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1849040083Washington D.C.: US Senate 1849. Hardcover. Good-/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 85 & 94pp.; HB full leather w/gilt on spine; covers detached w/spine & edges darkened; some fox & tan but pages tight & easily readable. Contents: Communication from the Fifth Auditor of the Treasury; Report from the Secretary of War Lt.Col. Philip St.George Cooke official journal-Santa Fe to San Diego etc. 1846-47; Memorial of Will.P.Ross W.S.Coodey & John Drew; & Documents relating to the preservation and protection of passengers from injuries resulting from steamboat accidents. <br/> <br/> US Senate hardcover
189887011Washington DC: Government Printing Office 1898. Hardcover. Ex-library with minmal markings; traces of spine label removal to spine; stamps to top & bottom edges; exterior slightly rubbed & edge-worn; else clean tight and about very good to very good- overall. Small folio in brown quarter calf and marbled boards; 795 p color maps illustrations tables 19 mainly b&w large folding maps; 4 folding charts; 30 cm. Errate slip bound in. Map-making surveys geography. Alaska telegraph cables Hudosn River Montreal Pacific Caost San Diego Santa Moniva San Pedro San Francisco Bay Kansa Nebraksa Book weighs 7lbs prior to packing. Shipping at cost. Government Printing Office hardcover
1841127492Bruxelles Impr. De Ve Stapleaux 1841. Third Edition. Paperback. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled and nicked. Some scattered staining throuhgout. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and strong. ; 225 pages; Description: 225 p. 14 cm. Subjects: Belgium. Parlement. Senat --Rules and practice. Administrative law --Belgium. Bruxelles, Impr. De Ve Stapleaux paperback
1857212591Bruxelles : E. Guyot et Stapleaux Fils 1857. First Edition. Paperback. Near fine paperback copy; edges very slightly dust-dulled. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight bright clean and especially sharp-cornered. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 31 pages; Description: 31 p. ; 22 cm. Subjects: Belgium -- Charities -- Charitable donations -- Bequests. Bruxelles : E. Guyot et Stapleaux Fils paperback
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
186343182Washington: U.S. Senate. 1863. First Edition. Removed Document. Very Good-. 37th Congress 3d session. Senate Misc Doc. No 31; 8vo; 28 pages; Unmarked clean and complete. Removed Document. Measures 8 7/8 x 5 3/4 in. OCLC 1064999617 "President Lincoln recognized that unreliable paper money and inadequate credit was problematic. Along with his Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase he conceived the national banking system and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency to regulate and supervise it. On February 25 1863 President Lincoln signed The National Currency Act into law. The Act established the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency OCC charged with responsibility for organizing and administering a system of nationally chartered banks and a uniform national currency." The National Bank Act of 1863 provided for the federal charter and supervision of a system of banks known as national banks; they were to circulate a stable uniform national currency secured by federal bonds deposited by each bank with the comptroller of the currency often called the national banking administrator. The act regulated the minimum capital requirements of national banks the kinds of loans they could make and the reserves that were to be held against notes and deposits; it also provided for the supervision and examination of banks and for the protection of noteholders. . U.S. Senate unknown
183436362Washington DC: Printed by Duff Green 1834. First Edition. Leather bound. Fair. Octavo. lx Reports No. 424 to No. 513. Volume VI of a Ten volume set. Varying pagination to this volume. Brown calf leather binding with red leather title label on spine. Boards are scuffed rubbed edge worn and darkened. Spine is darkened and scuffed in spots. Light to moderate toning and foxing to the text. <br /> <br /> Reports cover State memorials and resolutions Slave Trade Indian Affairs Banks Fortifications Imports Land Navy Post Office Revolutionary War benefits Rivers Roads Treasury War etc. Printed by Duff Green unknown
183230467Washington DC: United States Government 1832. First Edition. Pamphet. Very good. 36p. and 24p respectively. The "Tariff of Abominations' infuriated Southern States whose reactions led to South Carolina's Ordinance of Nullification. Spotted trimmed removed with initials of J.S. Brown in ink. One physical copy of either in holdings at Brown; none in trade. <br/><br/>Spotting otherwise intact United States Government unknown
1844006801Washington: Gales and Seaton 1844. Document includes Journal of the Senate List of Acts Passed During the Second Session of the Twenty-Eighth Congress Proceedings of a Session Specially Called Executive Proceedings of the Senate of the United States from which the Injunction of Secrecy Has Been Removed Index and Table of Bills of the Senate and House of Representatives Twenty-Eighth Congress--Second Session. 387 pp. Leather covers in Good- condition with corners bumped and rubbed to boards edges bumped and rubbed tears to leather on cover faces with sections missing pencil writing '448' on front cover joints rubbed spine ends bent and torn. Bookplate from the Library of the Paymaster General's Office adhered on front inside cover. Front hinge broken back hinge loose. Endpapers browning along edges. Interior pages also browning along edges some foxing spots text is easily legible. Ex. library stamp on back inside cover. Book in overall Good condition. Leather. Good. Illus. by Tables. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9 1/4". U.S. Government Document. Gales and Seaton Hardcover