Greenville [NC?]: Herald Printing House, 1898. 8pp, stitched in original printed title wrappers. Small lower portion of blank rear wrapper adhering to first text page, abrading several letters; small circular hole at upper blank margin of front wrap. Else Very Good. Unrecorded, so far as we can determine. The Organization's..... More
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1875. 25, [1 blank] pp. Stitched with mild title page dusting. Very Good. Illustrating the porous nature of Reconstruction, Confederate General Gordon was serving the first of two terms in the U.S. Senate when he gave this Speech defending the rights of the South, and deploring..... More
Washington: Chronicle Book and Job Print, 1866. 12pp, loosened stitching, light fox and wear. Untrimmed. Good+. Kelley had been a Pennsylvania Democrat, but he 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..... More
Boston: Congregational Board of Publication, 1857. Original publisher's cloth, with bright gilt-stamped title on front cover. vi, 138 pp. Fine. Ownership signature "J.B. Lowell" on front endpaper. The book prints three abolitionist essays: (1) Rev. R.B. Thurston, The Error and the Duty in regard to Slavery; (2) Rev. A.C. Baldwin..... More
Washington: Towers, [1864]. 15, [1 blank] pp. Uncut folio leaf, folded. Caption title, as issued. Fine. Having enacted a pro-Union Constitution under President Lincoln's "10 per cent plan," Louisiana's loyal government sought readmission to the Union. Senator Howard is skeptical about Lincoln's plan. More
[Washington: 1805]. 237, [1 blank] pp. Disbound and lightly foxed. Good+. More
Cincinnati: Enquirer Company Steam Printing Establishment, 1856. 78, [2] blanks] pp. Disbound. Title page foxed, otherwise light scattered foxing with some doodling on final blank light to moderate foxing, Good+. The Kansas-Nebraska Act had begun to unravel the Democratic Party; this platform adopts the extreme Southern Rights view, holding that..... More
New York: Anson D.F. Randolph, 1863. 86, [2 blanks] pp. Stitched in original printed glossy wroappers [ discolored]. Light margin wear. Very Good. Those who say Christianity supports slavery have committed "a monstrous libel upon Christianity." OCLC reports a number of institutional locations. Not in Work, Blockson, Dumond, Sabin, Bartlett..... More
London: Published by Alex Hogg at the King's Arms, No. 6 Paternoster Row, [1782]. Broadside engraving, 9-1/8" x 15-3/8." Grignion's name appears in the lower right, beneath the image. Very Good. The Australian National Library says the image was "Engraved for Millar's new, complete & universal system of geography." Captain..... More
[New York: 1835]. [109]-120 pp, with caption title as issued. Stitched [loosening], some dusting and spotting. Good+. Illustration of "The Flogging of Females." On the horrors of slavery and the slave trade. More
[np: 1909-1911. Folio broadside comic strip, 16-1/4" x 21-1/4." In color, with caricature cartoon and dialogue of the African Friday. Several closed tears and blank margin chips, repairs on the verso [which contain a couple of other comic strips]. Good. The pompous Robinson Crusoe expresses disgust with Friday and fires..... More
New York: Currier & Ives, [1865]. Color print, 11-3/4" x 15-1/2" [by sight]. A black man, newly freed from slavery, kneels at Lincoln's feet, his shackles broken. He kisses Lincoln's hand. His wife and babies stand behind him. Lincoln's right arm is raised and pointing heavenward. Light uniform toning, but..... More
[Providence: 1843]. Broadside, 8-1/4" x 9-1/4." Two columns of text printed beneath boldly printed title. Mild uniform toning, Very Good plus. Signed in type at the end by Cyrus Butler of Brown & Ives. "Dated at Providence, March 29, 1843." A contemptuous refutation of the claim of "the Dorrites, that..... More
New York: Denniston and Cheetham, 1802. 72pp, disbound, light tanning. Early ownership signature in top margin of title page. Good+. Cheetham, notorious pamphleteer and journalist, edited the Democratic-Republicans' newspaper in New York, whose bitterly partisan politics involved Burr [then Jefferson's Vice President], Clinton, and Hamilton factions. Cheetham regularly attacked Burr..... More
Chicago: Illinois Central Rail Road Office, 1858. 80pp, stitched into modern plain wrappers. Frontis maps and plate: Outline Map of Illinois; double-page map, entitled Railway Guide to the Illinois Central Railroad Lands; engraving entitled, 'Prairie Scene in Illinois.' Very Good. "The work is, in effect, a guidebook to Illinois" [Eberstadt]..... More
[Washington DC: 1946]. Original stapled printed wrappers, with wrapper title as issued. vii, [1 blank], 182, [2 blanks] pp. Some pencil marginalia at pages 152-156, some mathematical pencil doodlings on rear wrapper. Very Good. "The story of the development of the atomic bomb by the combined efforts of many groups..... More
Boston: Published by R.F. Wallcut, 1859. 31, [1 blank] pp. Stitched. Title leaf dusted; persistent margin spot in early leaves. Good+. Abolitionists developed a profound appreciation for the Virginia State Rights Doctrine after passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. Men like Phillips, arguing for the supremacy of State..... More
Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1851. 36pp, loose gatherings. Blank edge chipping to some leaves, Good+. The Unitarian minister pronounces a mixed verdict on American Slavery. Though morally wrong, Slavery is entrenched in the South. "Formidable obstacles are in the way of all attempts to remove slavery." All..... More
Muscatine, Iowa: Printed by Order of the Constitutional Convention, 1857. 26pp, stitched. Upper blank forecorner clipped on all pages, not affecting any text. Persistent light dampstain at upper quadrant, light scattered foxing. Good+. Section 23 of Article I, the Bill of Rights, prohibited slavery or involuntary servitude, "unless for the..... More
Boston: Printed by Tuttle, Dennett & Chisholm, 1840. 16pp, stitched as issued. Light scattered foxing, Good+. 119 reasons, to be precise. The Jacksonian Era has created an "imperial" presidency; Harrison will restore the office to its proper role. "There is no republicanism in Van Burenism." Corrupt characters populate the Van..... More
New York: Swords, 1798. 30, [2 blanks] pp, as issued. Stitched and lightly foxed. Very Good. A Connecticut physician and Hartford Wit, Smith settled in New York in the 1790's, became active in this early anti-slavery society, and was a trustee of the school for Negroes in New York. Here..... More
London: Printed for W. Flexney... 1787. Quarto. [2], x, 24 pp, in contemporary drab plain wrappers. Engraved title vignette of a slave in chains. Stitched. Title page dusted; with an expertly repaired margin tear [no text affected]. A few spots. Else Very Good. A slave, who had planned to marry..... More
New York: Narine & Co., 11 Wall St. N. York, 1844. 8" x 11". [2], [1 blank], [1-address] pp. Illustrated bifolium letter sheet, printed on blue paper. Engraved portrait images of Henry Clay and Theodore Frelinghuysen at top corners; between the portraits is a cameo scene of ships at dock..... More
Norfolk, MA: Superior Court, Criminal Session, 1923. Typed court carbon copy, signed and sworn at the end in ink by Hamilton, before a Justice of the Peace on October 15, 1923. 48pp, each page typed on recto only. Caption title, as issued. Light dusting and light folds, bound and docketed..... More
Newark: Printed at the Daily and Sentinel Office, 1840. Contemporary plain yellow wrappers, stitched, 32pp. With title page engraving of Harrison's iconic log cabin and the American flag. Light to moderate foxing. Good+. This is an unusual printing of Cushing's standard biography. It is the only recorded Newark imprint, and..... More