[Chattanooga: 1890]. Original printed, illustrated, color title wrappers and original staples. 36pp. Rear wrapper with a small bottom corner chip, affecting a portion of the decorative border. Illustrations. Very Good. Front wrapper depicts the American flag and a color portrait of General Gordon. The rear wrapper, with Confederate flag, depicts... More
[np: 1864]. Oblong broadside, 4-1/4" x 2-7/8", depicting a dejected McClellan and friends, who are on Salt River in a washtub which is being pulled by the devil to Sesesh-Ia, where a couple of Confederate soldiers wave to them and hold a Confederate flag. Light wear, crease in bottom corner... More
Boston: Printed by Oliver and Munroe, 1807. 47, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, toned, scattered foxing [generally in the margins]. Except as noted, Very Good. This pamphlet reports Hardy's second trial. A jury had convicted him, but the verdict was overturned because his arraignment had occurred before a single judge who... More
Philadelphia: Lydia R. Bailey, No. 10, North Alley, 1817. 144, 54 pp, as issued. Scattered foxing, faint rubberstamp on title page. Untrimmed. Disbound. Good+. Houston, a member of the Pennsylvania militia, was ordered by President Madison into service in the War of 1812. Houston refused. A court martial, convened... More
Baltimore: Printed for the Reporter, by S. Magill, 1808. 57, [1 blank], 48 pp. Disbound, with a light rubberstamp on title page, else Very Good. This is an early American case involving the freedom of the press. Irvine was Editor of the 'Baltimore Whig' from 1808-1813. Its editorials were blamed... More
Washington: Judd & Detweiler, 1885. Original printed wrappers with wrapper title [as issued], stitched. 74pp, a clean text. Several extremity chips to blank margins of wrappers, else Very Good. Voorhees was U.S. Senator from Indiana at the time of this trial. He had been a Copperhead during the War... More
Chicago: Diamond Jubilee Exposition Authority, 1940. 95, [1 blank] pp, with frontispiece. Stitched in original illustrated grey and yellow wrappers. Fine. Chapters on African-Americans in all walks of life, written by Henry Bacon, Alvin Cannon, Herman Clayton, Fenton Johnson, Edward Joseph, and George Lewis. An excellent illustration of the... More
Dedham: Dedham Patriot Office, 1835. 40pp. Stitched, mild toning, occasional light foxing, Very Good. Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw presided. His eight-page charge to the jury, and his three-page address to the prisoner are printed. Names of jurors and counsel are listed. Wade had been indicted earlier "for the same burning... More
!["FOR THE PROTECTION OF OUR FAMILIES, & THE GOOD OF SOCIETY, WE, GOOD & LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS OF JEFFERSON & VAN BUREN COUNTIES, DO FORM OURSELVES INTO A MORAL DETECTIVE ASSOCIATION; THAT BY STRICT VIGILENCE, & PROMPT ACTION, THE CUNNINGLY PLANED [sic] SCHEME OF THE LIBERTINE MAY BE THWARTED, OUR PROPERTY PROTECTED FROM THEFT & ARSON, THE WAY OF THE TRANSGRESSOR MADE HARD, & JUSTICE THROUGH THE STRONG ARM OF CIVIL LAW BE ENFORCED" Moral Detective Association:.](/pictures/thumb/35146_1.JPG?v=1534436310)
[Iowa: 1877]. 5" x 8", lined paper. 5, [1 blank], [1], [1 blank] pp. One leaf folded to 4pp, plus two leaves printed on rectos only. Completely in ink manuscript. The first five pages print a Preamble and seven Articles of the Constitution, a "declaration", and ink signatures of the... More
London: Duncombe & Moon, [1847]. Folio, 9 3/4" x 13". 4pp, disbound. Music and words. Original printed and illustrated front wrapper with large lithograph of five black men in suits, seated upon chairs and playing various instruments. Light uniform tanning, mild foxing and wear. Very Good. Music and words, with... More
New York: William Hall & Son, [1847]. Folio, 10-1/4" x 13-1/4". 5, [1 blank] pp. Original printed front wrapper with large lithograph of five black men in suits, sitting in chairs and playing various instruments. Facsimile signatures of the serenaders Pell, Harrington, White, Stanwood and Germon beneath the illustration. Beneath... More
[Peoria, Illinois: 185-?]. Broadside, 6-5/8" x 5", illustrated in the center with a sketch of an Arabian oasis, with trees, angels, a horse, and a loving couple. Light edge wear and toning. Else Very Good. Signed at the end in typescript by Farrell. A rare Peoria item. We have recited... More
