[n.p. c.1861]. 2 1/4" x 5". White postal cover, printed in black and red inks. Unused. Small glue remnants around flap side from earlier mounting. Very Good. Senator Douglas of Illinois was the presidential nominee of the regular Democratic Party in 1860. Realizing late in the campaign that he..... More
Philadelphia: Printed by Mathew Carey, 1787. [3], 212-311, [1] pp. Widely scattered light foxing; final few leaves with some blank inner margin wear. Pages 276-286 print, in Very Good condition, the proposed U.S. Constitution, claimed as its first magazine printing. Overall Good+, in modern pale grey paper over boards. This..... More
Boston: Printed and published on Wednesdays and Saturdays, by Benjamin Russell, 1797. Folio. [4] pp, each page in four columns. Old folds, minor loss. Good+. The speeches of Adams and Jefferson are printed on page [2], in two-and-one-half columns. The Centinel also reports that "an indentured mulatto servant Boy, by..... More
Austin: Printed at Gazette Office, by Jo. Walker, State Printer, 1866. 53, [1 blank], [1], ix, [1 blank], 272, [2], xxvii, [1 blank] pp. Separate title page for the Laws of the Eleventh Legislature. Bound in marbled paper over boards and modern quarter morocco. Very Good. The 1866 Constitution was..... More
[n.p. Jacques Reich? 1883?]. Portrait, 6" x 7-5/8,", backed on stock measuring 6-3/4" x 8-3/4." Sketch bust portrait of Stephens in a suit, angled to the left, "Gov. Alexander H. Stephens, 1883" in neat ink manuscript at bottom center beneath portrait. India ink sketch versus print, as the portrait has..... More
New York: Published by the N.Y. Workingmen's Democratic Republican Association, [1863 or 1864]. Folio broadside, 12-3/8" x 19." Light foxing and minor wear, Very Good. At the bottom: "Printed also for the Loyal Publication Society, 863 Broadway, N.Y. PLEASE POST THIS UP." This dramatic signed at the end in bold..... More
[Concord: 1864]. Broadside, 8" x 11." A bit of offsetting, Very Good. Gilmore's Proclamation, dated 17 March 1864, is prompted by President Lincoln's order "for an additional draft of 200,000 men, on the 15th day of April." The Governor reviews New Hampshire's obligations under this call, and announces that an..... More
[Raleigh? 1861]. Caption title [as issued], stitched. 15, [1 blank] pp. Old tape binding at blank inner margins of first and last pages. Scattered light foxing. Good+. Wiley was Superintendent of Common Schools in North Carolina. He and others, signing in type at the end, represent "a large number..... More
New York: American News Co., [1864]. Broadside, 8" x 11-1/2", several type fonts, text surrounded by decorative border. Very Good plus. This scarce, pungent broadside denounces Governor Seymour's conduct during the July 1863 Draft Riots, "when arson, plunder, murder, and all the infernal passions of a brutalized mob were..... More
[London: 1791]. 3, [1]pp. Folio sheet, folded to 8-1/4" x 13-1/4." Untrimmed. Caption title [as issued]. Docketed on page [4], "The Yearly-Epistle, 1791." About Fine. "As a Christian society we have found it in our duty to promote the abolition of the Slave-trade; and, although the Legislature of this..... More
[Boston: 1771]. Folio sheet, folded to 9-1/4" x 14-5/8." [4] pp. The attractive masthead, engraved by Paul Revere, depicts a seated female figure at right with liberty cap, bird cage in center. [Brigham, Paul Revere's Engravings, p. 134.] . The female figure sets free from its cage the dove of..... More
[Charleston? 1893]. Memorial silk ribbon, 8-3/4" x 3," depicting a bust portrait of General P.G.T. Beauregard beneath crossed South Carolina and Confederate flags [in color] and bold block text reading, "In Memoriam." Below, blue script and block text reads, "Gen'l G.T. Beauregard, / Charleston's / Gallant Defender." Dusted, some fraying..... More
London: Printed for J. Almon, 1773. 4to. 28, xx pp. Disbound, title page lightly toned with light foxing. Else Very Good. An anonymous critique of Dalrymple's 'Memoirs of Great-Britain & Ireland from the Dissolution of the Last Parliament of Charles II,' printed as volume 1 in 1771. This is the..... More
