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19001201190006Washington: Government Printing Office 1900. Hardcover. Good. Volume four only. v 810pp. 4to. Quarter bound in contemporary leather with matching corners. Rust colored boards. Front board detached. Rear board attached by a thread. Significant wear and rubbing to boards primarily around extremities. Tight binding. All edges marbled. Personal library stamp on front end page. Interior pages are clean unmarked and in excellent condition. <br><br> The Spanish American War was a conflict that took place from April 25-August 12 1898. This is a document from the investigation held by the United States Senate from the 56th Congress 1st session no. 221. This is one of five volumes of testimony taken during the investigation.<br>Ships daily. Washington: Government Printing Office hardcover
186827577United States Government Printing Office. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1868. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean and tightly bound in black pebbled cloth with darkened gilt spinal title. Wear to cloth at gutter gently buped corners. PON bookplate on ffep. Tanning pages. Volume 2 only. . United States Government Printing Office hardcover
181711558Washington: William A. Davis 1817. 8vo. 5 1 pp. <br><br>The beginning of the United States government's Indian removal policy. This resolution provides an appropriation of money to enable the President to carry out his authority to negotiate treaties with the Indian tribes residing east of the Mississippi with the goal of moving them west of that river. "42" printed at head of title. Government document: Senate document United States. Congress. Senate; 14th Congress 2nd session no. 42. Scarce: OCLC traces only three copies at Yale Penn Cambridge. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 42485. Removed from a nonce volume; gutter margin a little irregular; edges a little darkened; foxed. Title-page rubber-stamped by the War Department Library. Chip at top margin of first leaf. Leaves separated. William A. Davis unknown books
18707648Wheeling WV: John Frew Public Printer 1870. 25632 pp. Original marble paper covered boards w/ brown leather spine and corners. Gilt title on red leather spine label also has a black leather spine label below. Binding scuffed w/ wear to extremities. Front hinge still attached by a couple of strings. Covers bowed. Faint dampstains to top margin of first several leaves not affecting text. Light foxing throughout. Good reference copy. Hard Cover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. John Frew, Public Printer Hardcover
18119031Washington City: Roger C. Weightman 1811. Disbound. near Very Good binding. Octavo. 10 2 pp. Removed from binding. Title page is evenly toned else clean and generally quite nice. This memorial requests relief in settlement of the late "Mad" Anthony Wayne's accounts with the United States. Shaw & Shoemaker 24032. Roger C. Weightman unknown
1899ZB466396Washington: GPO 1899. large quarto 29 cm. tall; 316 pp library book plate original law leather worn and dry with both side detached only light general age toning to interior and text block still well sewn. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Washington: GPO, hardcover
1861ZB496380Frederick 1861. 4 pp. self wrappers very good. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Frederick unknown
183645072Boston 1836. First Edition. Octavo 25cm.; single sheet folded into 8-pp. pamphlet; 8pp. Unopened though bottom two-thirds of spine edge split extremities a bit ragged general dust-soil; Good or better overall. Massachusetts senate document no. 57 regarding the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society's denied bid for a full hearing. Report signed in text on p. 8 by Chairman George Lunt local lawyer who opposed any policy that might estrange the South from the Union. DUMOND p. 79. unknown
183820444Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1838. First Edition. soft cover. Very Good/No jacket. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1838. 64pp. Self-wrapper. Soft cover. Signed presentation by Josiah Quincy Jr. 1802-1882.S002. Boston: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. paperback
