Washington DC: House of Representatives, 1834. 19p., disbound, two small punch holes at left, not affecting text. A response to public objections about the role of West Point Military Academy. More about Military Academy. Mr. Richard M. Johnson, from the Committee on Military Affairs, made the...
Cat.No: 189708
Boston: Published by J.Q. Adams, 1836. 44, [iiip. catalogue of books], heavy foxing, self-wraps string bound with minor edge wear. *McCoy K153. Kneeland, an intimate with Robert Dale Owen and Frances Wright was a frequent contributor to their Free Enquirer. In 1831 he moved to Boston and established The Boston... More about Speech of Abner Kneeland, delivered before the full bench of judges of the Supreme Court, in his...
Cat.No: 90643
New York: the auhtor, 1836. 8.5x10.5 inch sheet bearing eight lines hurriedly penned by Lenox to Mr. Hogan, two fold creases, one of the creases with a short split at the edge. Penciled notes at top and bottom edges by an autograph dealer. Lenox puts Hogan off fairly bluntly, noting... More about Handwritten letter from the noted book collector and philanthropist, declining a request by...
Cat.No: 201578
Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press, 1939. Hardcover. xi, 337p., first edition, cloth-bound boards with mild shelf wear at spine, slightly edgeworn dj. More about The slavery controversy, 1831-1860
Cat.No: 45595
New York: Columbia University Press, 1932. Hardcover. 189p., folded map, preface, conclusions, bibliography, index, discoloration in gutters otherwise very good first edition in blue cloth boards and gilt. Studies in History, Economics and Public Law no. 376. More about Culture Conflict in Texas 1821 - 1835
Cat.No: 239732
Providence: printed for the author, 1833. 144p., two wood-engravings on blue paper precede the title page, original boards with new spine and corners (perfunctory binder's tape job) and library endpapers, ex library with external labels, first edition. "This earliest known antifactory poem alternates between sections of rhyming couplets of iambic... More about Picture of a factory village: to which are annexed, remarks on lotteries, by Sui Generis: alias,...
Cat.No: 129696
New York: Octagon Books, 1967. Hardcover. xi, 243p., preface, introduction, footnotes, conclusion, index, very good reprint of the 1932 edition in green cloth boards and gilt. Continuation of the author's "British Slavery and its Abolition 1823-1838. More about British slave emancipation 1838-1849
Cat.No: 207696
New York: Plume Books, 1997. Trade Paperback. xiv, 322p., trade-size photodecorated wraps with movie tie-in image. Paperstock generally toned, very good copy. More about Black mutiny; the revolt on the schooner Amistad
Cat.No: 180440
Baltimore: Black Classic Press, 1997. Hardcover. xiv, 322p., very good in dj with slight wear across top edge. Reissue of Slave Mutiny. More about Black mutiny; the revolt on the schooner Amistad, with introductions by Derrick Bell and Michael...
Cat.No: 118311
New York: The John Day Company, 1953. Hardcover. 312p. + 4p. illustrated, good first edition in shelf-worn boards and worn dj. More about Slave mutiny; the revolt on the schooner Amistad
Cat.No: 2238
New York: The John Day Company, 1953. Hardcover. 312p. + 4p. illustrated, very good first edition in cloth boards and unclipped. lightly-edgeworn dj. More about Slave mutiny; the revolt on the schooner Amistad
Cat.No: 127152
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2005. Hardcover. xii, 290p., long inscription by the author on the title page else very good condition in like dj. More about Their right to speak, women's activism in the Indian and slave debates
Cat.No: 198485
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Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1836. 219p., finishes "adieu / written on board packet ship Algonquin, Capt. Cheney:" ---Second volume only of two, original dun cloth with printed paper label, badly compromised copy with severed back joint, losses to spine panel, first edition with a curious truncate bookplate, as is... More about Impressions of America; during the years 1833, 1834, and 1835. In two volumes. Vol. II. [only
Cat.No: 174000
Boston: Perkins and Marvin, stereotyped at the Boston Type and Stereotype Foundry, 1836. 84, 16, [iv]p., wraps slightly soiled and chipped on the edges, 6x9.5 inches, two period signatures on cover, minor foxing, illustrated with 22 floor plans of prisons, lunatic & pauper asylums. Covers prisons, lunatic & pauper asylums... More about Eleventh annual report of the Board of Managers of the Prison Discipline Society, Boston
Cat.No: 173551
San Jacinto: the Association, 1955. 8p., 6x9 inches, third printing, stapled pictorial wraps split at top to first staple. More about Battle of San Jacinto: reprinted from the "American Heritage", a brief account which...
