Philadelphia: 1800-1801. Thirteen Volumes, each newly rebound in brown cloth with gilt-lettered red morocco spine labels [dates misstated on some spine labels]. Uniformly toned, occasional mild spotting, clean text, Very Good. This offering comprises the Folwell printing of the Journals of the Continental Congress, covering the entire sweep of..... More
Boston: March 1903. Original printed wrappers with wrapper title, as issued, and original staples. At head of title: "You are earnestly asked to hand this after reading to some other person who will also give it careful consideration." Rear wrapper repeats the first sentence of the title. [56] pages. Wrappers..... More
197, 28 pp, followed by empty leaves. Bound in original calf [slightly warped], raised spine bands. The ledger made by "A.C. Raymond, Bookseller, Stationer, and Blank Book Manufacturer, No. 203 Chapel Street, New Haven." Text clean, Very Good. Hundreds of names are recorded in this ledger during a significant period..... More
Folded bifolium, [4]pp on lined paper. Signed at the end, Porter King. Page [3] is blank, docketed on page [4]. Very Good. "Judge King was born April 30, 1824, in Perry County, Alabama, and was the son of a wealthy Alabama plantation owner. After attending the University of Alabama and..... More
Jacksonville, Ala. April 11, 1862. 4pp, bifolium, folded to 7-3/4" x 10." Written in neat ink manuscript on pale blue, lined paper. Very Good. Docketed on last page. Old folds for filing, Very Good. The letter, indicating the hardships created by the War, is signed G.C. Ellis, who was a...... More
Perry County, Alabama: 1864. [4]pp, bifolium. Old folds, repaired closed tear at a fold [no loss]. Light wear. Good+. The petition, written in neat ink manuscript, is addressed to General Withers and Colonel Brooks. It is signed in ink at the bottom of page [2] by fourteen Perry County..... More
Salinas City, Monterey County, California: The Monterey Democrat, 1880. The Monterey Democrat is 4pp folded folio, each leaf 16" x 24." Each page printed in six columns, each column separated by a rule. Rubberstamp of L.T. Fisher Advertising Agency, San Francisco, in upper right blank corner of first page. Inoffensive..... More
New York: Published at the Office of the New York Herald, [1841]. 31, [1] pp. Stitched as issued, each text page printed in two columns. Portrait of Robinson on page [3]. Scattered foxing. Title leaf and page [32] are dusted; page [32] with a closed tear [not taking any text]..... More
[Cooperstown?]: 1805. iv, 5-24 pp. Sidestitched, untrimmed [chipping along untrimmed edges, portions of a couple of letters affected], scattered foxing, couple of holes in blank portion of title leaf. Closed blank inner margin tears. Good. This is the rare printing of a particularly gruesome murder. "Arnold was a schoolmaster..... More
[Augusta: 1830]. Printed broadside, 8" x 9-3/4." Signed in type, "WM. C. MICOU, Attorney at Law. Office at the Corner of Broad and Kollock streets, nearly opposite Wheeler's Building." Toned and lightly foxed, several blank margin chips. Good+. Micou [1807-1854] was born in Augusta and died in New Orleans..... More
[New York: P.A. Mesier's Lith., 28 Wall St. c. mid-19th century]. Oblong engraved map, 22" x 30." Depicting Willow Street and Marion Street, New Haven, Connecticut, bounded by Dixwell Avenue and Canal Street. With inset of New Haven's "Public Square" and "Yale College." Old folds with fold splits. Good or..... More
[Philadelphia: 1794]. Folio, [4] pp bifolium, folded to 8" x 13." Caption title, as issued. Lightly toned, Very Good plus. This rare document, compiled by Secretary of State Randolph's aides, lists more than four hundred vessels in three columns: "Vessels Names," "Master's Names," and "Names of Owners, or Parties interested."..... More
Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1794. 4to. 20pp, stitched, lightly foxed. Else Very Good. A heartfelt July 4 oration, delivered before the organization of Revolutionary War officers. Of America's first settlers, Waterman says that "Religion was the darling object of their souls." They developed their institutions "upon the grounds of..... More
