Clayton Fine Books

Wilbur Wright, Famous Aviator, Is Ill, May Never Recover, front-page notice with photo on front page of The San Diego Sun (May 3, 1912)

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$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Near Fine 0 Near fine (fading to pages). Complete issue. Article on Wilbur Wright's impending death in Dayton, Ohio, due to typhoid fever.

Seeking Western Homes (for New York children) in New-York Tribune; Semi-Weekly Edition (May 23, 1879)

1879

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Good 1st Edition New-York Tribune 0 Good 16-page newspaper showing fading and a few tears to edges and wear at spine where disbound. Split between first and last page. Extensive article, "Seeking Western Homes" (p. 7), about 18 children being sent by rail to Iowa at the expens...

The Colored Exodus Approved and law against intermarriage protested in article in New-York Tribune; Semi-Weekly Edition (May 23, 1879)

1879

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Good 1st Edition New-York Tribune 0 Good 16-page newspaper showing fading and a few tears to edges and wear at spine where disbound. Split between first and last page. Article (p. 14) on a "Colored Convention" held in Richmond that protested the treatment of blacks in Virginia...

60th Anniversary Memorial of Battle of Lexington in Nashua Gazette (Dunstable, NH), May 1, 1835

1835

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Very Good 1st Edition Dunstable, NH 0 Good 4-page newspaper with light wear to edges and name in faint ink to top front. Tiny hole to middle of first page. News of the 60th year commemoration of the Battle of Lexington at Lexington with text of speech. Also published is an "Od...

Balloonist Missing for 5 Days in Cincinnati (Nashua Gazette (Dustable, NH), May 1, 1835

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$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Very Good 1st Edition 0 Good 4-page newspaper with light wear to edges and name in faint ink to top front. Tiny hole to middle of first page. Interesting article about how a balloonist sailed out of Cincinnati into some woods and returned five days later. Also, news of the 60...

Land Grants in the Territory of Michigan in Paulson's American Daily Advertiser (May 20, 1807)

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$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Very Good 1st Edition 0 Very good, complete 4 page newspaper printed on still paper (100 percent cotton) with mild wrinkling to edges in particular and horizontal and vertical folds. Also, 3 front-page divorce notices from the Sheriff John Barker issued to Elizabeth Smith, An...

3 Divorce Notices (requested by 2 wormen, 1 man in Philadelphia) in Paulson's American Daily Advertiser (May 20, 1807)

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$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Very Good 1st Edition 0 Very good, complete 4 page newspaper printed on still paper (100 percent cotton) with mild wrinkling to edges in particular and horizontal and vertical folds. . 3 front-page divorce notices from the Sheriff John Barker issued to Elizabeth Smith, Andrew ...

Union Meeting advocating slavery in Manufacturers and Farmers Journal (Providence), Dec 22, 1859

1859

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Very Good Providence 0 Very good newspaper,e complete issue, mild wear to edges. The Union Meeting article appears on p. 4, last column, 30,000 said to be in attendance in New York City at the Academy, upholds the punishment of the insurrectionists at Harpers Ferry, the value ...

An Irresponsible conflict in a Southern confederacy would be inevitable... in Manufacturers and Farmers Journal (Providence), Dec 26, 1859

1859

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Very Good Providence 0 Very good with mild wear to edges and center fold. Long article on p. 1 of the war-mongering behavior of dissenters in the South who want to bring more Africans as slaves into the "Gulf states". "Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee, and, perhaps, Nor...

Freedom of Religious Opinion in Niles' Weekly Register (Nov 18, 1826)

Madison, James ; George Mason · 1826

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Good 1st Edition 0 Good, entire issue disbound showing wrinkling and some discoloration. Important correspondence between George Mason and James Madison on the rights of religious freedom in the U.S. The issue was a proposed bill before the House of Delegates in Virginia propo...

3 Letters of Thomas Jefferson written near the end of his life on Virginia in Niles' Weekly Register (Nov 25, 1826)

Jefferson, Thomas · 1826

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

Good 1st Edition 0 Good, entire and complete issue disbound showing wrinkling and some discoloration.

Mmississinawa Treaty" in Niles' Weekly Register (Dec 2, 1826)

Cass, General · 1826

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Good 1st Edition 0 Good, entire issue disbound showing wrinkling and some discoloration. Gov. Cass's address to the Miami and Potawatamie Indians regarding the U.S. Government's relocation of them West of the Mississippi. Noteworthy for his unabashed statements about White Sup...

State of the Union in Niles' Weekly Register (Dec 9, 1826)

Adams, John Quincy · 1826

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Good 1st Edition 0 Good, entire and complete issue disbound showing wrinkling and some discoloration. State of the Union, pp. 233-240.

A Lonely Life Ends on Elvis Presley Boulevard front-page article and tribute to Elvis Presley in Memphis Press-Scimitar (August 17, 1977)

(Presley, Elvis) · 0

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,587)

As New 0 Fine reprinted "Special Edition" newspaper in 2 sections covering the death (and life) of Elvis Prfesley. "Mourners in Waiting for Last Homecoming of Revered Singer" is the headline of one front page story. Many photos.

Message of the President to the House of Represenatives about "Proposed Donation of Lands by indian Tribes" in Niles' Weekly Register (Dec. 30, 1826)

Adams, John Quincy; Henry Clay · 1826

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Good 1st Edition 0 Good, entire original issue disbound showing wrinkling and some discoloration, including brief foxing. Also, letters of correspondence between Henry Clay and C.R. Vaughan (2 letters each) about "regulation of commerce with British colonies".

Debate in the Senate on the Suffrage Amendment in The New York Times (February 5, 1869)

1869

$55.00 (€49.90 | £41.63 | ¥8,780)

Near Fine 1st Edition 0 Complete newspaper in near fine condition (light fading). Front page article on the debate in the Senate on passage of the 15th Amendment.

Decoration Day: Floral Tributes to the Memory of the Union Dead in The New-York Times (May 30,

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$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Good 1st Edition 0 Complete 4-page newspaper with split to fold and damptain to lower corner of pages. Lengthy front-page story of thousands of New York citizens traveling to D.C. to "attend the solemn ceremonies of the decoration of the graves of our fallen heroes who lie be...

Vote in the House on the Suffrage Amendment in The New York Times (January 31, 1869)

1869

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Near Fine 1st Edition 0 Complete newspaper in near fine condition (light fading). Front page article on the passage in the House of the 15th Amendment.

The Norwich Mercury (September 24, 1757)

1757

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Very Good 1st Edition William Chase 0 Very good, 4 pages created from one folded sheet, with only mild wear to edges. A partial stamp appears in the lower right-hand corner of the first page. There are a few x's in the margins and other brief notations. Every word is readable....

It Isn't the Money I Mind in New Yorker (Aug 25, 1945)

Jackson, Shirley; O'Hara, John; Edmund Wilson; Charles Addams Cartoon · 1945

$45.00 (€40.83 | £34.06 | ¥7,184)

Near Fine 1st Edition 0 Near fine in wrappers with slight wear to bottom corner of cover. Also,"Life Among These Unforgettable Characters" by John O'Hara, "The Progress of the American Language" (a review of Hl.L. Mencken) by Edmund Wilson, "Hawthorne Court, Summer Morning" b...