Norwich Vermont: 1832. 16pp. Stitched, dusted, lightly worn. Very Good. Education's "innumerable benefits." AI 14672 [4]. More
Washington D. C. 1865. Caption title, as issued. War Department, Adjutant General's Office. April 17, 1865. Single leaf, folded to 3, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, separating at the spine, old stitching holes. Printed mourning border, with diagram of hearse and pallbearers. Signed in type at the bottom of page 3..... More
Hanover, N. H. Kimball's Dartmouth Press, 1835 [May 1]. Printed broadside, mounted to old wood, 15-1/2" x 11-1/2." Text surrounded by decorative border. Toned, lightly margin-spotted. Attractive, with a variety of type fonts. Dated in print at the bottom, May 1, 1835. Very Good. This unusual broadside advertises the services..... More
New York: Crichton & Co., Steam Book and Job Printers, 1869. 32pp. Stitched in original printed wrappers, illustrated with pictures of the Hot Engine. Laid in on tissue paper is a "sectional view," with explanations. Several illustrations and testimonials, with a "History of the Caloric Engine." Several pencil notes. Near..... More
[np: c. 1890]. Folio broadside, 9-3/4" x 3-3/4." Printed in red inks. Wood engraving, signed by Carswell, of a tavern with four well-dressed men drinking liquor, and a woman near the exit with her back turned from them. Light wear, Very Good. The Rumseller's sardonic Oath promises to "furnish an..... More
[Boston]: Printed for the Proprietor, 1850. 32pp. Two full-page illustrations. Stitched, lightly worn and Very Good. "The Walters item is undoubtedly fictitious, reporting a dozen murders. The Dudley case, a wife murder, seems genuine. The Runkle case is reported in 'Life and Confessions of Mary Runkle. . ." [McDade] McDade..... More
[Washington DC: 1848]. Broadside, 7-1/8" x 12-1/4." "Capt Lowndes" is written, the rest is printed. Half length round Portrait of George Washington [after a lithograph by G. & W. Endicott of New York], with Washington's facsimile signature beneath it. A list of one hundred five managers of the Ball beneath..... More
Philadelphia: Thos. Wagner, c. 1859. Hand-colored lithographic map of Philadelphia, 23-1/4" x 23-1/4." Mounted to publisher's green folder, with title stamped in gilt on front cover. Old folds, with several fold splits [no loss] along fold lines. Good plus. OCLC 941952368 [no locations] as of July 2026. More
Boston: Printed at the Herald Job Office, 1863. 121, [3 blanks] pp. Stitched. Original printed front wrapper, lacking the rear wrapper. Lightly toned and spotted. Good plus. "The most comprehensive account by a private soldier of the 1862-1863 campaigns in North Carolina" [Nevins]. "The book is of first-rate importance and..... More
London: Sherwood, Gilbert, & Piper, Paternoster Row, 1841. vii, [1 blank], 36 pp, plus folded plate frontis. Stitched. Original printed wrappers [front wrap detached and chipped at extremities but present]. Else Very Good, with a clean text. The plate depicts the new, vaunted machine. "On the laws of electro-magnetism, and..... More
Chicago: 1880. Folio sheet, folded to [4] pages, each page 7-3/4" x 9-3/4." Written in elegant manuscript on rubberstamp letterhead of "Andersonville Survivors' Association, Room 7, 120 Randolph St. CHICAGO, ILLS." Signed in ink at the bottom of page [4], "Felix La Baume." Baume founded the Andersonville Survivors'..... More
London: Printed by W. Calvert, Great Shire Lane. . . 1807. xiv, 240 pages. 12mo, original boards [rebacked] with minor wear, untrimmed. Light to moderate foxing, a few early inked notes; uncut; early owner's inscription on front pastedown. Very Good. This is the first English language edition. Its first appearance..... More
Washington: 1847. Folio leaf, folded to [4] pp, each page 8" x 13." Entirely in ink manuscript, old folds with several fold splits [archival tape repairs but no text loss]. Else Very Good. On 20 March 1833, Clark had borrowed $250 from William Cox and, "to secure the payment," had..... More
