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1876031825NY: The Echo Press: 1876. 121 pages illustrated in b&w. "The purpose of this work is to make the people acquainted with the superb creations of Nature that distinguish our country above all others." Yellowstone Hudson River Natural Bridge Virginia Trenton Falls NY Squam Like NH White Mountains NH Lake George NY Mammoth Cave KY Minot's Ledge lighthouse Niagara Falls Mississippi River East River Saratoga Springs and more. VERY GOOD HARDCOVER dak green cloth covers. . Hard Cover. Very Good/Not Issued with a Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. The Echo Press: Hardcover
1874019486Boston: White Smith and Company 1874. Wraps. Good. Folio. Appears to have been disbound from a larger work. Sheet music to a song sung by Charles B. Hicks and his troupe the Georgia Minstrels. Hicks was an African-American performer and minstrel troupe manager and publicist being one of the few to be successful in the white dominated genre. Top of the cover dedicates this "To Charles B. Hicks." The cover itself is a lithograph by John H. Bufford drawing on stereotypes and idealizations of what the white US public imagined Black life to be like using imagery to portray an older Black gentleman theoretically reflecting wistfully back on life in slavery. GOOD condition. Spine edge rough from extraction. Minor soiling and toning with a few small stains. White, Smith and Company unknown
1900003947Biddeford ME: The Riverside Press 1900. Original Wraps. Fair. 40pp. With a few black and white photos and several illustrations throughout. A brief history and overview of Biddeford Maine providing information on local businesses economic opportunities and notable citizens. FAIR condition with moderate soiling and some spotting and staining to the covers. Staples rusted. Minor creasing and bumping along the extremities. Wraps splitting along the binding although still holding. Moderate browning to the pages. Minor scattered soiling. Page 7/8 TORN with most of it MISSING. The Riverside Press unknown
181055475Madrid, La Imprenta Real, 1810. Small 4to. Clothbacked marbled boards. Uncut. VIII,455 pp. Internally clean and fine.
184956698Madrid, La Imprenta Nacional, 1849. Small 4to. Contemp. hcalf. Richly gilt spine. Gilt lettering. Stamp on title-page. (4),421 pp., 1 folded table. Internally clean and fine.
1820WRCAM31346Paris 1820. 7pp. Quarto. Self-wrappers. Light dust soiling. Very good. The text of a new French law relating to the import and export of goods from Martinique Guadeloupe Saint Lucie and Tobago. Rare. Not on OCLC. unknown books
182521618London 1825. Folio. 310pp. Bound in modern blue wrappers with copy of title on front wrapper. Fine. <br/><br/> A wonderfully detailed report on the structure of the legal system in these colonies with explanations of the courts forms of action and remedies crimes punishments police forces slave codes manumission reform measures fees tables of cases tables with names and races of parties to legal proceedings. <br/>OCLC records eight locations under several accession numbers as of September 2018. unknown books
182016495Washington: Gales & Seaton 1820. 8pp folding charts. Disbound. Untrimmed worn edges. Foxed. Good. Gales & Seaton unknown books
182335353London 1823. Four works in one volume 8vo. Collations as below. Contemporary half calf and marbled paper covered boards flat spine tooled in gilt and blind<br/> <br/>Sammelband of pamphlets relating to the West Indian sugar trade.<br/> <br/>Comprising the following: 1 Larpent Sir George. On Protection to West-India Sugar . Second Edition Corrected and Enlarged. London: Printed for J.M. Richardson 1823. 159 1pp. Sabin 39068. 2 Macaulay Zachariah East and West India Sugar or a Refutation of the Claims of the West India Colonists to a Protecting Duty on East India Sugar. London: Printed for Lupton Relfe 1823. 2 viii 128pp. Sabin 42951. 3 Macaulay Zachariah A Letter to William W. Whitmore Pointing out some of the Erroneous Statements contained in a Pamphlet by Joseph Marryat entitled "A Reply to the Arguments contained in Various Publications Recommending an Equalisation of the Duties on East and West India Sugars." London: for Lupton Relfe 1823. 2 38pp. Sabin 42953. 4 Marryat Joseph. A Reply to the Arguments recommending an Equalization of the Duties on East & West Indian Sugar . second edition. London: for J.M. Richardson 1823. 111 1pp. Sabin 44708. A nice group of pamphlets focusing on the equalisation debate; i.e. an abolition argument that sugar growers in the East Indies were at a disadvantage to their counterparts in the West Indies due to the latter's use of slavery. unknown books
1826WRCAM24134Washington 1826. 106pp. Dbd. Scattered foxing. Else quite good. An interesting collection of laws governing British colonial trade in the West Indies including tables of duties on various Caribbean products. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 27406. unknown books
