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New York Bi-Metallic Association:

SILVER AND GOLD. SPEECHES OF HON. WILLIAM J. BRYAN, "MONEY." "FREE COINAGE." HON. FRANCIS G. NEWLANDS, "THE GOLD FAMINE." ... DELIVERED IN NEW YORK, FEBRUARY AND MARCH, 1897, UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE NEW YORK BI-METALLIC ASSOCIATION.

New York: Robert LeCouver, Printer, [1897]. Original printed gold wrappers [separated from text block] and staples. [4], 138pp. Folding map and folding chart. Some separation from text block and bleedthrough of staples on blank margins. Else a clean and Very Good text. The event was favorably reviewed in The Tammany..... More

Price: $85.00

[Massachusetts in the American Revolution]:

RESOLVES OF THE GENERAL COURT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, IN NEW-ENGLAND; BEGUN AND HELD AT BOSTON, IN THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, ON WEDNESDAY THE TWENTY-FIFTH DAY OF OCTOBER, ANNO DOMINI, 1780.

Boston: Nathaniel Willis, 1781. Folio. 53, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, untrimmed, occasional fox mark; small holes at leaf 23-24 affect several letters. Good+. The Resolves focus on many Revolutionary war matters: Resolve on the petition of Col. Josiah Brewer, and of Orana and other chiefs of the Penobscot tribe that..... More

Price: $500.00

Walker, Robert J.:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY WALKER, FORMER SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY AND SENATOR FROM MISSISSIPPI, TO REVEREND CALEB S. HENRY EXPRESSING DISENCHANTMENT WITH PUBLIC OFFICE.

Washington: Jany 3, 1850. 7-3/4" x 9-3/4". Single page. Old folds, Very Good. "On the receipt of your note of the 26th I [---] it to Prof. Henry who said he would write to you at once-- I look forward with great pleasure to your visit here. We will talk..... More

Price: $350.00

[Parliament]:

VOTES OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. VENERIS, 8 DIE FEBRUARII, 1788.

[London: Printed and Sold by John Nichols... 1788]. Folio. Pages 189-219, [1 blank], as issued. Disbound, else Very Good. The recorded matters include protests from Scotland, asserting that the Parliament of Scotland has overturned "the Ancient Constitutions of the Royal Boroughs of Scotland" by enacting "unjust and illiberal Systems" pertaining..... More

Price: $175.00

Wolcott, Oliver; Gibbs, George:

MEMOIRS OF THE ADMINISTRATIONS OF WASHINGTON AND JOHN ADAMS, EDITED FROM THE PAPERS OF OLIVER WOLCOTT, SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. IN TWO VOLUMES.

New York: Printed for the Subscribers, 1846. xvi, 574, with the half title and frontis portrait of Wolcott; viii, 555, [1- errata] pp. Volume I with scattered moderate foxing; volume II clean. Bound in attractive original publisher's cloth with spine title stamped in gilt. Good+. Each volume with the illustrated..... More

Price: $600.00

Thomas, M.:

ESSAY ON THE CHARACTER, MANNERS, AND GENIUS OF WOMEN IN DIFFERENT AGES.

Philadelphia: Aitken, 1774. 12mo. Vols. I-II bound together, as issued. v, [3], 124, [4], 129, [3] pp. Complete with dedication and advertisements. With a separate title page after page 124. Original sheep [hinges cracked, front cover nearly detached, spine brittle]. Pastedown and final leaf verso with some interesting early manuscript..... More

Price: $375.00

[Missouri Democratic Committee]:

"CLARK COUNTY DEMOCRATIC MEETING | AT A RESPECTABLE MEETING OF THE DEMOCRACY OF CLARK COUNTY MET AT WATERLOO ON THE 8TH DAY OF JUNE 1840. COL. ROBERT P. MITCHELL WAS CALLED TO THE CHAIR, AND JOHN W. LUKE APPOINTED SECRETARY WHEN THE FOLLOWING PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS WERE ACCEPTED. "WHEREAS MAJ. WM. MCDANIEL, THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR THE STATE SENATE FROM THIS DISTRICT, AND DOCT. ABRAHAM WAYLAND FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM THIS COUNTY BEING BEFORE THE PEOPLE. ... RESOLVED THAT WE DO HIGHLY APPROVE OF THE ENLIGHTENED & PATRIOTIC ADMINISTRATION OF MARTIN VAN BUREN OUR PRESENT PRESIDENT..."

