Hartford, Conn. Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1893. 4to. [2], 270, (2), 57 pp. Illustrations "all made directly from original war time photographs," folding maps as issued. Neat modern buckram, library mark at base of spine, contents Fine. FIRST EDITION. Dornbusch 7. I Nevins 72. More
New York: F.W. Beers, A.D. Ellis & G.G. Soule... 95 Maiden Lane, 1867. Folio, 15" x 18." Original boards, with title stamped in gilt on front cover. Spine wear, front cover nearly detached. [1- Title], 37, [6] leaves of plates. Each leaf printed on recto only. Lacking the folding map..... More
[New Haven? New York? Frontispiece and portraits by F. Michelin of New York, [1853]. Bound in original black pebbled leather, ornate gilt designs on boards and spine, raised spine bands, gilt spine title [light rubbing, ex-library marks]. Boards decorated with gilt image of trees, Yale buildings in the background; "Edward..... More
New York: William C. Bryant & Co., 1871. vi, [2 blanks], 427, [1 blank] pp, plus illustrations. Text and the many maps, plates and photographs are collated complete [pursuant to pages v-vi] except for "The Grotto Bridge Over the Ravine," which should appear opposite page 198. All three maps are..... More
[n.p. c.1861]. 2 1/4" x 5". White postal cover, printed in black and red inks. Unused. Small glue remnants around flap side from earlier mounting. Very Good. Senator Douglas of Illinois was the presidential nominee of the regular Democratic Party in 1860. Realizing late in the campaign that he..... More
Boston: Printed and Sold by William M'Alpine, [1766]. 16mo. 12 leaves (complete). Loose, light edge wear, toned, Good+. This Almanac celebrates the Stamp Act's repeal with a patriotic preface by Ames, lauding Americans' "exertion of that noble spirit of Freedom, which every thinking honest Man that has ever been..... More
[Worcester: Isaiah Thomas, 1787]. Pages 335-352, with caption title as issued. Upper margins of several leaves trimmed closely, shaving portions of several page numbers, a couple of printer flaws with effect on a few letters. Good+, in modern pale grey paper over boards. This early, rare printing of the proposed..... More
Philadelphia: Printed by Mathew Carey, 1787. [3], 212-311, [1] pp. Widely scattered light foxing; final few leaves with some blank inner margin wear. Pages 276-286 print, in Very Good condition, the proposed U.S. Constitution, claimed as its first magazine printing. Overall Good+, in modern pale grey paper over boards. This..... More
[London]: Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be Printed, 21 June 1838, 1838. Folio. [2], 166, [1 blank], [1 docket] pp. Stitched. Minor dusting, Very Good. The goal is to establish "sound and liberal principles for the general education of the children of its labouring population." Construction of schools..... More
Boston: Printed and published on Wednesdays and Saturdays, by Benjamin Russell, 1797. Folio. [4] pp, each page in four columns. Old folds, minor loss. Good+. The speeches of Adams and Jefferson are printed on page [2], in two-and-one-half columns. The Centinel also reports that "an indentured mulatto servant Boy, by..... More
Austin: Printed at Gazette Office, by Jo. Walker, State Printer, 1866. 53, [1 blank], [1], ix, [1 blank], 272, [2], xxvii, [1 blank] pp. Separate title page for the Laws of the Eleventh Legislature. Bound in marbled paper over boards and modern quarter morocco. Very Good. The 1866 Constitution was..... More
[New York and Boston: Printed at the Brook Farm Press, 1845-1846]. 4to. Two volumes, with the ownership signature "W.B. Brown" on front endpaper of each volume. Volume II: iv, 412 pp. From Saturday, December 13, 1845 through Saturday, June 6, 1846. Twenty-six weekly issues, each 16pp [except for issue..... More
New York: Wilson & Company, [1842]. 4to. Original marbled paper over boards and quarter sheep. Binding rubbed and spine chipped. [4], 538 pp, as issued. Each issue 30, [2] pp [except for the final issue of December 31, which lacks page 540 and the unnumbered final leaf]. 18 weekly issues..... More
