Boston: Printed & Sold by John Draper, Richard Draper, Green & Russell, Edes&Gill, and Thomas & John Fleet, [1762]. [24]pp. Stitched. Minor soiling and wear. Very good. An early almanac by one of the most prolific almanac makers in colonial America. Ames' run of almanacs predated Benjamin Franklin's POOR RICHARD'S.....
New Haven: Re-printed and Sold by James Parker and Company, [1762]. [24]pp. Stitched. First and last pages soiled. Upper outer corner of first two leaves torn, affecting approximately twenty-five characters. Text leaves soiled. Leaves unevenly trimmed, affecting final line of text on the recto of the penultimate leaf. Overall, a......
Portsmouth: Printed and sold by D. Fowle, [1762]. [24]pp. 20th-century red morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Minor soiling and wear. Very good plus. A Portsmouth printing of this early almanac by one of the most prolific almanac makers in colonial America. Ames' run of almanacs predated Benjamin Franklin's POOR.....
Paris. 1758. xii,171pp. including nine engraved views in the text, plus additional engraved titlepage and thirteen engraved maps and plans (eight folding). Quarto. Contemporary French calf, ruled in gilt, spine gilt, leather label. Calf scuffed and edgeworn, a few chips along spine. Leaf L3 with a small hole, affecting a......
London. 1772. Two volumes. viii,404,[4]; iv,342pp. plus folding table. Half title in first volume. Modern half cloth and marbled boards. Small ink stamp in upper outer corner of both titlepages. Very good. Prints a group of treaties from 1689 to 1771, many of them bearing on American affairs, including the.....
Paris: L'Imprimerie Royale, 1755. Three volumes (of four). viii,lxxv,181,61,cvii,120; xiii,646; xvi,319pp. plus folding map in first volume. [bound with:] MÉMOIRE CONTENANT LE PRÉCIS DES FAITS, AVEC LEURS PIECES JUSTIFICATIVES, POUR SERVIR DE RÉPONSE AUX OBSERVATIONS ENVOYÉES PAR LES MINISTRES D'ANGLETERRE, DANS LES COURS DE L'EUROPE. Paris. 1756. vi,198,7pp. Quarto. Contemporary.....
London. 1755. Two volumes. [2],iv,[4],568; [6],416pp., plus folding color map. 19th-century speckled calf, gilt morocco label. Hinges cracked, repaired at head and tail of first volume; light chipping at head of spines. Very good. The first English edition. "First American history of the whole country" - Howes. Wroth comments: "Modern.....
London: Printed for S. Bladon, 1756. 68pp. Dbd. Very good. "Remonstrance, addressed to London merchants, against imprisoning of British traders on the Ohio" - Howes. We believe this to be the first edition, first issue, differentiated by having the price, "one-shilling," printed on the bottom of the titlepage. The second.....
London: A. Millar, 1760. 56pp. Half title. Later paper wrappers. Very good. The ascription of authorship to John Douglas is suggested by Halkett & Laing; William Pulteney has also been a candidate. An appeal to William Pitt and the Duke of Newcastle that the process of making peace with France.....
London: A. Millar, 1760. [4],56pp. Dbd. Very good. Lacks half title. Second printing of the first edition. The ascription of authorship to John Douglas is suggested by Halkett & Laing; William Pulteney has also been a candidate. An appeal to William Pitt and the Duke of Newcastle that the process.....
London: R. and J. Dodsley, [1760]. 64pp. Half title. Dbd. Very good. Second edition, issued the same year as the first but with different pagination. "It relates chiefly to affairs in America, and the aggressions of the French. The 'Two Great Men' were William Pitt and the Duke of Newcastle.".....
Kittery, Me. March 22, 1757. Broadside, 12 x 7½ inches. Old folds, mild toning. Very good. In frame. Appears to be docketed on verso, but not examined outside frame. A manuscript roll-call for a company of Maine military personnel organized to participate in the French and Indian War. The document.....
