Chicago: Fergus Printing Co., 1884. Original printed yellow wrappers. 174, [2] pp. Untrimmed. Very Good. Ackerman was President of the Illinois Central Railroad. He presented this as "A Paper Read Before the Chicago Historical Society, Tuesday Evening, February 20, 1883." Notes are by John Wentworth. "Also, An Appendix with the..... More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1901. 25, [1] pp. Stapled as issued. Wrappers absent, otherwise complete and Very Good. An appreciation of General Lee's decision to surrender, and to refrain from guerrilla warfare. More
Boston: Printed by Benjamin Edes & Son, 1793. 21, [1 blank] pp, with the half title. Disbound and lacking the final blank. Else Very Good. This is the first of two editions, the second also published in 1793. John Jenkins called this Oration Adams's first published work. According to ESTC..... More
Albany: Printed for the Albany Argus, by D. M'Glashan, 1828. 30pp. Disbound and moderately spotted, offsetting on title page from contemporary annotations. Good+. Ownership signature, "Josiah J. Lively" at head of title. The anonymous author, an ally of Andrew Jackson and foe of President Adams, summarizes his "investigation" into Adams's..... More
Philadelphia: Fenno, 1799. 6, [2 blanks] pp. Folded, uncut folio leaf. Very Good. Adams warns Congress that France "subjects explicitly and exclusively American seamen to be treated as pirates, if found on board ships of the enemies of France." Adams also transmits Lord Grenville's letter to Rufus King, American Minister..... More
Philadelphia: Printed by W. Ross, near Congress-Hall, [1797]. 10, [148] pp, as issued. Bound in later quarter calf and marbled paper over boards, contemporary spine label. Folding table at the end of Document No. 4. Very Good. Secretary of State Pickering, whose report runs through page 10, discloses that "armed..... More
[Boston: Sold at Wholesale by Horace Partridge, 1850s?]. Single leaf, with "720" printed at upper right. In caricatured Negro dialect. "When, in de course ob human events, it becomes necessary fur de colored portion ob dis pop'lation to look into and inquire into dis irrepressible conflict. . ." Old folds..... More
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[Philadelphia?]: William Harrison, Dealer in Frames, Chromos, Stereoscopes, Views, Albums, &c. No. 345 South Street, Philadelphia." [c 1870s?]. Two nearly identical stereoview albumen prints, mounted side-by-side on cardstock. Oblong 7" x 3-1/4." Applied paper title-- "The White Slave" -- and publisher/vendor label on verso. Housed behind glass in a nice..... More
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Lugd. Batav. Apud Elzevir. 1632. Two volumes in one. 800, [16- Index] ]pp. Engraved title page [dusted]. Continuously paginated. Volume Two included in continuous pagination. 24mo. Modern brown morocco with gilt rules, raised spine bands. Very Good. The first Elzevir edition. Wikipedia prints the author's biography. Born Al Hassan ibn..... More
Color photograph, 4-1/4" x 6-1/4", mounted on 7-1/2" x 9" white card stock, in contemporary black frame with gilt accent border [light wear]. Bust portrait of Agnew in a suit, body turned left, facing foward. The first part of the dedication is in modern calligraphy; autographed by Agnew. The surname..... More
Folio sheet, folded to 7-1/2" x 9-3/4." Written in neat ink manuscript on first two pages. Third page blank, docketed on page [4]. Very Good. Francis Strother Lyon [1800-1882], an Alabama lawyer and Democratic politician, wrote this letter to Governor Moore. Lyon had been a Whig Congressman in the 1830s..... More
January - April 1861. Each letter 1-4 pp, in legible ink manuscript, and usually docketed. The supplicants write from Demopolis, Marion, Montgomery, Haynesville, the Exchange Hotel [Montgomery]. Very Good. Alabama seceded on January 11, 1861. Our first letter is dated January 28, from several Demopolis citizens [Nathan B. Whitefield, Howard..... More
