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. Foredge 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.....
London. 1785-1786. Four volumes. [2],448; [2],449; [2],445; [2],416,[59],[v]-xiv pp., plus twenty-four plates, six folding maps, and one single-page map (maps partially handcolored). Contemporary diced Russia, gilt; rebacked to style, gilt leather labels. Extremities rubbed. Bookplates on front and rear pastedown of each volume. Minor foxing and soiling. Very good. One.....
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.....
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London. 1805, 1818. Three volumes. [8],lxvii,584; [4],xx,636; [4],xxvii,467pp. Quarto. Modern buckram, gilt leather labels. Library ink stamps and contemporary ownership inscription on titlepages. Light dampstaining, particularly to first leaves of second volume. Tape repair to p.301 in first volume. Light scattered foxing throughout. Good. The laws of the island of.....
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 "if.....
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Watertown. March 4, 1777. [1]p. plus integral address leaf. Folio. Small loss in margin from wax seal, repaired. Minor soiling. Silked. Very good. In a blue half morocco and cloth clamshell case, spine gilt. An anxious letter written by a smitten Benedict Arnold to Boston society matron Lucy Flucker Knox.....
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. Boards a bit rubbed and edgeworn, new endpapers. Save for an old stain on the final few leaves.....
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 of John Lambert in outer margin of p.[3]. Edge wear, some soiling to titlepage, scattered foxing. Else very good. Untrimmed. The sixth annual UNIVERSAL.....
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, else very good, untrimmed. The fourth annual UNIVERSAL AMERICAN ALMANACK by "Andrew Auguecheek" (a pseudonym taken from the character in TWELFTH NIGHT).....
Au Cap [Saint Domingue]: Chez Dufour de Rians, [ 1792]. 4pp., on a folded folio sheet. Quarto. Minor wear. Very good plus. Untrimmed. Dated Jan. 18, 1792, this deliberation revolves around the establishment of a municipality in each of the fifty- five parishes in the colony. Jean-Jacques Bacon de la.....
Paris: Jean-Luc Nion and François Didot, 1722 [vols. 1-3]; 1721 [vol. 4]. Four volumes. Titles in red and black. [12],10,15- 370,[4]; [2],356,[8]; [12],310,[6]; [2],271,[5]pp., with errors in pagination as issued. Frontispiece additional engraved title by I.B. Scotin, twenty-eight engraved plates and maps (twelve folding), including a double- sided plate of.....
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]. 4 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 and with gilt inner dentelles, t.e.g. Slight rubbing to joints. Modern bookplate on front pastedown. Final text leaf a bit.....
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.....
London: Printed for Richard Hall, 1764. xi,[1],iv,526,[2],84pp. Half title. Modern three-quarter calf and marbled boards, gilt leather label. A few older repairs to half title and titlepage verso, ownership signature to half title and titlepage, dampstain to bottom corner of first quarter of the textblock, small stain to upper margin.....
