Louisville, Alston Mygatt, 1844.. xi [1], 335pp. Original full calf. Blind stamped cover. Gilt stamped spine.Moderate rubbing and foxing, else a very good copy. One of the most important early collections of documents relating to the Federal Constitutional Convention. The first edition printed in Kentucky. SABIN 78749, citing an earlier edition. HOWES F3. ... (more information)

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Philadelphia: Published and Sold by J. Yeager, [1816].. Large engraving, 38.5 x 50 cm., matted. Handcolored engraving, expertly laid down on another sheet. Trimmed close at margin, else very good. One of the earliest and most striking of views of the Battle of New Orleans, published by the Philadelphia engraver, Joseph Yeager, in November 1816. This is the first state of the print, without the added caption but with the figure of Gen. Lambert weeping into a handkerchief next to the fallen Packenham. The pri... (more information)

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Boston. 1862.. 267pp. Original cloth. Front joint splitting, some chipping at spine extremities, front board warped and dampstained affecting top margin of contents throughout, some tanning. A sound copy Inscribed: "To the Attorney General in the Qeen [sic] v. William Palmer 1856 - from G.A. Somerby, Boston, Mass. U.S." The DNB devotes a long article to the character and celebrated case of William Palmer, the notorious "Rugeley poisoner." Palmer was tried at the Old Bailey on May 14, 185... (more information)

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London. 1875.. Two volumes. xii,370;[2],390pp. plus map and ads. Frontispiece portrait in each volume. Original cloth. Extremities worn, ex-lib. with shelf labels, bookplates, blind and rubber stamps. Hinges of vol. II cracking, occasional foxing. Good. Later edition of this popular work, first published in 1874, one of many, many works by Yonge. Includes accounts of visits to the Loyalty, New Hebrides, Northern New Hebrides, Shepherd, Oanuta, Tikopia, Banks, Santa Cruz archipelago, Solomon, and Sikania isl... (more information)

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Montreal. 1859.. 29,[7]pp. including ads and illustrations. 16mo. Original printed wrappers. Lightly soiled, else near fine. The illustrations include St. Lawrence Hall in Montreal, Russells' Hotel in Quebec, and Union Hall in Saratoga. Lists public buildings, churches, and the grandest hotels. The rear wrapper bears an advertisement for the United States Express mentioning that "it is also contemplated at an early day to extend its line Westward to Pike's Peak and the gold fields of Western Kansas.&qu... (more information)

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[New York. 1819].. [21]-38pp. Dbd. A very good copy. Revised by-laws for the Medical Society of the County of New York, originally bound with STATUTES REGULATING THE PRACTICE OF PHYSIC AND SURGERY IN THE STATE OF NEW-YORK. The New York County Medical Society, which exists to this day, was founded in 1806 to represent Manhattan-based physicians. Scarce, not in Austin. ... (more information)

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[New York. Aug.11, 1860].. Broadside, 8 x 10 inches. Docketed on verso. Faint fold lines. Very good. A printed letter to New York Republicans, including a roll of nominated delegates to the State Convetion. The letter also advocates the re- nomination of Gov. Edwin D. Morgan. ... (more information)

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New York: Walter Heugh & Co., [1876].. [4],299pp. plus a total of [17]pp. of ads at the beginning and end of the volume. 12mo. Original blue cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Slightest wear to spine ends and corners, else a fine copy. A most attractive and informative business directory for New York City on the eve of the Gilded Age. The directory is in alphabetical order (with an extensive index) by speciality, from acetic acid to zinc statuary, with thousands of retailers listed. Feather dealers are l... (more information)

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Albany: J.B. Lyon Company, Printers, 1916.. 939pp. Old sheep, worn. Thorough report with information on repairs, constructions, and finances of New York highways as well as current and future routes. Contains many charts and tables and a couple of photographs from a construction project. ... (more information)

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[Fish-kill: Samuel Loudon, March 1, 1777].. Broadside, 8 1/2 x 11 inches. Laid down on archival paper. Very good and clean. A broadside printing of fifteen resolutions regarding the election of tax supervisors, assessors, and collectors, as well as the collection of debts due to the state or the Continental Congress via the sale of New York State loan certificates. Two of the fifteen resolutions are particularly important. The first establishes bills of credit emitted by the Continental Congress, the Provin... (more information)

