New York and London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1904. Original publisher's cloth, title stamped in gilt on front cover and spine, lettering surrounded by decorative border. Inner hinges cracked. ss, 320 pp on glossy paper, with illustrations as listed. Occasional mild wear. Very Good. More
New York: H.R. Robinson, 1838. Oblong lithograph broadside, 13-1/4" x 20." Shallow blank left margin chips from a prior mounting. Light outer margin darkening. A clean image, signed 'Blanks fecit' [perhaps Edward Williams Clay]. Very Good. A satiric commentary on thwarted Democratic hopes to control New York City. Whigs dashed..... More
New York: Peter Smith [N. Currier], 1848. Lithograph folio illustrated broadside, oblong 13-5/8" x 18-5/8." Minor dusting. Handwritten depository notice at blank bottom margin; small stamp reading "Microfilmed" is near the blank bottom right corner. Prior matting remnants on blank verso, light crease laid down. The image and text are..... More
New York: Peter Smith [Currier & Ives], 1848. Folio lithograph broadside, oblong 14" x 19." Copyright information in manuscript at blank lower margin. Mounted to a thin board, light dusting. Very Good. Though little known today, Cass was a leader of the Democratic Party for thirty years, its 1848 presidential..... More
New York: J. Baillie, [1848]. Folio lithograph broadside, oblong 13" x 17." Lower blank margin with a small stamp: 'Microfilmed.' Mounting remnants on blank verso. Very Good, with manuscript copyright notation at blank lower margin. This rare broadside mocks Whig presidential candidate Zachary Taylor as a political cypher, having never..... More
[New York: J[ames] Baillie, 1848]. Folio lithograph broadside, oblong 12-1/2" x 16-1/4." Mounted [two creases] to a thin board. Manuscript copyright inscription at bottom. Very Good. In 1848 former President Van Buren deserted his old Democratic Party, and became the candidate of the anti-slavery Free Soil Party. Naturally his erstwhile..... More
New York: Lith. & Pub. by H.R. Robinson 31 Park Row (Adjoining Lovejoy's Hotel.), [1848]. Oblong lithograph broadside, 11-1/2" x 16-1/2." Mounted to a thin board. Very Good. Though little known today, Cass was a leader of the Democratic Party for thirty years, its 1848 presidential candidate, and the author..... More
New York: H.R. Robinson, 52 Courtlandt St. [1837]. Oblong folio broadside, 17-1/2" x 14." Hand-colored lithograph. Short closed tear and a few light fox spots at blank margins. Mounted to a thin board. Very Good. At upper margin: "N. Tom O' Logical Studies." "A caricature of Missouri senator Thomas Hart..... More
Hartford: 1872. Broadside, 6" x 9-1/2," text surrounded by mourning border. A few spots, Very Good. Illustrations of two steamers. At the bottom: "This is Good for ONE PASSAGE Only. - H.G." Dated at Hartford, November 5, 1872. "Salt River" is 19th century American slang: a losing candidate for office..... More
[New York: 1945]. 4to. iv, 343, [1 blank] pp. Profusely illustrated. Bound in original cloth [minor wear], gilt - lettered spine and cover title. Very Good. The book was written "by staff members of the Naval Damage Control Training Center, Philadelphia, with the assistance of the Bureau of Ships and..... More
New York: Currier & Ives, 1860. Uncolored lithograph broadside, 18" x 13-1/2." Several blank margin smudges, from prior mounting or old fingerprints. Very Good. An excellent description from the Christie's 2006 auction of the Forbes Collection: "LINCOLN EVICTS BUCHANAN. A witty comment on the unexpected victory of Lincoln and the..... More
New York: Currier & Ives, 1860. Lithograph illustrated broadside, 17" x 13-1/2." Uniform mild toning, shallow blank upper corner chip, light wear. Very Good. The Republicans depicted Lincoln as a familiar, iconic figure in American life: the self-made frontiersman who had pulled himself up by his bootstraps and climbed the..... More
[np: 1844?]. Printed and decorated silk broadside, 18-1/2" x 13-1/2." Six red horizontal, flag-like stripes. Old tape bleedthrough at extremities from prior matting, light wear. Good+. The flag depicts a raccoon thumbing his nose at the moon. The illustration became a common Whig Party symbol in 1840. The coon is..... More
New York: Peter Smith [i.e., Nathaniel Currier], 1848. Lithograph on wove paper, folio broadside. 12-3/4" x 19." A few fox spots, Very Good. "A comic portrayal of the alliance between Free Soil Democrats and Whigs and the more extremist abolitionist Liberty Party interests during the election campaign of 1848. The..... More
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
Cincinnati: Ehrgott, Forbriger & Co., Lithographers, [1863]. Folio lithograph broadside, 18" x 22." Matted in a wood frame. Some soil and closed tears. The lists of Regimental Officers, Company Officers, Musicians, Wagoneer, and Privates are surrounded by lithograph vignettes of battle flags and rural, household, and battle scenes. Good+. The..... More
[np: c. 1865]. Folio,19" x 24," half-length lithograph portrait with tintstone on paper, as described at the Smithsonian Institute's National Portrait Gallery. Some toning and light spotting at the margins, Very Good. The artist is probably "Peter Kramer, a painter and lithographer from Bavaria, who emigrated to the United States..... More