Washington: 1866. 5" x 5" note, on lined paper. Signed in ink by Johnson. Border tone from prior mounting, blank verso with old mounting remnants, closed tear to Johnson's signature [no loss], Good+. More
Nashville, Tenn. Press of Foster & Webb, Printers, 1897. Original staples and printed and decorated glossy wrappers. 63, [1 blank] pp. Text uniformly toned, else Very Good. The President was "Mrs. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee." The pamphlet lists delegates and prints reports from the Chapters in the Southern States; these included..... More
Chicago: Illinois Central Rail Road Office [Chicago Daily Press, Print, 45 Clark St.], 1857. 80pp, stitched into original printed and illustrated yellow wrappers. Frontis maps and plate: Outline Map of Illinois; double-page map, entitled Railway Guide to the Illinois Central Railroad Lands; engravings in text. LACKS the frontis engraving entitled..... More
New York: Amerman, 1856. 44 [of 64] pp, stitched in original printed wrappers. Outline Map, and double-page map frontis. Some leaves foxed, light edge wear. INCOMPLETE. "The work is, in effect, a guidebook to Illinois." Eberstadt. Byrd records an 1855 Chicago imprint offering 2,500,000 acres, and notes that [in 1855]..... More
Stitched. 38pp, light scattered foxing. Illustration entitled, "Draught of the Pilgrim Ship Sparrow-Hawk," on verso of title page. Lacking wrappers, else Very Good. At head of title: "Ye Ancient Wrecke." The pamphlet documents the discovery of the wreck of the Sparrow Hawk, a colonial ship grounded off Cape Cod in..... More
[Georgia? c. 1895]. 3-1/2" x 5-1/2." Original staples and printed wrappers with wrapper title, as issued. 6, [2 blanks] pp. A few light spots, Very Good. Manuscript names of six women from Georgia [Rome, Waynesboro, Cartersville, Savannah, Athens] on inside front wrapper. The caption title at page [1]: "How to..... More
Hagers-town: Published by Jacob D. Dietrick, [John P. Thomson, Printer, Frederick-Town.], 1806. Original sheep [covers detached but present; lacking front free endpaper]. iv, 527, [1 blank], [28- index], [39- Subscribers' Names], [1 blank] pp. Clean text, Good+. The Subscribers are mostly from small towns in Maryland, with others from Pennsylvania..... More
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[Washington: 1897]. 55th Cong., 1st Sess. SD167. Caption title as issued. 194pp, disbound [last several leaves detached but present]. Else Very Good. With evidence and detailed testimony. More
[np: 1856]. 4pp. Edges chipped with occasional slight loss. Good only. Caption title [as issued]. Printed in double columns. "Let us impartially examine the evidence." True, "in one of his exploring expeditions he made a cross upon a rock"; but even though "he was married by a Catholic Priest," these..... More
Gettysburg: Printed by Robert Harper, 1811. [2], 523, [1 blank] pp. Original sheep [some rubbing but hinges intact], gilt spine bands, gilt-lettered red morocco spine label. Portrait frontis of George Washington, "The Friend of Man," engraved by Gobrecht, who became Chief Engraver of the United States from 1840-1844. Uniformly toned..... More
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[Jacksonville, IL: Illinois Patriot, 1834]. Broadside, printed in four columns, 15-3/4" x 11-1/4." Right margins are wide and generous, inner margins trimmed closely, with three chips costing about ten words or parts thereof [or a total @3500 words]. Good or so. The 1834 Congressional contest in Illinois's Third District was..... More
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Griggsville, Illinois: 1840. Broadside, printed in bold type, 7-1/2" x 9-3/8." A couple of blank corner chips and small blank margin holes. Ink manuscript notations on the otherwise blank verso. A remarkable survival. Very Good. Griggsville is a little town in Pike County, between the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers, in..... More
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Springfield: 1848. [4]pp, folded. Single printed page, interiors blank, folded and addressed for mailing in ink manuscript. Old folds for mailing. Springfield postal cancel [Feb. 23] and addressed in ink to a physician in Mt. Carmel, Wabash County, Illinois. Light wear, Very Good. The broadside is dated and signed at..... More
