London: Printed for J. Roberts, 1731. [4], viii, 48pp, stitched with the half title. Mild dusting, untrimmed, Very Good. [offered with] A PROPER REPLY TO A LATE SCURRILOUS LIBEL; INTITLED, SEDITION AND DEFAMATION DISPLAY'D. BY CALEB D'ANVERS, OF GRAY'S-INN, ESQ. London: Printed for R. Francklin. 1731. 36pp, stitched. Upper corner..... More
[np: @1850s?]. Broadside, printed in two columns beneath caption title. 6-3/8" x 12-3/8". Old folds, closed tear at blank upper margin, lightly spotted at center. Good+. The broadside is filled with 'insider' references; they have resisted our effort to comprehend them. It consists of a series of complaints against one..... More
Plymouth: Memorial and Rock Press, 1868. 52pp. Stitched in original printed wrappers, with wrapper title, as issued. Near Fine. The case resonates among today's hot-button political-social issues. "The oldest plea of homosexual panic in America seems to have been made in Massachusetts in 1868. Accused of killing a longtime friend..... More
Farmington, Maine: 1865. 26pp, disbound. Several manuscript corrections, Good+. The Company was incorporated in 1848. More
Philadelphia, PA: Published by Johnson & Warner, No. 147, Market Street; Griggs & Dickinsons, Printers, 1814. 12mo. 35pp, woodcut frontispiece illustration, 6 full page woodcut illustrations. Bound in stiff plain yellow wrappers [lightly toned], stitched. First and last leaves pasted down to wrappers. Stitched, spine worn. Uniform tanning, light scattered..... More
New York: J.R. Winser, 1851. Original printed wrappers, Disbound. Clipped presentation inscription to Hon. William Kent. Very Good. Anthon's vindication of his conduct, written after the University dismissed him as Professor, claiming that he was shunned as an outsider [a Columbia man] who insisted on higher standards than those prevailing..... More
Chicago: Beach & Barnard, Printers, 14 South Clark Street, 1865. xvi, 288 pp. Bound in modern cloth, with spine title stamped in gilt. A clean and bright text. Near Fine. Anthony, who as a student read law with Timothy Dwight, moved to Illinois in 1852. He quickly rose in the..... More
[Steuben County, NY? 1829?]. Folio broadside, 10" x 18". Light wear, matted [easily removable]. Several old ink marks at blank bottom margin. Good+ or so. This frenetic broadside endorses Josiah Dunlap for election to the New York Assembly, and bitterly opposes Freemasons, who have circulated false charges against him. "Heed..... More
[Boston? @1830]. Broadside, 7 3/4 x 13". Some old folds, lightly foxed upper and lower margins, Very Good. A rare broadside illustrating the anti-Masonic fervor of the times. Many prominent Americans opposed organizations whose secret rituals and oaths suggested fealty to a higher authority than the United States. Fueled by..... More
[Boston? 1834]. Broadside, folio, 11 1/4" x 16". Light edge wear, printed in four columns. Very Good. "Boston Daily Advocate.... Extra." A rare broadside urging election of Antimasonic candidates for Governor and other State offices. John Bailey was the Party's choice for Governor [he would lose, and die in the..... More
1834. Large 8vo, single leaf. Very Good. On the discovery of a conspiracy under the presidency of Orbegoso. More
Boston: Richard Draper, 1769. 52, [1], [1 blank], 8pp. Stitched with the half title, untrimmed. Scattered light spotting, final blank torn. Else Very Good, in modern plain wrappers with title labels on front wrapper and spine. Evans 11161. ESTC W37640. More
Boston: Printed by J. Draper, 1742. [2], 60pp. Disbound and lacking the half title, else Very Good. "God forbid that we should have any irreligious, prayerless Rulers among us; for whatever Qualifications they have besides, this is sufficient to disqualify them for any Place of Power or Trust." Evans 4881..... More
Boston: J.E. Hinckley and Company, 1834. 12pp. Original printed wrappers [some chips and a few closed tears, minor foxing], stitched. Very Good. Appleton, the Massachusetts industrialist, headed the Boston Committee. It protests "the measures of the President in the removal of the deposites from the Bank of the United States..... More
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Bourbon County KY: 1823. Single leaf, 7-3/4" x 12-7/8." Entirely in ink manuscript, signed by the Commissioners Wm. B. Branham and Thos. Woodford on 15 November 1823, with written approval by the Bourbon County Court. Old folds, a couple of contemporary ink smudges and light foxing along the folds. About..... More
Worcester: Thomas, Son & Thomas Sold by Them at the Worcester Bookstore March, March, 1797. 12mo. 228pp. Light age-toning and minor wear. Bound in full leather [rebacked]. Very Good FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Evans 31748. NAIP w032044. More
Prescott: Office of the Courier, 1889. Bound in institutional buckram with library marks. 119pp. Text is free of library stamps or marks, and Very Good. With errata, lists of officers and members of the Assembly, table of contents, and index. The Assembly passed legislation to remove the territorial capitol to..... More
Prescott, Arizona: Friday Evening, August 10, 1877. Folio broadsheet, 10-3/8" x 16." Four columns per page, light uniform toning. Couple of shallow chips to blank edges. Very Good. Three of the four columns on the verso are a virtual directory of Prescott business establishments: furniture, "general merchandise," druggist, groceries, bakery..... More
[Little Rock: 1858]. Broadside, @7" x 9". Caption title, followed by two-column text surrounded by ruled border. Printed on pale blue paper. Tanned portion, else Very Good. A rare Arkansas imprint, evidently unrecorded, eulogizing the Mississippian Quitman, a pro-slavery, State Rights Senator whose "clear and far sighted mind early saw..... More
55th Cong., 2d Sess. HD95. Washington: 1897. Original Congressional leather [rubbed] with spine labels. 22, 94pp + numerous folding charts and photo illustrations. Light wear, a few old institutional marks. Very Good. More
30th Cong., 2d Sess. HED56. 1849. 145pp, Disbound, lightly foxed. Very Good. More
Washington: 1878. Each 7-1/2" x 9-3/4", 1-3pp. Wide margins, Very Good. The orders deal with promotions, discharges, assignments, prison sentences at Leavenworth, western outposts, and other matters. More
[Cooperstown?]: 1805. iv, 5-24 pp. Sidestitched, untrimmed [chipping along untrimmed edges, portions of a couple of letters affected], scattered foxing, couple of holes in blank portion of title leaf. Closed blank inner margin tears. Good. This is the rare printing of a particularly gruesome murder. "Arnold was a schoolmaster in..... More
London: Printed by Charles Squire for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1812. 32pp, with the half title. Disbound, with some loosening. Light tan and fox, Very Good. Inscription, slightly trimmed, at head of half title: 'The Hon. Geo. Bradley, with Mr. Dickins's ComplimentsLondon, February 15, 18__.' Arnot takes a critical look..... More
London: Printed by Charles Bill, and the Executrix of Thomas Newcomb, deceas'd; Printers to the Queens most Excellent Majesty, 1704. 14, [2 blanks] pp. Folio, stitched, lightly dusted. Near Fine. Ashby had recently settled in Aylsbury. Constable White thwarted his attempt to vote for burgesses of the House of Commons..... More