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The Quest for Russkii Khudozhestvennyi Listok" (Russian Art Sheets), 12 Folio Vols. St. Petersburg, 1851-1862. Central Asian Collectanea. No. 12. 1984

Loewenthal, Rudolf · 1984

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Rockville, [Central Asian Collectanea], 1984. First edition. Stapled mimeographed leaves. 6 pp. Sm. 4to. OCLC shows no copies. A near fine copy.

Oregon. Memorial of the Legislative Assembly of Oregon, Praying Congress to Establish a Distinct Territorial Government Embracing the Coast of Oregon, and to Protect the Citizens in Their New Habitations, &C. December 19, 1845

Oregon. Legislative Committee, U.S. House of Representatives · 1845

$200.00 (€181.46 | £151.38 | ¥31,937)

[Washington, D.C.], Ritchie & Heiss, print, 1845. First edition. Removed. 3 pp. 8vo. 29th Congress, 1st Session. Doc. No. 42. Ho. of Reps. OCLC shows only two copies: Yale & Huntington. Smith: Pacific Northwest Americana 4098. Inner margin uneven else a very good copy.

Resolutions of the Legislature of the State of Maine, in Favor of Repealing the Laws of States or Territories Which Render Persons of Color Liable to Arrest and Imprisonment and to Be Sold for Jail Fees. 28th Congress, 1st Session. Senate. 245

[Afro-Americana] [Enslavement] [Maine]. United States. Congress. Senate · 1844

$400.00 (€362.92 | £302.77 | ¥63,875)

[Washington, D.C.], n.p. 1844. First edition. Removed. 1 pp. 8vo. The Maine resolution was an attack on the heinous process of re-enslaving freed blacks: "Resolved. That we do most solemnly, in behalf of the people of this State, protest against the existence of any laws, in a...

The Junius Tracts. No. I Through VIII, and X.

[Colton, Calvin] Junius · 1844

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)

New York, Greeley & McElrath, 1844. Later printing. Disbound. 128 pp.; 16 pp. I-VIII each 16 pp. but paged continuously on in lower margin; X, 8 pp. without continuous pagination. 8vo. Published every second month. Includes: The Test; or Parties Tried by their Acts; The Curren...

Home Squadron. [to Accompany Bill No. 10. ] July 7, 1841. Printed by Order of the House of Representatives. Mr. Thomas Butler King, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, to Which the Subject Had Been Referred, Submitted the Following Report

King, Thomas Butler. [U.S. House of Representatives] · 1840

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)

Washington [D.C.], Gales & Seaton, printers, 1840. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. 22 pp. 8vo. 27th Congress, 1st Session. Rep. No. 3. Ho. of Reps. King argues that the advancement in naval steam technology required the creation of a Home squadron "to meet this new and...

True Narrative of the Hardships and Fate of Those Who Sailed on the Voyage to the Rio de la Plata

Martinez, Andres · 1946

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

New York, Privately printed, 1946. First edition. Cloth. Unpaged [12 pp]. Sm. 8vo. Americanum Nauticum Number One. Henry C. Taylor, foreword. One of 200 copies. Includes a facsimile of the original printed in Sevilla; dated in Santo Domingo on August 15, 1559. Palau 154202 (or...

Notas Para a Carta Geographica Do Rio Grande Do Sul

Montenegro, J. Arthur · 1895

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,953)

Rio Grande, Officinas a Vapor da Livraria Americana, 1895. First edition. Paper wrappers. 59 pp. 8vo. Inscribed by the author. A very good copy with chips on the lightly soiled wrappers.

Slavery Extension and Protection - Its Tendencies and Dangers. Speech of Hon. Daniel Clark, of New Hampshire. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, February 20, 1860

Clark, Daniel · 1860

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.28 | ¥6,387)

[Washington, D.C.], n.p. [Buell & Blanchard], 1860. First edition. Disbound. 15 pp. 8vo. A response to Albert G. Brown's speech: Protection to Slave Property in the Territories. Not in Blockson, Work, Dumond, or LCP. Afro-Americana. Sabin 13266n. Removed from a large volume el...

Position of Massachusetts on the Slavery Question. Speech of Hon. James Buffinton, of Massachusetts, in the House of Representatives, April 30, 1856

Buffinton, James · 1856

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Washington, D.C. Buell & Blanchard, Printers, 1856. First edition. Paper wrappers. 7 pp. 8vo. Sabin 9065n. LCP. Afro-Americana 1789. Dumond p. 33. Edges worn else very good.

The Dual Revolutions. Anti-Slavery and Pro-Slavery

[Fulton, John]. (Johnson, S.M., pseudonym) · 1863

$175.00 (€158.78 | £132.46 | ¥27,945)

Baltimore, Printed by W.M. Innes, 1863. First edition. Removed. 48 pp. 8vo. Good summary. Sabin 36316. LCP. Afro-Americana, 3949. Lacking the wrappers, remnants of spine remain, numeral on title, chips to corners of several leaves, tears to inner margin of last leaf, but still...

