Hanover: David Watson, Jun. 1817. 19, [1 blank] pp. Stitched, with the half title. Light wear, light institutional stamp, Very Good. AI 39965 [3]. More
Buffalo: Commercial Advertiser Steam Press, 1859. 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 along the..... More
Boston in New-England: Printed by B. Green, for John Phillips, 1731. [4], 42 pp, with the half title but lacking the final blank. Disbound, light rubberstamp at upper blank portion of half title. Scattered foxing. Good+. Pennicook [also 'Pennycook'] is now the Concord, New Hampshire area. A scarce, early American..... More
Exeter: [1822?]. 60pp, stitched and untrimmed. Light spotting, Very Good. Inscribed in ink on the title page: "To Ira Young Esq | Counsellor at Law | Darby NH | From his Friend | Philip Carrigain." "Blaisdell was convicted of manslaughter in connection with the death of Wadleigh, whom he beat..... More
[Haverhill, MA: 1870?]. Broadside, 8.75" x 19.25", printed in three columns, laid down on paper. Age toned, untrimmed, light scattered spotting. Old horizontal folds, affecting legibility of portions of a few lines of text. Signed in type and dated at the end, March 22, 1870. Good. This is the will..... More
Amherst [NH]: Samuel Preston, 1798. 16mo. iv, [1], 6-176 pp [as issued]. Contemporary calf. Contemporary ownership inscription of Andrew Dodge. Minor wear, Very Good. First published at London in 1688 under the title, 'Good News for the Vilest of Men.' This is the second American printing. The first American edition..... More
Boston: B.B. Russell, 515 Washington St.; Engraved by J.C. Buttre, 48 Franklin St., New York, 1862. Lithograph, 11" x 15". Six uncolored oval portraits of the New England Governors in 1862 arranged around an engraving of the Bunker Hill Monument: Israel Washburn, Jr., Maine; Nathaniel S. Berry, New Hampshire; Frederick..... More
[Concord? February 1804]. Caption title as issued. Stitched. 11, [1 blank] pp. Untrimmed, Very Good. A scarce Jeffersonian plea to defeat the Federalists in upcoming State elections. The Jeffersonian choice for Governor is John Langdon, who had been a delegate to the Constitutional Convention and one of New Hampshire's first..... More
[Nashua, NH? 1842?]. 16pp, stitched, Near Fine. The subject of the Letter was the proposed extension of a railroad from Concord to the Connecticut River. Peter Clark, upon invitation from James Clark, opines on the compensation that the Boston and Lowell Railroad, and the Concord Nashua and Lowell Railroad, ought..... More
[Concord? 1862]. Broadside, 5.25" x 8.5", printed in double columns. Light folds, Very Good. Colby, a native of New Hampshire, operated a grist mill, was a founder of the scythe industry in New Hampshire, and was elected its governor in 1846. He delights in the election results, which routed adherents..... More
Boston: 1865. 16pp, stitched. Old institutional rubberstamp in blank margin of title leaf. Good+. Crosby deals with the knotty question whether the seceded States are in the Union, or out of it. If they're in it, uh oh-- don't they get to vote on whether to adopt the 13th Amendment..... More
Woodstock: Printed by Lewis Pratt, Jr., 1854. 85pp, with rubberstamp and light blindstamp. Bound in later library buckram, gum label at spine base. Good+. "An important medico-legal case against the Professor of Surgery in the Dartmouth Medical College" [Eberstadt]. Crosby's Preface says the malpractice action "is the first suit ever..... More
New York: Lith. & Pub. by N. Currier, [1852]. Handcolored lithograph, 9-1/2" x 13". Presidential campaign banner featuring bust portraits of candidates Franklin Pierce and William R. King in ovals with laurel wreaths beneath an eagle perched on a globe labeled 'America' and above the phrase at bottom, 'The Democrats..... More
Concord: Printed by Isaac Hill, 1818. 27, [1 blank] pp. Stitched, untrimmed. Tear to top inside corner of title page [no text loss]. Light toning and scattered focing. Good to Good+. This is the original lower court opinion in the famous Dartmouth College Case, brought because the anti-Federalist legislature of..... More
[Concord, N.H.? 1816]. 8pp, disbound. Lightly tanned, scattere spotting. Top edge of two leaves clipped closely with loss of one line of text from each of three of the pages. Good. This Act, which purported to revise the Charter of Dartmouth College, was the spark that fueled the landmark Dartmouth..... More
Hanover: Charles Spear, 1816. 15, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, library markings. Good+. The pamphlet prints Dartmouth's original Charter of 1769, which describes its founding by "our trusty and beloved" Eleazar Wheelock, recounts the accomplishments of his school for Indians, and names him the College's president. AI 37391 [2]... More
Dartmouth College: Oct. 1851- Oct. 1854. Each issue is 8pp, disbound and lightly worn. Contemporary pencil notations in margins. Good+. Each of these rare pamphlets lists the students at Dartmouth by class, College officers, Social Friends, United Fraternity, Officers and members of fraternities, clubs, and societies. OCLC 57274330 [1- NH..... More
Folio broadside, printed on parchment, 14" x 14-1/2." Original seal on cloth ribbon retained. Light edge wear, Very Good. More
Concord: George Hough, September 1815. Stitched and untrimmed, with original printed wrappers [front wrap tattered]. Light spotting, 104pp. Good+. President John Wheelock's 'Sketches of the History of Dartmouth College' had given himself the better of the argument in his bitter controversy with the Trustees, which escalated into a statewide political..... More
[Concord? New Hampshire General Court?], 1816. 39, [1 blank] pp, with two folding tables. Disbound, scattered foxing, Good+. The Documents chronicle the dispute between President Wheelock and the College's Trustees, who were backed by the anti-Federalist New Hampshire legislature. The pamphlet prints President John Wheelock's Memorial to the Senate and..... More
[Washington: 1852]. Folded sheet. [2], [2 blanks] pp. Untrimmed, Fine. Signed in type at the end: "C.H. Peaslee, J.W. Forney, A.G. Penn, Members of Democratic National Committee at Washington." A rare printed Letter, optimistically emphasizing the "perfect unanimity" of the Democratic Party behind the Pierce-King ticket. By contrast, a "breach..... More
[Washington: 1852]. Folio sheet folded to 8" x 10". [1], [3 blanks] pp. Signed in type at the end: "C.H. Peaslee, J.W. Forney, A.G. Penn, Members of Democratic National Committee at Washington." Docketed in ink on final blank. Very Good. A rare printed Letter from the Democratic National Committee, feverishly..... More
Hanover, N.H. Charles Spear, 1815. Stitched in contemporary plain wrappers [front wrap detached], 68pp, untrimmed with wide margins. Light tan, Very Good. This pamphlet details the prelude to the Dartmouth College Case-- the struggle between President John Wheelock and the College's Trustees. Amid prolonged and noisy public clamour, the Trustees..... More
Claremont, N.H. Press of the Claremont Manufacturing Company, 1863. 16pp, disbound. Scattered foxing. Good+. Putnam [1835-1863], born in Cornish, New Hampshire, graduated from West Point in 1857. He was taken prisoner by the Confederates in Montgomery, Alabama. After his release, he served in the First Battle of Bull Run and..... More
Hanover: David Watson, Jun.:, 1816. Disbound, scattered spotting. 94, [1 errata] pp. Good+. A defense of President Wheelock in his bitter controversy with the Trustees that escalated into a statewide political issue, and finally the landmark Dartmouth College Case. Dunham treats issues involving the Phillips Fund, Religious Ordinances, the Union..... More