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MEMOIRS OF THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION: Including a Narrative of the Expedition of General Xavier...

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Robinson, William Davis.

MEMOIRS OF THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION: Including a Narrative of the Expedition of General Xavier Mina; with Some Observations on the Practicability of Opening a Commerce between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, through the Mexican Isthmus in the Province of Oaxaca, and at the Lake of Nicaragua; and on the Future Importance of Such Commerce to the Civilized World, and More Especially to the United States.

Philadelphia: Printed for the author by Lydia R. Bailey, 1820. First edition. 8vo. xxxvi, 396 pp. Recent binding in contemporary style. Endpapers stained. HOWES R-380: "Chief contemporary authority on the audacious filibustering expedition against Mexico under Mina, launched with a handful of men, through Texas in 1817. Notable also for... More about MEMOIRS OF THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION: Including a Narrative of the Expedition of General Xavier...

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THE WAR IN NICARAGUA. William Walker

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THE WAR IN NICARAGUA

Mobile: S.H. Goetzel & Co., 1860. Frontis. xii,[13]-431,[2]pp., folding color map. 12mo. Original red cloth, stamped in blind, spine gilt rubbed. Overall soiled with wear to corners and spine ends.. Light foxing and toning. Good. The map is crisp with some darkening on outer edge that extended past pages. Nice..... More about THE WAR IN NICARAGUA

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NOTES ON MEXICO, MADE IN THE AUTUMN OF 1822; Accompanied by an Historical Sketch of the...

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Poinsett, Joel R.)

NOTES ON MEXICO, MADE IN THE AUTUMN OF 1822; Accompanied by an Historical Sketch of the Revolution, and Translations of Official Reports on the Present State of That County, with a Map, by a citizen of the United States.

Philadelphia: H. C. Carey and I. Lea, 1824. First edition. 8vo. 359 pp. Tables, large folding map (long seperation at central fold and other shorter seperations at other folds). Half calf (rubbed, spine severely eroded) and boards. Map laid down on thick paper. Good copy only. Later paper label on... More about NOTES ON MEXICO, MADE IN THE AUTUMN OF 1822; Accompanied by an Historical Sketch of the...

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GRAND ARMY EDITION. DAILY MERCURY. SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA. Chas. M. Shortridge, publisher

Shortridge, Chas. M. (editor & publisher)

GRAND ARMY EDITION. DAILY MERCURY. SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA.

June 1886. Folio newspaper. Single issue. 52 cm. 24 pp., illustrated wrappers, stitched. Text in six columns, with in text illustrations and advertisements throughout. Some overall toning to wrappers, some chipping and short tears along spine edge, but a very good copy. Front wrapper illustration by San Francisco based lithographers... More about GRAND ARMY EDITION. DAILY MERCURY. SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA

Price: $1,000.00

SUPPLEMENT TO THE ORLEANS AMERICAN

SUPPLEMENT TO THE ORLEANS AMERICAN

[Albion, NY: ca. 1868]. Broadside. 70 x 58 cm. Newspaper supplement, printed in nine columns, recording the speech of Hon. Noah Davis on the "Issues of the Day Ably Discussed. Reconstruction---Public Debt---Democratic Repudiation---Greenbacks and Bonds---Taxation---Expose of Democratic Misrepresentations---Gov. Church Under the Scalpel." Old fold lines, but an otherwise fresh copy... More about SUPPLEMENT TO THE ORLEANS AMERICAN

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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY...

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY EIGHT. AN ACT TO PREVENT PROFANE CURSING AND SWEARING. [caption title] [followed by 63 lines of text]

[Boston: Printed by Young & Minns, 1798] Imprint supplied by Evans. Broadside. 46 x 28 cm. Old fold lines, overall toning of sheet, old tidelines and small rust marks and holes at edges (likely from having been posted), chipping to margins, especially along the right edge, but no loss of... More about COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY...

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STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS-BAY. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JUNE 8, 1779. Whereas by a Resolve...

STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS-BAY. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JUNE 8, 1779. Whereas by a Resolve of the late General Court of the 6th of February last, it is among other Things resolved, that the Selectmen and Committees respectively of the several Towns in this State who have supplied the Families of the Soldiers in the Continental Army for three Years of during the War, shall make up their Accounts for past Supplies as soon as may be, and for future Supplies on the first Day of January yearly, and lay them before the General Court for Examination and Allowance.... [followed by five lines of text and a chart outlining the form for the accounts]

[Boston: Printed by Thomas & John Fleet, 1779] Imprint supplied by Evans. Broadside. 25 x 19 cm. Old fold lines, short separation along one fold slightly affecting a word or two of text, but all legible, shallow chipping at edges. Signed in type by John Hancock, Speaker, In Council, June... More about STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS-BAY. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JUNE 8, 1779. Whereas by a Resolve...

