Laconia, N.H. John J. Lane. [1892]. Original printed wrappers, illustrated with a portrait of Almy, with wrapper title [as issued]. 32pp, stitched. Text illustrations. Wrappers lightly chipped and worn. Light scattered foxing, else Very Good. "Almy, a rejected suitor, murdered Christie Warden on July 17, 1891, at Hanover, New Hampshire..... More
Buffalo: Commercial Advertiser Steam Press, 1859. 8pp + folding map, 'Great Northern Route from Buffalo and Niagara Falls Between East and West.' Original printed wrappers [lower blank forecorner clipped, small closed margin tear without loss]. Stitched, Very Good. This little booklet describes the "delightful route" and the cities along the..... More
[Boston: 1852]. Broadside, 5-3/4" x 9-1/2." Some spotting at right lower half, mostly in the blank margin; torn at blank lower corner. Text complete. Iconic Screaming Eagle, holding olive branch and arrows in its talons, and carrying "E Pluribus Unum" banner, within the title. Good+. John Hale of New Hampshire..... More
Washington City: Printed for the Author, by S. C. Ustick, 1827. 48pp in contemporary plain wrappers. Stitching absent, unbound. Faint rubberstamp on title page, gum label at lower spine. Good plus. This is the first part of what became a three-part book. Each is a separate imprint. Parts II and..... More
Boston in New-England: Printed by B. Green, for John Phillips, 1731. [4], 42 pp, with the half title but lacking the final blank. Disbound, light rubberstamp at upper blank portion of half title. Scattered foxing. Good+. Pennicook [also 'Pennycook'] is now the Concord, New Hampshire area. A scarce, early American..... More
[Haverhill, MA: 1870?]. Broadside, 8.75" x 19.25", printed in three columns, laid down on paper. Age toned, untrimmed, light scattered spotting. Old horizontal folds, affecting legibility of portions of a few lines of text. Signed in type and dated at the end, March 22, 1870. Good. This is the will..... More
Boston N. E. Printed by S. Kneeland and T. Green for N. Green, 1738. [2], 20 pp. Disbound. Trimmed closely at the top margin, shaving portions of the running title and occasional portions of page numbers. Scattered foxing. Errata at bottom of page 20. Good plus. Our pagination tracks that..... More
Amherst [NH]: Samuel Preston, 1798. 16mo. iv, [1], 6-176 pp [as issued]. Contemporary calf. Contemporary ownership inscription of Andrew Dodge. Minor wear, Very Good. First published at London in 1688 under the title, 'Good News for the Vilest of Men.' This is the second American printing. The first American edition..... More
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
[Nashua, NH? 1842?]. 16pp, stitched, Near Fine. The subject of the Letter was the proposed extension of a railroad from Concord to the Connecticut River. Peter Clark, upon invitation from James Clark, opines on the compensation that the Boston and Lowell Railroad, and the Concord Nashua and Lowell Railroad, ought..... 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
Concord: Printed by Isaac Hill, 1818. 27, [1 blank] pp. Stitched, untrimmed. Tear to top inside corner of title page [no text loss]. Light toning and scattered focing. About Good+. This is the original lower court opinion in the famous Dartmouth College Case, brought because the anti-Federalist legislature of New..... More
[Concord, N.H.? 1816]. 8pp, disbound. Lightly tanned, scattere spotting. Top edge of two leaves clipped closely with loss of one line of text from each of three of the pages. Good. This Act, which purported to revise the Charter of Dartmouth College, was the spark that fueled the landmark Dartmouth..... More
Dartmouth College: Oct. 1851- Oct. 1854. Each issue is 8pp, disbound and lightly worn. Contemporary pencil notations in margins. Good+. Each of these rare pamphlets lists the students at Dartmouth by class, College officers, Social Friends, United Fraternity, Officers and members of fraternities, clubs, and societies. OCLC 57274330 [1- NH..... More
Folio broadside, printed on parchment, 14" x 14-1/2." Original seal on cloth ribbon retained. Light edge wear, Very Good. More
[Washington: 1852]. Folded sheet. [2], [2 blanks] pp. Untrimmed, Fine. Signed in type at the end: "C.H. Peaslee, J.W. Forney, A.G. Penn, Members of Democratic National Committee at Washington." A rare printed Letter, optimistically emphasizing the "perfect unanimity" of the Democratic Party behind the Pierce-King ticket. By contrast, a "breach..... More
[Washington: 1852]. Folio sheet folded to 8" x 10". [1], [3 blanks] pp. Signed in type at the end: "C.H. Peaslee, J.W. Forney, A.G. Penn, Members of Democratic National Committee at Washington." Docketed in ink on final blank. Very Good. A rare printed Letter from the Democratic National Committee, feverishly..... More
Hanover, N.H. Charles Spear, 1815. Stitched in contemporary plain wrappers [front wrap detached], 68pp, untrimmed with wide margins. Light tan, Very Good. This pamphlet details the prelude to the Dartmouth College Case-- the struggle between President John Wheelock and the College's Trustees. Amid prolonged and noisy public clamour, the Trustees..... More
![Item #31396 A SERMON, COMMEMORATIVE OF HALDIMAND SUMNER PUTNAM, [CAPT. ENGINEERS, U.S.A.] COLONEL...](https://lesserbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/31396.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1723215503)
Claremont, N.H. Press of the Claremont Manufacturing Company, 1863. 16pp, disbound. Scattered foxing. Good+. Putnam [1835-1863], born in Cornish, New Hampshire, graduated from West Point in 1857. He was taken prisoner by the Confederates in Montgomery, Alabama. After his release, he served in the First Battle of Bull Run and..... More
Hanover: David Watson, Jun.:, 1816. Stitched and untrimmed, with plain rear wrapper present. 94, [1 errata] pp. Spine tape, a light institutional stamp and rubberstamp on blank portion of title page and verso. Else a Very Good copy. A defense of President John Wheelock in his bitter controversy with the..... More
[New York: 1852]. 16pp, untrimmed, uncut, and folded. Dusted, lightly worn, some spine splitting. Good+. A Democratic Party rally during the 1852 presidential campaign, endorsing "with joyous hearts, the names of Franklin Pierce and William R. King as the favored standard bearers of our political faith in the present campaign..... More
[New York: 1852]. 16pp, disbound with archivally reinforced inner margin. Good+. This pamphlet records a Democratic Party rally during the 1852 presidential contest, endorsing "with joyous hearts, the names of Franklin Pierce and William R. King as the favored standard bearers of our political faith in the present campaign. In..... More
Boston: Beals, Greene & Co., 1852. Disbound, 24pp, printed in double columns. Light wear, Very Good. The 1852 presidential campaign, pitting the Democrat Pierce against the Whig Scott, featured an unseemly competition for the votes of Irish Catholic immigrants. Whigs, who were at a disadvantage in this contest, charged Pierce..... More
[Washington? 1852. Caption title as issued. 16pp. At head of title, cuts of a farmer plowing with his team of horses; and an arm and hammer surrounded by a wreath. Disbound, lightly toned or foxed, else Very Good. These Washington D.C. Democrats, "possessed of no political suffrage ourselves," warn in..... More
.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1699549529)
Manchester [NH]: Published by J.P. Emery, 1844. 80, xxiv [adverts. on pink paper], [1 blank], 69, [2], [1 blank] pp. Frontispiece, advertisements, some contemporary notes in the accounts section. Original publisher's cloth, with original paper title laid down on front cover. Very Good. The first Manchester directory. Spear 183. OCLC..... More