•  Publisher's quarter cloth over printed paper-covered sides; paper somewhat mottled, with board edges rubbed and an early inked numeral in the upper margin of the front cover. Back pastedown with early pencilled ownership inscription. (12369)

•  Publisher’s cloth, spine with printed paper label; spine and back cover scuffed, spine label darkened and chipped. Front pastedown with institutional stamp. Many signatures unopened. Pages slightly age-toned, else clean; paper embrittled, with a few short edge tears.

In this decree Congress addresses several matters touching Sinaloa, Sonora, Durango, and New Mexico. With specific reference to New Mexico, Congress orders the creation of the bishopric of New Mexico with vicars in Santa Fe, Paso del Norte, and Chihuahua; and in another clause it grants New Mexico total exemption from sales tax on locally grown produce and locally manufactured goods.

This copy is one of the states' printings (i.e., the state of Mexico, dated 24 July).

•  As issued, with some later folds; a few pin-type worm holes not costing letters. Very Good.  (24106)

•  Publisher's purple cloth, spine faded to brown; bottom of spine pulled with small loss of cloth; top of spine with brown paper tape repair. Ex-library: call number on spine; bookplates; five-digit number stamped in two blank areas; blind pressure-stamp on title-page; charge pocket removed from rear pastedown. Foxing of the sort to be expected, no other soiling.  (21276)

Although a scholar in Greek and Latin at Washington University, Waterhouse according to the DAB had "interests [that] carried him far from the classical subjects he enthusiastically expounded in the classroom." He is noted as a "firm believer in the future of the Middle West [and] an ardent advocate of improving the Mississippi River."

•  On Waterhouse, see: Dictionary of American Biography, XIX, 533. Original flexible fabrikoid, splitting along spine.

•  Felcone, New Jersey Books, 1274; Sabin 78747. Contemporary quarter cloth with paper-covered sides, spine with printed paper label; sides stained, corners bumped, spine with wear to extremities and paper shelving label. Front pastedown with institutional bookplate, front free endpaper with early pencilled ownership inscription. Pages with some light to moderate foxing; one leaf with small hole and resulting loss of a few words.

•  Sabin 50017; Shoemaker 34179. Untrimmed and unbound, spine reinforced with tape. Title-page with early inked ownership inscription, and very faint numerical stamp. Light foxing, some dog-earing to lower corners.

•  American Imprints (1833) 20211; NSTC 2M35483.   Publisher's brown cloth, spine with printed paper label; cloth faded and discolored, spine label rubbed. Front free endpaper with faint pencilled ownership inscription dated 1856. Light to moderate foxing throughout. (20642)

•  Wright, III, 3879. Publisher’s green cloth, spine with gilt-stamped title; cloth showing minor wear overall. Frontispiece with outer edge waterstained; four leaves with some offsetting from laid-in scrap of cloth. Pages with a few scattered small spots, mostly clean.

•  Publisher's red cloth, spine with paper label, in excellent condition save for slight discolorations to spine label. With laid-in prospectus. Pages mildly cockled; scattered, pinpoint spots of something(?) that got into the slurry during the paper-making. A handsome, clean copy.

Provenance: Inscription to Ellie Bond Robinson (from her cousin Elizabeth); elegant small booklabel, “Gardner.”

•  Publisher’s textured cloth, framed in blind, front cover with gilt-stamped title; covers and corners showing very slight traces of wear. Front free endpaper with small booklabel and with inked gift inscription dated 1887. One flap (“Circumspection”) lacking, with all other flaps present and working. An attractive copy of an uncommon item.