[Waterloo, MO]: June 8, 1840. Large folio, folded to 7-1/2" x 12-1/2". [3], [1 blank] pp. Completely in ink manuscript. Old folds, Very Good. Clark County is located in farthest northeastern Missouri, along the Des Moines and Mississippi Rivers, bordering Iowa to the north and Illinois to the east..... More

Price: $750.00

[Pennsylvania]:

ALBUMEN PRINT OF THE PENNSYLVANIA DELEGATION OF THE FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. TWENTY-NINE OVAL, SHOULDER- LENGTH PORTRAITS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE DELEGATION WITH FACSIMILE SIGNATURES UNDER EACH AND A SMALL OVAL PICTURE OF THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL BUILDING.

[Washington DC: M.B. Brady, 1876]. Large albumen print, 12-1/2" x 13-3/4", mounted on 17" x 21" backing. With thin border on matting and credit in ink to "M.B. Brady Photo / Washington, D.C." on the matting below the bottom left corner of print. Light toning. Some facsimile signatures are faded..... More

Price: $250.00

[Election of 1840] Boneyshanks [pseud]:

THE NEW ERA WHIG TRAP SPRUNG.

New York and Washington: Printed & Published by H.R. Robinson 52 Courtland St. Y.N. [sic] & Penns Avenue Washington D.C., [1840]. Broadside lithograph, 12-1/2" x 15-3/4". Signed 'Boneyshanks' in the lower left corner. A rare lithograph brilliantly and humorously portraying the Democrats' and Van Buren's predicament in the 1840 presidential..... More

Price: $2,750.00

Spain:

COTEJO DE LA CONDUCTA DE S.M. CON LA DE EL REY BRITANICO...HIS CATHOLICK MAJESTY'S CONDUCT COMPARED WITH THAT OF HIS BRITANNICK MAJESTY, AS WELL WITH REGARD, TO WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE THE CONVENTION OF THE 14TH OF JANUARY OF THIS YEAR 1739, AS TO WHAT HAS BEEN DONE SINCE; UNTILL THE PUBLICATION OF REPRISALS AND DECLARATION OF WAR. PRINTED BY AUTHORITY AT MADRID BY ANTONIO MARIN.

London: Printed for T. Cooper... [1739]. 63, [1 blank] pp. Bound in modern vellum. Early leaves dusted, minor scattered foxing. Else Very Good. "In Spanish and English, and relates principally to affairs in America" [Sabin], with particular emphasis on Florida. The book charges that the King of England authorized..... More

Price: $1,250.00

[McClellan, George B.] :

THE GUNBOAT CANDIDATE AT THE BATTLE OF MALVERN HILL.

New York: Published by Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St. [1864]. Broadside lithograph, 13-1/4" x 17-3/4". Light soiling to far margins, Very Good. "Democratic presidential candidate George Brinton McClellan is lampooned as an incompetent military leader. He sits in a saddle mounted on the boom of the Union ironclad vessel..... More

Price: $1,850.00

[Webster, Noah Jr. (editor)]:

THE HERALD; A GAZETTE FOR THE COUNTRY. PUBLISHED (WEDNESDAYS AND SATURDAYS) BY HOPKINS & CO. NO. 40 PINE-STREET, NEW-YORK.

New York: Hopkins & Co., Wednesday, June 7, 1797 - Saturday, September 30, 1797. Numbers 310-343. Folio, printed in five columns per page. Good+. Contemporary quarter sheep over marbled boards [inner hinges cracked]. Widely scattered and generally light foxing. Trimmed closely at the fore-edges, with infrequent small loss of print..... More

Price: $1,500.00

Payne, William H.:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, BY CONFEDERATE BRIGADIER GENERAL PAYNE, TO BAPTIST CLERGYMAN JOHN WILLIAM JONES, A CONFEDERATE CHAPLAIN DURING THE WAR, THANKING JONES FOR HIS RECENT DEFENSE OF JEFFERSON'S DAVIS'S WARTIME LEADERSHIP AND REFLECTING ON THE WAR.

