Philadelphia: Printed for the Author. [Copy right secured acccording (sic) to an act of Congress.], 1799. 48pp, disbound. Title page vignette of a street scene, with a large porcupine hanging from the Post. Old rubberstamp [which intrudes into the left portion of the vignette] and withdrawal [at bottom margin of..... More
Philadelphia: Printed by Mathew Carey, 1788. Volume III, Numbers I-VI [January 1788 - June 1788]. Complete as issued. Scattered light to moderate spotting. Good+, in modern half calf and marbled boards. This Volume prints illuminating accounts of the debates and discussions in States, Towns, and Societies which resulted in the..... More
Philadelphia: Carey, Stewart and Co., 1790. Volume VII, Numbers I-VI [January 1790 - June 1790]. 344, 44 [Appendix I- Poetry], 44 [Appendix II- Public Papers], 44 [i.e., 40; Appendix III- Proceedings of Congress], 40 [Appendix IV- Foreign Intelligence], iv [Index] pp. Mild foxing and toning. Appendix IV [Foreign Intelligence] is..... More
Philadelphia: Carey, Stewart and Co., 1791. 300, 1-12, 23-36, 48, 1-20, 37-44 [pages lacking]. Lacking pages 205-208 [from the October issue]. Tear with small loss at 245-246. The other losses, reflected in the erratic pagination, are to Appendices. Scattered foxing, title leaf laid down, a few upper margins strengthened. Good+..... More
Boston: Printed and Sold by Samuel Hall, [1793]. [36] pp, as issued. Stitched. Lightly foxed, else Very Good, with an elaborate cut at page [3] of The Twelve Constellations, with the Anatomy of the Human Body. Carleton explains some of his calculations and data, "hearing that some disapprove of..... More
Philadelphia: Printed by John Page, 1796. 352, [4] pp, 1 folded table. Covers absent, text generally clean and Very Good. With the signature Jno. Nicholas on the title page. The Second Session of the Fourth Congress convened on December 5, 1796 and closed on March 3, 1797. This volume, the..... More
Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, 1797. 366, [4] pp, with the contemporary signature of Jno. Nicholas on the title page. Covers absent, text lightly foxed and Very Good. The Second Session of the Fourth Congress convened on December 5, 1796 and closed on March 3, 1797. This volume II, like..... More
Boston: Thomas and John Fleet, 1773. Half title, [4], 76 pp. Stitched, untrimmed, foxed moderately, Good+. Inscribed on the half title, 'The gift of Danl. Farnham Jr. to his humble servt Wm. Fish.' FIRST EDITION. Evans 12709. Not in Jenkins. More
[Newburyport]: Printed by Blunt and March, [1796]. 32pp, with the half title [which is loose, and has a light rubberstamp in upper blank corner]. Disbound, lightly foxed, Good+. Webster, who had been the minister of the second church and congregation of Salisbury, "did not think himself obliged to be..... More
[Providence]: Smith & Parmenter, Printers, [1828]. 8pp, stitched as issued. Light old folds, light toning, Very Good. The Charter is the Act to incorporate the Stockholders, printed here. John Greene and Sylvester Knight supervised subscriptions to the bank's stock. The Bank has been in continuous operation since 1828. FIRST EDITION..... More
Philadelphia: Printed by Land & Ustick, for Selves, M. Carey, J. Crukshank, H.&P. Rice, T. Dobson, R. Campbell, & J. Ormrod, 1796. 8vo. xlx, 663, [7] pp [pp. 655-663 mis-paged 665-673]. Front cover gone, rear leather cover and spine present. Closed tear across title page but without loss [archival tape..... More
[Peoria, IL? 1848]. Small 4to broadside, printed on the recto of the first page of a folded leaf, the other three pages blank. Toned, lightly spotted, one short closed margin tear [no loss]. Good+. Addressed on final blank with postal cancel to Robert Patterson, Maj. Genl U.S. Army, at Philadelphia..... More
