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THE DUTY OF A RISING CHRISTIAN STATE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE WORLD'S WELL-BEING AND CIVILIZATION,...

Crummell, Rev. Alex.:

THE DUTY OF A RISING CHRISTIAN STATE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE WORLD'S WELL-BEING AND CIVILIZATION, AND THE MEANS BY WHICH IT MAY PERFORM THE SAME. THE ANNUAL ORATION BEFORE THE COMMON COUNCIL, AND THE CITIZENS OF MONROVIA, LIBERIA- JULY 26, 1855: BEING THE DAY OF NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE.

[Boston]: London: Wertheim & Macintosh. 1856. Reprinted by the Massachusetts Colonization Society, 1857. Original printed wrappers [some dustsoil, a small rubberstamp], stitched, clean text. 31, [1] pp. Very Good. Pencil inscription at upper margin of front wrapper: "With respects of John Orcutt," probably the New England minister who was active..... More

Price: $750.00

A COLOR PORTRAIT OF "PETER JACKSON, COLORED," PUERTO RICAN-BORN BOXER, BY MECCA CIGARETTE...

Jackson, Peter:

A COLOR PORTRAIT OF "PETER JACKSON, COLORED," PUERTO RICAN-BORN BOXER, BY MECCA CIGARETTE COMPANY.

New York: Mecca Cigarette Company, [ca. 1910]. 3-1/4" x 2-1/2". A color portrait of Jackson, in the ring with white trunks, against an elegant Caribbean background. Light soil, Very Good. The verso prints his date and place of birth [Porto Rico, 3 July 1861], his height [6'- 1/2"], and..... More

Price: $350.00

[Alabama in the Confederacy]:

MANUSCRIPT PETITION TO GOVERNOR A. B. MOORE, URGING HIM "TO APPOINT OSMOND L. STRUDWICK OF MARENGO COUNTY 1ST, 2D, OR 3D LIEUTANANT [sic] IN SOME COMPANY OF THE REGIMENT NOW BEING ORGANIZED IN ALA-- AND IN THE EVENT YOU HAVE NOT NOW THE APPOINTING POWER REQUEST YOU TO USE YOUR INFLUENCE WITH THE SECRETARY OF WAR TO GET THE APPOINTMENT FOR HIM."

Demopolis: March 4, 1861. [4] pp, folded folio sheet. Ink manuscript written on the first two pages, docketed on last page. Old folds, Very Good. Each of the six petitioners-- James Taylor Jones, Jno. T. Liman, Nathan B. Whitfield, R.M. Campbell, O.H. Prince, and [--] Torbert-- signs in his own..... More

Price: $350.00

[Confederate Surgeons] R. D. Jackson, M.D:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO ALABAMA GOVERNOR JOHN GILL SHORTER, VOLUNTEERING TO "ACCEPT A PLACE IN ONE OF YOUR NINTY [sic] DAYS REGIMENTS, AS SURGEON, FREE OF CHARGE TO THE CONFEDERACY."

Hamburg, Perry County: April 7, 1862. Folded leaf, written on the first page on lined paper in ink manuscript. About Fine. Docketed on final blank, "Dr. R.D. Jackson. Hamburg. Perry Co. Ala. Ansd April 8th / 62." Shorter was Alabama's Governor from 1861-1863. Jackson, his application evidently having been accepted..... More

Price: $275.00

[Missouri Adulteress]:

TO THE HONORABLE AUSTIN A. KING JUDGE OF THE PLATTE CIRCUIT COURT IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI IN CHANCERY SITTING...

Platte County, MO: 13 July 1839. Folio sheet, folded to [4] pp, entirely in ink manuscript. Old folds,light wear, Very Good. This is Nathaniel Wice's Complaint for Divorce from Rhoda Wice. They married in August 1835. In those ancient days before "No-Fault" divorces became the norm, specific grounds for divorce--..... More

Price: $175.00

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, 7 AUGUST 1882, TO GEORGE BLISS, REGARDING THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG....

Doubleday, Abner:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, 7 AUGUST 1882, TO GEORGE BLISS, REGARDING THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG.

