London: 1797. Modern calf, gilt-lettered spine title. [6], [i]-cxiv, [1 errata], [1 blank], [1]-596 pp. Near Fine. A significant Loyalist perspective on the Revolution by a man who came to Virginia in 1754 as a youth and lived there until 1775, when he returned to England. Boucher, who became an..... More
Cooperstown [NY]: H. & E. Phinney, 1838. 12mo, 192pp. Original cloth and spine label [some soil and rubbing], rebacked with much of the original spine laid down. Scattered foxing, dampstaining to some corners. Good+. Cooper pens essays on imperfections in American democracy, especially "a disposition in the majority to carry..... More
America: Boston: Re-Printed and Sold at Greenleaf's Printing-Office... 1775. 20pp. Untrimmed, margin-foxed, with some light text foxing. Else Very Good, in modern cloth [which is lightly worn]. The Friendly Address had supported the Intolerable Acts, warned against a bloody and futile colonial rebellion, argued that the colonists were unreasonable, and..... More
Edinburgh: Printed for the Author [by Churnside & Wilson], and Sold by the Principal Booksellers in Great Britain, 1779. [6], xii, [7]-473, [1 blank] pp, extra-illustrated with 21 unpaginated plates and maps [some folding and colored]. The collation calls for only twelve engraved plates. Engraved title page. Occasional minor dusting..... More
New York: Denniston and Cheetham, 1802. 72pp, disbound, light tanning. Early ownership signature in top margin of title page. Good+. Cheetham, notorious pamphleteer and journalist, edited the Democratic-Republicans' newspaper in New York, whose bitterly partisan politics involved Burr [then Jefferson's Vice President], Clinton, and Hamilton factions. Cheetham regularly attacked Burr..... More