LINCOLN COUNTY, COLORADO. THE HOMESEEKER'S AND INVESTOR'S PARADISE
by Von Hagen, K.
Hugo, CO: Published by K. von Hagen; Press of Carson-Harper Company, Denver, CO; Engravings by Cocks-Clark Engraving Company, Denver, CO, 1916. Oblong 9-1/2" x 12". 62, [1], [1 blank], [1- folding plate illus.] pp, over 100 photographic illustrations, including one large folding panoramic photo illustration of "Business Section" of Hugo measuring 8 3/4" x 33". Original printed stiff brown wrappers with green and orange inks and yapped edges, spine tied with a green braided cord through two punched holes,... Read More
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TASCHENBUCH DER REISEN ODER UNTERHALTENDE DARSTELLUNG DER ENTDECKUNGEN DES 18TEN JAHRUNDERTS IN RUCKSICHT DER LANDER MENSCHEN UND PRODUTTENKUNDE . .
by Von Zimmerman, E.A.W.
Leipzig: Gerhard Fleischer d[er] Jueng[ere]., 1807. Marbled paper over boards [rubbed and worn at extremities]. Title in elegant typescript, with frontis portrait of Alexander Von Humboldt plus ten other full-page plates [two of them folding]. [16], 284 pp. Written in German Fraktur. Light scattered foxing. Very Good. The title is translated: 'Pocket Book of Travels or Entertaining Presentation of the Discoveries of the 18th Century in a look back at Lands, People and Products. For every type... Read More
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ARGUMENT OF HON. DANIEL W. VOORHEES, OF TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA. DELIVERED AT CHARLESTOWN, VIRGINIA, NOVEMBER 8, 1859, UPON THE TRIAL OF JOHN E. COOK, INDICTED FOR TREASON, MURDER AND INCITING SLAVES TO REBEL, AT THE HARPER'S FERRY INSURRECTION
by Voorhees, Daniel W.
[np, 1859. 4pp. Caption title [as issued]. Folded, untrimmed. Blank margins badly chipped, several short closed tears at margins [no text loss]. Light soiling. Fragile copy. Good only. One of two 1859 printings of Voorhees's argument in this historic case, the other having issued from Indianapolis. Voorhees, U.S. Attorney for Indiana, was a Democratic Congressman from that State during the Civil War. Cook, an enthusiastic co-conspirator with John Brown, was Indiana Governor Willard's brother-in-law; John Brown's raid was... Read More
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SPEECH OF D.W. VOORHEES, DELIVERED AT GREENEVILLE, TENNESSEE, JUNE 23, 1885, IN DEFENSE OF CAPT. EDWARD T. JOHNSON, INDICTED FOR THE MURDER OF MAJOR EDWIN HENRY
by Voorhees, D[aniel] W.
Washington: Judd & Detweiler, 1885. Original printed wrappers with wrapper title [as issued], stitched. 74pp, a clean text. Several extremity chips to blank wrapper margins, else Very Good. Voorhees was U.S. Senator from Indiana at the time of this trial. He had been a Copperhead during the War. A talented lawyer, he had defended one of John Brown's accomplices in the Harper's Ferry trials. In this case the deceased, Edward Henry, "had an affair with Mrs.... Read More
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TO THE VOTERS OF THE 10TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: np, nd [1840?]
by Voter, A Free
1839. Broadside, 27 x 41 cm. Light to moderate browning and soiling, Very Good. A most unusual North Carolina offering, advocating the election of John Worth over that Congressional district's symbol of the 'political class,' Abraham Rencher: the latter "has been in Congress ten years,- and can any one point out any thing that he ever did there? All know that he has been a mere cypher." Hummel and AI suggest an 1839 publication date, but this... Read More
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TO THE VOTERS OF THE 10TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT..