Mendham, Morris County NJ: August 7, 1882. Single leaf, folded to [4] pp. First two pages with Doubleday's letter and signature in ink manuscript. Page [3] is blank. Docketed on page [4], "Major General Abner Doubleday U.S. Army." Very Good, with old folds. A career military officer, Doubleday was a...... More

Price: $2,500.00

[American Communism] Steve Nelson:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES OCTOBER TERM, 1955. NO. 10. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, PETITIONER, V. STEVE NELSON. BRIEF OF INDIVIDUAL AMICI CURIAE. FRANK J. DONNER, 342 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK, N.Y., ATTORNEY FOR INDIVIDUAL AMICI CURIAE.

[New York: Hecla Press, 1955]. vi, 59, [1 blank] pp. Near Fine, in original staples and printed title wrappers [light dusting]. Nelson, a member of the Communist Party, was tried and found guilty of violating Pennsylvania's anti-sedition law. Nelson appealed his conviction to the United States Supreme Court, which held..... More

Price: $100.00

[England]:

JOURNALS OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS, BEGINNING ANNO TRICESIMO GEORGII SECUNDI, 1756. VOL. XXIX.

[London: 1777]. Large folio, unbound and untrimmed. 708, [1 errata], [1 blank] pp, as issued. Occasional light toning, else Near Fine. ESTC explains that the Journal, whose entries end on 18 September 1760, was not printed until 1777. Entries appear on a variety of topics, some concerning the French and..... More

Price: $350.00

A JEWISH VIEW ON SEGREGATION. Association of Citizens' Councils of Mississippi

Association of Citizens' Councils of Mississippi:

A JEWISH VIEW ON SEGREGATION.

[Greenwood, MS: @1958]. 14, [2 blanks] pp. Stapled as issued. Original printed title wrappers. Fine. The Association says, "This article is entirely voluntary by a Jewish Southerner," who was "born and reared in Mississippi." He thinks of himself as a "Jewish Southerner" rather than "a Southern Jew." He opposes the..... More

Price: $150.00

[Clipper Ship Card] Glidden & Williams:

GLIDDEN & WILLIAMS' LINE FOR SAN FRANCISCO. TO SAIL ON OR BEFORE SATURDAY, NOV. 24. FROM LEWIS WHARF. THE BEAUTIFUL EXTREME CLIPPER SHIP GRACE DARLING. ALLEN H. BEARSE COMMANDER... FOR FREIGHT OR PASSAGE, APPLY AT CALIFORNIA PACKET OFFICE, NO. 114 STATE STREET.

[Boston]. 3-1/2" x 6." Printed on white card stock with red and green lettering, and illustration of the Glidden & Williams white and gold pennant, with red star in the middle. Very Good. Built in 1854, the Grace Darling "was always a favorite with shippers and was singularly free from..... More

Price: $450.00

[Lincoln, Abraham]:

OHIO STATE UNION TICKET. RALLY ROUND THE FLAG, BOYS! "THE UNION MUST AND SHALL BE PRESERVED." -- JACKSON...

[Ohio: 1864]. Broadside ticket listing Union Ticket candidates for elections in 1864, beneath illustration of the American Flag. Several candidates are listed for "Supreme Judge," plus candidates for Secretary of State, Attorney General, Comptroller of the Treasury, Board of Public Works; and, for Congress, John A. Bingham. Some edge wear..... More

Price: $250.00

Republican Club of Massachusetts:

GEN. DAN. E. SICKLES. MY DEAR COMRADE...

[Boston? 1896]. Narrow broadside, printed on card stock, title and text beneath a photo illustration of Civil War General Daniel Sickles, resplendant in his medal-decorated uniform. Very Good. Sickles, who lost a leg at Gettysburg, endorses Republican presidential candidate William McKinley. "I know Major McKinley very well. He is a...... More

Price: $75.00

[New Hampshire]:

THE STATE HOUSE QUESTION.

[Concord NH? @1864]. Folio Broadsheet, 13" x 20." Five columns per page printed beneath caption title. Light spot at lower margin of each page. Near Fine. The broadsheet, through the printed arguments of Ira Perley and Colonel John H. George, addresses "the great, paramount question where the capital of the..... More

Price: $500.00

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.... EXTRA. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1826. John Quincy Adams

Adams, John Quincy:

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.... EXTRA. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1826.

