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Item #39610 THE MYSTERIES OF MARRIAGE; BEING THE LIFE OF THE MAN WHO WEDDED TEN WIVES, ONE OF...

[Barclay & Company]:

THE MYSTERIES OF MARRIAGE; BEING THE LIFE OF THE MAN WHO WEDDED TEN WIVES, ONE OF WHOM WAS THE SO-CALLED "ESCAPED NUN." STRANGE PHASES OF HUMAN NATURE BROUGHT TO LIGHT IN THE PHILADELPHIA COURTS.

Philadelphia: Barclay & Co., [1882]. [2], 19-110, [2] pp. Original printed and illustrated front wrapper [rear wrapper lacking]. Full-page illustrations. Occasional light foxing. Good+. The man in question, John F. Hogan, was the victim of "husband-hunters." Such women "are as genuine and real pests of society as professional prostitutes, gamblers..... More

Price: $650.00

Item #39607 HUNTER-ARMSTRONG TRAGEDY. THE GREAT TRIAL. CONVICTION OF BENJ. F. HUNTER, FOR THE...

[Hunter, Benjamin F.]:

HUNTER-ARMSTRONG TRAGEDY. THE GREAT TRIAL. CONVICTION OF BENJ. F. HUNTER, FOR THE MURDER OF JOHN M. ARMSTRONG. HUNTER SECURES INSURANCE POLICIES ON THELIFE OF ARMSTRONG AMOUNTING TO $26,000, AND LAYS A PLOT TO MURDER HIM. HIS TOOL, TOM GRAHAM, WEAKENS AFTER STRIKING THE FIRSWT BLOW, AND THE CHIEF INSTIGATOR FINISHES THE AWFUL WORK. THIS BOOK CONTAINS THE ONLY LIKENESSES OF HUNTER, GRAHAM, AND ARMSTRONG.

Philadelphia: Barclay & Company, 1878. Original printed and illustrated front wrapper [lightly spotted and worn; rear wrapper absent]. Stitched. [2], 19-91, [3- publ. advts] pp. Stitched. Illustrations. Good+. A typically lurid Barclay production. "Hunter had lost $7,000 when he invested in Armstrong's music-publishing company. Thinking to turn his loss into..... More

Price: $500.00

Item #39601 THE UNGODLY CONDEMNED IN JUDGMENT. A SERMON PREACHED AT SPRINGFIELD, DECEMBER 13TH...

Baldwin, Moses:

THE UNGODLY CONDEMNED IN JUDGMENT. A SERMON PREACHED AT SPRINGFIELD, DECEMBER 13TH 1770. ON OCCASION OF THE EXECUTION OF WILLIAM SHAW, FOR MURDER. BY MOSES BALDWIN, A.M. PASTOR OF THE CHURCH IN PALMER. THE SECOND EDITION.

Boston: Printed and Sold by Kneeland and Adams, next to the Treasurer's Office in Milk-Street, 1771. 24pp, but lacking the half title. Death's Head ornamentation on title page. Disbound and uniformly toned. Closed tear to title leaf [no loss] repaired; evidence of repair at outer margin]. Inner margin of title..... More

Price: $1,850.00

Item #39600 THE GREAT SIN AND DANGER OF STRIVING WITH GOD. A SERMON PREACHED AT WETHERSFIELD,...

Marsh, John M.:

THE GREAT SIN AND DANGER OF STRIVING WITH GOD. A SERMON PREACHED AT WETHERSFIELD, DECEMBER 13TH, 1782. AT THE FUNERAL OR MRS. LYDIA BEADLE, WIFE OF THE LATE WILLIAM BEADLE, AND THEIR FOUR CHILDREN, WHO WERE ALL MURDERED BY HIS OWN HANDS ON THE MORNING OF THE 11TH INSTANT. . . TO WHICH IS ANNEXED A LETTER, FROM A GENTLEMAN IN WETHERSFIELD TO HIS FRIEND, CONTAINING A NARRATIVE OF THE LIFE OF WILLIAM BEADLE, (SO FAR AS IT IS KNOWN) AND THE PARTICULARS OF THE MASSACRE OF HIMSELF AND FAMILY.