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New York & Albany: Childs & Swaine/Loring Andrews, 1792, 1794, 1798, 1799.. Four volumes bound in one. xiii,[3]122,[2]; 230,[2]; xli,[1],126,[4]; [6],178pp. plus plates. Quarto. Contemporary calf, ornate gilt spine, gilt maroon morocco label. Internally bright and clean. See below for individual descriptions. A fine run of the first four parts of this pioneering society's publication, including numerous useful articles on the arts and agriculture. 1) Part I. The first volume of this eminent record o... (more information)

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New York. May 4, 1714.. [1]p. Small oblong manuscript note. Old folds, bit tanned. Very good. The note reads: "We the Grand Jurors for our Sovereign Lady the Queen upon their oath, do present that the house in the City of new york, in Duck Street, Next to the house of Mr. Samuel Bayard, is a great Nucense to the Citty, the said house (as we are informe'd) belongs to Mr. Peter Pra. Nathtt: Marston." A rather intriguing bit of colonial New Yorkiana. ... (more information)

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New York. 1826.. 74pp. Contemporary three quarter calf and boards, printed paper label. Worn, boards detached. Internally good. An appendix prints twenty-five forms for the regulating of elections, as well as "an act for the apportionment of the Members of the House of Assembly of this State, and for the arrangement of the Senate Districts." ... (more information)

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Albany. 1824.. 32pp. Gathered signatures, stitched as issued. Tanned and foxed, contemporary ownership signature on titlepage. Good, untrimmed. One of a series of laws enacted in New York State, beginning in the 1780s, designed to expedite the recovery of debts through legal measures. This one was known as the "Fifty Dollar Act." Includes the text of required forms. Not in Shoemaker. OCLC locates only one copy, in the New York State Library. Rare. OCLC 26234135. ... (more information)

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Skaneateles, N.Y. Aug. 14, 1844.. [1]pp. on bifolium sheet, integral leaf filled out for mailing and postmarked. Quarto. Light fold lines. Near fine. This notice announces a Democratic mass meeting at Skaneateles, N.Y. on Aug. 24, 1844. The featured speaker was the New York senator, Silas Wright, called by Thomas Hart Benton the "Cato of the Senate" (DAB). In 1844, Wright resigned from the Senate and was running an ultimately successful campaign for governor of New York. The notice also gives inst... (more information)

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Washington. 1826.. 20pp. Dbd. Bit foxed. Good. Prints correspondence regarding the collection of duties in various districts of the state. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 27166. ... (more information)

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Schenectada [sic]: Printed at the Reflector Office, 1836.. 93,[3]pp. 24mo. Original cloth backed paper boards, printed paper label. Some light edge wear, free endpapers lacking, else very good. Lacks the two plates. A rare traveller's guide, giving information on roads and canals in upstate New York, with details on where to stay in each town, railroads, tolls, etc., covering routes as far as Buffalo, and including Syracuse, Palmyra, Rochester and Niagara, as well as Canada and the Midwest. An interesting d... (more information)

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Schenectada [sic]: Printed at the Reflector Office, 1836.. 93,[3]pp. 24mo. Original half cloth and paper boards, paper label on spine. Hinges cracked, rubbed, scattered foxing. Lacks rear free endpaper and the two plates. Good. Later edition, after the first of 1831, of this scarce traveller's guide. It provides information on roads and canals in upstate New York, with details on where to stay in each town, railroads, tolls, etc., covering routes as far as Buffalo, and including Syracuse, Palmyra, Rochester... (more information)

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New York. 1858.. 122,[blank leaf],27pp. Tall quarto, printed wrappers, spine bit chipped, else very good. Intriguing case concerning the management and sale of real estate in the city of San Francisco. Price had invested Keyes with power of attorney to act as agent for the properties in San Francisco. A subsequent transfer of responsibility to Edmond Scott resulted in the present controversy, with Price claiming damages of $500,000 for property allegedly sold by the defendants. ... (more information)

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[New York. 1794].. Engraved sheet, 10 x 19 cm. Very good. The first or second printed view of Saratoga, New York. This appeared originally in the December, 1794 issue of the NEW YORK MAGAZINE. It shows elegantly dressed persons on a fenced lawn overlooking the river, being served by a young Black servant. ... (more information)

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