Search Results: Titles starting with E from David M. Lesser, Fine Antiquarian Books LLC

New York: George F. Nesbitt, 1884. 44pp, stitched in original printed pink wrappers [spine repaired, wraps separated from text block, bit of light wear]. Very Good. The Coe company sold ammoniated bone super-phosphate, ammoniated dissolved bone, alkaline bone, "soluble bone," Knickerbocker ammoniated bone super-phosphate, Knickerbocker hop-grower, Ralston's potato fertilizer, Coe's excelsior guano. Testimonials, printed here, overflow with praise.

New York: A.S. Barnes & Co., 1953. xxviii, 234pp, twelve black and white photographs. Gray cloth boards with navy blue and gilt lettering on front board and spine. Light dustsoiling of spine, else Very Good.

Central City, Denver, 1879. 1. GENERAL LAWS; JOINT RESOLUTIONS, MEMORIALS, AND PRIVATE ACTS, PASSED AT THE SIXTH SESSION OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE TERRITORY OF COLORADO. CONVENED AT GOLDEN CITY, ON THE THIRD DAY OF DECEMBER, 1866.. Central City: 1867. 159, [1-index] pp. Bound in 20th century tan cloth. Text with a persistent tide mark, light institutional marks. Good+. 2. GENERAL LAWS; JOINT RESOLUTIONS, MEMORIALS, AND PRIVATE ACTS, PASSED AT THE EIGHTH SESSION OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE TERRITORY OF COLORADO. CONVENED AT DENVER, ON THE THIRD DAY OF JANUARY, 1870... Central City: 180, [1-index] [1-errata] pp. Very Good in 20th century tan cloth. 3. GENERAL LAWS; JOINT RESOLUTIONS, MEMORIALS, AND PRIVATE ACTS, PASSED AT THE TENTH SESSION OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE TERRITORY OF COLORADO. CONVENED AT DENVER, ON THE FIFTH DAY OF JANUARY, A.D. 1874... Central City: 1874. 347, [1-index] pp. Very Good in 20th century tan cloth.

[Warren County, Ohio], 1805. Small broadside, 6-1/4" x 7-1/2". Partly printed document, completed in ink manuscript, signed in ink by David Sutton, Clerk. Paper and wax seal on recto, docketed on verso. Light tanning and foxing, center fold with two short splits at ends. Very Good. The Warren County Special Court of Common Pleas was established in May 1803; David Sutton was elected as the clerk pro tempore. Sutton [1766-1834], originally from New Jersey, was one of the earliest settlers in the County. He served as clerk from 1803 to 1815, was a representative in Ohio's Legislature in 1815, 1818 and 1823; a captain in the War of 1812; and owned a tavern in Deerfield. Judge Francis Dunlavy [1761-1839] was a principal drafter of Ohio's first Constitution, and an Ohio senator. George Harlan, the first sheriff of Warren County, served from 1803 to 1805. He was also County Commissioner, Justice of the Peace, and Associate Judge of Common Pleas. William McCann, a farmer and defendant in this law suit,… Read More

London: Hatchard and Sons, 1824. Disbound, 41pp. First and last leaves lightly dusted and worn, else Very Good. The author argues that, "notwithstanding the preferential duty rate of 10s. per hundredweight enjoyed by West Indian sugar as against East Indian, the latter could be entered for internal consumption so as to afford a large profit to importers. It would be a most advantageous speculation for young men of good character and with small capital, native or European, to embark in the manufacture of sugar in Bengal." Ragatz. FIRST EDITION. Ragatz 249.

1841. 13pp, Disbound. Caption title [as issued], light to moderate fox, light to moderate wear, two pages of hand-colored illustrations, Good. Eaton's life is sketched in DAB, with emphasis on his role in the development of the science of geology in New York. Not in Sabin, AI, Eberstadt, Decker, NUC.

