[np: nd. 1870?]. 3 3/4" x 5 3/4". 40pp. Stitched in original printed yellow wrappers. Rear wrap advertises 'The Farmers' and Stock Raisers' Friend and Counsel,' illustration of a bearded farmer. Illustration, 'External Parts of a Horse,' with numerical legend on verso of title page. Text clean except for a.... More
Boston; New-England: J. Draper, for the Booksellers, 1752. 16pp, stitched. Uniformly browned. Very Good. With an essay on the calendar. Evans 6807. Drake 3092. ESTC W29767. More
Boston, New-England: J. Draper, for the Booksellers, [1754]. 8 leaves (complete). Stitched. Upper right quadrant spotted, small hole in last leaf affects a couple of letters. Else Good+. On page14, above the details for December, the Almanac reads: "WHO 'ere presum'd, till FRANKLIN led the Way, / to climb... More
Boston, New-England: J. Draper, for the Booksellers, [1753]. 8 leaves (complete). Stitched, dusted, text lightened on last page. Good+. "I have fill'd the two last Pages with an Essay upon Regimen." "The writer refers to the great number of deaths caused by the 'throat distemper or Pestilence Ulcusculosa'."... More
Baltimore: Edward Coale, 1821. 50pp, disbound [some loosening], light dusting, Good+. The issue concerned the wisdom of making "a very extensive appropriation of the national property for the support of schools. Grants of national lands have already been made to a considerable extent, for the aid of colleges and... More
[Detroit? 1856?]. [2], 10 pp, with the half title, which is usually lacking ['Speech of William H. Seward, at Detroit, October 2, 1856']. Disbound with some loosening. Trimmed closely at the upper margin, taking several page numerals but not affecting text. Good+. As the 1856 elections approached, Slavery was steadily... More
Philadelphia: J.A. Wagenseller, Printer, 1874. 3-3/4" x 5-1/2". 108pp. Original green printed wrappers [light chipping and wear, front wrap creased with some light stains]. Lightly tanned, numerical rubberstamp at head of title page, top outer corners of first several leaves dogeared. Good+. The Grange, officially referred to as The National... More
[New York: 1949]. 16pp. Original printed title wrappers with photographic illustration of author on front wrap [minimal dustsoiling], held with two staples. Number written in ink at head of front wrap, institutional discard rubberstamp on rear wrap. Short split at each end of spine fold. Very Good. "The pamphlet... More
[Mexico City: 1847]. 5-1/2" x 8". 6pp. Disbound, lightly toned. Signed in ink by H.L. Scott, A.A.A.G., "By command of Major-General Scott." Ink notation at head of first page, "See W.D.G.O. 21 of 1848." Very Good. The issue concerned "the removal of two small howitzers, on the 14th of September..... More
[Mexico City: 1847]. 5-1/2" x 8". 2, [2 blanks] pp. Disbound. Signed in ink by H.L. Scott, A.A.A.G., "By command of Major-General Scott." Very Good. The Court found Privates Hill, Murphy and Dorn guilty of drunkenness on guard, and sentenced them "to be confined in charge of the guard for... More
Philadelphia: Emmor Kimber; Solomon W. Conrad, Printer, [1804]. 12mo. [48] pp., stitched, partly untrimmed. Toned, some spotting, complete. AI 6594 [3]. Drake 10673. More
[Enfield MA: Printed by Solomon Howe, 1838]. Broadside, 6.25" x 8". [Enfield, MA? 1838?]. Untrimmed. Beneath title is illustration of Masonic emblems. Printed in double columns, ten numbered stanzas. Words only, no music. Minor foxing, Very Good. OCLC states the following: "Imprint information from Howe bibliography in Proc. Amer... More
Charleston, S.C. Printed, Published and Sold by A.E. Miller, [1833]. [48] pp. Stitched. Chip at blank bottom edge of first [16] pp. Untrimmed. 'Second Edition' at head of title. Very Good. The Almanac includes a "Calendar of Fasts, Festivals, and other days, Observed by the Israelites. For the Year 5594";... More
