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Organization of the House. Speech of Hon. James A. Stewart, of Maryland, in the House of Representatives, December 12, 1859

Stewart, James A. · 1859

$35.00 (€31.76 | £26.49 | ¥5,589)

[Washington, D.C.], Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1859. First edition. Removed. 8 pp. 8vo. As a border state representative he argues that he must be against the Republican choice for speaker. Sabin 91684. A very good copy with historical society blind stamp on th...

A Discourse Occasioned by the Death of Hon. Daniel Webster, Preached October 31, and Repeated November 14, 1852

Cleaveland, Elisha Lord · 1852

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

New Haven, Printed by B. L. Hamlen, 1852. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. 28 pp. 8vo. Elisha Lord Cleaveland was Pastor of the Third Congregational Church of New Haven, Connecticut, from 1833 until his death in 1866. Sabin 13588. MU Daniel Webster Speeches Collection 8...

New York Hards and Softs: Which Is the True Democracy? a Brief Statement of Facts for the Consideration of the Democracy of the Union, Showing the Origin and Cause of the Continued "Division of the Party. " by a National Democrat

[Democratic Party]. National Democrat · 1856

$275.00 (€249.51 | £208.15 | ¥43,914)

New York, Printed at the Daily News Job Office, 1856. First edition. Removed. 80 pp. 8vo. An examination of the twist and turns of the history of the two major factions of the New York Democrats along the fault line of the slavery issue from the convention of 1843 to April 185...

Election of Speaker. Speech of Hon. H. Winter Davis, of Maryland. Delivered in the House of Representatives, February 21, 1860

Davis, H. Winter · 1860

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,992)

[Washington, D.C.], Printed by Lemuel Towers, 1860. First edition. Later plain wrappers. 16 pp. 8vo. Blindstamp on title, mail fold, dampstain on several leaves, a good copy.

Speech of Senator S.A. Douglas, on the Invasion of States; and His Reply to Mr. Fessenden. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 23, 1860

Douglas, Stephen A. · 1860

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,922)

[Washington, D.C.], Printed by Lemuel Towers, 1860. First edition. Paper wrappers. 15 pp. 8vo. Douglas blames the Harper's Ferry incident on "..the doctrines, and teachings of the Republican Party, as explained and enforced in their platform, their partisan presses, their pamp...

Complaints of the Extensionists - Their Falsity. Speech of Hon. Philemon Bliss, of Ohio. In the House of Representatives, May 21, 1856

Bliss, Philemon · 1856

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.77 | ¥11,977)

n.p. n.p. 1856. First edition. Removed. 16 pp. 8vo. Philemon Bliss (1813-1889) was an Ohio Congressman, the first chief justice of the Supreme Court of Dakota Territory, a Missouri Supreme Court justice, and later Dean of the Law School for the University of Missouri. Here he ...

L'Esprit de Bossuet, Ou Choix Des Pensées Tirées de Ses Meilleurs Ouvrages [Bound with] Principes Sur la Fidélité Due Aux Rois Extraits de M. Bossuet,... Dans Sa Politique Tirée de L'écriture Sainte... Par M. L'Abbé de Villiers. .

Bossuet, Jacques-Bénigne; Villiers, Marc-Albert de, Abbé, ed · 1771

$500.00 (€453.65 | £378.46 | ¥79,844)

Bouillon & Paris, Aux Dépens de la Sociéte Typographique & De L'Imprimerie de d'Houry, 1771. First editions. Full calf, spine decorated with gilt florals, brown morocco lettering piece, boards ruled in gilt, gilt turn ins, all edges red, marbled endpapers. vi, [7]-220; [viii],...

Remarks of Messrs. Clemens, Butler and Jefferson Davis, on the Vermont Resolutions Relating to Slavery. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, January 10, 1850

Clemens, Jeremiah; Andrew Pickens Butler and Jefferson Davis · 1850

$150.00 (€136.09 | £113.54 | ¥23,953)

Washington, [D.C.], Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1850. First edition. Removed. 15 pp. 8vo. The Vermont Resolutions gave grave offense to the South as it stated: "That slavery is a crime against humanity, and a sore evil in the body politic, that was excused in th...

Speech of Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, on the "Measures of Adjustment," Delivered in the City Hall, Chicago, October 23, 1850

Douglas, Stephen A. · 1850

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[Washington, D.C.], Gideon & Co. Printers, 1850. Later printing. Stitched paper wrappers. 16 pp. 8vo. A defense of the Fugitive Slave Law. This edition mostly likely published a year early than the 32 page version, later (?) than the Chicago printing. OCLC shows only 7 copies ...

Distribution of the Public Lands. Speech of Hon. H.M. Shaw, of North Carolina, in the House of Representatives, May 29, 1854

Shaw, H.M. [Henry Marchmore] · 1854

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[Washington ?], n.p. 1854. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. 8 pp. 8vo. Shaw argues that he policy of distribution will be grossly unjust to North Carolina and all the slave states. OCLC shows only two copies. A good unopened (uncut) copy, dampstain and chip to inner mar...

