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185217347Saint Paul: James M. Goodhue 1852. 8vo pp. 258; original printed wrappers some soiling nick in front wrap near head of spine a larger section torn away from bottom right corner slightly affecting text some creasing faint signature in pencil of "Ramsey" unattributed on cover; a very good or better example from Minnesota's first printer. Martin 41. Sabin 49257 citing 1850 journal. <br/><br/> James M. Goodhue unknown books
185224213Saint Paul: James M. Goodhue 1852. 8vo pp. 258; original printed wrappers spine perished else a very good or better example from Minnesota's first printer. Martin 41. Sabin 49257 citing 1850 journal. <br/><br/> James M. Goodhue unknown books
18672919St. Paul: for gratuitous circulation by Girart Hewitt 1867. 8vo 36pp. a fine copy in orig. blue printed wrappers and scarce thus. Wrappers with different letterpress than the above and now bound without the ads; text identical. Howes H-455 not mentioning the different issues for the year 1867. <br/><br/> for gratuitous circulation, by Girart Hewitt unknown books
18672918St. Paul: for gratuitous circulation by Girart Hewitt 1867. 8vo 36 & 8pp. ads some spotting but generally fine in orig. tan printed wrappers and scarce thus. All the facts for the would-be immigrant. Howes H-455. <br/><br/> for gratuitous circulation, by Girart Hewitt unknown books
185124214St. Paul: James M. Goodhue 1851. 8vo pp. 241; orig. brown printed wrappers wrappers loosening and slightly chipped. Martin 30; Sabin 49258 citing that for 1850. <br/><br/> James M. Goodhue unknown books
190029877Minneapolis: University Press 1900. First edition of the author's first book sq. 12mo pp. 3-71; a very good copy in orig. printed wrappers decorated in red and lettered in black and warmly presented by the author to Richard LeGallienne dated St. Paul February 8 1901. "Born in the state of New York he moved with him family to St. Paul in 1894. At the University of Minnesota lack of means and ill health prolonged his course over a period of years during which he began publishing his poems. In 1906 he joined the faculty of the university" Nute Minnesota Books and Authors. <br/><br/> University Press unknown books
1829008474Richmond VA/ New York / Philadelphia : Various 1829. A collection of small religious books two were published Richmond both are Psalms and Hymns 1867 the rest NY 3 Bibles 1829 1864 1869 or Philadelhia Book of Common Prayers 1868. Range in height from 3 7/8" to 5 5/8". Together with an Autograph Book no publisher or date but inscription dated 1866. All were owned by a Southern minister in Memphis named J. O.James Owen Stedman and his daughter Ella Owen Stedman. Stedman was pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Shelby County from 1854-1868. He then helped to found the Alabama Street Presbyterian Church in Memphis in 1868. The autograph book with one page presentation inscription to Stedman dated Dec. 1866 with ten signatures of elders and deacons of the church on 3 pages. No further autographs or writing in the book. Autograph book good loss of half the spine leather the book quite rubbed. The small Bibles etc. are Very Good to Near Fine. A unique collection of post Civil War Memphiana. . Leather. Very Good. Various. Various Hardcover books
1862102018One folded sheet two pages of text illustrated red and blue lettersheet depicting George B. McClellan with slogan "WE HAVE BEAT OUR LAST RETREAT" includes matching postally canceled envelope. Minor folds one small hole at center fold not affecting text normal aging and toning. Overall in very good condition. James Rikert who enlisted in 1861 was discharged in 1862 for disability. He joined as a 21 year old private at Fort Wayne Michigan and mustered into Company G of the MI 5th Infantry. He sent this letter to Celia Gibson as a follow-up to a letter he sent a week earlier concerning their march on Manassas. He reports heavy rains that postponed the march but expects to march the next day. While he mentions his sadness at the loss of his grandmother he makes a point of telling Celia this could be his last letter. "This may be the last letter perhaps that you will ever get from me but if I live through the battle you will son hear from me again and if not you will know that I have gone to my lovely home and that I died as a Christian." Historical Data Systems Civil War Research and Genealogy Database. books
1853007343Philadelphia: Joseph Severns & Co. 1853. Volumes VI VII and VIII all Very Good bound in later sturdy cloth red leather spine labels. small prior owner name stamp the only marking moderate toning throughout the set yet still quite readable. Excellent source material for the Revolutionary War years 177-1779. Uncommon. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Joseph Severns & Co. Hardcover books
