SUYDAM, E. H. JACKSON, Joseph Henry. Anybody's Gold: The Story of California's Mining Towns. New York: D. Appleton-Century Company, 1941. Illustrated by E. H. Suydam. 466pp. 8vo. Terra cotta cloth. Slight musty smell. Dust jacket with edgewear and soiling on spine, edge tears on spine and top fore-edge. Very good..... More
1888. JAY, John. AN ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK ON THE SUBJECT OF THE CONSTITUTION, agreed upon at Philadelphia, the 17th of September, 1787. By a Citizen of New York. [One of the series PAMPHLETS ON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, Published during its Discussion..... More
1915. JERNEGAN, Marcus W. COLONIAL EDUCATION AND SLAVERY, A BOUND COLLECTION OF EIGHT EXTRACTS AND OFFPRINTS, THREE OF WHICH ARE INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO SAMUEL ELIOT MORISON. Various publishers, dated 1897-1920. Approximately 220 pp. Octavo, black cloth binding, with the author's name and "Colonial Education and Slavery" stamped on..... More
1845. KENDALL, George W. NARRATIVE OF AN EXPEDITION ACROSS THE GREAT SOUTH-WESTERN PRAIRIES, FROM TEXAS TO SANTA FE; with an account of the disasters which befel the expedition from want of food and the attack of hostile indians; the final capture of the Texans and their sufferings on a march..... More
1878. KENDRICK, JOHN B. HISTORY OF THE WALLINGFORD DISASTER. Hartford, CT: Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., 1878. 76p. Bound in red moire silk with gilt title to front board. A narrative history of a destructive tornado with 8 lovely illustrations. Title page just about detatched. More
1969. KIDDER, Glen M. RAILWAY TO THE MOON. (Littleton, NH: Courier Printing Company for the author, 1969). Limited edition; this copy is no. 1487 from an edition of not more than 1500 copies. Many illustrations from photos. 184 pp. Octavo, brown cloth, gilt-stamped title to spine and upper board. As..... More
1808. LACROIX, Col. Irenee Amelot de. MILITARY AND POLITICAL HINTS By Colonel Irenee Amelot de LaCroix, humbly submitted to the Hon. Members of Congress, and the General Officers of the militia of the United States. Digested and Translated by Samuel MacKay, late Professor of French Literature at Williams College, To..... More
1906. (WASHINGTON, George). Library of Congress. CALENDAR OF CORRESPONDENCE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON, COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY, WITH THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS. Prepared from the original manuscripts in the Library of Congress by John C. Fitzpatrick, Division of Manuscripts. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1906. Illustrated with facsimiles. 741 pp..... More
1865. [BROADSIDE - Lithograph] LINCOLN, Abraham. EMANCIPATIONS PROKLAMATION. Davenport, Iowa: W.H. Pratt, 1865. August Hageboeck, lithographer. This is the second German-language version of the Emancipation Proclamation. It is printed in cursive within an oval border. The weight of the individual letters is varied so that, when viewed from a distance..... More
1811. LYMAN, Asa. THE AMERICAN READER: CONTAINING ELEGANT SELECTIONS IN PROSE AND POETRY: DESIGNED FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF YOUTH IN THE ART OF READING AND SPEAKING WITH PROPRIETY AND BEAUTY, AND FOR THE CULTIVATION OF A CORRECT MORAL TASTE. PARTICULARLY FOR THE USE OF SCHOOLS. Portland (ME): A. Lyman &..... More
1967. LYNCH, Jeremiah. THREE YEARS IN THE KLONDIKE. Edited by Dale L. Morgan. Chicago: The Lakeside Press, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1967. The Lakeside Classics: Christmas, 1967. Illustrated. lvi,375 pp. 12mo., blue cloth, gilt-stamped title to spine and publisher's device to upper board, t.e.g. Ink ownership to front pastedown..... More
1889. MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. COLLECTIONS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY. SIXTH SERIES.-VOL. III. Published at the charge of the Appleton fund. Boston: Published by the Society, 1889. Contents: The Winthrop Papers (continued), Part V.: The Correspondence of Fitz-John Winthrop (July 1690 - December 1707), a copy of his will, an..... More