Pottsville, PA: The Miners' Journal Print. 1876. Original printed wrappers [light private rubberstamp, and numerical accession, on front wrapper], reinforced at the spine with transparent tape. Title page loose. 22pp. Text clean, one rubberstamp in blank margin of page 3. Good+. "'Fraternalism gone bad' might best describe the situation in... More
Boston: Walker, Fuller, and Company, 1865. 31, [1 blank] pp. Stitched. Library rubberstamp and gum label in blank portion of title page. Else a clean and Very Good text. Hepworth became chaplain to the 47th Mass. Regiment in Louisiana in 1862 under Benjamin Butler, and the next year transferred... More
Springfield: Tannatt & Co., Publishers, 1826. 44pp. Stitched in original drab wrappers. Some spotting, several closed tears without loss. Good+. "After threatening several times to do so, Leonard killed his wife with an ax and then cut his own throat" [McDade]. Cohen states, "We have been unable to locate a.... More
New-Brunswick: Published at the Fredonian and Daily New-Brunswicker Office, 1856. [2], 52, 16, [2] pp. Disbound, with faint rubberstamp on title page. Errata at base of last page. Light dusting. Good+. "Fox murdered Henry in New Brunswick by cutting his throat and leaving the body so that it froze in... More
Auburn, N.Y. 1863. Broadside, 8" x 12-1/4". Very Good. Congressman Pomeroy of Auburn, who represented New York in Congress during the Civil War years and early Reconstruction, has high praise for Colonel Clark, serving on the staff of General Banks and recently wounded in the advance on Port Hudson. In... More
New York: For Sale at the Express Offices Throughout the United States, 1858. Original publisher's cloth [worn, but hinges firm]. Gilt spine title lettering [faded]. [2], viii, iv, [5]-287 pp. Port. frontis of William F. Harnden, "The Originator of the Express Business", original tissue guard; three other full-page illustrations. Scattered... More
Philadelphia: Barclay & Co., [1869]. [2], 19-90pp, as issued, with six full-page illustrations. Stitched in original printed wrappers, the front wrap illustrated with a portrait of Twitchell, the rear wrap with an illustration of the murder. Light wrapper wear, a clean text. Very Good. A trademark Barclay gruesome, sensational... More
Boston: Published by the Compiler, 1846. 48pp. Disbound, original printed wrappers, the front wrapper illustrated with a portrait of Mrs. Bickford, engraved by Brown & Worcester. Verso of title page is a printed certificate from James Bickford, attesting to the accuracy of the correspondence and text. Spine worn, old bookplate... More
Philadelphia: Carey & Lea; Griggs & Dickinson, Printers, 1832. xxvi, 592pp, one folding table, plus ten plate illustrations/diagrams [9 of which are folding plates]. Bound in attractive, modern half calf and marbled boards, with gilt spine rules and gilt-stamped spine title, marbled endpapers. All text present but, after page 552... More
New York: D. Appleton, 1848. 12mo, 313 pp, [8-publ. advts.], maps and text illustrations. Original bright red cloth with front cover and spine decorated in gilt, rear cover blind embossed [minor wear]. Folding map frontis of New York and Brooklyn, plus 29 additional maps [folding and otherwise] as collated on... More
[New York: April 16, 1853]. 4pp, each page printed in two columns. Caption title, as issued. Dated and signed in type at the end. Very Good. This formal Opinion of Counsel, evidently unrecorded, addresses "the right of using Morse's instruments on Railroad Telegraph Lines west of Pittsburg." No one, say... More
New York: Published on the 1st of Every Month by Dinsmore & Co., July, 1854. 224pp plus folding map 16" x 19-1/2", entitled, "Dinsmore & Company's New and Complete Map of the Railway System of the United States and Canada. Compiled from Official Sources, under the Direction of The Editor... More
