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

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

[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: 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: 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[N. p., but Danville? n. p., ca. 1906]. First edition. Oblong folio, approx. 12-1/4 x 9 inches, original printed green wrappers, [40] pages. Numerous halftone views from photos, maps. With views of all the hallmarks of early 20th century industrial greatness, with plenty of views of mines and open pits..... More