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REBEL RAID IN SOUTHEAST / MISSOURI. / ATTACK UPON PATTERSON. / FIGHT BETWEEN 1,500 OF THE ENEMY /...

Smart, Edwin (Col. Com'dg)

REBEL RAID IN SOUTHEAST / MISSOURI. / ATTACK UPON PATTERSON. / FIGHT BETWEEN 1,500 OF THE ENEMY / AND 400 FEDERALS. / THE LATTER FALL BACK TO BIG / CREEK. / INTERESTING DISPATCH FROM PILOT KNOB. / MAJOR McCONNELL REPORTED MORTALLY / WOUNDED AND A PRISONER. / THE INCURSION AT AN END. [caption title] [followed by 69 lines of text]

[NP: 1863]. Narrow folio broadside. 35 x 11 cm. Slight browning and spotting, faint remains of tape [from posting?] along top edge, but very good. The notice states: "Intelligence reached the city last evening that Marmaduke, with four thousand men and artillery, was advancing upon Patterson, where only a few... More about REBEL RAID IN SOUTHEAST / MISSOURI. / ATTACK UPON PATTERSON. / FIGHT BETWEEN 1,500 OF THE ENEMY /...

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THE PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION, RELATING TO THE SOUTH-CAROLINA ORDINANCE. [caption title]. Andrew...

Jackson, Andrew

THE PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION, RELATING TO THE SOUTH-CAROLINA ORDINANCE. [caption title]

Tuscaloosa [AL]: Wiley, McGuire and Henry, Prs. [December 10, 1832]. Broadside on silk. 60 x 49 cm. Text in seven columns, enclosed in a decorative border. Old staining to margins, and partly into text, but all legible. Damage and some loss to upper margin of broadside, extending at one point... More about THE PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION, RELATING TO THE SOUTH-CAROLINA ORDINANCE. [caption title

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CHICKAMAUGA. THE CLAIM OF "HERO" AT THAT BATTLE. A REPLY TO THE STATEMENT OF GEN. J. B. STEEDMAN....

[Civil War] [Broadsheet] Waggoner, Clark

CHICKAMAUGA. THE CLAIM OF "HERO" AT THAT BATTLE. A REPLY TO THE STATEMENT OF GEN. J. B. STEEDMAN. An Examination of the Record. [follwed by two columns with approximately 120 lines of text each on recto, and two columns with approximately 130 lines each on verso].

[Toledo or Cincinnati, OH?]: np, 1882. Broadsheet. 45 x 14 cm. Addressed "To the Editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer," with a date line of "Toledo, Ohio, January 31, 1882." Old fold lines, slight stain to upper left corner, otherwise very good. No OCLC, nor have we found located elsewhere. The... More about CHICKAMAUGA. THE CLAIM OF "HERO" AT THAT BATTLE. A REPLY TO THE STATEMENT OF GEN. J. B....

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THIRTY THOUSAND ACRES OF LAND FOR SALE!!! The Subscribers Would Call Public Attention to the...

[Illinois] [Real Estate]

THIRTY THOUSAND ACRES OF LAND FOR SALE!!! The Subscribers Would Call Public Attention to the Great Bargains Now Offered in Real Estate, in the counties of Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence and Richland, Illinois...[73 lines in 2 columns]. DESCRIPTION OF LANDS... [128 lines in 3 columns] Peter Smith. L. Abernathy... Reference. [4 lines]

[Lawrenceville, ILL: np, 1855?]. Broadside. 57 x 27 cm. Some toning otherwise very good. Date from BYRD who says assumed from evidence in the broadside. BYRD 2352: Ill. Hist. OCLC: AAS, Abraham Lincoln Lib. More about THIRTY THOUSAND ACRES OF LAND FOR SALE!!! The Subscribers Would Call Public Attention to the...

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WESTERN COURIER. --- EXTRA. Ravenna, September 8, 1832

WESTERN COURIER. --- EXTRA. Ravenna, September 8, 1832.

[Ravenna, OH: 1832]. Newspaper extra. Single sheet, 39cm. 2pp. Text in three columns. Old fold lines, separated across horizontal fold but text legible, overall toning of sheet, small ink note [illegible] in upper right corner; thumbnail sized chip in outer margin, not affecting text. On the recto of this extra... More about WESTERN COURIER. --- EXTRA. Ravenna, September 8, 1832

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GOOD NEWS FOR ALL / NEW CASH STORE AT OLIVE GREEN / Fresh Goods at Prices suited to the War Times...

