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
ACTS PASSED AT THE CALLED SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS, WHICH WAS BEGUN AND HELD IN THE COURT-HOUSE, IN THE TOWN OF WASHINGTON, HEMPSTEAD COUNTY, ON THURSDAY, THE TWENTY-SECOND DAY OF SEPTEMBER, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXT-FOUR, AND ENDED ON SUNDAY, THE SECOND DAY OF OCTOBER, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FOUR. HERETOFORE PRINTED IN A NEWSPAPER ONLY.
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......
ACTS PASSED AT THE FOURTEENTH SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS, WHICH WAS BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CAPITOL, IN THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ON MONDAY, THE THIRD DAY OF NOVEMBER, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY-TWO, AND ENDED ON MONDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY-TWO. NOW FIRST PRINTED.
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.....
ACTS PASSED AT THE THIRTEENTH OR SPECIAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY 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 NOVEMBER, ONE THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE, AND ENDED ON MONDAY THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, ONE THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE.
Little Rock: Johnson & Yerkes, 1861. viii,92pp. 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. This.....
ACTS PASSED AT THE THIRTEENTH OR SPECIAL SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS, WHICH WAS BEGUN AND HELD IN THE CAPITOL, IN THE CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ON MONDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF MARCH, ONE THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY-TWO, AND ENDED ON SATURDAY THE TWENTY-SECOND DAY OF MARCH, ONE THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED AND SIXTY-TWO.
Little Rock: Johnson & Yerkes, 1862. 16pp. Antique style half calf and marbled boards. Old library stamps on title. 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.....
[CONSECUTIVE RUN OF MID-19th-CENTURY ARKANSAS STATE SESSION LAWS].
Arkadelphia or Little Rock. 1853-1859. Four volumes. Uniform 20th-century tan buckram, leather spine labels. Minor shelf wear and removed 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.....
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 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION MET TO FORM A CONSTITUTION AND SYSTEM OF STATE GOVERNMENT FOR THE PEOPLE OF ARKANSAS....
Little Rock: Albert Pike, 1836. 52pp. Antique style half calf and marbled boards, leather label. Top portion of titlepage and first leaf repaired with later paper. Some light foxing. Very good. The proceedings of the first Arkansas constitutional convention, which met during the month of January, 1836. There was some.....
ORDINANCES OF THE STATE CONVENTION WHICH CONVENED IN LITTLE ROCK, MAY 6, 1861.
Little Rock: Johnson & Yerkes, 1861. 128pp. Half calf and marbled boards, leather label, in antique style. Contemporary notation on titlepage, minor scattered foxing. Very good. Ordinances passed by the Arkansas convention which voted to secede from the Union at the outbreak of the Civil War. The first ordinance printed.....
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.....
LIFE AMONG THE CHOCTAW INDIANS, AND SKETCHES OF THE SOUTH-WEST.
Cincinnati: Published by L. Swormstedt & A. Poe, 1860. 314pp. Publisher's black blindstamped cloth, spine gilt. Moderate rubbing and shelfwear, 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. A.....
[LARGE ARCHIVE OF CIVIL WAR LETTERS BETWEEN CYRENE BLAKELY, COMPANY K, 3rd REGIMENT MINNESOTA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, AND HIS FIANCE, THEN WIFE, CELIA BLAKELY (NÉE LELAND), INCLUDING HIS ACTIVITIES AS COMMISSARY AGENT IN UNION-OCCUPIED ARKANSAS, WHERE HE PARTICIPATED IN A QUESTIONABLE BUT LUCRATIVE SCHEME BY BUYING AND SELLING CATTLE TO HIS OWN GOVERNMENT, AND A WEALTH OF INFORMATION ON CELIA'S HOMEFRONT ACTIVITIES].
[Saint Paul, Rochester, Fort Snelling, Mn.; Little Rock, Pine Bluff, and St. Charles, Ar.; Milwaukee, Wi.; and other locations. February 1863 to September 1866]. 147 autograph letters, signed, totaling approximately 320 pages, most with original transmittal envelopes. Minor wear, foxing, and toning, original mailing folds, occasional light soiling. Overall very.....
[$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.....
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF FEDERAL RELATIONS [caption title].
[Little Rock. 1860]. 7pp. Dbd. Minor foxing. Very good. A rare Arkansas state report lambasting the political machinations of the Republican Party after the 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln and in the run-up to the Civil War. The report decries the "great power and strength, of the black Republican party.....
SHELBY AND HIS MEN: OR, THE WAR IN THE WEST.
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.....
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.....
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.....
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.