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OFFICIAL LIST OF OFFICERS WHO MARCHED WITH THE ARMY UNDER THE COMMAND OF MAJOR GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT, FROM PUEBLA UPON THE CITY OF MEXICO, THE SEVENTH, EIGHTH, NINTH AND TENTH OF AUGUST, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVEN, AND WHO WERE ENGAGED IN THE BATTLES OF MEXICO. Mexican War, Winfield Scott.

[Mexican War] Winfield Scott:

OFFICIAL LIST OF OFFICERS WHO MARCHED WITH THE ARMY UNDER THE COMMAND OF MAJOR GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT, FROM PUEBLA UPON THE CITY OF MEXICO, THE SEVENTH, EIGHTH, NINTH AND TENTH OF AUGUST, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY-SEVEN, AND WHO WERE ENGAGED IN THE BATTLES OF MEXICO.

Mexico: American Star Print. 1848. Oblong 4to. [24]pp. Errata slip pasted to verso of title page, listing "Names Accidentally Omitted," including that of 2d Lt. G.B. McClellan. Map, entitled 'Battles of Mexico... Made by Major Turnbull, Captain McClellan..." Slip laid in concerning "1st Lieut. Andrew I. Williamson, 3d Infantry." Original... More

Price: $1,500.00

SIX CHILDREN'S CARDS, IN COLOR, EACH DEPICTING A WELL-KNOWN CONTEMPORARY PERSON: ULYSSES S. GRANT, BENJAMIN BUTLER, HENRY WARD BEECHER, HORACE GREELEY, THOMAS DE WITT TALMAGE, AND AN UNIDENTIFIED AFRICAN-AMERICAN. EACH CARD CUT INTO THREE DISTINCT PARTS [HEAD, TORSO AND LEGS] WITH WORDS NEXT TO EACH SECTION SO THAT PARTS CAN BE MIXED AND MATCHED TO CHANGE PHRASES AND APPEARANCE OF EACH CHARACTER'S BODY. Walter Stranders.

Stranders, Walter:

SIX CHILDREN'S CARDS, IN COLOR, EACH DEPICTING A WELL-KNOWN CONTEMPORARY PERSON: ULYSSES S. GRANT, BENJAMIN BUTLER, HENRY WARD BEECHER, HORACE GREELEY, THOMAS DE WITT TALMAGE, AND AN UNIDENTIFIED AFRICAN-AMERICAN. EACH CARD CUT INTO THREE DISTINCT PARTS [HEAD, TORSO AND LEGS] WITH WORDS NEXT TO EACH SECTION SO THAT PARTS CAN BE MIXED AND MATCHED TO CHANGE PHRASES AND APPEARANCE OF EACH CHARACTER'S BODY.

[New York? Ives, Blakeslee & Williams Company ? 1881?]. Six brightly colored cards printed on thick cardboard. Each full card measures 7" x 9"; each individual section measures 3" x 9". Six cards in all, a total of 18 sections. Light wear and spotting, all with copyright of March 22... More

Price: $950.00

THE JACK KNIFE WAR. Tammany Hall, Tweed Ring.

[Tammany Hall; Tweed Ring]:

THE JACK KNIFE WAR.

[New York: Currier & Ives, 1871]. Lithograph, oblong 16-1/2" x 12". Light dusting, Very Good. This rare illustration is an extremely negative take-- complete with severed heads-- on Boss Tweed's hijacking of New York City's finances. "The 1870 New York City charter, written by Tammany Hall political boss William Marcy... More

Price: $1,500.00

REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN EDITION FOR THE MILLION. CONTAINING THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM, THE LIVES OF FREMONT AND DAYTON, WITH BEAUTIFUL STEEL PORTRAITS OF EACH. ALSO, THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. Republican Party.

Republican Party:

REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN EDITION FOR THE MILLION. CONTAINING THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM, THE LIVES OF FREMONT AND DAYTON, WITH BEAUTIFUL STEEL PORTRAITS OF EACH. ALSO, THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

Boston and Cleveland: 1856. Original printed wrappers [detached but present], stitched. Two ports. frontis of the candidates, with paper guard [foxing]. Pages [4], 36, 32, [4], as issued. Very Good. These campaign biographies of the first Republican presidential ticket print the first Republican Platform, urging Congress to prohibit from... More

Price: $450.00

New Hampshire:

AN ACT FOR THE OPENING AND MAKING PASSABLE A HIGH-WAY FROM DARTMOUTH-COLLEGE TO BOSCAWEN.

