The Second Edition, The First Unabridged Octavo Edition
An American Dictionary of the English Language. First...
New Haven: Published by the Author. Sold by Crocker & Brewster, Boston, [etc.] ... Printed by B.L. Hamlen... Read More
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An Essay on the Central Influence of Magnetism.
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.
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An Oration addressed to the Citizens of the Town of Quincy, on the Fourth of July, 1831, the Fifty-Fifth Anniversary...
Boston: Richardson, Lord and Holbrook, 1831. First edition. This July 4 address is significant, because Adams addresses South Carolina's growing attachment to Nullification as a desirable response to federal tariff policies. He shows here that Nullification is an "effort to organize insurrection against the laws of the United States. "
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![[drop-title] Petition of Albin Michel, in behalf of the heirs of Madame de Lusser, praying the confirmation of a grant of land in Mobile, in the state of Alabama. January 9, 1840. Ordered to be printed, to accompany bill S. No. 55. Alabama, Albin Michel.](/pictures/thumb/233659.jpg?v=1534805432)
[drop-title] Petition of Albin Michel, in behalf of the heirs of Madame de Lusser, praying the confirmation of a grant...
[Washington, D.C: 1840].
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Subscription List for "Speech (given in Congress) of the Hon B. Hardin (1784-1852) on the Alexandria Canal Bill for sale...
[Washington, D.C: Globe Office, c. 1833]. The Alexandria Canal was major significance for water transportation into Virginia. Hardin was an important Kentucky politician, who serves several terms in the Houise of Reps. and led the way for the passage of the bill for construction of the canal. The canal connected...
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A Kentucky Cardinal. A Story. WITH: Aftermath. Part Second of "A Kentucky Cardinal"
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1895 & 1896. First edition , First Issue.
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My Health Is Better In November. Thirty-Five Stories of Hunting and Fishing in the South.
Columbia, N.C: University of South Carolina Press, 1947. First edition. "The scene of all stories in My Health Is Better In November is the South; most of the incidents recorded took place in South Carolina. They constitute a delightful expression of one of the major aspects of life in the...
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Inscribed
The Tarpon. A Description of the Fish with some hints of its Capture.
[N.p: Privately printed], 1951. Fifth edition, no. 99 of 250 copies signed by the author, additionally inscribed by the author on the first plate. Inscribed. The fifth edition of Babcock’s classic work (first published in 1920). With a nostalgic preface, noting “Fifteen years have passed since the publication of the...
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One of the First Histories of Virginia
Histoire de la Virginie.
Paris: Pierre Ribou, 1707. One of the First Histories of Virginia. An early edition (published the same year as the Amsterdam and Orleans editions) of the earliest history of Virginia, after Captain John Smith’s. Written by a planter who spent most of his life there. It was written primarily to.....
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DETERMINED ON A SEA LIFE
Autograph Letter, Signed "Sally D Moore" to Charles Biddle.
Northumberland [VA]: April 29th 1814. DETERMINED ON A SEA LIFE. A former “belle of Philadelphia society,” now living in Virginia, who has been widowed and left in dire financial straits, writes to Biddle during the War of 1812, asking for his help in obtaining a naval commission for her son...
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THE PROPOSED TERMS SEEM HARD
Autograph Letter, signed "N.Biddle.” to S. Griffith Fisher, of Mobile Alabama regarding the terms of a legal judgment.
Philadelphia: April 15, 1842. THE PROPOSED TERMS SEEM HARD. Written at the nadir of Biddle’s career during a time when he was struggling with debt. “I have had the pleasure of receiving your favor of the 31st inst. The proposed terms seem hard - and I had always hoped that as.....
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Some Aspects of the Race Problem in the South.
Asheville, NC: Asheville Printing Company, 1899. First edition.
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Athanase de Mezieres and the Louisiana-Texas Frontier 1768 - 1780: Documents Published for the First Time, From the Original Spanish...
Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1914. Prints important documents in English translation on the history of the Southwest never before published.
