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
![Item #1066 The Last Bulletin [caption title]. James Garfield](/pictures/thumb/McBRB1066.jpg?v=1586532606)
Elberon, N.J. [1881]. Broadside, 9 x 7 inches. Minor wear and toning. Broadside announcing the death of President James Garfield. Datelined at Elberon, where the President spent his final months, the broadside gives time of death and is signed in type by Garfield's doctors. It reads, in part: "The President..... 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
![Item #2565 Facts for the People [caption title]. Andrew Jackson](/pictures/thumb/McBRB2565.jpg?v=1651607506)
Philadelphia: 1832. [8]pp. Gathered signatures. Diagonal closed tear to bottom left of first leaf, top edge of second leaf roughly opened, minor foxing. Untrimmed. A rare compendium of anti-Andrew Jackson rhetoric brought together to oust the sitting president during the 1832 campaign, and published in the form of an eight-page..... More
Philadelphia: 1852. 155pp. Original three-quarter pebbled cloth and marbled boards, spine gilt, edges sprinkled brown. Some wear to spine and edges, corners rubbed. Front hinge cracking, front free endpaper detached. Later 19th-century bookplate on front pastedown. Light tanning and dustsoiling, an occasional faint fox mark. A revised edition of George..... More
Mexico City: 1847. [4]pp. Folio. 20th-century dyed calf, front board gilt lettered. Previously folded, with some creasing and small separation at old horizontal fold. Light tanning, scattered staining and soiling. Very scarce Spanish translation of General Zachary Taylor's official report to the United States Army on the Battle of Buena..... More