1823262072Concord: Jacob B. Moore 1823. pamphlet. good. Commencing on the first Wednesday of June and ending the third day of July Anno Domini One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-Three. 196pp. 8vo sewn page margins uncut and unopened light browning and foxing throughout. Concord: Jacob B. Moore 1823.<br/> <br/> Jacob B. Moore unknown
1823262072Concord: Jacob B. Moore 1823. pamphlet. good. Commencing on the first Wednesday of June and ending the third day of July Anno Domini One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-Three. 196pp. 8vo sewn page margins uncut and unopened light browning and foxing throughout. Concord: Jacob B. Moore 1823.<br/><br/> Jacob B. Moore unknown books
1870004941Washington: Government Printing Office 1870. 41st Congress. 2d Session. Senate. Ex. Doc. No. 94. "The internal politicl condition of the Transleithan part of the Austrian empire is now involved in complicated difficulties and seems likely to be troubled by increasing dissensions. In the beginning of the year 1866 the reactionary party in Austria was confident of completely defeating Prussia controlling the destinies of the whole empire and reconstructing its government by the unrestrained authority of the Emperor." 7 pp. Foldout colored map 9 1/2"x7" of Austro-Hungarian Empire. Famous Americans in document: U.S. Grant President of the United States; Hamilton Fish Secretary of State; and George Bancroft United States Minister to Berlin. Disbound but intact. Document is Very Good. Map is Very Good. No tears. . Paperbound. Very Good. Illus. by Colored Foldout Map. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 3/4". Europe. Government Printing Office Paperback
185636135Washington 1856. 184 1 pp. A good part of this report also deals with African and South American slave trade which was still brisk at this time. Removed from larger volume. VG unknown books
1870104849London: Longmans Green Reader and Dyer 1870. 1st Edition . No Binding. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Exceptionally scarce pamphlet arguing for a variety of changes to improve the university. Brown tape to spine vertical fold some foxing to last pages and generally toned. 8vo 32pp. <br/> <br/> Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer unknown
1861ZB496379Frederick 1861. 4 pp. self wrappers very good. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Frederick unknown
184712444Washington: Ritchie & Heiss printers 1847. 8vo. 127 pp. <br><br>The report begins ". the object of the petitioners is to permit the Tonawanda band of Indians to remain on the lands on which they now reside notwithstanding the provisions and stipulations of the treaty of the 20th of May 1842." Of interest are the accompanying documents containing hundreds of signatures in type of chiefs and warriors of the Seneca nation as well as Cayugas Oneidas Onondagas Tuscaroras etc. showing either the English names only the Indian names only with English translations or transliterations or both the English and Indian names. Also contains census figures of Indians on the several reservations in western New York. Government document: 29th Congress 2d Session. Senate. 156. Removed from a nonce volume; small hole in inner margin not touching text. First page with ink numeral in upper margin. Tear repaired to final leaf affecting a few letters but without loss of lettering. Ritchie & Heiss, printers unknown books
1869299870Carson City.: Henry R. Mighels State Printer. 1869. Contemporary half sheep over marbled boards red and black spine labels with gilt title. Very good light wear to spine head and corners. 8vo. 23x14.5 cm. Appendix includes: Second Biennial message of H.G. Blasdell Governor of Nevada Biennial report of the Controller of the State of Nevada Report of the State Treasurer of Nevada Biennial Report of the Warden of the Nevada State Prison Report of the State Mineralogist of Nevada Biennial Report of the Surveyor General and State Register of the State of Nevada and First biennial report of the Secretary of State in relation to the indigent insane. weight: 2.7 lb. Several folding charts. Henry R. Mighels, State Printer. hardcover
1858522175Imprimerie de Deltombe 1858 218+223 pages in-4. 1858. Relié. 218+223 pages.
