A SERMON ON THE CARE OF THE SOUL, DELIVERED TO THE SOCIETY IN NORTH-KILLINGWORTH. AND PUBLISHED AT THEIR REQUEST
by Woodbridge, William
Middletown: Printed by Tertius Dunning, 1798. 40pp. Disbound. Tanned and moderately foxed. Good+. Jenkins calls this a "scarce imprint." OCLC records 15. FIRST EDITION. Evans 35049. II Jenkins 699.
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![LIFE AND CONFESSIONS OF JAMES GILBERT JENKINS: THE MURDERER OF EIGHTEEN MEN. CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE MURDER OF EIGHT WHITE MEN AND TEN INDIANS; TOGETHER WITH THE PARTICULARS OF HIGHWAY ROBBERIES, THE STEALING OF SEVERAL HORSES, AND NUMEROUS OTHER CRIMES, COMMITTED IN MISSOURI, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, VIRGINIA, ARKANSAS, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, NEW MEXICO, NEBRASKA, AND CALIFORNIA: AS NARRATED BY HIMSELF TO COL. C.H. ALLEN, SHERIFF OF NAPA COUNTY, WHILE IN JAIL UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH FOR MURDER OF PATRICK O'BRIEN. PHONOGRAPHICALLY REORTED [sic] AND ARRANGED FOR THE PRESS BY R. E. WOOD](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/653/533/1612533653.0.l.jpg)
LIFE AND CONFESSIONS OF JAMES GILBERT JENKINS: THE MURDERER OF EIGHTEEN MEN. CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE MURDER OF EIGHT WHITE MEN AND TEN INDIANS; TOGETHER WITH THE PARTICULARS OF HIGHWAY ROBBERIES, THE STEALING OF SEVERAL HORSES, AND NUMEROUS OTHER CRIMES, COMMITTED IN MISSOURI, ILLINOIS, INDIANA, VIRGINIA, ARKANSAS, TENNESSEE, TEXAS, NEW MEXICO, NEBRASKA, AND CALIFORNIA: AS NARRATED BY HIMSELF TO COL. C.H. ALLEN, SHERIFF OF NAPA COUNTY, WHILE IN JAIL UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH FOR MURDER OF PATRICK O'BRIEN. PHONOGRAPHICALLY REORTED [sic] AND ARRANGED FOR THE PRESS BY R. E. WOOD
by Wood, R. E.
Napa City [CA]: C.H. Allen and R.E. Wood; Printed by William P. Harrison & Co., 1864. 56pp, LACKING THE FRONTIS portrait of Jenkins, one plate illustration of Jenkins preparing to bury his recent victim. Original printed wrappers, portrait of Jenkins on front wrap. Wood's Preface dated in type, "Napa City, March 1st, 1864." Good+. "O'Brien's wife wanted him out of the way, and Jenkins obliged, burying O'Brien in the woods. Like many before him, when discovered, he... Read More
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VALEDICTORY ADDRESS, DELIVERED DECEMBER 6, 1837, AT THE CLOSE OF THE SEVENTH COLLEGIATE YEAR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF ALABAMA
by Woods, Alva
Tuscaloosa: Marmaduke J. Slade, Printer, 1837. 52pp, disbound and lightly foxed. Good+. A Vermont-born educator, Woods sojourned for nearly a decade in the South, first at Transylvania University in Kentucky (where Jefferson Davis went to school) and then as President of the University at Tuscaloosa. After this valedictory he returned North. Ellison 306. Sabin 105121. AI 48600. Not in Owen.
