1858. Caption title [as issued], light wear, Good+ or so. More about STATE OF NEW-YORK. NO. 109. IN ASSEMBLY, MAR. 20, 1858. REPORT OF A MAJORITY OF THE SELECT...
Albany: Printed for the Booksellers, 1848. 12pp, dbd. Light tan and several short closed tears [no loss] to blank outer margin, Good+. FIRST EDITION. Not in Sabin. More about SOME FACTS IN RELATION TO THE RECENT CHANGES IN THE FACULTY OF THE ALBANY ACADEMY
Albany: 1837. [offered with] JOHN TOWNSEND, ET AL. VERSUS JOEL B. NOTT. [offered with] JOHN TOWNSEND, ET AL. VERSUS JOEL R. DICKERMAN. [offered with] JOHN TOWNSEND, ET AL. VERSUS SAMUEL CHEEVER. Each of the foregoing documents folio, tied with ribbon at head of document, 5-6pp. Preprinted on rectos only with... More about FIVE COURT DOCUMENTS: SUPREME COURT...CITY OF ALBANY, SS: JOHN TOWNSEND, ERASTUS CORNING, JARED...
[Albany, NY: 1862]. 5.25" x 8". Ten pages with 53 small oval sepia portrait photographs, most with names written in ink beneath them. Bound in a blank book containing about 120pp. Blue blind embossed cloth with gilt decoration and title on front cover [extremities worn], gilt decorated spine. Last few... More about AUTOGRAPH BOOK CONTAINING PORTRAITS AND AUTOGRAPHS OF THE ALBANY LAW SCHOOL OFFICIALS AND MEMBERS...
New York: Published by F.D. Allen, 1822. 24pp. Disbound, foxed, Good or so. Whatever the causes of Yellow Fever, "there must be filth and predisposition of atmosphere to facilitate its progress." Allen blames "the pernicious effects of public cemeteries... [A]n impure state of the atmosphere, caused by these or other..... More about DOCUMENTS AND FACTS SHOWING THE FATAL EFFECTS OF INTERMENTS IN POPULOUS CITIES
[New York? 1872?]. [1], 48pp, stitched into original printed and decorated title wrappers, with several illustrations/ illustrated advertisements. Light tan to wraps, light persistent stain, else clean and Very Good. A temperance almanac, plus an advertisement for the Dead River Grand Trunk Railway. More about VINEGAR BITTERS ALMANAC FOR THE YEAR 1873
[New York? 1893]. Small broadsheet, 5" x 7", printed on tan card stock, single hole punch at top. Rubberstamp at head of title: 'American Engineer and Railroad Journal' [a few letters partly affected by hole punch]. Very Good. More about AMERICAN ENGINEER'S REFERENCE CARD NO. 4. WEIGHTS, EVAPORATIVE POWERS PER WEIGHT AND BULK. ETC....
Buffalo: Commercial Advertiser Steam Press, 1859. 16mo, 8pp + folding map, 'Great Northern Route from Buffalo and Niagara Falls Between East and West.' Original printed wrappers [lower blank forecorner clipped, small closed margin tear without loss]. Stitched, Very Good. This little booklet describes the "delightful route" and the cities... More about HAND BOOK DESCRIPTIVE OF THE ROUTE TO OGDENSBURGH, MONTREAL, QUEBEC, WHITE MOUNTAINS,...
Engraved broadside, 11-3/4" x 15-1/2". Old folds and light soil, Very Good. Elaborate, fine engraved image, drawn by G. Muller and engraved by Bonar & Cumming, depicting masses of heathen-- including Indians, Africans [one holding a spear], Middle Eastern types, and others-- lining up to be converted to Christ. The... More about DOCUMENT SIGNED, BY THOMAS DE WITT, PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN PROTESTANT SOCIETY, AND HERMAN...
[New York? 1845]. 8pp, untrimmed and uncut folio sheet. Spotted, Good. An Extra of the Journal of the American Temperance Union, setting forth the proceedings of the Temperance Conventions at Albany and Rochester, opposing the licensing of vendors of alcoholic beverages; and the Appeal, setting forth the evils of... More about APPEAL TO THE VOTERS OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK, TOGETHER WITH EXTRACTS OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE...
[New York? 1830's?]. 8pp + original printed wrappers, with illustration of courtroom scene, repeated on title page. Light dustsoiling of wrappers, scattered foxing. Some folded corners. Good+. More about THE CRIMINAL COURT. NO. 122
[New York? 1882]. [4] pp, illustrated, folded. Printed in red and black inks using different typesettings. Each page surrounded by red decorative border. Engravings of a locomotive, and the Company's Mills at Middletown, Pennsylvania. Lower margin of last page with some spotting, else Near Fine. The American Tube and... More about AMERICAN TUBE AND IRON CO. PRICE LIST| SPECIAL HOMOGENEOUS CHARCOAL IRON, LAP-WELDED LOCOMOTIVE...
New York: Bicknell & Comstock, [1879]. Oblong 4to, original cloth [a bit flecked, rubbed at extremities] with gilt-stamped title on front cover. Attractive, decorative title page. [2], 33 plates printed on rectos only, [2 advt.] pp. Light scattered soil, endpapers a bit worn. Very Good. The first edition under... More about AMES' ALPHABETS, ADAPTED TO THE USE OF ARCHITECTS, ENGRAVERS, ENGINEERS, ARTISTS, SIGN PAINTERS,...
