London: Printed for John Stockdale, 1794. 3 volumes: port. frontis, [2], 8, xxxii, [3]-392; [2], 451, [1]; [2], 528, [36] pp. Light private rubberstamp on front free endpaper of each volume. Volume I has the portrait frontis, which is somewhat foxed in the margins. Bound in contemporary tree calf, expertly..... More
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
Hanover: Selbstverlag des Verfassers, 1862. Three volumes bound in two: xvi, 384; vi, [2], 168; viii, [4], 69, [3], 132. Engraved frontispiece portrait of the author, with original tissue guard, in volume 1. Contemporary black quarter morocco over pebble-grain cloth, gilt-paneled spines. A clean and attractive copy, with widely scattered..... More
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
London: Printed by G. Larkin, for Benjamin Harris, at the Stationers Arms and Anchor in the Piazza under the Royal-Exchange, [1682?]. 12mo. [10], 228 pp, as issued. Bound in 19th century quarter vellum and pale blue boards [front hinge starting, some spine wear]. One tear at leaf 35-36, costing several..... More
New York: Printed by John Holt, at the Exchange, 1768-9. Two volumes: Vol. I - 432, [1] pp [LACKING PAGES 401-416 and 425-432]; Vol. II is complete as issued: 88, 81-406, [2] pp. Attractively bound in modern half calf, marbled boards, gilt titled spines with raised spine bands. Light scattered..... More
[Monmouth IL? @1863]. Broadside, 6 1/4" x 18." Untrimmed, some browning and light wear, Very Good. A delightful, rare, evidently unrecorded broadside, printing a document purportedly written by Davidson, a Monmouth attorney and Copperhead, and "the very lick-spittles of Davis & Co." The document fell into the author's hands "through..... More
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
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
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
Austin: Printed at the Southern Intelligencer Book Office, 1858. 17, [1 blank] pp. Stitched into modern plain wrappers, lightly dusted and edge-worn. Else Very Good. Watrous was a lawyer, land speculator, and former Texas Attorney General. He resigned the latter position in 1840 "because of conflicts between private professional engagements..... More
Philadelphia: Printed for P. Byrne, 1798-1807. Four volumes. Second edition of the first volume, first editions of the other three. Vol. I [1806]: x, [1], [1 blank], 502, xxiv, [25]-26pp; Vol. II [1798]: [2], iv, 480, xix pp; Vol. III [1799]: [8], 519, [1 blank], xiii pp; Vol. IV [1807]..... More
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9 3/4" x 7 3/4". [4] pp, on two loose leaves of unlined paper, completely in ink manuscript. Small corner chip to first leaf [one letter barely touched upon]. Thin strip of mounting tape in margin of final page just touching signature. The paper is quite thin, resulting in some..... More
Boston: Green and Russell, 1765. 59, [1 blank] pp, with the half title [which is loose]. Disbound, light to moderate foxing, Good+. Eliot's powerful election sermon, reprinted in London in the same year, infused the increasingly widespread American ideas of Natural Rights and self-government "with more direct power and gave..... More
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
New York: Printed for John Lang, by John Furman, 1800. 54pp. Inconspicuous 'release' rubberstamp at blank bottom margin of page 54. Disbound, blank inner margin of title leaf with a few shallow chips, mild scattered foxing. Very Good. All printings of this pamphlet issued just before, and because of, the..... More
[Raleigh? North Carolina Standard? 1856]. Folio Broadside, 19-7/8" x 11-3/4". Text printed in three columns beneath title. Old folds, light soil, couple of short closed tears along folds expertly repaired without loss. Very Good. Benjamin Sherwood Hedrick [1827-1886], born and raised in North Carolina and a chemistry professor at its..... More
[Vicksburg: 1861]. Broadside, 7 3/4 x 14 1/4". Light old folds. Printed in two columns, signed in type at the end by Lake and dated Vicksburg, August 13, 1861. Signed, 'Hon. W.A. Lake' in ink at the top blank margin. Very Good. Lake started out in the Border State..... More
New Orleans: Printed by E.C. Wharton, 1857. xxvi, 439, [1 blank] pp, as issued. Occasional browning; pages 363 to the end are lightly to moderately foxed. Bound in original sheep [rubbed], with gilt-lettered morocco spine title labels. Very Good. A prominent New Orleans Jewish lawyer and City Attorney, Leovy..... More
Springfield: Wm. Walters, Public Printer, 1840. 121, [1 blank] pp. Illinois Senate & H.R., 11th Assem. 2d Session. Light scattered foxing. Disbound, a few leaves loosening, else Very Good. The Reports are a notable Lincoln rarity. Lincoln served as a member of the Joint Select Committee and was a co-signer..... More
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
Pensacola: 1867. One printed page, with integral blank leaf. 4to, signed in type at the end by Mallory. Evidently unrecorded. Very Good. Formerly United States Senator from Florida, and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Naval Affairs, Mallory became the Confederacy's Secretary of the Navy. He had long urged..... More
Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia: 1829. Folio, 8-1/4" x 13-1/4". [3], [1] p. Completely in ink manuscript. Addressed on final page to "Col. Roger Jones | City of Washington" and light postal cancel dated Jan. 9 at Winchester; with manuscript docket note in a different hand: "On the subject of the..... More
[Concord: 1848]. Elephant folio broadsheet, printed in seven columns on recto and verso. 19-1/2" x 26-1/2". Old folds, Very Good, with illustration of a sailing vessel, "Ship New Hampshire", flying the flags "No More Slave Territory", and "One Country, One Constitution, One Destiny." Illustration of Nathaniel S. Berry, "the man..... More
[New York: Printed by William Bradford, 1723]. [4] pp, folio. Caption title, as issued. Loose and lightly toned, else Very Good. Housed in a modern cloth binder, with gilt-lettered spine title. This rare item is the first statute establishing New York chancery fees, thus curing "the Inconveniences that may..... More