Cambridge, [MA]: Printed by Hilliard and Metcalf, 1820. Second American edition. 8vo. 99 pp. Original blue gray printed wrappers frayed at edges and a few stains, spine partly perished, page edges untrimmed. Text browned, top edge of title page torn unevenly (possibly to remove an ownership signature?). AMERICAN IMPRINTS 3373..... More
![THE AMERICAN HUB! / [vignette of metal hub] / The Public is Invited to Examine this / VALUABLE...](/pictures/thumb/65270.jpg?v=1603232556)
Cleveland, Ohio: Viets & Savage Printers, 184 Superior Street. nd [1860-67]? Broadside. 31 x 20.5 cm. Printed in various sizes and styles of type. Some faint, old staining and scattered foxing. Signed in type by the inventor and patentee, Charles Leavitt who describes the quality and reasons the metal hubs..... More
[Montreal, Canada? 1862-64?]. Broadside. 26 x 21 cm. Blue paper. Paragraphs explaining the chemical makeup of the company's fertilizer which included "the best Peruvian guano," and how it worked, followed by testimonials, then directions and pricing. Signed in type by Henry Greenshields, 19 St. Sacrament St., (Montreal) Agent for Canada..... More
![AT A LEGAL MEETING OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE [TOWN] OF [LITTLETON] IN THE COUNTY OF [MIDDLESEX]...](/pictures/thumb/65267.jpg?v=1603306323)
[1812]. Election document summary for Littleton, Massachusetts, for the offices of Governor and Lieutenant Governor for 1812. Partly printed, completed in manuscript, 31 x 19 cm., two leaves. Old fold lines, small hole from broken seal, not affecting any text. Engraved State Seal of Massachusetts at top of first leaf..... More
Philadelphia. [PA]: Sheriff's Office, July 10th, 1852. Broadside, 39 x 25 cm. Printed in various sizes and styles of type, including large, bold and shadow fonts. "By virtue of a Writ of Venditioni Exponas," two parcels of land belonging to Richard Morris were to be sold, one in Moyamensing, County..... More
Hanover, [NH]: Kimball's Reform Press, at his own risk, 1854. Single sheet folded, uncut and untrimmed. 25 x 15 cm. 8 pp. Small snag to front cover, slightly affecting the publisher's name, small stain to margin of last leaf. The program included humorous speeches: "Have I arrived at the age..... More
Hanover, [NH]: Dartmouth Press, 1851. Single sheet, folded, 23.5 x 14 cm. 4pp. Slightly foxed. The program included speeches from members of the graduating class: "14 hours adventures in New York, or 2d night's experience," by Josiah Bartlett, Jr.; "If dirt were trumps what hands you'd hold," by George S...... More
[Hanover, NH]: np, October 27, 1835. First edition. Stitched sheets, 18.5 x 11 cm. 24 pp. Ink inscription on front cover: "Presented by Mellen Chamberlain." Chamberlain was a graduate of Dartmouth, a lawyer, historian and librarian. He was head librarian at Boston Public Library for over 10 years. Hale taught..... More
Little Neck, L.I, [NY]: np, Dec. 28th [1889?]. Broadside. 19 x 13 cm. Poem in 29 stanzas, printed in two columns, separated by a rule, signed in type by Bloodgood H. Cutter. Mark Twain made Cutter famous when he called him America's worst poet. Cutter (1817-1906) was a prolific writer..... More
![THE GREAT KNOW NOTHING SONG, "I DON'T KNOW." [caption title]. Francis F. Eastlack](/pictures/thumb/65259.jpg?v=1603232550)
[Philadelphia, PA]: H. J. Kehr, Central Hall, Frankford Road and Master Streets, nd [ca. 1850s]. Broadside. 25 x 15 cm. Song sheet, words only, decorative border. "(the KNOW NOTHINGS were founded in NY STATE in 1849 as a political & anti-Catholic secret society, which grew rapidly into a natl. org....... More
Peterboro, [NY]: May 24, 1844. Broadside. 32 x 21 cm. Addressed in the form of a letter to "Fellow-Citizens," approximately 900 words. Smith states that there are Indians or whites pretending to be Indians questioning the title on the lands and stripping timber from it. He says he has never..... More
New York: nd [1850s?]. Lithograph print of Madison Cottage, 31 x 49 cm., with wide margins. Depicts the cottage with its sign above a front entryway and an American flag flying from the roof, gentlemen arriving from a horse-drawn coach, another full of passengers just pulling up. "Corporal" Thompson took..... More