Boston: Printed by R. Draper, Edes & Gill, and T. & J. Fleet, 1767. Half title, 55, [1 blank] pp. Some spotting and light foxing, disbound with some loosening, Good to Good+. By the foremost Boston clergyman of his time, friend of American religious institutions and the American Revolution..... More
Boston: 1772. 160pp. Disbound, lacks half title. Scattered spotting. Good+ Sermons by the great advocate of American religious and political freedom. FIRST EDITION. Evans 12350 [Evans's erroneous collation corrected by Shipton]. II Jenkins 239. More
Boston: Printed by Order of the Honourable House of Representatives, 1747. [3]-69, [2], [1 blank] pp. Attractive typographic ornamentation. Lacking the half title [but including the Appendix], released from AAS collection, with its rubberstamp on title page. Else Very Good, in later plain wrappers. This American patriot, a friend..... More
Boston: Printed for D. Gookin in Marlborough-Street... 1745. 38pp, with the half title but lacking the final blank leaf. Upper portion of half title restored in blank, not affecting the text but eliminating some of the upper border. Stitched, some light spotting [more so to the outer margin of the..... More
Boston: 1746. 43, [1 blank] pp, but lacking the half title. Disbound, light foxing and wear. Else Very Good. A sermon denouncing the insurrection in Scotland, which attempts "to displace our King, set aside the Succession in his illustrious House, and subject the Nation to an abjured and popish..... More
Boston: Rogers & Fowle...Also by S. Eliot in Cornhill, 1742. [3]-40 pp, lacking the half title. Stitched, untrimmed, scattered spotting, Good+. Pastor of the First Church of Christ in Boston, Chauncy was one of the most articulate opponents of orthodox theologians who sought to establish the Church of England in..... More
Boston: Rogers and Fowle, for Samuel Eliot, 1744. 54pp, lacking the half title and final blank. Disbound, minor repair [expertly accomplished] to a small portion of the last leaf [no loss]. Good+. This is a significant Great Awakening piece, supporting the established "Body of the Ministers" and opposing "meer..... More
Boston: Printed by Rogers and Fowle, for S. Eliot. 1744. 45, [1 blank] pp, with the half title but lacking the final blank leaf. 'March 17 1903' written on half title, along with some faded contemporary writing. Stitched. Lightly foxed, else Very Good. Chauncy warns against Great Awakening "Notions,"..... More
Boston: Printed by G. Rogers, for J. Edwards and S. Eliot. 1741. 47pp, but lacking the half title. Disbound, scattered spotting, Good+. Chauncy "was undoubtedly the most influential clergyman of his time in Boston, and, with the exception of Jonathan Edwards, in all New England" [DAB]. He was Edwards's..... More
Boston: D. and J. Kneeland, for Thomas Leverett, 1765. ii, 344 pp. Lacking the half title. Else Very Good, in original calf [scuffed, hinges starting]. Sermons on religious matters by the foremost Boston clergyman of his time, friend of American religious institutions and the American Revolution, and foe of..... More
Boston: 1762. 118pp. Half title present but detached. Disbound. Else Very Good. This is a seminal work, not only in Chauncy's long repertoire of publications, but also in Colonial Americans' struggle to prevent domination by the Episcopal Church and to nurture their own democratic religious institutions. As DAB notes, "Chauncy..... More
Chicago: 1868. Broadsides of various sizes, no printers listed. Some occasional minor wear, Very Good. The financial sheets quote daily prices for stocks and bonds in Chicago. They suggest Chicago's emergence as a center of trade and finance before the Great Fire. The sheets include Tyler, Ullman & Co., Daily..... More
[Chicago: (1870)]. Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. Ten issues, lacking only No. 5. Each is 16pp, stitched, caption title [as issued]. Scattered dustsoil, foxing, and light to moderate wear. Good+. An unusual magazine, published from 1869 through 1872, devoted to the themes of..... More