![Academy of the Christian Brothers, St. Louis, Mo. . . . Prospectus . . . [caption title]....](/pictures/thumb/16845.jpg?v=1449504006)
St. Louis: VanderHaeghen Lith. [ca. 1855-1859]. First edition. Lithographed broadside, approx. 10.5 x 8 inches, with a variety of accomplished display typefaces. With an approx. 3.38 x 5.75 inch view of the academy at the head of the sheet. An attractice prospectus advertising for students at this Christian Brothers school..... More
Baltimore: Published by D. Brunner, Woods & Crane, Printers, 1844. First edition. "Let a whole people go to utter destruction; but, for heaven's sake, do not interfere, on any account, with a gambling, avaricious, profligate, cock-gihting priesthood!" In large part an anti-Catholic pamphlet and one piece of a small but..... More
Charleston, S.C. Walker, Evans & Co., Steam Printers, 1859. First edition. 8vo, pamphlet inserted into modern wrappers, 30 pages. "The suggestion that these cemeteries are prolific sources of yellow fever, seems to your Memorialists--many of whom have resided for many years in this city--altogether gratuitous and utterly inconsistent with well..... More
Pittsburgh: (Myers, Shinkle, & Co., Printers), 1896. Large 8vo, rebound in stiff wrappers with the original substantial fragments of the worn printed wrappers laid down, with a facsimile long-distance map and a facsimile C.D. & P. telephone ad mounted on the front and rear inside wrappers, 288 pages. An early..... More
![Report of the Committee to whom was referred His Excellency's Speech, &c. [self-wrapper title]....](/pictures/thumb/13931.jpg?v=1465913968)
(New-Haven: Hudson & Woodward, Printers), [1814]. First edition. 8vo, unbound as issued, 8 pages, untrimmed. Unopened. "From this fatal cause, we are bereft of the respectable standing we once held in the councils of the nation, impoverished by a long course of commercial restrictions, involved in an odious and disastrous..... More
Stockton: n. p., July 12, 1893. Single sheet, 10 x 8 inches, approx. 75 words. With the original printed cover (stamp clipped). A charming little example of the intersection of social life and faith in late 19th century America, Mr. Chestnut wood addresses Mss Huggins in a round, clear hand..... More
![Broadside of Masonic songs, "Waubansia Lodge, No. 160" [caption title]. Chicago Ante-Fire Imprint](/pictures/thumb/14180.jpg?v=1524605899)
Chicago: Democratic Press Print, 45 Clark Street, [ca. 1855-1857]. First edition. Broadside on heavy stock white coated paper, approx. 10-3/4 x 6-3/4 inches. An evidently unrecorded bit of Chicago ante-fire printing, the lyrics to four songs for Masonic brethren of Waubansia Lodge in Chicago. The imprint date seems probable: according..... More
[Washington, D. C.]: Blair & Rives, printers, [1840]. First edition. Removed unbound pamphlet, scant 9 x 5.75 inches, 4 pages. With the accompanying map, a sketch chart of Chicago Harbor, “showing changing shore line of Lake Michigan, 1821, 1838, and 1839” (Claussen & Friis), scant 9 x 11.75 inches, engraved..... More
Chicago: Tribune Company’s Book and Job Printing Office, 1863. First edition. Original printed wrappers, 8.5 x 5.5 inches, 30 pages. The Board of Trade and associated men of Chicago stand against the jealous guardians of the Upper Mississippi trade to call for an easy means of shipping its grain to..... More
Chicago: Daily Democrat Steam Press, 1858. First edition. Original printed wrappers, 8.25 x 5.5 inches, 40 pages. With much in the way of tabular data on the demographics of the delinquents (43 American born delinquents in 1858, 47 Irish born), education levels, crimes committed, sanitary condition of the homes from..... More
Chicago: The Times Steam Book and Job Printing House, 1864. First edition. Self-wrappers, stitched as issued, 8.5 x 5.5 inches, 64 pages. With much in the way of floor speeches against the despotic Lincoln and the inept handling of the war. Howes C-370; Ante-Fire Imprints 807. More
Chicago: Printed at the Daily Times Book and Job Office, 1857. First Chicago edition. Original self-wrappers, 10.25 x 6 inches, 15 pages, untrimmed. Unopened. Per Byrd, “This speech was the first public expression of his views on the Dred Scott decision. In it he accepted the decision and insisted that..... More
