[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

Carson City: J.E. Eckley, 1867. 22pp. Original pink printed wrappers. Lightly soiled, creased. Presentation inscription at foot of front cover. Older adhesive on title page, minor wear and soiling to text. The second address by the first governor of the newly-created state of Nevada, inscribed on the front cover, presumably..... More

[Washington, D.C.]: Blair & Rives, 1840-1841. 423pp. Volume 6, Numbers 1:27, paginated continuously. Folio. Contemporary half sheep and marbled boards. Boards detached, with tape repairs. Light dampstaining at upper corner; light tanning and foxing. A complete run of this 1840 Democratic campaign newspaper, published weekly as an extra to the..... 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

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

Mazatlan: Tipografia de R. Carreon, dirigida por E. Gonzalez, 1852. 33,[3]pp. 12mo. Original green printed wrappers. Minor chipping to spine, minor wear and soiling. Internally clean. An unrecorded printing of the 1852 Sinaloa state constitution. Francisco de la Vega came to power as governor of the state at the beginning..... More

Santa Fe: 1889. 17pp. Printed in two columns. Original beige printed wrappers. Light wear and soiling; top half of spine reinforced with tape. Minor creasing and wear. A rare pamphlet published to defend the reputation of the first University of New Mexico president, Horatio O. Ladd, who had been accused..... More

Colorado Springs: Argus Job Print, 1904. 12pp. Drab self-wrappers, stapled. A few small ink stains. In a custom cloth slipcase and chemise. Rare pamphlet defending the strikes of unionized miners in Colorado during 1903 and 1904. The author principally addresses events surrounding the strikes at Cripple Creek, Telluride, Idaho Springs..... 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

Marlin, Tx.; Austin: 1869. Six printed and manuscript documents. Old folds, light wear and tanning. A small group of documents relating to the fraught election of 1869 in Texas, in which the state voted on approval of a new state constitution which, among other things, incorporated the terms of readmission..... More

Boston: Printed for John Russel and Manning & Loring, 1800. 24pp. Stitched, as issued. Title-page with small chip at lower corner. Light tanning and foxing. Untrimmed. The scarce Boston edition of George Washington's will. It was first printed in Alexandria from Washington's original manuscript, which had been submitted for probate..... More