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Item #59226 Acts passed at the eighth session of the General Assembly of the Territory of...

Acts passed at the eighth session of the General Assembly of the Territory of Arkansas : which was begun and held at the town of Little Rock, on Monday, the seventh day of October, and ended on Saturday, the sixteenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-three.

Little Rock: Printed by William E. Woodruff, Printer to the Territory, 1834. 20 cm. 119, iii pp. Stitched signatures, unopened and untrimmed. Very good. ALLEN 33 OCLC: AAS, Univ. of AR Fayetteville, Univ. of AR Law, Georgetown Univ., Georgetown Univ. Law, Law Library of LA, Univ. of Houston, Univ. of..... More

Price: $750.00

Item #63669 THE AMERICAN PATRIOT'S, WAR SONG: OR AN APPEAL TO FREEMEN. [followed by 13 4-line...

THE AMERICAN PATRIOT'S, WAR SONG: OR AN APPEAL TO FREEMEN. [followed by 13 4-line stanzas, printed in two columns separated by an ornamental scroll, with a 4-line chorus and a footnote (“*Fort Malden, where the British pay / the savages for American Scalps”) at the end].

Boston: Printed by Nathaniel Coverly, Jun'r. Corner Theatre Alley, nd [ca.1812]. Broadside ballad, 10 ½ x 7 3/8 inches, 26.5 x 19 cm. (trimmed close to text), with two Patriotic relief cuts (each 3 1/8 x 1 ¾ inches), one an American Eagle with arrows clutched in his talons, the..... More

Price: $4,500.00

Item #67122 CERTIFICATE OF STOCK IN THE TOWN OF WASHINGTON. [caption title

CERTIFICATE OF STOCK IN THE TOWN OF WASHINGTON. [caption title]

Houston [TX]: Telegraph Press, nd [1839?]. Small broadside certificate, 9.5 x 17 cm., printed on a slightly larger sheet, 11 x 19 cm. "This Certificate will be received at par for Two Hundred and Fifty Dollars, in the purchase of Lots in the Town of Washington...." At the head of..... More

Price: $1,500.00

Item #56082 CHARTER, LAWS, AND EXHIBIT OF THE PROGRESS AND CONDITION OF THE MOBILE AND OHIO...

CHARTER, LAWS, AND EXHIBIT OF THE PROGRESS AND CONDITION OF THE MOBILE AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY. June, 1852.

New York: Printed by Curran Dinsmore and Co., 1852. First edition. 8vo. 31 pp. Large folding map, featuring the color outline of the Mobile and Ohio system, from Mobile, through Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky to the upper Midwest. Not in Owen. OCLC locates two copies (New York Public, Virginia). Original..... More

Price: $1,250.00

Item #63717 CUSTER'S REPLY/ TO THE / Atrocious Attempts / of the / Corrupt or Insane Radical...

CUSTER'S REPLY/ TO THE / Atrocious Attempts / of the / Corrupt or Insane Radical Press / To Pervert his Testimony, &c./ (two columns) The Cleveland Leader has to-day issued an extra containing a most villanous effort to make upon the public mind a false impression in regard to the character of the testimony given by Major General Custer before the Reconstruction Committee of CONGRESS, in order to expose to the community the Gross Injustice of the publication, s well as the INFAMY OF THE MEANS resorted to by the Radicals to continue their much abused power.....

Cleveland, O[hio]: Plain Dealer --- Extra, Sept. 17, 1866. Broadside. 58 x 15 cm. Matted, glazed and framed. A small stain from paper clip at lower left of text, else very good. Custer's rebuttal to J.W. Forney, Secretary of the United States Senate, dated August 20, 1866, regarding his testimony..... More

Price: $3,500.00

Item #44928 LAWS OF NORTH-CAROLINA: AT A GENERAL ASSEMBLY, BEGUN AND HELD AT RALEIGH, ON THE...

LAWS OF NORTH-CAROLINA: AT A GENERAL ASSEMBLY, BEGUN AND HELD AT RALEIGH, ON THE TWENTIETH DAY OF NOVEMBER, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-SEVEN, IN THE TWENTY-SECOND YEAR OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE SAID STATE; BEING THE FIRST SESSION OF THE SAID ASSEMBLY. [caption title]

[Halifax]: A. Hodge, 1798. Folio. 15pp. Original self-wrappers (old tidelines through text, severe mildew stains through text). First edition. McMurtrie 257 (MH-L, NcU): "A supplement to Iredell's Revision." Rare; not located on OCLC. Not in Evans or Shipton & Mooney. More

Price: $1,250.00

Item #58651 The Literary Examiner, and Western Monthly Review [bound with:] The Examiner and...

