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1869, 1869 / LIVERY, FEED & SALE STABLE. / Liberty, [cut of a horse drawn carriage, with driver,...

1869, 1869 / LIVERY, FEED & SALE STABLE. / Liberty, [cut of a horse drawn carriage, with driver, 1 1/8 x 2 1/2 inches] Missouri. / The undersigned having refitted the old "Thompson House" Stables, is prepared / to accommodate the public with / Hacks, Buggies and Saddle Horses, / and any thing else in his line. / He will also Run a Daily Hack to and from Liberty Landing to connect / with North Missouri Railroad at Baxter. [complete text]. Signed in type at the end "Wm. D. Wymore. / Liberty, March, 1869."

Liberty, MO: Wm. D. Wymore, 1869. Printed broadside, 7 3/4 x 11 3/4, employing several sizes and styles of type, including bold capitals for the head. Wymore (1835-1894) apparently took over the "Thompson House" Stables from a relative, George W. Wymore, who had established the business in the late 1840s..... More

Price: $600.00

Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey. A bill in chancery of New-Jersey, at...

Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey. A bill in chancery of New-Jersey, at the suit of John earl of Stair, and others, proprietors of the Eastern-division of New Jersey; against Benjamin Bond, and some other persons of Elizabeth-Town, distinguished by the name of the Clinker Lot Right Men. To which is added; the publications of the Council of Proprietors of East New-Jersey, and Mr. Nevill's speeches to the general assembly, concerning the riots committed in New-Jersey, and the pretences of the rioters, and their seducers. These papers will give a better light into the history and constitution of New-Jersey, than any thing hitherto published, the matters whereof have been chiefly collected from records. With three large maps, done from copper-plates. Published by subscription.

New York: Printed by James Parker and a few copies are to be sold by him, and Benjamin Franklin, in Philadelphia, 1747. First edition. Folio. 124, 39, (5) pp. Complete with the three folding maps by Lewis Evans, engraved by James Turner of Boston, two with hand-colored outline on linen..... More

Price: $17,500.00

Constitution of the United States of America, as Proposed by the Convention Held at Philadelphia,...

Constitution of the United States of America, as Proposed by the Convention Held at Philadelphia, September 17, 1787, and Since Ratified by the Several States; with the Amendments Thereto, Marginal Notes, and Index; Also, "An Act to Establish a Territorial Government for Utah," Approved, September 9, 1850. Published by authority, 1000 copies ordered to be printed.

G[reat] S[alt] L[ake] City, U.T. 1852. First edition. Small 8vo. 48 pp. Disbound pamphlet. Very good. More

Price: $1,000.00

D.B. COOKE & CO's GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY GUIDE. EXHIBITING ALL STATIONS WITH DISTANCES FROM EACH...

D.B. COOKE & CO's GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY GUIDE. EXHIBITING ALL STATIONS WITH DISTANCES FROM EACH OTHER CHICAGO, 1856.

Chicago: D.B. Cooke & Co., Publishers, C. Scott, Printer; Middletin, Wallace & Co., Lith., Cincinnati, 1856. Pocket map, 26 1/2 x 37 1/2 in., folded and tipped in to a gilt and blind stamped brown cloth folder (6 x 3 3/4 in.). Cover title: "D.B. Cooke & Co's Railway Map..... More

Price: $4,500.00

FIRE DEPARTMENT. Regulations Adopted by the Firewards of Salem. 1842

FIRE DEPARTMENT. Regulations Adopted by the Firewards of Salem. 1842.

[Salem, Mass.]: Salem Observer Press, [1842]. Broadside, 19" x 16 1/2". Caption title and three columns of text and tables within an attractive ornamental border. Old tidelines to upper corners, some foxing, snag at lower left of ornamental border (repaired on verso). Tipped onto a backing board at upper corners..... More

Price: $750.00

The Mobile Directory for 1869; Containing the Names of the Citizens of Mobile, a Business...

The Mobile Directory for 1869; Containing the Names of the Citizens of Mobile, a Business Directory, and a Variety of Other Useful Information, with a Directory of the Town of Whistler.

Mobile, (AL): Henry Farrow & Co., [1869]. "Volume Five" (i.e., Farrow's fifth separate compilation, the first having been for 1859). 8vo. (4), 151, (1) pp. 56 page supplement of local advertising leaves on various color papers inserted; advertising endpapers. Not in Owen. Ellison 1573 (Mobile Public Library only). OCLC locates..... More

Price: $2,500.00

Patronize Home Institutions. / Planters Insurance Co. / of Tennessee, / Office, Corner of Main...