Kansas City, Mo. E. L. Mendenhall, Inc. 936 Cherry Street, [1967]. X, 61, 362 [Appendix] pp. Original printed yellow title wrappers. Very Good. Early in 1967, a three-judge panel issued a Decree enjoining Alabama "from discriminating on the basis of race in operation or the conduct of the public schools..... More
Mexico: 1916. VI, [2], 301, [3] pp. Bound in contemporary cloth and quarter leather, with raised spine bands and gilt-lettered morocco spine labels. Uniformly toned with some occasional spotting. Very Good. More
Washington City: Davis & Force, 1823. 71, [1] pp. Stitched in original plain wrappers. Untrimmed. Very Good. The profoundly ambiguous moral position of colonizationists-- opposed to slavery but also dreading the presence of free Negroes in their midst-- attracted adherents across a wide spectrum of white America, particularly in Border..... More
[New Haven? 1823?]. 23, [1 blank] pp. Stitched, untrimmed, lightly foxed. Very Good, The Review is based on the Society's Reports for the years 1818-1823, as published in the Christian Spectator. The profoundly ambiguous moral position of colonizationists-- opposed to slavery but also dreading the presence of free Negroes in..... More
vp: vd. Paginated variously, oeriginal printed wrappers, staples or stitched, overall Very Good to Fine. 1. Lamont, Corliss: SOVIET RUSSIA AND THE POST-WAR WORLD. National Council of American-Soviet Friendship. np, nd. 24pp. 2. Lamont, Corliss: SOVIET AGGRESSION: MYTH OR REALITY? NY: nd. 16pp. A few spots to front wrapper. 3..... More
New York: Craighead & Allen, Printers, corner of Ann and Nassau streets, [1837]. Folio broadside, 12" x 17." Three columns of verse, each column separated by a rule, all within a decorative border. With the American Eagle flying above the title. Untrimmed, clean. Very Good plus. A contemporary review of..... More
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[Netherlands? 1780?]. Oblong cartoon engraving, 7-1/4" x 11-1/4." Matted on paper backing. Minor dusting, Very Good. The engraving, which initially appeared in Westminster Magazine in February 1778, was frequently re-engraved. Our version, offered here, was issued without a date or credit line. It is thought to have been printed in..... More
[Philadelphia: William Ross? 1797]. [3], 20-41, [1 blank] pp, with pages 33-34 consisting of two folding tables [as issued]. Stitched and untrimmed, light scattered foxing. Very Good. This early effort to provide a system of social insurance for American seamen, who otherwise lacked any safety net, examines their characteristics with..... More
[Fall River? 1830]. Printed broadside, folio, 9-1/4" x 14-1/2." Printed in three columns, each column separated by a rule. Browned. Good plus. Fifteen citizens of Fall River sign their names in type at the end, extolling Ruggles's "transcendent merits as an Anti-Mason." Anti-Masonic sentiment focused on Freemasonry's secret oaths and..... More
[Steuben County, NY? 1829?]. Folio broadside, 10" x 18". Light wear, matted [easily removable]. Several old ink marks at blank bottom margin. Good+ or so. This frenetic broadside endorses Josiah Dunlap for election to the New York Assembly, and bitterly opposes Freemasons, who have circulated false charges against him. "Heed..... More
Norwich, Chenango County NY: 1832. Visible 8 7/16 x 10 1/4 in. Lightly toned, tastefully matted and framed to 13" x 17." An extremely attractive, rare, evidently unrecorded imprint. Blank corners torn, but not observable as framed. Very Good. Joseph Ritner (1780-1869), a veteran of the War of 1812, joined..... More
[Boston? @1830]. Broadside, 7 3/4 x 13". Some old folds, lightly foxed upper and lower margins, Very Good. A rare broadside illustrating the anti-Masonic fervor of the times. Many prominent Americans opposed organizations whose secret rituals and oaths suggested fealty to a higher authority than the United States. Fueled by..... 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