Established in 1989, the Company specializes in the social, political, and cultural history of the Americas. Areas of concentration include Colonial America, the American Revolution and Federal period, American imprints of the 18th century; Afro-Americana, slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, the American South; law and economics, commerce, banking, trade, industry, canals, railroads, agriculture, urbanization; the American West; political campaigns and issues, presidential politics. Since 1993 David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books LLC has been a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. The Company, located in New Haven's northern suburb of Woodbridge, is also a member of the Southern New England Antiquarian Booksellers. David M. Lesser is a member of the American Antiquarian Society, the Grolier Club, the Ephemera Society of America, and the Ancient Order of the Jackass. Susan E. Monarca, David's assistant, has been an associate member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America since 2020. We issue six printed catalogues annually. Visitors wishing to browse our stock of 10,000 titles are welcome to do so in person, by appointment.
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HOT SPRINGS, BATH COUNTY, VIRGINIA; WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THEIR MEDICINAL PROPERTIES, AND AN ANALYSIS OF THE WATERS, WITH CASES OF CURE OF GOUT, RHEUMATISM, DISEASES OF THE LIVER, PARALYSIS NEURALGIA, CHRONIC, DIARRHEA, ENLARGED GLANDS, OLD INJURIES, DEAFNESS, ETC., ETC., ETC.
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Richmond : Gary, Clemmitt & Jones, Printers , 1869 (click for more details)THE UNITED STATES SANITARY COMMISSION
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Boston : Crosby and Nichols , 1864 (click for more details)SOCIAL BALL. THE COMPANY OF MR. ISAAC SMITH, 2D AND LADIES, IS REQUESTED AT A SOCIAL BALL, AT MR. E. T. PAGE'S, (CENTRAL HOUSE, IN WALTHAM,) ON THURSDAY EVENING, 31ST OF JANUARY INST. DANCING TO COMMENCE AT FOUR O'CLOCK. COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS. .
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Waltham,MA 1839 (click for more details)THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, WRITTEN FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, BUT PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. FOURTH SERIES. BY PHILO-JACKSON
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Frankfort : Printed for the Author , 1824 (click for more details)COMMENCEMENT BIDDLE UNIVERSITY, CHARLOTTE, N. C. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 1891, AT 10 O'CLOCK A. M.
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A CATALOGUE OF SIGNIFICANT AND UNUSUAL IMPRINTS RELATING TO AMERICA
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Catalogue 207, Rare Americana [November 2024]
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