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[Maine Democrats]:

DEMOCRACY! THE UNDERSIGNED DEMOCRATIC CITIZENS OF SOUTH BERWICK, AND NUMBERING MORE THAN 200 LEGAL VOTERS, RESPECTFULLY INVITE ALL OUR FELLOW-TOWNSMEN, WHO ARE IN FAVOR OF THE RE-ELECTION OF JOHN FAIRFIELD, TO ASSEMBLE AT THE MEETING HOUSE NEAR EMERY'S BRIDGE IN SOUTH BERWICK, ON SATURDAY THE 5TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER NEXT, AT 2 O'CLOCK P.M. FOR THE PURPOSE OF AGREEING ON A CANDIDATE FOR TOWN REPRESENTATIVE. THE FEDERALISTS, AS USUAL, HAVE ALREADY SOUNDED THE NOTE OF VICTORY, BUT THE BALLOT BOX SPEAKS TRUTH. AUGUST 29, 1840.

[South Berwick, ME?]: 1840. Broadside, 11-3/4" x 14-1/2." Text as recited above in bold type of various sizes. Beneath are the printed signatures in smaller type of about 200 local citizens endorsing the call for assembly. Old folds as usual, with several small pinholes along the folds which do not..... More

Price: $450.00

THE LATE GEN'L HOOD'S FAMILY... SOLD UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE HOOD RELIEF COMMITTEE, N.O. John...

[Hood, John Bell] [Judaica- Lilienthal, Theodore]:

THE LATE GEN'L HOOD'S FAMILY... SOLD UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE HOOD RELIEF COMMITTEE, N.O.

New Orleans: Lilienthal's. 121 Canal Street Touro Building, 1879. Cabinet Card, oblong 4-1/4" x 6-1/2," depicting Hood's family with portraits of the late General and his wife. Copyright information in white script at bottom of the photo; "Lilienthal Artist" at lower blank margin. Very Good. Title, explanatory text, and Lilienthal's..... More

Price: $875.00

THE NEW YORK HERALD. NEW YORK, MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1865. THE END. SURRENDER OF LEE AND THE WHOLE...

[Civil War]:

THE NEW YORK HERALD. NEW YORK, MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1865. THE END. SURRENDER OF LEE AND THE WHOLE ARMY TO GRANT. TERMS OF SURRENDER. ALL HONOR TO GRANT, MEADE, SHERIDAN, ORD, HUMPHREYS, WRIGHT, GRIFFIN, PARKE, AND THEIR BRAVE TROOPS. HIGHLY INTERESTING DETAILS OF THE FIGHTING BEFORE THE SURRENDER... INTENSE ENTHUSIASM.

New York: 1865. Elephant folio, 15-1/2" x 22." 8pp, each page in six columns. Several pages of advertisements. The rest devoted to the details of the surrender. A large map on page 8 displays the final troop movements and Appomattox Court House. Disbound, some spine separations, Very Good. The..... More

Price: $1,500.00

First Congress, Third Session:

JOURNAL OF THE THIRD SESSION OF THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, DECEMBER 6TH, 1790. AND IN THE FIFTEENTH YEAR OF THE SOVEREIGNTY OF THE SAID UNITED STATES.

Philadelphia: John Fenno, 1791. 203pp. Folio. Modern leatherette, minor toning and light scattered foxing, Very Good. This was an eventful Session of the first Senate. In late December 1790, the Journal records the receipt from Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury, of a report "containing a plan for a...... More

Price: $3,500.00

Roosevelt, Theodore:

ARCHIVE OF THIRTEEN PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT, DURING HIS PRESIDENCY AND POST-PRESIDENCY.

Various dimensions, from 3-3/4" x 4-1/2" to 8" x 10-1/4." With frequent captions or notes on the blank verso identifying the location and time, or notes at the base of the photograph. Frequently with the logo of Underwood & Underwood, press photographers of the day. Occasional minor corner or edge..... More

Price: $3,000.00

[South Carolina in Reconstruction]:

ACTS AND LAWS OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA DURING ITS POST-WAR RECONSTRUCTION, 1866-1878.