[Portsmouth, NH: Printed by Robert Gerrish, 1786?]. Folio. Pages 373-391 [1 blank]. Caption title as issued. "Eleven acts passed by the New Hampshire General Court, February and March 1786" [ESTC]. A couple of rubberstamps, light toning and dusting. Good+. Evans 20548. ESTC W8201 [2 locations- AAS, HSP]. [bound with] AN ACT... More

Price: $375.00

A POLITICAL CATECHISM OF MAN, WHEREIN HIS NATURAL RIGHTS ARE FAMILIARLY EXPLAINED, AND EXEMPLIFIED, IN A VARIETY OF OBSERVATIONS ON THE GOVERNMENT OF A NEIGHBOURING ISLAND. ALSO, THE REAL AND POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE HONEST HUSBANDMAN, AND INDUSTRIOUS MECHANIC, AND THEIR INCONTROVERTIBLE RIGHT TO LEGISLATE FOR THEMSELVES CLEARLY EXPOUNDED. TOGETHER WITH SOME REMARKS ON THE UNSOCIAL TENDENCY OF CATHOLIC CHURCHES, ESTABLISHED BY LAW. BY CITIZEN RANDOL, OF OSTEND. THE THIRD EDITION. Daniel Isaac Eaton.

[Eaton, Daniel Isaac]:

A POLITICAL CATECHISM OF MAN, WHEREIN HIS NATURAL RIGHTS ARE FAMILIARLY EXPLAINED, AND EXEMPLIFIED, IN A VARIETY OF OBSERVATIONS ON THE GOVERNMENT OF A NEIGHBOURING ISLAND. ALSO, THE REAL AND POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE HONEST HUSBANDMAN, AND INDUSTRIOUS MECHANIC, AND THEIR INCONTROVERTIBLE RIGHT TO LEGISLATE FOR THEMSELVES CLEARLY EXPOUNDED. TOGETHER WITH SOME REMARKS ON THE UNSOCIAL TENDENCY OF CATHOLIC CHURCHES, ESTABLISHED BY LAW. BY CITIZEN RANDOL, OF OSTEND. THE THIRD EDITION.

London: Printed and Sold by Citizen Daniel Isaac Eaton, Printer and Bookseller to the Supreme Majority of the People, 1795. 44pp. Stitched, untrimmed and partly uncut. Several blank margin tears from careless opening. Last two leaves dirty, with a couple of small holes affecting about three letters. Good+. This is... More

Price: $650.00

Baptist, Edward:

ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE TRUSTEES, FACULTY AND STUDENTS OF HOWARD COLLEGE, MARION, PERRY COUNTY, NOVEMBER 16, 1846. BY REV. EDWARD BAPTIST, M.A.

Tuskaloosa: Printed by M.D.J. Slade, 1846. 14pp, with original printed front title wrapper. Lacks rear wrapper, disbound. Good+ A scarce Alabama imprint "on the important subject of Education." A critic of "stagnant" British education, Baptist charges that "No student can enter Oxford of Cambridge, without proving his membership in her..... More

Price: $250.00

OUR WAY ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN, HO! WORDS BY CHARLES MACKAY, ESQ. COMPOSED & RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO M.M. NOAH, ESQ. (OF NEW YORK) AS A SLIGHT TOKEN OF GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF EARLY KINDNESS TO A STRANGER BY HENRY RUSSELL. Judaica, Henry Russell, Charles Mackay.

[Judaica] Russell, Henry; Charles Mackay:

OUR WAY ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN, HO! WORDS BY CHARLES MACKAY, ESQ. COMPOSED & RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO M.M. NOAH, ESQ. (OF NEW YORK) AS A SLIGHT TOKEN OF GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF EARLY KINDNESS TO A STRANGER BY HENRY RUSSELL.

