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
Philadelphia: Publishing House of the A.M.E. Church, 1894. [4], 851, [48] pp, with frontis and original tissue guard, ten additional plates, a map, and a double facsimile. This is the "Library Edition," as stated on the leaf preceding the frontis portrait and the title page. Several blindstamps, old institutional bookplates..... More
[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
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
Cincinnati: Lodge, L'Hommedieu, and Hammond, Printers, 1828. [4], 400 pp. The ten issues, from January through October 1828, are the entire output of this engaging monthly. Contemporary cloth-backed boards [front hinge detaching] with gilt-lettered black morocco spine label. The first four pages are the general title and an Index. Light..... More
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
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
[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
[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
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
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
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
[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
34 seals, mounted on two 8.5" x 11" pieces of thick paper using archival wax tape [a few loose]. Seals include: Sam. S. Carpenter, 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. Larrimore..... More
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..... More
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
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
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
[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
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
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
Washington: 1888. 32pp, disbound. Light tanning. Very Good. More
[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
[Washington: 1850]. 8pp, folded. Caption title [as issued], printed in double columns. Light tanning, else Very Good. More
Peoria: S.H. Davis, Printer. 1846. 11, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, lightly margin-dusted. Good+. Jubilee College was the creation of Chase, the Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Illinois. He envisioned it "as a nursery of Missionaries." The Meeting focuses on efforts to "build up" Jubilee College and advance "the Missionary cause." Byrd..... More