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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 #60416 F. Missler & Krimmert. / 106 West St., New York. / Bankers. / [inset color...

F. Missler & Krimmert. / 106 West St., New York. / Bankers. / [inset color illustration of a train arriving at a small town railway station, a farmer plowing a field and the town's sparkling buildings in the background, depicted under the heading "Colony Missler, Ga. / Railway Station, Post and Telegraph Office," all enclosed within an ornamental border, 11 1/2 x 15 inches] / Choice / Farm Land / At $5 and Upwards per Acre / Money Sent to Europe / Legacies / Collected in / Vollmachten, Erbschaften [those three lines printed over a large sealed envelope, 4 1/2 x 10 inches, addressed in two eastern European languages] / Drafts, Money Exchange. / [inset color illustration of a steamer on the ocean, 12 x 14 inches] / Wegen Auskunft schreibe direct an: ["For information, write directly to:"; repeated in three eastern European languages] F. Missler & Krimmert [complete text].

New York: F. Missler & Krimmert (H.A. Rost Ptg. and Pub. Co., New York), nd [ca. 1895]. Large chromolithograph, 42 x 28 5/8 inches, an advertising poster designed to entice recent immigrants from Germany and eastern Europe to invest in farm lands in Georgia, apparently one of a number of..... More

Price: $6,000.00

Item #64996 LONE STAR HARRY. AMERICAN REPRESENTATIVE SCOUT. [cover title

LONE STAR HARRY. AMERICAN REPRESENTATIVE SCOUT. [cover title]

New York [NY]: Dick's Pub. House, 12 E. Union Square, nd [ca.1893]. Black lettered salmon colored paperwraps, with a portrait illustration of Lone Star Harry on the front wrapper. 17 cm. [16] pp., printed on poor quality paper. A brief history of Lone Star Harry's life and reminiscences as a...... More

Price: $500.00

Item #63090 Maps of the District of Columbia and City of Washington, and Plats of the Squares and...

Maps of the District of Columbia and City of Washington, and Plats of the Squares and Lots of the City of Washington.; Printed in pursuance of a resolution of the Senate of the United States.

Washington, (DC): Printed by A. Boyd Hamilton, 1852. First edition. Folio. (2), 159 pp. [printed rectos only]. Three large folding maps (each backed with linen). Cover title: "Maps of Washington." Elaborate survey of the District, each page with six or more squares divided into numbered lots; the 1143 squares correspond..... More

Price: $2,750.00

Item #63123 Our Freedoms and Rights [caption title] / cut of the American eagle (1 7/8 x 3 3/4...

Our Freedoms and Rights [caption title] / cut of the American eagle (1 7/8 x 3 3/4 inches) / [followed by three paragraphs of text and nine numbered rights, printed in double-column below a secondary headline "Freedom of Speech and Expression, Freedom to Worship, Freedom from Want and Freedom from Fear"].

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1942. Broadside, 16 7/8 x 12 3/8 inches, printing a message from "National Resources Development," report of the National Resources Planning Board, transmitted to Congress by the President on January 14, 1942. In addition to the four "universals of human life," Freedom of Speech Worship..... More

Price: $1,500.00

Item #65911 PLANS OF TOWNSHIPS, WASHINGTON & HANCOCK CY'S., MACHIAS LUMBER COMPANY. [cover title

PLANS OF TOWNSHIPS, WASHINGTON & HANCOCK CY'S., MACHIAS LUMBER COMPANY. [cover title]

[Machias, Maine: ca. 1899-1908]. Folio ledger, bound in leather, hand-written paper label on front board. 39 cm. [approx. 21] pp. Front board nearly detached, ink splatters on leather. Laid down on front pastedown is a hand-written index for the volume, which contains plans for Townships 24, 30, 31, 35-37, 41-43..... More

Price: $750.00

Item #56097 RATES OF TOLL/ TO BE PAID HERE. / [followed by 12 lines giving toll rates for various...

RATES OF TOLL/ TO BE PAID HERE. / [followed by 12 lines giving toll rates for various types of conveyances and stock, including sheep, hogs, cattle, and horses]

Leesburg, (VA): Washingtonian-Office, 1833. Printed broadside, 7 x 10 1/4 inches, employing a large display type for the headline, the text enclosed within a wide ornamental border. Schedule of tolls for a northern Virginia turnpike, listing charges for livestock and five varieties of wagons and carriages. Hummel 3526 (Duke, Library..... More

Price: $1,250.00

Item #48213 The Statutes of the State of Alabama, Relative to Chancery Proceedings, and Rules for...

