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[Williams, John]:

THE HAMILTONIAD: OR, AN EXTINGUISHER FOR THE ROYAL FACTION OF NEW-ENGLAND. WITH COPIOUS NOTES, ILLUSTRATIVE, BIOGRAPHICAL, PHILOSOPHICAL, CRITICAL, ADMONITORY, AND POLITICAL; BEING INTENDED AS A HIGH-HEELED SHOE FOR ALL LIMPING REPUBLICANS. BY ANTHONY PASQUIN, ESQ.

Boston: Sold for the Author, price 31 cents, at the Independent Chronicle Office, Court-Street, [1804]. 32pp. [bound with] THE HAMILTONIAD. CANTO THE SECOND. Pages 33-64. Disbound, toned with scattered foxing. Good+. The signatures are continuous, as issued. A third part is not present here. "Originally issued in three numbers in blue... More

Price: $750.00

SIX CHILDREN'S CARDS, IN COLOR, EACH DEPICTING A WELL-KNOWN CONTEMPORARY PERSON: ULYSSES S. GRANT, BENJAMIN BUTLER, HENRY WARD BEECHER, HORACE GREELEY, THOMAS DE WITT TALMAGE, AND AN UNIDENTIFIED AFRICAN-AMERICAN. EACH CARD CUT INTO THREE DISTINCT PARTS [HEAD, TORSO AND LEGS] WITH WORDS NEXT TO EACH SECTION SO THAT PARTS CAN BE MIXED AND MATCHED TO CHANGE PHRASES AND APPEARANCE OF EACH CHARACTER'S BODY. Walter Stranders.

Stranders, Walter:

SIX CHILDREN'S CARDS, IN COLOR, EACH DEPICTING A WELL-KNOWN CONTEMPORARY PERSON: ULYSSES S. GRANT, BENJAMIN BUTLER, HENRY WARD BEECHER, HORACE GREELEY, THOMAS DE WITT TALMAGE, AND AN UNIDENTIFIED AFRICAN-AMERICAN. EACH CARD CUT INTO THREE DISTINCT PARTS [HEAD, TORSO AND LEGS] WITH WORDS NEXT TO EACH SECTION SO THAT PARTS CAN BE MIXED AND MATCHED TO CHANGE PHRASES AND APPEARANCE OF EACH CHARACTER'S BODY.

[New York? Ives, Blakeslee & Williams Company ? 1881?]. Six brightly colored cards printed on thick cardboard. Each full card measures 7" x 9"; each individual section measures 3" x 9". Six cards in all, a total of 18 sections. Light wear and spotting, all with copyright of March 22... More

Price: $950.00

THE JACK KNIFE WAR. Tammany Hall; Tweed Ring.

[Tammany Hall; Tweed Ring]:

THE JACK KNIFE WAR.

[New York: Currier & Ives, 1871]. Lithograph, oblong 16-1/2" x 12". Light dusting, Very Good. This rare illustration is an extremely negative take-- complete with severed heads-- on Boss Tweed's hijacking of New York City's finances. "The 1870 New York City charter, written by Tammany Hall political boss William Marcy... More

Price: $1,500.00

Republican Party:

REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN EDITION FOR THE MILLION. CONTAINING THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM, THE LIVES OF FREMONT AND DAYTON, WITH BEAUTIFUL STEEL PORTRAITS OF EACH. ALSO, THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.

Boston and Cleveland: 1856. Original printed wrappers [detached but present], stitched. Two ports. frontis of the candidates, with paper guard [foxing]. Pages [4], 36, 32, [4], as issued. Very Good. These campaign biographies of the first Republican presidential ticket print the first Republican Platform, urging Congress to prohibit from... More

Price: $450.00

A POLITICAL CATECHISM OF MAN, WHEREIN HIS NATURAL RIGHTS ARE FAMILIARLY EXPLAINED, AND EXEMPLIFIED, IN A VARIETY OF OBSERVATIONS ON THE GOVERNMENT OF A NEIGHBOURING ISLAND. ALSO, THE REAL AND POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE HONEST HUSBANDMAN, AND INDUSTRIOUS MECHANIC, AND THEIR INCONTROVERTIBLE RIGHT TO LEGISLATE FOR THEMSELVES CLEARLY EXPOUNDED. TOGETHER WITH SOME REMARKS ON THE UNSOCIAL TENDENCY OF CATHOLIC CHURCHES, ESTABLISHED BY LAW. BY CITIZEN RANDOL, OF OSTEND. THE THIRD EDITION. Daniel Isaac Eaton.

