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New Jersey: Original, 1782. Original Letter. Very Good. 8 1/2 X 13 1/4 Inches. Autograph Letter Signed. Handwritten letter from Jonathan Dayton, signer of the U.S. Constitution and namesake of Dayton, Ohio, to his father, Col. Elias Dayton. Elias would later be promoted to Brig. General by Washington. Jonathan Dayton was arrested in 1807 for treason in connection with Aaron Burr's conspiracy; he was never tried, but the arrest ended his political career. This Revolutionary War date letter of particular interest as it discusses one of the major issues confronting the Continentatl Army at the time. <br /> <br /> In part: "...The particulars of the robbery of the flag you have doubtless heard. It appears by the British Officer that it was their own people, three of which from his former observation he says he shall be able to detect. Had it not been for the stupidity or knavery of the pilot, who run them on the middle grounds, the vessel would have got up that night and the mony… Read More

Norwich, CT: Original, 1793. Original Letter. Very Good. 7 1/4 X 8 1/2 Inches. Autograph Letter Signed. Important letter from Samuel Huntington, signer of the Declaration of Independence and Governor of Connecticut. In part: "I am this day honore'd with your letter of the 29th Ulto.by Capt. Robert Barry; & agreeably to your desire to have restored to him the Brig. Nancy with all the Appurtenances & Cargo that were found on board at the time she was taken into Custody by (the) Government. / With Great Respect, / I am your humble Servant / S... H..."<br /> <br /> This "copy" made in the hand of Samuel Huntington as Governor of Connecticut. Dated September 3, 1793, this letter is an important handwritten record from the close of the Citizen Genet Affair. Huntington writes to John Temple, the British Consul-General to the United States, concerning the return of an English ship siezed by illegal French privateer "Petit Democrat." <br /> <br… Read More

Lanham, MD: Roberts Rinehart Publishers, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 175 PP. First printing of this oversized homage to American Icons, both people and places. Signed by Gottlieb directly on the title-page. Includes a few poignant photos of the Twin Towers from the year they were destroyed. Original price of $40.00 intact on front flap.

Boston: D.C. Heath and Company, 1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 6 X 8 7/8 Inches. 598 PP. Syracuse University text once owned (and signed) by a 21 year old Draper Daniels! Draper is best known for his advertising career, but it is often overlooked that he quit this job in 1961 to go work for John F. Kennedy. Draper served as National export expansion coordinator United States Government, 1962-1963. Most certainly a text that would have come in handy for a student preparing himself for how to influence the minds of the American people via advertising and the press. Light discoloration to spine and some toning to original text. <br /> <br /> Draper Daniels (1913-1983), 20th Century advertising icon and model for the character "Don Draper" on AMC's "Madmen" television series. Draper was a visionary in the world of modern advertising born in the 1950's and 60's. While serving as Creative Head of Leo Burnett advertising, he is widely known for The… Read More

Nashville, TN: Marshall & Bruce, Printers to the State, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. 5 1/2 X 8 1/2 Inches. 286 PP. First printing of this early 1892 report on the the conditions of the school system in the state of Tennessee. A bit of history... The state legislature did not pass a statute providing for the establishment of secondary schools until 1885. This statute empowered "municipal corporations to levy additional taxes and to establish graded high schools." This really only benefited those living in large cities. Then, in 1891, the general assembly granted each county the option of establishing secondary school facilities. Not until 1899 did Tennessee law actually require the establishment of facilities for secondary education in each county. At the same time, there were essentially two systems in play, one for whites and one for blacks. The result was that not until about 1914 when the Rosenwald Fund money began to hit the state did public education actually become a… Read More

New York: Sanford & Patricia Smith Galleries (in Association with with The Mariners' Museum), 1984. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 12 1/4 X 9 1/4 Inches. 350 PP. Complete list of the known paintings by Jacobsen compiled by Harold S. Sniffen, Curator Emeritus at The Mariners' Museum in Newport News, VA. This copy originally offered for sale at The Mariners' Museum and bears their bookplate to inside front cover. Faux leather binding. A bit of foxing. DJ exhibits a few short closed tears and some creasing. Minor wear at edges. A very scarce list of works by possibly the most prolific maritime artist of all time.

