New York and Washington: Printed & Published by H.R. Robinson 52 Courtland St. Y.N. [sic] & Penns Avenue Washington D.C., [1840]. Broadside lithograph, 12-1/2" x 15-3/4". Signed 'Boneyshanks' in the lower left corner. A rare lithograph brilliantly and humorously portraying the Democrats' and Van Buren's predicament in the 1840 presidential..... More
Philadelphia: C. Sherman, Printer, [1851]. Original front title wrapper, stitched. [2], 19, [1 blank] pp, lacking the rear wrapper. Toned, some shallow blank edge chipping and light wear. Good+, with some Hebrew printing in text. The caption title reads: 'An Address, Delivered at the Schoolhouse of the Hebrew Education Society..... More
[New Orleans]: Published by H.P. Lathrop; Jules Manouvrier, Lithographer, [1861 or 1862]. Oblong 24" x 18-3/4". Map lithographed by Jules Manouvrier. A few shallow chips to blank extremities; a couple of closed tears to blank margins expertly repaired. Very Good. The map shows Kentucky, Tennessee, and portions of North Carolina..... More
London: Printed for T. Cooper... [1739]. 63, [1 blank] pp. Bound in modern vellum. Early leaves dusted, minor scattered foxing. Else Very Good. "In Spanish and English, and relates principally to affairs in America" [Sabin], with particular emphasis on Florida. The book charges that the King of England authorized..... More
Philadelphia: Collins, Printer, 705 Jayne Street, 1859 - 5619. 15, [1 blank] pp. Stitched in original printed wrappers [blindstamp and 'withdrawn' rubberstamp in blank upper portion of front wrapper]. Else Very Good. Mickve Israel [Hope of Israel], one of the oldest Philadelphia synagogues, was founded in the 1740s..... More
New York: Published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St. [1864]. Broadside lithograph, 13-1/4" x 17-3/4". Light soiling to far margins, Very Good. "Democratic presidential candidate George Brinton McClellan is lampooned as an incompetent military leader. He sits in a saddle mounted on the boom of the Union ironclad vessel..... More
Richmond: Printed by T.W. White, 1833. 48pp. Disbound, early and late gatherings foxed, browned. Good+. In a modern folding case. Nat Turner's slave insurrection in Southampton County, Virginia, brought to reality the South's worst nightmare. The incident sparked the only concerted effort by a Slave State to abolish slavery..... More
New York: Hopkins & Co., Wednesday, June 7, 1797 - Saturday, September 30, 1797. Numbers 310-343. Folio, printed in five columns per page. Good+. Contemporary quarter sheep over marbled boards [inner hinges cracked]. Widely scattered and generally light foxing. Trimmed closely at the fore-edges, with infrequent small loss of print..... More
Warrenton, VA: July 26, 1885. Ink manuscript on lined paper. Folio sheet, folded to [4] pp, printed on rectos only. A couple of ink smudges, one expertly repaired closed tear [no loss]. Very Good. "My dear Dr. I have just read your letter anent the Hampton Roads conference, & cannot..... More
[3], [1 blank] pp, loose. Completely in neat ink manuscript. Lightly age toned, old folds. Very Good. Jonathan Russell [1771-1832] was appointed by President Madison as Charge d'Affaires in Paris in 1810. A year later he was transferred to the same position at London. This Letter to Barlow is..... More
Bristol: Printed at the Mirror Office by John Taylor, [1838]. Original printed wrappers, stitched. Spine shorn, wrappers loosening. Except as noted, Very Good. Long folding map. [4], vi, [Tipped in slip regarding tons of coal on board], 65, [1 blank], [tipped in errata slip] pp. The SS Great Western..... More
Philadelphia: Printed for the Board of Trade, May, 1849. Contemporary plain pale brown wrappers [reinforced with tape at spine and wrapper folds]. Ownership signature of Thomas Mott on front wrapper. Stitched. 11, [1 blank] pp. Light wear, Good+ or so. This printing of the new law was specially printed for..... More
