London: J.F.W. Des Barres, in THE ATLANTIC NEPTUNE, Jan. 1, 1781. 31 3/4 x 47 inches. Etching with roulette work, with added hand color. Printed on two joined sheets. On laid paper with "J Bates" watermark and "JB" countermark. Fine. A print from THE ATLANTIC NEPTUNE which charts the Annapolis.....
Boston: J.K. Wiggin and Wm. Parsons Lunt, 1868. xvi,[2],176pp. Half title. Contemporary three-quarter straight-grained morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Front hinge cracked, worn at extremities, spine ends, and along spine. Bookplates on front and rear pastedowns. Very clean internally and very good overall. A presentation copy, inscribed to Henry.....
Philadelphia. June 2, 1783. [1]p. printed form, completed in manuscript. Backed with tissue. Old fold lines. Some loss at folds, affecting a few letters. Minor toning. Good. Pay receipt signed by John Dickinson, President of Pennsylvania, authorizing a payment of £21/15/11 paid to Captain Gibb Jones of the Artillery of.....
Philadelphia Printed, London: Re-printed for J. Whitson and B. White, 1764. xv,31pp. Modern blue paper wrappers. Bookplate on verso of front wrapper, contemporary ownership inscription on titlepage. Contemporary printed clipping pasted to top of page one. Very good. In a half morocco and cloth folding case, spine gilt. The first.....
London: Re-Printed for J. Almon... 1765. [3]-62pp., plus [1]p. advertisement. Antique-style three quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt, raised bands, gilt leather label. Tear to bottom margin of second leaf, not affecting text. Very good. Lacks half-title. The scarce first British edition, after the first edition printed in Philadelphia.....
New York: The Outlook Company, 1903. lxvii,148pp. Three quarter vellum boards. Expert internal repairs to front hinge, bumped at head of spine, somewhat rubbed, bookplate residue on front pastedown. Still very good. One of thirty-nine copies printed on Japan vellum. An important document of the Stamp Act crisis. The work.....
London: J. Almon, 1774. vii,126pp. plus one leaf of advertisements. Lacks half title. 19th-century black half morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Extremities worn, boards and spine rubbed. Minor toning and foxing to first and last few leaves. Very good. First British edition, after the Philadelphia edition of the same.....
New York: Burns & Son, 1889. 117pp. Frontis. Quarto. Green publishers cloth, front board gilt stamped. Light shelf wear, corners bumped. Front hinge cracked, frontis and titlepage detaching from text block. Bookplate on front pastedown. Light tanning. Good. A late 19th century reference work on significant collectors of "Signers" autographs.....
Philadelphia. 1796. 48pp. Antique-style half calf and marbled boards. Minor toning and soiling, bottom corner of titlepage chipped. Very good. A vicious attack on George Washington by the ill-tempered Philadelphia printer and publisher, hiding under a pseudonym. A harsh critique of Washington's services during the Revolution, printed soon after his.....
Paris. 1778. 452,[2]pp., lacking pp.11-14. 12mo. Later three-quarter calf and marbled boards. Scuffed, front board detached. Some minor dampstaining, but aside from the 2 absent leaves, internally very good. An early French account of the American Revolution. "Day- by-day account of events from Gage's arrival at Boston until French recognition".....
Yverdon. 1779. xii,345pp. Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, leather label. Extremities lightly rubbed, front hinge tender. Modern bookplate on front pastedown. Quite clean internally Very good. In a tan cloth box, gilt leather label. Second printing of this early French account of the Revolution, scarcer than the Paris printing of.....
Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap, 1774. x,241,[1]pp. 12mo. Modern three-quarter calf and marbled boards. Minor foxing and toning. Very good. The "gentleman of foreign extraction" was actually Jacob Duche, a notorious Philadelphia Loyalist, distinguished for having been appointed Chaplain of the Continental Congress and then turning the tables on his.....
New York: Charles Wiley, 1824. [4],305pp. 12mo. Original paperboards, paper label. Boards soiled, loose, with loss to lower spine. Contemporary ownership signature of W.R. Boggs on several pages. Light toning and foxing. Fair. English edition of the life of the Marquis de Lafayette. This copy owned by William Robertson Boggs.....
