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WM. LLOYD GARRISON TO CHAS. SUMNER. REVIEW OF THE SENATOR'S CAREER. GREELEYISM EXPOSED! THE BEARINGS OF THE PRESENT CAMPAIGN!

WM. LLOYD GARRISON TO CHAS. SUMNER. REVIEW OF THE SENATOR'S CAREER. GREELEYISM EXPOSED! THE BEARINGS OF THE PRESENT CAMPAIGN!

by Garrison, William Lloyd

[np, 1872. Large 8vo, 8pp. Caption title [as issued]. Folded, uncut, Fine. Disgusted with official corruption, Senator Sumner opposed President Grant's 1872 bid for re-election and instead supported the Liberal Republican Horace Greeley. In that cause, Sumner used his considerable prestige as a pre-War abolitionist to persuade newly enfranchised African-Americans to vote for Greeley. Garrison, backed by General John Dix and James G. Blaine, berates Sumner for his petulant, short-sighted decision.... Read more about this item
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£281.05
SPEECH BY E.L. RUSSELL, ELECTOR OF THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, DELIVERED AT THE OPENING OF THE CAMPAIGN, AT DEER PARK. MR. CHAIRMAN AND FELLOW CITIZENS:..

SPEECH BY E.L. RUSSELL, ELECTOR OF THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, DELIVERED AT THE OPENING OF THE CAMPAIGN, AT DEER PARK. MR. CHAIRMAN AND FELLOW CITIZENS:..

by Russell, E[dward] L[afayette]

[Mobile?, 1888. 16pp, stitched. Caption title, as issued. Toned, Good+. Russell served in the Confederate Army, then practiced law, became general counsel to the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, and was active in post-War Democratic Party politics [National Cyclopedia of American Biography]. Here he endorses the Democratic presidential ticket of Cleveland and Thurman. This was Grover Cleveland's bid for re-election to the presidency. His victory in 1884 was the Democrats' first since the War. His actions... Read more about this item
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£220.83
THE LETTERS OF ALGERNON SYDNEY, IN DEFENCE OF CIVIL LIBERTY AND AGAINST THE ENCROACHMENTS OF MILITARY DESPOTISM, WRITTEN BY AN EMINENT CITIZEN OF VIRGINIA, AND FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER IN 1818-19. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, IN AN APPENDIX, THE REMARKS OF MR. RITCHIE AS REFERRED TO BY THE AUTHOR OF "ALGERNON SYDNEY" IN PAGE 30 OF THIS PAMPHLET. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE PRESENT PUBLISHER

THE LETTERS OF ALGERNON SYDNEY, IN DEFENCE OF CIVIL LIBERTY AND AGAINST THE ENCROACHMENTS OF MILITARY DESPOTISM, WRITTEN BY AN EMINENT CITIZEN OF VIRGINIA, AND FIRST PUBLISHED IN THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER IN 1818-19. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, IN AN APPENDIX, THE REMARKS OF MR. RITCHIE AS REFERRED TO BY THE AUTHOR OF "ALGERNON SYDNEY" IN PAGE 30 OF THIS PAMPHLET. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE PRESENT PUBLISHER

by [Leigh, Benjamin W.]

Richmond: Printed and Published by T.W. White, 1830. viii, [1]-49, [1 blank], [55]-65, [1 blank] pp [as issued]. Bound into attractive modern two-toned cloth. Scattered foxing, Good+. "An arraignment of General Andrew Jackson" [Swem], accusing him of "a temper at once vindictive and tyrannical," of offering "the bribe of governmental patronage," and charging him with a brazen effort "to enslave the Press, and thereby corrupt the very fountain of public liberty." The passage of time has not altered... Read more about this item
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£401.50
At Home with the Presidents

At Home with the Presidents

by Blodgett, Bonnie & D.J. Price

New York: Overlook Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. navy cloth. Fine in fine dust wrapper. 256 pages. 125 black and white photographs and drawings, and fifty-eight color photographs. Index. An architectural and social tour. Bookplate.
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£28.10
GEN. SCOTT'S GRAND REVIEW MARCH

GEN. SCOTT'S GRAND REVIEW MARCH

by Glover, S[tephen]

Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co. 277 Washington St., 1861. 9-1/2" x 13-1/4." [6], [1 blank] pp. J.H. Bufford's Lithograph on title page, a color portrait of a seated Scott, in full military uniform under a canopy of the American flag. Light foxing, Very Good. Music only, no words, and probably printed in 1861. It was featured in 'Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature', August 10, 1861, page 152, as one of Oliver Ditson & Co.'s latest publications, and notes the richly colored, lifelike... Read more about this item
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£361.35
NEW-HAMPSHIRE PATRIOT --- EXTRA. CONCORD, NOV. 26, 1827. PLANS OF THE WASHINGTON CAUCUS AGENTS PARTIALLY DEVELOPED!!

NEW-HAMPSHIRE PATRIOT --- EXTRA. CONCORD, NOV. 26, 1827. PLANS OF THE WASHINGTON CAUCUS AGENTS PARTIALLY DEVELOPED!!

by [Morril, David L.]

[Concord, NH, 1827. Folio broadside, 10" x 15", printed in double columns. Mounted in cardboard frame, old folds, light scattered foxing. A couple of very small paper defects affecting a few letters. Else Very Good. This Extra has a number of obscure references, doubtless familiar only to a very few aficionados of early New Hampshire politics. But its focus is an attack on Samuel Bell, now an anti-Jackson, pro-John Quincy Adams U.S. Senator from New Hampshire, and more recently its Democratic Governor.... Read more about this item
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£401.50
AN ADDRESS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS CHARITABLE FIRE SOCIETY, AT THEIR ANNUAL MEETING, MAY 29, 1795. BY...VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIETY

AN ADDRESS TO THE MEMBERS OF THE MASSACHUSETTS CHARITABLE FIRE SOCIETY, AT THEIR ANNUAL MEETING, MAY 29, 1795. BY...VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIETY

by Minot, George Richards

Boston: From the Orrery Press: Printed by Alexander Martin, 1795. 23, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, scattered light foxing and light wear, Good+. Minot was the leading historian of Massachusetts, especially of Shays' Rebellion, and a founder of the Massachusetts Historical Society. This pamphlet prints the Society's Act of Incorporation at pages 13-14; and names of Subscribers alphabetically at pages 15-23, including Paul Revere, Jeremy Belknap, James Bowdoin, and other eminences. Minot discusses the... Read more about this item
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£200.75
THE CONTRAST: OR, PLAIN REASONS WHY WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON SHOULD BE ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AND WHY MARTIN VAN BUREN SHOULD NOT BE RE-ELECTED. BY AN OLD DEMOCRAT

THE CONTRAST: OR, PLAIN REASONS WHY WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON SHOULD BE ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, AND WHY MARTIN VAN BUREN SHOULD NOT BE RE-ELECTED. BY AN OLD DEMOCRAT

by [Election of 1840]

New York: James P. Giffing, 1840. 16pp, caption title [as issued]. Stitched. Lightly toned. Couple of fox spots on last leaf. Two full-page engraved illustrations. Very Good. The pamphlet's illustrations: 'Harrison and Prosperity,' depicting a happy and industrious populace; and 'Van Buren and Ruin,' portraying a deeply depressed community, with a fat and happy manager of the Sub Treasury Office, and an elaborately uniformed Standing Army in the background. Harrison's sturdy character, patriotism,... Read more about this item
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£301.12
SKETCHES OF THE CIVIL AND MILITARY SERVICES OF WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON

SKETCHES OF THE CIVIL AND MILITARY SERVICES OF WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON

by Todd, Charles S. and Benjamin Drake

Cincinnati: U.P. James, 1840. 16mo. Original printed wrappers [spotted, spine worn], some corners turned. Stitched. Scattered light spotting, light wear. 165pp. Good+. The first edition. The book was commissioned by the Harrison Committees of Cincinnati and Louisville. Thirteen chapters treat his life. The book is quite scarce in wrappers. Miles wrote that all copies which he examined had been rebound. Howes T283. Miles 145. Thomson 152. 107 Eberstadt 162.
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£200.75
THE WHIG CHARGE OF INTOLERANCE AGAINST THE NEW HAMPSHIRE DEMOCRACY AND GEN. FRANKLIN PIERCE

