Philadelphia: Printed by Jacob Frick & Co., 1828. 16mo. 56, [1] pp. Stitched, remnants of wrappers along spine, text wrinkled. Shoemaker 32096- NjP, PHi, not noting the 'Scale of Votes' leaf at the end. Not in Kress. Not listed OCLC. More
Washington, (D.C.): Government Printing Office, 1863. 7 5/8 in. 41pp. Limp green patterned cloth, stamped in gilt on front cover. "It (National Currency Act) was a pragmatic compromise that represented the complexion of Congressionial interests remaining in Washington after the Southern delegations left. It can be judged a positive step..... More
Philadelphia: The company, nd [1876?]. 4to. 8 pp. [printed double column]. OCLC locates two copies (Burndy, Winterthur). Folded (short split at fold). More
Hartford: [publisher not identified], 1849. 8vo. 23.5 cm. 8pp. Blue wrappers. OCLC lists copies at CT Hist Soc., Yale Univ., Lib. Co. of Phila., TX Tech Univ., and Am. Ant. Soc. Not in KRESS. More
Kansas City, MO. S. Ferd. Howe, Publisher, 1886. First edition. 8vo. 288pp., maps and illustrations. Very worn, soiled cloth, gilt title rubbed away, usual age toning of pages, a signature or two starting. "Deals with the cattle trade and Kansas City as a packing center." --HERD 1082. More
Philadelphia: J.C. Kayser & Co., 1823. 1st ed. 4to.; 242pp.; 41pp. of tariffs & tables. Engraved title pages for each state & for the book itself. Large folding color map as frontis. (small hole at fold, partially affecting the Ozarks in Missouri). Fifteen states & the District of Columbia are..... More
New York: Press of John Polhemus, 102 Nassau St. 1877. Printed tan paperwrappers. 23 cm. 20 pp. The intent of the meeting, chaired by William Cullen Bryant, was to restore "the credit of the South [as] a matter of vital necessity to the well-being of the whole country." The group..... More
Edinburgh: W. Cheyne, 1734. Disbound pamphlet. 8vo. 77pp. Very good. KRESS 4166. More
Boston: np, July, 1820. 23 cm. [3], 4-14 pp. Contemporary plain blue paper wrappers, stitched. Old library stamp on front wrapper and title page. Small v-shaped chip to upper margin of title page, with no loss of text. Not in Kress. The committee included William Ellery Channing and Lewis Tappan..... More
Dublin, New Hampshire. 1787. 12pp. 5 7/8 by 3 5/8 in. Written on the last page “To Joseph Greenwood Collector / the within list is a tax for you to / Collect and pay to the State Treasurer / agreeable to the execution of your / warrant the first column..... More
Boston: The Eastburn Press, 165 Devonshire Street, 1897. Single sheet, 24 x 6 1/2 in. Lists approximately 60 stocks and about a dozen bonds and mortgages with number of shares and par value. In pencil is written perhaps the price they achieved and of note, American Bell Telephone Co. seemed..... More
Philadelphia, (PA): H. S. Tanner, 1824. First edition. 8vo. 238 pp. Engraved frontispiece of the Waterworks at Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, by Thomas Birch, and an engraved plan, "Philadelphia & Its Environs," tables. [Lacks the map.] Includes an extensive section on the development of canals. Sabin 26897: "This work does not..... More
3 page letter, with 2 enclosures, from the firm of Cary & Co., New York to Hon. S. Hooper, Washington, DC. Dated June 27, 1862. The New York firm gives average spice prices & import duties for the past five years. Samuel Hooper, a congressman from Massachusetts at this time..... More
Boston, [MA]: From Hale's Steam Press. W. L. Lewis's Print. 1831. 16 cm. 18pp. Marbled paper wrappers (small chip to upper outer corner of front wrap), text block detached, rubber stamped "pamphlet collection" on blank front endpaper, perforated stamp of LC [Library of Congress] on title page, and collection stamp..... More
(Philadelphia)? 4pp. folded printed sheet. from the Philadelphia Sunday Morning Times. Printed late 1860's ? Very good. More
Baltimore, MD: Manufacturers Record, 1924. First edition, published at Vol. LXXXVI, No. 24, Part II. Large 4to. 666 pp. [printed double-column]. Illustrated from photographs, portraits, maps, tables, diagrams, ads for southern businesses. Elaborate promotional covering all aspects of the late-19th and early-20th century southern economy, with contributions from many of..... More
Baton Rouge, LA: The company, March 4th, 1861. Ephemera. Stock certificate, 7 3/4 x 10 1/4 inches, printed in blue and red, the form enclosed within an ornamental blue border. Most of the text deals with contingencies and terms of payment for the shared profits. A rare Confederate imprint and..... More
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A 7 pp. rough draft of a speech, approximately 875 words, addressed to "Mr. President & Gents." The unnamed author states that he has been listening "with much pleasure & benefit to your discussions for several Sundays." Though he agrees that slavery is politically, morally and socially evil, he also..... More
(NY: Baker & Godwin, 1862. 8vo.; 6pp., plus appendix. Along with THE SECOND LETTER ADDRESSED TO THE HON. SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY...ON THE SUBJECTS OF CHEAP MONEY, THE PROPOSED WAR TAX, DEMAND TREASURY NOTES, &c. by A Patriot. More
New York: Office of the Bankers' Magazine, 1863. First edition. 8vo. 20pp. Original printed green wrappers, some shallow chipping to edges. A Letter to Salmon Chase preceding the text is signed in type "R. S." The author expresses his desire to "point out to the government new facilities for procuring..... More
New York & London: Funk & Wagnalls, 1884. Original printed wrappers. 19 cm. 77pp. Spine and corners chipped on edges, previous owner's signature on front wrapper and at head of title page. First separate edition of an essay by the Duke of Argyll entitled "The Prophet of San Francisco," which..... More
Brookline, Mass. June 9, 1891. Onion skin sheet backed with paper 4.25 x 8.25 inches. Few pinholes, repaired tear, ink browned. This manuscript note, signed and dated by Edward Atkinson, gives a definition of political economy, and reads in full: "Political economy is the title given to that department of..... More
Boston: Published by A. Williams & Co., 100 Washington St. 1867. First edition. 22 cm. [5], 6-70pp. Disbound. An economist, inventor and activist, Atkinson was appalled by the colonialist and imperialist policies of the McKinley and Roosevelt administrations in the wake of the Spanish–American War and was a founder of..... More
Philadelphia [PA]: Friends of Protection to Domestic Industry, 1859. Disbound pamphlet. 21 cm. 30, [2, blank] pp. Verso of the title page states that 5000 copies were printed, by order of the Committee of Correspondence, Friends of Protection to Domestic Industry. More
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1963. First edition. Two volumes. 8vo. xiv, 253pp.; vi, 296pp. Very good in dust jackets. A few pencil notes on the rear pastedown of volume one; top page edges dust soiled. From the rear cover: "The essays in these volumes offer a vigorous and brilliant commentary on..... More
