Autograph Letter Signed on Dred Scott Decision by Unknown author - 1857

Richmond, CA: Dietz Press, 1955. First edition. Hard cover. Published Richmond: Dietz Press, 1955, first printing. Thick 8vo., xv+934 pp., illustrated with 32 plates. Blue cloth with gilt titles. Slight spotting to the cloth, mild foxing to edges and pastedowns, name on pastedown. Very good, clean, tight, unworn.. 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1932. First edition. Presentation edition to Willis Van Devanter, Associate Justice US Supreme Court, with his name in gold emboss on cover, Washington Post chief diplomatic correspondent Chalmers M. Roberts copy, with his dated signature (1947) on fly leaf. Published Washington, D.C.: US Government Printing Office, 1932, first printing. Folio, 10" x 11 3/4", 736pp., illustrated with hundreds of b/w plates. Mild foxing along edges and endpapers, several pages with pencil bracketing, one plate removed and reattached with binders tape, spine cloth bit faded, else very good. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio.

Boston: From the Press of the Christian Examiner, 1828. Leather_bound. Near Fine. 6 x 8 1/2 inches. 368 pages. Bookplate of Elisabeth Fisher Everett inside front cover. Otherwise pages clean and free of marking, soiling or staining. All page edges gilt. Gilt bright. Bound in contemporary full black calf with gilt rolled borders to both boards and gilt dentelles. The spine has four (false) raised bands with gilt decoration, and additional gilt decoration at the head and tail of the spine. Spine also has gilt title ("Chapel Services"). Owner's name in gilt to front cover. Very light shelf wear to edges and corners. King's Chapel is the oldest church in America with continuous weekly worship services. Its liturgy is a unique hybrid that reflects this history, largely based upon the 1662 English Book of Common Prayer . A truly spectacular example of this scarce liturgical work in an unusually well decorated American binding.

Chicago: Woman's Temperance Publication Association / H.J. Smith & Co., 1889. First edition. Leather and cloth Salesman's Sample. Published Chicago: Woman's Temperance Publication Association / H.J. Smith & Co., 1889. 8vo., approximately 100pp., contains sample chapters, b/w and full color illustrations, 3 backstrip and 3 binding style samples - 2 leather, 1 cloth, subscription ledger, 8 page brochure "How To Sell Our Glimpses of Fifty Years" laid in. Leather backstrip chipped, missing center portion, edges rubbed, else very good, with text block and samples near fine. . 1st. Hard. Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo. Salesman's Dummy.

Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1871. First edition. Original softcover. Published Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1871. 8vo. wrappers, 6" x 9 9/16", 32pp., pages uncut. Half inch bump tear to the bottom edge margin on rear cover and last folded sheet, slight loss at the spine ends, else fine, covers and pages clean and bright. . 1st. Soft Cover. Very Good Plus/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.

Philadelphia: Barker Moore & Mein Medicine Co.. Very Good+. ca. 1910. Softcover. No date: Ca: 1910. Clean soft pictorial covers with cloth spine. Text tight, clean & intact. Pages lightly age toned. B/W drawing illustrations. Humor based on ethnic, racial or sexual stereotypes. Comic book filled with cartoons, stories & jokes - all have one of Barker's products as the punch line. Humor; B&W Drawing; Oblong 16mo 6" - 7" tall; Unpaginated pages .

Richards Publishing Co.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1983. Limited Edition. Pictorial Hardcover. Limited to 2,000 copies; book has slight toning to page ends, couple tiny soil spots; b/w photos ; 264 pages .

A little loss to spine paper covering; otherwise a fine copy with a good Benito cover (v. image).; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail.IS on AFM

Blood & Engarde, Clayton, NJ, 1869; 19" x 24", 4 pages; attractive large engraved masthead. The inaugural, and very possibly sole existing issue of The Clayton Enterprise, 28 column weekly newspaper published at Clayton, Gloucester County, New Jersey and dedicated to news of local interest in relation to politics, agriculture, business, and homemaking, together with wider regional, state, national, and international news briefs, select literary readings, train schedules & fares, and useful and entertaining miscellanea.. Some lengthier articles included:**A spirited promotional piece on the village of Clayton extolling its salubrious climate, agricultural richness and productivity, adjacency to West Jersey Railroad with terminus at Philadelphia, good society, schools, churches, generous and hospitable people of high moral standard, and low price of land. Special attention is drawn to the engineering prowess of John Moore, whose great energy and industriousness were in great measure… Read More

Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co, 1884. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. A captivating look at fishing and outdoor sports in late 19th century Florida. Henshall (1836-1925) was popularly known as the "Apostle of the Black Bass", the acknowledged authority on this game fish, as well as an enthusiastic yachtsman. Octavo: xvi, 248, 12 p. advertisements with wood engraved plates and illustrations. Original green cloth binding, with pictorial gilt and black stamping. Period previous owner's ink signature to a prefatory blank leaf. Some general dust staining to the top edge. The spine and front panel are darkened a bit, with moderate wear to the corners and tips and a few minor stains; else very good. Bruns H149, calling it very scarce.