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SELECT ESSAYS: CONTAINING: THE MANNER OF RAISING AND DRESSING FLAX, AND HEMP. ALSO, THE WHOLE...

[Agriculture and Trades]:

SELECT ESSAYS: CONTAINING: THE MANNER OF RAISING AND DRESSING FLAX, AND HEMP. ALSO, THE WHOLE METHOD OF BLEACHING OR WHITENING LINEN-CLOTH. LIKEWISE, OBSERVATIONS ON THE MANAGEMENT OF COWS AND SHEEP...COLLECTED FROM THE DICTIONARY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, AND FROM VARIOUS MODERN AUTHORS.

Philadelphia: Printed, by Robert Bell... 1777. [6], 159, [1] pp, plus folding plate [outer blank corner torn]. Pages 97-104 misnumbered 79-86, as issued. Printed on pale blue paper. Lacking the half title, disbound with some loosening. Else Very Good. Several of these "Essays are translated from a Periodical Work, published..... More

Price: $2,000.00

STRICTURES ON HARVARD UNIVERSITY. -- PERSONAL SATIRE IS WORTHY OF LITTLE NOTICE-- IT IS SELDOM...

[Austin, William]:

STRICTURES ON HARVARD UNIVERSITY. -- PERSONAL SATIRE IS WORTHY OF LITTLE NOTICE-- IT IS SELDOM JUST. BY A SENIOR.

Boston: Printed and Sold by John W. Folsom, 1798. 35, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, untrimmed, light rubberstamp, light foxing and mild wear. One small margin hole just touches a couple of letters, but does not obscure them. Good+. Austin, to whom DAB attributes authorship, graduated from Harvard in 1798. Among..... More

Price: $1,250.00

LOT OF SIX LETTERS FROM ABRAHAM HOLMES TO WILLIAM BAYLIES AND FRANCIS BAYLIES, JANUARY 19, 1822 -...

Baylies, William and Francis; Abraham Holmes:

LOT OF SIX LETTERS FROM ABRAHAM HOLMES TO WILLIAM BAYLIES AND FRANCIS BAYLIES, JANUARY 19, 1822 - APRIL 11, 1834.

Rochester, Boston, MA: 1822-1834. A collection of six letters ranging in size from 8-1/2" x 11" to 8-1/2" x 12-3/4", five complete and one partial letter. All in ink manuscript on unlined paper. Old folds, light toning, occasional light foxing, two on untrimmed paper. Most are addressed on final blank..... More

Price: $2,500.00

[Burn, Richard; and Joseph Greenleaf]:

AN ABRIDGMENT OF BURN'S JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND PARISH OFFICER. TO WHICH IS ADDED, AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING SOME GENERAL RULES AND DIRECTIONS NECESSARY TO BE KNOWN AND OBSERVED BY ALL JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

Boston: Printed for, and sold by Joseph Greenleaf, at his printing-office... 1773. Original tooled calf, raised spine bands. Rebacked. [8], 386, [2- printer's advertisement] pp [as issued]. Contemporary inscription at upper margin of title page: "Ezekl Price | Tho's Greenleaf Junr." Very Good. The first edition of the first..... More

Price: $1,500.00

Childs, O[rville] W[hitmore]:

MAP AND PROFILE OF THE ROUTE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A SHIP CANAL FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC OCEANS, ACROSS THE ISTHMUS IN THE STATE OF NICARAGUA, CENTRAL AMERICA, SURVEYED FOR THE AMERICAN ATLANTIC AND PACIFIC SHIP CANAL COMPANY. BY. O.W. CHILDS. 1850-51.

New York: Wm. C. Bryant & Co., Printers, 1852. Cover title. Large folding map, approx. 36" x 107", folded to 6" x 8.5". Bound in printed green paper-covered boards with black cloth spine [boards lightly rubbed and spotted], accession label on spine. The map has some hand-colored routes and locations..... More

Price: $1,000.00

ERASMI COLLOQUIA SELECTA: OR, THE SELECT COLLOQUIES OF ERASMUS, WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION, AS...

Clarke, John:

ERASMI COLLOQUIA SELECTA: OR, THE SELECT COLLOQUIES OF ERASMUS, WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION, AS LITERAL AS POSSIBLE: DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF BEGINNERS IN THE LATIN TONGUE. THE EIGHTEENTH EDITION. BY JOHN CLARKE.

Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Joseph Crukshank, 1782. v, [1], 222 pp [p.217 misnumbered as 127, as issued]. Printed in two columns per page. Bound in contemporary calf with raised spine bands [light wear, inner hinges cracked, several tiny wormholes]. Contemporary ink notation on title page, "Wm. Cochran/ His Book/..... More

Price: $1,250.00

EXTRACT OF THE REV. DR. COKE'S JOURNAL FROM GRAVESEND TO ANTIGUA, IN A LETTER TO THE REV. J....

Coke, Thomas:

EXTRACT OF THE REV. DR. COKE'S JOURNAL FROM GRAVESEND TO ANTIGUA, IN A LETTER TO THE REV. J. WESLEY.

London: Printed by J. Paramore, 1787. 12mo, 12pp. Title page browned. Light foxing. Inner margins archivally reinforced. Good+, in modern marbled boards. The first Methodist Bishop, Coke was "superintendent" for America and, in the course of his duties, made nine voyages to the West Indies between 1784 and..... More

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A FARTHER CONTINUATION OF DR. COKE'S JOURNAL: IN A LETTER TO THE REV. J. WESLEY. Thomas Coke

Coke, Thomas:

A FARTHER CONTINUATION OF DR. COKE'S JOURNAL: IN A LETTER TO THE REV. J. WESLEY.

London: Printed by J. Paramore, 1787. 12mo, 11, [1 blank] pp. Lower quadrants spotted. Good+, bound in modern marbled boards. The first Methodist Bishop, Coke was "superintendent" for America and, in the course of his duties, made nine voyages to the West Indies between 1784 and 1803. His Letter..... More

Price: $1,500.00

PLAN OF THE WESTERN SEAT OF WAR. Confederate Imprint, Map

[Confederate Imprint] Map:

PLAN OF THE WESTERN SEAT OF WAR.

[New Orleans]: Published by H.P. Lathrop; Jules Manouvrier, Lithographer, [1861 or 1862]. Oblong 24" x 18-3/4". Map lithographed by Jules Manouvrier. A few shallow chips to blank extremities; a couple of closed tears to blank margins expertly repaired. Very Good. The map shows Kentucky, Tennessee, and portions of North Carolina..... More

Price: $3,000.00

DISTURNELL'S RAILROAD, STEAMBOAT, AND TELEGRAPH BOOK; BEING A GUIDE THROUGH THE MIDDLE, NORTHERN,...

Disturnell, J[ohn]:

DISTURNELL'S RAILROAD, STEAMBOAT, AND TELEGRAPH BOOK; BEING A GUIDE THROUGH THE MIDDLE, NORTHERN, AND EASTERN STATES, AND CANADA: ALSO, GIVING THE GREAT LINES OF TRAVEL SOUTH AND WEST AND THE OCEAN STEAM PACKET ARRANGEMENTS. CONTAINING TABLES OF DISTANCES, &C. TELEGRAPH LINES, AND CHARGES; LIST OF HOTELS, EXPRESS OFFICES, &C. &C.

New York: Published by J. Disturnell, July, 1849. 12mo, original bright red wrappers, printed in brilliant gilt lettering. Stitched. Map affixed to title page verso: 'Map of the Hudson River as far as Navigable, with the distances from New-York.' Two Folding Maps: 'City of New York. with part of Brooklyn..... More

Price: $1,000.00

ANECDOTES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE TALENTS AND VIRTUES OF THE HEROES AND...

Garden, Alexander:

ANECDOTES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE TALENTS AND VIRTUES OF THE HEROES AND PATRIOTS, WHO ACTED THE MOST CONSPICUOUS PARTS THEREIN. BY ALEXANDER GARDEN, OF LEE'S LEGION. SECOND SERIES.

Charleston [S.C.]: Printed by A.E. Miller, 1828. 8vo. ix, [2], [1 blank], 240pp. With the errata leaf. Contemporary red straight-grained half morocco over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine [light rubbing]. Scattered and generally light foxing. Front endpaper and rear pastedown with residue suggesting removal of bookplates. Presentation copy from the author..... More

Price: $1,500.00

Hamilton, Alexander:

AN ACCOUNT OF THE RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES OF THE UNITED STATES, FOR THE YEAR 1793. STATED IN PURSUANCE OF THE STANDING ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES, PASSED ON THE THIRTIETH DAY OF DECEMBER, ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-ONE. PUBLISHED FOR THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

Philadelphia: Fenno, 1794. Folio, stitched in original plain pale wrappers [wrapper spine shorn]. [6], [11]-[78] pp. Two folding tables. Like other copies, the words "by order of" have been inked out on the title page, and "for" inserted in script. Lacks the plate after page [6]. Else Very Good... More

Price: $2,500.00

TAXATION NO TYRANNY; AN ANSWER TO THE RESOLUTIONS AND ADDRESS OF THE AMERICAN CONGRESS. THE THIRD...