by Voter, A Free
[North Carolina, 1840. Two identical folio broadsides, uncut, each measuring 27 x 41 cm. Moderately browned, long split repaired without loss. Else Very Good. An unusual North Carolina uncut double broadside, advocating the election of John Worth over that Congressional district's symbol of the 'political class,' Abraham Rencher: the latter "has been in Congress ten years,- and can any one point out any thing that he ever did there? All know that he has been a mere... Read More
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PRINTED DOCUMENT, COMPLETED IN MANUSCRIPT, AWARDING $48 PAY TO PRIVATE HENRY C. CREWS OF COMPANY K, 1ST FLORIDA CAVALRY VOLUNTEERS, FOR THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY 1863 TO 1 MAY 1863. SIGNED BY PRIVATE CREWS AND H.T. MASSENGALE, CAPTAIN AND A.Q.M., AT KNOXVILLE, 4 MAY, 1863
by [Confederate Pay Voucher]
Quarto broadsheet, printed and completed in manuscript on recto and verso. Signed by Crews and Massengale on recto and verso. Toned uniformly. Very Good. The verso is the affidavit of Crews, signed and sworn to before Massengale, attesting his entitlement to the funds. The printed 'Atlanta' location has been replaced by the manuscript 'Knoxville.' Henry C. Crews [1836-c.1874], son of Dempsey D. Crews [1806-1892], enlisted with Florida First Cavalry Volunteers on January 15, 1862, assigned to Company... Read More
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THE BLACK BOOK; OR, CORRUPTION UNMASKED! BEING AN ACCOUNT OF ALL PLACES, PENSIONS, AND SINECURES, THE REVENUES OF THE CLERGY AND LANDED ARISTOCRACY; THE SALARIES AND EMOLUMENTS IN COURTS OF JUSTICE AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT; THE EXPENDITURE OF THE CIVIL LIST...WITH A SUPPLEMENT AND APPENDIX. THE WHOLE FORMING A COMPLETE EXPOSITION OF THE COST, INFLUENCE, PATRONAGE, AND CORRUPTION OF THE BOROUGH GOVERNMENT. A NEW EDITION, IN TWO VOLS
by [Wade, John]
London: John Fairburn, 1829. Two volumes: [2], 480; iv, 426, x, 44, [2] pp. Deckled edges. Bound in later black cloth with gilt-lettered spine [bit of lower spine discoloration]. Light scattered fox and wear, Very Good. A later printing of this significant contribution to the long struggle for political reform. "The Bible of the Reformers," the book is "a massive compendium of all the abuses, electoral, ecclesiastical, legal, which they sought to abolish. It was first published... Read More
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REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF JOHN WADE, FOR ARSON, BEFORE THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT. HOLDEN AT DEDHAM, OCT. TERM, 1835
by [Wade, John]
Dedham: Dedham Patriot Office, 1835. 40pp. Stitched, mild toning, occasional light foxing, Very Good. Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw presided. His eight-page charge to the jury, and his three-page address to the prisoner are printed. Names of jurors and counsel are listed. Wade had been indicted earlier "for the same burning, but was acquitted; because the right owners of the barn had not been set out in the indictment." Wade's claim of double jeopardy was rejected, and his new... Read More
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THE BLACK BOOK; OR, CORRUPTION UNMASKED! BEING AN ACCOUNT OF ALL PLACES, PENSIONS, AND SINECURES, THE REVENUES OF THE CLERGY AND LANDED ARISTOCRACY; THE SALARIES AND EMOLUMENTS IN COURTS OF JUSTICE AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT; THE EXPENDITURE OF THE CIVIL LIST...THE WHOLE FORMING A COMPLETE EXPOSITION OF THE COST, INFLUENCE, PATRONAGE, AND CORRUPTION OF THE BOROUGH GOVERNMENT
by [Wade, John]
