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1786W2804London: J. Dodsley 1786. 6 1-256 1-246 6 pages. Bound in early full calf. The 4th edition of the anthology which contains the poem "Recollection" written by the American slave poet Phillis Wheatley. The book is in very good condition: clean and tight with foxed endpapers but only occasional light foxing on interior pages; one very small abrasion of the leather on the front cover; title patch is not present. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. J. Dodsley Hardcover
1775W2861London: J. Dodsley 1775. Bound in early full calf. The 2nd edition of the anthology which contains the poem "Recollection" written by the American slave poet Phillis Wheatley. The book is in very good condition: clean and tight with lightly foxed endpapers but only occasional light foxing on interior pages. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. J. Dodsley Hardcover
1763MILI2448Dublin, Printed by John Exshaw 1763. [16] S., S. 1-112, 121-559 S. (=Seitensprung ohne Textverlust), 8 (von 10) gest. Porträttafeln (inkl. Frontispiz), 3 (von 6) gef. Tafeln, neuer Halblederband mit mont. Orig.-Rücken, etwas gebräunt, stellenweise an den Rändern fleckig. Es fehlen die Porträts von Wolfe u. Hawke, sowie 3 Tafeln bzw. Pläne (Louisbourg, Germany, America) Das anonym veröffentlichte Werk wurde den Londoner Buchhändlern John Wright und John Almon zugeschrieben. Es enthält eine ausführliche Beschreibung der Feldzüge in Nordamerika von 1755 bis 1763 ("Origin of the troubles in North America" S.1) sowie Berichte über die Schlachten von Cape Breton und Quebec. Illustriert mit Falttafeln, darunter Ansichten von Montreal und Havanna. Erste Ausgabe. English Short Title Catalog, T127395; Sabin 15056 (nur 6. Auflage).
17619316Dublin: Printed for Richard Watts in Skinner-Row and Laurence Flin in Castle-Street. Poor. 1761. Hardcover. xii 196 pp 26 index 2 leaves pub. ads; 16mo; full brown calf. Front board detached; ownership signature Thomas Knight 1829 with four line note "Collection of Irish History from the reign of Elizabeth etc. front endpaper. Thomas Knight's name also written vertically accross top portion of title page. At the end of the half page of text on xii begins in a miniscule holograph hand presumed by Knight an account of Lady Davies who according to the preceeding Author's Life "had or pretended to have a spirit of prophecy" and it was reported that she predicted her husband's death the Sunday before his being found dead of an apoplexy on the morning of Thursday 8th of December 1626 just before his installation as Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench. The writing continues onto the next blank page printed oddly with only the words HISTORICAL RELATIONS the preceeding page also having the word HISTORICAL printed below the text apparently relating an anecdote about Lady Davies who having made prophecies of bad luck for the Duke of Buckingham and other predictions of a mischevious nature was brought before the High Commission where the proceedings apparently involved her claims of the prophet Daniel infused into her body based on an anagram of her name Eleanor Davies and ultimately being "shot with arrows from her own quiver" by the Bishop suggesting Dame Eleanor Davies - never so mad a lady. What fun in the margins. . Printed for Richard Watts in Skinner-Row and Laurence Flin in Castle-Street hardcover
179210204no place Dublin: no publisher Mills 1792. Fair. 1792. Softcover. i dedication to the Duke of Portland; B3 To the Public; 7-172pp.; 8vo; bound in later plain brown paper wrappers with title and imprint information in pencil front cover. Dampstain and tanning throughout more severe in the final few leaves but text is eminently readable. From the holdings of the late Ian Jackson. Francis Dobbs 1750-1811 was an influential member of the Irish Parliament barrister and writer on political and religious themes. Sir Jonah Barrington wrote of him: "His intellect was of an extraordinary nature; he seemed to posses two distinct minds - the one adapted to the duties of his profession; the other diverging from its natural center led him through wilds and ways rarely frequented by the human understanding - entangled him in a maze of contemplative deduction from revelation to futurity." . no publisher (Mills) (1792) paperback
