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REPORT OF THE MINORITY OF THE COMMITTEE ON MANUFACTURES, SUBMITTED TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES, FEBRUARY 28, 1833.
Adams, John Quincy, and Lewis Condict:
Baltimore. 1833.
37pp. Dbd. Top margin trimmed a bit close, shaving page numbers. Bit soiled. Else good. Adams describes the domestic policy.. more
Price: $90.00
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A LETTER TO THE HON. HARRISON GRAY OTIS...ON THE PRESENT STATE OF OUR NATIONAL AFFAIRS WITH REMARKS UPON MR. PICKERING'S LETTER TO THE GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH.
Adams, John Quincy:
Boston. 1808.
32pp. Dbd. Foxing, particularly on outer leaves, else very good. The second edition of this pamphlet by the future President,.. more
Price: $35.00
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[FAIR MANUSCRIPT COPY OF SIR WILLIAM ADAMS'S "NOTES WITH REFERENCE TO THE POLICY OF A TIMELY RECOGNITION BY THIS GOVERNMENT OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE LATE SPANISH COLONIES & TO THE IMPORTANT ADVANTAGES TO BE DERIVED THEREFROM BY ALL CLASSES OF THE COMMUN
Adams, Sir William:
London. Aug. 7-13, 1823.
[13]pp. Folio. Folded, gathered, and sewn as originally compiled, old folds. A very clean fair copy in a neat legible.. more
Price: $2,850.00
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THE OLD-TIME SCHOOL IN SCOTT COUNTY.
Addington, Robert M.:
[East Radford, Va. 1914].
37pp. Gilt cloth. Cloth spotted, else very good. Issued as a number of the Radford Normal BULLETIN, this surveys the.. more
Price: $50.00
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FORESTS AND ORCHARDS IN NEBRASKA. A HAND BOOK FOR PRAIRIE PLANTING [wrapper title].
Allan, James T.:
Omaha, Ne. 1884.
64,[6]pp. including several full-page and in-text illustrations, plus three colored plates. Original pictorial wrappers. Light wear to wrappers, but on.. more
Price: $300.00
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SOCIALISM FOR THE FARMER.
Ameringer, Oscar:
St. Louis. 1912.
32pp. Printed wrappers. Minor chipping to corner of wrappers and leaves not affecting text. Very good. Ameringer was a member.. more
Price: $100.00
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CANADA: OR, A VIEW OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE BRITISH AMERICAN COLONIES; SHEWING THEIR EXTENSIVE AND IMPROVEABLE RESOURCES AND POINTING OUT THE GREAT AND UNPRECEDENTED ADVANTAGES WHICH HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO THE AMERICAN OVER OUR OWN COLONISTS....
Anderson, David:
London. 1814.
xxxi,[blank],355pp. (page iv mistakenly numbered vi, and 318 as 138) plus folding color map. Original cloth backed boards. Front board.. more
Price: $400.00
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COMMUNICATION FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, TRANSMITTING, IN COMPLIANCE WITH A RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE OF MARCH 8, 1851, THE REPORT OF ISRAEL D. ANDREWS, CONSUL OF THE UNITED STATES FOR CANADA AND NEW BRUNSWICK, ON THE TRADE AND COMMERCE OF THE BRI
Andrews, Israel D.:
Washington. 1854.
viii,851pp. Original cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Toe of spine frayed. Overall very good. The Senate issue, published a.. more
Price: $75.00
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DE DANSK-VESTINDISKE ØER, NÆRMEST MED HENSYN TIL DERES NUVÆRENDE POLITISKE OG FINANTSIELLE FORHOLD.
Andræ, Poul Georg:
Copenhagen: C.A. Reitzel, 1875.
133pp. Small quarto. Publisher's wrappers. Covers tanned and discolored, foredge chipped. Text block splitting. Internally very clean, pages uncut. A.. more
Price: $375.00
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INTRODUCTION OF THE POWER LOOM, AND ORIGIN OF LOWELL.
Appleton, Nathan:
Lowell, Ma. 1858.
36pp. Original printed wrappers. Spine perished, wraps tanned and bit chipped, else good. An important chapter in the manufacturing history.. more
Price: $90.00
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MEMOIRS AND CONSIDERATIONS CONCERNING THE TRADE AND REVENUES OF THE BRITISH COLONIES IN AMERICA. WITH PROPOSALS FOR RENDERING THOSE COLONIES MORE BENEFICIAL TO GREAT BRITAIN. [with:] THE SECOND PART....