[[Augusta?, 1866. [4] pp. Folded. Caption title, as issued. Printed in two columns per page. Lightly foxed and worn, Good+. Pillsbury, the Democrats' candidate for Governor of Maine, had been editor of the Farmington Patriot during the Civil War. His editorial comments-- expressing "disloyal sentiments during the very crisis of his country's fate"-- disqualify him from public office. Pillsbury "charged Mr. Lincoln with deception and falsehood," called the draft unconstitutional, and otherwise "encouraged the hosts of Rebeldom." Pillsbury's opponent, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, was meanwhile in the thick of the most crucial battles of the War. His record is "WRITTEN WITH HIS OWN SWORD." "Voters of Maine!! Read them both and choose between them on the 14th of September.!" Not located on OCLC as of August 2021 or the online sites of Harvard or Bowdoin.

London: James Ridgway, 1827. Disbound. 63, [1 blank] pp. Very Good. Atkinson opposes Free Trade, identifying it with the detested French Revolution, "an apology for the adoption of the wildest theories." He advocates Protectionism based on Britain's undisputed maritime might, "out of which has grown the grandeur of England." Free Trade is destroying West Indian commerce and, indeed, is a deliberate policy intended for "the overthrow of the landowners" there. In great detail he reviews the state of British commerce with Canada, the West Indies, and that of its competitors. FIRST EDITION. Sabin 2285.

Washington, 1950. Original printed wrappers. x, 456 pp. Photo illustrations, graphs, and charts. Light shelf wear, Very Good. The Civil Defense Office "commends this publication as a source of scientific information for technical personnel engaged in civil defense planning activities. Its detailed description of the physical phenomena associated with atomic explosions provides certain basic data helpful in the preparation of practical plans for atomic warfare defense." The book treats the "principles of an atomic explosion," its physical damage, radiation and incendiary effects, decontamination, radiation sickness, genetic effects of radiation, protection of personnel. OCLC locates four copies as of January 2017, under two accession numbers.

Philadelphia: Eleazer Oswald, 1787. All 1787: February 14 and 17; July 18 and 26; August 22; November 3, 14, and 16. All folio, printed in four columns per page. Disbound, with stitch-holes along left edge. Minor wear, several mended closed tears, inner blank margins reinforced. Text clean and Very Good. Each issue consists of four pages: the first and last contain advertisements and public notices; the two inner pages print international and domestic news, often of a polemical nature. James Bowdoin, smarting from recent setbacks in his taxation plan and attempts to create a private militia, has a column denouncing the "insurgents" [February 17]. He writes again in the July 18 edition on the far less controversial subject of advantageous ways to grow corn, as learned from the British. The Gazetteer evidences a progressive bent, calling for free public education (July 18), a type of early legal aid for the poor, and donations to alleviate the misery of public prisons (August 22). The paper prints a… Read More

Tallahassee and Quincy, Florida; Charleston, Columbus, 1864. Each a single leaf, varying lengths, in ink manuscript. Occasional light wear, Very Good. Shipments of cattle and salt beef to Confederate troops in the field are the primary subject of these letters. Logistic and administrative matters, railroad availability, and other aspects of supplying the troops are discussed. Pleasants Woodson White "was born in Georgia in 1820, the son of a Methodist minister who soon moved his family to Quincy [Florida]. Young White studied at Emory and began practicing law in Quincy in 1848. He was commissioned a major in the Confederate Army in 1861 and, as Chief Commissary Officer for Florida, commanded the important depot at Quincy. In 1863, despite his attempts at secrecy, White's difficulties in supplying beef cattle to the army became known. The shortages thus revealed influenced the military campaign of 1864. White became active in politics after the war and served as Judge of the Second Judicial Circuit,… Read More

[Columbus, Ohio?, 1878. 159pp, stitched in original printed wrappers. Light wear, Good+ or so.

Lancaster [PA], 1799. 15, [1 blank] pp. Stitched as issued, untrimmed and uncut. Uniform light tanning, Near Fine. "A federalist pamphlet, advocating James Ross for Governor." Evans. FIRST EDITION. Evans 35450.

Wien, 1868. Original printed wrappers, stitched, 160pp. Wraps lightly soiled, Very Good plus. The first edition issued in 1857. "Travelled largely in the south." Howes. Much on New Orleans, with material on the Indians of the Mississippi region. Howes E159. Not in Clark, Sabin, Eberstadt, Thompson, Owen, DeRenne.

