New York. 1795. 184pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf, leather label. Calf worn, chipped at top of spine. Front free endsheet excised. Some light foxing, a couple small holes in one leaf not affecting text. Else internally good. The first American edition, with the preface which was suppressed in many copies. The.....

Paris. 1792. Two volumes. [4],324; 317pp. Original blue-grey wrappers. Remarkably fresh, beautiful copy in original state. Very fine, untrimmed. In a half morocco and cloth box. The first French edition of the 1787 Federal Constitution, printed with the second French edition of the constitutions of the thirteen states. The original.....

Philadelphia [i.e. Paris]. 1778. [12],370pp. Contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, leather label. Hinges lightly worn, corners rubbed. Bookplate on front pastedown. Very minor scattered foxing. Very good. The earliest collection of the constitutions of the constituent American states published in France, and the predecessor for the more generally known translation.....

Philadelphia, Printed; London, Reprinted: for J. Almon, 1774. [4],82,[2]pp. Half title. Modern red morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, spine gilt. Spine slightly faded. Very good. First British edition of this widely reprinted synopsis of the important actions of the first Continental Congress, including the Bill of Rights, the list of.....

Philadelphia, Printed; London, Reprinted: for J. Almon, 1774. [4],59,[1]pp. Half title. Modern half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Bookplate on front pastedown. Near fine. Second British edition of a synopsis of the important actions of the first Continental Congress, including the Bill of Rights, the list of grievances, the.....

Philadelphia: Printed. Boston: Re-printed by Edes and Gill...and T. and J. Fleet, 1774. 56pp. Later buckram with gilt library stamp on lower left of front board, gilt leather spine label. Ex-Harvard library (Ebeling Collection), with withdrawal stamps on front pastedown and titlepage verso initialed in pencil "W.A.J." (William A. Jackson?).....

Philadelphia, Printed: New-York, Re-printed, and sold by H. Gaine, 1775. iv,140pp. Antique-style three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt, raised bands, gilt leather label. Contemporary ownership signatures of John Hotchkiss on titlepage and of Samuel Nott on verso of titlepage. Titlepage with loss to outer corners, but with no loss.....

Philadelphia: Printed by William and Thomas Bradford, at the London Coffee House, 1774. [4],132pp. Half title. Bound to style in three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt extra, leather label. Half title lightly soiled, contemporary ownership inscription ("Thos. Sinclair"). Light scattered foxing and soiling to text; p.15 torn at edge.....

Philadelphia: Robert Aitken, 1777. [2],513,[23]pp. Early 19th-century sheep and marbled boards. Rubbed, some wear on spine ends and corners. Text uniformly toned. Very slight paper nicks at edge of title-leaf, slight paper loss at corners of a few index leaves. With the signature of Richard Bland Lee on the titlepage.....

Philadelphia & York-town. 1777-1778. Two volumes. [2],310,[12]; [2],520,[27]pp. Modern half morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Light foxing and soiling. Very good. Untrimmed. A nice set of the Journals of the Continental Congress for the first two years. The first volume was published by Robert Aitken in Philadelphia, and was.....

Philadelphia: From Folwell's Press, 1800-1801. Thirteen volumes. Modern antique-style three-quarter calf and marbled boards. Bookplate of Edward Everett on front pastedown of each volume. Some light tanning and soiling, but generally clean internally. Very good. The first collected printing of the Journals of the United States Congress, known as the.....

Belfast: Reprinted by James Magee, 1775. 24pp. Modern three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Light tanning and foxing. Very good. A very scarce Irish printing of this 1775 sermon delivered in Philadelphia by Thomas Coombe, with a dedication to Benjamin Franklin, "illustrious citizen and philosopher." Coombe was an Anglican.....

New York: Stringer & Townsend, 1856. vii,[13]-508,[4]pp. plus 15 engraved plates. Publisher's brown cloth, stamped in blind, spine gilt. Head and tail of spine chipping, some chipping to edges. Modern bookplate on rear pastedown. Later bookplate and ownership signature on front pastedown and flyleaf. Mild foxing throughout. Good. Later edition.....