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1787030967Albany New York: J. Newlands P. Sim et al Printed By Charles R. Webster 1787. Published at Albany NY 1787. Rare. Plain gray softcover stitched binding 40 pages. Includes A Scheme of Prayer beginning at page 36. Covers worn creased and lightly chipped probably restitched long ago contents age-toned but clean with some minor edge chipping and minor dampstaining to upper edges of final few pages name Lucy Burn or Burk inside front cover. Evans 25030. Soft Cover. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. J. Newlands, P. Sim et al, Printed By Charles R. Webster Paperback
17698478Williamsburg VA: W. Rind A Purdie and J. Dixon 1769. Hard Cover. Good binding. Folio. 2 577 pp. First edition. Rebound in cloth. Serviceable binding with little shelfwear and soiling; early dampstaining throughout; some of the preliminary leaves including the title page are a bit worn at the fore-edge margin. This copy with early family library stamp to the preliminary blank as well as the contemporary owner name of George Hairston on the same leaf and title leaf. Hairston served as a Colonel in the Revolutionary War after which he represented Henry County in the Virginia House of Delegates. Two blanks at the rear with additional early notes and names including that of Peyton Hunter of Henry County VA. On the front pastedown of this copy is the bookplate of George Stovall Jun. <br /> <br /> A remarkable volume in its own right this is the third and final revision of the laws of Virginia during the colonial period C-T 359. Swem notes that only 1200 copies were ordered to be printed by the General Assembly. Clayton-Torrence 359; Evans 11511; Sabin 100391; Swem 22646. W. Rind, A Purdie, and J. Dixon unknown
1790018292Paris: Chez Cuchet Libraire rue & hotel Serpente 1790. 1st Edition First Thus. Calf. Good/No Jacket. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. 1790 edition. Text is in French. Size 12mo 6.75" tall. Pagination; xxiv then parts 1 and 2 are 223 pages part 3 86 pages and part 4 104 pages. Brown calf binding with gilt compartment lines and vignettes to the spine with gilt titles on burgundy morocco label. Condition good minus the calf is rubbed and worn at the corners edges and hinges 1 inch of the backstrip is missing from the top of the spine and the calf is starting to come away for an inch at the bottom edge internally the pages are a little toned and dust darkened there are 2 previous owners' names one on the title page is M. B. D'angreville and is not dated. One on the verso of the title page is either Pelombardy or Delombardy and is dated 1847. Part 3 of the book contains a fold out chart with engravings of the Coats of Arms of the different Bataillons batallions for each district and the names of their Commandant commanding officer and Aide Major assistant major. The chart is a bit rubbed at the folds with 2 small tears without loss the page is a little browned at the edges otherwise clean the fine printing still sharp. Full title reads: Almanach National Pour L'Annee 1790 Contenant 1. Les epoques des Etats Generaux anciens; la liste des Membres de l'Assemblee nationale; le journal de ses travaux depius le 27 Mai; les arretes & decrets qui en font emanes. 2. Les nom des Membres des Departemens & des Municipalites des villes principales du Royaume; les arretes & reglemens relatifs a leur regime interieur & aux loclites. 3. L'Etat militaire de la Garde nationale de Paris & des Milices patriotiques etablies dans les diverses villes. 4. Les Societes de bienfaisance qui se sont formees dans la Capitale & ailleurs avec la liste de ceux qui les composent l'esprit de leurs reglemens & les resultats de leur operations. Full Title in English: Full title reads: National Almanac For the Year 1790 Containing 1. The periods of the ancient Estates General; the list of Members of the National Assembly; the diary of his work since May 27; the orders & decrees which emanate from it. 2. The names of the Members of the Departments & Municipalities of the main cities of the Kingdom; the decrees & regulations relating to their internal regime & localities. 3. The military state of the National Guard of Paris & the patriotic militias established in the various cities. 4. The Benevolent Societies which were formed in the Capital and elsewhere with the list of those who compose them the spirit of their regulations and the results of their operations. A very rare work. The true first printing of the Almanach with its new title of Almanach National predating the official first edition the first printed by Testu. Printed at the birth on the new French Republic. <br/> <br/> Chez Cuchet, Libraire, rue & hotel Serpente unknown