185730058Washington DC: A.O. P. Nicholson Printer 1857. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. 50 illustrated plates with first 2 in color xvi 536 pages 1. Small illustrations in text. Brown embossed cloth hardcover with title on the spine. Cloth spine and covers are chipped. Outer hinges and inner hinges are cracked. Text block secure. Light to moderate toning and scattered foxing to the contents. Inscription on the front paste down reads - "Hon S. Cameron to Recorder Office a Milledgeville Georgia newspaper." A fair copy only. <br /> <br /> From wikipedia:<br /> <br /> Simon Cameron March 8 1799 – June 26 18891 was an American businessman and politician who represented Pennsylvania in the United States Senate and served as United States Secretary of War under President Abraham Lincoln at the start of the American Civil War.<br /> <br /> A native of Maytown Pennsylvania Cameron made a fortune in railways canals and banking.2 He was elected to the United States Senate as a member of the Democratic Party in 1845. A persistent opponent of slavery Cameron briefly joined the Know Nothing Party before switching to the Republican Party in 1856. He won election to another term in the Senate in 1857 and provided pivotal support to Abraham Lincoln at the 1860 Republican National Convention.<br /> <br /> Lincoln appointed Cameron as his first Secretary of War. Cameron's wartime tenure was marked by allegations of corruption and lax management and he was demoted to Ambassador to Russia in January 1862. Cameron made a political comeback after the Civil War winning a third election to the Senate in 1867 and building the powerful Cameron machine which would dominate Pennsylvania politics for the next 70 years.<br /> <br /> Provenance for this copy comes from the Orme - Sallee House Milledgeville Georgia. A.O. P. Nicholson, Printer hardcover
183833580Washington DC: Blair & Rives printers 1838. Wraps. Good. Disbound wraps. Approx. 9" x 6". 142 pages 24 leaves with 24 illustrated plates of plants 1. Title information printed on the front of page 1. Report consists of 4 documents including meteorological scientific and geographical data. Also included in the report is an index and explanation of the 24 engravings. Contents of this report are cleanly separated between the end of document 2 page 42 and the start of document 3 page 43. <br /> <br /> Henry Perrine was a physician horticulturist United States Consul in Campeche Campeche Mexico and an enthusiast for introducing tropical plants into cultivation in the United States wikipedia. Blair & Rives, printers unknown
181523901Washington City: Pr. by Roger C. Weightman 1815. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>Congressional praise for the people of New Orleans during the Battle of New Orleans December 1814 January 1815 for "voluntarily affording the best accommodations in their power and giving the kindest attentions to the wounded not only of our own army but also to the wounded prisoners of a fallen though vindictive foe." Resolutions submitted by William Branch Giles. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 36410. Removed from a nonce volume; gutter margin a little irregular. Leaves separating. Good condition. Pr. by Roger C. Weightman unknown books
181511447Washington City: Pr. by Roger C. Weightman 1815. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>Congressional praise for the people of New Orleans during the Battle of New Orleans December 1814 January 1815 for "voluntarily affording the best accommodations in their power and giving the kindest attentions to the wounded not only of our own army but also to the wounded prisoners of a fallen though vindictive foe." Resolutions submitted by William Branch Giles. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 36410. Removed from a nonce volume; gutter margin a little irregular. Leaves separating. Good condition. Pr. by Roger C. Weightman unknown books
181511448Washington City: Pr. by Roger C. Weightman 1815. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>High praise for Comm. D.T. Patterson Ma.r Daniel Carmick and for the officers seamen and marines under their respective commands for the gallant and successful defense of New Orleans during the War of 1812. Resolutions submitted by Charles Tait. Scarce: OCLC locates only three copies. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 36409. Removed from a nonce volume; gutter margin a little irregular. Very good condition. Pr. by Roger C. Weightman unknown books
185411895Washington: A. O. P. Nicholson Printer 1854. Hardcover. Good. Original blind stamped black cloth gilt title to front and spine binding with some edge-wear library stamps & bookplate on the end papers white label at base of spine 11 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches. The book consists of one leaf of text title page and table of contents and a large number of folding charts. Title page torn at top and foxed. 43 of 45 folding maps/charts most in very good condition. The two missing items are no. 7 Map of Public Surveys in California and no. 8 Sketch of the Public Surveys in Kansas and Nebraska.Includes surveys of land plots in Michigan Arkansas Florida Wisconsin Minnesota and Iowa; a few smaller charts or maps of public buildings and the plans or sketches of many harbors including Oswego Sodus Bay Buffalo Erie Conneut Ashtabula Cleveland Black River Huron Monroe Manitowoc Dubuque Kenosha Racine River St. Clair &c. A. O. P. Nicholson, Printer hardcover
188837442Printed for State of Mississippi. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. 423; appendix pages; Bound in later brown cloth boards with morocco and gilt spine label. Tight and NF with light aging of text block. Includes anti-negro voter fraud charges. . Printed for State of Mississippi hardcover