Washington. 1851. 136pp. Lacks folding map. Modern red cloth, stamped in gilt. Bookplate on front pastedown. Minor foxing and soiling. Very good. A very important work on California land titles, the first report after the American takeover to delve into the complicated problem of Spanish grants and land tenure. The.....
Washington. 1850. 32pp. Modern blue paper wrappers. Bookplate inside front cover. Light foxing and toning. About very good. In a blue half morocco and cloth folder. First official government report on the discovery of gold in California. Thomas Butler King (1800-1864) was a Georgia politician who served in the U.S......
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[Various places in the United States, Greece, and Italy, as described below. 1964-74]. One printed memory book; one photo album with 182 photographs total, 166 corner-mounted in album, sized 3 1/2 by 3 1/2 inches; sixteen loose photographs sized 8 x 10 inches. Memory book: Folio. Red leatherette embossed in.....
Washington. 1824/1822. 147pp. Stitched as issued. Moderate foxing and tanning. Very good. Untrimmed and unopened. Lambert's report contains his mathematical and astronomical calculations, explained in some considerable detail. Three copies located in OCLC, plus one other at the American Antiquarian Society. Scarce.
Washington. 1805. 12pp. Dbd. Slightly trimmed. Very good. President Jefferson transmits a report to the House and Senate from the famed architect, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, on progress made and expected on public buildings in the District of Columbia during the previous year, specifically on construction of the Capitol, but with.....
Washington. 1881. 23pp. plus seventeen folding plates. Modern black gilt cloth. Very good. Instructions for the use of Moore's Improved Pack Saddle, with detailed plates depicting its versitility. "Moore's Improved Pack Saddle is the result of thirty years' intelligent effort to combine all the advantages of the Mexican aparejo and.....
Washington. 1850. 116pp. plus folding map and six plates. Dbd. Dampstaining to bottom of text block (about 1.5 inches). Light foxing. About good. Report of the Rev. Ralph Randolph Gurley (1797-1872), a member of the American Colonization Soiety and a vigorous proponent of the resettlement of African Americans in a......
[N.p., perhaps Virginia. Late 1863 or early 1864]. 3pp., on a single folded sheet. [with:] OATH OF ALLEGIANCE. [N.p., perhaps Harper's Ferry, Va., 1864]. Single sheet, 3 x 7 3/4 inches. The OATH affixed to a partial manuscript ledger report recording lost military stores for an unidentified unit in 1863.....
Washington, D.C. Apr. 11, 1865. Broadside, 13 x 8 1/4 inches. Faint dust-soiling, minor edge wear, with a few short marginal tears repaired on verso. Very good. A rare first broadside printing announcing two of President Lincoln's three final proclamations, "Closing Certain Ports" and "Port of Key West to Remain.....
Washington. 1805. 28pp. Gathered signatures, stitched. Stab holes in left margin. Trimmed close, but with no loss. Contemporary ownership signature on titlepage. A few light fox marks. A good copy. Little, a captain in the U.S. Navy, requested compensation for his role in capturing a French brig carrying coffee off.....
[Washington. 1808]. 7pp. Dbd. Slight loss to text at the bottom of first leaf, not affecting the sense. Good.
Washington. 1850. 163pp. Dbd. Bit soiled, else very good. Communications regarding the abduction and transportation to Cuba of Don Juan Garcia, alias Juan Francisco Rey, by the Spanish Consul, Don Carlos de Espana. This incident served as a pretext for the abortive Lopez filibuster.
New Orleans: A.L. Lee, State Printer, 1869. 30pp. Original printed wrappers. Soft vertical crease throughout, wrappers somewhat chipped, mild soiling. Small stain to upper corner of titlepage and following leaf, otherwise text evenly toned. Withal, a very good copy. A scarce and interesting report that is tantamount to a Reconstruction-era.....
New Orleans. Oct. 29, 1863. 2pp., printed on a folded quarto sheet. Faintest toning at bottom edge, else fine. An interesting New Orleans imprint encapsulating the tensions between Northern political forces and indigenous conservative political actors during the brief Free State movement in Confederate Louisiana. Here, George F. Shepley, military.....
[Washington]: 1800. [3]pp. Dbd. Stab holes in gutter. Lightly tanned. Very good. A petition by Jane Lynch, the widow of John Lynch who had died during his service as a surgeon for the military. Mrs. Lynch asks for some stipend or provision whereby she can provide for herself and three.....
Washington D.C. A. and G. Way, Printers, 1809. 88pp. Dbd. Good. A series of letters between British and American diplomats accompanied by a copy of an Order in Council concerning the withdrawal of certain British trade restrictions.
Washington City: Printed by R.C. Weightman, 1811. 320pp. plus eleven folding charts. Dbd. Spine split, in two pieces. About good. Large set of diplomatic correspondence of Monroe and Foster, Pinkney and Lord Wellesley, John Spear Smith, Jonathan Russell, and George W. Erving. Most of these letters deal with the complicated.....
Washington, D.C. March 23, 1808. 137pp. Dbd. Good. Letters on a variety of topics concerning British foreign relations of the period, including approval of the agenda of a conference between the United States and Britain. Correspondence dates from January 1804 to May 1806. This collection collects documents which lead up.....
Washington City: Printed by Roger C. Weightman, November 13th, 1812. 12pp. Dbd. Good. Correspondence mainly between Jonathan Russell and Lord Castlereagh. Russell is attempting to make peace, but the Prince Regent rejects his proposal and Castlereagh appears unfriendly at best.
Washington City: Printed by Roger C. Weightman, November 18th, 1812. 12pp. Dbd. Good. Correspondence mainly between Jonathan Russell and Lord Castlereagh. Russell is attempting to make peace, but the Prince Regent rejects his proposal and Castlereagh appears unfriendly at best.
Washington. 1815. 14pp. Modern half cloth and marbled boards. Bit tanned, else very good. The convention appoints John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay and Albert Gallatin plenipotentiaries for the U.S. in dealing with the British. The following articles establish guidelines for commerce between the two powers. A "Declaration" printed on pp.13-14.....
Washington: Printed by William A. Davis, 1815. 14pp. Dbd. Scattered foxing. Good. Copy of a "convention" setting specific trade rules between England and the United States. Interesting last letter notes that certain terms of the treaty must be altered because of Napoleon's exile to St. Helena - the island can.....
Washington. 1808. 88pp. Printed self-wrappers, stitched. Early ink signature on titlepage. Scattered light foxing and stains. Very good. Untrimmed. Contains several important pieces of correspondence relating to the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair.
[Np. 1802]. 31pp. plus folding tables. Modern half morocco and marbled boards. Foxing, folding tables split at some folds, margin of one table trimmed with some loss of text, one table lacking all but first panel, else good. This report addresses the issue of depredations committed by the Spanish on.....
Washington, D.C. Printed by R.C. Weightman, May 26, 1812. 51pp. Dbd. Good. James Monroe's initial instructions to Joel Barlow (minister plenipotentiary); Barlow's reports back to the United States; mainly concerning seizure of vessels and sailors, negotiation of treaties.
