CENTENNIAL ADDRESS. BY...DELIVERED AT TRENTON, N.J. FEB. 22, 1832.
[Trenton? 1832?]. 24pp. Disbound. Scattered foxing. Good+. More
NEW JERSEY
PART III. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, UNITED STATES SELECT COMMITTEE UNDER HOUSE RESOLUTION 288, WASHINGTON, D.C. HEARINGS BEGINNING MARCH 9, 1908. HENRY S. BOUTELL, CHAIRMAN. FREDERICK C., STEVENS, MARLIN E. OLMSTED, WILLIAM M. HOWARD, ROBERT F. BROUSSARD.
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1908. [203]-261 pp [as issued]. Held with two staples. Very Good. Testimony of Lawrence Spear before the Select Committee regarding his knowledge of charges that the Electric Boat Company of New Jersey had tried to bribe members of Congress to obtain submarine contracts. More
TWENTY AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED, MARCH 31, 1876 TO NOVEMBER 20, 1891, BY THE FAMED MECHANICAL ENGINEER AND FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS: ONE TO PROF. STILLE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, THEN PROVOST, RECOMMENDING MR. H.T. BRIAN, FOREMAN OF PRINTING AT THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE IN WASHINGTON FOR A POSITION IN THE UNIVERSITY'S DEPARTMENT OF TYPOGRAPHY; EIGHTEEN TO J.H. RICHARDSON AND H.R. WORTHINGTON REGARDING ILLUSTRATIONS AND PHOTOGRAPHIC CUTS FOR HIS BOOK ON THE HISTORY OF THE STEAM ENGINE; AND ONE TO "CAMPUS, CORNELL UNIVERSITY" PROVIDING HIS AUTOGRAPH.
Letters in ink manuscript. Old folds, light toning and mild wear. Very Good. 1. Letter dated March 31,1876, to Prof. Stille at the University of Pennsylvania. On letterhead of 'Office of the Editor of the Reports of the U.S. Commissioners To The Vienna International Exhibition 1873, Stevens Institute... More
THE GREAT SPEECH OF THE LATE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN. DELIVERED AT PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY, ON THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 30, 1862. ON THE SUBJECTS OF CONSERVATISM, ABOLITIONISM, SHAM DEMOCRACY, PAPER MONEY, THE NATIONAL FINANCES, THE WAR, OUR RADICAL CONGRESS AND ADMINISTRATION, ETC., ETC.
New York: James Alexander Houston, 1862. 15, [1]pp. Disbound. Bright red type on title page states: "Read What the Doctor Says on Finance." Very Good. A no-holds-barred, unapologetic Abolitionist speech, condemning Copperheads like Fernando Wood [the secessionist Mayor of New York], New York Governor Horatio Seymour, and John Van... More
CONSTITUTION OF THE BOARD OF TRADE OF THE CITY OF TRENTON, NEW JERSEY. ORGANIZED FEBRUARY 6TH, 1868.
Trenton, N.J. Printed at the True American Office, May, 1869. 3.75" x 5.5". Original printed gold-colored wrappers, stitched. 11, [1 blank] pp. Light wrapper wear, Very Good. OCLC 55187463 [1- Rutgers] [as of 3/12]. More
LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ROBERT. THE HERMIT OF MASSACHUSETTS, WHO HAS LIVED 14 YEARS IN A CAVE, SECLUDED FROM HUMAN SOCIETY. COMPRISING, AN ACCOUNT OF HIS BIRTH, PARENTAGE, SUFFERINGS, AND PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE FROM UNJUST AND CRUEL BONDAGE IN EARLY LIFE- AND HIS REASONS FOR BECOMING A RECLUSE. TAKEN FROM HIS OWN MOUTH, AND PUBLISHED FOR HIS BENEFIT.
Providence: Printed for H. Trumbull, 1829. Price 12 1-2 Cents. Original plain blue front wrapper. Portrait frontis, 36pp. Light fox and wear, Good plus. Laid in a modern cloth case. "Unusual narrative of a fugitive slave" [Howes]. The book "contains elements of fact embellished with considerable fiction," telling the... More
AN INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL ECONOMY.
Philadelphia: Nicklin 7 Johnson, Law Booksellers, 1838. pp xvi, [13]-415. Scattered heavy tanning, modern cloth. Good to Good+. Vethake "was opposed to practically every form of governmental interference in economic life...One of the earliest in a long line of scholars proficient in the mathematical and natural sciences who expounded... More
GEORGE WASHINGTON ENTERING TRENTON 1789.
