ORATION ON THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF GILBERT MOTIER DE LAFAYETTE.
Washington: 1835. 94pp, disbound else Very Good. Sabin 295. AI 29946. More
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AN ORATION, PRONOUNCED JULY 4TH, 1793, AT THE REQUEST OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF BOSTON, IN COMMEMORATION OF THE ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.
Boston: Printed by Benjamin Edes & Son, 1793. 21, [1 blank] pp, with the half title. Disbound and lacking the final blank. Else Very Good. This is the first of two editions, the second also published in 1793. John Jenkins called this Oration Adams's first published work. According to ESTC..... More
THE POLITICAL CHARACTER OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS DELINEATED. BEING A REPLY TO CERTAIN OBSERVATIONS IN THE ADDRESS OF GEN. PETER PORTER AND OTHERS.
Albany: Printed for the Albany Argus, by D. M'Glashan, 1828. 30pp. Disbound and moderately spotted, offsetting on title page from contemporary annotations. Good+. Ownership signature, "Josiah J. Lively" at head of title. The anonymous author, an ally of Andrew Jackson and foe of President Adams, summarizes his "investigation" into Adams's..... More
TOKEN OF A NATION'S SORROW. ADDRESSES IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND FUNERAL SOLEMNITIES ON THE DEATH OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, WHO DIED IN THE CAPITOL AT WASHINGTON, ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, 1848.
Washington: 1848. 40pp. Disbound, else Very Good. A Fine portrait frontis of Adams. After his presidency, Adams served as a Congressman, and became a leader of the anti-slavery movement. FIRST EDITION. Sabin 324. More
TOKEN OF A NATION'S SORROW. ADDRESSES IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND FUNERAL SOLEMNITIES ON THE DEATH OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, WHO DIED IN THE CAPITOL AT WASHINGTON, ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 23, 1848.
Washington: 1848. 40pp. Stitched, lacking the portrait. Disbound, small bookplate in upper blank margin and 'Deaccessioned' rubberstamp. Good. More
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ACCOMPANYING A REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE, WITH A LETTER TO HIM, FROM MATTHEW CLARKSON, ESQ. AND A LIST OF THE CLAIMS ADJUSTED BY THE COMMISSIONERS UNDER THE 21ST ARTICLE OF OUR TREATY WITH SPAIN. 23D JANUARY, 1800. ORDERED TO LIE ON THE TABLE. [PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.].
[Philadelphia: 1800]. 8pp, disbound. Very Good to Near Fine. The Report lists a variety of claims involving American ships and the amounts due. Evans 38779. NAIP w000983 [7]. More
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ACCOMPANYING AN ACCOUNT OF THE APPLICATION OF GRANTS, MADE BY CONGRESS FOR THE CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF GOVERNMENT, FROM THE 1ST OF JANUARY, TO 5TH OF DECEMBER, 1799.20TH JANUARY, 1800. ORDERED TO LIE ON THE TABLE. [PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.].
[Philadelphia: 1800]. 3, [1 blank] pp. Disbound. Near Fine. Evans 38778. NAIP w026140 [10]. More
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, ACCOMPANYING COPIES OF TWO ACTS OF THE PARLIAMENT OF GREAT-BRITAIN, PASSED ON THE 4TH AND 19TH OF JULY 1797, RELATIVE TO THE CARRYING INTO EXECUTION THE TREATY OF AMITY, COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION, CONCLUDED BETWEEN HIS MAJESTY AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; AND REGULATING THE TRADE TO BE CARRIED ON WITH THE BRITISH POSSESSIONS IN INDIA, BY THE SHIPS OF NATIONS IN AMITY WITH HIS MAJESTY. 2D FEBRUARY, 1798. REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE OF COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURES. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
[Philadelphia: William Ross? 1798]. 29 pp. Later plain wraps, light foxing, Very Good. Adams transmits the two Acts, implementing the free trade provisions of the Jay Treaty, because they "have such connections with the commercial and political interests of the United States, that it is proper they should be communicated..... More
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, COMMUNICATING TO THE HOUSE SUCH INFORMATION AS HE HAS RECEIVED TOUCHING A SUSPENSION OF THE ARRETE OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, MENTIONED IN HIS MESSAGE OF THE 28TH OF JANUARY LAST. MADE IN PURSUANCE OF A RESOLUTION OF THIS HOUSE, OF YESTERDAY.
