Rio de Janeiro: F.M. Ferreira, 1847.. 154,[1]pp. Half title. Dbd. Slight dust soiling. Old institutional stamp at bottom of half title. Good. Partially unopened. A collection of sentimental poesy and a scarce Brazilian imprint. Rare. Not on OCLC nor in Borba de Moraes. EBERSTADT 135:801. ... (more information)

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Washington. 1830.. 88pp. Illustrated with woodcuts. Dbd. Bit soiled, else very good. Early work on American silk culture. American Imprints notes a Philadelphia printing of the same year. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 1156 (ref). ... (more information)

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Cambridge: Welch, Bigelow, and Company, 1861.. iv,147pp., plus four plates. Photograph of the author affixed to front free endpaper. Modern half calf and paper boards, spine gilt. Old faint stain throughout, largely confined to the page edges. A good plus copy. A presentation copy, inscribed on the titlepage: "Leml. C. Richmond Esq / with affectionate regards / John D'Wolf." A photograph of D'Wolf is attached to the sheet containing the inscription. This copy is also notable for having four full-p... (more information)

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Lisbon: A.J.C. Da Cruz, 1837.. viii,12pp. Small quarto. Dbd. Internally clean and fresh. A fine copy, untrimmed. A brief manual regarding the cultivation of the nopal plant for the purpose of cochineal cultivation. The cochineal is a small bug which lives on nopal plants and yields a superb dye which was much prized until the advent of modern dyestuffs. The author's work was originally intended for developing nopal plantations in the Canary Islands. In this pamphlet, Da Cruz e Gonçalves's instruction... (more information)

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Richmond. 1864.. 22,[1]pp. 16mo. Modern half morocco and marbled boards. Old stamp on titlepage, closed tear. Tanned, else internally good. Colonel Thornton was a lawyer from Prince Edward, Virginia. He was commander of the third regiment, part of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee's Cavalry Brigade during the expedition into Maryland in 1862. He was killed in action during the Antietam Campaign in the fall of 1862. Parrish & Willingham locate fifteen copies of this Confederate military biography. PARRISH & WILLINGH... (more information)

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New London: Printed and sold at the Printing-Office [by Timothy Green], [1772].. [24]pp., including woodcut illustration of an eclipse of the moon on titlepage. 12mo. Dbd. Titlepage and last page heavily soiled. Browned and soiled internally. A fair copy. A scarce late colonial Connecticut almanac attributed to Nathan Daboll. Almanacs attributed on the titlepage to Freebetter were published in New London between 1772 and 1792, but NAIP records only the 1772 almanac as compiled by Edmund Freebetter. In addit... (more information)

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New London: Printed and sold by T. Green, [1774].. [32]pp. including a woodcut portrait of Jonathan Shipley on the titlepage and a woodcut of a lunar eclipse on p.[32]. Later stitching. Original stab holes in inner margin. Titlepage and last page agetoned and soiled. Moderate agetoning and soiling internally. A good copy. A Revolutionary- era Connecticut almanac with a white-line woodcut portrait of Dr. Jonathan Shipley entitled "The Patriotic Bishop." Twelve pages in this almanac reprint Shipley'... (more information)

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New London: Printed and sold by T. Green, [1776].. [24]pp. including woodcut celestial illustration on titlepage. Dbd. Contemporary manuscript inscriptions on each of the twelve calendar pages plus one additional page of text. A very good copy. A Revolutionary-era Connecticut almanac attributed to Nathan Daboll. Almanacs attributed on the titlepage to Edmund Freebetter were published in New London between 1772 and 1792, but NAIP records only the 1772 almanac as actually compiled by him. In addition to the c... (more information)

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New London: Printed and sold by T. Green, [1777].. [20]pp. including woodcuts of solar and lunar eclipses on titlepage and woodcut anatomical illustration with astrological references on p.[2]. Dbd. Moderately agetoned, foredge slightly worn (just touching printed area of titlepage). Contemporary inscriptions on titlepage and each of the twelve calendar pages, some ink inscriptions with bleeding. A good copy, housed in a half-calf clamshell box, spine gilt. A Revolutionary-era Connecticut almanac containing... (more information)

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[Np. nd, ca. 1845-1855].. Two sixth-plate (2 3/4 x 3 1/4 inches) and one quarter- plate (3 3/4 x 4 1/4 inches) daguerreotypes. All three in original velvet-lined patterned- leather cases, original clasps intact. Front cover of one case detached, but present. Some spotting on the images, but on the whole in very good condition. An attractive collection of three daguerreotype portraits of one Saul B. Smith, who apparently traveled to China, and to California during the Gold Rush. The images show Smith at thre... (more information)

