London: Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, 1796. Two volumes. xv,[1],471; xii,475pp. Contemporary tree calf. Joints mended. Scattered foxing. A good set. The greater portion of the text refers to the author's travels and observations of society in Russia, with side trips to Denmark, Lapland and Sweden.
Paris. 1856. 479pp. Half title. Contemporary three quarter gilt calf and marbled boards, leather label. Boards detached, scattered foxing (mostly light), else very good. Second edition of this history of the French Revolution.
Paris & Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, Touraine. 1839-1854. [35]pp. Seventeen autograph letters, signed by Alexis de Tocqueville, on octavo-sized stationery. One letter inscribed on stationery with Ministère des Affaires Etrangères letterhead; two letters postmarked on integral address leaves. In near fine condition. In a half morocco and cloth clamshell case, spine gilt. An.....
London. 1783. 14pp. Quarto. Antique half calf and marbled boards. Some minimal old ink underscoring, else a near fine copy, untrimmed. The first British publication of the terms of peace agreed upon between France and England after the American Revolution. The French had hoped to obtain more from England in.....
[London. 1729]. 23pp. Later marbled boards. Very good. This commercial treaty reestablished American trade arrangements as they had been prior to the War of the Austrian Succession. This is a later printing, after the official quarto issue of 12pp. Not in EUROPEAN AMERICANA.
London. 1802. 19pp. Small quarto. Dbd. Some foxing. Overall very good. The Peace of Amiens brought a temporary halt to the Napoleonic Wars. In the New World, it resulted in the cession of Trinidad by Spain to Great Britain. Newfoundland fisheries were restored to the same footing on which they.....
Caen. 1783. 2pp. Quarto. Antique-style marbled boards, gilt leather label. Near fine. Untrimmed. A regional printing of the official French proclamation of "bonne, ferme, stable & solide" peace between France and Great Britain, bringing an end to the war of the American Revolution and warfare in other colonies and Europe.....
London: Charles Bill, 1697. 17pp. Folio. Red 19th-century morocco and marbled boards. Joints worn but intact, corners rubbed; small ink stain on lower portion of front board. Light foxing on titlepage, with discreet ink stamp in upper right corner. Internally bright and clean. Very good. This is the first English.....
Glocester, England. 1776. 224pp. Contemporary three-quarter calf and boards. Front board detached, rear hinge cracked, corners and spine ends worn. Light tanning. Good. The third edition of these tracts concerning trade with the American colonies and American pre-Revolutionary grievances. Tucker, the Dean of Gloucester, wrote on the subjects of commerce.....
Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1893. vi,[3],274pp. including seven wood engravings, plus seven plates. Original decorative cloth, stamped in black and terra cotta. Spine darkened. Dampstain in upper inner margin throughout, affecting a few characters of text in front leaves, else very good. Only edition of Van.....
Madrid. 1569. 8,242 leaves. 19th-century vellum, lacking ties, new endsheets. Some leaves heavily foxed. Marginal repairs to the first signature, not affecting text. Else a clean, decent copy. The third edition, after Toledo editions of 1540 and 1546. An important geographical and cosmographical work, with numerous New World references, and.....
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1876. xvi,394pp. including numerous text illustrations, plus nine plates (including frontispiece) and one-page advertisement. Original decorative green cloth, stamped in black and gilt, neatly recased. Corners bumped, cloth worn. Early ink signature on fly leaf. Overall very good. Second American edition. Originally published in.....
London. 1783. xvi,422pp. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Internally clean. Very good. The author, styling himself a Virginian, writes of his European travels during 1776- 77. He seems to have paid particular attention to French and British ladies, even noting such delicate things as French ladies' legs.....
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Paris. 1760-1762. Two volumes. 62; 61 leaves, each with a mounted plate. Images vary in size, either 11 x 16 inches or 8 x 12 inches. Oblong folio. 19th-century gilt cloth, rebacked in red morocco. Corners repaired. Wear and soiling to boards. Internally clean, colors bright and fresh. Very good.....
Baltimore. 1810. 253pp. Later cloth and boards. Very good. The author is highly anti-French and rather pro-British. "...The French Emperor meditates the ruin of this country...."
Washington: Printed by William A. Davis, 1815. 60pp. Folio. Dbd. Near fine, untrimmed. An extensive set of tables recording imports to the U.S. by kind and quantity during one year of the War of of 1812. The chief exporting countries include Russia, China, Turkey (with Egypt and the Levant), and.....
London: W. Webb, 1740. [4],28pp. Modern marbled boards, gilt leather label on cover. Bookplate of Alberto Parreño on front pastedown. Minor soiling. Very good. A later issue of this edition, published shortly after the beginning of the War of Jenkins' Ear. Sir Robert Walpole's lengthy diplomatic efforts eventually came to.....
London: T. Cooper, 1739. [2],28pp. Lacks half title. Modern tan half morocco and cloth, spine gilt. Minor soiling and wear. Very good plus. Letter concerning the secession on March 9, 1739 of the "Patriots" from the House of Commons over the negotiations preceding the War of Jenkins' Ear. The Patriots.....
London: T. Cooper, 1740. [4],60pp. Half title. Dbd. Light stain on half title leaf, affecting, but not obscuring, a handful of letters. Else very good. "Relates largely to affairs with Spain in the West Indies, the writer defending the Ministry and the Convention. Probably written by a Ministerial partizan" -.....
London: T. Cooper, 1739. [2],30pp. Dbd. Very good. Responding specifically to the recently published POPULAR PREJUDICES... (Sabin 64143), this pamphlet criticizes the Convention of El Pardo and Prime Minister Walpole's other diplomatic efforts to avoid war with Spain. The House of Commons sided overwhelmingly with the belligerent faction, claiming abuses.....
London: T. Gardner, 1739. [2],56pp. Dbd., very good. A pamphlet published shortly after the beginning of the War of Jenkins' Ear, apparently addressed to Sir Robert Walpole. Walpole's lengthy diplomatic efforts eventually came to naught, and he bowed to popular sentiment in October and commenced the War of Jenkins' Ear.....
London: T. Cooper, 1739. 30pp. Dbd. Very good. From the heated pamphlet controversy in Great Britain between supporters and opponents of war with Spain in the late 1730's. The author of the present volume supports the 1739 Pardo Convention and further diplomatic efforts between the two colonial powers, taking aim.....
London: T. Cooper, 1739. 30pp. Dbd. Very good, untrimmed. Second edition. Part of the heated pamphlet controversy in Great Britain between supporters and opponents of war with Spain in the late 1730s. The author of the present volume supports the 1739 Pardo Convention and further diplomatic efforts between the two.....
London: T. Cooper, 1739. 31pp. Dbd. Very good, untrimmed. Second edition. A point-by-point refutation of a recent pamphlet which favored diplomacy to war with regard to recent colonial trade conflicts with Spain. A REPLY... was one of many 1739 pamphlets that reflected and reinforced the British public's outrage at perceived.....
London: T. Cooper, 1739. 63pp. Dbd. Very good. A defense of Robert Walpole's international policy leading up to and including the Convention of El Pardo (January, 1739). Walpole's long diplomatic efforts, praised by the anonymous author of this pamphlet, would soon prove to have been in vain, as the Prime.....
