AN ACT FOR VESTING THE FORT OF SENEGAL, AND ITS DEPENDENCIES, IN THE COMPANY OF MERCHANTS TRADING WITH AFRICA. CAP XX.
London: Printed by Mark Baskett, 1764. Folio. [1], [1 blank], 335-336pp, as issued. Disbound. Very Good. ESTC N56806. More
London: Printed by Mark Baskett, 1764. Folio. [1], [1 blank], 335-336pp, as issued. Disbound. Very Good. ESTC N56806. More
London: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1828. Folio, pp. 945-947, [1 blank]. Disbound, else Very Good. More
London: George Eyre and Andrew Spottiswoode, 1838. 821-823, [1 blank] pp, as issued. Disbound. Else Very Good. More
Barbados: 1788. Folio sheet, folded to [4] pp, each page 7-1/2" x 9-3/8." Entirely in ink manuscript and signed "D. Parry" at the bottom of page [3]. Docketed on page [4]. Split along spine; several fold splits with archival repairs. All text preserved nicely. Good+. Governor Parry, differing with Barbados's..... More
Staunton, VA: "Staunton Spectator" Job Office, [1870]. 18pp. Original printed front wrapper. Disbound, pages tanned and somewhat brittle. About Good+. George Peabody established the Fund in 1867 with a gift of one million dollars; Barnas Sears, who wrote this report and had been president of Brown University, served as the..... More
Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1851. 36pp, loose gatherings. Blank edge chipping to some leaves, Good+. The Unitarian minister pronounces a mixed verdict on American Slavery. Though morally wrong, Slavery is entrenched in the South. "Formidable obstacles are in the way of all attempts to remove slavery." All..... More
New York: [Published by B. Anthony, Manufacturer of Photographic Albums], 1862. Vignette print of a young Black child, 2-1/2" x 4," entitled, "Young Africa: Or, The Bone of Contention" published by Anthony in 1862. The print, "intended as a commentary on slavery, the major cause of the American Civil War..... More
Boston: Published by American A.S. Society, 1850. 44pp, disbound, pinholes in left edge. Very Good. Phillips excoriates Webster, his support of the 1850 Compromise, for caving in to the Slave Power, and sacrificing the natural rights of slaves and Free Negroes on the altar of a corrupt Union. Dumond 93..... More
Williamsburgh, L.I. Published by Joseph C. Gandar [New York: Kneeland, Printer]. 1850. 29, [1 blank] pp. Original printed front wrapper [detached], stitched. Lightly toned, light chipping at blank edges with a few closed tears [no loss]. Good. "It would seem to be a law of Providence that human progress should..... More
[Washington DC? 1910?]. Broadside, 8-3/8" x 12-1/4." One light fox spot; one closed tear at upper left corner expertly repaired without loss. Very Good. The broadside celebrates victory in "the long bitterly contested law suit that has been in the court nearly four years between the two colored Grand Lodges..... More
Washington: 39th Cong., 1st Sess. HED123, 1866. 21, [3 blanks] pp. Caption title as issued. Disbound, one light persistent spot, else Very Good. Secretary of War Stanton reports on the operations of the Freedmen's Bureau in North Carolina, particularly concerns that the Bureau had been administered incompetently, indifferently, and by..... More
Washington: 1869. Folded octavo leaf. 3, [1 blank] pp. Very Good. General Order No. 40 publishes two Acts of Congress significant for post-War Reconstruction. The first removes "all legal and political disabilities" which had been imposed on a large number of rebels. The second authorizes submission to the people of..... More
[Washington]: 1866. February 19, 1866. 39th Cong., 1st Sess. SED25. 10pp, disbound, Very Good. This document is President Johnson's fateful veto of the Freedmen's Bureau Act, which changed the course of Reconstruction. The President was profoundly unsympathetic to the notion that the freed slaves required special protection from white populations..... More
[Hartford: 1856]. 4to, folded. [3], [1 blank] pp. A few fox spots, old tape remnants, Good+. This scarce item records the beginning of the Republican Party in Connecticut. Its organizers claim that Democrats and Whigs lack acceptable programs to resolve the great questions of the day; indeed, "the Administration in..... More
[Washington? 1871 or 1872]. 4pp, folded. Caption title [as issued], faint rubberstamp. Near Very Good. A record of the stunning accomplishments of the Republican Party, unmatched since the Revolution, in the decade since it assumed power in 1861. Those achievements included, not only victory in the Civil War, but also..... More
Providence: Knowles, Anthony & Co, 1857. Original printed wrappers [corner wear, upper forecorner clipped] with wrapper title [as issued]. Stitched, 18pp. Very Good. The only significant national question is "whether freedom or slavery shall be national, one party claiming, with the framers of the constitution, that the national government shall..... More
[New York? 1862?]. [303-348], [2] pp [as issued]. Caption-title [as issued]. Plain front wrapper [dustsoiled, worn], lacks back wrapper. Stitched. A blank corner chip to last leaf. Good+. "Since the preceding Letters have been published the United States of America have been dissevered, and a new federation, under the name..... More
Columbus, O. Sept. 13, 1875. Broadside, 4.75" x 8.25". Clean. Fine. A broadside lauding the goal of colonization to Liberia, the base from which all of Africa will be Christianized. "The friends of Africa, and the advocates of her redemption, will be encouraged through the evidence given by Mr. H.W...... More
Perry County, Alabama: 1864. One leaf, oblong 8-3/8" x 5-3/8." Docketed on verso, "Oath of Nathan Daniel | Nov 5th 1864." Old horizontal fold. Very Good. Judge James F. Bailey [c.1810-1889] graduated from the University of Alabama and received his law degree from the University of Virginia. He practiced law..... More
[Mobile? 1888]. 16pp, stitched. Caption title, as issued. Toned, Good+. Russell served in the Confederate Army, then practiced law, became general counsel to the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, and was active in post-War Democratic Party politics [National Cyclopedia of American Biography]. Here he endorses the Democratic presidential ticket of Cleveland..... More
1854. 33d Cong., 1st Sess. SED47. [Washington: 1854]. 14, [2 blank] pp, disbound, spine reinforced with paper tape. Light water stain running through text, else Very Good. Schenk reports on Brazil's active encouragement of and participation in the African slave trade. Despite British efforts to stamp out this traffic, "secret..... More
1984. 23 x 21 cm; 32 pages. Original printed, illustrated, stapled wraps. Very Good. Contributions by Deborah Willis (photograpic curator of the Shomburg Center), Donald Bogle, Robert Gore, Ernest Smith, and James Briggs Murphy. Text includes catalogue of films, bibliography. More
Washington, D.C. Press of Byron S. Adams, December 1, 1952. Original printed wrappers with wrapper title, as issued, and original staples. ii, 13, [1] pp. Near Fine. The Supreme Court heard argument in December 1952, but held the cases over for reargument in the following term. This is the Amicus..... More
Washington: War Hospitality Committee, Metropolitan Office of Civilian Defense. 306 9th St., N.W., [1943]. Folio broadsheet, 15" x 16." The verso is a color-coded map of Washington, with numerical labels. The labels correspond on the recto with places to lodge, be entertained, worship [two synagogues], sightsee, emergencies, Army and Navy..... More
Washington: War Hospitality Committee, Metropolitan Office of Civilian Defense. 306 9th St., N.W., [1943]. Folio broadsheet, 15" x 16." Attractively printed in red, green, and blue inks. The verso is a color-coded map of Washington, with numerical labels. The labels correspond on the recto with places to lodge, be entertained..... More