Nashville. 1856. 22pp. Stitched, as issued. Lacking wrappers. Light chipping at outer corners, not affecting text. Dust soiling, light tanning and foxing. Good. An animated speech against the Republican and Know-Nothing Parties delivered by staunch Democrat Aaron Venable Brown, a former state governor and congressional representative, before a Nashville party.....
[Columbus? 1880?]. 35pp. Self-wrappers. Outer leaf detached, tanned. Good. Further correspondence regarding the vindication of former governor Brown, this time in response to Louis Garrard's attack, A REPLY TO GOV. BROWN'S ATTACK ON COLUMBUS PRISONERS: "...the little band of conspirators have again put forth their tool, and he has issued.....
Hartford: E.B. and E.C. Kellogg, 1845. 111pp., printed in double columns, plus twenty-seven plates and twenty-seven facsimiles, including frontis. Folio. Publishers' half black morocco with brown cloth boards, gilt pictorial front board, blindstamped pictorial rear board, spine gilt, t.e.g., skillfuly rebacked retaining original backstrip, corners renewed with black buckram. Boards.....
Nashville. 1865. 23pp. Original printed wrappers. Some dust soiling to wraps, else very good. William G. Brownlow, who worked in his early life as a Methodist minister, was one of the most important and controversial southern anti-secessionists. Previously the editor of the TENNESSEE WHIG and later the KNOXVILLE WHIG (the.....
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Lincoln, Ne. May 31 [no year, but ca. 1915]. [2]pp. on a single sheet. Some old crease marks, else very good. A chatty holograph letter from the political and social leader. Following is an excerpt: "My Dear Mr. Berger - I find your letter on my return to the city.....
New York. 1909. Two volumes. xix,726;vii,904pp. Original cloth. Some edge wear, neat ink signature. Very good. Third edition, revised, with material added. "Remains the most authoritative study of American political and social institutions" - Howes.
![AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, FROM JAMES BUCHANAN TO JAMES A. CALDWELL]. James Buchanan](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM42852.jpg?v=1613065744)
Washington, D.C. May 23, 1842. [2]pp. Quarto. Very good. In a green cloth chemise. Reading in part: "In regard to Mr. Tyler's measures of nomination; I feel every disposition to support both when I can do so without a violation of principle; but I cannot approve his Exchequer project. Indeed.....
Wheatland, near Lancaster [Pa.]: April 28, 1852. [2]pp. on a folded folio leaf, docketed on the fourth page. One horizontal and two vertical folds. Lightly dampstained. Two tiny edge tears. Very good. In a blue half leather and cloth folding box, gilt. A remarkable political letter from future president James.....
Washington. 1857. Two volumes. 775; 572pp. Original blindstamped cloth. Extremities moderately frayed, unobtrusive internal library marks, else very good. Extremely fine material on Indians of the West, from Canada to Mexico, with a wealth of information on Pacific Northwest Indian problems, and all manner of documents from the Commissioner of.....
New Haven. 1920. 215pp. 12mo. Cloth. Very good. Annotated in pencil by Herbert O. Brayer, with his ink ownership inscription.
[London? 1715]. Broadsheet, 14 1/2 x 9 1/4 inches. [2]pp. including printed docket title. Printed in two columns. Dbd. Early folds and early stab holes in left margin. Small portion of lower inner margin excised, with no loss to text. Mild foxing. Very good. A scarce and highly informative letter.....
[Georgia? 1872]. 59pp. printed in double-column format. Gathered signatures, stitched. Title and last blank dust soiled, old fold. Good. Bullock was the governor of Georgia during the Reconstruction era, 1868 through 1871. He was charged by the Democratic press with a wide varieties of corrupt behavior. Fearing criminal indictment, he.....
Boston: Joseph Bumstead, for Ebeneezer Larkin, 1793. 322,[18]pp. 12mo. Half calf and marbled boards, bound in antique style, spine gilt. Minor shelf wear. Several small chips and closed tears. Tanned, occasional foxing. Very good. Later American edition of a tract on oratory by the noted British politician James Burgh, originally.....
London. 1779. [2],37,[1]pp. Modern green half leather and marbled boards, spine gilt. Bookplate on front pastedown. Minor soiling and foxing else. Very good. Fifth edition, after the previous four editions of the same year. After his capitulation at Saratoga, Burgoyne returned to England where he was elected to Parliament. In.....
Dublin. 1779. 96pp. Antique-style three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt with leather label. Minor toning and soiling to titlepage, internally clean. Very good. After his capitulation at Saratoga, Burgoyne returned to England where he was elected to Parliament. In this letter Burgoyne explains his conduct to his constituents in.....
London: Printed for J. Wilkie, 1779. [4],46pp. Half title. Modern half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Extremities rubbed. Modern bookplate on front pastedown. Small tear with paper loss on half-title. Minor scattered foxing. Very good. This document, and others like it, were part of the "storm of disapprobation" faced.....
London. 1777. 75pp. Gathered signatures, stitched. Backed with plain paper. Lightly tanned. Otherwise very good. The first London edition, issued soon after the original Bristol printing. One of Burke's most eloquent pleas for treating with the colonies.
London. 1775. 31pp. Half title. Modern three-quarter blue morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Minor rubbing to extremities. Internally clean. Very good plus. Later reprint of these two speeches, styled "second edition" on titlepage. In the first of these speeches to his constituents, Burke sets forth his task "to reconcile.....
New York. 1791. [4],196pp. [bound with:] VINDICIAE GALLICAE. DEFENCE OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND ITS ENGLISH ADMIRERS AGAINST THE ACCUSATIONS OF THE RIGHT HON. EDMUND BURKE...by James Mackintosh. Dublin. 1791 [2]vi,167pp. [bound with:] LESSONS TO A YOUNG PRINCE, BY AN OLD STATESMAN, ON THE PRESENT DISPOSITION IN EUROPE TO A......
Philadelphia: Printed by D. Humphreys... 1792. 256pp. Contemporary calf, gilt rules on spine. Calf moderately worn. Staining in lower margin of first four leaves. Overall very good. Second American edition (preceded by a New York, 1791 printing by Hugh Gaine) of one of the most important political works of the.....
London: J. Dodsley, 1780. [ii],95pp. Dbd. Early ink inscription on first page of text. A very good copy. Lacks the half title. "Pages 71-79 discuss ways of dealing with administration of the colonies in America and the United States. Todd identifies 19 of a possible 28 variant impressions of nos.....
London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1791. [2],139pp. Modern blue wrappers. Contemporary ownership signature on titlepage. Foredge trimmed a little close, affecting a few letters in printed sidenotes. Very good. The first edition, a printing of 2000 copies, was exhausted within a week, necessitating the printing of this second edition. This.....
[London? ca. 1715]. Small folio broadsheet. [1]p. plus printed docket title on verso. Dbd. Early stab holes in left margin. Moderately soiled and foxed. Else very good. A petition to Parliament by Montagu Venables-Bertie, Earl of Abingdon, and Robert Shirley, Earl Ferrers, the guardians of the children of John Burke.....
New York. 1856. vii,[9]-162pp. Original printed wrappers. Tape repairs to gutter and foredge of front wrapper. Rather chipped and soiled. Internally clean. Good. "A poetical work that is but little known. It relates to episodes in the life of John C. Fremont, more especially during his career as an explorer.....
London. 1833. [4],92pp. plus two folding facsimiles. Dbd. Else clean and very good. Sir William Alexander, who became Earl of Stirling, was given the grant to Nova Scotia in 1621 by his good friend James I. Had his planned Scottish colony succeeded, Alexander may have changed the course of English.....
