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1794046754New York: T. Allen 1794. Second Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Fair Condition. Full period sheep boards reattached with tape worn. First volume is lacking the title and most of the first page of the first letter - separate title for volume 2. First few pages worn at edges some scattered foxing smal ldampstain near the end. 219pp with a separate title for vol 2 but paginated continuously. The 2nd America edition. Size: Octavo 8vo. 2-volume set complete. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Americana; History. Inventory No: 046754. T. Allen hardcover books
179736249Worcester: Leonard Worcester 1797. 8vo 20.6 cm; 8.125". 339 pp. Lacks final two blanks. <br><br>A collection of twenty-four sermons covering various topics including the moral state of the world joy for the happiness of others and the Gospel method of instituting and ordering Churches.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: The Howell Bible Collection Pacific School of Religion properly released. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â ESTC W28356; Evans 33227. Brown calf gilt red leather label on spine with gilt ruling; abraded top of spine chipped. Light to moderate age-toning; two leaves with torn corners three with small holes touching text. Call number label on spine bookplate on front pastedown rubber-stamp on title-page call number on title-page verso circulation materials and light pencilling at back no other markings. Leonard Worcester hardcover books
1791WRCLIT81620Shrewsbuury: Printed and sold by J. and W. Eddowes . 1791. 4893pp. Octavo. Extracted from bound pamphlet volume. Some dust-spotting to title and terminal advert leaf otherwise a good copy. First edition published the year before Williams 1750-1813 earned his D.D. from the University of Edinburgh and was appointed the first editor of the EVANGELICAL MAGAZINE. ESTC locates five copies in North America. ESTC T78139. Printed and sold by J. and W. Eddowes ... unknown books
179655822Philadelphia: from the press of Sowden & McCorkle 1796. First American edition 12mo pp. 160; contemporary full mottled calf gilt-ruled spine morocco label; top of spine chipped away joints cracked "No. 1284 / Birmingham Library" in ink on front pastedown small library sticker on spine with the annotation in in "1284" light foxing; good. Williams 1762-1827 the English author who resided for most of her life in France wrote passionately but ignorantly on the French Revolution. "The honesty with which she wrote carried conviction to many of her readers; and there can be little doubt that her works were the source of many erroneous opinions as to facts." see DNB. Evans 31635. <br/><br/> from the press of Sowden & McCorkle unknown books
1794JC12573Walpole New Hampshire: Isaiah Thomas and David Carlisle 1794. Hardcover. Fair. Contemporary morocco; 8vo; pp. 416; lacking the map. Ownership signature of Chauncy Langdon 1763-1830 a politican lawyer and judge who served as U.S. Representative for Vermont. Binding heavily scuffed; boards loose; text block browned. Shabby indeed. Sold as is. <br/><br/> Isaiah Thomas and David Carlisle hardcover books
179614001Philadelphia 1796. 45 1 blank 2pp. Half title. Disbound. Scattered foxing Good. The last leaf consists of an advertisement of new works by the publisher Lang & Ustick. The piece is a bitter argument against Richard Brothers' claims of prophetic abilities and direct inspiration from God. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Evans 31639. Not in Jenkins. unknown books
1789WRCLIT25382London: Printed for J. Strahan et al 1789. xxxi55-2031;x214-268pp. Two volumes. 12mo. Contemporary calf. Engraved title vignette. One board nearly detached a couple signatures starting some pencil notes and marginal discolorations otherwise a good set. First collective edition of the early works by the noted Irish satirist. Williams emigrated to America where he edited the FEDERALIST and the DRAMATIC CENSOR. He is best remembered by American booksellers for the perennial slow mover THE HAMILTONIAD 1804. NCBEL II:694. Printed for J. Strahan [et al] unknown books
1790WRCLIT51860London: Printed for H.D. Simmons 1790. iv2911pp. Small octavo. Portrait and two of three folding plates. Extracted from bound pamphlet volume. Old repairs to clean tears in margins of frontis title and terminal leaf wanting the plate that accounts for pp. 43-4 first plate split at fold else a sound copy. First edition. Directed to the then Prince of Wales summarizing with some sympathy the revolutionary ferment particularly in France and with a brief chapter about events in North America. Williams an acquaintance of Franklin Garrick and others prominent at the time founded the Royal Literary Fund and pursued an active career of pamphleteering translation Voltaire teaching and publishing on political and educational subjects. ESTC locates nine copies at least two of them lacking two or three of the plates. SABIN 104185. ESTC T108912. Printed for H.D. Simmons unknown books
