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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
Charleston, (SC): W. Riley, November 1844. First edition. Large 8vo. v, (2), 550 pp. Speculation helped create the Panic of 1837 which was followed by five years of recession, during which time business and farming bankruptcies were common and banks across the nation failed. The Bank of South Carolina and..... More
[New Orleans, LA? nd (ca.1862). First edition, the Philip D. Sang copy. Printed broadside, 13 x 9 1/4 inches, employing several sizes and styles of type including larger display types. One of the great Civil War broadsides, and the only recorded copy. This printing is the bold Confederate response to..... More
City of Washington: Daniel Rapine, 1825. First edition for this issue. 16mo. 47 pp. Lists the members of congress, with their residences in the Washington area, and hometown post office and county; officers and members of the various standing committees for both houses; other executive department officials; foreign ministers; and..... More
November 15, 1908. Black & white real photo postcard, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in., showing groups of men, horses and buggies gathered in front of a couple of small wood framed houses, in a rural setting. Two spots are marked on the photo, with accompanying hand-written captions in white..... More
(1898-1899). Twenty-three original black & white photos, varying in size from 9 x 11 in. to 3.5 x 4.5 in., all mounted on stiff card stock. Two or three of the images are faded, but overall the photos are clear. The group includes both military actions during the Philippine American..... More
Baltimore, (MD): Printed by James Lucas, 1847. First edition. 8vo. 25 pp. Large folding map, 51 x 68 cm., of the railroad and canal systems of Pennsylvania and Maryland, the routes hand-colored according to status (e.g., proposed routes in yellow). The Cumberland Valley Rail Road ran from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to..... More
4 3/4 x 3 inches, mounted on a slightly larger card, undated, but circa 1875; tiny manuscript label "Steamboat Frank (Modoc)" affixed to lower margin. Image spotted and a little faded, but very good. Steamboat Frank (ca. 1850-1886) "was a member of the Hot Creek band of Indians and had..... More
Plaqueville, LA: Iberville Parish, August 4, 1860 - November 24, 1860. Group of eight broadside Supplements and one broadside Extra issued by the Plaquemine Gazette and Sentinel on August 4, 18, 25, September 1, September 15, 29, October 20, November 3, 24. Folio. 515 x 400 mm. (21 1/4 x...... More
![TO THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES: The Undersigned, [Inhabitants]...](/pictures/thumb/64763.jpg?v=1611894759)
NP: np, nd [1839]. Small printed slip, completed in manuscript, 6 x 19 cm., laid down on a larger sheet of lined paper on which 47 members of the town of Lenox, Massachusetts have affixed their signatures. Small pin holes along the top edge of the document, possibly signs of..... 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
Pawtucket, RI: Doboy Steam Mill & Lumber Co., Feb. 6, 1848. Advertising handbill. Broadside on yellow paper, 7 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches, employing several sizes and styles of type, including a large bold display type (1 1/2 inches) in all capitals for the headline. The Doboy Steam Mill &..... More
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
London: Printed for J. Budd, 1804. First edition. 8vo. xiii, (2), 387, (1, ads) pp. Folding map. Adams was serving as the Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Berlin at the time of travels through Silesia, a region in central Europe, now mostly in Poland, with parts in Germany and..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1836. First edition. 8vo. 2 volumes: lxxx, [9]-533; 576 pp. Folding map in volume one (professionally repaired). Howes C-178. Sabin 11067. Turnbull II, p. 360. Larned 1128: "This useful work contains a reprint of Hewatt's 'Historical Account of South Carolina' and 16 pamphlets and extracts..... More
London: Wertheim & MacIntosh, 1856; Reprinted by the Massachusetts Colonization Society, 1857. 8vo. 31, (1) pp. Original printed tan wrappers (somewhat soiled). Very good. First American edition of the author's second work published in the United States. Library Company of Philadelphia Negro History 1553-1903 (for another work) "A graduate of..... More
Knoxville, TN: Stubley Printing Co., 1929. 8vo. 150pp. 3 portrait plates; handbill prospectus laid in. Original blue cloth. Very good copy. First edition. 4-page ALS from the author concerning local politics and finances laid in (Dandridge, Tennessee, 1876). The author served in Co. C of this unit recruited in East..... More
Montgomery, (AL): Press of the Alabama Journal, 1846. First edition. 12mo. 260 pp. A high-spot (if such a thing may be said to exist) of antebellum pro-slavery literature. Historian John Ashworth finds in Estes “the fullest expression” of the menial theme in pro-slavery literature: “[Estes] was prepared to ‘state it..... More
Washington, (DC): 1829. 4to. 3-pages (only a single line on the recto of an integral leaf, docketed on verso), in ink on "Hudson" watermarked paper, approximately 475 words, defending the tariff as an important device for protecting the valuation of slaves in the South, particularly in sugar producing Louisiana. Everett..... More
Fort Smith, AR: Phoenix Pub. Co., (c1898). First edition, 1/1000 copies. 8vo. 720 pp. Illustrated, portrait frontispiece. Howes H-203 ("b"). Graff 1785: "An important source book." Adams Six-Guns 929: "The chief source of practically every book and feature on the old court and Oklahoma outlaws. The book contains much material..... More
Cambridge, [MA]: Published By Hilliard and Brown, 1827. Two volumes. First edition. 8vo. 23 cm. xi, (blank), 454; vi, errata, (blank), 379pp. Contemporary three quarter brown calf and marbled boards, rebacked with two gilt stamped leather spine labels on each volume. Printed booksellers ticket of Hilliard & Brown, Booksellers to..... More
[Lawrenceville, IL: np, 1855?]. Printed broadside, 22 x 10 ½ inches, employing a number of sizes and styles of type, including large display types (to two inches). Extolling the virtues of the land and its abundant fertile soil, good water, and choice timber land, most all property within one to..... More
Cleburne, TX: A.H. Yeager, publisher (T. L. Saunders, printer), 1899. 12mo.; 129pp. Original printed gray wrappers (some wear to spine); text paper somewhat browned, but a very good copy. First edition. Autobiographical story of a Confederate soldier from Washington County, Tennessee; Civil War experiences include his capture at Kennesaw Mountain..... More
[Various places, including Bridgewater, Mass., Washington D.C., Charleston, S.C., and New Orleans: Jan. - June 1838]. In a series of two manuscript documents, four letters, and a 48 pp., approx. 8700 word manuscript travel diary, Samuel Leonard records his efforts to promote Eleazer Carver's cotton gin improvements throughout the antebellum..... More