Boston. 1877. 72pp. Portrait. Original printed wrappers. Wraps bit soiled, old fold, ex-lib. with blindstamp on title. Good. Issued in commemoration of the battle fought on Aug. 16, 1777 near Bennington, including correspondence from Burgoyne, Stark, and others.
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.....
New London: Timothy Green, [ 1768]-1772. [4],6,10,375pp. Folio. Original suede calf. Hinges broken. Library ink stamp on titlepage with chipping at edges and remnants of contemporary ownership inscription at head of title. Text lightly foxed, contemporary annotations and underlining throughout. Overall good. In a black cloth clamshell box. The Brinley.....
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.....
Paris. 1792. Two volumes bound in one. [4],324; 317pp. Contemporary French mottled calf, spine richly gilt with red gilt morocco label, marbled endpapers. Boards slightly bowed, minor wear to joints, gouge to lower front cover. Leaves expertly washed. Very good. The first French edition of the 1787 Federal Constitution, printed.....
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: Aitken (vols. 1-2), Dunlap (vols. 3, 9-13) and Claypoole (vols. 4-8), 1777-1788]. Thirteen volumes. All but the first volume bound in contemporary paper-covered boards, the first bound in modern paper in an antique style. Bindings, paginations and individual condition reports given below. Housed in uniform brown cloth clamshell cases.....
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.....
New-London: Printed and sold by Timothy Green, 1774. 16pp. Small folio. Modern three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt, leather label. Old horizontal fold. Tanned throughout. Titlepage stained, and with three small holes along the horizontal fold affecting a few letters of text. Very good. Scarce New London printing 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.....
Boston: Re-printed: and sold by John Boyle...and Mills and Hicks, 1774. 52pp. Dbd. Light, even tanning, scattered foxing (most noticeable on the titlepage). One-inch closed tear in penultimate leaf, not costing any text. About very good. Highly uncommon Boston printing of one of the most significant documents of the American.....
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?).....
London. 1778. 202pp. printed in double-column format. Contemporary calf, rebacked, old leather labels preserved. Occasional light fox mark. Overall clean and very good, with an engraved armorial bookplate. The first British edition of these crucial journals, covering the proceedings after the outbreak of hostilities but before the writing of the.....
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 and sold by William and Thomas Bradford... 1775. [4],iv,239pp. Half title. Antique half calf and marbled boards. Light tanning and foxing. Some staining in gutter margin of first half of text. Else very good. The journals of the second Continental Congress, covering its activities from convening on May.....
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.....
London: J. Almon, 1775. [2],66,[2]pp. Half title. Modern paper boards, paper label. An internally fine copy. This collection prints those portions of the entire Journal of Congress for that session which had not been printed earlier for British readers in the British edition of EXTRACTS FROM THE VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS.......
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.....
York-town, Pa. Printed by John Dunlap, 1778. [2],520,xxvii pp. Contemporary paper boards, spine with paper loss, front board detached. Contemporary ownership inscription of Solon Stevens on front fly leaf. Light, even toning. Some minor soiling. Very good, in original unsophisticated condition. In a red half morocco and cloth box, spine.....
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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.....
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Philadelphia: From Folwell's Press, 1800-1801. Thirteen volumes. Original boards. Vol. I-V with original paper spines, paper labels. Vol. VI-XIII with in original paper boards, old vellum rebacking of each volume. Free endpapers excised from several volumes. A few volumes also have reinforced gutter on titlepage. Otherwise a crisp, clean, untrimmed.....
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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.....
[Philadelphia? John Dunlap? 1778?]. Broadside, 13 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. Old fold lines. Wear at some folds, one repaired on verso with tissue. Contemporary manuscript notations in text, signed by Henry Laurens. Very good. The printed instructions issued by the Continental Congress to privateers during the American Revolution, in.....
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.....
London. 1839. Two volumes. xxxv,[v]-xii,456; xii,481pp. plus frontispiece and map in each volume. Modern paper boards with paper spine, printed paper label. Bookplate on front pastedowns. Internally clean. Very good. First London edition of this popular and oft-reprinted work, published the same year as the first American edition. Much material.....