[Trade Broadside] [Ohio] [Civil War]

GOOD NEWS FOR ALL / NEW CASH STORE AT OLIVE GREEN / Fresh Goods at Prices suited to the War Times /.... [followed by a large woodcut image, 24 x 40 cm., of a train bringing the goods in surrounded by welcoming people who are commenting on its arrival] .... / Dry Goods / Groceries, / Hardware, Glassware, Clothing.../ Buying and selling for cash alone, I am enabled to give customers as good bargains as they can find anywhere else in the / country. / J.N. Stark / Olive Green, Delaware County, O.

Cincinnati, [OH]: Times Print, nd [ca.1861-65]. Broadside. 64 x 48 cm. Printed in various sizes and styles of type. Woodcut signed in image by "Frazer & Denis, Cin." This firm of wood engravers and designers had offices in the Gazette Building on Main Street in Cincinnati, according to an 1852... More about GOOD NEWS FOR ALL / NEW CASH STORE AT OLIVE GREEN / Fresh Goods at Prices suited to the War Times...

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THE GOOD CHILD'S DELIGHT WITH PICTURES BRIGHT AND STORIES AND RHYMES FOR HAPPY TIMES. [Bound with...

[Juvenile Canvassing Book]

THE GOOD CHILD'S DELIGHT WITH PICTURES BRIGHT AND STORIES AND RHYMES FOR HAPPY TIMES. [Bound with five other works in a compendium canvassing volume].

Philadelphia, PA: International Publishing Co., nd [1901]. Square 8vo. Illustrations and colored covers bound in with specimen text for each volume. The other five titles, from the same publisher, include: THE CHILD'S STORY OF BIRDS, BEASTS AND REPTILES by Frederick Lonnkvist; GREAT AMERICAN MEN & WOMEN FOR LITTLE AMERICAN BOYS... More about THE GOOD CHILD'S DELIGHT WITH PICTURES BRIGHT AND STORIES AND RHYMES FOR HAPPY TIMES. [Bound with...

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MIDDLESEX C. / TO THE SELECT-MEN OF THE TOWN OF [CONCORD] / GENTLEMEN, / THIS CONTAINS THE NAMES...

Mason, Thad[deus]

MIDDLESEX C. / TO THE SELECT-MEN OF THE TOWN OF [CONCORD] / GENTLEMEN, / THIS CONTAINS THE NAMES OF THE PERSONS / LICENSED IN YOUR TOWN THE LAST YEAR, VIZ... [followed by manuscript names and 12 lines of printed text]

Cambridge: May 17[80]. Single sheet, partly printed, completed in manuscript, 17 x 10 cm. Old vertical fold line, reinforced with an archival repair on verso. This notice, signed in ink by Thaddeus Mason (1706-1802), notifies the town of Concord that the time for renewing inn holding and retailing (liquor) licenses... More about MIDDLESEX C. / TO THE SELECT-MEN OF THE TOWN OF [CONCORD] / GENTLEMEN, / THIS CONTAINS THE NAMES...

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TYPOGRAPHIA: AN ODE ON PRINTING. John Markland

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Markland, John)

TYPOGRAPHIA: AN ODE ON PRINTING

Roanoke, (VA): (Stone Printing and Manufacturing Co.), 1926. "Photographic facsimile of the Williamsburg Edition of 1730," 1/870 copies signed by the typographer, Edward Stone. Small folio. (10), 15 pp. Facsimile of the 1730 original printed by William Parks during the year he established a press at the Virginia capital (OCLC... More about TYPOGRAPHIA: AN ODE ON PRINTING

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NEW JERSEY CONTINENTAL LINE IN VIRGINIA CAMPAIGN OF 1781. William S. Stryker

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Stryker, William S.

NEW JERSEY CONTINENTAL LINE IN VIRGINIA CAMPAIGN OF 1781

Trenton, NJ: Printed for private distribution by John L. Murphy, 1882. First edition. 8vo. 45 pp. Printed complimentary slip from the author tipped-in. Traces of binding along spine; AAS duplicate, with blindstamp. Printed yellow wrappers (disbound from a pamphlet volume). (4663). More about NEW JERSEY CONTINENTAL LINE IN VIRGINIA CAMPAIGN OF 1781

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TYPOGRAPHIA, AN ODE ON PRINTING: A Facsimile Reproduction of the First Book Printed in Virginia,...

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TYPOGRAPHIA, AN ODE ON PRINTING: A Facsimile Reproduction of the First Book Printed in Virginia, By William Parks, Williamsburg, 1730 [cover title].

(Roanoke, VA: Stone Printing and Manufacturing Co.), nd [1926?]. First edition. Narrow 16mo. 21 pp. Unused order blank laid in. Description of the book, with reviews and testimonials. OCLC locates two copies (Virginia, Texas Woman's University). Very good. Printed cream wrappers (some soiling), stapled. (4648). More about TYPOGRAPHIA, AN ODE ON PRINTING: A Facsimile Reproduction of the First Book Printed in Virginia,...

