A LECTURE ON THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE FIRST CONSTITUENTS OF CIVILISATION.
Columbia, SC: I.C. Morgan, 1845. Original self-wrappers, stitched. 8vo.; 18pp. Scattered foxing, else very good. Not in Turnbull. More
Columbia, SC: I.C. Morgan, 1845. Original self-wrappers, stitched. 8vo.; 18pp. Scattered foxing, else very good. Not in Turnbull. More
Autograph. Very good. (#5563). More
Philadelphia: Jesper Harding, printer, 1828. 8vo. 15 pp. Original printed wrappers (browned), stitched; marginal stain, chipping and some loss to corners of front wrapper, but a very good copy. First edition. An early advocate of penal reform, Livingston also published his SYSTEM OF PENAL LAWS FOR THE UNITED STATES OF..... More
New York, [NY]: R. Worthington, 770 Broadway, 1884. First edition. 22cm. [viii], [1], p.8, - 331pp. Original red cloth, paper spine label (rubbed). Spine ends and corners worn, cloth moderately soiled and flecked. Prev. owner's name on a sticker on front endpaper. The author a lawyer states the design of..... More
New Orleans, (LA): Burell & Co., printers (for the exchange), 1886. 8vo. 147 pp. Original light green wrappers (darkened, some wear at the edges and along spine); Library of Congress duplicate, with its stamp. Tideline from old staining through text, a good copy. First edition. Cover title: CHARTER, BY-LAWS, RULES..... More
Dublin: Moncrieffe, Jenkin [and others], 1785. 1st Dublin edition in English (earlier English editions appeared in Amsterdam and London). 8vo.; (2), 280pp. Recent sprinkled calf, leather spine label. Tidelines from old staining through text, but a solid copy in an attractive new binding. Sabin 42925 (quoting from "Monthly Review"): "His..... More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1883. First edition. 23cm. 402pp. Rust colored cloth with gilt stamping on spine. Spine ends with wear, some rubbing. Pencil marks in margins of some pages, few pencil notes on blank page in the back. More
New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1876. Third enlarged edition. 23cm. xii, 413pp., (6) ads. Rust colored cloth with gilt stamped spine. Spine ends worn, front joint with small area rubbed through. Front hinge repaired. Slightly soiled. A few pencil marks in page margins, some pencil notes on blank page..... More
New York and London: G.P. Putnam's Sons. The Knickerbocker Press, 1915. First edition. 8vo. x, (ii), 229pp., (3)pp. ads. Green cloth with gilt stamping on spine. Previous owner's signatures on pastedown. More
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Published in association with the Selden Society, 1965. First edition. 8vo. xxiv, 397pp. Blue cloth with gilt stamped spine. Very good in light blue dust jacket. More
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson & Brothers, 1866. 8vo. 23 cm. 120pp. Library withdrawal stamp on titlepage. Waterstain top of pages throughout, disbound. McDADE 774: "The Dearing family of six, plus a hired boy and woman guest were all brutally hacked to death by him." More
Cambridge: At the University Press, 1969. First edition. 8vo. xi, (ii), 272 pp. Burnt orange cloth with gilt stamped spine. Yellow dustjacket with a few edge tears. Very good. More
Washington [DC]: Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1832. First edition. 22cm. 20pp. Disbound pamphlet. Title page has some loss not affecting printing, last page has closed tear slightly affecting a letter or two. HOWES M318: "Reviews the whole history of our Indian treaties." More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1968. First edition. 8vo. xiii, 531pp. Blue cloth with gilt stamped spine. Very good in dust jacket. A few dog-earred pages, now straightened. Previous owner's name on flyleaf. More
[Salem, MA: np, 1806]. Broadside. 57.5 x 46 cm. Text printed in four columns. Old fold lines, with a few small breaks and separations at folds, two or three small holes affecting a few letters, laid down on archival paper. Concerning violations of neutral trading rights. "Signed in behalf of..... More
(Chicago, IL): Printed at the U. of Chicago Press, 1904. First separate edition, reprinted from "Modern Philology," vol. II, no. 2, October, 1904. Tall 8vo. 23 pp. A study of the variations of the term "lynch law" as used in the English language, during the late 18th and early to..... More
Beauvoir Community, MS: The Book Farm, 1948. 1/99 copies. Heartman's Historical Series No. 75. 8vo. viii, (18) pp. Very good in printed wraps as issued. More
(Albany, NY): "From the ALBANY ARGUS," (1877). 10 pp. Self-wrappers; spine taped, paper severely browned, with chipping along the edges, not touching text" (1877). Good copy only. First separate edition. OCLC locates a single copy (New York State Library). More
Partially printed document, 6 ¼ x 7 ½ inches, headed “State of Tennessee.” McGavock, a native of Virginia, became a politician and planter near Nashville, building “Canton,” which served as a field hospital following the Civil War Battle of Franklin. Uniformly browned, but very good. More
A 3pp. manuscript letter, on 8 1/2 x 11 paper. Folded as for mailing. Very good. A planter, Jonathan T. Faulk, who owed Coxe money, had been transferring property to his children to protect it from seizure to satisfy the debts; McGuire informed Coxe that he had arranged with the..... More
Madison: The State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1961. First edition. 20cm. xii, 71pp. Green cloth, gilt stamped on spine and front board. Inscribed by author. Very good. More
Chapel Hill, (NC): UNC Press, 1936. First edition. 8vo. v, (2), 87 pp. Coleman 2421: "Historical account of the activities of the night riders in western and southwestern Kentucky and parts of Tennessee in the early 1900s, against the tobacco-trust companies and their agents." Books from Chapel Hill, p. 130..... More
Raleigh, NC: Edwards & Broughton, Printers and Binders, 1879. First edition. 8vo. 56 pp. Moore (1801-1878), a Halifax County native and 1820 UNC graduate, served in the state legislature in the 1830s and 1840s, remained a staunch Unionist during the Civil War, aided in the writing of a new state..... More
[Watertown, Mass: Printed by Benjamin Edes, 1775] Imprint supplied by Evans. Broadside. 21 1/2 x 16 1/2 cm. A true copy, signed in type, and sent down for Concurrence by Perez Morton, Dep. Sec'y., in the House of Representatives, November 7, 1775. Read and concurr'd and sent up by J...... More
Richmond, [Va.]: Printed by John Warrock, for the Author, 1819. First edition. 8vo. xi, [1], 576 pp. Contemporary leather binding with red leather gilt stamped spine label, with general wear and some loss to spine end. Black leather ownership label on spine of Harry R. Kern. Bookplate of Edmund P...... More