Middleborough, (County of Plymouth): Printed and Sold by N. Coverly, 1788. 38, [1- publ. advt], [1 blank] pp. Stitched. Lightly foxed and toned. Very Good. Contemporary ownership signatures of Stephen W. Clark and [more elaborately and frequently] Philip Curtis. Beadle, of Wethersfield, "killed his wife and four children, and then..... More

Price: $1,500.00

Item #39596 THE COLUMBIAN MAGAZINE FOR SEPTEMBER, 1787. Constitution

[Constitution]:

THE COLUMBIAN MAGAZINE FOR SEPTEMBER, 1787.

Philadelphia: Seddon, Spotswood, Cist, and Trenchard. 1787. Pages 615-674 pp, as issued. The U.S. Constitution is printed at pages 659-665, in Very Good condition. Frontis folding meteorological table; folding plate of the Virginia Natural Bridge; full-page plate after page 654. Disbound, a few fox spots, else Very Good. This exceptionally..... More

Price: $5,000.00

Item #39594 THE RULES OF WORK, OF THE CARPENTERS, OF THE TOWN OF BOSTON. FORMED, AND MOST...

Carpenters of Boston:

THE RULES OF WORK, OF THE CARPENTERS, OF THE TOWN OF BOSTON. FORMED, AND MOST ACCURATELY CORRECTED, BY A LARGE NUMBER OF THE FIRST WORKMEN OF THE TOWN. PUBLISHED AGREEABLY TO ACT OF CONGRESS.

[Charlestown MA]: Printed, for the Proprietors, 1800. iv, [3], 34, [4 blanks] pp. Stitched in original marbled wrappers. Spotted. Stitching loosened. Upper corners turned. Signed in ink by Thomas Stutson, the Secretary. "With the names of the committee of twenty-one who drew up the rules, p. [v], and a blank..... More

Price: $2,750.00

Item #39590 THE MURDER OF THE GEOGLES AND LYNCHING OF THE FIEND SNYDER, BY THE OTHERWISE...

[Snyder, Edward]:

THE MURDER OF THE GEOGLES AND LYNCHING OF THE FIEND SNYDER, BY THE OTHERWISE PEACEABLE AND LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS OF BETHLEHEM, PA. , AND ITS VICINITY. A COLD-BLOODED MURDER, A SWIFT RETRIBUTION, A REMARKABLE CASE, AND THE FIRST RESORT TO LYNCH LAW IN PENNSYLVANIA.

Philadelphia: Barclay & Co., [1881?]. [2], [19]-44, [4] pp [as issued]. Stitched in original printed and illustrated purple wrappers [light edge and spine wear]. Three full-page woodcut plates, including the murder and the lynching, and a small cut of Snyder in death. Very Good. An attractive and typically lurid Barclay..... More

Price: $750.00

Item #39589 THE BEAUTIFUL VICTIM OF THE ELM CITY. BEING A FULL, FAIR, AND IMPARTIAL NARRATIVE OF...

[Cramer, Jennie E.]:

THE BEAUTIFUL VICTIM OF THE ELM CITY. BEING A FULL, FAIR, AND IMPARTIAL NARRATIVE OF ALL THAT IS KNOWN OF THE TERRIBLE FATE OF THE TRUSTING AND UNFORTUNATE JENNIE E. CRAMER, GIVING ALL THE EVIDENCE THAT LED THE JURY TO HOLD JAMES MALLEY, JR. AS HER MURDERER, AND TO DENOUNCE WALTER E. MALLEY AND BLANCHE DOUGLASS AS AIDERS AND ABETTORS, IN THIS TERRIBLE SOCIAL TRAGEDY.