1794WRCAM23742Philadelphia: Reprinted for Stephen C. Ustick 1794. 70pp. Dbd. A few light fox marks. Bit tanned. Else very good. A reply to Paine's attack on revealed religion including "a sketch of the evidences of Christianity" and "a Review of Mr. Paine's Objections to it." First printed in England. There were other American printings the same year at Boston Salem New York and Worcester. EVANS 28099. Reprinted for Stephen C. Ustick unknown books
1762WRCAM47563Boston: S. Kneeland 1762. 228pp. Lacks half title. Dbd. Minor soiling. Very good. Sermon preached on the occasion of "the election of His Majesty's Council for said Province." Abraham Williams was the pastor of the church in Sandwich Mass. EVANS 9310. ESTC W29217. S. Kneeland unknown books
174440709<i>12mo 18.5 cm. 4 2-151 pp. </i><br /><br /><i>First edition of this collection of sermons by an important Connecticut clergyman and father of William Williams delegate to the Continental Congress and signer of the Declaration of Independence. According to Grasso's "A Speaking Aristocracy: Transforming Public Discourse in Eighteenth-Century" Solomon Williams argued that "Christ's kingdom was spiritual not worldly. A person can become one of Christ's subjects only by free choice and can so choose only if regenerated." The book has been signed on the front blank by owner Stephen White of Wilton CT 1760 and by his sons James and Jonas. Evans 5521. No ships here but a nice example of an early New England imprint. Very good condition. Bound in modern paneled full calf.</i> Rogers and Fowle hardcover books
1787715111787. The Last Digest of English Statute Law Williams Thomas Walter 1763-1833. A Compendious Digest of the Statute Law Comprising the Substance and Effect of All the Public Acts of Parliament in Force From Magna Charta in the Ninth Year of King Henry III. To the Twenty-Seventh Year of His Present Majesty King George III. Inclusive. London: Printed by His Majesty's Law Printers 1787. viii 669 25 pp. Lacking half-title. Final two pages are a publisher advertisement. Octavo 8-1/2" x 5". Contemporary calf blind fillets to boards raised bands to spine lettering piece lacking. Light rubbing and a few minor stains and scuffs to boards which are beginning to separate but secure some chipping to spine ends corners bumped and somewhat worn. Moderate toning to text light soiling to margins in a few places. $250. First edition. Williams was the last writer to produce a digest of Great Britain's statute law. The contents are arranged alphabetically by topic. A barrister of the Inner Temple he didn't have success as a pleader. He was known instead for his writings. In addition to digests and a dictionary he wrote manuals for justices of the peace compiled abridgments and edited an edition of William Sheppard's Precedent of Precedents. A well-received work the Compendious Digest had 3 later editions the last in 1812. The first edition is scarce. OCLC locates 5 copies in North American law libraries Boston College Harvard Library of Congress UCLA University of Virginia. English Short-Title Catalogue T94598. unknown books
1795042329London: T. Hepinstall 1795. First Edition. Hardcover Full Leather. Fair Condition. 2 volumes in full contemporary calf worn boards bowed on volume 1 and front board detached Scattered foxing but generally clean internally. Notable for a long section detailing efforts at converting the indigenous peoples of North American the West-Indies and elsewhere. Sabin 104379. Scarce. Size: Octavo 8vo. 2-volume set complete. Previous owner's signature in ink. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Religion & Theology; Indigenous Cultures. Inventory No: 042329. <br/><br/> T. Hepinstall hardcover books
179859613Elizabeth-town N.J.: Printed by Shepard Kollock for Cornelius Davis. No. 94. Water-Street New-York 1798. First American Edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporay polished tree calf upper board detached. First American Edition. 1 vols. 8vo. Printed by Shepard Kollock for Cornelius Davis. No. 94. Water-Street, New-York unknown books
1798318217Elizabeth-town New Jersey: Printed by Shepard Kollock for Cornelius Davis 1798. First American Edition. xx 1 22-517 3 p. 8vo. Contemporary calf rebacked new endpapers title-page rebacked at upper outer edge. First American Edition. xx 1 22-517 3 p. 8vo. ESTC W36435; Evans 35030; Morsch L.M. New Jersey 409 Printed by Shepard Kollock for Cornelius Davis unknown books
1798m1722Elizabeth-Town N.J.: Printed by Shepard Kollock for Cornelius Davis 1798. 1st American edition. Octavo full calf calf label 517 pp. Very Good with small chip to spine label and former-owner signature. Printed by Shepard Kollock for Cornelius Davis, 1798. unknown books