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ENVY WISHES, THEN BELIEVES. AN ORATION, DELIVERED AT COMMENCEMENT, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE, JULY 20TH, 1796
by Woods, Leonard
Leominster, (Massachusetts): Charles Prentiss, 1796. 16pp. Small release stamp at bottom of last page. Upper margin of title leaf repaired, else Very Good. Bound in modern quarter morocco, with gilt-lettered spine title, and marbled boards [bookplate on front pastedown]. "Hail, Harvard University. Surely the hopes of America can never be disappointed, while thy walls continue to be filled with learned and virtuous men." American education cultivates "simple manners", "noble virtue," and religion. The rest of the world-- Africa,... Read More
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MEMOIR OF GEN. NATHANIEL LYON, OF THE FIRST BRIGADE, MISSOURI VOLUNTEERS. SLAIN AT THE BATTLE OF WILSON'S CREEK AUGUST 10, 1861. [REPRINTED FROM THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER FOR APRIL, 1866.]
by Woodward, Ashbel
Boston: Printed by D. Clapp & Son., 1866. 18pp, frontispiece portrait of Lyon with protective tissue, plate of "Plan of the Battle of Wilson's Creek MO." Original printed wrappers [light wear, minor spotting], stitched. Title and last leaf browned, Very Good. The frontispiece is a steel cut engraving and is signed in type 'Engd. George E. Perine, N.Y.' 2 Dornbusch 2219 [NE Hist. & Gen. Register]. OCLC 83821136 [2-AJJ, HUV].
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WOODWARD ON FOREIGNERS
by [Woodward, George W.]
[Philadelphia?, 1863. 8pp. Caption title [as issued]. Disbound with some loosening, light wear, Good+. A Democratic Justice of Pennsylvania's Supreme Court, Woodward ran for Governor in 1863. He had blamed the War on the Republicans, argued that no justification existed for excluding slavery from the Territories, and hinted that the South's secession was justified on grounds of self-defense. This anti-Woodward pamphlet shows that, at the 1837 State Constitutional Convention, he attempted to prevent foreigners from voting... Read More
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SUBMISSION TO THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD, A CHRISTIAN DUTY. A SERMON PREACH'D SEPTEMBER 15, 1782, ON OCCASION OF THE DEATH OF CYRUS WOODWARD, WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE SEPTEMBER 10, 1782, AETATIS 19. DELIVERED THE LORD'S-DAY AFTER HIS INTERMENT
by Woodward, Samuel
Boston, Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Printed by T. & J. Fleet, 1783. [4], ii, 18 pp, with the half title [loose, rubberstamp on blank portion]. Disbound. Good+, with the ownership signature "Rev. Mr. Jackson" at top margin of half title. "Publication of the sermon was occasioned by the death of Samuel Woodward" [ESTC]. The Preface by Reverend Jacob Cushing, dated from Waltham 14 January 1783, laments the death of "your excellent pastor." Son Cyrus died on September 10, 1782;... Read More
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WOODWORTH'S PATENT PLANING MACHINE
by Woodworth, W.W.
[Westchester County, N.Y.?, 1864. 4pp. Caption title, as issued. Disbound a bit roughly, lightly foxed, about Good+. Signed in type at the end by Woodworth, and sworn to by him, dated March 5, 1864. The Woodworth Patent was the subject of controversy and litigation for decades. Mr. W. invented the machine in 1828; he and his heirs sought, as in this pamphlet, repeated extensions of the patent. Lumber merchants, carpenters, and other users opposed extension, which required them... Read More
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A NATION'S INGRATITUDE
by [Wool, General John E.]
Philadelphia, 1861. Broadside verse, 7-3/4" x 9-1/2." Forty-one rhymed couplets printed in two columns within an ornamental border. Dated, at the end, in type, "Philadelphia, December 5th, 1861." Very Good. "Written on the occasion of McClellan's replacement of Winfield Scott as General in Chief of the Army" [Williams College description]. "A poem in praise of Gen. John Ellis Wool" [Huntington]. The poem begins, "The love of country is a holy love, / Approved and smiled on by the... Read More
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A SKETCH OF THE LIFE AND PUBLIC SERVICES OF MAJ. GEN. JOHN E. WOOL, UNITED STATES ARMY. WITH A PORTRAIT
by [Wool, John E.]
