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THE LETTERS OF JUNIUS. COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME. WITH A COPIOUS INDEX.
"Junius" [pseud]:
Philadelphia: Printed for Robert Campbell, 1795.
[4],283,[13]pp. plus 8pp. ads. Modern half morocco and marbled boards. Scattered foxing. Some soiling on titlepage and first few leaves... more
Price: $175.00
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THE LETTERS OF JUNIUS. "STAT NOMINIS UMBRA."
"Junius":
New York. 1809.
340pp. Narrow 24mo. Contemporary gilt calf, leather label. Calf rubbed, some scattered foxing and tanning, ownership signature, else very good... more
Price: $100.00
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JUNIUS: INCLUDING LETTERS BY THE SAME WRITER, UNDER OTHER SIGNATURES, (NOW FIRST COLLECTED.) TO WHICH ARE ADDED, HIS CONFIDENTIAL CORRESPONDENCE WITH MR. WILKES, AND HIS PRIVATE LETTERS ADDRESSED TO MR. H.S. WOODFALL. WITH A PRELIMINARY ESSAY, NOTES, FAC-
"Junius," pseud:
London: Printed by G. Woodfall. 1812.
Three volumes. xii,336,248; xi,516; xiii,511,[1]. plus folding facsimiles. Contemporary three quarter calf and plain boards, spines gilt. Some slight edge.. more
Price: $300.00
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JUNIUS. STAT NOMINIS UMBRA.
"Junius," pseud:
London. 1796, 1797 [i.e. 1798].
Two volumes. xl,325; [4],366pp. plus plates. Engraved titles. Frontispiece portrait in each volume. Modern half cloth and marbled boards. Plates.. more
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THOUGHTS ON THE LETTER OF EDMUND BURKE, ESQ; TO THE SHERIFFS OF BRISTOL, ON THE AFFAIRS OF AMERICA.
Abingdon, Willoughby Bertie:
Oxford. [1777].
64pp. Dbd. Titlepage a tad dusty. Else very good. Second edition, after the first of the same year. A reply.. more
Price: $250.00
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THOUGHTS ON THE LETTER OF EDMUND BURKE, ESQ; TO THE SHERIFFS OF BRISTOL, ON THE AFFAIRS OF AMERICA.
Abingdon, Willoughby Bertie:
Oxford. [1777].
64pp. Dbd. Titlepage a tad dusty, else very good. A reply to Burke's LETTER...ON THE AFFAIRS OF AMERICA (1777): "...If.. more
Price: $300.00
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THOUGHTS ON THE LETTER OF EDMUND BURKE, ESQ; TO THE SHERIFFS OF BRISTOL, ON THE AFFAIRS OF AMERICA.
Abingdon, Willoughby Bertie:
Oxford. [1777].
64pp. Gathered signatures. Stitched as issued. Untrimmed. Last leaf tanned. Otherwise a very good copy. Fourth edition. A reply to.. more
Price: $200.00
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AN ORATION DELIVERED AT PLYMOUTH, DECEMBER 22, 1802, AT THE ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION OF THE FIRST LANDING OF OUR ANCESTORS, AT THAT PLACE.
Adams, John Quincy:
Plymouth: Re-published by Joseph Avery, 1820.
22pp. Contemporary marbled wrappers. Minor foxing. Very good. Second edition, after the first of 1802. An elegant treatise on the.. more
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ANNALS OF PORTSMOUTH, COMPRISING A PERIOD OF TWO HUNDRED YEARS FROM THE FIRST SETTLEMENT OF THE TOWN; WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF A FEW OF THE MOST RESPECTABLE INHABITANTS.
Adams, Nathaniel:
Portsmouth. 1825.
400pp. Original plain boards, paper spine. Untrimmed. Head and toe of spine chipped. Front pastedown torn off. Scattered light foxing... more
Price: $125.00
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THE AMERICAN CONTROVERSY: A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL STUDY OF THE BRITISH PAMPHLETS ABOUT THE AMERICAN DISPUTES, 1764 - 1783.
Adams, Thomas R.:
Providence & New York. 1980.
Two volumes. Original cloth. Fine. .. more
Price: $120.00
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HAWK'S NEST; OR, THE LAST OF THE CAHOONSHEES. A TALE OF THE DELAWARE VALLEY AND HISTORICAL ROMANCE OF 1690.
Allerton, James M.:
Port Jervis, N.Y.: The Gazette Book & Job Print, [1892].