The Literary Examiner, and Western Monthly Review [bound with:] The Examiner and Hesperian [caption titles for both].; [Edited by E. Burke Fisher and W.H. Burleigh].

[Pittsburgh, PA: Whitney & MCord], 1839-1840. First edition, volume I, nos. 1-5 of the first title (wanting No. 6); volume II, no. 1 of the second (wanting No. 2). 4to. Two titles bound in one: 392; 72 pp. Wanting any title page, index, or preliminaries that might have been published..... More

Price: $600.00

Item #67133 MAP OF TEXAS. WITH SOME FACTS ABOUT HER ADVANTAGES AND MERITS. [cover title

MAP OF TEXAS. WITH SOME FACTS ABOUT HER ADVANTAGES AND MERITS. [cover title]

Wichita Falls, Texas: Presented by Anderson & Bean, Dealers in Real Estate, nd [1902]. Black lettered red paperwraps, stapled. 22 cm. [8] pp., plus folding map tipped in: "Map of Texas. Revised and copyrighted by The Kenyon Printing & Mfg. Co., Map Makers, Des Moines, Iowa, Copyrighted Nov. 3, 1902."..... More

Price: $600.00

Item #67188 NORTH VIA THE LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD WITHOUT CHANGE AND WITH SPEED UNRIVALED...

NORTH VIA THE LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD WITHOUT CHANGE AND WITH SPEED UNRIVALED [cover title].

Louisville, KY: Courier-Journal Job Rooms Print, (1880). Broadsheet, 23 ¾ x 29 ½ inches, folded to narrow 8vo. Recto with 24 panels, 11 printing timetables for various routes, 8 printing information about Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave, seven of those with illustrations of the cave from wood engravings, three with information about..... More

Price: $600.00

Item #67083 OKLAHOMA AND INDIAN TERRITORY ALONG THE FRISCO SYSTEM

OKLAHOMA AND INDIAN TERRITORY ALONG THE FRISCO SYSTEM

St. Louis, [MO]: Woodward and Tiernan Printing Co., 1905. Printed grey-green paperwraps, some chipping to spine and front wrapper, short splits at spine. 7 3/8 x 5 1/8in. 91pp., photo illustrations. Two folding maps tipped in, one at the front, one at the back: Frisco System (showing the railroad lines..... More

Price: $650.00

Item #61284 The Sacred Writings of the Apostles and Evangelists of Jesus Christ, Commonly Styled...

The Sacred Writings of the Apostles and Evangelists of Jesus Christ, Commonly Styled the New Testament. Translated from the original Greek, by George Campbell, James MacKnight, and Philip Doddridge, Doctors of the Church of Scotland; with prefaces to the Historical and Epistolary Books; and an appendix, containing critical notes and various translations of difficult passages

Buffaloe, Brooke Co., VA: Printed and published by Alexr. Campbell, 1826. First edition thus. 8vo. 478, (2, blank), xlviii pp. Hills American Bible 567: "Edited by the publisher. This is the first appearance of the Alexander Campbell Version of the New Testament which has been in print for over a...... More

Price: $1,500.00

Item #66894 Striving to keep communism out of Alabama textbooks and other books used in schools,...

Striving to keep communism out of Alabama textbooks and other books used in schools, as outlined in two reports from the Alabama Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 1964 and 1966, and two broadsides published by Wally Butterworth of Wetumpka, Alabama, 1965, the four items individually described below

a. A partial-synopsis review of some of the textbooks used in Alabama Public Schools during 1962-1964 inclusive. [Montgomery, AL]: Textbook Study Committee of the Alabama Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, October 1964. First edition (?), a reproduced typescript. 4to. 50 unnumbered leaves [printed rectos only]. Manuscript ink note at..... More

Price: $600.00

Item #65914 TALLAPOOSA! / AMONG THE PINES OF GEORGIA. / A BUSY BEE-HIVE, OR A ROMANTIC DAY DREAM,...

TALLAPOOSA! / AMONG THE PINES OF GEORGIA. / A BUSY BEE-HIVE, OR A ROMANTIC DAY DREAM, / AS YOU WILL. / [followed by three columns of dense promotional text, separated by thin rules]. Signed in type at the end "Geo. E. Bowen."

Cincinnati, (OH): Georgia-Alabama Investment and Development Co. (From the Covington, Ky., Commonwealth, September 2, 1891), 1891. Printed broadside, 18 1/2 x 8 inches, employing bold display types for head and publication information. An enthusiastic promotional for the development of Tallapoosa, Georgia, in Haralson County, near the Georgia-Alabama border; the project..... More

Price: $675.00

Item #65819 WYETH-McCULLY-DAVIS COMPANY / Newark, Ohio, / Manufacturers of / Bob Sleds, Runner...

