AMERICANA from Franklin Gilliam :: Rare Books

St. Louis: s.n., 1880. . 42 [43-50] including covers; pp. 44-50 are advertisements Second revised edition. The author, a journalist, was born in Illinois and moved to St. Louis in 1866 and devoted much of his energy to persuading his fellow countrymen to move the capital to St. Louis. This work is in the same vein and makes mention… Read more about this item

New Orleans: Im Selbstverlage, 1894. . 8vo, self-wrappers, closed tear in final leaf; side-stitched Eight holdings in OCLC.Pages 144-166 contain local advertisements, many of them illustrated.

Wein: Selbstverlag des Verfassers,, 1869 and 1870. . 8vo in yellow printed wrappers (front detached and back repaired with Scotch tape) AND pale mauve printed wrappers, spine mostly lacking Howes E159. Not in Clark.Late editions, originally published in 1857 and almost every year thereafterÑwe have identified 13 separately dated printings in the 19th centuryÑit is newly available on Kindle!

Boston: Printed by S.N. Dickinson & Co.,, 1847. . 18mo, brown cloth, blind-stamped; rubberstamp of The Bromfield School on he title. Five holdings in OCLC.Loammi Sewall Coburn was born in Salem, Mass. on Apr. 7, 1808. He graduated from Dartmouth in 1830 and from Andover Theological Seminary in 1835. From 1853-1857 he was the third Principal of… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: T. Williams, 1861. . Lithograph printed in four colors, 22 x 27 inches on a sheet measuring 23 7/8 x 29 1/2. Central large image and five smaller, all beneath the Stars and Stripes surmounted by the American Eagle. Recently de-acidified and backed with japanese tissue; some minor staining lightened; blind-stamp of the publisher at bottom right. … Read more about this item

Syracuse, N.Y.: The Company, 1886. . Oblong format, 2 3/8 x 4 1/4 inches, blue wrappers, front printed; very minor rubbing on spine. In quite exceptional condition Company represented in Romaine, see p. 93. McKinstry lists catalogues for 1887, 1890, and 1896

Washington: Printed by Order of the United States, 1802. . 8vo, disbound, spine showing evidence of old pamphlet binding Sabin 69813. Institutionally scarce, three holding in OCLC

Richmond: Shepherd & Colin, 1838. . 8vo, printed pale green wrappers, soiled, extremities of spine chipped Signature of John Hartwell Cocke on the front free endpaper, dated November 15, 1838. "Progressive and prescient in all things, he promoted new agricultural methods, the founding of agricultural societies, the development of waterways and steam navigation." DAB. He fought with great brilliance… Read more about this item

s.l.: s.n., . . 8vo, side-stitched; age-darkened and chipped; uncut and unopened; bottom lower right of all leaves dog-eared, not affecting text. Sabin 105462Ñnot differentiating between this 14 pp. printing and one with 8 pp. The American Antiquarian Society's copy of the 14 pp. edition has a contemporary ownership signature dated 12 June 1810" on title. A Federalist pamphlet… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, 1872. . Large 8vo, green blind-stamped cloth; front slightly spotted; a few very small blisters on back cover. Ownership signature in pencil on free front endpaper and on title The last book by this noted economist

Germantown, Pa.: Printed by Zachariah Poulson, Junior, 1799. . Self-wrappers, paper age-browned; paper flaw on pp. 21/22 resulting in the loss of several words at the foot of p. 22 Evans 35081. This campaign seems to have been a particularly abusive one, Ross's opponent was Thomas McKean (signer of the Declaration and Pennsylvania Chief Justice) who won this election

New-Haven: Abel Morse, 1793. . 8vo, full contempory calf, expertly tightened in binding and outer hinges repaired FIRST EDITION. Evans 25556; Cohen 8008

[Salem?]: T. C. Cushing, 1801. . pp. [1-3], 4Ð20, [2 blank leaves], [20], 21Ð27 [28Ð30Ñblank]). 12mo, contemporary marbled wrappers Not in Sabin, OCLC nor in NUC; American Imprints 1293ÑEssex Institute only. The Laws together with membership lists were printed at various times, copies for the following years have been found, usually in one copy only: 1784; 1790;… Read more about this item

Norristown, Pa.: David Sower, Jr., 1831. . 8vo, marbled paper-covered boards, very worn; vellum spine; foxed throughout with some dampstaining NUC lists 7 holding libraries; only listing in OCLC is for the microfilm. Cohen 8231. Rare in trade

Providence: Printed by Nathaniel Heaton, Jun..., 1803. . 8vo, full contemporary calf, worn; lacking the leaf following the title--an advertisement for the book

Philadelphia: Druck von H. B. Ashmead, 1863. . 8vo, printed buff wrappers, front pictorial, small loss to front bottom outer corner; bottom outer corners of text slightly dog-eared A collection of articles on northern sedition against the Union and foreign intervention, culled from leading newspapers. There is also a signed declaration by the officers of 150th Pennsylvania Volunteer Regiment… Read more about this item

s.l.: s.n., 1878. . Oblong 16mo, pictorial gray wrappers, brown cloth spine Charming little blank book with some pages have small vignettes birds, a dog, a pod of peas with heads inside, in varying colors, all worked around a scroll to sign in, plus, others have green ferns, and still others have Japanese motives as does the cover.The wood-engravings… Read more about this item

Cleveland: M. C. Younglove, 1849. . + errata leaf. 8vo, full contemporary leather, slightly worn, red spine label; ownership notation on front pastedown From the Preface: "Nor is the work designed for males only. The author would earnestly recommend that it be studied by females also. Although they do not directly participate in the government, a knowledge of the… Read more about this item

Boston: Young & Minns, Printers to the State, 1806. . 8vo, disbound, fragments of original pamphlet binding present on spine; needle stab-holes. Stanford Library duplicate with numberical rubber-stamp and blind-stamp on final leaf Sabin 80195. Rather belligerent in tone, testifying to the importance of a militia: "A people who wish for peace, must be prepared for war." Forceful extortions… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph Crukshank, 1788. . 12mo, original calf, corners somewhat bumped; outer hinges expertly tightened; tear on p. 90 affecting one letter and the catchword; contemporary ownership signature on the blank preceding the title, and on the back free endpaper Evans 21623. The 5th edition of 1774 was the first edition of this work to be published… Read more about this item