ORATION ON THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF GILBERT MOTIER DE LAFAYETTE.
Washington: 1835. 94pp, disbound else Very Good. Sabin 295. AI 29946. More
Washington: 1835. 94pp, disbound else Very Good. Sabin 295. AI 29946. More
Lancaster: Printed by William Greer, 1812. [1]-204, 209-225 pp. [as issued, text continuous but 205-208 omitted from pagination]. Later half morocco, front cover detached but present. Scattered foxing, Good+. "A vivid account of Arnold's campaign (which Henry accompanied) dictated to his daughter 'with the aid of casual notes and memoranda....... More
Charleston: 1789. Single leaf, in neat ink manuscript written on recto only. 6-3/8" x 7-3/4." Signed at the end in ink, "I. Huger" or "J. Huger." One early tape repair on blank verso [no loss]. Very Good. Joe Rubinfine identified the writer as Isaac Huger; but he has also been..... More
Boston: Printed at the Apollo Press, in Boston, by Joseph Belknap, 1795. 35, [1 blank] pp, with the half title. Stitched and untrimmed. Inscription at head of title page: "Solomon Williams from Major G. Phelps ----". Early and late leaves spotted, Good+. War, despite its evils, "calls forth some of..... More
Boston: Manning & Loring, 1799. 27, [1 blank] pp. Disbound and lightly dusted, else Very Good.. "More than an ordinary fourth of July oration" [Sabin]. Lowell, a prominent Federalist, warns of the "Gallic faction in this country," supporters of "the inhuman and savage atrocities which have disgraced the French Revolution."..... More
[Providence? c. 1849]. Folio broadside, 11" x 17 3/4". Lengthy text printed in three columns beneath title. Two light creases. Two small tape remnants at head of verso from prior mounting. Signed in type, 'John W. Richmond.' Near Fine. The broadside is an attack on Sylvester G. Shearman, a candidate..... More
Philadelphia: Lydia R. Bailey, 1833. 45pp. Disbound, first few leaves loose. First page tanned, scattered foxing. Good+. One of America's great constitutional lawyers eulogizes Carroll, the last surviving signer of the Declaration of Independence, and the Founders. FIRST EDITION. Sabin 79201. II Harv. Law Cat. 562. AI 21157 [6]... More
Newport Rhode-Island: Reprinted and sold by Solomon Southwick, 1774. [viii], 9-156 pp. Stitched, untrimmed, original plain rear wrapper. Light dusting. Final blank with the elaborate, contemporary ownership signature of Polly Noyes. "Her Book." Very Good. "The attribution to Somers is considered doubtful in the Dictionary of national biography. Also attributed..... More
[Philadelphia: 1800]. 21, [1 blank] pp, disbound. A few light fox spots, Very Good. Evans incorrectly dated this item as 1798; the printed date '28th April, 1800' appears on page 19. Verdier claims that his certificates of registered debt, owed by the United States to him, "were erroneously paid to..... More
Boston: Printed by J. Draper, printer to His Excellency the governour and Council, 1738. [4], 39, [3 blanks] pp [as issued]. Attractive type ornamentation. Stitched, light scattered foxing and light dusting. Very Good. An early American imprint expressing the colonial hatred of tyranny and distrust of man's exercise of power..... More
New York: M'Lean & Lang, 1798. 22pp, without the final blank. Bound in modern marbled wrappers. Light scattered foxing, Very Good. Wells "revised for publication the collected papers known as 'The Federalist', bringing out the fifth edition in 1802" [DAB]. A Federalist who allied himself with Hamilton, "he frequently crossed..... More