246,[6]pp. Original printed wrappers. Extremities modestly chipped, a few short tears to wrapper edges, some minor darkening at upper edge,.. more
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A CHARACTER OF THE PROVINCE OF MARYLAND....
Alsop, George:
New York: Williams Gowans, 1869.
125,[3],40pp. Large quarto. Original gilt-stamped cloth. Some fraying at extremities, else very good, partially unopened. Later edition, after the original.. more
Price: $175.00
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AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY: OR, ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1763....
Ames, Nathaniel:
Boston. [1762].
[23]pp. Three quarter red morocco and marbled boards, raised bands, near fine. Contains a brief chronology of recent events in.. more
Price: $400.00
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AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY: OR, ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1765 [caption title].
Ames, Nathaniel:
Boston. [1764].
[24]pp. Stitched as issued. Three-inch stain on titlepage, bit tanned. Good. An early colonial almanac with a distance chart for.. more
Price: $130.00
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BOOKS ABOUT EARLY AMERICA. 2001 TITLES.
Ammerman, David L., and Philip D. Morgan, comps:
Williamsburg: Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1989.
vii,[1],126pp. Original green cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Fine. A considerable list of scholarship on early America, classified by subject and extensively.. more
Price: $35.00
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TRAVELS THROUGH THE INTERIOR PARTS OF AMERICA.
Anburey, Thomas:
Boston. 1923.
Two volumes. xxx,[2],276; [6],322pp. Folding frontispiece in first volume. Paper boards, spine label. A fine set. A nice reprint of.. more
Price: $225.00
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ANDRE'S JOURNAL. AN AUTHENTIC RECORD OF THE MOVEMENTS AND ENGAGEMENTS OF THE BRITISH ARMY IN AMERICA FROM JUNE, 1777 TO NOVEMBER, 1778....
André, John:
Boston. 1903.
Two volumes. Numerous maps, illustrations and facsimiles (some folding). Quarto. Original full vellum, gilt. A very fine set. Printed by.. more
Price: $600.00
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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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THE UNIVERSAL AMERICAN ALMANACK, OR , YEARLY ASTRONOMICAL, HISTORICAL, AND GEOGRAPHICAL MAGAZINE...FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1765....
Auguecheek, Andrew [pseud]:
Philadelphia: Printed by Andrew Steuart, [1764].
[40]pp. including one in-text woodcut illustration. 12mo. Printed self-wrappers, stitched. Additional stab holes in blank gutter. Contemporary ink ownership inscription.. more
Price: $1,000.00
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THE UNIVERSAL AMERICAN ALMANACK, OR , YEARLY ASTRONOMICAL, HISTORICAL, AND GEOGRAPHICAL MAGAZINE...FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1763....
Auguecheek, Andrew [pseud]:
Philadelphia: Printed by and for Andrew Steuart, [1762].
[40]pp. including one in-text woodcut illustration. 12mo. Printed self-wrappers, stitched. Additional stab holes in blank gutter. Some wear, scattered foxing,.. more
Price: $1,250.00
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JOSEPH REED: A HISTORICAL ESSAY.
Bancroft, George:
New York. 1867.
64pp. Library buckram. Contents tanned, else very good. A very unflattering review of the life of Reed, lawyer and politician.. more
Price: $65.00
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INTERESTING EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES....
Barber, John W. [ed]:
New Haven: Published by J.W. Barber, 1832.
324pp. plus thirty plates printed two to a leaf. Frontis. Color folding map. Contemporary gilt mottled calf, leather label. Boards.. more
Price: $250.00
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TRAVELS THROUGH NORTH & SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, EAST & WEST FLORIDA, THE CHEROKEE COUNTRY, THE EXTENSIVE TERRITORIES OF THE MUSCOGULGES, OR CREEK CONFEDERACY, AND THE COUNTRY OF THE CHACTAWS [sic]....
Bartram, William:
Philadelphia: Printed by James & Johnson, 1791.
[2],xxxiv,522pp. plus frontispiece portrait, folding map, and seven plates (one folding). Contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked in matching calf, maroon morocco.. more
Price: $11,000.00
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TRAVELS THROUGH NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, EAST AND WEST FLORIDA, THE CHEROKEE COUNTRY, THE EXTENSIVE TERRITORIES OF THE MUSCOGULGES OR CREEK CONFEDERACY, AND THE COUNTRY OF THE CHACTAWS [sic]....
