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1808288891Richmond: Printed by Samuel Pleasants Junior 1808. Full Leather. Very Good binding. Volume II only of a collection of acts passed by the General Assembly of Virginia covering 1802 to 1808 published by Samuel Pleasants. Collates complete; vi 167 322 pp. with lengthy appendices and index at the rear. Toning to the text. Creasing to a few leaves near the rear. Contemporary owner's name in ink on the front endpaper booksellers plate on the front pastedown lacking the rear endpaper. Spots of loss to the spine and rear joint. Full calf with red leather label. Very Good binding. Printed by Samuel Pleasants, Junior unknown books
186069365Columbus: Richard Nevins State Printer. Good. 1860. Hardcover. 188 pages half leather and marbled boards. The spine has been repaired with cloth tape and the covers are soiled and rubbed hinges starting. The binding is rough but the contents are bright and complete. Good. . Richard Nevins, State Printer hardcover books
1891286218Richmond VA: Everett Waddey Company 1891. Half Leather. Very Good binding. The Acts of Assembly Concerning the James River Company the James River and Kanawha Company and the Richmond and Alleghany Railroad and Richmond and Alleghany Railway Companies. Acts passed by the General Assembly of Virginia concerning some railway and river companies of the Richmond area. Very scattered marginalia in ink. Previous owner's name stamped on the front pastedown and stamped on the front board in gilt. Fully rebacked by a conservator using black Japanese tissue. Section of the original spine laid in. Half black leather over dark cloth covered boards. Overall in Very Good condition. Very Good binding. Everett Waddey Company unknown books
183325791San Salvador: No publisher/printer 1833. Small 8vo. 1 p. <br><br>In this early Salvadoran broadside the legislature nullifies the appointment of Lic. Urrutia to the Supreme Court and places Lic. Jose Felix Quiros on the bench instead.<br>Â Â Â Â Printing seems to have arrived in El Salvador in 1825 placing this in the first decade of that art there.<br>Â Â Â Â Apparently rare: We trace no copy via NUC Pre-1956 WorldCat CCILA or METABASE. Removed from a nonce volume. A few small holds from insect damage a few of the few repaired with archival tissue. Old bibliographical notations in pencil in margins. Light waterstaining in upper outer corner. No publisher/printer unknown books
18273439baFHarrisburg PA: Office of the Reporter 1827. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. Americana; Pennsylvania law; highways; 141p. 16p. index; 21cm; full old leather rubbed; spine label lacking; foxed. Office of the Reporter Hardcover books
1895174883Nashville: The assembly 1895. 29p. printed double-column smallpoint staplebound 8.5x5.5 inch self-wraps with plain printed cover title. Front cover and to some extent the back was exposed to severe dust-soil. We used an artist's erasure-shavings bag to remore the worst smuts. Paperstock very toned but not badly fragile. Two holdings per OCLC. The assembly unknown books
184011766Washington 1840. 8vo. 2 pp. <br><br>Concerning the settlement of the U. S.-Canadian border dispute the Indiana General Assembly states that it "will ever prefer honorable war rather than dishonorable peace." Government document: 26th Congress 1st Session. Doc. No. 223. Ho. of Reps. Removed from a nonce volume; gutter margin a little irregular; two holes in inner margin not touching text. Very light foxing. Early inked notation above title on first page and at foot of p. 2. unknown books
182818795Washington: Pr. by Duff Green 1828. 8vo. 15 pp. <br><br>February 9 1828. Referred to the Committees on Manufactures and Roads and Canals and ordered to be printed." Letter signed in type: "John Forsyth." Report on pp. 5-15 signed in type: "Read and agreed to. Thomas Stocks president. . In the House of Representatives December 24 1827. Read and concurred in. Irby Hudson speaker ." Government document: 20th Congress 1st Session. 90. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shoemaker 36496. Removed from a nonce volume; stitch holes in inner margin not touching text. Three small holes on center of title-page and two small holes on pp. 3/4 5/6 7/8 costing a portion of two or three words on pp. 58 and touching one letter of p. 3. Ink numeral in top margin of title-page. Heavily foxed. Several leaves detached. Toned copy. Good. Pr. by Duff Green unknown books
