Mexico City: Juan Bautista de Arizpe, 1810. [54],339,[3]pp. Small quarto. Later 19th-century full calf, gilt tooled and lettered, a.e.g. Light scuffing to boards; light wear to spine and edges. Front hinge starting; lower corner of front board cracked. Quite clean internally, only an occasional small patch of soiling. An extremely..... More

New York: J.W. Sheehy & Co., 1882. Lithograph, 25.75 x 21.75 inches. Lightly toned, some light soiling. Several small closed tears at edges, slight loss repaired on left edge. Archivally backed with linen. A scarce memorial poster commemorating the life of assassinated president James A. Garfield, featuring portraits of his..... More

Philadelphia: A. Sherman, 1824. 12mo. 152pp. plus frontispiece portrait. Original blue boards, printed paper label. Front cover detached, spine heavily chipped, rear cover nearly detached. Contemporary ownership inscription on flyleaf. Lightly toned, minor foxing. Untrimmed. Biography of the Marquis de Lafayette, issued to coincide with his visit to the United..... More

[N.p., but presumably northwestern Texas: 1922]. 55pp. Original brown wrappers, stapled. Lightly soiled, minor wear. Internally clean. An autobiographical account of the life of Martha A. Rogers, a frontier Texas wife and devout Methodist. A native of Mississippi, Grandma Rogers moved to Texas as a young girl, around 1850, and..... More

Philadelphia: J. Grigg, 1831. 162pp. 12mo. Original printed boards, expertly rebacked to style in quarter roan, spine gilt lettered. Light dust soiling and rubbing to boards, light wear at corners and edges. Small numerical ink stamp at foot of first text leaf recto. Light tanning and foxing. The second edition..... More

Athens, Tn. George White, 1835. 75pp. Dbd. Title page chipped at lower corner; initial three leaves separating at lower gutter. Some dampstaining to initial leaves; light tanning and foxing throughout. A scarce, rural Tennessee imprint that chronicles the criminal exploits of John Andrews Murrell; likely the second edition, issued in..... More