![MISSION OF THE CHEY[ENNE]. AND ARAP[AHO]. AGENCY. BUILT IN THE YEAR 1875 [manuscript caption...](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM55915.jpg?v=1611253790)
[Darlington, Indian Territory. circa 1875]. Watercolor on paper, 15 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches. Signed in ink, at lower right, "Theodore Schauseil." Long horizontal closed tear across three- quarters of the length of the image, expertly mended on the verso with Japanese tissue. Scattered light staining and foxing, some chipping.....
Boston: Printed by R. and S. Draper, for the Honorable and Reverend the President and Fellows of Harvard-College, 1763. [2],v,[1],83pp. Half title. Contemporary half calf and marbled paper boards, raised bands. Binding rubbed and worn. Contemporary gift and ownership inscriptions on front pastedown, front free endpaper, and titlepage. Two-inch tear.....
Boston: Hilliard, Gray, and Company, 1837. viii,232pp. plus six folding engraved plates. Original half cloth and paper boards, paper spine label. Spine ends and label chipped, boards moderately scuffed and worn. Scattered foxing. Early bookseller's bookplate and bookplate of the Library of The American Society of Mechanical Engineers. A good.....
Boston, New York, and Philadelphia. 1808. 192pp. plus four pages of publisher's advertisements. Contemporary calf, spine and boards gilt, leather label. Binding lightly worn and scuffed. Some moderate but scattered foxing; light toning. About very good. Three prize-winning medical dissertations by George Cheyne Shattuck, a Boston physician. The work is.....
[Newport, R.I. ca. 1821-1850]. [256]pp. More than 160 distinct compositions. Quarto. Half burgundy morocco with gilt burgundy label ("Julia S.M. Hazard") on front board. Boards heavily worn, corners bumped, some loss of spine leather, text block mostly detached and loose. Pages trimmed with only a few minor losses to text.....
New York. 1819. vi,100pp. plus two engraved plates (both of which are here slightly defective, with images clipped by a young person). Dbd. Foxing. Contemporary ink scribblings on titlepage. Else good. Curious early French spelling book for young Americans. The plates are comprised of numerous small cuts of objects, animals.....
Madisonville, Tn. Henderson & Johnston, 1834. xii [i.e., viii],400pp. Modern quarter calf and marbled boards, gilt leather label. Toned, moderate foxing. Good plus. First and only edition of this book of remedies and cures made for the use of average people at home. The contents include a discussion of human.....
New York. 1885. xi,112pp. plus fourteen folding plates (two colored). Original cloth, spine gilt. A very good copy. This is a revised and enlarged edition of Smith's classic, A MANUAL OF TOPOGRAPHICAL DRAWING, first published in 1854. At the time of its original issuance, the work stood as one of.....
Charleston. 1834. 56pp. Original yellow rear wrapper, front wrapper missing. Spine perished. Small institutional stamp on titlepage and contents page. Else clean and very good. An appeal by members of the Literary and Philosophical Society in South Carolina in hopes of establishing the lyceum system in that state. It defines.....
[Various locations in South Dakota, including Pierre, and Oahe. 1918-1928]. 230 photographs mounted on album leaves, captioned in white or red ink throughout. Images range from 2 1/2 x 2 inches to 3 1/2 x 5 inches. Oblong octavo. Contemporary black leatherette photograph album, string-tied. Minor edge wear. Several leaves.....
Raleigh. 1837. 46pp. Dbd. Lightly foxed. Very good. Delivered in June 1837, Strange takes on the topic of Imagination and its importance to society. "Let it be the habit of your Imagination, thus comfortably to present the incidents of life to your consideration."
Boston: Manning & Loring, 1798. 28pp. Dbd. Some foxing. Titlepage loose. Good. Graduation speech by David Tappan to Harvard graduates. Typical inspirational aphorisms, with a special emphasis on religion. "But the main instructions...is a lesson in favor of religion, especially of Christianity."