New York: M.J. Ivers & Co., [1881]. 64pp, stitched. Illustrated pink wrappers. Wrap worn at edges and spine. Illustrations. Clean text. Very Good. The wrapper calls this the "2d edition. Complete." McDade says, "This is a New Haven, Connecticut, case in which Jennie Cramer was found dead, face down in..... More

Price: $850.00

Item #39580 A STATEMENT IN REGARD TO CERTAIN MATTERS CONCERNING THE GOVERNORSHIP AND POLITICAL...

Hagerman, Herbert H.:

A STATEMENT IN REGARD TO CERTAIN MATTERS CONCERNING THE GOVERNORSHIP AND POLITICAL AFFAIRS IN NEW MEXICO IN 1906 - 1907.

[Roswell]: Printed for Private Circulation, 1908. 113pp. Original stiff printed tan paper wrappers. Punch holes in blank inner margin. Inner margin of front wrapper partially split. Discreet rubberstamp at blank corner of inner rear wrapper. Very Good. "Defense of his gubernatorial conduct, with a discussion of mining and timber-land frauds"..... More

Price: $150.00

Item #39566 AN ORATION, DELIVERED JULY 4TH, 1789, AT THE REQUEST OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN...

Stillman, Samuel:

AN ORATION, DELIVERED JULY 4TH, 1789, AT THE REQUEST OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF BOSTON, IN CELEBRATION OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE. BY SAMUEL STILLMAN, D.D.

Boston: Printed by B. Edes & Son, 1789. 30, [2 blanks] pp, with the half title [moderately foxed] as issued. Stitched, scattered light foxing, Very Good. This is a great July 4 Oration. Stillman, an original trustee of Rhode Island College [later Brown University], would serve as one of Boston's..... More

Price: $1,500.00

Item #39564 FIFTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: AT THE FIRST SESSION, BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CITY...

Fifth Congress:

FIFTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: AT THE FIRST SESSION, BEGUN AND HELD AT THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, ON MONDAY, THE FIFTEENTH OF MAY, [1797]. AN ACT IN ADDITION TO AN ACT, INTITULED, 'AN ACT CONCERNING THE REGISTERING AND RECORDING OF SHIPS AND VESSELS.' . . . AN ACT LAYING AN ADDITIONAL DUTY ON SALT IMPORTED INTO THE UNITED STATES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

[Philadelphia: 1797]. Broadsheet, [2] pp. Inlaid into a slightly larger sheet, with light toning and old horizontal folds [some effect on text, but still legible] and two clean fold splits. Professional restoration on folds, archival tape repairs of splits on verso. About Good+. This is a rare imprint of the..... More

Price: $450.00

[North Carolina in Reconstruction]:

THE SENTINEL. SEMI-WEEKLY. "I WOULD RATHER BE RIGHT THAN PRESIDENT" - - HENRY CLAY. VOL. I. NO. 65. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1867.

Raleigh: Wm. E. Pell, State Printer, 1867. Elephant folio sheet, folded to [4] pp, each page 17" x 21-1/2." Each page printed in six columns. Old folds, with occasional minor effect on text. Light foxing. Good+. This issue of the Sentinel prints, in five and one half columns on the..... More

Price: $150.00

Item #39552 SPEECH OF COUNSELLOR SAMPSON, ON THE TRIAL OF JAMES CHEETHAM, FOR LIBELLING MADAME...

Sampson, [William]:

SPEECH OF COUNSELLOR SAMPSON, ON THE TRIAL OF JAMES CHEETHAM, FOR LIBELLING MADAME BONNEVILLE, IN HIS LIFE OF THOMAS PAINE; WITH A SHORT SKETCH OF THE TRIAL.

