[Washington, D.C.]: Republican Executive Congressional Committee, 1860. 7 pp., [1]. 8vo. Disbound. First edition. List of speeches and documents available from the Republican Executive Congressional Committee on last page. An attack on the south and the sessionists. Removed from a larger volume else a very good copy with tear on... More
Warren [Ohio]: n.p., 1880. 4 pp. 8vo. Self wrappers. First edition. Republican campaign document refuting a lack of support for Garfield with statistics. OCLC locates eight copies under two accession numbers. A very good copy with minor soiling. More
n.p. [Boston]: [1805]. 24 pp. 8vo. Stitched blank paper wrappers. First edition. Bidwell supported Sullivan, a Jeffersonian, against Strong, a Federalist, and governor since 1800. A few corner creases, small marginal stain, faint dampstain to one corner of a few rear leaves, one leaf with marginal tear, overall still about... 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
Washington, D.C. National Silver Committee, 1896. 14, [2] pp. 8vo. Stapled self wrappers. First edition. In support of bimetallism and private property. "We do not propose to transfer the rewards of industry to the lap of indulgence. Property is and will remain the stimulus to endeavor and the compensation for... More
n.p. n.p., [1856]. 21 pp. 8vo. Disbound. First edition. A Democratic campaign document addressed primarily to voters of Pennsylvania and in support of James Buchanan (from the 1856 election). Disbound, lacking the wrappers, tanned extremities, 2 small punctures in the lower margin not affecting text, otherwise leaves clean; a good... More
[Boston]: [E.B. Foster & Co.?], 1856. 8 pp. 8vo. Removed. Reprint. From the "Boston Courier," August 14, 1856. Choate could not attend this meeting of The Whigs of Maine, so sent in his speech which declared the first duty of the Whigs was "to defeat and dissolve the new geographical... More
New York: Baker & Godwin, Printers, 1873. 24 pp. 8vo. Stitched paper wrappers. First edition. Peter Cooper, intro. Proposes a new election system to reduced corruption. Would replace direct elections. A very good copy, small chips on the wrappers, period owner's signature. More
n.p. n.p., 1894. 4 pp. Sm. 8vo. Self wrappers. First edition. "'The best campaign document furnished the Republican party, of which we will not hear the last until the approaching canvass is ended, will be the letter of the President denouncing the Senate without exception for having framed a bill... More
New York: Greeley & McElrath, 1844. 128 pp.; 16 pp. I-VIII each 16 pp. but paged continuously on in lower margin; X, 8 pp. without continuous pagination. 8vo. Disbound. Later printing. Published every second month. Includes: The Test; or Parties Tried by their Acts; The Currency; The Tariff; Life of... More
[mid-1920s]. 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 sheet on 12 1/4 x 16 1/2 mat. 11.5 x 14 inches. Matted. Ink portrait on brown paper, inscribed: "To Emmanuel Cohen, With Regards/ Calvin Coolidge." John Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933) was the 30th President of the United States (1923–1929 ). A Republican, former Governor of... More
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n.p. n.p., [1896]. [1 sheet]. Illus. with 1 b/w drawing. 5 3/8 x 3 1/2 inches. An early and important political cartoon, reproduced without attribution (though everyone would have been familiar with the source) as an anti-McKinley political piece, by "the most famous cartoonist of 1896," Homer Davenport (1867-1912), which... More
New York: n.p., [1891]. 16 pp. Sm. 8vo. Stitched paper self-wrappers. First edition. The Democratic Club had recently reorganized to set it apart from municipal politics as well as to attract nonresident members to its new building. Contains a list of members and their addresses, both resident and nonresident. A.... More
New York: Clarke & Co., Printers, (1884). 40 pp. 8vo. Illustrated paper wrappers. First edition. One of two variants. Also published in German and in an abbreviated version of four pages. Cleveland beat Blaine, breaking the Republican monopoly on the Presidency since Lincoln. About very good with several chips, small... More
Washington [D.C.]: Published Under the Authority of the National and Jackson Democratic Association Committee, 1848. 8 pp. 8vo. Self wrappers. First edition. Though it appeared at first that the Democratic Party would be easy winners in the 1848 Presidential election, the Whigs nomination of Mexican War hero Zachary Taylor upset... More
New York: Printed at the Daily News Job Office, 1856. 80 pp. 8vo. Removed. First edition. An examination of the twist and turns of the history of the two major factions of the New York Democrats along the fault line of the slavery issue from the convention of 1843 to... More
n.p. n.p., 1852. 8 pp. 8vo. Removed. First edition. Support for the Democratic candidate Pierce against the Whig Winfield Scott in the Presidential Campaign. Douglas argued that a professional Army officer, such as Scott, should not be president of a free Republic and noted the Whigs' nativist policies. A very... More
n.p. n.p., n.d. [circa 1888]. 4 pp. 8vo. Self wrappers. First edition. First section title reads "Exorbitant Charge of Special Counsel in Bell Telephone Case - $75 per day - $100 while Sleeping en Route to Cincinnati." Goes on to accuse the Department of Justice of rights violations and cronyism... More
Boston: Henry L. Devereux, Printer, 1839. 48 pp. 8vo. Removed. First edition. A strong campaign piece in support of Van Buren and attacking the opposition, including Massachusetts leaders: "Instead of this the political relation assumed by Massachusetts towards the General Government has been for forty years past... sometimes almost rebellious... More
Boston: Printed by Munroe and Francis, 1810. 24 pp. 8vo. Disbound. First edition. A long political sermon (that with minor changes could be preached today) analyzing the current European situation with a strong anti-French pro-British view, "I consider all of our political misfortunes and all of our political blunders as... More
n.p. n.p., [1880]. 8 pp. 8vo. Self wrappers. First edition. Includes statements by both the presidential and vice-presidential candidates as well as the Republican Party platform in German. OCLC shows 11 copies. A very good copy, a chip to lower corner of first leaf, mail fold. More
Richmond, VA: Richmond Enquirer, 1828. 57 pp. Sm. 4to. Paper-covered boards, red morocco spine label, gilt title. First edition thus. Published as a series of twelve pieces critical of Henry Clay and John Quincy Adams in the Richmond Enquirer of 1828. Though the author of first eight pieces was given... More
[Washington, D.C.]: n.p., [1860]. 15, [1] pp. 8vo. Self wrappers. First edition. List of speeches and documents available from the Republican Executive Congressional Committee on last page. Daniel R. Goodloe (1814-1902) was an abolitionist, journalist, Republican politician from North Carolina, and the author of the 1846 "Inquiry into the causes... More
New York: Printed by Order of the Executive Committee, George F. Nesbitt & Co., Printers. 1867. 40 pp. 8vo. Stitched. First edition. They were all there, Astor to Vanderbilt, to give the Republican nomination to Grant. Title paged foxed at the edges, dampstain to upper front corner; a good copy. More
n.p. n.p., [1872]. 16 pp. 8vo. Self-wrappers. First edition. The Grant administration was one of the most corrupt of the 19th century with numerous investigations convened. As it prepared for the elections of 1872 and Grant's run for a second term, it issued this piece of campaign literature in an... More