Boston. 1814. 24pp. Loose gatherings, stitching perished. Small chip at foot of titlepage. Tanned. Good. Uncut and untrimmed. Short history of Charlestown, with a focus on medical aspects, written and delivered as a speech by Josiah Bartlett, son of the New Hampshire Governor and Declaration signer.
Buffalo. 1848. 69pp. Later three quarter morocco and marbled boards. Bookplate, bit tanned. Very good. A history of the early settlement of the Niagara region, between lakes Ontario and Erie, with material on the Indians, the Revolution, War of 1812, etc.
Paris. [ 1801]. Two volumes. 457pp. plus folding map, two folding plates, frontispiece, and errata; 436pp. plus folding plate and errata. Half titles. Contemporary gilt mottled calf, spines gilt, leather labels. First volume expertly rebacked with original backstrip laid down and labels preserved. Hinges of second volume bit rubbed. A......
New-York: T. and J. Swords, 1796. [2],160pp. Half title. Original paper boards, manuscript title on spine. Front hinge cracked, rear hinge starting. Spine extremities chipped, boards lightly dampstained. Institutional bookplate on front pastedown, ink stamps on front pastedown and half title. In very good original condition, untrimmed and partially unopened.....
London. 1814. xx,363pp., plus folding map, handcolored in outline, and seventeen folding tables, with [14]pp. of printer's advertisements and printer's notice. Original plain wrappers, slightly chipped, paper spine label. Verso of folding map reinforced on center fold at gutter margin. Advertisements bound at rear, printer's notice laid it between titlepage.....
Paris: L.G. Michaud, 1814. 274pp. plus partially colored folding map and seventeen folding tables. Half title. Original three-quarter sheep and marbled boards, spine gilt. Ex-library, with stamp on half title recto, bookplate on front pastedown, Chinese character stamped in red on front endpaper recto. Spine rubbed, hinges starting, boards lightly.....
Danbury. [1799]. 36pp. including a woodcut on the second page. Stitched. Title and last pages soiled, dampstain on top left corner of several leaves; not affecting text. Text tanned. Good. Untrimmed. An early Connecticut almanac with many anecdotes and jokes. Notable is an anecdote about Voltaire's punishment for writing an.....
New York: Printed and Sold by H. Gaine, [1793]. [32]pp., including a woodcut on the second page. Stitched. Damp-stained throughout. Else, good. Includes a five page essay on the cultivation of hops by Samuel Russel of the Agricultural Society of the State of New York. Other essays address religious issues.....
New York: Printed and Sold by H. Gaine, [1794]. [36]pp., including a woodcut on the second page. Dbd. Minor tears repaired with tape on first leaf. Last page soiled, rubbed. Manuscript notes on first page and in some margins of the calendar. A good copy. Includes many anecdotes and maxims.....
New York: Printed and Sold by Ming and Young, [1803]. [36]pp., including a woodcut on the second page. Dbd. Minor foxing to exterior, very good. Includes many short essays on agriculture, health, and house-keeping. The woodcut shows the anatomy of a man as governed by the astrological signs.
Boston. 1795. v,[1],267,[8],344pp. Thick 16mo. Contemporary calf. Front board detached, binding scuffed and worn. Tanned, titlepage bit dusty. Lower forecorner of titlepage torn with no loss of text. Old stamp of American Antiquarian Society on page 1. Rough but unsophisticated. The author was a determined antiquarian and founder of the.....
Philadelphia, printed; London, reprinted. 1784. 46,[1]pp. 19th-century marbled wrappers. Minor edge wear to wrappers. Very good. First London reprint of what is described on the titlepage as "A New Edition." Anthony Benezet was a prominent Quaker educator, philanthropist, and early abolitionist. A CAUTION TO GREAT BRITAIN..., first published in Philadelphia.....
