THE PROTECTIVE SYSTEM CONSIDERED IN CONNECTION WITH THE PRESENT TARIFF, IN A SERIES OF TWELVE ESSAYS, ORIGINALLY PUBLISED IN THE WASHINGTON UNION OVER THE SIGNATURE OF 'BUNDELCUND. ' WRITTEN BY..
by Burke, Edmund
Washington: Gideon, 1846. Stitched, 40pp, foxed. Good+. This Edmund Burke was a New Hampshire Democratic lawyer who served as President Polk's Commissioner of Patents. In these essays he defends Polk's 1846 'Tariff of Abominations,' called thus by its detractors, and the integrity of the Democratic Party. FIRST EDITION. AI 46-1216 [5]. I Appleton's 454. Not in Eberstadt, Decker.
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A LETTER FROM THE RT. HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE TO HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF PORTLAND, ON THE CONDUCT OF THE MINORITY IN PARLIAMENT, CONTAINING FIFTY-FOUR ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT AGAINST THE RT. HON. C.J. FOX. FROM THE ORIGINAL COPY, IN THE POSSESSION OF THE NOBLE DUKE
by Burke, Edmund
Philadelphia: James Humphreys, 1797. iv, [5]-56 pp [as issued]. Stitched, untrimmed, generously margined, Very Good plus. According to the preliminary 'Advertisement by the Editor,' Burke sought to suppress this Letter; "not more than between seventy and eighty copies got abroad.- Whether this information be exact or not, certain it is, that the pamphlet is very scarce in England, and it is probable that not more than three or four copies have reached this country." [OCLC locates more... Read More
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REFLECTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE, AND ON THE PROCEEDINGS IN CERTAIN SOCIETIES IN LONDON, RELATIVE TO THAT EVENT. IN A LETTER INTENDED TO HAVE BEEN SENT TO A GENTLEMAN IN PARIS
by Burke, Edmund
Philadelphia: D. Humphreys, for Young, Dobson, Carey, and Rice, 1792. 256pp. Lacking boards. Light to moderate foxing, Good+. "One of the most brilliant of polemics" [PMM]. Although Burke had supported the American Revolution, the slaughter and excesses of the French Revolution were more than Burke could stomach. This is the best book written in opposition to that Revolution. This second American edition was printed after the 1791 New York. The first edition issued from London in 1790. Evans... Read More
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A REMARKABLE AND ROMANTIC HISTORY OF LOVE AND TREACHERY. THE MYSTERIOUS CRIME AT THE BURLEIGH MANSION, NORTH READING, MASS. BEING THE WONDERFUL CAREER OF MRS. JANE BURLEIGH, A LADY OF WEALTH AND BEAUTY, A TRUE AND COMPLETE ACCOUNT OF WHICH IS NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME PUBLISHED, ALTHOUGH STRENUOUS EFFORTS WERE MADE TO SUPPRESS IT
by [Burleigh, Jane]
Philadelphia: Published by Barclay & Co., 1887. Original printed wrappers, the front wrapper with illustration of a woman holding her child: "My God, My Child is Dead." Illustrated rear wrapper with caption, "The disguised mother, Mrs. Burleigh, knelt by the side of her sleeping child and, with heaven-lifted eyes, prayed for courage." [4], 21-78, [2 publ. advts.] pp, as issued. Stitched. Five full-page illustrations, their versos blank. Front wrapper laid down on sympathetic card stock. Else Very Good. ... Read More
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SPEECH OF JUDGE BURNETT, OF OHIO, IN THE WHIG NATIONAL CONVENTION, GIVING A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF GEN. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON
by Burnett, [Jacob]
Washington: Printed at the Madisonian Office, 1839. 8pp, a folded folio leaf, untrimmed and uncut. Lightly foxed, else Very Good. This is the first edition, reprinted in 1840 for the presidential campaign. Burnett had been a Senator from Ohio, having succeeded Harrison in that office. He was an authority on Ohio's early history [see, e.g., Howes B96]. Burnett praises Harrison fulsomely. Miles 77. Haynes 2516. AI 54745 [5].
