Washington: Gales & Seaton, [1828. Stitched, untrimmed, uncut. 176pp + 9 folding tables. Light to moderate scattered tan and fox. Very Good. With material from the War Department providing detailed information on the composition of the Army, relations with Indians, and internal improvements. AI 36610 [3]. More
[New York: Factory #649]. Small silk broadsides, 4.5" x 6". Portraits labeled at top left corners as L3, L4 and L5. Top and bottom edges frayed, with top of L3 missing the very top of the feathers of the chief's headdress and the top edge of L4 nearly detached [loosening..... More
Boston: Printed and Sold by the Printers and Booksellers, [1768]. 12mo. 12 leaves (complete), stitched, untrimmed. Uniform tanning, some light spotting. Good+. This Almanac discourses on the manufacture of silk and the five eclipses that will occur during the year; lists roads and distances to and from various New England..... More
New London: Printed and Sold by T. Green, [1768]. 12 leaves (complete), stitched. Tanning, light to moderate wear, one leaf trimmed closely [touching but not costing text]. Good+. With a paper-maker's advertisement at page [20], and an advertisement for a ferry and tavern at page [24]. An article is included..... More
Prescott, Arizona: Friday Evening, August 10, 1877. Folio broadsheet, 10-3/8" x 16." Four columns per page, light uniform toning. Couple of shallow chips to blank edges. Very Good. Three of the four columns on the verso are a virtual directory of Prescott business establishments: furniture, "general merchandise," druggist, groceries, bakery..... 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 and..... More
Knoxville: Printed by James Williams, at the Office of "The Post." 1842. Later red half morocco and paper over boards. Gilt spine rules, decorations, and spine title. 256pp. Scattered and generally light foxing. Occasional contemporary pencil marginalia. Leaf 145-146 bound out of order [after page 124]. Except as noted, Very..... More
Bloomington IN: Indiana University Press, 1962. Two matching volumes as issued, in original cloth with gilt-lettered title on red spine backing. In original slipcase. Fine. First published in 1950. More
London: Printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court. Published for the Author, by Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme. 1809. 4to. [4], 134pp. Original tooled leather, boards detached but present. Good+. On the 1778 Wyoming Valley massacre-- Brits and their Iroquois allies killed 350 patriots, with allegations of torture. Sabin 10268... More
Detroit: Geo. L. Whitney, 1830. 52pp. Disbound with scattered foxing, else Very Good. Contemporary ownership signature of L.W. Pease on the title page. "Governor Cass was the first president of the Society" [111 Eberstadt]. "Few were better qualified to write the history of the Indians and their wars in Michigan..... More
30th Cong., 2nd Sess. , HM43. 1849. 7, [1 blank] pp, disbound. Light tanning. Very Good. More
1892. 52d Cong., 1st Sess. SED. No. 63. 1892. 28pp, disbound with some loosening. Else Very Good. More
[Washington]: 1840. 26th Cong., 1st Sess. HD222. 1840. 23pp, disbound, lightly foxed. Very Good. A delegation of Cherokees rebuts the Secretary of War's assertion that Cherokee laws "authorize murder and excite intestine commotions." More
29th Cong., 1st Sess. SD408. 1846. 24pp, Disbound, minor loosening and wear. Very Good. More
30th Cong., 2d Sess. HM40. 1849. 2pp, disbound. Light tanning. Very Good. More
27TH Cong., 2d Sess. SD188. 1842. 13pp, Disbound, light fox. Very Good. More
[np: 1831]. 42, [2 blanks] pp. Caption title [as issued]. Untrimmed, broken stitching, light wear, else Very Good. Clark was an anti-Jackson Kentucky Congressman and a prominent figure in Kentucky politics before and after his congressional service from 1825-1831. This pamphlet, his swan song as a Congressman, denounces the Jackson..... More
[Morristown, NY: 1889]. 16pp. Stapled as issued in original printed and illustrated yellow wrappers, with wrapper title [as issued]. Text uniformly toned, Very Good. "As all diseases arise from impurities of the blood... it is necessary once in a while to cleanse the system of the many impurities which gather..... More
New York: J. & J. Harper, 1832. xv, [1 blank], [25]-335, [1 blank] pp, as issued. Bound in later cloth, rebacked, new spine label. Contemporary ownership signature of Cyrus Barker at top blank margin of title page. Foxed lightly to heavily, two closed tears expertly repaired without loss. Good to..... More
London, Canada West: Thomas Evans, 1862. Disbound, 24pp Some foxing to title page, else Very Good. Cronyn advises on the condition of things in his Church. He seeks more ministers "to preach the gospel to the red men of the forest, many of whom are still in Pagan darkness; and..... More
Yankton, Dakota Territory: Geo. W. Kingsbury, 1868. Original printed and bright orange wrappers [separated from text, some inner margin wear]. Stitched. 14, [2 blanks] pp. A persistent stain at blank inner margins, else Very Good. A scarce, interesting Dakota imprint. Governor Faulk discusses the "organization of Wyoming" into a separate..... 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
New York: Dick's Pub. House, [@1893]. [16] pp, original staples and pictorial wrappers [portrait of Lone Star Harry, pink wrapper paper]. Text leaves toned, Near Fine. Lone Star Harry, "America's Representative Scout, known as the Revolver King," was born near Eagle Pass in Maverick County, Texas, in 1855. His career..... More
Washington DC: July, 1855. Broadside, 8" x 12.5". Mounted with tape along blank inner margin of verso. Old folds and light dusting, Very Good. Signed in type: Samuel A. Peugh. Administrator of John Edgar, deceased; A.H Lawrence, Attorney for Petitioner. On verso in manuscript: "No. 56. Saml. A. Peugh, Admr..... More
Boston: 1832. 86pp, stitched, untrimmed and partly uncut. Contemporary plain wrappers [some soil, front wrap detached]. Lightly dusted, Very Good. An anti-Jackson campaign pamphlet, arguing that "General Jackson was, and is, utterly disqualified by his personal character and previous military career for the office President:- that his election was the..... More