London: W.B. Walker, August 20, 1807. Engraved mezzotint broadside, 10" x 14." Several minor small tears and holes within the image. Publisher's line mostly erased. Lightly hinged on thin one-ply paper, with attractive ivory mat border. Some light wear to the image, Good+ copy of a rare broadside, attractively matted..... More
Lugd. Batav. Apud Elzevir. 1632. Two volumes in one. 800, [16- Index] ]pp. Engraved title page [dusted]. Continuously paginated. Volume Two included in continuous pagination. 24mo. Modern brown morocco with gilt rules, raised spine bands. Very Good. The first Elzevir edition. Wikipedia prints the author's biography. Born Al Hassan ibn..... More
[Cincinnati? 1859]. 8pp, caption title [as issued]. Disbound, light margin spotting. Good+. Blair explains his pet project: combining emancipation with colonization "in the congenial regions of the American tropics, for such of our negroes as are now free, or who hereafter may be enfranchised by States or individuals, and who..... More
New Haven: Printed and Published by S. Babcock, [@1830]. Original printed wrappers [blank margins reinforced, repair to lower corner of rear wrapper, not affecting text or image]. Light toning, stitched, 16pp. Seven full-page engravings, plus engraving on each wrapper. Inner rear wrapper advertises the publisher's offerings. Good+. "The largest, the..... More
London: Printed by T. Harper, 1811. 114, [1], [1 errata] pp. Bound in modern plain wrappers, old rubberstamp on title page, two light blindstamps. Light scattered foxing. Good+. The Code Duello is well-reflected in this outraged denunciation of two participants in a duel who agreed to testify in a court..... More
Washington: 1850. 79pp, disbound. .Minimal foxing. Very Good. This item is not a government-published document, although it prints this House Committee's report advocating an increase in the steam navy, partly to emulate England, partly as an appropriate response to the recent acquisition from Mexico of California and New Mexico; but..... More
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 1904. 128, 70, [12 advt] pp. Original printed wrappers [detached but present, spine wrappers shorn]. Clean text. Very Good. One of the Hopkins Studies in Historical and Political Science. This is the first of several printings. FIRST EDITION. Howes E38. More
Boston: 1846. Original printed wraps, stitched, 32pp. Wraps with several chips. Rubberstamps and perforation stamp. Else a clean text. Good+. LCP 6524. More
Boston: 1857. Original printed wraps [loose, lightly dusted], stitched. 27, [1]. 24 pp. Light wear, couple of rubberstamps. Good+. LCP 6534. More
Boston: 1851. Original printed wraps, stitched, 40pp. Light wear, couple of rubberstamps, else Very Good. Not in LCP. More
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[Columbus, Ohio: July 7, 1870. Broadside, 4-7/8" x 8-3/4." Near Fine. The broadside is signed in type by B.F. Romaine, the longtime Corresponding and Financial Secretary of the Ohio Colonization Society, which was hard at work despite [or because of] the Reconstruction Amendments abolishing slavery and admitting Negroes to American..... More
London: Printed by Mark Baskett, 1764. Folio. [1], [1 blank], 335-336pp, as issued. Disbound. Very Good. ESTC N56806. More
London: George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1828. Folio, pp. 945-947, [1 blank]. Disbound, else Very Good. More
[Washington: Buell & Blanchard, 1852]. 8pp, caption title (as issued). Disbound with light to moderate foxing. Good+. All the copies that Miles examined were, like this copy, disbound. The pamphlet exposes Pierce's consistent alliance, during his entire political career, with the pro-slavery South. Pierce supported the infamous Gag Rule, prohibiting..... More
Columbus, O. Sept. 13, 1875. Broadside, 4.75" x 8.25". Clean. Fine. A broadside lauding the goal of colonization to Liberia, the base from which all of Africa will be Christianized. "The friends of Africa, and the advocates of her redemption, will be encouraged through the evidence given by Mr. H.W...... More
New York: Published by G. Lane & P,P. Sandford, 1843. Original publisher's cloth [lightly rubbed], with gilt-stamped title on spine. 160pp. Frontis illustration, "The Missionary Making Peace Between the Tribes." Foxed, Good+. 1843 Gift inscription on front free endpaper. First printed in London in 1842, this is the first American..... More