THE WHIG CHARGE OF INTOLERANCE AGAINST THE NEW HAMPSHIRE DEMOCRACY AND GEN. FRANKLIN PIERCE

by Election of 1852

Boston: Beals, Greene & Co., 1852. Disbound, 24pp, printed in double columns. Light wear, Very Good. The 1852 presidential campaign, pitting the Democrat Pierce against the Whig Scott, featured an unseemly competition for the votes of Irish Catholic immigrants. Whigs, who were at a disadvantage in this contest, charged Pierce with being an anti-Catholic bigot. "The object of the Scott politicians in making the charge of intolerance at this time, against General Pierce, is to obtain the Catholic vote.... Read more about this item
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£200.75
GENERAL M'CLELLAN'S DREAM

GENERAL M'CLELLAN'S DREAM

by Bradshaw, Wesley

[Washington?]: Daily News Job Office, 1861. Broadside, printed in two columns with ornamental border, on pink paper. 8 3/4" x 13." Light wear, trimmed to border, Very Good. A bizarre broadside, evidently printed in several locales, all of them rare. George Washington appears to General McClellan in a vivid dream. The apparition admonishes, "There will be no more Bull Run affairs." A great future is predicted for the United States. Not in Bartlett, Nevins, Eberstadt, Decker, Sabin, NUC. OCLC 36823792... Read more about this item
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£602.25
UNITED STATES TELEGRAPH- EXTRA

UNITED STATES TELEGRAPH- EXTRA

by Green, Duff

Washington: Green & Jarvis, 1828. Volume I, No. 1 - No. 32, plus No. 35, plus 4-page index. March 1, 1828 - October 18, 1828, November 8, 1828. Each issue 16 pages. Scattered foxing, some ink underlining and light wear. Inner corner of first issue with a tear and some loss. Good+, in contemporary half sheep and marbled boards. Duff Green was a devoted Jacksonian whose 'Telegraph' focused entirely on the election of Andrew Jackson and the defeat of President John Quincy Adams. It details the... Read more about this item
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£301.12
You Can't Spell America Without Me: The Really Tremendous Inside Story Of My Fantastic First Year as President Donald J. Trump A So-called Parody

You Can't Spell America Without Me: The Really Tremendous Inside Story Of My Fantastic First Year as President Donald J. Trump A So-called Parody

by Baldwin, Alec & Andersen, Kurt

NSW Australia: Ebury Press. 2017. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Colour photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 246 pages. . 1st thus. Trade Paperback.
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£7.32
VOICE OF SUFFOLK!!

VOICE OF SUFFOLK!!

by Antimasonic Party in Massachusetts

[Boston?, 1834. Broadside, folio, 11 1/4" x 16". Light edge wear, printed in four columns. Very Good. "Boston Daily Advocate.... Extra." A rare broadside urging election of Antimasonic candidates for Governor and other State offices. John Bailey was the Party's choice for Governor [he would lose, and die in the following year]. The broadside, signed in type by Chairman Abner Phelps and Secretary George Gibson, relies heavily on the antimasonic views of John Quincy Adams, who is quoted abundantly.... Read more about this item
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£481.80
ADDRESS OF THE JACKSON STATE CONVENTION TO THE PEOPLE OF MARYLAND, ON THE LATE AND APPROACHING ELECTION OF PRESIDENT

ADDRESS OF THE JACKSON STATE CONVENTION TO THE PEOPLE OF MARYLAND, ON THE LATE AND APPROACHING ELECTION OF PRESIDENT

by [Jackson, Andrew]

Baltimore: Printed at the Jackson Press, 1827. 19, [1] pp. Large 8vo. Untrimmed, partly loosened, some dusting. Good+. Listing the Members of the Jackson State Convention of the People of Maryland [headed by Roger B. Taney], this unusual pamphlet is an angry blast at the two miscreants who stole the election from Jackson in 1824: John Quincy Adams, who won in the electoral college though Jackson had the popular plurality; and Henry Clay, whose cunning and unscrupulous intrigue handed Adams the plums... Read more about this item
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LETTERS ADDRESSED TO THE FRIENDS OF FREEDOM AND THE UNION, BY "HAMPDEN. " ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE NEW YORK 'EVENING POST'

LETTERS ADDRESSED TO THE FRIENDS OF FREEDOM AND THE UNION, BY "HAMPDEN. " ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE NEW YORK 'EVENING POST'

by [Jervis, J.B.]