[Peoria, Illinois: 1847]. Broadside, 8-1/2" x 10-1/4", illustrated in the center with a sketch of an Arabian oasis, with trees, angels, a horse, and a loving couple. Light edge wear and toning. Else Very Good. Signed at the end in typescript by Farrell. A rare Peoria broadside. It describes the... More
Boston: Press of John Wilson and Son, 1862. 52pp. Disbound. Original printed front wrapper [lacking the rear wrapper]. Rubberstamp on blank verso of title leaf. Except as noted, Very Good. The owners of the vessel Golden Rocket insured it in November 1860, "before any of the pretended ordinances of secession"... More
New York: Published by the National Mooney-Billings Committee (Organized by the American Civil Liberties Union), March, 1931. 62, [1], [1 blank] pp. Original printed front title wrapper. Disbound, several photo illustrations. Very light rubberstamp number in blank portion of title page. Good+. "Known worldwide as the scapegoat of anti-unionists... More
![THE DEMOCRAT; OR INTRIGUES AND ADVENTURES OF JEAN LE NOIR, FROM HIS INLISTMENT AS A DRUMMER IN GENERAL ROCHEMBEAU'S ARMY, AND ARRIVAL AT BOSTON, TO HIS BEING DRIVEN FROM ENGLAND IN 1795, AFTER HAVING BORNE A CONSPICUOUS PART IN THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, AND AFTER A GREAT VARIETY OF ENTERPRIZES, HAZARDS AND ESCAPES DURING HIS STAY IN ENGLAND, WHERE HE WAS SENT IN QUALITY OF DEMOCRATIC MISSIONARY. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I [-II]. Henry James Pye.](/pictures/thumb/35125_1.JPG?v=1534436310)
New York: Printed for James Rivington, 1795. Two volumes in one: [12], 136; [4], 162 pp. As issued, with half title to each volume. Disbound, a couple of light rubberstamps, scattered foxing. Good+. The Preface to this fictional biography describes "the life and adventures of a Democratic Missionary, sent from... More
Newbury-Port, New-England: Printed by I. Thomas and H.W. Tinges, [1774]. 31, [1 blank] pp. Disbound [some loosening], light rubberstamp on title page. Mild foxing. Good+. "The first press in Newburyport was established by Isaiah Thomas and H.W. Tinges, late in 1773. Before the end of a year, Thomas sold out... More
Boston, Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Printed by T. & J. Fleet, 1783. [4], ii, 18 pp, with the half title [loose, rubberstamp on blank portion]. Disbound. Good+, with the ownership signature "Rev. Mr. Jackson" at top margin of half title. "Publication of the sermon was occasioned by the death of Samuel... More
[1856]. 17 folding maps bound in blind embossed brown cloth boards with gilt title on front board [front board detached, some edgewear], spine eroded with manuscript title on paper tape. Some of the maps have hand colored accents, and most have a manuscript notation of map number on verso, i.e.... More
[Little Rock, Arkansas: 1862-1865]. Folio, 8" x 12 1/4". [96], 121-147pp, ink manuscript on lined pages, plus several pages in the rear for penmanship exercises after the War. Original half calf and marbled boards [worn, spine partly eroded, text block nearly detached], gilt-stamped label of the U.S.A. Medical Department on... More
[London]: 1746. Folio, printed in two columns per page. [2], 150; [2], 72; [2], 195, [1 blank] pp. PLUS: large folding engraved, illustrated plate, 'The Situation of the English, French and Spanish Fleets, when They Began the Engagement in the Mediterranean, on the Eleventh of Feby. 1743/4. Cape Sicie Bearing... More
Boston: Printed for John Eliot in Orange Street at the South End of the Town, 1734. [4], ii, 18 pp, with the half title [light rubberstamp]. Disbound, Very Good. Cabot [1706-1756] was the minister in Killingly, Connecticut. The Prefatory Remarks by John Fisk and Eben Williams state that God has... More
Boston, New-England: Kneeland and Adams, 1768. 38pp, with the half title [detached; Light rubberstamp on blank portion of half title]. Disbound, Good+. "In a word, we live in an imperfect world, the bad are mingled with the good, and sincerely good men are not without their failings." For his... More
New York: Reprinted for Berry, Rogers, and Berry, 1793. 87, [1- bookseller advt] pp. Bound in modern wrappers. Scattered foxing, Good+. Evans 25961. Howes P32. ESTC W38607. More
Peoria, Illinois: [1849]. 16pp. Stitched, illustrated title page. Toned uniformly, closed tear at upper corner of last leaf [no loss, partial archival tape repair]. Good+. A rare Peoria imprint. "Look well and be sure you are not deceived!" The pamphlet is filled with information on the Arabian Liniment, and replete... More