1794025454Hartford Connecticut: Elisha Babcock 1794. Good - Very Good condition. SEE PHOTOS. Hinges are sound with only a single half inch hairline crack. NOT a library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Foxing mostly light to moderate to several pages. Slight age toning. Bound in full leather sprinkled calf with 5 raised spine bands. Brown leather spine label mostly chipped away. Gilt spine decorations and gilt double ruled borders on the front and rear covers. Handsome gilt inside dentelles i.e. borders decorated with gilt lacy pattern at inner edges. SEE PHOTOS. Frontispiece portrait of the author engraved by Amos Doolittle. This copy includes plates 1 2 4 5 6 8 also engraved Amos Doolittle. Of these 6 plates 5 are folding some copies have only 3 plates that are folding. Plate 1 is a map of New Haven and Its Environs Wheat 281. Plate 4 shows 3 maps one of which shows Hadley Mass Wheat 276 278 280. Plate 5 is a map of the City of New Haven Wheat 275. Plate 8 is another map of Hadley Massachusetts Wheat 279. Lacks pages 145-156 plates 3 and 9 which apparently were not bound in. Plate 7 does not exist in any copy per Howes and Sabin: "there is no plate 7 in any of the copies seen and it is probable none was made." This is a history of three members of the tribunal which had Charles I beheaded in 1649. The author Ezra Stiles was president of Yale College from 1778 until his death in 1795. No errata slip is present in this copy so presumably it is Howes' second issue. Includes the "Advertisement" at the end on an unnumbered page that offers subscribers the option to cancel if dissatisfied with the change in the dimensions of this book from what was described in the prospectus not present. Full title: "A history of three of the judges of King Charles I. Major-General Whalley Major-General Goffe and Colonel Dixwell: Who at the Restoration 1660 fled to America; and were secreted and concealed in Massachusetts and Connecticut for near thirty years. With an account of Mr. Theophilus Whale of Narragansett supposed to have been also one of the judges." Howes S-999. Evans 27743. Sabin 91742. Trumbull Connecticut 1425. ESTC W20469. Church 1264. Wheat and Brun 275-283. First Edition Second Issue. Hardcover. Good - Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT a library discard. 12mo. 358pp. "Advertisement". Great Packaging Fast Shipping. Elisha Babcock Hardcover
179622510Philadelphia: Thomas Bradford 1796. First Edition. Softcover. Very good. 71 pp 1 publisher's ads. Disbound from a larger volume else fine. Cobbett attacks Edmund Randolph who had resigned as George Washington's Secretary of State after an accusation unproven that he had accepted a bribe from France to oppose a 1795 treaty between the United States and Great Britain. Sabin 13896. Scarce in the first edition. Thomas Bradford unknown
1793008946Philadelphia New York and London : Various 1793. Five works in all each bound without original wrappers in order of binding: The Speech of Albert Gallatin delivered in the House of Representatives of the United States on the first of March 1798 upon the Foreign Intercourse Bill 2nd Edition with an Appendix Philadelphia Printed by Richard Folwell 1798 48 p. Sabin 26996. shallow chip and prior owner name in ink top edge of title page evenly browned WITH The Political Censor for Nov. 1796 Remarks on Citizen Adet's notes to the Secretary of State no place Philadelphia no authorPeter Porcupine no publisher William Cobbett 1796 5 - 78 p. Evans 30226. pages 73-78 with top and bottom fore corner chips not affecting text a few widely scattered spots of browning. WITH A New Year's Gift to the Democrats; or Observations on a Pamphlet entitled "A Vindication of Mr. Randolph's Resignation" Second Edition Philadelphia Published by Thomas Bradford Printer by Peter Porcupine William Cobbett 71 p. shallow chip fore edge of title page early writing top edge of title page evenly browned. WITH Persecution The Case of Charles Pigott; contained in the Defence He Had Prepared and Which Would Have Been Delivered by Him on His Trial if the Grand Jury had not thrown out the bill preferred against him London Printed for D. I. Eaton 1793 by Charles Pigott vi 52 p. lacking the half-title slight toning else clean and lovely. WITH A Dissertation Concerning Political Equality and the Corporation of New-YorkNew York Printed by D. Denniston by James Cheetham 1800 50 p.Shaw & Shoemaker 37171. evenly toned. Overal Very Good bound in contemporary quarter calf over marbled boards spine label titled "Pamphlets" in gilt on darker brown calf the binding rubbed and worn at the corners yet solid. Gallatin's Speech last seen at auction 1961 not found in current commerce. The Case of Charles Pigott not found in current commerce one in dealer's catalogue in 2020 no auction record at RBH. Cheetham's Dissertation on Political Equality last seen at auction 1946 none in current commerce. . Quarter Calf. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Various Hardcover books
179417563Philadelphia: Printed By the Author. Good. 1794. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Original 1794 text in a modern library binding: clean blue cloth with color faded edges & gilt lettering on spine. Marbled endpapers & top edge gilt with deckle page edges. Hinges & text tight and intact. Few lightly foxed pages & some age toning. Top corner of page 164 repaired with archival tape. In his pamphlet the author accuses blacks of causing the epidemic and of taking advantage of victims while acting as nurses. The work was reprinted four times widely distributed and contributed to fears and hostility in the city. Chart illustrations. Medical Yellow Fever Arican-American; Ex-Libris; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 164 pages . Printed By the Author. hardcover
