A small 4pg. booklet in self-wrappers. Some wear to the spine, one crease, very good condition. This is addressed "To The Young Republican Voters of Cuyahoga County" and the text is basically a recruitment for this organization. They propose to merge what was formerly the "First Voters" Club into the Young Men's Republican League. Dues would be One Dollar per year. The rear contains a list of officers, the President being Herman W. Grannis. Scarce - no copy recorded anywhere that we can locate. View More...
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Hartford: Burleigh, 1848. First edition.
Seller ID: 56660
Original brown cloth stamped in blind, spine lettered in gilt. Some pencil drawings on preliminary leaves (dated 1855), foxing and discoloration to some leaves, light chipping to spine ends, a very good copy. Thompson was an abolitionist from Illinois, who was arrested in Missouri in 1841 for "slave abduction", attempting to help slaves escape into Canada. He was sentenced to twelve years in the Missouri State Penitentiary, but was pardoned and released after 4 years, 11 months, and 12 days. Several of the poems relate to the abolitionist movement, notably one entitled "Death Of Charles T. Tor... View More...
NY: Headquarters of the Association, 1874. Yellow printed wrappers, sewn. 48pp. Folding table at front. Light chipping to edges, short tears in a few margins, upper cover detached, a nice clean copy. View More...
Green cloth, title in gilt on the front cover. 34pp. Two inserted photographic plates. Some spotting of cloth, yellowing of front end papers, but a nice copy. Verses by the four White sisters: Frances Eaton White (Daisy), Mabel Willington, Elizabeth Selden (Lil), and Susan Sherman. A short preface explains the origins and preservation of these writings, and gives some family details. The two photographic illustrations are of the Old Roger Sherman House in Chapel Street, New Haven, and another house on Trumbull Street. Laid in is a TLS from one of the White sisters, Mabel W. Stimson [she marrie... View More...
Original decorative light green wrappers, sewn. 12pp. One inserted plate, an engraving of the chair. Faint wear to tips, a very nice copy. View More...
New Orleans: American Association of Port Authorities, 1931. Pictorial wrappers. Paginated 873 - 968. Some chipping to spine ends, ink stamp on upper front wrapper, very good. This is an issue of the Monthly Bulletin of The American Association of Port Authorities, Association of Pacific and Far East Ports, Society of Terminal Engineers, and American Shore and Beach Preservation Association. This issue focuses on Portland, Maine. Articles on planning, tidewater facilities, electric trucks, etc. Some historical content on Portland Harbor. Maps, charts, photographic illustrations. View More...