1. Dutton, Warren: THE PRESENT STATE OF LITERATURE: A POEM, DELIVERED IN NEW-HAVEN, AT THE PUBLIC COMMENCEMENT OF YALE-COLLEGE, SEPTEMBER 10, 1800. Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin. 1800. 16pp, stitched into contemporary marbled wrappers, lightly foxed, Very Good. Evans 37337. 2. Paine, Thomas [Robert Treat]: AN EULOGY ON THE LIFE OF..... More
Chicago: Published by Acme Publishing and Engraving Co., [1891]. xv, [1], 33-280, [1] pp, plus original illustrated chromolithographic wrappers bound into original publisher's cloth [gilt-lettered title stamped on front cover, with some rubbing]. A clean text, with many illustrations and advertisements. Very Good plus. The beautifully illustrated wrappers are featured..... More
Fort Ellis, NC, near New Bern: 1862 [January 31]. Oblong folio broadsheet, uniformly tanned. 12-3/4" x 18-1/2." Printed, with manuscript additions. Signed in ink by J.M. Mayo, Commanding Company. Contemporary "Duplicate." A few pinholes at fold intersections, not affecting text, Very Good. Most spaces available for the requested detailed information..... More
[Philadelphia: Printed at the Office of the Bond of Peace, 403 North Sixth Street, 1866]. 4pp bifolium. Caption title, as issued. At head of title: "Universal Peace Union Tracts, - No. 1." Fine. Signed in type at the end, "Alfred H. Love." The Universal Peace Union, at its convention in..... More
Nashville, Tennessee: E.G. Eastman and Company, State Printers, 1858. xxx, [2], 1150 pp. Modern tan buckram, title stamped on spine [with discrete library stamp]. Half title present [repaired tear], a clear and clean text. Very Good. A detailed table of contents is followed by the Declaration of Independence, the U.S...... More
Rikers Island, Draft Rendezvous, New York: 30 December 1863. [4] pp, bifolium, written in neat ink manuscript on recto and verso of first leaf only. Two unused 3 cent postage stamps [portrait of G. Washington] in upper blank corner of first page. Fine. The Letter is to General Ruger, although..... More
New York: Printed and Published by C.S. Van Winkle, 1821. viii, [9]-226, [1- publisher advt], [1 blank] pp. Lacks map (not issued with all copies), facsimile plan laid in back. Contemporary marbled paper over boards, rebacked with gilt-stamped morocco spine title. Untrimmed. Very Good. "Copies of this work with..... More
Boston: Printed for N. Coverly, 1819. 23, [1 blank] pp. Stitched. Original pale grey rear wrapper present. Corners rounded. Except as noted, Very Good. With contemporary owner's inscription on final blank: "Henry Ward's Book 1821." "The crew of the 'Plattsburg' mutinied and threw the captain, mate, and super-cargo overboard, taking..... More
Tallahassee: N.M. Bowen, State Printer, 1885. 631, [1 blank] pp. Bound in contemporary sheep [rubbed] with gilt-lettered morocco spine labels. A clean text, Very Good. Inscribed on front free endpaper: "Judge Thomas Settle from your friend Philip Walter." Settle was a Federal court judge in Northern Florida, appointed in 1877..... More
Philadelphia: Printed by R. Aitken and Son, Market Street, 1795. 25, [1 blank] pp, stitched into contemporary [or a bit later] marbled wrappers [rubberstamp of Ten Mile Square Club of Washington DC on blank inner rear wrapper]. Light spotting, Good+. This is the Prospectus for the North American Land..... More
[np: nd]. Small etching, 3" x 4-1/4". Full length portrait of Jackson in full uniform, facing left. Accompanied with a small typed note which identifies the piece [brittle and chipping]. The etching is Fine. Volck described the circumstances of this engraving in a letter to McHenry Howard as follows: "The..... More
New York: Published by H. & W. Voight. Lith. by Kimmel & Forster, 254 & 256 Canal St. [1865]. Broadside illustration, 8-3/4" x 10"; mounted on 9-3/4" x 12" stiff backing. Short closed tear at top blank margin, lower blank forecorner chipped [corrected with the backing]. Good+. "From building..... More