Connecticut: Printed and sold by Thomas Green, Timothy Green, and Samuel Green, [1766]. [24]pp. Stitched. First and last pages lightly soiled. Margin of fore-edge chipped, not affecting text. Text evenly tanned. A very good copy. A Connecticut edition of this almanac for 1767, following two Boston printings. An almanac by.....
Boston: Printed and sold the Printers and Booksellers, [1767]. [24]pp. Disbound, stitched. One page unevenly trimmed, affecting some ten words on eighteenth page. Interior ink stain, a few manuscript notes. Else, a good copy. An almanac by Nathaniel Ames, son of Dr. Nathaniel Ames who started a popular and highly.....
Boston: Printed and sold by the Printers and Booksellers, [1767]. [24]pp. Stitched. Minor tears to outer margin on some pages. A one and a half inch tear on the seventeenth page, starting in the gutter; not affecting legibility. Contemporary manuscript on first page. Evenly tanned. A good copy. This is.....
Boston: Printed and sold by William M'Alpine, [1768]. [24]pp. Dbd., signatures loose. Text lightly tanned. Overall, a very good copy. An almanac by Nathaniel Ames, son of Dr. Nathaniel Ames who started a popular and highly regarded almanac in 1726. Ames continued writing the almanac after his father died in.....
Boston: Printed for and Sold by A. Barclay, [1768]. [24]pp. Stitched. First and last pages rubbed, making it difficult to read. Minor chipping and tearing to margins, not affecting text. Tape repair on the second page. Text tanned. Overall, a fair copy. One of several editions of Ames' popular almanac.....
Boston: Printed and Sold by the Printers and Booksellers, [1768]. [24]pp. Stitched. Corners and extremities darkened. Fore-edge chipped, not affecting text. Bottom corner of four leaves turned. A very good copy. One of several editions of Ames' popular almanac for 1768. Dr. Nathaniel Ames started his highly regarded almanac in.....
New London: Printed and Sold by T. Green, [1768]. [24]pp. Stitched. Last page soiled, otherwise a very good copy. One of several editions of Ames' popular almanac for 1768. Dr. Nathaniel Ames started his highly regarded almanac in 1726, and it was continued by his son after he died in.....
New London: Printed and sold by T. Green, [1769]. [24]pp., including a woodcut on the third page. Stitched. A small stain on the first page. Large missing piece, approximately 2 x 3 inches, on the second page, affecting approximately ten words and part of the woodcut on the third page.....
Boston, printed: Hartford: Re-printed and Sold by E. Watson, [1772]. [16]pp. Stitched. Text tanned and stained. Second and seventh leaves very tanned. Margins chipped, not affecting text. Spine chipped. Contemporary manuscript notes throughout. A good copy. An almanac by Nathaniel Ames, son of Dr. Nathaniel Ames who started a popular.....
Boston: Printed and Sold by R. Draper, Edes & Gill, and T. & J. Fleet, [ 1773]. [24]pp. 12mo. Dbd. Light foxing and toning. Very good. An almanac by Nathaniel Ames, son of Dr. Nathaniel Ames who started a popular and highly regarded almanac in 1726. One of two impressions.....
Boston: Printed and Sold by Draper's, Edes & Gill, and T. & J. Fleet, [1774]. [24]pp. Stitched. Last page rubbed and torn, obscuring some text. A few internal pages fading. Outer margins chipped, not affecting text. Several pages repaired with tape. Overall, a good copy. The last almanac made by.....
Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by J. Crukshank, [1773]. [36]pp. plus eight blank interleaves. 24mo. Contemporary green decorative wrappers. Spine separating at head. Some faint foxing, early pencil notations on first blank leaf. Very good. An early edition of the popular little almanac attributed by Evans to William Andrews. With lists.....
New York: H.P. Kraus, 1978. 87pp. Boards. Fine. Interesting conglomeration of documents for sale, from records of Andros' first foray into America to the bill for his funeral.
London. 1712. [2],323-324pp. Folio. Dbd. Small tear to fore edge of p.323, not affecting text. Lightly soiled. Very good. An act "for the incouragement of the trade to America," alleviating duties on incoming goods from the colonies. Mainly aimed a relieving duties on goods seized in the then on-going war.....
Boston: Edes & Gill, 1770. 69pp. Lacks half title. Dbd. Some light toning and foxing. About very good. Religious discourse on prayer by the pastor of the Congregational Church in Cambridge, given on the heels of the Boston Massacre. Appleton urges extreme prayer and dependence on God's omniscience, noting that.....
New Haven. February 5, 1767. [2]pp. plus integral docketing leaf. Folio. Silked. Small paper loss to top of sheet, affecting a few words of text. A few minor losses at edges. Lightly soiled. Good. In a red half morocco and cloth clamshell case, spine gilt. Written complaint lodged with the.....
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, ruled in gilt, expertly rebacked in matching style, spine gilt, new endpapers. Boards a bit rubbed and edgeworn. Save for an old stain on the final few leaves.....
Baltimore. 1949. xxix,219pp. plus many facsimiles. Thick quarto. Gilt cloth. Fine, in a slightly worn dust jacket. One of 300 copies printed by the Anthoensen Press. With an introduction by Lawrence Wroth. A superb reference for early Americana.
London. [ 1753]. Four folio sheets, each approximately 24 x 30 inches, and approximately 48 x 60 inches overall. Original hand-coloring of borders. Minor wear and a few short closed tears at edges. Light tanning and scattered faint foxing. Very good. A remarkable example of this rare, important, and mammoth.....
Boston: Printed by order of the honourable House of Representatives, 1749. [2],28pp. Lacks the half title. Small quarto. Modern red morocco by the Rose Bindery, ruled in gilt, spine gilt, gilt inner dentelles, t.e.g. Joints slightly rubbed. Modern bookplate on front pastedown. Final text leaf a bit stained. Very good.....
Ephrata: J. Georg Zeisiger, 1763. 198,[4],14pp., including a second titlepage within the pagination and a full-page plate on p.187. Contemporary ruled calf, raised bands. Boards rubbed and edgeworn, chipped at spine ends, small chip in front board. Lightly tanned and foxed. Overall, very good, in original condition. In a half.....
Paris. 1816. xliv,184pp. plus two portraits and frontispiece map. Contemporary half calf and paper boards, spine gilt. Extremities lightly worn. Modern bookplate on front pastedown. Very minor foxing and soiling, Very good. First edition of this study of the treachery of Benedict Arnold. The portraits depict George Washington and Arnold.....
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 nearly detached but cords sound, bit chipped at head and toe of spine. Foxed, else internally quite good. Describes 119 significant events in.....
Newport: James Franklin, 1729. [10],524 [i.e. 574],[32]pp. including indices. Contemporary calf, ruled in blind. Hinges cracked, spine extremities and corners worn. Contemporary manuscript annotations on rear endleaves. Several closed tears, bottom half of leaf U3 torn away and reaffixed with contemporary pin. Light tanning and scattered foxing. A good copy.....
New York. 1889. xv,450,17pp. Later buckram, gilt label. Cloth somewhat dust soiled and worn. A few interior leaves with closed tears from fore-edge or chipped at lower corner. Contemporary manuscript annotations throughout. Light tanning. Good. One of the great early collections of Americana, with an introduction by Henry Harrisse, which.....
