[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

London: The Aldine "Boys' First-Rate Pocket Library." [c. 1880s]. 32pp, in original printed and illustrated multi-colored wrappers [spine reinforced], portraying an armed confrontation in a saloon. Toned uniformly, Very Good. "Established in London in the 1880s, the company at first specialized in reprints of American dime novels" [Hahn, Daniel: THE..... More

New York: Wilson & Company, [1842]. 4to. Original marbled paper over boards and quarter sheep. Binding rubbed and spine chipped. [4], 538 pp, as issued. Each issue 30, [2] pp [except for the final issue of December 31, which lacks page 540 and the unnumbered final leaf]. 18 weekly issues..... More

Chambersburgh, (PA.): Hickok & Blood, 1836. Miniature, 2" x 3-1/2", 16pp plus two original printed title wrappers: the first with the Hickok & Blood 1836 imprint; the second with the imprint "Lewistown, (PA.) Hickok & Stark. 1835." Illustrated title pages plus six additional illustrations. Light wear, Very Good. AAS has..... More

Philadelphia and New York: Published every Saturday, By Thos. T. Ash, 148 Chesnut Street, Philadelphia. Also by M. Bancroft, 389 Broadway, New York, 1832-1833. 4to. Bound in contemporary quarter sheep and pale paper over boards [inner hinges cracked], front cover with an illustrated title. Scattered foxing. Each issue 4pp with..... More

[vp: 1861-1865. Ten unused covers, all oblong 3-1/8" x 5-1/2." Very Good plus, one with minor wear. 1. "E PLURIBUS UNUM. THE UNION MUST AND SHALL BE PRESERVED." An eagle and shield over several uniformed soldiers standing with bayoneted rifles, holding a banner above their heads. New York: Charles Magnus..... More

New York: J. Brill, 1865. 2-3/8" x 3-7/8," illustration of a despairing Jefferson Davis, now a prisoner in handcuffs standing in the middle of his small cell. Mrs. Davis's dress and crinoline, in which he was allegedly captured, hangs on a wall in his prison cell. A stool and a...... More

New York: Sheldon & Company, [1871]. Original printed and illustrated wrappers with wrapper title [as issued]. 47, [1] pp. Comic illustrations. Lightly spotted. Stitched, spine reinforced, Good+. The second state of the first edition, with advertisement on the copyright page. BAL 3326. 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

Washington: Photo by Underwood and Underwood, 1929. Photograph, oblong 6-1/2" x 8-1/2." Dated April 15, 1929, with typed caption by Underwood and Underwood on paper affixed to the photo, with the Underwood logo. Rubberstamped on verso by Underwood firm, with warning not to alter the credit line. Near Fine. De..... More

[New York: 1864]. 16pp. Disbound, else Very Good. This pamphlet distances loyal Democrats from treasonous Copperheads, blasts the rebellion and slaveholders, and identifies the true Democratic Party with Douglas, Dickinson, and Jacksonian fidelity to the Union. Henry O'Reilly, who signs in type on page 2 as Secretary, was an Irish..... More

New York: Johnson, Fry and Company, [1861-1862]. 8-3/4" x 11-1/2". Eighteen complete issues containing Parts 1-22 [18th issue contains part 21 and a portion of part 22, completed in the 19th issue]. 582pp, partly uncut, each issue with engraved illustration plates. All in original illustrated wrappers, stitched. Below imprint: "Copyright..... More

New York: Copyright by Geo. H. Hanks, 1880. Metamorphic card, 3-1/4" x 5-3/8" fully opened. Richly colored, light wear, Very Good. The unopened illustration depicts a dignified, serious Hancock as a rooster in elaborate feathers. But when opened, Hancock has lost his feathers, is emaciated and bleeding from the mouth..... More