[New York: Published by the American Missionary Association, 1888]. 32pp. Disbound [bit of loosening]. Original printed front wrapper, decorated border, with wrapper title as issued. Lacking the rear wrapper. Except as noted, Very Good with a pristine text. BAL records this 1888 pamphlet as a predecessor to the 1890 printing..... More
Baton Rouge: Marx Fraenkel, Publisher, 29 & 31 Lafayette St. Printed by the Advocate, Baton Rouge, LA. [1890]. [24- advts], 56, [1 blank] pp. Original publisher's boards [rubbed, but not taking text], with title printed on front cover, rear cover and pastedowns with advertisements. Final blank with the pink rubberstamp..... More
St. Helena Parish, Louisiana: 17 May 1856. Neat ink manuscript, single leaf, 7-1/8" x 11-3/4," blue lined paper. Sworn to and attested on verso, with red seal remnant. Very Good. Located about fifty miles northeast of Baton Rouge, St. Helena Parish was briefly a part of West Florida. "The..... More
De Soto Parish, Louisiana: 26 December 1853. Folio sheet, folded to 8" x 12-1/2." [4] pp bifolium. Entirely in neat ink manuscript, written on recto and verso of first leaf and docketed on page [4]: "Caleb Pate to Spencer Adams Sale of Negro Slave." Old folds, Very Good. Caleb Pate..... More
Philadelphia: Published by John Conrad and Co., 1816. Two printed pages [persistent spot] plus Maps two through nine, as issued. [No. 1 is the frontis portrait of Andrew Jackson, which appears only in the text volume, not offered here.] Bound in contemporary cloth [chip at head and foot of spine..... More
[New Orleans]: Printed at E.C. Wharton's Steam Book and Job Printing, Bindery and Stereotype Office, 41 Camp Street, cor. Gravier, [1857]. [2], 398, [2 blanks] 48, [2] pp. Original covers, with printed advertisements. Rebacked in cloth tape [portions of a few letters from the left extremity of the front cover..... More