[New York: 1892] 6. 5" X 5.25", folds to 3.25" x 5.25" oblong, [4] pp. Very Good. Nason Manufacturing Company was founded by Joseph Nason in the 1850s. This brochure includes price lists for the 'Standard Wrought Iron Butt and Lap-Welded Pipe' and 'X Strong and XX Strong Pipe,' and..... More
New York: National Committee to Secure Justice in the Rosenberg Case, [1952]. Eight volumes, bound in original printed yellow title wrappers. 1715, [3 Index] pp. Each page printed in two columns, each column numbered as a page. Oblong 8vo, 7-1/4" x 5-1/4". Stapled as issued, Near Fine. Housed in original..... More
New-York: Printed by Elliott and Palmer, 1831. 15, [1 blank] pp. Folded, untrimmed and mostly uncut. Light scattered foxing. Very Good. OCLC records two copies; American Imprints does not record it. A first printing, of which OCLC also notes two copies, issued under a different title in 1830; American..... More
19th Cong. 2nd Sess. HD105 [Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1827]. 1827. 39, [1 blank] pp, plus folding charts. Stitched as issued, untrimmed and uncut. Very Good plus. OCLC 191257879 [1-AAS]. More
New-York: Printed by Egbert Hedge, Railroad Journal Office. 120 Nassau Street, 1841. 34, [2 blank], [2], 15 [appendix], [1], [2 blank] pp. Attractive green foldout map of the State of New York [a few short splits along folds, one short closed tear repaired with small piece of tape on verso]..... More
[New York: 1836]. 11, [1 blank] pp. Folding chart. Stitched, untrimmed. Scattered light foxing, Very Good. The pamphlet includes 'Report of the Receipts and Expenditures ...up to, and including the 31st day of December, 1835'; 'Copy, of the Petition of the New-York and Erie Rail Road Company' seeking State..... More
New-York: Printed by George P. Scott & Co., 1835. 11, [1 blank] pp. Original printed blue wrappers [light foxing and soiling], stitched. Very Good. Three distinguished civil engineers: Robinson built Virginia's first railroad and organized several others; Knight was chief engineer of the B&O Railroad; Wright made the survey..... More
[New York]: Printed by D. Fanshaw, 1825. 12pp, dbd, light to moderate spotting. Good+. Printing the Constitution and the Address of the Associates of the New-York Athenaeum, an institution "for the cultivation of Literature and Science, and by which a taste for such pursuits might be awakened and preserved." The..... More
[np New York? nd, 1859?]. Original printed front wrapper, with wrapper title as well as caption title [as issued]. Stitched. 39, [1 blank] pp. Light dust and wear, Good+. An analysis of litigation between the Railroad and a supplier, demonstrating the incompetence of the New York Central's management team..... More
[New York? 1873?]. 16pp. Original printed front wrapper [dusted], light wear, Good+. Living in an age of rapid communication and transportation, the people are "dependent almost for their very existence upon the transportation facilities of the country." Rapid advances in rail and steam travel and telegraph technologies necessitate reform..... More
[New York: 1844]. 6.5" x 8", one leaf. Three light vertical folds. Very Good. In the 1844 election, New York City's voters cast 35% more votes than there were people. Charles P. Brown, to whom this letter was addressed, was on the Board of Assistant Aldermen for New York City..... More
New York: West & Trow, 1833. 46pp, lightly foxed, small inner margin remnant of original wraps. Disbound, else Very Good. The Society's Constitution is included, pledging it "to effect a total and immediate abolition of Slavery in the United States." Relying on the Declaration of Independence, the Address urges..... More
[New York: 1838]. Folio broadsheet, 14-1/2" x 18-1/8." Printed in five columns per page. Light spotting, several closed tears without affecting text, generous margins, a bit of wrinkling. Good+. This rare broadsheet was also printed as a 32-page pamphlet. It calls upon true Democrats to "erect the standard of..... More
[New York: 179-]. Unaccomplished printed folio broadside form, 8" x 13". Printed on laid paper. Very Good. New York's militia law required able-bodied males between the ages of sixteen and forty-five to serve in the militia, with certain stated exemptions [clergy, certain public officials, schoolmasters and students, Quakers]. Militia members..... More
New York: J.L. O'Sullivan, Printer to the Common Council, 1846. Original printed wrappers [light soil and wear], stitched, 132pp. Very Good. AI 57492 [the series, 1839-1884]. More
New York: Casper C. Childs, 1848. 18mo. Contemporary plain wrappers, stitched, 18pp, contemporary marginalia and light wear. Good+. Listing ninety members of the Committee, with addresses by Ward. They would support Lewis Cass of Michigan later this year in his contest with Zachary Taylor for the Presidency. More
1859. 6. New York: 1859. Original printed wrappers, stitched, 29pp. Foxed, Good+. A dispute over a lease granted by the State of New York's Land Office Commission to James B. Taylor "of the entire land, known as West Washington Market, with the piers adjoining the same." Taylor immediately sought the..... More
New York: Printed by Hugh Gaine, 1793. 51, [2], 79, [2], 96 pp, as issued. Rubberstamp on title page, with date and accession number stamped on its verso; accession number stamped in blank margin of last page. Else a clean and bright text. Very Good in modern legal buckram, with..... More
[New York? 1824?]. 12pp, disbound with some loosening and light wear. Good+ to Very Good. The Memorial is "Addressed to the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in opposition to a petition of 'the Merchants, Traders, and other Citizens of the city of New-York,' that Congress impose a duty..... More
New York: Devlin and Company, 1871. viii, [9]-61, [2 advts], [1 blank] pp. 4" x 6". Original cloth-covered wrappers with gilt lettering on front, blind stamped on back. Several text illustrations. LACKS the folding map. Light wear. Rubberstamps of "Peirce Watches and Jewelry...New Orleans, LA." Private bookplate on front pastedown..... More
[New York: 1886]. 14, [2 blank] pp. Original printed blue wrappers, stitched. Near Fine. New York State authorized Alfred E. Beach in 1868 to construct pneumatic tubes beneath New York City and Brooklyn for the purpose of conveying letters and parcels; an 1873 Act authorized Beach to construct an..... More
[New York: 1817]. Printed in typescript, completed in manuscript, "To the Treasurer of the City of New-York," instructing payment of Fifteen hundred dollars,"By order of Common Council." Signed as well by the Comptroller [G.N. Bleecker] and Clerk. Text surrounded by decorative border. A colorless indented 'X' mark is present, evidently..... More
[New York: 1821]. Printed in typescript, completed in manuscript, "To the Treasurer of the City of New-York," instructing payment to J. Halstead of $192, "By order of Common Council." Signed as well by the Comptroller [G.N. Bleecker] and Clerk. Text surrounded by decorative border. A colorless indented 'X' mark is..... More
New York: 1879. 116pp, stitched and early staples; some loosening of text. Blank portions of inner lower corners chewed on first few leaves. Original printed wrappers [worn, chipped]. Blank portions of title page with remnants of old newspaper clipping. The text is otherwise quite clean. More than 20 color maps..... More
[New York: nd. @1885]. Original printed bright blue title wrappers [title letters fading], stitched. 16, [14] pp. Gigantic New York City Guide Map, in color on recto; map continues on verso, uncolored. Map with some fold splits but complete. Good+, with detailed street directory and a guide on "How to..... More