153 x 115mm. Manuscript on vellum. Two consecutive stitched gatherings of ten leaves each. Very good. We must confess that we are not exactly sure of the details of these leaves. They were purchased out of a dealer's estate whose descriptions were usually accurate. The description that came with this... More
White County, Tennessee (probably Sparta): 1852/1861-63. mostly 1852 (store) and 1861-1863 (medical practice). 12” x 7½”. Lined ledger book. 139 leaves handwritten both sides, the first 60 with entries for the store, the rest for the medical practice. Around 20 scraps of paper with handwriting laid in. About good: sound... More
Hardcover. 8vo 8" - 9" tall; [Outsider Books]["Children's" Books][In the style of Belloc, Hilaire]. Manuscript Copy of Belloc's Cautionary Tales for Children. N. P. : N. P. , N. D. 10” x 7 5/8”. Marbled paper over boards. Six unnumbered leaves followed by 71 pages numbered 9-79, the rest of... More
[vineland, New Jersey?]: [1850s]. 9¾” x 7¾”. Bifolium, all four pages handwritten, approximately 1,000 words. Very good with old folds. A curious and apparently unpublished essay on the nature of women, by a doctor who is remembered as having quit the United States Army soon after the start of the... More
![[African Americana][Politics] Letter from African American Man Offering Service to Republican National Committee. J. B. Lecompte.](/pictures/thumb/946.JPG?v=1523229518)
New York City: 1884. Hardcover. 8½” x 5¾” Two leaves, written rectos only; docketing notes on verso of second leaf. Very good: old folds, a couple of pinholes in upper left corner of each leaf. This letter is an appeal from an African American man to Samuel Fessender of the... More
Baltimore, Maryland: 1838-1841. 7 5/8” x 6 3/8”. Marbled paper-covered boards, morocco spine. 187 numbered pages, approximately 43,000 words in an easily read hand. Good: boards detached and heavily worn, text block split into four sections. This is the fascinating journal of a young woman, beginning when she was 18... More