Patronize Home Institutions. / Planters Insurance Co. / of Tennessee, / Office, Corner of Main and Madison Streets, / Over Commercial Bank, Memphis, Tennessee. / Capital, $200,000. / Officers: / N.B. Forrest, President / W.H. Dedrick, Secretary / G.L. Chapman and John F. Tolan, Gen'l. Agents. / Frank P. Dougherty, Treasurer. [complete text]

Memphis, TN: Printed by Saunders, Jones & Co., nd [late 1867 or early 1868]. Beautiful, elaborate trade card, 8 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches, printed in red, green, and gilt, the text enclosed within a triple-rule red and green border, with green corner ornaments and a large central green ornament..... More

Price: $2,500.00

The Representative of the 3d Brigade / or / A Jackass in a Lion's Skin. / [short ornamental rule]...

The Representative of the 3d Brigade / or / A Jackass in a Lion's Skin. / [short ornamental rule] / Tune — "Paddy's Wedding." / [followed by stanzas of lyrics interspersed with comments on American military interests, especially of General Jessup in Florida fighting the Seminoles]

Hartford, CT: Jan 7, 1836. Printed broadside, 11 x 8 1/2 inches, the head in two type styles, one a bold italic. A satirical piece written at the expense of a thinly disguised Connecticut militia officer, portrayed here as a dandy and a dilettante, thinking he might be called to..... More

Price: $600.00

RICHMOND, VA.: IN COMMEMORATION OF THE GLORIOUS VICTORIES OF THE 3rd AND 9th OF APRIL 1865

RICHMOND, VA.: IN COMMEMORATION OF THE GLORIOUS VICTORIES OF THE 3rd AND 9th OF APRIL 1865.

New York: Charles Magnus' New York Printing Establishment. Offices 12 Frankfort St., New York and 529 7th Street, Washington, D.C., 1865. Broadside. 40.5 x 51 cm. sheet, image size 37.2 x 46.6 cm. Color lithograph, 40.5 x 51 cm., the central image a view of Richmond, Virginia, at the end..... More

Price: $1,000.00

The Sacred Writings of the Apostles and Evangelists of Jesus Christ, Commonly Styled the New...

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

VOLUNTEER ENLISTMENT. STATE OF [ARK.] COUNTY OF [SEBASTIEN]. [caption title

VOLUNTEER ENLISTMENT. STATE OF [ARK.] COUNTY OF [SEBASTIEN]. [caption title]

NP: np, nd [1863]. Partly printed document, completed in manuscript. 26cm. 2pp. Small vignette of an eagle and an American flag appears below "Volunteer Enlistment." Faint old fold lines, a very good example. The volunteer, John Parks, born in Franklin County, Arkansas, was aged 27, and by occupation a "laborer"..... More

Price: $850.00

Keeping score at the 1865 Tufts University baseball game between the sophomore and freshman...

[Baseball Manuscript] Peabody, C. ("scorer").

Keeping score at the 1865 Tufts University baseball game between the sophomore and freshman classes, as recorded in an autograph scorecard, an inning-by-inning columnar account, set up similar to the scorecards in use today, showing the results of each at bat and with end-of- the-game summaries, including "flies caught," "flies missed," and "left on bases".

(Medford, MA): 1865. Broadsheet manuscript, 8 3/4 x 7 5/8 inches, the sophomore class performance on recto, freshman on verso. The sophomore class won the game, umpired by E.A. Perry, 33-30, coming from behind with seven runs in the bottom of the ninth; with all the scoring, there were no..... More

Price: $750.00

Life As It Is; or, Matters and Things in General; Containing amongst Other Things, Historical...

Breazeale, J.W.M.

Life As It Is; or, Matters and Things in General; Containing amongst Other Things, Historical Sketches of the Exploration and First Settlement of the State of Tennessee; Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants; Their Wars with the Indians; Battle of King's Mountain; History of the Harps, (Two Noted Murderers;) a Satirical Burlesque upon the Practice of Electioneering; Legislative, Judicial, and Ecclesiastical Incidents; Descriptions of Natural Curiosities; a Collection of Anecdotes, &c.

Knoxville, (TN): Printed by James Williams, 1842. First edition. Small 8vo. 256 pp. Howes B-741 ("aa"). Sabin 7651. American Imprints 42-718. Allen Imprints 1850. Allen Some Tennessee Rarities 39. Horn Twenty Tennessee Books 9: "Succinct and graphic sketch of the history of Tennessee to the time of its writing. a...... More

Price: $2,000.00

THE HISTORY OF PARAGUAY; CONTAINING AMONGST MANY OTHER NEW, CURIOUS, AND INTERESTING PARTICULARS...

