Boston: Printed by B. Green, for Benj. Eliot, at his Shop, 1720. [2], iv, 44, [3], [1 blank] pp. Lacking the half title. Disbound with loosened leaves. Lightly toned but a clean text. Good+. Colman was Senior Pastor of the Brattle Street church, one of the most prolific and best..... More

New Haven: Printed for the Widow Sarah Diodate, 1761. 39pp, sewn as issued [loosening], untrimmed and partly uncut, lightly worn and spotted. Very Good. "In this issue there is no comma after 'worldlymindedness' and the pastor's surname is spelt 'Moodey'." [ESTC]. In the other issue, the author''s name is spelled..... More

West Chester, PA: Printed by Joseph Painter, 1838. 104pp. Bound in original sheep, with rear board detaching. Inner hinges reinforced, lightly foxed. Modern owner's stamp on front pastedown. Good+. An epic travel poem by the author of 'American Ornithology,' first appearing in the Port Folio. Its first book publication occurred..... More

Boston: Printed by Rogers and Fowle, in Queen-Street, 1748. 27, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, with the half title. Light scattered foxing. Very Good. Bound in modern half black cloth and marbled paper over boards. Owner's rubberstamp on front pastedown. One of several sermons printed during 1748 on this fire, which..... More

Washington DC: 1864. Single page, written on recto only, 8" x 10." On Treasury Department letterhead. Fine. Lincoln's Treasury Secretary, later his appointee as Chief Justice of the United States, writes to Stanton: "Sir | I transmit herewith, for such action as you think proper, copy of a letter of..... More

Paris: Chez Cuchet Libraire, Rue det Hotel Serpente, 1787. Three volumes: xxxii, 478, [2- Table], [2 blanks] [plus three plates (including frontis) and one folding map] ; [2], 438, [6] [with three folding maps]; [2], 592 pp [one folding map, one folding chart]. Contemporary calf, gilt spine rules and morocco..... More

Boston, N.E. Edes & Gill. 1755. pp 72, [2] pp, but lacking the half title. The Advertisement and the erratum are present in the final two pages. Disbound, lightly foxed, Good+. This extraordinarily talented and influential minister, who championed the integrity of American religious institutions against establishmentarian claims of the..... More

Boston, N.E. Printed by S. Kneeland and T. Green, for S. Gerrish in Cornhill, 1730. [8], 46, [2 blanks] pp. Stitched and untrimmed, generously margined. Half title present [torn with loss]. Else Very Good. With the ownership signature of Caleb Cushing, probably the Massachusetts diplomat and politician. In modern marbled..... More

Boston: 1742. Modern quarter calf and marbled boards [2], iv, 296, [1- printer's advt], [1 blank] pp Several archival repairs to blank margins, scattered fox, else Very Good A significant work in the history of New England theology that would influence the leaders of the Great Awakening. Earlier editions were..... More

Boston: Richard Draper, 1771. 63pp, with the half title. Early marbled wrappers. Some foxing [substantial foxing in upper blank corners of later leaves]. Good+. Ink signature, 'Geo Leonard Jnr 1771' on half title. Tucker preaches a powerful justification of Americans' natural right to govern themselves, in the presence of the..... More

Boston, New-England: Richard Draper... 1759. 67, [12- Appendix], [1 blank] pp, lacking the half title. Disbound. Small institutional withdrawal rubberstamp at bottom corner of final blank. Light wear, closed tear [no loss] at leaf 45-46. Good+. "God has done many considerable, and some great things for us, in this time."..... More

Philadelphia: King & Baird, Printers, 1863. 16pp, stitched. Narrow front wrapper remnant along inner margin, else Very Good. Lincoln issues his famous reply to the Albany Democrats' resolutions charging him with violating civil liberties by arbitrary arrests and suppressing free speech. Democrats deplored Lincoln's arrest and planned deportation of the..... More

Boston: Sold by Rogers & Fowle in Queen-Street... 1742. vi, [1], 8-15, [1 blank] pp. Light rubberstamp, else Very Good in modern half morocco, marbled boards, and gilt-lettered spine title. A presentation copy, inscribed to "R. Cotton from the Rev. Mr. Turell." A scarce, early American imprint. Reverend Turell wrote..... More