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177319754London: Charles Eyre and William Strahan 1773. Paperback. 4to. Wrappers. Pp. 771-772 4pp. Near fine. First edition. Act passed at the Sixth Session of the Thirteenth Parliament with a highly decorative front wrapper bearing steelcut coat of arms etc. Charles Eyre and William Strahan paperback
1777001997London: Charles Eyre and William Strahan 1777. Near Fine. 2 311-312 p.; 31 cm. folio. Disbound. Title page reads "Anno Regni Georgii III. . . . At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster the Twenty-ninth Day of November Anno Domini 1774 in the Fifteenth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third . . . And from thence continued by several Prorogations to the Thirty-first Day of October 1776; Being the Third Session of the Fourteenth Parliament of Great Britain." Woodcut royal coat of arms above the imprint. Woodcut headpiece and historiated initial at the beginning of the act. "Whereas a Rebellion and War have been openly and traiterously levied and carried on in certain of His Majesty's Colonies and Plantations in America and Acts of Treason and Piracy have been committed on the High Seas and upon the Ships and Goods of His Majesty's Subjects and many Persons have been seised and taken who are expressly charged or strongly suspected of such Treasons and Felonies and many more such Persons may be hereafter so seised and taken." An act allowing magistrates to hold until January 1778 anyone who had committed or was suspected of having committed treason in the American colonies. Any participation in or support for the Revolution was considered treason against Great Britain. In Near Fine Condition: disbound; small chip at tail of spine; clean and bright. Very scarce. Charles Eyre and William Strahan unknown
1789010204London: Printed for J. Dodsley vols. 1 and 2 and for W. Strahan T. B 1789. Book. Near Fine. Half Leather. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Contains perhaps the first English printing of the U.S. Constitution - "Articles of the New Constitution of the United States of America entered into by a Convention of all the States held at New York " on pages 289-300. Recently rebound in new half leather over marbled boards marbled end papers gilt lettering edges marbled the new binding in keeping with original binding. Near Fine widely scattered faint toning marginal pencil markings noting the Constitution section. 2 ii 320 202 14 pp. A quite handsome copy. Printed for J. Dodsley (vols. 1 and 2) and for W. Strahan, T. B Hardcover
1718BOOKS026006INY:: Oxford Univ. Pr. End-page lib. marks; G unmarked Hardback; no DJ. nd 1917/18. ISBN: xlix 393 pp. Supplement to the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INTERNTIONAL LAW. Vol. II Special Number October 1917 Much on submarine Warfare. Catalogs: HISTORY - UNITED STATES. Keywords: HISTORY WAR I WOODROW WILSON LAW MARITIME LAW WARFARE NEUTRALITY. Oxford Univ. Pr. hardcover
1797008977Philadelphia: Hall and Sellers 1797. Hardcover. Good. 4 ix 1 817 iii 34 p.; 32 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands; leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Laws of Pennsylvania. Names of two former owners at head of title page: Parker Campbell and Mathew Ritchie the latter crossed out. Bookplate on back fixed endpaper indicating that this was presented to the Washington County Historical Society by Janet M. Clark in 1905. A heavy book; for international shipping it will have to be sent by priority international. In Good Condition: leather is rubbed with loss at ends of spine and corners; front joint is cracked; closed 5-cm. tear from the fore-edge of front free endpaper; occasional foxing generally light; otherwise clean and solid. Hall and Sellers hardcover
1797008976Philadelphia: Hall and Sellers 1797. Hardcover. Good. 4 913 1 64 iv 22 p.; 32 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands; leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Laws of Pennsylvania. Printing error: 737 and 738 were skipped in pagination no text is lacking. Bookplate on back fixed endpaper indicating that this was presented to the Washington County Historical Society by Janet M. Clark in 1905. A heavy book; for international shipping it will have to be sent by priority international. In Good Condition: leather is rubbed; joints are cracked; minor loss at ends of spine; blank leaf preceding title page has one horizontal tear from the fore-edge almost to the gutter; occasional foxing generally light; otherwise clean and solid. Hall and Sellers hardcover
