Philadelphia: Book Association of Friends, no date (circa 1860). 94p., 6.25 x 4 inch cloth boards, later printing, spine titled in gilt, boards ruled in blind; spine quite dim, otherwise slight edgewear. More about A brief memoir of Elizabeth Fry
Cat.No: 64912
London: Printed for the Cobden Club, by Cassell, Petter and Galpin, 1871. 24p., wraps, disbound. More about Commercial policy of France, and the treaty with England of 1860
Cat.No: 131645
New Haven: Research Publications, Inc., 1976, 1979. unpaginated in all three volumes. spirial-bound wraps, top two inches of front cover of volume one severed from binding clip and slightly soiled, ex libris, clean bright pages. More about The history of women; an alphabetic index to the microfilm collection: monographs: thru 1869;...
Cat.No: 121562
New York: George F. Nesbitt & Co., Printers and Stationers, 1866. 38p., disbound with threads lacking, adhered but first few leaves at risk; 8.5x5.5 inch self-wraps, a few pencilled numerals lower right cover-corner, alkaline paperstock, a very good copy. More about Mass meeting of the citizens of New-York, held at the Cooper Institute, February 22d, 1866, to...
Cat.No: 174854
Washington DC: Chronicle Print [for the URCC], 1867. Single folio leaf printed and folded to make 8p., ex libris Rhode Island Historical Society with very old accession marks (small red-bordered label upper right filled out in sepia nib, a few pencilled numerals), the untrimmed edges have collected dust and are... More about The policy of Congress in reference to the restoration of the union. Published by the Union...
Cat.No: 174853
Providence RI: the Association, 1862. Pamphlet. 63p., softbound in plain printed 9.5x5.7 inch grey wraps, textblock held by original threads still strong, but the spinefold of paste-adhered wrapper was repaired long ago with cellophane tape (over mild small tears) and now needs repair itself (a 2-inch section is loose). Otherwise... More about Proceedings of the Alumni Association of Friends' Yearly Meeting School: With the Oration, by...
Cat.No: 189867
Barcelona: Establecimiento Tipografico de Narciso Ramirez, 1860. Pamphlet. 18p., softbound sewn into plain unprinted pink wrapper (appears original, as does the fastening thread), 10x6.5 inches, title page employs different fonts and a decorative woodcut (1 x 1 1/2 inches, shows engine and cars steaming through the countryside), alkaline paperstock with... More about Proyecto de Estatutos y Reglamento de la Empresa de Caminos de Hierro de Barcelona a Gerona
Cat.No: 206536
Pamphlet. Unpaginated booklet, about 14p. of text and a double-spread map (global, not local), presswork on cardstock, white and scarlet alternately. A handsome little production with a few pressure marks on the cover and a couple faint touches of dustsoil, within we see that one leaf is slightly silver-fished. A.... More about Samurai in New York, the First Japanese Delegation, 1860; an Exhibition at the Museum of the City...
Cat.No: 226161
Springfield, OH: Typographical Union no. 117, 1869. Four panel brochure, 5x8 inches, printed on two panels, front panel printed in gold & red ink includes logo, list of officers, second panel printed in black includes a list of members, those withdrawn by card and one honorary member, some foxing and... More about Springfield Typographical Union, no. 117. Semi-annual report, November 15, 1869
Cat.No: 184847
Hants, England: Gregg Press Limited, 1968. 108p., original gray cloth. Reprint of 1861 edition. More about United Kingdom first annual trades' union directory, 1861
Cat.No: 143881
New York: International Publishers, 1938. Paperback. 48p., 5.5x7.5 inches, lightly-worn paperback in printed wraps. More about The Negro in the civil war
Cat.No: 4358
Mexico City: Ediciones de Cultura Popular, 1979. Paperback. 208p., text in Spanish, bookplate, mild wear, good reprint trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Translation from a 1959 Russian-language original. More about La intervencion extranjera de 1861-1867 en Mexico
Cat.No: 204576
San Francisco: Marilyn Blaisdell, Publisher, 2012. Spiral_bound. 60p., beautifully printed (Blaisdell has completed many such photo retrospectives, knows how to structure them) on very heavy alkaline cardstock leaves under clear acetate cover sheets, fastened with white wire spirals. Captioned period photography, one repro per page, a perfect copy: clean, sound... More about San Francisciana Photographs of Woodward's Gardens, Located on Mission Street between 13th and...