[Mansfield, OH: np, May 1, 1844]. Advertising broadside. 40.5 x 27.5cm. Unevenly and heavily darkened and toned, laid down on a backing sheet. Some chipping to edges and a few chips to lettering not affecting meaning. The E.P. Sturges Co. gives a detailed accounting of the spring stock of goods..... More
[Lynn, MA: np, ca.1852]. Broadside, 30 x 22cm. with an engraved cut of an eagle at head, title in bold type. Sheet toned, faint old stains, some shallow chipping and short tears to extremities and along folds. Urges Democrats to vote for Baker, despite his Whig leanings, over John B...... More
[Salem, Mass. 1870]. Unbound sheets (some uncut), 29.5 x 22.5cm. Two preliminary leaves, printed with the series title and table of contents for the issues which follow: Nos. 1-5; Oct. 31-Nov. 4, 1870, 40pp. (8pp. each no.). Laid in between the 2 preliminary leaves is a folded sheet of music..... More
[Reading, PA: np, 1837. Satin broadside, 35 x 23cm., in two columns with typographical border. Some separation along top margin and across the upper border, some loss of border at bottom, one small hole touching a couple of letters in the text, otherwise good with modest fraying around edges. Susan..... More
Boston: From J. Bumstead's Printing-Office, Union-Street, 1798. Third American edition. 12mo. 17 cm. xxiv, [1], 26-264pp. Contemporary full leather binding with gilt stamped black leather spine label. Joints cracked, somewhat amateurishly repaired with glue (or shellac?) covering the spine in a protective layer, partly extending onto boards. Spine ends chipped..... More
[Concord, NH? New Hampshire Patriot, 1828]. Broadsheet, 46 x 29 cm. [2] pp., printed in four columns. Old fold lines, slightly rumpled, manuscript note across top page margin, "1828 Presidents Message." Signed in type by John Q. Adams, Washington, Dec. 1st, 1828. The President addressed the second session of the..... More
NP [New York?]: Journal Office, November 7, 1811. Broadside, 45 x 28 cm., text printed in three columns. Signed in type by James Madison, Washington, Nov. 5, 1811. Paper toned, old fold lines, with rubbing and a few small holes along the folds, some shallow chipping to edges of the..... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1937. First edition. 8vo. xii, 430pp., xvi, (1). Very good bright burgundy cloth with gilt stamping. Dustjacket chipped at edges, and split at spine with small piece missing. Small previous owner's signature on half-title. Signed by all four authors: Mencken, Gerald W. Johnson, Frank R...... More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1940. First edition. 8vo. xi, 313 pp. Very good in very good dustjacket with slight darkening to spine, unclipped. Signed by author on flyleaf, some offsetting where something had been laid in. Small owners signature on first front blank. More
Rampart, Alaska: Alaska Forum, September 1, 1901. Single sheet, folded. 37.5 x 18cm. 4pp. Text printed in four columns. This issue is filled with information on gold mining strikes in the area around Rampart, promoted as having "produced more gold in proportion to the amount of work done and the..... More
Pittsburg, [NY]: np, August 13, 1852. Bifolium. 27cm. Two pages of text, [2 blank]; printed on blue paper. Smith writes back from Pittsburg, after the close of the Pittsburg Convention, informing the Madison County Liberty Party of his fruitless labors at the convention: "I came to the Convention with very..... More
[Boston: T. Adams, 1792]. Broadside. 35 X 21.5 cm. Signed in type by David Cobb, Speaker, Samuel Phillips, President, and approved by John Hancock, with John Avery, jun. Secretary. A vignette [a version of the State seal] printed on the upper third of the sheet, shallow chipping to margins and..... More
Neuchatel, [Switzerland]: 21 Fevrier, 1835. Broadsheet. 29.5 x 22 cm., 2 pp. Faint old tidelines, short split at left margin, along fold. The Society was instituted, largely under Agassiz' auspices, in 1832, after Humboldt had assisted in finding a position for Agassiz at Neuchatel. This was the beginning of an..... More