THE CARGO THAT FED A SPANISH ARMY
Partially printed Bill of Lading of the Royal...
Mississippi: 18 October 1769. THE CARGO THAT FED A SPANISH ARMY. Reading in part: "Shipped by the grace... 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. Read More
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![[An Act for enabling His Majesty to raise the Sum of One Million for the Uses and Purposes therein mentioned …] Anno Regni Georgii II Regis Angliæ, Scotiæ & Hiberniæ, Tricesimo Tertio. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster, the Thirty first Day of May, Anno Dom. 1754 …](/pictures/thumb/300140.jpg?v=1458666722)
[An Act for enabling His Majesty to raise the Sum of One Million for the Uses and Purposes therein mentioned...
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
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. " Read More
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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... Read More
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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. Read More
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The Education of Pretty Boy.
New York: Henry Holt, (1960). First edition. A children's book, very scarce inscribed as it is here with Babcock's full page inscription "To Mrs Edward J. Jokee...April 21, 1960." Read More
Price: $450
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... Read More
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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... Read More
Price: $750
Autograph Letter, signed (˜N.Biddle.”) to one J. Griffiths Fisher. of Mobile Alabama.
Philadelphia: April 15, 1842. "The proposed terms seem hard -- and I had always hoped tha tas ours was the first edbt, out judgment would have enabled us ro sell city property enough to recover it. I regret thta this does not seem to be the case …”. Read More
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Some Aspects of the Race Problem in the South.
Asheville, NC: Asheville Printing Company, 1899. First edition. Read More
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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=1438724258)
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... Read More
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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... Read More
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Lectures on the Philosophy of the Human Mind. Corrected from the Last London Edition.
Hallowell: Printed and published by Glazier, Master & Co., Stereotyped by T. H. Carter & Co. Boston, 1831. With the signature and stamp of Charles L. Pettigrew on the endpaper and printed label of William P. Webb of Tuskaloosa, Ala. There is an autograph receipt for Webb's tuition at Chapel... Read More
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Domestic Medicine or, a Treatise on the Prevention and Cure of Diseases, by Regimen & Simple Medicines. With an Appendix...
Charleston, (S.C.): printed and sold by John Hoff, at the Wholesale and Retail-Bookstore, No. 6, Broad-Street, 1807. The First Charleston Edition, Enlarged from the Author's last Revisal. Read More
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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... Read More
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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... Read More
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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 from the the first Jewish Reform movement in the United States––the Reformed Society of Israelites in Charleston, South Carolina—recording an address by one of the movement’s leaders and a patriarch of an important southern African-American family. The Sephardic... Read More
Price: $50,000
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. Read More
Price: $850
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. Read More
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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. Read More
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Original Civil War Sketch by a Union Officer
Sketch of Winter Quarters captioned and signed on the rear.
Virginia: 1861. WIlliam H. Wyker. Original Civil War Sketch by a Union Officer. A folksy sketch of an officer's cabin at the outbreak of the war, reading: "Camp Big Chestnut Winter Quarters in old Virginia 1861." A native of Easton, Pennsylvania, William H. Wyker enlisted in the First Pennsylvania Regiment at... Read More
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Politician or Statesman
Autograph sentiment, signed ("C.M. Clay").
N.p: n.d. [ca. 1890?]. Politician or Statesman. "The politician looks to the good of 'the party' and to his personal ascendancy. The statesman builds his fame upon the welfare of his country. C.M. Clay" Cassius Marcellus Clay (1810-1903), knew something about the difference between a politician and a statesman: an abolitionist... Read More
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Wilburn Waters
The Life and Adventures of Wilburn Waters, the Famous Hunter and Trapper of White Top Mountain; embracing early history of...
Richmond: G.W. Gary, 1878. First edition. Wilburn Waters. The first part of this interesting book consists of the account of the life and adventures of Wilburn Waters, a mountain man of southwestern Virginia and his encounters with wolf, deer and bear. The second consists of various historical articles from the... Read More
Price: $1,250
Treaty of Pardo
The Convention between the Crowns of Great Britain and SPain, concluded at the Pardo on the 14th of January 1739...
London: Printed by Samuel Buckley, 1739. First edition. Treaty of Pardo. The 1739 Treaty of Pardo was an attempt by Spain and England to avoid war over issues of trade, smuggling, freedom of the seas, and boundaries of the Georgia and Carolina colonies. The two powers eventually fought in the... Read More
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Coral Gables Miami Riviera.
Boston: Coral Gables Corp. 185 Devonshire Street, c. 1925. Coral Gables was one of America's first planned communities. Merrick started it, but bad luck led him to his last job as postmaster of Miami where he died in 1942 at 55. Read More
Price: $250