New York: Kettell & Moore, 1851. Original printed front wrap [prominent rubberstamp, chipped, loose], stitched [loosened], 30pp. Title page rubberstamped, release stamp. Port. frontis with tissue guard. Good. Rare separate printing, having appeared in the Democratic Review for November Wool was a career soldier who distinguished himself in the Mexican War. At the time of this piece, he was commander of the Eastern Military Division. This pamphlet, whose appearance suggests a small presidential boomlet for Wool, says his "Mexican... Read More
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, 9 MARCH 1835, FROM WASHINGTON, TO WILLIAM OR FRANCIS BAYLIES, DISCUSSING RELATIONS WITH FRANCE, POLITICAL MATTERS, AND PERSONAL SENTIMENTS
by Wool, John E.
Folio sheet, folded to 4pp, about 25 lines of ink manuscript on each pages [1] and [2]. Final leaf is blank. One archivally repaired short closed tear [no loss], Very Good. When he wrote this informative Letter, Brigadier General Wool, the Army's Inspector - General, was on official business in Washington. During his long career-- which included service in the War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the Civil War-- he earned a well-deserved reputation as an extraordinarily... Read More
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, FROM WASHINGTON, 15 FEBRUARY 1827, TO HUGH PEEBLES, CONCERNING WOOL'S MORTGAGE ON REAL ESTATE WHICH PEEBLES WISHES TO SELL
by Wool, John E.
Single leaf, 7-7/8" x 9-5/8," Old folds, entirely in Wool's hand in neat ink manuscript. Signed at the end, with a flourish, John E. Wool. Very Good. Wool writes that he "has recently been informed that you are about, or have already agreed, to sell your house and lot, on which I presume I have a mortgage, to E. Wilson Esqr. Apprehensive that you may have been induced to the agreement, under the expectation that I should indulge... Read More
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THE TRIUMPH OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.| A HISTO-PROPHETIC INAUGURAL ADDRESS, BY JOHN G. WOOLLEY
by Woolley, John G.
[n.p., 1901. 5.5" x 12.5". [4] pp. Caption-title [as issued], folded. Tanned, old folds [splits along folds, no text loss], minor chipping at edges. At head of title is printed: 1901 Copyright by John G. Woolley. On the last page following the end of the speech the copyright is waived as to printing in newspapers as of March 4, 1901. Good to Good+. John Granville Woolley [1850-1922] graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1871, studied law at... Read More
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SOME DIFFICULTIES PROPOSED FOR SOLUTION: OR A COPY OF A LETTER TO THE REV. JOHN MURRAY, CONCERNING HIS DISCOURSE ON THE ORIGIN OF EVIL. WITH SOME ADDITIONAL REMARKS, BY AN IMPARTIAL ENQUIRER
by Worcester, Noah
Newbury-port: Printed by John Mycall, 1786. 61, [1 blank] pp. Half title. Disbound, partly untrimmed. Light uniform tanning, light scattered foxing. Half title inscribed "Leonard Wood" [portion of 'd' trimmed away]. Two holes in a blank foremargin, no text affected. Small hole in title page, affecting two letters, else Very Good. Worcester's scarce version of his doctrinal dispute with Reverend Murray. FIRST EDITION. Evans 20158. NAIP w003489. Not in Jenkins.
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A CANDID DISCUSSION OF SOME INTERESTING QUESTIONS, RELATIVE TO THE SUBJECT OF CLOSE COMMUNION: WITH REMARKS ON A REPLY TO A FRIENDLY LETTER. THE WHOLE ADDRESSED TO THE REV. THOMAS BALDWIN. Worcester: 1794
by Worcester, Noah
1794. 103pp, Disbound, no half title. Scattered foxing. Good+. FIRST EDITION. Evans 28130.
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SOME DIFFICULTIES PROPOSED FOR SOLUTION: OR A COPY OF A LETTER TO THE REV. JOHN MURRAY, CONCERNING HIS DISCOURSE ON THE ORIGIN OF EVIL. WITH SOME ADDITIONAL REMARKS, BY AN IMPARTIAL ENQUIRER
by [Worcester, Noah]
Newbury-Port: Printed by John Mycall, 1786. 61, [1 blank] pp, with the half title. Stitched in contemporary drab wrappers. Untrimmed. A lovely copy, with occasional mild foxing. Near Fine. Half title inscribed "Edw. Titcomb". The pamphlet is Worcester's argument in his doctrinal dispute with Reverend Murray, the founder of Universalism. FIRST EDITION. Evans 20158. NAIP w003489.