1903. MASSACHUSETTS, Commonwealth of. REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CHARLES RIVER DAM appointed under Resolves of 1901, Chapter 105, to consider advisability and feasibility of building a dam across the Charles River at or near Cragie Bridge. Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co., State Printers, 18 Post Office Square. 1903..... More
1787. [MASSACHUSETTS, Constitution of]. THE CONSTITUTION, OR FRAME OF GOVERNMENT, FOR THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, ... RATIFIED BY THE PEOPLE, AND TOOK PLACE ON THE 25TH DAY OF OCTOBER 1780. Worcester, Massachusetts: Isaiah Thomas, 1787. "The first Worcester edition" stated on the t.p., preceded by three Boston editions (1880-84). 18mo..... More
1868. MCCALL, George A., Major-General LETTERS FROM THE FRONTIERS, written during a period of thirty years' service in the army of the United States. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1868. 12mo. 539 pp. Publisher's brown cloth, gilt-stamped spine title, brown coated endpapers. Ex-library, with all the usual marks; the..... More
1864. (MCCLELLAN, George B., Maj.-Gen.) WEST POINT BATTLE MONUMENT: History of the project to the dedication of the site, June 15th, 1864. Oration of Maj.-Gen. McClellan. New York: Sheldon & Co., Publishers, 1864. 12mo.: 35,[4] pp. Ex library. In an edgeworn and lightly scuffed library binding of marbled boards with..... More
1843. MCINTOSH, John. THE ORIGIN OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. New York: Nafis & Cornish; St. Louis, MO: Nafis, Cornish & Co.,; Philadelphia: John B. Perry (1843). New edition, improved and enlarged. xxxv + (39-) 345 pp. 12mo., later brown library buckram with hand-lettered soine title. Ex-library with usual markings..... More
1880. MEEHAN, Thomas. NATIVE FLOWERS AND FERNS OF THE UNITED STATES IN THEIR BOTANICAL, HORTICULTURAL AND BOTANICAL ASPECTS. Philadelphia: American Nat. History Pub. Co., Limited, 1880. Second Series, Volumes 1 & 2. Illustrated with 96 chromolithographic plates (48 in each volumes) by L. Prang & Co., Boston, MA. Two quarto..... More
1895. American Civil War. The first nine volumes commissioned by the MILITARY HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS was published in Boston and New York by Houghton, Mifflin and Company, and in Cambridge by the Riverside Press, from 1895-1912. The Society's founder, John C. Ropes, called for a "Society for the investigation..... More
1912. MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION OF THE UNITED STATES. REGISTER OF THE COMMANDERY OF THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, NOVEMBER 1, 1912. Cambridge: The University Press, 1912. Frontispiece. xxxvi,522 pp. Large ocatvo, blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine and upper board, t.e.g. Bookplate. Cloth shows general light soiling and..... More
1834. (Mitchell and Hinman). ACCOMPANIMENT TO MITCHELL'S REFERENCE AND DISTANCE MAP OF THE UNITED STATES; Containing an Index of all the Counties, Districts, Townships, Towns, etc., in the Union; Together With an Index of the Rivers. Philadelphia: Mitchell and Hinman, 1834. With publisher's label to front pastedown. 324pp. 8vo., marbled..... More
18. MORRILL, L. M. SPEECH OF HON. L. M. MORRILL, OF MAINE. ON THE CONFISCATION OF PROPERTY. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 5, 1862. [N.p., n.d.] 16 pp. 8vo., signatures pinned at the center. Infrequent and faint foxing throughout. Internal text leaves are clean; whereas the..... More
1888. NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE. CAMPAIGN TEXT BOOK OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1888. New York: Brentanos, 1888. xvi,656 pp. Octavo. Original printed paper wrappers bound in a library binding of brown cloth and marbled boards, with a hand-lettered spine label. A few..... More
1795. NEALE, Mary. SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND RELIGIOUS EXERCISES OF MARY NEALE, FORMERLY MARY PEISLEY. Principally compiled from her own writings. Dublin: Printed by John Cough, successor to R. Jackson..., 1795. First edition. 12mo. 120 pp. Contemporary binding of full mottled calf, with a red label and decorative..... More
18. (NEW ENGLAND TRACT SOCIETY). THE COTTAGER'S WIFE. A narrtive written by a clergyman of the Church of England. Taken, with some omissions, from the Christian Observer. (Andover: Printed for the New England Tract Society by Flagg and Gould, 1815). Tract No. 63. First edition. 24 pp. Bound with: THE..... More