179724060London: J. Debrett 1797. Hardcover. Good. Third and most complete edition of this work "in which form it was the most informative compilation on the West at the end of the 18th century" Streeter. 8vo xii 598 pp index in modern leather binding with new modern endpapers and flyleaves with four folding maps -- three original and one in a nicely made facsimile. The three original maps are: A Map of The Western Part of the Territories belonging to the United States of America with splits small losses archival repairs to verso; A Plan of the Rapids of the Ohio; and A Map of the Tennassee sic Government Formerly Part of North Carolina. The facsimile is A Map of the State of Kentucky from Actual Survey by Elihu Barker of Philadelphia. The most important eighteenth-century guide to the Trans-Allegheny region. Imlay was a surveyor and land speculator in Kentucky and the first part of this book and the entirety of the first edition consists of a series of descriptive letters designed to attract settlers to the interior. This is followed by Filson's important work on the history of Kentucky Boone's autobiographical account and other valuable material including Thomas Jefferson's 1791 "Report of the Secretary of State.of the Quantity and Situation of the Lands not Claimed by the Indians." Field 747; Howes I-12; Sabin 34358; Streeter Sale 1525. J. Debrett hardcover
1778112148Paris, chez Cellot & Jombert, fils jeune, Libraires & imprimeur 1778 In-16 17 x 10 cm. Reliure de l’époque veau havane moucheté, 452 pp. Mors fendillés en pied et en tête, intérieur frais. Bon exemplaire d’un ouvrage peu courant.
1789W2124Boston: Adams and Nourse 1789. Complete Collection of Adams & Nourse Printings of Massachusetts Laws 1783-1789. Compilation of the acts passed by the General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1783 through 1789. 1-746 pages followed by 63 pages numbered 433-495 of "Perpetual Laws." Sympathetically rebound in full brown leather. The title page carries a publication date of 1783 but the consecutive pagination suggests to me that the title page may have been inserted from another disbound book at the time this volume was rebound. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Collectible-Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Book. Adams and Nourse Hardcover
179341013Philadelphia: Printed by E. Oswald 1793. 375 49 pp as issued. Acts of all three Sessions of the First Congress paginated continuously. First Session 122 pages; Second Session pages 123- 286; Third Session pages 287-360; followed by "Appendix containing such acts of the Congress under the Confederation as may be thought most important to be generally known in the administration of the present government" pages 361-375. followed by unpaginated Table of Contents for each Session and Index. Bound in modern calf new endpapers portion of original endpaper with 1794 ownership signature of John Davis laid down. Scattered spotting. Two wormholes at leaf 13-14 affecting several letters. Good plus or so.<br /> <br /> The Constitution without Amendments is printed followed by Acts of the three Sessions of the First Congress. The Appendix includes the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation.<br /> The First Session convened on March 4 1789; the Second on January 4 1790; and the Third on December 6 1790. Printed here among other landmarks are the first Judiciary Act establishing "the Judicial Courts of the United States;" the Census; the definition of Treason; North Carolina's land cessions; the Military Establishment; creating the seat of Government at the District of Columbia; admiralty; taxation and duties; admission of Kentucky into the Union from the Virginia Cession; admission of Vermont; the Bank of the United States; the Whisky Tax; establishment of the Post Office and Post Roads etc. etc. etc. Each Act has its date of approval with the signature of President Washington in type.<br /> ESTC W14824. Bristol B8506. Shipton & Mooney 46908. Printed by E. Oswald unknown
179741015Philadelphia: Ross 1797. 240 vii 4 244-561 1 blank 26 Constitution and twelve proposed Amendments thereto iv Table of Contents 48- Index pp The Acts of all three Sessions of this Congress are printed. Modern calf gilt-lettered morocco spine label. Scattered spotting. Good <br /> <br /> This is a complete offering of Ross's printing of the Acts of all three Sessions of the Fifth Congress including the Alien & Sedition Acts and establishment of the Marine Corps plus a treaty with the Cherokees. <br /> The Constitution is printed with the original twelve proposed Amendments<br /> Evans 32951 34688 36479. Sabin 15501-15503. Ross unknown