Cat.No: 22821
New York: Scofield & Voorhies, 1839. 288p., 8 "embellishments" (tissue-guarded steel-engraved portraits &c, including frontispiece "Hon. Stephen Van Rensselaer" with his signature in facsimile). Two title pages, plain printed and vignette-decorated. Black morocco boards, 6.75 x 4.5 inches, a.e.g., boards and spine panel elaborately pressed and panelled in blind, spine... More about The religious souvenir for MDCCCXL
Cat.No: 76429
Edinburgh: Sold by Bell and Bradfute, 1831. 31, 5p.[appended tables], disbound pamphlet in 8.2x5.2 inch signatures with half-title and title pages; spine is slightly lumpy with old binder's paste, thread remnants and a fragment of head-band, half-title (with a very old ownership autograph) is detached and recto dust-soiled and foxed... More about Thoughts on Parliamentary Reform, with Tables, Exhibiting the Original Amount and Progressive...
Cat.No: 189836
London: Printed for Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1839. Pamphlet. 48p., disbound pamphlet in 8.5x5.2 inch self-wraps; front cover has a bit of dust-soil, back cover rather a lot, faintest foxing and an old ownership autograph in sepia nib. Spine remains well-adhered. Good copy. More about Ballot. Fourth Edition
Cat.No: 190067
London: Printed for Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1839. Pamphlet. 48p., disbound pamphlet in 8.5x5.2 inch self-wraps; covers have a bit of dust-soil, back cover an oddly attractive square pressure mark, faintest foxing generally and an old ownership autograph in sepia nib. Spine remains well-adhered despite a short split... More about Ballot. Third Edition
Cat.No: 190106
Boston: n.pub. 1834. Pamphlet. 14, [2 blank]p., original blue plain wraps somewhat chipped and brittle, general soiling, first edition. Spooner's first separate publication. In this pamphlet Spooner "objected to the gospel miracles, the resurrection, and the divinity of Jesus, and asserted that Christianity could not be the true religion because... More about The Deist's immortality, and an essay on man's accountability for his belief
Cat.No: 132721
St. Alban's VT: Eden Press Women's Publications, Inc.`, 1979. iii, 161p., first edition boards gilt in dj; jacket is worn and torn, casebinding very good. monographs in women's studies; Sherri Clarkson, series editor. More about Women and the making of the working class: Lyon 1830-1870
Cat.No: 169634
San Luis Rey, CA: Old Mission, 1958. 33p., 5.25x7.75 inches, illustrations, plans, photos, very good booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. Reprinted from the July 1952 issue of The Americas. More about Indian Life and Customs at Mission San Luis Rey: a record of California mission life by Pable...
Cat.No: 101421
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1947. Hardcover. xvii, 94p., very good hardcover in dj. More about China trade days in California; selected letters from the Thompson papers, 1832 - 1863, edited by...
Cat.No: 43601
Washington DC: Printed by Gales and Seaton, 1837. 26p., wraps, disbound. Minor foxing. More about Mr. Webster's speech on the currency and on the new plan for collecting and keeping the public...
Cat.No: 210030
London: G. Norman, Printer [for the author], 1831. Pamphlet. 16p., disbound pamphlet in 8x5 inch self-wraps, spinefold stabholes are empty of thread, signs of adhesive are absent, leaves are no longer fastened together but without edgewear. Covers dusty, a good copy. The pseudonym appears to have remained unbroken. More about Considerations on the Reform Bill by a Westminster Elector. May 1831. Any Person Is at Liberty to...
Cat.No: 189839