[Eaton, Daniel Isaac]:

A POLITICAL CATECHISM OF MAN, WHEREIN HIS NATURAL RIGHTS ARE FAMILIARLY EXPLAINED, AND EXEMPLIFIED, IN A VARIETY OF OBSERVATIONS ON THE GOVERNMENT OF A NEIGHBOURING ISLAND. ALSO, THE REAL AND POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE HONEST HUSBANDMAN, AND INDUSTRIOUS MECHANIC, AND THEIR INCONTROVERTIBLE RIGHT TO LEGISLATE FOR THEMSELVES CLEARLY EXPOUNDED. TOGETHER WITH SOME REMARKS ON THE UNSOCIAL TENDENCY OF CATHOLIC CHURCHES, ESTABLISHED BY LAW. BY CITIZEN RANDOL, OF OSTEND. THE THIRD EDITION.

London: Printed and Sold by Citizen Daniel Isaac Eaton, Printer and Bookseller to the Supreme Majority of the People, 1795. 44pp. Stitched, untrimmed and partly uncut. Several blank margin tears from careless opening. Last two leaves dirty, with a couple of small holes affecting about three letters. Good+. This is... More

Price: $650.00

[Jackson, Andrew]:

AN EXAMINATION OF THE CIVIL ADMINISTRATION OF GOVERNOR JACKSON IN FLORIDA.

[Washington? 1828]. 48pp. Stitched, caption title as issued, scattered toning and foxing. Blank inner margin wear to title page. Good+. The pamphlet consists of essays, each with caption title, culled from the columns of the National Intelligencer's June 21, July 3, August 7, September 4 and 23, 1828. Each demonstrates... More

Price: $600.00

[Jackson, Andrew]:

A HISTORY OF THE LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF MAJOR GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON. IMPARTIALLY COMPILED FROM THE MOST AUTHENTIC SOURCES.

[np]: 1828. [2], 36, [1], [1 blank] pp. Two binding holes and two later staples in blank inner margin. Scattered foxing, Good+. This is one of several variant printings, all anonymous. Perhaps the author concluded that revealing his identity would be unwise: he portrays Jackson as a violent, reckless, impulsive... More

Price: $175.00

[Connecticut]:

AT A MEETING OF THE ELECTORS OF THE TOWN OF WARREN LEGALLY WARNED AND HELD ON THE FIRST MONDAY OF NOVEMBER, ANNO DOMINI 1844, THE FOLLOWING PERSONS RECEIVED THE NUMBER OF VOTES ANNEXED TO THEIR NAMES RESPECTIVELY, FOR ELECTORS OF PRESIDENT AND VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, VIZ...

[Hartford? 1844]. Folio broadsheet, 7 3/4" x 13". Preprinted form completed in neat ink manuscript, two columns: names of electors, number of votes received. Some printing on verso, and docketed there in manuscript: "The official returns of President and Vice President Nov. 4th 1844." Old folds, else Fine. Connecticut's popular... More

Price: $250.00

[Maryland Constitutional Convention of 1864]:

GENERAL TICKET. AGAINST A CONVENTION. DELEGATES TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. BENJAMIN C. HOWARD, ROBERT R. BOARMAN, WILLIAM M. ISAAC, CHARLES T. HAILE, PLEASANT HUNTER, VICTOR HOLMES, THOMAS D. COCKEY OF J. ... ELECTION, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6TH, 1864.

[Baltimore? 1864]. Broadside ticket, 2-3/4" x 5-1/4". List of delegates. Very Good. The Constitution of 1864, adopted in an extremely close vote, responded to President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, which had no effect in the Loyal State of Maryland. Additionally, Maryland's existing Constitution of 1855 barred the Legislature from passing any... More

Price: $125.00

[Maryland Constitutional Convention of 1864]:

AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION.

[Baltimore? 1864]. Broadside political ticket, 2-3/8" x 4-1/4", illustrated with an American flag. Uncolored. Very Good. The Constitution of 1864, adopted in an extremely close vote, responded to President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, which had no effect in the Loyal State of Maryland. Additionally, Maryland's existing Constitution of 1855 barred... More

Price: $125.00

[American Party]:

SEVENTH WARD. AMERICAN ANTI-BLACK-REPUBLICAN TICKET. FOR MAYOR MARSHALL BROTHERTON. FOR COMPTROLLER JAMES C. NORRIS | FOR REGISTER JOHN BRYAN | FOR AUDITOR ARMELDER F. PACK...

[St. Louis: 1856]. Political ticket, 4-1/8" x 8-3/8". Some fox spots, Very Good. "These are the gentlemen who are being run for Mayor of St. Louis. Mr. Brotherton is the American candidate-- an old resident of St. Louis-- formerly a Kentuckian. He has been Sheriff and County Judge, and... More

Price: $250.00

Washington, George:

FAREWELL ADDRESS, OF GEN. GEO. WASHINGTON, TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES. SEPTEMBER 17, 1796. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE LEGISLATURE.

[New Orleans: Bradford & Anderson, 1807]. 47, [1 blank] pp. English and French on facing pages. Foxed and toned. Rubberstamp in blank lower margin of pages 46 and 47. Good+, in two-toned modern cloth with title printed on spine. A scarce New Orleans imprint. Jumonville advises that it is often... More

Price: $1,750.00

REASONS, IN SUPPORT OF AN OPINION OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC, RESPECTING THE VOTES OF OTSEGO COUNTY, ON THE 7TH OF JUNE, 1792. Aaron; John Jay; George Clinton Burr.

