[New York? 1862?]. 33, [3 blank] pp, disbound, original printed wrappers [wrapper title], front wrapper detached. Scattered foxing. Good+. [offered with] GRAND LODGE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS, FROM JUNE 1, 1862, TO MAY 31, 1863. 1863?]. 38, [2 blank] pp, original printed front wrapper..... More
New York: J.J. Little & Co., 1895. 45, [3 blank] pp. [offered with] FINANCIAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES OF THE MASONIC HALL AND ASYLUM FUND, APRIL 30, 1893. [ 1893]. 19, [1 blank] pp. [offered with] RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF THE GRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF THE..... More
Boston: Dutton & Wentworth, 1828. 56pp, stitched, untrimmed. Scattered soil and light wear, Very Good. The Report, which was reprinted in 1841, includes the draft of 'An Act, to provide for internal improvements by rail roads' It is signed at the end in type by Nahum Mitchell and Samuel McKay..... More
Washington, D.C. Intelligencer Printing Establishment. 1866. Original printed wrappers, stitched, 28pp. Wrappers dusted, Very Good. A lecture on "the Physical Geography of Mexico," its "marvellous, eventful and thrilling" history, and "the existing population of Mexico, their classes and characteristics; the personal, social, material and political condition of the people as..... More
Utica, NY: H.H. Hawley & Co., 1848. [4], [xi]-xii, 13-432 pp., frontispiece illustration, several map illustrations and charts. Bound in original tooled leather [some wear, hinges starting but holding well], gilt spine title and decorative tooling. Decorative endpapers, early ownership signature of "William R. Cranston, Auburn, N.Y." on front endpaper..... More
[Albany?]: C. Van Benthuysen, Printer to the Legislature. 1853. 10pp, disbound. Light scattered foxing. Very Good. More
Syracuse: Summers & Brother, 1860. 24pp, disbound [loosening], light wear. Good+. May, the prominent anti-slavery reformer, eulogizes Jenkins and provides a biography of him. Prosecuting attorney, "Attorney to the Oneida Indians," Democratic Congressman, he was an early advocate of the Wilmot Proviso. He left the Democratic Party in 1855..... More
New York: Osborn & Buckingham, 1836. 76pp, attractive new plain wrappers. Frontis engraving of the 'Benevolent Asylum under the Charge and Direction' of the Society. Dbd, light foxing. Good+. McDowell defends himself against charges that he misappropriated Society funds. FIRST EDITION. AI 38644 [5]. More
New-York: Printed by C.S. Van Winkle, 1820. 43pp. Disbound. Spine with old tape remnants. Foremargins of first several leaves with tape remnants and chips. No text loss, but rather unattractive. Good. A "review of the business of New-York, for the last five years." This period began well, with the..... More
[New York: Isaac H. Blanchard Co, 1900]. Original green cloth [corners bumped, a bit of extremity wear, gilt spine lettering and front cover lettering dulled]. xxxix, 627pp. Many folding color maps, charts and illustrations. Two single-page printed items from the Merchants' Association laid in: [1] "The edition of this report..... More
New-York: Published by S.T. Gordon & Son, [1875]. [14] pp. Self wraps [as issued]. Front and back leaves spotted and toned. Light scattered foxing, some small closed tears at spine and at edges of wraps. Good to Good+. A fourteen page advertisement for Mr. Millard's textbook of the same name..... More
New York: Baker & Godwin, Printers, 1869. 29, [1 blank] pp, with an index and full-page plates. Original printed wrappers [edgeworn, light dustsoiling, rear wrap with several closed tears]. Else Very Good. A rare trade catalogue demonstrating the virtues of Miller's products, designed "to render railroad travel safe and comfortable."..... More
New York: James Miller, 522 Broadway, 1859. 12mo. Contemporary cloth over stiff paper wrappers [hinges going, spine chipped], title stamped in gilt on front cover. Pages [18], [frontis plate of Cooper Union], 129, [3 advts], plus folding plates. In-text illustrations. Front and rear pastedowns consist of advertisements. A few leaves..... More
New York: various, 1793-1812. Ten sermons, bound in contemporary half sheep and marbled boards [rubbed, gum label at spine base]. Rubberstamp on blank front pastedown. Manuscript table of contents. Each sermon as follows: 1. A SERMON, PREACHED IN NEW-YORK, JULY 4TH, 1793. BEING THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF AMERICA..... More
New York: George Forman, 1799. 36pp, as issued. Disbound, light dusting. Good+. A table at page 36 totals 2082 deaths, listed by religions. These include eleven Jews and "Negroes... 43." Miller was a minister of the United Presbyterian Church in New York. He contends that God is responsible for..... More
[np: 1856?]. 12pp, disbound, several leaves loose, generously margined. Caption title [as issued]. Minor wear, else Very Good. An especially nasty piece of negative political campaigning, attacking Hallett's private character during an 1856 Congressional contest in upstate New York. Mitchell trots out details of some private commercial litigation against Hallett..... More
New York: G. & C. & H. Carvill, 1830. xvii, [1 blank], [168], 335, [3] pp. Bound in original sheep [lightly rubbed], with gilt-lettered red morocco spine label. Occasional mild foxing, Very Good plus. Montefiore, a Jew born in England, graduated from Oxford in the early 1780's and was..... More
New York: T. & J. Swords, 1804. 15, [1] pp, disbound. Light tanning, scattered foxing. Good+. AI6811, Sabin 50329n. More
[New York: 1885]. Folio sheet, folded into eight pages. A bit of wear along several folds, else Very Good. With thirteen illustrations of Guns, Practice Shells, Rifle Sights, Flobert Rifles, Muzzle Loading Rifle and Shot Gun, English Bar Lock Muzzle Loader, Back Action Muzzle Loader, Single Barrel Muzzle Loader, Colt's..... More
1856. [n.p., 1856]. 7, [1 blank] pp. Caption title [as issued], printed in double columns. Disbound. Very Good. More
New York: James Eastburn, 1813. 40pp, disbound. Lightly foxed and worn, Good+. "Some reflections on prominent historical facts and geographical circumstances which distinguish our state." Morris was First Vice President of the Society. For a lengthy biography of Morris, see DAB. FIRST EDITION. AI 29221 [4]... More
Washington: William A. Harris, Printer, 1858. 93pp, stitched, gathered signatures. Lightly toned, minor edge wear, else Very Good. First Lieut. Morton of the Corps of Engineers reviews the topography of the harbor, and the history of maritime battles, in his report to Secretary Floyd. Sabin 51003... More
[New York: 1820]. Although information on "Peckham's Seminary" could not be found, a listing for Joseph Peckham was found in an online 1840 Brooklyn directory. The listing gives Peckham's occupation as being a teacher at the Brooklyn Seminary. [BROOKLYN DIRECTORY AND YEARLY ADVERTISER FOR 1840-41.]. More
New York: Harper & Bros, 1851. 32pp, disbound, minor foxing, else Very Good. "While popery may be compared to a decrepid, nervous, and wrinkled old man...Protestantism is strong, and active, and zealous, and enterprising, and attractive, and looking to the future." Murray "felt that his Catholic upbringing peculiarly fitted..... More
[Philadelphia: 1861]. 87, [1 blank] pp. Original printed glossy wrappers, stitched. 16mo. Double-page color map frontis of the United States, showing the Company's seven Classes or Regions. Very Good. With the Company's 18th annual report, a report on the Company's progress "for the past Eight Years," reversionary values, tables, descriptions..... More