ORATION ON THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF GILBERT MOTIER DE LAFAYETTE.
Washington: Printed by Gales and Seaton, 1835. 96pp. Disbound. Good+ to Very Good. Sabin 295. AI 29946. More
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ORATION ON THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF GILBERT MOTIER DE LAFAYETTE.
Washington: Printed by Gales and Seaton, 1835. 32pp. Original plain wrappers [a few small chips], stitched. Title page lightly dustsoiled, else Good+ to Very Good. Sabin 295. AI 29946. More
ORATION ON THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF GILBERT MOTIER DE LAFAYETTE.
Washington: 1835. 94pp, disbound else Very Good. Sabin 295. AI 29946. More
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TRANSMITTING A REPORT FROM THE SECRETARY OF STATE, WITH COPIES OF THE CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE GOVERNMENT OF FRANCE, TOUCHING THE INTERPRETATION OF THE EIGHTH ARTICLE OF THE TREATY FOR THE CESSION OF LOUISIANA. FEBRUARY 17, 1825.
Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1825. Modern cloth [bookplate on front pastedown] with title stamped in gilt on spine.85, [3 blanks] pp. Document 91, of the 18th Congress, 2d Session. Light rubberstamp at upper margin of page 3. Scattered light to moderate foxing, Good+. Adams, President Monroe's Secretary of State, reports... More
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TRANSMITTING CERTAIN DOCUMENTS ON THE SUBJECTS OF THE INSURRECTION IN PENNSYLVANIA; THE RENEWAL OF COMMERCE WITH ST. DOMINGO; AND THE MISSION TO FRANCE. 5TH DECEMBER, 1799.
[Philadelphia]: 1799. 42pp, disbound, light institutional stamp, else Very Good. Judge Richard Peters of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania advises President Adams "that a daring combination and treasonable opposition to the laws of the United States has recently been brought to a crisis in Northampton County, in this District."... More
DOCUMENTS REFERRED TO IN THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH TO BOTH HOUSES OF THE FIFTH CONGRESS, ON THE SIXTEENTH MAY, 1797.
Philadelphia: Ross, 1797. 63, [1 blank] [of 72] pages, else Very Good. Disbound and stitched, lightly toned. The 63 pages print all 18 of the Documents listed on pages 3-4. This publication prints State Department documents referred to in Adams's speech to a special session of Congress. Adams had... More
MAL LUI VEUT MAL LUI TOURNE DIT LE BON HOMME RICHARD/ SUJET MEMORABLE DES REVOLUTIONS DE L'UNIVERS/ LE COMMERCE DE LA GRANDE BRETAGNE SOUS LA FORME D'UNE VACHE; ...
[Paris?]: c.1778-1780. Engraving, hand painted, 11" x 13 3/4". Laid down on later paper [part of backing chipped, does not affect engraving]. Mild toning and dusting, Very Good. From the Library of Congress description: "Cartoon shows a man with feathered cap labeled 'Ameriquain' (representing America) cutting the horns off a.... More
THE SPEECH OF MR. AMES, IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES...ON THURSDAY, APRIL 28, 1796, IN SUPPORT OF THE FOLLOWING MOTION: RESOLVED, THAT IT IS EXPEDIENT TO PASS THE LAWS NECESSARY TO CARRY INTO EFFECT THE TREATY LATELY CONCLUDED BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE KING OF GREAT-BRITAIN.
Philadelphia: John Fenno, 1796. [2], 59, [1 blank] pp, lacking the half title. Rubberstamp on title page, small release stamp at bottom of final blank. Light tan and minor fox. Good+. Bound in modern cloth, gilt-lettered spine title [John Carter Brown's bookplate on front pastedown]. Congress's most eloquent Federalist... More
ESSAYS, CIVIL, MORAL, LITERARY & POLITICAL: WRITTEN AFTER THE MANNER OF M. DE MONTAGNE: INTERSPERSED WITH CHARACTERS, PORTRAITS & ANECDOTES. BY THE CELEBRATED MARQUIS D'ARGENSON, MANY YEARS PRIME MINISTER OF FRANCE;- AND WHO WAS HONOURED WITH THE PARTICULAR INTIMACY OF THE LATE KING OF PRUSSIA TRANSLATED FROM HIS VALUABLE MANUSCRIPTS FIRST AMERICAN EDITION.
Worcester: Thomas, Son & Thomas Sold by Them at the Worcester Bookstore March, March, 1797. 12mo. 228pp. Light age-toning and minor wear. Bound in full leather [rebacked]. Very Good FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Evans 31748. I Jenkins 384. NAIP w032044. More
JOEL BARLOW'S SECOND LETTER, TO HIS FELLOW CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES. ON CERTAIN POLITICAL MEASURES PROPOSED TO THEIR CONSIDERATION.
