History of Elections in the American Colonies.
New York: n.p., 1893. 297 pp. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. An excellent study of colonial elections. A very good+ copy, owner's bookplate on front pastedown. More
New York: n.p., 1893. 297 pp. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. An excellent study of colonial elections. A very good+ copy, owner's bookplate on front pastedown. More
[Silver Spring, Md.]: [1856]. 15 pp. Double col. 8vo. Self wrappers. First edition. Signed and dated in print: Silver Spring, August 15, 1856 (earlier than the other letter with a similar title: "Republican Documents. Letter from Francis P. Blair. To my neighbors." Blair, instrumental in forming the new Republican Party..... More
Austin: Jenkins & Reese, 1982. xxix, 83 pp. Illus. with 10 b/w reproductions. 8vo. Cloth. Second edition. Contributions to Bibliography, VII. Review copy with letter laid in loose. Faint foxing along fore edge else a near fine copy. No dust jacket. More
n.p. n.p., 1856. 16 pp. 8vo. Removed. First edition. Philemon Bliss (1813-1889) was an Ohio Congressman, the first chief justice of the Supreme Court of Dakota Territory, a Missouri Supreme Court justice, and later Dean of the Law School for the University of Missouri. Here he demolishes quite adroitly, the..... More
New York: New York Historical Society, 1955. xix, 398 pp. 8vo. Gray cloth with brown and gilt labels. First edition. With "A supplement to the catalogue of pictures by Ezra Ames of Albany" reprinted from the NYHS Quarterly April 1957, 16 pp., laid in loose. A very good copy, minor..... More
Boston: Committee of the Boston Board of Trade on Immigration. (ca 1860s). Unpaged [1 pp]. Sm. 4to. Removed. First edition. A letter from the Committee of the Boston Board of Trade on immigration informing its members that it has a "favorable opportunity of supplying employers in all branches of manufactures..... More
Boston: 1869. 1 sheet. Folio. Signed and dated 1 January 1869. Sealed with 50 cent Internal Revenue conveyance stamp. Title arches over an etching of a three masted ship steaming at sea. Boston Lloyds was an insurance organization formed as "an Association for the purpose of taking Marine Risks by..... More
[Boston]: [1894]. 4 pp. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. Written on four sheets of Parker House Stationary, and prepared for the annual School Festival in Mechanics Hall for the year's graduates from Boston's Public Schools, on June 30th, 1894. Frederic Thomas Greenhalge (1842-1896) was a British-born Harvard graduate, who..... More
Boston: John H. Eastburn, City Printer, 1844. 13 pp. 8vo. Disbound. First edition. The Primary School committee was much agitated by the Secretary of the Board of Education, Horace Mann's Seventh Annual Report which complained that there was no real system of education in Boston, specifically that the teachers in..... More
Boston: Printed by Russell & Gardner, 1823. 35 pp. 8vo. Stitched paper wrappers. First edition. Edgeworn, soiled and dampstained throughout, mainly at the edges; about good. More
Boston: True and Greene, Printers. 1827. 47 pp. 8vo. Stitched paper wrappers. First edition. Scattered foxing else a very good untrimmed and unopened (uncut) copy Shoemaker 28229. More
Boston: n.p., 1821. Unpaged [14 pp]. 8vo. Stitched paper wrappers. First edition. Balance sheets, profit and loss statements, and notice for public meeting on finance plus a proposal to pay for lighting for the city. OCLC shows only three copies. Some ink calculations in an old hand and a small..... More
Boston: 1752. 1 sheet. 6.5 x 4 inches. December 6th, 1752. Signed by John Steel. "Received of ... Edward Hutchinson, as he is the executor to the deceased, twenty seven shillings & seven pence farthing lawful money - in full of the other side." Verso contains itemization which is for..... More
Concord [NH]: Printed by Henry E. Moore, 1828. 31 pp. 8vo. Removed. First edition. Election sermon. A very good clean copy with an old price on front wrapper. Sabin 6966. Shoemaker 32454. More
Washington [D.C.]: Government Printing Office, 1875. 23 pp. 8vo. Self wrappers. First edition. A very good copy. More
Washington [D.C.]: Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1866. 7 pp. 8vo. Self wrappers. First edition. A very good unopened (uncut) copy, lower edge worn, mail fold. More
Granville, OH: Press of E.MP. Brister, 1876. 22 pp., [3 pp.]. 8vo. Paper wrappers. First edition. Cover Title: "In Memoriam. Rev. Henry Martyn Hervey." Hervey was the author of "Historical Sketches of the Presbyterian Churches in Licking county, Ohio." Besides the sermon, includes a sketch of his life by Isaac..... More
New Haven: Yale Univ. Press, (1988). xii, 225 pp. Illus. with 18 b/w reproductions. 8vo. Cloth. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. As new. More
Utica (NY): Ira Merrell, Printer, 1812. 36 pp. 8vo. Removed. First edition. Contains: The connection of the end and the means in the divin [sic] plan and The secret and revealed things in religion. Scarce Utica Imprint. OCLC shows no copies while only four are listed in RLIN. A very..... More
Danvers [MA]: Printed at the Courier Office, 1847. 36 pp. 8vo. New plain paper wrappers. First edition. One of the few antiwar tracts that presents cogent arguments rather than hysteria. In the light of recent U.S. history, some of Braman's words have a familiar ring to them: "every war...furnishes the..... More
[Washington D.C.]: 1830. [1 pp.] bifolium. Docketed on verso. 8 x 13 inches. Dated February 17th, 1830, from the Navy Department, wherein Secretary of the Navy John Branch requests that Henry M. Morfit (1793-1865) officiate as Judge Advocate for an upcoming trial concerning Captain John Orde Creighton. In full: "A..... More
New York: Author, 1899. xxvi, 843 pp. Illus. 8vo. Cloth, top edge gilt. First edition. A good copy, boards spotted, split at the title page, first few leaves folded at the lower fore-corner. More
[Washington, D.C.]: Ritchie & Heiss, printers, 1846. 16 pp. 8vo. Removed. First edition. 29th Congress, 1st session. Senate. Doc. no. 152. With details on the lands sold. Inked numeral on title else a very good copy. More
Manchester, NH: Manchester Historic Association, 1902. frontis, 26 pp. Illus. with 1 b/w photo. Sm. 4to. Paper wrappers. First edition. Gift slip for the New England Historic Genealogical Society tipped into to rear wrapper, from S.C. Gould of Manchester, N.H., on April 8, 1902. Very good, mail fold, wrappers chipped..... More
Kaycee, Wy. Margaret Brock Hanson; Frontier Printing, 1981. xiii, 510 pp. Illus. with 66 b/w plates and photos. Sm. 4to. Brown leatherette, titles stamped in gilt, map endpapers. First edition. Signed by the editor & publisher. "A collection of historical stories mostly gathered by J. Elmer Brock and his family..... More