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AN HISTORICAL, GEOGRAPHICAL, COMMERCIAL, AND PHILOSOPHICAL VIEW OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND OF THE EUROPEAN SETTLEMENTS IN AMERICA AND THE WEST-INDIES. BY W. WINTERBOTHAM. IN FOUR VOLUMES. WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS.

London: Printed for the Editor; J. Ridgway, York-Street: H.D. Symonds, Paternoster Row: and D. Holt, Newark, [1795]. Four volumes, with seventeen engraved, uncolored plates [including frontis engraving in each volume], and four folding letterpress tables. Collation: pages [2- frontis: Falls of St. Anthony], viii, [26- 13 engravings plus their blank..... More

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THE HISTORY OF THE RISE, PROGRESS, AND ESTABLISHMENT, OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: INCLUDING AN ACCOUNT OF THE LATE WAR; AND OF THE THIRTEEN COLONIES, FROM THEIR ORIGIN TO THAT PERIOD. IN FOUR VOLUMES.

London: Printed for the Author; and sold by Charles Dilly, in the Poultry. . . 1788. Four volumes: [26], 504; [8], 584; [8], 499, [1 blank]; [8], 445, [1, blank], [34- Index], [2 blanks] pp. Complete with nine folding maps: The United States of America; Boston, and its Environs; New..... More

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Item #39570 AN ANTIDOTE AGAINST DISTRACTIONS. Richard Steel

AN ANTIDOTE AGAINST DISTRACTIONS.

New York: Printed and Sold by J. Parker, and W. Weyman, at the New-Printing-Office in Beaver-Street, 1754. [8], 128 pp. Disbound, trimmed closely with occasional loss of catchword, lightly foxed. Good+. Housed in a modern custom folding case. This is the rare first American edition-- and the only 18th century..... More

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Item #39556 A SERMON PREACHED AT CAMBRIDGE, BEFORE HIS EXCELLENCY THOMAS HUTCHINSON, ESQ;...

A SERMON PREACHED AT CAMBRIDGE, BEFORE HIS EXCELLENCY THOMAS HUTCHINSON, ESQ; GOVERNOR: HIS HONOR ANDREW OLIVER, ESQ; LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR, THE HONORABLE HIS MAJESTY'S COUNCIL, AND THE HONORABLE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, OF THE PROVINCE OF MASSACHUSETTS-BAY IN NEW-ENGLAND, MAY 27TH 1772. BEING THE ANNIVERSARY FOR THE ELECTION OF HIS MAJESTY'S COUNCIL FOR SAID PROVINCE.

Boston: Edes and Gill, 1772. 43, [1 blank] pp, but lacking the half title. Stitched and untrimmed. First leaf torn at outer blank margin, not affecting text. Outer margins browned. Good+. A desirable pre-Revolutionary War sermon. Parsons locates God's hand in all events, "either when we enjoy the advantages of..... More

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Item #39555 WILLIAM THE THIRD, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, FRANCE, AND IRELAND,...

WILLIAM THE THIRD, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, OF ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, FRANCE, AND IRELAND, KING, DEFENDER OF THE FAITH, &C. TO ALL CHRISTIAN PEOPLE, TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING: I. WHEREAS WE ARE CREDIBLY INFORMED, THAT IN MANY OF OUR PLANTATIONS, COLONIES AND FACTORIES BEYOND THE SEAS, BELONGING TO OUR KINGDOM OF ENGLAND, THE PROVISION FOR MINISTERS IS VERY MEAN, AND MANY OTHERS OF OUR SAID PLANTATIONS, COLONIES AND FACTORIES ARE TOTALLY DESTITUTE AND UNPROVIDED OF A MAINTENANCE FOR MINISTERS, AND THE PUBLICK WORSHIP OF GOD, AND FOR LACK OF SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE FOR SUCH, MANY OF OUR LOVING SUBJECTS DO WANT THE ADMINISTRATION OF GOD'S WORD AND SACRAMENTS, AND SEEM TO BE ABANDONED TO ATHEISM AND INFIDELITY ...

[London: Printed by J. Downing in Bartholomew-Close near West-Smithfield, 1702]. Folio sheet, folded to 4pp. Each page 9" x 14-3/8." The imprint is from the colophon. Printed in dark Gothic type, with woodcut of Royal Arms at head of the title and large ornamental initial "W." Signed in type at..... More

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Item #39411 NEW-ENGLAND JUDGED BY THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD. IN TWO PARTS. FIRST, CONTAINING A BRIEF...