Philadelphia: Fenno, 1799. 6, [2 blanks] pp. Folded, uncut folio leaf. Very Good. Adams warns Congress that France "subjects explicitly and exclusively American seamen to be treated as pirates, if found on board ships of the enemies of France." Adams also transmits Lord Grenville's letter to Rufus King, American Minister..... More
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TRANSMITTING A REPORT AND SUNDRY DOCUMENTS, FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE, OF THE DEPREDATIONS COMMITTED ON THE COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATES SINCE THE FIRST OF OCTOBER, 1796; IN PURSUANCE OF A RESOLUTION OF THE HOUSE, ON THE TENTH INSTANT. JUNE 22, 1797. ORDERED TO LIE ON THE TABLE. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
Philadelphia: Printed by W. Ross, near Congress-Hall, [1797]. 10, [148] pp, as issued. Bound in later quarter calf and marbled paper over boards, contemporary spine label. Folding table at the end of Document No. 4. Very Good. Secretary of State Pickering, whose report runs through page 10, discloses that "armed..... More
LABOR AND WAGES, AT HOME AND ABROAD: IN A SERIES OF NEWSPAPER ARTICLES.
Lowell [MA]: D. Bixby & Co, 1849. 28, [1], [3 blank] pp. Disbound. Very Good. Aiken studied factories and wages in England, Scotland, and Ireland. He concluded that laborers got paid less there than in Lowell, then a leading textile manufacturing center. In the United States, "as capital has been..... More
"TO THE HONOURABLE THE JUDGES OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF COSHOCTON. YOUR PETITIONER JOHN H. HUTCHINSON RESPECTFULLY REPRESENTS UNTO YOUR HONORS THAT BY BIRTH HE IS A SUBJECT OF HIS MAJESTY GEORGE THE FOURTH KING OF THE UNITED KINGDOMS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, THAT IT IS HIS WISH AT THIS TIME TO BECOME A NATURALIZED CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES, THAT HE WAS RESIDING WITHIN THE LIMITS AND UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF THE UNITED STATES BETWEEN THE FIRST DAY OF AUGUST 1822, AND THE TWENTY THIRD DAY OF NOVEMBER 1826, THAT HE HAS RESIDED WITH THE LIMITS OF THIS STATE MORE THAN ONE YEAR PRECEDING THIS APPLICATION. ALSO THAT HE RENOUNCES FOREVER ALL ALLEGIANCE AND FIDELITY TO EVERY FOREIGN PRINCE, POTENTATE, STATE AND SOVEREIGNTY WHATEVER, AND MORE PARTICULARLY ALL ALLEGIANCE TO HIS MAJESTY GEORGE THE FOURTH AFORESAID TO WHOM HE IS NOW A SUBJECT. JOHN H. HUTCHINSON"
Coshocton, Ohio: 1826. Single leaf, 7-1/4" x 12-1/4." Entirely in manuscript. Folded for docketing: "John H. Hutchinson | Declaration of Intention | to become a Citizen &c. | Filed November 23 1826. Common Please Record No. 31 of November Term 1826 Recorded." Light wear, a few fold splits [repaired with..... More
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ANDERSON IMPROVED: BEING AN ALMANACK, AND EPHEMERIS, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1774.
Newport, Rhode-Island: Printed by Solomon Southwick... [1773]. 12mo. (32) pp. Illustrated with woodcut of an astronomer with telescope, on front wrapper, and woodcut of the anatomy of the human body, p. (8). Some extremity wear, without loss. Very Good. With "A Table to bring Old Tenor into Lawful Money"; information..... More
HISTORY OF THE WAR WITH AMERICA, FRANCE, SPAIN, AND HOLLAND; COMMENCING IN 1775 AND ENDING IN 1783. IN FOUR VOLUMES WITH PORTRAITS, MAPS AND CHARTS.