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SEVENTH REPORT OF THE MASTER COMMISSIONER IN THE MATTER OF THE OHIO LIFE INSURANCE AND TRUST COMPANY. 1842
by [Worcester, Samuel T.]
Norwalk, Ohio: S. & C.A. Preston, Printers, 1842. 29, [3 blanks] pp. Stitched. Lightly foxed, lightly worn, final blank has a hole in it. Good+. Allegations of mismanagement resulted in judicial oversight of this Company beginning in 1836. Worcester was appointed Special Master Commissioner with broad powers to investigate "the affairs of said Company," especially its banking practices, to determine "whether its management is safe, and whether the standing rules relating to it have been observed faithfully." Worcester... Read More
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WHEREFORE CHANGE?" MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED REASONS WHY WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON SHOULD AND WILL HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE DEMOCRACY, FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, IN PREFERENCE TO MARTIN VAN BUREN. BY A WORKINGMAN
by Workingman, A.
Boston: Printed by Tuttle, Dennett & Chisholm, 1840. 16pp, stitched as issued. Light scattered foxing, Good+. 119 reasons, to be precise. The Jacksonian Era has created an "imperial" presidency; Harrison will restore the office to its proper role. "There is no republicanism in Van Burenism." Corrupt characters populate the Van Buren Administration; Harrison is the ideal of simple republicanism. Cronin & Wise 151 [Harrison]. AI 40-4754 [5]. Not in Miles.
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ATLANTA MACHINE WORKS, ON GEORGIA RAILROAD, NEAR DEPOT, ATLANTA, GEORGIA. DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP. THE PARTNERSHIP HERETOFORE EXISTING BETWEEN MCCOMBS, MEAKIN & CO., IS THIS DAY DISSOLVED BY THE RETIREMENT OF J.W. MEAKIN. J.M. MCCOMBS IS CHARGED WITH THE SETTLEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE FIRM... ATLANTA, APRIL 9, 1884
by Atlanta Trade Broadside [Atlanta Machine Works]
[Atlanta, 1884. Broadside, 6" x 9-3/8". Fine. A new firm was birthed by J.M. McCombs, F.M. McCombs, and George Taylor of Boston "under the firm name of McCombs, Taylor & Co., and will continue the business of the Atlanta Machine Works in all its various branches... Our Mr. Taylor who will have charge of the Mechanical Department of our works, is an inventor of Machinery, Draftsman and Mechanical Engineer of over twenty years experience... We are prepared... Read More
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PRICE LIST. BURGESS STEEL AND IRON WORKS, MANUFACTURERS OF PLOW AND AGRICULTURAL STEEL, TOOL STEEL, STEEL BOILER PLATE, STEEL TIRE, WELDS BLOOM IRON PLATE, MACHINERY STEEL, LAY STEEL, &C. EXTRA QUALITY BOILER, FLANGE AND FIRE BOX IRON, AND U.S. NORWAY REFINED IRON
by Burgess Steel and Iron Works
Portsmouth, Ohio: Jas. W. Newman, Printer, Times Office, 1876. 4" x 6.25". 15, [1] pp, with folding "Diagram List" and manufacturer's Note tipped in after title leaf. Original printed yellow wrappers [rear wrap printed in red ink, light wear], stitched. Folding plate illustrates the patterns available to cut for customers [partly printed in red ink]. The final page notes that the company was 'built in 1871' and lists the officers: L.C. Robinson, Vice-President; G.W. Weyer, Secretary; and M.H. Ball,... Read More
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COAL-MINE WORKERS AND THEIR INDUSTRY. AN INDUSTRIAL HANDBOOK PREPARED BY THE EDUCATIONAL BUREAU OF THE I. W. W. FOR COAL-MINE WORKERS INDUSTRIAL UNION NO. 220, I. W. W.