1834008945Boston / Raleigh: Charles Bowen / Turner and Hughes 1834. Presentation Copy SIGNED AND INSCRIBED at front paste down "Presented to Joseph Hyde Pratt 6/18/1926 Burnham S. Colburn" with the bookplate of Burnham Standish Colburn beneath the inscription. A great North Carolina Association Copy Burnham Colburn assisted in organizing the Biltmore Estate Company which developed Biltmore Forest. He was also a prominent banker in Asheville and a noted mineral collector instrumental in the founding of the Southern Appalachian Mineral Society Joseph Hyde Pratt was a noted North Carolina geologist conservationist state and civic leader and World War I hero. In the original patterned cloth binding gilt lettering and decoration back Very Good 1/4" loss of cloth at top edge of spine end papers toned moderate toning throughout. Howes J234. SIGNED AND INSCRIBED. First Edition. Patterned Cloth . Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Presentation Copy. Charles Bowen / Turner and Hughes Hardcover books
1850672881850. Nineteenth-Century Sign from a Lawyer's Office Lawyers. United States. Gilt-Lettered Black-Background Wooden Sign Reading: Norman W. Downes Lawyer. Vermont Mid- to late-nineteenth century. 8-1/4" x 26" gilt letters on rough black-sand surface beveled edges two eyelet screws at ends for hanging. Rubbing around edges with some wear mostly around bottom corners. $350. A note on the verso reads: "Seller said from VT. His joke: Don't see many of these without bullet holes in them! unknown books
1865006220Morrisania NY: Press of J.M. Bradstreet 1865. #56 of only 100 copies printed and SIGNED by Henry B. Dawson. SCARCE in collectible condition. Rebound in black cloth with grey end pages and without the original wrappers. Cloth is untitled with light rubbing armorial bookplate of Thornton Walbridge front paste down. The original book is Near Fine light foxing to endpages faint crease rear end page. "The following Tract concerning a very important event in the War of the American Revolution was written by WILLIAM GRAVES EFQ. the eldeft brother Admiral THOMAS GRAVES and privately circulated for the purpofe of defending the latter from the ferious charges which were brought againft him fubfequent to the furrender by LORD CORNWALLIS at Yorktown". 39 pp. Revolutionary War. . SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition. Press of J.M. Bradstreet Hardcover books
18557123Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood 1855. First edition 8vo pp. xiv 306 16 ads; folding map hand-colored in outline lithograph frontis of the Falls of St. Anthony 7 wood-engraved plates and illus. in the text; moderately rubbed else a good sound copy or better in original terracotta cloth stamped in gilt on spine and upper cover. Includes sections on Canada and Lake Superior northern Michigan and Wisconsin about half the text is devoted to Minnesota. In his introduction Oliphant states: "I have endeavored to give some account of the present condition and prospects of the country and to covey some idea of those resources whose rapid development will be before long a material influence upon the wealth and importance of the United States." Howes O-64. <br/><br/> William Blackwood hardcover books
183148475Boston: Stephen Foster 1831. First edition of the author's first book of poetry 16mo pp. vi 7-52; without the errata slip not present in all copies; a nice copy in original muslin-backed drab boards the cloth a little nicked and brooken along the spine. Snelling 1804-1848 was the son of Josiah Snelling commandant of the fort that bears his name at the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers in St. Paul. William lived at Fort Snelling for seven years 1820-27 where he became familiar with the Indians their language and habits. After returning east he wrote many newspaper and magazine articles and several books which drew on his experiences with the Indians and this poem a satirical commentary on the state of American poetry and poets "that rocked the small literary world of Boston for a time. But the onslaughts of his political and literary foes combined with personal misfortunes gradually drove him to dispair and he took refuge in drink. To the great delight of his ill-wishers he spent four months in the House of Correction but he emerged broken rather than in health or in spirit. He continued as an independent journalist and in 1847 became the editor of the Boston Herald which he conducted with great vigor for one year before he died in Chelsea at the age of forty-four burned out. Snelling is best remembered as . the author of Truth which is one of the best verse satires ever written in America" DAB. BAL 18413. <br/><br/> Stephen Foster hardcover books
186213758New York: Harper and Brothers 1862. First American Edition. Hardcover. good. 8vo xii 4 574 2 ads. Illustrated with engravings; 3 maps on one folding sheet. Blue cloth stamped in blind and gilt. Spine darkened fraying to spine ends corners rubbed front hinge partially cracked. Embossed library stamp on a few pages bookplate on front pastedown; otherwise unmarked. Provenance: From the collection of Burton scholar and bibliographer James Casada. Written a few years after Burton's celebrated account of his journey to Mecca and Medina this book describes the explorer's 1860 visit to Salt Lake City. Burton who met Brigham Young on the trip applied his characteristic ethnographic eye to Mormon ways and his work offers a detailed and sympathetic portrait. The appendix contains a number of Mormon documents and a Mormon chronology. Wagner-Camp 370:2; Howes B1033; Flake 1029. Harper and Brothers hardcover books