Charlevoix, P. Francois-Xavier.

THE HISTORY OF PARAGUAY; CONTAINING AMONGST MANY OTHER NEW, CURIOUS, AND INTERESTING PARTICULARS OF THAT COUNTRY, A FULL AND AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT OF THE ESTABLISHMENTS FORMED THERE BY THE JESUITS, FROM AMONG THE SAVAGE NATIVES, IN THE VERY CENTRE OF BARBARISM: ESTABLISHMENTS ALLOWED TO HAVE REALIZED THE SUBLIME IDEAS OF FENELON, SIR THOMAS MORE, AND PLATO.

Dublin: P. & W. Wilson [and others], 1769. 8vo. 2 volumes: vii, 463; viii, 415 pp. Contemporary flame calf (joints cracked and a little eroded), leather spine labels (rubbed). A solid copy. First Dublin edition, originally published in French in 1757; the first edition in English appeared in London in..... More

Price: $650.00

AN ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC, CONTAINING CERTAIN TESTIMONIALS, IN REFUTATION OF THE CHARGES AGAINST...

Clay, Henry

AN ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC, CONTAINING CERTAIN TESTIMONIALS, IN REFUTATION OF THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM, MADE BY GEN. ANDREW JACKSON, TOUCHING THE LAST PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

(Lexington, KY): Kentucky Reporter, 1828. First edition thus (an earlier printing appeared in Washington in late 1827), "Supplement to the Kentucky Reporter, Lexington January 23, 1828" at head of title page. 8vo.52 pp. Original self-wrappers, stitched, a very good untrimmed copy. Uncommon: the NUC locates but two copies (ViU, McSHi)..... More

Price: $750.00

AN ACT FOR GIVING EFFECT TO AN ACT, INTITULED, "AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE JUDICIAL COURTS OF THE...

Congress of the United States: at the Second Session, Begun and held at the City of New-York on Monday the fourth of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety

AN ACT FOR GIVING EFFECT TO AN ACT, INTITULED, "AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE JUDICIAL COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES," WITHIN THE STATE OF NORTH-CAROLINA

[New York]: Printed by Francis Childs and John Swaine, [1790]. Single sheet, 34 x 21 cm. Approved June 4, 1790. Signed in type by Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg, Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Adams, Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate, and George Washington, President of..... More

Price: $2,250.00

GO AHEAD. DAVY CROCKETT'S ALMANACK, OF WILD SPORTS IN THE WEST, AND LIFE IN THE BACKWOODS....

(Crockett, Davy)

GO AHEAD. DAVY CROCKETT'S ALMANACK, OF WILD SPORTS IN THE WEST, AND LIFE IN THE BACKWOODS. CALCULATED FOR ALL THE STATES IN THE UNION. Vol. 1, No. 2. 1836. [cover title]

Nashville, Tenn. Published for the Author, (1835). Printed paperwraps, stitched, spine perished. 19.5 cm. [48] pp. Illustrated with woodcuts, including an illustration of "Col. Crockett's Method of Wading the Mississippi" on the front cover. Small cotton loop added at the upper end of the spine, to allow the almanac to..... More

Price: $2,750.00

FREEDOM'S FOOTSTEPS: THE THIRTEEN UNITED COLONIES. Declaration of Independence, John A. Fuller

[Declaration of Independence] Fuller, John A.

FREEDOM'S FOOTSTEPS: THE THIRTEEN UNITED COLONIES.

Nevada County, Cal. Executed & published by John A. Fuller, W. Vallance Gray, Lith., Printed by E. Fletcher, 308 Front Street, 1866. Broadside, 66 x 51 cm., a multi-colored lithograph, printed in red, white and blue, containing the text of the Declaration of Independence. Described in detail upon its publication..... More

Price: $17,500.00

"HE SAID HE WAS A ROYAL SIAMESE." (caption title) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR DRAWING, SIGNED BY THE...

Dionysius, Dooley (1907-1996).

"HE SAID HE WAS A ROYAL SIAMESE." (caption title) ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR DRAWING, SIGNED BY THE ARTIST.

1972. Original watercolor, approx. 11 1/2 x 14 in., matted, glazed and framed. The illustration shows four cats, dressed in elegant ball gowns (their tails peaking out just beyond the hems of their dresses) seated around a tea table in a drawing room. The tea table is full of cups..... More

Price: $1,500.00

A VOYAGE TO SOUTH AMERICA: With An Account Of A Shipwreck In The River La Plata, In The Year...