by Industrial Workers of the World
Chicago: Prepared by the Industrial Workers of the Word, 1922. 108, [4] pp. Original stapled pictorial wrappers. Cartoon illustration on verso of title page. Light wear, Very Good. The front wrapper depicts a happy coal miner, "ORGANIZED" in the IWW; and a nasty top-hatted capitalist oppressing an unhappy worker, "UNORGANIZED." The book is "The Story of a Great Industry and the Men Who Work in It." Topics: 1. What is coal? How did it come into existence?... Read More
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DAVID MINTON WRIGHT, M.D., 1809-1863. A REPRINT FROM "THE RICHMOND NEWS", RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1901
by [Wright, David Minton]
Mexico City: Privately Printed, 1925. [2], 8, [2 blanks] pp. Original staples and detached original printed wrappers. At head of title: "Expunged from the Record ---." Except as noted, Very Good. Dr. Wright, a physician, is "remembered because of the regrettable circumstances surrounding his death. . . When Federal troops entered Norfolk on 10 May 1862, the noncombatant citizens were permitted to carry on undisturbed and peacefully. As a physician Wright was accorded the same privileges. This changed... Read More
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REPLY TO HON. CHARLES G. LORING, UPON "RECONSTRUCTION.
by Wright, John S.
Boston and Chicago [Cambridge]: A. Williams and Company, and J.R. Walsh [Houghton and Company], 1867. 31, [1 blank], xxiv, 189, [3] pp. Original printed wrappers with wrapper title; title page follows page 31 and is at page [iii] [as issued]. Wraps lightly worn, occasional mild text spotting, Very Good. INSCRIBED ON FRONT WRAPPER, "Hon. R.H. Dana with compliments of J. Wright." Wright was an indefatigable Chicago editor, promoter, entrepreneur, booster of that City and his State, and a... Read More
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ILLINOIS TO MASSACHUSETTS, GREETING! CONFLICTING TEACHINGS OF SOUTH CAROLINA AND MASSACHUSETTS. A PLEA FROM THE YOUNG WEST, THE GIANT OFFSPRING OF UNION, FOR THAT UNION AND, FOR OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AS INSTITUTED BY OUR HONORED FATHERS. "LET WELL ENOUGH ALONE.
by Wright, John S.
Boston: Wright and Potter., 1866. 22, [2] pp. Original printed self-wrappers. A bit of tanning and edge wear, else Very Good. Wright was an indefatigable Chicago editor, promoter, entrepreneur, and booster of that City and his State. He identifies himself here as a War Democrat. DAB, whose sketch of Wright's life is otherwise respectful, says the author's works published during this period "gave evidence of the weakening of his mind. His reason finally gave way, and he... Read More
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THE NEW AND COMPLETE LIFE OF OUR BLESSED LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST: CONTAINING AN AUTHENTIC AND FULL ACCOUNT OF ALL THE WONDERFUL TRANSACTIONS, SUFFERINGS AND DEATH OF OUR GLORIOUS REDEEMER. WITH THE LIVES, ACTS AND SUFFERINGS OF HIS HOLY APOLSTLES, EVANGELISTS, DISCIPLES, &C. INCLUDING THE LIVES OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, THE VIRGIN MARY, AND MANY OTHER EMINENT PERSONS AND PRIMITIVE CHRISTIANS, NOT TO BE FOUND IN ANY OTHER WORK OF THIS KIND. BY...D.D. VICAR OF OAKLEY, &C. IN ESSEX, LATE OF PEMBROKE-HALL, CAMBRIDGE
by Wright, Paul
Winchester, Va.: Published by J.F. Archbold. J. Foster, Printer, 1816. Contemporary full leather [moderately rubbed] with gilt-lettered spine. 512pp, considerable foxing. A Good or Good+ copy. First printed in London. 1795 printings in New York and Philadelphia were the first American editions. This offering enjoys the distinction of being the first Winchester edition, a later one having issued in 1818. AI 39881 [5]. Haynes 21914. Swem 6686. 675 NUC 0469353 [5].
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