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Mexican War:

HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, CITY OF MEXICO, SEPT. 21, 1847. GENERAL ORDERS-- NO. 294. PROCEEDINGS OF A GENERAL COURT MARTIAL... , CONVENED AT THIS PLACE BY GENERAL ORDERS NO. 288. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, AND OF WHICH BREVET LIEUT. COL. DUNCAN, 2D ARTILLERY, IS PRESIDENT. BEFORE THE COURT WERE TRIED PRIVATE JAMES HILL, CO. G, 5TH INFANTRY, PRIVATE JOHN MURPHY, SAME COMPANY AND REGIMENT, AND PRIVATE THOMAS DORN, CO. E., OF THE SAME REGIMENT, SEVERALLY CHARGED WITH DRUNKENNESS ON GUARD. EACH PLEADED-GUILTY….

[Mexico City: 1847]. 5-1/2" x 8". 2, [2 blanks] pp. Disbound. Signed in ink by H.L. Scott, A.A.A.G., "By command of Major-General Scott." Very Good. The Court found Privates Hill, Murphy and Dorn guilty of drunkenness on guard, and sentenced them "to be confined in charge of the guard for...

Price: $75.00

Lewis, Enoch; Kember, Emmor:

KIMBER'S ALMANAC FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1805. PARTICULARLY ADAPTED TO THE USE OF FRIENDS. ASTRONOMICAL CALCULATIONS FOR THE LATITUDE AND MERIDIAN OF PHILADELPHIA.

Philadelphia: Emmor Kimber; Solomon W. Conrad, Printer, [1804]. 12mo. [48] pp., stitched, partly untrimmed. Toned, some spotting, complete. AI 6594 [3]. Drake 10673.

Price: $25.00

[Howe, Solomon]:

INVITATION HYMN.

[Enfield MA: Printed by Solomon Howe, 1838]. Broadside, 6.25" x 8". [Enfield, MA? 1838?]. Untrimmed. Beneath title is illustration of Masonic emblems. Printed in double columns, ten numbered stanzas. Words only, no music. Minor foxing, Very Good. OCLC states the following: "Imprint information from Howe bibliography in Proc. Amer...

Price: $150.00

Miller, A.E.:

MILLER'S PLANTERS' AND MERCHANTS' ALMANAC FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1834... CALCULATED BY JOSHUA SHARP, FOR THE STATES OF CAROLINA & GEORGIA... ALSO, THE FASTS & FESTIVALS, OBSERVED BY THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND THOSE OBSERVED BY THE ISRAELITES; TO WHICH IS ANNEXED, A LIST OF THE CHIEF OFFICERS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT STATE OF SOUTH-CAROLINA AND CITY OF CHARLESTON; AND THE COURTS OF NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA: TOGETHER WITH A NEW GARDENER'S CALENDAR, &C. &C.

Charleston, S.C. Printed, Published and Sold by A.E. Miller, [1833]. [48] pp. Stitched. Chip at blank bottom edge of first [16] pp. Untrimmed. 'Second Edition' at head of title. Very Good. The Almanac includes a "Calendar of Fasts, Festivals, and other days, Observed by the Israelites. For the Year 5594";...

Price: $850.00

Hepworth, George H.:

THE CRIMINAL; THE CRIME; THE PENALTY.

Boston: Walker, Fuller, and Company, 1865. 31, [1 blank] pp. Stitched. Library rubberstamp and gum label in blank portion of title page. Else a clean and Very Good text. Hepworth became chaplain to the 47th Mass. Regiment in Louisiana in 1862 under Benjamin Butler, and the next year transferred...

Price: $450.00

Sprague, William B.:

WICKED MEN ENSNARED BY THEMSELVES. A SERMON PREACHED, DECEMBER 16, 1825, IN THE SECOND PARISH OF WEST SPRINGFIELD, AT THE INTERMENT OF SAMUEL LEONARD, AND MRS. HARRIET LEONARD, HIS WIFE; THE FORMER OF WHOM MURDERED THE LATTER, AND THEN COMMITTED SUICIDE. WITH AN APPENDIX CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE HORRID TRANSACTION. SECOND EDITION.

Springfield: Tannatt & Co., Publishers, 1826. 44pp. Stitched in original drab wrappers. Some spotting, several closed tears without loss. Good+. "After threatening several times to do so, Leonard killed his wife with an ax and then cut his own throat" [McDade]. Cohen states, "We have been unable to locate a....

Price: $450.00

[Fox, John]:

TRIAL OF JOHN FOX, FOR THE MURDER OF JOHN HENRY, AT THE SPECIAL TERM OF THE MIDDLESEX OYER AND TERMINER, AT NEW- BRUNSWICK, N.J., MAY, 1856. CONTAINING THE TESTIMONY OF THE WITNESSES, THE SPEECHES OF THE COUNSEL, THE CHARGE TO THE JURY BY JUDGE VREDENBERGH, THE VERDICT, AND THE SENTENCE OF THE PRISONER.