18462556West Point NY 1846. Cream paper creased. Good. 25.5 x 19 cm. Margaret Stebbins Scammon writes her brother from West Point where her husband E. Parker Scammon is an officer with the United Army Corps of Topographic Engineers. Parker would later command the 23rd Ohio Regiment during the Civil War. <br /> <br />Good Friday Morn. 1846 <br /> <br />My Dearest brother <br /> <br />Parker fully intended to cover this envelope to you but as he was about doing it the Quartermaster must needs send for him to come to the Library for some important briefings: and so he begs me to write for him and apologize to the best of my ability for the non-appearance of your beer. You must have thought him very neglectful and tho' it is rather an awkward task I will tell you the whole truth. If you will have patience to wait till the end of this month it shall then be forthcoming. He expected to order it on the 1st but our cook took it into his head to go back to the city to live and as we had at his own request kept back the quarter part of his wages for 18 months you must know our last month's pay went with a rush and as we are so involved on every side we wont borrow and therefore all parties ourselves included must wait till after another visit from the Paymaster for our good beer. I have thus most frankly stated to you the case and I hope you will excuse it. We remember that we are still considerably in your debt so that it is with great pleasure that P. will attend to your order just so soon as circumstances will permit. I think the value of the empty half barrels returned is $1.50 each and they quite well have them as money. They are returned at any time and credited to sender. <br /> <br />We are looking forward to your visit in June or July with impatience. Do not disappoint us. <br /> <br />Your very aft sister <br /> <br />Margaret <br /> <br /> <br />The letter is addressed to Margaret's brother - Mr. John B. Stebbins Care of Homer Foote & Co. Springfield Mass. We know the merchant her brother worked for Homer Foote had become a very wealthy retailer in Springfield and assume that John B. was successful as well. <br />Letter has some foxing and tears in areas where there is creasing. Red West Point stamp is faint along with the number 5. <br/><br/> unknown books
184081681Washington 1840. Paperback. Very Good. 69 6p. Pamphlet. No separate wrapper present. 24cm. Disbound removed from a bound volume. Lightly browned. Library stamp Navy Department Library on page 17. 26th Congress House. 1st Session. Doc. No. 185. <br/><br/> paperback books
1883005955New York: American Baptist Home Mission Society 1883. SCARCE. Very Good in the original decorative cloth with gilt titles and device. Boards are rubbed yet gilt is still bright. Prior owner name label front paste down and name front end page edges of page block soiled. Binding is tight contents are clean and unmarked. A quite unusual early history of the Baptists Home Missions in America. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. American Baptist Home Mission Society Hardcover books
1838100103<p>8vo original cloth paper spine label illustrated 376 pp. Staining to covers front joint starting to split; foxing to contents short stub tears to maps neatly repaired ink name and bookplate to front free endpaper. Otherwise very good. This work is a reprint of the second issue of the third edition of Carver’s "Travels though the Interior Parts of North America" first published in 1778. Howes states this is the best American edition and adds that Carver penetrated farther into the West than any other English explorer before the Revolutionary War. He was seeking a transcontinental waterway and while he didn’t add a lot to the geography of the region his work inspired a lot of interest by subsequent explorers like Lewis and Clark. Contains two folding maps four plates including one of a tobacco plant done by Nathaniel Currier.</p> Harper hardcover books
1894007096Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co. 1894. Very Good handsomely rebound in brown cloth except for original leather spine gilt titles and devices marbled end pages spine a bit rubbed prior owner name title page some marginal genealogical writing and some underlining. With a fascinating trove of 5 pp. of genealogy and local history and with 1895 ribbon commemorating 10th Annual Reunion of the 59th Indiana Vols. which was organized at Gosport and Indianapolis Indiana on February 11 1862 and was the first Regiment to report to General Pope for duty with the Army of Mississippi during the Civil War. Also laid in a period photograph of William Travis who helped compile the book. A truly unique copy of this SCARCE local history. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. Thick 8vo. F. A. Battey & Co. Hardcover books