New York: J.R. Winser, 1851. Original printed wrappers, dbd. Clipped presentation inscription to Hon. William Kent. Very Good. Anthon's vindication of his conduct, written after the University dismissed him as Professor, claiming that he was shunned as an outsider [a Columbia man] who insisted on higher standards than those prevailing... More about NARRATIVE AND DOCUMENTS CONNECTED WITH THE DISPLACEMENT OF THE PROFESSOR OF THE GREEK LANGUAGE...
[Steuben County, NY? 1829?]. Folio broadside, 10" x 18". Light wear, matted. 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 not those... More about ELECTORS OF STEUBEN, AS USUAL, ON THE EVE OF ELECTION, THE COUNTRY IS FLOODED WITH HANDBILLS,...
Boston: D. Hooton, 1836. Disbound, 24pp, lightly dusted. Good+. Opposing Van Buren's presidential candidacy on the Democratic ticket, Antimasonic Massachusetts men say he and Andrew Jackson "take upon themselves responsibilities not enjoined by the constitution, and yield to expediency the paramount claims of the law." Though there is no... More about RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED BY THE ANTIMASONIC MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE OF MASSACHUSETTS, AND OTHER...
New-York: Printed by T.& J. Swords, 1799. 612, [3], [1 blank] pp. With the half title. Bound in original sheep [rubbed, corners bumped], red leather spine label [rubbed]. Scattered foxing. Rear endpaper torn with no text loss. Very Good. In five parts, each having a separate title page. An... More about THE CONSTITUTION AND STANDARDS OF THE ASSOCIATE-REFORMED CHURCH IN NORTH-AMERICA
Boston: Press of the American Traveller, 1833. 28pp plus original printed title wrappers [detached, margin-spotted]. Stitched, untrimmed [edges a bit soiled and ruffled]. Owner's bookplate on blank verso of front wrap. Except as noted, Very Good. The Stage Register ran bimonthly from approximately July, 1825 through May/June, 1838... More about SEPTEMBER, 1833. BADGER & PORTER'S STAGE REGISTER; CONTAINING A FULL ACCOUNT OF THE PRINCIPAL...
[Philadelphia: Ross, 1797]. pp [3], 166-174 [as issued]. Disbound, light uniform tanning. Very Good. During the Revolution Bagley had been "a private in the 2d New York regiment of artillery." He was entitled at War's end to "settlement certificates" comprising his termination pay. But a forger, one David Craig, presented... More about REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CLAIMS TO WHOM WAS REFERRED, ON THE FIFTH INSTANT, THE PETITION OF...
Albany: 1863. 12pp, stitched, lightly worn, original printed self-wrappers. Bookplate on verso of title page. Good+. State Senator Bailey, outraged at the remarks of Copperhead Governor Seymour, accuses him of attempting "to weaken and perhaps paralyze the Administration, through which alone the country can be saved." Seymour's Message to... More about SPEECH OF...OF ONEIDA. IN SENATE- JANUARY 29, 1863
New York: Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann Lith. 1886. Broadsheet, 4.75" x 7.75", full color lithographed handbill, with portrait illustration of Bandmann in oval border surrounded by several flags, a bust of Shakespeare, and several small illustrations. Verso printed with black ink. Small chip to a blank corner, small closed tear... More about BANDMANN BEAUDET CO. GREATEST ORGANIZATION EN ROUTE. [On verso: ACADEMY OF MUSIC! ATTRACTION...
[Syracuse? 1871?]. 7pp. Original printed wrappers [lightly dustsoiled and worn]. Caption title [as issued]. Stitched. Light tan and scattered foxing. Good+ or so. A representative of the Salt Company of Onandaga, the "Great Salt Monopoly" of which Barker was Secretary, demands a fair hearing, angrily protesting "when you hold... More about SALT. TO THE EDITORS OF THE NEW YORK WORLD
Albany: Printed by Hoffman & White, 1837. 51pp, dbd, Very Good. FIRST EDITION. AI 43075 [5]. Not in Sabin. More about A DISCOURSE PRONOUNCED AT SCHENECTADY, BEFORE THE NEW-YORK ALPHA, OF THE SOCIETY OF PHI BETA...
[New York: Wm. M. Baxter & Co., @1880]. 3.5" x 5.5". 23, [1 blank] pp. Original printed pink wrappers [a few small chips to blank edges of front wrap], stitched. Light wear, Good+ to Very Good. The pamphlet contains descriptions and price lists of its many paint products. Not located... More about WM. M. BAXTER & CO. PRICE LIST. MANUFACTURERS OF WHITE LEADS, FRENCH AND AMERICAN ZINCS,...
New York: Beadle and Adams, [REPRINT -1940]. Folio, 8"x 11". 15, [1, advts.] pp. Caption title [as issued]. Folded, partly uncut, two staples. Large illustration on front page relating to the story. Printed in triple columns. Tanned, light edgewear. Good+. More about BEADLE'S HALF DIME LIBRARY...SEPTEMBER 11, 1888. VOL. XXIII. NO. 581. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY BEADLE...