Address of the Hon. Edward Everett, at the Anniversary of the American Colonization Society, Washington City, January 18, 1853

Everett, Edward · 1853

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Boston, Printed for the Massachusetts Colonization Society by T.R. Marvin, 1853. First edition. Stitched self wrappers. 12 pp. 8vo. Everett praises the function and purpose of Society in the face of criticism of negroes. Analogizes colonization of Liberia to colonization of Am...

Slavery in the United States: Its Evils, Alleviations, and Remedies

[Peabody, Ephraim] · 1851

$225.00 (€204.14 | £170.31 | ¥35,930)

Boston, Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1851. First separate edition. Printed paper wrappers. 36 pp. 8vo. Reprinted from the North American Review, Oct. 1851. "Whoever reads these remarks will see that the subject under discussion is treated solely as a great social questio...

Great Right of Self-Government - and the Union. Speech of Hon. G.B. Adrain, of New Jersey, on the Election of Speaker. Delivered in the House of Representatives, December 14, 1859

Adrain, G.B. [Garnett Bowditch] · 1859

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

[Washington, D.C.], Printed by Lemuel Towers, 1859. First edition. Self wrappers. 16 pp. 8vo. Garnett Bowditch Adrain (1815-1878) was a New Brunswick attorney who served two terms in Congress from 1857 to 1861. Here, in opposing the Buchanan administration's candidate for Spea...

Property in the Territories. Speech of Hon. J.M. Mason, of Virginia, Delivered in the Senate of the United States, May 18, 1860

Mason, J.M. [James Murray] · 1860

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

[Washington, D.C.], Printed by Lemuel Towers, 1860. First edition. Self wrappers. 16 pp. 8vo. In support of Jefferson Davis' Resolutions on the Relations of States. James Murray Mason (1798-1871) was a Senator from Virginia who had drafted the (second) Fugitive Slave Law of 18...

Speech of Hon. John B. Alley, of Mass. , on the Principles and Purposes of the Republican Party. Delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States, Monday, April 30, 1860

Alley, John B. · 1860

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

[Washington, D.C.], n.p. 1860. First edition. Disbound. 8 pp. 8vo. Sabin 912. LCP. Afro-Americana 252. Removed from a larger volume else a very good clean copy.

The Homestead Bill - Its Friends and Its Foes. Speech of Hon. William Windom, of Minn. Delivered in the House of Representatives, March 14, 1860

Windom, William · 1860

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

Washington, D.C. Buell & Blanchard, Printers, 1860. First edition. Removed. 8 pp. 8vo. A very good copy with very light scattered foxing on a few leaves.

Address of the Republican State Committee, to the Electors of the State of New-York

[New York. Republican State Central Committee] · 1858

$375.00 (€340.23 | £283.85 | ¥59,883)

n.p. n.p. 1858. First edition. Disbound. 8 pp. (one folded sheet). 8vo. Includes three sections: (1) Address of the Republican State Committee, to the Electors of the State of New-York signed by the Republican State Central Committee; (2) The State Tax, Its History and Necessi...

Speech of Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, of Illinois, Delivered in Richmond, Virginia, July 9, 1852

Douglas, Stephen A. · 1852

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

n.p. n.p. 1852. First edition. Removed. 8 pp. 8vo. Support for the Democratic candidate Pierce against the Whig Winfield Scott in the Presidential Campaign. Douglas argued that a professional Army officer, such as Scott, should not be president of a free Republic and noted the...

American Progress-Judge Douglas-the Presidency. Speech of Mr. Marshall, of California, in the House of Representatives, March 11, 1852, in Reply to the Speech of Mr. Breckinridge, of Kentucky

Marhall, [Edward Colston] · 1852

$30.00 (€27.22 | £22.71 | ¥4,791)

Washington [D.C.], Printed at the Globe Office, 1852. First edition. Removed. 8 pp. 8vo. Edward Colston Marshall (1821-1893), a Democratic congressman from California's 1st district from 1851 to 1853, and who later served as California attorney general from 1883 to 1887, attac...

Remarks of Mr. Douglas, of Illinois, on the Compromise Measures, Delivered in the Senate of the United States, December 23, 1851, and His Speech on the "Measures of Adjustment," Delivered in the City Hall, Chicago, Illinois, October 23, 1850

Douglas, Stephen A. · 1852

$200.00 (€181.46 | £151.38 | ¥31,937)

Washington [D.C.], Printed by Jno. T. Towers, 1852. First edition. Disbound. 32 pp. 8vo. Douglas was the architect of the Compromise of 1850. His Speech on the "Measures of Adjustment," was given in Chicago which was in the midst of refuting the Fugitive Slave Law. Signed Geor...