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A list, set forth below, of Alabama laws from 1859, through the Civil War and early Reconstruction, in various bindings and conditions. Overall Good+ to Very Good. ACTS OF THE SEVENTH BIENNIAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF ALABAMA, HELD IN THE CITY OF MONTGOMERY, COMMENCING ON THE SECOND MONDAY..... More
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Bourbon County KY: 1823. Single leaf, 7-3/4" x 12-7/8." Entirely in ink manuscript, signed by the Commissioners Wm. B. Branham and Thos. Woodford on 15 November 1823, with written approval by the Bourbon County Court. Old folds, a couple of contemporary ink smudges and light foxing along the folds. About..... More
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Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1925. [6], 289, [1 blank] pp. Lightly worn in original green cloth with gilt-lettered cover and spine titles. Small bookseller ticket on front pastedown. Partly uncut. Near Fine. Born in Texas, Scarborough [1878-1935] was "a respected folklorist. She called herself a 'song catcher.' She believed radio..... More
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Montgomery, NY: 1834. Autograph Letter Signed, Montgomery, Orange Co., N.Y., May 30, 1834. Folio leaf, [4]pp, each page 7-3/4" x 12-3/4." Addressed on final page, with Montgomery NY, May 31, postal cancel, and red seal. From S. Guiteau to Rev. Cortland Van Rensalaer, Albany, N.Y. Address page foxed, Very Good..... More
Boston: Congregational Board of Publication, 1857. Original publisher's cloth, with bright gilt-stamped title on front cover. vi, 138 pp. Fine. Ownership signature "J.B. Lowell" on front endpaper. The book prints three abolitionist essays: (1) Rev. R.B. Thurston, The Error and the Duty in regard to Slavery; (2) Rev. A.C. Baldwin..... More
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Chicago: 1893. Original cloth, with gilt-lettered spine and gilt-decorated front cover. Port. frontis with original tissue guard. xvi, 17-506 clean pages. Illustrations. Fine. "Amanda Berry Smith, 'the singing pilgrim' of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, once consummated one hundred twelve 'accessions' and one hundred fifty-six baptisms in forty-five days. A...... More
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New York: Currier, [1856]. Hand-colored broadside lithograph, 10" x 14." "From a Photograph by Brady taken June 1856" is printed beneath Fremont's portrait. Light discoloration beneath the portrait, the "F" in Fremont lightly abraded. Else Very Good. Fremont is seated in a blue chair in front of flowing purple drapes..... More