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Waterbury, Ct.: American Office, [ca. 1850].. Broadside, 12 x 10 inches. Printed decorative border. Two tiny chips in right border. Very good. A handsome, boldly printed broadside announcing the limited-time services of daguerreotypist E.S. Hayden. Spaces for town and location of rooms are left blank. A nice display piece, utilizing a variety of typefaces. OCLC locates only four copies, at the Connecticut Historical Society, New York Historical Society, Harvard, and SMU. OCLC 19697373. ... (more information)

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St. Paul: Published Monthly by the Dakota Mission, May 1851.. 4pp. printed in three columns. Illus. Quarto. Dbd. Old crease marks, tanned, else generally quite good. This is a single issue, Vol. 1, No. 7, of the very rare Dakota Mission periodical. The text in this issue is partly in English and partly in the Dakota language. Articles in this number include "Gatherings from the Traditionary History of the Mdewakanntonwan Dakotas," reports on deaths by freezing, notes on the earliest history of the... (more information)

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St. Paul: Published by the Dakota Mission, November 1850 - August 1852.. A total of eighteen issues, each 4pp. Ten quarto issues from Vol. 1, printed in three columns; eight folio issues from Vol. 2, printed in four columns. Illus. The issues from Vol. 1 interleaved and string- tied, issues from Vol. 2 also interleaved. Edge wear and some tanning to the exterior leaves. A couple faint old stains in each of the gatherings. On the whole, quite clean and in very good condition. A nearly complete run of this ve... (more information)

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Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co., 1927.. Folding map. 29" x 12". Fine. In original 16mo. printed folder. Handsome detailed railroad map of North Dakota, with routes outlined in color. ... (more information)

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[Deadwood, S.D. 1904].. Broadside, 18 x 12 1/2 inches. Tanned and brittle. Moderate edge wear. Fair only, due to the friable paper. A broadside exposé which asserts that the election of E. MacDonald as mayor of Deadwood is a sham, and that the office is being controlled by one Nathan Franklin. Franklin, the scion of one of two influential Deadwood families, also operated the Franklin Hotel, one of the city's best-known landmarks. A scarce imprint from this Wild West town. Not on OCLC. ... (more information)

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[Mitchell, S.D.]: Dakota Territory Centennial Commission, 1961.. iii-vii,468pp. plus two folding maps. Profusely illustrated. Frontispiece. Quarto. Original pictorial cloth. Map endpapers. Signed. Fine. A compelling overview of the history of the Dakota territory, with many photographs, including Buffalo Bill and other notables. Includes a history of the role of the Dakotas in the Civil War. ... (more information)

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[Washington. 1886].. 90pp. Modern buckram, spine gilt. Very good. Contains the debate in the U.S. House of Representatives over the admission of South Dakota into the Union, containing the arguments made for and against statehood. This report includes much in the way of statistics on South Dakota, its history, resources, government, etc. The territory gained statehood in 1889. ... (more information)

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Aberdeen, S.D.: State Historical Society, 1902.. 489pp. plus numerous illustrations and maps. Portrait frontis. Original blue cloth, gilt stamped spine. Stamp on front pastedown. Slightly rubbed. A good copy. With biographies of several South Dakota governors, a treatment of the Organic Act, and the official correspondence of the Leavenworth Expedition. Also, with an important article on military posts on the upper Missouri River. ... (more information)

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Watertown, S.D. 1901.. Oblong octavo. Three quarter leatherette and cloth. Spine extremities bit chipped, else a very good copy. A photographic guide to two evidently flourishing South Dakota counties, depicting all manner of businesses and institutions, including hotels, banks, barber shops, clothing stores, doctors' offices, churches and farms, as well as residences of prominent citizens. A charming South Dakota historical record. The NUC locates only one copy, at the University of South Dakota. ... (more information)

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Bismarck: 1887-99.. Eight volumes. Bindings vary, sheep and sheep and boards. Hinges mostly cracked or worn, leather dried out. Consistent and clean internally. Overall sound. A sound set of South Dakota legislative records, including the last two sessions of the "legislative assembly" and the first six sessions of the "legislature" after statehood was granted. The laws and bills vary in topic from artesian wells, to boundary clarification, to railroads, taxes and health issues. As time ... (more information)

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