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Item #WRCAM28213 THE NORTH-AMERICAN CALENDAR, AND RHODE ISLAND REGISTER, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD...

THE NORTH-AMERICAN CALENDAR, AND RHODE ISLAND REGISTER, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1782; AND BEING THE SECOND YEAR AFTER BISSEXTILE OR LEAP YEAR, AND THE SIXTH OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE...CALCULATED FOR THE MERIDIAN OF PROVIDENCE, IN NEW ENGLAND...ASTRONOMICAL CALCULATIONS BY THE INGENIOUS BENJAMIN WEST, A.M.....

[Almanac]:

Providence: Bennett Wheeler, 1782. [40]pp. 16mo. Self-wrappers, stab-stitched. Slight browning. Overall, very good. The present edition of the NORTH-AMERICAN CALENDAR... is most notable for its inclusion of the complete Articles of Confederation, which had passed into law upon Maryland's agreement to ratify on March 1, 1781. Published by Benjamin West.....

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Item #WRCAM28595 NORTHEASTERN TOUR BOOK [cover title]. American Automobile Association

NORTHEASTERN TOUR BOOK [cover title].

[American Automobile Association]:

Washington, D.C. American Automobile Association, 1940. 640pp. including maps, illustrations and advertisements. Large folding map affixed to rear wrapper. Stiff pictorial wrappers. Wrappers soiled and beginning to pull away from the text block, spine cracked. Good, lacking the second folding map. Gives descriptions and points of interest for fourteen northeastern.....

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Item #WRCAM28597 NORTHEASTERN TOUR BOOK [cover title]. American Automobile Association

NORTHEASTERN TOUR BOOK [cover title].

[American Automobile Association]:

Washington, D.C. American Automobile Association, 1941. 656pp. including maps, illustrations and advertisements, plus two large folding maps. Printed stiff pictorial wrappers. Wrappers soiled and faded, a note in ink on the front wrapper. One leaf detached. Very good. Descriptions and points of interest for fourteen Northeastern states, the District of.....

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Item #WRCAM23054 THE PROVIDENCE GAZETTE. SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1800. [VOL. XXXVII. - NO. 1879]....

THE PROVIDENCE GAZETTE. SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1800. [VOL. XXXVII. - NO. 1879].

[American Newspaper]:

[Providence]: Printed and published by John Carter... 1800. [4]pp. printed on folded sheet within heavy black border. Expertly silked, reinforced at joining of sheets. Wear at old folds with some loss of text, some spotting, pencil signature. Else good. This is one of the many newspapers to elaborately announce the.....

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Item #WRCAM48517 AMERICAN JOURNAL EXTRAORDINARY. FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1779 [caption title]. American...

AMERICAN JOURNAL EXTRAORDINARY. FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1779 [caption title].

[American Revolution]:

[Providence]: Printed by Southwick and Wheeler, 1779. Broadsheet, 10 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches, printed in two columns. Quarto. Wear, especially along one edge, and light soiling. Very good. This extra, issued the day after the first issue of this newspaper, has intelligence extracted from "Yesterday's Boston Paper" containing news.....

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Item #WRCAM55508 ANNO REGNI GEORGII III. REGIS MAGNÆ BRITANNIÆ, FRANCIÆ, & HIBERNIÆ, DECIMO...

ANNO REGNI GEORGII III. REGIS MAGNÆ BRITANNIÆ, FRANCIÆ, & HIBERNIÆ, DECIMO SEXTO. AT THE PARLIAMENT BEGUN AND HOLDEN AT WESTMINSTER, THE TWENTY-NINTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, ANNO DOMINI 1774...AND FROM THENCE CONTINUED, BY SEVERAL PROROGATIONS, TO THE TWENTY-SIXTH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1775; BEING THE SECOND SESSION OF THE FOURTEENTH PARLIAMENT OF GREAT BRITAIN.

[American Revolution]:

London: Printed by Charles Eyre and William Strahan, 1776. 210,215-250,253-330,333-370,373-442,445- 470,473-614,617-654,657-678,681-828pp. Folio. Modern calf, spine gilt, raised bands. Each act has separate general titlepage; pagination and register are continuous. Slight shelf wear, occasional tanning, lacking one general titlepage and several blanks (see below). Very good. An impressive collection of the.....

