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Dana, Richard H.:

BOSTON DAILY BEE EXTRA. [COPYRIGHT SECURED.] OPENING ADDRESS, AND CLOSING ARGUMENT OF RICHARD H. DANA, JR., ESQ., COUNSEL FOR LIBELLANT, (BENJ. F. DALTON,) IN THE DALTON DIVORCE CASE, THE PHONOGRAPHIC REPORT OF THE DAILY BEE, BY MESSRS. J.M.W. YERRINTON, AND RUFUS LEIGHTON, OF BOSTON; AND MESSRS. HENRY M. PARKHURST AND WILLIAM H. BURR, OF NEW YORK. ["ENTERED ACCORDING TO ACT OF CONGRESS, IN THE YEAR ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SEVEN, BY BRADBURY & COMPANY, IN THE CLERK'S OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS."] Boston: Office of the Boston Daily Bee. May, 1857.

1857. 47, [1] pp, printed in double columns. Disbound, loose, paper remnant at left edge of title page with loss of a few letters. Light tanning, a few light spots. Some chipping of edges, several closed tears at bottom edges [no text loss], margin tear at pp.11-12 [a few letters..... More

Price: $20.00

[Davenport, John J.]:

THE WIG AND THE JIMMY: OR, A LEAF IN THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF NEW YORK.

New York: 1869. 32pp, original printed wrappers (chips). Spine reinforced, old rubberstamp. Good+, with three full-page portraits of several of the rogues. A review, on behalf of the Union League of New York, of fraud and corruption in the 1868 presidential election, with Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall as the..... More

Price: $50.00

IN DEFENSE OF NEGRO RIGHTS. Benjamin J. Davis

Davis, Benjamin J.:

IN DEFENSE OF NEGRO RIGHTS.

New York: New York State Committee, Communist Party, [January, 1950]. Original printed and illustrated blue paper wrappers, with a photo portrait of Davis, "Former City Councilman of New York," on the front wrapper. A graduate of Amherst College and Harvard Law School, Davis was an African-American Communist who, for..... More

Price: $150.00

EXTRA! JEFF DAVIS' ESCAPE!!! NEFARIOUS SCHEME FOR GETTING RID OF THE "DRAWN ELEPHANT." A RASCALLY...

[Davis, Jefferson]:

EXTRA! JEFF DAVIS' ESCAPE!!! NEFARIOUS SCHEME FOR GETTING RID OF THE "DRAWN ELEPHANT." A RASCALLY PLOT EXPOSED. A MISERABLE OLD FARCE PLAYED OUT. THE PLAYERS:...

[New York: Calvin Blanchard. 26 Ann Street, 1865?]. Broadside, 4-1/2" x 16". A couple of horizontal folds, light spotting, and a little shallow chipping at blank edges. Very Good. This satiric broadside-- a bitter rejection of leniency toward the Confederacy's president-- is a "burlesque trial of Jefferson Davis written in..... More

Price: $1,500.00

Day, Mahlon:

LONDON CRIES IN VERSE.

New-York: Printed and Sold by Mahlon Day, At the New Juvenile Book-store, No. 374 Pearl-street, [1833-1842]. 2" x 3". 8pp, woodcut illustrations, stitched. Light foxing, short split along spine fold. Very Good. This booklet contains a poem and illustration on each page, including a short poem on the title..... More

Price: $75.00

Dean, Gilbert and James Shields:

SPEECH...ON THE PUBLIC EXPENDITURES, THE PRESIDENCY, &C., DELIVERED IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AUGUST 23, 1852. WITH AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING THE LETTER OF HON. JAMES SHIELDS, ADDRESSED TO A COMMITTEE OF HIS FELLOW-CITIZENS, AT GALENA, ILL.

Washington: 1852. 15pp, folded, untrimmed and uncut. Tanned and light to moderate wear. Good+. A New York Democrat, Dean details the profligacy of the Whig Administration of Millard Fillmore and the inadequacy of that Party's candidate, Winfield Scott, in the upcoming presidential contest. The letter from Senator Shields attributes the..... More

Price: $40.00

[Delavan, Daniel E.] :

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CITY INSPECTOR OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1862. BOARD OF ALDERMEN, JANUARY 12, 1863.

