Hudson: Printed and Sold by Ashbel Stoddard, [1795]. 48pp, plus interleaves, which have some contemporary notes. Stitched, lightly worn and spotted. Some leaves trimmed closely at the top, shaving some lettering on top line. Good+. Advertisement for Andrew Beers's Land Office in Ulster County on the last page. One of..... More
[Janesville]: J.C. Mann, Book and Job Printer, 1861. Original printed wrappers [contemporary pencil doodling on rear wrap], stitched, 14pp. Very Good. A rare sermon, asserting that, "It is every way befitting that, once in each year, the people of a Sovereign State should be publicly called upon by their official..... More
New York: For Sale at the Principal Bookstores, 1840. 16pp, stitching loose, generously margined with dustsoil at the margins. Very Good. [offered with] THIRD SERIES FOR 15TH SEPTEMBER, 1840; FOURTH SERIES FOR 1ST OCTOBER, 1840; FIFTH SERIES FOR 15TH OCTOBER, 1840; and SIXTH SERIES FOR 1ST NOVEMBER. Scattered foxing, loosened..... More
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1767. Various places, various dates [1767-1801]. Binding moderately rubbed, with hinges starting. Very Good. An unusual collection by and about the eminent historian-clergyman who, among his other contributions, helped to found the Massachusetts Historical Society. The pamphlets have some scattered foxing and light wear. 1. Haven, Samuel: A SERMON, PREACHED..... More
[Philadelphia: 1800]. [2] leaves [versos blank]. Disbound, Very Good. The Committee refuses "to interfere with the rule prescribed by the Secretary of War for granting warrants for bounty land." Evans 38901. NAIP 021935 [9]. More
Philadelphia: Printed by T. Dobson, 1791. viii, 570, xxix, [1] pp. Contemporary calf [spine repair]. Light to moderate scattered foxing. Twelve folding plates. Good+. "Bell studied under the Munros at Edinburgh. He was surgeon to the Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh for 29 years. He improved the methods of amputation, introducing the..... More
Boston: I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews, 1791. Original sheep [rubbed, front hinge starting] 295pp, one engraved plate [after page 56]. Text with scattered foxing, free endpaper tear. Good+. With the bookplate of Newton Southworth of Mattapoisett. The first American edition, originally printed in Edinburgh in 1778. Thomas reprinted it in..... More
Boston: S. Kneeland, 1759. Contemporary sheep with raised spine bands [rubbed]. Errata affixed to verso of free endpaper, [6], v, [1], 227 pp. Some blank edge chipping, inner hinges cracked, one closed tear without loss, scattered foxing. Good+. Bellamy "was a striking example of bold, independent thinking in early New..... More
Boston: Re-printed and Sold by S. Kneeland [New-Haven: Printed 1760], 1761. 24pp. Untrimmed, loose. Toned, some blank extremity chips, closed tear to title page [no text loss]. Occasional contemporary marginalia. Signed in type on p.24, 'Paulinus.' Good+. This piece originally appeared under the pseudonym 'Paulinus' in the Connecticut Gazette, February..... More
[London? 1812]. Caption title, as issued. 16pp. Disbound, with a rough and loosened inner margin. Good+. Probably crazy, Bellingham thought the British government owed him money and that he been unjustly imprisoned in Russia. He shot Perceval, the Prime Minister, the only Prime Minister so dispatched... More
Boston: 1865. viii, 57pp. Disbound roughly, original printed front wrapper [chipped, loose]. Else Good+. Bemis denounces Britain's diplomatic support for the Confederacy, defending the right of the North to impose its naval blockade and calling the South's secession an illegal rebellion. I Harv. Law Cat. 150. Bartlett 393... More
St. Louis, MO: Niedner, Menning & Co., 1873. 15pp. Original blue printed wrappers [light toning, minor wear to spine, wraps partly detached], stitched. Text lightly tanned, else quite clean. Very Good. Benecke was President of the Chariton County Board of Immigration. His handbook, issued for German immigrants, of whom Missouri..... More
