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Winston, N. C. 1891. 4to. 260 x 215 mm. [8 ½ x 11 inches]. Type written, 1 page, 22 lines. Signed by Thomas Sutton with red stamp, additional red stamp reading “Dictated to Phonography/ T.H.S. With original ‘2 cent’ envelope addressed to Col. Tate. Established by the State of North..... More
Philadelphia: T. M. Scroggy, Publisher No. 443 Vine Street, ca. 1853-58. Broadside. 8vo. 210 x 155 mm., [8 x 6 inches]. Lyrics only printed in five stanzas with chorus, enclosed within a decorative printed border. Small stain to upper right corner, corners with slight folds, otherwise an excellent copy. Rare..... More
ca. 1970. 7½ x 9 ¼ inches. Housed in an inexpensive gilt frame with a linen liner. The liner shows some foxing but the painting is in very good condition and does not appear to have been cleaned. On the back of the painting the original brown paper backing is..... More
New York: The Modern Library, 1929. 12mo. xii, 535 pp., plus 4 pp, ads. Brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine, orange decorated endpapers. Very good copy of an early printing of Calverton's Anthology, first printed in 1929. Calverton (1900-1940) was a literary critic and founder of the Modern Quarterly a...... More
Cincinnati, March 17, 1841. 4to. 250 x 200 mm., [9 ¾ x 7 ¾ inches]. 4 pp. Manuscript in ink, previously folded with address and postmark on page 4. A few minor tears at folds, otherwise a very legible letter in very good condition. A very informative letter, written by..... More
Washington City: Chas. Fenderich, 1840. Folio. 435 x 325 mm., [17 x 12 ½ inches]. Lithographic portrait drawn from life. A few minor tears to the margins, expertly repair, some light foxing and discoloration. A very stable and flexible paper stock. Rare portrait of the military hero from Kentucky, (thought..... More
Arundel County, Maryland: 1838-1851. Small folio. 320 x 210 mm., [13 x 8 ¼ inches]. 200 pp. Manuscript accounts in ink on lined paper. Contemporary sheep, rubbed but in good condition. Inside front flyleaf loose from binding and a bit toned with age. Highly legible and written in one hand..... More
New York: McLoughlin Brothers, 1874. Oblong 4to. 230 x 275 mm., [9 x 11 inches]. 12 leaves, (ten color printed plates plus front and rear wrappers). Printed on card stock the corners and edges of which are chipped with minor loss to the margins; the stapled cover wrappers nearly loose..... More
Cincinnati: Moore Wilstach, Keys & Co., 1859. 8vo. 190 x 120 mm., [7 ½ x 4 ¾ inches]. [3], 478 pp., plus 2 pp. ads. Diagrams throughout. Original brown cloth; a bit soiled and the text in gilt on spine a bit faded. Preliminary leaves, including title-page foxed, otherwise a...... More
Memphis, July 27, 1857. 4to. letter sheet. 250 x 195 mm., [9 ¾ x 15 ½ inches]. 4 pp. about 840 words. Folded in thirds. Written in black ink faded brown in very legible hand. J(esse) McCallum was a hay dealer from Cincinnati, Ohio, who travelled away from his family..... More
Bordeaux: Imprimeur de la Revue Catholique, 1843. 8vo. 218 x 133 mm. (8 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches). 15 pp. Later wrappers. Inscribed copy by the author to Omalius d'Halley, member of the Belgian senate. First edition (not an offprint). Important scientific argument advocating the unity of all mankind, with specific..... More
Jefferson County, State of Mississippi, 1858. 4to. 315 x 200mm., [12 ½ x 8 inches]. 2 pp. Docket on verso. Blue legal paper; folds, edges browned, and slightly frayed; top page cut 2 inches shorter, no loss. The first page, dated July 27, 1858, shows the value of two slaves, Juda..... More
Nashville: The Tennessee Book Company, 1950. 8vo. xii, 185 pp. Green cloth, dust jacket; some minor soiling and a few discreet repairs to edges and head of spine. Samuel Leonard Smith (1875-1956) was a noted Tennessee educator and director of the Julius Rosenwald Fund's Southern Office in Nashville. His history of..... More
New York: Carlton Renard, [1891]. 8vo. 175 x 130 mm., [7 x 5 ½ inches]. [2], 43 leaves. Illustrated with 18 original illustrations on card stock by Horace W. Wightman. Original decorated stiff boards, text sewn with decorative cord; upper wrapper chipped at lower corner and at spine, wrapper stock..... More
(Winchester, Va.), 1833. Broadside 4to. 290 x 160 mm., [11 ¼ x 6 ¼ inches]. Printed in two columns, signed in type by Charles J. Faulkner at Winchester, dated March 8, 1833, at conclusion. Lightly dust-soiled, pale stain affecting perhaps one-third of the left-hand margin and column of text. Neatly..... More
Edgefield District, South Carolina: ca Winter 1863 - 1864. A rare autograph affidavit signed, by six witnesses. Highly legible. 4to. 290 x 185 mm. (11 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches). 1 1/2 pp. Written on lined paper. Folded with tears at a number of folds, but sound; small holes caused..... More
Boston: Ginn & Company, 1894. 8vo. 230 x 145 mm., [9 x 5 3/4 inches]. pp. 669-703. Original printed wrappers; Disbound copy with detached but preserved wrappers. With the stamp of the U.S. Bureau of Education which reads, 'Privately Printed'. Note on verso of title-page in ink 'From S.F. Pub.Lib..... More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, ca. 1880. 8vo. 175 x 120 mm., [7 x 5 inches]. Bound in brown publisher’s cloth, Woolman and Whittier’s name gilt on upper board, title and Whittier’s name gilt on spine; presentation inscription in ink on front endpaper. Some underlining in the text in red..... More