New York: David Denniston, 1801. 40pp, slight chipping to blank edges of title page and last leaf. Bound in modern plain wrappers. Inscribed in ink, to "New York Historical Society from Timothy B. Crane." Good+, Inconspicuous release stamp. Originally printed in Paris in 1799, the first American printings occurred--... More
PEKIN, YEDDO, SAN FRANCISCO. VOYAGE AUTOUR DU MONDE PAR LE COMTE DE BEAUVOIR...OUVRAGE ENRICHI DE QUATRE CARTES ET DE QUINZE GRAVURES-PHOTOGRAPHIES PAR DESCHAMPS. CINQUIEME EDITION.
Paris: Henri Plon, Imprimeur-Editeur Rue Garanciere, 1872. 10. 1872. 359, [1] pp. Frontisplate illustration of the Great Wall of China '28 mars 1867'. Four color maps, fifteen engravings. Original printed paper wrappers [light dustsoiling, edgeworn, spine split at pp. 182-183]. Untrimmed. Light wear, one hanging chip [loss of a few... More
MANUSCRIPT LETTER ADDRESSED TO JAMES HOLFORD, ESQ., NEW YORK, DATED JAN. 29TH, 1847, STEAMER FEB. 4TH, FROM N. BERRY OF PARIS: YOUR FAVOR OF THE 5TH ULTO. REACHED ME EARLY THIS MONTH. I SHOULD HAVE REPLIED TO IT SOONER BUT THERE WAS LITTLE CHANCE OF ANY SAILING PACKET ARRIVING OUT AS SOON AS THIS STEAMER. I AM EXCEEDINGLY SORRY TO INFORM YOU THAT THE INFERENCE YOU DREW FROM MY HAVING TWO ESTABLISHMENTS & C. "THAT I MUST HAVE CONSIDERABLE FUNDS" IS UNFORTUNATELY NOT CORRECT. WAS IT SO YOU WOULD HAVE HEARD FROM ME LONG SINCE. IT IS A VERY NATURAL INFERENCE FOR YOU TO MAKE ACCUSTOMED TO DO BUSINESS WITH LARGE MEANS. AFTER MY TOTAL RUIN FROM THE EFFECTS OF 1837 AND 1839, I ENDEAVORED TO MAKE SOME BUSINESS ARRANGEMENTS IN N. YORK BUT IT REQUIRED CAPITAL TO GIVE THE NECESSARY SECURITY TO PARTIES IN EUROPE WHO MIGHT GIVE ME THEIR BUSINESS & AS I COULD NOT OBTAIN THAT, I WAS FORCED TO RELINQUISH IT. CONSEQUENTLY THERE REMAINED NOTHING ELSE FOR ME TO UNDERTAKE BUT TO RETURN TO PARIS & ENDEAVOR TO RE-ESTABLISH A COMY. BUSINESS WHICH I DID WITHOUT A PENNY, IN FACT BORROWED MONEY TO PAY MY EXPENSES. I HAD BUT LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT BUT IT WAS MY ONLY RESOURCE TO GET A LIVING.| I AM HAPPY TO SAY I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PAY MY EXPENSES DURING THE EIGHTEEN MONTHS I HAVE BEEN HERE... YOUR OBEDIENT SERVANT, N. BERRY.
Paris: 1847. 8" x 10.5", manuscript. [4] pp, [2 leaves glued together at left margin apparently by author]. Second leaf is short letter addressed to Messrs. Holford C. of London, dated Paris, Jan. 30, 1847, which appears to ask that the attached letter be forwarded to James Holford. Some age... More
LA SAINTE BIBLE; TRADUITE EN FRANCOIS, LE LATIN DE LA VULGATE A COTE, AVEC DES COURTES NOTES TIREES DES SAINTS PERES & DES MEILLEURS INTERPRETES...NOUVELLE EDITION.
Liege: Broncart, 1701. Two folio volumes in original sheep with raised spine bands [rubbed, covers detached]. Text with scattered soil, some odor. Good+. Shipping charged at cost. The Hebrew Bible. OCLC 83413940, 27378927. More
THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES: OR, THE OVERTHROW OF THE PAPAL TYRANNY IN FRANCE, THE PRELUDE OF DESTRUCTION TO POPERY AND DESPOTISM; BUT OF PEACE TO MANKIND...THE FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FROM THE SECOND EUROPEAN, TO WHICH LARGE ADDITIONS WERE MADE.