181055475Madrid La Imprenta Real 1810. Small 4to. Clothbacked marbled boards. Uncut. VIII455 pp. Internally clean and fine. <br/><br/><em>First edition. - Sabin 19678. </em> hardcover
184956698Madrid La Imprenta Nacional 1849. Small 4to. Contemp. hcalf. Richly gilt spine. Gilt lettering. Stamp on title-page. 4421 pp. 1 folded table. Internally clean and fine. <br/><br/><em>This edition not in Sabin. Sabin 19679 for other editions. </em> unknown
1848004771Washington: J. & G.S. Gideon Printers 1848. Original Wraps. Good. Printed wraps. 26 pp. Pertaining to the Dorr Rebellion of 1841 and 1842 in which disenfranchised voters in Rhode Island established a new constitution granting broader voting rights in contrast to the original Rhode Island charter. In Luther v. Borden it was argued that Borden had no authority to search the home of Luther a Dorr supporter as the Rhode Island charter was unconstitutional and thus did not grant Borden legitimate rights. In GOOD condition. Vertical crease present to the pamphlet with moderate uneven darkening minor soiling and a faint ownership signature in pencil at the upper front cover. Some creasing to the wraps with light scuffing and creasing along the extremities. Interior clean and solid. J. & G.S. Gideon, Printers unknown
18394092550London: Verlag B. Fellowes 1839. IV, 307 Seiten. Mit gestochenem Frontispiz von J. W. Lowry nach T. H. Foljambe und 2 Holzstichen im Text. 8° (17,5-22,5 cm). Orig.-Leinenband der Zeit mit goldgeprägtem Rückentitel und dezenter Blindprägung auf den Deckeln [Hardcover / fest gebunden].
1880015144New York: Chic Publishing Company 1880. Wraps. Poor. Color illustrated wraps. Folio. 16 pp. including covers. Black and white photos throughout with a color centerfold. An issue of this short lived American humor/satire journal. Mott in his History of American Magazines states "An ambitious New York weekly was Chic 1880-81." Volume III p. 267. Mott attributes most of the illustrations to Charles Kendrick. This number focusing on New Year celebrations and politics skewering apparent alcohol consumption by the President and the White House. With other political and social satire comics and drawings. Front cover depicts an Uncle Sam talking to Father Time and Baby New Year saying "Say Old Man don't waste your time calling. Nothing here but Ice Water." Rear cover with derogatory/racist imagery depicting New Year's celebrations in various parts of the world. POOR condition. Whole piece very fragile with many pages DETACHED from one another although present. Heavy chipping tearing and loss along the extremities. Some soiling minor staining and general toning. VERY WORN as is. Chic Publishing Company unknown
1872015600No Place: No publisher 1872. Pamphlet. Good. No publisher place or date. Presumed Government Printing Office Washington: 1872. Pamphlet disbound from a larger work. 180 pp. A lengthy compilation of claims of Texas against the United States primarily for "reimbursement of expenditures alleged to have been made for the payment and support of volunteers or rangers prior to the rebellion. Focusing mostly on the troops used to suppress Native American hostilities along the frontiers of Texas. Drawn from public documents as well as previously unprinted and unpublished manuscript pages. The piece contains testimony from a variety of soldiers of varying ranks describing their duties as well as giving some detail to the various raids and battles conducted against the Comanche and others. The killing of Comanche Chief Iron Jacket is referenced in one account. Names of some of the soldiers in various companies are also printed. GOOD condition. Remains of binding along the spine. Some toning to the paper. Paper slightly brittle. No publisher unknown
1836022178Dover NH: J.T. Gibbs Publisher 1836. Quarter Leather. Poor. Folio. Quarter leather with marbled boards. Large folio. Bound volume of the Dover New Hampshire newspaper the Dover Gazette and Strafford Advertiser comprising of every weekly issue spanning from December 1 1835 to November 22 1836. Of particular note are many articles recounting events of the Battle of the Alamo in Texas. The first account appears in an early April issue of the paper reporting on what a New Orleans newspaper reported. After this short account longer articles appear documenting more of the battle the events and other news from fighting in Texas. These appear sporadically throughout the rest of the volume. For example the May 3 issue reports news from the Texas Telegraph which prints the names of those dead in the attack mentioning David Crockett James Bowie and many others. Many other articles on battles in the Texas Revolution also appear throughout as well as other news relating to it. Other news in the paper reports on a massacre of crew of the whaling ship Awashonks; the a brief account of the building of a Mormon temple in Kirtland Ohio; the Florida War with the Seminole; a massacre in Hawaii; news on insurrections of enslaved people in Kentucky and New Orleans; a piece on Sam Houston etc. POOR condition. Ex-library with minor stamping. Covers and first several blank endpapers DETACHED. Covers scuffed faded and worn especially along the extremities. Other than the first several endpapers the text block is solid and clean. One or two papers have an ownership signature in ink on the top of the page. J.T. Gibbs, Publisher unknown