The Statutes of the State of Alabama, Relative to Chancery Proceedings, and Rules for the Regulation of the Practice in the Courts of Chancery; Adopted by the Judges of the Supreme Court, at the Term Commencing in January, 1841.

Mobile, (AL): S.W. Allen (Dade & Thompson, printers), 1841. 12mo. 27 pp. Original printed blue wrappers (publisher's ad on rear wrapper); some light foxing, but a very good copy. First edition. Ownership signature of J.P. Saffold, a Cahaba lawyer at the time of publication, at the head of the front..... More

Price: $1,250.00

Item #65440 TRAVELS THROUGH THE MIDDLE SETTLEMENTS IN NORTH-AMERICA IN THE YEARS 1759 AND 1760....

Burnaby, Rev. Andrew.

TRAVELS THROUGH THE MIDDLE SETTLEMENTS IN NORTH-AMERICA IN THE YEARS 1759 AND 1760. With observations upon the state of the colonies.

Dublin: Printed for R. Marchbanks, 1775. First Dublin edition (first published the same year in London). 12mo. xix, (3), 206 pp. Lacking the errata leaf. With the engraved armorial bookplate of Hugh, Earl of Eglinton on the front pastedown and his shelf location label on the rear pastedown; probably from..... More

Price: $500.00

Item #61128 A DESCRIPTION OF THE ENGLISH PROVINCE OF CAROLANA, By the Spaniards Call'd Florida,...

COXE, Daniel

A DESCRIPTION OF THE ENGLISH PROVINCE OF CAROLANA, By the Spaniards Call'd Florida, And By the French La Louisiane. As Also of the Great and Famous River Meschacebe or Mississippi, The Five Vast Navigable Lakes of Fresh Water, and the Parts Adjacent.

London: Printed for Edward Symon, against the Royal Exchange in Cornhill, 1727. Third edition, issued earlier in 1722 and 1726 (the first three editions were issued from the sheets of the first, the second and third with new title pages). 8vo. (54), 122 pp. Large folding map. Howes C-826 ("b")..... More

Price: $10,000.00

Item #56044 Theoretical and Practical Exposition of the Diseases of the Hair; Contents: Structure...

Deville, Francis

Theoretical and Practical Exposition of the Diseases of the Hair; Contents: Structure of the Hair; Influence of Disease, Moral Emotions, Work, Pleasures, Love, Grossness, on the Hair; Does the Hair of Women Turn White Sooner than that of Men?; Means of Obviating the Falling of the Hair - of Causing It to Grow Again; How to Prevent the Hair from Turning White; Pernicious Effects of Certain Applications; Impropriety of Pulling Out the Hair; Infallible Method of Giving the Hair Any Artificial Color that May Be Desired; Forty-three Receipts for Perfumery, &c.

Baltimore, MD: Printed by Jos. Robinson, 1849. First edition. 8vo. 70 pp. Lithographed frontispiece plate with hand-coloring. OCLC locates four copies (Library of Congress, Johns Hopkins, Duke Medical Library, National Library of Medicine). Original printed brown wrappers (some soiling, corner of rear wrapper chipped, old repair at joint of front..... More

Price: $650.00

Item #62033 AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT TITLED AND SIGNED, "JOHN COME DOWN DE HOLLOW. 'WALK ROUND' BY...

Emmett, Daniel Decatur (1815-1904). Minstrel entertainer, founder of the first blackface minstrel troupe, and composer of "Dixie."

AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT TITLED AND SIGNED, "JOHN COME DOWN DE HOLLOW. 'WALK ROUND' BY D.D. EMMETT. COMPOSED FOR BRYANT'S MINSTRELS" FOR SOLO VOICE AND CHORUS.

ca.1859. Oblong folio sheet, 7 1/4 x 14 in., staff ruled by hand in red ink. Music notation with corrected lyrics on recto, additional verses on verso. An extremely rare, complete vocal score, with accompanying dance, entirely in Emmett's hand. Emmett joined Dan Bryant's minstrel troupe in 1859, when the..... More

Price: $7,500.00

Item #33089 HISTOIRE DE KENTUCKE, NOUVELLE COLONIE A L'OUEST DE LA VIRGINIE: CONTENANT,1. LA...

Filson, John.

