![Annexation of Texas and Seperation [sic] of the United States [caption title](/pictures/thumb/57305.jpg?v=1611894572)
NP: [1844]. First edition. 8vo. (24) pp. Printed "Free Eagle of Mexico" emblem on final page. Streeter "Texas" 1471: "The signature 'Lundy' on page [2] is undoubtedly a pseudonym as Benjamin Lundy had died in 1839. This pamphlet was probably published in the spring of 1844 when the Texas Annexation..... More
nd [mid-late 19th c.]. Oblong folio, 14 x 21.5 in. 49 pp., approx. 400 accomplished sketches and drawings in red pencil, some in outline, some more elegantly shaded and detailed, showing the human form and its various parts. Accompanied by detailed notes, in red or purple ink, written in a...... More
Mobile [AL]: Shields & Co., Printers, Exchange Alley, 1879. Broadside, 43 x 30 cm., printed on poor quality brown paper. Old fold lines, several short splits and holes to paper, affecting a few words, long separation across the middle fold with repairs on verso with Japanese paper. Round stamp of..... More
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
Philadelphia, [PA]: Ringwalt & Brown, Steam-Power Book & Job Printers, 111 and 113 South Fourth Street, 1865. First edition (?). 18 cm. 16pp. Text block loose and laid into the wrappers, but a very good copy. Printed tan wrappers. Apparently unrecorded on OCLC. A printing of the by-laws and general..... More
![General Grant / and / Captain Ben Hill Screws. / [ornamental rule] / (New York Herald, June 29,...](/pictures/thumb/58039.JPG?v=1611894584)
(Montgomery, AL): G.W. Beers & Co., Printers, 1876. Printed broadside, 14 1/8 x 11 inches, employing several sizes and styles of type, including nice display types in the head, on thin card, the whole enclosed within an ornamental border. In part: "We come, Sir, from the land ... of the..... More
Bardstown, KY: Ben Ellis & Son, Printers. 1858. Printed broadside, 14 1/2 x 10 3/8 inches, employing several styles and sizes of type, the whole text enclosed within an ornamental border, five sections of text divided bold double-rules. Ellis printed the Bardstown newspaper "The Republican" from 1844, but we have..... More
Milwaukee: Riverside Printing Co., nd (ca.1880). Buff paperwraps, stitched. 19cm. (16)pp. A promotional pamphlet encouraging settlement in the Dakota Territory. Though undated, rate charts for rail travel from Chicago and Milwaukee include mention of stations to be opened in early 1881. Advice to the potential settler is given by W.E...... More
Cincinnati, OH: [Privately printed] (Lithogr. and printed by Hunckel & Son, Baltimore, Md.), [1858]. First edition. 4to. (84) pp. Illustrated, color title page (in gold, green, red, pink, fawn, black, and white) and two color plates, both featuring Catawba Wine, bottled by Mr. Longworth’s company, lithographic portraits of the couple..... More
Pittsburgh, (PA): John P. Hunt, print, [1862-1866] ? rinted broadside, 23 ¾ x 9 3/8 inches. 60.5 x 23.5 cm, employing a number of sizes and styles of type, including a large display type (1 5/8 inches). Apparently not recorded on OCLC (which records other Hunt imprints, 1862-1866). Soiled, bottom..... More
![Ts. [i.e., St.] Johns Mirror Extra [caption title]. By Telegraph](/pictures/thumb/63081.jpeg?v=1611894665)
Jacksonville, [FL]: The newspaper [M. Whit Smith], January 15, 1862 -- 8 1/2 A.M. First edition (?] of this extra. Printed broadside extra, 9 1/2 x 2 7/8 inches, presenting "breaking" news related to Civil War issues in four reports in nine paragraphs: Possible work toward exchange of prisoners from..... More
Sonora, California: Duchow Brothers, Publishers. April 19, 1879 - April 17, 1880. 13 large folio issues. First two issues of Vol. 8 have 4 pp., the rest are 8 pp. issues. Some edgewear, else very good. The masthead of the paper states: "An Independent Newspaper, Devoted to Local Affairs, the..... More