New York: A. Lay, 1820. Early Edition. Good. 11 1/8 X 14 7/8 Inches. Single leaf broadside printed and steel engraved on laid paper. Rare early American printing of this "rebus" originally published in England in 1791. Based on Franklin's "Way to Wealth" originally printed in Poor Richard's Almanac. Published in New York by A.Lay. Rare version with bust of Franklin in fur hat and hand-colored engravings. Thicker laid paper that exhibits offsetting to rear from wood frame. Stain to lower edges. Two pinholes to top corners. A few closed tears. Complete specimen, but very brittle I am afraid. OCLC locates on one (1) copy of this version / Yale University Library.

Bellows Falls, VT: The Times Book and Job Office, 1866. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. Very Good. 3 3/4 X 6 Inches. 19 PP. Very scarce original first printing housed in the original brown paper wraps. Stated "Compiled, July 1866" on the copyright page. TEN (10) pages of church members, past and present. An invaluable record of the families between 1792 and 1866 in Townshend, Vermont. An incredibly scarce publication. ZERO copies located sold at auction and OCLC locates ZERO copies. On a "pop culture" note, the town of Townshend was the filming location for the fictional town of Redbud in the Chevy Chase film "Funny Farm."

Nashville, TN: Ladies' Hermitage Association, 1935. First Edition, First Printing. Original wraps. Very Good. 6 X 9 Inches. 48 PP. Light scuffing and wear to covers and edges.

Savannah, GA: The Beehive Press, 1997. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine. 10 1/2 C 12 1/2 Inches. Approx. 100 PP. The first book format of The Birds of Georgia by John Abbot. Abbot, a relatively well-known Naturalist, moved to the American South from England when he was 22 years old. He spent his life working in the swamps and wooded areas of Georgia, chronicling the wildlife and sending stuffed specimens and illustrations around the world. Amazingly, his bird illustrations were never published in a book format until this limited edition in 1997. <br /> <br /> Bound in original maroon publisher cloth. Housed in linen slipcase with title stamped in silver on front panel. Original prospectus laid-in. An exceptional copy of this important naturalist work on the American South.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1966. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. J.F. Lansdowne. 9 7/8 X 13 1/4 Inches. 247 PP. Profusely illustrated with beautiful full-page B/W and color illustrations by Lansdowne. Hint of wear and sunning to board edges. Price-clipped.

Boston: C.M. Clark Publishing, 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 X 7 1/2 Inches. 4442 [2] PP. Original blue cloth with gitlt title and author to cover and spine. A tale of Aaron Burr and his 1805 dream of a Kingdom in the Western United States.

Stockholm: P.A. Norstedt & Soner, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 11 1/8 X 14 1/2 Inches. 174 PP. First edition of the first serious archaeological study of the Mesa Verde and the Pueblo Indian cliff dwellings in the American Southwest. Profusely illustrated and bound in orignal printed blue paper with leather spine and tips. Translated into English by D. Lloyd Morgan. Scholarly study of the cliff dwellers of New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and Utah. 61 plates / 12 of which are double-page (25 photographs, 9 photogravures, 6 tinted lithographs, 11 sepia-tone photographs, 10 line drawings, map & 94 text figures). There was also a Swedish language issue with fewer plates. <br /> <br /> Signed and inscribed by Adolf Erik Nordenskiold, Gustaf's father and noted mineralogist and Arctic Explorer, to fellow Finnish Independence leader Konrad 'Konni" Viktor Zilliacus. Both Nordenskiold and Zilliacus were active in the struggle for independence of Finland from Russia.… Read More