Columbia: 1866-1878. Various bindings [some sheep, some later buckram], usual institutional marks. Condition of bindings varies, with several covers detached. Text normally clean and Very Good. The books include: a. ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. PASSED AT THE REGULAR SESSION OF 1866. Columbia: 1866..... More

Price: $1,250.00

South Carolina:

ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, PASSED IN DECEMBER, 1859.

Columbia, S.C. R.W. Gibbes, State Printer, 1859. vi, [2 blanks, 745-835, [1 blank], ix, [1 blank], xx pp. Bound with the following documents, in modern tan buckram, all in excellent condition, all with detailed Indexes. Near Fine. REPORTS AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA..... More

Price: $1,000.00

THREE MANUSCRIPT PASSPORT DOCUMENTS, SIGNED BY CAPTAIN GENERAL AND FUTURE SPANISH PRIME MINISTER...

[Slavery in Cuba]:

THREE MANUSCRIPT PASSPORT DOCUMENTS, SIGNED BY CAPTAIN GENERAL AND FUTURE SPANISH PRIME MINISTER LEOPOLDO O'DONNELL Y JORRIS, 1ST DUKE OF TETUAN, APPROVING THE MOVEMENT OF CUBAN SLAVES.

Havana: 1845. Each document 8-1/2" x 12-1/2," entirely in ink manuscript with decorative official printed ornamentation at head of each, and signature "O'Donnell" in the left margins. Some toning and a few holes not affecting text. Good+. Leopoldo O'Donnell y Jorris, 1st Duke of Tetuán (1809-1867) was a Spaniard..... More

Price: $1,000.00

SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF FORMER PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT AND HIS FRIEND AND FISHING BUDDY RUSSELL...

Roosevelt, Theodore:

SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH OF FORMER PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT AND HIS FRIEND AND FISHING BUDDY RUSSELL J. COLES ON A DEVIL FISH HARPOONING EXPEDITION OFF THE COAST OF FLORIDA, 16 MARCH 1917.

7-1/2" x 9-1/2." Roosevelt and Coles, nearly full length, standing together in their fishing outfits. "File Copy. Do Not Remove" embossed stamp. Verso with printed endorsement of Underwood & Underwood. Very Good. The photograph, on file at the Library of Congress [without the autographs], depicts the two apparently satisfied fishermen..... More

Price: $3,500.00

THREE PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS OF CONNECTICUT GOVERNOR ELLA GRASSO DURING HER EARLY YEARS IN GOVERNMENT....

[Grasso, Ella T.]:

THREE PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS OF CONNECTICUT GOVERNOR ELLA GRASSO DURING HER EARLY YEARS IN GOVERNMENT.

[Connecticut: 1965, 1974, 1975. Three photographs, identifying information on verso. Very Good. Ella Grasso was a Connecticut pioneer in achieving political success for women during the 1960's and 1970's. One 1974 photograph depicts Grasso waving to the crowd, the caption reading: "Rep. Ella Grasso waves to friends from stage of..... More

Price: $250.00

Adams, Charles Francis:

1865-1900. THE CONFEDERACY AND THE TRANSVAAL: A PEOPLE'S OBLIGATION TO ROBERT E. LEE. A PAPER READ BEFORE THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY, AT ITS ANNUAL MEETING IN WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30TH, 1901.

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1901. 25, [1] pp. Stapled as issued. Wrappers absent, otherwise complete and Very Good. An appreciation of General Lee's decision to surrender, and to refrain from guerrilla warfare. More

Price: $45.00

Ramsdell, Charles W.:

THE CONTROL OF MANUFACTURING BY THE CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT. REPRINTED FROM THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY HISTORICAL REVIEW, VOL. VIII, NO. 3. DECEMBER, 1921.

[np: 1921?]. Original staples and printed wrappers with wrapper title as issued. Pages [231]-249 as issued. Loose, chipped along spine and blank edges. Text clean. Good+. More

Price: $25.00

Benziger, A.:

PORTRAITS OF GREAT MEN AND WOMEN OF OUR TIME. PAINTED BY A. BENZIGER. WITH INTERESTING TESTIMONIALS BY THE MOST PROMINENT ART CRITICS AND LEADING MEN OF INTELLECT OF FRANCE, ENGLAND, SWITZERLAND AND AMERICA.