London: Published by His Majesty's Royal Licence and Authority. For John Fielding, Pater Noster Row; and John Jarvis in the Strand. 1785-1786. Four volumes: [2], ii, [3]-448 pp, plus six portrait plates [including frontis plate of George III]; [2], 449 pp, plus two folding maps and four portrait plates; [2]..... More
A COMPLETE GERMAN GRAMMAR, IN TWO PARTS. THE FIRST PART CONTAINING THE THEORY OF THE LANGUAGE THROUGH ALL THE PARTS OF SPEECH; THE SECOND PART IS THE PRACTICE IN AS AMPLE A MANNER AS CAN BE DESIRED...THE SECOND AMERICAN EDITION. TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED RULES FOR PRONUNCIATION AND SPELLING.
Philadelphia: Charles Cist, 1793. [ii], 285, [1 blank], [2 Index] pp. Pages 213, 266 numbered incorrectly as issued; page 59 correctly numbered. Light fox, light wear, light tan. Bound in original brown sheep, rebacked with pale leather spine, new endpapers. Good+. A scarce German grammar. The first American edition issued..... More
CHRISTIAN CHURCHES FORM'D AND FURNISH'D BY CHRIST. A SERMON PREACH'D AT THE GATHERING OF A CHURCH, AND THE ORDINATION OF THE REVEREND MR. TIMOTHY WALKER TO THE PASTORAL OFFICE, AT THE NEW PLANTATION CALLED PENNICOOK. NOV. 18TH 1730. BY JOHN BARNARD, M.A. PASTOR OF A CHURCH IN ANDOVER. TO WHICH ARE ANNEXED, THE CHARGE, AND THE RIGHT HAND OF FELLOWSHIP, USED ON THAT OCCASION. NOW MADE PUBLICK AT THE DESIRE OF SEVERAL WHO WERE PRESENT AT THAT SOLEMNITY.
Boston in New-England: Printed by B. Green, for John Phillips, 1731. [4], 42 pp, with the half title but lacking the final blank. Disbound, light rubberstamp at upper blank portion of half title. Scattered foxing. Good+. Pennicook [also 'Pennycook'] is now the Concord, New Hampshire area. A scarce, early American..... More
THE LORD JESUS CHRIST THE ONLY, AND SUPREAM HEAD OF THE CHURCH. A SERMON, DELIVERED, IN PUBLICK, TO THE ASSEMBLY OF MINISTERS, AT THEIR ANNIVERSARY CONVENTION, IN BOSTON; WHICH WAS FOLLOWED WITH A COLLECTION FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL. JUNE 1. 1738.
Boston: S. Kneeland and T. Green, 1738. [4], 34, [2 blanks] pp, with the half title [chipped at blank lower margin]. Disbound, scattered foxing and light wear, Good+. A Harvard graduate and Congregational Minister in Marblehead for over fifty years, Barnard was, according to Charles Chauncy, "equalled by few in..... More
THE PRESENCE OF THE GREAT GOD IN THE ASSEMBLY OF POLITICAL RULERS. A SERMON PREACHED BEFORE HIS EXCELLENCY WILLIAM SHIRLEY, ESQ.; GOVERNOUR; THE HONOURABLE HIS MAJESTY'S COUNCIL; AND THE HONOURABLE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PROVINCE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS-BAY IN NEW-ENGLAND, MAY 28TH. 1746. BEING THE DAY FOR THE ELECTION OF HIS MAJESTY'S COUNCIL FOR THE SAID PROVINCE. BY...PASTOR OF A CHURCH IN ANDOVER.
Boston in New-England: Printed by John Draper, printer to His Excellency the governour and Council, for Daniel Gookin, over against the Old-South Meeting-House. 1746. 30pp, but lacking the half title and final blank. Attractive ornamentation. Disbound with some loosening. Good plus. "For one Person alone to have the Government of..... More
A PROOF OF JESUS CHRIST HIS BEING THE ANCIENT PROMISED MESSIAH : A SERMON PREACH'D IN THE CHAPEL OF HARVARD-COLLEDGE AT CAMBRDGE IN NEW - ENGLAND, JUNE 23. 1756.
