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.
Arkansas
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[CONSECUTIVE RUN OF MID-19th-CENTURY ARKANSAS STATE SESSION LAWS].
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, ARK. ITS HISTORY. ITS COMMERCE. ITS LOCATION. ITSELF.
[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.....
IN THE CLARK CIRCUIT COURT, ARKANSAS....
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.
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS...ST. LOUIS, IRON MOUTAIN & SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, APPELLANT, V. STATE OF ARKANSAS, APPELLEE. WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO SEBASTIAN COUNTY....
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.
JOURNAL OF THE CONVENTION OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS. WHICH WAS BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CAPITOL IN THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ON MONDAY, THE FOURTH DAY OF MARCH, ONE THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY ONE.
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.....
SOMETHING OF INTEREST TO ALL. THE SOUTH-LAND [wrapper title].
[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.....
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS. FRAMED AND ADOPTED BY THE CONVENTION WHICH ASSEMBLED AT LITTLE ROCK, JANUARY 7th, 1868....WITH MARGINAL NOTES, A FULL DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE CONSTITUTION, AND A COPIOUS INDEX....
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.....
HISTOIRE ET DESCRIPTION GENERALE DE LA NOUVELLE FRANCE, AVEC LE JOURNAL HISTORIQUE D'UN VOYAGE FAIT PAR ORDRE DU ROI DANS L'AMÉRIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE.
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.....
[$20 ARKANSAS WAR BOND].
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.....
[$5 ARKANSAS WAR BOND].
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.....
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CUTTER'S GUIDE TO THE HOT SPRINGS OF ARKANSAS [wrapper title].
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.....
CUTTER'S GUIDE TO THE HOT SPRINGS OF ARKANSAS. ILLUSTRATED.
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.....
EXCURSION THROUGH THE SLAVE STATES, FROM WASHINGTON ON THE POTOMAC TO THE FRONTIER OF MEXICO; WITH SKETCHES OF POPULAR MANNERS AND GEOLOGICAL NOTICES.
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.....
PIONEER DAYS IN THE EARLY SOUTHWEST.
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.....
HISTOIRE DE LA CONQUÉTE DE LA FLORIDE....
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.....
AN EXPOSURE OF THE ARTS AND MISERIES OF GAMBLING; DESIGNED ESPECIALLY AS A WARNING TO THE YOUTHFUL AND INEXPERIENCED AGAINST THE EVILS OF THAT ODIOUS AND DESTRUCTIVE VICE...REVISED BY A LITERARY FRIEND.
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.....
JOURNAL OF A TOUR IN THE "INDIAN TERRITORY," PERFORMED BY THE ORDER OF THE DOMESTIC COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF MISSIONS OF THE PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH, IN THE SPRING OF 1844....
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.....
DRAGOON CAMPAIGNS TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS; BEING A HISTORY OF THE ENLISTMENT, ORGANIZATION, AND FIRST CAMPAIGNS OF THE REGIMENT OF UNITED STATES DRAGOONS; TOGETHER WITH INCIDENTS OF A SOLDIER'S LIFE, AND SKETCHES OF SCENERY AND INDIAN CHARACTER. By a Dragoon.
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.....
BENT'S STOCKADE. HIDDEN IN THE HILLS.
Las Animas: Bent County Democrat, 1960. [4],88,[4]pp. including twenty-one illustrations. Original printed wrappers. Spine and top edge of back wrap slightly sunned, corners slightly curled. Very good. A history of the early settlers of the upper Arkansas valley. Many portrait photographs.
ARKANSAS AND HER RESOURCES. FACTS AND FIGURES FROM EVERY COUNTY IN ARKANSAS. THE OFFICIAL BOOK OF THE ARKANSAS COMMISSION PANAMA- PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION.
Little Rock. 1915. 90pp. Quarto. Original pictorial wrappers, stapled as issued. Minor foxing to wrappers. Internally clean. Very good plus. Detailed guide to Arkansas, with general facts about the state and a county by county description. With illustrations of prominent citizens and locales. This work was published to be distributed.....
PANORAMA OF THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND ITS FORTIFICATIONS.
New York: C. Magnus, [1863]. Four-panel handcolored lithograph strip map printed in blue, 24 x 26 inches. Old horizontal crease, light staining, some minor edge wear. Very good plus. A rare, detailed, and attractive strip map of the Mississippi Valley, considered one of the greatest produced during the Civil War.....
HOME, FROM DIEPPE.
[Blytheville, Ar. Franklin Press, 1944?]. 64pp. Original printed green wrappers. Wrappers faded and starting to detach from text block, upper right corner of front wrapper and lower right corner of rear wrapper chipped. Internally quite clean. Very good overall. Signed by Oglesby on the titlepage. Rare survival of an account.....
FIRST REPORT OF A GEOLOGICAL RECONNOISSANCE OF THE NORTHERN COUNTIES OF ARKANSAS, MADE DURING THE YEARS 1857 AND 1858.
Little Rock. 1858. 256pp. including half title plus seven lithographic plates (including six color tinted plates) and numerous wood engravings in text. Contemporary pebbled cloth, spine reinforced with later tape. Edges and corners of boards worn. Contemporary Little Rock, Arkansas Book Binder and Seller Ticket on front pastedown. Contemporary ownership.....
LETTER FROM DR. JOSEPH PAXTON, OF HEMPSTEAD COUNTY, TO THE HON. A.H. SEVIER, DELEGATE TO CONGRESS FROM THE TERRITORY OF ARKANSAS, IN RELATION TO THE RAFT OF RED RIVER.
Washington. 1829. 18pp. Stitched as issued. Light foxing. About very good. Untrimmed. Letter discussing the probable causes of and solutions to the Great Raft in the Red River. The Great Raft was described as perhaps the continent’s largest log jam. Not a single solid mass, but made up of many.....