London. 1740. 5,24,[4]pp. Folio. Modern brown cloth, spine gilt. Corners bumped. Minor foxing. Very good. After consolidating their power over most of the Leeward Islands in the late 17th century, the British set about instituting a uniform code of laws. This volume contains the segment of laws from 1690 to.....
Savannah: John M. Cooper & Co., 1856. 132pp. 12mo. Contemporary red morocco and marbled boards, rebacked to style. Boards and extremities rubbed. First few blank leaves cracking in the margin. Contemporary inscriptions on fly leaf and titlepage. Minor soiling. About very good. A love story, set in Venice and featuring.....
Columbus, Ga. Isaac I. Moses Co., 1873. Broadside, 10 x 8 inches. Minor soiling. Near fine. With directions for use. At the time of the Civil War, the Moses family were fifth- generation Sephardic Jews. They were "completely acculturated into Columbus society while remaining devout Jews" (Rosen). During the war.....
New York. 1819. vi,[2],431,[1],xlvii pp. plus frontispiece and four plates (one folding). Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt, neatly rebacked with original spine laid down, edges stained yellow. Boards rubbed. Later ownership inscriptions on front endpapers, scattered notations on some leaves, frontispiece with pencil embellishment. Light foxing. Very.....
New York: Printed by G.L. Birch & Co., 1820. 214pp. 16mo. Modern paper-covered boards, leather label. Leaves a bit tanned, else very good. An interesting work on saving and thrift by a consequential American diplomat. Most of the essays blame poverty and bankruptcy on moral faults such as reckless spending.....
New York: Collins, Keese, & Co., 1837. viii,[4],[9]-740pp. Later calf, original gilt label. Corner and spine extremities lightly worn. Light foxing. Very good. An expansive dictionary for the understanding of the Hebrew Old Testament, printed in both Hebrew and English. "Containing all the words in the Holy Bible, both Hebrew.....
Boston: Printed by R. and S. Draper, for the Honorable and Reverend the President and Fellows of Harvard-College, 1763. [2],v,[1],83pp. Half title. Contemporary half calf and marbled paper boards, raised bands. Binding rubbed and worn. Contemporary gift and ownership inscriptions on front pastedown, front free endpaper, and titlepage. Two-inch tear.....
