Little Rock: Printed by William E. Woodruff, Printer to the Territory, 1834. 20 cm. 119, iii pp. Stitched signatures, unopened and untrimmed. Very good. ALLEN 33 OCLC: AAS, Univ. of AR Fayetteville, Univ. of AR Law, Georgetown Univ., Georgetown Univ. Law, Law Library of LA, Univ. of Houston, Univ. of..... More

[Richmond, VA: 1824]. First edition. 4to. 15 pp. Each line of the text is numbered. George Washington founded the Potowmack Company in 1785 to make navigability improvements to the Potomac River, with an ultimate goal of using waterways to connect the eastern seaboard to the Ohio River and the Great..... More

[Waynesboro, PA?]: The subscriber, March 27, 1835. Broadside, 21 x 16 inches, employing several sizes and styles of type, including four large display types, illustrated. Nicely headed with a large wood engraving of the horse, 7 1/2 x 9 inches. American Imprints records a similar broadside ("Noted horse Young Chester..... More

Mexico: May 13, 1796. Printed broadside, 17 x 12 1/4 inches, the first line printed in larger bold type. A proclamation authorizing trade between England, America, and Havana by Don Miguel de la Gura Talamanca de Carini y Branciforte, 1st Marques de Branciforte, viceroy of New Spain from 12 July..... More

[Boston, MA]: Boston Chemical Printing Company, nd [ca. 1831-33]. Broadside on muslin. 30 x 29.5 cm. Three hymns, the first with music: "Sabbath School Hymn," including six verses and two lines of music, one for girls and one for boys; "We Never Part from Thee," in four verses; and "The..... More

Charlotte, NC: Observer Book & Steam Power Print, 1878. First edition. 8vo. 19 pp. Addenda slip. Inscribed at the head of the front wrapper "Dr. B. Franklin Clark, 32 Russell St. / Charleston, Mass."; several textual ink corrections [in the same hand?]. B.F. Clark, who inscribed this copy, was one..... 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

Folio, 13 x 8 inches, with a survey map of the property at the head of the document, 5 x 8 inches. Folded as for filing; docketed on verso. Very good. Perkins owned 450 acres along "John River." This is the first 18th-century North Carolina land survey that we have..... More

Washington, DC: Gibson Brothers, 1913. 4to. xiii, 509 pp. Frontispiece plate. Original gilt-stamped navy cloth (rubbed). Owner's name, else very good. Original gilt-stamped navy cloth (rubbed). First edition. Howes C-191: "100 copies printed." Nevins I, p. 67: "Singularly unique, for this volume is composed largely of the letters from the..... 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

Philadelphia, (PA): Reprinted and sold by James Chattin , in Church-alley, 1754. First American edition (first published London, 1753). 8vo. iv, 280 pp. Sabin 25270. Evans 7194. Not in Haynes or Thornton. Clark Old South I, 81: "The author, a Quaker missionary, made three trips to America [1706-1707, 1721-1723, and..... 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

London: J. Williams next the Mitre Tavern, Fleet Street, nd [ca.1762]. First edition. Engraved cartoon and two columns of verse, printed on laid paper, 12 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches [plate mark: 11 7/8 x 7 15/16 inches]; the illustration, 5 1/4 x 7 1/2 inches, occupies the top third..... More