Philadelphia: Printed for Robert Campbell & Co., no. 40, South Second-Street, 1796. 27, [1 publ. advt] pp. Disbound, lightly foxed and toned, else Very Good. With the ownership signature, "Mahlon Dickerson 1796," neatly inscribed on the title page. Dickerson was the prominent Jeffersonian, New Jersey Governor, Judge, Senator, and Secretary..... More
Martinsburg, W. VA: April 1885. Elephant folio sheet, folded to 4pp, each 15" x 21." Each of the first three pages is printed in six columns; the final page is filled with advertisements, some illustrated. Old folds, couple of pinholes minimally affecting portion of a couple of letters. Very Good..... More
[Raleigh: 1852]. Printed Folio Broadside, 12-1/2" x 17-3/4." Printed in four columns beneath caption title. Old folds, pinhole at a fold intersection affecting portions of a couple of letters. Signed in type and dated at the end. The name of the Letter's recipient, Dr. Ladson A. Mills, is also printed..... More
Washington, D.C. May 1868. [4] pp. Single sheet, folded to 6-3/4" x 9-7/8." Entirely in neat ink manuscript, signed in ink by Walker [a few smudges]. Very Good. Marked "Confidential" in upper left corner. Robert J. Walker [1801-1869] was a Democratic politician, lawyer, economist, U.S. Senator from Mississippi, and President..... More
Liverpool: 1864. Pale blue folio printed sheet, folded to [1], [3 blanks] pp. Signed in type at the end. Old horizontal folds, some discoloration at blank lower corner and along edge of first page. Very Good. The Civil War launched Confederate Captain Raphael Semmes's "brilliant career as one of the..... More
Perry County, Alabama: August 31, 1865. Broadside, text printed in elegant typescript, completed in manuscript. Docketed on verso. Old folds, light wear. Very Good. Gentry made "his mark." His oath is acknowledged, but the official who took his oath is not identified. The pre-printed oath states "I will hereafter faithfully..... More
Montgomery, AL: July 25, 1865. Printed broadside, signed in type at the end by Parsons as Provisional Governor, listing twelve "points" for applicants' consideration. One small spot, light old folds, Very Good plus. Among the inquiries are: "Have you served on any 'vigilance committee' during the war, before which persons..... More
Perry County, Alabama: August 18, 1865. Broadside, text printed in elegant typescript, completed in manuscript. Printed on lined paper, docketed on verso. Very Good. Riese's Oath is acknowledged by J.B. Shivers, Justice of the Peace for Perry County, Alabama. The pre-printed oath states "I will hereafter faithfully defend the Constitution..... More
New York: August 15, 1884. Two leaves, written on rectos only. Docketing notes on verso of second leaf. Written on elegantly typescripted letterhead of Starin's City River and Harbor Transportation Company. Pier 18 North River, Foot of Cortlandt St., New York. Old vertical fold, Very Good. Contemporary blue grease pencil..... More
Middletown: Jan. 29th, 1846. Printed Broadside, 5-1/8" x 10," enclosed within a folded sheet for mailing to "John Warner, Esq, Wethersfield, Conn." with postal cancel "Rocky Hill CT" and ink date "Feby 9" within the postal mark. A manuscript note, evidently to Warner, is included on the verso of the..... More
Philadelphia: Publishing House of the A.M.E. Church, 1894. [4], 851, [48] pp, with frontis and original tissue guard, ten additional plates, a map, and a double facsimile. This is the "Library Edition," as stated on the leaf preceding the frontis portrait and the title page. Several blindstamps, old institutional bookplates..... More
[np: 1864]. The sheet measures 4-1/4" x 7-1/4." Each ticket headed, "DEMOCRATIC UNION TICKET. STATE. 'THE UNION AND THE CONSTITUTION.'" Verso is an attractive wallpaper-type design. Fine. Seymour, prominent Democrat-Copperhead New York politician, won his race for Governor, opposing Lincoln Administration policies, particularly the Emancipation Proclamation. His victory established him..... More
Dayton, Ohio: 1900s. Trade card from "The Station Confectionery, Tables for Ladies and Gentlemen." Pink card stock, printed with blue inks, oblong 4" x 2-1/4." Very Good, with the Union Bug of Dayton's Allied Printing Trades Council at the bottom. Dayton's Union Station opened in 1900. Legal segregation was..... More
Philadelphia: King & Baird, 1854. Original publisher's cloth decorated and stamped in blind, rebacked with gilt-lettered spine title. 251 pages. Several blank margin stamps of the "Afro American Book Store, 916 Locust St., Phila. Pa. Rev. D.,J. Russell, Jr., Manager." Lower blank margins of some leaves prominently spotted. Text generally..... More
[Boston]: London: Wertheim & Macintosh. 1856. Reprinted by the Massachusetts Colonization Society, 1857. Original printed wrappers [some dustsoil, a small rubberstamp], stitched, clean text. 31, [1] pp. Very Good. Pencil inscription at upper margin of front wrapper: "With respects of John Orcutt," probably the New England minister who was active..... More
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
[New York: Hecla Press, 1955]. vi, 59, [1 blank] pp. Near Fine, in original staples and printed title wrappers [light dusting]. Nelson, a member of the Communist Party, was tried and found guilty of violating Pennsylvania's anti-sedition law. Nelson appealed his conviction to the United States Supreme Court, which held..... More
[London: 1777]. Large folio, unbound and untrimmed. 708, [1 errata], [1 blank] pp, as issued. Occasional light toning, else Near Fine. ESTC explains that the Journal, whose entries end on 18 September 1760, was not printed until 1777. Entries appear on a variety of topics, some concerning the French and..... 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
[Ohio: 1864]. Broadside ticket listing Union Ticket candidates for elections in 1864, beneath illustration of the American Flag. Several candidates are listed for "Supreme Judge," plus candidates for Secretary of State, Attorney General, Comptroller of the Treasury, Board of Public Works; and, for Congress, John A. Bingham. Some edge wear..... More
[Boston? 1896]. Narrow broadside, printed on card stock, title and text beneath a photo illustration of Civil War General Daniel Sickles, resplendant in his medal-decorated uniform. Very Good. Sickles, who lost a leg at Gettysburg, endorses Republican presidential candidate William McKinley. "I know Major McKinley very well. He is a...... More
[Concord NH? @1864]. Folio Broadsheet, 13" x 20." Five columns per page printed beneath caption title. Light spot at lower margin of each page. Near Fine. The broadsheet, through the printed arguments of Ira Perley and Colonel John H. George, addresses "the great, paramount question where the capital of the..... More
[Washington]: 1826. Folio broadside, 18" x 24," printed in six columns beneath caption title. Light foxing, old folds and a little wrinkling, untrimmed [some chipping and closed tears at blank margins]. Good+. This is perhaps the earliest printing of Adams's Message to Congress. Adams reports on domestic and foreign affairs..... More
Providence: Wednesday Morning, October 8, 1828. Elephant folio sheet, folded to [4] pp, each 15-1/4" x 22-1/2." Old folds, toned, several small holes and a fold split affecting a few letters. Good+ Issued only a month before the presidential election, this paper leaves no doubt about where it stands. The..... More
Providence: Office of the Republican Herald, 1828. 28pp, stitched, untrimmed, lightly worn, Very Good. American Imprints, but not Bartlett, attributes authorship to Wilkins Updike. This is a high-pitched attack on the alleged profligacy of the Adams administration and a call for the election of Andrew Jackson. "A suffering people..... More