Warrenton, VA: July 26, 1885. Ink manuscript on lined paper. Folio sheet, folded to [4] pp, printed on rectos only. A couple of ink smudges, one expertly repaired closed tear [no loss]. Very Good. "My dear Dr. I have just read your letter anent the Hampton Roads conference, & cannot..... More

Price: $875.00

Godwin, Benjamin:

LECTURES ON SLAVERY. BY REV. BENJAMIN GODWIN, D.D. AUTHOR OF LECTURES AGAINST ATHEISM. FROM THE LONDON EDITION, WITH ADDITIONS TO THE AMERICAN EDITION.

Boston: James B. Dow, 1836. Original publisher's cloth [light gutter chipping, rubbed] with original paper spine title. Free front endpaper with ink inscription: "Pineville Anti-Slavery Society, No. 211. 4 weeks." 258pp, with light to moderate foxing. Good+. The Pineville Anti-Slavery Society, which originally owned this book, was a way station..... More

Price: $1,250.00

Russell, Jonathan:

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, FROM LONDON, 23 MARCH 1812, TO JOEL BARLOW, U.S. AMBASSADOR TO NAPOLEON'S FRANCE, WARNING THAT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAD UNDERESTIMATED AMERICAN RESOLVE TO GO TO WAR.

[3], [1 blank] pp, loose. Completely in neat ink manuscript. Lightly age toned, old folds. Very Good. Jonathan Russell [1771-1832] was appointed by President Madison as Charge d'Affaires in Paris in 1810. A year later he was transferred to the same position at London. This Letter to Barlow is..... More

Price: $750.00

[Pennsylvania]:

GENERAL MANUFACTURING LAW OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA. PASSED APRIL, 1849.

Philadelphia: Printed for the Board of Trade, May, 1849. Contemporary plain pale brown wrappers [reinforced with tape at spine and wrapper folds]. Ownership signature of Thomas Mott on front wrapper. Stitched. 11, [1 blank] pp. Light wear, Good+ or so. This printing of the new law was specially printed for..... More

Price: $125.00

Barnard, Edward:

A SERMON PREACHED BEFORE HIS EXCELLENCY FRANCIS BERNARD, ESQ; GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER IN CHIEF... OF THE PROVINCE OF MASSACHUSETTS - BAY IN NEW-ENGLAND, MAY 28TH. 1766. BEING THE ANNIVERSARY FOR THE ELECTION OF HIS MAJESTY'S COUNCIL FOR SAID PROVINCE.

Boston: Printed by Richard Draper... 1766. 39, [1 blank] pp, but lacking the half title. Disbound, some spotting, last leaf loose but present. Good+. Preached soon after repeal of the Stamp Act, this sermon reflects the relief experienced in the Colonies by those who, like Barnard, feared the rush..... More

Price: $500.00

[Bohn, Casimir]:

BOHN'S HAND-BOOK OF WASHINGTON. BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WITH STEEL ENGRAVINGS OF ALL THE PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND THE GOVERNMENT STATUARY. PREPARED BY CHARLES LANMAN, ESQ.

Washington: Casimir Bohn, 1861. Original illustrated stiff paper wrappers [front cover nearly detached]. 120pp. Extra-illustrated title page, frontis engraving of the 'East Front of the Capitol.' Large folding 'Map of the City of Washington in the District of Columbia.' With "Dimensions of Public Buildings", inset of Plan of Georgetown, Illustration..... More

Price: $175.00

A VIEW OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IN A SERIES OF PAPERS, WRITTEN AT VARIOUS TIMES, BETWEEN...

Coxe, Tench:

A VIEW OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IN A SERIES OF PAPERS, WRITTEN AT VARIOUS TIMES, BETWEEN THE YEARS 1787 AND 1794. BY TENCH COXE, OF PHILADELPHIA; INTERSPERSED WITH AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS: THE WHOLE TENDING TO EXHIBIT THE PROGRESS AND PRESENT STATE OF CIVIL AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, POPULATION, AGRICULTURE, EXPORTS, IMPORTS, FISHERIES, NAVIGATION, SHIP-BUILDING, MANUFACTURES, AND GENERAL IMPROVEMENT.

