Liverpool: 1808, 1809. Four imprints in contemporary binding [hinges cracked, extremities rubbed]. Light to moderate foxing throughout. Good+. 1. THE TRIAL OF CHARLES ANGUS, ESQ. ON AN INDICTMENT FOR THE WILFUL MURDER OF MARGARET BURNS, AT THE ASSIZES HELD AT LANCASTER, ON FRIDAY, 2D SEPT. 1808, BEFORE THE HON. SIR..... More

Boston: Published at the Offices of the Daily Commercial Gazette, and the Boston Daily Advocate, May, 1833. 187, [4], 190-191 [as issued] + Folding map of the crime area [browned]. Disbound, light scattered foxing. Good plus. "When Sarah Cornell was found hanging from the frame of a haystack in Tiverton..... More

Washington, D.C. 1868 [August 13]. Single leaf folded to [4] pp, 3-5/8" x 5-3/4." Printed on page [1] only. Text within a black mourning border. Very Good. Stevens, Congress's most forceful advocate for equal rights for African Americans, died on August 11, 1868, two days before Baker wrote this rare..... More

Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin, 1798. Volumes I and II bound together in original sheep, gilt-lettered red morocco spine label [rubbed, hinges starting but firm, lacking front free endpaper, owner writing on endpapers]. vii, [1 blank], [9]-129, [1 blank]; 134 pp, with separate title for volume II. Light scattered foxing, Very..... More

Philadelphia: Published by Barclay & Co., [1887]. Original printed wrappers, the front wrapper with illustration of a woman holding her child: "My God, My Child is Dead." Illustrated rear wrapper with caption, "The disguised mother, Mrs. Burleigh, knelt by the side of her sleeping child and, with heaven-lifted eyes, prayed..... More

Boston: Printed by Rogers and Fowle, 1749. 31, [1 blank] pp, but lacking the half title. Disbound, scattered foxing. Title page enclosed by a mourning border. Good to Good Plus. Thomas Foxcroft, a colleague of Chauncy and a prolific sermon-writer, "was learned, devout, and a good logician, and was admired..... More

Boston: L. Barta, [1889]. Original printed wrappers, spine reinforced in black tape. 38, [2 blanks] pp. Front wrapper with an area of discoloration. Text clean, except for occasional underlining. Good plus. A highly regarded lawyer, Stearns had just finished his appointment, by President Cleveland, as U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts. This..... More

New York: Swords, 1795. xix, [1 blank], 25-184 pp. Some spotting and soiling. Late 19th-century half morocco (some rubbing). Good+ The first American edition of a "Narrative of a lady famous for her affair with Colonel Burr in the Revolution" [Howes]. This copy includes the frequently "suppressed" pages iii-vi of..... More

Hartford: Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1871. "Tracts of Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association. No. 2." 24pp. Disbound [first leaf loosened] and lightly toned. Good+. The Connecticut Woman Suffrage Association was formed in 1869. The roster of Vice Presidents included Harriet Beecher Stowe and her husband, Rev. C.E. Stowe. In order to..... More

New York: Published at 111 Nassau St. N.Y. (up stairs), 1865. Printed above the title: "Don't provoke the President, or he may hurt some of you!" Uncolored Print, 15" x 12", light blank margin dusting. Very Good. "Cartoon satirizing the unusual circumstances of the capture of the Confederate president, detained..... More

[np: nd]. Carte de visite, 2-1/2" x 4." Printed on verso: "Mrs. Jeff Davis." Photograph of Varina Davis in full length formal gown, pillar and rural scene in background. Very Good. Not located on OCLC as of January 2024, but a few copies have appeared infrequently at auction. More

Washington City: Printed at the Globe Office, 1831. 55, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, title page margins dusted. Short closed margin tear [no loss]. Good+. Eaton was a Tennessee friend and ally of President Andrew Jackson, who appointed him Secretary of War. Eaton's wife, the daughter of a tavern keeper, was..... More