New York: Wm. C. Bryant & Co., Printers, 1856. 20pp, stitched. Title page lightly foxed, else Very Good. Jervis, "well known to the whole country for his important achievements as a Civil Engineer," was a Democrat until the 1856 elections. He concludes that "slavery and freedom are antagonistic." Indeed, "the slaveholders are now the basis of an aristocracy, already bold and exacting, that must, if not checked, subvert the long cherished principles of individual freedom." In Kansas the "Buchanan... Read more about this item
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THE ROUGH AND READY. CONCORD, SATURDAY, JAN. 16, 1847. VOL. 1, NO. 5

THE ROUGH AND READY. CONCORD, SATURDAY, JAN. 16, 1847. VOL. 1, NO. 5

by Osgood, True

Concord, 1847. Folio, folded to 4pp, printed in four columns per page. Cut of General Taylor in the midst of a battle, with the legend, "If the enemy oppose my march, in whatever force, I shall fight him." Some old folds and a couple of small holes affecting a couple of letters, else Very Good. 'The Rough and Ready,' a short-lived periodical, supported the Mexican War and denounced the "treasonable" conduct of the opposition. Despite its title, a respectful term referring to the Whig General and future... Read more about this item
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£281.05
A TREATISE ON THE LAW OF CONSOLIDATION OF RAILROAD COMPANIES; BEING AN ARGUMENT IN THE CASE OF JULIUS WADSWORTH, OF NEW YORK, ET AL. VERSUS CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, WILLIAM B. OGDEN, ET AL. IN THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, HON. DAVID DAVIS, OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, PRESIDING

A TREATISE ON THE LAW OF CONSOLIDATION OF RAILROAD COMPANIES; BEING AN ARGUMENT IN THE CASE OF JULIUS WADSWORTH, OF NEW YORK, ET AL. VERSUS CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, WILLIAM B. OGDEN, ET AL. IN THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS, HON. DAVID DAVIS, OF THE U.S. SUPREME COURT, PRESIDING

by Anthony, Elliott

Chicago: Beach & Barnard, Printers, 14 South Clark Street, 1865. xvi, 288 pp. Bound in modern cloth, with spine title stamped in gilt. A clean and bright text. Near Fine. Anthony, who as a student read law with Timothy Dwight, moved to Illinois in 1852. He quickly rose in the Illinois Bar, was elected City Attorney and Corporation Counsel, and was counsel to the Galena and Chicago United Railroad. When that Road amalgamated with the Chicago and Northwestern, the nonconsenting stockholders and... Read more about this item
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£401.50
THE CONTRAST; OR, MILITARY CHIEFTAINS AND POLITICAL CHIEFTAINS

THE CONTRAST; OR, MILITARY CHIEFTAINS AND POLITICAL CHIEFTAINS

by [Baylies, Francis]

Albany: Printed by D. M'Glashan, 1828. 26, [2 blank] pp, disbound. Light spotting, a few old ink corrections, minor chipping of fore-edge of outer leaves. Good+. "This publication was first made, in numbers, through the medium of the Albany Argus." It rebuts the argument, made most particularly by Henry Clay, that Andrew Jackson's martial character disqualified him for the presidency. It denounces Clay for his support of John Quincy Adams for the presidency in 1824, and his refusal to heed the Kentucky... Read more about this item
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PROCEEDINGS OF THE DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION, COMPOSED OF DELEGATES FROM THE SEVERAL DISTRICTS AND PARISHES OF THE STATE OF SOUTH- CAROLINA, ASSEMBLED AT COLUMBIA, ON THE 22D MAY, 1843

PROCEEDINGS OF THE DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION, COMPOSED OF DELEGATES FROM THE SEVERAL DISTRICTS AND PARISHES OF THE STATE OF SOUTH- CAROLINA, ASSEMBLED AT COLUMBIA, ON THE 22D MAY, 1843

by South Carolina

Columbia: Printed at the "South Carolinian" Office, 1843. 21, [3 blanks] pp. Stitched in original printed wrappers [blank lower corner clipped]. Lightly foxed, Very Good. Whitemarsh Seabrook was President of the Convention, whose attendees are listed here. The Convention was called in order to nominate "JOHN CALDWELL CALHOUN to the first office in the gift of the American people." An Address of the Convention of South-Carolina to the Democratic Republican Party of the United States, printed here,... Read more about this item
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£481.80
THE ENQUIRER MANUAL AND POLITICAL REGISTER FOR 1867

