Washington, (DC): Printed by William A. Davis, 1816. First edition. Folio. Title leaf, two pages of text printing notices from the Secretary of the Treasury (Dallas) and Joseph Nourse, Register in the Treasury Dept., and a double foldout leaf, printing details of the various loans in columns. American Imprints 35519..... More
New York: 1820. Two manuscript documents. 4to, each one page, approximately 250 words total, docketed on blank verso. Mitchell writes, in part, “I hereby certify that I have heard Major Fisher’s explanation of the materials he employs in preparing his warranted Razor Straps … I have found the apparatus admirably..... More
Contoocook, (NH): New Hampshire Antiquarian Society, 1874. First edition, Collections of the New Hampshire Antiquarian Society, No. 1. 8vo. 28, (1) pp. List of officers, members and honorary members printed on verso of wrappers, with four members and a note added in manuscript. Original printed wrappers (darkened, some edgewear). Very..... More
Philadelphia: 1787. Contemporary copy of a manuscript letter concerning “claims of the parties respecting a steam boat.” 4to. One-page, approximately 150 words. Fitch explains his absence from the session in question based on his belief that his opponents would also be absent, but should they attend a session of the..... More
New York: E. R. Pelton, Publisher, 1897. First edition. 8vo. ix, 265 pp. Profusely illustrated from photographs and line drawings, plates; includes index and bibliography. First history of “catch-as-catch can” wrestling, with excellent illustrations of various positions and throws. OCLC: “Edition limited to 300 copies.” Original gilt-stamped decorated navy cloth..... More
New York: M. B. Wynkoop, Book & Job Printer, 1856. First edition. 8vo. 63 pp. “The discoveries in Syria and Afghanistan, should be mentioned here as notable illustrations of the interest which ancient coins will excite, as connected with locality; for the former may, by means of their old money..... More
Lowell, MA: I. H. Welton, Publisher, nd [1849]. Printed songsheet, 8 x 6 ½ inches, the title in bold type, “Price Two Cents” at the head, the whole enclosed within a wide ornamental border. A love song dealing with death and bereavement. The publisher is listed at this address in..... More
Boston, (MA): Oliver Ditson, 1845. First edition. 4to. 11 pp. Lyrics and music, a prose preface describing Warren duty and death at Bunker Hill, and a title-page lithograph (F.F. Oakley’s Lith. 204 Washn. St. Boston) illustrating Warren’s death as part of a patriotic panel including vignettes of Warren’s birthplace and..... More
[Hartford, CT]: 1782. Partly printed document, 4 1/8 x 7 7/8 inches, the text headed “State of Connecticut” and enclosed within an ornamental border (somewhat trimmed); docketed on verso with annual notes on interest paid through 1790. Lawrence (1719-1802) served as Connecticut’s Treasurer, 1769-1789. One-inch circle punched through text, two..... More
Cambridge, (MA): 1825. 4to. 3-pages, approximately 400 words, in part: “The Committee believe that for this sum a very substantial and ornamental monument of Granite may be set up, well adapted to mark the memorable spot, where the British troops were so heavily resisted by American militia.” The monument, at..... More
NP: np, nd [ca. 1830]. Printed broadside, 11 ½ x 9 1/8 inches, second line of the title in larger bold capitals. An appeal to keep the day “holy,” particularly aimed at proprietors of steam-boats, cars, and means of public conveyances: “Our Steam-boats, Rail-road Cars, Stages, and private vehicles groan..... More
Boston, (MA): Published by Abel Tompkins, 1852. First edition. 12mo. 404, (4, publisher’s ads) pp. Engraved frontispiece portrait of the subject. Ballou (1771-1852), originally a Baptist, converted to Universalism in 1789, preached in several New England states, published widely, and became known as a father of American Universalism. Inscribed on..... More
Boston, (MA): Printed by Crocker & Brewster, 1829. Several editions, by different printers, appeared in 1829. 8vo. 32 pp. Emphasizes the positive effects on the economy that might be brought with the construction of rail roads (the first of which appeared in Massachusetts in 1835). American Imprints 39112. Rink 5950..... More
Washington, DC: Ritchie & Heiss, Print, 1846. First edition, 29th Congress, 1st Session, Ho. Of Reps., Doc. No. 173. 8vo. 27 pp. Folding map (detached). “A new roadway, combining, with the operation of steam carriages, great economy in carrying into effect a system of intercommunication with Oregon, and a commercial..... More
Cincinnati, (OH): Printed at the Office of Buchanan’s Journal of Man, 1854. First edition. 8vo. (4), 384, 16 pp. Frontispiece, on lithographed plate, in-text illustrations and diagrams. “While still in college [Buchanan] laid the foundations for two new so-called sciences, psychometry and sarcognomy … the first to diagnose, the second..... More
San Francisco, CA: Edgar Williams & Co., 1878. First edition. Folio (45 cm) 104 pp. A total of eight additional numbered pages of textual information are inserted between pages 26 and 27 and 58 and 59. Nineteen hand-colored lithographed maps (all but one double-page), 26 lithographed plates (many with multiple..... 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
New York: Tribune Job Printing Establishment, 1846. Annual report. 8vo. 68 pp. Cut (1 7/8 x 4 inches) of the school building on title page. Includes lists of pupils and officers and managers, financial statements, selections from compositions written by the pupils, etc. Disbound pamphlet (old tidelines through text, some..... More
Goshen, (NY): Printed by H. H. Van Dyck, 1832. First separate edition, “Independent Republican Extra” at head of title page. 8vo. 11 pp. [printed double-column]. Not recorded in American Imprints. OCLC locates one copy (New York Historical Society, also with text trimmed from some leaves). Disbound pamphlet. Final two leaves..... More
Brooklyn, (NY): E.B. Spooner, Printer, 1848. First edition. 8vo. 22 pp. Folding map: Travellers Map of Long Island (NY: J.H. Colton, 1848). The project, meant to connect Gravesend and Jamaica Bays with Great South Bay, and to cross Canoe Place to Peconic Bay, was first proposed in 1824, and a...... More
New York: Peabody & Co., 1831 (-1834). First edition, six parts [of eight eventually published]. 4to. iv, [5]-50 pp. 22 engraved views of New York on 11 leaves, double-page hand-colored folding map of lower Manhattan; also bound in are the front wrapper from Part I, the prospectus that was included..... More
[Lyndeboro, NH]: The company, [nd, but 1837?]. Printed broadside on dark pink paper, 12 ½ x 10 1/8 inches, employing several sizes and styles of type, the third line in the title in larger bold capitals, the title and text enclosed within a wide ornamental border. Founded in 1804 as..... More
Concord, (NH): Printed by Isaac Hill, 5825 [i.e., 1825]. First edition. 8vo. 22 pp. Discussing the religious aspects of Freemasonry, especially Christianity. American Imprints 21278. OCLC locates four copies (New York Historical Society, Library of Congress, New Hampshire Historical Society, Dartmouth). Disbound pamphlet. Very good untrimmed copy. More
[Nottingham or Portsmouth, NH]: 1816. Printed broadside, 12 x 6 ½ inches (trimmed to the border edge), the prose section printed across the top, flanked by illustrations of a coffin (each 2 x ½ inches). Not recorded in American Imprints. OCLC locates two copies (Massachusetts Historical Society, American Antiquarian Society)..... More
Concord, (NH): Marsh, Capen, and Lyon, 1834. First edition. 8vo. 32 pp. American Imprints 24727. Disbound pamphlet (lacking outer wrappers). Very good. More