1795008978Philadelphia: Hall and Sellers 1795. Hardcover. Good. 2 xliii 1 793 1 v 21 p.; 32 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands; leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: Laws of Pennsylvania. Includes: "Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania passed at a Session which was begun and held at the city of Philadelphia on Tuesday the Seventh Day of December in the Year One Thousand Seven and Ninety and of the Independence of the United States of America the Fifteenth. To Which are Prefixed the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of this Commonwealth" Philadelphia: Hall and Sellers 1791. Former owner's name at head of title page and on front fixed endpaper: "Alex Addison 1796." Alex Addison 1759-1807 a Scottish immigrant was admitted to the washington County Pa. bar in 1787 and appointed the president judge of the Fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania in 1791. Bookplate on back fixed endpaper indicating that this was presented to the Washington County Historical Society by Janet M. Clark in 1905. Binder's error: final 4 pages of the Acts are bound in following the Laws of Pennsylvania title page. A heavy book; for international shipping it will have to be sent by priority international. In Good Condition: leather is rubbed with loss at ends of spine and corners; joints are cracked; old dampstaining at edges of some pages; occasional foxing generally light; otherwise clean and solid. Hall and Sellers hardcover
1782010205London: Printed for J. Dodsley 1782. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Fifth Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 2 307 5 pp/ with 4 maps at end. Bound in contemporary half calf over marbled boards marbled end papers and edges Near Fine light rubbing at edges the front board recently professionally reattached a quite handsome copy this year of the Register known for its 4 maps all of which are lovely in this copy which includes a map of the British Dominions in North America. Printed for J. Dodsley Hardcover
1798001593Philadelphia Pa: William McCulloch 1798. Paperback. Good . 1 6-48 4 p.; 21 cm. Caption title. Disbound from a nonce volume. Signatures: B-G4 8vo. Lacking first 4 leaves title page and front matter. Publisher's advertisement on 4 unpaginated pages following text for "W. M'Culloch printer bookseller and stationer No. 306 Market near Ninth-Street Philadelphia." Although lacking title page this first and perhaps only issue of this religious periodical was definitely published by W. M'Culloch William McCulloch as p. 19 contains a letter addressed to "Mr. M'Culloch" regarding the insertion of a letter in "your first number" of his "Christian Magazine." Not in Early American Imprints 1st series Shaw & Shoemaker. No other copies of this publication have been located. It is not known whether there is any connection to the publication of same name begun in Edinburgh 1797. Although his work as a printer is not well-documented in Early American Imprints Evans or Shaw & Shoemaker this is the William McCulloch of "William McCulloch's Additions to Thomas's History of Printing." Contents: On the Gospel by Eubulus; The Extent of a Minister's Work in Preaching the Gospel by Beart; Observations on the Manner of Travelling in the Holy Land from Harmer; On Christian Hope by Benevolus; Extract from a letter from the Rev. Booth of London with a plan for the establishmend of a Baptist Society in London for the encouragement and support of Itinerant Preaching; The Death of the Saints Illustrated by C.R.; An Essay introductory to the Study of the Controversy Between Christians and Deists by Y.; The Life of the Rev. Mr. John Flavel; "A Treatise on the Truth of the Christian Religion" by James Vernet; 4 poems; publisher's advertisements. No other copies of this 18th-century religious periodical published in Philadelphia have been located. In Good Condition: disbound; lacking first 4 leaves including title page; light foxing throughout; old damp stain on last few leaves. William McCulloch paperback
1783ST18935bPhiladelphia and Paris: Printed for La Rochefoucault and Benjamin Franklin by Philippe-Denys Pierres and Pissot père et fils 1783. The First Collected Edition in French of the Constitutions of the U.S. States. ONE OF 500 COPIES of the regular issue and 100 Large Paper Copies; this apparently one of the 50 regular copies bound in calf. 194 x 122 mm. 7 5/8 x 4 3/4". 2 p.l. 540 pp.With extensive explanatory footnotes by Benjamin Franklin. <br/> Contemporary cat's paw calf raised bands spine gilt in compartments with pomegranate centerpiece volute cornerpieces brown morocco label marbled endpapers. With the Great Seal of the United States on title page. A PRESENTATION COPY: the title page with contemporary ink note in Latin dated 1783 stating that this book was the gift of the Duc de La Rochefoucauld who translated the American documents from "idiomatic English" into French. Livingston "Franklin's Press at Passy" pp. 181-88; Howes C-716; Sabin 16118; Streeter sale II:1035. Thin strip missing from head of spine backstrip rather dried joints edges and corners a bit rubbed leather a little pitted from acid treatment as usual other minor external defects but the binding agreeable as an original unrestored survival. First two and last two leaves a little foxed and soiled minor foxing in a number of other places but the text quite fresh and generally clean and appealing.