London: John Fairburn, 1820. [4], 480 pp. Bound in original calf, decorated in gilt on spine [hinges starting, bookplate on front pastedown]. Scattered foxing, Good+. The first edition of this significant contribution to the long struggle for political reform. "The Bible of the Reformers," the book is "a massive compendium of all the abuses, electoral, ecclesiastical, legal, which they sought to abolish. It was first published in 1820 and passed through edition after edition." PMM. Goldsmiths 23071.... Read More
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SPEECH OF HON. W.H. WADSWORTH IN THE GREAT LIBEL SUIT OF GREEN VS. HARGIS
by Wadsworth, W[illiam] H[enry]
Louisville: Bradley & Gilbert, 1880. Original printed front title wrapper. 63, [1 blank] pp. Disbound a bit crudely but text is clean. Two rubberstamps on wrapper. Good+. Thomas Hargis, an attorney and Confederate veteran who had been wounded three times during the War, sought election to the office of circuit judge of Kentucky. Thomas Green, Editor of the Maysville Eagle, claimed that Hargis had not practiced law for the requisite number of years, and that he had... Read More
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SPEECH OF GEN. HIRAM WALBRIDGE, DELIVERED BEFORE THE CONVENTION OF THE DEMOCRACY, AT COOPER INSTITUTE, NEW YORK, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 1864
by Walbridge, Hiram
[New York?, 1864. 10pp. Caption title [as issued], disbound. Lightly age toned, else quite clean. Very Good. Walbridge, a War Democrat, joins the Union cause for the 1864 elections, in order to defeat the Copperhead McClellan. He gives his reasons, demonstrates the absence of a just cause for revolution, enumerates the rebels' acts of war before Lincoln's inauguration, and details the failures of the Confederacy. OCLC 13463042 [5]. Not in Bartlett.
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THE DANGERS OF OUR NATIONAL PROSPERITY; AND THE WAY TO AVOID THEM. A SERMON, PREACHED BEFORE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT, AT HARTFORD, MAY 12TH, 1785
by Wales, Samuel
Hartford: Printed by Barlow & Babcock, 1785. 4to. 38pp, but lacking the half title and final blank. Bound in attractive modern half brown morocco and marbled paper over boards, gilt-lettered spine title. Light foxing, Good plus. Wales, Professor of Divinity at Yale, discourses learnedly on the state of the nation, and the difficulties which the Constitutional Convention would attempt to solve two years later in Philadelphia. "We have been often delivered in a most signal manner,... Read More
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PORT OF NEW-YORK. DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW-YORK. I JAMES SETON DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT THE ENTRY, NOW DELIVERED BY ME TO THE COLLECTOR OF THIS DISTRICT, CONTAINS TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEF, A TRUE ACCOUNT OF ALL THE GOODS, WARES, AND MERCHANDIZE IMPORTED BY ME, OR CONSIGNED TO ME, IN THE SHIP PORT MARY KENEDY MASTER, FROM THE PORT OF LIVERPOOL. AND THAT THE SAID ENTRY ALSO CONTAINS A TRUE ACCOUNT OF THE NET PRIME COST THERE-OF; AND THAT THE INVOICE AND BILL OF LADING, HEREWITH PRODUCED, ARE THE TRUE AND GENUINE ONES BY ME RECEIVED, OF THE SAID GOODS, WARES, AND MERCHANDIZE. AND IF I SHALL HEREAFTER DISCOVER ANY OTHER, OR GREATER QUANTITY OF MERCHANDIZE THAN IS CONTAINED IN THE ENTRY AFORESAID, I WILL FORTHWITH MAKE DUE REPORT OF THE SAME TO THE SAID COLLECTOR. AND I FURTHER SWEAR THAT ALL MATTERS WHATSOEVER, IN THE SAID ENTRY EXPRESSED, ARE, TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE AND BELIEF, JUST AND TRUE.- SO HELP ME GOD. SWORN THIS 15TH DAY OF OCTOBER 1794. JAMES SETON
by [Walker, Benjamin]
1794. Signed by Benjamin Walker, Naval Officer of Customs at the Port of New York. Walker had been Aide-de-Camp during the Revolution to George Washington, as well as to General Von Steuben. Small broadside, oblong 4" x 8", partially printed and completed in manuscript [so indicated by the underlining]. On verso is old wax seal with paper remnant attached. Light folds, small closed tear [no loss] at top margin, Very Good plus. The James Seton on this... Read More