Bartram, William:
London. 1794.
xxiv,520pp. plus eight plates (one folding) including portrait, plus folding map, [6]pp. index, and leaf of binding directions. Later three-quarter.. more
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VOYAGE DANS LES PARTIES SUD DE L'AMÉRIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE....
Bartram, William:
Paris. [1801].
Two volumes. 457pp. plus folding map, two folding plates, frontispiece, and errata; 436pp. plus folding plate and errata. Half titles... more
Price: $1,500.00
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A SERMON PREACHED BEFORE THE HONOURABLE TRUSTEES FOR ESTABLISHING THE COLONY OF GEORGIA, IN AMERICA, AND THE ASSOCIATES OF THE LATE REV. DR. BRAY; AT THEIR ANNIVERSARY MEETING, MARCH 19, 1740-1, AT THE PARISH- HOUSE OF ST. BRIDE....
Bateman, Edmund:
London. 1741.
21,[1]pp. Small quarto. 19th century three quarter morocco and marbled boards, t.e.g. Edges bit rubbed, somewhat tanned, some foxing. Else.. more
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SECOND VOYAGE A LA LOUISIANE, FAISANT SUITE AU PREMIER DE L'AUTEUR DE 1794 A 1798....
Baudry Des Lozières, Louis N.:
Paris. 1803.
Two volumes. xvi,414,[1]pp. plus folding table; 410,[1]pp. Half title in each volume. Contemporary calf, spines gilt, leather labels. Repair to.. more
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THE JOURNAL OF A TWO MONTHS TOUR; WITH A VIEW OF PROMOTING RELIGION AMONG THE FRONTIER INHABITANTS OF PENSYLVANIA [sic], AND OF INTRODUCING CHRISTIANITY AMONG THE INDIANS TO THE WESTWARD OF THE ALEGH-GENY MOUNTAINS....
Beatty, Charles:
London. 1768.
110pp. plus one leaf of ads. Old three quarter gilt morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Boards rubbed and worn.. more
Price: $5,250.00
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OBSERVATIONS SUR LE MEMOIRE JUSTIFICATIF DE LA COUR DE LONDRES.
Beaumarchais, Pierre-Augustin Caron de:
A Londres, A Philadelphia. 1779.
56pp. Later marbled boards, paper label. Light occasional foxing, else internally bright and clean. Very good. A reply to Edward.. more
Price: $1,000.00
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THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE A STUDY IN THE HISTORY OF POLITICAL IDEAS.
Becker, Carl:
New York. [1922].
286pp. Cloth. Very good. Discussion of the inception of the Declaration, historically and politically. .. more
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PLAN DE LA NOUVELLE-ORLEANS.
Bellin, Jacques Nicolas:
Paris: Bellin from the PETIT ATLAS MARITIME, 1764.
Copper-engraved map. Sheet size: 9 1/3 x 13 1/4 inches. Loss to upper left corner outside of plate mark, 1.. more
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THE MEMORIAL OF FRAY ALONSO DE BENAVIDES 1630.
Benavides, Alonso de:
Chicago. 1916.
xiii,309pp. Forty-four photogravure illustrations. Original three-quarter cloth over cloth, t.e.g. A near fine copy. From an edition limited to 300.. more
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SOME HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF GUINEA, ITS SITUATION, PRODUCE, AND THE GENERAL DISPOSITION OF ITS INHABITANTS. WITH AN INQUIRY INTO THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE SLAVE TRADE, ITS NATURE, AND LAMENTABLE EFFECTS.
Benezet, Anthony:
London: Re-printed, and sold by W. Owens..., 1772.
[12],198,[6]pp. Old three quarter calf and marbled boards. Front cover detached. Edges worn, some foxing. Else good. First British edition,.. more
Price: $650.00
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SOWAMS.
Bicknell, Thomas W.:
New Haven: Associated Publishers of American Records, 1908.
195,[10]pp. plus illustrations. Portrait frontis. Original green cloth, gilt-lettered spine and cover, t.e.g. Minor wear to covers, small tear in.. more
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DISSERTATIO GRADUALIS, DE PLANTATIONE ECCLESIAE SVECANAE IN AMERICA....
Biorck, Tobias E.:
Uppsala. 1731.
