[Little Rock: 1858]. Broadside, @7" x 9". Caption title, followed by two-column text surrounded by ruled border. Printed on pale blue paper. Tanned portion, else Very Good. A rare Arkansas imprint, evidently unrecorded, eulogizing the Mississippian Quitman, a pro-slavery, State Rights Senator whose "clear and far sighted mind early saw..... More
Van Buren [Arkansas]: June 12, 1847. Elephant folio sheet, folded to [4] pp. Each page 17-1/2" x 24", and printed in six columns. Some spotting. Complete, Good+. This weekly began publishing January 22, 1842, and ceased in September 1859. It became a Democratic Party organ, espousing the pro-slavery position under..... More
[Kansas City, MO: Printed and electrotyped by Ramsey, Millet & Hudson, 1880]. 8vo. 214pp, pictorial title page, plate. Original blindstamped blue cloth [spine ends and corners rubbed, some spotting], gilt lettered spine. Short closed tear in blank margin of one leaf [no text loss]. Pencil presentation on front endpaper, "Presented..... More
Little Rock, AR: P.A. Ladue, Printer. 1876. [3], 550, [1] pp. Bound in modern quarter morocco and marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine. Clean text, Very Good. The first and rarest of several editions. "The primary object of this little compilation is to furnish Justices of the Peace with a convenient manual..... More
Little Rock, Ark. Price & McClure, Printers, 1872. 134pp. Original printed front wrapper [light rubberstamp], spine reinforced. Persistent tide mark, several spots at the fore-edge. Good+. A second edition was published in 1872, and a third in 1873. This first edition was not issued with the map that appears in..... More
Little Rock, Ark. Price & McClure, Printers, 1872. 166, [2] pp. Original printed wrappers, reinforced spine. Folding map frontis. Light tiding to several leaves, several spots at the fore-edge, Very Good. The first edition was also published in 1872; a third issued in 1873. Henry's promotional covers climate, forests, lead..... More
Memphis: 1872. Original printed wrappers, stitched, 23pp. Wraps lightly dusted. Very Good. A description of this Arkansas corporation and a review of its mission, to provide rail service between Memphis and St. Louis. The report of the chief engineer, J.L. Meigs, informs on the character of the country traversed by..... More
[np: 1888]. 79, [1] pp, plus folding map [couple of expertly repaired short fold splits, one chip]. Disbound, Good+. This promotional went through a number of editions, of which this appears to be the first. It provides the information promised by the title. 110 Eberstadt 15... More
40th Cong., 2d Sess. HED274. 1868. 46pp, disbound, Very Good. The 1868 reconstruction constitutions of these two states. FIRST EDITION. More
[Washington]: February 21, 1850. 31st Cong., 1st Sess. HED45. 89pp, plus folding map by Marcy [route from Fort Smith to Santa Fe, and from Dona Ana to Fort Smith] and two plates by R.H. Kern [one of which is a View of Santa Fe from the East]. Disbound, light spotting..... More
[Stuart's Island, Lake Chicot, Chicot County, Arkansas]: 1855. 7-3/4": x 8-1/2". Completely in ink manuscript on blue unlined paper. Pencil notation under Stuart's signature, "of Chantilly". Several short splits along folds [no loss], repaired with archival tape on verso. Very Good. The writer was likely Charles C[alvert] Stuart [1818-1869], born..... More