Warren, CT: 1829 - 1833. Two items from the elections of 1829 and 1833 tabulating and certifying the city's votes for state and federal office. 7.75" x 13", folded 1 pp. docketed on the rear from April 6, 1829. Votes for the State slate of political leaders: Governor, Lt. Gov...... More
Hartford, CT: The J. B. Burr Publishing Co., 1877. First Edition. Tan calf leather over boards with four raised bands and two black labels with gilt titling on the spine. Gilt rule on the bands and fore edge of the cover. 5.5" x 8.75", 7 - 848 pp., "profusely illustrated"..... More
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1926 & 1939. First Edition, later printing for boxed set. Dark blue cloth with gilt titling on the spine, "A. Lincoln" blind stamped on the cover of the Prarie Years and "Your Obt. Servr. A. Lincoln" on the War Years. 6" x 9.25 Very..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1978. First / First. Blue grey cloth over boards with titling in silver on spine and cover. ASSOCIATION COPY "For Dave / Arthur M. Schlesinger" in black ink on fep, beneath owner signature, "Dave Leroy" and tipped in business card. 6" x 9", pp. xii, 2-1066 with..... More
SIGNATURE "Thom. Wharton, Chman", a Pennsylvania merchant and politician during the Revolutionary War era, served as the first President of Pennsylvania after the Declaration of Independence was signed. Like many other Colonial merchants, Wharton joined boycotts in protest of the 1765 Stamp Act and the 1767 Townshend Acts. On May..... More