Cat.No: 241339
Upsala: J. Arrhenii, 1863. 51p., slender 8x5 inch hardcover with decorative marbled paper on boards and cloth binder's tape spine; volume was long ago professionally strengthened, with titlepage mounted on heavier stock, patch-repair of large chips within, and stubs here and there in the gutters showing reinforcement. These old repairs... More about Läran om consecutio temporum i latinska språket
Cat.No: 198402
Washington DC: F. & J. Rives & Geo. A. Bailey, Reporters and Printers of the Debates of Congress, 1869. 8p., disbound 8.8x5.5 inch self-wraps, remains adhered; alkaline paperstock with scarcely any signs of handling or age. A very good copy. Brownlow, as postwar unionist governor of Tennessee, "disenfranchised a majority... More about Tennessee elections. Speech of hon. William G. Brownlow, of Tennessee, delivered in the Senate of...
Cat.No: 174796
Satilio, Coahuila, MX: Colegio Coahuilense de Investigaciones Históricas, 1981. Paperback. 138p., text in Spanish, illustrations, very good first edition trade paperback limited to 1000 copies in pictorial wraps. More about Jesus Gonzalez Ortega, defensor de la patria: parte general rendido al supremo gobierno de la...
Cat.No: 204483
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1969. xviii+335p., 7.25x11.25 inches, boards, priceclipped dj with small chip near sunned spine and a few small closed tears in protective mylar, illus., else very good. More about Clemens of the Call: Mark Twain in San Francisco
Cat.No: 155935
Manchester: Tubbs and Brook, 1868. 16p., self-wraps, disbound. Includes a polemic against freethinkers & atheists. More about The working classes and the national future. A lecture to working men ... in connection with the...
Cat.No: 126050
Washington DC: Constitutional Union, 1864. 11p, 6 x 9.5 inches, self-wraps, exlibrary, water damage and chipping to right lower corner of document, 1.25 inch sticker on lower left edge of cover, 3.5 inch tear along upper fold at spine, Anti-abolition speech by Rep. Cox of Ohio's 12th district (Columbus, OH... More about Free debate in Congress threatened--Abolition leaders and their revolutionary schemes unmasked...
Cat.No: 173478
Altadena: Self-published by the author, [1970s?]. 85p., recto-only, 8.5x11 inch manuscript of a screenplay, red binder with title in gold, brown tape on spine with handwritten numerals "77-11-210," very good condition. Set in 1868 in a small out-west town; sample dialogue: "Do you mean to tell me you left my... More about Slim Sunday: a funky western (screenplay
Cat.No: 191515
Paris: Germer Bailliere, 1869. viii, 334p., marbled boards with banded Morocco spine, heavily edgeworn, interior pages very good with some foxing on outer pages. French history of English trade unions. More about Les associations ouvrières en Angleterre (Trades-Unions
Cat.No: 135576
New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1960. 326p., illustrated with photos, very good first edition in cloth and unclipped dj worn at head of spine. Sarah Emma Edmonds enlisted in the union army as a man, fought in numerous battles, and spied on the south as a woman. She served... More about She rode with the generals; the true and incredible story of Sarah Emma Seelye, alias Franklin...
Cat.No: 66988
New York: Carleton, Publisher, 1869. xxii, 635p., introduction, index, alphabetical biographical sketches and examples of the authors' works, hinges badly cracked but holding (no sign of 'repairs'), severe wear to extremities, first edition in green cloth and faded gilt. Spine lettering remains legible, and the two old ownership names pencilled... More about The living writers of the South
Cat.No: 150538
San Francisco: Published for the Benefit of M. A. Bickerdyke by A. T. Dewey, 1886. Hardcover. 166p., frontis-portrait, prefatory, private library stamp on half-title otherwise good first edition in blue gilt-decorated cloth with minor bumping and shelfwear, blank spine. Biography of the Union's hospital administrator, a favorite of General Sherman. More about Mother Bickerdyke; her life and labors for the relief of our soldiers. sketches of battle scenes...
Cat.No: 151597
Paris: Michel Levy Freres, Libraires Editeurs, 1864. Leather Bound. 371p., 8x3x5.3 inch hardbound volume in quarter morocco, raised bands, with very professional spine titling, possibly from the publisher's bindery, gilt is bright, volume number "1." is prominent. Quite sound copy with marbled coated stock for endsheets, separated at hinges but... More about De la Democratie en Amerique, Quatorzieme Edition revue avec le plus grand soin et augmentee de...
Cat.No: 181741