New York: Edmund Jones, 1863. Original cloth binding, with 'Hon. John W. Taggart' stamped in elaborate gilt on front cover. Spine title stamped in gilt. Elegantly inscribed in ink on front free endpaper, 'With Compliments of Dan E. Delavan | City Inspector.' 499, [1 blank] pp. Near Fine. An extraordinarily..... More

Price: $175.00

Delavan, Edward C.:

LETTER TO GOVERNOR KING, OF N. Y.: AN APPEAL FOR CO-OPERATION IN THE TEMPERANCE REFORM.

Albany: 1857. Original printed wrappers, stitched, 24pp. Wrappers lightly worn, text clean and Very Good. President of the New York State Temperance Society, Delavan hopes to enlist the newly-installed Governor King in the Cause. He cites Prohibition's correlation with reduced crime, more employee productivity, drunkards' reformation, and increased national wealth..... More

Price: $125.00

Delpho, Th. Horatius [pseud.]:

THE KING AND HIS CABINET. A REMARKABLY SHORT ATTIC COMEDY. IN TWO ACTS.

[New York? 1849?]. Original printed wrappers, stitched. 23, [1 blank] pp. Near Fine. A satire on Charles King's inauguration as President of Columbia College in 1849. "The only one of Delpho's Comedies which is now extant, and that has never before been published in America." King Charles is described here..... More

Price: $150.00

[Democratic League]:

THE REAL MOTIVES OF THE REBELLION. THE SLAVEHOLDERS' CONSPIRACY, DEPICTED BY SOUTHERN LOYALISTS IN ITS TREASON AGAINST DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES, AS WELL AS AGAINST THE NATIONAL UNION: SHOWING A CONTEST OF SLAVERY AND NOBILITY VERSUS FREE GOVERNMENT... ADDRESS OF THE DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE TO THE 'LOYAL LEAGUES' AND LOYAL MEN THROUGHOUT THE LAND.

[New York: 1864]. 16pp. Disbound, else Very Good. This pamphlet distances loyal Democrats from treasonous Copperheads, blasts the rebellion and slaveholders, and identifies the Party with Douglas, Dickinson, and its Jacksonian heritage of fidelity to the Union. Henry O'Reilly, who signs in type on page 2 as Secretary, was..... More

Price: $250.00

[Democratic Party]:

CORRUPTIONS AND FRAUDS OF LINCOLN'S ADMINISTRATION.

[New York: SOLD at 13 PARK ROW, and at all Democratic Newspaper Offices, 1864]. 8pp. Caption title, as issued. Stitched, Very Good. Printed in two columns per page. 'Document No. 14' at head of title. Despite "events of the gravest import to the safety, honor, and welfare of the Union,"..... More

Price: $275.00

Democratic Republican Young Men of the County of Columbia:

HUDSON GAZETTE,--- EXTRA. PROCEEDINGS OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICAN YOUNG MEN'S CONVENTION OF THE COUNTY OF COLUMBIA.

[Hudson, N.Y.? 1834]. 18pp. Caption title [as issued]. Disbound [loosened]; trimmed closely at the bottom margin, shaving a few letters on pages 13 and 17. Good+. The first five pages list the delegates by County, in four columns per page. These loyal Democrats advise "that our confidence in the..... More

Price: $125.00

Democratic Republicans of the Town of Newburgh:

CIRCULAR. TOWN OF NEWBURGH. AT A MEETING OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLICANS OF THE TOWN OF NEWBURGH, HELD AT THE HOUSE OF WM. CLEARY, ON THE 24TH OF FEBRUARY, 1848, PURSUANT TO A CALL OF THE TOWN COMMITTEE...

[Newburgh, N.Y. 1848]. Broadside, 6 1/2" x 12". Printed in two columns. Several old horizontal folds, Very Good. The Town Committee presents nine Resolutions. These express concern at the divisive effects of slavery, deploring "the efforts that are being made to destroy the old land-marks of party destinction [sic] and..... More

Price: $350.00

Depew, Chauncey M. DePew:

ARGUMENT OF CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW, GENERAL COUNSEL NEW YORK CENTRAL & HUDSON RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY, BEFORE ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RAILROADS, LEGISLATURE STATE OF NEW YORK, IN OPPOSITION TO THE BILLS PROVIDING FOR THE CREATION OF A BOARD OF RAILROAD COMMISSIONERS. MARCH 16, 1881.

