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Neal, Daniel:

THE HISTORY OF NEW-ENGLAND, CONTAINING AN IMPARTIAL ACCOUNT OF THE CIVIL AND ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS OF THE COUNTRY, TO THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 1700. TO WHICH IS ADDED, THE PRESENT STATE OF NEW-ENGLAND. WITH A NEW AND ACCURATE MAP OF THE COUNTRY, AND AN APPENDIX CONTAINING THEIR PRESENT CHARTER, THEIR ECCLESIASTICAL DISCIPLINE, AND THEIR MUNICIPAL LAWS. IN TWO VOLUMES. THE SECOND EDITION. WITH MANY ADDITIONS BY THE AUTHOR. VOL. II.

London: A. Ward, T. Longman, T. Shewell, J. Oswald, A. Millar, J. Brackstone, 1747. Volume II only of two volume set. [1-title] [1 blank], 380, [17-index] pp. Disbound, untrimmed, partly uncut, loose gatherings. Leaf containing pages 151-152 has large closed tear [no text loss, some browning along tear edges]. Good+... More about THE HISTORY OF NEW-ENGLAND, CONTAINING AN IMPARTIAL ACCOUNT OF THE CIVIL AND ECCLESIASTICAL...

Price: $250.00

Prince, Thomas:

A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF NEW-ENGLAND IN THE FORM OF ANNALS: BEING A SUMMARY AND EXACT ACCOUNT OF THE MOST MATERIAL TRANSACTIONS AND OCCURRENCES RELATING TO THIS COUNTRY, IN THE ORDER OF TIME WHEREIN THEY HAPPENED, FROM THE DISCOVERY BY CAPT. GOSNOLD IN 1602, TO THE ARRIVAL OF GOVERNOR BELCHER, IN 1730. WITH AN INTRODUCTION...VOL. I.

Boston, N.E. Printed by S. Kneeland & Green for S. Gerrish, 1736. Contemporary calf [hinges starting, spine chip], covers bordered by gilt rules. Raised spine bands, gilt-lettered 'I' stamped on spine. [10], xi, [1], 20, 104, [2], 254 pp. Title printed in red and black. Rear free endpaper lacking; front... More about A CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF NEW-ENGLAND IN THE FORM OF ANNALS: BEING A SUMMARY AND EXACT ACCOUNT...

Price: $1,250.00

Williams, Simon:

FORMA SACRA, OR, A SACRED PLATFORM OF NATURAL AND REVEALED RELIGION; EXHIBITING, A SCRIPTUAL [sic] AND RATIONAL ACCOUNT OF THE THREE IMPORTANT HEADS... BY THE PIOUS AND LEARNED THOMAS BLACKWELL, TO WHICH IS NOW ADDED, AN INTRODUCTION, POINTING OUT, THE EXPEDIENCY, PROPRIETY AND UTILITY OF RE-PRINTING SAID BOOK IN THIS OUR DAY, WHEN PURE AND UNDEFILED RELIGION APPEARS TO BE SO MUCH ON THE DECLINE AMONG PROFESSORS OF ALL DENOMINATIONS IN THIS FLOURISHING AMERICAN WORLD. BY SIMON WILLIAMS, A.M., MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL IN WINDHAM IN N. HAMPSHIRE.

Boston: Printed by William M'Alpine, for the Rev. Mr. Williams, of Windham, 1774. xvii, [1- Advertisement from Williams], xviii, vi [i.e., vii],8-339, [Advertisement from M'Alpine] pp. Full contemporary unlettered calf with raised spine bands, an attractive colonial binding. Lacks the free endpapers, Very Good with light occasional foxing. "Contains... More about FORMA SACRA, OR, A SACRED PLATFORM OF NATURAL AND REVEALED RELIGION; EXHIBITING, A SCRIPTUAL...

Price: $500.00

Fenning, Daniel:

THE READY RECKONER, OR, TRADER'S USEFUL ASSISTANT, IN BUYING AND SELLING ALL SORTS OF COMMODITIES, EITHER WHOLESALE OR RETAIL...TO WHICH IS ADDED, A TABLE OF SIMPLE AND COMPOUND INTEREST...THE ELEVENTH EDITION. COMPARED WITH THE LAST EDITION BY NICHOLAS PIKE, ESQ.

Newburyport: Printed by Edmund M. Blunt, 1794. Tall 12mo. 158 [i.e., 160] pp. Bound in original sheep [gilt spine bands, hinges cracked but holding]. Very Good. Evans 26967. ESTC W19349 [15 locations]. More about THE READY RECKONER, OR, TRADER'S USEFUL ASSISTANT, IN BUYING AND SELLING ALL SORTS OF...