[Washington]: 1826. Folio broadside, 18" x 24," printed in six columns beneath caption title. Light foxing, old folds and a little wrinkling, untrimmed [some chipping and closed tears at blank margins]. Good+. This is perhaps the earliest printing of Adams's Message to Congress. Adams reports on domestic and foreign affairs..... More

Price: $850.00

[Election of 1828]:

LITERARY CADET AND RHODE ISLAND STATESMAN. UPWARDS OF 4000 COPIES OF THIS PAPER ARE CIRCULATED WEEKLY.

Providence: Wednesday Morning, October 8, 1828. Elephant folio sheet, folded to [4] pp, each 15-1/4" x 22-1/2." Old folds, toned, several small holes and a fold split affecting a few letters. Good+ Issued only a month before the presidential election, this paper leaves no doubt about where it stands. The..... More

Price: $150.00

[Boston Committee of Merchants]:

A HUMBUG EXPOSED! THE PROJECT OF MR. F.N. GISBORNE AND F.O.J. SMITH, FOR A SUB-MARINE TELEGRAPH TO NOVA SCOTIA. THE REPORT OF THE BOSTON COMMITTEE.

Boston: 1859. 12pp, stitched, minor wear, Very Good. The claims of the project's advocates are filled with "misrepresentations," "greatly exaggerated and incorrect." It is "a matter of astonishment" that such deceptions have been at all successful. The characters and careers of Gisborne and Smith are notable for frauds and dishonor..... More

Price: $150.00

Election of 1828:

AN ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF RHODE-ISLAND: PROVING THAT MORE THAN EIGHT MILLIONS OF THE PUBLIC MONEY HAS BEEN WASTED BY THE PRESENT ADMINISTRATION. 1828. BY A LANDHOLDER.

Providence: Office of the Republican Herald, 1828. 28pp, stitched, untrimmed, lightly worn, Very Good. American Imprints, but not Bartlett, attributes authorship to Wilkins Updike. This is a high-pitched attack on the alleged profligacy of the Adams administration and a call for the election of Andrew Jackson. "A suffering people..... More

Price: $275.00

[Protestant Episcopal Church in America]:

THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE SACRAMENTS, AND OTHER RITES AND CEREMONIES OF THE CHURCH, ACCORDING TO THE USE OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: TOGETHER WITH THE PSALTER, OR PSALMS OF DAVID.

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

Price: $450.00

Campbell, George:

THE FOUR GOSPELS, TRANSLATED FROM THE GREEK.

Philadelphia: A. Bartram, 1799. Large 4to, contemporary sheep, spine reinforced with matching morocco tape. Title leaf slightly damaged [repaired on blank verso, no text lost]. viii, xvi, 488, 196, [16] pp, as issued. A clean text, with a few lightly foxed leaves. Except as noted, Very Good. Evans 35200. Hills 71..... More

Price: $500.00

[Pennsylvania]:

PRINTED DOCUMENT, COMPLETED IN MANUSCRIPT, APPOINTING A MANAGER OF THE COMPANY ERECTING A BRIDGE OVER THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER: "IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, WHEREAS, IN AND BY AN ACT OF THE LEGISLATURE OF THE SAID COMMONWEALTH, PASSED ON THE TENTH DAY OF APRIL, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX. . . AND WHEREAS, THE STATE HOLDS A MOIETY, OR MORE OF THE BONA FIDE STOCK, IN THE COMPANY INCORPORATED BY THE NAME STYLE AND TITLE OF THE PRESIDENT, MANAGERS & COMPANY FOR ERECTING A BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER SUSQUEHANNA AT THE BOROUGH OF WILKESBARRE. NOW KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, THAT I DAVID MANN AUDITOR GENERAL OF ACCOUNTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA HAVE APPOINTED WILLIAM SWETLAND OF LUZERNE COUNTY TO BE MANAGER ON PART OF THE STATE, IN THE AFORESAID COMPANY UNTIL THE FIRST MONDAY IN MARCH, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY ONE. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF THE AUDITOR GENERAL OF PENNSYLVANIA, THIS 23RD DAY OF FEBRUARY ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY. [signed] DAVID MANN, AUDITOR GENL.