178965186Salem MA 1789. Single sheet 1 1/2 pp. approx. 400 words asking an unidentified friend to write letters to Hancock Adams Washington as well as Ellsworth John Langdon and Elbridge Gerry and anyone else he thinks "most likely to favor me through your interest" and promising to repay him for "the expense of paper & what ever you think proper shall be refunded." The letter does not make the matter entirely clear and his correspondent is not identified but it is evident Williams seeks a substantial position probably Federal. Williams mentions that "the matter wich sic you and I talked of at your house" he had since discussed with Capt. B. Goodhue. Goodhue informed him he had already been approached by Wm. Pickman to whom he felt an obligation. Benjamin Goodhue was a privateer and Salem's representative to the new Federal Congress; in 1796 he became a senator from Massachusetts. Williams asks his correspondent to send most of the letters directly to him as he intends to call on all the gentlemen he knows and "take time by the forelock." In a postscript he discusses Pickman's character. In a second postscript Williams writes: "What passes between us tis supposed to be private." Old fold lines a short split along one fold. Docketed on verso: "a letter from Capt. Sam'l Williams 17th Feb. 1789." Capt. Samuel Williams was likely a Federalist hoping to appeal to Benjamin Goodhue and other members of the Essex Junto a powerful group of Federalist politicians in Massachusetts for a political appointment. It appears he was disappointed. In a letter from Goodhue to George Washington dated New York June 30 1789 William Pickman was put forth as Collector of Revenue for the district of Salem. see the Washington Papers National Archives Founders on Line. <br/><br/> unknown books
177125148Boston: Richard Draper. 1771. Half title 31 1 blank pp. Disbound. Lightly foxed. Very Good. <br/><br/> "As we are made rational and accountable creatures the care of ourselves and of our own happiness is the first natural and reasonable concern of every man. A rational self love though distinct from is not inconsistent with the more noble principles but subserves and promotes them." A footnote states that Hilliard succeeded Reverend Joseph Green who served the Barnstable church from 1725 until his death in 1770. <br/>FIRST EDITION. Evans 12289. 664 NUC 0319346 6. Richard Draper... unknown books
179936167Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by R. Aitken 1799. xii 98 3 1 blank pp. lacking the folding map. Errata at the bottom of page 98. Disbound light wear Good.<br/><br/> "A scientific treatise advancing the idea that sandbanks could be discovered by using the thermometer. Benjamin Franklin's grand-nephew Jonathan Williams was the son of Jonathan Williams and Grace Harris Williams daughter of Benjamin Franklin's sister Anne. Williams along with his brother were sic sent to London in 1770 to complete their training and make contacts under Franklin's tutelage. Franklin was impressed by his diligence and the two remained close over the years. Williams lived abroad until his return to America with Franklin in 1785. In 1796 he became an associate judge in the court of common pleas and gained a reputation as a scientist. He worked with his uncle on some of his later experiments. He also contributed to the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society where he served at various times as secretary councillor and vice-president" Christie's description 2007 auction.<br/>Evans 36722. Rink 3893. ESTC W7573. Printed and Sold by R. Aitken unknown books
174419351Boston: Printed by Rogers and Fowle for D. Henchman in Cornhill. 1744. Contemporary rear board front board lacking. pp 4 151 1. Errata notice at page 4. Upper forecorner of title leaf torn taking part of the 'S' and all of the 'T' in CHRIST. Scattered fox and wear. Good. "Dr. Williams possessed wide influence among the clergy of New England." VI Appleton 526. Here he reasons "One Reason of the Jews Hatred and Rejection of Christ was the Meanness of his Appearance in the World; they look'd for a Messiah who would appear in this World as a mighty Prince in the Pomp and Glories of this World and rescue them from the Subjection they were under to the Roman Government and put them in a State of great temporal and outward Prosperity. But Christ gave no Prospect or Promises of any such Thing." FIRST EDITION. Evans 5521. Not in Jenkins. Printed by Rogers and Fowle, for D. Henchman in Cornhill. unknown books
1800018582Greenfield MA: Printed and sold by Thomas Dickman 1800. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. Sixth edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 248 pages of text. Original full leather calf binding with maroon leather spine label; moderately rubbed at the extremities. Minor foxing and soiling scattered throughout the text with a small stain to the top corner of the final few pages. The Sixth Edition with the added Sketch of Deerfield. Howes W461: "One of the most famous and most popular captivity narratives. Williams a Harvard graduate in charge of the church at Greenfield when it was attacked by Indians in 1703 was taken with others to Canada his wife and two children being tomahawked on the way. As a powerful picture of Indian cruelty ranks next to the Rowlandson captivity narrative." Field 1672; Ayer Suppl. 1 137. Previous owner's name neatly on front endpaper: R. Marilla Metcalf Mansfield. Printed and sold by Thomas Dickman Hardcover books
