New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900. Illustrated by Clark, Walter Appleton. First Edition. Hardcover. xvii, 232pp + 2pp ads. Burgundy cloth stamped in gold on the front and the spine. Frontispiece and eleven inserted plates by Walter Appleton Clark. Light wear to extremities, some faint small spots to cloth, bookplate... More about The American Slave-Trade: An Account of Its Origin, Growth and Suppression
London: James Phillips and Son, 1795-99. Hardcover. 132pp; 144pp; v, 36pp; 41pp + [1]p of advertisements. Modern brown half calf over marbled boards, spine with four raised bands, gold lettering and decorations. Old annotation with the titles contained in the book on the flyleaf, mild scattered foxing. A near fine... More about A Journal of the Life, Travels, and Gospel Labours, of a Faithful Minister of Jesus Christ,...
Boston: Russell and Cutler, Printers, 1810. Broadside. Letterpress broadside issued by Massachusetts Governor Christopher Gore in 1810. Text in two columns. The visible area of the broadside measures approximately 42 x 50.5 cm (16.5 x 20"). Minor loss at folds. Professionally framed by S. C. Rose and Co. of Boston... More about A Proclamation, for a Day of Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer Broadside by Governor Christopher...
Cornwall, NY: 1867. Broadside. Broadside to the taxpayers of the town of Cornwall, New York, issued by Robert E. Ring on March 21, 1867. "'By God! you're a damned liar! and I tell you so in your own house!' Such was the expression made by Wm. S. Brown, late supervisor... More about To the Tax-Payers of the Town of Cornwall Broadside. Robert E. Ring, Cornwall, NY, March 21,1867
Hingham, MA: Published by Jedidiah Farmer, 1852. First Edition. Printed wrappers. 36pp. Original wrappers. Old inscription on the front cover, covers partially split at spine, mild scattered foxing. A very good copy. Sabin 90928.; Octavo. More about Knowledge: Its Relation to the Progress of Mankind. An Address Delivered at the Dedication of...
Trenton, NJ: Printed for Private Distribution, 1882. First Edition. Printed wrappers. 22pp. Original wrappers. Light toning, chipping and soiling to covers. A very good copy. ; Octavo. More about Washington's Reception by the People of New Jersey in 1789
New York: G. P. Putnam and Son, 1867. First Edition. Hardcover. 185pp. Brown cloth stamped in blind on the sides and lettered in gold on the spine, yellow endpapers. A series of letters originally published in the New York Tribune and describing mostly the author's trip through Colorado but touching... More about Colorado: A Summer Trip
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824. First Edition. Hardcover. xxxiii, [7], 310pp. Later full brown morocco, spine with eight raised bands, lettered and decorated in black. Binding by Terquem of Paris done expressly for renowned Los Angeles bookseller C. C. Parker. Engraved frontispiece with view of the... More about Selections from the Works of the Baron de Humboldt, Relating to the Climate, Inhabitants,...
1915. Hardcover. Contemporary dark red half leather. Unpaginated. 22 cm. A scrapbook with eighty-seven newspaper clippings (including photographs and illustrations) pasted on slick paper. With the name Franklin D. Rice lettered in gold on the front panel. Front cover partially split at spine, some loss to the spine panel. A.... More about Lincoln and Booth: The Inner Story of the Great Tragedy of Fifty Years Ago. As Published in the...
New York: Press of John Polhemus, 1873. First Edition. Printed wrappers. 52, 31pp. Original wrappers. Wrappers are toned and a bit soiled, front cover partially split at spine, inscription on front cover. A very good copy. ; Octavo. More about The New York City "Ring": Its Origin, Maturity and Fall, Discussed in a Reply to The...
Fitchburg, MA: J. Garfield Printer, 1836. First Edition. Printed wrappers. 111pp. Original yellow wrappers, stitched. Wear along the edges, scattered foxing throughout more pronounced on the first and last few leaves, name in pencil on front cover, lacks back cover. A good+ copy. Uncommon. Sabin 93600. ; Octavo. More about History of the Town of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Comprising Also a History of Lunenburg, from Its...
New York: The Newcomen Society of England, 1948. First Edition. Printed wrappers. 32pp. Original wrappers. With three tipped-in illustrations and five in-text illustrations. Light toning and wear. A very good+ copy. ; Octavo. More about Cape Cod and Buzzards Bay: Reminders, Memories, Contacts
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1862. First Edition. Hardcover. 270pp. Original brown publisher's cloth stamped in blind and gilt on the front panel and the spine panel. With thirty-one large foldout maps and sketches including New York bay and harbor, Hudson river from Haverstraw to Poughkeepsie, Florida peninsula, Florida reefs... More about Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, Showing the Progress of the Survey During the...
