Elector Certificate and Oath. by M. St. Johns; Seaborn Jones - 1867: Reconstruction Oath

Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. Washington: Printed by J.T. & L. Towers 1854. First Edition. An important speech against the repeal of the Missouri Compromise, which prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory. Not only will the repeal of the Missouri compromise be, in my judgment, a direct violation of good faith, and in entire contravention of the avowed understanding between leading men at the South and compromise men of 1850 at the North, in pursuance of which the measures of that year in Congress were to be acquiesced in as a final settlement of the slavery question, and further agitation and discussion of this subject were to be discountenanced; but it will of necessity impair confidence, and renew agitation of a more decided and alarming character than his hitherto existed. . . And I say, further, that after all those measures had been passed, a strong desire was expressed by Mr. Clay, and other leading statesmen of both political parties, North and South, that the… Read More

Washington. Department of the Interior. U.S. National Museum. Bulletin No.15. 1879. Soft cover. 8vo. 23cm, 179p., index, original printed wraps, fragile, preliminary two pages loose, damp stain along the bottom edge, rebound in quarter tan calf, gilt title on leather label along the spine, marbled boards, contents fragile, binding fine. (Ar) See Howgate above. A.B. 9439. Scientific results of the Howgate Polar Expedition to the Cumberland Sound region of Baffin Island.

London: Grant Richards, [1902[ First edition. Original color pictorial boards with cloth spine. A bit of light rubbing to extremities. Oblong quarto. With 24 color-printed engraved plates included in pagination. Toning to endpapers. Lacking rear free endpaper. A very good, clean, and bright copy of an uncommon work. Wonderful England! is a facetious and seemingly satirical exultation of British manners and culture in the Edwardian era, told in verse paired with illustrations. The verse pokes fun at the lively caricatures of model British citizens and officials: for example, a drawing of an older man in a British naval uniform eats with a spoon from jars labeled "treacle" and "golden syrup" accompanies text that reads "The first Sea-Lord performs / A most difficult feat / It is said that he tastes / All the jam for our fleet!" (p. 34).

Illustrated; with a full-page fold-out garden plan. Modern pebbled brown cloth with gilt lettering on spine. London: Published by A. Cobbett, 1838. An English pamphleteer, farmer and journalist, William Cobbett gained a reputation as a rabble rouser, famed for his political publications aimed at working class readers. He believed that reforming Parliament and abolishing the rotten boroughs would help to end the poverty of farm laborers, and he attacked the borough-mongers, sinecurists and "tax-eaters" relentlessly. He was also against the Corn Laws, a tax on imported grain and although he was not a Catholic, he became a fiery advocate of Catholic Emancipation in Britain. While supporting these more progressive policies, he was at the same time opposed to abolition. Through the seeming contradictions in Cobbett's life, his opposition to authority stayed constant.Cobbett issued numerous volumes on agriculture, encouraging the cultivation of unique flora, such as a variety of maize he named "Cobbett's… Read More

WEATHERFORD, Carole Boston. Box. Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom. Illustrated by Michele Wood. [Somerville, MA]: Candlewick [2020]. Oblong 8vo, [56]pp. Color pictorial boards. Black endpapers; color illustrations on nearly every page. A fine copy in original color pictorial dust jacket (no medal affixed). With a bookplate signed by Newbery Honor author Carole Boston Weatherford.
First edition. 2021 Newbery Honor Book! Henry Brown wrote that long before he came to be known as Box, he "entered the world a slave." Put to work as a child and passed down from one generation to the next — as property – he lost his wife and children when they were sold away out of spite. But Henry Brown found hope — and help —in the form of the Underground Railroad. And escaped enclosed in a box!

N.P.: n.p., n.d.. Nason, Thomas W.. broadside (11 by 14 1/4 inches). Signed etching by Thomas W. Nason (1889-1971). Nason was a print maker from Lyme, Connecticut, known as the "poet engraver of New England." Nason became known for his poetic and somber observations of the rural New England landscape. According to a statement on the reverse, this is a limited edition for members of the Society of Pring Connoisseurs of Alexandria, Virginia.

N.P.: n.p., 1926. print (12 1/2 by 9 1/2 inches). Signed by the artist. A print by Australian printmaker Lionel Lindsay (1874-1961). This work was completed on Lindsay's visit to Spain 1926-7. Slightly foxed near edges. Accompanied by Lindsay's booklet Santa Cruz, Toledo (Alexandria: The Society of Print Conoiseurs, 1946), which includes a frontispiece illustration of this work.

New York: The Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, 1856. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 316 pages; Fair; bound in brown cloth, spine has gilt lettering, front and back covers have embossing; binding has significant wear along the sides of the spine, with tearing, cracking, and minor detachment throughout, has severe damage at the top and bottom of the spine, with large chunks missing at both ends, has heavy discoloration, has wear along the top and bottom edges with minor fraying and bumping on the fore edge corners, front cover has pen markings; pages have heavy age toning, have crinkling and minor detachment in several locations, contains several fold out graphs; NOTE: Shelved in Room G. 1319512. Special Collections.

Apache Talking Stick (hand made)
Purchased through Lincoln India Center.
Muskrat Skull and Fur. 17 inches
In good condition.The talking stick, is a tool used in many First Nations traditions when a council is called. It allows all council members to present their Point of View. The Talking Stick is passed from person to person as they speak . Only the person holding the stick is allowed to talk during that time period.

This is "compiled from government surveys, county records, and personal investigations". Cities and Villages, the principal Streams and much topography, not heretofore obtainable". In the atlas, there are also plans of the leading Cities and Villages throughout the State, which have been carefully prepared from the official records of each". "Much information has been gleaned from conversations with the best informed people and oldest residents of the State".Reverse print recorded here and listed as H860 A