17971409030009Philadelphia Printed by W. Ross 1797-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good. 3 sessions bound in one. Octavo. Bound in fine modern Moroccan leather. 5 raised bands. Gilt tooling to spine and boards. Inlaid gilt tooling inside boards. Marbled end pages. Original end pages bound in. Slight soiling to FEP and title page of the first session. Tanning scattered foxing. Collated: 559; 26 Constitution; iv Table of Contents; 48 index. <br><br> A highly important period of early American history during John Adams first 2 years of presidency. During this period the XYZ affair occurred along with the Quasi-War. The Alien & Sedition Act was passed by this Congress. This law was an attempt by the Federalist controlled Congress to create new powers to deport foreigners as well as making it harder for new immigrants to vote. Significantly Federalist legislators attempted to restrict the freedom of speech after receiving a flurry of biting criticism from the Republican press. The Acts banned publishing false or malicious statements against the government and inciting opposition to any act of Congress or the president. Decreed unconstitutional by the Democratic-Republicans it lead to the drafting of the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions also known as the Principles of '98. <br><br> June 18 1798: Alien and Sedition Acts: "An Act to establish a uniform rule of naturalization" Naturalization Act of 1798 Sess. 2 ch. 54 1 Stat. 566 <br> June 25 1798: Alien and Sedition Acts: "An Act concerning Aliens" Sess. 2 ch. 58 1 Stat. 570 <br> July 6 1798: Alien and Sedition Acts: "An Act respecting Alien Enemies" Sess. 2 ch. 66 1 Stat. 577 <br> July 9 1798: Act Further to Protect the Commerce of the United States Sess. 2 ch. 68 1 Stat. 578 <br> July 14 1798: Alien and Sedition Acts: "An Act for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States" Sedition Act Sess. 2 ch. 74 1 Stat. 596 <br> Other notable legislation passed by the 5th Congress: July 11 1798: The establishment of the US Marine Corps Sess. 2 ch. 72 1 Stat. 594 <br> April 30 1798: The establishment of the U.S. Department of the Navy. <br> July 16 1798: Marine Hospital Service Act "An Act for the relief of sick and disabled Seamen" Sess. 2 ch. 77 1 Stat. 605. <br> Includes petitions Virginia and other states opposing the Alien & Sedition Acts. <br> 1st work: Evans 32951; ESTC W14656; 2d work: Evans 34688; ESTC W14660; 3d work: Evans 36479; ESTC W19240; Sabin 15502. Philadelphia, Printed by W. Ross hardcover
179734640Philadelphia: Ross 1797. 561 26 Constitution and Amendments thereto iv Table of Contents Index of 24 leaves. Bound in attractive modern calf and marbled boards with gilt-lettered morocco spine label. Occasional light toning and mild foxing Very Good.<br/><br/> This is a complete offering of Ross's printing of the Acts of all three Sessions of the Fifth Congress including the Alien & Sedition Acts and establishment of the Marine Corps plus a treaty with the Cherokees. <br/>Evans 32951 34688 36479. Sabin 15501-15503. Ross unknown books
180019664Philadelphia: Samuel Harrison Smith 1800. 223 1 vii pp. Original plain wrappers untrimmed. Front wrapper title page and first few leaves tattered some minor text loss of the marginal note of page 4. Some dampstaining. Good. <br/><br/> With the contemporary signature of 'Capt. John Hopkins' a Revolutionary War officer and captain of a company of Rangers according to some notes laid in. The Laws of this Session the last to be printed in the 18th century established the bankruptcy act authorized removal of the national government to Washington created the Indiana Territory and authorized a territorial government in the Mississippi Territory. <br/>FIRST EDITION. Evans 38700. Not in Jenkins. Samuel Harrison Smith unknown books
1789017563London: The Gentleman's Magazine 1789 London: The Gentleman's Magazine February 1789. 12mo. Black leatherette binding titles in gilt. 188 pp. Over 4 double-columns. Franklin's impassioned plea to the inhabitants of the United States of America to accept the new United States Constitution. A beautifully written letter comparing the creation of the Constitution and the reluctance of individuals to support it to the creation and the initial resistance of the Israelites in accepting Mosaic law. Fine. The Gentleman's Magazine 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
1793W1195Worcester Massachusetts: Leonard Worcester 1793. 346 84 pages. David Brainerd was a missionary among Native Americans in Stockbridge Massachusetts and near Easton Pennsylvania. In 1746 he published the first portion of his diaries about his experiences. After Brainerd died of tuberculosis at Edwards' home in 1748 Edwards edited and published the remaining portions of the diaries. This Worcester edition reprinted both. The book was recently and sympathetically rebound in full dark brown morocco with a red title patch new but not obtrusive endpapers and appropriate blind tooling. The first and last few leaves are browned and tender along the edges; the remaining pages are lightly tanned but quite supple. There is a triangle of faint waterstaining in the margins of many pages. Much nicer than it sounds--a better than acceptable copy of two important pieces of Americana Wright Howes E56 and B717. Early Printing. Hardcover. Collectible-Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. Leonard Worcester Hardcover
