SALES OF GOLD. LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, TRANSMITTING STATEMENTS OF SALES OF GOLD, COMMISSIONS PAID, &C., SINCE MARCH, 1861.
40th Cong., 2d Sess. HED265. 1868. 166pp, Disbound, persistent light dampstain. Good+. More
40th Cong., 2d Sess. HED265. 1868. 166pp, Disbound, persistent light dampstain. Good+. More
New York: Published by E. Bliss and E. White...Printed by D. Fanshaw. 1822. 88pp. Disbound, toned, scattered foxing [title leaf substantially so]. Good to Good+. This guide to New York State is an impressive little book, the contents treating the subjects outlined in the title. Bristling with data, it includes..... More
Philadelphia: King & Baird, Printers, 1852. 16pp. Original printed wrappers [chips to edges, spine reinforced with tape], stitched. Else Very Good. A discussion of the life and character of Dr. Grant, a well-regarded Professor of Anatomy at Jefferson Medical College. OCLC notes 13 copies under two accession numbers, as of..... More
[Washington: 1843]. 27th Cong., 3d Sess. SD234. 1843. 29pp, disbound, else Very Good, with a large folding map of the Delta of the St. Clair by Macomb and Warner, also Very Good. The Report, by Woodbridge of Michigan, urges federal assistance to cure "the actual insecurity of the navigation of..... More
[Ontario?]: September 1, 1847. 47, [1 blank] pp, plus two folding maps [as issued]: 'Map and Profile of the Great Western Railway Canada West,' 48 1/2 cm x 32 cm; 'Map of the Route of the Great Western Railway Shewing its Connection with other Public Works,' 35 1/2 cm x...... More
[Alexandria? 1844]. 18, [2 blanks] pp. Caption title [as issued], disbound. Scattered foxing. Good+. Green was the featured speaker at this raucous Whig gathering to support the presidential candidacy of his fellow Kentuckian. "Whenever the name of Henry Clay was uttered, one universal shout of applause rent the air." Green..... More
Burlington [NJ]: Elderkin & Miller, 1796. [12], 272, [21], [1 blank] pp. Bound in contemporary sheep, with the front cover absent and the rear hinge starting. The text is lightly toned and in Very Good shape. Contemporary signature of Wm. H. Abbott at head of title page. The first edition..... More
Philadelphia: Printed for Mathew Carey, June 17, 1799. 38pp + ten full-page plates + port. frontis. Contemporary full sheep [rubbed, hinges firm]. Very Good. Evans 35578. Rink 1981. ESTC W23155 [11 locations]. More
Nevada, Ohio: [1890]. 4pp, folded, illustration of the Road Cart. Very Good. With description and testimonials. More
New York: Printed by E. Conrad, 4 Frankfort-Street, 1822. 52pp. Disbound with light scattered foxing. Title page with some spotting. Good+. Charles Glidden Haines (1793 - 1825), attorney and author, became Governor Clinton's private secretary. Admitted to the New York bar in 1821, he wrote political pamphlets, newspaper articles, and..... More
[Nashua? 1866]. 24pp, stitched. Original printed title wrappers [as issued] with sketch of a scene at Hall's factory. Near Fine. Hall began his business in Nashua in the early 1860's. He claimed to have gotten his secret formula from a poor Italian sailor. He was an imaginative advertiser, selling trade..... More
Washington: 1831. 15pp, uncut and untrimmed, partly loosened. Tanned, some dampstaining to top corner, light scattered foxing. Good. The anonymous Hambden lends qualified support to President Jackson's assertion that Congress may constitutionally levy a protective tariff in order to foster the development of domestic industry. He scolds the South's devotion..... More
Philadelphia: Printed for the Proprietors, by William Young, 1792. 79, [1] pp. Disbound, else Very Good. This, along with the American Museum's January 1792 issue, is one of the earliest printings of Hamilton's foundation report on manufactures, One of them is its earliest magazine printing. Hamilton issued his report on..... More
[vp: 1880]. The cards are in Very Good to Fine condition, with various measurements around 3" x 5," more or less. There are three photographic cards and nine printed cards. The merchants are located in Charleston, San Francisco, Greenfield MA, Philadelphia, Providence, and Boston, offering clothing, dining, jewelry, clocks, diamonds..... More
Corydon, Indiana: 1857. Broadsheet, 6 3/4" x 21". Old horizontal folds, contemporary docketing, signature of County Auditor Samuel Douglass, and other contemporary notations. Good+. The list of names is from the following Townships: Harrison, Boone, Heth, Posey, Franklin, Morgan, Blue River, Washington, Taylor, Webster, Jackson, Spencer, and Scott. Well over..... More
Hartford: Case, Tiffany and Company, 1855. Original yellow printed wrappers [lightly dusted], stitched. 9, [1 blank], [2] pp. Very Good. President Charles F. Pond runs the numbers, explains the diminution of revenue, and reports that original rails between Hartford and Springfield have been replaced because they were of "inferior quality."..... More
Philadelphia: Bavis & Pennypacker, Steam Power Printers, 1876. Original printed wrappers [chipped at extremities and along spine]. Stitched. 36pp. Printed on rectos only, with versos available for written notations. Occasional contemporary pencil notations. Except as noted, Very Good. Haseltine lists 136 treasury notes and 55 Confederate bonds. A Philadelphia coin..... More
27th Cong., 2d Sess. SD225. 1842. 26pp + large folding plates. Scattered foxing. Good+. More
Washington: Jonathan Elliot, 1832. 47, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, light scattered foxing, else Very Good. A presentation copy: "Professor Dean | with the respects of the Author." More
[Mast Yard, NH? Concord? 1860s?]. Small broadside, 5" x 7". A few very small spots. Very Good. More
Newport, R.I. 1840. 102pp, stitched. Minor soil. Very Good. Signed 'Narragansett,' this piece was written by T.R. Hazard, according to Sabin, who notes that it "contains many facts relative to the early history of manufactories in Rhode Island." Bartlett says the same thing. From a Whig perspective it argues, in..... More
[Richmond: 1820]. Broadside, 7 3/4" x 12 1/2". Light toning, else Very Good. A rare broadside, expressing Virginia Auditor James Heath's frustration with clerks' "want of attention to" the requirement that every claimant "should shew in writing his authority to receive a warrant on the treasury." Moreover, clerks have excessively..... More
[Richmond: 1820]. Folio sheet, folded to 8" x 10". 1, [3 blanks] pp. Signed at the end in type, "Jas. E. Heath, Auditor." Light old folds for mailing, Very Good. Signed in ink on verso, "The Clerk of Montgomery." Auditor Heath's Circular, evidently unrecorded, seeks information on assessments from the..... More
New York: Egbert Hedge, Railroad Journal Office, 1841. vii, [1 blank], [9]-125, [3 blanks] pp. Lightly foxed. Two folding maps, lithographed by J. Childs and J. Rees: Profile of the Pottsville & Philadelphia RR... [bit of inner margin wear]; Profile NY & Albany RR. Original cloth, gilt-lettered title on front..... More
Philadelphia: John C. Clark, 1853. Original printed wrappers, stitched, 20pp. A bit of edge chipping to the wraps, else Very Good. Statutes, beginning with the Act of Incorporation under Pennsylvania law in 1850, relating to this railroad, with the Act of the Virginia legislature authorizing a right of way through..... More