New York: Charles Holt, 1810. 27, [1 blank] pp. Light to moderate foxing, housed in modern quarter morocco and marbled paper over boards. Good+. With the ownership signature of John B. Clopton (1789-1860), dated September 11th, 1811. Clopton was an American politician and jurist, who served in the Virginia militia..... More

Price: $750.00

Item #39550 PRAISE TO GOD, A DUTY OF CONTINUAL OBLIGATION. A SERMON, PREACHED AT WORCESTER,...

Maccarty, Thaddeus:

PRAISE TO GOD, A DUTY OF CONTINUAL OBLIGATION. A SERMON, PREACHED AT WORCESTER, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23D, 1775. BEING A DAY OF PUBLIC THANKSGIVING, BY THE APPOINTMENT OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. . . PUBLISHED BY DESIRE OF MANY OF THE HEARERS.

Massachusetts-Bay: Worcester: Printed and Sold by I. Thomas, [1776]. 28pp, with the half title as issued. Stitched and untrimmed. Light scattered spotting [more heavily in margins of last three leaves], else Very Good. Ezra Stiles's copy, with his signature on the half title and several manuscript notations in his hand..... More

Price: $2,500.00

Item #39542 PRINTED DOCUMENT, COMPLETED IN MANUSCRIPT, FROM CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS, STATE OF...

[Louisiana]:

PRINTED DOCUMENT, COMPLETED IN MANUSCRIPT, FROM CITY OF NEW-ORLEANS, STATE OF LOUISIANA. . . ACKNOWLEDGING THAT JOSEPH D. BOULET OF NEW ORLEANS, MERCHANT, AGE ABOUT 27, HEIGHT 5'3", GRAY EYES, BROWN COMPLEXION, HAVING BEEN SWORN, "DEPOSED THAT HE WAS AN INHABITANT OF THE PROVINCE OF LOUISIANA ON THE 30TH DAY OF APRIL 1803, AND HAS BEEN SINCE AN INHABITANT OF THIS STATE. AND ALSO APPEARED FRANCOIS DUPUIS AND MARIE POULAIN, BOTH OF THIS CITY. . . DECLARED THAT THE FOREGOING DEPOSITION OF JOSEPH D. BOULET IS, TO THEIR PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE, TRUE AND CORRECT."

New Orleans: 1815. Broadside, 8" x 13-1/8." Printed with heading in gothic type, "United States of America. City of New Orleans. . ." Old folds, with a tear along one fold [text unaffected]. Original seal present. Some small chips, light to moderate foxing. Good+. Signed in ink by Boulet, two..... More

Price: $600.00

Item #39537 AN ELECTION WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, THE 3D DAY OF NEXT JUNE, IN THE SECOND GRAND...

McClernand, John A.:

AN ELECTION WILL BE HELD ON MONDAY, THE 3D DAY OF NEXT JUNE, IN THE SECOND GRAND DIVISION, FOR AN ASSOCIATE JUSTICE AND FOR CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT. . . YOU ARE AWARE THAT THE EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENTS OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT ARE ALREADY IN THE HANDS OF THE RADICALS. THE JUDICIARY ALONE HAS, SO FAR, ESCAPED THEIR DOMINATION, AND INTERPOSE THE ONLY BARRIER TO THEIR REVOLUTIONARY AND DISORGANIZING SCHEMES.

Springfield, Ill. 1867 [May 14]. Broadside, 5" x 8." Dated in typescript "Springfield, Ill., May 14, 1867. In handwriting at top margin: "Confidential." Addressed in ink handwriting to "Hon. James M. Epler." McClernand signs in type as Chairman of the Democratic Central Committee. Old horizontal folds, Near Fine. McClernand, now..... More

Price: $350.00

Item #39531 1783 CENTENNIAL SOUVENIR. 1883. A JAPANESE NAPKIN, PRESENTED BY H.G. PARKE, CHINA,...

[Washington, George]:

1783 CENTENNIAL SOUVENIR. 1883. A JAPANESE NAPKIN, PRESENTED BY H.G. PARKE, CHINA, JAPAN AND EAST INDIA DEPOT. ORIENTAL FANCY GOODS. NO. 186 FRONT STREET, (NEAR FULTON FERRY) NEW YORK.

