Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1835. Hardcover. First edition. Hard cover, 4.75” x 7.25”. Complete with endpapers, title page, context, and 165 text pges. Clean, toned pages. Cloth cover with original spine label reading “Channing on Slavery.” Bookplate of Franklin H. Chase inside the front cover. Some occasional minor foxing... More
U.S. Army Transport ship USAT General W. M. Black: [1948]. Unbound. This original line and wash watercolor measures 14.25” x 12.25”. It is titled “Voyage No 5 Bremerhaven, Germany – Valparaiso, Chile” and the name of the ship, General W. M. Black, is prominently shown in the colorful drawing along..... More
Gibson County, Tennessee: 1836. Unbound. This partially printed document measures 7.75” x 13.5” It is in good shape with some moderate soiling and short split along one storage fold. The document requires the administrators of Harris Bradford’s estate to provide a complete inventory of his property and belongs within two..... More
Madison County, Tennessee: 1840. Unbound. This document measures 7.75” x 12.5” It is in good shape with some moderate soiling, and tape repairs on the reverse of the third page. The document records the testimony of a witness who sold a slave to pay for both a judgment levied against... More
Madison County, Tennessee: 1855. Unbound. This partially printed document measures 7.75” x 9.75”. It is in nice shape with light toning and short split just starting along one storage fold. The document directs the county sheriff to seize property, including two slaves, in compensation for a debt owed by V.... More
[Thomas County, Georgia]: 1843. Unbound. This document measures 9.5” x 3” and is in nice shape. It reads, “Bryan minor of Joseph Bryan dc’d: / Hire of negro woman Patience 80.00 / Hire of Old woman Mary 50.00 / Hire of Girl Sal 48.00 / [Total] 178.00 / Subscribed &... More
Baltimore: 1868. Unbound. This envelope measures 5.5” x 3”. It bears a hand-stamped corner card from the “Baltimore Association for the Moral & Educational Improvement of the Colored People,” and is addressed to Miss Rebecca Primus at Royal Oak, Maryland. It is franked with 3-cent Washington stamp (Scott #65) that... More
[Vicinity of Toledo, Ohio]: Circa 1910-1913. Album. This faux leather album measures approximately 7.5” x 6” and contains 50 photographs (mostly silver gelatin but two cyanotypes as well).. The photos vary slightly in size, but most are about 5.5” x 3.5” inches. The album is identified as the “Property of... More
Philadelphia: Sep. Winner, 1868. Unbound. Complete with six pages including the cover. 10.75” x 14”. First edition (see Dichter & Shapiro, 152). The cover features ten silhouettes of Native Americans. Soiling and heavy edge-wear; neatly mended spine. One four-inch horizontal tear on each of the last two leaves. 1869 gift... More
New Market, Virginia: Salomon Henkel's Druckerey, 1819. Boards. Second edition. 36 pages. 3.5” x 5.5”. Woodcut title page vignette and other woodcut illustrations throughout. Original cloth-backed, paper-covered boards decorated with woodcuts including a large example of the famous Henkel rooster on the rear cover. An exceptionally nice example. This scarce... More
Circa 1767. Disbound. The image of this hand-colored engraving measures 7” x 8.5”; the leaf measures 9” x 13”. In addition to the title, the leaf is also identified as “Patagons 215.” It is in very nice shape with light toning and some variation in margins where it appears the... More
