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[New York]: Sold at 13 Park Row, New York, and at all Democratic Newspaper Offices," [1864]. First edition. 8vo, [3] - 10 pp. (as issued). Self wraps, removed. Text in two columns. Light edge wear along the folded side, small loss just touching text affecting pp. 5/6, otherwise Very Good. A supporter of George McClellan, Ticknor writes in part: "No more awful spectacle can be contemplated than that of a great, powerful and energetic nation, who have no rule of action but the rule of a written Constitution, and who have lost their fidelity to its requirements. We have been so situated through three whole years of Civil War, that it has been in the power of extreme and violent men to denounce a pure and high regard for the limitations of our fundamental law as treason to the Union ..." The author, who was co-counsel for Dred Scott, concludes his essay with a series of "Mottoes fot the Campaign" selected from the writings of McClellan.

No place, no publisher, no date [Washington, D.C.: National Committee Democratic Party., 1884]. First edition. 8vo, 39 pp. Stapled paper wraps.
Toned, moderate edge wear including short tears, good or better. Supported by tables, charts, & extracts from news accounts, the author alleges "over 2,500 erasures and alterations in the ledgers of the offices of the Registrar and Secretary of the Treasury" during the tenure of Ulysses S Grant.

[Washington, D.C.]: Democratic National Committee, 1940. "Dry Those Crocodile Tears ..." Broadside, small folio (12" x 7.25"), printed in black ink on tan light paper, with an illustration of a ranting Republican elephant.
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[Broadside].Democratic Guide Ballot [for] Virginia. [Washington, D.C.]: Democratic National Committee, 1940. Broadside, folio (24" x 5.5"), printed in black ink on light, pale pink paper.
Slightly toned, sample ballot folded once horizontally, otherwise Near Fine.
Presents a list of accomplishments as a result of the policies of FDR by year, despite Republican obstruction, as the country emerged from the devastation of the Great Depression. In closing, the text reads as follows:"The Roosevelt Administration has aided business by direct loans, sound banking, encouragement of private investment through long-term, low interest loans, and rebuilding of buying power through the spend-lend program."

Bound volume (modern gilt-lettered blue cloth & marbled paper) containing 14 octavo pamphlets
Bound without wraps, one pamphlet lacking title page & stained throughout, (Smith/ Oratory), one pamphlet closely trimmed briefly touching some text (Clayton/ Speech Central American Treaty, 1856), scattered foxing & toning, generally very good
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The Nassau Rake: Edited and Published by the Sophomore Class of the College of New Jersey Princeton, June, 1856, 83, [1] pp.
The Nassau Rake: Edited and Published by the Sophomore Class of the College of New Jersey Princeton, June, 1857, 112 pp.
Memorabilia Sophomorum Edited and Published by the Freshman Class of the College of New Jersey, Princeton, New Jersey, June, 1856, 55 pp.
DAVIS, Thomas T. Address and Poem Delivered Before the Associate Chapters of the Sigma Phi Fraternity, At Their General Convention Held in Williamstown, Mass August 16, 1853 Williamstown: Published by the Alpha of Massachusetts, 1854, 37 pp.… Read More

Chicago: Amalgamated Union Label, LIP & BA, 1936 issued to Wm. E Burns of Lynbrook, New York, 1936 Small broadside (3.5" x 7") printed recto only, with portrait vignettes of Lincoln & Washington.
A fine example. Recognizes Mr Burns as a contributor & participant "in the work of bringing about a return to the fundamental principles of our government." Interestingly, the certificate was printed by the Lithographers' International Protective and Beneficial Association, a union shop.

[Genesse, New York ?]: no publisher, no date [1856] First edition. 8vo, single sheet folded to form 4 pages (1 blank).
Old horizontal folds, lightly foxed, two stab holes along the vertical fold, Very Good Regarding the upcoming election of 1856, Rev. Steele describes a meeting he had with John C Fremont, the first presidential candidate of the newly formed Republican Party. Colonel Fremont affirms his religion as Protestant & describes the suggestion that he might actually be a Catholic "is a device of the enemy, gotten up without any foundation or truth, merely for political effect." OCLC locates 5 copies.

Gainesville, [Georgia]: Republican Executive Committee, No date [ca 1882]. First edition. Small octavo broadside (8.5" x 5.5") printed on pink paper.
Losses in the margins not affecting text, Good or better. Apparently in support of mayoral candidate James B Gaston, the broadside advocates "Human Rights and Equal Justice under the Law for our women and children" which would best be accomplished by the defeat of "the unjust Judge."

New York: Feiwel & Friends, (2008). First edition, this copy inscribed & signed in ink by Barack Obama at the half title page. Small 8vo (7.75" by 5.25"), xi & 206 pages, with illustrations fron photographs throughout. Publisher's pictorial light card covers.
A fine & apparently unread copy.
"For Maggie,/ Yes we Kan!/ Barack Obama."
Authenticity unconditionally guaranteed
"Garen Thomas takes us through the life of Barack Obama, from his struggle to fit in with his classmates, and concern about not knowing his biological father, through his term as an Illinois senator, and the long campaign for president, to his historic victory." ~Excerpted from the back cover.