<br/> <br/> This is an especially desirable copy of a work containing founding documents of the American republic in French an important language for the international community the book apparently being a gift--as indicated on the title page--from the translator. The volume represents a collaboration between compiler Benjamin Franklin the man the U.S. State Department considers "America's first diplomat" and translator Louis Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld 1743-92 an important French aristocrat who was an enthusiastic supporter of the American Revolution. The book contains the state constitutions of the original 13 states the Declaration of Independence the Articles of Confederation precursor to the U.S. Constition and the treaties between the United States and France the Low Countries and Sweden. Printer polymath and Founding Father Franklin 1706-90 explained the motivation behind this work to Thomas Mifflin president of the Confederation Congress in a letter of 25 December 1783: "The extravagant Misrepresentations of our Political State in foreign Countries made it appear necessary to give them better Information which I thought could not be more effectually and authentically done than by publishing a Translation into French now the most general Language in Europe of the Book of Constitutions which had been printed by Order of Congress. This I accordingly got well done. … It has been well taken and has afforded a Matter of Surprise to many who had conceived mean Ideas of the State of Civilization in America and could not have expected so much political Knowledge and Sagacity had existed in our Wilderness. And from all Parts I have the Satisfaction to hear that our Constitutions in general are much admired. I am persuaded that this Step will not only tend to promote the Emigration to our Country of substantial People from all Parts of Europe by the numerous Copies I shall dispense but will facilitate our future Treaties with Foreign Courts who could not before know what kind of Government and People they had to treat with." Franklin called on his friend Louis Alexandre de La Rochefoucauld 1743-92 to translate the documents with Franklin providing corrections and clarifications often included here as footnotes. According to Livingston Franklin had 100 copies of the work printed in quarto for presentation to various European dignitaries and had 50 of the octavo copies bound in calf. As our copy is noted to be the gift of La Rochefoucauld it seems possible that it was one of those 50. This publication had one more distinction noted by Livingston: it contains the first appearance in any printed book of the Great Seal of the United States adopted by Congress in 1782. [Printed for La Rochefoucault and Benjamin Franklin by] Philippe-Denys Pierres [and] Pissot, père et fils unknown
1800354308Philadelphia 1800. 42pp. Dbd. Internally clean. Very good. 42pp. Dbd. A short précis of our national defense resources including a census of non-commissioned officers. In the wake of Washington's farewell plea for neutrality and the Quasi-War with France the issue of a standing army was of prime importance to the federal government. The Secretary of War James McHenry included in his report a list of proposed improvements. Quite scarce. OCLC locates only four copies. ESTC W21905. EVANS 38876. OCLC 17128067 10291600 unknown
1790106002<p>Partial manuscript printed receipt 3 1/2" x 7" decorative border signed. Missing most of the interest section a round hole indicating payment results in partial loss of text small hole in number 4 a little uneven normal aging; otherwise about very good. This is a receipt issued by the Comptroller’s office of Connecticut indicating that John Morgan is entitled to receive payment of one pound for an interest payment. Ralph Pomeroy Comptroller signs it. It is dated October 4 1790. </p> Hudson & Goodwin,
179432216Philadelphia: Childs and Swaine 1794. 2 2 blanks pp. Disbound else Very Good.<br /> <br /> "The committee consisted of Rufus King James Gunn and Oliver Ellsworth" NAIP. Reviewing American payments on the French debt the Committee concludes that all obligations to France for the year 1794 have been satisfied and that no further payments for the year should be made. NAIP records holdings of this rare little item only at the Library of Congress and AAS.<br /> Evans 27897. NAIP w000926 2. Childs and Swaine? unknown