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![Together, three documents signed by Daniel Boone's sons: Manuscript Document, signed by Daniel M. Boone with two lines in his hand, 2 pp., 8vo, dated November 14, 1817 and July 5, 1819, being a document filed with the County of St. Charles listing a tally of debts for items purchased from Boone (his name appears as "Boon" within the document) accrued by Francis McDermed between June 1814 and March 1815, sworn to by Boone's clerk, John Lindsey, before Joseph Cotts, a lawyer. On the latter date, Boone acknowledges receipt of the payment in full from Hugh McDermed and signs the receipt; [and] Autograph Document, signed by Nathan Boone, 1 1/2 pages, written on a large scrap of paper, dated September 8, 1827, being a document filed with the St. Charles County probate court requesting the Mrs. Antoine Laclane and Frances Laclane, administrators of the estate of Antoine Laclane, pay an unspecified amount to Robert W. Wells as agent for Nathan Boone (his name appears as "Boon" at the top of the document); on verso, opposite Boone's calculations and filing information is a half-page of writing in the hand of W. L. Mill, agent for Robert W. Wells, acknowledging receipt of the sum of forty-two dollars and ninety-two and one half cents which settles the judgement filed with the court on March 14, 1826; [and] Manuscript Document, signed by Daniel M. Boone, 1 1/4 pages, folio, dated October 30, 1876, being a Guardian Bond, an obligation between Boone, Thomas D. Stephenson, and Seth Millington that they are bound to perform the duties of guardians for the $800 estate of Mattilda Patton, an orphan for whom Stephenson is legal guardian. Daniel Boone, Daniel Morgan Boone.](/pictures/thumb/13488.jpg?v=1534803732)
Signed by Daniel Boone's Sons, Daniel M. and Nathan
Together, three documents signed by Daniel Boone's sons: Manuscript Document, signed by Daniel M. Boone with two lines in his...
St. Charles County, Missouri Territory: July 5, 1819, September 8, 1827 and October 30, 1876. Signed by Daniel Boone's Sons, Daniel M. and Nathan. Daniel Boone (1734-1820), born near Reading, Pennsylvania, is known as a great pioneer and Indian fighter. His family left for North Carolina in 1750 and settled...
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The Mountain Muse. Comprising the Adventures of Daniel Boone; and The Power of Virtuous and Refined Beauty.
Harrisonburg: Davidson and Bourne, 1813. First Edition, with half-title.
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Colonel George Washington 1732-1799 Foxhunter.
New York: The Derrydale Press 127 East 34th Street, 1931. Edition of 250. Finely executed portrait of a young George Washington. Ralph L. Boyer (1979-1942) studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia and under William Merritt Chase. He illustrated a number of books for the Derrydale Press...
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Emily Donelson of Tennessee.
Richmond, Virginia: Garrett and Massie Incorporated, (1941). First edition. The Author is the great-granddaughter of Emily Donelson who herself was the niece of President Andrew Jackson and who served as Hostess at the White House for him. Inscribed to Howard C. Smith "The author joins with Mary Phelps in Christmas Greetings-Pauline...
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"I cannot feel that he is gone ... "
5 Typed Letters Signed ("Dick") to the wife of his mentor and old friend, Adam C. ("Kit") Carson.
Washington, D.C., Boston, and New York: May 20, 1941 - May 8, 1944. "I cannot feel that he is gone ... " When Richard Byrd was just twelve years old in 1900, Adam ("Kit") Carson, a friend and associate of his father's in the family's law firm, invited the young...
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A Discourse Delivered in Charleston, (S.C) on the 21st of Nov. 1827, Before the Reformed Society of Israelites, for Promoting...
Charleston: James S. Burges, 1827. First and only edition. A rare pamphlet issued by the first Jewish Reform movement in the United States, the Sephardic Reformed Society of Israelites in Charleston, South Carolina, recording an address by one of the movement’s leaders, who was also patriarch of an important southern.....
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Reminiscences of Charleston.
Charleston: Joseph Walker, Agt., Stationer and Printer, 129 Meeting-st, 1866. First edition. History of Charleston by a long-time resident, with some discussion of the period of secession.
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The Provinces of the Written and Unwritten Law. An Address Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Virginia State Bar...
New York: Banks & Bros, 1889.
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Album of 120 photographs of the aftermath of the Charleston earthquake of 1886.
Charleston, South Carolina: [c. 31 August 1886]. An album of 120 vintage albumen photographs showing the devastation to the city of Charleston, South Carolina, following the earthquake of August 31, 1886. Estimated to have reached a magnitude of between 6.6 and 7.3 on the Richter scale, the earthquake left 60...
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Confederate Imprint
By-Laws of the Orphan House of Charleston South Carolina. Revised and Adopted by the Board of Commissioners 4th April 1861.
Charleston: Steam Power Presses of Evans & Cogswell, 1861. First edition. Confederate Imprint.
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THE OTHER FRENEAU
Autograph Letter, Signed, "Peter Freneau," to John Covenhoven of Freehold, New Jersey, written during the Revolutionary War period.
Philadelphia: May 13th 1780. THE OTHER FRENEAU. A letter complaining bitterly of compensation recieved for a horse. Reading in part: "I am informed that you have recd. £50 for the Horse that I lost in Mr. Budinot's service, this sum is so far from making me any satisfaction that I....
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Simple Truths, for the Amusement and Instruction of Children at an Early Age.
New Haven: Sidney's Press for John Babcock and Son, New Haven and S. Babcock and Co. 329 King-St. Charleston, S.C, 1823.
Price: $200