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BOSTON, 26TH OF JUNE, 1775. THIS TOWN WAS ALARMED ON THE 17TH INSTANT AT BREAK OF DAY, BY A FIRING FROM THE LIVELY SHIP OF WAR; AND A REPORT WAS IMMEDIATELY SPREAD THAT THE REBELS HAD BROKEN GROUND, AND WERE RAISING A BATTERY ON THE HEIGHTS OF THE PENINSULA OF CHARLESTOWN, AGAINST THE TOWN OF BOSTON. Bunker Hill.

[Bunker Hill]:

BOSTON, 26TH OF JUNE, 1775. THIS TOWN WAS ALARMED ON THE 17TH INSTANT AT BREAK OF DAY, BY A FIRING FROM THE LIVELY SHIP OF WAR; AND A REPORT WAS IMMEDIATELY SPREAD THAT THE REBELS HAD BROKEN GROUND, AND WERE RAISING A BATTERY ON THE HEIGHTS OF THE PENINSULA OF CHARLESTOWN, AGAINST THE TOWN OF BOSTON...

[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

Price: $20,000.00

Bunyan, John:

THE JERUSALEM SINNER SAVED; OR, GOOD NEWS TO THE VILEST OF MEN: BEING AN HELP FOR DESPAIRING SOULS: SHEWING, THAT JESUS CHRIST WOULD HAVE MERCY IN THE FIRST PLACE OFFERED TO THE BIGGEST SINNERS.

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

Price: $350.00

CONSIDERATIONS ON THE SOCIETY OR ORDER OF CINCINNATI; LATELY INSTITUTED BY THE MAJOR-GENERALS, BRIGADIER-GENERALS, AND OFFICERS OF THE AMERICAN ARMY. PROVING THAT IT CREATES A RACE OF HEREDITARY PATRICIANS, OR NOBILITY. INTERSPERSED WITH REMARKS ON ITS CONSEQUENCES TO THE FREEDOM AND HAPPINESS OF THE REPUBLIC. ADDRESSED TO THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH-CAROLINA, AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES. BY CASSIUS. SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN BY AEDANUS BURKE, ESQUIRE, ONE OF THE CHIEF JUSTICES OF THE STATE OF SOUTH-CAROLINA. Aedanus Burke.

Burke, Aedanus:

CONSIDERATIONS ON THE SOCIETY OR ORDER OF CINCINNATI; LATELY INSTITUTED BY THE MAJOR-GENERALS, BRIGADIER-GENERALS, AND OFFICERS OF THE AMERICAN ARMY. PROVING THAT IT CREATES A RACE OF HEREDITARY PATRICIANS, OR NOBILITY. INTERSPERSED WITH REMARKS ON ITS CONSEQUENCES TO THE FREEDOM AND HAPPINESS OF THE REPUBLIC. ADDRESSED TO THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH-CAROLINA, AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES. BY CASSIUS. SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN BY AEDANUS BURKE, ESQUIRE, ONE OF THE CHIEF JUSTICES OF THE STATE OF SOUTH-CAROLINA.

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

Price: $875.00

Burke, Edmund:

A LETTER FROM THE RT. HONOURABLE EDMUND BURKE TO HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF PORTLAND, ON THE CONDUCT OF THE MINORITY IN PARLIAMENT, CONTAINING FIFTY-FOUR ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT AGAINST THE RT. HON. C.J. FOX. FROM THE ORIGINAL COPY, IN THE POSSESSION OF THE NOBLE DUKE.

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

Price: $175.00

Burke, Edmund:

THE WAYNE SENTINEL---- EXTRA. PALMYRA, NEW YORK. THE PROTECTIVE SYSTEM CONSIDERED IN CONNECTION WITH THE PRESENT TARIFF, IN A SERIES OF TWELVE ESSAYS, ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN THE WASHINGTON UNION OVER THE SIGNATURE OF 'BUNDELCUND.' WRITTEN BY THE HON. EDMUND BURKE.