[8],34pp. including woodcut illustration, plus folding map. Small quarto. Modern paper boards, gilt leather label on front board. Old manuscript.. more
Price: $4,500.00
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NEW-ENGLAND JUDGED, BY THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD...CONTAINING A BRIEF RELATION OF THE SUFFERINGS OF THE PEOPLE CALL'D QUAKERS IN NEW-ENGLAND, FROM THE TIME OF THEIR FIRST ARRIVAL THERE IN THE YEAR 1656 TO THE YEAR 1660...SECOND PART, BEING A FARTHER RELATION
Bishop, George:
London: Printed and Sold by T. Sowle, 1703/1702.
[8],498,212,[12]pp. (lacking the [2]pp. publisher's advertisement leaf at end). Modern calf in handsome antique style, retaining original leather label. Old.. more
Price: $1,500.00
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NEW-ENGLAND JUDGED, BY THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD...CONTAINING A BRIEF RELATION OF THE SUFFERINGS OF THE PEOPLE CALL'D QUAKERS IN NEW-ENGLAND, FROM THE TIME OF THEIR FIRST ARRIVAL THERE IN THE YEAR 1656 TO THE YEAR 1660...SECOND PART, BEING A FARTHER RELATION
Bishop, George:
London: Printed and Sold by T. Sowle, 1703-02.
[8],498,212,[11],[3]pp. Contemporary calf, rebacked with original calf laid down, later gilt morocco label. Spine ends worn, cracked down center of.. more
Price: $2,000.00
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TORY POLITICAL THEORY IN AMERICA: 1765 - 1776.
Blagg, Mary Evelyn:
[Durham]. 1954.
[5],243pp. carbon typescript, with bibliography. Pebbled cloth. Very good. PhD dissertation upon the American Tories and whether they had a.. more
Price: $75.00
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THE INDIAN TRIBES OF THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND REGION OF THE GREAT LAKES AS DESCRIBED BY NICOLAS PERROT...BACQUEVILLE DE LA POTHERIE...MORRELL MARSTON...AND THOMAS FORSYTH....
Blair, Emma, ed:
Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1911-12.
Two volumes. 372;412pp. including illustrations. Frontispiece in each volume, a double-page map in first volume. Red cloth, gilt, t.e.g. Bookplate.. more
Price: $575.00
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A HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE FORMATION OF THE CONFEDERACY, PARTICULARLY WITH REFERENCE TO THE PROVINCIAL LIMITS AND THE JURISDICTION OF THE GENERAL GOVERNMENT OVER INDIAN TRIBES AND THE PUBLIC TERRITORY.
Blunt, Joseph:
New York: Geo. & Chas. Carvill, 1825.
6,116pp. Modern half morocco. Minor dust soiling. Corners of title chipped. Very good. Includes a history of the discovery of.. more
Price: $600.00
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ATHANASE DE MEZIERES AND THE LOUISIANA-TEXAS FRONTIER 1768 - 1780: DOCUMENTS PUBLISHED FOR THE FIRST TIME, FROM THE ORIGINAL SPANISH AND FRENCH MANUSCRIPTS, CHIEFLY IN THE ARCHIVES OF MEXICO AND SPAIN; TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH....
Bolton, Herbert E. [ed]:
Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1914.
Two volumes. 351;392pp. including illustrations and folding map. Frontispiece in each volume. Red cloth, gilt, t.e.g. Slight wear to covers... more
Price: $750.00
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TRAVELS THROUGH THAT PART OF NORTH AMERICA FORMERLY CALLED LOUISIANA...ILLUSTRATED WITH NOTES CHIEFLY TO NATURAL HISTORY. TO WHICH IS ADDED BY THE TRANSLATOR A SYSTEMATIC CATALOGUE OF ALL THE KNOWN PLANTS OF ENGLISH NORTH AMERICA....
Bossu, Jean Bernard:
London. 1771.
Two volumes. viii,407; [4],432pp. Half title in each volume. Modern half calf and marbled boards, gilt morocco labels. Occasional offsetting.. more
Price: $6,000.00
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NOUVEAUX VOYAGES AUX INDES OCCIDENTALES; CONTENANT UNE RELATION DES DIFFERENS PEUPLES QUI HABITENT LES ENVIRONS DU GRAND FLEUVE SAINT-LOUIS, APPELLÉ VULGAIREMENT LE MISSISSIPI; LEUR RELIGION; LEUR GOUVERNEMENT; LEURS MOEURS; LEURS GUERRES & LEUR COMMERCE.