[London? 1755]. [2]pp., extracted from an unknown source. Folio. Slight tanning at spine edge, old fold lines. Very good. Speech of King George II to Parliament on the eve of the French and Indian War. The speech outlines the steps that have already been taken and the steps that will.....
[London? 1755]. [2]pp., extracted from an unkown source. Folio. Spine edge chipped, old fold lines. Good. Parliament's response to King George's speech in November of 1755, on the eve of the French and Indian War. Parliament affirms their unwavering support of the Crown in going to war with France in.....
Grenada: Printed by John Spahn, [ 1784?]. [4]pp. on a folio sheet folded once to quarto size. Splitting along most of the fold, but the two leaves not detached. Stained along upper edge, lightly tanned. Good. In a half morocco box. A very rare Grenada imprint, printing extracts from the.....
[London: Printed for Robert Sayer, ca. 1766-1768]. Two maps printed on one sheet, 17 1/2 x 14 1/4 inches. Removed from early linen backing and expertly conserved. Very good. A scarce and important colonial American map, showing British fortifications and the location of native tribes in the Ohio country in.....
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1889. Five volumes. Frontispiece portraits and numerous plates. Quarto. Original half morocco and green cloth boards. Spine extremities heavily chipped, backstrips scuffed, minor shelf wear. Small bookplates on rear pastedowns. Edges of text block tanned, otherwise internally clean. Good plus. Later limited printing, with numerous.....
London: Printed for the Author; and sold by W. Johnston... 1769. Two volumes. ix,[7],405pp. plus errata leaf and folding map; [2],465pp. plus errata leaf. Frontispiece portrait in each volume. Quarto. Contemporary three-quarter speckled calf over vellum boards, neatly rebacked in contemporary style, preserving original spine labels. Minor edge wear, boards.....
London: Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1772. [4],viii,542pp. plus errata and eighteen folding engraved maps. Large quarto. 20th- century red morocco by Worsford, richly gilt, t.e.g., gilt inner dentelles. Some light shelf wear. Light scattered foxing. Some maps reinforced or repaired discreetly with linen in gutter margin. Very.....
Annapolis: Printed by Jonas Green... 1755. 8pp. Folio. Modern half calf and marbled boards. Some staining and slight chipping at top edge. Deaccessioned duplicate of Maryland Historical Society, with their stamp. Overall a good copy. Important acts, with the handsome woodcut arms of the Province of Maryland on the titlepage.....
Annapolis: Printed by Jonas Green... 1757. 13pp. Folio. Original plain wrappers. Wrappers chipped. Some closed tears at edges of leaves, last leaf stained. Else good. In a folding cloth case, leather label. Important acts relating to the French and Indian War, particularly "An Act for his Majesty's Service, and the.....
Philadelphia: John S. Gable, 1845. 624pp., plus two large folding plates. Contemporary calf, black gilt morocco labels. Spine and edges rubbed. Later bookplate on front flyleaf. Very light scattered foxing. Very good. First edition. An exploration of the conflicts which the armed forces engaged in, from the French & Indian.....
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Mt. Sterling, Ky. [1891]. 32pp. Original printed wrappers bound into modern three-quarter morocco and cloth, spine gilt. Minor edge wear. Modern bookplate on rear pastedown. Some wear and staining to wrappers, two soft vertical creases. Good. A scarce biographical account and family history involving residents of the Ohio River Valley.....
Whitehall. December 30, 1757. [2]pp. plus integral blank, marked "Duplicate" at the top of the first page. Written in a secretarial hand and signed by Pitt. Docketed on verso. Folio. Old folds. Minor splits along the central vertical fold, otherwise quite neat and clean. Very good plus. A retained copy.....
New Haven: William Reese Company, 2018. 170pp. Illustrated. Cloth, stamped in gilt. New. The third in a series of bibliographical works focusing on the founding of the United States. The present work highlights one hundred works on the period leading up to the American Revolution, from 1741 to 1763. It.....