183424272Washington: Gales & Seaton print. 1834. 8vo. 7 pp. <br><br>At head of title: 23rd Congress 1st session. Doc. No. 243. Ho. of Reps. Removed from a nonce volume. Gales & Seaton, print. unknown books
185211947Washington 1852. 8vo. 6 pp. <br><br>Concerns the Act for the removal of the seat of the government of Oregon from Oregon City to Salem. Government document: 32d Congress 1st Session. H. of Reps. Miscellaneous No. 9. Removed from a nonce volume. Notation at bottom of p. 6 inked by an early hand. Very good condition. unknown books
1819643Harrisburg 1819. 8vo. 26 pp. <br><br>Sergeant is alleged to have solicited $2000 a year from applicants for the post of clerk the money to be paid to a relative; and in other ways here enumerated to have misused his office to the detriment of the government all while serving as Secretary of the Commonwealth.<br>Â Â Â Â The American Antiquarian Society catalog record for this work gives the pagination as "26 2 p." and says "Text stops in midsentence on p. 27." Shaw & Shoemaker give the pagination as "26 p. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 49050. Folded and stitched as issued. Lacks the wrappers. Uncut unopened. Staining to last leaf. unknown books
183915098Washington: Blair & Rives printers 1839. 8vo. 3 pp. <br><br>Government document: 26th Congress 1st Session. Senate. 26. Removed from a nonce volume; two stitch holes in inner margin not touching text. Ink numeral in top margin of p. 1. Light foxing. Blair & Rives, printers unknown books
183643732Providence: Printed by William Simons Jr. 1836. Stitched self wrappers. A very good uncut unopened and untrimmed copy signed on front and rear wrappers edges worn light dampstain on lower fore-margin contents lightly soiled. 112 pp. 8vo. Signed in ink by Henry Bowen as "Sec'ry" on the rear under "True copy-witness." Henry Bowen 1785-1867 son of Jabez Bowen Jr was R.I. Secretary of State from 1819 to 1849. William Simons Jr. was appointed state printer during the May 1836 session of the General Assembly. Noted on the front cover: "Town Clerk Glocester." Rare. Not in American Imprints or Sabin. OCLC locates only one copy of this document at the American Antiquarian Society but without any notation of a signature OCLC: 83805212. [Printed by William Simons, Jr.] unknown books
183119590Annapolis: J. Green 1831. 8vo. 326 xiii pp. <br><br>Contemporary sheep gilt-stamped on black leather spine labels. Binding rubbed and abraded and a bit darkened; dry with chipping on outer edge of back cover; leather lost over head of spine; joints partially open; spine labels chipped. Title-page with two thumbnail-sized holes close to title but resulting in no loss of text. Inked ownership inscriptions on title-page. Ex-library with bookplate on front pastedown and rubber-stamps on title-page and front free endpaper. Endpapers final two leaves of text and title-page darkened in margins. J. Green hardcover books
184115470Washington: Blair & Rives 1841. 8vo. 3 pp. <br><br>The assembly of the Wisconsin Territory wants help making the Fox and Wisconsin rivers navigable. Government document: 26th Congress 2d Session Senate doc. 164. Removed from a nonce volume. Blair & Rives unknown books
181111387Washington: A. & G. Way printers 1811. 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>Unsuccessful petition to admit the Mississippi Territory into the union. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 24203. Removed from a nonce volume; gutter margin a little irregular; edges darkened three pages with a couple of small brown spots. Leaves separated. A. & G. Way, printers unknown books
