![AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY: OR, ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1765 [caption title]....](/images/noimage.png)
Boston. Printed and Sold by R. and S. Draper... [1764]. [24]pp. Dbd., stitched. Contemporary notation on one leaf. Light toning and soiling. Very good. The first almanac made following Dr. Nathaniel Ames' death. This almanac was completed by his son, Nathaniel, who continued writing the almanac until the Revolutionary War.....
Portsmouth: Sold also by D. and R. Fowle, [1764]. [24]pp. Stitched. First and last pages soiled, some stains. A good copy. The first almanac made following Dr. Nathaniel Ames' death, completed by his son, Nathaniel, who continued writing the almanac until the Revolutionary War. This is one of several editions.....
Newport: Printed and Sold by R. and S. Draper... [1764]. [24]pp. Stitched. Upper outer corner of first seven leaves torn, approximately forty words missing or affected and the year affected above several calendars. First and last pages lightly soiled. Else, a good copy. The first almanac made following Dr. Nathaniel.....
New-London: Re-printed and Sold by Timothy Green. [1764]. [24]pp. Stitched. First page rubbed, some tanning and soiling throughout. Contemporary manuscript in margins of calendars. A good copy. The first almanac made following Dr. Nathaniel Ames' death, completed by his son, Nathaniel, who continued writing the almanac until the Revolutionary War.....
Boston: Printed and sold by W. M'Alpine and J. Fleming, [1765]. [24]pp., including a Revere engraving on p.[17]. Stitched. Titlepage soiled, text dampstained throughout. Outer margin chipped, not affecting text. Inner margin of first leaf torn, affecting approximately 12 characters. A good copy. First edition of a notable publication, containing.....
Boston: Printed and sold by the Printers and Booksellers, [1765]. [24]pp., including a Paul Revere engraving on p.[17]. Stitched. Small tape repairs on four leaves. First and last pages soiled, text evenly tanned. Foredges chipped, not affecting text. A good copy. The self-styled "Second Edition" of this 1766 almanac by.....
Boston: Printed and sold by W. M'Alpine, [1766]. [24]pp. Stitched. Dampstained throughout. Top of first two leaves trimmed, affecting approximately ten words. Verso of final leaf stanied and soiled. Contemporary manuscript notes across text on first and third pages. A fair copy. An almanac by Nathaniel Ames, son of Dr.....
Boston: Printed and sold by the Printers and Booksellers, [1766]. [24]pp. Stitched. First and last pages lightly soiled. Foredge chipped, not affecting text. A very good copy. This edition, by the "printers and booksellers" is considered the second, after the M'Alpine edition of the same year. An almanac by Nathaniel.....
Connecticut: Printed and sold by Thomas Green, Timothy Green, and Samuel Green, [1766]. [24]pp. Stitched. First and last pages lightly soiled. Margin of foredge 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. 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.....
New York. 1869. 287pp. plus frontispiece map. Modern green cloth, spine gilt lettered. Institutional ink and blind stamps on titlepage. Light tanning. Good plus. "Holmes was beaten to death with stones by Andrews, whom he had named as his heir in his will. The defendant pleaded insanity and self- defense.....
Boston: Press of Jonathan Howe, 1835. 168pp. including frontis. Original cloth, paper spine label. Spine chipped, hinges loose, boards sunned and moderately worn. Ink signature on front free endpaper. Scattered foxing. Small pencil notes in text. Good. A rare account of the Marshpee affair, in which Apes reveals the crude.....
Lowell, Ma. 1858. 36pp. Original printed wrappers. Spine perished, wraps tanned and bit chipped, else good. An important chapter in the manufacturing history of New England, and the role of the power loom in the production of cotton materials.
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.....
![AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, FROM BENEDICT ARNOLD TO MRS. HENRY KNOX]. Benedict Arnold](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM42359.jpg?v=1593711632)
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.....
Boston: Thomas and Andrews, October 1, 1805. Title-leaf, index leaf, sixty-three maps (three folding). Quarto. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, spine ruled in gilt. Boards scuffed, rubbed, and edgeworn. Hinges tender, first few leaves creased. Mostly minor foxing throughout. Overall, a very good copy. An early 19th-century American atlas.....