Bossu, Jean Bernard:
Paris. 1768.
Two volumes bound in one. xx,244; [4],264pp. plus four plates including frontispieces. Half titles. Contemporary French gilt calf, marbled endpapers... more
Price: $1,850.00
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LES NOUVELLES FRANCES FRANCE IN AMERICA, 1500 - 1815 AN IMPERIAL PERSPECTIVE.
Boucher, Philip P.:
Providence. 1989.
xxi,122pp. Illus. Stiff wrappers. New. Printed in an edition of 1200 copies for the John Carter Brown Library, with a.. more
Price: $25.00
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[ARCHIVE OF LETTERS FROM LOUIS-ANTOINE DE BOUGAINVILLE].
Bougainville, Louis-Antoine de:
Montreal, Québec, & "Du camp de Lorette." June 5, 1756 - Sept. 21, 1759.
In all, 31 1/2pp. in various secretarial hands on unruled paper. Quarto, 22 to 25 cm. x 17 to 19.. more
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MDCCXXXVII. THE NEW-ENGLAND DIARY: OR, ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1737...FITTED TO THE HORIZON OF BOSTON IN N.E. WHOSE LATITUDE IS 42 DEG. 25 MIN. NORTH, AND ABOUT 71 GRS. WEST OF LONDON, BUT MAY WITHOUT SENSIBLE ERRORS (TIDES EXCEPTED) SER
Bowen, Nathan:
Boston: Printed by T. Fleet, for the booksellers, and sold at their shops, 1737 [i.e. 1736].
[16]pp., including a single woodcut anatomical illustration with astrological references on p.[2]. 12mo. Later stitching along spine. Moderately browned, dampstained,.. more
Price: $650.00
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MDCCXXXV. THE NEW-ENGLAND DIARY: OR, ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST 1735...APPLIED TO THE HORIZON OF BOSTON, IN N.E. WHERE THE NORTH POLE IS RAISED, AND THE SOUTH POLE IS DEPRESSED EQUAL TO AN ANGLE OF 42 DEG. 25 MIN. NORTH, AND A MERIDIAN 4 H.
Bowen, Nathan:
Boston: Printed by T. Fleet, for the booksellers, and sold at their shops, 1735 [i.e. 1734].
[16]pp., including a single woodcut anatomical illustration with astrological references on p.[2]. Stitched as issued, laid into two contemporary wrappers... more
Price: $750.00
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MDCCXXXIV. THE NEW-ENGLAND DIARY, OR, ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST 1734....FITTED TO THE HORIZON OF BOSTON, N.E. WHERE THE NORTH POLE IS ELEVATED EQUAL TO AN ANGLE OF 42 DEG. 25 MIN. AND UNDER A MERIDIAN OF 4 H. 45 M. WEST OF LONDON. BY A NATI
Bowen, Nathan:
Boston: Printed for the booksellers, and sold at their shops, 1734 [i.e. 1733].
[16]pp. Later sewing along spine, old stab holes in inner margin. Moderate age-toning. A good copy. A mid-18th century New.. more
Price: $850.00
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MDCCXXXIII. THE NEW-ENGLAND DIARY, OR, ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1733...CALCULATED TO THE HORIZON OF BOSTON, N.E. WHERE THE ARTICK POLE IS ELEVATED, AND THE ANTARTICK POLE IS DEPRES'D, EQUAL TO AN ANGLE OF 42 DEG. 25 MIN. AND UNDER A MERID
Bowen, Nathan:
Boston: Published by B. Green, and sold at the booksellers shops, 1733 [i.e. 1732].
[16]pp. Later sewing along spine, old stab holes in inner margin. Moderate browning, minor wear at edges. A good copy... more
Price: $850.00
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MDCCXXXII. THE NEW-ENGLAND DIARY, OR, ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1732...FITTED & EXACTLY CALCULATED TO THE HORIZON OF BOSTON N.E. WHICH IS 289 GRS. LONG. FROM LONDON IS 42 GRS 25 MIN. OF NORTH LATITUDE, BUT MAY WITHOUT SENSIBLE ERROR (TIDES
Bowen, Nathan:
Boston: Printed by B. Green, and sold at the booksellers shops, 1732 [i.e. 1731].
[16]pp. Sewn with later stitching, old stab holes in inner margin. Moderate browning, minor wear at edges. A good copy... more
Price: $850.00
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