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Allen, Paul:

AN ORATION, ON THE PRINCIPLES OF TASTE, DELIVERED BEFORE THE FEDERAL ADELPHI, ON THE FOURTH OF SEPTEMBER, A.D. 1800, AT THE BAPTIST MEETING-HOUSE, IN PROVIDENCE. BY PAUL ALLEN, A.M.

Providence: Printed by Bennett Wheeler, 1800. 14, [2 blanks] pp. Disbound, title leaf and final blank with some spotting, Good+. The Federal Adelphi was the first organization made up of graduates of Rhode Island College, later Brown University. The Society "had its origin in the refusal by the Harvard branch..... More

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[Allinson, David]:

THE RURAL VISITER: A LITERARY AND MISCELLANEOUS GAZETTE. VOLUME I [all published].

City of Burlington, N.J. Published by D. Allinson and Co. and Printed at the Lexicon Press. 1811. 4to. Original sheep-backed marbled paper-covered boards [quite rubbed, front hinge nearly detached, spine ends chipped]. Volume I, Nos. 1-52 [July 30, 1810 - July 22, 1811]. [2], 268, [2] pp, with a number..... More

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Item #34828 STRICTURES ON HARVARD UNIVERSITY. -- PERSONAL SATIRE IS WORTHY OF LITTLE NOTICE-- IT...

[Austin, William]:

STRICTURES ON HARVARD UNIVERSITY. -- PERSONAL SATIRE IS WORTHY OF LITTLE NOTICE-- IT IS SELDOM JUST. BY A SENIOR.

Boston: Printed and Sold by John W. Folsom, 1798. 35, [1 blank] pp. Disbound, untrimmed, light rubberstamp, light foxing and mild wear. One small margin hole just touches a couple of letters, but does not obscure them. Good+. Austin, to whom DAB attributes authorship, graduated from Harvard in 1798. Among..... More

Price: $1,250.00

Item #37027 BROTHER JONATHAN. A WEEKLY COMPEND OF BELLES LETTRES AND THE FINE ARTS, STANDARD...

[Benjamin, Park; and Rufus Griswold]:

BROTHER JONATHAN. A WEEKLY COMPEND OF BELLES LETTRES AND THE FINE ARTS, STANDARD LITERATURE, AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCER. VOL. III. FROM SEPTEMBER 3, TO DECEMBER 31 [1842].

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

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Civil War:

THE REBELLION OF THE CAVALIERS.

New York: Sinclair Tousey, 1863. Original printed glossy blue wrappers with wrapper title [as issued]. Disbound, rubberstamps, else a clean text and Very Good. 28pp. This poem is dedicated to all "who believe that all mankind are created with equal rights; that God is the common father, and holds men..... More

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[Clemens, Samuel L.]:

MARK TWAIN'S (BURLESQUE) AUTOBIOGRAPHY AND FIRST ROMANCE.

New York: Sheldon & Company, [1871]. Original printed and illustrated wrappers with wrapper title [as issued]. 47, [1] pp. Comic illustrations. Lightly spotted. Stitched, spine reinforced, Good+. The second state of the first edition, with advertisement on the copyright page. BAL 3326. More

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Item #38677 THE AMERICAN DEMOCRAT, OR HINTS ON THE SOCIAL AND CIVIC RELATIONS OF THE UNITED...

Cooper, J. Fenimore:

THE AMERICAN DEMOCRAT, OR HINTS ON THE SOCIAL AND CIVIC RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Cooperstown [NY]: H. & E. Phinney, 1838. 12mo, 192pp. Original cloth and spine label [some soil and rubbing], rebacked with much of the original spine laid down. Scattered foxing, dampstaining to some corners. Good+. Cooper pens essays on imperfections in American democracy, especially "a disposition in the majority to carry..... More

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Darley, Felix O.C.:

ILLUSTRATIONS OF RIP VAN WINKLE DESIGNED AND ETCHED BY FELIX O C DARLEY FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN ART-UNION.

[New York]: 1848. Oblong folio, with original printed wrappers [chipped, loosened]. 11, [1 blank], pp, plus six full-page line drawings plates on rectos. Scattered foxing, loosened. Each text page printed in two columns. Good+. More

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Darley, Felix O.C.:

ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW DESIGNED AND ETCHED BY FELIX O C DARLEY FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN ART-UNION.

[New York: 1849]. Oblong folio, with original printed wrappers [chipped, loosened]. 16pp of text; plus six leaves each with full-page sketches on rectos only. Scattered light spotting. Each text page printed in two columns. Good+. More

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[Defoe, Daniel]:

THE TRUE-BORN ENGLISHMAN. A SATIRE. CORRECTED AND ENLARG'D BY THE AUTHOR.

London: Printed and Sold by J. Wilford... 1731. 12mo. [12], 46, [2 publ. advt.] pp. Widely scattered foxing, front free endpaper remargined, else Very Good, in modern cloth. Preceded by a couple of London printings in the early 1700s, this is a satire on the "Sort of People, who call..... More

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Item #35751 ANDRE: A TRAGEDY, IN FIVE ACTS: AS NOW PERFORMING AT THE THEATRE IN NEW YORK. TO...