[N. p. n. p., ca. 1879]. Handbill broadside, 10 x 4.5 inches. A handbill promoting one of Leon Washburn’s many traveling troupes, this with Washburn himself performing his “Spade and Ladder Dance,” as well as vocal performances, clog dancing by the Daly Brothers, whistler A. S. B. Lathrop (“This act..... More
Rochester: Scrantom’s, 1937. First edition. 8vo, original red cloth, gilt lettering, 460 pages. Illus. Folding map tipped in the rear. Original pictorial dust jacket. Issued in the American Guide Series of the Federal Writers’ Project. Map endpapers. More
[N. p., but Hollidaysburg, Penna.? n. p., 1906]. First edition. Original pictorial peach wrappers (spine overstitched in an amateur restoration effort at an early date), [2], 8, [2] pages. Illus. A discursive commemoration of a well-known tragedy delivered at the dedication of a memorial to Joseph and George Cox, two..... More
Cincinnati: Printed by Shepard & Co., 1844. First edition. 8vo, stiched (lacks rear wrapper; front wrapper detached but present), 32 pages. Includes an appendix detailing the death of the Cleaveland's daughter Caroline at age 10 in Ann Arbor. Rev. Cleaveland had been president of the failed Marshall College in Marshall..... More
Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, Printers, 1846. First edition. Original printed wrappers, 9 x 5.75 pages, 48 pages. On its face a dispute regarding Adams’ refusal to grant letters of recommendation to Fairchild’s church (with a prefatory statement signed by a church committee) but in large part an attempt by Fairchild..... More
Philadelphia: Printed by John Binns, 1812. First separate edition, taken from Cobbett's The Rush-Light. 8vo, removed, 16 pages. At the head of the title, "Supplement to the Democratic Press." An address delivered in England in 1800, Cobbett makes a fairly intemperate attack against most American political figures but reserves admiration..... More
![Coldwater Michigan Carnival Souvenir, August 15 to 20, 1904 [wrapper title]. Michigan Coldwater](/pictures/thumb/12498.jpg?v=1465913965)
Coldwater: W. C. Bailey, Printer, [1904]. 8vo, original printed orange wrappers, [28] pages, entirely of ads. A souvenir program for the Coldwater Mid-Summer Carnival, with numerous ads for local businesses (including views of local buildings and businessmen), as well as a few ads for some of the attractions at the..... More
Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., Printers, 1886. First edition. 8vo, original printed orange wrappers, 27 pages. Addresses from six worthies on the efforts to clean up corrupt elections in Cincinnati and Hamilton County. Includes speeches from Isaac J. Miller, E.W. Kittredge, Julius Dexter, Francis Lampe, Joseph P. Carbery, and Nicholas..... More
Hartford: Printed by Ebin. Watson, near the Groat [sic] Bridge, 1773. First edition. 12mo, 19th century maroon half calf, marbled boards, 47, [1] pages. An important early work published just prior to the second Yankee-Pennamite War (the ongoing conflicts between Pennsylvania and Connecticut settlers over title to the Wyoming Valley..... More
![Foreign Conspiracy Against the Liberties of the United States. The Numbers of Brutus [pseud],...](/pictures/thumb/19235.jpg?v=1563294584)
New-York: Leavitt, Lord & Co. [et al.], 1835. Second edition. 12mo, original blind-stamped rose cloth, printed paper label, xxix, [1], 208 pages. One of the great early substantial works of American conspiracy theory, evidently expanded over the 188-page edition of the same year. "The writer entertaining these views has deemed..... More
New Bedford: Capt. Thomas Crapo, Publisher, 1893 [i.e. 1900]. Second edition, here reissued after Crapo's death (with a brief account of his demise) by Crapo's widow. 8vo, original brown cloth, gilt lettering, 151 pages. Illus. A first-person account of the life of a New Bedford sailor and adventurer, including stories..... More
Millerton, N. Y. Millerton Telegram Print, 1884. First edition. 12mo, original printed green wrappers, 11 pages. “All members of this Society shall hold themselves in readiness at the call of the managers for the pursuit of thieves.” A nice Dutchess county imprint for this anti-crime society. OCLC notes copies at..... More
Cincinnati: [n. p.], 1867. First edition. Original printed blue-green wrappers, 8.25 x 5.5 inches, 128 pages. Accounts of some of Cincinnati’s most memorable executions and murders, including such episodes as “The Summons Massacre; Arrison and the Infernal Machine; Mrs. Howard, who Avenged her own Wrongs; Nancy Farrer, the Child Poisoner,”..... More
