Paris: Payot & Cie, 1919, “troisieme mille”, octavo, [6] [7] - 256, [2 blank] pp., original yellow printed paper wrappers, some dustiness to wraps, else very good. more >
Single sheet, measuring 3 x 8”, 1 page, with docketing on verso. J.E. McCombs, Constable, ordered to summon “William Baynard, Negro, to be and appear…to answer unto Francis G. Smith admn. of Saml. G. Smith, Decd. In a plea of Debt…” more >
Boston: Sewell Phelps, Printer, 1819, first edition, octavo, 22 pages, stitched, untrimmed as issued, several corners dog-eared, short tears into foredge of titlepage and first leaf of text, else in very good, clean condition. more >
Dramatic eyewitness account of Confederate General Earl Van Dorn’s early morning surprise attack on Holly Springs, Mississippi, the resulting capture by the narrator, a cotton buyer from Rhode Island, and the destruction at the Union supply hub