1719B7308Tehran Iran: Moasseye Melli Matbouate Amri National Committee of the Persian Baha’i Publishing Trust of Iran. 117 B.E. 1960. Very good example. Signatures coming loose from sewings. Interior lightly toned else crisp and clean. . Binding: Limp black cloth jacket over paper wraps title on upper board. Notes: Printed text text in Persian and Arabic.<br>A booklet of the Baha’i Faith that contains three Baha’i Salats the three Obligatory Prayers and prayers for the Ayyam-i-Ha Intercalary Days and the Siyyam the Fast.<br><br> Size: 12mo. 145 x 105 mm Pages: 36 leaves. Category: Book Religious Baha'i Faith; Moasseye Melli Matbouate Amri (National Committee of the Persian Baha’i Publishing Trust of Iran). paperback
17942107060010Philadelphia : Zachariah Poulson Junior no. 80 Chesnut-Street 1794. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. Pennsylvania During Washington's Presidency Contains the Sessions from Dec. 2 1794 - Apr. 20 1795. Folio 31 cm. Bound in contemporary full sheep. Also includes the Report of the Register General Finances for 1794. 289 1 19 p. Lacks the first title page. Tear on p. 37-40. Scattered staining throughout. Evans 29289. Evans 29293. A small note says this book was from the estate of John W. Fisher North Heidelberg Berks Co. Pennsylvania. Philadelphia : Zachariah Poulson, Junior, no. 80, Chesnut-Street hardcover
176437800New York: Hugh Gaine 1764. First edition. Original full sheep five raided bands red morocco spine label lettered in gilt. Boards very worn front board detached repaired owner's bookplate Historical Society stamp on title and a few leaves first two blanks and first three leaves browned and ragged at the edges two small holes from erasure of name on title leaf one just nicking the V in Votes old but expert repairs to edges of first dozen leaves worming to the margins of about a dozen middle leaves affecting a few words on one leaf only last leaf ragged with a few worm holes affecting a few letters last two blanks lacking portions of lower corner and ragged occasional light dampstaining mostly marginal otherwise leaves clean and impressions sharp. Good. iv 840 2. Signed in type by the editor Abraham Lott Junr. Signed in manuscript "Bound by Rob. McAlpine" at the conclusion of the preface. Contains the added leaf with the "Act of Parliament for reversing the Attainder of Jacob Leisler Jacob Milbourne and Abraham Governeur who were executed for not delivering the Fort at New York to Richard Ingoldsby 1690" Sabin. Evans states that this leaf is “often lacking.†Page numbers 665-666 omitted from pagination. Evans 9756. Sabin 53719. ESTC W6332. Marke p. 80. Larned 161. Hugh Gaine hardcover
18002002270092Annapolis: Frederick Green 1800. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. Volume II only. Bound in contemporary full calf with red and black spine labels. Solid binding and coer. ii viii 978 pages. Dampstaining along bottom edge at start of the volume. Evans 37894. <br> The first full compendium of Maryland laws subsequent to the colonial governments published by authority of the legislature. One notable Act from this volume is the establishment of the "University of Maryland." While called the University of Maryland this Act appears to have established present day St. Johns College in 1784. <br> Early Maryland signature of Zeb Zebulon Hollingsworth Jr. 1761 - 1836 of Elkton Cecil Co MD. Hollingsworth served as an Associate Judge for the Baltimore County Court 1806-1816. Later stamp of S.F. Bradford. Presumed to be Samuel Bradford father of the Civil War-era governor of Maryland. Annapolis: Frederick Green hardcover
17871312110036Annapolis: Frederick Green 1787-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. Folio. Contemporary leather rebacked and restored. Good binding and cover. Minor marginal loss to front end page and title page. Faint marginal dampstain.Laws passed from 1765 to 1784. Revises Maryland's laws in the wake of the American Revolution and the Articles of Confederation. One of 100 copies. Evans 35850. Evans 20483. Wheeler J.T. Maryland 435. Tower 129. Provenance: Colonel Joshua Gist's copy. With Gist's signature on the title page. "Col. Gist 1747-1839 was a strong supporter of the federal government and a Patriot during the American Revolution. He had been a colonel in the Soldier's Delight Battalion of Baltimore County a military unit that remained in the state to guard against a Tory uprising during that conflict. He was in command of the 20th Regiment of Maryland Militia at the time of the Whiskey Rebellion. His distinguished brother Gen. Mordecai Gist commanded Maryland troops during the Revolution." Jay Graybeal Annapolis: Frederick Green hardcover
