[New York: 1817]. Printed in typescript, completed in manuscript, "To the Treasurer of the City of New-York," instructing payment of Fifteen hundred dollars,"By order of Common Council." Signed as well by the Comptroller [G.N. Bleecker] and Clerk. Text surrounded by decorative border. A colorless indented 'X' mark is present, evidently..... More
[New York: 1821]. Printed in typescript, completed in manuscript, "To the Treasurer of the City of New-York," instructing payment to J. Halstead of $192, "By order of Common Council." Signed as well by the Comptroller [G.N. Bleecker] and Clerk. Text surrounded by decorative border. A colorless indented 'X' mark is..... More
[New York: 1818]. Printed in typescript, "To the Treasurer of the City of New-York," instructing payment to Thomas Rich of $482.23, "By order of Common Council." Signed as well by the Comptroller [G.N. Bleecker] and Clerk. Text surrounded by decorative border. An attractive and early New York City document. Very..... More
Boston: W.B. Clarke, [1875]. 48pp, stitched, original printed wrappers. Fine. BAL 5178. More
Ballston, Saratoga County: Re-Printed by William Child, 1800. 12mo. Pages xxxix, [2], 42-211, [1], xx, but lacking the half title. Scattered light foxing. Covers absent, Good+. The first American edition issued from Boston in 1763. This is the second and only other 18th century American printing." Eikoon toú therou: or..... More
[London? 1792?]. 32pp. Caption title, as issued. Erratum at the bottom of page 32. Disbound, else Very Good. Translated into English, this is a speech to France's National Assembly "by the Deputies from the General Assembly of the French Part of St. Domingo." It is a frightening story of..... More
[Barre, MA? c.1835-1840]. 18" x 21-1/2", visible printed area. Woodcut illustration, matted behind glass in attractive wood frame 27-1/2" x 30-1/4". Printed with black ink. Several closed tears repaired without loss; loss right blank upper corner. Good+. A seven-figure image featuring seven stages of a woman's life: ages 1..... More
Richmond: Jan. 24, 1861. Broadside, 4-7/8" x 8-1/4," laid down on plain paper. Light spotting, Good+. Williams Carter Wickham reluctantly agrees to candidacy as a delegate to Virginia's upcoming Secession Convention. "Should you elect me, I will devote myself to secure all our rights as Virginians and as Southern men..... More
[np: 1867-1876]. Beautifully handcolored engraving, depicting four eye-level views of Howe Machine Company factories surrounded by busy streets, ferries, and carriages. A coin with profile of Elias Howe, Jr., is at center left. Attractively framed and matted. Image 13-1/4" x 15-1/4" by sight. Not examined out of frame. Fine... More
[Richmond? New Orleans? 1864?]. Broadside, 8-1/4" x 12-3/8", printed without caption title [as issued] in three columns. This rare broadside begins with the sentence quoted above. It defends General Lovell, who had been tasked with the defense of New Orleans, from charges that his poor leadership caused the City's capture..... More
New York: Currier & Ives, [1868]. Lithograph illustrated broadside by Currier & Ives, oblong 11" x 15-1/2". Matted. Light dusting, Near Fine. Cartoon characters identified by name; in lower right corner, "on Stone by Cameron." John Cameron was a talented artist employed at Currier & Ives. In lower left corner..... More
New York: Currier & Ives, 1860. Illustrated broadside, lithograph on wove paper. 17-1/2" x 13-1/4". Light toning at blank margins from prior matting, else Fine. The 1860 presidential nominating competition split the Democratic Party into Northern and Southern branches, paving the way for the election of Abraham Lincoln. Southern Democrats..... More
Richmond, Va. Published by Hargrave White. 1861. 24pp. Disbound, scattered foxing, Good+. A Panglossian sermon in which Moore recalls "that fatal election which opened Pandora's box in our land." He gives "thanks to Almighty God for that wonderful triumph of Manassas, where the destinies of our young Republic hung..... More