Ashley, John:
London. 1740-1743.
Two volumes bound in one. vi,154; xii,127pp. General half title for both parts bound in at the front. Contemporary calf.. more
Price: $2,500.00
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[MARVELLOUS LATE 19th-CENTURY ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE OF CARRIAGES, WAGONS, AND RELATED EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURED BY H.H. BABCOCK COMPANY OF WATERTOWN, NEW YORK AND SOLD IN THEIR NEW YORK CITY SHOWROOM].
Babcock Company, H.H.:
[Watertown, N.Y.]: H.H. Babcock Company, [nd, but ca. 1890].
[50] leaves with [121] mounted plates on recto and verso. Original gilt calf boards, bound accordion-style, with 50 leaves (each.. more
Price: $4,000.00
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ESSAYS. MORAL, ECONOMICAL, AND POLITICAL.
Bacon, Francis:
Boston: Joseph Greenleaf, 1807.
xv,[3],270pp. Contemporary calf, ornate gilt spine, gilt-tooling on edges of binding. Spine lightly chipped. Attractive and very good, with the.. more
Price: $500.00
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AN INQUIRY INTO THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE ORDERS IN COUNCIL; AND AN EXAMINATION OF THE CONDUCT OF GREAT BRITAIN TOWARDS THE NEUTRAL COMMERCE OF AMERICA.
Baring, Alexander:
New York: John Bleecker, 1808.
104pp. Printed self-wrappers, stitched. Upper outer margins of three rear leaves eaten away, not affecting text. Outer leaves lightly soiled,.. more
Price: $100.00
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AN INQUIRY INTO THE CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF THE ORDERS IN COUNCIL; AND AN EXAMINATION OF THE CONDUCT OF GREAT BRITAIN TOWARDS THE NEUTRAL COMMERCE OF AMERICA.
Baring, Alexander:
London. 1808.
[iv],179pp. Dbd. Contemporary ink correction in text. About fine. The first of several editions of this work which saw wide.. more
Price: $200.00
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[MANUSCRIPT INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING CARIBBEAN SUGAR DEALINGS].
Bégon, Michel:
Martinique. Feb. 26, 1683.
[2]pp. written in French. Single sheet, 6 1/2 x 8 inches. From the papers of Michel Bégon (see below). This.. more
Price: $600.00
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OM WESTINDIEN.
Bergius, O. E.:
Stockholm: A. Gadelius, 1819.
[6],294,[1]pp. Contemporary half calf, stamped in gilt, and blue paper boards. A very good copy. A rare early 19th-century Swedish.. more
Price: $1,750.00
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RICHARD ROBINSON. A MEMOIR.
Bodley, Temple:
Louisville. 1903.
172pp. Frontis. portrait. Original cloth, gilt stamped, corners and spinal extremities bit rubbed, else very good. Scarce Kentucky memoir covering.. more
Price: $25.00
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A VOYAGE TO THE DEMERARY, CONTAINING A STATISTICAL ACCOUNT OF THE SETTLEMENTS THERE, AND OF THOSE ON THE ESSEQUEBO, THE BERBICE, AND OTHER CONTIGUOUS RIVERS OF GUYANA.
Bolingbroke, Henry:
Philadelphia. 1813.
260pp. Contemporary calf. Hinges carefully repaired. Scattered foxing. Just about very good. First American edition, after the London edition of.. more
Price: $675.00
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MDCCXXVI. THE NEW-ENGLAND DIARY, OR, ALMANACK, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1726...FITTED TO THE FAMOUS TOWN OF BOSTON, WHERE THE NORTH POLE IS RAISED, AND THE SOUTH POLE IS DEPRESS'D EQUAL TO AN ANGLE OF 42 GR. 25 M AND A MERIDIAN 4 H. 44 M. WEST OF
Bowen, Nathan:
Boston: Printed and sold by B. Green, and sold at the booksellers shops, 1726 [i.e. 1725].
[16]pp. Dbd. Moderately age-toned. Edges worn and slightly chipped. Contemporary inscriptions on titlepage and pp.[10,11,16]. A good copy. An early.. more
Price: $1,000.00
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BRADSTREET'S CINCINNATI ANNUAL TRADE DIRECTORY OF THE PRINCIPAL MERCANTILE AND MANUFACTURING FIRMS OF CINCINNATI, O., EING [sic] A REFERENCE MANUAL FOR BUSINESS MEN. APRIL, 1867.