New York: New York State Committee, Communist Party, [January, 1950]. Original printed and illustrated blue paper wrappers, with a photo portrait of Davis, "Former City Councilman of New York," on the front wrapper. A graduate of Amherst College and Harvard Law School, Davis was an African-American Communist who, for..... More
Lynchburg: Virginian Power-Press Printing Office, 1865. 23, [1 blank] pp. Stitched in original printed pink title wrappers [some ink spots and extremity wear]. Else Very Good. Presentation copy: "For Lewis E. Harris, with friendly regards of C.L. Mosby." The Congressional Test Act barred from federal office any person who could..... More
[New York: 1900]. Narrow folio broadside, 4-1/4" x 20-3/4." Old folds, a couple of shallow closed margin tears repaired. Very Good. The debate between President McKinley and Senator Hoar focused on American imperialism, particularly in the Philippines. After conclusion of the Spanish-American War, President McKinley decided to annex the Philippines..... More
[Raleigh? 1865]. Folio broadsheet, 8" x 12-3/8." Printed on blue paper. A couple of pinholes [affecting two letters of one word]; expertly repaired short, closed margin tear. Very Good. Dated June 12, 1865 in type, signed in type by Holden as Provisional Governor; and by Jos. W. Holden, Private Secretary..... More
Columbia, S.C. Printed at the Presbyterian Publishing House, 1877. 63, [1 errata] pp. Stitched in original printed wrappers [light spotting, blank inner margin of front wrap reinforced with tape], minor scattered foxing. Good+. On the bitter South Carolina gubernatorial election of 1876, the "most tumultuous" in its history. Hampton's..... More
Montreal: Arbour & Dupont, 1911. 196pp plus eight portraits [including frontis portrait]. Original printed wrappers [darkened at the spine, lightly spotted at the corners]. Very Good. This rare, landmark book is a history of and tribute to New Orleans Free Negroes, "the first such book written in French by a...... More
[Washington: National Democratic Executive Committee. Prepared and Distributed by the Jackson Democratic Association. Buell & Blanchard, Printers, 1860. 8pp. Printed in two columns per page. Caption title as issued. Disbound with some loosening, else Very Good. Breckinridge, Buchanan's Vice President, was the 1860 presidential standard-bearer of the anti-Stephen Douglas..... More
Wyoming, Ohio: March 30, 1882. [7], [1- docket] pp. Unbound. Written in neat ink manuscript, Very Good. "Judge Hurin was a native of Hamilton County, Ohio, and a graduate of Princeton University in 1882... He began his career teaching near Cincinnati, but entered law school in 1885. He practiced law..... More
[New York?]: 1892. Folio broadside, 10" x 13," printed in three columns beneath caption title. Minor wear at blank upper edge, Very Good plus. "The Republican party of 1860 was the exponent of the grandest ideas and the most ennobling sentiments, but to what abysmal depths has it fallen in..... More
Greensboro [Alabama]: January 11, 1861. 4to sheet, folded to [4] pp. Written in ink, on first page only. Lined paper, old folds, Very Good. The Letter is in the hand of Captain Kerr, its first signatory. The Greensboro Cavalry Company, from the west central Alabama town of Greensboro, had been..... More
Boston: L. Barta, [1889]. Original printed wrappers, spine reinforced in black tape. 38, [2 blanks] pp. Front wrapper with an area of discoloration. Text clean, except for occasional underlining. Good plus. A highly regarded lawyer, Stearns had just finished his appointment, by President Cleveland, as U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts. This..... More
[np: @1762]. Folio sheet, folded to 9-3/4" x 15." 3, [1 docket] pp. Old folds, with several separations expertly repaired without loss. Else Very Good, with caption title, as issued. A contemporary manuscript note in a blank margin recites English law that "no man shall be put out of his..... More