Boston, (MA): Printed for the author, 1840. First edition. 8vo. 24 pp. Inscribed on the rear wrapper “To Andrew Ritchie Esq / with the respects of the author.” American Imprints 40-6561. Original plain yellow wrappers. A little light foxing, but very good. More
[Haverhill, MA?]: 1871. Broadside printed on salmon card stock, 10 ½ x 6 7/8 inches, the title and text enclosed within an ornamental border. “Good Will Hose Company will proceed to all fires within the city limits,” etc. Apparently not recorded on OCLC. Some soiling at extremities, tack holes in..... More
[Boston, MA?]: Massachusetts General Court, 1829. Printed broadside, 11 ¼ x 9 inches, the first line in the title in bold capitals. Providing that the town selectmen might hire men as needed to establish the new service, fix the duties and powers of those officers, and outlining various other rules..... More
Worcester, MA: 1835. Printed broadside, 11 ½ x 9 1/8 inches, the second line of the title printed in larger bold capitals. Following a vote of residents, the act would give the City Council of Worcester authority to appoint a chief engineer and not more than six assistant engineers, with..... More
Boston, (MA): James Munroe and Co., 1838. First edition. 8vo. 31 pp. BAL 5184. Cooke, p. 66. American Imprints 50212. In this address Emerson “cleared his mind once and for all of any remaining conviction that the Church as constituted was the place for scholars and prophets. He declared it..... More
[United States: 1850]. Printed broadside, 21 x 11 inches, employing several sizes and styles of type, with display types to 2 5/8 inches. During the lecture Ross was to include an “explanation of the telegraphing process … the whole to be accompanied by illustrations on suitable apparatus, including Morse’s telegraph.”..... More
Saint Louis, (MO): Balmer & Weber Music House Co., (c1887). Revised, enlarged, and improved edition (first published 1881). 4to. 192, (1, publisher’s ad) pp. Seven pages of text [printed double-column] and 173 songs, music and lyrics; pagination continuous through the three parts. Original gilt-stamped embossed green cloth. Very good. More
(Philadelphia, PA: William Brown, Printer), 1830. Folio (33 cm). 4, (1) pp. The auction included 148 numbered lots of wholesale textiles, the catalogue set up in tabular form to include lot number, number of items in the lot, a description of the goods, and space for “Remarks” (this copy without..... More
[New Haven, CT]: nd [but from the student names probably 1787; possibly a draft copy, as not signed by Ezra Stiles]. Oblong 4to (9 ¼ x 11 ½ inches). One-page. Included among the graduates are some who became famous: Christopher Ellery, nephew of William Ellery, who became a U.S. Senator..... More
[Washington, DC?]: United States Congress, nd [between 1842 and 1861]. First edition (?). 8vo. 6 pp. Prints 17 sections for the act, setting up a police commission and seven districts [i.e., police precincts], with a total of 17 police officers commanded by a captain; an additional captain would be appointed..... More
[Hartford, CT: nd, but ca. 1783]. Printed pay warrant, 5 ½ x 6 ¾ inches, also signed by commission member William Moseley, countersigned by Jedidiah Huntington (1743-1818; American Revolutionary War general), and signed in type by John Lawrence as treasurer. This warrant approves payment of four pounds, eighteen shillings, eight..... More
[Hartford, CT: nd, but ca. 1783]. Printed pay warrant, 5 ½ x 6 ¾ inches, countersigned by Jedidiah Huntington (1743-1818; American Revolutionary War general), and signed in type by John Lawrence as treasurer. This warrant approves payment of three pounds, seven shillings, three pence to the Guilford Select Men. The..... More
[Hartford, CT: nd, but ca. 1783]. Printed pay warrant, 5 ½ x 6 ¾ inches, also signed by commission member Fenn Wadsworth, countersigned by Jedidiah Huntington (1743-1818; American Revolutionary War general), and signed in type by John Lawrence as treasurer. This warrant approves payment of 10 pounds, eighteen shillings, eight..... More
Hartford, (CT): Case, Tiffany & Co., Printers, 1842-1844. Annual reports. 8vo. Three volumes: 32, (2); 33, (3); 44, (4) pp. The reports for 1843 and 1844 include a plate that illustrated each letter of the alphabet in sign language; each also includes a list of pupils, giving dates of admission..... More
Hartford, (CT): Printed by Hudson & Goodwin, 1805. First edition. 8vo. 20 pp. Sabin 15859. American Imprints 8284. Disbound pamphlet. Bottom corner of title leaf chipped, a good copy. More
Hartford, (CT): Printed by Hudson and Goodwin, 1804. First edition. 8vo. 21, ii pp. Sabin 15716. American Imprints 6109. Original printed self-wrappers, stitched. Trimmed, but a very good copy. More
Hartford, (CT): Printed by Hudson and Goodwin, 1804. First edition. 8vo. 21, ii pp. Sabin 15716. American Imprints 6109. Original printed self-wrappers, stitched. Age toned, but a very good untrimmed copy. More
Philadelphia, (PA): William Cobbett, (1797). Issue for March, 1797, this issue only. 8vo. (4), 53-123 pp. With the half-title. Includes, among other items, “Noah Webster’s Attack on Porcupine” and “Porcupine’s Last Will and Testament.” Evans 31947. Disbound pamphlet (traces of binding on spine). More
Philadelphia, (PA): William Cobbett, 1796. Issue for December, 1796, this issue only. 8vo. 47, 18, (5, publisher’s ads) pp. With the general title-page for volume one (to be used in binding the complete run for the volume). Evans 30227. Disbound pamphlet (traces of binding on spine); contemporary manuscript ink notes..... More
Philadelphia, (PA): Printed for and sold by, William Cobbett, Nov. 1796. Issue for November, 1796, this issue only. 8vo. 78 pp. Evans 30226. Disbound pamphlet (traces of binding on spine). More
Philadelphia, (PA): Printed for Benjamin Davies, 1796. Issue for April, 1796, this issue only. 8vo. (2), [71]-169 pp. Engraved frontispiece (a little chipped at the edges). Evans 30221. Disbound pamphlet (traces of binding on spine). More
Philadelphia, (PA): Printed for Benjamin Davies, 1796. Issue for March, 1796 , this issue only. 8vo. vi, (2), [7]-70 pp. Twice a refugee in America from British justice, Cobbett (1763-1835) began this monthly journal and produced other writings as pro-Federalist support of Great Britain over the interests of France and..... More
San Francisco, (CA): Grand Lodge, California (Eng. By W. F. Goldsmith & F. Moody), (1855). Engraved parchment broadside certificate, 17 x 25 ½ inches, text printed in both English and Latin acknowledging Albert Wilson Bee as a Master Mason in El Dorado Lodge No. 26 and signed by W. H...... More
Canastota, NY: Patten, Stafford & Myer, nd [ca. 1900]. Broadside on cloth, 25 x 17 ½ inches, employing several sizes and styles of text, with display types to two inches. This company not represented in Romaine. OCLC locates only a 12-page, 1890 trade pamphlet for this company (one copy, Delaware)..... More
New York and London: Charles Scribner and Sampson, Low & Co., 1859. First edition. Folio (36 cm). 22 colored plates (heavily browned, though images largely unaffected; small offsets to two plates touching images, one plate with mounted newspaper clippings and a small oval photographic portrait affixed). Bennett, p. 6: “22..... More