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Item #WRCAM23903 GAZETTE FRANCOISE. A FACSIMILE REPRINT OF A NEWSPAPER PRINTED AT NEWPORT ON THE...

GAZETTE FRANCOISE. A FACSIMILE REPRINT OF A NEWSPAPER PRINTED AT NEWPORT ON THE PRINTING PRESS OF THE FRENCH FLEET IN AMERICAN WATERS DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. With an Introduction by Howard M. Chapin.

[American Revolution]:

New York: the Grolier Club, 1926. 12,[2]pp. plus [30]pp. of facsimiles. Original cloth backed boards. Very good. Nicely printed facsimiles of this excessively rare publication from the Revolution.

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Item #WRCAM28731 CATALOGUE OF THE ITALIAN GALLERY OF PAINTINGS: NOW ON EXHIBITION AT FRANKLIN...

CATALOGUE OF THE ITALIAN GALLERY OF PAINTINGS: NOW ON EXHIBITION AT FRANKLIN HALL, PROVIDENCE, R.I.

[Art Exhibition]:

[Providence]: Knowles, Anthony & Company, 1852. 7,[1]pp. Original printed wrappers. Slightly dust- soiled. Very good. A catalog of 147 pictures by Italian masters offered for sale, including two by Leonardo da Vinci. Understandably quite rare, OCLC locates only one copy. The paintings were sold at auction Oct. 28th, 1852...

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Item #WRCAM53753 AN APOLOGY FOR THE TRUE CHRISTIAN DIVINITY, AS THE SAME IS HELD FORTH, AND...

AN APOLOGY FOR THE TRUE CHRISTIAN DIVINITY, AS THE SAME IS HELD FORTH, AND PREACHED, BY THE PEOPLE, CALLED IN SCORN, QUAKERS....

Barclay, Robert:

Newport: James Franklin, 1729. [10],524 [i.e. 574],[32]pp. including indices. Contemporary calf, ruled in blind. Hinges cracked, spine extremities and corners worn. Contemporary manuscript annotations on rear endleaves. Several closed tears, bottom half of leaf U3 torn away and reaffixed with contemporary pin. Light tanning and scattered foxing. A good copy.....

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Item #WRCAM37664 THE RHODE-ISLAND ALMANACK, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1817. Isaac Bickerstaff

THE RHODE-ISLAND ALMANACK, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1817....

Bickerstaff, Isaac:

Providence, R.I. Printed and sold by Hugh H. Brown, [1816]. [24]pp. 12mo. Printed self-wrappers, stitched. Contemporary ink annotations in margins of a few pages of text. Some toning and a few small stains, else a very good copy, untrimmed. Together with the calendar, this volume of Bickerstaff's RHODE-ISLAND ALMANACK includes.....

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Item #WRCAM37665 THE RHODE-ISLAND ALMANACK, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1818. Isaac Bickerstaff

THE RHODE-ISLAND ALMANACK, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1818....

Bickerstaff, Isaac:

Providence, R.I. Printed and sold by Hugh H. Brown, [1817]. [24]pp. 12mo. Printed self-wrappers, stitched. Additional stab holes in blank gutter. Ex- lib., with inkstamp of Newport Historical Society in upper margin of titlepage. Some wear, else a very good copy, untrimmed. Together with the calendar, this volume of Bickerstaff's.....

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Item #WRCAM37669 THE RHODE-ISLAND ALMANACK, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1823. Isaac Bickerstaff

THE RHODE-ISLAND ALMANACK, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1823....

Bickerstaff, Isaac:

Providence, R.I. Printed and sold by Brown and Danforth, [1822]. [28]pp. 12mo. Printed self-wrappers, stitched. Additional stab holes in blank gutter. Very light scattered foxing. A very good copy. Together with the calendar, this volume of Bickerstaff's RHODE-ISLAND ALMANACK includes New England and federal court dates, agricultural advice, including articles.....

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Item #WRCAM57889 AN HISTORICAL ADDRESS AND POEM, DELIVERED AT THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE...

AN HISTORICAL ADDRESS AND POEM, DELIVERED AT THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE INCORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF BARRINGTON, JUNE 17, 1870. WITH AN HISTORICAL APPENDIX.

