Boston: B.B. Russell, 515 Washington St.; Engraved by J.C. Buttre, 48 Franklin St., New York, 1862. Lithograph, 11" x 15". Six uncolored oval portraits of the New England Governors in 1862 arranged around an engraving of the Bunker Hill Monument: Israel Washburn, Jr., Maine; Nathaniel S. Berry, New Hampshire; Frederick..... More
Ottawa: Printed by MacLean, Roger & Co., 1881. Original printed salmon wrappers, stitched. [2], 10, large folding map [short closed tear], 20, 11, 3, 2, 2 pp, as issued. Vertical fold, light edgewear. Very Good. [offered with] [Booth, C.J., President]: THE CANADA ATLANTIC RAILWAY CO'Y. PROSPECTUS. [Ottawa: 1889]. [4] pp..... More
Windsor, Vermont: W. Spooner, [1825]. 12pp, disbound and untrimmed. Widely margined, lightly dusted. Signed on the title page, 'Hon. Wm. C. Bradley,' the Vermont Congressman. Delegates are listed by State [primarily NH and VT, with some representation from CT and MA] and Town, and their doings recorded. Their Memorial to..... More
Woodstock: Printed by Lewis Pratt, Jr., 1854. 85pp, with rubberstamp and light blindstamp. Bound in later library buckram, gum label at spine base. Good+. "An important medico-legal case against the Professor of Surgery in the Dartmouth Medical College" [Eberstadt]. Crosby's Preface says the malpractice action "is the first suit ever..... More
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Burlington: Printed by Samuel Mills. Sold at his Bookstore, by Mills and White, Middlebury, and by the Principal Booksellers in the United States, 1808. 48pp. Disbound with some separated gatherings lightly foxed, Good+. "The victims were two revenue agents who tried to intercept smugglers taking potash into Canada. They were..... More
[Springfield? 1861]. Caption title, as issued. Disbound. 8pp. Front wrapper remnant, else Very Good. This case, involving the famous agricultural equipment inventor and manufacturer, became an important precedent involving the Homestead Exemption, i.e., the statutory prohibition on taking a debtor's home in payment of a debt. The Illinois Supreme Court's..... More
Randolph VT: Buck Printing Co., [1914]. 32, [4] pp. Original staples, original printed wrappers. Printed on glossy paper, with frontispiece photo illustration of General Stephen Thomas, tissue guard, other full-page photo illustrations. Very Good. The heroism of this Vermont Regiment during the Civil War... More
New York: W.I. Pooley, 1864. Original cloth [chipped at head and foot of spine]. [2], vii, [1 blank], [3]-376pp. Clean text, Very Good. Hopkins was the first Protestant Episcopal Bishop of the Diocese of Vermont. Writing after the Emancipation Proclamation had turned the sectional conflict into a war against slavery..... More
Bennington [VT]: Anthony Haswell. 1793. 120pp, original cloth, reinforced by tape [rear cover going]. Text lightly tanned and foxed, else Very Good. Evans 25632. McCorison 268. More
Woodstock, VT: J.B. & S.L. Chase, & Co., 1836. ix, [1 blank], [11]-72 pp, as issued. Disbound and foxed. Inscribed at head of title page, "T.H. Hall To Hon. W.C. Bradley." Good. "Being a history of tergiversation in politics for twenty-five years, culminating in a bitter personal quarrel" [Gilman]. "Arising..... More
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Brattleborough: Printed by William Fessenden, 1807. Disbound, 20pp, light rubberstamp, moderate foxing. Good+ McCorison 933. More
Norwich, VT: January, 1846. One sheet, containing four uncut handbills or broadsides, identical in wording but several variations in type styles. 12" x 17 3/4". A couple of small fox spots, Near Fine. OCLC's entry for the University of Vermont explains that a handbill was "Intended to be packaged with..... More
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Putney, VT: Published at the Office of the Spiritual Magazine, 1847. 504pp. Original publisher's cloth, rebacked. A complete text with spotting on many leaves. Good. "Noyes, who founded the Oneida Community, the most successful of the nineteenth century American Utopian farms, here sets forth his ideas of Perfectionism, a personal..... More
Boston: 1852. Original printed front wrapper, stitched; light wear, with a bit of crinkling. 26pp. Ownership signature of Daniel Baldwin, the Montpelier businessman. Good+. [offered with] REPLY OF THE DIRECTORS TO THE LETTER OF JOSIAH QUINCY, JR.... Montpelier: 45, [1 blank] pp. Original printed wrappers, stitched, light foxing, Very Good..... More
Boston: 1852. Large 8vo, original printed front wrapper, stitched, light wear. 26pp. Presentation inscription from the author. Good+. Quincy defends his role as treasurer of the failed Railroad, and explains his actions. FIRST EDITION. Sabin 67264. More
Montpelier, VT: Published by Wright and Sibley, 1812. 319pp, original sheep [worming to covers; some worming to endpapers; two small wormholes to blank outer margin of final leaf; otherwise, worm-free]. Light scattered foxing. In a modern slipcase. Good+. "Written by the first president of the University of Vermont, but published..... More
[Concord: 1829]. 23, [1 blank] pp. Disbound. Light scattered foxing. Early ink correction in text. Good+. The anonymous writer, a loyal Son of Dartmouth, wonders why he and fellow graduates have "so often" been called upon "to render it assistance by voluntary contributions." Although Vermont has provided much assistance to..... More
Middlebury, (VT.): Printed and Published by Slade & Ferguson, 1814. 31, [1 blank] pp. Disbound [some loosening]. Light scattered foxing, Good+. Addison County supporters of President Madison review irregularities in recent elections, concluding that the electoral process has been corrupted; denounce Federalist opposition to the War; and support the national..... More
Middlebury: Published by William G. Hooker, General Agent of the Editors. . . J. B. Huntington, Printer, 1809. Original full sheep [rubbed, hinges starting]. viii, 312 pp, as issued. General title page Address of the Editors, Index precede the twelve monthly issues of Volume I. Rear endpaper loosened, several inconspicuous..... More
Montpelier: 1849. Broadside on robin's-egg blue paper, 8" x 10." Fine. Five Articles [Articles I - V], authorizing membership to anyone "paying one dollar annually - or a Life member by paying ten dollars at one time." With blank form for recording the names of members paying one dollar annually..... More
[Windsor, VT: Printed by Hough and Spooner, 1787]. Small folio. 16pp, with caption title, as issued. Disbound. Lower corner tear at leaf 3-4, affecting the printed margin side note. Good+. McCorison has supplied the imprint information. The Acts include the public support of Ministers; various county and taxation rules; public..... More
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Windsor: Printed by George Hough and Alden Spooner, Printers to the General Assembly of Said State, 1787. Quarto. 171, [1 blank] pp [pp 101-104 misnumbered 102-105, as issued]. Endpapers are pale blue. Minor wear, Very Good plus in original sheep, with ribbed spine. Ownership signature of George M. Powers [1861-1938]..... More