[Charleston? 1893]. Memorial silk ribbon, 8-3/4" x 3," depicting a bust portrait of General P.G.T. Beauregard beneath crossed South Carolina and Confederate flags [in color] and bold block text reading, "In Memoriam." Below, blue script and block text reads, "Gen'l G.T. Beauregard, / Charleston's / Gallant Defender." Dusted, some fraying..... More
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Single leaf, entirely in ink manuscript on lined paper. Girard's name and rank written on the otherwise blank verso. Old horizontal folds, Very Good. Admiral Bell, born in North Carolina, remained loyal to the Union, and was appointed fleet captain of the West Gulf Squadron under Admiral Farragut. Bell raised..... More
[Washington]: Printed by Lemuel Towers, [1860]. 24pp. Folded, untrimmed and uncut. Caption title [as issued]. Scattered mild foxing, Very Good. Benjamin spoke for the Southern Democrats as the crucial 1860 presidential race heated up. The Speech would also be printed as a Breckinridge-Lane campaign pamphlet in the upcoming election. The..... More
Cleveland, O. Printed by Fairbanks & Company, 1877. Original printed wrappers, stitched. 8pp. Wrappers lightly dusted. Presentation inscription at upper margin of front wrapper: "From Judge Bishop May 77." Light rubberstamp in blank portion of title page. Else Very Good. Judge Jesse Phelps Bishop [1815-1881] was the editor of the..... More
[Washington: 1848]. 15pp, disbound, caption title [as issued]. Very Good. Botts, the Virginia Whig, explains his opposition to the nomination of Zachary Taylor who, indeed, was a political cypher with absolutely no record in civil life. Botts's choice for 1848 is the prominent and popular Whig Henry Clay, the Party's..... More
[Washington: 1848]. 16pp, disbound, caption title (as issued). Some blank margin-chipping, Good+. Clayton of Delaware defends the Whigs' nomination of political cypher Taylor for President. He is "a Whig, but not an ultra Whig." Sabin 13576n. More
New York: Samuel N. Gaston, 1857. 7" x 7.5". 56 hand-colored maps and charts, including engraved title page, additional in-text illustrations. Contemporary calf, front hinge starting, inner hinge cracked]. Smooth spine gilt with gilt-lettered black morocco spine label. Extra-illustrated title page ['Morse & Gaston's Diamond Atlas']. vi, [7]-239, [1] pp..... More
New York: Will. H. Coleman, 1885. [4], 324 pp, plus 14 illustrated plates, including frontis, on thick card stock. Original printed wrappers. "Marche narien lazambes qui bisoin. - Creole Proverb," at head of title. Frontis illustration of the dueling grounds of New Orleans. Spine wrapper is shorn, and the front..... More
[New Orleans]: Published by H.P. Lathrop; Jules Manouvrier, Lithographer, [1861 or 1862]. Oblong 22" x 18-3/4". Map lithographed by Jules Manouvrier. Matted and housed in an attractive wood frame. Minor wear, Very Good. The map shows Kentucky, Tennessee, and portions of North Carolina, Mississippi, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Virginia; and an..... More
New Orleans: 1843. Printed folio sheet, folded to [4] pp, each page 9-1/4" x 11-1/4." Printed on recto of first leaf only, interior pages blank, addressed in ink on last page to Captain J. Keyes, Florence, Alabama. Old folds, address page worn. Blank hole where seal was broken, no text..... More
New York: Lith. & Pub. by N. Currier, 152 Nassau St. Cor. of Spruce, [1848]. Multi-colored portraits of the first eleven presidents encircle a larger and more detailed portrait of Taylor, who wears military dress. Beneath Taylor's portrait is the title. At the base of the image, within a yellow..... More
[Washington: C.W. Fenton, 1848]. Caption title [as issued], disbound, 16pp. Light soil and wear, Good+. At head of title: "PLEASE CIRCULATE." A Whig argument against executive tyranny, alleged to be the practice of Democratic Presidents, particularly Andrew Jackson. Lewis Cass, the Democratic presidential candidate, will exercise the veto power promiscuously..... More
A Paris: Chez Nicolas le Clerc, 1731. xlviii, 449, [17] pp. Original sheep [rubbed, front joint cracked but holding], spine decorated with gilt and raised spine bands, gilt lettered red spine label. Marbled endpapers and edges. Minor age toning, minimal foxing. Very Good. Volume XX of this set. The 1730..... More
