New York: Hugh Gaine, 1788. Original calf [rebacked, endpapers retained]. v, [1 blank], 336, [29], [1 publ. advt.] pp. Light scattered foxing. Very Good. This is the only eighteenth century American printing. It includes cases on tort, contract, statutes, civil rights, the law of evidence and "general matters relative... More
[Boston: Printed by John Howe, 1775]. Folio broadside, 36cm x 22cm. Thomas W. Streeter's copy, with his small sticker on the blank verso. Near Fine. "British account of the battle of Bunker Hill" [ESTC], printed in Boston a week after the Battle. The printer, John Howe [1754-1835], was a Loyalist;... More
Amherst [NH]: Samuel Preston, 1798. 16mo. iv, [1], 6-176 pp [as issued]. Contemporary calf. Contemporary ownership inscription of Andrew Dodge. Minor wear, Very Good. First published at London in 1688 under the title, 'Good News for the Vilest of Men.' This is the second American printing. The first American... More
Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by Robert Bell, 1783. 16pp. Bound in modern marbled paper wrappers. Blank top margin of title page clipped, lightly foxed. Good+. This attack on the Society first issued from Charleston earlier in 1783. A patriotic organization whose membership descends to the "eldest male posterity" of the... More
Philadelphia: James Humphreys, 1797. iv, [5]-56 pp [as issued]. Disbound, lower quadrant of first several leaves spotted. Good+. This is the only 18th century American edition. According to the preliminary 'Advertisement by the Editor,' Burke sought to suppress this Letter: "not more than between seventy and eighty copies got... More
Palmyra, N.Y. Sentinel Office, 1846. 40pp, disbound and moderately foxed. Good+. This is a rare printing of Burke's essays. OCLC, the only consulted source recording it, locates a single copy. The Washington imprint is far more common. Burke was a New Hampshire Democratic lawyer who served as President... More
Boston: Printed for, and sold by Joseph Greenleaf, at his printing-office... 1773. Original quarter sheep and paper over boards [sturdy but rubbed, with a couple of chips at the spine]. [8], 386, [2] pp. A contemporary manuscript index is added on the front free endpaper. Bookplate of the noted Americanist... More
Boston: Printed for, and sold by Joseph Greenleaf, at his printing-office... 1773. Original tooled calf, raised spine bands. Rebacked. [8], 386, [2- printer's advertisement] pp [as issued]. Contemporary inscription at upper margin of title page: "Ezekl Price | Tho's Greenleaf Junr." Very Good. The first edition of the first... More
New-York: Printed by T. and J. Swords, 1792. 30pp. Disbound, lacks the final blank leaf. Top blank margin of title page torn, but no text affected. Scattered foxing, Good+. Signed in type at the end by Richard Harison, John Cozine, C.I. Bogert, Robert Troup, James H. Hughes, and Thomas Cooper... More
Providence: Sayles, Miller & Simons, Printers, 1853. 12mo. Stitched in original printed wrappers [front wrap soiled]. 12pp, some spotting, Good+. "The Butchers' and Drovers' Bank was incorporated in May, 1853, with a capital of $250,000, and located at 25 Broad street. Its first directors were B. B. Knight, Alfred Anthony... More
Boston: Printed by S. Kneeland & T. Green, 1741. [2], 19, [1 blank] pp. Lacking the half title. Disbound, light toning and foxing, light wear. Good+. Cabot [1706-1756] was the minister in Killingly, Connecticut. His heartbreaking Sermon confesses, "We are (at best) poor short sighted creatures that can see... More
Boston: Printed for John Eliot in Orange Street at the South End of the Town, 1734. [2], ii, 18 pp, lacking the half title. Disbound with some loosening, scattered foxing. About Good+. Cabot [1706-1756] was the minister in Killingly, Connecticut. The Prefatory Remarks by John Fisk and Eben Williams... More