Chicago: The Jno. B. Jeffrey Print, 1882. 32pp, stitched. Lightly tanned, minor dustsoiling of outer leaves. Else Very Good. More

Price: $45.00

Deschamps, Louis:

THE SCIENCE OF MEDICINE REDUCED TO ITS SIMPLEST FORM. IMPORTANT PHILANTHROPIC DISCOVERY OF M. LOUIS DESCHAMPS; BY MEANS OF WHICH EVERY ONE CAN BE HIS OWN PHYSICIAN AND DRUGGIST. REMARKS ON THE CULTIVATION OF A PLANT WHICH WILL BE OF ESSENTIAL SERVICE TO HUMANITY: ALSO, ON THE DANGERS ARISING FROM THE USE OF FIRE-ARMS, RESULTING FROM THE PRECAUTIONS GENERALLY USED TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS.

Williamsburgh, L.I. Williamsburgh Cottage, 1850. 32pp, untrimmed, folded. Spine reinforced with cloth tape. Light tan, light to moderate foxing. Good+. An unusual New York imprint. Deschamps, a French chemist, presents his remedy for a variety of medical conditions, and for prolonging life. His discovery is "the most important that..... More

Price: $275.00

Dickerson, Edward N.:

THE NAVY OF THE UNITED STATES. AN EXPOSURE OF ITS CONDITION, AND THE CAUSES OF ITS FAILURE, CONTAINED IN A SPEECH DELIVERED TO A JURY IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, BEFORE CHIEF-JUSTICE CARTER. BY...OF NEW-YORK, IN THE CASE OF MATTINGLY VS. THE WASHINGTON AND ALEXANDRIA STEAMBOAT COMPANY. REPORTED BY JAMES O. CLEPHANE, REPORTER OF THE COURT.

New-York: John A. Gray & Green, Printers and Stereotypers, Fire-proof Buildings, Corner of Frankfort and Jacob Streets, 1864. 80pp. Stitched, light tanning. Very Good. Sabin 20018. More

Price: $75.00

Dingley, Amasa:

AN ORATION ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF MEDICINE. PRONOUNCED BEFORE A RESPECTABLE AUDITORY OF CITIZENS, IN THE FEDERAL HALL, IN THE CITY OF NEW-YORK; ACCORDING TO APPOINTMENT OF THE MEDICAL SOCIETY OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK, AT THEIR ANNIVERSARY MEETING, ON THE 16TH JANUARY, 1794. BY AMASA DINGLEY, PHYSICIAN.

New-York: Printed by John Buel, at the Academy, [1794]. [3]-39, [1 blank] pp , lacking the half title. Disbound. Shallow tear to blank lower corner of first leaf., larger tear to blank margin of final leaf. Good+. Dingley graduated from Harvard in 1785. He died in New York's yellow fever..... More

Price: $500.00

FIRST IN WAR. FIRST IN PEACE. AND FIRST IN THE HEARTS OF HIS COUNTRYMEN. PANORAMA OF WASHINGTON....

[District of Columbia]:

FIRST IN WAR. FIRST IN PEACE. AND FIRST IN THE HEARTS OF HIS COUNTRYMEN. PANORAMA OF WASHINGTON.

New York: Chas. Magnus, [1861?]. Folio broadside, 8-3/4" x 31-1/2", hand colored steel engraving on wove paper. Uniform moderate toning, bottom blank edge with some chipping. several fold separations repaired with tape on blank verso [no loss]; closed tears at upper corners [partly repaired with archival tape, no loss], mount..... More

Price: $1,500.00

Dorr, George E.:

"GREENWICH, SEPT. 10, 1875. DEAR SIR: ALLOW ME TO INVITE YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THE FACT, THAT JUST NOW IS AN ESPECIALLY FAVORABLE TIME FOR SECURING FIRST-CLASS INVESTMENTS IN IOWA, AT TEN PER CENT INTEREST. IT IS A PRETTY GENERALLY UNDERSTOOD AND ADMITTED FACT, THAT THE STATE OF IOWA IS NOW, AND FOR THE PAST TWO OR THREE YEARS HAS BEEN, THE VERY BEST FIELD IN THE COUNTRY IN WHICH TO MAKE INVESTMENTS ON REAL ESTATE SECURITY... VERY RESPECTFULLY, GEO. E. DORR."

