THE WORKS OF DANIEL WEBSTER, VOLS. I - VI

by WEBSTER, Daniel

1853. WEBSTER, Daniel. THE WORKS OF DANIEL WEBSTER, VOLS. I - VI. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1853. 4th edition. 457/622/551/558/545/633 pp. 8vo., plum cloth sunned to light brown on spines, stamped in gilt and blind. A very nice set, with minor dampstaining to edges of a few pages in volumes III and VI, and frontispiece of vol. II. Cloth clean, some light toning to page edges, overall a pleasing set.

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ADDRESS OF THE WHIGS OF THE LEGISLATURE OF MASSACHUSETTS TO THE WHIGS OF THE UNION

by Election of 1848

Boston: Eastburn's Press, 1848. Stitched, 11pp. Scattered foxing, blank top margin of title page cut down with no text affected, upper blank forecorner chewed. Good+. Massachusetts Whigs put forth a valiant but unsuccessful effort in behalf of Daniel Webster's candidacy for the Whig presidential nomination in He is "A man who, respecting all the 'arrangements and compromises of the Constitution,' and the rights of all under them, will yet never suffer them to be extended or increased,... Read More

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Sermon Preached at the Funeral of Hon. William W. Ellsworth, by Geo. H. Gould, Pastor of the Center Church. Also Resolutions Passed by the Boards of Directors of the Institutions with which Mr. Ellsworth was Connected, Together with the Action of the Bar, and Addresses by Its Members

by GOULD, Rev. Geo. H.

Hartford: R.P. Wales, 1868. Softcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 20pp. Glazed purple wrappers. Light vertical crease, small chip on the front wrap, a pleasing, very good. Ellsworth was a Yale-educated attorney who served as Governor of Connecticut, and the son-in-law of Daniel Webster. *OCLC* locates five copies.

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Life of Michael Powers, now under sentence of death, for the murder of Timothy Kennedy. Dictated by himself

by Powers, Michael

Boston: Russell & Gardner, 1820. First edition, 8vo, pp. 24; removed from binding; foxed, good. Powers was found guilty of murdering his cousin-once-removed over a debt and sentenced to death. This pamphlet describes the circumstances of the case and offers a short biography, in which Powers immigrates from Ireland, finances the arrival of three of his relations, and ends up suing them in an attempt to retrieve the funds. One of those relations, Timothy Kennedy, was later found dead... Read More

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Autographed Letter Signed on personal letterhead

by BENET, Stephen Vincent (1898 - 1943)

New York, 1935. unbound. 1 page, 7 x 5.5 inches, New York City, no date, circa 1935. Written to a book dealer, in full: "Please send me number 47. 'Caran d' Ache' in your catalogue number 51. Sincerely S. V. Benet." One horizontal fold; faint paperclip stain at the bottom. Very good condition. Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer best known for his works "The Devil and Daniel Webster" and "John Browns Body." Benet died suddenly of a heart attack... Read More

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The Mother of Us All (an opera) [limited/numbered edition, *SIGNED* by the composer]

by Stein, Gertrude (text) and Virgil Thomson (music); scenario by Maurice Grosser

New York: Music Press, Inc.. Fair. [1947]. First Edition. Hardcover. (grey decorated cloth, no dust jacket) [binding intact, lower tips bumped (with some exposure of boards), but the main thing to know is that the spine is severely damaged, with most of the cloth spine covering missing]. (two B&W photographs) This opera, first performed at Columbia University in May 1947, was inspired by the life and career of Susan B. Anthony, and includes a wide... Read More

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Funeral Oration Pronounced in the City of St. Louis, October 29, 1852, on the Occasion of the Obsequies of Daniel Webster

by [WEBSTER, Daniel] DRAKE, Charles D.

St. Louis: Charles & Hammond, 1852. First Edition. Octavo (23.5cm.); publisher's cream wrappers printed within decorative funereal border; 34pp.; text printed within heavy rule throughout. Extremities chipped and spine ends perished, rather heavy dust-soil though internally fresh and sound. Funeral oration delivered by the St. Louis jurist and future politician on the occasion of the death of statesman Daniel Webster (1782-1852). A rather uncommon St. Louis imprint, missed by Sabin.

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The Several Speeches Made During the Debate in the Senate of The United States, on Mr. Foot's Resolution, Proposing an Inquiry into The Expediency of Abolishing The Office of Surveyor General of Public Lands, and to Suspend Further Surveys, &c

by [Politics] Hayne, General (of South Carolina); Webster, Daniel (of Massachusetts)

Charleston: Printed by A. E. Miller No. 4 Broad-street, 1830. First Edition. Wraps. Good. Disbound, stitched wraps. 22 pages. Light to moderate toning to the text. 14 copies located in OCLC. Contents concern Samuel Foot's resolution which instructed the Senate committee to inquire about limiting the sale of Federal land. This resolution touched off a heated debate between the two Northern and Southern Senators. Sabin 31643.