Philadelphia: Printed for William Hall... 1794. v, [1 blank], [1], [1 blank], [7]-13, [1 blank], [1]-513, [1 blank] pp, including six folding tables. Bound in contemporary marbled boards and half calf [rubbed, hinges starting but firm]. A clean text. Very Good. With the bookplate of J.K. Paulding [1778-1860] on the..... More

Price: $750.00

ADDRESS OF THE WHIG STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE TO THE WHIGS OF MASSACHUSETTS. Massachusetts Whig...

[Massachusetts Whig State Central Committee]:

ADDRESS OF THE WHIG STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE TO THE WHIGS OF MASSACHUSETTS.

Boston: Eastburn's Press, [1841]. Broadside, 13-3/4" x 22". Printed in three columns separated by rules. Signed at the end in type by Thos. Kinnicutt and 39 others [including Edw. Dickinson, father of Emily Dickinson]. Mild spotting, Very Good. This rare Massachusetts broadside endorses the Whig program and its candidates for..... More

Price: $1,000.00

Lathrop, John:

PATRIOTISM AND RELIGION. A SERMON, PREACHED ON THE 25TH OF APRIL, 1799, THE DAY RECOMMENDED BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TO BE OBSERVED AS A NATIONAL FAST.

Boston: Printed by John Russell, 1799. 30pp, lacking the half title. Disbound, light scattered foxing, old gum label and rubberstamp. Good+. Lathrop seeks "to unite PATRIOTISM and RELIGION, in the American character." Despite having been "ridiculed by some," Patriotism "properly cultivated, becomes an eminent moral virtue." Jesus, for example, was..... More

Price: $150.00

A DISCOURSE, DELIVERED AT HALLOWELL, APRIL 25TH, 1799. BEING THE DAY APPOINTED BY THE CHIEF...

Gillet, Eliphalet:

A DISCOURSE, DELIVERED AT HALLOWELL, APRIL 25TH, 1799. BEING THE DAY APPOINTED BY THE CHIEF MAGISTRATE OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR A NATIONAL FAST.

Hallowell- Printed. New York: Reprinted. Cornelius Davis, 1799. 22pp. Disbound, lacking the half title. Good+. On "the danger of a spirit of insubordination" to civil government. If France should "gain an ascendancy over us, farewel to that subordination, which is necessary to our peace, liberty and happiness and farewell..... More

Price: $250.00

Thacher, Peter:

A SERMON, OCCASIONED BY THE DEATH OF GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON, AND PREACHED FEB. 22, 1800, BY THEIR DIRECTION, BEFORE HIS HONOR MOSES GILL, ESQ. COMMANDER IN CHIEF, THE HONORABLE COUNCIL, THE HONORABLE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.

Boston: Young & Minns, [1800]. 21, [3 blank] pp, but lacking the half title. Toned with scattered spotting, Good+. Evans 38618. Stillwell 233. More

Price: $125.00

WASHINGTON'S POLITICAL LEGACIES. TO WHICH IS ANNEXED AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS...

[Washington, George]:

WASHINGTON'S POLITICAL LEGACIES. TO WHICH IS ANNEXED AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS ILLNESS, DEATH, AND THE NATIONAL TRIBUTES OF RESPECT PAID TO HIS MEMORY, WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL OUTLINE OF HIS LIFE AND CHARACTER.

Boston: Russell and West, 1800. Original calf [hinges cracked but holding; rubbed, with portions of calf worn away]. viii, [9]-208, xiv [subscribers], [2 blank] pp. Scattered foxing, some gatherings browned. Good+. FIRST EDITION. Stillwell 250. Evans 38998. Howes W149. More

Price: $250.00

CATALOGUE OF THE TRUSTEES, FACULTY AND STUDENTS OF THE ONEIDA INSTITUTE. Oneida Institute

Oneida Institute:

CATALOGUE OF THE TRUSTEES, FACULTY AND STUDENTS OF THE ONEIDA INSTITUTE.

Whitesboro: 1837. Original plain yellow wrappers [rubberstamp and deaccession notice on front wrap, rubberstamp on blank portion of title page]. 15, [1 blank] pp. Stitched. Except as noted, Very Good. In 1833 Beriah Green "accepted the presidency of the Oneida Institute at Whitesboro, N.Y. Here he attempted to maintain a...... More

Price: $350.00

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