Tallahassee. 1861. 333,38pp. Modern cloth, leather label. Very good. Floridian Confederate imprint recording the House proceedings at the start of the Civil War.
Washington. 1826. 12pp. Dbd. Very good. A rare Congressional publication concerning relief for damages among residents of East Florida during the War of 1812, as outlined in the treaty with Spain in 1819. "The claims were disallowed since the losses in 1812 were not covered by the 9th article of.....
Tallahassee. 1858. 456,72pp. Gathered signatures, stitched. Exterior leaves edgeworn and wrinkled. Uniformly tanned, scattered foxing. Good, untrimmed and unopened. Lacks final two leaves of the "Documents Accompanying the Governor's Message." Prints several government reports, including those from the state Comptroller and Treasurer, and on all manner of public affairs, such.....
Tallahassee: Office of the Floridian, 1847. 28pp. Original blue printed wrappers. Spine chipped, minor soiling, old ink call number on front cover. Minor foxing. Else very good. The first rules governing the militia for the new state of Florida, with the first act establishing and organizing the militia in 1846.....
London. 1819. [12],328pp. plus errata. Half title. Original boards, expertly rebacked. Some light scattered foxing. A lovely copy, untrimmed and partially unopened. The author resided in Florida from the fall of 1817 to the following spring. His is an important account of the last years of Spanish rule in Florida.....
Pensacola. Nov. 9, 1826. [4]pp. Bifolium. Creases on final page flattened with repair tape. Bright and clean. Very good plus. An incredibly early edition of one of the first newspapers in Florida. The PENSACOLA GAZETTE was founded in 1824 and was issued on a weekly basis for approximately thirty-five years.....
Washington. 1828. 53pp. plus five folding tables. Dbd. Spine split. Light tanning and foxing. Good. An 1828 Congressional report on the complex web of competing land claims in Florida.
Washington: Gales & Seaton, [ 1829]. xiv,[2],277pp. Contemporary legal sheep, black and red gilt morocco labels. Minor foxing. Very good. "A collection of Spanish and French ordinances affecting land titles in Florida compiled by Joseph M. White, of Florida, who was employed as assistant counsel on behalf of the U.S....The.....
[Ocala, Fl.]: L.J. Haisley & Co., [ 1890s]. 12pp. 16mo. Original printed wrappers. Fine. An interesting and rare little promotional pamphlet for real estate in Ocala, Florida ("the Chicago of Florida"), issued in the 1890s. It is touted as a place for those wishing to improve "their condition, social surroundings.....
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Washington or Philadelphia. 1849-1881. Individual details of each imprint provided below. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Some abrading and wear to leather. Bookplate removed from each pastedown, ownership inscription on front pastedown. Internally clean. Overall very good. An excellent collection of rare or scarce pamphlets relating to.....
[Washington. 1842]. 2pp. Dbd. Minor chipping along left edge. Good. A rare report on the construction of a sea wall in St. Augustine, Florida. "Favorable report on memorial of mayor and aldermen; the gap behind the sea wall to be filled in to prevent the fevers which had occurred in.....
Tallahassee: Office of the Floridian, 1846 [i.e. 1847]. 99,v pp. Original printed wrappers. Spine largely perished. Internally clean. Very good, untrimmed. Dated 1846 on the titlepage, but actually printed in 1847, this volume prints the acts and resolutions passed in the session that ran from Nov. 23, 1846 to Jan.....
Tallahassee: Office of the Florida Sentinel, Printed by Joseph Clisby, 1845. 135pp. Cloth and boards. Old library perforation stamp on title, else good. First statehood legislative journal, with a speech by governor W.D. Moseley.
[Washington. 1838]. 20pp. Dbd. Light foxing. Very good. Secretary of State John Forsyth submitted this letter on July 6, 1838, arguing for American title to the portion of West Florida defined in the title. Also includes documents that "relate to the West Florida revolution at Natchez, with letters of W.C.C......
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[St. Augustine: Kernan & Alba, 1859]. Large folding plate, 50 x 5 inches, short numbered key on verso of front wrapper. Original printed front wrapper, rear wrapper lacking. Wrappers dampstained. Old tape marks on some folds. Folding view torn neatly in half. Moderate soiling and edge wear. Good. A large.....
New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1839. 199pp. Contemporary blue cloth, blindstamped covers, gilt- lettered spine. Slightly rubbed, spine sunned. Contemporary ownership signature on front free endpaper, moderate foxing. Good. A prejudiced description of Florida, St. Croix, and Cuba. "[W]ith mention of...the indolent men of the U.S. Navy who should be.....
Jacksonville, Fl. Sutherland, McConnel & Co., 1911. Broadside, 24 1/4 x 18 1/4 inches. Faint tideline along right edge and bottom edge. Very good. A dazzling large-format promotional real estate poster touting the wonders of the Sunshine State in the early 20th century. Issued a decade before the Florida land.....
New Haven: T.J. Stafford, [1850]. 56pp. Original plain wrappers, stitched as issued. Wraps somewhat soiled and slightly chipped, with one small closed tear from front fore- edge. Title in contemporary manuscript on front wrapper, later institutional bookplate inside front. Tanning and foxing. Good, in original condition. A lurid autobiography written.....
New York. 1821. 226pp. plus advertisement. Folding frontispiece map. Later half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Hinges a bit worn, but still sound. Moderately foxed. A few small tears in map; one other small tear neatly repaired. About very good. First and only edition. A guide to East Florida.....
Boston: Office of The Company; No. 23 Chauncy Street, February 1868. 20pp. Stitched as issued. Fine. Second edition. The NUC locates only one copy (Florida State University) of this important little pamphlet. Issued by the New England Emigrant Company, its purpose is to persuade northerners to resettle in Florida, assuring.....
Washington. 1836-1846. Four volumes. 20th-century linen backed boards, printed label. Bindings slightly worn and faded, with occasional minor soiling. Moderate scattered foxing throughout, minor age-toning at edges. A good set, untrimmed. An important collection of accounts of the early history of the American colonies, gathered by the assiduous Peter Force.....
Tallahassee, Fl. 1966. 6,48pp. plus folding plan. Original printed yellow wrappers bound into modern three quarter morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Fine. From an edition limited to 210 copies. A presentation copy, inscribed by N. Orwin Rush to the noted collector, C.R. Sanders, and with Sanders' bookplate on the.....
Madrid: Jose Porrua Turanzas, 1959. 90pp. plus plates. Quarto. Original cream printed wrappers bound into half red morocco and cloth, spine gilt. Modern bookplate on rear pastedown. Internally clean. Near fine. "Segunda edicion con tres planos." From an edition limited to 200 copies. Second edition, after the first of 1781.....
Mexico. 1902. [11],cii,226,[1]pp. Small folio. Original printed wrappers bound into modern three quarter morocco and cloth, spine gilt. Bookplate on rear pastedown. Wrappers with some soiling, light foxing, and slight edgewear. Text very lightly tanned. A very good copy. One of thirty copies printed on fine paper, from a total.....
Paris. 1709. Two volumes in one. [18],281;[2],249,[10]pp. 12mo. Half title in second volume. Contemporary calf, spine gilt, leather label. Spine a bit creased, ends lightly chipped, corners worn. Bookplate on front pastedown, occasional foxing, small closed tear in the text of leaf H3. Good. Second French edition of this important.....