Bradstreet, J.M.:
Cincinnati. 1867.
[6],116pp. Illus. Original cloth backed boards. Advertising matter adhered to front cover and rear covers. Wear at extremities. Several pages.. more
Price: $350.00
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SKETCH OF THE INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS ALREADY MADE BY PENNSYLVANIA...PARTICULARLY AS THEY HAVE REFERENCE TO THE FUTURE GROWTH AND PROSPERITY OF PHILADELPHIA....
Breck, Samuel:
Philadelphia. 1818.
81,[1]pp. Folding frontispiece map. Original printed boards. Front board nearly detached, rubbed and dampstained, ex-lib. with shelf labels, bookplate and.. more
Price: $500.00
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SKETCH OF THE INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS ALREADY MADE BY PENNSYLVANIA...PARTICULARLY AS THEY HAVE REFERENCE TO THE FUTURE GROWTH AND PROSPERITY OF PHILADELPHIA....
Breck, Samuel:
Philadelphia. 1818.
48,[1]pp. plus three double-sheet maps, partially handcolored. Modern half morocco. Some light foxing, else very good. "Emphasizes Philadelphia's strategic position.. more
Price: $600.00
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES...REPORT: THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC LANDS, TO WHO WAS REFERRED THE MEMORIAL OF THE GALENA AND CHICAGO UNION RAILROAD COMPANY...
Breese, Sidney:
Washington. 1846.
9pp. Sewn and unopened. Breese, one of the great promoters for western railroads, presented to Congress a memorial to acquire.. more
Price: $65.00
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DOCUMENTS ACCOMPANYING THE BILL FOR THE RELIEF OF ISAAC BRIGGS.
Briggs, Isaac:
Washington. 1810.
8pp. Modern cloth, leather label. Very good. Briggs herein petitions the U.S. government for compensation for the hardships and expenses.. more
Price: $150.00
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HISTORY OF SHIPBUILDING ON NORTH RIVER, PLYMOUTH COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS, WITH GENEALOGIES OF THE SHIPBUILDERS, AND ACCOUNTS OF THE INDUSTRIES UPON ITS TRIBUTARIES. 1640 TO 1872.
Briggs, L. Vernon:
Boston. 1889.
xv,[1],420,[1]pp. plus plates. Frontis. Large octavo. Original cloth. Cloth worn and rubbed, splitting at joints, hinges cracked, a few fox.. more
Price: $225.00
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SOCIAL DESTINY OF MAN; OR, ASSOCIATION AND REORGANIZATION OF INDUSTRY.
Brisbane, Albert:
Philadelphia. 1840.
480pp. Frontis. Original cloth, leather label. Endpapers made from letterhead of a mining and metallurgist firm. Some wear at extremities,.. more
Price: $850.00
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[AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, REPORTING ON LAND PURCHASED IN TENNESSEE BY DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SIGNER ROBERT MORRIS].
Broderick, James: [Morris, Robert]:
Lauzon County. April 14, 1792.
[1]p. Folio. Old folds. Stained and age-toned. In good condition. A manuscript letter dated April 14, 1792 reporting on land.. more
Price: $800.00
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OBSERVATIONS ON CAPTAIN F.B. HEAD'S "REPORTS RELATIVE TO THE FAILURE OF THE RIO DE LA PLATA MINING ASSOCIATION;" WITH ADDITIONAL REMARKS AND AN APPENDIX OF ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS.
Bunster, Grosvenor:
London: E. Wilson, 1827.
iv,145,[1]pp. Contemporary black calf. Front board detached, slightly rubbed. Internally clean. Very good. The second edition, published the same year.. more
Price: $750.00
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IMMIGRATION: ITS EVILS AND CONSEQUENCES.
Busey, Samuel C.:
New York. [1856].
162pp. plus ads. Original gilt cloth. Spine sunned, some wear to extremities, bit chipped at spine, else very good. Includes.. more
Price: $85.00
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THE GROWTH OF INDUSTRIAL ART....
Butterworth, Benjamin [comp]:
Washington. 1892.
200pp. Illus. Folio. Contemporary three quarter buckram and marbled boards, gilt leather cover label. Unobtrusive library call numbers on spine... more
Price: $800.00
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THE READY CALCULATOR OF INTEREST, OR TABLES, SHOWING BY INSPECTION THE INTEREST OF ANY SUM, FROM 1 SHILLING TO 1000 POUNDS AND FROM 25 CENTS TO 1000 DOLLARS, AT THE RATE OF 6 PER CENT, FOR ANY TIME, FROM ONE DAY TO ONE YEAR.
