Mexico: Imp. de I. Cumplido, 1870. First edition. 8vo. 31 pp. The first constitution of the Mexican state of Hidalgo which was created January 15, 1869. In 1861 a plan to create the new state of Hidalgo out of parts of the state of Mexico was advanced by Federal deputies;..... More
[Philadelphia: 1832]. Broadside political cartoon, 9 x 10.25 in., trimmed to the neat lines at both sides, and closely trimmed top and bottom. A dramatic, boldly printed lithograph of a helmeted winged warrior, "The People's Champion" printed on a ribbon floating above his head, holding a shield emblazoned with the..... 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
NP: np, nd [1860s?]. Broadsheet, [2] pp., 53 x 18 cm. Proprietor B.P. Burns advertises "many curiosities contained in his Museum... [including] one of Old Ocean's Greatest Wonders the Great Leathery Turtle from the Meditertanean Sea." Included is a vignette, 6 x 13 cm., depicting this giant creature being harpooned..... More
New York: Passenger Dept. [of the company], (1877). First edition. 12mo. 16 pp., text and table printed within red borders on each page. Folding color map showing the company's routes from New York to the West Coast, Japan, China, and Australia. Describes trips to each destination, with passenger rates for..... More
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
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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
Alexandria, VA: nd [after 10/7/64; cf. King Street Branch entry in the 1st Division]. A unique presentation assemblage prepared by a hospital department head for a colleague in a similar, and nearby, position. 24 stereoviews, image size 3 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches, mounted on stiff card stock, all except..... More
NY & Washington: Neale Pub. Co., 1908. 8vo. 88 pp. Original gilt-stamped blue cloth (a little spotted). Very good copy. First edition. The author served as captain of Company D, 37th Mississippi Infantry in the Confederate army. Dornbusch Il, 607. Nicholson, p. 54. Not in Nevins. More
(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
Philadelphia: William Bradford [for the author and "worthy correspondents of the said society"], [1746]. 8vo. viii, 253 pp. Half-title. Recent brown calf, gilt rules on spine, leather spine label; browning to text block, but a very good copy in an attractive new period-style binding. First edition. Howes B-717 ("b"). Sabin..... More
Various places in the Pacific, 1943-1945. 129 postcards (including a few duplicates), almost all 3 1/2 x 5 3/8 inches, including 83 black-and-white real photo postcards, 41 color real photo postcards, and four color illustrated postcards, picturing scenes of native life in Hawaii, surfers, a luau, hula dancers, pineapple fields..... More
New Orleans, Charleston, Baltimore, and Philadelphia: A.R. Orton, 1852. (the original wrapper was dated 1853, apparently accounting for that date being used in each of the three OCLC listings). First edition of this rather primitively printed pamphlet. 8vo. (2), [11]-36 pp. Portrait frontispiece, three wood-engraved plates. OCLC: "Sensational, and presumably..... More
Cincinnati: Printed by Morgan, Lodge, and Fisher, February, 1827. 17.5 x 11.5 cm. original wrappers soiled, paper label on front. First Edition. 100, [1] pp. Two plates. The plates depict the Medical College of Ohio and the Branch Bank. A plain, sensible, and well-written sketch of the fertile country, in..... 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
Selma, AL: Times Book and Job Office, 1879. First edition. 8vo. 200 pp. Howes H-192. Owen, p. 968-969 (describing his own copy). Recent navy quarter-morocco and marbled boards, gilt title on spine, original printed yellow wrappers (with advertisements for local businesses) bound in; poor quality paper browned, but a very..... More
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
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
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Tuscaloosa [AL]: Wiley, McGuire and Henry, Prs. nd [1832]. Broadside printed on silk, 60 x 49 cm, first line of title in bold capitals, the text enclosed within a wide ornamental border. Old staining to margins, partly into text, but all legible, damage and some loss to upper margin of..... More
Montgomery (AL): Printed by Brittan and De Wolf, 1853. First edition. 8vo. 400 pp. Errata slip pasted to a rear endpaper. Includes Richard Henry Lee's funeral oration for George Washington, John Tyler's 1837 oration at Yorktown, two selections from William Lowndes Yancey, and other pieces, almost all of southern interest..... 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
NY: Harper, 1840. Second edition, with original illustrations. New York: Harper, 1840. First illustrated edition with the date "1840" on the title page (first published in Augusta, Georgia, 1835). 12mo. 214 pp. 12 plates. Publisher's catalogue date March, 1840. Howes L-448. Sabin 41936. Streeter sale 1168. De Renne I, p...... More
(Avalon, CA): Privately printed for the club, (c1948). First edition. Small 4to. vii, (4), 197, (2) pp. Illustrated from photographs, plates, portraits. A detailed history of the club and sport fishing by its members, with charts and tables of record fish. Inscribed by George C. Thomas, Jr., a one-time president..... More
Baltimore, (MD): printed by Samuel Sower, 1797. Reprint of the Wilmington, Delaware, 1764 edition, apparently the first Maryland farrier. 12mo. 317 pp. A few small in-text woodcut illustrations near the margins; included is a table of drugs and herbs and "where they may be had," and an index; the introduction..... More
Stevenson, AL and various places in Georgia: 1863-1864. All folded, several with splits at folds or some browning (defects described individually below). Still a very good lot of rare field-printed Army reconnaissance maps for Southern Appalachian campaigns. (1) [Tennessee] [Area around Harrison and Dallas, Tennessee, northeast of Chattanooga: supplied title]..... More