Boston: Belcher & Armstrong, 1807. 19, [1 blank] pp. Stitched in original plain drab wrappers [presentation to Rev. Stephen S. Nelson "from the Author"]. Light foxing, some wrapper chipping, rear wrap detached but present, untrimmed. Good+. The Poem begins, "Forgetful man amidst life's busy cares,/ And fluctuation of terrene affairs..."..... More
Providence: Printed by John Carter, 1802. 19pp, stitched. Tanned, scattered spotting, top blank inch of title clipped [no text loss], Good+. An adaptation, according to Bartlett, of a similar work printed in 1771, which included an account of the Society under the pastoral care of Reverend Rowland. Constitution, By-Laws, and..... More
Philadelphia: Printed by Enoch Story, at his Printing-Office... 1783. 40pp, stitching gone. Inner margin and corner lightened [no effect on text]. Lightly toned, else Very Good. Benezet explains the Quakers' stance on slavery and the slave trade, unequivocally prohibiting their "being, in any respect, concerned in support of this infamous..... More
Philadelphia: Henry Miller, [1767?]. Original calf, spine title stamped in gilt. Rebacked [some spine chipping] at an early date. Hinges starting. [2], 48, 30, [2 blanks], 22, 26, [4], 52, 4. Final pages trimmed closely at the top margin, occasionally affecting a page number. Except as noted, Very Good. The..... More
[Washington: Towers, 1861]. 16pp. Caption title [as issued], bound in 19th century stiff plain wrappers. Light scattered foxing. Very Good. After David Yulee of Florida, Benjamin was the second Jew to serve in the United States Senate. He "was one of the earliest of the Southern senators to advise secession..... More
New York: Wilson & Company, [1842]. 4to. Original marbled paper over boards and quarter sheep. Binding rubbed and spine chipped. [4], 538 pp, as issued. Each issue 30, [2] pp [except for the final issue of December 31, which lacks page 540 and the unnumbered final leaf]. 18 weekly issues..... More
Philadelphia: Bennett & Walton, [1818]. [36] pp, engraved title page. Original plain wrappers [some wear, two short tape repairs], stitched. Tanned and foxed. Short closed tear to fore-edge of title page repaired with archival tape, one leaf of text trimmed closely at foredge [no text loss]. Early ink notation in..... More
Buffalo: Printing House of Matthews & Warren, Office of the "Buffalo Commercial Advertiser." 1870. 235, [4 advts.], [1 blank] pp. Bound in modern library buckram [gum label with call number on spine; inner hinge cracked, with wear to blank inner edge of title leaf]. Rubberstamp on title page. Otherwise, text..... More
New York: J.A. Fraetas, Printer, 1846. 10, [2 blanks] pp. Original printed blue wrappers, stitched. Light wear. Signed in type at the end, "Councillarius." Very Good. OCLC attributes authorship to James Gordon Bennett, editor and publisher of the New York Herald. For New York's upcoming constitutional convention, the author urges..... More
Oxonii: J. Fletcher, and D. Prince; B. White, Londini, 1776. [4], 36 pp. Title leaf and last page dusted. Else Very Good, with, as in every copy, a word blotted out on page 7. Bound in modern quarter morocco and marbled boards. A loyal Oxford man, Bentham rebuts members of..... More
London: Printed in the year 1817. Reprinted and Re-published, with notes and alterations, by permission of the Author, by T.J. Wooler, 1818. iv, 156 pp. Disbound, discrete blindstamp and 'withdrawal' at blank portion of title leaf. Very Good. England, says Bentham, is well on "the road to the gulph of..... More
Salem: Thomas Cushing. 1791. Disbound with some loosening, untrimmed and partly uncut, wide margins. 32pp, no half title. First several leaves darkened, Good+. Bentley calls the Marine Society "one of the most interesting institutions for Mariners." But "he has left the most useful institution, of which he was Master, in..... More
Boston: 1790. 24pp, with the half title. Light spotting, disbound, Good+. Half title inscription: "Isaac Story's | the gift of the Au[thor]." Last four letters clipped from trimming. Isaac Story was the cousin of the jurist Joseph Story. On "the original dignity of natural religion," "the most excellent religion," and..... More