175222438London: Printed for J. Payne and J. Bouquet 1752. First Edition. 8vo pp vi 84 95 with 3 folding maps. Bound in full mottled calf with gilt rules. Small bookplate "Lavington" on front pastwdown and one "From the Wilberforce Library Backsettown" on front free endpaper. Frontis map slightly misfolded but overall a near fine copy. Robson was a former employee of the Hudson's Bay Company who had worked as a surveyor and "Supervisor of the Buildings" i.e. construction superintendent. His experiences convinced him that the Company was mismanaging its holdings so badly that all of northern North America would soon be taken over by the French. Hill 1477 describes this account as one of the earliest and certainly the fullest of works that had hitherto been published on the Hudson Bay Territory" and explains that "Robson with a sound knowledge of the locale and of the personnel of the Hudson's Bay Company condemned the company for its failure to promote enterprise and development in its lands." The first 84 pages are the narrative the remaining portion of the book is an appendix giving an account of the discovery of Hudson's Bay and English activities there. The maps are: "A Draught of Nelson & Hayes's Rivers" Plate I "A Draught of Churchill River" Plate II and "Plans of York and Prince of Wales's Fort" Plate III which also includes an illustration of two snowshoe designs. Field 1312; Graff 3532; Sabin 72259; Smith 8728; Streeter VI 3648 TPL 217 Lande 1418. Printed for J. Payne and J. Bouquet unknown
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
179256096Philadelphia: Printed by Childs and Swaine 1792. First edition the issue without the statement of deposition on page four. Folio. 4 pp. Evans 24896. Marcus and Perry "The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States" 177. Removed from a bound volume of pamphlets. Toned some browning to outer edges a few small damp spots "No. 15" written in an early hand at the base of the first page but a very good copy. "Perhaps the most pressing judicial issue facing the Second Congress was the need for some more detailed regulation of federal process and procedure. The Process Act of 1789 which had been intended as a stopgap measure left most of those questions to be settled by reference to the practice of the various states. This temporary solution resulted in inequities. Some of these inequities such as the inadequacy of state fees for service of process had been addressed by the Compensation and Circuit Court Act of 1791. But because the 1791 act had not established uniform federal fees for judicial personnel such as clerks their compensation still varied widely from state to state. Faced with the expiration of the 1791 act in May 1792 the Senate appointed a committee to draft a bill providing compensation for judicial officers jurors and witnesses on November 1 1791. The committee consisted of John Henry of Maryland Caleb Strong of Massachusetts and James Monroe of Virginia. Despite the committee's limited mandate on January 26 1792 Henry reported a bill that also touched on judicial process. Its first two sections essentially reenacted the process Act of 1789 with two changes. Section 1 directed that court seals were to be provided at the expense of the United States a point not specified in the 1789 act and Section 2 omitted the direction that fees in the federal courts were to be determined by the fees allowed in the highest courts of the respective states. The remaining section specified among other things some of the fees that were to prevail in the federal system" Marcus and Perry. 2652. <br/><br/> Printed by Childs and Swaine unknown books
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
179720588Philadelphia: Printed by Ormrod & Conrad for J. Ormrod 1797. Hardcover. Good. Titile continues: Delivered before the Society in the First Presbyterian Church in High-street Philadelphia on the 17th Dec. 1796. 8vo 46 pp in a later binding of 3/4 polished calf and marbled boards. Rubbing to corners and joints evidence of bookplate removed from front pastedown embossed library stamp on title page and pg. 46 otherwise very good. David Rittenhouse 1732-1796 was an astronomer inventor clockmaker mathematician surveyor a first director of the U.S. Mint. Rush reviews much of his career and accomplishments in this eulogy. Rittenouse was president of the American Philosophical Society at the time of his death and was succeeded by Thomas Jefferson. Printed by Ormrod & Conrad for J. Ormrod hardcover