New York: A. Benziger, [c. 1917]. Original staples and printed decorative wrappers [some dulling], 48pp. Dozens of portraits of famous people. Title page with a portrait of Charles Schwab, "the genius of the steel magnates." Very Good. More

Price: $35.00

[Florida]:

A DIGEST OF THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, FROM THE YEAR ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY-TWO, TO THE ELEVENTH DAY OF MARCH, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-ONE, INCLUSIVE. COMPILED BY JAMES McCLELLAN, OF THE MARIANA BAR.

Tallahassee, Fla. Printed at the Floridian Book and Job Office, 1881. XVI, 1302 pp. Bound in modern legal buckram with title stamped on spine. Margins of title and a couple of other leaves reinforced. Rubberstamp on title page. Else clean and Very Good. The Digest includes the Constitutions of the..... More

Price: $450.00

Carpenter, Thomas:

THE AMERICAN SENATOR. OR A COPIOUS AND IMPARTIAL REPORT OF THE DEBATES IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: INCLUDING ALL TREATIES, ADDRESSES, PROCLAMATIONS, &C. WHICH OCCUR DURING THE PRESENT SESSION, BEING THE SECOND OF THE FOURTH CONGRESS. VOL. I.

Philadelphia: Printed by John Page, 1796. 352, [4] pp, 1 folded table. Later cloth [some wear], original red gilt-lettered red morocco spine label laid down. Good+. The Second Session of the Fourth Congress convened on December 5, 1796 and closed on March 3, 1797. Volume I reports in detail on..... More

Price: $450.00

[Civil War Postal Covers]:

COLLECTION OF 24 SMALL, UNUSED UNION CIVIL WAR PATRIOTIC POSTAL COVERS, ALL DEPICTING THE AMERICAN FLAG IN VARIOUS CONTEXTS.

[n.p. 1861-1865]. All uncancelled, generally 2-3/4" x 4-3/4". Occasional light dusting, a blue mounting remnant frequently appears on the blank verso. Otherwise Very Good. All the envelopes depict an American Flag in the left portion. Some are in the form of a shield, others adjacent to a cannon, or..... More

Price: $600.00

[Confederate Pay Voucher]:

PRINTED DOCUMENT, COMPLETED IN MANUSCRIPT, AWARDING $48 PAY TO PRIVATE HENRY C. CREWS OF COMPANY K, 1ST FLORIDA CAVALRY VOLUNTEERS, FOR THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY 1863 TO 1 MAY 1863. SIGNED BY PRIVATE CREWS AND H.T. MASSENGALE, CAPTAIN AND A.Q.M., AT KNOXVILLE, 4 MAY, 1863.

Quarto broadsheet, printed and completed in manuscript on recto and verso. Signed by Crews and Massengale on recto and verso. Toned uniformly. Very Good. The verso is the affidavit of Crews, signed and sworn to before Massengale, attesting his entitlement to the funds. The printed 'Atlanta' location has been..... More

Price: $375.00

[Judaica] Strauss, Levi:

LEVI STRAUSS & CO. BILL OF SALE ON PRINTED ON BUSINESS LETTERHEAD OF THE SAN FRANCISCO FLAGSHIP STORE, 16 OCTOBER 16 1869, GOODS SOLD TO S.A. COHN & CO. OF DOWNIEVILLE CA. FOR $183.93.

San Francisco: Winterburn & Co.'s Print, 417 Clay Street, [1869]. Broadside, 7" x 8-1/2". Receipt letterhead printed in green. Columns and Lines printed in blue and red. "PAYABLE IN U.S. GOLD COIN," The letterhead describes the Company as "Importers of Clothing, Domestics, Rubber Boots, Duck, Etc.", and gives its location..... More

Price: $750.00

Dwight, Timothy:

A DISCOURSE, DELIVERED AT NEW-HAVEN, FEB. 22, 1800; ON THE CHARACTER OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, ESQ. AT THE REQUEST OF THE CITIZENS. BY...PRESIDENT OF YALE-COLLEGE.

