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AN ORATION DELIVERED AT THE STATE HOUSE, IN PHILADELPHIA, TO A VERY NUMEROUS AUDIENCE, ON...

Adams, Samuel [pseud.]:

AN ORATION DELIVERED AT THE STATE HOUSE, IN PHILADELPHIA, TO A VERY NUMEROUS AUDIENCE, ON THURSDAY THE 1st OF AUGUST 1776; BY SAMUEL ADAMS, MEMBER OF THE THE GENERAL CONGRESS OF THE ** OF AMERICA.

[London] Philadelphia, Printed. London, Re-printed: For E. Johnson, 1776. [2], 42 pp, as issued. Lightly toned, minor foxing, a tear at the upper blank margin of the title leaf [no text affected]. Good+, in modern marbled boards and quarter brown cloth. "Although this was published over Samuel Adams's name..... More

Price: $5,000.00

AN ORATION DELIVERED AT THE STATE HOUSE, IN PHILADELPHIA, TO A VERY NUMEROUS AUDIENCE, ON...

Adams, Samuel [pseud.]:

AN ORATION DELIVERED AT THE STATE HOUSE, IN PHILADELPHIA, TO A VERY NUMEROUS AUDIENCE, ON THURSDAY THE 1st OF AUGUST 1776; BY SAMUEL ADAMS, MEMBER OF THE THE GENERAL CONGRESS OF THE ** OF AMERICA.

[London] Philadelphia, Printed. London, Re-printed: For E. Johnson, 1776. [2], 42 pp, as issued. Title leaf dusted, else Very Good in early quarter morocco and marbled boards. "Although this was published over Samuel Adams's name, there is no indication that he wrote it, or that there was a Philadelphia..... More

Price: $4,500.00

Astrologer, Richard [pseud.]:

THE NEW-ENGLAND CALLENDAR: OR ALMANACK, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 1793... BY RICHARD ASTROLOGER.

Boston: Printed and sold by Nathaniel Coverly, by the gross, or single dozen, [1792?]. [24] pp, as issued. Title page woodcut, stitched, toned and lightly worn. Good+. Ownership signature of Elisha Ware. The almanac prints a list of "Roads from Boston to the Southward and Eastward, with the names of..... More

Price: $250.00

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, WITH REASONS WHY THEY SHOULD BE...

Curtius [pseud.]:

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, WITH REASONS WHY THEY SHOULD BE ADOPTED.

[np: 1861]. Broadside, 11" x 17." Printed in three columns. Signed in type at the end, 'Curtius.' Untrimmed at the outer margin, with several small holes at its blank extremity. A vertical fold split expertly repaired but costing several letters. Lightly foxed, Good+. A rare, evidently unrecorded broadside, "written," says..... More

Price: $2,500.00

Delpho, Th. Horatius [pseud.]:

THE KING AND HIS CABINET. A REMARKABLY SHORT ATTIC COMEDY. IN TWO ACTS.

[New York? 1849?]. Original printed wrappers, stitched. 23, [1 blank] pp. Near Fine. A satire on Charles King's inauguration as President of Columbia College in 1849. "The only one of Delpho's Comedies which is now extant, and that has never before been published in America." King Charles is described here..... More

Price: $150.00

[Election of 1840] Boneyshanks [pseud]:

THE NEW ERA WHIG TRAP SPRUNG.

New York and Washington: Printed & Published by H.R. Robinson 52 Courtland St. Y.N. [sic] & Penns Avenue Washington D.C., [1840]. Broadside lithograph, 12-1/2" x 15-3/4". Signed 'Boneyshanks' in the lower left corner. A rare lithograph brilliantly and humorously portraying the Democrats' and Van Buren's predicament in the 1840 presidential..... More

Price: $2,750.00

Fitzsimmons [pseud.]:

ESSAYS UPON FRENCH SPOLIATIONS, WITH SOME OBSERVATIONS UPON THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMERCE. BY FITZSIMMONS, A NATIVE OF PENNSYLVANIA. "COMMERCE IS THE GOLDEN CIRCLE OF THE GLOBE."