Geneva, N.Y. John Greves & Co., 1835. xii,[13]-300pp. 12mo. Contemporary half sheep over marbled paper, leather label. Spine rubbed and chipped, rubbed, corners scuffed. Toning to edges, light to medium foxing throughout. About good. The second revised edition of the life of the Marquis de Lafayette, French aristocrat and general.....
London. [1765]. 88pp. Modern paper covered boards, printed paper spine label. Near fine. In a half morocco and cloth folding case, spine gilt. The third London edition of this work, first published in 1721. Howes describes it as a "notable contribution to political thought, voicing the theory that, by reason.....
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[Philadelphia. November, 1774]. Broadsheet, approximately 16 1/4 x 10 inches. Edges slightly chipped, two small binding holes not affecting text. Tanned, light foxing. Good. Supplement to the Philadelphia newspaper PENNSYLVANIA PACKET, published by John Dunlap in various guises until 1800. At this time, the periodical was printed weekly, and often.....
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[Philadelphia. November, 1774]. Broadsheet, approximately 16 1/4 x 10 inches. Edges slightly chipped, two small binding holes not affecting text. Tanned, light foxing. Good. Supplement to the Philadelphia newspaper PENNSYLVANIA PACKET, published by John Dunlap in various guises until 1800. At this time, the periodical was printed weekly, and often.....
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[Philadelphia. December, 1774]. Broadsheet, approximately 16 1/4 x 10 inches. Edges slightly chipped, a few small holes not affecting text. Tanned, light foxing. Good. Supplement to the Philadelphia newspaper PENNSYLVANIA PACKET, published by John Dunlap in various guises until 1800. At this time, the periodical was printed weekly, and often.....
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[Philadelphia. February, 1775]. Broadsheet, approximately 16 1/4 x 10 inches. Edges slightly chipped, a few small binding holes not affecting text. Tanned, light foxing. Good. Supplement to the Philadelphia newspaper PENNSYLVANIA PACKET, published by John Dunlap in various guises until 1800. At this time, the periodical was printed weekly, and.....
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[Philadelphia. March, 1775]. Broadsheet, approximately 16 1/4 x 10 inches. Edges slightly chipped. Three small binding holes. Tanned, light foxing. Good. Supplement to the Philadelphia newspaper PENNSYLVANIA PACKET, published by John Dunlap in various guises until 1800. At this time, the periodical was printed weekly, and often carried important first.....
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[Philadelphia. April, 1775]. Broadsheet, approximately 16 1/4 x 10 inches. Edges slightly chipped. Several small binding holes, not affecting text. Tanned, light foxing. Good. Supplement to the Philadelphia newspaper PENNSYLVANIA PACKET, published by John Dunlap in various guises until 1800. At this time, the periodical was printed weekly, and often.....
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[Philadelphia. April, 1775]. Broadsheet, approximately 16 1/4 x 10 inches. Edges slightly chipped. One 4 1/2 inch tear at the conter of the bottom edge. Several small binding holes, not affecting text. Tanned, light foxing. About good. Supplement to the Philadelphia newspaper PENNSYLVANIA PACKET, published by John Dunlap in various.....
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[Philadelphia. July 4, 1775]. Broadsheet, approximately 16 1/4 x 10 inches. Edges chipped, upper left corner nearly torn away. Several small binding holes, not affecting text. Tanned, light foxing. Verso moderately soiled. About good. Supplement to the Philadelphia newspaper, PENNSYLVANIA PACKET, published by John Dunlap in various guises until 1800.....
London: Printed for the Author... 1792. [48],455pp., including subscribers list. Half green morocco. Internally clean. Very good. "Valuable as indicating the state of public feeling anterior to the Revolution. 'Mr. Eddis's letters are forty in number. The first contains an account of the country, the government, trade, manners and customs.....
London. 1780. [4],71,[1]pp. Half title. Modern paper boards, printed paper label. Modern bookplate on front pastedown. Minor soiling to half title, otherwise text quite clean. Very good. In a tan half morocco and cloth folder. One of Eden's several letters written to the Earl of Carlisle, this one examining the.....
