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
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
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
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
Philadelphia: From the Press of M. Carey, 1792. iv, [5]-196, 189-252, 36 [Appendix I- Poetry], 44 [Appendix II- Public Papers], 40; Appendix III- Proceedings of Congress; and Index] pp. There is no loss of text, despite erratic pagination. Occasional mild wear. Expertly repaired closed tears at leaf 127-128 [no loss]... 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
Detroit: Geo. L. Whitney, 1830. 52pp. Disbound with scattered foxing, else Very Good. Contemporary ownership signature of L.W. Pease on the title page. "Governor Cass was the first president of the Society." 111 Eberstadt. "Few were better qualified to write the history of the Indians and their wars in Michigan... 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. 43pp, disbound, light foxing and wear. Very Good. A sermon against 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 Pretender." All this is occurring with the evil connivance... 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