Goodrich's Landing, LA: Original, 1863. Original Letters. Very Good. Important collection of six war-date letters written by Union Brigadier General John Parker Hawkins while in command of Colored Troops at Goodrich's Landing, LA. Goodrich's Landing was the name for the cotton plantation owned by Henry Goodrich that was siezed by Union troops early in the war. The site was prepared as a staging area for an eventual attack on Vicksburg. As early as 1862, escaped slaves sought refuge at Goodrich's Landing. Hawkins was promoted to Brigadier General and named to command the District of Northeastern Louisiana, with a division of colored soldiers in 1863. Every single original letter in this collection is written by Hawkins from Goodrich's Landing.<br /> <br /> John Parker Hawkins (1830 - 1914), born in Indiana, graduated 40th in the West Point class of 1852. He began the Civil War as assistant commissary in St. Louis, was promoted to chief commissary of the XIII Corps, and… Read More

Nashville, TN: Marshall & Bruce Co, 1898. First Edition. Original wraps. Good. W.G. and A.J. Thuss. 12 1/8 X 9 1/4 Inches. Original COMPLETE 12 volume set of this photographic history of the exposition. All in original stapled wraps. Issued by The Nashville American newspaper. Volume one covers loose and a bit of chipping to edges and corners. Volumes two thru eight and eleven mostly clean and tight. Volume nine exhibits some wear to spine, but is holding. Volume ten and twelve covers loose and a bit of chipping to edges and corners. While several issues do exhbit some chipping and wear to wraps, the interior of all volumes complete and very clean. Hundreds of full-page B/W photographs of downton Nashville and the exposition grounds. <br /> <br /> "0" copies of any individual volume and/or set located for sale at time of listing. "0" complete 12 volume sets in the orginal wraps located in auction records. OCLC locates "0" copies! AN EXTREMELY SCARCE… Read More

Indianapolis: Carlon & Hollenbeck, 1897. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 4 1/2 X 7 Inches. 86 PP. Stated "New, Revised and Illustrated Edition" on the copyright page. A very nice early look at the supposed domestication of the Indian Tribes in the west. Top corner of two page torn off (about 1/2 inch square of each). A few spots of bioprdation to edges and spine. An attractive copy despite the flaws.

Washington: GPO (Printed by Duff Green), 1835. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 771 PP. Original publisher full tan sheep binding, with red and black spine labels. Square and tight overall. Bookplates to endpapers and ink number "726" on title-page (a private library notation we assume). Incredibly important 1835 record of various actions against and treaties with the various Indian tribes of North America. Includes a census of the Creek nation as well as the first print appearance of several Indian treaties. Toning to text. A Very Good copy of a very rare book.

Boston: D.C. Heath & Company, 1925. Early Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 1/4 X 7 5/8 Inches. 122 PP. Presented to Gordon Story on his graduation from Little Falls Grammar School. A very attractive copy.

New York: Brentano's, 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 5 3/4 X 8 1/4 Inches. 222 PP. Original blue cloth a bit rubbed at edges and spine. Foxing and toning. $2.50 price on spine of DJ. Light wear to DJ edges and folds, but a very well preserved example. Signed, "For dear / Emily Stevens Vadenburg / whose great grandfather / Albert Gallatin was the / intimate friend and / compatriot of the / father of this young / man Elbridge Gerry - / with much love / from Annette Townsend" on the FFEP. Townsend authored the foreword to the book. An extremely nice copy with a unique and quite lovely inscription. Diary of a trip Gerry took from PA to Washington, DC.

Nashville, TN: W. Hasell Hunt & Co, 1835. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 3/8 X 8 3/4 Inches. 601 PP + 8 PP Index. Early Tennessee legal text covering cases adjudicated in the state from the first year of statehood (1796) to 1835. Allen #1210. An extremely scarce book in commerce. Of particular interest are pages 545-549, covering cases involving the ownership and treatment of Slaves in the state of Tennessee. Original period leather boards rebacked retaing remnants of original leather spine labels. Text exhibits foxing and a bit of staining here and there. Overall, a very attractive copy of this extremely scarce book.