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1839. 25th Cong., 3d Sess. HED211. 1839. 70pp, disbound, Very Good. More
1839. 25th Cong., 3d Sess. HED211. 1839. 70pp, disbound, Very Good. More
[St. Louis, MO? 1858]. 23, [1 blank] pp. Disbound. Partly untrimmed. Minor foxing. Very good. An attempt to hold the chief stockholders of the St. Louis Marine Railway and Dock Company personally liable for the Company's destruction of a Mississippi River steamboat owned by Cable and his partners. This is..... More
London: Woodfall and Kinder, Printers, 1854. 20pp. Modern plain wrappers. Trimmed closely at all edges with no loss of text. Institutional rubberstamp at head of title page, touching a few words of the title. Good+. Molesworth pronounces upon an 1854 proclamation regarding naval prizes: in the case of prizes taken..... More
[np: 1846]. 7, [1 blank] pp. Caption title [as issued]. An untrimmed, uncut, folded folio leaf. Some dustsoil and wear. Ink signature on last page of Senator Wm. Upham [some bleedthrough]. Good to Good+. Morell, a prominent civil engineer, wants to tackle a major problem encountered on the Ohio River..... More
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. The Riverside Press Cambridge, 1917. Original publisher's cloth [lightly worn, evidence of removal of a spine label], with gilt-lettered spine title on black morocco label. Free endpapers with 'withdrawn' and blotted-out marks. Frontis with original tissue guard. [xxii], 491, [1] pp. Except as..... More
Washington: William A. Harris, Printer, 1858. 93pp, stitched, gathered signatures. Lightly toned, minor edge wear, else Very Good. First Lieut. Morton of the Corps of Engineers reviews the topography of the harbor, and the history of maritime battles, in his report to Secretary Floyd. Sabin 51003... More
[Washington? 1845?]. Broadsheet, 17" x 21.5". A printed form, to be completed in manuscript; this copy has no manuscript additions. The top section prints in three parts the Agreement for enlistment in the Navy. Eight columns follow, for enlistment date, the recruit's signature, rating, wages per month, wages advanced, bounty..... More
48th Cong., 1st Sess. Senate. Report No. 161: 1884. 112pp. disbound. Very Good. More
[Washington: 1800]. 6pp, disbound. Final blank leaf lacking, light uniform tanning, else Very Good. An accounting of the funds available for such purposes. Their source was "prize-money, so far as the accounts had been rendered, then belonging to United States." Benjamin Stoddert, on behalf of the Commissioners, advises that the..... More
51st Cong., 1st Sess. SED. 1890. No.43. 1890. 58pp. disbound. Folding plates. Very Good. More
Washington: E. De Krafft, 1818. 34, [2 blank] pp, disbound. Light tanning, light scattered foxing. Good+ to Very Good. AI 46325. More
37th Cong., 3d Sess. HED77. 1863. 79pp, Disbound with some loosening. Else Very Good. More
Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1821. 5, [3 blank] pp. Disbound. Light tanning, scattered foxing. Good+. More
Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1822. 91, [1 blank] pp, 2 folding charts, disbound, foxed. Good+. More
Washington: A. & G. Way, 1809. 53, [3 blanks] pp. Disbound, else Very Good. Jean Gravier, a major landowner in New Orleans, claimed title to a river bank, known as a batture. The Mississippi River covered it for three months of the year, but during the other nine months it..... More
City of Washington: A. & G. Way, 1807. 7, [1 blank] pp. Toned with modern staples, Good+. Secretary of War Henry Dearborn advises John Randolph, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, that he is "unable to state with correctness, the present strength of the regular force, now under..... More
New York: 1822. Folio document entirely in ink manuscript, 9-1/2" x 15-1/2." Old fold splits [some repaired skilfully, minimal loss to a small amount of text], lightly foxed. Signed in neat ink manuscript at the end by Htichcock. Good+. A rare, early document explaining the manner in which the City..... More
New York: 1822. Folio document entirely in ink manuscript, 9-1/2" x 15-1/2." Old fold splits [some repaired skilfully, minimal loss to a small amount of text], lightly foxed. Signed in elegant ink manuscript at the end by Smith and Townsend. Good+. A rare, early document explaining the manner in which..... More
[New York: early 19th century?]. Broadside, oblong 8-3/4" x 12." An elegant unused certificate from this Society which, as its website states, was "chartered by King George III in 1770 to 'improve maritime knowledge and relieve indigent and distressed shipmasters, their widows and orphans'." Its members included Alexander Hamilton, John..... More
London, Edinburgh, & New York: Nelson & Sons, Toronto: James Campbell, 1858. 3.75" x 5.75". vi, [7]-64pp. Original printed and illustrated wrappers [spine and corner wear, small hole in rear wrap]. Frontispiece map of Niagara River area. Small cut illustration of rapids on title page. Color plate opposite p.64 [some..... More
[New York: 1833]. 9pp, folding chart, untrimmed, stitched. Scattered foxing. Very Good. The large folding chart shows tolls collected at each location on each canal. More
29th Cong., 1st Sess. SD15. 1845. 23pp, Disbound, Very Good. Signed in type by more than 20 New York pilots. More
[Albany? 1853]. 32pp, disbound. Caption title [as issued]. Stab holes in blank left margin. Good+ to Very Good. More
Boston: 1826. Contemporary plain front wrapper, stitched, 35pp. Very Good. An examination of the scope of the admiralty jurisdiction accorded to federal courts by the Constitution, with discussion of early cases, colonial statutes, and constitutional debates. FIRST EDITION. AI 25593 [5]. II Harv. Law Cat. 223... More
Washington: R.O. Polkinhorn, Printer, 1877. 30, [1], [1 blank] pp. Original printed tan wrappers [some scoring, loosening, light chipping], stitched. Rear wrap has engraving of the U.S. Patent Office. Light staining to the outermost edges of text, else clean. Good+. The inner front wrapper advertises the Washington firm of Mason..... More