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[Ware, Ashur]:

EXAMINATION OF THE DECISION OF THE COMMISSIONERS UNDER THE FOURTH ARTICLE OF THE TREATY OF GHENT, WITH AN APPENDIX OF OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. BY SULPICIUS.

Portland [ME]: Printed at the Argus Office, by Thomas Todd, 1829. v, [2], 8-40pp, untrimmed, stitched. Light scattered foxing, Very Good. A criticism of the Treaty settling the Northeast Boundary dispute. The author was Ashur Ware, editor of the Eastern Argus. Cohen notes that Ware was Maine's Secretary of... More about EXAMINATION OF THE DECISION OF THE COMMISSIONERS UNDER THE FOURTH ARTICLE OF THE TREATY OF GHENT,...

Price: $150.00

Volney, C.F.:

A VIEW OF THE SOIL AND CLIMATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: WITH SUPPLEMENTARY REMARKS UPON FLORIDA; ON THE FRENCH COLONIES ON THE MISSISSIPPI AND OHIO, AND IN CANADA; AND ON THE ABORIGINAL TRIBES OF AMERICA. BY C.F. VOLNEY, MEMBER OF THE CONSERVATIVE SENATE, &C. &C. TRANSLATED, WITH OCCASIONAL REMARKS, BY C.B. BROWN. WITH MAPS AND PLATES.

Philadelphia: Published by J. Conrad & Co.... 1804. xxviii, 446 pp, with the half title, plus Map of North American and two plates. Lacking the second map, scattered spotting. Bound in original sheep [hinges starting but still firm]. Good. Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney [1757-1820], French Philosophe..... More about A VIEW OF THE SOIL AND CLIMATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: WITH SUPPLEMENTARY REMARKS UPON...

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Volney, C.F.:

LECTURES ON HISTORY, DELIVERED IN THE NORMAL SCHOOL OF PARIS, BY C.F. VOLNEY, AUTHOR OF THE RUINS OF EMPIRES, MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRANCE, &C. &C. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH.

Philadelphia: Printed for John Conrad... 1801. xvi, 186, [2 publ. advts] pp. Bound in original sheep [hinges starting but still firm]. Text clean with widely scattered foxing. One short closed tear [no loss]. Except as noted, Very Good. Constantin François de Chassebœuf, comte de Volney [1757-1820], French Philosophe and historian..... More about LECTURES ON HISTORY, DELIVERED IN THE NORMAL SCHOOL OF PARIS, BY C.F. VOLNEY, AUTHOR OF THE RUINS...

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Cevallos, Don Pedro:

EXPOSITION OF THE PRACTICES AND MACHINATIONS WHICH LED TO THE USURPATION OF THE CROWN OF SPAIN, AND THE MEANS ADOPTED BY BUONAPARTE TO CARRY IT INTO EXECUTION. BY DON PEDRO CEVALLOS. FIRST SECRETARY OF STATE AND DISPATCHES TO HIS CATHOLIC MAJESTY FERDINAND VII. TO WHICH IS ADDED AN IMPARTIAL ACCOUNT OF THE MOST IMPORTANT EVENTS WHICH HAVE OCCURRED IN ARANJUEZ, MADRID AND BAYONNE, FROM THE 17TH OF MARCH UNTIL THE 15TH OF MAY, 1808. TREATING OF THE FALL OF THE PRINCE OF PEACE, AND THE TERMINATION OF THE FRIENDSHIP AND ALLIANCE BETWEEN THE FRENCH AND SPANISH NATION. TRANSLATED FROM THE SPANISH.

New York: Published and sold by E. Sargeant, 1808. [1- general title], [1 blank], 47, [1 blank], 46, [2 blanks] pp. Broken stitching. Widely scattered foxing. Good+. Usually only the first part of this pamphlet is encountered, without the general title page or the second part. Cevallos was minister... More about EXPOSITION OF THE PRACTICES AND MACHINATIONS WHICH LED TO THE USURPATION OF THE CROWN OF SPAIN,...

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Douglass, Frederick:

LIFE AND TIMES OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. HIS EARLY LIFE AS A SLAVE, HIS ESCAPE FROM BONDAGE, AND HIS COMPLETE HISTORY TO THE PRESENT TIME, INCLUDING HIS CONNECTION WITH THE ANTI-SLAVERY MOVEMENT...

