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
[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
Philadelphia: R. Aitken, 1775. 12mo. xii, 132 pp. Original half sheep boards are worn and detached [but present]. Margins browned but text clean. Good+. Evans 14169. Hildeburn 3235. More
Hanover: From the Eagle Office, of Dunham & True, 1795. 30pp. Disbound a bit roughly, light spotting, tear at the bottom of page affecting about ten words. Good only. Evans 29833. More
Hartfordiae: Watsoni et Goodwini, 1778. 40pp. Disbound and lightly foxed, else Very Good. This is the inaugural oration of Ezra Stiles, seventh president of Yale, from 1778 to 1795. The entire pamphlet is in Latin. A contemporary hand has written in ink, on the blank portion of page 40, "Errata..... More
New York: Benedict, 1833. Original printed wrappers [rear wrap stained], stitched and untrimmed. 120pp, compliments slip laid in. Very Good. The Introduction explains that the Society concluded "that a reform in our seminaries of learning was greatly needed, both for the preservation of health and for giving energy to..... More