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CAROLINA RIFLE CLUB CHARLESTON, S.C. JULY 30TH, 1869. BY C. IRVINE WALKER, VICE PRES. 1869-1873. PRESIDENT 1873-1877
by Walker, C. Irvine
[Charleston?, 1904. 78, [12] pp. Original printed wrappers and staples. Untrimmed, wrappers lightly worn, Very Good plus. A 1904 event, mentioned in the Preface, is the most recent date noted in this book. The author seeks to assure that "justice is done" to "those men, honored him with their command and followed through the dangers and troubles of 1876," a turbulent era which restored White Supremacy to South Carolina and the election of Wade Hampton as Governor. The... Read More
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THE VAGABOND. A NOVEL. BY GEORGE WALKER. DEDICATED TO THE LORD BISHOP OF LANDAFF. FIRST AMERICAN, FROM THE FOURTH ENGLISH EDITION, WITH NOTES
by Walker, George
Boston: Printed for West and Greenleaf, no. 56, and John West, no. 75, Cornhill, from the press of John Russell, 1800. xii, 228pp. Bound in original sheep [rubbed] with gilt lettered spine [rubbed, spinehead chipped]. Front endpaper loose, long horizontal closed tear at pp. 145-146 [no text loss]. Small pinhole at pp. 87-88 [loss of 2 or 3 letters]. A bit of foxing, Good+. The first three printings issued from London in 1799. Evans 38973.
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THE VAGABOND: OR PRACTICAL INFIDELITY. A NOVEL. SECOND AMERICAN, FROM THE FOURTH ENGLISH EDITION WITH NOTES
by Walker, George
Harrisonburg [VA]: Published by Davidson & Bourne, 1814. Original sheep [tight binding, some rubbing]. Gilt spine rules, gilt-lettered spine title on red morocco label. [2], iii, [1 blank], 265, [1- binder's instructions]. Lightly foxed, Very Good. The first American edition of this novel, originally printed in London in 1799, issued from Boston in 1800. An attractive, early Shenandoah Valley imprint, the book is an attack on the radicalism of the French Revolution, mob rule, and notions of... Read More
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JEFFERSON DAVIS. REPUDIATION, RECOGNITION AND SLAVERY. LETTER OF HON. ROBERT J. WALKER, M.A. COUNSELLOR AT LAW IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. . . GOVERNOR OF KANSAS, ETC. ETC. SECOND EDITION
by Walker, Robert J.
London: Ridgway, 1863. 58pp, disbound, else Very Good. Walker, the staunchly pro-Union Senator from Mississippi during the 1830's who had also been an advocate of Texan annexation and later became governor of the Kansas Territory, spent much of the War in Europe raising money for the Union cause. Here he shows that Jefferson Davis and his government are "engaged in selling worthless Confederate bonds in this market." DAB says this and his other pamphlets showed, "not very... Read More
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JEFFERSON DAVIS. REPUDIATION, RECOGNITION AND SLAVERY. LETTER NO. II
by Walker, Robert J.
London, 1863. 12pp, disbound, light wear and Very Good. Walker, the staunchly pro-Union Senator from Mississippi during the 1830's who had also been an advocate of Texan annexation and later became governor of the Kansas Territory, spent much of the War in Europe raising money for the Union cause. Here he shows that Jefferson Davis and his minister to England, Slidell, unjustifiably repudiated certain Mississippi bonds. He also demonstrates that "the cotton pledged by slaveholding traitors for... Read More
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AMERICAN FINANCES AND RESOURCES. LETTER NO. V. OF HON. ROBERT J. WALKER, M. A. COUNSELLOR AT LAW IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, LATE LAW REP. MI., SENATOR OF THE UNITED STATES, SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, COMMISSIONER TO CHINA, GOVERNOR OF KANSAS, ETC., ETC.
by Walker, Robert J.
