Wilcox County, Alabama: 1859. Folio, 15-1/2" x 12-1/2", folded to 7-3/4" x 12-1/2". Completely in manuscript on blue paper with lined columns. A full accounting: credits on the left side of the ledger sheet, debits on the right. Docketed on verso: "Estate of Levi H. Seltzer, Dec'd, Acct. Current, Partial..... More
Lawrence County, AL: 1859. 6-1/4" x 8". Partly printed document on lined paper, completed in ink manuscript. Docketed on verso. Minor wear, old folds. Signature of D.J. Goodlett. Light toning, minor wear. Very Good. We have been unable to locate information on the defendant in the usual places. A...... More
Upperville, Virginia: 1860. 6-1/4" x 7-1/2". Completely in ink manuscript on white lined paper. Bottom blank edge torn across instead of trimmed. Old folds. Accompanied by small yellow envelope addressed to "Mr. Hamilton L. Gibson, Newtown, Frederick Co., Va." Three cent Franklin stamp at top right corner, rubberstamp postmark of..... More
Boston: Re-printed and Sold by S. Kneeland [New-Haven: Printed 1760], 1761. 24pp. Untrimmed, loose. Toned, some blank extremity chips, closed tear to title page [no text loss]. Occasional contemporary marginalia. Signed in type on p.24, 'Paulinus.' Good+. This piece originally appeared under the pseudonym 'Paulinus' in the Connecticut Gazette..... More
Oblong slip, 3-5/8" x 8", manuscript on lined paper. One chip at blank lower margin; pencil inscription on verso: "Sergt. John Lattimore, Corp. William F. Master, Corp." Both were in Company B of the 160th PA regiment, 15th Anderson cavalry, mustered out July 1863. Very Good. More
New York and Philadelphia: Bald, Adams & Co.; Bald, Cousland & Co., June 12, 1861. Elaborately engraved bank note, No. 928. Signed by Robert Wardlaw, engraving of John C. Calhounj and another. More
[n.p. c. 1870s-1880s?]. Carte de Visite format, 2-1/2" x 4", albumen print on card mount: Photographic portrait of an unknown dwarf dressed in the usual fancy suit and top hat popular with dwarf performers at the time. No printed caption or imprint appear anywhere on the card. A pencil notation..... More
New York: A. Bogardus, Photo., 872 B'way, cor. 18th St. Carte de Visite format, 2-1/2" x 4", albumen print on card mount: Photographic portrait of Gen. Decker standing in front of a floral backdrop beside an ornate striped chair with his hat on a small table beside him. He wears..... More
[Washington: T. McGill, Print. 1860]. 8pp. Caption title as issued, disbound, Good+. Lamar catalogues the North's aggressions. Active in the Confederate Government and its Army, he was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1888. More
New York: Robert LeCouver, Printer, [1897]. Original printed gold wrappers [separated from text block] and staples. [4], 138pp. Folding map and folding chart. Some separation from text block and bleedthrough of staples on blank margins. Else a clean and Very Good text. The event was favorably reviewed in The Tammany..... More
Boston: Nathaniel Willis, 1781. Folio. 53, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, untrimmed, occasional fox mark; small holes at leaf 23-24 affect several letters. Good+. The Resolves focus on many Revolutionary war matters: Resolve on the petition of Col. Josiah Brewer, and of Orana and other chiefs of the Penobscot tribe that..... More
[Boston, New-England: Printed by John Gill. 1777]. 14pp. Folio, with caption title as issued. Disbound, mild foxing, Very Good. The Resolves-- from August 6 - August 16, 1777-- treat Revolutionary War matters exclusively. The Assembly instructs the Board of War to "destroy the Enemies Cruisers which have taken several..... More
Washington: Jany 3, 1850. 7-3/4" x 9-3/4". Single page. Old folds, Very Good. "On the receipt of your note of the 26th I [---] it to Prof. Henry who said he would write to you at once-- I look forward with great pleasure to your visit here. We will talk..... More