Price: $350.00

[Liberty Party in 1848]:

MASSACHUSETTS LIBERTY CONVENTION AND SPEECH OF HON. JOHN P. HALE, LETTER ACCEPTING HIS NOMINATION FOR THE PRESIDENCY.

[Boston? 1848]. 8pp, each page printed in two columns. Caption title as issued. Disbound, Good+. The forerunner of Martin Van Buren's 1848 Free Soil Party and of the Republican Party in 1854, the Liberty Party was the first national political organization to oppose slavery. It was sufficiently powerful in 1844... More about MASSACHUSETTS LIBERTY CONVENTION AND SPEECH OF HON. JOHN P. HALE, LETTER ACCEPTING HIS NOMINATION...

Price: $500.00

Phillips, Wendell:

WENDELL PHILLIPS ON THE WAR. PHONOGRAPHIC REPORT BY J.M.W. YERRINGTON/ APRIL 27, 1861.

[Boston: The Liberator] 221 Washington St., Room G, [1861]. Elephant folio broadside, 17" x 24-1/2". Printed in six columns Light toning and wear. Small chip at top blank edge. Old folds, several splits along folds with occasional loss of portions of a couple of letters, repaired on verso with archival... More about WENDELL PHILLIPS ON THE WAR. PHONOGRAPHIC REPORT BY J.M.W. YERRINGTON/ APRIL 27, 1861

Price: $1,000.00

[Ballou, Silas]:

OLD ENGLAND FORTY YEARS AGO.

Boston: Sold wholesale and retail by L. Deming, No. 62, Hanover Street, 2d door from Friend Street, [1830s]. Broadside poem, printed in three columns separated by rules. 8-1/4" x 9-3/4". Old folds with slight effect on text. Some spotting. About Good+. The poem was printed in several locations at several... More about OLD ENGLAND FORTY YEARS AGO

Price: $500.00

Liberty Party:

ADDRESS OF THE LIBERTY STATE COMMITTEE. TO THE VOTING FRIENDS OF FREEDOM AND EMANCIPATION IN MASSACHUSETTS. FELLOW CITIZENS...

[Boston: 1846]. 8pp, uncut and untrimmed folio leaf printed in two columns per page. Near Fine. The Liberty Party, the first to campaign nationally for emancipation of the slaves and the precursor to the Free Soil and Republican Parties, opposes the Mexican War and President Polk's deceitful and unilateral... More about ADDRESS OF THE LIBERTY STATE COMMITTEE. TO THE VOTING FRIENDS OF FREEDOM AND EMANCIPATION IN...

Price: $500.00

[Mann, Horace]:

FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, TOGETHER WITH THE FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE BOARD.

Boston: Dutton and Wentworth, State Printers, 1838. Stitched, 75pp. Untrimmed, scattered foxing, Good+. 'Senate...No. 26' at head of title. When Mann took office as Secretary, the free public school system was characterized by "short school terms, dilapidated and unsanitary school-houses, untrained and underpaid teachers, and irrational methods of teaching. He... More about FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, TOGETHER WITH THE FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE...

Price: $350.00

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

Price: $2,500.00

Yerrinton, J[ames] M[anning] W[inchelle]:

THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF SARAH JANE ROBINSON: FOR THE MURDER OF PRINCE ARTHUR FREEMAN IN THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS, FROM NOTES OF MR. J.M.W. YERRINTON. PUBLISHED BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, UNDER CHAPTER 214 OF ACTS OF 1886.

Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co., 1888. 469pp. Modern tan cloth with gilt lettered crimson morocco label. Blank margins of early leaves repaired, else Very Good. Sarah Jane Robinson was a woman "of brutal callousness" who murdered her husband, two children, sister, brother-in-law, a nephew and her landlord over... More about THE OFFICIAL REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF SARAH JANE ROBINSON: FOR THE MURDER OF PRINCE ARTHUR FREEMAN...

Price: $175.00

[Amherst College]:

SONGS SUNG AT THE BIENNIAL SUPPER OF THE CLASS OF '63. AMERICAN HOUSE, AMHERST, MASS. JULY 8, 1861.

[Amherst? 1861]. [4] pp, plus original printed wrappers with wrapper title. Light to moderate wear, Good+. Words to several humorous songs by the Junior Class at Amherst College. Not located on OCLC as of April 2019. More about SONGS SUNG AT THE BIENNIAL SUPPER OF THE CLASS OF '63. AMERICAN HOUSE, AMHERST, MASS. JULY 8, 1861

Price: $50.00

AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY, OR, AN ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1753. CALCULATED FOR THE...

