[Atlanta? 1894]. Small broadside, approximately 11 x 8 inches. Even toning. "What Evidence have the Negroes of this State that Schools will be provided for their Children in case the Third Party gets into Power?," asks this rare piece of Georgia campaign literature from the 1894 election. The body of..... More

San Francisco: George Spaulding & Co., 1893. 90pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Front cover detached, a bit chipped. Light toning to first and last leaves. Minor scattered foxing. "This annotation of the General Street Law, as amended in 1889, 1891 and 1893, attempts only to clarify the text where that..... More

San Francisco: Bunker & Hiester, 1877. xxiii,[1],184pp. plus three maps (one folding). Original yellow printed wrappers. Some light wear and soiling, minor chipping to spine ends.Internally clean. Work on the election law of California, covering a broad range of material from the Constitution of the United States to information on..... More

New York: Ballin & Berman, 1888. Large silk handkerchief, approximately 18.5 x 21.5 inches. Printed in red and blue. Quarter-inch tear at lower right corner, one small pinhole at upper right. A few very small patches of staining, light dust soiling. A rare piece of ephemera from the U.S. Presidential..... More

Washington, D.C. 1838. 120pp., plus map. 20th-century half calf and cloth boards, spine gilt. Minor wear at corners and edges. Some tanning and light foxing. "This pamphlet written and published by Manuel Gorostiza, special envoy of Mexico to the United States, with its 21-page introduction attacking the good faith of..... More

New York: G. & R. Waite, 1804. 78pp. Dbd. Trimmed close at lower edge, occasionally affecting last line of text; light damage at lower edge of initial two leaves. Light tanning and foxing. An important record of speeches before an upstate New York court in a landmark First Amendment case..... More

New York: Simon and Schuster, 1968. 189pp. 24mo. Original red printed pictorial card covers. Minor wear. Signed on the title page by Ladybird Johnson. In a custom clamshell box. Fourth printing of this work, a parody on Chairman Mao’s Little Red Book, filled instead with pithy, down-home quotes from President..... More

Washington DC: 1879. 9pp. Stitched; stitching perished, leaves loose. Lightly soiled, some chipping and wear to first leaf. A rare speech given by the Senator from Ohio, Stanley Matthews, arguing against a bill restricting Chinese immigration to the United States. These debates were part of the political outcry against the..... More

1914. [5]pp. typescript, signed in manuscript. Minor wear and soiling. Five copies of a letter addressed to “the Honorable Mayor and City Council of Miles City Mont.”, each signed by a different labor union and embossed with its seal, encouraging the abolishment of the chain gang and a cessation of..... More

Puebla: Imprenta Antigua en el portal de las flores, 1843. Letterpress broadside, 12 x 8.25 inches. Stitch holes at left margin, small portion of upper right corner torn away. A few areas of minor worming, slightly affecting text. Light, even tanning. This June 17, 1843, edict from the Mexican Ministry..... More

[Stanford, Ky. 1805]. Two autograph documents, [2]pp. total, with docketing on verso. Previously folded. Some creasing and light wear. Moderate tanning. Two documents signed by Joel Atkinson as Justice of the Peace of Lincoln County, Kentucky concerning a slave case there in the summer of 1805. The first, dated July..... More

Brenham, Tx. 1857. [101] leaves, manuscript on rectos only of lined legal-sized sheets. Bound with ribbon at head. Lower half of front cover sheet torn away, not affecting text; some loss to rear cover, slightly affecting docketing text. Light wear, occasional foxing and tanning. A fascinating antebellum Texas legal manuscript..... More

[Salisbury, N.C. 1844]. Small broadside, 12.5 x 7.75 inches. Several minor chips at edges. Light, even tanning. A rare campaign broadside for a State Senate candidate in North Carolina, A.G. Carter, which discusses his position on the annexation of Texas. Carter had held his seat representing Rowan and Davie counties..... More