1811 Autograph Document Signed. by Selectmen of the Town of Boston - 1811: LIST OF INN KEEPERS & RETAILERS

Philadelphia and Baltimore: H. & P. Rice, and James Rice; Printed By Joseph Charless, 1801. First US edition, 1801, preceding the 1807 purported first American edition listed in Sabin 16915. Rough copy without covers and without the probable frontis portrait that was included in the 1807 edition. Calf spine, about 17cm tall, 204, [3], 1p. publisher's ad. Begins with title page (detached) with attached blank at end. Spine chipped, text block holding together, title page and blank age-toned and lightly chipped at the edges, remaining contents very good with light to moderate foxing, name of J. G. Whitehorne at top of title page.. First Edition. Disbound. Poor/No. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

A rare publication: OCLC shows no copies and only 11 publications by Charles Pierce of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. A Rare Publication. A Sermon, Delivered at York, October 10, 1798, at the Ordination of the Rev. Rosewell Messinger, to the Pastoral Charge of the First Church as Colleague Pastor with the Rev. Isaac Lyman by Ezra Ripley, A. M. Pastor of the First Church of Christ in Concord, (Massa.) "Be therefore wise as serpents and harmless as doves." Portsmouth, New-Hampshire: Printed by Charles Peirce, at the Oracle-Press, No. 5. Daniel-Street. -1798. 8vo 24 pages.

Ezra Ripley was the minister of the First Parish in Concord, Massachusetts; chief citizen of the town; step-grandfather of Ralph Waldo Emerson; cofounder in Concord of America's first lyceum. Ordained a Trinitarian Calvinist, he became a Unitarian. He was also witness to the events of the day and wrote a recount of the 'shot heard round the world'. He ministered to his flock throughout the revolutionary war and could be said to be an… Read More

Hartford, CT: American Publishing Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1870. 1st Edition. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full black cloth, gilt lettering and decoration on spine and cover, double frontispieces. Illustrated with 234 B&W reproductions of prints, drawings, etchings qand engravings, many full-page. First edition, third printing: Pages xvii and xviii have their page numbers; the last entry on page xviii ends with the word "conclusion"; the engraved portrait of Napoleon III appears at page129; the heading on page 643 is "CHAPTER LXI"; the third page of the printed ads begins with "Illustrated History of the Bible." [McBride pg. 8]. The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims' Progress is a travel book by American author Mark Twain published in 1869 which humorously chronicles what Twain called his "Great Pleasure Excursion" on board the chartered vessel Quaker City through Europe and the Holy Land with a group of… Read More

The Warren Report. Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy. 8vo. Original cloth. Published by the Associated Press. N.D. First Edition. This copy signed on the title page by Gerald Ford: "Gerald R. Ford / 5th District, Mich. / Jan 1949 – Dec. 1973." Ford was a member of the President's Commission. Edges of spine worn; binding slightly loose; o/w Very Nice. $650.00

xiv+340 pages with woodcut frontispiece, text illustrations and folding map. Small octavo (7 1/2" x 5 1/4") bound in original publisher's blind-stamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Edited (with notes) by Richard F. Burton. Housed in a custom enclosure. (Wagner-Camp 335:4; Cowan p.414; Graff 2677; Howes M279; Penzer p.69-70; Sabin 44515) First edition.
Randolph B. Marcy was a career soldier (he graduated from West Point in 1832) at a time when the career would be likely to involve exploration. In the 1840s, part of his role was the escorting of emigrant wagon trains through Oklahoma and Texas, and mapping their routes. In 1857, he was involved in the expedition against the Mormons in Utah, leading his men in a forced march through the Rocky Mountains in winter. In 1852, he was commander of an expedition to find the headwaters of the Red River. All this experience meant that he was the ideal author for a book on how to survive in the wilderness. As he says in his preface: A quarter of a century's… Read More

Philadelphia: For E. Bronson, printed by Thos. Smith, 1802. Hardcover. Near Fine -. [2], 324 p.; 21 cm. Modern binding; black spine label with gilt-tooled spine title; flax paper dyed brown with aniline dye over acid-free boards. Caption title: Debate on the Judiciary Bill. Perforated stamp of the Wilmington Institute Free Library on first 3 leaves. Early American Imprints, ser. 2 (Shaw & Shoemaker), 3273; Cohen, Bibliography of Early American Law, 1058. Bronson's account of the debates in the U.S. Senate beginning on Jan. 4, 1802, leading to the vote to repeal the Judiciary Act of 1801, which had reorganized and expanded federal jurisdiction. A supporter of the Federalist Party, Enos Bronson (1774-1823) published the Gazette of the United States from 1801 to 1804, and, with Elihu Chauncey, The United States' Gazette for the Country from 1804 to 1818. In Near Fine- Condition: chipping to fore-edges of first two leaves; minor foxing and browning; otherwise, clean and tight.

The Lantern Press, 1925. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Cloth-backed blue paper boards, with pictorial label on front cover; enclosed in publisher's paper-covered slipcase. San Francisco: The Lantern Press, 1925. First Edition. Deluxe Issue. Limited to 50 numbered copies printed on Japan vellum and signed by the author. This copy #33. Spine slightly faded; with vintage bookstore label on rear pastedown; signatures uncut. Slipcase lightly rubbed, with occasional board exposure and a few starting splits to joints. Very Nice.

Washington: Rufus H. Darby. Near Fine. 1894. First Edition. Hardcover. Originally published in very brittle green softcovers. This copy has been rebound in green cloth with the rare original front cover pasted-on. Hinges & text are tight & intact without foxing. Illustrated with a frontispiece photograph of the author and 28 additional full-page photographs of people, places & artifacts connected to the assassination. The author was the door keeper who was present in Ford's Theatre on the evening of April 14, 1865. US President, Civil War, Americana ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 89 pages .

1817. [New York]: Printed by Charles N. Baldwin, 1817. [New York]: Printed by Charles N. Baldwin, 1817. A New York City Counterpart to the Newgate Calendar Rogers, Daniel, Reporter. The New-York City-Hall Recorder, For the Year 1816. Containing Reports, Of the Most Interesting Trials and Decisions Which Have Arisen in the Various Courts of Judicature, For the Trial of Jury Causes in the Hall, During that Year, Particularly in the Court of Sessions. With Notes and Remarks, Critical and Explanatory. [New York]: Printed by Charles N. Baldwin, 1817. iv, 204 pp. Twelve parts with continuous pagination and drop-head titles; first part preceded by general title page. Main text in parallel columns. Octavo (9" x 6"). Twentieth-century tan buckram, gilt title and library name to spine, endpapers renewed. Moderate toning, occasional light foxing, faint dampstaining to margins in a few places, early owner signature, two small later library stamps and minor dampstain to title page, early owner mark (?) to its… Read More

New York: R. H. Russell, 1900. First Edition. Hardcover. 4vo., xxxi, 298pp.; VG; bound in publishers paper boards with tan cloth spine, gilt lettering on spine; spine shows light bug flecking, paper split over one forecorner; front board has a large cover label pasted on, bright and unrubbed; protected with a plastic covering; pages are uncut along the fore edge; minor bumping to head and tail of spine, corners; bookplate of Collin Armstrong on ffep; ; interior clean; top edge of text block gilt, others uncut; with eight plates by Parrish, plus cover picture; in uncommonly nice condition; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1336120. FP New Rockville Stock.