Washington: 1844. Seventeen lines of text, plus salutation and closing, written entirely in ink manuscript to "My dear Sir." Signed, "Most faithfully yours, I.C. Bates." Printed on recto of a single leaf. Matted on the verso of the inner front margin. Uniformly toned, Very Good. Bates [1779-1841] was a Massachusetts..... More
[n.p. Jacques Reich? 1883?]. Portrait, 6" x 7-5/8,", backed on stock measuring 6-3/4" x 8-3/4." Sketch bust portrait of Stephens in a suit, angled to the left, "Gov. Alexander H. Stephens, 1883" in neat ink manuscript at bottom center beneath portrait. India ink sketch versus print, as the portrait has..... More
New York: Published by the N.Y. Workingmen's Democratic Republican Association, [1863 or 1864]. Folio broadside, 12-3/8" x 19." Light foxing and minor wear, Very Good. At the bottom: "Printed also for the Loyal Publication Society, 863 Broadway, N.Y. PLEASE POST THIS UP." This dramatic signed at the end in bold..... More
Philadelphia: Published by C.P. Wayne, 1807. 4to. Contemporary quarter calf [gilt spine rules] and marbled paper over boards [with contemporary text from an official document attractively overlaid]. All ten Maps, plus 22-page Subscriber List. Light foxing, Very Good. FIRST EDITION. Howes M317. Sabin 44788. More
[New York: 1939]. 15, [1 blank] pp. 3-1/2" x 6." Stapled as issued. Tipped-in replacement of Article VI on page 10. Very Good with light wear. [offered with] N.A.C.G.N. THIS MEMBERSHIP CARD CERTIFIES THAT [ANNIE E. ROBINSON] IS A NURSE MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COLORED GRADUATE NURSES, 1790..... More
[Concord: 1864]. Broadside, 8" x 11." A bit of offsetting, Very Good. Gilmore's Proclamation, dated 17 March 1864, is prompted by President Lincoln's order "for an additional draft of 200,000 men, on the 15th day of April." The Governor reviews New Hampshire's obligations under this call, and announces that an..... More
[London: 1839]. 12, [1 blank], [1 docket] pp. Folio, with caption title as issued. New stitching. Very Good. Reports are printed "on the actual state of the labouring population and sugar cultivation," with disturbing news that the local magistrate prevents "the labourers from settling and working upon the properties on..... More
London: Printed by T.R. Harrison, [1843]. Folio. 19, [1 blank] pp. New stitching, light rubberstamp in upper blank portion of title page, else Very Good. England used her mighty naval power in a massive effort to stamp out the International Slave Trade. The major roadblock to a Treaty with the..... More
[Spartanburg, S.C.? c.1839]. Folio sheet, entirely in ink manuscript, folded to four pages, each 8-1/4" x 13-1/4." A couple of fold splits which do not affect text, light soiling. Good+. A lot of people owed Dr. Smith money and wrote promissory notes to him. They are listed here, but "the..... More
New Orleans: Printed by L. Graham & Co., 73 Camp street, 1875. Original printed title wrappers [dirty]. Stitched. 36pp, with tipped-in errata slip. Good+. "The want of plain, short and Catholic instruction on great, practical truths, occasions the present alarming increase and progress of speculative views in religion, of novel..... More
Single page autograph document, entirely in ink script. Signed by Richard Leverich, Cornelius Hyatt, and David Van Wickel as witness. Very Good. Leverich sells his Negro Slave Jack to Hyatt, for $200, for a term of seven years, after which Hyatt must emancipate Jack. This early New York slavery document..... More
New York: D. Buchner and Company, [1888]. Original decorated cloth [rubbed at spine ends and extremities]. [124] pp. With 210 chromolithograph portrait illustrations, each with a brief biography on the facing page. Last leaf with a short closed tear, repaired without loss by a label of the OK Book Store..... More