Greenfield: Thomas Dickman, 1800. [36]pp. plus thirty-five (of thirty-eight) plates, one folding. Lacks frontispiece and plates 25 and 32. Small quarto. Contemporary calf, remnants of leather label. Binding moderately worn, but sound. Moderate toning and foxing to titlepage. Scattered offsetting from plates, foxing and soiling. Light wear. Plate 29 torn.....
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[Boston. July 3, 1815]. [4]pp. on a single folded folio sheet, with blind embossed paper seal intact, docketed on verso of second leaf. Old folds with separation starting at most folds, two small holes (no loss of text), slight chipping to edges, light tanning, a few spots of soiling. Good.....
Philadelphia. November [i.e. December] 14, 1790. [2]pp. on recto and verso of a single sheet. Very good. In a half morocco clamshell case. An intriguing letter from Egbert Benson, New York's first attorney general after independence, a leading New York jurist, prime mover in the push for a new federal.....
New York. 1806. viii,181pp. Contemporary marbled boards, rebacked in modern red cloth. Corners heavily worn. Bookplate on front pastedown, ownership signatures on titlepage. Lightly foxed. Light dampstaining to upper corner of last half of text. Pp.179-180 provided in photographic facsimile. Fair. In a red morocco solander box. The only English.....
Windsor, [Vt.]: Published by Merrifield and Cochran, 1812. 844,837-964,[28]pp., plus folding map and eight engraved plates. Old and New Testaments with separate titlepages. Thick quarto. Contemporary calf, raised bands, gilt burgundy morocco label. Moderate wear and spotting to boards, corners bumped, spine rubbed, right edge of spine label chipped. Light.....
Philadelphia. 1811. Five volumes. Quarto. Contemporary calf, spines gilt, leather labels. Boards a bit scuffed, corners lightly worn. Spines slightly scuffed and slightly chipped on some volumes. Light scattered foxing and toning. Information about the Storer family inscribed in the first volume. About very good. An impressive early American Bible.....
Philadelphia: Printed by Jane Aitken, 1808. Four volumes. [512]; [490]; [444]; [472]pp. Each volume includes the general and volume titlepages. Contemporary calf, spines ruled in gilt, burgundy morocco gilt labels. Volumes moderately rubbed and worn, corners bumped, joints starting to split but still strong, spine ends of all but third.....
New Haven: Thomas and Samuel Green, [ 1789]. 23pp. Dbd. Tanning and light foxing. Very good. A funeral oration given for a late 18th- century Yale tutor, delivered by Barnabas Bidwell, author and later Massachusetts attorney general and Congressional representative. With particular address to Newton's students, whom he warns not.....
Catskill: Mackay Croswell, 1796. 115pp. 12mo. Modern three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt, leather label. Lightly toned. Very good. Bidwell defends Connecticut's claim to the contested lands in the Wyoming Valley, which were also claimed by Pennsylvania. This pamphlet was "especially worthwhile for its discussion of the decision by.....
Springland, Pa. [ 1808?]. Single-sheet engraving, 6 7/8 x 8 1/4 inches. Very good. This plate, here in black and white, appeared in colored state in Birch's well-known color plate book on country houses, THE COUNTRY SEATS OF THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH-AMERICA WITH SOME SCENES CONNECTED WITH THEM (Springland.....
Springland Cot, Pa. W. Birch, 1800. Engraved titlepage by William Barker with vignette of the arms of Philadelphia, engraved plan of the city by Barker, twenty- seven handcolored copper engravings by and after William and Thomas Birch, letterpress list of subscribers, letterpress leaf of introduction with list of plates. Large.....
London: Taylor and Hessey, 1818. xv,[1],114,[10]pp. Contemporary boards. Spine perished, new endpapers. Internally very clean, and in very good condition, untrimmed. In a green slipcase, black gilt morocco label. First London edition, after the first American edition of the same year. "These letters were written to friends and inquirers in.....
London: Taylor and Hessey, 1818. xv,[1],114pp. Dbd. Internally clean. Very good. Self-styled second London edition, after the first London and first American editions of the same year. "These letters were written to friends and inquirers in England and contain a wealth of information about economic and social conditions in the.....