Boston: Published by Parker & Ditson, [1838]. 4to, 12-3/4" x 10".7, [1 blank] pp. Disbound [some loosening], minor wear, Good+. "Henry Russell (1812-1900) was an English pianist, baritone singer and composer. Born into a distinguished Jewish family, Russell was a great-nephew of Chief Rabbi Solomon Hirschell. The composer lived in... More

Price: $875.00

A BRIEF DISCOURSE AT THE ORDINATION OF A DEACON. John Webb.

Webb, John:

A BRIEF DISCOURSE AT THE ORDINATION OF A DEACON.

Boston: Printed by B. Green, for D. Henchman, and J. Phillips, and Sold at their Shops, 1731. [2]. 20, [2 blanks] pp, as issued. Disbound, last several leaves with some foxing. Good+. Reverend Webb, Pastor of a Church of Christ in Boston, explains what it takes to be a good... More

Price: $500.00

AN EXAMINATION OF THE CIVIL ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNOR JACKSON IN FLORIDA. Andrew Jackson.

[Jackson, Andrew]:

AN EXAMINATION OF THE CIVIL ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNOR JACKSON IN FLORIDA.

[Washington? 1828]. 48pp. Stitched, caption title as issued, scattered toning and foxing. Blank inner margin wear to title page. Good+. The pamphlet consists of essays, each with caption title, culled from the columns of the National Intelligencer's June 21, July 3, August 7, September 4 and 23, 1828. Each demonstrates... More

Price: $600.00

[Jackson, Andrew]:

A HISTORY OF THE LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF MAJOR GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON. IMPARTIALLY COMPILED FROM THE MOST AUTHENTIC SOURCES.

[np]: 1828. [2], 36, [1], [1 blank] pp. Two binding holes and two later staples in blank inner margin. Scattered foxing, Good+. This is one of several variant printings, all anonymous. Perhaps the author concluded that revealing his identity would be unwise: he portrays Jackson as a violent, reckless, impulsive... More

Price: $175.00

SPEECHES DELIVERED AT THE ANTI-COLONIZATION MEETING, IN EXETER HALL, LONDON, JULY 13, 1833, BY JAMES CROPPER, ESQ., WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON, REV. NATHANIEL PAUL, DANIEL O'CONNELL, ESQ. William Lloyd Garrison, Nathaniel Paul.

Garrison, William Lloyd; Nathaniel Paul, et al.:

SPEECHES DELIVERED AT THE ANTI-COLONIZATION MEETING, IN EXETER HALL, LONDON, JULY 13, 1833, BY JAMES CROPPER, ESQ., WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON, REV. NATHANIEL PAUL, DANIEL O'CONNELL, ESQ....

Boston: Printed by Garrison & Knapp, 1833. 39, [1] pp. Stitched. Lacking the front wrapper. Original printed rear wrapper, advertising a new edition from Garrison's press of 'Thoughts on African Colonization,' is present. Light foxing, Good+. The pamphlet is a bold attack on American religious elites who support the colonization... More

Price: $850.00

[England]:

AN ACT FOR NATURALIZING SUCH FOREIGN PROTESTANTS AS HAVE SERVED, OR SHALL SERVE FOR THE TIME THEREIN MENTIONED, AS OFFICERS OR SOLDIERS IN HIS MAJESTY'S ROYAL AMERICAN REGIMENT, OR AS ENGINEERS IN AMERICA. [ANNO REGNI GEORGII III... AT THE PARLIAMENT BEGUN AND HOLDEN AT WESTMINSTER, THE NINETEENTH DAY OF MAY ANNO DOMINI 1761...].

London: Mark Baskett, 1762. [2], 819-822, [2 blank] pp. Disbound, persistent spotting at bottom blank corners. Else Very Good. ESTC N56739 [4 locations]. More

Price: $125.00

RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING CONFEDERATE STATES PRISON, AT TUSCALOOSA, ALA. General John Winder.

[Winder, General John]:

RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING CONFEDERATE STATES PRISON, AT TUSCALOOSA, ALA.

