Baltimore: Printed by William Wooddy, 1847. 32pp. Persistent browning at lower margins. Disbound. Good+. In 1834 Garrison was convicted in a Baltimore court of libeling Francis Todd of Newburyport, Mass, by falsely accusing him of involvement in the slave trade. The author, annoyed that Garrison attributed his defeat to bias..... More
Richmond: Dispatch Steam Presses, 1879. 54, [2- advt] pp. Original printed wrappers bound into later speckled cloth. Light uniform toning. Diagram at page 19. Text block a bit loosened from the cloth. Contemporary newspaper account affixed to the endpapers of the cloth. Very Good. Miss Isabel Cottrell told "Poindexter that..... More
Philadelphia: Barclay & Co., [1882? 1880?]. Original printed and decorated salmon wrappers, the front wrapper illustrated with a portrait of Ms. Jewett; the rear wrapper with an illustration of the death struggle. [2], 19-77 pages. Dramatic illustrations, Very Good. One of several printings based on the true story of the..... More
[Lawrence County, AL]: 1828 March 27. Autograph manuscript document, signed by Sheriff Warren, attesting to having served 33 citizens named in the manuscript with process to appear on the designated date as potential jurors. Fine. Sheriff Hugh M. Warren [born c.1800], a farmer, was the third sheriff of Lawrence County..... More
New York: Currier & Ives. 152 Nassau Street, 1865. Lithograph print, oblong 13-1/2" x 18." Uncolored, depicting Booth shooting Lincoln in the back of the head, Mrs. Lincoln, Miss Harris, and Major Rathbone sharing the theater box with him. Minor dusting in the margins. Very Good plus. A related print..... More
Troy, N.Y. A.W. Scribner, 1870. Original printed wrappers [front wrapper detached but present], stitched. 16pp. Light wear, Good+. The author, who purports to write from Hunkerville in May 1870, claims that the Epistles "are valuable:- for I conscientiously desire to make a little money out of them." We have been..... More
New Orleans: Rea's Steam Book and Job Printing Office, 1876. Stitched in original printed wrappers. 28pp. Postal cancel on rear wrapper, with manuscript address to "Lewis Sterling | "B[ayou] Sara, La." Wrappers dusted. A persistent discoloration appears on each leaf at the upper blank corner, with archival repairs. Otherwise, Good+..... More