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PHOENIXIANA; OR, SKETCHES AND BURLESQUES

By: [Derby, John Horatio]. Phoenix, John [pseud.]

Price: $95.00

Publisher: NY: D. Appleton and Company, 1856.: 1856.

Seller ID: 2142

Condition: Good

NY: D. Appleton and Company, 1856.. 1856.. Good. - 8vo, brown cloth (top edge & spine faded; head & tail of spine chipped); titled with vignette in gilt on spine; gilt vignette within blind-stamped floral decorations on front cover. 274pp. & 14 pages of publisher's ads (preliminaries slightly foxed). Frontispiece. Good.

First edition. BAL 4650. Scarce. Henry Morton's copy, signed by him on front endpaper. First Edition.
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THE BUNTLING BALL: A Graeco-American Play. Being a Political Satire on New York Society

By: [Fawcett, Edgar]

Price: $45.00

Publisher: New York/London: Funk & Wagnalls, 1885.: 1885.

Seller ID: 2562

Condition: Good

New York/London: Funk & Wagnalls, 1885.. 1885.. Good. - Square octavo, green cloth titled in green within gilt panel on spine & in green within gilt panel with vignettes in gilt & green down right side of front cover. The binding is rubbed & the covers are bumped with spotting to the front cover. 154 pp. & 6-page publisher's catalogue printed on heavy stock with red borders throughout. There is occasional light foxing & the page edges are slightly darkened. Full-page & textual B&W illustrations by C. D. Weldon. Good.

"Nr. 4000" handwritten in red ink on the title. Each of the first ...
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BELLE BRITTAN ON A TOUR, At Newport, and Here and There

By: [Fuller, Hiram]

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New-York: Derby & Jackson, Publishers, 1858.: 1858.

Seller ID: 27779

Condition: Good

New-York: Derby & Jackson, Publishers, 1858.. 1858.. Good. - Octavo, titled in gilt on the spine with decorations in blind on both covers. The binding is bumped & rubbed. The head of the spine is chipped & the titling is faded. xii & pages [13]-359. The pastedowns & endpapers are darkened. There is foxing to the bottom edge with occasional foxing to the text pages. There is very light staining to the front edges of a number of pages in the middle of the book. Good.

First edition.

The travels of "Belle Brittan'" to the Midwest and South, as well as her observations of East Coast l...
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MEMORIAL OF THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY THE "FREE TRADE CONVENTION," held at Philadephia, in September and October, 1831, to Prepare and Present a Memorial to Congress Remonstrating Against the Existing Tariff of Duties; With an Appendix

By: [Gallatin, Albert]

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York: Wm. A. Mercein, Printer, 1832.: 1832.

Seller ID: 25836

Condition: Very good

New York: Wm. A. Mercein, Printer, 1832.. 1832.. Very good. - sc Octavo, softcover disbound and removed. 87 deckle-edged pages. There is some scattered foxing thoughout and a tiny dampstain to the bottom edge of the title and another to the front edge of the last few leaves. There are stab marks along the left edge of the book. The contents are in very good condition.

First edition.

Albert Gallatin was the chairman of the committee. First Edition.
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WE ARE COMING FATHER ABRA'AM 300,000 MORE. Poetry by Wm. Cullen Bryant, Music by L.O. Emerson.

By: [Gibbons, James Sloan (1810-1892)]; (Bryant, William Cullen); Emerson, Luther Orlando (1820-1915).

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Boston: Published by Oliver Ditson & Co. 277 Washington St., 1862.: 1862.

Seller ID: 36672

Condition: Fair

- Folio, 13-1/4 inches high by 10 inches high. Printed buff self-wraps titled in black on the front cover. The spine of the toned, darkened and foxed covers has been reinforced with early tan paper. 5 & [1] pages, including the covers. There are several tears to the edges of the pages and covers, with some foxing and offsetting internally. First edition with Bryant's authorship indicated. This sheet music was inspired by President Abraham Lincoln's call for volunteers to fight in the Civil War. Later printings of the poem increase the number of troops called for from 300,000 to 600,000. [Ref....
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MEN AND MANNERS IN AMERICA. By the Author of Cyril Thornton, Etc

By: [Hamilton, Thomas]

Price: $125.00

Publisher: Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1833.: 1833.

Seller ID: 32716

Condition: Fair

Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1833.. 1833.. Fair. - Octavo, three-quarter brown calf & marbled boards. The covers are quite scuffed & rubbed, with some wear to corners. 410 pages. The hinges are cracked and the front endpaper has partially adhered to the pastedown. A previous owner's name is boldly penned on the front blank and 3 lines of notes in ink are penned at the top of the title page. Scattered foxing throughout and some staining to the inner edge of the last few leaves. Some marginal pencil lines. A complete copy.

First American edition. [Howes H-138].

The author, who emba...
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PRAYER IN THE DARTMOUTH CHAPEL, ON THE MORNING OF JUNE 19, 1862, AFTER THE LEAVING OF SEVERAL STUDENTS TO JOIN THE ARMY.

