Baltimore: Bull & Tuttle, 1860. 40pp. Original printed wrappers [creased, chipped], gilt lettering. Light scattered foxing and light uniform tanning. Good+. Swann was Chairman of the Baltimore Public Park Commissioners. He was assisted by John H.B. Latrobe and others in developing and inaugurating one of America's earliest urban parks..... More
[Washington: 1895]. Original printed wrappers [some edge wear] and staples. 15pp + 12pp photo illustrations. Full-page map. Very Good. More
Philadelphia: Collins, Printer, 705 Jayne Street, 1859 - 5619. 15, [1 blank] pp. Stitched in original printed wrappers [blindstamp and 'withdrawn' rubberstamp in blank upper portion of front wrapper]. Else Very Good. Mickve Israel [Hope of Israel], one of the oldest Philadelphia synagogues, was founded in the 1740s..... More
[Washington: 1838]. 3pp, folded, split along most of fold. Caption title [as issued]. Small library rubberstamp at blank top margin of page 1. With printer's inscription at the top, "No. 544/ P.W. Gallaudet- 1000 copies/ April 2, 1838." Good+. This is the Prospectus for the enlarged second edition of..... More
Cleveland, OH: W.J. Morgan, [1882?]. Oblong, 5" x 8.5". Engraved certificate surrounded by an ornamental border. Printed in different sizes and typesettings with a vignette of President Garfield in the center with a ribbon coming off each side with his dates of birth and death. Facsimiles of President Garfield's signature..... More
[Albany?]: 1863. 52pp, color frontispiece illustration with protective tissue. Original printed pictorial wrappers [front wrap chipped], loose gatherings. Some chipping at blank edges. The frontis illustration is quite attractive. Very Good. The pamphlet includes Adjutant General John T. Sprague's Circular dated January 21, 1863, proceedings in regard to the..... More
1862. ORATION BY WILLARD B. FARWELL, ESQ. POEM BY MISS ELIZA A PITTSINGER. ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE SOCIETY AT THEIR CELEBRATION OF THE TWELFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ADMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA INTO THE UNION, SEPTEMBER 9TH, 1862, BY E.H. WASHBURN, ESQ. WITH THE SUTTER RESOLUTIONS. San Francisco: Charles..... More
New York: W.H. Arthur, 1855. 64pp plus folding map. Stitched [spine split] in contemporary plain wrappers [light soil]. Else Very Good. Howes calls this "another issue" with no designation of priority between this, and an edition of 60 pages with the same date and imprint. The book tells the story..... More
[Washington: 1874]. 4pp, folded. Caption title [as issued]. Two smalls slits as inside margin appear to be from previous binding. Clean. Very Good. Three acts of Congress are published: to establish a pontoon railway-bridge across the Mississippi River at Prairie due Chien, and a similar bridge at or near Clinton..... More
Boston: Cummings, Hilliard, and Company, 1825. Original printed wrappers, stitched, 40pp. Untrimmed. Inconspicuous rubberstamp in blank corner of front wrapper. Very Good. American Imprints records five editions of this pamphlet printed in 1825. AI 23269 [5]. More