Boston: Printed & Sold by J. Draper, in Cornhil... [1762]. 12 leaves, stitched, beginning to loosen. Light wear and soil, toned. Good+. Ames reminds his readers that "in general we know nothing of the Connection of Things, we cannot see the Links of that great Chain which binds with certainty..... More
Boston: Printed and Sold by the Printers and Booksellers, [1769]. 12mo. 12 leaves (complete), tanned, untrimmed, stitched. Some dusting and darkening, Good+. "This is the only known Boston edition of Ames for 1770, and presumably the one advertised in the Boston Evening Post, Dec. 4, 1769..." NAIP. New London, Hartford..... More
Boston: Printed and Sold by William M'Alpine, [1766]. 16mo. 12 leaves (complete). Loose, light edge wear, toned, Good+. This Almanac celebrates the Stamp Act's repeal with a patriotic preface by Ames, lauding Americans' "exertion of that noble spirit of Freedom, which every thinking honest Man that has ever been galled..... More
Boston: Printed and Sold by the Printers and Booksellers, [1766]. 12 leaves (complete), stitched and untrimmed. Light wear, Very Good. NAIP says "this is undoubtedly the pirated edition," despite the advertisement on the last page warning of "spurious editions." The Almanac celebrates the Stamp Act's repeal with a patriotic preface..... More
Boston: Printed and Sold by the Printers and Booksellers, [1767]. 12 leaves (complete), stitched. Light dustsoiling, blank corner wear. Good+. The almanac prints the important pre-Revolutionary Resolutions of the Town of Boston, urging development of domestic industries and discouraging European importations, in view of the "heavy Debt, incurred in the..... More