Letter to Hon. William Nelson, M.C. , on Mr. Clay's Compromise

Jay, William · 1850

$200.00 (€181.46 | £151.38 | ¥31,937)

New York, William Harned, 1850. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. 22 pp. 8vo. William Jay (1789-1858), the son of John Jay, was founder of American Bible Society, a member of the American Antislavery Society, whose constitution he drafted, and president of the Peace Soci...

Speech of Mr. Douglas, of Illinois, on the Territorial Question. Delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 13 and 14, 1850

Douglas, [Stephen Arnold] · 1850

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Washington [D.C.], Printed by John T. Towers, 1850. First edition. Removed. 31 pp. 8vo. Douglas answers the famous speech of Webster and Calhoun, pointing out that the Wilmot Proviso was an unconstitutional engraftment on a revenue bill supporting the Treaty with Mexico, not a...

First Principles of Television

Dinsdale, Alfred · 1932

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.23 | ¥39,922)

London, Chapman & Hall, 1932. First edition. Cloth. xiii, 241 pp. Illus. with 38 b/w plates and 130 in-text drawings. 8vo. Dinsdale, renowned British television engineer, was the author of the earliest book on television: "Television. Seeing by Wireless" (1926) and the first e...

Noticia Del Establecimiento Y Poblacion de Las Colonias Inglesas En la America Septentrional: Religion, Orden de Gobierno, Leyes Y Costumbres de Sus Naturales Y Habitantes; Calidades de Su Clima, Terreno, Frutos, Plantas Y Animales; Y Estado de Su Industria, Artes, Comercio Y Navegacion

Alvarez, Francisco · 1778

$975.00 (€884.61 | £738.00 | ¥155,695)

Madrid, En la Oficina de Antonio Fernandez, 1778. First edition. Later vellum, spine lettered in manuscript. 196 pp. 8vo. Written just a year before Spain joined the fight against England, an interesting history, and the longest Spanish work to that date, describing the Englis...

Speech of Hon. M.J. Crawford, of Georgia, on the Election of Speaker. Delivered in the House of Representatives, December 15, 1859

Crawford, M.J. [Martin Jenkins] · 1859

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)

[Washington, D.C.], Printed by Lemuel Towers, 1859. First edition. Disbound. 8 pp. 8vo. Crawford (1820-1883), one of the Fire-Eaters, served as a U.S. Representative from Georgia from 1855 to 1861 and then in the Confederate Government. After threatening to hang a northern con...

Organization of the House. Speech of Hon. Charles H. Larrabee, of Wisconsin, in the House of Representatives, December 17, 1859

Larrabee, Charles H. · 1859

$225.00 (€204.14 | £170.31 | ¥35,930)

[Washington, D.C.], Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1859. First edition. Disbound. 8 pp. 8vo. After a preamble defending the Wisconsin German population despite its support of John Brown's raid, Charles Hathaway Larrabee (1820-1883), U.S. Representative from Wiscons...

Speech of Hon. John J. Mcrae, of Mississippi, on the Organization of the House; Delivered in the House of Representatives, December 13 and 14, 1859

McRae, John J. · 1859

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Washington [D.C.], Printed at the Congressional Globe Office, 1859. First edition. Removed. 21 pp. Dbl. Col. 8vo. 36th congress. John Jones McRae (1815-1868), a friend of Jefferson Davis, was appointed to the senate in 1851, then was governor of Mississippi from 1854-1858, the...

Duty on Railroad Iron. Speech of William H. Seward. Senate of the United States, February 28, 1853

Seward, William H. · 1853

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Washington [D.C.], Buell & Blanchard, Printers, 1853. First edition. Self paper wrappers. 16 pp. 8vo. Sabin 79516. A very good unopened (uncut) and untrimmed copy, mail fold.

Speech Delivered by Hon. Josiah Quincy, Senior, Before the Whig State Convention, Assembled at the Music Hall, Boston, Aug. 16, 1854

Quincy, Sr., Josiah · 1854

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.85 | ¥7,984)

Boston, Printed by John Wilson & Son, 1854. First edition. Plain boards. 8 pp. 8vo. Quincy was 83 when he delivered this attack on the fugitive slave law. Sabin 67242. Dumond p. 96. LCP. Afro-Americana, 2nd ed. Suppl. 1788. A very good copy, bound into later archival boards, t...

Catalogue 29: Livres Anciens Et Modernes

Coulet, Laurent, Librairie · 0

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,395)

Paris, Librairie Laurent Coulet, n.d. First edition. Illustrated paper wrappers. Illus. with color plates. Sm. 4to. 114 items. A fine copy. As new.