Chicago: copyrighted 1907 by Kurz & Allison, [1907]. Illustrated broadside, uncolored, 19-1/2" x 16". "The Defender of the Mothers | The Protector of the Daughters | Dec. 26 | 1776" at top of the illustration. George Washington doffs his hat, and rides triumphantly in Trenton toward his presidential inauguration. Adoring... More
LETTER OF HON. A.G. WATKINS, ON THE PRESIDENTIAL QUESTION.
[np (Washington): nd (1856)]. 8pp, dbd, light wear and fox. About Very Good. The Tennessee Representative, formerly a Whig, condemns the "fanaticism" of Republicans and Know-Nothings, and endorses the Democrat Buchanan. FIRST EDITION. Not in Sabin, Eberstadt, Decker, Smith, LCP. 650 NUC 0110866 [1]. More
MISCELLANEOUS THOUGHTS. IN PROSE AND VERSE, ON NATURAL, MORAL AND DIVINE SUBJECTS: WRITTEN CHIEFLY IN YOUNGER YEARS. THE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION.
Elizabeth-Town: Kollock, 1796. 12mo. pp vii, [2], 10-240, [3 Contents], [1 blank] [as issued]. Disbound. Tanned and foxed. First few signatures split from rest of text. Ourter margins of pp.197-198 a bit chewed up with a letter or two missing from the edge of several lines. Good. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION... More
DYNAMITING AND EXTRA-TERRITORIAL CRIME. BY FRANCIS WHARTON LL.D., AUTHOR OF COMMENTARIES ON AMERICAN LAW, LECTURER ON INTERNATIONAL LAW IN BOSTON UNIVERSITY, AND MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW. FROM THE CRIMINAL LAW MAGAZINE FOR MARCH, 1885.
Jersey City, NJ: Frederick D. Linn & Co. 1885. [155]-181, [1 blank] pp. Original printed brown wrappers, wrapper title, stitched. Light vertical fold running through text. Text clean. Very Good. Treating the question of jurisdiction for international crimes, Wharton argues that "the prosecution of persons sending dynamite abroad for... More
ADDRESS BY GOVERNOR WOODROW WILSON OF NEW JERSEY, DELIVERED AT THE DINNER OF THE DEMOCRATIC CLUB IN PHILADELPHIA, ON TUESDAY NIGHT, FEBRUARY 21, 1911.
[np Philadelphia? nd, 1911]. Original printed wrappers with wrapper title [as issued], original staples. 15, [1 blank] pp. Light wrapper soil. Very Good. More
THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE TO THE SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS ASSEMBLED IN EXTRAORDINARY SESSION IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES APRIL THE SECOND 1917.
Jersey City, N.J. Printed by Pupils in the Technical and Industrial Department Wm. L. Dickinson High School, [1917]. 10, [1] pp. Original printed wrappers and staples, with wrapper title, as issued. Light spotting to rear wrapper corner. Very Good. Wilson's War Message. More
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. SPEECH OF HON. C.H. WINFIELD, IN THE NEW JERSEY SENATE, DELIVERED FEBRUARY 19, 1868, ON THE RESOLUTION TO WITHDRAW THE ASSENT OF NEW JERSEY TO THE PROPOSED FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
New Jersey: Printed by John H. Lyon, 1868. 31, [1 blank] pp. Original printed orange wrappers [light extremity chipping], stitched. Minor wear, Very Good. Winfield, a native of Hudson County, was a New Jersey lawyer, local historian, authority on Hudson County land titles, Democratic member of the New Jersey... More
AN INAUGURAL DISSERTATION ON RESPIRATION: BEING AN APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF THE NEW CHEMISTRY TO THAT FUNCTION. SUBMITTED TO THE PUBLIC EXAMINATION OF THE FACULTY OF PHYSIC, UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE IN THE STATE OF NEW-YORK: WILLIAM SAMUEL JOHNSON, LL.D. PRESIDENT; FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHYSIC; ON THE THIRTIETH DAY OF APRIL, 1793. BY JOSEPH YOULE, CITIZEN OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK.
New York: Printed by T. and J. Swords, Printers to the Faculty of Physic of Columbia College, 1793. 39, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, Very Good. Inscribed in ink on page [4]: "Docr. Paul Micheau from his Friend The Author." Dr. Micheau was a founding member of the Medical Society... More
FACTS ON THE TARIFF, WITH SOME DEDUCTIONS THEREFROM.
np [New Brunswick, N.J.?]: 1846. 23pp, signatures gathered by an old staple, light soiling. Untrimmed, Very Good. Zabriskie defends the Tariff of 1846, one of the few tariff reductions in history, against charges that it failed to protect American products sufficiently. He argues, despite Northern Democratic expectations that Polk... More