[Dunlap, William]:

ANDRE: A TRAGEDY, IN FIVE ACTS: AS NOW PERFORMING AT THE THEATRE IN NEW YORK. TO WHICH IS ADDED, THE COW-CHACE: A SATIRICAL POEM. BY MAJOR ANDRE: WITH THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE COURT MARTIAL; AND AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS CONCERNING HIM.

London: Printed for David Ogilvy and Son, 1799. viii, [9]-110 pp. Disbound, lacking the final advertisement leaf, and torn at the corner of leaf 37-38 [several words and letters affected]. Otherwise, Good+. The book first issued from New York in 1798. This is the only other 18th century edition. "Dunlap..... More

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Dwight, Timothy:

THE CONQUEST OF CANAAN.

Hartford: 1785. [8], 304, [1- errata], [1 blank] pp. Contemporary unlettered sheep [light wear]. With the errata leaf, which is "not present in all examined copies" [BAL]. The signature 'L' is present. Four leaves transposed during the original binding. Else Very Good. Dwight called this the first epic poem "to..... More

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Francis, David G.:

PRICED AND DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF VALUABLE AND INTERESTING BOOKS, NEW AND SECOND-HAND, INCLUDING MANY SCARCE BOOKS IN OLD ENGLISH LITERATURE, BIBLIOGRAPHY, POETRY AND THE DRAMA, AMERICAN HISTORY, VOYAGES AND TRAVELS, ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, ETC., ETC., ALL IN GOOD ORDER, FOR SALE, AT THE REASONABLE PRICES AFFIXED BY DAVID G. FRANCIS, DEALER IN NEW AND OLD BOOKS, 17 ASTOR PLACE AND 140 EIGHTH ST., NEW YORK (A FEW DOORS EAST OF BROADWAY)...NO. 86. DECEMBER 15TH, 1887.

1887. [New York. 1887]. 32pp. Printed in double columns. Two staples, spine reinforced with paper tape. Top blank forecorners of all pages creased, with a few corners nearly detached]. Light uniform tanning. lght foxing and wear Good or so. OCLC lists a single location for Francis's 1876 catalogue, but not..... More

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Item #38687 THE POEMS OF PHILIP FRENEAU. WRITTEN CHIEFLY DURING THE LATE WAR. Philip Freneau

Freneau, Philip:

THE POEMS OF PHILIP FRENEAU. WRITTEN CHIEFLY DURING THE LATE WAR.

Philadelphia: Francis Bailey, 1786. pp [8], 407, [1 blank] pp, but lacking the half title. One Contents leaf loose, last leaf loose with some wear and a repaired closed tear [no loss]. Scattered foxing. Good+. Bound in later quarter calf and marbled paper over boards. The first collected edition of..... More

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Item #38695 POEMS WRITTEN BETWEEN THE YEARS 1768 & 1794, BY PHILIP FRENEAU, OF NEW JERSEY. A NEW...

Freneau, Philip:

POEMS WRITTEN BETWEEN THE YEARS 1768 & 1794, BY PHILIP FRENEAU, OF NEW JERSEY. A NEW EDITION, REVISED AND CORRECTED BY THE AUTHOR; INCLUDING A CONSIDERABLE NUMBER OF PIECES NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED.

Monmouth [N.J.]: Printed at the Press of the Author, at Mount-Pleasant, near Middletown-Point, 1795. xv, [1 blank], 455, [1 errata] pp, with the half title, as issued. Some light toning and occasional foxing. Bound in original, moderately worn sheep, spine ends fraying, gilt-lettered morocco spine label. Endpapers spotted, inner hinges..... More

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Grimke, Frederick:

AN ESSAY ON THE ANCIENTS AND MODERNS, BY THE HON. FREDERICK GRIMKE OF CHILICOTHE, OHIO.

1850. [n.p., 1850?]. [2 blank], [205]-216pp [as issued]. Original plain wrappers [light wear, ink inscription on front wrap], stitched. Light scattered foxing. Very Good. Grimke tries to explain why American literature has not yet measured up to the literature of European countries. He attributes this lag "chiefly to the extraordinary..... More

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Item #31755 THE WEAL-REAF. A RECORD OF THE ESSEX INSTITUTE FAIR, HELD AT SALEM, SEPT. 4, 5, 6, 7,...

[Hawthorne, Nathaniel]:

THE WEAL-REAF. A RECORD OF THE ESSEX INSTITUTE FAIR, HELD AT SALEM, SEPT. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, WITH TWO SUPPLEMENTARY NUMBERS, SEPT. 10, 11.

[Salem]: 1860. [4], 56, [4] pp. Near Fine, in contemporary marbled boards, dark spine tape, and gilt-lettered spine title. Charles W. Swasey published this periodical from his office in Salem, for the Essex Institute Fair. A short-lived paper, it contains eight parts, each seven pages. Parts 2 and 3 [at..... More

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Item #38806 POLITICAL HISTORY. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY DEFENDED. A REVIEWER REVIEWED. "THE SESSION,"...

