New York: Published by James Baillie, 1848. 9-1/8" x 13-1/2." Hand-colored print by Baillie, in a wood frame. Very Good, with light dusting. "This full-length, hand-colored print depicts a young man wearing a badge on a ribbon around his neck that hangs to his waist. He is holding a scroll..... More
New York: John Trow, 1854. 22, [2 blanks] pp. Broken stitching, gathered signatures. Old duplicate rubberstamp, light dusting. Good+. Cooley's speech demonstrates the disruption of the Democratic Party caused by President Pierce's Kansas policy, Stephen A. Douglas's attempt to repeal the 1820 Missouri Compromise, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Cooley, a...... More
Albany: 1857. Original printed wrappers, stitched, 24pp. Wrappers lightly worn, text clean and Very Good. President of the New York State Temperance Society, Delavan hopes to enlist the newly-installed Governor King in the Cause. He cites Prohibition's correlation with reduced crime, more employee productivity, drunkards' reformation, and increased national wealth..... More
New York: Carvill & Co., 108 Broadway, 1842. 42, [2 blanks] pp. Original printed dark blue wrappers [disbound]. Narrow extremity wear to wrappers. Else Very Good. This second American printing followed the New York 1841. Previously it had been published in Britain in 1840. Fenton's concoction is "a simple but..... More
London: E. Curtice & Co. [A. Ireland and Co., Printers, Manchester], [1876]. 24pp. Disbound, else Very Good. The International Order of Good Templars, established in America "for the reclamation of drunkards," was "founded upon the principle of the universal brotherhood of man." Unfortunately, in the Southern States "the liberation of..... More
Amherst: J.S. & C. Adams and Co., 1830. 12mo, 48pp, disbound. Very Good. Professor Hitchcock, who taught Chemistry and Natural History at Amherst College, writes on the "active poison" of ardent spirits and wine, as well as "narcotic substances commonly used, opium and tobacco." He writes to "every student and..... More
Peoria, IL: Printed by N.C. Nason, 1868. [53]-87, [1 blank] pp [as issued]. Original green printed front wrapper [light edgewear, spine eroded, institutional rubberstamp], stitched. Text lightly age toned, else Very Good. This journal includes reports of the individual officers, abstracts on subordinate encampments, lists of the Grand Officers, past..... More
Boston: William Chadwick, Printer, 1849. Original printed brown wrappers [entitled, 'Ex Post Facto Laws by Judicial Legislation!!'], stitched. 40pp. Light wear, Very Good. Presentation inscription on front wrapper to Whiting Griswold, and addressed to him on plain rear wrapper. Griswold was from Greenfield, Massachusetts, active in public affairs, would become..... More
np: F. Ferguson, Printer, [1851-1852]. Broadside, 5" x 13". Light spotting and wear, two short closed margin tears. Good+. This pro-Temperance broadside rebuts the canard that the Sons of Temperance are the prime force behind enactment of the Maine Liquor Law. "Men of all denominations and parties are firm supporters..... More
[Philadelphia]: Published at the Temperance Office, No. 3 North Eighth Street, [@1842]. Certificate, oblong 8-3/4" x 5-1/2". Ornately printed in gilt on black glazed stock, with elaborate bank-note border. Subscriber's name is blank. Faded in a few spots but always visible, Very Good. The 'Cold Water Army' was a juvenile..... More
New-York: American Temperance Union, 1854. 1854. 16pp, stitched. Light tan and wear, old rubberstamp number, Good+. Despite his "known character as a high-minded, honorable man" Governor Seymour vetoed a bill that would prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors. Seymour's argument that the bill constitutes an excessive governmental intrusion into private..... More
[Goshen, N. Y. Republican Print, 1846]. 12mo. Caption title [as issued]. 12pp, disbound, lightly foxed, Good+. Newell and Borland prepared this rare tract at the request of the Orange County Temperance Society. The New York Legislature had passed an Act permitting towns and cities to "determine by ballot whether the..... More