1831022205Dover NH: J.T. Gibbs Publisher 1831. Quarter Leather. Good. Folio. Quarter cloth with marbled boards. Large folio. Bound volume of the Dover New Hampshire newspaper the Dover Gazette and Strafford Advertiser comprising of every weekly issue spanning from December 7 1830 to November 29 1831. Of particular note is an account of the Nat Turner Rebellion in the September 6 1831 issue. Several articles are printed recounting the events and immediate aftermath. One full page is devoted to a message from President Andrew Jackson in which he discusses the removal of Native Americans from lands they inhabited a plan which set in motion what would become known as the Trail of Tears. Also present is a lengthy article on the American pirate Charles Gibbs recounting the events of the mutiny where he tried to seize the Brig Vineyard. He and his accomplice Thomas J. Wansley were caught and Gibbs was executed. Gibbs alias of James Jeffers committed many acts of piracy in the early 1800s although the truth behind the accounts was often lacking. GOOD condition. Ex-library with exterior spine labels interior pastedowns and minor markings. Front endpaper DETACHED. Minor scuffing fading soiling to the covers. Years written on masking tape taped to the spine. Paper a bit browned and brittle. J.T. Gibbs, Publisher unknown
1870005733Washington: Government Printing Office 1870. Full Leather. Good/No Jacket. Full calf leather. 650 pp. With a title page preceding the above title stating: 'Executive Documents Printed by Order of the House of Representatives During the Second Session of the Forty-First Congress. 1869-70. Dated 1870. With a 51 page index to the 13 volumes of these documents at the front. This volume is devoted to the report from the Chief of Engineers which includes a discussion of a perfect levee system along the Mississippi River various improvements to harbors rivers and waterways etc. GOOD condition. Uneven fading and minor staining to the leather with some scuffing heaviest along the extremities and spine. A 2 inch split present at the upper rear hinge with a small split at the upper front. Light pulling and fraying to the head of the spine. A few small spots of staining to the rear cover. Interior clean and solid with minor browning. Some offsetting to the endpapers. Government Printing Office unknown
1887011564Washington: Government Printing Office 1887. Half Leather. Good. Half leather with marbled boards. Pagination varies throughout. Nine volumes including index volumes plus a report volume containing testimony from railroad officials government officials and others associated with railroads in the United States ascertaining their finances and benefit to the US government and how the financing and relationship between the government and railroads should continue. GOOD condition. Moderate to heavy scuffing to the leather along the extremities and hinges. Owner's name in gilt at the foot of each spine. Minor fading. Some dustiness and light soiling to the covers. Light toning to the paper. Government Printing Office unknown
1862021857Boston: American Tract Society 1862. Wraps. Good. Illustrated wraps printed in red and black. 60 pp. Black and white illustrations throughout. Single issue of this almanac issued by the American Tract Society containing the usual monthly almanac information as well as illustrated instructions on how to make a sundial; a song including music and lyrics words by Mrs. J.D. Chaplin titled "The Little Slave" that offers the young enslaved boy's sadness and perspective on his life as an enslaved person; a printing of the Star-Spangled Banner; a printing of an anti-slavery speech by Heman Humphrey etc. GOOD condition. General toning some soiling minor scattered spotting and staining. Minor wear to the corners. American Tract Society unknown
