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
Washington: Printed by Gales and Seaton, 1835. 96pp. Disbound. Good+ to Very Good. Sabin 295. AI 29946. More
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
Washington: 1835. 94pp, disbound else Very Good. Sabin 295. AI 29946. More
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
[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
[Philadelphia? 1798]. 72pp. Disbound, Very Good. President Adams transmits to Congress the report of American Ministers Charles Pinckney, John Marshall, and Elbridge Gerry. They enclose the Messages of Talleyrand who, while claiming a desire for friendship with America, complains that the United States is entirely at fault for the imperfect..... More
Philadelphia: John Fenno, 1796. [4], 59, [1 blank] pp, with the half title [torn at top blank portion]. Stitched, untrimmed, light to moderate foxing. Good+. Congress's most eloquent Federalist and Anglophile advocates adoption of the Jay Treaty with England. His support assured its passage. He warns the opposition "that..... More
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. NAIP w032044. More
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
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
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, contemporary plain wrappers separated from text block. Very Good. Contemporary..... More
[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
Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1799. 23, [1 blank] pp. Stitched and untrimmed. Light scattered foxing, title leaf torn at upper blank margin, without effect on text. Else Very Good. A Connecticut Federalist attacks the French Revolution and the "utter depravity" of its leaders, who would foment a slave revolt in..... 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. 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Washington: F.& J. Rives & Geo. A. Bailey, Reporters and Printers of the Debates of Congress, 1872. 16pp, folded. Untrimmed. Printed in double columns. Light wear, Good+. More
[Washington? 1855]. 8pp, disbound, trimmed a bit closely [no text loss], printed in double columns. Caption title [as issued]. Light scattered foxing, else Very Good. More
46th Cong., 2d Sess. SED52. 1880. 107pp, dbd, folding chart. Very Good. More
Tours: Ad Mame et Cie, 1853. [1-half title], [1], [1 blank], [frontis], 188 pp. Chromolithographic frontispiece and 7 chromolithographic plates with tissue guards. Original pictorial paper covered boards in color and gilt [minor wear], all edges gilt. Front board illustration of a large sailing boat at sea, with a smaller..... More
Boston: N.E. Printed by J. Draper, 1748. [2], ii, 22, pp, lacking the half title and final blank. Lightly toned and foxed, title page surrounded by black mourning border. Bound in later quarter morocco and marbled boards, with title stamped in gilt on spine. Good+. Lydia [Foster] Hutchinson [1687-1748]..... More