ARKANSAS IMPRINTS 1821-1876.
New York. 1947. xx,236pp. Original cloth, spine gilt. Front hinge a bit loose, corners bumped, boards slightly scuffed. Light tanning. Good plus. Standard bibliography on Arkansas printing to the end of Reconstruction.
New York. 1947. xx,236pp. Original cloth, spine gilt. Front hinge a bit loose, corners bumped, boards slightly scuffed. Light tanning. Good plus. Standard bibliography on Arkansas printing to the end of Reconstruction.
Washington, D.C. Statute Law Book Co., 1896. iv,27pp. Contemporary three-quarter sheep and red morocco, gilt leather labels. Spine perished, hinges cracked. Ex-library, with ink stamps on front flyleaf and titlepage. A few ink stains, otherwise clean. Good. One of a hand-numbered edition of fifty copies. A later Washington, D.C. printing.....
Washington, D.C. Statute Law Book Co., 1896. iii,98pp. Contemporary three-quarter sheep and red morocco, gilt leather labels. Hinges cracked, corners worn. Ex-library, with ink stamp on titlepage. Lightly tanned, otherwise clean. Good. One of a hand-numbered edition of fifty copies. A later Washington, D.C. printing of the state laws of.....
Little Rock: Johnson & Yerkes, 1861. viii,92pp. Half title. Antique-style half calf and marbled boards. Old library stamp on half title. Light foxing. Very good. An account of the laws passed at a special session of the Arkansas General Assembly, which took place from Nov. 4 to Nov. 18, 1861.....
Little Rock: Johnson & Yerkes, 1862. 16pp. Antique-style half calf and marbled boards. Old library stamps on titlepage. Scattered minor soiling, otherwise very good. An account of laws passed at a special session of the Arkansas General Assembly that took place in March 1862. It contains several laws and resolutions.....
Arkadelphia or Little Rock. 1853-1859. Four volumes. Uniform 20th-century tan buckram, leather labels. Minor shelf wear, remnants of shelf marks. Institutional ink or blind stamps on titlepages and some leaves. Good. An interesting consecutive run of Arkansas session laws from the state's general assembly, covering the ninth through twelfth sessions.....
[Fort Smith, Ar. Fort Smith Chamber of Commerce, ca. 1893]. 27,[1]pp. including illustrations from woodcuts and photographs. Original printed pink wrappers, new staples. Wrappers lightly worn and sunned, small chips at corners, a few spots of soiling. Internally quite clean with light even tanning. Very good. Well-illustrated promotional pamphlet prepared.....
Little Rock. [ 1889]. 59pp. Dbd., retaining original front wrapper. Very good. Cases between Black & Brother and J. Loewenbery (plaintiffs) and Arkansas and Louisiana Railway Company (defendant) concerning tariffs and extra expenses made on shipments carried by the railway.
Little Rock. [ 1890]. 14pp. Dbd., retaining original front wrapper. A sound copy. An early Arkansas legal petition questioning the constitutionality of an act providing for a system of railroad incorporation.
Little Rock: Johnson & Yerkes, 1861. 144pp. Half calf and marbled boards in antique style, leather label. Light soiling and foxing on titlepage, else internally clean. Very good. An account of the proceedings at the first meeting of the Secession Convention held in Arkansas, in March 1861. This was the.....
[St. Louis. nd, ca. 1893]. 30pp. Original printed wrappers. Some light dampstaining in margins. Still very good. This promotional tract for the southern states was issued by the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company. Sets forth the agricultural, mineral, manufacturing and commercial advantages of the region, but with.....
Little Rock. 1870. vi,[2],16,xxv-lxxxii,54,cxxxvii-clxxvi pp. Quarto. Contemporary three-quarter sheep and marbled boards. Leather rubbed, worn along joints, some paper loss to boards. Scattered light foxing, otherwise quite clean internally. Bookplate of C.G. Littell on front pastedown. Very good. The Littell copy of Arkansas' unsurprisingly contentious Reconstruction Constitution. While it allowed.....