THE ENQUIRER MANUAL AND POLITICAL REGISTER FOR 1867

by Ohio Enquirer

Cincinnati: Enquirer Buildings, 247 Vine Street, 1867. Original printed wrappers. 120pp. Full-page portrait of George Pendleton, Ohio Copperhead and McClellan's running mate in the 1864 presidential election; many advertisements from local merchants, some illustrated. Wraps lightly spotted and worn, else Very Good. Contemporary signature, 'H. [?] Swearengen', on front wrapper. A Democratic publication's effort to turn the tide against Republican domination of Reconstruction. Its 'History of the Last... Read more about this item
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£401.50
AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, 9 MARCH 1835, FROM WASHINGTON, TO WILLIAM OR FRANCIS BAYLIES, DISCUSSING RELATIONS WITH FRANCE, POLITICAL MATTERS, AND PERSONAL SENTIMENTS

AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, 9 MARCH 1835, FROM WASHINGTON, TO WILLIAM OR FRANCIS BAYLIES, DISCUSSING RELATIONS WITH FRANCE, POLITICAL MATTERS, AND PERSONAL SENTIMENTS

by Wool, John E

Folio sheet, folded to 4pp, about 25 lines of ink manuscript on each pages [1] and [2]. Final leaf is blank. One archivally repaired short closed tear [no loss], Very Good. When he wrote this informative Letter, Brigadier General Wool, the Army's Inspector-General, was on official business in Washington. During the course of Wool's long career-- which included service in the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the Civil War-- he earned a well-deserved reputation as an extraordinarily capable soldier and... Read more about this item
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£481.80
THE SOFTS THE TRUE DEMOCRACY OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK. MAY 25TH, 1856

THE SOFTS THE TRUE DEMOCRACY OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK. MAY 25TH, 1856

by New York Democratic Party

New York, 1856. 72pp. Disbound, light dusting and foxing, light wear. Good+. A scarce explanation of New York's arcane, hard-fought feuds within the Democratic Party: "Hards" vs. "Softs," "Hunkers" vs. "Barnburners." As the slavery crisis heated, New York Democrats who inclined toward the Free Soil policies of Martin Van Buren came to be known as Barnburners, because they allegedly would destroy the Party [burn the barn down] in their zeal to defeat slavery. "Regular" Democrats were "Hunkers," for... Read more about this item
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£281.05
CIRCULATE. ] [PUBLISHED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE NATIONAL AND JACKSON DEMOCRATIC ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE.| GENERAL TAYLOR'S TWO FACES. 'LOOK UPON THIS PICTURE AND THEN UPON THIS'

CIRCULATE. ] [PUBLISHED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE NATIONAL AND JACKSON DEMOCRATIC ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE.| GENERAL TAYLOR'S TWO FACES. 'LOOK UPON THIS PICTURE AND THEN UPON THIS'

by Election of 1848

[Washington, 1848. 8pp, printed in double columns, caption title [as issued]. Disbound, else Very Good. A scarce 1848 campaign pamphlet, attacking Whig presidential candidate Zachary Taylor, who "has no political principles, and is perfectly ignorant upon political matters." On the burning issue of the Wilmot Proviso-- whether slavery ought to exist in the territories acquired from Mexico-- Taylor is a hypocrite: "At the North, he is represented to be in favor of the Wilmot Proviso." But "at the South... Read more about this item
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£200.75
The Hermitage Home of Old Hickory

The Hermitage Home of Old Hickory

by Horn, Stanley Fitzgerald

Richmond: Garrett & Massie, 1938. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. salmon cloth. Very good in ragged dust wrapper. 225 pp. 8vo, forty-one illustrations and four drawings. Index. KARPEL B960. "According to Talbot Hamlin, this is `an adequate monograph on an important house, largely from the historical point of view,' with good illustrations of the house.
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£24.09