Bicknell, Thomas W., editor:

Providence: Printed by Providence Press Company, 1870. [2],192pp. plus eight plates from photographs (including frontispiece and a double-page map). Original green cloth, paneled in blind, spine gilt. Cloth lightly worn and soiled. Text very lightly tanned, a few of the photographs faintly printed. Very good. Bicknell produced a few such.....

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Item #WRCAM31590 SOWAMS. Thomas W. Bicknell

SOWAMS.

Bicknell, Thomas W.:

New Haven: Associated Publishers of American Records, 1908. 195,[10]pp. plus illustrations. Portrait frontis. Original green cloth, gilt- lettered spine and cover, t.e.g. Minor wear to covers, small tear in spine. Dampstained throughout. Good. Bookplate of noted Americana collector Frank Cutter Deering on front pastedown. An amateur history of Barrington, Rhode.....

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Item #WRCAM57260 A LIST OF COPIES OF CHARTERS, FROM THE COMMISSIONERS FOR TRADE AND PLANTATIONS,...

A LIST OF COPIES OF CHARTERS, FROM THE COMMISSIONERS FOR TRADE AND PLANTATIONS, PRESENTED TO THE HONOURABLE THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, IN PURSUANCE OF THEIR ADDRESS TO HIS MAJESTY, OF THE 25th OF APRIL 1740....

[Constitutions]:

London. 1741. [2],12,10,14,12,21,18pp. Folio. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spine with raised bands. Moderate wear and rubbing to boards; spine rubbed and ends chipped. Light tanning, a few spots of faint foxing. Armorial bookplate of Lord Lyon of Brodie on front pastedown (see below). Very good. The first collected.....

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Item #WRCAM34270 CONSTITUTION-MAKING IN RHODE ISLAND. Amasa Easton

CONSTITUTION-MAKING IN RHODE ISLAND.

Easton, Amasa:

Providence. 1899. xxiv,128pp. Original printed wrappers. Spine perished, front wrapper nearly detached. Internally clean and near fine. A presentation copy, inscribed by Easton on the front wrapper. Easton argues for the right of the Rhode Island General Assembly to call a constitutional convention, and also offers critiques of the existing.....

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Item #WRCAM57100 ELDRIDGE'S COAST PILOT NO. 4, FROM NEW YORK TO BOSTON. George Eldridge, George...

ELDRIDGE'S COAST PILOT NO. 4, FROM NEW YORK TO BOSTON.

Eldridge, George: and George W. Eldridge:

Boston: Geo. W. Eldridge, 1893. 341pp., plus twenty-four pages of printed advertisements. Original pictorial cloth, front board stamped in silver. Boards somewhat rubbed, spine extremities fraying, advertisements on front pastedown peeling and front joint starting. Some neat red-ink notes in text, else internally rather clean. Good. A guide for sailors.....

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Item #WRCAM42406 [MANUSCRIPT BILL, SIGNED BY DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SIGNER, WILLIAM ELLERY,...

[MANUSCRIPT BILL, SIGNED BY DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SIGNER, WILLIAM ELLERY, DETAILING THE SUMS OWED AND PAID TO ELLERY AND HIS BROTHERS BY DR. STEPHEN GARDNER ON A FARM IN COLCHESTER].

Ellery, William:

Newport, R.I. May 7, 1770. [1]p. manuscript on a 9 1/4 x 14 3/4-inch sheet. Lightly backed by tissue. Very good. In a half morocco and cloth box, spine gilt. A record of Rhode Island merchant and lawyer William Ellery's financial dealings, signed by him six years before he signed.....

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Item #WRCAM57669 STRUGGLES THROUGH LIFE, EXEMPLIFIED IN THE VARIOUS TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES IN...

STRUGGLES THROUGH LIFE, EXEMPLIFIED IN THE VARIOUS TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES IN EUROPE, ASIA, AFRICA, AND AMERICA, OF LIEUT. JOHN HARRIOTT...NOW RESIDENT-MAGISTRATE OF THE THAMES-POLICE.

[Harriott, John, Lieut.]:

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme, 1808. Two volumes. xxiv,375pp. plus folding plate and frontispiece portrait; xi,[1],347pp. Modern black leatherette, spines gilt. Contemporary ownership inscription on front free endpapers. Frontispiece signed and dated by the author on the reverse. Slight tanning. Very good. Second edition, after the first of the.....

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Item #WRCAM7046 THE WAR BETWEEN MICHAEL AND THE DRAGON BRIEFLY CONSIDERED, IN A DISCOURSE, AT THE...