Cincinnati: Published by L. Swormstedt & A. Poe, 1860. 314pp. Publisher's black blindstamped cloth, spine gilt. Moderate rubbing and shelf wear, corners bumped, rear joint partially exposed but still strong, spine ends lightly chipped. Bookseller's stamp on front free endpaper. Titlepage and a few other pages slightly soiled. Very good.....
Paris: Chez Pierre-François Giffart, 1744. Six volumes. [6],viii,454; [2],501; [2],465; [2],388; [2],456; [2],434,[4]pp., plus twenty- eight maps, and ninety-six plates on forty- four sheets. 12mo. Contemporary speckled calf, raised bands, spines gilt, leather labels, marbled endpapers, all edges red. Slight wear at joints, spine ends, and corners. 19th-century bookplate on.....
Little Rock: J.D. Butler, Print. 1861. One bond, approximately 3 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches, including nine of ten coupons (each approximately 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches). Printed in red and yellow and stamped in black, with number "67393" inscribed in ink on certificate and each coupon, and signed twice.....
Little Rock: J.D. Butler, Print. 1861. One bond, approximately 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches in total size (including margins), comprising certificate (approximately 3 1/4 x 8 inches, not including margins) and nine of ten attached coupons (each approximately 3/4 x 1 3/4 inches). Printed in red and blue and.....
Hot Springs, Ar. Charles Cutter, [ 1899]. 59,[5]pp., profusely illustrated. Oblong 12mo. Original pictorial wrappers. Wrappers lightly soiled, some small tears along the edges and spine. Overall very good. A scarce illustrated guide to the popular resort town of Hot Springs, Arkansas. Local bath houses and hotels are the main.....
St. Louis: Slawson Printing Co., 1893. [8],66,[6]pp. Original printed wrappers. Wrappers lightly soiled; rear cover torn, separating from spine. Minor soiling internally. Good plus. "35th Edition. 457th Thousand." A scarce illustrated guide to the popular resort town of Hot Springs, Arkansas. Local bath houses and hotels are the main feature.....
Cincinnati. 1867. 551pp. plus folding map. Frontispiece portrait. Original blind-stamped cloth, spine gilt. Spine ends and corners a bit frayed. Front joint split but holding well. Bookplate on front pastedown, minor foxing. Very good. A sympathetic account of Shelby's cavalry, which was active in almost every campaign of the Civil.....
New York. 1844. 168pp. printed in double-column format. Original printed wrappers. Wrappers stained and soiled, spine chipped. Internally, largely clean and very good. In a folding, cloth backed, paper chemise. The first American edition, abridged. Featherstonhaugh, a geologist of some repute, left Baltimore in August 1834, travelling through the Virginia.....
Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1926. 349pp. including illustrations and folding map. Frontis. Red cloth, gilt, t.e.g. Corners bumped, a bit of wear to head and toe of spine. Very good, untrimmed and partially unopened. A history of the exploration and development of the trans-Mississippi West, including trade, garrison.....
Paris: Geofroi Nyon, 1711-1712. [18],281,[3],249,[11]pp. Second part with separate titlepage. 12mo. Contemporary calf, ornate gilt spine, raised bands, gilt maroon morocco label. Crossed-out contemporary ownership signature on titlepage and verso of front free endpaper, old institutional stamp also on titlepage. Later manuscript note tipped in at front. Overall internally clean.....
Philadelphia. 1847. 336pp. plus six plates. Original publisher's black cloth, stamped in blind, featuring a horn spilling items such as players' cards, chips, a clock, and weapons, surrounded by a floral border; rebacked in red calf, gilt leather label. Corners scuffed. Mild foxing and toning, scattered dampstaining. Good plus. The.....
New York. 1844. [4],74pp. plus three maps (two of them folding). Original printed wrappers. Fore-edge of front wrapper and spine ends chipped. Light foxing, maps somewhat tanned. About very good. "Observation tour in behalf of the Episcopal Church from Arkansas to Ft. Leavenworth. The report had previously appeared in June.....
New York: Wiley & Long, 1836. 288pp. Original pebbled purple cloth, gilt pictorial spine. Cloth a bit faded and lightly rubbed. Lacking rear free endpaper. An occasional light fox mark. Very good. "This work recounts the first prairie campaign of the Regiment of Dragoons after its organization in 1833. From.....