[Burr, Aaron; John Jay; George Clinton]:

REASONS, IN SUPPORT OF AN OPINION OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC, RESPECTING THE VOTES OF OTSEGO COUNTY, ON THE 7TH OF JUNE, 1792.

New-York: Printed by T. and J. Swords, 1792. 30pp. Disbound, lacks the final blank leaf. Top blank margin of title page torn, but no text affected. Scattered foxing, Good+. Signed in type at the end by Richard Harison, John Cozine, C.I. Bogert, Robert Troup, James H. Hughes, and Thomas Cooper... More

Price: $750.00

CLAY CONDEMNED BY THE MORAL AND RELIGIOUS-- READ AND REFLECT!! Henry Clay.

[Clay, Henry]:

CLAY CONDEMNED BY THE MORAL AND RELIGIOUS-- READ AND REFLECT!!

[Philadelphia? 1844]. Broadside, 9" x 10", printed in three columns. Very Good plus. Clay, who receives a severe tongue-lashing at the hands of the anonymous author, "is utterly unworthy of the suffrages of the friends of liberty." His speech to the Colonization Society made clear that he opposes Emancipation "of... More

Price: $850.00

SYSTEM OF PENAL LAW, PREPARED FOR THE STATE OF LOUISIANA; COMPRISING CODES OF OFFENCES AND PUNISHMENTS, OF PROCEDURE, OF PRISON DISCIPLINE, AND OF EVIDENCE APPLICABLE AS WELL TO CIVIL AS TO CRIMINAL CASES. AND A BOOK, CONTAINING DEFINITIONS OF ALL THE TECHNICAL WORDS USED IN THIS SYSTEM. PREPARED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF A LAW OF THE SAID STATE. Edward Livingston.

Livingston, Edward:

SYSTEM OF PENAL LAW, PREPARED FOR THE STATE OF LOUISIANA; COMPRISING CODES OF OFFENCES AND PUNISHMENTS, OF PROCEDURE, OF PRISON DISCIPLINE, AND OF EVIDENCE APPLICABLE AS WELL TO CIVIL AS TO CRIMINAL CASES. AND A BOOK, CONTAINING DEFINITIONS OF ALL THE TECHNICAL WORDS USED IN THIS SYSTEM. PREPARED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF A LAW OF THE SAID STATE.

New Orleans: Printed by Benjamin Levy, 1824. Folio. 164pp. Bound in attractive modern quarter calf with marbled boards, gilt-lettered morocco title label on spine. Rubberstamp on title page, else a clean text and Very Good. The author, a disciple of Bentham, presents the philosophical underpinnings of his penal system... More

Price: $3,500.00

POLITICAL TRACT NO. 5. JANUARY 1832. THE REMEDY BY STATE INTERPOSITION, OR NULLIFICATION; EXPLAINED AND ADVOCATED BY CHANCELLOR HARPER, IN HIS SPEECH AT COLUMBIA, (S.C.) ON THE TWENTIETH SEPTEMBER, 1830. Harper, William.

Harper, [William]:

POLITICAL TRACT NO. 5. JANUARY 1832. THE REMEDY BY STATE INTERPOSITION, OR NULLIFICATION; EXPLAINED AND ADVOCATED BY CHANCELLOR HARPER, IN HIS SPEECH AT COLUMBIA, (S.C.) ON THE TWENTIETH SEPTEMBER, 1830.

Charleston: Published by the State Rights and Free Trade Association. Printed by E.J. Van Brunt. 1832. 24pp. Disbound with some loosening. Moderate foxing, generous margins. Good+. Harper was a State Rights Democrat, an enthusiastic advocate of a social order based on African Slavery, and Chancellor of South Carolina, the highest... More

Price: $500.00

MR. CLAY'S SPEECH, AT THE DINNER AT NOBLE'S INN, NEAR LEXINGTON, JULY 12, 1827. Henry Clay.

Clay, Henry:

MR. CLAY'S SPEECH, AT THE DINNER AT NOBLE'S INN, NEAR LEXINGTON, JULY 12, 1827.

[Lexington? 1827]. 14, [2 blanks] pp. A folded folio sheet: stitched, untrimmed, unopened. Scattered foxing, two pinholes in blank inner margin from prior housing. Very Good. The tumultuous 1824 presidential election damaged a mortified Clay's reputation. It was a four-way free-for-all; no candidate won an electoral majority (although Andrew Jackson... More

Price: $275.00

Maine:

AN APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE OF MAINE ON THE QUESTION OF SEPARATION.

[Portland? Brunswick?]: Printed (By Request), April 1816. 21, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, lightly spotted, Good+. The anonymous author argues "that we must sooner or later be separated from Massachusetts. In extent of territory the District of Maine is larger, than the rest of New-England. Her extensive seacoast is indented with... More

Price: $600.00

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