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

St. Clairsville [OH]: Printed by Horton J. Howard, 1833. 342pp. Later 19th century or early 20th century half red morocco and marbled boards, and marbled endpapers. Spine title stamped in gilt, spine decorations, raised spine bands. Very Good. A poem, beginning with the "epic story" of "Napoleon's Russian campaign." It "terminates with his departure for Elba." FIRST EDITION. AI 18967 [5].

Philadelphia, 1838. [4], 176 pp. Disbound without covers, Good+. "In May, 1833, I was appointed secretary of the treasury; and in September following was removed from office, because I would not, prior to the meeting of Congress, transfer the public deposites from the U.S. bank to state banks... I would have remained silent, if the President himself had not become my assailant on the 19th of November, 1833." Duane's book is offered, "not only for the protection of my own fame, but as a mark of my respect for public opinion." FIRST EDITION. Sabin 21001. AI 50141 [4].

Richmond, 1888. 72pp. Stitched, untrimmed, in original printed wrappers. Light extremity wear to the wraps, else about Fine. A Virginia Whig, Stuart had opposed secession "until the last." Appleton. His efforts were largely responsible for the 'redemption' of Virginia from military rule. Here he tells the story of Virginia's Reconstruction. Haynes 17826.

Frankfort, Ky: Hodges, 1842. Original paper over boards [some rubbing] with original paper title label on front board. Rebacked in morocco, with title stamped in gilt on spine. 152pp, light wear, else Very Good. "The wholly believable and well expressed account of the young author's disastrous military campaign, capture and adoption by the Indians, and, most cruel of all, his imprisonment in Canada." Streeter. "A first-hand account of the massacre of Kentucky forces at River Raisin in Michigan during the War of 1812, including the author's experiences as a prisoner, held by the British and Native Americans." Siebert Sale. It recounts "the adventures of the Volunteers from Kentucky under the command of Cols. Allen, Lewis and Scott, who were called to the relief of Fort Wayne. Their route was from Georgetown, Ky. to Cincinnati, thence through the State of Ohio, by way of Piqua." Thomson. FIRST EDITION. Howes A366. II Streeter Sale 1082. Siebert Sale 401. Graff 103. Field 52. Thomson 47.

Each printed London: J. Debrett, 1783. Two separately issued volumes bound together: [1], [1 blank], 112; [1], [1 blank], xvi, [6], 260 pp. Errata slip laid down at bottom of page 260, Folding Table. Untrimmed. Bound in quarter sheep and marbled paper over boards [lightly rubbed, front board detached]. A Very Good copy of each of these dueling pamphlets. The Cornwallis pamphlet lacks the final four pages of advertisements collated by Howes and Adams. Private bookplate on front pastedown. This is the first edition of Cornwallis's defense of his actions in the disastrous Yorktown campaign, and the fifth edition of Clinton's Narrative [the first six editions all printed in 1783]. The Narrative "Consists primarily of the correspondence between Cornwallis and Clinton, 18 Jan. to 18 Aug. 1781" [Adams]. Their heated pamphlet war resulted from the attempt of each to blame the other for the British defeat at Yorktown. Clinton, Commander of the British forces in America, says Cornwallis was at fault;… Read More

[Philadelphia: John Adams & Co. Printers]. Sold by Thomas Dobson, 1811. vii, 238pp. Original calf [rubbed, rebacked in calf with gilt-lettered morocco spine label]. Presentation by author on front flyleaf, "John Evans respectfully presents to the Library Company of Philadelphia, Philada. 1814." Bookplate on front pastedown of the Library Company of Philadelphia numbered 7461 [with its duplicate release rubberstamp]. Very Good. Evans presents the facts of the suit against the Overseers of the Society of Friends. His preface exposes the attacks on his good name "resulting from the wanton exercise of uncontrouled ecclesiastical power!" Evans had been a trustee of the bankrupt estate of John Field, who complained of Evans's conduct to the Overseers of the Meeting. The court case and ecclesiastical proceedings, as well as the arbitrary behavior of the Overseers, are reviewed in overwhelming detail. The rear endpaper is filled with a holograph signed, and entirely written in ink, by Evans which reads:… Read More

New York: J.R. Winser, 1851. Original printed wrappers, Disbound. Clipped presentation inscription to Hon. William Kent. Very Good. Anthon's vindication of his conduct, written after the University dismissed him as Professor, claiming that he was shunned as an outsider [a Columbia man] who insisted on higher standards than those prevailing at the City University. Anthon came from a family of classical scholars, some of whom are written up in DAB. FIRST EDITION. Sabin 1672a. 17 NUC 0343204 [9]. Not in Eberstadt, Decker.