Philadelphia: James G. Watts. October, 1826. Stitched, 31 + [1] pp. Tanned, Good+. The bibliographers are content to call the author 'Fitzsimmons,' with no suggestion of his true name. These are twenty short essays, preceded by an introduction 'To the People of the United States,' exposing "the manifest injustice of..... More

Price: $125.00

Forthcoming [pseud.]:

PRESIDENT HOLLEY- NOT THE TRANSYLVANIA UNIVERSITY, IN A LETTER TO WILLIAM GIBBES HUNT, ESQ. IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE ATTACK MADE BY HIM IN HIS "APPEAL," PUBLISHED IN THE WESTERN MONITOR OF THIS PLACE, MARCH 2D, 1824. BY FORTHCOMING.

Lexington, Ky. J.M. M'Calla, 1824. 19, [1 blank] pp. Disbound. Several small holes in last leaf, but text undamaged. Good+. A big internecine fight at Transylvania. Hunt supported President Holley and lambasted "all who oppose Mr. Holley's administration." Forthcoming opposes Hunt and Holley, whose "theology and morality" are unsound. This..... More

Price: $150.00

Gallowrake [pseud.]:

LETTERS OF GALLOWRAKE: BEING A SERIES OF COMMUNICATIONS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE OHIO STAR.

Ravenna: Office of the Ohio Star, 1834. 48pp, disbound, lightly to moderately foxed. Top margin trimmed closely but not into text [one page number shaved]. Good+. A scarce pamphlet, consisting of a series of letters on the urgent need for Moral Reform. New emigrants to the West are "intoxicated..... More

Price: $275.00

[Hancock, John] [pseud.]:

THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH. THE CRISIS BEFORE US. FOR READING AND REFLECTING MEN. THE FOLLOWING PAGES ARE MADE UP FROM AN ARTICLE WHICH WAS PUBLISHED IN THE NEW YORK HERALD OF SEPTEMBER 24, 1856. THE HERALD IS DISTINGUISHED FOR THE ZEAL AND ENERGY WITH WHICH IT SUPPORTS THE ELECTION OF COLONEL FREMONT.

[New York? 1856]. Caption title, as issued. 8pp. Disbound, else Very Good. Hancock prefaces his attack on Fremont with observations on the "inflammatory" political atmosphere in New York City, where "we find six daily papers, with such an immense circulation" appealing "to the excitable passions of human nature." Emphasizing the..... More

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THE LETTERS OF JUNIUS, COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME, WITH A COPIOUS INDEX. Junius, pseud

Junius [pseud.]:

THE LETTERS OF JUNIUS, COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME, WITH A COPIOUS INDEX.

Philadelphia: Printed for Robert Campbell, 1795. 12mo. [4], xii, 13-283, [13] pp. Original calf with gilt spine rules, gilt-lettered spine title on black morocco. Occasional and widely scattered foxing, Very Good. Early ownership signature on front free endpaper, 'Ephraim Hinds.' The preface, a 'Dedication to the English Nation,' exhorts readers..... More

Price: $350.00

[Junius] [pseud.]:

A STATEMENT OF REASONS AGAINST THE ASSUMPTION AND EXERCISE OF EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE POWERS BY THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT: WITH REMARKS INTENDED TO PROVE THAT THERE IS NO LAW IN THIS STATE, CLOTHED WITH THE AUTHORITY OF THE CONSTITUTION, AGAINST THE SALE OF SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS; AND THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF SUPPRESSING THE SALE BY PENAL LAWS, WITHOUT TRANSCENDING THE POWERS, AND INVADING THE SACRED RIGHTS OF PROPERTY, WHICH ARE ESTABLISHED AND GUARANTIED BY THE CONSTITUTION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

Boston: William Chadwick, Printer, 1849. Original printed brown wrappers [entitled, 'Ex Post Facto Laws by Judicial Legislation!!'], stitched. 40pp. Light wear, Very Good. Presentation inscription on front wrapper to Whiting Griswold, and addressed to him on plain rear wrapper. Griswold was from Greenfield, Massachusetts, active in public affairs, would become..... More

Price: $350.00

Lowndes [pseud.]:

THE LETTERS OF LOWNDES, ADDRESSED TO THE HON. JOHN C. CALHOUN. AUDI ET ALTERAM PARTEM.

New York and Philadelphia: Appleton, 1843. Original printed wrappers, stitched. 100, [12 publ. advts] pp. One Charles Allen Lewis of Indianapolis has affixed his bookplate to the front wrapper instead of its verso; wrappers worn at spine and corners. Very Good. No one seems to know who 'Lowndes' is..... More

Price: $250.00

SATIRICAL AND PANEGYRICAL INSTRUCTIONS TO MR. WILLIAM HOGARTH, PAINTER, ON ADMIRAL VERNON'S...