[Harrisburg? 1830. Folio broadside, 13" x 16". Old folds from prior mailing. Addressed on verso to "William Swetland, Wilkesbarre, Luzerne County, PA" with postal rubberstamp of Harrisburg, Penn. Wax seal remnant with small tear in bottom blank margin from opening. Light toning and mild wear. Very Good.. The bridge..... More

Price: $350.00

[Civil War] New York:

AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT HISTORY OF COMPANY F, 1ST NEW YORK INFANTRY, SIGNED BY COMPANY COMMANDER 2ND LIEUTENANT JOHN S. BRUSH.

[Virginia: 1864]. Folio, 8" x 12". Three loose leaves making [6] pp, completely in ink manuscript. Occasional short separations at folds, light age toning and soiling, some edge wear with slight loss of text. Overall, Good+. The 1st New York Infantry Regiment was mustered for two years of service..... More

Price: $750.00

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, DATED PHILADELPHIA, 27 MAY 1864, TO COLONEL WILLIAM W.H. DAVIS OF THE...

[Civil War] Meade, Margaretta S. :

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, DATED PHILADELPHIA, 27 MAY 1864, TO COLONEL WILLIAM W.H. DAVIS OF THE 104TH PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY, WRITTEN ON PRINTED AND ILLUSTRATED LETTERHEAD OF THE GREAT CENTRAL FAIR FOR THE U.S. SANITARY COMMISSION: "MY DEAR SIR, I RECEIVED YOUR LETTER OF THE 13TH THIS MORNING, AND HASTEN TO THANK YOU FOR THE MODEL OF THE 'SWAMP ANGEL', WHICH YOU PROPOSE SENDING TO THE EXHIBITION OF ARMS & TROPHIES OF THE GREAT CENTRAL FAIR. IT WILL BE A GREAT ADDITION TO OUR COLLECTION, AND IS RENDERED MORE INTERESTING BY THE ACCOUNT YOU ARE KIND ENOUGH TO SEND WITH IT. IT WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF, AND RESTORED CAREFULLY AFTER THE FAIR. WITH MANY THANKS, RESPECTFULLY YOURS, MARGARETTA S. MEADE."

Philadelphia: 1864. Great Central Fair letterhead sheet folded to 5" X 8". [4] pp, manuscript on rectos only. Letterhead depicts the Fair's Seal with a vignette of a Goddess-like figure handing a chalice to two soldiers, one of whom appears wounded; surrounded by the words, "The Great Central Fair for..... More

Price: $500.00

A PICTURESQUE VIEW OF THE STATE OF THE NATION FOR FEBRUARY 1778]. American Revolution

[American Revolution]:

[A PICTURESQUE VIEW OF THE STATE OF THE NATION FOR FEBRUARY 1778].

[Netherlands? 1780?]. Oblong cartoon engraving, 7-1/4" x 11-1/4." Matted on paper backing. Minor dusting, Very Good. The engraving, which initially appeared in Westminster Magazine in February 1778, was frequently re-engraved. Our version, offered here, was issued without a date or credit line. It is thought to have been printed..... More

Price: $2,000.00

[Ellinger & Foote, Entertainment Promoter]:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, FROM ELLINGER & FOOTE'S AGENT P.A. CLARKE, FROM HARRISBURG, 25 SEPTEMBER, 1865, ON PRINTED AND ILLUSTRATED LETTERHEAD OF 'ELLINGER & FOOTE'S GREAT MORAL EXHIBITION AND CONTINENTAL QUARTETTE.' WITH THE ILLUSTRATED ENVELOPE WITH STAMP AND POSTAL CANCEL.

The three performers depicted on the letterhead are Charles W. Nestel ("Commodore Foote"), his sister Eliza Nestel ("Queenie Foote"), and Joseph Huntler ("Colonel Small"). Letterhead printed in blue ink on white lined paper. The letter, from the troupe's agent P.A. Clarke, seeks to arrange a booking in Danville, PA. Offered..... More

Price: $175.00

Stratton, Charles "Tom Thumb":

CARTE-DE-VISITE PORTRAIT OF DWARF PERFORMERS "TOM THUMB, WIFE AND CHILD"

[n.p. c.1863-1864]. 2-3/8" x 4". All three are dressed in finery, Tom Thumb stands to the left, his wife stands to the right and holds a baby in a christening style dress which reaches to the floor. Shallow clips to blank corners, Very Good. [offered with] ORIGINAL ADMISSION TICKET..... More

Price: $250.00

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