NEW-ENGLAND JUDGED BY THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD. IN TWO PARTS. FIRST, CONTAINING A BRIEF RELATION OF THE SUFFERINGS OF THE PEOPLE CALL'D QUAKERS IN NEW-ENGLAND, FROM THE TIME OF THEIR FIRST ARRIVAL THERE, IN THE YEAR 1656, TO THE YEAR 1660. WHEREIN THEIR MERCILESS WHIPPINGS, CHAININGS, FININGS, IMPRISONINGS, STARVINGS, BURNING IN THE HAND, CUTTING OFF EARS, AND PUTTING TO DEATH, WITH DIVERS OTHER CRUELTIES, INFLICTED UPON THE BODIES OF INNOCENT MEN AND WOMEN, ONLY FOR CONSCIENCE-SAKE, ARE BRIEFLY DESCRIBED. IN ANSWER TO THE DECLARATION OF THEIR PERSECUTORS APOLOGIZING FOR THE SAME, MDCLIX. SECOND PART, BEING A FARTHER RELATION OF THE CRUEL AND BLOODY SUFFERINGS OF THE PEOPLE CALL'D QUAKERS IN NEW-ENGLAND, CONTINUED FROM ANNO 1660, TO ANNO 1665. BEGINNING WITH THE SUFFERINGS OF WILLIAM LEDDRA, WHOM THEY PUT TO DEATH...WITH AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING THE WRITINGS OF SEVERAL OF THE SUFFERERS. . . ALSO, AN ANSWER TO COTTON MATHER'S ABUSES OF THE SAID PEOPLE IN HIS LATE HISTORY OF NEW-ENGLAND, PRINTED ANNO 1702. THE WHOLE BEING AT THIS TIME PUBLISHED IN THE SAID PEOPLES VINDICATION, AS A REPLY TO ALL HIS SLANDEROUS CALUMNIES.

London: Printed and Sold by T. Sowle, 1703. [10], 113, 112-141, 152-498, [1]-212, [11 Index], [1 errata], [10 publ. advt] pp. Bound in contemporary tooled calf, rebacked in modern calf. Early leaves with some dusting and foxing, else a clean text. Very Good. "The pagination is irregular. With an index..... More

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Item #39405 PROCEEDINGS OF THE FRIENDS TO THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS; ON DECEMBER, THE 22D, 1792....

PROCEEDINGS OF THE FRIENDS TO THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS; ON DECEMBER, THE 22D, 1792. AND JANUARY 19TH, AND MARCH 9TH, 1793.

[London]: Printed by Order of the Committee, 1793. [2], 22 pp. Disbound, else Very Good. The Friends to the Liberty of the Press was formed in late 1792 to combat a zealous "right wing group" called the Association for Preservation of Liberty and Property Against Republicans and Levellers. "The aim..... More

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Item #39404 THE RESOLUTIONS OF THE FIRST MEETING OF THE FRIENDS TO THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS,...

THE RESOLUTIONS OF THE FIRST MEETING OF THE FRIENDS TO THE LIBERTY OF THE PRESS, DECEMBER 19TH, 1792. ALSO, THE DECLARATION OF THE SECOND MEETING, JANUARY 22ND, 1793, WRITTEN BY THE HON. THOMAS ERSKINE; TO WHICH IS ADDED, A LETTER TO MR. REEVES, CHAIRMAN OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR PRESERVING LIBERTY AND PROPERTY: BY THOMAS LAW, ESQ. LATE ONE OF THE COMMITTEE OF THAT SOCIETY.

London: Printed for J. Ridgway, 1793. 27, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, else Very Good. The Friends to the Liberty of the Press was formed in 1792 to combat a zealous "right wing group" called the Association for Preservation of Liberty and Property Against Republicans and Levellers. "The aim of the..... More

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Item #39403 THE SPEECHES (AT LENGTH) OF THE HONOURABLE T. ERSKINE, AND S. KYD, ESQ. AT THE COURT...

THE SPEECHES (AT LENGTH) OF THE HONOURABLE T. ERSKINE, AND S. KYD, ESQ. AT THE COURT OF KING'S BENCH, WESTMINSTER, ON SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1797; ON THE TRIAL OF T. WILLIAMS, FOR PUBLISHING PAINE'S AGE OF REASON; WITH LORD KENYON'S CHARGE TO THE JURY. SECOND EDITION CORRECTED.

London: Printed for J.S. Jordan, No. 166, Fleet-street. . . [1797?]. 30, [2 advt] pp. Disbound, else Very Good. The trial before Lord Kenyon occurred in June 1797. Williams published and sold Paine's 'Age of Reason,' which was deemed seditious and heretical. He was indicted for blasphemy. Erskine, of all..... More

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