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

Price: $150.00

AN ABRIDGMENT OF BURN'S JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND PARISH OFFICER. TO WHICH IS ADDED, AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING SOME GENERAL RULES AND DIRECTIONS NECESSARY TO BE KNOWN AND OBSERVED BY ALL JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. Richard; and Joseph Greenleaf Burn.

[Burn, Richard; and Joseph Greenleaf]:

AN ABRIDGMENT OF BURN'S JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND PARISH OFFICER. TO WHICH IS ADDED, AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING SOME GENERAL RULES AND DIRECTIONS NECESSARY TO BE KNOWN AND OBSERVED BY ALL JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

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

Price: $1,750.00

AN ABRIDGMENT OF BURN'S JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND PARISH OFFICER. TO WHICH IS ADDED, AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING SOME GENERAL RULES AND DIRECTIONS NECESSARY TO BE KNOWN AND OBSERVED BY ALL JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. Richard; and Joseph Greenleaf Burn.

[Burn, Richard; and Joseph Greenleaf]:

AN ABRIDGMENT OF BURN'S JUSTICE OF THE PEACE AND PARISH OFFICER. TO WHICH IS ADDED, AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING SOME GENERAL RULES AND DIRECTIONS NECESSARY TO BE KNOWN AND OBSERVED BY ALL JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

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

Price: $1,500.00

REASONS, IN SUPPORT OF AN OPINION OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC, RESPECTING THE VOTES OF OTSEGO COUNTY, ON THE 7TH OF JUNE, 1792. Aaron; John Jay; George Clinton Burr.

[Burr, Aaron; John Jay; George Clinton]:

REASONS, IN SUPPORT OF AN OPINION OFFERED TO THE PUBLIC, RESPECTING THE VOTES OF OTSEGO COUNTY, ON THE 7TH OF JUNE, 1792.

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

Price: $750.00

Butchers and Drovers Bank:

CHARTER OF THE BUTCHERS AND DROVERS BANK, IN PROVIDENCE.

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

Price: $175.00

THE BEAUTY OF THE COVENANT OF GRACE UNVAILED. A SERMON DELIVER'D AT THOMPSON IN KELLINGLEY, NOV. 30. 1740. SOON AFTER THE DEATH OF THREE OF HIS CHILDREN. Marston Cabot.

Cabot, Marston:

THE BEAUTY OF THE COVENANT OF GRACE UNVAILED. A SERMON DELIVER'D AT THOMPSON IN KELLINGLEY, NOV. 30. 1740. SOON AFTER THE DEATH OF THREE OF HIS CHILDREN.

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

Price: $650.00

THE NATURE OF RELIGIOUS FASTING OPENED. IN TWO SHORT DISCOURSES DELIVER'D AT THOMPSON IN KELLINGLEY, CONNECTICUT COLONY. ON A DAY OF PUBLICK FASTING AND PRAYER. APRIL 18. 1733. Marston Cabot.

Cabot, Marston:

THE NATURE OF RELIGIOUS FASTING OPENED. IN TWO SHORT DISCOURSES DELIVER'D AT THOMPSON IN KELLINGLEY, CONNECTICUT COLONY. ON A DAY OF PUBLICK FASTING AND PRAYER. APRIL 18. 1733.

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

Price: $450.00

THE NATURE OF RELIGIOUS FASTING OPENED. IN TWO SHORT DISCOURSES DELIVER'D AT THOMPSON IN KELLINGLEY, CONNECTICUT COLONY. ON A DAY OF PUBLICK FASTING AND PRAYER. APRIL 18. 1733. Marston Cabot.

Cabot, Marston:

THE NATURE OF RELIGIOUS FASTING OPENED. IN TWO SHORT DISCOURSES DELIVER'D AT THOMPSON IN KELLINGLEY, CONNECTICUT COLONY. ON A DAY OF PUBLICK FASTING AND PRAYER. APRIL 18. 1733.