New-Brunswick: Published at the Fredonian and Daily New-Brunswicker Office, 1856. [2], 52, 16, [2] pp. Disbound, with faint rubberstamp on title page. Errata at base of last page. Light dusting. Good+. "Fox murdered Henry in New Brunswick by cutting his throat and leaving the body so that it froze in...

Price: $750.00

[Lincoln, Abraham] Pomeroy, Theo[dore] M.:

PRINTED LETTER FROM POMEROY TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN, JUNE 29, 1863, RECOMMENDING THAT COLONEL JOHN S. CLARK BE PROMOTED TO BRIGADIER GENERAL.

Auburn, N.Y. 1863. Broadside, 8" x 12-1/4". Very Good. Congressman Pomeroy of Auburn, who represented New York in Congress during the Civil War years and early Reconstruction, has high praise for Colonel Clark, serving on the staff of General Banks and recently wounded in the advance on Port Hudson. In...

Price: $450.00

Stimson, A.L.:

HISTORY OF THE EXPRESS COMPANIES: AND THE ORIGIN OF AMERICAN RAILROADS. TOGETHER WITH SOME REMINISCENCES OF THE LATTER DAYS OF THE MAIL COACH AND WAGON BAGGAGE BUSINESS IN THE UNITED STATES. SECOND EDITION.

New York: For Sale at the Express Offices Throughout the United States, 1858. Original publisher's cloth [worn, but hinges firm]. Gilt spine title lettering [faded]. [2], viii, iv, [5]-287 pp. Port. frontis of William F. Harnden, "The Originator of the Express Business", original tissue guard; three other full-page illustrations. Scattered...

Price: $1,250.00

[Twitchell, George S.]:

THE TRIAL AND CONVICTION OF GEORGE S. TWITCHELL, JR., FOR THE MURDER OF MRS. MARY E. HILL, HIS MOTHER-IN-LAW. WITH THE ELOQUENT SPEECHES OF COUNSEL ON BOTH SIDES, AND HON. JUDGE BREWSTER'S CHARGE TO THE JURY IN FULL. TO WHICH ARE ADDED MANY INTERESTING FACTS IN REGARD TO THE HILLS AND TWITCHELLS NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED.

Philadelphia: Barclay & Co., [1869]. [2], 19-90pp, as issued, with six full-page illustrations. Stitched in original printed wrappers, the front wrap illustrated with a portrait of Twitchell, the rear wrap with an illustration of the murder. Light wrapper wear, a clean text. Very Good. A trademark Barclay gruesome, sensational...

Price: $950.00

[Bickford, James]:

THE AUTHENTIC LIFE OF MRS. MARY ANN BICKFORD, WHO WAS MURDERED IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, ON THE 27TH OF OCTOBER, 1845. COMPRISING A LARGE NUMBER OF HER ORIGINAL LETTERS AND CORRESPONDENCE NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED. SECOND EDITION.

Boston: Published by the Compiler, 1846. 48pp. Disbound, original printed wrappers, the front wrapper illustrated with a portrait of Mrs. Bickford, engraved by Brown & Worcester. Verso of title page is a printed certificate from James Bickford, attesting to the accuracy of the correspondence and text. Spine worn, old bookplate...

Price: $850.00

Wood, Nicholas:

A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON RAIL-ROADS, AND INTERIOR COMMUNICATION IN GENERAL. CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE PERFORMANCES OF THE DIFFERENT LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES AT AND SUBSEQUENT TO THE LIVERPOOL CONTEST; UPWARDS OF TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY EXPERIMENTS; WITH TABLES OF THE COMPARATIVE VALUE OF CANALS AND RAIL-ROADS, AND THE POWER OF THE PRESENT LOCOMOTIVE ENGINES. ILLUSTRATED BY NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS... FIRST AMERICAN, FROM THE SECOND ENGLISH EDITION, WITH CORRECTIONS, NOTES, AND ADDITIONS; ALSO, AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF A NUMBER OF RAIL-ROADS IN EUROPE, AND IN THE UNITED STATES.

Philadelphia: Carey & Lea; Griggs & Dickinson, Printers, 1832. xxvi, 592pp, one folding table, plus ten plate illustrations/diagrams [9 of which are folding plates]. Bound in attractive, modern half calf and marbled boards, with gilt spine rules and gilt-stamped spine title, marbled endpapers. All text present but, after page 552...

