Cleveland: 1858. Lightly tanned and worn. 22pp. Disbound. Good+. An unusual imprint, Adams stressing the magnificence of the "successful laying of the Atlantic cable." FIRST EDITION. Not in Sabin, Thomson. More about THE CROWNED YEAR. A DISCOURSE DELIVERED ON THE DAY OF ANNUAL THANKSGIVING, NOVEMBER 25TH, 1858
[np Akron? nd, 1849?]. 4pp, folded, generously margined. Good+. Signed in type at the end, 'T.H. Goodwin, Pres't. A. Hibbard, Sec'y.' Fixing charges for payment of water-rents, the by-laws assess different rates for private families or stores, grocers, and public houses; place on each user the burden of the cost..... More about EXTRACT OF BY-LAWS OF AKRON COLD SPRING COMPANY
Cincinnati: 1863. 14pp, title page loose, stitched. Old bookplate and withdrawal rubberstamp on title page. Good+. Ames gives unreserved support to President Lincoln, "God bless him!" No President has been "more thoroughly true and trusty-- more loyal and faithful to the Constitution and to the rights of the people."... More about STAND BY THE PRESIDENT! AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE NATIONAL UNION ASSOCIATION OF CINCINNATI,...
Akron, OH: The Werner Company, [1897?]. 29, [3 blank] pp, two staples. Light tanning, a few very short closed tears at edges of front wrapper. Good+ to Very Good. More about TWO-CENT RAILROAD FARE. BY HENRY APTHORP, EX-RAILROAD COMMISSIONER OF OHIO. CLEVELAND, OHIO....
Frankfort, Ky: Hodges, 1842. Original paper over boards [some rubbing] with original paper title label on front board. Rebacked in morocco, with title stamped in gilt on spine. 152pp, light wear, else Very Good. "The wholly believable and well expressed account of the young author's disastrous military campaign, capture... More about NARRATIVE OF THE SUFFERING & DEFEAT OF THE NORTH-WESTERN ARMY, UNDER GENERAL WINCHESTER:...
Columbus: Olmsted, 1827. Disbound. 21, [1], [2 blanks] pp. Old institutional marks on blank portions of title page, first and last leaf dusted. Wrapper remnant at inner margins. Good+. In praise of Ohio, "which has raised itself, in the space of about thirty years, from nothing, to a great... More about THE GENERAL CHARACTER, PRESENT AND FUTURE PROSPECTS OF THE PEOPLE OF OHIO. AN ADDRESS DELIVERED...
[Cleveland: 1865]. [8] pp, folded into four panels, 3" x 5", with decorated borders. Minor wear, Very Good. With testimonials, a list of product users that includes many different enterprises, and a warning: "We caution all parties not to purchase oils claiming to be our brands, except of ourselves or... More about 1865. BACKUS, WILLIAMS & CO. SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF F.M. BACKUS' SUPERIOR RAIL ROAD...
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[Akron, Ohio?]: 1835. Folio sheet, folded to 8" x 10". [1], [3 blanks] pp. Printed on the recto of the first leaf. Light wear, short closed tear at outer margin [no loss]. Very Good. This rare plea for the establishment of a Bank at Akron is signed in type... More about TO THE HON. THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF OHIO-- THE UNDERSIGNED HAVING BEEN APPOINTED A...
Troy, Ohio: John T. Tullis, Printer, 1837. 14, [2 blank] pp. Stitched, some staining and light wear. Good+. The Minutes list the Churches, Elders, Messengers, and Clerks, and print the Circular Address, which rebuts charges that the Mad River Association has "departed from Regular Baptist principles." AI 43037 [2]. Morgan... More about MINUTES OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE MAD RIVER BAPTIST ASSOCIATION, HELD WITH THE KINGS...
Columbus, Ohio: 1838. Dbd, foxed moderately. 14, [2 blank] pp. About Good+. Listing the churches in the Association, names of Messengers, statistical data, participants in the Convention. Abstracts of Letters from constituent churches portray the state of religion at this time and place. Some parishioners "are at peace among themselves,"... More about MINUTES, OF THE TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE COLUMBUS REGULAR BAPTIST ASSOCIATION, HELD WITH THE...
Columbus, Ohio: Published by M.B. Bateham, Editor and Proprietor, [1845]. [4], 192pp. [bound with] ...VOL. II. FOR 1846. [1846]. [4], 192pp. In contemporary half sheep and marbled boards [rubbed] with gilt-lettered morocco spine labels. Rear free endpaper lacking, front free endpapers crimped and worn. Otherwise, scattered light to moderate wear... More about THE OHIO CULTIVATOR. A SEMI-MONTHLY JOURNAL DEVOTED TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND...
Washington, D.C. Buell & Blanchard, Printers. 1857. 14, [2 blank] pp, disbound, Very Good. Bingham objects to President Pierce's assertion that "the several States of this Union, as States, have a constitutional and imprescriptible right to traffic in slaves, not only within their respective limits, but throughout the natoional territory." OCLC 28232760 [8], 58660525 [1]. More about THE EQUALITY OF ALL, THE BASIS OF THE CONSTITUTION. SPEECH OF HON. JOHN A. BINGHAM, OF OHIO, ON...
[Cincinnati? 1859]. 8pp, caption title [as issued]. Disbound, light margin spotting. Good+. Blair explains his pet project: combining emancipation with colonization "in the congenial regions of the American tropics, for such of our negroes as are now free, or who hereafter may be enfranchised by States or individuals, and... More about COLONIZATION AND COMMERCE. AN ADDRESS BEFORE THE YOUNG MEN'S MERCANTILE LIBRARY ASSOCIATION OF...