THE WAR BETWEEN MICHAEL AND THE DRAGON BRIEFLY CONSIDERED, IN A DISCOURSE, AT THE ORDINATION OF THE REVEREND JOHN WILDER...THE FIRST CHURCH IN ATTLEBOROUGH, JANUARY 27, 1790.

Hart, Levi:

Providence. [1790]. 27pp. Modern half morocco and marbled boards. Contemporary ink signature, foxed. Good.

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Item #WRCAM53867 A REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF THE REV. EPHRAIM K. AVERY...ON AN INDICTMENT FOR THE...

A REPORT OF THE TRIAL OF THE REV. EPHRAIM K. AVERY...ON AN INDICTMENT FOR THE MURDER OF SARAH MARIA CORNELL; CONTAINING A FULL STATEMENT OF THE TESTIMONY, TOGETHER WITH THE ARGUMENTS OF COUNSEL, AND THE CHARGE TO THE JURY.

Hildreth, Richard:

Boston. 1833. 143pp. Dbd. Minor toning and foxing, small ink number on titlepage. Good plus. Untrimmed. First edition of this scarce report on the infamous Avery-Cornell murder case. The full- page map of Narragansett Bay is printed on the verso of the Advertisement leaf. "When Sarah Cornell was found hanging.....

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Item #WRCAM19820 TRAVELS THROUGH THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE YEARS 1807 AND...

TRAVELS THROUGH THE NORTHERN PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE YEARS 1807 AND 1808....

Kendall, Edward A.:

New York. 1809. Three volumes. [10],330; [6],309; [6],312pp. Later 19th-century three quarter morocco and marbled boards, raised bands. Ex-lib. copy, with labels and bookplates. Edges and corners rubbed. Leaves tanned, some foxing. Lower forecorner of first three leaves in volume one torn with some loss to a few words in.....

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Item #WRCAM55476 [SMALL ARCHIVE AND PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM DOCUMENTING THE MILITARY SERVICE OF VERNON...

[SMALL ARCHIVE AND PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM DOCUMENTING THE MILITARY SERVICE OF VERNON HOWARD KINLEY].

Kinley, Vernon Howard:

[Various places in the United States, Greece, and Italy, as described below. 1964-1974]. Printed memory book, accompanied by photo album with 182 photographs total (166 corner- mounted in album, 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches; and sixteen loose, 8 x 10 inches). Memory book: Folio. Red leatherette embossed in black.....

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Item #WRCAM37786 COMING! PROF. H.B. REYNOLDS THE WORLD RENOWNED NECROMANCER AND MAGICIAN! WILL...

COMING! PROF. H.B. REYNOLDS THE WORLD RENOWNED NECROMANCER AND MAGICIAN! WILL APPEAR IN [blank]. FREAKS THAT WOULD DIM THE VISION OF HERRMANN, DEBARY BEN ALLI, HERCHEL, COBALL, AND GEURNER, WILL BE PERFORMED BY PROF. REYNOLDS, IT BEING HIS FIRST AND ONLY TOUR THROUGH THE COUNTRY...DON'T MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY OF SEEING THAT WHICH WILL NEVER APPEAR BEFORE YOU AGAIN.

[Magic]:

Providence: What Cheer Print, [n.d., but ca. 1885]. Broadside, 29 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches. Accompanied by 6 1/2 x 8 1/4-inch wood engraving, signed by Jackson's Print. Printed on inexpensive advertising paper, now a light brown tone. Three minor holes, one barely affecting the image. Very good. A marvelous.....

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Item #WRCAM54837 [ADVERTISING ARTWORK MOCK UP FOR A TOBACCONIST IN PROVIDENCE, R.I.]. Frederick...

[ADVERTISING ARTWORK MOCK UP FOR A TOBACCONIST IN PROVIDENCE, R.I.].

Marryat, Frederick, Capt.: Coe, W.H.:

[N.p., likely Providence, R.I. ca. 1900]. Centrally-mounted watercolored lithograph with calligraphed marginal text in red and blue ink. Unrelated painted sign for a tailor's shop on verso. Artist's board, 13 1/2 x 20 3/4 inches. Minor dust- soiling and toning, edges and corners somewhat worn, some surface wear, including portion.....

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