Price: $275.00

Williams, W[ellington]:

APPLETON'S RAILROAD AND STEAMBOAT COMPANION. BEING A TRAVELLERS' GUIDE THROUGH THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CANADA, NEW BRUNSWICK, AND NOVA SCOTIA. WITH MAPS OF THE COUNTRY THROUGH WHICH THE ROUTES PASS, IN THE NORTHERN, MIDDLE, AND EASTERN STATES. ILLUSTRATED BY 30 MAPS, ENGRAVED ON STEEL, INCLUDING FOUR PLANS OF CITIES, AND EMBELLISHED WITH TWENTY-SIX ENGRAVINGS.

New York: D. Appleton, 1848. 12mo, 313 pp, [8-publ. advts.], maps and text illustrations. Original bright red cloth with front cover and spine decorated in gilt, rear cover blind embossed [minor wear]. Folding map frontis of New York and Brooklyn, plus 29 additional maps [folding and otherwise] as collated on...

Price: $450.00

[Telegraph] Chester, E.W. & G.F.:

RAILROAD TELEGRAPH LINES WEST OF PITTSBURG.

[New York: April 16, 1853]. 4pp, each page printed in two columns. Caption title, as issued. Dated and signed in type at the end. Very Good. This formal Opinion of Counsel, evidently unrecorded, addresses "the right of using Morse's instruments on Railroad Telegraph Lines west of Pittsburg." No one, say...

Price: $750.00

Fisher, R.S. [editor]:

AMERICAN RAILWAY GUIDE, AND POCKET COMPANION, FOR THE UNITED STATES; CONTAINING CORRECT TABLES, FOR TIME OF STARTING FROM ALL STATIONS, DISTANCES, FARES, ETC. ON ALL THE RAILWAY LINES IN THE UNITED STATES; TOGETHER WITH A COMPLETE RAILWAY MAP. THE PRINCIPAL STEAMBOAT AND STAGE LINES RUNNING IN CONNECTION WITH RAILROADS... JULY, 1854. EDITED BY R.S. FISHER.

New York: Published on the 1st of Every Month by Dinsmore & Co., July, 1854. 224pp plus folding map 16" x 19-1/2", entitled, "Dinsmore & Company's New and Complete Map of the Railway System of the United States and Canada. Compiled from Official Sources, under the Direction of The Editor...

Price: $600.00

Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery:

FIVE YEARS' ABSTRACT OF TRANSACTIONS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY, THE RELIEF OF FREE NEGROES UNLAWFULLY HELD IN BONDAGE, AND FOR IMPROVING THE CONDITION OF THE AFRICAN RACE.

Philadelphia: Printed at Merrihew & Thompson's Steam Power Book and Job Office, 1853. 15, [1 blank] pp. Stitched with scattered light dusting, Good+. The Society records its efforts in the struggle against Slavery, from 1849 through 1853. Pennsylvania had barred Negroes from voting, and the Society sought "to restore the...

Price: $750.00

[Stofer, Daniel A.]:

SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA, WHEELING. DANIEL A. STOFER AGAINST WEST VIRGINIA. FROM CIRCUIT COURT OF POCAHONTAS COUNTY.

[Wheeling?]: 1868. 17, [1 blank]. Original printed salmon wrappers [light edge dusting and wear], stitched. Old vertical fold. Very Good. An 1866 West Virginia statute required Daniel Stofer to swear, as a condition of admission to the Bar in that State, that he had not borne arms against the...

Price: $450.00

Wood, Nicholas:

A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON RAIL-ROADS, AND INTERIOR COMMUNICATION IN GENERAL; WITH ORIGINAL EXPERIMENTS, AND TABLES ON THE COMPARATIVE VALUE OF CANALS AND RAIL-ROADS. ILLUSTRATED BY ENGRAVINGS. BY NICHOLAS WOOD, COLLIERY VIEWER.

London: Printed for Knight and Lacey, 1825. Later brown buckram, original gilt-lettered red morocco spine label [light chipping, affecting a letter] retained. 8 [publisher advts], [2 blanks], [4], 314 pp, plus six folding plates: frontis, and after pages 50, 84, 122, 144, 156. Occasional mild dusting; closed tear [expertly repaired...

Price: $750.00

[Florida]:

THE FLORIDIAN. "LAISSEZ NOUS FAIRE." VOL. VII-- NO. 40.

Tallahassee: By Wm. Wilson, May 14, 1836. Folio, 13-1/4" x 19-1/2". [4] pp, each page printed in five columns, separated by rules. Repairs to second leaf, without taking any text. Else Very Good. Wilson established the second Tallahassee territorial press. "On October 7, 1828, William Wilson established the Floridian...

