New Orleans, LA, Memphis, TN, and New York: Blelock & Co., 1868. First edition. 8vo. xv, (3), [17]-704 pp. Six engraved plates, including a frontispiece portrait of Forrest, six maps, three folding, several additional in-text maps; includes staff and regimental rosters. Tipped to the verso of the frontispiece is a.... More
Washington, DC: Grand Orient at Washington (printed at Belleville Press, Belleville, VA), 1939. 8vo. 17, (2) pp. Illustrated from photos, portraits. Includes lists of officers, chapter locations (southern states, plus New Mexico, Arizona, California, and Oklahoma), an account of the supreme council's trip to Tuskegee, financial statements, etc. Apparently not... More
Wheeling, Va. Printed and published by A. & E. Picket, 1831. 18 cm. 140pp., [4], errata. Brown leather spine with blue paper boards. Spine a bit eroded, joints partially cracked some wear to boards. More
Boston: I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews, Faust's Statue, No 45, Newbury Street, 1794. 18 cm. vi, [1], 8-246pp., [2]. Full leather binding. Spine with red leather label and rules stamped in gilt. Joints cracked, some wear to edges and crown of spine. Evans 26862. More
London: John Russell Smith, 1865. 22cm. [2], [6pp. index], 308pp., plus [32]pp. list of publications or books for sale by J.R. Smith. Leather backed cloth, head of spine worn down to page edges, gilt stamped title on spine. Foxing to title page, some overall toning to text. This copy bears... More
NY & Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel, (1887). Thick 4to. xv, 180 color plates, one folding ("Cannabis Sativa"), illustrated by the author, with accompanying text, 65pp. index, (1p.) additions & corrections. Originally issued in parts. Black pebbled cloth; gilt stamped title and botanical illustration on front board, recently rebacked, with matching... More
Chicago [IL]: Rand McNally & Co., Printers, nd [1889]. Oblong light green illustrated stiff paper wraps, 7 1/2 x 12 1/2 cm. Accordion-style text tipped in, with 6pp. of ads and a map printed on one side, and 6pp. of views on verso. A very nice example of this souvenir... More
Washington, [D.C.]: Columbus Alexander, Printer, 1850. 19 cm. Folding map. xi, [1 errata], 242pp. (last 56 pages contain business ads). Brown cloth with black leather gilt stamped spine label. Wear to corners and edges. Very good. Not in Drake. BRYAN. Bib. of D.C. p. 59. not mentioning map. More
Newbern, [NC]: Martin & Ogden, 1802. First edition. 20 cm. 83, 94, 151pp., [3]. Full brown period leather binding. Tooled borders on boards. Ruled spine with red leather label gilt stamped. Joints cracked, boards attached by cords. A good copy, clean internally. Signature of J. H. Bingham dated 1802. Bookplate... More
Richmond, [VA]: Printed by Aug : Davis, 1799. Second edition. 21 cm. [12], 468pp., xxiv, 32, xv, [1]. Full period brown leather, ruled on spine with red leather label. Rubbed joints, general wear, stain on front board. Crown chipped. Signature of William Smith, the original owner and later of William... More
Boston: Printed by E.G. House, 1809. 12mo. 108pp. Original paper-backed drab boards (rubbed), title in tiny script on spine. Very good untrimmed copy. Apparently the third American edition of any work by Camoens (following an 1805 printing in Philadelphia and an 1808 printing in Baltimore). American Imprints 17137 (17138 is another 1809 Boston printing). More
A group of 21 black & white photos, most 7 x 9 in. (3 slightly smaller), all stamped on verso with "Associated Press Photo," over the course of several days in March 1913, and all with typed paper labels tipped on to the versos or detached but still present, describing... More
1921-1922. The pamphlet: Illustrated stapled paperwraps. 20 x 24 cm. [12] pp., with illustrations, and including a map on the rear endpaper dated 7-11-'22. Accompanied by: a group of 10 black & white photos on glossy paper, 13 x 18 cm., three with caption titles, most with the stamp of... More
Six sheets, including two duplicate sheets, 122 different images showing some of the actors backstage preparing for their performances: one group of 30 shots of a dapper African American man in a bowler hat, with cane and cigar; another series of 36 shots showing an actor's transformation through the use... More
Boston: Printed by Manning & Loring for the Author, 1797. First and only edition. 4to, ix, (10)-56pp; unprinted bluish-gray laid wrappers (sewn). Wrappers detached, lacking spine and with minor chipping; small tear to rear cover taped. At the title page is written in a contemporary hand, "By / Mrs. Sarah... More
[1832]. Manuscript contract, 4pp., folio, in a clear, legible hand, with a few ms. corrections. Marsh and his son contract to build a merchant ship for Welsman. With incredible detail, the contract lays out the materials to be used, including the different types of wood, iron and copper fittings, dimensions... More
Phila., T.K. & P.G. Collins, 1840. Disbound pamphlet. 41pp., (3). Charts & tables. Scattered foxing. Small corner of title page removed, not affecting text. OCLC: TMC. More
New York: Published by D. K. Minor, Editor and Proprietor, No. 35 Wall Street, 1832-1835. 32cm. Three volumes in six parts. Issues Vol. 1 No. 1 thru Vol. 3 No. 50. Two of the spines retain original leather binding, while the other four have recent cloth bindings all with marbled... More
Glendale, California: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1949-1950. First edition. Two volumes. 24cm. 349pp.; 320pp. illustrations and portraits. All edges trimmed. Tipped in author's signature volume one. Blue cloth with gilt stamping on spines. Very good. CLARK 218: States 600 copies were bound in blue cloth. 150 only the top... More
NY & Washington: Neale Pub. Co., 1907. First edition. 12mo. 181 pp. Haynes 17526. Krick 475: "Critics were quick to point out the unseemly romanticism of the work, and its unswerving devotion to Bacon and his supporters." Original gilt-stamped green cloth with heavy flecking common to Neale books. Inscribed by... More
Hotchkiss, Colorado: Published by W. S. Coburn, John Patterson and A.D. Shaw, 1909. 21cm. Portrait, 268 pp., (1). Gray wrappers, printed in black on the cover. Overall wear with chipping to spine, tear and creases to front cover, small piece missing from corner on rear wrapper. Stain at bottom edge... More
[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
[Philadelphia: Childs and Swaine, 1791]. Single sheet, 29 x 20 cm. Approved, February 11, 1791. 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 the United States. Some shallow... More
Boston: Printed by Nathaniel Coverly, Jun'r. Corner Theatre Alley, nd [c.1812]. Broadside, 26.5 x 19 cm. Text in two columns separated by a decorative centerline. Two relief cuts printed above the title, one of an American Eagle with arrows clutched in his talons, the other of a drum, flag, bayonets... More
[1863]. A four page letter, in brown ink on thin paper, approx. 460 words. The accompanying envelope is lined in black, as Letitia was evidently still in mourning for her father President John Tyler who had died in 1862. A thoughtful letter, including the effects of the war on her... More