Howe, Timothy O.:

POLITICAL HISTORY. THE REPUBLICAN PARTY DEFENDED. A REVIEWER REVIEWED. "THE SESSION," BY HENRY BROOKS ADAMS, REVIEWED BY HON. T.O. HOWE, U.S. SENATOR FROM WISCONSIN.

13, [3 blank] pp. Disbound, loosened, lightly toned, final blank detached. Good+. Henry Adams-- journalist, author, and descendant of Presidents-- published "a long criticism of the acts of the present National Administration, and of Congress," in his North American Review for July 1870. Howe was a three-term Senator from Wisconsin..... More

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Philadelphian Literary Society of Monmouth College:

CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE "PHILADELPHIAN SOCIETY" OF MONMOUTH COLLEGE.

Monmouth, Ills. Review Office Print. 1867. 12pp. Stitched in original printed title wrappers. Lightly worn, Very Good. The Society's purpose is "to improve those qualities with which God in his infinite wisdom has endowed us." Membership was open to students of Monmouth College-- unless an applicant received "four negative votes."..... More

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[Riley, James Whitcomb; Dodd, Robert Leonard]:

"THE PASSING OF THE BACKHOUSE" WHEN MEMORY KEEPS ME COMPANY AND MOVES TO SMILES OR TEARS/ A WEATHER-BEATEN OBJECT LOOMS THROUGH THE MIST OF YEARS,/ BEHIND THE HOUSE AND BARN IT STOOD, A HALF A MILE OR MORE,/ AND HURRYING FEET A PATH HAD MADE, STRAIGHT TO ITS SWINGING DOOR...

[n.p. c.1899-1900]. Broadside poem, 5" x 10-1/4". 48 lines, Very Good. A humorous poem, attributed to James Whitcomb Riley, Robert Leonard Dodd, and others. An early printing in leaflet form carries the statement: "An Unpublished Poem by James Whitcomb Riley found among his manuscripts after his death." BAL attributes it..... More

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Rochietti, Joseph:

LORENZO AND OONALASKA BY...FROM CASAL.

Winchester, Va. Brooks & Conrad. 1835. Original cloth-backed boards [spotted and rubbed]. 132pp. Lightly foxed title and endpapers. Good+. First edition of an epistolary novel set mostly in Switzerland but also in Virginia. Letters are from Switzerland, Richmond, London, New York, and Paris, although the narrative is more philosophical than..... More

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[Saint-Pierre, Jacques Henri Bernardin de]:

THE INDIAN COTTAGE. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF MONSIEUR DE ST. PIERRE. AUTHOR OF PAUL AND MARY, &C. &C. TO WHICH IS ADDED, PALAEMON, A PASTORAL TALE. FROM THE FRENCH OF M. MARMONTEL.

Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by William Spotswood, 1794. 12mo. Original leather-backed marbled paper over boards [1.5" wide horizontal piece missing from bottom front cover]. 79pp. Rubberstamp and light pencil writing on front free endpaper. Scattered light fox, light wear. Good+. According to ESTC this is the second title of PAUL..... More

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Schott, Guy Bryan and Donald G. Mitchell:

POEM, BY GUY BRYAN SCHOTT, AND THE VALEDICTORY ORATION, BY DONALD G. MITCHELL. PRONOUNCED BEFORE SENIOR CLASS OF YALE COLLEGE, JULY 7, 1841. PUBLISHED BY REQUEST OF THE CLASS.

New Haven: Hamlen, 1841. 48pp, Disbound, light scattered foxing. Very Good. Donald Grant Mitchell is Ik Marvel, who graduated from Yale in 1841 and was an editor of the Yale Literary Magazine. This piece, his first published work [other than whatever of his may have appeared in the Literary Magazine]..... More

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Item #34953 THE HISTORY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, FROM ITS FIRST EUROPEAN DISCOVERY TO ITS ERECTION INTO...

Simms, William Gilmore:

THE HISTORY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, FROM ITS FIRST EUROPEAN DISCOVERY TO ITS ERECTION INTO A REPUBLIC: WITH A SUPPLEMENTARY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS TO THE PRESENT TIME.

Charleston: Printed by S. Babcock, 1840. [2], viii, [9]-355, [1 blank] pp. Lightly foxed, endpapers dusted, bound in modern buckram [no institutional marks]. Except as noted, Very Good. This first edition [BAL's Printing 'A'] is difficult to obtain today. Simms, as DAB describes him, "had a strong bent toward public..... More

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Tappan, Arthur et al]:

ADDRESS OF THE NEW YORK CITY ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY, TO THE PEOPLE OF NEW-YORK.

New York: Printed by West & Trow, 1833. 46pp, in modern half red morocco and marbled paper-covered boards. Light scattered foxing, small remnant of original wrapper. Old bookplate on front pastedown. Very Good. The Address announces the Society's purpose: to remove "the greatest reproach from the character of our beloved..... More

Price: $600.00

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