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Letter to Hon. William Nelson, M.C., on Mr. Clay's Compromise

by Jay, William

New York: William Harned, 1850. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. A good copy, front wrapper chipped, dampstain on wrapper and lower margins throughout.. 22 pp. 8vo. William Jay (1789-1858), the son of John Jay, was founder of American Bible Society, a member of the American Antislavery Society, whose constitution he drafted, and president of the Peace Society. Like Wilberforce, he opposed the plan to colonize the former slaves in Africa, declaring that those who favored the plan were... Read More

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Remarks of Mr. Allen's Counsel upon the Petition of Silas Hathaway, for a New Trial, & c.

by (ALLEN, Heman)

1822. First. hardcover. good. 40pp. 8vo, later 3/4 roan, spine and edges of corners worn, some pages with foxing, mostly to margins, page margins uncut. N.p., (Montpelier?), 1822. First Edition Heman Allen, the plaintiff, was awarded $4500.00 in damages from the defendants, Silas Hathaway and Uziel Pierson. The case was heard before the Vermont Supreme Court. Silas Hathaway petitioned the legislature of Vermont to grant him a new trial after the Vermont Supreme Court denied his request.... Read More

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1832 Signed letter by Daniel Webster Addressed to Mr. Frothingham

by [Daniel Webster]

n.p.: n.p., 1832. Letter. Very good. Letter. Folded. Approx. 7.5" x 5". 1 page of content. Signed letter by Daniel Webster to Mr. Frothingham. Contents appear to be business related. Translation difficult due to the style of Webster's hand writing. Written on the back side of the letter, in a different hand, is "D. Webster July 31, 1832." Mr. Frothingham's name is written a second time on the back fold of the paper. Paper is in very good... Read More

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Autobiography of Thurlow Weed, in Two Volumes

by Weed, Thurlow & Harriet A

Boston / Cambridge: Houghton, Mifflin and Company / The Riverside Press, 1884. Reprint. Half-Leather. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Former library copy with typical marks. Boards rubbed and lightly soiled, front hinge of first volume weakening. 1884 Half-Leather. xxii, 657; xviii, 617 pp. 8vo. Leather spines and corners, gilt titles, pebbled cloth boards, marbled edges and endpapers. Illustrated with steel engraved plates, including portraits of Thurlow Weed, John Quincy Adams, William Morgan, William H. Seward, William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor,... Read More

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ON THE / DEATH OF DANIEL WEBSTER! / Written for Governor Everett and Dedicated to Ex-Mayor Bigelow [caption title followed by a tribute in verse, in two columns separated by a thin double-rule, the whole enclosed within a bold black rule]

by LIDSTONE, Hon. James Torrington Spencer

Boston, (MA): Hollis & Gunn, 1852. Broadside, 9 ¾ x 7 ¾ inches, printed on blue paper. A Canadian poet from Toronto, Lidstone published a similar verse tribute to Henry Clay (printed in Buffalo, N.Y.), another prominent American who died in 1852. First line: “Suspended be the music of the spheres”; last line: “Tears flow fast, and I can write no more.” OCLC locates one copy (Massachusetts Historical Society). Folded (rubbed; foxing, heavy in upper corner).

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THE SPEECH OF HIS EXCELLENCY GOVERNOR STRONG, Delivered Before the Legislature of Massachusetts, October 16, 1812. With the Documents, which accompanied the same

by STRONG, [Caleb]

Boston, [MA]: Russell and Cutler, 1812. First edition. 21 cm. 36 pp. Later wraps from marbled endpapers, paper tape spine. Foxed. Gov. Strong questions the constitutionality of the federal government's call of the Massachusetts militia when the state was not "invaded, or in imminent danger of invasion." Inscribed at head of title page to "D[aniel] Webster Esq. from his h'ble serv't / Jno. Pickering." All three men opposed the involvement of Massachusetts in the war with England. Webster in... Read More

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Autograph Note, Signed, by Caroline LeRoy Webster

by Webster, Caroline LeRoy

New Rochelle, 1878. 1 p. 1 vols. Old folds. Reinforced with tissue on verso. Minor soiling. About very good. 1 p. 1 vols. Autograph note to a Miss Dinsmoor, written by Caroline LeRoy Webster, widow of politician Daniel Webster. The brief note reads: "As I am the widow of Daniel Webster, today is my birthday. I am eighty one years old. May you enjoy as much happiness as I have in that period, as I have enjoyed. ... Read More

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Two Autograph letters signed "Daniel Cady

by Cady, Daniel, Jurist

Johnstown, New York, 1839. 1 page each. 1 vols. 4to and half 4to sheet. To Wagner & Webster and to Peter J. Wagner. Laid down on larger colored sheet, some discoloration of larger sheet, folds, some light spotting. else very good. 1 page each. 1 vols. 4to and half 4to sheet. Both relating to court cases concerning mortgages. Cady, a noted attorney specialized in equity and real property law known for his remarkable knowledge and expertise. In 1847... Read More

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The Deerstalkers: A Sporting Tale of the South-Western Counties. By Frank Forester

by [Herbert, Henry William]

