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African Slave Trade:

CORRESPONDENCE WITH SPAIN, PORTUGAL, BRAZIL, THE NETHERLANDS, AND SWEDEN. RELATIVE TO THE SLAVE TRADE. FROM JANUARY 1, 1840, TO MAY 10TH, 1840. PRESENTED TO BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, BY COMMAND OF HER MAJESTY. 1840. CLASS B [FURTHER SERIES.

London: William Clowes, 1840. x, 147, [1 blank] pp. Folio, bound in attractive modern blue wrappers, copy of half title affixed to front wrapper. Widely scattered foxing, Very Good. An extraordinarily detailed compendium of law cases resulting from the Royal Navy's capture of ships purportedly engaging in the African..... More

Price: $850.00

Atkinson, S[olomon]:

THE EFFECTS OF THE NEW SYSTEM OF FREE TRADE UPON OUR SHIPPING, COLONIES & COMMERCE, EXPOSED, IN A LETTER TO THE RIGHT HON. W. HUSKISSON, PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE. BY...ESQ. OF LINCOLN'S INN.

London: James Ridgway, 1827. Disbound. 63, [1 blank] pp. Very Good. Atkinson opposes Free Trade, identifying it with the detested French Revolution, "an apology for the adoption of the wildest theories." He advocates Protectionism based on Britain's undisputed maritime might, "out of which has grown the grandeur of England."..... More

Price: $275.00

Atkinson, S[olomon]:

A SECOND LETTER TO THE RIGHT HON. W. HUSKISSON, ON THE EFFECTS OF FREE TRADE ON OUR SHIPPING, COLONIES AND COMMERCE. BY...ESQ. OF LINCOLN'S INN.

London: James Ridgway, 1827. Disbound. 51, [1 blank] pp. Small chip to blank inner margin of title page. Very Good. Atkinson continues his attack on England's new policy of Free Trade, saying it threatens England's maritime domination and "the root of all our wealth and power." He argues that "the..... More

Price: $275.00

Channing, William E.:

AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT LENOX, ON THE FIRST OF AUGUST, 1842, THE ANNIVERSARY OF EMANCIPATION, IN THE BRITISH WEST INDIES.

Lenox, Mass. J.G. Stanly, 1842. Disbound, 38pp, scattered soil. Good+. AI 42-994 [5]. More

Price: $75.00

LETTERS FROM NEW YORK. SECOND SERIES. Maria Child, ydia

Child, L[ydia] Maria:

LETTERS FROM NEW YORK. SECOND SERIES.

New York: C.S. Francis & Co.... 1845. Later half morocco [a few rubbed spots], with ribbed spine and gilt-lettered spine title. 287, [1 blank], [16 publ. advts] pp. Very Good. Child calls her book "an honest record of my own views and impressions, on subjects which most interest me." She..... More

Price: $250.00

[Cleveland, Lewis F.]:

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CITY OF NASSAU AND ISLAND OF NEW PROVIDENCE, BAHAMAS, WEST INDIES, WITH METEOROLOGICAL TABLES, AND OTHER STATISTICS OF INTEREST TO INVALIDS & TRAVELERS.

New York: Geo. Edw'd Sears, Printer & Stationer. [1870]. 28pp. Disbound and loosened. With the original printed front wrapper [wrapper title, as issued]. Lacking the rear wrapper. Good+. "Schedule of Sailing Days of Nassau Steamers," temperature tables, resorts for consumptives, resources and other desirable qualities, and testimonial letters from General..... More

Price: $275.00

A CONTINUATION OF DR. COKE'S JOURNAL: IN TWO LETTERS TO THE REV. J. WESLEY. Thomas Coke

Coke, Thomas:

A CONTINUATION OF DR. COKE'S JOURNAL: IN TWO LETTERS TO THE REV. J. WESLEY.

London: Printed by J. Paramore, 1787. 12mo, 12pp. Lower quadrants spotted. Good+, bound in modern marbled boards. The first Methodist Bishop, Coke was "superintendent" for America and, in the course of his duties, made nine voyages to the West Indies between 1784 and 1803. These Letters, written from Dominica..... More

Price: $1,500.00

A FARTHER CONTINUATION OF DR. COKE'S JOURNAL: IN A LETTER TO THE REV. J. WESLEY. Thomas Coke

Coke, Thomas:

A FARTHER CONTINUATION OF DR. COKE'S JOURNAL: IN A LETTER TO THE REV. J. WESLEY.

London: Printed by J. Paramore, 1787. 12mo, 11, [1 blank] pp. Lower quadrants spotted. Good+, bound in modern marbled boards. The first Methodist Bishop, Coke was "superintendent" for America and, in the course of his duties, made nine voyages to the West Indies between 1784 and 1803. His Letter..... More

Price: $1,500.00

[Courtenay, Thomas Peregrine]:

OBSERVATIONS ON THE AMERICAN TREATY, IN ELEVEN LETTERS. FIRST PUBLISHED IN "THE SUN," UNDER THE SIGNATURE OF DECIUS.