[Atlanta: Printed for the Author, by Wood, Hanleiter, Rice & Co.], 1861. viii, [9]-336, 339-464, [2 blanks], xii [Index] pp. As issued [the text is continuous]. Modern brown cloth, with gilt-letttered spine title, original endpapers retained. Uniformly browned, scattered spotting. Good+. With the bookplate of "Charles R. Sanders, Jr. of..... More
[Atlanta: Printed for the Author, by Wood, Hanleiter, Rice & Co.], 1861. viii, [9]-336, 339-464, [2 blanks], xii [Index] pp. As issued [the text is continuous]. Modern half morocco and marbled paper over boards, with raised spine banks and gilt-lettered morocco spine title. Clean text. Very Good plus. This..... More
New Orleans: Jas. S. Cosgrove, Convention Printer, 1879. 337, [1 blank], 156 pp, plus two folding tables. Each page printed in two columns. Bound in buckram with gilt-lettered morocco spine labels, light rubberstamp on title page. Clean text. Very Good. Last leaf with a tear affecting about five letters of..... More
[Philadelphia: 1797]. Folio Broadsheet, 7-3/8" x 12." Old horizontal folds, three chips at blank edges, some foxing in the upper blank margin. Good+. This apparently unrecorded imprint of the Fourth Congress prints three Acts, two of them approved March 3, 1797 [the day before the inauguration of President John Adams]..... More
New Orleans: F.F. Hansell & Bro., Ltd., [1902]. Original printed decorative and pictorial wrappers, entitled [in pink and black lettering], 'Hansell's Guide to New Orleans Historical Descriptive.' Wrapper spine title. Detailed folding map frontis, listing places and points of interest. Frontis engraving of area around Jackson Square [one closed tear..... More
Omaha, Neb. Republican Printing House, 1882. 16pp, stitched in original printed wrappers, with wrapper title as issued. Light scattered spotting, short closed upper margin tear throughout [through the running title, but no loss of text]. Else Very Good. The pamphlet prints detailed information, garnered "from personal interviews with farmers..... More
Philadelphia: 1829. [4], 236 pp. Untrimmed and generously margined. Early leaves margin-spotted; otherwise lightly foxed or dusted, generally in the margins. Else Very Good in modern quarter calf and speckled pale boards, with gilt-lettered spine title on black morocco. Brackenridge had a remarkable career-- as a lawyer in Maryland and..... More
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New York: Published by the National Union Executive Committee, Astor House, [1864]. Broadside, 8-3/4" x 11-1/4". Light wear and a bit of foxing. Very Good. This scarce broadside rebuts Copperhead claims that the War is a disastrous mistake, requiring that "immediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities." Issued..... More
Charleston, S.C. Southern Baptist Publication Society, 1851. 12mo. Original publisher's cloth with gilt-lettered spine title [spine sunned]. 151, [1] pp. Text lightly foxed, Very Good. The Essays, which "contain matter worthy of the profound and prayerful consideration of the owners of slaves," won the prize offered by the Baptist..... More
Milwaukee: Rufus King & Co., [1855]. Original printed wrappers [rear wrapper detached and edge-chipped, without text loss]. Stitched. Light foxing. Old historical society bookplate at blank portion of title page verso, which also contains the errata note. Good+. "First Wisconsin almanac" [Howes]. Actually, the first Wisconsin almanac of this series..... More
U.S.S. 'Metacomet' off Mobile: May 16, 1864. [4]pp, folio sheet folded to 12-1/2" x 8", printed on rectos only. Fine. Signed at the end, "Very Respectfully &c | Your obdt Servt | Jas. E. Jouett | Lieut Comdr | U.S.N." Jouett, known as "Fightin Jim" Jouett, ended his illustrious career..... More
Washington City: Rothwell and Ustick, 1829-1830. Folio, 582pp plus general title leaf. Volume I comprises 73 issues, from December 5, 1829 through November 24, 1830. Beginning as a weekly, The Banner would appear on Wednesdays and Saturdays starting in January 1830. The final six pages of our copy are bound..... More