Cincinnati: Porter, Thrall & Chapman, [1854]. 12pp, original printed wrappers with wrapper title [as issued]. Several old rubberstamps, moderately worn. Good to Good+. This rare plaintiffs' brief argues that Ohio's Liquor Law is unconstitutional because the Legislature failed to pass the Act in accordance with prescribed procedures; and, since the..... More
[Boston: 1863]. 16mo. 32pp. Caption title [as issued]. A bit of dusting, else Very Good. Basing his arguments on the experience of London and New York, Phillips argues that a large metropolitan area like Boston cannot rely on town constables, answerable to the Mayor and Alderman, to execute the laws..... More
[Washington: 1803]. 9, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, else Very Good. Pickering enjoyed the dubious distinction of being the first federal judge removed from office by conviction in the Senate after impeachment in the House. A Federalist appointed to the bench in 1795, he was frequently absent from his court and..... More
Boston: White & Potter, 1847. 3" x 4.75". 64, 64pp, two volumes in one. Original printed and illustrated green wrappers [light wear, spine erosion], stitched. The front wrapper prints "Nos. 1 & 2." Scattered foxing, Good+ to Very Good. "All hail the power of abstinence! Let drunkards sound the call!"..... More
New York: The National Temperance Society and Publication House, 1889. Original printed wrappers [some edge and spine chipping, rear wrapper detached but present] and original staples. 36pp. Clean text. Except as noted, Very Good. In 1881 Kansas enacted a constitutional amendment prohibiting the manufacture or sale of alcoholic beverages. Doing..... More
New York: Published by Nathaniel Smith; printed by Clayton & Kingsland, 1819. [97]-112 pp [as issued]. Original printed tan wrappers [minor wear], stitched, untrimmed, printed in double columns. Very Good. The Reports include: Thomas Mather and Harvey Strong vs. Ira Bush on questions of insolvency and state laws impairing the..... More
Ottawa, Canada: February, 1890. 8pp. Stitched. Folio, with caption title. Vol. 6. No. 6. Old folds, Near Fine. The Woman's Journal was a periodical, "Published Monthly by Miss Mary Scott" of Ottawa, Canada. Its mission was Temperance: the articles focus on the evils of alcohol, troubling news about the presence..... More
Middletown, Conn. From the Gazette Press. By Parmelee & Greenfield, [1829]. Stitched, untrimmed and uncut. 22, [2 blanks] pp. Lightly dusted, else Very Good. FIRST EDITION. AI 40382 [2]. OCLC locates eleven. More
Johnstown [New York]: W.N. Clark, Book and Job Printer. 1850. 32pp, 4" x 6" in original printed and illustrated wrappers [moderate wear] with wrapper title [as issued]. Scattered light wear, Good+. Not in Sabin, Eberstadt, Decker, NUC, OCLC [as of July 2014]. More
Augusta [ME]: Russell Eaton, Printer, 1848 [1849]. 3 1/2" x 5 1/2". Original printed wrappers, stitched. 75, [1] pp. Wraps a bit dusted, else Near Fine. All the constituent documents of this popular organization. A rare pamphlet. The wrapper imprint is 1849, but the title page imprint is 1848. The..... More
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New York: 1796. 8-1/2" x 13" printed broadside, completed in manuscript [manuscript additions indicated by parentheses]. "584" written in blank left margin. Light tanning, old horizontal folds [repairs to several short closed tears at blank outer margin]. Very Good. Signed boldly by Mayor Varick at the end. This rare imprint..... More
[Champaign County, Ohio: 1816]. Broadside, 8" x 12.5". Printed bond completed in manuscript. Tanned at margins and along old folds. Signed in ink by Clemans, Thomas, and Anderson. Docketed on verso. Very Good. This is a bond requiring distillers to keep a detailed accounting of the amounts of liquors distilled..... More
Boston: Printed for the Author, 1838. 24pp, stitched, moderate wear. Good+. The first of three editions satirically attacking the 1838 Massachusetts law prohibiting innkeepers from selling liquor in quantities of less than fifteen gallons, a none too subtle attempt to end the business of taverns, saloons, drinks-by-the-shot or -bottle, etc...... More