Auburn: Derby and Miller, et al. 1853. Good. Early edition. 8vo. xvi,(17)-336pp. 4pp. publisher's ads inserted between the front endpapers.  Eighth thousand. Original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, boards embossed in blind. Yellow coated endpapers. Illustrated with seven full page illustrations, including the frontispiece of the author. Significantly... More about Twelve Years A Slave. Narrative of Solomon Northup, A Citizen of New York, Kidnapped in...

New York: George P. Putnam and Co., 1854. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. Original publisher's maroon marbled cloth, upper cover with elaborate blocked design in gilt and blind with large central sunken lozenge blocked with a gilt vignette of the "southern mocking bird" signed "Tompson" (in reverse), derived from the plate... More about Wild Scenes and Song-Birds

New York, Philadelphia Albany: Various, 1834-1839. Wraps. Six Almanacs bound as one:1. The Temperance Almanac ... for 1834, NY, L. D. Dewey et al;2. Joseph Chamber, The Temperance Almanac ... for 1834, Philadelphia, Uriah Hunt;3. The Temperance Almanac ... for 1835, Philadelphia, Uriah Hunt;4. The Temperance Almanac ... for 1836... More about Bound volume of Six Temperance Almanacs, 1834 - 1839

Indianapolis: Wm. B. Burford, 1897. Broadside. Printed sheet 6 by 19 inches on peach-colored tin paper. Advertising a rail tip to Chicago on Sunday, September 12, 1897, via the Lake Erie & Western Railroad and the Wabash Railroad. Return is from Dearborn Station Chicago. eVisit the Field Columbian Musum, the... More about Popular Cheap Excursion to Chicago and Return

Philadelphia: W. A. Leary, 1845. Hardcover. 12mo. 189,(3)pp. Original full sheep, gilt spine. Binding and textblock well worn, part of spine perished, else a very good copy.  A compilation of song stanzas, many patriotic, including the 'Star Spangled Banner'. The final three pages are a list of contents. More about The American Songster, Containing a Choice Selection of Eighty-Three Songs; Including Tyrone...