179740973Philadelphia: Ross 1797. 12pp. Disbound else Very Good.<br /> <br /> The Committee concludes "that it would not be expedient" to exclude any claims from the operation of statutes of limitations. The Committee reminds "that at the commencement of the war the United States were destitute of money; and during a long period of years afterwards were obliged to rely principally upon credit for carrying on all their important operations. Nevertheless the government has done "everything which could rationally have been expected. . . for the accommodation of individuals having claims against the public." <br /> ESTC W21607. Evans 33006. Ross? unknown
179741072Philadelphia: Ross 1797. 4pp. Disbound. Signature of "Sitgreaves" above the title. Good.<br /> <br /> "Sitgreaves" is probably Samuel Sitgreaves a Pennsylvania Congressman during this Congress. The Committee makes a few recommendations concerning the Light Dragoons the Brigadier-General addition of privates and compensation.<br /> Evans 32985. ESTC W988 4- AAS NYHS Yale DLC. Ross? unknown
179517611Philadelphia: Francis Childs 1795. Caption title as issued. 6" x 9 3/4". 2 pp. Minor edge wear bound in modern wrappers. Good or better. <br /> <br /> The Act establishes duties on imported printing-types sugars Malaga wine burgundy and champagne teas and other items. Approved January 29 1795 it is signed in type by President Washington Vice President and Senate President Adams and House Speaker Muhlenberg. <br /> Two states exist: Evans's copy notes the deposition statement; this one like the Bristol copy and as noted by Stark and Cole NYPL is without the statement. Very scarce each having only a few institutional locations. <br /> Evans 29699. Bristol B9375 2. Stark & Cole 1164. NAIP w014576 5. Francis Childs unknown
1776M1486London: Charles Eyre and William Strahan 1776. Original Issue First Printing . paper wrappers. Fine. Folio. 'PROHIBITORY ACT' 215-244pp; Cap.V 1776. AN IMPORTANT ACT IN THE STORY OF AMERICA AND THE REVOLUTION. A fine example with clean fresh paper wide margins and a strong dark type impression. "It throws thirteen colonies out of the royal protection levels all distinctions and makes us independent in spite of our supplications and entreaties. It may be fortunate that the act of independency should come from the British Parliament rather than the American Congress" John Adams 'Regis Magnae Britanniae Franciae and Hiberniae Vicesimo. Decimo Secto. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster .Anno Dom. 1775 in the fifteenth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith & c. being the first session of this present parliament'. Attractive general title-page with the Royal Crest. Decorative initial to the black letter with a drop title to the head of the page. A fine crisp fresh and clean complete copy. . .from an incomplete nonce volume. The final acts to crush the American Revolution by acts of Parliament sanctions. <br/> <br/> Charles Eyre and William Strahan unknown
179900008114Dublin: Printed for J. Moore 1799 382 pages front hinge cracked although holding. The line sketches are present but were evidently rebound into the book. Still an attractive copy with small title label on backstrip. Printed for J. Moore hardcover
17883578Mutinae: Prostant Venetiis Apud Simonem 1788. Later Edition . Full-Leather. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. `. Brown leather boards. 2iii-xviii500p Interior very good.1 1/2" lether tear at head. Leather loss front right edge and lower right corner. 1" leather loss spine and tail. Tome I Latin Text. Editio Novissima. <br/> <br/> Prostant Venetiis Apud Simonem hardcover
1792008987Boston: I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews 1792. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Early American Imprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In contemporary marbled calf red morocco label with gilt lettering back viii 9-396 pp. Contains 28 sermons. Volume II only of the 2 volume set. Very Good a few pages with marginal marks and notations in pencil moderate toning throughout boards rubbed first front end page almost separated. The period ownership signature at title page of David Goodwin. Possibly David Goodwin c.1744-1825 who served as a militia officer during the Revolutionary War later represented Charlestown in the Massachusetts legislature and he was a founding member of the Massachusetts Bible Society. Printed by Isaiah Thomas 1749-1831 the famous Yankee patriot printer newspaper editor historian and founder of the American Antiquary Society. I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews Hardcover