Caesar, John Simon:
Reading, Pa. 1816.
[42]pp. Old plain wrappers (front detached), dbd. from larger volume. Rather tanned, couple of fox marks. Good. Not in Kress,.. more
Price: $75.00
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PRAIRIE FARMING IN AMERICA. WITH NOTES BY THE WAY ON CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES.
Caird, James:
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1859.
130,[2]pp. Original printed wrappers. Nearly half of spine perished, splitting at front joint, wrappers soiled. Contemporary ownership signature on front.. more
Price: $400.00
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SHALL WE HAVE PEACE? PEACE FINANCIAL, AND PEACE POLITICAL? LETTERS TO THE PRESIDENT ELECT OF THE UNITED STATES.
Carey, Henry C.:
Philadelphia. 1869.
66pp. Dbd. Slight trace of foxing, else very good. Prints eight letters by the noted economist and publisher. .. more
Price: $75.00
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ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE PHILADELPHIA SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING AGRICULTURE, AT ITS MEETING ON THE TWENTIETH OF JULY, 1824.
Carey, Mathew:
Philadelphia. 1824.
108pp. 12mo. Original printed boards. Chipped at spine, boards rubbed, contemporary ink note on front board, and a note on.. more
Price: $125.00
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AN EASIE METHOD TO RAISE THIS PRESENT YEAR, 1715, 5000l. PER ANN. FOR EVER...WITHOUT TAXING EITHER PERSONS OR TRADE [docket title]. WHEREAS HIS MAJESTY HAS BEEN GRACIOUSLY PLEASED FOR TO RECOMMEND TO THIS HONOURABLE HOUSE OF COMMONS THAT A PROVISION BE MA
Carter, Richard:
[London? 1715].
Broadsheet. [1]p. plus printed docket title on verso. Ornamental initial. Dbd. Small folio. Early folds and early stab holes in.. more
Price: $1,500.00
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THE PREACHERS TRAVELS. WHEREIN IS SET DOWNE A TRUE IOURNALL TO THE CONFINES OF THE EAST INDIES, THROUGH THE GREAT COUNTREYES OF SYRIA, MESOPOTAMIA, ARMENIA, MEDIA, HIRCANIA AND PARTHIA. WITH THE AUTHORS RETURNE BY THE WAY OF PERSIA SUSIANA, ASSIRIA, CHALD
Cartwright, John:
London: Printed for Thomas Thorpe, 1611.
[6],107pp. 19th-century three-quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt label. 1860 engraved bookplate of the Library of the Earls of Macclesfield.. more
Price: $25,000.00
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GOLD FROM CALIFORNIA, AND ITS EFFECTS ON PRICES. A LECTURE. DELIVERED AT NORTH CHELSEA, MASSACHUSETTS. MARCH 25TH, 1856. WITH SOME REMINISCENCES OF THE PLACE.
Cary, Thomas G.:
New York. 1856.
20pp. Original printed wrappers. Front wrapper split at spine about two-thirds of the way up. Insect damage to upper edge.. more
Price: $425.00
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DISCURSO DEL DOCTOR DON IUAN CEVICOS, COMISSARIO DEL S.OFFICIO. SOBRE UNA CARTA PARA SU SANTIDAD, QUE EN LENGUA LATINA SE IMPRIMIO, Y DIVULGÒ EN MADRID, POR DESTE AÑO DE 1628. FECHA EN OMURA, CIUDAD DEL IAPON A 20. DE ENERO DE [1]624. DE LA QUAL HAN HECHO
Cevicos, Juan:
Seville: Antonio Moreno, [1628].
16 leaves ([32]pp.). Woodcut decorative initials on first three pages and illustration of the four winds blowing on a globe.. more
Price: $37,500.00
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SELECT SPEECHES, FORENSICK AND PARLIAMENTARY, WITH PREFATORY REMARKS.
Chapman, Nathaniel:
[Philadelphia]: Hopkins and Earle, 1807-1808.
Five volumes. Frontispiece portrait in each volume. Late 19th-century three-quarter calf and marbled boards, gilt leather labels. Bookplate on front.. more
Price: $500.00
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TO THE PEOPLE OF GEORGIA [caption title].
Chappell, Absalom H.:
[Np]. 1844.