WYETH-McCULLY-DAVIS COMPANY / Newark, Ohio, / Manufacturers of / Bob Sleds, Runner Attachments, Oil Tank Wagons / Runner Attachments to use on all Kinds of Iron Axle Carriages, Buggies, Spring Wagons, Surries, Traps, / Two-Wheelers, Phaetons, Hacks, Hearses, Omnibuses, Gurneys, Hansoms, etc., etc. [caption title, followed by 15 illustrations of the company’s products, all with descriptive captions, the Oil Tank Wagons forming the bottom quarter of the broadside].

Newark, OH: Advocate Printing Co. for Wyeth-McCully-Davis, nd [ca. 1891]. Illustrated advertising broadside, 29 x 11 ¼ inches, three of the illustrations signed in the engraving “Krehbiel Co., Cin O.,” “Cohen Co., Cin,” and “Ware Bros., PA.” Among the offerings are some of the earliest Horse Drawn Oil and Gasoline..... More

Price: $750.00

Item #66694 ALABAMA DE-SEGREGATION CASES WORKING THROUGH THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL COURT SYSTEM, ...

[Alabama] [Segregation] [Fred Shuttleworth]

ALABAMA DE-SEGREGATION CASES WORKING THROUGH THE UNITED STATES FEDERAL COURT SYSTEM, as recorded in a series of ten court publications, all save one in the U.S. Supreme Court, 1958-1967, as individually described below, one with the ownership name of Earl McBee, heavily marked, another the “personal copy” of William C. Walker, both lawyers working on behalf of the City of Birmingham.

All in original printed wrappers (several with storage soiling, one with circle stains). Still a very good lot. a. Jurisdictional Statement. In the Supreme Court of the United States, October Term, 1958, Ruby Fredericka Shuttlesworth, by her next friend, F. L Shuttlesworth, Appellants v. Birmingham Board of Education of Jefferson..... More

Price: $2,250.00

Item #61145 The Imperfection of the Creature, and the Excellency of the Divine Commandment;...

Barnard, John ("pastor of a Church in Marblehead")

The Imperfection of the Creature, and the Excellency of the Divine Commandment; Illustrated in Nine Sermons on Psal. cxix. 96.

Boston, New-England: Printed and sold by Rogers and Fowle in Queen-street and by D. Gookin in Marlborough Street, 1747. First edition. 8vo. viii, 248 pp. Barnard (1681-1770) served as pastor of the Congregational Church in Marblehead for more than a half century, encourage the growth and development of his town..... More

Price: $550.00

Item #63410 Seat of War, Manassas and Its Vicinity. J. Baumgarten, engraver

Baumgarten, J. (engraver).

Seat of War, Manassas and Its Vicinity.

Richmond, VA: Printed and for sale at the Office of the Richmond Enquirer, [1861]. First separate edition (also appeared in an issue of the newspaper). Printed broadside map, 11 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches, on blue paper, showing the environs of Manassas Junction to Washington, D.C., to the east, and..... More

Price: $3,000.00

Item #63118 A State of the Expedition from Canada, as Laid before the House of Commons, by...

Burgoyne, Lieutenant-General [John].

A State of the Expedition from Canada, as Laid before the House of Commons, by Lieutenant-General Burgoyne, and verified by Evidence; With a Collection of Authentic Documents, and an Addition of Many Circumstances which Were Prevented from Appearing before the House by the Prorogation of Parliament. Written and collected by himself, and dedicated to the Officers of the Army he commanded

London: J. Almon, 1780. Second edition (first published in quarto the same year). 8vo. ix, (2), 191, (1, duplicate "advertisement" leaf), cix. Six folding maps and plans, with troop emplacements and movements hand-colored, two with overlays showing changes in troop positions, folding table. Howes B-968: "His chief defense against all..... More

Price: $3,000.00

Item #21210 THE GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, & STATISTICS OF AMERICA AND THE WEST INDIES... TO THE YEAR...

Carey, H.C. & J. Lea.

THE GEOGRAPHY, HISTORY, & STATISTICS OF AMERICA AND THE WEST INDIES... TO THE YEAR 1822; WITH~THE NEW STATES OF SOUTH AMERICA.

