[Bowling Green? KY], 1901. Printed typescript Certificate, 5-1/2" x 8-3/8," completed in manuscript. Signed in ink, "Wm. H. Edley C.W.C.C. By Frank J. Potter D. C." Text surrounded by decorative border. Old folds, minimal wear. Very Good. Docketed on verso in ink manuscript: "Hamp Cosby and Margaret Burton [Col] 373."..... More

City of Washington: Printed by Blair and Rives, 1835. 30, [2 blanks] pp. Disbound, scattered and generally light foxing. Good+. Barry, a Kentuckian who opposed Henry Clay, became a Jacksonian Democrat. The Postmaster Generalship was his reward. "He was charged with favoritism in making contracts for carrying the mails, with..... More

Albany: Printed by D. M'Glashan, 1828. 26, [2 blank] pp, disbound. Light spotting, a few old ink corrections, minor chipping of fore-edge of outer leaves. Good+. "This publication was first made, in numbers, through the medium of the Albany Argus." It rebuts the argument, made most particularly by Henry Clay..... More

[Frankfort KY: 1824 [January 10]. 12pp. Disbound with caption title, as issued. Uniformly toned, scattered light to moderate foxing, upper blank corner of first leaf torn. Signed in type at the end. Good+. George Bibb is the first of nine "undersigned counsellors and attorneys at law, admitted as practitioners in..... More

New York: Vanguard Press, [1930]. Signed by Brandeis March 17, 1931 on Arthur Leonard Ross's early bookplate on the front pastedown. Original publisher's black cloth, title stamped in gilt on front cover and spine. xxi, [3], 419, [1 blank] pp. With frontispiece portrait of Brandeis, and half title. Near Fine..... More

[Washington: 1852]. 8pp Caption title [as issued], folded folio sheet Light spotting, untrimmed and generously margined, Very Good The Kentucky Democrat reviews the roster of Democratic and Whig presidential candidates He defends the honor of his fellow Kentuckian, William O Butler; and pays his respects to Senator Cass of Michigan..... More

[Washington: Congressional Globe Office, 1854]. 8pp. Caption title, as issued. Spine reinforced, Very Good. The future Vice President under James Buchanan and Confederate General speaks in favor of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which would roll back the Missouri Compromise's prohibition on slavery north of the Compromise line, and permit the inhabitants..... More

Washington: National Democratic Executive Committee. McGill & Witherow, Printers. 1860. 32pp. Disbound, a couple of light fox spots. Good+. Small in-text portrait of Breckinridge at page [3], and of Lane at page 20. Breckinridge, Buchanan's Vice President, was the 1860 presidential standard-bearer of the anti-Stephen Douglas branch of the Democratic..... More

Philadelphia: Daily News Office, [1856]. 12pp, disbound. Trimmed closely at the top, but not affecting text. Else Very Good. A rare anti-Buchanan pamphlet for the 1856 presidential campaign, when he was the Democratic Party's nominee. It warns Whigs, seeking a candidate after the collapse of their Party, to keep away..... More

[np: 1862 or 1863]. Original printed salmon-colored front wrapper, with wrapper title [as issued]. Stitched. 71, [1] pp. Lacking the rear wrapper, front wrapper with light extremity chipping, else Very Good. "Though strongly stated, Buell's testimony adds up to a fairly convincing defense of a bulk of his actions" [Nevins]..... More

Troy, S. C: 1907. Single sheet of paper entirely in ink manuscript, 5-1/8" x 6-1/4." Very Good. The commander of the Kentucky Orphan Brigade's Sharpshooters writes to "Joe," otherwise unidentified: "In accordance with your request of recent date as well as to fulfill my promise to you I send you..... More

[Washington? 1870]. Caption title, as issued. 40pp. Text clean, bound in modern plain wrappers. Very Good. Signed in type at the end by B. H. Bristow, Solicitor General of the United States. This case demonstrates the Supreme Court's grudging recognition of -- indeed, its reluctance to implement -- the Reconstruction..... More