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![THE TELESCOPE. PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM BURNETT & CO. VOL. I.] NEW-YORK, SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1824. [NO. 1](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/488/130/1738130488.0.l.jpg)
THE TELESCOPE. PUBLISHED BY WILLIAM BURNETT & CO. VOL. I.] NEW-YORK, SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1824. [NO. 1
by Burnett, William
New York: William Burnett & Co., 1824. 4to. 4pp. Caption title, as issued. Light to moderate foxing, disbound. Each page printed in four columns. Good plus. "A nondenominational religious weekly. This issue contains an article on the history of the Shakers" [Lomazow]. The Telescope calls them "Shaking Quakers." "The Telescope is to show the true state of the Christian world; occasionally to point out the various causes which prevent the progress of true piety, and to revive primitive... Read More
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A DIGEST OF THE NEW MILITIA LAW, WHICH RECEIVED THE ROYAL ASSENT, APR. 8. 1762
by Burn, Richard
London: Printed by H. Woodfall and W. Strahan..., 1762. 12mo. [2], 82pp. Two rubberstamps of the Inner Temple Library on blank portions of the title page, and one on the blank verso. Title leaf dusted, else a clean text bound into modern marbled boards. Good+. A scarce Digest, issued during the final two years of the French and Indian Wars. ESTC T151163. OCLC 828582522 [2- British Lib., Oxford] [as of December 2015].
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REASONS, IN SUPPORT OF AN OPINION OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC, RESPECTING THE VOTES OF OTSEGO COUNTY, ON THE 7TH OF JUNE, 1792
by [Burr, Aaron; John Jay; George Clinton]
New-York: Printed by T. and J. Swords, 1792. 30pp. Disbound, lacks the final blank leaf. Top blank margin of title page torn, but no text affected. Scattered foxing, Good+. Signed in type at the end by Richard Harison, John Cozine, C.I. Bogert, Robert Troup, James H. Hughes, and Thomas Cooper. List of New York State Sheriff appointments at pages 28-30. Good+. This pamphlet concerns a New York election dispute involving George Clinton, John Jay, and Aaron Burr.... Read More
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COLUMBIAN CENTINEL. BOSTON, [MASSA.] WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1806. WHOLE NO. 2,368
by [Burr, Aaron]
Boston, 1806. Elephant folio, [4] pp, printed in five columns per page. Caption title [as issued]. Light toning, scattered foxing, a bit of fading here and there. Old folds, several with splits; spine and edges a bit tattered [loss of some words from a line on the first page], several small repairs made with archival tape. Good. In addition to the usual local news and military updates, this issue includes a short letter on the treason charge against... Read More
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THE OLD GUARD, A MONTHLY JOURNAL, DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND ART, AND THE PRINCIPLES OF 1776 AND 1787
by Burr, C. Chauncy [editor]
New York: Van Evrie, Horton & Co., 162 Nassau St., 1865. Vol. III, No. 4. Complete in original printed wrappers. Pages [145]-192, as issued. Light scattered foxing, stitched and untrimmed, one closed tear without loss. Very Good. [with] DEATH OF THE PRESIDENT. Broadside, 6" x 7-5/8," tipped in, irrelevant printed verbiage on verso, asserting that Lincoln's assassination "cannot fail to fill every heart with horror and alarm. An assassin is justly held to be the foe of mankind, and... Read More
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THE HISTORY OF THE UNION, AND OF THE CONSTITUTION. BEING THE SUBSTANCE OF THREE LECTURES ON THE COLONIAL, REVOLUTIONARY, AND CONSTITUTIONAL PERIODS OF AMERICAN HISTORY, WITH AN APPENDIX CONTAINING THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AND THE VIRGINA AND KENTUCKY RESOLUTIONS OF '98. THIRD EDITION
by Burr, C[harles] Chauncey
New York: Van Evrie, Horton & Co., 1863. 92, 4 pp. Later covers, light toning, Very Good. The Van Evrie publishing firm became notorious during the Civil War and Reconstruction as a defender of Slavery and opponent of civil rights for Negroes, whom Van Evrie regarded as an inferior race. The firm sponsored an array of Copperhead and anti-Negro, pro-slavery publications. These opinions aligned well with many in the Democratic Party, which offered itself to voters as "The... Read More
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BURR'S MAP OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
by Burr, David H.
New York: J.H. Colton, 1838. 16mo cloth, with title stamped in gilt on front board. Folding pocket map, in full period color. 15.5" x 13." Near Fine [pinsize closed split at a fold intersection with no loss]. Insets of the Hudson River Valley and Niagara River are included.