London: Sold by J. Budd... 1808. [4], 2, 75, [1] pp. With the half title, on which is inscribed, "With Mr. T. Courtenay's Compliments." Disbound [spine remnant present], some dusting, Good+. The Treaty, though signed by the authorized American and British ministers, was never ratified. Having rejected it, President Jefferson..... More

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Cuba:

IMPRISONMENT OF AN AMERICAN CITIZEN IN THE ISLAND OF CUBA. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, COMMUNICATING, IN COMPLIANCE WITH A RESOLUTION OF THE HOUSE, INFORMATION IN REFERENCE TO THE 36th Cong., 1st Sess. HED54. 1838.

1838. 8pp, disbound. Minor spotting. Good+. More

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Cuba:

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, COMMUNICATING THE CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO THE PRISONERS CAPTURED BY THE SPANISH AUTHORITIES AT OR NEAR THE ISLAND OF CONTOY; AND ALSO THE CORRESPONDENCE RELATIVE TO ANY PROJECTED EXPEDITION TO THE ISLAND OF CUBA, NOT HERETOFORE COMMUNICATED.

31st Cong., 2d Sess. SED41. 1851. 90pp, Disbound, light soil. Very Good. More

Price: $45.00

Cuba:

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES...RELATIVE TO A PROPOSED TRIPARTITE CONVENTION ON THE SUBJECT OF CUBA. 32D CONG., 2D SESS. SED13.

23pp, disbound and stapled. One small margin tear [no text affected]. Lightly tanned. Good+. More

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Cuba:

MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES COMMUNICATING INFORMATION AND MAKING CERTAIN RECOMMENDATIONS IN RELATION TO THE EXISTING INSURRECTION IN CUBA.

41st Cong., 2d Sess. SED99. 1870. 5pp, Disbound, Very Good. More

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Cuba:

MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES COMMUNICATING, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE OF THE 8TH INSTANT, INFORMATION IN RELATION TO THE EMANCIPATION OF SLAVES IN CUBA.

41st Cong., 2d Sess. SED113. 1870. 24pp, disbound. Very Good. More

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DOMINICA. AN ACCOUNT OF RUNAWAY SLAVES, KILLED, TAKEN, AND SURRENDERED, BETWEEN THE 10TH DAY OF...

[Dominica]:

DOMINICA. AN ACCOUNT OF RUNAWAY SLAVES, KILLED, TAKEN, AND SURRENDERED, BETWEEN THE 10TH DAY OF MAY 1813, THE DATE OF GOVERNOR AINSLIE'S PROCLAMATION, AND THE 22D DAY OF NOVEMBER 1814, THE DAY OF HIS DEPARTURE FROM DOMINICA; - DISTINGUISHING THE SEXES AND THE CHILDREN; WITH THE MANNER IN WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN DISPOSED OF.

[London: 1816]. Folio, with caption title as issued. 9, [2 blanks], [1 docket] pp. Later stitching, Very Good. Hundreds of runaway slaves are listed, with their names, owners, whether they were killed and, if so, by whom; how they were recovered and "disposed of." OCLC 154702391 [1- U FL] as..... More

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Fearne, Charles:

COPIES OF OPINIONS ASCRIBED TO EMINENT COUNCIL, ON THE WILL, WHICH WAS THE SUBJECT OF THE CASE, OF PERRIN V. BLAKE, BEFORE THE COURT OF KING'S BENCH IN 1769. ADDRESSED TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE WILLIAM, EARL OF MANSFIELD. A NEW EDITION.

Dublin: H. Watts, Bookseller, 1794. pp x, 31, [1 blank]. Disbound, lightly foxed, The signatures suggest that this is part of a larger volume. Good+. Fearne was an eminent English real property lawyer and barrister of the Inner Temple who wrote a treatise on contingent remainders and executory devises..... More

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BRITISH OPINIONS OF THE AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY. William Lloyd Garrison

[Garrison, William Lloyd]:

BRITISH OPINIONS OF THE AMERICAN COLONIZATION SOCIETY.

Boston: Garrison & Knapp, 1833. 36pp, stitched. Widely scattered foxing, Good+. Rejecting the racism inherent in the American Colonization Society's deportation policies, Garrison and his American Anti-Slavery Society attack Colonizationists and call for immediate emancipation of the slaves. This document prints articles by leading British abolitionists on "the practicability..... More

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Geneva Arbitration:

THE CASE OF THE UNITED STATES, TO BE LAID BEFORE THE TRIBUNAL OF ARBITRATION, TO BE CONVENED AT GENEVA UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN, CONCLUDED AT WASHINGTON, MAY 8, 1871.

42d Cong., 2d Sess. SED31. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1872. 204pp. Folding color map. Disbound. First leaf has a few blank chips and is detached. Else Very Good. More

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A COLOR PORTRAIT OF "PETER JACKSON, COLORED," PUERTO RICAN-BORN BOXER, BY MECCA CIGARETTE...

Jackson, Peter:

A COLOR PORTRAIT OF "PETER JACKSON, COLORED," PUERTO RICAN-BORN BOXER, BY MECCA CIGARETTE COMPANY.