New Haven: Thomas Green and Son, 1800. Disbound. 55, [1 blank] pp, as issued. Title leaf spotted and dusted, otherwise Good+ with some toning and foxing, in later red cloth binding. Dwight's Discourse, a sketch of Washington's life and an assessment of his character and achievements, is followed by a...... More

Price: $75.00

[Adams, John Quincy]:

TOKEN OF A NATION'S SORROW. ADDRESSES IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND FUNERAL SOLEMNITIES ON THE DEATH OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, WHO DIED IN THE CAPITOL AT WASHINGTON, ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, 1848.

Washington: 1848. 40pp. Stitched, lacking the portrait. Disbound, small bookplate in upper blank margin and 'Deaccessioned' rubberstamp. Good. More

Price: $20.00

Higgons, B[evill]:

A POEM ON THE GLORIOUS PEACE OF UTRECHT: INSCRIB'D IN THE YEAR 1713, TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE ROBERT LATE EARLY OF OXFORD AND EARL MORTIMER. NOW PUBLISH'D AND MOST HUMBLY DEDICATED TO THE PRESENT RIGHT HONOURABLE EDWARD EARL OF OXFORD AND EARLY MORTIMER.

London: Printed for P. Meighan... 1731. iv, 19, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, else Very Good, with elaborate and attractive type ornamentation. "First issued in 1713 as 'A poem on the peace'." [ESTC]. The treaty ceded to Britain Gibraltar, Minorca, Hudson Bay, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland; and accorded Britain the..... More

Price: $150.00

THE GENERAL INSTRUCTOR: OR THE OFFICE, DUTY, AND AUTHORITY OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, SHERIFFS,...

Bradford, John:

THE GENERAL INSTRUCTOR: OR THE OFFICE, DUTY, AND AUTHORITY OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, SHERIFFS, CORONERS, AND CONSTABLES, IN THE STATE OF KENTUCKY.

Lexington, KY: John Bradford, 1800. 12mo. xii, 252 pp. Attractive contemporary calf, red morocco spine label [lettering dulled]. With the letterpress bookplate of George Cleveland (1760-1867), early Bourbon County pioneer; and the ownership signature of William B. Branham, Bourbon County magistrate, and later inscription of his descendant T.W. Hedges. Minor..... More

Price: $4,500.00

[North Carolina]:

JOURNAL OF THE CONVENTION OF THE STATE OF NORTH-CAROLINA, AT ITS SESSION OF 1865.

Raleigh: Cannon & Holden, Printers to the Convention, 1865. 94, [2 blanks], iii, [1 blank] pp, [bound with] JOURNAL OF THE CONVENTION OF THE STATE OF NORTH-CAROLINA, AT ITS ADJOURNED SESSION OF 1866. Raleigh: Cannon & Holden, Printers to the Convention. 1866. 192, III, [1 blank] pp [as issued]..... More

Price: $600.00

Stone, Harlan Fiske, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, 30 DECEMBER 1936, TO HIS FRIEND EDWARD LAROCQUE TINKER, REGARDING HIS SLOW RECOVERY FROM A MEDICAL CRISIS, WRITTEN FROM SEA ISLAND, GEORGIA IN INK MANUSCRIPT

Single leaf, written in ink on recto and verso. First page with engraved illustration and printed letterhead of "The Cloister | Sea Island, Georgia." Stone has crossed out "The Cloister" and written above it "Cottage 71." Signed in ink "Harlan F. Stone" at bottom of the verso. Very Good. "Dear..... More

Price: $350.00

Waite, Morrison:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED "M.W." BY FUTURE CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE UNITED STATES MORRISON WAITE, FROM MAUMEE CITY, 28 JULY 1846, CONCERNING A RAILROAD CASE.

Single folio leaf, folded to [4] pp, entirely in ink manuscript on all pages and signed "M.W." Some bleedthrough but entirely legible, small loss. Very Good. The Ohioan Waite [1816-1888] was Chief Justice of the United States from 1874 until his death in 1888, by appointment of President Grant..... More

Price: $450.00

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