Hartford, Conn. Park Publishing Co., 1883. Original publisher's cloth [rear cover spotted, light spotting to front cover], front cover stamped with a gilt illustration. Spine title stamped in gilt. Engraved frontis portrait with original tissue guard. 618 clean pages, including full-page illustrations. Except as noted, Very Good. "Enlarged from the... More about LIFE AND TIMES OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. HIS EARLY LIFE AS A SLAVE, HIS ESCAPE...

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Steele, Silas S.:

LIBERTY AND UNION FOREVER/ NEW PATRIOTIC AND COMIC SONG, ON THE SINKING OF THE PIRATE ALABAMA BY THE U.S. GUNBOAT KEARSARGE, CAPTAIN WINSLOW. JUNE 19TH, 1864. WRITTEN BY.../ I SING THE DOOM AND DARK CAREER OF THE REBEL PIRATE, MADE TO STEER AND PLUNDER OUR SHIPS, BOTH FAR AND NEAR, THE TERRIBLE "ALABAMA! SHE WAS BUILT BY "NEUTRAL JOHNNY BULL," WHO THREATENED YANKEE EARS TO PULL, BECAUSE THEY DEALT IN NIGGER WOOL; TH' COTTON FILLED HIS POCKETS FULL...

[Philadelphia: J. Magee, 1864?]. Color broadside, 5" x 8". Caption title with song printed below in double columns. Five stanzas of 12 lines each with four line choruses after each. Printed in red and black inks. Song printed within blue borders with a flag at each top corner. At head... More about LIBERTY AND UNION FOREVER/ NEW PATRIOTIC AND COMIC SONG, ON THE SINKING OF THE PIRATE ALABAMA BY...

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Altrop, Philander D.:

CUMBERLAND'S CREW, OR HISTORY OF THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE CUMBERLAND AND MERRIMAC. WRITTEN AND SOLD BY PHILANDER D. ALTROP, A SURVIVOR OF THE CUMBERLAND CREW/ OH SHIPMATES COME GATHER AND JOIN IN MY DITTY; IT'S OF A TERRIBLE BATTLE THAT HAPPENED OF LATE; LET EACH GOOD UNION TAR SHED A SAD TEAR OF PITY WHEN HE THINKS OF THE ONCE GALLANT CUMBERLAND'S FATE...

[n.p. n.d.]. Broadside, 4-1/2" x 11-1/2". The text is printed within a decorative double line border. Seven verses of eight lines each. Beneath caption title is Illustration of sailor at top of flag staff with a hammer in his hand. Tear upper left corner, not affecting any text. Water stain..... More about CUMBERLAND'S CREW, OR HISTORY OF THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE CUMBERLAND AND MERRIMAC. WRITTEN AND SOLD...

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[Altrop, Philander D.]:

CUMBERLAND'S CREW/ OH, SHIPMATES COME GATHER AND JOIN IN MY DITTY; IT'S OF A TERRIBLE BATTLE THAT HAPPENED OF LATE. LET'S EACH GOOD UNION TAR SHED A TEAR OF PITY, WHEN HE THINKS OF THE ONES GALLANT CUMBERLAND'S FATE...

San Francisco: Bell & Company, [1872]. Broadside, 4" x 9". The text is printed within a decorative border. Seven verses of 8 lines each. Trimmed closely to border at left edge. Very Good. The USS Cumberland was rammed by the CSS Virginia [Merrimac] and sank on March 8, 1862. This... More about CUMBERLAND'S CREW/ OH, SHIPMATES COME GATHER AND JOIN IN MY DITTY; IT'S OF A TERRIBLE BATTLE THAT...

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Almanac:

PEOPLE'S ALMANAC OF USEFUL AND ENTERTAINING KNOWLEDGE. 1838. VOL. I. NO. 5.