Price: $850.00

Tredgold, Thomas:

A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON RAIL-ROADS AND CARRIAGES, SHOWING THE PRINCIPLES OF ESTIMATING THEIR STRENGTH, PROPORTIONS, EXPENSE, AND ANNUAL PRODUCE, AND THE CONDITIONS WHICH RENDER THEM EFFECTIVE, ECONOMICAL, AND DURABLE; WITH THE THEORY, EFFECT, AND EXPENSE OF STEAM CARRIAGES, STATIONARY ENGINES, AND GAS MACHINES. ILLUSTRATED BY FOUR ENGRAVINGS AND NUMEROUS USEFUL TABLES. BY THOMAS TREDGOLD, CIVIL ENGINEER, MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS, &C.

New York: E. Bliss and E. White, 1825. Original quarter sheep and marbled boards [hinges firm, but spine and corners rubbed]. Spine lettered and decorated in gilt. xi, [1 blank] 184 pp. Four plates [one of them folding], as issued. Light to moderate spotting, Good+. This American edition was issued...

Price: $650.00

[Thurston, George H.]:

THURSTON'S ROUTE BOOK PHILADELPHIA TO CHICAGO, VIA PENNSYLVANIA CENTRAL RAILROAD AND PITTSBURGH, FORT WAYNE & CHICAGO RAILWAY.

Pittsburgh, PA: Published by George H. Thurston, [December, 1862]. Original printed pictorial title wrappers [chipped along spine and extremities, rear wrap detached]. 64pp. Supplemental timetable laid in for Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road "for Sunday Trains: After May 13, 1861." Clean text. "December, 1862" at head of wrapper title. Good+...

Price: $450.00

[Smith, William Prescott]:

A HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAIL ROAD; WITH AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE CEREMONIES AND PROCESSION ATTENDING THE LAYING OF THE CORNER-STONE, BY CHARLES CARROLL, OF CARROLLTON, ON THE FOURTH OF JULY, 1828, AND AN ORIGINAL AND COMPLETE REPORT OF THE GREAT OPENING CELEBRATION AT WHEELING, JANUARY, 1853. TO WHICH IS ADDED A SUPPLEMENT. ILLUSTRATED BY A MAP AND SIX ORIGINAL PORTRAITS. BY A CITIZEN OF BALTIMORE.

Baltimore: Printed and Published by John Murphy & Co., 1853. 200pp, in original publisher's cloth [stamped in blind, gilt-lettered title stamped on front board]. Six portrait plates of the key men in the Road's founding and development. Folding 'Map, Exhibiting the Railway Route between Baltimore & St. Louis Together with...

Price: $450.00

[Curran Dinsmore-- Publisher]:

AMERICAN RAILWAY GUIDE, AND POCKET COMPANION, FOR THE UNITED STATES; CONTAINING CORRECT TABLES, FOR TIME OF STARTING FROM ALL STATIONS, DISTANCES, FARES, ETC. ON ALL THE RAILWAY LINES IN THE UNITED STATES; TOGETHER WITH A COMPLETE RAILWAY MAP. ALSO MANY PRINCIPAL STEAMBOAT AND STAGE LINES RUNNING IN CONNECTION WITH RAILROADS... JUNE 7, 1852. 2D EDITION.

New York: Corrected and Published on the 1st of Every Month by Curran Dinsmore & Co., June, 1852. 160pp. Stitched in original printed and illustrated wrappers, title on front cover and along spine. Folding map [present but separated from text block] entitled, 'Complete Railway Map Designed and Engraved from the...

Price: $750.00

Disturnell, J[ohn]:

DISTURNELL'S RAILROAD, STEAMBOAT, AND TELEGRAPH BOOK; BEING A GUIDE THROUGH THE MIDDLE, NORTHERN, AND EASTERN STATES, AND CANADA: ALSO, GIVING THE GREAT LINES OF TRAVEL SOUTH AND WEST AND THE OCEAN STEAM PACKET ARRANGEMENTS. CONTAINING TABLES OF DISTANCES, &C. TELEGRAPH LINES, AND CHARGES; LIST OF HOTELS, EXPRESS OFFICES, &C. &C.

New York: Published by J. Disturnell, July, 1849. 12mo, original bright red wrappers, printed in brilliant gilt lettering. Stitched. Map affixed to title page verso: 'Map of the Hudson River as far as Navigable, with the distances from New-York.' Two Folding Maps: 'City of New York. with part of Brooklyn...

Price: $1,000.00

Wait, T.B & Sons:

STATE PAPERS AND PUBLICK DOCUMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES FROM THE ACCESSION OF THOMAS JEFFERSON TO THE PRESIDENCY, EXHIBITING A COMPLETE VIEW OF OUR FOREIGN RELATIONS SINCE THAT TIME.

Boston: T.B. Wait & Sons, agent for the States of Vermont, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island, 1814-1815. Five volumes: Vol. I: 512pp, 3 folded tables; Vol. II: 511pp; Vol. III: 502pp; Vol. IV: [6], [2 blank], 536 pp, 4 folded tables; Vol. V: 674, [2], xlviii pp [pp xv-xviii are...

Price: $1,000.00

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