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED G.H. BURTON, FROM TROY, SOUTH CAROLINA, 8 MARCH 1907, CONCERNING SHARPSHOOTERS' GUNS IN KENTUCKY'S FAMOUS CONFEDERATE ORPHAN BRIGADE DURING THE CIVIL WAR
by Burton, George Hector
Troy, S. C., 1907. Single sheet of paper entirely in ink manuscript, 5-1/8" x 6-1/4." Very Good. The commander of the Kentucky Orphan Brigade's Sharpshooters writes to "Joe," otherwise unidentified: "In accordance with your request of recent date as well as to fulfill my promise to you I send you the history as it was written by Ed Porter Thompson in his history of the Ky Brigade of infantry known as the Orphan Brigade. I had twenty... Read More
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LYNCHING IN CROCKETT COUNTY, TENNESSEE
by Burton, James D.
[Oakdale, Tenn., 1929. Two leaves, printed on rectos only, on mimeographed folio pages 8-1/2" x 14." Old folds, about Fine. Burton was Secretary of the Commission on Interracial Cooperation, Oakdale, Tennessee. Burton's facsimile signature, with a date of July 1929, appears at the end. His essay recounts that "Joe Boxley, eighteen year old colored boy, was lynched, near Alamo, Crockett County, Tenn., about 4:00 A.M. Wednesday, May 29th, 1929. Alamo and Crockett County are associated with the name... Read More
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SOUND AN ALARM: ABRIDGED. ADDRESSED TO THE SERIOUS CONSIDERATION OF ALL THE INHABITANTS OF GREAT BRITAIN, FROM THE LEAST TO THE GREATEST; BY WAY OF APPENDIX TO "REFORM OR RUIN.
by [Burwell, John]
London: J. Wright, 1798. 16mo, contemporary plain wraps [moderately worn], stitched. 24pp, Good+. The French have "commenced the mad career in which they are engaged, with the settled design of destroying all Religion and all Governments in the world." NUC records two other issues, neither of them 'abridged.' Not in Kress or Sabin. 70 NUC 0707684 and -5 [ref.].
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SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. MEYER & STUCKEN, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, VS. THE CITY OF MUSCATINE, DEFENDANT IN ERROR, WRIT OF ERROR FROM IOWA. ARGUMENT OF...FOR DEFENDANT IN ERROR
by Butler, Jacob
Corning, N.Y.: Printed at the Journal Office, 1862. Original printed wrappers [spine wear], stitched, 24pp. Tanned, two small binding holes in blank inner margin. Good+ or so. Butler argues that the City of Muscatine, Iowa, is not liable to bondholders because the bonds, on which payment was defaulted, were issued in violation of the Constitution of Iowa, which forbids municipalities from issuing railroad bonds; and that the bonds were in fact issued by the railroad, which is... Read More
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CHARACTER AND RESULTS OF THE WAR. HOW TO PROSECUTE AND HOW TO END IT. A THRILLING AND ELOQUENT SPEECH BY MAJ. - GEN. B.F. BUTLER. REPORTED BY A. F. WARBURTON
by Butler, Major-General B[enjamin] F[ranklin]
[New York, 1863. 28pp. Disbound with caption title. Good+. During the course of Butler's call to arms, he vigorously defends emancipating and arming the slaves. This is one of several 1863 printings. Sabin 9615n.
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NEBRASKA. ITS CHARACTERISTICS AND PROSPECTS
by Butler, Prof. James D.