181618562Washington: Pr. by William A. Davis 1816. 8vo. 8 pp. <br><br>Petition of citizens of Kentucky who lost their horses during the various campaigns of the War of 1812 with some brief accounts of cavalry operations. Government document: House document United States. Congress. House; 14th Congress 1st session no. 17. Printed at head of title: 17. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 39547. Removed from a nonce volume. Tear at inner margin of each page not extending into text. Ex-library with rubber-stamp and librarian's lightly pencilled notation on title-page. Page toned with some off-setting. Top margins of title-page and p. 8 darkened. Pr. by William A. Davis unknown books
181617837Washington: Pr. by William A. Davis 1816. 8vo. 3 pp. <br><br>War of 1812 claim. Government document: Senate document United States. Congress. Senate; 14th Congress 1st session no. 30. Printed at head of title: 30. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 39546. Removed from a nonce volume. Librarian's pencilled notation and War Dept. Library rubber-stamp on title-page. Title-page darkened at top margin. Leaves separated. Pr. by William A. Davis unknown books
181317847Washington: A. & G. Way printers 1813. 8vo. 8 pp. <br><br><br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 30244. Removed from a nonce volume. Librarian's pencilled notation on title-page. Some soiling at bottom margin of p. 8. A. & G. Way, printers unknown books
180814910Washington City: Pr. by R. C. Weightman 1808. 8vo. 6 2 blank pp. <br><br>Relating to the embargo of 18071809. Signed in type: "Th: Jefferson. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 16468. Removed from a nonce volume. A little browning at inner margin of p. 1. Very good. Pr. by R. C. Weightman unknown books
180621326City of Washington: A. & G. Way printers 1806. 8vo. 8 pp. <br><br>"February 3 1806 read and ordered to be committed to the committee of the whole House on the state of the union."<br>Â Â Â Â . <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Shaw & Shoemaker 11652. Removed from a nonce volume. A. & G. Way, printers unknown books
183424287Washington D.C.: s.n. 1834. Small 8vo. 4 pp. <br><br>Caption title. At head of title: 23rd Congress 1st session. Doc. no. 71. Ho. of Reps.<br>Â Â Â Â Concerns North Carolina's ceding of land to the U.S. the extinguishing of Indian rights to land not ceded to U.S. and the arrival of Cherokee who had been forced from their land in Georgia and elsewhere. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Apparently not in American Imprints. Removed from a nonce volume. s.n. unknown books
183227635Providence: William Marshall State Printer 1832. First edition. Removed. Scattered foxing light dampstain to one corner some pages offset last few leaves darkened still about very good. 72149 pp. 8vo. Political Anti-Masonry which first began in New York gained a strong foothold in Rhode Island beginning in 1829. By 1831 the Anti-Masons convinced the state legislature to investigate Freemasonry: "Whereas the crimes and enormities within a few years committed in a neighboring State by certain Freemasons avowedly in the cause of masonry have excited universal indignation and abhorrence and have awakened jealousies and suspicions very unfavorable to all masonic institutions. Therefore in the hope of allaying the great and increasing excitement thus occasioned and that the innocent may be distinguished from the guilty if in this state there are any who can justly be charged with advocating the criminal doctrines imputed to freemasonry. are hereby appointed a committee fully to investigate and inquire into its causes." This is the 72 page report of that committee with 149 pages of appendices. Sabin 70652. Amer. Imprints 14514. Cohen 9356. William Marshall, State Printer unknown books
181257676New York: Whiting and Watson no. 96 Broadway 1812. First edition 8vo pp. 3 4-56; uncut; original printed brown wrappers; ex-N.Y. State Library with small inoffensive rubberstamp on the wrapper; very good. Wrapper dated 1813. American Imprints 26519; Sabin 65218. <br/><br/> Whiting and Watson, no. 96 Broadway unknown books
181229438New York: Whiting & Watson pr. by J. Seymour 1812. 8vo. 56 pp. <br><br>First edition: Religious education and how to handle the spiritual disciplining of children. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â Sabin 65218; Shaw & Shoemaker 26519. Removed from a nonce volume. Leaves separating; pages age-toned. Whiting & Watson (pr. by J. Seymour) unknown books