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

Price: $650.00

THE NATURE OF RELIGIOUS THANKSGIVING OPENED. A SERMON PREACH'D AT THOMPSON IN KELLINGLEY, CONNECTICUT COLONY. ON A DAY OF PUBLICK THANKSGIVING, NOVEMBER 7. 1734. Marston Cabot.

Cabot, Marston:

THE NATURE OF RELIGIOUS THANKSGIVING OPENED. A SERMON PREACH'D AT THOMPSON IN KELLINGLEY, CONNECTICUT COLONY. ON A DAY OF PUBLICK THANKSGIVING, NOVEMBER 7. 1734.

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

Price: $600.00

A DISSERTATION ON THE GOUT, AND ALL CHRONIC DISEASES, JOINTLY CONSIDERED, AS PROCEEDING FROM THE SAME CAUSES; WHAT THOSE CAUSES ARE; AND A RATIONAL AND NATURAL METHOD OF CURE PROPOSED. ADDRESSED TO ALL INVALIDS. BY... FELLOW OF THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. THE TENTH EDITION. William Cadogan.

Cadogan, William:

A DISSERTATION ON THE GOUT, AND ALL CHRONIC DISEASES, JOINTLY CONSIDERED, AS PROCEEDING FROM THE SAME CAUSES; WHAT THOSE CAUSES ARE; AND A RATIONAL AND NATURAL METHOD OF CURE PROPOSED. ADDRESSED TO ALL INVALIDS. BY... FELLOW OF THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS. THE TENTH EDITION.

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

Price: $750.00

Caldwell, Charles:

A SEMI-ANNUAL ORATION, ON THE ORIGIN OF PESTILENTIAL DISEASES, DELIVERED BEFORE THE ACADEMY OF MEDICINE OF PHILADELPHIA, ON THE 17TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 1798. BY...SENIOR VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE ACADEMY.

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

Price: $350.00

Calet, Jean Jaques:

A TRUE AND MINUTE ACCOUNT OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE BASTILLE.

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

Price: $450.00

THE PROSPECT BEFORE US. VOLUME I. James Callender.

[Callender, James]:

THE PROSPECT BEFORE US. VOLUME I.

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. Light toning and mild foxing. Very Good. "The design of this... More

Price: $12,500.00

[Camden, William]:

A GRAMMAR OF THE GREEK LANGUAGE; ORIGINALLY COMPOSED FOR THE COLLEGE-SCHOOL, AT GLOUCESTER...FIRST AMERICAN FROM THE THIRD LONDON EDITION. RECOMMENDED BY THE UNIVERSITY AT CAMBRIDGE (MASS.) TO BE USED BY THOSE WHO ARE INTENDED FOR THAT SEMINARY.

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

Price: $50.00

Caner, Henry:

THE NATURE & NECESSITY, OF AN HABITUAL PREPARATION FOR DEATH & JUDGMENT. A SERMON PREACH'D AT KING'S-CHAPEL IN BOSTON, NOVEMBER 21ST. 1758. UPON OCCASION OF THE DEATH OF CHARLES APTHORP, ESQ.

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

Price: $500.00

Carbondale, Pa:

DIGEST OF THE LAWS, MUNICIPAL AND LEGAL, AND THE ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF CARBONDALE.