New York: Published by J. K. Wellman, 1845. 68pp, Disbound. Good plus. This scarce pamphlet presents "to the reader the most striking features of the Christian sects; together with the most recent statistical information. . ." The book begins with the "Roman Catholics, who have "manifested a kind spirit towards..... More
[Boston]: Cambridge, Re-Printed by William Hilliard, for F. Nichols- Boston. 1800. 33, [1 blank] pp. Lacking the final leaf, which advertises the Nichols press. Disbound with scattered foxingl Good plus, with ownership signature of "Henderson Inches - 1805." Good plus. ESTC does not record any other 18th century American editions..... More
Newburyport: 1829. 18, [2 blanks] pp. Disbound, final blank torn. Occasional mild foxing. Good plus. Poetry. "A world created out of nought / Proclaims the power of him who wrought. . ." AI 39229 [2- MMe, MWA]. OCLC records facsimiles only. More
Boston: Printed by Isaac Knapp, 1836. 80pp, disbound, scattered foxing, Good+. This is a collection of scarce anti-slavery petitions, protests, and letters from late 1835 and 1836. This is their first printing in pamphlet or book form; and all are rare. Included are the reply of Birney, the Kentucky former..... More
Richmond: Printed by Thomas W. White, 1828. [bound with] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. . . ON.THE FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER [1781]. [bound with] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. . . ON MONDAY, THE TWENTY-FIRST DAY OF OCTOBER [1782] [bound with] JOURNAL OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES.... More
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Williamsburg VA: 1816. Printed folio document, 12" x 15," completed in elegant ink manuscript, with full paper seal on lower left corner. Signed by Nicholas in bottom right corner. Several folds, with spotting around some fold lines, lightly toned, Very Good, professionally matted. Wilson Cary Nicholas [1761-1820] was the 19th..... More
Cottage Manchioneal, Jamaica: 1832. Folio sheet, 12-3/4" x 16," folded to [4]pp, each page 12-3/4" x 8." A two-column list of supplies on page 1; the entirety of page [2] is an autograph letter, signed by Archibald McKowen from Cottage Manchioneal, Jamaica, 30 May 1832, to Gilbert McNab, Esquire. Signed..... More
Washington D.C. 1838. [4]pp in dense but fully legible ink manuscript. Written on a single folio sheet 10" x 15-1/2," folded to 10" x 7-3/4." Folded for mailing, addressed to Silsby in Concord, New Hampshire, with postal cancel and red wax seal remnant. Very Good. Farnam [1815-1878] and Silsby [1817-1892]..... More
Morgan County, Illinois: 1840. Folio sheet, folded to [4] pages, each page 8" x 12-1/2." Docketed on page [4]. Signed by Long and the Illinois Justices, and witnessed, at bottom of page [2]. Page [3] blank. Very Good. Morgan County is about 220 miles southwest of Chicago, in the west..... More
Hartford, CT: 1881. Manuscript, single page, 7-3/4" x 9-3/4". Signed "W.B. Franklin." Minor wear. A few short closed edge tears repaired on blank verso with archival tape. Very Good. William Buel Franklin [1823-1903], career Army officer and distinguished Union Civil War general, was taken prisoner after the Battle of Sabine..... More
[New York: Hosford & Co. 57 & 59 William St. 1857]. Illustrated broadside, 17-1/2" x 13-1/2," printed in gilt letters on thick green coated stock. Illustrated with cuts of the Steamer Plymouth, a canal boat, and smaller images. Visually quite pleasing. Blank verso toned, else Fine. Advertises a New York..... More
Boston: John Gill and T. and J. Fleet, [1779]. 12mo. [24] pp [as issued], new stitching. Several leaves spotted, last page lightened. Good plus. The monthly calendar includes a poem, "On Public Liberty." The months have reference to the battles of the Revolution-- Princetown, Germantown, Lexington, Monmouth, Bennington, Long Island..... More