HISTOIRE DE KENTUCKE, NOUVELLE COLONIE A L'OUEST DE LA VIRGINIE: CONTENANT,1. LA DECOUVERTE, L'ACQUISITION, L'ESTABLISSEMENT LA DESCRIPTION TOPOGRAPHIQUE, L'HISTOIRE NATURELLE, &C, DU TERRITOIRE; 2. LA RELATION HISTORIQUE DU COLONEL BOON, UN DES PREMIERS COLONS, FUR LES GUERRES CNTRE DLES NATURELS ; 3. L'ASSEMBEE DES PIANKASHAWS AU POSTE SAINT-VINCENT; 4. UN EXPOSE SUCCINCT DES NATIONS INDIENNES QUI HABITENT DANS LES LIMITES DES TREIZE ETATS-UNIS... traduit de l'anglois par M. Parraud.

Paris: Chez Buisson, 1785. First edition in French. 8vo. (4), xvi, 234 pp. Folding map (short marginal tear, skillfully repaired on verso). Original boards, rebacked in calf to style, with matching corners. A nice copy. The first edition to be published with a map. HOWES; " First book on Kentucky..... More

Price: $3,500.00

Item #63150 SONNY JOHNSON'S SCRAP BOOK 1937-'38, SUBIACO TROJANS, "RAH RAH RAH." [caption title]...

[Football] [Arkansas]. Johnson, Parham ("Sonny") (1920-1942)

SONNY JOHNSON'S SCRAP BOOK 1937-'38, SUBIACO TROJANS, "RAH RAH RAH." [caption title] PHOTOS AND NEWS CLIPPINGS DOCUMENTING THE 1937-38 FOOTBALL SEASON FOR THE SUBIACO ACADEMY TROJANS, OF SUBIACO, ARKANSAS.

School notebook (front cover lacking), 8vo. utilizing 22pp. of the lined paper, to record through newspaper stories and candid and school photos, the winning season for the Subiaco Academy football team. Laid down in the notebook are numerous news articles, as well as 14 photos of the team, most 2..... More

Price: $750.00

Item #58709 MAP OF the stateS OF CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA carefully compiled from the latest...

Gibbes, Chas Drayton

MAP OF the stateS OF CALIFORNIA AND NEVADA carefully compiled from the latest authentic sources.

San Franciso, (CA): Published by Warren Holt, 1881. Broadside map, 92 x 76 cm., state borders with hand-coloring, all set within an ornamental border. Inset maps "Judicial Districts of California" and "U.S. Land Districts." Cover title: "Holt's Township Map of California and Nevada." Contemporary ownership signature on the front pastedown..... More

Price: $3,000.00

Item #66831 GROUP OF FIVE ITEMS FROM THE EARLY STAGE AND STEAMER LINES OF FLORIDA, 1858, AND 1885...

HART, H[ubbard] L. (1827-1895)

GROUP OF FIVE ITEMS FROM THE EARLY STAGE AND STEAMER LINES OF FLORIDA, 1858, AND 1885 DEVELOPED BY HUBBARD L. HART.

[various places in Florida: 1858, 1885]. The five items, all partly printed, completed in manuscript, are very good, legible. They include: 1. Way-Bill. Pilatka to Ocala, [Friday, Oct. 29th] 185[8]. Single sheet, 21 x 35 cm. Text in eight columns giving the names of the passengers, number of seats, a...... More

Price: $1,500.00

Item #48410 The Natural and Aboriginal History of Tennessee, up to the First Settlements Therein...

Haywood, John

The Natural and Aboriginal History of Tennessee, up to the First Settlements Therein by the White People in the Year 1868

Nashville, (TN): Printed by George Wilson, 1823. 8vo. viii, 390, liv pp. half-title; errata leaf. Contemporary calf (rubbed), leather spine label; front and rear blank endpapers partly torn away; some age toning to text, but a solid copy, as good as we have seen. First edition. Howes H-359 ("b"): "Of..... More

Price: $17,500.00

Item #44028 THE DUTY AND AUTHORITY OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE. John...

Haywood, John (comp.).

THE DUTY AND AUTHORITY OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE.

Nashville (TN): printed and sold by Thomas G. Bradford, 1810. 8vo.; 372, (7), (8)pp. Original full calf binding (edges and corners worn), leather spine label; three leaves with snags (binding faults?), resulting in the loss of a few letters; paper fault at edge of one leaf, resulting in the loss..... More

Price: $3,000.00

Item #66626 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, RETURNING THE BANK BILL, WITH HIS...

