New York: John A. Gray, Printer, 1860. Wrappers. 24mo 5" - 6" tall. 29 pages. Correspondence related to accusations of libel made by Gerrit Smith against Royal Phelps and Watts Sherman of the New York Democratic Vigilant Association. The dispute arose from the latter publishing a "Manifesto" in which it..... More

(s.l.): (s.n.), [1860]. Pamphlet. Octavo. 16 pages. An early post-nomination printing of what is arguably Lincoln's greatest speech. In it he makes a brilliant argument that a majority of the nation's founders intended that slavery not be allowed to expand into new territories as the country grew. The research he..... More

Ilchester: College Press, 1904. First edition. Black and white illustrations. Full cloth. Octavo. xxiv, 253 pages. In 1853 the Redemptorist Order inherited the Annapolis mansion of Charles Carroll of Carrollton--the longest surviving Signer of the Declaration of Independence. This is a history of that religious community during its first 50..... More

(S.l.): Army Air Forces Training Command, [1944]. Black and white photographs, diagrams, graphs. Softcover. Quarto. Variously paginated in sections. Detailed instruction on the complexities of aerial bombing during World War II. Foreword by Lt. Gen. Barton Kyle Yount. Six sections plus a glossary covering everything from computations and bombsights to..... More

Baltimore: Baltimore Department of Education, 1935. B&W Photographs. Softcover. Oblong octavo. 31 pages. Scarce 1935 booklet on education for special needs children in Baltimore in the 1930s. Front cover illustration of the William S. Baer School for Physically Handicapped Children No. 301, Warwick and Wheeler Avenues. Photographs on every page..... More

[Baltimore]: (Printing Bureau, Police Department), 1925. Flexible cloth. Sixteenmo. 158 pages. 1925 pocket handbook for Baltimore Policemen with detailed descriptions of over 50 rules of expected conduct in a variety of situations. Pencilled ownership inscription on front pastedown: "Officer Michael J. Moloney / Northeastern District." There is a $5.00 receipt..... More

(S.l.): (S.n.), [c.1836]. Broadside. 7 1/2" x 10 1/8" Satirical broadside poking fun at British politician and racehorse owner Lord George Bentinck for his move from the Whig Party to the Conservative Party with the Derby Dilly faction in Parliament. Bentinck represented the King's Lynn constituency in Norfolk and was..... More

Boston: Beacon Press, (1970). Drawings. Hardcover. Folio. Not paginated (16 leaves). Reproduces in facsimile the prison art and poetry of these two Vietnam War protesters. Both Berrigan and Thomas were members of the "Catonsville Nine," a group of Catholic anti-war activists who broke into the U.S. Selective Service Branch 33..... More

Nashville: Southern Methodist Publishing House, 1886. First edition. Original cloth. Octavo. 283 pages. Reverend Bigham went to California as a missionary in the early years of the Gold Rush. The dramatized scenes and sketches here are loosely based upon his actual experiences as a preacher and miner. HOWES B444. More

Providence: (Standard Printing Company), 1906. Wrappers. Octavo. 29 pages. Memorial to Hay, Brown University class of 1858, secretary to Lincoln, diplomat, journalist, biographer, and Secretary of State under McKinley and Roosevelt. Bound in tan paper covers stitched to textblock, Yapp edges, front cover titled in black. A few edge wrinkles..... More

[Boston]: (S.n.), 1862. Broadside. 6 1/8" x 14 5/8" John Wilkes Booth, following in his father's and siblings' footsteps, tried his hand at acting and found some success in stock companies in Philadelphia, Richmond, and other provincial theaters. Still, he performed under the name "J. Wilkes" because he lacked the..... More

Annapolis: Thomas J. Wilson, Printer, 1862. Wrappers. Octavo. 15 pages. Augustus W. Bradford, as the Union Party candidate for governor, defeated Democrat Benjamin C. Howard by nearly 30,000 votes on November 6, 1861. Maryland had seemed to teeter on the brink of secession just 6 or 7 months earlier. Bradford's..... More