By: [Lord, Nathan (1793-1870)].

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Hanover, New Hampshire: Dartmouth Press, (1862).: (1862).

Seller ID: 95029

Condition: Good

- Octavo, 8-5/8 inches high by 5-1/4 inches wide. Self-wraps, unbound and apparently removed from a larger collection of bound pamphlets as attested by stab marks along the left edge. A 4-page pamphlet. There is offsetting to the bottom edge of the cover page with spots of foxing at the top. Good.

A prayer for those Dartmouth students who are leaving the College to join the army to fight in the Civil War.

The U.S. Congregational clergyman and educator Nathan Lord (1793-1870) was the 6th President of Dartmouth College, serving from 1828 to 1863. A graduate of Bowdoin College and Andover Th...
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DIRECTORY OF NEWARK, FOR 1835-6. With an Historical Sketch. (Facsimile)

By: [National Newark & Essex Banking Company]

Price: $35.00

Publisher: [Newark, NJ: National Newark & Essex Banking Company, 1936].: 1936].

Seller ID: 19332

Condition: Good

[Newark, NJ: National Newark & Essex Banking Company, 1936].. 1936].. Good. - Small octavo, plain tan & gray paper covered boards backed with rust brown cloth. The boards are bumped & slightly darkened around the edges. The head & tail of the spine are rubbed & very lightly chipped. 24 & 102 pages plus 3 pages of ads. The pastedowns & endpapers are lightly spotted & there is minor darkening to the front edges & top corners of the text pages. There are some small pencil markings in the Historical Sketch. Good.
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Image for A JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE HON. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, At a session began and holden at Dover, on the first Wednesday of June, 1792, being the day appointed by the constitution for the annual meeting of the Hon. General-Court.

A JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE HON. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE, At a session began and holden at Dover, on the first Wednesday of June, 1792, being the day appointed by the constitution for the annual meeting of the Hon. General-Court.

By: [New Hampshire].

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Portsmouth: Printed by J. Melcher, 1792.: 1792.

Seller ID: 94795

Condition: Very good

- sc Octavo, printed self-wraps consisting of stitched signatures. 88 untrimmed deckle-edged pages with a woodcut vignette illustration of the attactive pictorial state seal decorating the title page. The half-title which serves as front wrap is slightly darkened with a couple of light dampstains. Else only minor flaws detract from this otherwise near fine unopened copy of this rare book. First edition. Rare. [Evans 24582]. Christopher Toppan was the elected chairman for this session of the proceedings covering the votes and details of the many issues which came before New Hampshire's House of...
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LAWS OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.

By: [Perley, Martin Van Buren (1835-1926); and Lord, Nathan (1793-1870)].

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Hanover, New Hampshire: Dartmouth Press, 1855.: 1855.

Seller ID: 95030

Condition: Good

- Octavo, 8-5/8 inches high by 5-3/8 inches wide. Disbound pamphlet, apparently removed from a larger collection of bound pamphlets as attested to by stab marks along the left edge. [ii] & 16 pages, illustrated with an engraved frontispiece illustration of Dartmouth College by W. Watts. There is foxing throughout. Good.

A partially printed leaf bound in at the front and dated "Aug. 1859" in ink, certifies that "M.V.B. Perley is admitted a Member of Dartmouth College". Signed "N. Lord" by the College's president Nathan Lord with Perley's name penned in ink.

The U.S....
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PAPERS RELATING TO KINGS COUNTY, L.I. (Includes Census and Names).

By: [Various officials].

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Albany: Weed, Parsons & Co., [1850].: [1850].

Seller ID: 35978

Condition: Good

- Quarto, 11-1/2 inches high by 9 inches wide. Softcover, bound in plain white wrappers with the title penned in black on the front cover. The covers are soiled and creased along the edges and corners with some chipping to the front edges and spine. The ink titling is slightly smudged. 32 pages consisting of the title and pages [87] through 116. The pages are darkened, especially along the edges, with some scattered foxing throughout. There is a small piece out from the front edge of the last leaf, not affecting the text.

Extracted from "The Documentary History of the State of New York:...
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CONTROVERSY BETWEEN NEW YORK AND NEW HAMPSHIRE, RESPECTING THE TERRITORY NOW THE STATE OF VERMONT.

By: [Wentworth, B.; Colden, Cadwallader; and others].

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Albany: Weed, Parsons & Co., [1851].: [1851].

Seller ID: 35971

Condition: Good

- Quarto, 11-1/2 inches high by 9 inches wide. Softcover, bound in plain white wrappers with the title penned in black on the front cover. The covers are soiled and creased along the edges and corners with chipping to the front edges and to the head and tail of the spine. There is a small hole to the front cover. 295 pages consisting of the title and pages [331] through 623, illustrated with a full-page engraved plate depicting Governor Jay, Lieutenant Governor V. Rensselaer, and The Hon. Dirk Ten Broeck, New York's Speaker of the House. Most of the pages are slightly darkened along the edges,...
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Category: Americana