[Washington, DC]: Thomas Allen, print. 1839. 25th Congress, 3rd Session. Document No. 208. 27pp. Disbound. Includes A Constitution or Form of Government for the People of Florida, An Act to Take Sense of the People of This Territory on the Policy and Propriety of Becoming a State, An Act for... More about Admission of Florida. Memorial of the People of the Territory of Florida, for Admission into the...
[Washington, DC]: 1869. 40th Congress, 3rd Session. Ex. Doc. No. 32. 17pp Disbound. A fine copy.; Octavo. More about Claim for Salvage Against United States Steamer Leviathan. Letter from the Secretary of War,...
Worcester, MA: Achille J. St. Onge, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Miniature book. Edition limited to 1000 copies on Magnani paper by the Stamperia Valdonega. 52pp. Full blue morocco stamped in gold on the front panel and lettered in gold on the spine, all edges gilt. A fine copy. ; Miniature. More about The Declaration of Independence
Washington, DC: 1831-47. Hardcover. Light brown half calf over marbled boards. A collection of twenty-six congressional speeches from the years 1831 to 1847 including: Speech of Mr. Allen, of Ohio, on the Bill to Separate the Government from the Banks; Speech of Mr. Wall, of New Jersey, on the Bill... More about Twenty-six Congressional Speeches from 1831-1847
Albany, NY: 1918. First Edition. Pictorial wrappers. 20pp. Original pictorial wrappers. Mild foxing and wear. A near fine copy. ; Octavo. More about Watervliet Arsenal Mortar No. 6 October, 1918
Barquisimeto: Oficina de Joaquin Pérez, 1855. Broadside. Broadside issued by Zabulon Valverde, Governor of the Province of Barquisimeto, on August 2, 1855, in which he addresses his fellow citizens and explains his political agenda. It begins: "Zabulon Valverde, Gobernador, Jefe Sup.r Pol.co de la Provincia de Barquisimeto, a sus habitantes..... More about Zabulon Valverde, Gobernador de la Provincia de Barquisimeto Broadside
Boston: The Boston History Company, Publishers, 1896. First Edition. Hardcover. vii, 247, 54pp. Contemporary brown quarter morocco over pebbled cloth, spine with five raised bands, with gold lettering and decorations in blind, silk moire endpapers, all edges gilt. Three inserted plans (the Siege of Fort Stanwix; Rome, NY; Rome Arsenal)... More about Our City and Its People: A Descriptive Work On the City of Rome, New York
1817. Wrappers. Original marbled wrappers, stitched. [72]pp. Two folded sheets with a handwritten Alphabet to the Ledger laid in. The first ten leaves show financial statements with lines for tobacco, broad cloth, muslin, wine, brandy, etc., and then the balance for the ledger. The rest of the leaves contain several... More about Handwritten 1817 Ledger from L. S. Walkley from Haddam, CT
Philadelphia: Published by Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1819. Second Edition. Hardcover. lvi, 512pp + errata slip (present only in this edition). Recent red half calf over marbled boards, spine with four raised bands, lettered and decorated in gold. The second part of the work was never published. Includes Political and... More about An Appeal from the Judgments of Great Britain Respecting the United States of America. Part...
London: Chatto and Windus, 1882. First Edition. Hardcover. 64pp + 32pp of publisher's advertisements. Brown pebbled cloth with gold titles on the spine panel. Original yellow wrappers preserved. Frontispiece and fifteen inserted plates with thirty illustrations. Edited and with a prefatory note by Edward P. Hingston. With the bookplate of... More about Artemus Ward's Lecture on the Mormons
Edinburgh: Printed for Archibald Constable and Co., 1819. First Edition. Hardcover. In three volumes. lxiv, 552pp; xii, 571pp; xii, 588pp. Original brown paper covered boards with paper labels affixed to the spines, all edges uncut. With one large folding map of the city of Washington and territory of Columbia and... More about A Statistical, Political, and Historical Account of the United States of North America; from the...
Portland, ME: Hoyt, Fogg & Donham, 1879. First Edition. Hardcover. 371pp. Original brown cloth stamped in blind on the sides and lettered in gold on the spine. The book covers the years 1775-1875 and includes an index of subjects and of surnames. Wear to extremities, spine heel frayed, light soiling... More about The History of Waterford, Oxford County, Maine, Comprising Historical Address, Record of...