17332306280030Printed for J. Roberts London 1733. 3rd. Hardcover. Good. Tobacco in Colonial Virginia Rebound in modern 3/4 leather over marbled boards. 64 pages. 3rd edition. Includes "A Vindication of the Said Representation" attributed to John Randolph. European Americana 733/46; Howes V117 "aa"; Sabin 99911. Printed for J. Roberts, London hardcover
17911409020031Edenton: Hodge & Wills 1791-01-01. First Edition. Hardcover. Acceptable. Folio. Fine modern leather binding gilt ruled with black spine label. Dampstaining old mildew spots to first handful of pages. Toning and worming. Dampstaining and worming affecting text. Margin of subscriber page rebacked. Collated: 712; xxi 1 p. Lacking title page prelims and first 4 pages. Lacking final leaf of subscriber list pgs. 2-3. Evans 23641; McMurtrie 170; Tower 639; Sabin 55637. James Iredell 1751-1799 was a noted North Carolina patriot and jurist. The NC State Assembly requested that he compile and revise the laws of North Carolina in 1787. Washington appointed him to the Supreme Court in 1790. Contains a copy of the US Constitution from 1789 as ratified by the State of North Carolina does not include the admendments. An important early American legal document. Edenton: Hodge & Wills hardcover
1781182103Villefranche.: Vedeilhie. 1781. 4to. Contemporary marbled wraps. Good last 4 leaves waterstained otherwise a very good untrimmed copy in the original wraps. 27.5x21.5x2.5 cm. French text. “Minutes of the sessions of the Provincial Assembly of Upper Guienne held in Villefranche during the months of September and October 1780.†weight: 1.4 lb. 2 folding tables. Vedeilhie. paperback
1742W2123<p>Boston: Samuel Kneeland and Timothy Green 1742. Compilation of acts passed by the General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1692 through 1742. Also bound in are two acts Evans 5237 and 5238 that were passed in 1743. Preceding the compilation are the colony's Charter and a "Table of Acts". Sympathetically rebound in full brown leather with original leather laid down on front and rear boards. Missing the title page and first 2 pages of the Charter. Would be in very good condition but for some chewing at the foot of the spine; so about good. First Edition. Hardcover. About Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Book.</p> Samuel Kneeland and Timothy Green hardcover
1785018940Richmond VA: Printed by Thomas Nicolson and William Prentis 1785. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. 235 pages of text. The original patterned paper boards are worn stained and soiled but remain intact. Folio: measures 12 7/8 x 8 inches. The text was resewn and the spine was expertly rebacked in new leather with a leather spine label. The front endpaper and the title page were light-bleached by a conservator. Generally a clean copy with minor foxing and minor browning with a few minor creases and one corner with a small piece lacking. PROVENANCE: old ink ownership notation on board: B.W. Leigh Virginia politician Benjamin Watkins Leigh 1781-1849. Previous owner's name on the title page and first page of text: Thomas Edmunds circa 1750-1791 served in various Virginia Militia and became an officer in the Revolutionary War. He represented Sussex County in the Virginia Federal Convention a.k.a Virginia Ratifying Convention. A bookplate and pencil owner's name from 1910 are on the front pastedown and endpaper. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Evans 19351; Sabin 100392; Swem 7461. Printed by Thomas Nicolson and William Prentis Hardcover
1777059993Edinburgh: Alex. Kincaid And J. Dickson. 1777. Not Given . Hardcover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. EDINBURGH : 1777 1793. Edinburgh : printed by Alex. Kincaid his Majesty's Printer M.DCC.LXXVII. Bound with Translations and Paraphrases in Verse of Several Passages of Sacred Scripture 1793. Hardback. Eighteenth century full brown calf-leather. Raised bands gilt lettered within gilt panels. Blind-ruled boards. Blind-stamped crest of 'New Gray Friars Church' to cover. Marbled end-papers. All edges gilt. Presentation page; 'Presented to the Session of the New Gray Friars Church by the Publishers'. Small binders label; 'Bound by Alex. Banks; Edinburgh'. Strong and sound; a nice copy. Tight bright and clean with moderate use. VERY GOOD. 284 iv 84 pages. Referenced by: English Short Title Catalog ESTCT182240. Will be well-packed for posting/shipping. 8vo. Edinburgh: Alex. Kincaid. And J. Dickson. SCARCE. <br/> <br/> Alex. Kincaid [ And J. Dickson. ] hardcover