1865007091New York: Dick & Fitzgerald Publishers 1865. Full title "Frank B. Converse's Banjo instructor without a master : containing a choice collection of banjo solos jigs songs reels walk arounds etc. progressively arranged and plainly explained enabling the learner to become a proficient banjoist without the aid of a teacher". 5 pp. advertisements front 37 pp. rear including ads to paste downs 96 pp. of text in between. A good complete copy of this RARE early American book on the banjo. Boards rubbedand soiled 1/2" chip from ad rear cover front hinge starting child's name in pencil front and rear. . First Edition. Pictorial Paper Covered Boards. Good/No Jacket As Issued. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Dick & Fitzgerald, Publishers Hardcover books
1807006252Philadelphia: Smith & Maxwell 1807. Very Good in the original slate gray wrappers paper spine label wrappers faded age toning to pages. Small initials top edge title page else free of any writing. 416 pp with 5 p. Index to Vol. IV. . Includes all the editions from July 4 1807 Vol. IV No.1 through December 19 1807 Vol. IV No.25 each issue running 16 pp. The first important political and literary journal in the United States founded by Joseph Dennie a staunch Federalist in 1802. . First Edition. Plain Wrappers. Very Good/No Jacket As Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Smith & Maxwell Paperback books
1836008947Hartford CT: Canfield and Robins 1836. Very Good bound in contemporary calf boards rubbed joints starting to open at top edge closed tears at fore edge of front end page and title page prior owner period inscription in ink front end page repeated in pencil at title page several pages with corner creases lacking blank rear end pages collated complete numbered xii -360 pages. SCARCE Hartford imprint OCLC locates 5 libraries in US no copies in current commerce no auction records at RBH. . First Edition. Calf. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Canfield and Robins Hardcover books
184020881New York: S.W. Benedict 1840. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 4.75 x 3 inches pp. vi 265 including index of first lines. Publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth with gilt spine lettering. Corners lightly bumped very slight scattered foxing nineteenth-century ink stamp of H.J. Jones and penciled signature of Samuel Jones on front free endpaper; very good or better. According to the Preface this collection was commissioned by the American Anti-Slavery Society for use by "those who have been accustomed to meet to pray for the Emancipation of the Slave." Hatfield a Presbyterian minister and student of hymns selected and liberally edited 291 hymns songs and poems--including three credited to John Greenlead Whittier--and organized them thematically into sections titled "The Cause of the Slave" "The Slave Comforted" "The Slave Exhorted to Patience and Hope" "The Rights of the Slave" "Appeals in Behalf of the Slave" subdivided into appeals to masters freemen women and Christian "Slaveholders Admonished" "The Friends of the Slave Encouraged" "The Friends of the Slave Assembled" and "Emancipation." As scholar Cheryl C. Boots argues Freedom's Lyre stands out from the hundreds of collections of hymns published in the nineteenth century because the performance of these hymns "helped connect their secular cause with a sacred one" and "functioned within the ranks of the abolitionists as a commonly held language of identity and protest that engaged singers' emotions as it affirmed the humanity of blacks" Singing for Equality the American Antislavery and Indian Rights Movements 1640-1855. S.W. Benedict hardcover books
186643052Washington D.C.: n.p. 1866. First edition. A very good copy with inch marginal closed tear light soiling faint marginal stain. Broadside. 6 x 9 1/2 inches. Michigan senator Jacob Merritt Howard 1805-1871 who had worked closely with Lincoln in drafting and passing the Thirteenth Amendment was a strong supporter of his measures including "emergency actions during the secession crisis and advocated 'severe exemplary and speedy punishment of the rebels. He was especially vocal on all matters pertaining to the confiscation of rebel property and the emancipation of slaves. He was also one of the most forceful advocates of the 1863 Conscription Act" ANBO. His ire extended to trying for treason the Confederate leaders. In December he wanted to know why Davis had not been put on trial and now despite it being well-known that Davis did not have complicity in Lincoln's murder he declared in this resolution that Davis be "charged with the crimes of having incited the assassination of Abraham Lincoln President of the United States and with the murder of soldiers of the Unites States held a prisoners of war during the rebellion and other cruel and barbarous practices in violation of the rules and usages of civilized war." Clement C. Clay was also to be tried. It appears that Merritt's resolution never made it to the floor for a second reading as was required by law. Scarce. We could find only one in auction or dealer sales records in 1964. OCLC locates only one copy: Univ. of Mississippi OCLC669843127 in its "Civil War: Primary Source Publications Related to Mississippi." Owen: Bibliography of Mississippi p. 685. Eberstadt 165-210. ANBO 04/04-00529. n.p. unknown books