Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1885. vi,142pp. Original navy blue cloth, lettered in gilt. Light shelf wear, spine extremities rubbed. Hinges a bit tender, front free endpaper detached but present. A very good copy in all. Inscribed on the preliminary blank: "Henry T. Thompson, from the Author.".....

Hamburg, S.C. Printed by Robinson and Carlisle, 1851. 46,[2]pp. including appendix. Gathered signatures, stitched as issued. Text tanned, light scattered foxing, offsetting from text throughout. Very good. Partially unopened. An impassioned defense of Southern slavery, written by a Southern clergyman in response to Henry Clay, Alexander Campbell, and what the.....

[Washington. 1866]. 6pp. Folio. Gathered signatures. Minor toning and wear. Very good. An immediately post-Civil War treaty with the Oglala band of Lakota on the western frontier. The treaty, made in October of 1865 and ratified a few months later, was concluded by the Lakota leaders Long Bull and Charging.....

Boston: Printed by Manning & Loring, 1805. 271pp., plus three maps, one chart, and one view (all but one folding). Modern calf, spine with raised bands, gilt morocco label. Light rubbing and shelf wear. Interior tanned, staining and foxing, occasional small marginal tears or paper flaws. Plates and maps loosely.....

[Clay County, Mo.]: September 10, 1866. Broadside, 17 3/4 x 11 inches (45 x 28 cm). Light soiling, upper corners worn, two small holes in text. About very good. An unrecorded Reconstruction broadside from Clay County, Missouri, informing the population of the dates, times, and locations for voter registration. The.....

Auburn, N.Y. David Rumsey, 1819. [4],320pp. plus folding frontis. map, mostly lacking, and errata slip pasted to final blank. 16mo. Contemporary calf, rubbed, leather spine label. Text tanned, with occasional foxing, dampstaining to bottom outer corner of textblock. Slightly later ownership stamp to front free endpaper and titlepage. About half.....

Boston. March 13, 1865. [1]p. printed circular on a quarto sheet, dated and addressed in manuscript. Old folds, very light soiling. Half-inch tear in right margin, not touching text. Near fine. A very rare circular issued weeks before the end of the Civil War and looking forward to the Reconstruction.....

Philadelphia: P. Price Jr., [ca. 1817]. Engraving with printed caption, 12 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches. Trimmed close but not into platemark. Edges rather worn and stained, with some paper repairs. Two short, closed tears to upper edge touching top part of image, skillfully repaired on verso, minor scattered stains.....

[London: Andrew Sowle], 1669. [10],5-21,17-111,[1]p. Small quarto. 19th- century three-quarter crushed brown morocco and cloth, spine gilt with raised bands. Spine faintly sunned. A few isolated instances of foxing. Very good. The first written statement of Quaker doctrine by Pennsylvania founder and early advocate of democracy and religious freedom, William.....

Washington. January 26, 1861. [3]pp. on a folded folio sheet. Old folds, top edge of leaf gilt. Very good plus. An insightful letter from the well-informed Postmaster to the United States House of Representatives, Josiah M. Lucas, written in the midst of the “secession winter” of 1861, describing the mood.....

Chicago. January 15, 1855 – May 6, 1857. Twelve autograph letters, signed [1]-[4]pp. each, totaling [28]pp. Each letter with original postmarked envelope, several also with advertising stamp for "Faxon & Crosby, Manufacturers and Importers of Paper Hangings and Decorations." Old folds, occasional very minor tanning. Some envelopes torn, stamps clipped.....

Pittsburgh: Printed and Published by Cramer, Spear & Eichbaum, 1811. 296pp. including twenty-eight full-page woodcut maps. 12mo. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Spine leather heavily rubbed and worn, boards rubbed, corners worn, some splitting to joints. Light scattered foxing to text with some occasional pencil annotations. Some.....

Charleston. 1809. Two volumes. xii,478; iv,602pp. Lacks maps. Contemporary calf, gilt leather labels. Extremities lightly worn, boards rubbed. Contemporary ownership inscription on each titlepage, slightly effaced; modern bookplate on rear pastedowns. Lightly toned throughout, some light scattered foxing. A good, solid set. A standard work, by the prolific historian and.....