Philadelphia: T.B. Peterson, 1859. Second Peterson edition, with "Collins, Printer" on copyright page. With illustrations by the author. 1 vols. 12mo. Half red morocco. Fine. Bookplate of Daniel Webster Evans loosely inserted, another on front flyleaf. Second Peterson edition, with "Collins, Printer" on copyright page. With illustrations by the author. 1 vols. 12mo. The third of Herbert's classic tales of Frank Forester and his friends and their quest for game along the Delaware watershed, in the south-western counties... Read More

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THE WORKS OF DANIEL WEBSTER [Six Volumes]

by Wesbter, Daniel

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1853. Seventh Edition. Hardcover. Octavos, 6 Volumes. In Very Good condition. Bound half green leather and black cloth boards with raised bands, gilt decoration, and gilt lettering to spines. General shelf wear. Edges of textblocks speckled. With marbled endpapers. Staining to white endpapers. Previous owner's signatures to second free endpapers. Foxing to frontispieces and title pages. Textblocks stiff. Shelved Above Africa. 1408133. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

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The Wide-Awake Gift: Know-Nothing Token for 1855. Edited by "One of Them

New York: J.C. Derby, 1855. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Octavo. Illustrated with steel engraved plates, including a fine added engraved title page and frontispiece portrait of Daniel Webster engraved by J.C. Buttre. Publisher's red cloth decorated in gilt and blind. Contemporary gift inscription ("Miss Amanda Nichols. Warren, R.I. Presented to her by her friend Content Mavis. July 17th 1855"), corners rubbed through the cloth a bit, a very good, sound copy. Contributors include Emerson, Longfellow, Bryant, L.H.... Read More

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AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE LAYING OF THE CORNER STONE OF THE BUNKER HILL MONUMENT [BOUND WITH] ADDRESS, DELIVERED AT BUNKER HILL, JUNE 17, 1843, ON THE COMPLETION OF THE MONUMENT

by Webster, Daniel

Boston, MA: Cummings, Hilliard, and Company / T. R. Marvin, 1825, 1843. Hardcover. Octavo, 40 pages, 39 pages; VG-; in full green library binding; spine with white lettering; mild shelf wear and soiling; "Corner Stone" address contemporary 1825 pamphlet, with mild age-toning and foxing, blue check mark at title page; "Completion" address is a late 20th century reprint; pages of both pamphlets clean; CX consignment; shelved Case 1. 1346633. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.

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The Tyler-Clay controversy over the National Bank Bill. Autograph letter, signed.

by Giddings, Joshua Reed (1775-1864).

Washington: September 6, 1841. Very Good. 20 x 25 cm; 1 page, addressed to "Addison. This letter was written in the House of Representatives by Giddings (Whig, Ohio) while voting on the Clay-Benton Bank Bill, which was twice vetoed by President Tyler. A few days after this letter was written, Tyler's entire cabinet resigned (except for Daniel Webster) over the vetoes. The text of the letter is immediate: "It is now a quarter... Read More

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Autograph Letter Signed, Boston November 24, 1845 and a Printed Circular both Addressed to Cornelius Master, Penn Yan, New York

by Balch, Benjamin

quarto, two pages of four page bi-folium, formerly folded, in good legible condition. Printed circular, one page folio, in very good condition. Two items which promote both the sale of stock of the State Mutual Life Assurance Company the letter also discusses Master's involvement as an agent for the company in Yates County New York. Balch's letter wherein he relates some of the history of his business dealings certainly leaves his track record in question. ... Read More

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Painting Abstraction: New Elements in Abstract Painting

by Nickas, Robert

New York: Phaidon Press, 2014. Softcover. VG: Minor wear to the corners. Publisher's sticker on the front cover. Clean body pages, bright plates, solid binding.. A multi-colored matte softcover book with French flaps. White text on a colorful spine. 343, [9] pages; profusely illustrated with both color and black-and-white images. Contents are as follows: The persistence of abstraction -- 1. Hybrid pictures -- Kristin Baker -- Lisa Beck -- Alex Brown -- Jules de Balincourt -- Tomory Dodge... Read More

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JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONVENTION, HELD AT WORCESTER, OCTOBER 11, 1832. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE CONVENTION

by Whig Party

Boston: Stimpson & Clapp, 1832. pp [1]-72, 41-43, [1 blank]. Disbound, widely scattered foxing. Ink signature, "Seth Williams" on title page. Good+. OCLC records two different printings in 1832 from Stimpson & Clapp, of 75 pages and (40, 9-43) pages. In this copy, the text reads appropriately; evidently the printer combined sheets from the two printings to make a complete pamphlet. The Convention endorses the Clay-Sergeant ticket for the race against Andrew Jackson, and denounces "the imbecility... Read More

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[Excerpt from a letter by Poe in Newspaper]:Portland Transcript Vol. XIV, No. 8. Saturday, June 8, 1850

by (POE, Edgar Allan)

Portland, Maine: Gould and Elwell, 1850. Unbound. Very Good. First edition. Folio. [8]pp. Printed self-wrappers. Folded, spine is notched where once bound, scattered foxing and few small, early stains to text, last leaf has short creased tear at lower edge, else a very good copy. The fourth page (p.60) prints a 34-line excerpt from a letter by Edgar Allan Poe about his wife's death. Also contains "The Right of Way" by T. S. Arthur, and a 71-line article,... Read More

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