London: Sherwood, Jones, 1823. 1st British ed., an abridgement of the authors' AMERICAN ATLAS (Phila., 1822). 8vo.; 447pp. With 18 folding maps and plates, 12 hand-colored. First British edition, an abridgement of the authors' AMERICAN ATLAS (Philadephia, 1822). Howes C-133. Includes nice engraved views of Quebec, Philadelphia, Havana, Rio de..... More

Price: $2,500.00

Item #67585 MANUSCRIPT SERMON, NO. 39, REFLECTING ON 3 CH.: REVELATION PART 18 V.: "I counsel...

ECKLEY, Rev. Dr. [Joseph]

MANUSCRIPT SERMON, NO. 39, REFLECTING ON 3 CH.: REVELATION PART 18 V.: "I counsel thee to buy of me gold, tryed in the fire, that thou mayst be rich."

Old South, Boston: 1782-1788. Stitched sheets, 8 x 6 1/2 in., [21] pp., in a neat hand. First and last leaves detached, with no loss, several manuscript corrections. Signed on the last page by Rev. Dr. Eckley, Old South, Boston, and noting that the sermon was "Preached at the Chapel..... More

Price: $600.00

Item #50686 Practical Education. Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth

Edgeworth, Maria, and Richard Lovell Edgeworth

Practical Education

NY: Printed by George F. Hopkins, for Self, and Brown & Stansbury, 1801. First American edition (published the same year as the English). 8vo. 2 volumes: vi, (2), 344; (4), 333, (9) pp. Three engraved plates; subscribers list (includes John Adams). "Presenting in a number of discursive essays a modification..... More

Price: $750.00

Item #67984 THE WHITE HOUSE YEARS. Dwight D. EISENHOWER

EISENHOWER, Dwight D.

THE WHITE HOUSE YEARS.

Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1963-65. Two volumes: [Vol. one]: MANDATE FOR CHANGE 1953-1956; [Vol. two]: WAGING PEACE 1956-1961. First trade editions. Octavo. 24 cm. Blue cloth. Very good in dust jackets. Besides a few edge tears to the jackets a clean and bright set. Bookplates tipped..... More

Price: $1,750.00

Item #53570 I Wish I Was in Dixie's Land. Written and composed expressly for Bryant's Minstrels....

EMMETT, Dan D.

I Wish I Was in Dixie's Land. Written and composed expressly for Bryant's Minstrels. Arranged for the pianoforte by W.L. Hobbs.

NY: Firth, Pond & Co., c1860. Second issue or edition (with publisher's add "No. 1" on verso of final leaf). 4to. (3) pp. Long considered the first edition, an issue with the verso of the final leaf blank is now generally given precedence. Thoroughly browned, but a good solid copy..... More

Price: $500.00

Item #62474 An Account of the Life and Travels in the Work of the Ministry, of John Fothergill....

Fothergill, John.

An Account of the Life and Travels in the Work of the Ministry, of John Fothergill. To which are added, divers epistles to friends in Great Britain and America, on various occasions.

Philadelphia, (PA): Reprinted and sold by James Chattin , in Church-alley, 1754. First American edition (first published London, 1753). 8vo. iv, 280 pp. Sabin 25270. Evans 7194. Not in Haynes or Thornton. Clark Old South I, 81: "The author, a Quaker missionary, made three trips to America [1706-1707, 1721-1723, and..... More

Price: $600.00

Item #66689 HIERONYMI FRACASTORII VERONENSIS OPERA OMNIA, IN UNUM PROXIME POST ILLIUS MORTEM...

Fracastoro, Girolamo

HIERONYMI FRACASTORII VERONENSIS OPERA OMNIA, IN UNUM PROXIME POST ILLIUS MORTEM COLLECTA. QUORUM NOMINA SEQUENS PAGINA PLENIUS INDICAT. ACCESSERUNT ANDREAE NAUGERII, PATRICII VENETI, ORATIONES DUAE CARMINAQ. NONNULLA, AMICORUM CURA OB ID NUPER SIMUL IMPRESSA, UT EORUM SCRIPTA, QUI ARCTA INTER SE VIVENTES NECESSITUDINE CONIUNCTI FUERUNT, IN HOMINUM QUOQUE MANUS POST EORUM MORTEM IUNCTA PARTIER PERVENIRENT. CUM ILLUSTRISS. SENATUS VENETI DECRETO

Venetiis: apud Iuntas, MDLV. Colophon: Venetiis apud haeredes Lucaeantonii Iuntae. MDLV. The first edition of Girolamo Fracastoro's collected works. Quarto (242 x 170 mm). Collation: 6, A-Z4, AA-ZZ4, 3A-3Z4, 3&6, a-h4: 320 ff., foliated (vi) 1-184, 189-285 (I), (I) 2-32. Roman and italic types. Woodcut device on title page; full-page..... More

Price: $3,000.00

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