Dublin: Printed by George and John Grierson, 1828. First edition (?). 8vo. 16 pp. Not recorded on OCLC. Disbound pamphlet. Very good. More about An Act for the Amendment of the Laws with Respect to Wills; Passed 3d July 1837
Richmond [VA]: printed by Thomas Ritchie, 1837. 8vo.; 338pp. Bound with ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA, PASSED AT THE EXTRA SESSION, COMMENCING ON THE 12th, AND TERMINATING ON THE 24th JUNE, 1837... Richmond: printed by Thomas Ritchie, 1837. 8vo.; 270pp. Full leather; gilt stamped leather spine label (gilt... More about ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA, PASSED AT THE SESSION OF 1836-37, COMMENCING 5th...
Wheeling: Printed at the Daily Press Book and Job Office, 1861. 8vo. 65 pp. Self-wrappers, stitched (lacks outer printed wrappers); some foxing, a little staining, but very good. First edition. Includes the ordinances of the convention, with a separate title page. More about ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, PASSED AT THE EXTRA SESSION, HELD JULY FIRST, 1861, AT THE CITY OF...
Santa Fe, N. M. New Mexican Printing Company, 1889. First edition. 8vo. xv, 408 pp. Among the acts passed this session: a bill to prevent women from entering saloons for drinking or other reasons; protection and propagation of fish; an act preventing adulterated food or drugs being sold in the... More about ACTS OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE TERRITORY OF NEW MEXICO, TWENTY-EIGHTH SESSION
Annapolis: Printed by Jonas Green, 1758. First edition. Folio. 8 pp. Rare; various bibliographies and reference sources locate a total of five copies. Not in Evans. Shipton & Mooney 40968 (Maryland Diocesan Library). Bristol B-1957 (Library of Congress, Harvard-Law, Peabody Institute, Maryland Historical Society). Wroth "History of Printing in Colonial... More about Acts of the Province of Maryland, Made and Passed at a Session of Assembly, Begun and Held at the...
Little Rock: Printed by William E. Woodruff, Printer to the Territory, 1834. 20 cm. 119, iii pp. Stitched signatures, unopened and untrimmed. Very good. ALLEN 33 OCLC: AAS, Univ. of AR Fayetteville, Univ. of AR Law, Georgetown Univ., Georgetown Univ. Law, Law Library of LA, Univ. of Houston, Univ. of... More about Acts passed at the eighth session of the General Assembly of the Territory of Arkansas : which...
Little Rock: Printed by William E. Woodruff, Printer to the Territory, 1834. 20 cm. 119, iii pp. Stitched signatures, unopened and untrimmed. Very good. ALLEN 33 OCLC: AAS, Univ. of AR Fayetteville, Univ. of AR Law, Georgetown Univ., Georgetown Univ. Law, Law Library of LA, Univ. of Houston, Univ. of... More about Acts passed at the eighth session of the General Assembly of the Territory of Arkansas : which...
New-Orleans, (LA): John Gibson, State Printer, 1829. First edition. 8vo. 200, 21 pp. Printed in English and French, the same text on facing pages; the second section prints the "Constitution or Form of Government of the State of Louisiana." Includes various acts related to slavery. American Imprints 39326. Persistent light... More about Acts Passed at the First Session of the Ninth Legislature of the State of Louisiana; Begun and...
Washington: Rapine & Elliott, 1815. 202pp., 30pp. table of contents & index. Included is the official printing of the Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812. Original plain wraps (chipped). Spine reinforced with paper tape contemporarily, now mostly chipped away. Faint old staining to early pages, some foxing. Text... More about ACTS PASSED AT THE THIRD SESSION OF THE THIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, BEGUN AND HELD...
Raleigh, (NC): Edwards & Broughton Printing Co., 1915. First edition. 8vo. 25, (1) pp. Frontispiece of the statue. Cover title: "Thomas Ruffin / 1787-1870." Ruffin, a native of Virginia, graduated from Princeton before studying law in North Carolina under Archibald Murphey, commencing his practice in Hillsborough where he was elected... More about ADDRESSES AT THE UNVEILING AND PRESENTATION to the State of the Statue of Thomas Ruffin by the...
New York: Printed by James Parker and a few copies are to be sold by him, and Benjamin Franklin, in Philadelphia, 1747. First edition. Folio. 124, 39, (5) pp. Complete with the three folding maps by Lewis Evans, engraved by James Turner of Boston, two with hand-colored outline on linen... More about Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey. A bill in chancery of New-Jersey, at...
