San Francisco: Arion Press, 1981. Folio. 18 x 14 inches (46 x 35.5 cm). Loose prints in a black paper wrapper with title letterpress printed on the front, with companion volume of two sewn signatures in paper wrapper with letterpress printed title; both volumes in a black cloth-covered drop-spine case..... More

Tot Nymegen: voor Andries van Hoogenhuyse, (Harderwyck, : J. Toll), 1659. [12], 648, [16] pp. Illus. with engraved extra title and 98 [of 101(?)] portraits. Sm. 8vo. Later calf stamped in blind over beveled wood boards, four raised bands, metal clasps. Second edition. Hoogenhuyse published his first edition of the..... More

n.p. n.p., [1728]. Image: 223 x 456 mm. Guillaume Delisle (1675-1726) was a French cartographer who added to the accuracy of mapmaking by incorporating the discoveries of French astronomers in his work. Imperium Assyriorum was engraved by Jean-Baptiste Delahaye and published posthumously in 1728. Scarce. We have only found copies..... More

[Indianapolis]: [Commandery of the State of Indiana], 1888-1922. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. The Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, begun in Philadelphia in 1865, was modeled on the Society of the Cincinnati, and formed to protect the republic amid rumors of a plot to destroy the..... More

London: Printed by T.R. & E.M. for J. Rothwell, 1654. [8], 291, [5] pp. 8vo. Modern cloth. First edition. Does not contain 'The Christians directory' (Wing L3145) which may have been issued separately in 1653. Christopher Love (1618–1651), clergyman, converted to evangelical Christianity in 1633 when he heard William Erbury..... More

[New York]: n.d. (ca. 1844-1848); 1859. 1 sheet. Hand-colored steel engraving. 15 3/4 x 17 inches. Matted. This copy is dated in manuscript January 1859, but work on the certificate began in 1842 and the original engraving for the certificate was created between 1844 but prior to 1849. The scene..... More

Amstelaedami [Amsterdam]: excudunt Henricus et vidua Theodori Boom, Joannes & Aegidius Janssonii a Waesberge, Gerhardus Borstius, Abraham a Someren, Joannes Wolters; Et Ultrajecti : Guiljemus vande Water, 1698. [61 lvs, lacking blank], 1132, 992 cols; [2lvs], 566, 432, 496, 304 cols; [4 lvs], 1060, 1196 cols (1 lv. at 1004)..... More

London: Printed for the author, 1781. x, 2, 2*, 3-436 pp. 8vo. Contemporary tree calf, rebacked to style. First edition. Peters was the first to popularize. the term 'Blue Laws'. "An entertaining but wholly untrustworthy account of Connecticut by an exiled and embittered Tory. Fiction and fact are so run..... More

Mexico: Impreso por Valdes y Redondas, 1847. xxiii, 302 pp., [2] leaves + 4 illustrations. Illus. with 1 b/w portrait & 3 colored engravings. 8vo. Later quarter black morocco over stamped brown boards, four raised bands, title and four remaining compartments decorated in gilt, blue marbled endpapers. First edition. Cover..... More

[Providence]: [Printed by William Simons, Jr.], 1836. 112 pp. 8vo. Stitched self wrappers. Signed in ink by Henry Bowen as "Sec'ry," on the rear under "True copy-witness." Henry Bowen (1785-1867?), son of Jabez Bowen Jr, was R.I. Secretary of State from 1819 to 1849. William Simons, Jr., was appointed state..... More

Washington [D.C.]: Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1861. 2 pp. 8vo. Removed. First edition. 37th Congress, 2d Session. Mis. Doc. No. 9. While completely supporting Presidential power over the military, the House "deems it appropriate to express its earnest sense and conviction that in the prosecution of this war..... More

[Boston]: 1815. 1 sheet ([1] p.). Folio. 35 x 21 cm. First edition. An important broadside noting the deficiencies of the volunteer militia. One of two states, this with the fourth line in bold-type. Opens: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. General orders. Head-quarters, Boston, June 17th, 1815. : On the 15th inst..... More