Boston: Sold by Thomas Groom, State st. [1837]. 47, [1] pp. Stitched, with illustrated title page. Last page a full-page woodcut captioned, 'Lake of the Dismal Swamp.' Profusely illustrated, untrimmed, light wear and dust. Good+. An attractive almanac, with many full-page and in-text woodcuts and accompanying explanatory text. The... More about PEOPLE'S ALMANAC OF USEFUL AND ENTERTAINING KNOWLEDGE. 1838. VOL. I. NO. 5

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[Cohen, Jacob I. Jr.]:

BANKING HOUSE OF J.I. COHEN, JR. & BROTHERS. BALTIMORE. APRIL 1836. LETTERHEAD WITH INVOICE.

Baltimore: 1836. Folio sheet, folded to [4] pages, printed with manuscript invoice on first page, inner leaves blank, addressed on last page in ink to E. Beatty Esq. of Hagerstown [Maryland]. Postal cancel, "Baltimore Apr 1." Old mailing folds. Very Good. Cohen, "(born September 30, 1789, in Richmond, Virginia; died... More about BANKING HOUSE OF J.I. COHEN, JR. & BROTHERS. BALTIMORE. APRIL 1836. LETTERHEAD WITH INVOICE

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[West, Benjamin?]:

BICKERSTAFF'S MASSACHUSETTS, CONNECTICUT, RHODE ISLAND, NEWHAMPSHIRE AND VERMONT ALMANAC FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1799... FITTED TO THE LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE OF THE TOWN OF BOSTON, BUT WILL SERVE WITHOUT ESSENTIAL VARIATION FOR THE ADJACENT STATES.

Salem: Nathaniel & John Coverly, [1798]. 24pp. Stitched, untrimmed, spotted and light wear. Good+ "Evans attributes the almanac, as he does most of those issued under the Bickerstaff pseudonym, to Benjamin West. Most of these can be shown to have been definitely or probably the work of other calculators. Previous... More about BICKERSTAFF'S MASSACHUSETTS, CONNECTICUT, RHODE ISLAND, NEWHAMPSHIRE AND VERMONT ALMANAC FOR THE...

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[Riley, James Whitcomb; Dodd, Robert Leonard]:

"THE PASSING OF THE BACKHOUSE" WHEN MEMORY KEEPS ME COMPANY AND MOVES TO SMILES OR TEARS/ A WEATHER-BEATEN OBJECT LOOMS THROUGH THE MIST OF YEARS,/ BEHIND THE HOUSE AND BARN IT STOOD, A HALF A MILE OR MORE,/ AND HURRYING FEET A PATH HAD MADE, STRAIGHT TO ITS SWINGING DOOR...

[n.p. c.1899-1900]. Broadside poem, 5" x 10-1/4". 48 lines, Very Good. A humorous poem, attributed to James Whitcomb Riley, Robert Leonard Dodd, and others. An early printing in leaflet form carries the statement: "An Unpublished Poem by James Whitcomb Riley found among his manuscripts after his death." BAL attributes... More about "THE PASSING OF THE BACKHOUSE" WHEN MEMORY KEEPS ME COMPANY AND MOVES TO SMILES OR...

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Hoburg, William A.:

THE HOME FORMULARY. THE LATEST AND MOST VALUABLE TOILET AND MISCELLANEOUS FORMULAS FOR HOME USE.

Cincinnati: 1900. Original staples and printed, illustrated wrappers. 30, [2] pp. Very Good. Hoburg was an instructor in theoretical and applied pharmacy at the College of Pharmacy of the City of New York. His formulae cover 170 common ailments including, for example, "Sweating Feet," of which he says, "This very... More about THE HOME FORMULARY. THE LATEST AND MOST VALUABLE TOILET AND MISCELLANEOUS FORMULAS FOR HOME USE

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UNCLE SAM SICK WITH LA GRIPPE. Andrew Jackson, H. R. Robinson

[Jackson, Andrew] Robinson, H.R.:

UNCLE SAM SICK WITH LA GRIPPE.

New York: H.R. Robinson, [1837]. Oblong 13-1/2" x 21". Light dusting, a couple of closed tears and shallow extremity chips to blank margins. Else Very Good. The Library of Congress entry: "A satire attributing the dire fiscal straits of the nation to Andrew Jackson's banking policies, with specific reference... More about UNCLE SAM SICK WITH LA GRIPPE

Price: $2,500.00

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE DESTRUCTION OF CHURCHES, IN THE DIOCESE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, DURING...