Charlotte C. H. Charlotte Gazette Printing Office, 1874. 16mo. 10 pp. Original printed blue wrappers. Very good. First edition (?). Includes a list of the lodge's officers. Scarce; apparently unrecorded on OCLC. More about BY-LAWS OF KEYSVILLE LODGE, A.F. & A.M. NO. 154, ADOPTED JANUARY 10, 1874
NY: The Tribune Association, 1860. 8vo. 104 pp. Self-wrappers (a little soiled), stitched. Very good. One of three reprint editions published in 1860 for use in the 1860 political campaigns (first published in 1857). Sabin 70258. Blockson Catalogue 2556 (for the first edition). No edition in Work. More about The Case of Dred Scott in the United States Supreme Court: The Full Opinions of Chief Justice...
4 pp. promotional letter offering sevices for Revolutionary claims and pensions. Was folded in letter format and bears postmark. Some small tears at folds, else very good. More about CLAIMS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES. CLEMENT W. BENNETT, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND AGENTS FOR CLAIMS,...
Washington, (DC): Printed by Davis & Force, 1819. First edition. 8vo. 575 pp. Ownership signature of James F. Haliday, who served on the District's Common Council in the early 1840s, at the head of the title page. Sabin 20300. American Imprints 47836. Cohen 10307. Original paper-backed drab boards (rubbed), printed... More about CODE OF LAWS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Prepared under the Authority of the Act of Congress of...
Richmond, (VA): Printed by Samuel Pleasants, Jun., and Henry Pace, 1803. 4to. (2), v, 454, 72 [Index] pp. With a nice Virginia provenance, inscribed by an early owner at the head of the title page "M. C. [?] Fitzhugh his Book / Bot. of General John Hungerford / Price 6#... More about A Collection of All Such Acts of the General Assembly of Virginia, of a Public and Permanent...
Mexico: Imp. de I. Cumplido, 1870. First edition. 8vo. 31 pp. The first constitution of the Mexican state of Hidalgo which was created January 15, 1869. In 1861 a plan to create the new state of Hidalgo out of parts of the state of Mexico was advanced by Federal deputies;... More about Constitucion Politica del Estado de Hidalgo
NY: Printed by Vanderpool & Cole, 1826. 8vo. 41, (1) pp. Original plain brown wrappers, stitched; old ink calculations on blank rear endpaper, corners of some leaves curled, but a very good untrimmed copy, virtually as issued. First edition to incorporate the laws passed 1813-1824. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 25535. OCLC locates... More about THE CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF NEW-YORK; TO WHICH ARE ADDED,...
Raleigh, NC: Joseph W. Holden, Convention Printer, 1868. First edition. 8vo. 129, iv pp. "A relatively progressive document that borrowed from the previous state constitutions and added new provisions. It abolished slavery and provided for universal male suffrage … voters' rights were increased, with male citizens no longer required to... More about Constitution of the State of North-Carolina, Together with the Ordinances and Resolutions of the...
G[reat] S[alt] L[ake] City, U.T. 1852. First edition. Small 8vo. 48 pp. Disbound pamphlet. Very good. More about Constitution of the United States of America, as Proposed by the Convention Held at Philadelphia,...
Urbana, OH: John H. Young, 1873. Printed broadside, 14 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches, with a larger bold head and the letters printed in bold face. Influenced, however, by your letter and by the solicitations of a large number of citizens of both parties," Young agreed to become an Independent... More about Constitutional Convention. / Independent Candidate! / [followed by a public letter to General...
San Marcos, TX: Democrat Print, 1906. First edition (?). Small 8vo. 24 pp. Ads for local businesses. Includes course of study for each grade and lists teachers for a "Mexican School" and a "Colored School." Not recorded on OCLC. Original printed tan wrappers (spine shows some wear), stapled.; some stray... More about Course of Study and Rules and Regulations of the Public Schools of the City of San Marcos, Texas,...
Washington, DC: J.W. Flenner, 1883. Printed broadside, 19 x 12 inches, employing several sizes and styles of type, including a large display type (3 1/4 inches) in the head. A solicitation for the business of Civil War veterans and their widows, especially deserters and the disabled. "Pensions, Increase, Bounty, Back... More about Cut of the American Eagle, 5 x 11 inches] / Pensions!! Justice for the Soldier!! / Soldiers,...
Single sheet of lined paper, measuring 7 1/2 x 12 in. A manuscript warrant from Sumner County, Tennessee from J.H. Caldwell, Justice of the Peace, authorizing the Sheriff or any constable of the said county to summon William Elis to appear to answer the complaint of Daniel McCroskey regarding the... More about DAMAGE WARRANT. DANIEL McCROSKEY vs. WILLIAM ELIS, SEPT. 4th, 1865
Richmond, (VA): Printed at the Enquirer-Press, for Ritchie & Worsley and Augustine Davis, 1805. Second edition (first printed in three volumes in Petersburg, 1788-1789). 8vo. viii, 477 pp. From the new preface for this edition: "On the fundamental principles of the constitution, on the sanctity of the will of the... More about Debates and Other Proceedings of the Convention of Virginia, Convened at Richmond, on Monday the...