Ames, Nathaniel:

AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY, OR, AN ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1753. CALCULATED FOR THE MERIDIAN OF BOSTON IN NEW- ENGLAND.

Boston; New-England: J. Draper, for the Booksellers, 1752. 16pp, stitched. Uniformly browned. Very Good. With an essay on the calendar. Evans 6807. Drake 3092. ESTC W29767. More about AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY, OR, AN ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1753. CALCULATED FOR THE...

Price: $350.00

AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY, OR, AN ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1755...CALCULATED FOR THE...

Ames, Nathaniel:

AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY, OR, AN ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1755...CALCULATED FOR THE MERIDIAN OF BOSTON, NEW-ENGLAND.

Boston, New-England: J. Draper, for the Booksellers, [1754]. 8 leaves (complete). Stitched. Upper right quadrant spotted, small hole in last leaf affects a couple of letters. Else Good+. On page14, above the details for December, the Almanac reads: "WHO 'ere presum'd, till FRANKLIN led the Way, / to climb... More about AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY, OR, AN ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1755...CALCULATED FOR THE...

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AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY: OR AN ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1754... CALCULATED FOR THE...

Ames, Nathaniel:

AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY: OR AN ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1754... CALCULATED FOR THE MERIDIAN OF BOSTON, NEW- ENGLAND.

Boston, New-England: J. Draper, for the Booksellers, [1753]. 8 leaves (complete). Stitched, dusted, text lightened on last page. Good+. "I have fill'd the two last Pages with an Essay upon Regimen." "The writer refers to the great number of deaths caused by the 'throat distemper or Pestilence Ulcusculosa'."... More about AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY: OR AN ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1754... CALCULATED FOR THE...

Price: $350.00

INVITATION HYMN. Solomon Howe

[Howe, Solomon]:

INVITATION HYMN.

[Enfield MA: Printed by Solomon Howe, 1838]. Broadside, 6.25" x 8". [Enfield, MA? 1838?]. Untrimmed. Beneath title is illustration of Masonic emblems. Printed in double columns, ten numbered stanzas. Words only, no music. Minor foxing, Very Good. OCLC states the following: "Imprint information from Howe bibliography in Proc. Amer... More about INVITATION HYMN

Price: $150.00

WICKED MEN ENSNARED BY THEMSELVES. A SERMON PREACHED, DECEMBER 16, 1825, IN THE SECOND PARISH OF...

Sprague, William B.:

WICKED MEN ENSNARED BY THEMSELVES. A SERMON PREACHED, DECEMBER 16, 1825, IN THE SECOND PARISH OF WEST SPRINGFIELD, AT THE INTERMENT OF SAMUEL LEONARD, AND MRS. HARRIET LEONARD, HIS WIFE; THE FORMER OF WHOM MURDERED THE LATTER, AND THEN COMMITTED SUICIDE. WITH AN APPENDIX CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE HORRID TRANSACTION. SECOND EDITION.

Springfield: Tannatt & Co., Publishers, 1826. 44pp. Stitched in original drab wrappers. Some spotting, several closed tears without loss. Good+. "After threatening several times to do so, Leonard killed his wife with an ax and then cut his own throat" [McDade]. Cohen states, "We have been unable to locate a.... More about WICKED MEN ENSNARED BY THEMSELVES. A SERMON PREACHED, DECEMBER 16, 1825, IN THE SECOND PARISH OF...

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THE AUTHENTIC LIFE OF MRS. MARY ANN BICKFORD, WHO WAS MURDERED IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, ON THE 27TH...

[Bickford, James]:

THE AUTHENTIC LIFE OF MRS. MARY ANN BICKFORD, WHO WAS MURDERED IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, ON THE 27TH OF OCTOBER, 1845. COMPRISING A LARGE NUMBER OF HER ORIGINAL LETTERS AND CORRESPONDENCE NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED. SECOND EDITION.

Boston: Published by the Compiler, 1846. 48pp. Disbound, original printed wrappers, the front wrapper illustrated with a portrait of Mrs. Bickford, engraved by Brown & Worcester. Verso of title page is a printed certificate from James Bickford, attesting to the accuracy of the correspondence and text. Spine worn, old bookplate... More about THE AUTHENTIC LIFE OF MRS. MARY ANN BICKFORD, WHO WAS MURDERED IN THE CITY OF BOSTON, ON THE 27TH...

Price: $850.00

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