35 seals, mounted on two 8.5" x 11" pieces of thick paper using archival wax tape [a few loose]. Seals include: Sam. S. Carpenter [2], Cincinnati, Comm. for Deeds, Affidavits and Depositions; W.H. Davenport [3], Hiram D. Peck [4] and John G. Douglass, Comm. for Kentucky, Cincinnati, Ohio; J.N.... More about COLLECTION OF 35 BLINDSTAMPED AND WAX SEALS
np. Washington? 1838]. 32pp. Caption title [as issued], stitched, some spotting. About Good+. A Whig, and thus opposed to the Jackson-Van Buren administrations, Bond supported efforts to diminish the patronage power of the President, especially the selection of the printer of government documents and proceedings. Morgan 7567. OCLC 20103892 [3]. Not in AI, Sabin. More about EXTRACTS FROM THE SPEECH OF MR. BOND, OF OHIO. DELIVERED IN CONGRESS, 1838. ON THE RESOLUTION OF...
Cincinnati: Published at the Office of the Danville Review, 1861. 43, [3 blank] pp. Original green printed wrappers, stitched, light wear. Very Good plus. Breckinridge condemns the abolitionists-- "a small and fierce party, scattered through some of the Northern States"-- as well as the "spirit of lawlessness and anarchy"... More about OUR COUNTRY: ITS PERIL AND ITS DELIVERANCE. FROM ADVANCE SHEETS OF THE DANVILLE QUARTERLY REVIEW,...
Cleveland, OH: [Printed by Short & Forman], 1891. 490pp, untrimmed. Original dark green cloth with bevelled edges [rubbed, spine ends and corners bumped and beginning to fray], printed paper label on spine [moderately chipped]. Ex-libris with glue remnant on spine. Frontis illustration of "The Old Tavern." Folding map of Dedham... More about THE ESSAYS, HUMOR, AND POEMS OF NATHANIEL AMES, FATHER AND SON, OF DEDHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, FROM...
Wakeman, O. Published for the Author [verso of title page: S. & J. Featherstone, Printers and Binders. 144 & 205 Superior St., Cleveland], 1863. Small 8vo, original black cloth [extremities rubbed, spine ends chipped], with title stamped in gilt on front cover. 162pp, clean text. Except as noted, Very Good... More about THE HARMONY OF PROPHECY: A NEW WORK, ORIGINAL IN ALL ITS IMPORTANT POINTS, SHOWING A PLAIN AND...
Cincinnati: Gazette Co, 1864. 16pp, stitched, original printed self-wrappers. Lightly dusted, Very Good. "Good 1864 campaign literature by the staunch Unionist and Republican governor of Ohio." Nevins. Brough praises the young men of Ohio, "the very cream of the population, the bone and sinew of the State," who are responding... More about THE DEFENDERS OF THE COUNTRY AND ITS ENEMIES. THE CHICAGO PLATFORM DISSECTED. SPEECH OF GOVERNOR...
[Marietta: Union State Executive Committee, 1863]. [8] pp. Disbound and loosened, foxed, short closed tear to lower margin of one leaf [no loss]. Good. A powerful pro-Union oration, with echoes of nationalism and Manifest Destiny. "Fellow citizens, you must conquer this rebellion or you must submit to a recognition... More about SPEECH OF JOHN BROUGH, AT THE UNION MASS MEETING AT MARIETTA, OHIO, JUNE 10, 1863
[Smithville, Ohio? @1875]. 4pp, folded sheet, caption title [as issued]. Illustration of a top-hatted gentleman installing the Buchanan Fence while a farmer looks on; two other illustrations. Lightly spotted and worn, Good+. An unusual advertising pamphlet, in the form of a dialogue between Messrs. Smith and Jones. Smith, warning Jones... More about A CONVERSATION CONCERNING THE BUCHANAN FENCE!
Portsmouth, Ohio: Jas. W. Newman, Printer, Times Office, 1876. 4" x 6.25". 15, [1] pp, with folding "Diagram List" and manufacturer's Note tipped in after title leaf. Original printed yellow wrappers [rear wrap printed in red ink, light wear], stitched. Folding plate illustrates the patterns available to cut for customers... More about PRICE LIST. BURGESS STEEL AND IRON WORKS, MANUFACTURERS OF PLOW AND AGRICULTURAL STEEL, TOOL...
Cleveland: Printed at the Office of the Cleveland Leader, 1874. 19pp, with original printed wrappers bound in later institutional boards. Prominent institutional stamping, Good+. With a manuscript letter and note by the author laid in. More about MEMORIAL SERMON DELIVERED BY REV..., D.D. RECTOR OF ALL SAINTS' CHURCH, PORTSMOUTH, O., ON... ...
Washington: 1888. 32pp, disbound. Light tanning. Very Good. More about THE TARIFF. SPEECH OF HON. BEN. BUTTERWORTH, OF OHIO, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MAY 16, 1888
[Ohio: 1882]. Broadside, 5-3/4" x 16-1/2", printed in two columns. Fine. An apparently unrecorded broadside, occasioned by James E. Campbell's challenge, which would ultimately prove successful, to Henry L. Morey's election to Congress from the Seventh District of Ohio in 1882. Morey had beaten Campbell by 41 votes out of... More about CAMPBELL VS. MOREY, AND THE GRAY AGAINST THE BLUE