179219529London: Printed for J. Owen No. 168 Piccadilly; and Symonds Paternoster Row 1792. First edition. Some light soiling and foxing to the leaves; cloth somewhat sunned and label slightly rubbed; a very good copy. 8vo later library coarse linen and red leather spine label lettered in gilt 2 23 1 pages. A trial held in front of Lord Kenyon on July 9 1792; Rose a minister of the exchequer and supporter of Pitt had been involved in a controversy over election fraud and payments in March and an unsuccessful Parliamentary inquiry had been launched against him on March 13 1792. See the DNB. The Morning Post ran a squib on March 15 that "The worthy Secretary of the Treasury was clearly convicted in the House of Commons on Tuesday of having made the terrors of Excise an instrument for subverting the Freedom of Election"--which Rose took as a reference to himself. Williams and Tattersall were both found liable for damages of £100--something of a hard blow for Tattersall who had earlier that day been found liable for £4000 for a libel against Lady Elizabeth Lambert after the Morning Post had alleged she was unchaste after her elopement with a footman. An ex-library copy with the violet ink stamp and embossed stamp to the title page of the Association of the Bar Library of the City of New York. Bound without the half-title. ESTC notes six locations; OCLC would seem to add two further locations. Not found in McCoy. Printed for J. Owen, No. 168, Piccadilly; and Symonds, Paternoster Row, unknown books
1744WRCAM45244Boston: Printed by Rogers and Fowle for D. Henchman 1744. 4151pp. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards. Lightly worn at extremities. Lacks blank endpapers. A bit of light scattered foxing but quite clean internally. A very good copy in unsophisticated condition. Solomon Williams was a pastor at the First Congregational Church of Lebanon Connecticut and father of William Williams Connecticut delegate to the Continental Congress and signer of the Declaration of Independence. He published many works in his lifetime including the present volume which argues that salvation is possible not through works but only through faith and conscience. EVANS 5521. ESTC W37757. Printed by Rogers and Fowle, for D. Henchman hardcover books
179058294London: Printed for H.D. Simmons Pater-Noster Row 1790. Fifth edition. Frontispiece portrait of Prince of Wales on back of title page and five other plates. iv 2 159 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Polished contemporary tree calf gilt spine. Bookplate of E.J. Daniell. Repairs to title page with small loss and last leaf without loss. Fifth edition. Frontispiece portrait of Prince of Wales on back of title page and five other plates. iv 2 159 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. ESTC T16984 Printed for H.D. Simmons, Pater-Noster Row unknown books
1746697491746. The First Full And Clear Reporter of Chancery Cases" Williams William Peere 1664-1736. Williams William Peere Jr. Editor. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery And of Some Special Cases Adjudged in the Court of King's Bench: Collected by William Peere Williams Late of Gray's Inn Esq; Published with Notes and References And Two Tables to Each Volume; One of the Names of Cases The Other of the Principal Matters: By his Son William Peere Williams Of the Inner Temple Esq; Corrected With Additional References. London: Printed by Henry Lintot 1746. Two volumes. xv 788 lxxxiii; ix 687 71 pp. Copperplate portrait frontispiece. Folio 12-1/4" x 8". Contemporary calf rebacked in period style lettering pieces gilt-edged raised bands and blind ornaments to spine hinges mended. Some rubbing and scuffing to boards corners bumped and worn later owner bookplate to front pastedowns. Moderate toning light foxing in places early owner signatures Geo. Hayward and an illegible name dated 1784 to title pages. An attractive set. $500. Second Edition. Covers the period from 1695-1736. "These reports embracing a term of time when a succession of eminent men presided in Chancery and when Equity was assuming and in a considerable degree had assumed the character of a science were regarded as one of the most perspicuous useful and interesting repositories of equity law to be found in the language. . 'We may perhaps regard Peere Williams' says my valued correspondent Mr. Heterick 'as the first full and clear reporter of chancery cases that is.'": Wallace The Reporters 498-499. English Short-Title Catalogue T94601. unknown books