New-York: Published by Harper & Brothers, 1835. Vol. I: [1], xiv, [9]-336pp. Vol. II: vi, [9]-362, [1] pp. Bound in publisher's decorative cloth with gilt-lettered spine [sunned, corners bumped, gutters and spine ends chipped]. A generally clean and bright text. Good+. With much information on travel in the east and midwest, Shakers, Hicksites, slavery, Buffalo, Cleveland, other midwestern cities, female academies, colleges, manners and customs. FIRST EDITION. AI 33935 [5].

New York: Denniston and Cheetham, 1802. 72pp, disbound, loosening, light tanning. Early ownership signature in top margin of title page. Good+. Cheetham, notorious pamphleteer and journalist, edited the Democratic-Republicans' newspaper in New York, whose bitterly partisan politics involved Burr [then Jefferson's Vice President], Clinton, and Hamilton factions. Cheetham regularly attacked Burr, and does so here, saying that "there is about his actions a cunning, a sort of legerdemain, which, while it defies conclusive proof, eludes the most acute research." This is the second of three 1802 printings. SECOND EDITION. Howes C337. Tompkins 21. Gaines 02-23. McCoy C294.

Chicago: Published by S.C. Griggs & Co.. "Democratic Press" Print, Clark Street, 1852. Disbound and light scattered foxing. 19, [1 blank] pp. Good+ or so. "The sermon is a lamentation on the deaths of Webster and Clay." Byrd. Richardson eulogizes them as men who stood against "fanaticism" in order to "preserve intact the laws and constitution of the country" during the Nullification Crisis of 1832 and the 1848-1850 struggle over the slave status of the Mexican Cession. FIRST EDITION. Ante-Fire Imprints 44 [3]. Byrd 1884 [3]. OCLC 15993151 [6].

Charleston: Printed and Published by W.S. Blain, 1830. v, [6]-40pp. Top margin trimmed closely, with occasional loss of running title or page numbers. Spine reinforced. Small spot of paint on final page with loss of several letters. Else Good+. This material, originally published in 1821 in the Milledgeville Gazette, highlighted the bitter political feud between factions led by John C. Calhoun and Georgia's William Crawford. McDuffie, a South Carolinian and lifelong ally of Calhoun, would, like Calhoun, eventually become an ardent State Rights and Nullification man. But neither man had yet become so. In this attack McDuffie accused the Crawford faction of advocating the "suicidal" theory of State Rights, a "criminal sophism" "which in the end would have produced the dissolution" of the Union. I surmise that its publication in pamphlet form in 1830 was intended to embarrass McDuffie and Calhoun, now leading South Carolina in its Nullification Controversy with Andrew Jackson. II Turnbull 214. AI… Read More

25th Cong., 2nd Sess.: HD283., 1838. 3, [1 blank] pp, disbound. Minor foxing. Very Good.

[Washington, 1880. 31, [1 blank] pp. Caption title as issued. 'No. 27.' at head of title. Disbound, else Very Good. The Platforms demonstrate the Democrats' commitment to State Rights, Secession, and disloyalty.

Springfield: J.W. Hooker..., 1795. 20pp, with the half title [light institutional rubberstamp in blank corner]. Disbound, last leaf torn affecting several letters. Good. Evans 28952.