Marvell, A., Junior [pseud.]:

SATIRICAL AND PANEGYRICAL INSTRUCTIONS TO MR. WILLIAM HOGARTH, PAINTER, ON ADMIRAL VERNON'S TAKING PORTO BELLO WITH SIX SHIPS OF WAR ONLY.

London: Printed for H. Goreham at the King's-Arms, 1740. Folio. 20pp. Disbound, else Very Good with attractive typographic ornamentation. The Battle of Porto Bello on November 22, 1739, in modern Panama resulted in an English naval victory over Spain, during the early stages of the War of Jenkins' Ear. England..... More

Price: $750.00

A REVIEW OF GARRISONIAN FANATICISM AND ITS INFLUENCE. BY MEDICO. PUBLISHED BY REQUEST. Medico, pseud

Medico [pseud.]:

A REVIEW OF GARRISONIAN FANATICISM AND ITS INFLUENCE. BY MEDICO. PUBLISHED BY REQUEST.

Boston: Ticknor, Reed & Fields, 1852. 24pp. Disbound without wrappers, else Very Good. "An attack on certain anti-slavery writings of Rev. J.G. Forman" [Work]. The caption title of this scarce pamphlet:: "Review of Rev. J.G. Forman's (Ultra Unitarian 'Come-Outer,') Defence of Garrisonianism, Infidelity, etc., and of his Personal Abuse..... More

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TO THE ELECTORS OF THE WESTERN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. THE HON. WILKINS UPDIKE, OF SOUTH...

[Narragansett, A Citizen of] [pseud.]:

TO THE ELECTORS OF THE WESTERN CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. THE HON. WILKINS UPDIKE, OF SOUTH KINGSTOWN, IS NOW A CANDIDATE TO REPRESENT YOU IN THE NEXT CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES...

[Providence? Kingston RI? 1847?]. Folio broadside, 12-1/4" x 19". Caption title, printed in four columns. Tanned, some light spotting. Signed in type,"A Citizen of Narragansett." Good+. Updike was a Rhode Island Whig, lawyer, and public-spirited citizen. As a state legislator, he was influential in improving public education, reforming the judiciary..... More

Price: $375.00

Quandary, Christopher [pseud.]:

SOME SERIOUS CONSIDERATIONS ON THE PRESENT STATE OF PARTIES, WITH REGARD TO THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION; WITH THE AUTHOR'S OWN CASE FAIRLY STATED, AND SUBMITTED TO ALL CANDID AND COMPASSIONATE MEN.

Richmond: Thomas W. White, 1827. 24pp, disbound, lightly foxed and toned, Good+. The pseudonymous author seeks to resolve the "state of distressing perplexity in which I find myself:" to vote for Jackson, or for Adams? He reviews the charges hurled at each candidate and the claims of their supporters..... More

Price: $250.00

Salemankins, Abbe [pseud.]:

LETTERS OF ABBE SALEMANKIS TO A FRIEND IN IRELAND.

Philadelphia: J.W. & G. Onsell, 1810. 12 mo. [1], [1 blank], [3], [1 blank], 156pp. Bound in later quarter calf with marbled paper- covered boards, gilt spine bands, gilt-lettered red morocco spine label. Text lightly tanned with light scattered foxing. Early ownership signatures of Lidia Vansickle and Peter Vansickle. Very..... More

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[Vermont (pseud.)]:

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE AND THE STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.

[Concord: 1829]. 23, [1 blank] pp. Disbound. Light scattered foxing. Early ink correction in text. Good+. The anonymous writer, a loyal Son of Dartmouth, wonders why he and fellow graduates have "so often" been called upon "to render it assistance by voluntary contributions." Although Vermont has provided much assistance to..... More

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Weatherwise, Abraham, Philom. [pseud.]:

THE TOWN AND COUNTRY ALMANACK, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1787.

Boston: Printed and Sold by John W. Folsom, [1786]. 12 leaves, as issued. Stitched, light to moderate wear. Two closed tears [no loss]. Good+ Folsom's edition is one of three printings of this almanac, all from Boston. The almanac includes a "Brief Account of General Washington" and a listing of..... More

Price: $175.00

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