[New Orleans: 1865]. Quarto. [3], [1 blank] pp. With Dr. Cole's penciled signature, and inscription to a Miss Hattie ---. Decorated title border, red and black inks. Light edge wear, disbound, Very Good with words and music. More
Boston: Eastburn's Press, 1848. Stitched, 11pp. Scattered foxing, blank top margin of title page cut down with no text affected, upper blank forecorner chewed. Good+. Massachusetts Whigs put forth a valiant but unsuccessful effort in behalf of Daniel Webster's candidacy for the Whig presidential nomination in He is "A man..... More
[Washington: Gideon, 1848]. 8pp, caption title [as issued]. Disbound and lightly foxed. Good+. Letters from Whigs Caleb Smith of Indiana and Schenck of Ohio tell their fellows that they better vote the Whigs' 1848 presidential ticket, despite their dismay at the nomination of Zachary Taylor. The alternative is the Democrat..... More
[np: 1848]. 16pp, caption title [as issued]. Tanned, several leaves trimmed closely at the fore-edge, with slight loss. Good. A rare 1848 campaign pamphlet, attacking Taylor and sketching the biography of Lewis Cass, a man "of the highest order of talent" who has filled "almost every grade of office, from..... More
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[Washington: 1848]. 8pp, printed in double columns, caption title [as issued]. Disbound, else Very Good. A scarce 1848 campaign pamphlet, attacking Whig presidential candidate Zachary Taylor, who "has no political principles, and is perfectly ignorant upon political matters." On the burning issue of the Wilmot Proviso-- whether slavery ought to..... More
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[Boston: Eastburn's Press, 1848]. [4] pp. Folded bifolium. Very Good. A scarce Whig 1848 campaign pamphlet prints Taylor's letters assuring wary northerners that this Louisiana planter and slaveowner could be trusted with the Nation's destiny. Taylor says he is "not engaged to lay violent hands indiscriminately upon public officers, good..... More
[np: nd but 1848]. 16pp, disbound and stitched, minor scattered spotting. Very Good. NUC attributes authorship to Adams, identified here only as "a Whig of the Free States." He is appalled at his Party's impending nomination of Zachary Taylor for the presidency. Taylor, a Louisiana slaveholder, had never voted or..... More
[Bangor? 1848]. Folio sheet, folded to 7-3/4" x 10". Printed on first page only; second page blank; third page with a manuscript letter urging the recipient [whose last name is Chandler] to campaign vigorously for the Taylor-Whig ticket. Very Good. A plea to get out the vote for Taylor. "If..... More
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Augusta [GA]: Printed at the Office of the Chronicle and Sentinel, 1848. 32pp. Light toning and foxing. Frontis portrait of Taylor, with facsimile inscription, "Your obt Servt Z. Taylor." Good+ or better, in later quarter morocco and modern marbled paper over boards. No consulted source records this Georgia printing among..... More
[Columbus: 1848]. 6, [2 blanks] pp. Caption title [as issued], disbound. Scattered foxing. Good+. Ohio's Whig State Central Committee seeks to galvanize its lethargic troops for the upcoming presidential election. Zachary Taylor is, as one of his letters printed here assures, "A WHIG AND SHALL EVER BE DEVOTED IN INDIVIDUAL..... More
Wien: 1868. Original printed wrappers, stitched, 160pp. Wraps lightly soiled, Very Good plus. The first edition issued in 1857. "Travelled largely in the south." Howes. Much on New Orleans, with material on the Indians of the Mississippi region. Howes E159. Not in Clark, Sabin, Eberstadt, Thompson, Owen, DeRenne... More
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[New Orleans]: Printed at E.C. Wharton's Steam Book and Job Printing, Bindery and Stereotype Office, 41 Camp Street, cor. Gravier, [1857]. [2], 398, [2 blanks], 48, [2] pp. Original covers, with printed advertisements. Rebacked in cloth tape [portions of a few letters from the left extremity of the front cover..... More