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HISTORY OF THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY IN VIRGINIA FROM 1860 to 1894. B. W. Arnold

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Arnold, B.W.

HISTORY OF THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY IN VIRGINIA FROM 1860 to 1894.

Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Press, 1897. First edition, JHU Studies in Historical and Political Science, 15th Series, I-II. 8vo. 86 pp. Very good unopened copy. Original printed tan wrappers (some soiling and edgewear). (4664). More about HISTORY OF THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY IN VIRGINIA FROM 1860 to 1894

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VIRGINIA'S FIRST GERMAN COLONY. Elizabeth C. Vann, Margaret C. Dixon

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Vann, Elizabeth C., and Margaret C. Dixon.

VIRGINIA'S FIRST GERMAN COLONY.

Richmond, VA: The authors, 1961. First edition. 8vo. 47, (1) pp. Illustrated, plates, map, map vignette on title page. Signed by the authors; with their self-produced prospectus laid in. "History of the founding of the extinct villages of Germanna and Germantown, 1714-1721, with biographical sketches of the founders." The villages... More about VIRGINIA'S FIRST GERMAN COLONY

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MOUNT VERNON: A Letter to the Children of America, by the author of "Rural Hours," etc., etc....

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Cooper, Susan Fenimore)

MOUNT VERNON: A Letter to the Children of America, by the author of "Rural Hours," etc., etc.

New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1859. First edition. 16mo. 70 pp. Frontispiece portrait of George Washington, engraved plate of Mt. Vernon. BAL 3967. Some light foxing, but very good. Original gilt-stamped brown cloth (a little faded). (4640). More about MOUNT VERNON: A Letter to the Children of America, by the author of "Rural Hours,"...

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A GOODLY HERITAGE:A History of the Carter Family in Virginia. B. Noland II Carter

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Carter, B. Noland II.

A GOODLY HERITAGE:A History of the Carter Family in Virginia.

(Richmond, VA: Virginia Genealogical SocietY, c2003). First edition. 8vo. 2 volumes: xv, 668; xxiv, 669-1272 pp. Illustrated from photographs, genealogical charts, maps, plans. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper of volume one. Corner of each front endpaper clipped, else fine. Gilt-stamped red cloth, color illustrated dust jacket. (4414). More about A GOODLY HERITAGE:A History of the Carter Family in Virginia

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ALEXANDER HUGH HOLMES STUART, 1807-1891, a Biography. Alexander F. Robertson

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Robertson, Alexander F.

ALEXANDER HUGH HOLMES STUART, 1807-1891, a Biography.

Richmond, VA: William Byrd Press, Inc., Printers, (1925). First edition. 8vo. xix, 484 pp. Illustrated, plates, frontispiece portrait of Stuart. With a warm personal inscription by the author to Gordon in the year of publication: in part: "... a constant help in the preparation of this book." With Gordon's bookplate... More about ALEXANDER HUGH HOLMES STUART, 1807-1891, a Biography

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INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF GRECIAN GEOGRAPHY. George Long, Robley Dunglison

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Long, George, and Robley Dunglison

INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF GRECIAN GEOGRAPHY

Charlottesville, VA: F. Carr and Co., 1829. First edition. 8vo. 293 pp. Prepared from lectures given at the University of Virginia, 1827-1828; at publication, Long had left for the University of London, leaving behind Dunglison on the U.V.A. faculty. Among the earliest Charlottesville books, printed the same year as Thomas... More about INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF GRECIAN GEOGRAPHY

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STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS-BAY. In the House of REPRESENTATIVES, February 16, 1779. WHEREAS upon...

[Directing the Speedy Resolution of Disputes over Quotas of Men]

STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS-BAY. In the House of REPRESENTATIVES, February 16, 1779. WHEREAS upon Examination, In Consequence of a Report of the Committee for settling Disputes between the Towns in the several Counties in this State respecting their Quotas of Men in the Continental Army, it appears that the Committees in the Counties of Plymouth, York, Hampshire, Berkshire and Lincoln who were appointed in April last to settle Disputes between the Towns in their in their respective Counties..... have not complied with the Design of their Appointment....Resolved. That the Committees... are hereby directed to compleat the Affair.... [Signed] John Pickering [40 lines of text approximately 320 words]

[Boston: Printed by Thomas & John Fleet], 1779. Broadside. 25 x 19 cm. Signed in type by John Pickering, Speaker, and read and concurred a true copy by John Avery, Dep. Sec'ry. Old fold lines, some tears to edges, with loss at upper corners (as though from being posted), one... More about STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS-BAY. In the House of REPRESENTATIVES, February 16, 1779. WHEREAS upon...

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