16pp. [bound with:] [PRINTED LETTER OF JUNE 17, 1844 FROM ABSALOM H. CHAPPELL TO GEN. E. BEALLS, ROWLAND BIVINS, SAMUEL.. more
Price: $400.00
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THE AMERICAN FUR TRADE OF THE FAR WEST.
Chittenden, Hiram M.:
New York. 1902.
Three volumes totaling 1029pp. plus folding map. Frontispiece in first and second volumes. Original green cloth, gilt-stamped spines. Contemporary ownership.. more
Price: $1,000.00
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[MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT, SIGNED, BY AUGUSTE CHOUTEAU, ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF ST. LOUIS, AND SIGNED CLERICALLY BY MOSES AUSTIN, REAL ESTATE SPECULATOR AND INITIAL FOUNDER OF THE AUSTIN COLONY IN TEXAS, CONCERNING FUNDS OWED TO HIS BROTHER STEPHEN AUSTIN].
Chouteau, Auguste:
New Orleans & St. Louis. 1801/1805.
[3]pp. in French, [1]p. blank. Folio. Old folds. Small legal certificate, mentioned in text, affixed to recto of first leaf... more
Price: $6,750.00
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SPEECH OF HENRY CLAY, IN DEFENCE OF THE AMERICAN SYSTEM, AGAINST THE BRITISH COLONIAL SYSTEM....
Clay, Henry:
Washington. 1832.
43pp. Modern cloth, leather label. Heavily foxed, contemporary ink signature on titlepage, else good. Clay defends his policy, originally outlined.. more
Price: $45.00
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ADDRESS BY FRANCIS H. CLERGUE AT A BANQUET GIVEN IN HIS HONOR BY THE CITIZENS OF SAULT STE. MARIE, ONT. FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY FIFTEENTH....
Clergue, Francis H.:
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. 1901.
30,[1]pp. Printed textured wrappers. A fine copy. A scarce Sault Ste. Marie imprint about the industrial potential of the region,.. more
Price: $75.00
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[GROUP OF EIGHT AUTOGRAPH LETTERS, SIGNED, FROM RICHARD J. CLEVELAND TO HIS FRIEND, THE LONDON MERCHANT, JOSEPH DORN].
Cleveland, Richard J.:
Hamburg, Copenhagen, Paris, New York, & Lancaster, Ma. 1813-1825.
A total of about twenty-five pages of neatly written text. Eight a.ls.s. on folded lettersheets, often with original seal present.. more
Price: $2,500.00
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CLOUGH, 1706. KALENDARIUM NOV-ANGLICANUM, OR AN ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1706. AND FROM THE CREATION 5655. BEING SECOND AFTER LEAP YEAR. WHEREIN ARE CONTAINED ALL THINGS NECESSARY FOR SUCH A WORK...DILIGENTLY CALCULATED & REDUCED TO THE MERIDIAN
Clough, Samuel:
Boston: Printed by Bartho. Green, for Benj. Eliot, and Nich. Boone, 1706 [i.e. 1705].
[32]pp. including booksellers' advertisements on final six pages. Dbd. Moderately age-toned. Edges worn with slight tears and chips. Some leaves.. more
Price: $2,250.00
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CLOUGH, 1707. KALENDARIUM NOV-ANGLICANUM, OR AN ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD, 1707. AND FROM THE CREATION, 5656. BEING THIRD AFTER LEAR [i.e. LEAP]-YEAR. WHEREIN ARE CONTAINED...ALL THINGS NECESSARY FOR SUCH A WORK...CALCULATED FOR THE MERIDIAN OF BO
Clough, Samuel:
Boston: Printed by B. Green, for Benj. Eliot, and Nich. Boone, 1707 [i.e. 1706].
[24]pp. including an "advertisement by the author" on p.[3]. Dbd. Moderately age-toned. Edges worn with slight tears and chips. A.. more
Price: $2,250.00
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LE VOYAGEUR AMERICAIN, OU OBSERVATIONS SUR L'ETAT ACTUEL, LA CULTURE, LE COMMERCE DE COLONIES BRITIANNIQUES EN AMERIQUE.... [including:] [Mandrillon, Joseph]: PRECIS SUR L'AMERIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE & LA REPUBLIQUE DES TREIZE ETATS UNIS.
Cluny, Alexander:
Amsterdam. 1783.
[8],264pp. plus three folding tables. Contemporary patterned boards, manuscript paper spine label. Boards scuffed. Some browning. Overall quite nice, untrimmed... more
Price: $375.00
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