Boston: Printed and sold by J. Draper, in Cornhill, 1756. 55, [2 - Appendix], [1 blank] pp. Lacking the half title. Disbound, final leaf with a fox spot not affecting legibility. Good plus. "The second Dudleian lecture preached, and the first published" [Evans]. Barnard dedicates it to "Mrs. Lucy Dudley..... More
THE TRUE DIVINITY OF JESUS CHRIST; EVIDENCED IN A DISCOURSE AT THE PUBLIC LECTURE IN BOSTON, THE DAY AFTER THE COMMENCEMENT, JULY 16, 1761. AND PUBLISHED AT THE DESIRE OF THE HEARERS.
Boston: N.E. Edes and Gill, 1761. 38, [2 blanks] pp, with the half title. Disbound, minor foxing, Very Good. A Harvard graduate and Congregational Minister in Marblehead for over fifty years, Barnard was, according to Charles Chauncy, "equalled by few in regard either of readiness of invention, liveliness of imagination..... More
A DESCRIPTION OF PITCAIRN'S ISLAND AND ITS INHABITANTS. WITH AN AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT OF THE MUTINY OF THE SHIP BOUNTY, AND OF THE SUBSEQUENT FORTUNES OF THE MUTINEERS. [At head of title: HARPER'S STEREOTYPE EDITION; on front board: HARPER'S FAMILY LIBRARY. NO. XXXI.].
New-York: J. & J. Harper, 1832. xii, [13]-303pp, 2 illustration plates. Original brown cloth boards with black print [rubbed, joints split but holding, some spine lettering rubbed]. Text block partly loosened, light scattered foxing. Signature at head of front board reads, "Wash. Hood| Lieut. U.S. Army." Good+. The first American..... More
REPORT OF THE EVIDENCE IN THE CASE OF JOHN STEPHEN BARTLETT, M. D. VERSUS THE MASS. MEDICAL SOCIETY, AS GIVEN BEFORE A COMMITTEE OF THE LEGISLATURE, AT THE SESSION OF 1839. PRINTED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE, BY ORDER OF THE HOUSE.
Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, State Printers, 1839. 55, [1 blank] pp, stitched, untrimmed, light dustsoiling of untrimmed edges. Near Fine except for the absence of wrappers. "5/4 cts Postage" in ink on final blank. After the Massachusetts Medical Society had expelled him, Bartlett sought to revoke the Society's Charter. The..... More
FOR THE MURDER OF MR. PERCEVAL.
[London? 1812]. Caption title, as issued. 16pp. Disbound, with a rough and loosened inner margin. Good+. Probably crazy, Bellingham thought the British government owed him money and that he been unjustly imprisoned in Russia. He shot Perceval, the Prime Minister, the only Prime Minister so dispatched... More
LETTERS TO A YOUNG LADY, ON A VARIETY OF USEFUL AND INTERESTING SUBJECTS: CALCULATED TO IMPROVE THE HEART, TO FORM THE MANNERS, AND ENLIGHTEN THE UNDERSTANDING. BY THE REV. JOHN BENNETT, AUTHOR OF STRICTURES ON FEMALE EDUCATION. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I [-II].
Hartford: Hudson & Goodwin, 1798. Volumes I and II bound together in original sheep, gilt-lettered red morocco spine label [rubbed, hinges starting but firm, lacking front free endpaper, owner writing on endpapers]. vii, [1 blank], [9]-129, [1 blank]; 134 pp, with separate title for volume II. Light scattered foxing, Very..... More
ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, PREPARED BY JOHN M. BERRIEN, AND REPORTED BY THE COMMITTEE OF FIFTEEN AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR THE ADDRESS REPORTED BY J.C. CALHOUN.
[Washington: 1849]. 8pp, folded folio sheet, untrimmed and uncut. Caption title [as issued]. Near Fine. Berrien of Georgia issues a dramatic, taut, and well-reasoned statement of the Southern position at the height of the dispute over slavery in the Mexican Cession. The Founding Fathers deemed "slavery as an elementary principle..... More