1849017978New York: No publisher 1849. Quarter Leather. Good. Quarter leather with brown cloth covers. 650 pp. Illustrated frontispiece portraits at the beginning of each month. Bound volume of this journal originally published to support the candidacy of Henry Clay who was ran for president against James Polk in 1844. The journal published literature politics history and other topics. This volume includes an article on gold hunting in California in the sixteenth century; historical and mythological traditions of the Algonquins which includes a translation of the Walum-Olum and illustrations of symbols used by Native Americans accompanied by definitions; a piece on California pondering its political future in the United States; an article contemplating problems and the future of Native Americans in the United States written by Kah-Ge-Ga-Gah-Bouh a chief of the Ojibwa Nation etc. GOOD condition. Covers a bit bowed. Moderate fading and scuffing to the covers with some soiling minor staining and areas of discoloration. Leather worn along the hinges and the corners. A few areas of minor dampstaining to the page edges throughout. Moderate to heavy scattered foxing throughout. No publisher unknown
1882016377Chicago: Victor F. Lawson and Co 1882. Tabloid. Good. Large format tabloid newspaper. Single sheet four pages. Single issue of this Chicago newspaper published three days after the killing of Jesse James. This includes a lengthy account of the day of the killing including quotes from Robert Bob Ford the wife of Jesse James and some background into the plot of the killing. Also in this issue is a short paragraph on Dick Liddle a member of the James Gang and his testimony as to robberies committed by the gang; and a lengthy account of the Blue Cut Train Robbery by John Land recalling the actions of the James Gang. Various items of news and commentary present including the suicide of Cornelius Vanderbilt and the hanging of an African-American in Virginia Doc Wright who apparently murdered Coleman Arthur and who was suspected of being part of a secret society called "The True Friends." GOOD condition. Horizontal and vertical fold creases present. Minor loss along the left edge presumably nibbled away. General toning some foxing soiling and minor staining. A few chips and tears along the extremities. Victor F. Lawson and Co unknown
1893008578Denver CO: The Great Divide Publishing Co 1893. Wraps. Good. Side folding journal approximately 15 by 12 inches. 24 pp including covers. Illustrations and a few photos throughout including a photo of a cliff dwelling perhaps in Mesa Verde Colorado. With ads for Smith and Wesson mining companies gold mines and other western opportunities in Colorado Arizona California and elsewhere. A single issue of this magazine/journal containing articles and stories many reflecting a Western theme. This includes an illustrated article on the Native American pottery of the Rio San Juan; a discussion of cliff dwelling architecture; Washington territory legends; a discussion of Shamanism as practiced by Native Americans including explanation of the Jessakkid; an autobiography by the Native American Running Antelope written in pictographs with translations beneath; a piece on a massacre of white settlers by Native Americans in the Minnesota area; a piece on various snakes etc. GOOD condition. Moderate browning minor soiling some foxing and minor staining. Horizontal fold crease present. Heavy wrinkling along the spine. Center hinge split with a few minor tears throughout. The Great Divide Publishing Co unknown
1843006271New York: American Anti-Slavery Society Publisher 1843. Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. Stated second edition for the first part with the second part published in Albany in 1843. Dark brown ribbed cloth. Unpaginated. With many illustrations throughout. Sabin states that pagination varies among copies seen. This appears complete based on a counting of signatures 1-18 with 6 leaves 19 with 1 leaf and 20-32 with 6 leaves Signature 19 constitutes the title page to the Remonstrance section. Effectively two works in one. An anti-slavery work containing quotes and accounts of many important and minor anti-slavery figures and abolitionists. This also includes accounts of slavery mostly 3rd person reflections. The second section regards the Texas revolution containing quotes of political and other figures on the annexation of Texas by the United States taking a decidedly anti-Texas annexation stance. FAIR condition. The fold out map in the beginning is MISSING its right half being torn in two along the fold. Cloth backstrip MISSING from the spine. Moderate to heavy uneven fading to the covers with minor to moderate scuffing. Minor soiling and staining with a semicircular ring stain to the rear. Cloth very worn and bumped along the extremities. Binding shaken and text block weakened but holding. First signature almost detached. Scattered moderate to heavy foxing throughout with some staining and soiling. Previous owner's signature present. Howes L235 L236. Sabin 95097. American Anti-Slavery Society, Publisher unknown