178622439Paris: Chez le Jay 1786. Second edition two parts in one. 12mo pp xx 244 4 264 pp with with four engraved plates after designs by Gabriel de Saint-Aubin. Fine copy in a later full-calf binding with red spine label. Jean Bernard Bossu was a French naturalist who traveled widely in the then-vast territory of Louisiana during several trips made between 1751 and 1772. According to Howgego B138 "Bossu went out to Louisiana in 1850 as a captain of the marines and from 1751 was stationed in the Illinois country where he was adopted by the Quapaw Indians. He returned to France for health reasons in 1757 and in 1758 sailed for Mobile where he was befriended by the Alibamu Indians. The second journey was made in 1758-62 and the last in 1771-72. His journeys included a number of trips into the interior during which he made a study of several tribes of Indians. Bossu's Nouveaux Voyages aux Indes Occidentales appeared in three editions each enlarged to take account of this latest travels. His second narrative published in 1768 comprises a series of twenty-one letters.describing his life in the travels in Louisiana country from 1751-1762." Streeter 1518: "Bossu wrote well and his letters not only give an interesting picture of life and travels in the Mississippi Valley and the Mobile country to the east at the beginning of the second half of the eighteenth century but incorporated also are many sketches of events of the preceding years. Bossu came to New Orleans only thirty-three years or so after its founding and only eighty years after La Salle's journey down the Mississippi and first and second hand recollections were still fresh." Sabin 6465; Howes B-626; Field pp 38-39; Graff 361; Hubach p. 13. Chez le Jay unknown
1787TS119aLondon: J. Dodsley in Pall Mall 1787. 1st Edition . Hardback. Fine. 8vo. Title-page Preface ii 366 bound with CHARACTERS 182pp 13pp contents. Contemporary full calf with gilt titles and year dates to the spine. Armorial bookplate of Esther Acklom.The 1784 and 1785 volumes. A dark impression and printed on crisp thick paper. A HISTORY OF EUROPE P1-192pp. CHRONICLE OF 1784 177-366pp. BOUND WITH CHARACTERS EXTRACTS FROM CAPTAIN COOK'S VOL 1 LAST VOYAGE IN THE YEARS 177617717781780. P1-26. ALSO P27 -182 Extracts from James Watt The Annual Register was an annual survey of the past year focusing on history politics and literature from the British perspective.INDEX. ALSO An invaluable account of American history of the time. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS.AN INTERESTING PREFACE EXPLAINS THAT THIS VOLUME WAS A RESULT OF SO MANY EVENTS OVER 1784-5 THAT THE VOLUME COVERS TWO YEARS <br/> <br/> J. Dodsley, in Pall Mall hardcover
1763TS119London: R. & J. Dodsley Pall Mall 1763. 1st Edition . Hardback. Fine. 8vo. Half-title tile-page Preface ii 307 v contents. Contemporary full calf with gitl year date to the spine. Armorial bookplate of the Spencer family ' Dieu Defend Le Droit'.The 1763 volume. At the rear bound in are four folding plates of maps engraved by Thomas Kitchen dated 1763 including 'A New Map of The British Dominions in North America within the limits of the Governments annexed thereto by the Late Treaty of Peace and settled by Proclamation October 7th 1763'. All the maps are fine dark impression and printed on crisp thick paper. The Annual Register was an annual survey of the past year focusing on history politics and literature from the British perspective. An invaluable account of American history of the time. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS. <br/> <br/> R. & J. Dodsley, Pall Mall hardcover
1706TS414London: Joseph Downing in Bartholomew Close Near West-Smithfield 1706. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Vg. small 4to. 97pp. Engraved frontispiece with caption below 'Printed by Order of The Society John ChamberlayneSecretary'. This engraving was used originally in a book in 1704 hence the removal of the inscription in the block beneath the society's coat of arms. The text includes an account of the settlements in New York New England Virginia; the experiences of missionaries; laboursamong the settlers and the Indian Tribes. Only 7 copies have appeared at auction since 1900. LACKING COVERS otherwise complete. A clean and crisp text block of arare item that has only appeared at auction <br/> <br/> Joseph Downing in Bartholomew Close Near West-Smithfield hardcover
174500006165Augspurg: Mathia Wolff 1745 Bishop of Geneva Doctor of the Universal Church; born at Thorens in the Duchy of Savoy 21 August 1567; died at Lyons 28 December 1622.-taken from the New Advent webpage. This book is in german bound in leather ribbed backstrip title barely discernable mild foxing throughout missing front endpages book starts at title page not sure what edition presumed later binding rear free end page is partly glued to end page to support the hinge than to replace it. A very old tome in decent condition for the years it has seen. 422 pages excluding index. Mathia Wolff hardcover