New York: Johnson, Fry and Company, [1861-1862]. 8-3/4" x 11-1/2". Eighteen complete issues containing Parts 1-22 [18th issue contains part 21 and a portion of part 22, completed in the 19th issue]. 582pp, partly uncut, each issue with engraved illustration plates. All in original illustrated wrappers, stitched. Below imprint: "Copyright..... More
Boston: I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews, Sold by them and the other Booksellers in Boston... Oct. 1800. [384], 70, [2- Alphabetical Table of Psalms] pp. Printed in two columns per page. Final leaves toned, widely scattered and generally light foxing. Bound in contemporary sheep, with gilt-bordered covers. Front cover sewn..... More
Boston: Manning & Loring, for Ebenezer Larkin, 1799. v, [1], [7]-141, [3 publisher advts] pp. Bound in contemporary sheep [rubbed, inner hinges cracked]. Text with light toning and mild wear. Good+. The first canto was published in Philadelphia in 1775. "So great was its popularity that more than thirty..... More
Boston: Richard Draper, 1763. 45, [1 blank] pp, lacking the half title and final blank. Disbound. Good+. Barnard says the right of suffrage at the annual elections brings Massachusetts "nearer to that of the happy Island from whence we originated, than that of any other of the British Plantations."..... More
Newark, New-Jersey: Printed and Sold by Jacob Halsey and Co., 1799. viii, [2], 437, [3], [8 subscribers' list]. Bound in full contemporary sheep [hinges starting, rubbed, chipped at head and foot of spine]. Scattered foxing. Good+ With an impressive list of Subscribers, mostly from the mid-Atlantic seaboard. "The list..... More
Boston: Printed by Manning & Loring, for J. Nancrede, 1799. Original half sheep and marbled boards. A couple of shallow chips to blank margin of title leaf, one blank margin with a short closed tear, else Very Good. iv, [1], 6-132 pp. Pages 126-132 are advertisements for Nancrede's publications. DNB..... More
Germantaun: Gedruckt bey Michael Billmeyer, 1799. Bound in original sheep, raised spine bands, lacking the clasps [some chipping, but a firm binding]. Frontispiece. pp [8], 148, [8], 585, [9- Register], 26 pp. Printed in two columns per page. Very Good. Some music is included. Evans 35453, 36193. ESTC W6294. More
Boston: Printed by Richard Draper... 1766. 39, [1 blank] pp, but lacking the half title. Disbound, some spotting, last leaf loose but present. Good+. Preached soon after repeal of the Stamp Act, this sermon reflects the relief experienced in the Colonies by those who, like Barnard, feared the rush..... More
Philadelphia: Printed for the Author. [Copy right secured acccording (sic) to an act of Congress.], 1799. 48pp, disbound. Title page vignette of a street scene, with a large porcupine hanging from the Post. Old rubberstamp [which intrudes into the left portion of the vignette] and withdrawal [at bottom margin of..... More
Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1799. 23, [1 blank] pp. Stitched and untrimmed. Light scattered foxing, title leaf torn at upper blank margin, without effect on text. Else Very Good. A Connecticut Federalist attacks the French Revolution and the "utter depravity" of its leaders, who would foment a slave revolt in..... More
[Boston: Printed by Green & Russell, 1761]. 24pp, half title, stitched, untrimmed and uncut. Near Fine. In this pamphlet, writes DAB, Wolcott "wrote with a directness and idiom rare in his day, and with a sturdy natural wisdom that explains the veneration in which he was held." Wolcott had..... More
Boston: James Draper, 1761. 40pp, with the half title, as issued. Disbound with some loosening, else Very Good. Cooper became a passionate advocate of American independence, so much so that the British sought his arrest in 1775. His Sermon, reflecting the remarkable change of heart Americans would experience during..... More
Boston: 1766. 12mo. x, [11]-180 pp. Modern half calf and marbled paper over boards. Gilt-stamped spine title. Some ink spotting to parts of the outer fore-edge. Otherwise, scattered light dusting and mild foxing. Good+. This is the first and only 18th century American edition, having been first published two years..... More