Boston, New-England: Thomas and John Fleet, 1769. 32pp, disbound. Title leaf detached but present. Expertly repaired short closed tear to title leaf [no loss]. Good+. For his entire career Adams was pastor of the First Church at Roxbury. "He was secretary of the convention of ministers at Watertown, which in..... More
Boston, New-England: Kneeland and Adams, 1768. 38pp, with the half title [detached; Light rubberstamp on blank portion of half title]. Disbound, Good+. "In a word, we live in an imperfect world, the bad are mingled with the good, and sincerely good men are not without their failings." For his entire..... More
Washington: 1835. 94pp, disbound else Very Good. Sabin 295. AI 29946. More
Boston: Printed by Benjamin Edes & Son, 1793. 21, [1 blank] pp, with the half title. Disbound and lacking the final blank. Else Very Good. This is the first of two editions, the second also published in 1793. John Jenkins called this Oration Adams's first published work. According to ESTC..... More
New York: [Douglas McMurtrie], 1937. Original printed wrappers, light wear. 386 Lots. Annotated, sometimes messily. Very Good. With desirable early and presidential Americana. More
New York: [Douglas McMurtrie], 1926. Original printed and decorated wrappers [nearly detached, old tape at spine ends]. Unpaginated, but a thick catalogue. 550 items, some illustrations. Thorough descriptions of the lots. Very Good. Turner was a wealthy businessman, a principal of the Standard Rope & Twine Co., and a discerning..... More
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[Netherlands? 1780?]. Oblong cartoon engraving, 7-1/4" x 11-1/4." Matted on paper backing. Minor dusting, Very Good. The engraving, which initially appeared in Westminster Magazine in February 1778, was frequently re-engraved. Our version, offered here, was issued without a date or credit line. It is thought to have been printed in..... More
Boston: Printed and Sold by William M'Alpine, [1766]. 16mo. 12 leaves (complete). Loose, light edge wear, toned, Good+. This Almanac celebrates the Stamp Act's repeal with a patriotic preface by Ames, lauding Americans' "exertion of that noble spirit of Freedom, which every thinking honest Man that has ever been galled..... More
Boston: Printed and Sold by the Printers and Booksellers, [1766]. 12 leaves (complete), stitched and untrimmed. Light wear, Very Good. NAIP says "this is undoubtedly the pirated edition," despite the advertisement on the last page warning of "spurious editions." The Almanac celebrates the Stamp Act's repeal with a patriotic preface..... More
Boston: Printed and Sold by the Printers and Booksellers, [1767]. 12 leaves (complete), stitched. Light dustsoiling, blank corner wear. Good+. The almanac prints the important pre-Revolutionary Resolutions of the Town of Boston, urging development of domestic industries and discouraging European importations, in view of the "heavy Debt, incurred in the..... More
London: Published by His Majesty's Royal Licence and Authority. For John Fielding, Pater Noster Row; and John Jarvis in the Strand. 1785-1786. Four volumes: [2], ii, [3]-448 pp, plus six portrait plates [including frontis plate of George III]; [2], 449 pp, plus two folding maps and four portrait plates; [2]..... More
London: Printed by Charles Squire for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1812. 32pp, with the half title. Disbound, with some loosening. Light tan and fox, Very Good. Inscription, slightly trimmed, at head of half title: 'The Hon. Geo. Bradley, with Mr. Dickins's ComplimentsLondon, February 15, 18__.' Arnot takes a critical look..... More
London: Printed for T. Osborne. . . 1736. 4to. 34pp, as issued. Disbound, else Very Good. The author was "Fellow of Corpus-Christi-College Oxon, and Chaplain to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales." He urges his audience to shun the enthusiasms and emotionalism of the Great Awakening. "We have had..... More
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[Philadelphia: Ross, 1797]. pp [3], 166-174 [as issued]. Disbound, light uniform tanning. Very Good. During the Revolution Bagley had been "a private in the 2d New York regiment of artillery." He was entitled at War's end to "settlement certificates" comprising his termination pay. But a forger, one David Craig, presented..... More
New Haven: Published by Durrie & Peck, and J. W. Barber, [1838]. Frontis engraving of Boston with original tissue guard. viii, folding map [handcolored, of Connecticut], 9-576 pp. Illustrations. Contemporary ownership signatures of Charles Stiles Phelps. Text clean, Very Good in later quarter brown morocco with gilt-stamped spine title, marbled..... More
Worcester, Massachusetts: Printed by Isaiah Thomas, 1786. 52pp but lacking the half title and final blank. Disbound, light to moderate foxing. Good Plus. "The charge ... by the Rev. Mr. Harrington, of Lancaster." [pp 38-43.] "The right hand of fellowship ... by the Rev. Mr. Adams, of Lunenburg." [pp. 44-52.]..... More
Utrecht: 1778. Contemporary boards, rebacked in morocco, with morocco spine label. [4], 247, [1 errata] pp, with the half title. Text clean and Very Good. Stevens explains, "The point labored at was to show that Great Britain was fully justified by the precedents of antiquity in her attempt to tax..... 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
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
Boston: 1810. 44 folio issues, each [4] pp and 14" x 20-1/4." Number 4 of Volume 32 through Number 51 of Volume 32; Whole Number 1378 through Whole Number 1425, LACKING No. 7 [Whole No. 1881, January 22], No. 16 [Whole No. 1390, February 19], No. 18, [Whole No. 1392..... More
Boston: 1820. [2], 30pp. Disbound, browned. Good plus. Portrait frontis of 'His Excellency Caleb Strong LLD elected in April 1814 Governor of Massachusetts for the Tenth time by the Free Suffrages of his Fellow Citizens.' A Federalist's admiring biography of the Federalist Governor Strong, with discussion of his early life..... More
[Jefferson County, Kentucky: November 5, 1787]. Manuscript Letter, nine lines. Remnant of red wax seal. Folded for mailing to "Col. William Pope/ Jefferson County." Very Good. Brashear [1734-1807], born in Prince Georges County Maryland, died in Shepherdsville, Kentucky as a prosperous Kentucky slave-owner. Census records for 1810 enumerate the slaves..... More
Boston: Printed by Adams & Nourse, 1789. 54pp, with the half title but lacking the final blank. Disbound. Half title and title leaves moderately foxed. Else a clean text. Good plus. Bridge speaks a few weeks after Washington's inauguration as President: "Man was originally formed for society, and furnished with..... More
Philadelphia: D. Humphreys, for Young, Dobson, Carey, and Rice, 1792. 256pp. Lacking boards. Light to moderate foxing, Good+. "One of the most brilliant of polemics" [PMM]. Although Burke had supported the American Revolution, the slaughter and excesses of the French Revolution were more than Burke could stomach. This is the..... More
New York: Van Evrie, Horton & Co., 1863. 92, 4 pp. Later covers, light toning, Very Good. The Van Evrie publishing firm became notorious during the Civil War and Reconstruction as a defender of Slavery and opponent of civil rights for Negroes, whom Van Evrie regarded as an inferior race..... More