[Johnson, Samuel]:

TAXATION NO TYRANNY; AN ANSWER TO THE RESOLUTIONS AND ADDRESS OF THE AMERICAN CONGRESS. THE THIRD EDITION.

London: Printed for T. Cadell, in the Strand, 1775. [2], 91, [1 blank] pp. Disbound and lacking the half title, title page lightly dusted, else Very Good Printed in the same year as the first edition, this pamphlet rebuts the "loud clamours" and "wild affections" of ingrates "who have denied..... More

Price: $1,500.00

ACADEMY OF MUSIC, TUESDAY MARCH 15TH 1881. PURIM ASSOCIATION FANCY DRESS BALL IN AID OF THE...

[Judaica] Hebrew Benevolent and Orphan Asylum Society:

ACADEMY OF MUSIC, TUESDAY MARCH 15TH 1881. PURIM ASSOCIATION FANCY DRESS BALL IN AID OF THE BUILDING FUND OF THE HEBREW BENEVOLENT AND ORPHAN ASYLUM SOCIETY.

New York: 1881. Chromolithograph broadsheet, oblong 6-1/2" x 4." The verso, lightly spotted and several names partially abraded, lists about 300 "Managers" in six columns, surrounded by a pink border with illustration of a comic figure on the right border; the number '524' is printed in the upper left corner..... More

Price: $1,250.00

"PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES:" BROADSIDE CHROMOLITHOGRAPH COMMEMORATING THE INAUGURATION OF...

[Lincoln, Abraham]:

"PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES:" BROADSIDE CHROMOLITHOGRAPH COMMEMORATING THE INAUGURATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN AS PRESIDENT.

[Philadelphia]: Published by F. Bouclet, 1861. Rare, beautifully colored, 20" x 25-3/4" lithograph printed on wove paper, titled "Presidents of the United States". Displays all the Presidents through a beardless Lincoln, surrounding a vignette of Lady Liberty , the American eagle, a steamboat, and the Capitol (the dome complete as..... More

Price: $4,000.00

THE APPEAL OF L. LOUAILLIER, SEN. AGAINST THE CHARGE OF HIGH TREASON, AND EXPLAINING THE...

Louaillier L[ouis]:

THE APPEAL OF L. LOUAILLIER, SEN. AGAINST THE CHARGE OF HIGH TREASON, AND EXPLAINING THE TRANSACTIONS AT NEW-ORLEANS.

[New Orleans]: 1827. 28pp. Stitched, untrimmed, light fox, small tear on title leaf not affecting text. At head of title: "Let every man lend this to his neighbour." Very Good. Contemporary signature at top margin: John S. Barrows. A Louisiana State Senator, Louaillier opposed Andrew Jackson's decision to perpetuate martial..... More

Price: $2,000.00

A NEARLY CONSECUTIVE RUN OF NINETEEN EARLY LOUISIANA STATE SESSION LAWS, FOURTH THROUGH...

Louisiana:

A NEARLY CONSECUTIVE RUN OF NINETEEN EARLY LOUISIANA STATE SESSION LAWS, FOURTH THROUGH FOURTEENTH SESSIONS, 1819-1840.

The Acts are in both English and French on facing pages. Bindings vary: the first item disbound, others in modern buckram, modern cloth, or contemporary sheep. The usual institutional marks and occasional light wear. Overall, Very Good. a. ACTS PASSED AT THE FIRST SESSION OF THE FOURTH LEGISLATURE OF..... More

Price: $7,500.00

ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF MAINE. FELLOW COUNTRYMEN! Maine

[Maine]:

ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF MAINE. FELLOW COUNTRYMEN!...

Portland: 1832. Broadside, 11-3/4" x 19". Lightly foxed, generously margined and untrimmed with lower blank margins chipped, some old folds. Else Very Good. Matted. Dated in type at the end: Portland, Oct. 25th, 1832." The text of this rare broadside, urging the defeat of President Jackson in the upcoming presidential..... More

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POPISH IDOLATRY: A DISCOURSE DELIVERED IN THE CHAPEL OF HARVARD- COLLEGE IN CAMBRIDGE,...

Mayhew, Jonathan:

POPISH IDOLATRY: A DISCOURSE DELIVERED IN THE CHAPEL OF HARVARD- COLLEGE IN CAMBRIDGE, NEW-ENGLAND, MAY 8. 1765. AT THE LECTURE FOUNDED BY THE HONORABLE PAUL DUDLEY, ESQUIRE. BY...PASTOR OF THE WEST CHURCH IN BOSTON.

