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
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
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
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, a very good copy. The author was 'Director of Public Assistance' of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. This is a period piece; per dj text, Lloyd..... More
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
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
Cat.No: 129696
New York: International Publishers, 1975. xxiv, 679p., several pages illustrated in facsimile; velvety red cloth boards, dj is slightly worn with small corner removed from inside cover wrap, etc. 3 of the introductory pages have yellow highlighting, else in good condition. Vol. 2 of the 50 volume collection. This volume..... More
Cat.No: 259738
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
Cat.No: 207696
New York: Nan A. Talese / Doubleday, 2012. Hardcover. xv, 334p., scattered b&w period illustrations, hardbound first edition cased in two-color boards gilt and the dust jacket. Spine ends have been crimped slightly (careless storage?) affecting rims of casing and dj, a dj label announces a clearance sale with corresponding..... More
Cat.No: 253116
New York: The John Day Company, 1953. Hardcover. 312p. + 4p. illustrated, good first edition in shelf-worn boards and worn dj protected by mylar sleeve. More
Cat.No: 2238
Paris: A. Levavasseur et Cie, 1838. Hardcover. 384p., hardbound in 8x5 inch marbled boards and pressed-calf backstrip titled and ruled in gilt and blind, a custom job, not too fancy but in sound, presentable shape. Textblock edges sprinkle-decorated; hinges are excellent, endsheets are original and quite good, with a tiny..... More
Cat.No: 251783
![Impressions of America; during the years 1833, 1834, and 1835. In two volumes. Vol. II. [only]....](/pictures/thumb/174000.jpg?v=1506460147)
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
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
Cat.No: 173551
London: The Epworth Press, 1931. Hardcover. 196p., cloth-covered boards, 5 x 7.25 inches, corners bumped, boards worn, small stain on front board, pages lightly toned else good first edition signed and inscribed by Rattenbury on on the ffep. No dj. The Tolpuddle Martyrs were a group of agricultural workers in..... More
Cat.No: 251817
New York: Negro Universities Press, 1970. Hardcover. xii, 120p. Bit soiled boards. No dj (as issued) Reprint of the 1835 edition. More
Cat.No: 34966
San Jacinto: the Association, 1955. 8p., 6x9 inches, third printing, stapled pictorial wraps split at top to first staple. More
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
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
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
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
Cat.No: 190106
Boston: n.pub. 1834. Pamphlet. 14, [2]p., blue plain wraps chipped and brittle, large stain on top edge of rear wrap which extends through to p9, light soiling throughout, title page lightly foxed, first edition. Spooner's first separate publication. In this pamphlet Spooner "objected to the gospel miracles, the resurrection, and..... More
Cat.No: 132721
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1947. Hardcover. xvii, 94p., very good hardcover in dj. More
Cat.No: 43601
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1947. Hardcover. xvii, 94p., hardbound in red cloth boards. Spine and margin of cover are sunned to off-white, else good clean copy. More
Cat.No: 244036
Chicago: Path Press, 1987. Hardcover. xxiii, 520p., no illustrations except for a back-of-dj photoportrait of author; first edition black boards gilt in dust jacket. A very good copy, fine but for a thrift-store dj label that impinges on the background of author photo. African American journalist and author. More
Cat.No: 2885
Washington DC: Printed by Gales and Seaton, 1837. 26p., wraps, disbound. Minor foxing. More
Cat.No: 210030