[New York: 1883]. Printed, decorative, illustrated broadside, with a variety of typefaces. A few light fox spots, trimmed closely to the border. Very Good. Illustration of "Washington's Headquarters, Newburgh, N.Y. Where as Commander-in-Chief he delivered his farewell address to the Army in front of the same." 8-1/2" x 11-1/2." Decorative..... More

Price: $500.00

Item #39526 CITY OF NEW-YORK, &. ESQ; MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW-YORK. TO THE SHERIFF, CONSTABLES,...

[New York City Tavern License]:

CITY OF NEW-YORK, &. ESQ; MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW-YORK. TO THE SHERIFF, CONSTABLES, AND OTHER HER MAJESTYS OFFICERS WITHIN THE SAID CITY, GREETING. KNOW YE, THAT I HAVE LICENSED, AND BY THESE PRESENTS DO LISCENCE ----- OF THE CITY AFORESAID, TO SELL WINE, BEER, BRANDY, RUM, SYDER, OR ANY OTHER SORTS OF STRONG LIQUORS BY RETAIL. . . IN WITNESS WHEREOF I HAVE HEREUNTO SUBSCIRBED MY NAME, AND CAUSED THE COMMON SEAL OF THE SAID CITY TO BE AFFIXED THE --- DAY OF --- IN THE --- YEAR OF THE REIGN OF OUR SOVERAIGN LADY, ANNE, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, AND IRELAND, DEFENDER OF THE FAITH, &C. ANNOQ; DOMINI ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND ---.

[New York: William Bradford, 1702-1714]. Broadside, oblong 11-1/2" x 7-1/4." Printed blank form, variety of typefaces and styles. Light wear. Blanks not filled in. Very Good. The licensed tavern keeper promises to "maintain good Rule and Order, and not use or suffer any unlawful Games or Meetings in said house..... More

Price: $1,250.00

Item #39522 WOMEN OF AMERICA SUPPORT THE NATIONAL SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT DRAFTED IN 1875 BY SUSAN B....

[Woman Suffrage]:

WOMEN OF AMERICA SUPPORT THE NATIONAL SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT DRAFTED IN 1875 BY SUSAN B. ANTHONY. TEXT OF THE AMENDMENT. . . THE RIGHT OF CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES TO VOTE SHALL NOT BE DENIED OR ABRIDGED BY THE UNITED STATES OR BY ANY STATE ON ACCOUNT OF SEX.

Washington, D.C. Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage, [1915]. Broadside, 8-1/2" x 11." Illustrated with a map of the United States indicating the twelve States [uncolored], all West of the Mississippi, where women may legally vote, and the electoral votes of each such State. The Map also shows States [shaded in..... More

Price: $2,750.00

Item #39517 THE WOMAN'S BIBLE. EDITOR ELIZABETH CADY STANTON. CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT, PRESIDENT OF...

[Woman Suffrage]:

THE WOMAN'S BIBLE. EDITOR ELIZABETH CADY STANTON. CARRIE CHAPMAN CATT, PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION, ONE OF THE REVISING COMMITTEE... THIS IS THE TEACHING OF NATIONAL SUFFRAGE LEADERS. ARE YOU WILLING FOR WOMEN WHO HOLD THESE VIEWS TO BECOME POLITICAL POWERS IN OUR COUNTRY?

[np: 1920]. Folio Broadside, 16-1/2" x 9-1/2". Title and ending in bold type. Near Fine. "In the early nineties a group of leading Suffragists decided that the 'Christian Bible, the Christian religion and the Christian ministry were the greatest obstacles to the spread of woman suffrage'." To challenge the religiously..... More

Price: $1,500.00

Item #39516 REVISED CONSTITUTION OF THE INTER-STATE LEAGUE OF PROFESSIONAL BASE-BALL CLUBS....

