[Remington, Indiana]: James L. Alter, 1905. First edition. 8vo, original blue cloth, 206, [2] pages. Frontis portrait, numerous illus. An astonishing collection of verse in celebration of the sights of North America and such new possessions as Puerto Rico and the Philippines, from a Hoosier sweet singer and apparent lecturer..... More

Chicago: Published by Root & Cady, 67 Washington Street, 1866. First edition of the first number of this juvenile musical quarterly. Small 8vo, contemporary marbled boards, cloth spine and tips, [ii], 5-61, [2] pages (lacks wrappers; this may be an issue sold in boards). Illus. Each number of this quarterly..... More

Chicago: North-Western Pulpit, 1860. First edition. 8vo, original printed yellow wrappers, 13 pages. “The substance of the following Sermon was first preached as an Introductory Sermon, at an Annual Meeting of the Cleveland, or Rocky River Association, in Ohio. . . . The Sermon has since been revised and materially..... More

Mansfield, Ohio: L. D. Meyers & Brother, Book and Job Printers, 1874. Second edition. “I commenced the investigation with the confident hope of finding Mr. Beecher guiltless. Had such been the result of my examination, the verdict of acquittal would have been a pleasant one, and the task of upholding..... More

Detroit: Stroh’s Brewery Company, 1974. Plastic-coated printed corrugated carton with folding lids, approx. 16.5 x 11 x 9.5 inches. Despite the storied role of Cannabis as the psychoactive drug of choice and agent of historical change for the Cass Corridor scene (cf. John Sinclair’s “Ten years for two joints,” etc.)..... More

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: 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

[N. p., but Bellevue, O. 1892]. Image measures approx. 7.75 x 9.75 inches, on a somewhat larger plain mount. Bands, banners, flags, and orphans: everything one needs for a fine 19th century patriotic celebration. A large, detailed view of a parade in this northern Ohio town. The evidence for the..... More

Benton Harbor, Mich. Published by the Israelite House of David as Re-organized by Mary Purnell, [after 1970]. First City of David edition. Original printed green wrappers, 5.88 x 4.25 inches, 11, [1] pages. A separately-published sermon from Jezreel, the Sixth Messenger—generally taken as the source for Benjamin Purnell’s authority as..... 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

Detroit, Mich. Rutkus Printing, 338 W. End Ave. 1917. First edition in Lithuanian. Original pictorial yellow wrappers, approx. 7.75 x 4.75 inches, 31, [1] pages. Illus. Free thought from American atheist M. M. Mangasarian, who founded the rationalist Independent Religious Society in Chicago; evidently first published as Who Made the..... More