New York, 1879. 116pp, stitched and early staples; some loosening of text. Blank portions of inner lower corners chewed on first few leaves. Original printed wrappers [worn, chipped]. Blank portions of title page with remnants of old newspaper clipping. The text is otherwise quite clean. More than 20 color maps (some folding) of the various Assembly Districts. Maps in Very Good condition; overall the pamphlet is Good+. This document establishes the boundaries of the various election districts in New York City and County, and includes color maps of each.

[np, 1856. 16pp, stitched, double columns. Caption title [as issued]. Occasional mild foxing. Persistent closed tear, affecting several letters. Good+. Former Governor of Kansas Territory, appointed by President Pierce, Reeder was soon disgusted by the pro-slavery faction's voting frauds. Estranged from Pierce, he actively supported the Republican Fremont in 1856. Writing from New York in September 1856 he says, after establishing his bona fides as a loyal Democrat, "Border Ruffians of Missouri and their accomplices of the South have trampled upon the Constitution, and all the essential principles of our government, robbed Kansas of its civil liberty and right of suffrage, laid waste its territory with fire and sword, and repudiated even civilization itself." Also included in this piece are Reeder's speech in New Haven, in similar vein, and excerpts from Weston's 'Poor Whites of the South.' Not in Sabin or Eberstadt, but OCLC shows a number of institutional locations.

Springfield, Ill., 1867. Broadside, 5" x 8." Dated in typescript "Springfield, Ill., May 14, 1867. In handwriting at top margin: "Confidential." Addressed in ink handwriting to "Hon. James M. Epler." McClernand signs in type as Chairman of the Democratic Central Committee. Old horizontal folds, Near Fine. McClernand, now the Chair of the Illinois Democratic Central Committee, was Lincoln's contemporary. A Democratic Congressman, he was an ally of another Illinois politician, Stephen A. Douglas. As a Civil War general, a rank he gained largely through political maneuvering, he was considered incompetent and relieved of command in June 1863. After the War, McClernand was a leading opponent of Congressional Reconstruction. Here he warns that, if Democrats do not halt Republican inroads, "the fault will be ours, the spirit of lawlessness may be stimulated to still greater boldness, the Judiciary may be converted into a party engine, and the calamities which now distract the country may be rendered more… Read More

[Steuben County, NY?, 1829. Folio broadside, 10" x 18". Light wear, matted [easily removable]. Several old ink marks at blank bottom margin. Good+ or so. This frenetic broadside endorses Josiah Dunlap for election to the New York Assembly, and bitterly opposes Freemasons, who have circulated false charges against him. "Heed not those reports... You have to contend with men who are old in political knavery, by whose creed the end justifies the means, and who will leave no act untried to deceive you... To dupe you the enemy will assume a thousand shapes, but for all you must be prepared. Banish the foul fiend masonry from the country-- let it no longer in the legislative hall or on the bench of justice shed its baleful influence... From the moral pestilence our candidates are free, and it only needs that anti-masons should be true to the great and good cause they have espoused and the work is done, victory is ours." Dunlap was first elected to the Assembly in November 1829; he served until 1832. This… Read More

[South Kingston RI], 1847. 12-1/2" x 19," printed broadside. Narrow portions of blank margins toned. Old folds. Very Good, with a cut of runaway slaves. Printed in three columns, this scarce broadside emphasizes its anti-slavery position with cuts of three runaway slaves. Its Whig authors denounce the War with Mexico as "unjust and wicked . . . But it was not merely the amount of public money squandered in this war, it was not even the great danger to the liberties of the country from the enormous and unconstitutional powers claimed by the President, and from the system of corruption which prevailed in administration - - there was a more momentous consideration than even all these - that was the object for which the war was carried on - the EXTENSION of SLAVERY!!" The text continues with passionate exhortations to its readers, denouncing the "inhuman system of slavery," endorsing the election of Updike, and opposing his rival, Democratic Governor Thurston who, "however much he may profess to… Read More

30th Cong., 2d Sess.: HED21., 1849. 13pp, Disbound, some spotting. Good+.