Boston: Printed by R. & S. Draper, Edes & Gill, and T. & J. Fleet. 1765. 52pp. Lacking the half title, disbound, mild foxing. Else Very Good. Attractive type ornamentation at page 5. Contemporary ownership signature, 'Jonathan Lee,' on title page. An articulate and outspoken New England clergyman for the..... More

Price: $2,000.00

REVIEW OF THE SLAVE QUESTION, EXTRACTED FROM THE AMERICAN QUARTERLY REVIEW, DEC. 1832; BASED ON...

[Nat Turner Insurrection] [Harrison, Jesse Burton]:

REVIEW OF THE SLAVE QUESTION, EXTRACTED FROM THE AMERICAN QUARTERLY REVIEW, DEC. 1832; BASED ON THE SPEECH OF TH. MARSHALL, OF FAUQUIER: SHOWING THAT SLAVERY IS THE ESSENTIAL HINDRANCE TO THE PROSPERITY OF THE SLAVE-HOLDING STATES; WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO VIRGINIA. THOUGH APPLICABLE TO OTHER STATES WHERE SLAVERY EXISTS. BY A VIRGINIAN.

Richmond: Printed by T.W. White, 1833. 48pp. Disbound, early and late gatherings foxed, browned. Good+. In a modern folding case. Nat Turner's slave insurrection in Southampton County, Virginia, brought to reality the South's worst nightmare. The incident sparked the only concerted effort by a Slave State to abolish slavery..... More

Price: $1,500.00

SIX TYPED MIMEOGRAPHED DOCUMENTS OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH COMMITTEE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY....

National Jewish Committee of the Communist Party:

SIX TYPED MIMEOGRAPHED DOCUMENTS OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH COMMITTEE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY.

[London? c.1943-1945]. Typed mimeographed documents on unlined paper, each 8" x 13." Light wear and some dustsoiling of edges. Overall, Very Good. The lot includes: [1] THE JEWISH QUESTION/ STATEMENT BY THE NATIONAL JEWISH COMMITTEE OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY. 7, [1 blank] pp, some underlining and handwritten notes on..... More

Price: $1,750.00

[Nebraska Territory]:

LAWS, RESOLUTIONS, AND MEMORIALS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE TERRITORY OF NEBRASKA, FROM THE THIRD SESSION, 1857, THROUGH THE NINTH SESSION, 1864.

Omaha City, N.T. 1856-1867. Seven volumes, bound in later cloth, some library marks, overall Very Good. The volumes are: b) LAWS, JOINT RESOLUTIONS, AND MEMORIALS, PASSED AT THE THIRD SESSION OF THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE TERRITORY OF NEBRASKA. Brownville: Robert W. Furnas, 1857. 312pp. c) LAWS, JOINT RESOLUTIONS..... More

Price: $1,200.00

SUPPLEMENT TO THE DAILY ADVERTISER, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1794. New York City

[New York City]:

SUPPLEMENT TO THE DAILY ADVERTISER, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1794.

[New York: Francis Childs], 1794. Large folio broadside, 19" x 26". Old folds, light wear, Very Good. The broadside prints "An Account of Cash Paid Out by Order of Common Council, from the Tax Granted the Seventh Day of December, 1792, for the Maintenance of the Poor and other Contingent..... More

Price: $1,000.00

FREE DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. New York State Convention of the...

New York State Convention of the Free Democracy:

FREE DEMOCRATIC ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

New York: October, 1854. Broadside, 9" x 14 3/4". Printed in three columns. Lightly margin-spotted, old folds, else Very Good. A rare broadside, issued by Northern Democrats opposed to the Kansas- Nebraska Act, which authorized the entry of slaves into that Territory and, its opponents feared, would nationalize slavery. The..... More

Price: $1,250.00

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LEE BASE BALL TEAMS FOR THE PAST TWO OR THREE YEARS. COMPILED BY KINNIE A....

Ostewig, Kinnie A.:

A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE LEE BASE BALL TEAMS FOR THE PAST TWO OR THREE YEARS. COMPILED BY KINNIE A. OSTEWIG.

Chicago: W.B. Conkey Company, [1897]. Original staples and printed wrappers [mild wear, a couple of spots]. 138pp. Portrait frontis of the author, other full-page portraits of his fellow ballplayers throughout the book. Near Fine. This rare book illuminates the early years of baseball in the American midwest. Ostewig was born..... More

Price: $1,250.00

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