[Baseball]:

REVISED CONSTITUTION OF THE INTER-STATE LEAGUE OF PROFESSIONAL BASE-BALL CLUBS. OFFICIAL PUBLICATION. PRESIDENT - SECRETARY - TREASURE, JOE PRITCHARD, ST. LOUIS.

St. Louis, Mo. J.W. Steele & Co., Printers, 514 Pine Street, [1890]. 12mo. 24pp. Stitched in original salmon-pink printed wrappers. The imprint is printed on the front wrapper. "1890" at top of title. Contemporary newspaper clipping and owner's note on verso of front wrapper. The clipping reports the results of..... More

Price: $3,000.00

Item #39509 DOCUMENT SIGNED BY REVOLUTIONARY WAR GENERAL OTHO HOLLAND WILLIAMS, 11 APRIL 1788,...

Williams, Otho Holland:

DOCUMENT SIGNED BY REVOLUTIONARY WAR GENERAL OTHO HOLLAND WILLIAMS, 11 APRIL 1788, CONVEYING A 99-YEAR LEASE OF PROPERTY "IN THE TOWN OF WILLIAMS' - PORT" MARYLAND TO JOHN NEITZEL.

Baltimore: Printed by William Goddard, [178-]. Broadside, matted and framed, 12-1/2" x 16," top edge scalloped. Some spotting and dusting, Old horizontal fold with slight effect on one line of text. Good+. Williams [1749-1794] served under George Washington during the Revolution. Founders Online prints an order from Washington to then-Colonel..... More

Price: $350.00

Item #39504 A PATRIOTIC CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF THE GREAT REBELLION. PARSON BROWNLOW'S FAREWELL...

[Brownlow, William G.]:

A PATRIOTIC CHAPTER IN THE HISTORY OF THE GREAT REBELLION. PARSON BROWNLOW'S FAREWELL ADDRESS, IN VIEW OF HIS IMPRISONMENT BY THE REBELS.

Philadelphia: Published by Thomas W. Hartley, 1861. Broadside, 11" x 14." An engraved portrait of Brownlow, flanked by American flags, within the title. Beneath the portrait, a lithograph inscription, "Very Respectfully, &C. W.G. Brownlow." Matted. Several closed blank margin tears [no loss]. Very Good. This rare broadside prints Brownlow's final..... More

Price: $1,750.00

Item #39501 EXECUTION OF STEPHEN MERRILL CLARK, WHICH TOOK PLACE ON WINTER ISLAND, SALEM, ON...

[Clark, Stephen Merrill]:

EXECUTION OF STEPHEN MERRILL CLARK, WHICH TOOK PLACE ON WINTER ISLAND, SALEM, ON THURSDAY, MAY 10, 1821. FOR THE CRIME OF ARSON.

[Salem MA: 1821]. Folio Broadside, 10-1/4" x 17-1/2." Woodcut of a coffin beneath the title. Printed in four columns beneath the title, each column separated by a rule, the whole within a black mourning border. Mounted on pale contemporary paper. Light toning and foxing. Very Good. The broadside describes the..... More

Price: $1,250.00

Item #39488 THE CONSTITUTION OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, AS ALTERED AND AMENDED BY A CONVENTION OF...

[New Hampshire]:

THE CONSTITUTION OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, AS ALTERED AND AMENDED BY A CONVENTION OF DELEGATES, HELD AT CONCORD, IN SAID STATE, BY ADJOURNMENT, ON THE SECOND WEDNESDAY OF FEBRUARY, M DCC XCII.

Concord: George Hough, for the Convention, 1792. 59, [1 blank] pp, with the half title [laid down]. Bound in modern marbled paper over boards. Blank inner margin of title leaf strengthened. Light perforation stamp at title page, rubberstamp in margin of page [5]. Good+. In the elaborate history of New..... More

Price: $650.00

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