Philadelphia: Published by Mason & Co., 1864. 16pp, 2 7/8" x 4 1/4". Stitched in original printed wrappers with portrait of an unshaven Lincoln on the front wrap. Rear wrap, a publisher's advertisement, is shaved at the fore-edge, costing a few letters [such has been the case with the several..... More
Boston: Damrell & Moore, [1856]. 8pp, stitched, light wear. Very Good. Russell passionately denounces the Slave Power, and supports John C. Fremont, the first Republican candidate for president. "The slave oligarchy, which rules us with iron sway, brands the whole country with its infamous character. . . Slavery has become..... More
West Minot, Maine: 1867 [Jany 18th]. 3, [1 blank] pp on a lightly lined , folded sheet of stationery. Old folds, Very Good. This incisive Letter brilliantly expresses Republican anger at President Johnson and the erstwhile Rebels. Lowell and Burpee had been Whig colleagues in the 1854 Maine Legislature. After..... More
Philadelphia: Republished at the Federal Press, 1795. [6], 9-44 pp [as issued]. Disbound, persistent light spotting to narrow portion of blank outer margin. Mild foxing. Good+. Previous owners' inscriptions agreeing with the historical consensus that the Letters are fabrications. Howes says, "These were 'spurious letters' fabricated by Loyalists to damage..... More
Washington: Thomas Allen, 1842. SED1. 767pp, folding table. Disbound with occasional light foxing. Else Very Good. With diplomatic material on the Northeastern boundary question, and a copy of the Treaty negotiated by Secretary of State Webster and Lord Ashburton. Other diplomatic information is included regarding Texas and Mexico, and a...... More
Washington: Cornelius Wendell, Printer, 1857. 35th Cong., 1st Sess. SED11. 775pp, disbound else Very Good. At midstream of the Buchanan administration, his disastrous Kansas policy alienates his Democratic support in the North; even pro-slavery northerners find it difficult to stomach the election frauds and violence necessary to sustain the Lecompton..... More
[Courtland, Lawrence Cty., Alabama: 1840]. Single page, 7-3/4" x 12-3/4." Entirely in ink manuscript. Dated June 20, 1840, and signed at the end by Watkins and Swoope, with Jno. J. McMahon as witness. Inner edge is irregular. Closed tear [no loss] repaired expertly at blank bottom margin. Very Good. This..... More
Framed uncolored silk image, 5-1/2" x 6-3/4", waist-up image of Taylor in military uniform, titled "Z. Taylor" with his facsimile signature; "Silk Manufact Swiss, ZCB 1848." The silk is surrounded by a hand-cut fancy mat. Very Good. Sullivan-Fischer, American Political Ribbons and Ribbon Badges ZT-4. More
[Venango County PA?]: 1844. Oblong 15-3/8" x 11." Uniformly browned, printed on thin paper. A variety of large, bold type faces. Iconic Screaming Eagle at head of title, with 'E Pluribus Unum' banner. Two blank upper corner chips. Repairs to several closed tears [no loss] on blank verso. Signed in..... More
New York: Published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St. [1864]. Lithograph broadside, by sight 11-1/4" x 16." Matted, 18-1/4" x 23-1/4." Fine. "An election year cartoon measuring Democratic candidate McClellan's military failures against the recent successes of his successor, Ulysses S. Grant. At right Grant, portrayed as a...... More
New York: American Bank Note Co., [1861]. Broadside, 3 x 3-3/4" india paper mounted on card backing 5-3/4" x 8-1/4". The oval portrait area is 1-1/2" x 1-7/8". The number "141" appears beneath the title. Handcolored line and stipple lithograph depicting a bust portrait of a bearded Abraham Lincoln in..... More
Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1821. 4pp, disbound and lightly spotted. Good+. Thomas Jefferson signs in type at the end as Rector of the University of Virginia. His Memorial, a plea for the free flow of information into the United States, urges elimination of tariffs on books imported into the United..... More
New York: Johnson, Fry & Co., Publishers, 1862. Broadside, 7-1/4" x 10-1/2", portrait area 5-1/2" x 7-1/2". Handcolored line and stipple lithograph depicting a full length portrait of a bearded Abraham Lincoln seated beside a table in front of a heavy drape, holding a book of the Constitution with both..... More
New York: Lith. & Pub. by H.R. Robinson, [1840]. Oblong broadside, 17-1/8" x 12-3/4." Mounted to a board. A few light fox spots, a couple of short closed tears laid down without loss. Blank verso with three mounting remnants and the ghost of a contemporary, macabre political broadside. Very Good..... More
New York: [N. Currier, 1856]. Lithograph broadside, 11-3/4" x 16-1/2." Pale uniform dusting. Minor blank edge wear. Prior mounting remnants on blank verso. Very Good. The title derives from the book by popular author Donald Grant Mitchell, a/k/a Ik Marvel, who wrote "Reveries of a Bachelor." Buchanan, our only..... More
New York: H.R. Robinson, [1839]. Lithograph broadside, oblong 17" x 13-3/4." Uncolored. Signed in lower left with monogram 'H.D.' [Henry Dacre?]. Light foxing, else Very Good. With finely dressed men and women in the background, an angry Mrs. DeWitt Clinton snubs President Van Buren, who says, "Stay, Madam, I would..... More
New York: Peter Smith [N. Currier], 1848. Lithograph folio illustrated broadside, oblong 13-5/8" x 18-5/8." Minor dusting. Handwritten depository notice at blank bottom margin; small stamp reading "Microfilmed" is near the blank bottom right corner. Prior matting remnants on blank verso, light crease laid down. The image and text are..... More
New York: Peter Smith [Currier & Ives], 1848. Folio lithograph broadside, oblong 14" x 19." Copyright information in manuscript at blank lower margin. Mounted to a thin board, light dusting. Very Good. Though little known today, Cass was a leader of the Democratic Party for thirty years, its 1848 presidential..... More
New York: J. Baillie, [1848]. Folio lithograph broadside, oblong 13" x 17." Lower blank margin with a small stamp: 'Microfilmed.' Mounting remnants on blank verso. Very Good, with manuscript copyright notation at blank lower margin. This rare broadside mocks Whig presidential candidate Zachary Taylor as a political cypher, having never..... More
New York: H.R. Robinson, 52 Courtlandt St. [1837]. Oblong folio broadside, 17-1/2" x 14." Hand-colored lithograph. Short closed tear and a few light fox spots at blank margins. Mounted to a thin board. Very Good. At upper margin: "N. Tom O' Logical Studies." "A caricature of Missouri senator Thomas Hart..... More
Hartford: 1872. Broadside, 6" x 9-1/2," text surrounded by mourning border. A few spots, Very Good. Illustrations of two steamers. At the bottom: "This is Good for ONE PASSAGE Only. - H.G." Dated at Hartford, November 5, 1872. "Salt River" is 19th century American slang: a losing candidate for office..... More