Greenwich [NY]: 1875. Broadside, 5-1/2" x 8-1/2". Attractive green typescript. Light horizontal folds, Near Fine. George Dorr lived in Greenwich, New York. Contemporary accounts list him as a "manufacturer," and a principal in the Ondawa Paper Company and Ondawa Mill. George is ready to help his customers invest in mortgages..... More

Price: $75.00

Douglas, James:

SECOND STATEMENT OF FACTS, RELATIVE TO THE SESSION (AND PRESBYTERY) OF THE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, NEW-YORK, AND THE WRITER, JAMES DOUGLAS.

New York: Published and Sold by N.B. Holmes...Samuel Marks, Printer, 1823. 186pp. Bound into modern plain wrappers. Lightly foxed, institutional rubberstamp at blank top margin of title page. Good+. "Being excluded the communion of the Church, under false charges, without being allowed to speak in my own defence, either in..... More

Price: $275.00

Doyle, William:

AMERICA IMPROVED. 1870. DOYLE'S DOUBLE-ACTING FLUE, PATENTED JUNE 2D, 1868. ALSO, DOYLE'S SUMMER AND WINTER ATTACHMENT, PATENTED MAY 11TH, 1869...

[Albany: The Argus Company, 1869]. Original printed and illustrated orange wrappers, stitched, 32pp + three folding engravings of the Company's products. A persistent blotch in blank lower margins of all pages, else Very Good. The 'America' is a "first-class cooking stove," its praises sung in this catalogue. Doyle offers a...... More

Price: $175.00

"MY FRIENDS." WHEN IN JULY 1863, THE CITY OF NEW YORK WAS UNDER THE REIGN OF A MOB. Draft Riots,...

[Draft Riots] [Horatio Seymour]:

"MY FRIENDS." WHEN IN JULY 1863, THE CITY OF NEW YORK WAS UNDER THE REIGN OF A MOB...

New York: American News Co., [1864]. Broadside, 8" x 11-1/2", several type fonts, text surrounded by decorative border. Very Good plus. This scarce, pungent broadside denounces Governor Seymour's conduct during the July 1863 Draft Riots, "when arson, plunder, murder, and all the infernal passions of a brutalized mob were..... More

Price: $1,750.00

[Draft Riots]:

WHO URGED THE DRAFT? THE ADMINISTRATION VINDICATED BY ITS ENEMIES.

[New York: 1863]. 8pp, disbound, caption title [as issued]. Printed in two columns per page. Light foxing, margin spotting, Good+. This pamphlet documents that New York Democrats, who now oppose a draft, vigorously advocated it in 1862. Their "present clamor against the draft," just a year after their strong..... More

Price: $150.00

Dryden Military Tract:

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, JOHN LEWIS ADS. JAMES JACKSON, EXDEM HERMAN V. HART.

[Washington: William Greer, 1829]. Caption title [as issued]. 7, [1] pp. Tied with pale pink ribbon. Moderately worn, Good+. Defendants' Memorandum for the U.S. Supreme Court in this case involving the lease of "part of the military tract," comprising land in Dryden, Tompkins County, New York, formerly part of Onondaga..... More

Price: $250.00

Duer, John:

A DISCOURSE ON THE LIFE, CHARACTER, AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF JAMES KENT, LATE CHANCELLOR OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK; DELIVERED BY REQUEST, BEFORE THE JUDICIARY AND BAR OF THE CITY AND STATE OF NEW-YORK, APRIL 12, 1848.

New York: D. Appleton & Company... 1848. Original printed wrappers [loosened], port. frontis with tissue guard. 86, [2] pp. Very Good. DAB cites this pamphlet as one of the "chief sources" on the life of New York's great jurist and legal reformer. For a sketch of the life of..... More

Price: $250.00

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