[South Carolina]:

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE DESTRUCTION OF CHURCHES, IN THE DIOCESE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, DURING THE LATE WAR. PRESENTED TO THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CONVENTION, MAY, 1868.

Charleston: Joseph Walker, Stationer and Printer, 1868. Original printed wrappers [chipped at extremities, loosening]. Stitched, 16pp. Light toning, mild foxing. Good+. C.C. Pinckney, Peter J. Shand, Paul Trapier sign the Committee report in type at the end. They chronicle the "fierce tornado which swept over our State from its south-western... More about REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE DESTRUCTION OF CHURCHES, IN THE DIOCESE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, DURING...

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RIGHTS OF FISHERY. Rhode Island

[Rhode Island]:

RIGHTS OF FISHERY.

[Providence? 1842?]. Broadside, 7-3/4" x 11". A variety of type sizes and styles, old folds. Very Good. "For the purpose of creating, in the South portions of the state particularly, an impression unfavorable to the Constitution to be submitted to the People," opponents of the regular Rhode Island government falsely... More about RIGHTS OF FISHERY

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A COUNTER-ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC, ON THE LATE DISMISSION OF A GENERAL OFFICER. THE THIRD EDITION....

[Conway, General Henry Seymour] [Walpole, Horace]:

A COUNTER-ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC, ON THE LATE DISMISSION OF A GENERAL OFFICER. THE THIRD EDITION.

London: Printed for W. Nicoll, 1764. [47, [1- advt] pp, as issued. Disbound, light dusting, else Very Good. On the dismissal of General Henry Seymour Conway, a distinguished military man and Member of Parliament who had spoken against the Crown's imposition of restrictive measures upon the American Colonies. According to... More about A COUNTER-ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC, ON THE LATE DISMISSION OF A GENERAL OFFICER. THE THIRD EDITION

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AN ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC, ON THE LATE DISMISSION OF A GENERAL OFFICER. General Henry Seymour...

[Conway, General Henry Seymour] [Guthrie, William]:

AN ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC, ON THE LATE DISMISSION OF A GENERAL OFFICER.

London: Printed for W. Nicoll, 1764. [4], 43, [1 blank] pp, with the half title [detached but present], as issued. Disbound, light dusting, else Very Good. On the dismissal of General Henry Seymour Conway, a distinguished military man and Member of Parliament who had spoken against the Crown's imposition of... More about AN ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC, ON THE LATE DISMISSION OF A GENERAL OFFICER

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THE PLATFORMS OF THE PARTIES. READ, REFLECT, AND THEN ACT! Election of 1852

[Election of 1852]:

THE PLATFORMS OF THE PARTIES. READ, REFLECT, AND THEN ACT!

Boston: Boston Commonwealth... Extra. [1852]. Broadsheet, 21-3/4" x 16". Recto printed in three columns; verso printed in five columns. Untrimmed, light edge wear, a few spots and old folds, with several light crimps and one or two small separations at fold intersection affecting three or four letters. Good+. "Boston Commonwealth...... More about THE PLATFORMS OF THE PARTIES. READ, REFLECT, AND THEN ACT!

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THE JEFFERSONIAN CLUB, RECEPTION AND BALL, AT SAENGER HALL, WEDNESDAY EV'G, APRIL 5, '93. Thomas...

[Jefferson, Thomas]:

THE JEFFERSONIAN CLUB, RECEPTION AND BALL, AT SAENGER HALL, WEDNESDAY EV'G, APRIL 5, '93.

[Newark, NJ: 1893]. Small decorative program, 3" x 4-1/4". [11] leaves, printed on rectos only, black ink on stiff semi-gloss card stock. Printed partly opaque pink covers, tied with silk cord at the head. Front cover with a bust portrait of Thomas Jefferson surrounded by a wreath of leaves, with... More about THE JEFFERSONIAN CLUB, RECEPTION AND BALL, AT SAENGER HALL, WEDNESDAY EV'G, APRIL 5, '93

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THE ELECTRO-PLATERS' GUIDE; OR, ELECTRO-PLATING MADE EASY. A COMPLETE MANUAL OF INSTRUCTION IN...