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[Fulton County, Illinois: 1838]. Broadside, oblong 7-3/8" x 5-7/8." Margins cut down but text unaffected. A few fox spots, one hole in a blank portion [probably from opening]. About Very Good. Signed and dated in type at the end, "Fulton County, Oct. 1838." OCLC 14147095 records this rare printed document..... More
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Hartford: Printed by Elisha Babcock, 1797. 39, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, tiny hole on title leaf costs two letters in Bishop's name and parts of two letters on verso. Good+. On the Yazoo Land Fraud. The introduction states, "This Pamphlet is an...answer to the 'State of Facts,' published by the..... More
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13, [3 blank] pp. Disbound, loosened, lightly toned, final blank detached. Good+. Henry Adams-- journalist, author, and descendant of Presidents-- published "a long criticism of the acts of the present National Administration, and of Congress," in his North American Review for July 1870. Howe was a three-term Senator from Wisconsin..... More
Boston: Council Chambers, June 7, 1786. Single folio leaf, entirely in elegant ink manuscript and signed by Bowdoin. Whether Bowdoin wrote the entire document is arguable but, to our mind, unclear. Very Good. DAB ranks Bowdoin "among the founders of the republic." Writing as Governor of Massachusetts, he reports the..... More
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[Albany: 1800]. Folio broadside, 13-1/2" x 16-3/8." Printed in five columns beneath the caption title. Expertly repaired long horizontal closed tear [no loss]. Very Good. During John Jay's term as Governor, the Legislature passed 133 Acts, listed here. ESTC lists holdings only at AAS; OCLC adds a few more. Evans..... More
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A list, set forth below, of Alabama laws from 1859, through the Civil War and early Reconstruction, in various bindings and conditions. Overall Good+ to Very Good. ACTS OF THE SEVENTH BIENNIAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF ALABAMA, HELD IN THE CITY OF MONTGOMERY, COMMENCING ON THE SECOND MONDAY..... More
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Boston: 1742. Single leaf, entirely in neat, legible ink manuscript. Signed at the end, "Your obliged & affectionate Bro. Thomas Foxcroft." Some early archival repairs, expertly repaired closed tear, none affecting the text. Light dusting and soil. Good+. Foxcroft, Pastor of the Old Church in Boston, "was learned, devout, and..... More
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Richmond, Va. Patrick Keenan, Printer, 1201 Main St. 1887. 29, [3 blanks] pp. Disbound. Original printed blue wrappers ["Price, 15 Cents."] The blank verso of the front wrapper has a remnant of paper adherent. Except as noted Very Good. Dedicated to Willie Cluverius. "The body of Fannie Lillian Madison was..... More
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Boston: N.E. Printed and Sold by S. Kneeland, 1753. [4], 36 pp, with the half title as issued. Stitched into modern plain wrappers. Untrimmed, generously margined, light scattered foxing. Very Good. Bellamy was a Connecticut Congregationalist minister, an ally of Jonathan Edwards, and a fan of the Great Awakening. Evans..... More
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N. London: Printed by T. Green, 1734. [4], iv, 72 pp. Stitched into plain wrappers. Lightly spotted, printer flaws to two letters in title. Good+. Contemporary signature, Thos. Perkins, on half title. The Preface, signed Eliphalet Adams in type, explains the tradition of Ordination Sermons. Evans 3769. ESTC W32130. Trumbull..... More
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Boston: Printed by S. Kneeland, for S. Gerrish, 1720. [2], 36 pp, as issued. Stitched into modern plain wrappers. Trimmed closely at the margins, occasionally shaving a catchword or a signature number. Else Very Good. This is the only 18th century American printing. Foxcroft "was learned, devout, and a good..... More
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Boston: Printed by B. Green, for Benj. Eliot, at his Shop, 1720. [2], iv, 44, [3], [1 blank] pp. Lacking the half title. Disbound with loosened leaves. Lightly toned but a clean text. Good+. Colman was Senior Pastor of the Brattle Street church, one of the most prolific and best..... More