRESENTMENT MADE BY THE GRAND JURY FOR NOT KEEPING UP SIGN & MILE POSTS AS OVERSEER OF A ROAD AGREEABLE TO FACE]. HEREIN FAIL NOT AND HAVE YOU THEN AND THERE THIS WRIT. WITNESS [M. DUKE JOHNSON] CLERK OF THE SAID COURT, AT THE [26TH] DAY OF [NOVR.] IN THE [12TH] YEAR OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE SAID STATE, ANNO DOM. 1787. [M. DUKE JOHNSON]. North Carolina Summons.](/pictures/thumb/35369.JPG?v=1539791273)
[New Bern or Fayetteville]: Printed by Hodge & Blanchard, [1786 or 1787]. A printed form, completed in manuscript [signified here by brackets], single page, 4" x 10-1/4", docketed in manuscript on verso. Old fold lines and light wear, Very Good. An early, ephemeral North Carolina imprint. The Hodge & Blanchard... More
New York: Printed for the Author, 1822. 76pp. Original printed wrappers [front wrap loose]. Frontis illustration: cannon, swords, other implements of War, caption 'War Condemned by the Precepts of the Gospel.' Disbound, foxing, two rubberstamps on title page. On blank portions of the title page a contemporary hand has twice... More
Worcester: Printed by Colton & Howland, 1839. Original printed wrappers. 32pp. Disbound, else Very Good. This is the rare report, and apparently the only published record, of an unusual Massachusetts trial, occurring more than fifty years after its Supreme Court had declared Slavery a violation of the Commonwealth's Constitution. Olivia... More
Philadelphia: King & Baird, 1861. 100pp. Printed in two columns per page. Disbound, with original printed front wrapper [chipped at upper corner, just touching part of a letter]. Good+. Smith, purportedly sailing as a crew member under the flag of France, had hijacked the American schooner Enchantress and seized one... More
Philadelphia: T.K. and P.G. Collins, Printers, 1850. 24pp. Disbound without wraps and a bit of loosening, Good+. Kelley, a Pennsylvania Democrat, became disgusted with the Pierce Administration and Stephen A. Douglas, who engineered repeal of the Missouri Compromise and opened the door to slavery in Kansas. He reinvented himself... More
[Concord? 1867]. Folio broadside, 9" x 16-1/2". Caption title, printed in three columns. Old folds [two short splits at center fold edges]. Dated and signed in type, "January 4, 1867. Justice." Very Good. Onslow Stearns, president of the Northern Railroad, sought the Republican nomination for Governor of New Hampshire in... More
Portland [ME]: Stephen Berry, Printer, 1882. 3-7/8" x 5-7/8". 16pp. Stitched in original printed wrappers. Near Fine. An early organization seeking improved working conditions for laborers. "A fair day's pay for a fair day's work." Not located on OCLC as of September 2018. More
Folio leaf, folded to [4] pp. The Letter on the first page, followed by two blank pages. Addressed to Donnell on the final page, and docketed with Wirt's signature, "Wm. Wirt Atto. Genl. U.S." Folded for mailing. Broken wax seal obscures two words [which are easily identified]. Very Good. Wirt... More
[Philadelphia: October 17, 1828]. Folio, 7-7/8" x 12-3/4". [4] pp, caption title as issued. Two loose leaves. The last page written to an Ohio address, with a faint postal cancel. Folded for mailing, with a couple of fold splits [partially repaired] which do not affect text. Good+. The nine signers... More
[New Haven: Eli Hudson, 1810]. 24pp. Original plain drab wrappers, separated from the stitched text block. Caption title, as issued. Contemporary ownership inscriptions. Widely scattered light foxing. Good+. This is volume 2 of a two-volume work. The first volume-- 47, [1] pp-- is entitled 'The Elements of Arithmetic Illustrated...' Both... More
New York: Beadle and Company, 98 William Street. [1868]. Original printed wrappers, the front wrapper illustrated a depiction of the song, 'Nigger, put down dat Jug." The rear wrapper lists the Beadle Dime Books. [8] pp, but each page erratically numbered. Minor foxing, Very Good.. "Very rare" [Johannsen]. The songs... More
[New Haven, CT: 1913, 1914]. 1913: 2-3/4" 3-5/8". Original blue dyed suede cover, blindstamped with Hebrew text "Achevah" and "1913", textured tissue endpapers, printed interior card, tied at spine with blue tasseled cord, small pencil attached to cord. Printed interior card has [4] pages: title page, two pages with printed... More
[Binghamton? 1876]. Single sheet, folded to 3-1/4" x 5". Caption title as issued. [4]pp. Very Good. Jones was running for Congress from Binghamton, New York, in 1876 on the Liberal-Democratic ticket against the Platt Machine. "Military and political leader and Business Magnate. He was raised in Leicester, Massachusetts and entered... More
Auburn, N.Y. Derby & Co, 1846. 63, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, scattered light foxing. Good+. One of Seward's most "striking" criminal trials, his defense of a "demented negro" [McDade] on a charge of murder. The case "involved the death sentence on a poor imbecile Negro, Freeman, in whose defense Seward... More
Washington City: Colonization Building, 1878, 1886, 1888, 1889. 1. Allen, William H.: THE ELEVATION OF A RACE AND THE REDEMPTION OF A CONTINENT. AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY, JANUARY 15, 1878, BY WILLIAM H. ALLEN, LL.D., PRESIDENT OF GIRARD COLLEGE. Original printed wrappers, stitched. 11, [1 blank]... More
Dover, Del. Printed by James Kirk, 1863. xxx, [2 blanks], 358, ii [Index] pp. Pages xiv-xxx prominently margin-foxed; else scattered and generally light foxing, occasional browning. Stitched. Good+. "Although Delaware remained firmly in the Union, widespread division of Union and Confederate sympathies within the state caused considerable tension among the... More
Essex County, Mass. Sunday, May 14, 1843. Folio sheet folded to 10-1/4" x 15". Old folds, light spotting. Good+. An idiosyncratic preacher, Sylvanus Brown was arrested in Rockport for disturbing the peace at the Union Meeting House, a church which once had served Universalists but now excluded them. He was... More