[np., 1873. 36, ii, [2] pp. Original printed self-wrappers [rear wrap chipped at blank corner, not affecting the plate of Salt Creek Valley]. Disbound [disbinding holes present in blank inner margin], full-page and partial-page illustrations. Good+. The second edition, after the 1870 24-page first. "Scarce." Adams. "The statistics, with which my paper bristles, have cost me labor in gleaning, and will be as hard for some to peruse as for me to procure." Those bristling statistics show why Nebraska... Read More
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GOVERNORS OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES, 1862
by [Buttre, John Chester]
Boston: B.B. Russell, 515 Washington St.; Engraved by J.C. Buttre, 48 Franklin St., New York, 1862. Lithograph, 11" x 15". Six uncolored oval portraits of the New England Governors in 1862 arranged around an engraving of the Bunker Hill Monument: Israel Washburn, Jr., Maine; Nathaniel S. Berry, New Hampshire; Frederick Holbrook, Vermont; John A. Andrew, Massachusetts; William Sprague, Rhode-Island; and Wm. A. Buckingham, Connecticut. Two short closed tears at blank top margin [repaired on verso]. Light foxing to the... Read More
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BRIEF REASONS FOR REPUDIATION; APPLICABLE TO THE WAR DEBTS OF ALL COUNTRIES. BY ISAAC BUTTS, LATE EDITOR OF THE ROCHESTER DAILY UNION AND ADVERTISER
by Butts, Isaac
Rochester, N.Y.: Benton & Andrews, 1869. Original printed yellow wrappers, stitched. x, 100 pp. Rubberstamped front wrapper and title page. Otherwise, a clean and Very Good copy. Butts had supported the Free Soil Party and the "Barnburner" or antislavery wing of the Democratic Party. But during the War he consistently opposed the Lincoln administration. He believed the War was wrong, "and that nothing but evil could result from it, so far as the nation was concerned" [web site... Read More
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THE EXTINCTION OF THE SLAVE-TRADE, AND THE CIVILIZATION OF AFRICA: A REVIEW OF "THE AFRICAN SLAVE - TRADE, AND ITS REMEDY," BY SIR THOMAS FOWELL BUXTON, BART. REPRINTED FROM THE WESLEYAN - METHODIST MAGAZINE FOR JULY, 1840
by [Buxton, Thomas Fowell]
London: Published by John Mason, 1840. 26pp. Disbound with scattered foxing, Good+. Despite herculean efforts to secure its abolition, "The African slave-trade now prevails to a much greater extent, and inflicts on its unhappy victims a much larger amount of suffering, than ever." Maybe, the author speculates, it's the fault of the reformers: We resolved to "cease to do evil," but we did not resolve "to do well, by making reparation to Africa for the wrongs which had... Read More
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PROFESSIONAL CRIMINALS OF AMERICA. NEW AND REVISED EDITION. BY THOMAS BYRNES LATE CHIEF OF POLICE NEW YORK CITY. "MEMORABILIA
by Byrnes, Thomas
New York: G. W. Dillingham, 1895. Large 4to. The second edition, revised and greatly enlarged from the 1886 first. 402pp, in modern buckram. 609 numbered portraits on 47 unnumbered leaves, brief biographical sketches, illustrations, plates. A clean and Very Good text. This second edition lists an array of criminals: women; Jewish, Italian, Irish, and other Americans, all practicing an interesting variety of criminal trades. "This volume contains four hundred new portraits of the most expert and dangerous professional... Read More
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PROFESSIONAL CRIMINALS OF AMERICA. BY THOMAS BYRNES INSPECTOR OF POLICE AND CHIEF OF DETECTIVES NEW YORK CITY. "PRO BONO PUBLICO.
by Byrnes, Thomas
New York: Cassell & Company, 1886. Large 4to. 36 plates containing 204 numbered photo illustration portraits. [12], 433 pp. Frontis portrait of Byrnes, with original tissue guard. Bound in contemporary half calf [worn, crudely rebacked and separating]. Blank gutters with wear and discoloration. Good+. The Introduction to this first edition explains that the book "contains over two hundred photographs of important and dangerous criminals, thus forming a public Rogue's Gallery. In addition, among its pages will be found... Read More
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THE ORIGINAL INVENTION OF THE OCEAN TELEGRAPH CABLE FINALLY PATENTED! ARGUMENT IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION OF THE ADMINISTRATOR OF WILLIAM GORDON FOR A PATENT FOR AN IMPROVEMENT IN TELEGRAPH CABLES. BEFORE THE EXAMINERS-IN-CHIEF. MASON, FENWICK & LAWRENCE, FOR APPLICANT
by [Ocean Telegraph Cable]
Washington: R.O. Polkinhorn, Printer, 1877. 30, [1], [1 blank] pp. Original printed tan wrappers [some scoring, loosening, light chipping], stitched. Rear wrap has engraving of the U.S. Patent Office. Light staining to the outermost edges of text, else clean. Good+. The inner front wrapper advertises the Washington firm of Mason, Fenwick & Lawrence, "Patent Agents and Attorneys." The firm's argument details the long history of this patent controversy, and the entitlement of Gordon's heirs to the patent.... Read More
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THE SLAVE POWER: ITS CHARACTER, CAREER, AND PROBABLE DESIGNS: BEING AN ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN THE REAL ISSUES INVOLVED IN THE AMERICAN CONTEST. THIRD EDITION
by Cairnes, J.E.
New York: Follett Foster & Co., 1863. 171pp. Disbound, occasional light spotting. Good+. "This Irish legal scholar asserted that the best interests of mankind rested on a thorough defeat of the South and the eradication of slavery" [Nevins]. Sabin 9856. I Nevins 249. Work 365 (2d ed.).
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