Lowey, Frederick:

THE ELECTRO-PLATERS' GUIDE; OR, ELECTRO-PLATING MADE EASY. A COMPLETE MANUAL OF INSTRUCTION IN THE ART OF GOLD, SILVER, NICKLE, AND COPPER PLATING.

[New York: 1885]. 48, [16] pp. Original staples and printed wrappers. Light wear, diagrams in text. Very Good. The front wrapper, headed 'Price Twenty-Five Cents', has an 1885 imprint. An explanation, with diagrams, of the electrotype process, a guide to its use, and the products available from Lowey's company. Not in... More about THE ELECTRO-PLATERS' GUIDE; OR, ELECTRO-PLATING MADE EASY. A COMPLETE MANUAL OF INSTRUCTION IN...

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CITIZENS OF RHODE-ISLAND! READ! MARK! LEARN! Dorr Rebellion

[Dorr Rebellion]:

CITIZENS OF RHODE-ISLAND! READ! MARK! LEARN!

[Providence: 1842]. Broadside, 10-1/2" x 22". Printed in two columns separated by a rule. Several old horizontal folds. Moderately foxed. Good+. Dated at the end in type, "Providence, Feb. 18, 1842." The suffrage provisions of the People's Constitution are compared with those of the "regular legal constitution," to the great... More about CITIZENS OF RHODE-ISLAND! READ! MARK! LEARN!

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THE GOLDEN AGE TRACTS. NO. 2. THE CONSTITUTION A TITLE-DEED TO WOMAN'S FRANCHISE. A LETTER TO...

Tilton, Theodore:

THE GOLDEN AGE TRACTS. NO. 2. THE CONSTITUTION A TITLE-DEED TO WOMAN'S FRANCHISE. A LETTER TO CHARLES SUMNER. BY THEODORE TILTON.

New York: The Golden Age, 1871. 4" x 6-1/4". 17, [1-publishers notice] pp. Stitched. Old gum label and light rubberstamp at blank portion of title page; otherwise Very Good.. Tilton-- journalist, reformer, abolitionist, cuckolded by Henry Ward Beecher-- founded 'The Golden Age,' his New York political and literary weekly... More about THE GOLDEN AGE TRACTS. NO. 2. THE CONSTITUTION A TITLE-DEED TO WOMAN'S FRANCHISE. A LETTER TO...

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AUTOGRAPH AND PORTRAIT ALBUM COMPILED BY HENRY BLODGET, A MEMBER OF YALE'S CLASS OF 1848. Yale...

[Yale Autograph Book] Blodget, Henry:

AUTOGRAPH AND PORTRAIT ALBUM COMPILED BY HENRY BLODGET, A MEMBER OF YALE'S CLASS OF 1848.

[New Haven, CT. 6-1/4" x 8-1/4". [107] manuscript pages, fourteen engraved portraits of faculty and clergy and four views of Yale tipped in. Bound in original half calf [cloth boards detached and worn, lacking backstrip]. First gathering a bit loose but holding, one tipped-in portrait page loose. Title in ink... More about AUTOGRAPH AND PORTRAIT ALBUM COMPILED BY HENRY BLODGET, A MEMBER OF YALE'S CLASS OF 1848

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THE BIBLE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. PROCEEDINGS AND ADDRESSES AT THE MASS MEETING, PIKE'S MUSIC...

[Cincinnati Public Schools]:

THE BIBLE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. PROCEEDINGS AND ADDRESSES AT THE MASS MEETING, PIKE'S MUSIC HALL, CINCINNATI, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1869; WITH A SKETCH OF THE ANTI-BIBLE MOVEMENT. PUBLISHED BY THE COMMITTEE IN CHARGE OF THE MEETING.

Cincinnati: Gazette Steam Book and Job Printing House, 1869. Original printed blue wrappers with wrapper title, as issued. 39, [1 blank] pp. Light wrapper wear, Very Good. The Cincinnati public schools were bitterly divided by religious controversy. The religious affiliations of the 40-member Board of Education are listed: 18 Protestant... More about THE BIBLE IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. PROCEEDINGS AND ADDRESSES AT THE MASS MEETING, PIKE'S MUSIC...

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