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

Price: $75.00

ENGLISH LIBERTIES: OR, THE FREE-BORN SUBJECT'S INHERITANCE, CONTAINING I. MAGNA CHARTA, THE PETITION OF RIGHT, THE HABEAS CORPUS ACT; AND DIVERS OTHER MOST USEFUL STATUTES: WITH LARGE COMMENTS UPON EACH OF THEM. II. THE PROCEEDINGS IN APPEALS OF MURTHER; THE WORK AND POWER OF PARLIAMENTS; THE QUALIFICATIONS NECESSARY FOR SUCH AS SHOULD BE CHOSEN TO THAT GREAT TRUST. PLAIN DIRECTIONS FOR ALL PERSONS CONCERNED IN ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS; AND HOW TO PREVENT OR TAKE OFF THE WRIT DE EXCOMMUNICATO CAPIENDO. AS ALSO THE OATH AND DUTY OF GRAND AND PETTY JURIES. III. ALL THE LAWS AGAINST CONVENTICLES AND PROTESTANT DISSENTERS WITH NOTES, AND DIRECTIONS BOTH TO CONSTABLES AND OTHERS CONCERN'D, THEREUPON; AND AN ABSTRACT OF ALL THE LAWS AGAINST PAPISTS. Henry Care.

[Care, Henry]:

ENGLISH LIBERTIES: OR, THE FREE-BORN SUBJECT'S INHERITANCE, CONTAINING I. MAGNA CHARTA, THE PETITION OF RIGHT, THE HABEAS CORPUS ACT; AND DIVERS OTHER MOST USEFUL STATUTES: WITH LARGE COMMENTS UPON EACH OF THEM. II. THE PROCEEDINGS IN APPEALS OF MURTHER; THE WORK AND POWER OF PARLIAMENTS; THE QUALIFICATIONS NECESSARY FOR SUCH AS SHOULD BE CHOSEN TO THAT GREAT TRUST. PLAIN DIRECTIONS FOR ALL PERSONS CONCERNED IN ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS; AND HOW TO PREVENT OR TAKE OFF THE WRIT DE EXCOMMUNICATO CAPIENDO. AS ALSO THE OATH AND DUTY OF GRAND AND PETTY JURIES. III. ALL THE LAWS AGAINST CONVENTICLES AND PROTESTANT DISSENTERS WITH NOTES, AND DIRECTIONS BOTH TO CONSTABLES AND OTHERS CONCERN'D, THEREUPON; AND AN ABSTRACT OF ALL THE LAWS AGAINST PAPISTS.

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

Price: $15,000.00

Carey, Mathew:

A SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE MALIGNANT FEVER, LATELY PREVALENT IN PHILADELPHIA: WITH A STATEMENT OF THE PROCEEDINGS THAT TOOK PLACE ON THE SUBJECT IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES. THIRD EDITION IMPROVED.

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

Price: $375.00

THE AMERICAN MUSEUM, OR REPOSITORY OF ANCIENT AND MODERN FUGITIVE PIECES, &C. PROSE AND POETICAL. VOLUME II. Matthew Carey.

[Carey, Matthew]:

THE AMERICAN MUSEUM, OR REPOSITORY OF ANCIENT AND MODERN FUGITIVE PIECES, &C. PROSE AND POETICAL. VOLUME II.

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

Price: $8,500.00

THE AMERICAN MUSEUM, OR REPOSITORY OF ANCIENT AND MODERN FUGITIVE PIECES, &C. PROSE AND POETICAL. VOLUME III. Matthew Carey.

[Carey, Matthew]:

THE AMERICAN MUSEUM, OR REPOSITORY OF ANCIENT AND MODERN FUGITIVE PIECES, &C. PROSE AND POETICAL. VOLUME III.

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

Price: $2,500.00

THE AMERICAN MUSEUM, OR UNIVERSAL MAGAZINE: CONTAINING ESSAYS ON AGRICULTURE- COMMERCE- MANUFACTURES- POLITICS- MORALS- AND MANNERS... VOL. VII. FROM JANUARY TO JUNE, 1790. Matthew Carey.

[Carey, Matthew]:

THE AMERICAN MUSEUM, OR UNIVERSAL MAGAZINE: CONTAINING ESSAYS ON AGRICULTURE- COMMERCE- MANUFACTURES- POLITICS- MORALS- AND MANNERS... VOL. VII. FROM JANUARY TO JUNE, 1790.

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

Price: $1,500.00

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