Watervliet Arsenal Mortar No. 5 September, 1918.
Albany, NY: 1918. First Edition. Pictorial wrappers. 20pp. Original pictorial wrappers. Mild foxing and three scrapes to front cover. A very good copy. ; Octavo. More
Americana
A Tour Through North America; Together with a Comprehensive View of the Canadas and United States. As Adaptated for Agricultural Emigration.
Edinburgh: Published by Oliver and Boyd, 1835. First Edition. Hardcover. iv, v, 473pp. Recent red half calf over marbled boards, spine with raised bands, gilt titles and decorations. University of Chicago stamp and number on the verso of the title page (deaccessioned), and number on the first page. Text block..... More
The History of the Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards. Done into English from the Original Spanish of Don Antonio De Solis, Secretary and Historiographer to His Catholick Majesty, by Thomas Townsend.
London: Printed for T. Woodward, 1724. First English Edition. Hardcover. [18], 163, 252, 152pp. Contemporary full speckled panelled calf with large fleurons at corners, spine in six compartments with raised bands and gold decorations, speckled edges. Frontispiece of Hernan Cortès engraved by George Vertue, six engraved foldout plates, and a...... More
How Beautiful the Land of My Forefathers.
[Wichita, KS]: Eunice W. Stabler, (1943). First Edition. Wrappers. 61pp. Original red wrappers with drawing on front panel. Signed by Eunice W. Stabler on the flyleaf. Portrait frontispiece and five inserted plates with b&w photographs. Collects several stories of the Omaha people. A very good+ copy with light edge wear..... More
A Journal of the Life, Travels, and Gospel Labours, of a Faithful Minister of Jesus Christ, Daniel Stanton, Late of Philadelphia... [bound with] Some Account of the Life and Gospel Labours, of William Reckitt. [bound with] Some Account of the Convincement , and Religious Progress of John Spalding; Late of Reading. [bound with] A Few Reasons, for Leaving the National Established Mode of Worship, Addressed Principally to Those Who Attend at the Place Called St. Giles’s Church, Reading.
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
A Proclamation, for a Day of Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer Broadside by Governor Christopher Gore of Massachusetts, Boston, February 27, 1810.
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
To the Tax-Payers of the Town of Cornwall Broadside. Robert E. Ring, Cornwall, NY, March 21,1867.
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
Washington's Reception by the People of New Jersey in 1789.
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
Colorado: A Summer Trip.
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
Selections from the Works of the Baron de Humboldt, Relating to the Climate, Inhabitants, Productions, and Mines of Mexico.
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
Lincoln and Booth: The Inner Story of the Great Tragedy of Fifty Years Ago. As Published in the Dayton News, April 10, 1915 - May 9, 1915. Inclusive. [Scrapbook].
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
The New York City "Ring": Its Origin, Maturity and Fall, Discussed in a Reply to The New York Times.
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
History of the Town of Fitchburg, Massachusetts. Comprising Also a History of Lunenburg, from Its First Settlement to the Year 1764.
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
Cape Cod and Buzzards Bay: Reminders, Memories, Contacts.
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
Life on the Mississippi.
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. First edition, second state with no tailpiece on page 441 and "The St. Charles Hotel" on page 443. 624pp. Dark brown pictorial cloth stamped in black and gold on the front panel and spine panel. With more than three hundred..... More
Report of the Superintendent of the Coast Survey, Showing the Progress of the Survey During the Year 1861.
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
Admission of Florida. Memorial of the People of the Territory of Florida, for Admission into the Union. February 20, 1839. Read, Laid upon the Table, and 5,000 Extra Copies Ordered to Be Printed.
[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
Acts Passed at the Second Congress of the United States of America: Begun and Held at the City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, on Monday, the Twenty-Fourth of October, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-One: and of the Independence of the United States, the Sixteenth. [with] Second Congress of the United States: at the Second Session, Begun and Held at the City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, on Monday, the Fifth of November, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-Two.
Philadelphia: Printed by Francis Childs and John Swains, [1793]. First Edition. Hardcover. 175, iii, [3], 178-291, [ii], [1], [24]pp. Contemporary full calf with red label lettered in gold on the spine. The Acts of the Second Congress are of particular importance because they codified the first ten amendments to the..... More
Claim for Salvage Against United States Steamer Leviathan. Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting the Claim of the Officers and Crews of the United States Gunboat De Soto and Transport Crescent for Salvage Against the United States Steamer Leviathan.
[Washington, DC]: 1869. 40th Congress, 3rd Session. Ex. Doc. No. 32. 17pp Disbound. A fine copy.; Octavo. More
The Declaration of Independence.
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
Twenty-six Congressional Speeches from 1831-1847.
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
Watervliet Arsenal Mortar No. 6 October, 1918.
Albany, NY: 1918. First Edition. Pictorial wrappers. 20pp. Original pictorial wrappers. Mild foxing and wear. A near fine copy. ; Octavo. More
Zabulon Valverde, Gobernador de la Provincia de Barquisimeto Broadside.
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
Our City and Its People: A Descriptive Work On the City of Rome, New York.
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
Handwritten 1817 Ledger from L. S. Walkley from Haddam, CT.
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