New York: Mecca Cigarette Company, [ca. 1910]. 3-1/4" x 2-1/2". A color portrait of Jackson, in the ring with white trunks, against an elegant Caribbean background. Light soil, Very Good. The verso prints his date and place of birth [Porto Rico, 3 July 1861], his height [6'- 1/2"], and..... More

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Jackson, Robert:

A TREATISE ON THE FEVERS OF JAMAICA, WITH SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE INTERMITTING FEVER OF AMERICA, AND AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING SOME HINTS ON THE MEANS OF PRESERVING THE HEALTH OF SOLDIERS IN HOT CLIMATES.

Philadelphia: Robert Campbell, 1795. Original sheep [rubbed, worn, hinges starting]. Early ownership inscriptions of Nathan W. Adams [1814] on front endpapers. Half title, xi, [1 blank], 276, 19, [1 blank], [4 publ. advts.] pp Text lightly tanned and lightly foxed. Good+. "Apparently reprinted from the first London edition of..... More

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JAMAICA. RETURN TO AN ADDRESS OF THE HONOURABLE THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, DATED 30 MAY 1839;- FOR,...

[Jamaica]:

JAMAICA. RETURN TO AN ADDRESS OF THE HONOURABLE THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, DATED 30 MAY 1839;- FOR, NO. 1. - COPIES OR EXTRACTS OF THE FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS TRANSMITTED TO THE MARQUIS OF NORMANDY BY THE AGENT OF JAMAICA, ON THE 7TH DAY OF MAY LAST, RELATIVE TO THE AGRICULTURAL STATE OF THAT COLONY...

[London: 1839]. 12, [1 blank], [1 docket] pp. Folio, with caption title as issued. New stitching. Very Good. Reports are printed "on the actual state of the labouring population and sugar cultivation," with disturbing news that the local magistrate prevents "the labourers from settling and working upon the properties on..... More

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Jones, Mrs.:

AN ACCOUNT OF THE LOSS OF THE WESLEYAN MISSIONARIES, MESSRS. WHITE, HILLIER, TRUSCOTT, OKE, AND JONES, WITH MRS. WHITE AND MRS. TRUSCOTT, AND THEIR CHILDREN AND SERVANTS, IN THE MARIA MAILBOAT, OFF THE ISLAND OF ANTIGUA, IN THE WEST INDIES, FEBRUARY 28, 1826. BY MRS. JONES, THE ONLY SURVIVOR ON THAT MOURNFUL OCCASION. FROM THE FIFTH LONDON EDITION.

New York: T. Mason and G. Lane, For the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1837. 23, [1 blank] pp. Disbound with light but persistent spotting. Good+. The sinking of the ship Maria on a voyage between St. Kitts and Antigua, and the tragic loss of life suffered by these martyrs to..... More

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ELEGANTLY WRITTEN AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, TO NEW YORK ATTORNEY FRANCIS H. UPTON, REGARDING...

Jouett, Lieutenant Commander James E.:

ELEGANTLY WRITTEN AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED, TO NEW YORK ATTORNEY FRANCIS H. UPTON, REGARDING JOUETT'S CAPTURE OF A REBEL BLOCKADE RUNNER AND HIS ENTITLEMENT TO PRIZE MONEY.

U.S.S. 'Metacomet' off Mobile: May 16, 1864. [4]pp, folio sheet folded to 12-1/2" x 8", printed on rectos only. Fine. Signed at the end, "Very Respectfully &c | Your obdt Servt | Jas. E. Jouett | Lieut Comdr | U.S.N." Jouett, known as "Fightin Jim" Jouett, ended his illustrious career..... More

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SOME USEFUL OBSERVATIONS ON THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE PRESENT WAR WITH SPAIN. Sir William Keith

[Keith, Sir William]:

SOME USEFUL OBSERVATIONS ON THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE PRESENT WAR WITH SPAIN.

London: J. Mechell, [1740?]. [4], 28 pp, with the half title as issued. Disbound, else Very Good. Keith was familiar with North America: he was surveyor-general of the customs in Virginia, and Lieutenant-Governor of Pennsylvania. According to ESTC, this is the only edition. Keith justifies the War as necessary "for..... More

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McClure, David:

A SERMON, DELIVERED AT ELLINGTON IN CONNECTICUT, AT THE INTERMENT OF THE REVEREND JOHN ELSWORTH, A. M. LATE MINISTER OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN THE ISLAND OF SABA, IN THE WEST-INDIES. WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE NOV. 22, 1791, AGED 29 YEARS. PUBLISHED AT THE REQUEST OF THE MOURNING PARENTS.

Hartford: 1792. 32pp, with the half title. Plain front wrap; lacks rear wrap. Ornament at top of page (7). Several attractive styles of type, including script. Stitched and untrimmed. Tanned. A few short tears at leaf edges. "Rev. M. Root" in manuscript at head of half-title; "Barzillai Green, His Book"..... More

Price: $250.00

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