Boston: Printed for John Eliot in Orange Street at the South End of the Town, 1734. [4], ii, 18 pp, with the half title [light rubberstamp]. Disbound, Very Good. Cabot [1706-1756] was the minister in Killingly, Connecticut. The Prefatory Remarks by John Fisk and Eben Williams state that God has... More
Boston: N.E. Printed by S. Kneeland & T. Green, 1735. [2], 23 [i.e., 19], [1 blank] pp. Lacking the half title. Disbound, scattered and generally light foxing. Attractive typographic ornamentation, Good+. "Error in paging: p. 13-19 misnumbered 17-23" [ESTC]. Cabot [1706-1756] was the minister in Killingly, Connecticut. His Sermon... More
Boston: Re-Printed for Henry Knox, 1772. 76, [3], [1 blank] pp. Lightly worn, title with some foxing and a fold in lower corner area. Three pages of Knox's books for sale in Boston. Bound in modern marbled paper and cloth. Good+. One of several 1772 American printings, the first... More
Philadelphia: Thomas and Samuel Bradford, 1799. xii, [13]-59, [1 blank] pp. Disbound and foxed, Good+ Caldwell argues that Philadelphia succumbed to the several yellow fever epidemics of the 1790's "through the channel of commerce," via "pestiferous air, generated by the putrefactive dissolution of the cargoes or ballast of vessels."... More
Medford, (Massachusetts.): For William Hunt, 1800. 34, [2 blanks] pp. Stitched in contemporary plain wrappers, untrimmed. Foxed, Good+. With the ownership signature, 'S. Treadwell,' at top of title page. Calet explains that he is "a French Protestant, Who had been a Prisoner, there upwards of Twenty Years, and in... More
Richmond, Virginia: Printed for the Author, and sold by M. Jones, S. Pleasants, Jun. and J. Lyon, 1800. 184pp. Stitched in contemporary plain drab wrappers [spine wrapper perished]. Owner's name in ink at blank upper margin of title page. Very Good. "The design of this book is to exhibit the... More
Boston: Thomas & Andrews. April, 1800. 12mo, contemporary full leather [rubbed, front board detached, rear joint cracked but holding]. [iv], 123, [i.e., 223], [1]pp [lacks pages 219-222]. Scattered foxing, inner cords broken. Good only. "Edited by John Snelling Popkin." Evans. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Evans 37085. Not in Sabin, Jenkins. More
Boston: New-England: John Draper, [1758]. 24pp, with the half title, as issued, and later dark paper wrappers. Light institutional blindstamp on front wrapper, half title, and title. Mild spotting, Very Good. Charles Apthorp, a wealthy Boston merchant, was also a slave-trader and agent of the British government in its efforts... More
Carbondale: Advance Print, 1865. Original printed yellow wrappers [moderate wear, a couple of closed tears]. pp 17, 12, 17. The final blank lists, in ink in a contemporary hand, the Subsequent Acts of the City for 1869 and 1870. Persistent light staining to upper portion [@2" x 1"]. Some upper... More
London: Printed by G. Larkin, for Benjamin Harris, at the Stationers Arms and Anchor in the Piazza under the Royal-Exchange, [1682?]. 12mo. [10], 228 pp, as issued. Bound in 19th century quarter vellum and pale blue boards [front hinge starting, some spine wear]. One tear at leaf 35-36, costing several... More
Philadelphia: Printed by the Author, November 30, 1793. 112, [8], 16 pp. The final 16 pages are a list of the dead. Disbound, light wear, a couple of marginal rubberstamps by a private owner, trimmed closely at the top margin of the last several leaves [affecting page numbers but not... More
Philadelphia: Printed by Mathew Carey, 1787. Volume II, Numbers I-VI [July 1787 - December 1787]. [2- General Title], 600 [except as noted below], 22 [Chronicle and Index], pp. Pages [3]-11 contain the List of Subscribers; page [13] prints Carey's warm dedication of the Volume to Lafayette. Number III, for September... 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