America: Printed at Providence (R. Island) by Carter and Wilkinson, and sold at their Book and Stationary Store, 1794. [4], iii, [1 blank], 83, [1 blank] pp + A Synoptical Table of Prophetic Numbers [folded, as issued]. Stitched, lightly worn, rubberstamp at blank margin of title page. Else Very Good... More
DRAFT MANUSCRIPT AGREEMENT TO LEASE GALLOPS ISLAND IN BOSTON HARBOR TO THE FRENCH FLEET DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
[Boston: 1778]. Unsigned manuscript document, folded to 9-1/2" x 7-1/4". [2]pp plus integral blank. 25 lines. Old folds, light foxing, Very Good. "The Subscriber being informed that the Squadron of his most Christian Majesty now in the harbour of Boston require the use of an island in that harbour, which... More
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, IN RELATION TO THE COLLISION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES WAR STEAMER SAN JACINTO AND THE FRENCH BRIG JULES ET MARIE.
37th Cong., 3d Sess. HED4. 1862. 2pp, dbd, Very Good. More
LEBENSBESCHREIBUNG DES BERUCHTIGTEN RAUBERHAUPTMANN SCHINDERHANNES UND EINIGER SEINER SPIESSGESELLEN.
New York: W. Radde, 1845. 4" x 6", with illustrated title and last page. 72pp. Archival repairs to inner margin of title page and a closed tear. Title page lightly dusted. Otherwise, light edge wear, clean text. Good+. This is the first American edition and evidently the only American printing... More
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.
London: Printed for the Editor, and sold by Owen, 1797. 94pp, with the half title but without the final ads. Bound in later plain blue wraps [some ink notations]. Very Good. Burke denounces Fox, whose conduct in sympathy with the French Revolution "has given a strong countenance and an... More
REFLECTIONS ON THE REVOLUTION IN FRANCE, AND ON THE PROCEEDINGS IN CERTAIN SOCIETIES IN LONDON, RELATIVE TO THAT EVENT. IN A LETTER INTENDED TO HAVE BEEN SENT TO A GENTLEMAN IN PARIS.
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. Though a staunch supporter of the American Revolution, the slaughter and excesses of the French Revolution were more than Burke could stomach. This is... More
A DIGEST OF THE NEW MILITIA LAW, WHICH RECEIVED THE ROYAL ASSENT, APR. 8. 1762.
London: Printed by H. Woodfall and W. Strahan... 1762. 12mo. [2], 82pp. Two rubberstamps of the Inner Temple Library on blank portions of the title page, and one on the blank verso. Title leaf dusted, else a clean text bound into modern marbled boards. Good+. A scarce Digest, issued during... More
SOUND AN ALARM: ABRIDGED. ADDRESSED TO THE SERIOUS CONSIDERATION OF ALL THE INHABITANTS OF GREAT BRITAIN, FROM THE LEAST TO THE GREATEST; BY WAY OF APPENDIX TO "REFORM OR RUIN."
London: J. Wright: 1798. 16mo, contemporary plain wraps [moderately worn], stitched. 24pp, Good+. The French have "commenced the mad career in which they are engaged, with the settled design of destroying all Religion and all Governments in the world." NUC records two other issues, neither of them 'abridged.' Not in... More
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
THE ANTI-GALLICAN SENTINEL. DEDICATED TO ALL NATIONS. TRANSLATED FROM THE SPANISH, BY A GENTLEMAN OF THIS CITY.
New York: Ezra Sergeant, 1809. 71, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, Near Fine. [offered with] THE ANTI-GALLICAN SENTINEL, SECOND PART. Philadelphia: Fry and Kammerer. 1810. 48pp, disbound, minor scattered foxing. Very Good. These are the first American editions of Capmany's widely circulated attack on Napoleon, written "to awaken the... More
THE AMERICAN REMEMBRANCER; OR, AN IMPARTIAL COLLECTION OF ESSAYS, RESOLVES, SPEECHES, &C. RELATIVE, OR HAVING AFFINITY, TO THE TREATY WITH GREAT BRITAIN.
Philadelphia: Printed by Henry Tuckniss, for Mathew Carey. October 10, 1795. Volume II only. 288pp. Bound in contemporary decorated paper over boards, with printed paper title pasted to front cover. Binding worn away at spine, hinges attached; still an attractive 18th century American binding. Text untrimmed, Very Good, with contemporary... More
THE AMERICAN REMEMBRANCER; OR, AN IMPARTIAL COLLECTION OF ESSAYS, RESOLVES, SPEECHES, &C. RELATIVE, OR HAVING AFFINITY, TO THE TREATY WITH GREAT BRITAIN.
Philadelphia: Printed by Henry Tuckniss, for Mathew Carey. August 20, 1795. Volume [I] only. 288pp. Bound in contemporary sheep [some rubbing], rebacked, gilt-lettered morocco spine title. . "A semimonthly published by Matthew Carey, with its contents devoted to the Jay Treaty. One of the best periodical records of politics and... More