Fort Crawford, Prairie de Chien, Wi. June 30, 1835. [1]p., on a quarto sheet. Original mailing folds, mild toning, minor edge wear. Very good. A rare frontier communication from future president Zachary Taylor during his time as an Indian Agent in Wisconsin Territory. Here, Taylor approves $54.50 for services rendered.....
Nashville. 1873. 24pp. Institutional perforation stamp on titlepage. Light tanning. Good. Official state printing of the law that established a public school system in Tennessee. Scarce, with only three copies located in OCLC.
New York: The Albertype Co., 1888. [12]pp. Original gilt-stamped pictorial cloth. Spine partially perished, edges worn. Light dust-soiling. Good. A scarce album of photomechanical reproductions of photographs of landmarks and important buildings in Austin, Tx. The pages are printed in an accordion-style binding. Notable subjects captured in the photographs include.....
![AMNESTY OATH [caption title]. Texas, Civil War](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM55643.jpg?v=1593712106)
[Galveston. 1865]. Partially-printed document, completed in manuscript, 8 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches. Three vertical folds. Minor toning, foxing, soiling, and edge wear. Very good. A rare Civil War amnesty oath, attested to and signed by James P. Nash in Galveston on July 8, 1865. The partially-printed document is signed.....
Columbia, S.C. 1853. 36pp. Original printed wrappers. Front wrapper worn, two large pieces torn away along foredge, spine chipped. Moderate foxing, contemporary ownership signature on front wrapper. Fair. The author addresses the issue of public education in South Carolina.
Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1864. Three volumes. Half titles. Original publisher's cloth, boards blind ruled, spines gilt. Corners and and spine extremities lightly worn, front hinges cracking but solid. Autograph letter, signed, tipped into front endpapers of volume one. Contemporary author's inscriptions half title of volume one, modern bookplates on.....
Boston. 1842. 79,[1]pp. Dbd. Light foxing, heavier to initial leaves. Good plus. Account of a meeting of a trade association for the Massachusetts shoe industry, with minutes, speeches, and a roll of attendees. With several pages of interesting advertising at the rear for a book on stenography with printed text.....
New Haven: Printed by B. Mecom, 1766. 26pp. Small quarto. Gathered signatures, stitched as issued. Persistent dampstaining throughout. Slight gnawing in lower gutter of first few leaves, affecting only a couple letters. Good, untrimmed. Trumbull points out the great importance of Yale College to church, state, and the public at.....
Madrid. 1786. [6],240pp. plus engraved folding table. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, paper label. Binding significantly rubbed, corners quite worn. Contemporary inscriptions on front and rear fly leaves. Minor foxing. A few small tears to plate. Very good. A guide for Franciscan educators in America and the Philippines, in.....
Philadelphia. 1833. viii,[5]-105,[1]pp. Dbd. Minor foxing. Very good. Second edition, published the same year as the first and greatly expanded. "At a meeting of a number of citizens of Philadelphia friendly to the entire abolition of lotteries, held on the 12th day of January, 1833, an essay was presented by.....
[Various places in the American West, as described below below. Late 1940s]. Sixty-nine photographs, each measuring 8 x 10 inches, mounted on linen and bound in two volumes. Oblong small folios. Black pebbled vinyl, secured by brads. Moderate wear to covers, a few photos creased at edge and most starting.....
![GIVE EDUCATION PRODUCTION CITIZENSHIP FOR UNITED NEGRO COLLEGE FUND [caption title]. United Negro...](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM55481.jpg?v=1593712057)
[Detroit. ca. 1944]. Illustrated broadside, printed on thick cardstock, 21 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches. Soiling, chipping, closed edge tears, and creasing. Good condition. An extraordinary survival - a large-format illustrated fundraising poster for the Detroit chapter of the United Negro College Fund, in the first year of the organization's.....
Olympia: The State Printing and Publishing Co., 1890. 93pp. Original printed pink wrappers. Light dust- soiling, minor bumps to spine ends. Internally clean. Near fine. A scarce report containing documents, letters, opinions, and other pertinent correspondence from state committees and others in support of a finding that disputed lands in.....