[London: Printed and Sold by John Nichols... 1788]. Folio. Pages 189-219, [1 blank], as issued. Disbound, else Very Good. The recorded matters include protests from Scotland, asserting that the Parliament of Scotland has overturned "the Ancient Constitutions of the Royal Boroughs of Scotland" by enacting "unjust and illiberal Systems" pertaining..... More
[Wayland, NY? 1892]. Small, 3-5/8" x 5". [4] pp, folded. An attractively illustrated and printed Invitation. Front of invitation is a full color illustration of a soldier holding a bayonet, soldiers standing near tents in the background, a drum and American flags to the side. The last page is a...... More
Philadelphia: Published by Thomas Bradford, Printer, 1796. iv, [5]-71, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, mild toning. Else Very Good. "Second Edition" printed at head of title page. The pamphlet is Cobbett's no-holds-barred attack on Randolph and his 'Vindication.' Randolph had resigned as Washington's Secretary of State after having been accused..... More
London: Printed by J. Brown, at the Printing Office... Entered at Stationers Hall, 1791. viii, 82, [6] pp, as issued, with the half title. Untrimmed. The half title has a long, repaired closed tear at the blank lower portion, with no loss. Very Good. Some manuscript notations, and learned printed..... More
Boston: Published by Crocker and Brewster, 1835. Later cloth [remnant of gum label at spine base, original paper spine title]. [8], [5]-44 pp, as issued. Old library book plate on front pastedown, with 'discard' rubberstamp. Title page tanned, else Very Good. With printed text in these languages. Palfrey was "Professor..... More
[Springfield? Chicago? 1860]. 16pp. Caption title, as issued. Disbound with some loosening, paper clip shadow on first and last leaves. Printed in two columns per page. Good+. This Illinois campaign document is probably the first of three printings, each with similar but not identical material. Each attacks Douglas..... More
Richmond: Edmund Ruffin, Editor and Proprietor, June, 1833. 64pp. Stitched and untrimmed. Browned, else Very Good. This issue discusses matters dear to Ruffin's heart, particularly agriculture and Negro Slavery in Virginia, its geography and resources. He provides detailed reporting and essays on the Virginia Assembly's debates on abolishing slavery; slaves'..... More
[Waterloo, MO]: June 8, 1840. Large folio, folded to 7-1/2" x 12-1/2". [3], [1 blank] pp. Completely in ink manuscript. Old folds, Very Good. Clark County is located in farthest northeastern Missouri, along the Des Moines and Mississippi Rivers, bordering Iowa to the north and Illinois to the east..... More
New Orleans: Cook, Young & Co., 1862. x, [2 blanks], 46, [2 blanks] pp. Stitched in original printed yellow wrappers. Near Fine. This document lists each planter by Parish, and his output for the year. The Introduction is dated August 18, 1862, after the Federal invasion of New Orleans. Jumonville..... More
New Orleans: New Orleans Democrat Print, 1881. Original printed and illustrated stiff paper wrappers [some loosening]. [2], 248 pp plus frontis portrait of Governor Wiltz; attractive folding map, in color, noting available homesteads. Light dusting, stitched. Very Good. Slavery "fostered a system of large plantations worked by slaves, discouraged the..... More
[Washington DC: M.B. Brady, 1876]. Large albumen print, 12-1/2" x 13-3/4", mounted on 17" x 21" backing. With thin border on matting and credit in ink to "M.B. Brady Photo / Washington, D.C." on the matting below the bottom left corner of print. Light toning. Some facsimile signatures are faded..... More
Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia: 1829. Folio, 8-1/4" x 13-1/4". [3], [1] p. Completely in ink manuscript. Addressed on final page to "Col. Roger Jones | City of Washington" and light postal cancel dated Jan. 9 at Winchester; with manuscript docket note in a different hand: "On the subject of the..... More