[New York, 1868. [1], 28, [6] manuscript leaves, 12-1/4" x 8",plus a 6-page manuscript telegram addressed to Thomas Ewing, plus a 16-page printed pamphlet [some blue crayon lines over text, but still legible]. Bound with a bit of rope; curled, outer leaves loose and chipped without loss of text. New York, 4 and 6 July 1868. Except as noted, Very Good. This 1868 Convention, whose proceedings were never published, was held at the time of the Democrats' New York Convention. These minutes are thus a unique record of the support given to President Andrew Johnson by former Union soldiers and sailors. Johnson-- like the members of this Convention-- proposed the immediate admission to full membership in the Union of the rebellious States; and opposed the Civil Rights Act, the Freedmen's Bureau, the Fourteenth Amendment, and any additional protections for Negroes. The minutes were compiled and written by Colonel James R. O'Beirne, Secretary of the National Executive Committee. During the War, as a member of… Read More

[Harrisburg PA?, 1856. Folio printed broadside on cloth. 10-1/2" x 17-1/2" on cream color fabric. Designed like a ballot and printed in several bold, large fonts. Beneath the names of Ingersoll and Stewart, the names of 25 electors are boldly printed in a single column. Fine. Ours is only the second copy known of the American Party's rare broadside on cloth, printed for the 1856 presidential election in Pennsylvania. Former President Fillmore, with former Democrat Andrew Donelson as his running mate, headed the Know Nothing Party, who primary concern was the elimination of foreign influence in American life, particularly the influence of Roman Catholicism. The anti-Irish, anti-Catholic riots in Philadelphia gave Know-Nothings reason to hope for electoral success in 1856. However, they won just under 18% of the popular vote, third and last behind Pennsylvanian James A. Buchanan and Republican John C. Fremont. OCLC 944920444 [1- Clements] as of August 2023. Not at the online sites of AAS, LCP,… Read More

1866. Norton. 1866. 16pp. Stitched. Scattered foxing, margins of title and least leaf soiled. About Good+. Williams prints two of Henry Carey's works advocating protectionism, prefacing them with his own brief remarks about the evil "effect of depending upon a foreign market for the breadstuffs we produce." Carey protests importing foods from Europe, asking rhetorically, "Why are we now giving gold for wheat?" He urges following the example of France, which now exports wheat as the result of "a system of long continued, steady and thoroughly effective protection.

Worcester: Leonard Worcester, 1797. 23, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, loosened, title leaf tanned. Good+. On "the mutual interest of neighboring and foreign nations to be at peace with each other." Indeed, "national peace" is good for business and everything else, too. So too, "War is the greatest national calamity." Evans 32086.

[Washington, 1861. Folio sheet, folded to 7-3/4" x 9-5/8." [4] pp bifolium. Printed on first page only. Old folds, Very Good. The seceding States have acted "in contravention of all Delegated Powers of National Sovereignty, and in total disregard of the explicit negations of the same to the States." Nevertheless the author, an anonymous 'Friend of the Union', urges the President to proclaim "an Amnesty to all the People and Citizens within the limits of said Rebel States, or elsewhere, conditioned that they will afford evidence by their conduct hereafter, of having abjured" their misguided secessionist impulses. Not in Sabin, Bartlett, LCP, Eberstadt, Decker. Not located on OCLC as of June 2021 or the online sites of AAS, Boston Athenaeum, Newberry, Harvard, Yale.

Philadelphia, 1861. Broadside verse, 7-3/4" x 9-1/2." Forty-one rhymed couplets printed in two columns within an ornamental border. Dated, at the end, in type, "Philadelphia, December 5th, 1861." Very Good. "Written on the occasion of McClellan's replacement of Winfield Scott as General in Chief of the Army" [Williams College description]. "A poem in praise of Gen. John Ellis Wool" [Huntington]. The poem begins, "The love of country is a holy love, / Approved and smiled on by the God above. . ." The author is critical of the decision to choose McClellan. The correct choice was Wool, a career Army officer distinguished as Inspector-General of the Army, and for service in the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the Civil War. The oldest general on either side of the Civil War, the 77-year-old Wool commanded the Department of the East. "Choose for your Chieftain one who has been tried, / The place is Wool's, it is his legal right. . . We know not what will be McClellan's fate, / But we do know thou wilt… Read More