JACKSON, Andrew

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, RETURNING THE BANK BILL, WITH HIS OBJECTIONS... [Caption title & partial text]

[NP]: American and Herald Extra, Saturday, July 14, 1832. Newspaper broadside, in six columns, 56 x 39.5 cm. Rebacked with slight damage showing along old folds. Inscribed on verso to Capt. S.T. Northam, Newport R.I., from a person (name illegible), likely also a resident of a city in R.I. Northam..... More

Price: $850.00

Item #47096 Pen-and-ink Drawings from Augusta, Georgia, at the end of the Civil War. Dr. David?...

(Matthews, Dr. David?).

Pen-and-ink Drawings from Augusta, Georgia, at the end of the Civil War.

[ca.1865?]. Eight pen-and-ink drawings on small cards, all captioned or annotated, unsigned; 4 x 2 1/2 inches each. [Augusta, GA?, ca. 1865?]. Accompanied by a calling card, engraved: “Dr. David Matthews / 44 West 132nd Street,” with a manuscript note on the verso, “Wallet and contents said to have been..... More

Price: $1,250.00

Item #65705 DISCUSSING THE NAPOLEONIC WARS, THE BRIEF RUMOR OF PEACE IN JULY, AND THE ACTIONS OF...

[Napoleonic] BARRY, James

DISCUSSING THE NAPOLEONIC WARS, THE BRIEF RUMOR OF PEACE IN JULY, AND THE ACTIONS OF MIRANDA IN SOUTH AMERICA. BARRY ALSO MENTIONS HIS LATEST VINTAGE OF WINE PRODUCED ON THE ISLAND OF TENERIFE, IN AN AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED FROM JAMES BARRY TO JOHN STOUGHTON, DATED 30 SEPT. 1806.

Single sheet, folded, 2 leaves. 2pp. of text, approx. 320 words, addressed on last integral leaf to John Stoughton, Esq., His Catholick Majesty's Consul Gen'l. for the State of Massachusetts, Boston, and sent by ship, via an acquaintance of Stoughton's, a Mr. Thaxter [or Thayher?]. Old fold lines, chip to..... More

Price: $750.00

Item #54639 Indicting a man for selling store goods on Sunday, in an autograph document, signed 1...

PARKER, Isaac C. (1838-1896; "Hanging Judge")

Indicting a man for selling store goods on Sunday, in an autograph document, signed 1 November 1865, as prosecutor for the Circuit Court of Nodaway County, Missouri.

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

Price: $2,500.00

Item #46876 Histoire Philosophique et Politique des Establissemens et du Commerce des Européens...

Raynal, L'Abbe Guillaume T.F.

Histoire Philosophique et Politique des Establissemens et du Commerce des Européens dan les deux Indes.

Amsterdam: 1770. 8. 8vo. 6 volumes: (2), 384, (4); (2), 294, 3; (2), 432, 6; (2), 291, (2); (2), 294, (1); (2), 426, (2) pp. Contemporary calf-backed paper boards (rubbed, corners bumped), spines richly gilt with ornamentation, leather spine labels; spines rubbed, some scattered foxing, but an attractive copy. First..... More

Price: $3,000.00

Item #67126 CERTIFYING GREEN HUTCHINGS' RIGHTS TO ONE LEAGUE AND ONE LABOR OF LAND IN THE COUNTY...

[Republic of Texas]

CERTIFYING GREEN HUTCHINGS' RIGHTS TO ONE LEAGUE AND ONE LABOR OF LAND IN THE COUNTY OF JASPER, REPUBLIC OF TEXAS, 1839

Single sheet, 25 x 19 cm. Vignette of a small five pointed star at upper center of page. Old fold lines, some age toning, else very good. A partly printed document, completed in manuscript: "No. [124], Republic of Texas, County of [Jasper]. This is to certify that [Green Hutchings] has..... More

Price: $850.00

Item #67105 REPUBLIC OF TEXAS, COUNTY OF SAN AUGUSTINE. RESIDENCY OATH SIGNED BY WILLIAM L....

[Republic of Texas]

REPUBLIC OF TEXAS, COUNTY OF SAN AUGUSTINE. RESIDENCY OATH SIGNED BY WILLIAM L. SMYTH, APRIL 12, 1839

[San Augustine, TX?]: 183[9]. Single sheet of blue paper, 25 x 20 cm. A partly printed document, completed in manuscript. A small five pointed star with a crescent shape above it stamped in the upper center of the page, followed by the oath. A few manuscript corrections to the printed..... More

Price: $850.00

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