[Tuscaloosa? 1864-1865]. Broadside, 6" x 10-1/4". A perhaps unique survival: soiled down the center of an old fold, margins chipped [one chip taking half the letter 'C' in the title word 'Confederate], old archival repairs on verso with loss of about three letters. Good. This is a rare, unrecorded, and... More

Price: $3,500.00

A SERMON PREACHED AT BROOKFIELD MARCH 6, 1778. ON THE DAY OF THE INTERMENT OF MR. JOSHUA SPOONER, WHO WAS MOST BARBAROUSLY MURDERED AT HIS OWN GATE, ON THE LORD'S DAY EVENING PRECEEDING, BY THREE RUFFIANS, WHO WERE HIRED FOR THE PURPOSE BY HIS WIFE. Nathan Fiske.

Fiske, Nathan:

A SERMON PREACHED AT BROOKFIELD MARCH 6, 1778. ON THE DAY OF THE INTERMENT OF MR. JOSHUA SPOONER, WHO WAS MOST BARBAROUSLY MURDERED AT HIS OWN GATE, ON THE LORD'S DAY EVENING PRECEEDING, BY THREE RUFFIANS, WHO WERE HIRED FOR THE PURPOSE BY HIS WIFE.

Boston, New-England: Printed by Thomas & John Fleet, 1778. Small 4to. 20pp, but lacking the half title. Untrimmed, light toning, scattered spotting, several short repairs to several blank edges and inner blank margins. Bound in attractive, modern half green morocco and marbled boards, with gilt-stamped spine title. Contemporary inscription, 'Benjamin... More

Price: $2,750.00

[Connecticut]:

AT A MEETING OF THE ELECTORS OF THE TOWN OF WARREN LEGALLY WARNED AND HELD ON THE FIRST MONDAY OF NOVEMBER, ANNO DOMINI 1844, THE FOLLOWING PERSONS RECEIVED THE NUMBER OF VOTES ANNEXED TO THEIR NAMES RESPECTIVELY, FOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, VIZ...

[Hartford? 1844]. Folio broadsheet, 7 3/4" x 13". Preprinted form completed in neat ink manuscript, two columns: names of electors, number of votes received. Some printing on verso, and docketed there in manuscript: "The official returns of President and Vice President Nov. 4th 1844." Old folds, else Fine. Connecticut's popular... More

Price: $250.00

[Maryland Constitutional Convention of 1864]:

GENERAL TICKET. AGAINST A CONVENTION. DELEGATES TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. BENJAMIN C. HOWARD, ROBERT R. BOARMAN, WILLIAM M. ISAAC, CHARLES T. HAILE, PLEASANT HUNTER, VICTOR HOLMES, THOMAS D. COCKEY OF J. ... ELECTION, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6TH, 1864.

[Baltimore? 1864]. Broadside ticket, 2-3/4" x 5-1/4". List of delegates. Very Good. The Constitution of 1864, adopted in an extremely close vote, responded to President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, which had no effect in the Loyal State of Maryland. Additionally, Maryland's existing Constitution of 1855 barred the Legislature from passing any... More

Price: $125.00

Welles, Gideon:

AUTOGRAPH OF GIDEON WELLES ON SMALL PAPER: "GIDEON WELLES | HARTFORD | 10TH JULY 1877."

n.p. 1877. Small paper, 2 3/4" x 4 3/8"; possibly cut from a larger document. Neat ink manuscript. Signed less than 7 months before Welles's death. Light shadows at each corner of recto from four glue remnants on verso from previous mounting. Very Good. Gideon Welles [1802-1878] was a.... More

Price: $150.00

[Maryland Constitutional Convention of 1864]:

AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION.

[Baltimore? 1864]. Broadside political ticket, 2-3/8" x 4-1/4", illustrated with an American flag. Uncolored. Very Good. The Constitution of 1864, adopted in an extremely close vote, responded to President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, which had no effect in the Loyal State of Maryland. Additionally, Maryland's existing Constitution of 1855 barred... More

Price: $125.00

DESTRUCTION OF PIKE'S OPERA HOUSE, MARCH 22ND, 1866. FIRE FIEND. F. Schuler.

Schuler, F.:

DESTRUCTION OF PIKE'S OPERA HOUSE, MARCH 22ND, 1866. FIRE FIEND.

