First editions, rare books, and manuscript material from Columbus to the modern era. Specializing in works on African American history, the Civil War, the American Revolution, presidents, the Ivy League, slavery & abolition, Indians and New York City.
ca. late 17th century. East Hampton Patent, 1666 for One of the Original Settlers of East Hampton. East... Read More
Price: $3,000
Philadelphia: May 27, 1795 & June 3, 1795. Two notarized bills of exchange between Robert Morris and James Nicholson, including the notary stamps of Peter Lohra and James Sunderland. Both documents are are printed notary forms which provide blank spaces for the details of the business at hand--in this case... Read More
Price: $350
Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, 1814. His intention in this pamphlet is to show that the seat of earthly magnetic power comes from the center of the earth. The author was from Washington, Georgia. Read More
Price: $250
New York: Underwood & Underwood, ca. [1920?]. Signed by the famous Congregationalist minister who took over Henry Ward Beecher’s congregation: “Yours sincerely / Lyman Abbott.” Provenance: C.N. Thomas of Underwood and Underwood. Read More
Price: $150
Cambridge: Printed at the Riverside Press for Private Distribution, [October], 1897. First edition, number 41 of 100 copies. RARE — One of 100 Copies. Read More
Price: $500
Boston: T. R. Marvin, 1845. The American Missionary Society was amongst the leading advocates in the fight to denounce slavery. This text gives an informative insight into one of the most influencial anti-slavery organization, in additin to an historical statement of previous proceedings. Read More
Price: $100
New York: Published by Leavitt, Lord & Co. Boston: Crocker & Brewster, stereotyped by Conner and Cooke, 1835. Third edition. American Anti-Slavery Societies. Examining the American Colonization Society and considering the “influence of the society on the condition of Free persons of Color; … on Africa [and the] Suppression of... Read More
Price: $200
Albany: Webb, Parson & Company, 1860. First Edition. Stirring abolitionist sermon, equating “our American Herod” with “the enslavement of four million colored laboring men and women by three hundred and fifty thousand white men and women.” As for John the Baptist, “that old Hebrew way of disposing of sin has... Read More
Price: $125
Boston: Benjamin B. Mussey & Co, 1854. First edition. Printed mostly from the "Phonographic report of Messrs. Yerrinton and Leighton" No Slavery in Nebraska! A strong speech on the issue of whether slavery be permitted in Nebraska or not. The author gives a history of slavery, especially as relates to... Read More
Price: $150
Boston: William Carter and Brother, 1863. Second edition (?). Parsons (1797-1882) was a professor in the Harvard Law School. Secession came as a rude shock to his belief that the work of the constitutional fathers was "near to the perfection of republican government." Here, he argues that He can "discern... Read More
Price: $75
Brattleboro: Printed for the Author, 1826. First edition. An early American anti-slavery lecture prepared for the Independence Day celebrations of the Windham County Bible Society who requested it's publication. Phelps gives a brief synopsis of the history and development of man, his influence and also the progress introducing the Bible... Read More
Price: $75
Philadelphia: Printed by John Richards, 1839. First edition. The Quakers’ long and honorable opposition to slavery — from as early as the 17th century — is well documented. Read More
Price: $85
Boston: William D. Ticknor and Company, 1847. First edition. Sumner, the great abolitionist, here states that the Barbary Coast's emancipation of White Slaves is only a start as there were still black slaves to be freed in Algiers and in the U.S. Read More
Price: $125
Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1851. First Edition. Reprinted from the North American Review, October, 1851. The author carefully issues that include “how far and how fast is the institution of slavery susceptible of change and amelioration - what are the prospects of its being removed - and... Read More
Price: $250
New York: R. G. Williams, 1836. First Edition. Deals exclusively with the effects of the British Abolition Act on the colonies in the West Indies. Read More
Price: $150
New York: R. G. Williams, for The American Anti-Slavery Society, 1836. Brilliant example of this important publication, as it was originally issued, and in its original pictorial wrappers. The horrors of slavery are explored in America-- emphasizing the North's economic complicit and in returning fugitive slaves-- as well as Haiti... Read More
Price: $125
Boston: Congregational Board of Publications, 1857. First edition. Contains three abolitionist essays: (1) Rev. R.B. Thurston, The Error and the Duty in regard to Slavery; (2) Rev. A.C. Baldwin, Friendly Letters to a Christian Slaveholder; (3) Timothy Williston, Is American Slavery an Institution Which Christianity Sanctions and Will Perpetuate? Read More
Price: $150
Boston: Beals & Greene, 1850. First edition. The Voices of Compromise, 1850. After the Compromise of 1850 was passed in the Fall of that year, threatening the freedom and rights of escaped slaves, violent protests broke in several Northern states, and many abolitionist were urging defiance of the law. Alarm... Read More
Price: $200
Boston: Press of T. R. Marvin, 1845. Read More
Price: $150
Boston: A. T. Hotchkiss & W. P. Fetridge, 1853. Reprints the famous debate between Webster (“most famous American oration of the nineteenth century” — Howes) and Hayne over protective tariffs, in which issues of wide-ranging significance (States’ rights, slavery, the Constitution, etc.), were debated with the kind forensic brilliance rarely... Read More
Price: $100
Montpelier, Vermont: Allen & Poland, Publishers, March 2, 1839. This issue publishes the Fifth Annual Report of the Starksboro’ and Lincoln Anti-Slavery Society and reprints newspaper accounts of the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Vermont Anti-Slavery Society and a speech by Henry Clay objecting to the emancipation of slaves in... Read More
Price: $200
Haddam Neck, CT: 1825-1856. A Connecticut Shoemaker's Account Book 1825-1856. A wonderful look at a craftsman's life in early 19th century Connecticut. Most of Clark's trade came from mending shoes, for which he averaged 40 cents a pair, his steadiest customers being members of the Brainerd family, an old and... Read More
Price: $850
New York: H.M. Ranney, 1849. First edition. Started by quarrel between Actors Edwin Forrest and William Macready. Read More
Price: $125
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London: Thomas Baskett … and by the Assigns of Robert Baskett, 1760. With provisions for Troops on the Irish Establishment serving in North America and Charge of the Civil Establishment of Georgia. Read More
Price: $75
London: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1775. First edition. “Best 18th century English source on the Southern tribes” (Sabin), written by “one of the most colorful figures in Southern colonial history” (Clark), a man who for forty years traded with the Indians. From 1735 until 1759 he traded with... Read More
Price: $5,500
San Francisco: Sierra Club, [1962]. First edition. Read More
Price: $150