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
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
Harrisburg, Pa. Printed and Published by Gustavus S. Peters, 1833. Fifth edition. Original grained sheep spine, marbled boards, 5.75 x 3.5 inches, 107, [1] pages. Decorative type borders. From the press of G. S. Peters (who was to become a pioneer in American color printing), this a handy little forms..... More
Belleville, Ill. Published by N. A. Randall, 1852. First edition. 12mo, original blue cloth, gilt lettering, 348 pages. Byrd notes that most of the titles by Reynolds were printed on a press in his own law office by compositors hired as needed; the charming if rough and ready presswork suggests..... More
London: Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co., 1880. First edition. 8vo, removed pamphlet (no wrappers), 19 pages. Lengthy and legalistic arguments in favor of reforming the marriage laws of Britain, with special focus on the ins and outs of Parliament since the Bill of 1835. Oddly, OCLC seems to note..... More
Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, Printers, 1829. First edition. Original printed green-gray wrappers (spine reinforced with library cloth tape), 8.75 x 5.38 inches, 119, [1] pages. A presentation copy, inscribed in ink autograph, "Amos Lawrence Esquire with the respects of D. K. Child" at the head of the title page. "This..... More
Buckingham: Printed and Sold by J. Seeley, 1804. First edition. Removed pamphlet, 7.94 x 5.13 inches, 132 pages. "The following Trial, with the Papers which accompany it, require no comment from Rear Admiral Berkeley. He has published them with a view of shewing his Brother Officers and the Navy, that..... More
[Detroit? Pontiac?]: Printed for the Publisher, 1846. First edition. Unbound pamphlet, stitched as issued, 8.25 x 5.25 inches, 148 pages. "And here I must record that Mr. Allen had good reason to suppose me drunk or insane; in the house of Mr. Field, I have him either $55 or $65..... More
[Washington, D. C. Wm. M. Belt, 1850]. First edition. Removed pamphlet, 8.75 x 5.5 inches, 14 pages. “Your memorialists, members of the general assembly of the State of ‘Deseret,’ would respectfully lay before your honorable body the wishes and interests of our constituents, together with the reasons and design of..... More
[Washington, D. C.]: Blair & Rives, Printers, [1841]. First edition. Unbound pamphlet, stitched, 9.75 x 6.25 inches, 47, [1] pages, untrimmed and partially unopened. "Sampson Avard, a witness produced, sworn, and examined on behalf of the State, deposeth and saith: That about four months since, a band, called the Daughters..... More
Concord [N.H.]: Published by Hill and Moore, 1821. First edition. Removed pamphlet (lacks wrappers), 9.25 x 5.75 inches, 72 pages, untrimmed. "Mrs. Ayer had charged Farmer with fathering her child. He beat her to death with a cudgel and tried to burn her house" (McDade). McDade 300; American Imprints 7000..... More
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Boston: Published by Thomas G. Bangs, 1820. First edition. 12mo, untrimmed sheets, stab-stitched with early (but likely unoriginal) coarse thread, 7.88 x 4.94 inches, 35 pages. Early Irish immigrant violence in New England. Per McDade, "Even the great Daniel Webster could not save Powers, who was condemned for killing Kennedy..... More
Newark, Ohio: Star Publishing Steam Print, 1885. First edition. 8vo, original printed blue-green wrappers, [23] pages. An uncommon publication from a reforming organization backed by progressive lawyers and churchmen alike; the title page is here transcribed to include the corporate author, though the catalogued record on OCLC (which notes three..... More
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1844. First edition. Stitched pamphlet, 8.25 x 5.25 inches, iv, 44 pages. From the era of “Fifty-Four Forty or Fight,” the pugnacious Canadian judge from the Red River colony here refutes American claims to the upper portion of what was being claimed as Oregon territory..... More
New-York: Lambert & Lane, Stationers and Printers, 1850. First edition. 8vo, original printed wrappers, 36 pages. A presentation copy, inscribed in ink at the head of the front wrapper, "Editor Evening Post With Respects of the Author." From the Presbyterian Spear, a detailed and compelling argument against the Fugitive Slave..... More
Cincinnati: n. p., 1853. First edition. 8vo, removed pamphlet (no wrappers), 40 pages. A detailed look at the mores of gentlemanly conflict and the popular press of the Queen City of 1853: whenever Dr. Fisher Ames met railroad president James C. Hall on the street, vituperation, sword canes, and gunshots..... More
Boston: Printed by Bense & Morgan, 1848. First edition. 8vo, original strikingly-printed blue wrappers, 38 pages. The pastor of the North Chelmsford Congregational Church comes to the defense of Samuel Parker, a parishioner who had been convicted of false testimony before grand juries regarding an agreement to pay extra interest..... More
Philadelphia: Published by Joseph McDowell, 1832. 12mo, original sheep spine, blue boards, 191, [1] pages. Vignette illus. A popular pronouncing spelling book, first published in 1821 (but here with a copyright date of 1823), Burhans includes his own system of pronunciation symbols (“Inverted interrogation point ¿ denotes that the letter..... More
Montpelier: J. T. Marston, 1843. First edition. Original printed wrappers, 8.38 x 5.13, 84, [1], [1] pages. The report on the convention called by the Vermont Council of Censors to amend the Vermont Constitution, and an attractive bit of government printing. Contemporary ink signature at the head of the front..... More
Wheeling, Va. Printed and Published by A. & E. Picket, 1831. First edition. 12mo, original black sheep spine, gray boards, gilt lettering, 140, [4] pages. A nice Wheeling, [West] Virginia imprint, and according to the preliminary advertisement in “strict conformity with the revised code of laws for 1830 & 1831.”..... More