Cincinnati: John Church, [1866]. Folio, 10" x 13". 6, [2 blank] pp. Disbound. Music only, no words. Original printed and full color illustrated wrappers, with brilliantly colored engraving of Cincinnati's burning opera house engulfed in bright red and orange flames, a crowd of people look on as firefighters spray their... More

Price: $350.00

[African American Sheet Music]:

NEGRO MELODIES SUNG BY THE ETHIOPIAN SERENADERS. THE AMERICAN BANJO PLAYERS &C. CONTENTS... [MUSIC AND WORDS TO "LUCY NEAL" ON FOLLOWING PAGES.].

London: D'Almaine, 1846? 4to, 9-3/4" x 13-1/2". 5, [1 blank] pp, disbound, loose. Beneath the title are listed twelve available songs in the collection. Original printed and illustrated front wrapper has twelve small vignettes around the entire border featuring African American characters, one vignette for each song. Light scattered foxing... More

Price: $375.00

[Massachusetts]:

ACTS AND LAWS, PASSED BY THE GREAT AND GENERAL COURT OR ASSEMBLY OF THE PROVINCE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS-BAY, IN NEW-ENGLAND: BEGUN AND HELD AT HARVARD-COLLEGE IN CAMBRIDGE...

[Boston: Printed by Richard Draper, and Green & Russell, printers to the Government, 1770]. Folio. Pages 569-575, [1 blank], as issued. The imprint is from the colophon. Caption title, as issued. Lightly toned, one inconspicuous rubberstamp. About Very Good, in modern library buckram with gilt-lettered red morocco spine title. Evans... More

Price: $275.00

[Parliament]:

AN ACT FOR REGULATING, UNTIL THE FIRST DAY OF AUGUST ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-NINE, THE SHIPPING AND CARRYING OF SLAVES IN BRITISH VESSELS FROM THE COAST OF AFRICA. [28TH JUNE 1798.].

[London: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, Printer's to the King's most Excellent Majesty, 1798]. Folio. Disbound, pages [805]-820, as issued. Very Good. This detailed law, an important step in England's final abolition of the African slave trade, regulates the maximum number of slaves that such ships may carry;... More

Price: $1,000.00

[Civil War Patriotic Covers]:

COLLECTION OF 38 UNUSED PRO-UNION PATRIOTIC POSTAL COVERS DEPICTING EAGLES, WOMEN AND FLAGS, MOST IN COLOR.

[n.p. 1861-65]. All uncancelled, generally 3" x 5-1/2". Occasional light wear, a few with short splits or chips.A few have glue remnants on flaps from prior mounting. Very Good. Variants and not in Weiss are noted. The following covers listed by Weiss citation: E-R-171 - Eagle holding flag atop... More

Price: $750.00

THE VIGILANTES OF MONTANA, OR, POPULAR JUSTICE IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. BEING A CORRECT AND IMPARTIAL NARRATIVE OF THE CHASE, TRIAL CAPTURE, AND EXECUTION OF HENRY PLUMMER'S ROAD AGENT BAND, TOGETHER WITH ACCOUNTS OF THE LIVES AND CRIMES OF MANY OF THE ROBBERS AND DESPERADOES, THE WHOLE BEING INTERSPERSED WITH SKETCHES OF LIFE IN THE MINING CAMPS OF THE "FAR WEST." SECOND EDITION. Thomas J. Dimsdale.

Dimsdale, Thomas J.:

THE VIGILANTES OF MONTANA, OR, POPULAR JUSTICE IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. BEING A CORRECT AND IMPARTIAL NARRATIVE OF THE CHASE, TRIAL CAPTURE, AND EXECUTION OF HENRY PLUMMER'S ROAD AGENT BAND, TOGETHER WITH ACCOUNTS OF THE LIVES AND CRIMES OF MANY OF THE ROBBERS AND DESPERADOES, THE WHOLE BEING INTERSPERSED WITH SKETCHES OF LIFE IN THE MINING CAMPS OF THE "FAR WEST." SECOND EDITION.

Virginia City, M.T. D.W. Tilton, 1882. 241, [1 blank] pp. A clean text. Original printed front wrapper [some spotting] laid down, modern plain wrappers, Very Good. Bound in a slipcase, with printed spine title. This is the scarce second edition of the first and "textually the most important book... More

Price: $1,250.00

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