Fracker, George

A VOYAGE TO SOUTH AMERICA: With An Account Of A Shipwreck In The River La Plata, In The Year 1817. By the Sole Survivor.

Boston [MA]: Printed by Ingraham and Hewes, 1826. Second edition. 12mo. 17.5 cm. vi, [7] - 128pp., lacks rear flyleaf. Contemporary blue-green marbled boards with brown leather spine. The story of a shipwrecked American vessel, Ocean, on the river La Plata in 1817. Includes a detailed account of life in..... More

Price: $600.00

CONSTABLE'S / SALE. / IN VIRTUE AND BY AUTHORITY OF EIGHT ORDERS OF SALE, SIX OF WHICH / WERE...

Gordon, James. Constable St. Louis Township.

CONSTABLE'S / SALE. / IN VIRTUE AND BY AUTHORITY OF EIGHT ORDERS OF SALE, SIX OF WHICH / WERE ISSUED BY GEO. A. HYDE, AND TWO BY Du BOUFFAY FREMON, TWO / JUSTICES OF THE PEACE WITHIN AND FOR ST. LOUIS COUNTY, AND TO ME / DIRECTED... / AND ALL AGAINST THE STEAM BOAT / MARMION; / I WILL, ON MONDAY, THE 9TH DAY OF MAY, 1842, BETWEEN THE HOURS / OF 9 AND 5 O'CLOCK OF SAID DAY, AT THE WHARF, NEAR THE FOOT OF CHERRY STREET, IN THE CITY OF ST. / LOUIS, SELL FOR CASH, TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER, THE SAID STEAM BOAT MARMION, WITH HER RIGGING, / TACKLE AND APPAREL....

St. Louis: April 28, 1842. Broadside, 10 3/4 x 13 1/2 inches, printed in various sizes and styles of type, including three large display types, for the two headlines and the central “MARMION.” The judgment which resulted in the sale of the Marmion was brought by Robert P. Clark, H.F...... More

Price: $2,500.00

BOYLSTON PRIZE DISSERTATIONS FOR THE YEARS 1836 AND 1837. Oliver Wendell Holmes

Holmes,Oliver Wendell

BOYLSTON PRIZE DISSERTATIONS FOR THE YEARS 1836 AND 1837

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

Price: $4,500.00

STRICTURES ON DR. I. GALLAND'S PAMPHLET, ENTITLED "VILLAINY EXPOSED," WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF HIS...

Kilbourne, D.W.

STRICTURES ON DR. I. GALLAND'S PAMPHLET, ENTITLED "VILLAINY EXPOSED," WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF HIS TRANSACTIONS IN LANDS OF THE SAC AND FOX RESERVATION, ETC., IN LEE COUNTY, IOWA

Fort Madison, (IA): Printed at the Statesman Office, 1850. 8vo. 24 pp. Self-wrappers, stitched as issued; a little chipping along the spine and a few brown spots, but an attractive untrimmed copy. First edition. Howes K-131: "First imprint of this city." Streeter sale III, 1895: " Here Kilbourne accuses Galland..... More

Price: $1,000.00

APPOINTING A SECOND LIEUTENANT IN THE WORCESTER MILITIA IN APRIL, 1776, a partly printed...

Lincoln, Benjamin (1733-1810; Revolutionary War soldier).

APPOINTING A SECOND LIEUTENANT IN THE WORCESTER MILITIA IN APRIL, 1776, a partly printed document, completed in manuscript 4 April 1776, and signed by Lincoln and 15 other members of the "Council of the Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England."

Oblong double-folio, 13 x 17 inches, seal affixed; docketed on verso. Several small breaks at corner folds, corner torn away, just touching the docketing. A very good copy. In this document, Jonathan Tucker was appointed second lieutenant of a company in the 5th Regiment of Militia in Worcester County. In..... More

Price: $3,000.00

GEORGIA SCENES, CHARACTERS, INCIDENTS, &c., IN THE FIRST HALF CENTURY OF THE REPUBLIC, BY A...

Longstreet, Augustus Baldwin)

GEORGIA SCENES, CHARACTERS, INCIDENTS, &c., IN THE FIRST HALF CENTURY OF THE REPUBLIC, BY A NATIVE GEORGIAN.

Augusta, (GA): Printed at the S.R. Sentinel office, 1835. First edition. 12mo. 235 pp. Howes L-448. Sabin 41936. Streeter sale 1168. De Renne I, p. 445. Harwell Georgiana 28: "The aim of the author was to supply a chasm of history which has always been overlooked -- the manners, amusements..... More

Price: $7,500.00

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