Jackson, MS: Mississippian Print, 1856. First edition (?). 8vo. 16 pp. [printed double-column]. "By an examination of the above record, it must be admitted by every candid and unprejudiced mind, that MILLARD FILLMORE, the Knownothing candidate for the Presidency, is an Abolitionist of the strictest sect, and an enemy to..... More

NY: Francis D. Tandy Co., [1905]. Prospectus for the twelve-volume work. 8vo. 32 pp. Facsimile signatures. This prospectus includes sections on the making and writing of the set, with a summary of contents. Monaghan 1471 (note, for a different prospectus). OCLC locates 12 copies of this edition of the prospectus..... More

[Washington, DC]: (Government Printing Office, 1932). First edition, [document] no. 1992. 4to broadsheet. Hoover herewith creates a board to report on a dispute between the railway and its several employee unions and organizations; the dispute "threatens to interrupt interstate commerce … to a degree such as to deprive that section..... More

[Washington, DC]: (Daily American Telegraph, 1852). One of at least three 1852 printings. 8vo. 16 pp. [printed double-column]. Issued as Whig propaganda against the 1852 Democratic nominee for President of the United States, Franklin Pierce, "a northern Democrat who saw the abolitionist movement as a fundamental threat to the unity..... More

Original photograph, image 19 x 27 cm., mounted on a backing board, 26 x 34 cm. overall. Sepia tones, slightly faded, tear on board not affecting photo. Chipping on corners of board. Printed below the photo, on the backing board: Washington, D.C: Luke C. Dillon, Office, 935 Penn. Avenue, Pullman's..... More

NY: Published by J. Dorival, 52 Ann St., No. 128, nd [1829-1837?]. Lithograph. 49 x 37 cm. Matted. The print shows bust portraits of the first seven presidents, George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, and Andrew Jackson, floating in the clouds, above an..... More

(New York: A.H. Jocelyn, Engraver of wood-cuts), nd [1852]. First edition. 8vo. 32 pp. [printed double-column]. Illustrated from 25 wood engravings, mostly stirring battle scenes. Campaign biography (Scott, running for President as a Whig, was defeated by Franklin Pierce in 1852), with good accounts of the general’s military service (War..... More

Philadelphia, (PA): J.L. Magee, nd [1865]. First edition. Lithograph in black-and-white, 12 1/2 x 17 inches (image size: 8 5/8 x 12 1/2 inches), "an image of John Wilkes Booth seen falling into a fire in a barn. He holds a gun in his proper right hand, his proper left..... More

New York: Published by J. P. Peaslee, No. 49 Cedar Street, 1835. First edition. 16mo. 16.5 cm. xvi, 316pp. Publishers brown pebbled cloth with gilt stamped spine. Slight foxing mostly on endpapers. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 33773. HOWES P-440. More

Marion, AL: Mayor’s office, September 28, 1881. Printed handbill, 8 x 5 5/8 inches, the title in large bold capitals. To observe a day or mourning for the late President James A. Garfield, Mayor Huey requests that businesses close, “the people” assemble for a Memorial Service, and “that the bells..... More

New York: Printed and published by T. & W. Mercein, 1815. Second edition, corrected (first published the same year). 8vo. 360 pp. Not in American Imprints. Inscribed on the front endpaper "Presented to / His Excellency / (Major) / William McKinley / President of the United States of America /..... More

St. Augustine, (FL): [Florida Herald & Southern Democrat], 1840. Broadside newspaper, 16 x 12 inches, perhaps an extra, employing several type sizes and styles, including a nice, though small, displaytype in the head.. Clearly a local organ for the Democratic Party; Buckingham Smith received enough votes for a spot in..... More

New York, [NY]: Currier & Ives, 152 Nassau St. (after 1864). Lithograph. 50 x 41 cm. A piercing portrait of Grant in military uniform with three star shoulder straps. Grant was appointed Lieutenant General and General-in-Chief of the Union forces by President Lincoln in March 1864, entitling him to wear..... More