Habana: Imprenta de D. Antonio Maria Valdes, (1820's). Two broadsides in Spanish, printed in various sizes and styles of type including headers in a bold shadow font. Text enclosed in decorative floral borders. Edges a bit unevenly trimmed, some old repairs to verso of the larger broadside, which also shows..... More
![TWO MANUSCRIPT SERMONS ON WISDOM, PREACHED IN SUDBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, JUNE 12, 176[0?], MARCH 28,...](/pictures/thumb/64940.JPG?v=1611894798)
Hand sewn paper, 16 x 9.5 cm., 24 pp., approx. 8000 words, in a closely written but legible hand. Partly disbound, edges chipped, first page of first sermon is in several pieces (with some loss to text), loss to some lines on other pages, at edges. The first sermon, 14..... More
Milwaukee, WI: The Gugler Litho. Co., nd [ca.1885]. Color lithograph, 19 x 27 inches [image], on a 24 x 32 inch sheet. The Illustration shows several multi-colored barns of the Holbert Horse Importing Company, with their roofs and walls lettered with advertisements for their services as importers of Percherons, Belgians..... More
Hand sewn calf covers, well worn. 16cm. 118 pp. Short, near daily entries between July 1775 and Sept. 1777, then scattered from 1778-1788, in a legible hand. A wealth of local names are recorded amongst the listings of court cases and other legal transactions. According to the Carlisle County Historical Society..... More
[1837-1858, 1869]. Contemporary 3/4 leather and marbled boards. 26 cm. Approximately 180 pp., nearly 120 letters, and some 30,000 words written in a clear, legible hand. About half of the letters are dated between Jan. 1837 and Dec. 1839, the other half (more sporadically) from Dec. 1844 to June 1858..... More
[Boston: Printed by Thomas & John Fleet], 1779. Broadside. 25 x 19 cm. Signed in type by John Pickering, Speaker, and read and concurred a true copy by John Avery, Dep. Sec'ry. Old fold lines, some tears to edges, with loss at upper corners (as though from being posted), one..... More
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
Washington, DC: G.P. Hardwick, 1865. Broadside poem, 13 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches, printed in red and blue, with two small battlefield vignettes, flags, and decorative icons of Corps badges printed at the head of the broadside, enclosed in a double ruled border. "Respectfully Dedicated to the Army of the..... More
Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1838. 8vo. xiv, (2), 371 pp. Folding map frontispiece, state borders outlined by hand in colors. Brown ribbon-embossed cloth (oak-leaf and acorn pattern), gilt spine title. A couple of short closed splits at the spine extremities and a few scattered spots of light..... More
Autograph letter, signed, from John M. Kumler, Co. D, 15th U.S. Infantry, to his cousin Kate. Two sheets of lined paper, folded to 7.5 x 4.5 in., 7 pp., approx. 900 words. First page of each sheet bordered with a red and a blue line on two sides, old fold..... More
Boston: C.W. Calkins, 1880. 8vo. 260 pp. Contemporary three-quarter burgundy morocco, gilt, and marbled boards, gilt spine title, t.e.g., by the Rose Bindery, Boston. Fine copy. First edition. Inscribed by the author, "The first copy / to my wife / May 13, 1880. / F.J.P." The unit, commanded by Parker..... More
Folio. One page, approximately 125 words; docketed on verso. Parker, a native of Ohio, opened a law office in St. Joseph, Missouri, on the eve of the Civil War, served as city attorney there during the war and as a judge for the first time there, 1868-1870. After a brief..... More
Philadelphia: Printed by Charles Cist, No. 104, North Second Street and John Markland, No. 91, South Front Street, 1797. First edition. 8vo. (2), vii, [9]-111, (3) pp. The earliest substantial American book on fertilizer. Peters (1744-1828), a native of Philadelphia and graduate of the College of Pennsylvania, managed Congress's board..... More