Extra. Senseless Panic. New York: New York Daily Bulletin, September 24, 1873

The Panic of 1873 was set off by the failure of Jay Cooke & Co., the leading American banker of its day. Because of financial crises in Europe , the Credit Mobilier scandal, and related problems, the firm declared bankruptcy on September 18, 1873. The bank’s failure set of a chain of events including the failure of many insurance companies and banks and the ten-day closure of the New York Stock Exchange starting on September 20. Within two months 55 railroads had failed. The downturn, which lasted for the rest of the decade, was known as the Great Depression until the 1930s depression took that name.

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Printing and the Mind of Man: a descriptive catalogue illustrating the impact of print on the evolution of western civilization during five centuries. Munich: Pressler, 1983

SECOND EDITION, revised and enlarged.

$175

From My Arm-Chair. [Boston], [1879]

FIRST EDITION. Signed by Longfellow. When the “spreading chestnut tree” referred to in Longfellow’s “The Village Blacksmith” was felled for the widening of Brattle Street, the children of Cambridge paid to have a chair made from its wood for the now elderly poet.

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The Courtship of Miles Standish, and Other Poems. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1858

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. A fine presentation copy inscribed by Longfellow on the day of publication: “Mrs. Palfrey with best regards of the Author.  October 16. 1858.”

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