London: William Ridgway, 1864. 26pp. Disbound a bit roughly. Otherwise a clean and Very Good text., Walker had been an expansionist Mississippi Senator and Polk's Treasury Secretary, enthusiastically supporting the Texas annexation and the Mexican War. But "Walker was at heart a Free-Soiler" and he remained an "eager Unionist" [DAB]. He spent much of the War in England selling federal bonds to support the war effort. In this Letter he demonstrates, with an array of data, the economic... Read More
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AMERICAN FINANCES AND RESOURCES. LETTER NO. III. OF HON. ROBERT J. WALKER, M. A. COUNSELLOR AT LAW IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, LATE LAW REP. MI., SENATOR OF THE UNITED STATES, SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, COMMISSIONER TO CHINA, GOVERNOR OF KANSAS, ETC., ETC.
by Walker, Robert J.
London: William Ridgway, 1863. 26pp. Disbound, else Very Good. Walker had been an expansionist Mississippi Senator and Polk's Treasury Secretary, enthusiastically supporting the Texas annexation and the Mexican War. But "Walker was at heart a Free-Soiler" and he remained an "eager Unionist" [DAB]. He spent much of the War in England selling federal bonds to support the war effort. In this Letter he demonstrates, with an array of data, the economic superiority of free labor over slavery. ... Read More
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ANNUAL DISCOURSE, DELIVERED BEFORE THE OHIO HISTORICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, AT COLUMBUS, ON THE 23D OF DECEMBER, 1837
by Walker, Timothy
Cincinnati: A. Flash, 1838. Original printed wrappers, stitched, 27pp. Foxed moderately, repair to blank lower portion of title leaf [no loss]. Good+. "A general Eulogy of the State of Ohio" [Thomson], with much on its history and culture, beginning with the Ordinance of 1787. FIRST EDITION. AI 53476 [5]. Thomson 1178. Not in Eberstadt, Decker.
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THE CONSTITUTION: ORIGINATING IN COMPROMISE, IT CAN ONLY BE PRESERVED BY ADHERING TO ITS SPIRIT, AND OBSERVING ITS EVERY OBLIGATION. AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BY JAMES W. WALL, ESQ., AT THE CITY HALL, BURLINGTON, FEBRUARY 20, 1862, BY INVITATION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY
by Wall, James W.
Philadelphia: King & Baird, 1862. Original printed yellow wrappers [lightly dusted], with "Resps. of Author" written on front wrapper. 60pp. Very Good. There are a number of Burlingtons in the United States; this one is in New Jersey. Wall lived and practiced law there. His opposition to the Lincoln Administration resulted in his arrest and incarceration for several weeks. The New York Times reported on 11 September 1861. "There is great excitement here, in consequence of a rumor... Read More
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A LETTER ON THE GENIUS AND DISPOSITIONS OF THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT, INCLUDING A VIEW OF THE TAXATION OF THE FRENCH EMPIRE. ADDRESSED TO A FRIEND, BY AN AMERICAN RECENTLY RETURNED FROM EUROPE
by [Walsh, Robert]
Baltimore: Published by P.H. Nicklin and Co.; also by Hopkins and Earle, Philadelphia; Farrand, Mallory and Co. Boston; E.F. Backus, Albany; Williams and Whiting, New York; J. Parker, Pittsburgh; and E. Monford, Wellington and Co. Charleston, South Carolina, 1810. iv, 253pp. Original pale green boards [soiled with cracked spine, rending the book in twain]. Untrimmed and, except for scattered foxing and a clipped front endpaper, text clean. Good+. The first edition, highly critical of France. Walsh was a Baltimorean... Read More
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THE CHARACTER OF A CHRISTIAN HERO. A SERMON PREACHED BEFORE THE ANCIENT AND HONOURABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY, ON THEIR ANNIVERSARY MEETING, JUNE 2D. 1746
by Walter, Nathaniel
Boston in New-England: Printed by J. Draper; for D. Henchman in Cornhill, 1746. 22pp, but lacking the half title and final blank. Disbound, scattered foxing, Good+. "All the World knows a Christian's Life is a Warfare. From the Moment we name the Name of Christ, become His Disciples, we engage with the Flesh, the World, and the Devil, in a Combat..." The Artillery Company is comprised of true Christian heroes: "From You, as from a Nursery, our Land... Read More
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