[Washington]: Congressional Globe Office, [1848]. Unbound. Octavo. 15, [1 (blank)] pp. Printed and folded, never bound; untrimmed. Early fold lines from being trifolded; general wrinkling and toning to the paper; faint and early tidelines along the bottom margin; a few instances of silverfishing to the margins, only—in one instance, the.....

[Washington]: Tower Printers, 1848. Unbound. Octavo. 8 pp. First edition. Unbound and uncut. Minor edgewear and soiling to the first and last leaf; light foxing. Dickinson argues in this speech that Congress does in fact have the right to determine whether new territories may be slave holding or not—this was.....

Richmond: Geo. P. Evans & Co., Printers, 1865. Soft Cover. Octavo. 20 pp. Confederate imprint. Stitched in later plain wrappers with manuscript title in pencil. Wrappers are quite brittle and chipped; contents are heavily toned and foxed consistent with degraded late-war paper supplies; horizontal crease through the textblock from an.....

Washington: Government Printing Office, 1862. Hard Cover. Octavo. 910 pp. First edition. As issued, in publisher's embossed cloth; spine titled, "Messages / and / Diplomatic / Correspondence. / 1862 / Ho. Reps." Binding is a trifle sunned at the spine, but generally, it presents quite nicely; early and occasional tidelines;.....

New York: Vantage Press, 1999. Hard Cover. Octavo. xxi, [3], 264 pp., illus. First edition, first printing. In publisher's boards with dust jacket. A bright, clean copy in a very nice dust jacket with shelfwear. Uncommon title, profusely illustrated with photographs.

[Washington, DC?]: 1868. Unbound. Octavo. 8 pp. First edition. Folded sheet, never bound, untrimmed. Toning and light shelfwear, but generally in nice condition. This speech in support of the Bureau's continuation was delivered by Rep. Eliot as the House was considering House Bill No. 598 to continue the Bureau for.....

Boston: William Crosby and Company, 1840. Original Wrappers. Octavo. 30, [2] pp. First edition. As issued, stitched in publisher's printed wrappers (rear wrapper lacking). Foxing throughout; rear blank leaf with creasing; minor dampstaining to the final few leaves; faint rippling throughout; front wrapper with some chipping to edges is detached.....

Washington: Gideon & Co, 1850. Disbound. Octavo. 16 pp. Removed from a binding. Spine has been mended with clear archival tape; contemporary owner signature over the title with some bleed-through to subsequent leaves, otherwise, a nice copy of Stanly's controversial pro-Union speech. While known for having volatile temperament in his.....

[1852]. Original Wrappers. Octavo. [3]-41, [1 (blank)] pp. Stitched in self wrappers. Toning and early pencil notations to the top of the first leaf, as well as a six-digit number rubber stamped. Despite the pagination beginning on [3], there is no evidence of a missing leaf unless perhaps it a......

[Washington]: [William A. Davis], [1817]. Disbound. Octavo. 5, [3 (blank)] pp. Removed from nonce volume. Leaves are detached; light toning and soiling; pencil note at the top of the first page. An early document of the "back to Africa" movement. The Society for the Colonizing of Free People of Colour.....

[Washington]: Congressional Globe Office, 1848. Unbound. Octavo. 8 pp. Unbound and uncut. Minor edgewear and soiling; light foxing. A reasonably nice copy of this speech that was never bound. This speech is a defense of himself and his ideas against a series of editorials published in the Union newspaper calling.....