Dedham, Ma. Printed for the Author... 1799. 513,[3]pp. Modern half calf and marbled boards, gilt leather spine labels. Minor foxing and toning. Very good. Hannah Adams is considered probably the first professional female writer in the United States, and this her most important book. "For her SUMMARY HISTORY OF NEW...
Philadelphia. 1797. Three volumes. 6,xxxiii,[3]-392; [4],451; [2],528,[44]pp. With a leaf of manuscript bound in as frontispiece in first volume (see below). Antique-style half calf and marbled boards, spines gilt, leather labels. Light foxing. Very good, with contemporary ownership signature of John Lorimer Graham on titlepages. Styled the "third edition." The...
Philadelphia. 1797. Three volumes. 6,xxxiii,[3]-392; [4],451; [2],528,[44]pp. With a leaf of manuscript bound in as frontispiece in first volume (see below). Antique-style half calf and marbled boards, spines gilt, leather labels. Contemporary ownership inscription on titlepage of first volume, later institutional blind stamps on titlepages. Light tanning and an occasional...
Philadelphia: Joseph Gales, 1798. 7pp. Dbd. Light soiling, some chipping at edges. About good. Report of President John Adams on expenditures from the Contingent Fund, all three of which were made to "Joseph Nourse, agent...paid him for apprehending sundry individuals charged with attempts to defraud the United States."
[Philadelphia. 1798]. 72pp. Dbd. Titlepage tanned and chipped, with old tape residue on inner margin of titlepage, rough. Else clean. Overall just about good, untrimmed. The American reply in the famous XYZ affair, in which the French attempted to extort bribes from the American commissioners. Adams herein transmits dispatch No...
[Philadelphia. 1798]. 8pp. Dbd. Small marginal tear to fore-edge of final leaf. Very good. Untrimmed. In a message regarding the XYZ Affair, with attached correspondence, President Adams states to Congress that he, "Will never send another Minister to France, without assurances, that he will be received, respected and honored, as...
Boston: White and Adams, 1780. 18pp. 20th-century three-quarter red morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Extremities rubbed. Institutional bookplate on front pastedown. Contemporary ownership inscription on titlepage, a few contemporary notations. Second "S" in "Address" on half title lacking, some paper damage to the "E" as well. Light soiling, foxing...
[Philadelphia. 1800]. 8pp. Folded sheet. Light soiling and wear. Very good. Untrimmed. Contains a list of claims by American ships adjusted under the 21st article of the Treaty with Spain ratified in 1799, by which Spain paid fines for ships seized during the "Quasi-War" in 1797-98.
[Philadelphia. 1798]. 11pp. Dbd. Some scattered foxing and tanning. Good. Lists a number of ships which were captured by the British, including details of events leading to their captivity.
Washington. 1800. 3pp. Dbd. Very good. Table noting that there were no expenditures on this special account for the contingent expenses of government.
[Philadelphia]. 1799. 7pp. Modern half cloth and marbled boards, leather label. About fine. Adams' third state of the union address. Gives thanks for the generally favorable condition of the nation, but painfully notes the violent outbreaks in Pennsylvania as a result of the housing law. Looks forward to renewing commerce...
Philadelphia. 1798. 41pp. Dbd. A bit tanned. Old faded stamp on upper right corner of titlepage. Otherwise quite good. Addison, a supporter of the recently enacted Sedition Act of 1798, writes about the impending war with France. He was a consistent ultra-Federalist and hater of the French Revolution.
Philadelphia: Printed by Andrew Steuart, [1763]. [40]pp. including one in-text woodcut illustration. 12mo. Printed self-wrappers, stitched. Additional stab holes in blank gutter. Light soiling on titlepage, scattered foxing. Else very good, untrimmed. The fifth annual UNIVERSAL AMERICAN ALMANACK by "Andrew Aguecheek" (the pseudonym is taken from the character in TWELFTH...
Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Robert Aitken, 1781-1782. Two parts bound in one volume. [1452]pp., text in two columns. Complete with title-leaves to both the Old and New Testaments, along with the certification leaf from Congress (bound between the Old Testament and New Testament). 12mo. Contemporary sheep. Minor loss to...
[Philadelphia. 1797]. 22pp. Dbd. Scattered browning and foxing. Good. This document was intended to accompany the President's Message of Jan. 19, 1797, not present here. Recounts events leading up to negotiations for a treaty with Algiers, and lists expenditures involved. The U.S. was still in the embarrassing position of paying...
[Philadelphia]. 1800. 4pp. Dbd. Stab holes in gutter. Very good. The decision of a committee concerned with a case related to the Alien and Sedition Acts. A group of immigrants, having failed to gain citizenship before the implementation of the Alien and Sedition Acts in 1798, although previously eligible to...
[Richmond: Augustine Davis, 1800]. [2]pp., a large broadsheet, printed in two columns on both sides. Old fold lines, with small separation at the center cross- fold. Light dampstaining at bottom edge, else very good. In a half morocco slipcase. A rare printing of the Virginia Assembly's instructions to the state's...
Boston: Printed and sold by Mills and Hicks, at their Printing- Office in School-Street, next door to Cromwell's-Head, [1774]. 108pp. Pages 31 and 74 misnumbered 13 and 47 respectively. 12mo. Contemporary marbled paper on paper wrapper. Wrappers worn, portions of marbled paper lacking on front wrapper, portions of spine lacking...
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...
[Philadelphia]. June 9, 1798 - April 6, 1799. [161]-416pp. (lacks pp.163-166). Apparently also lacking titlepages with complete publication title. Contemporary half calf and plain boards. Spine worn, front hinge cracked. First two leaves lightly dampstained. Lacks two leaves. Otherwise good, untrimmed. A volume of ten complete issues of this early...
[Boston: Benjamin Edes, ca. Jan. 28, 1777]. Broadside, 13 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches. Expertly repaired separation along upper horizontal fold, short fold separation to left side of middle horizontal fold, moderate marginal dampstaining. About very good. Untrimmed, docketed on verso. A rare recruitment broadside attempting to entice Massachusetts recruits...
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[Providence]: Printed by Southwick and Wheeler, 1779. [2]pp. Quarto broadsheet, printed in two columns. Minor wear and 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 from Pennsylvania that 14,000 freemen "have expressed, by petition...
Boston: Re-printed by Thomas and John Fleet, 1780. Two volumes (of three), in original unbound gatherings, with original binder's stab holes in gutter, stitched, untrimmed. 88 (of 90); 381,[1],34pp. (lacking many leaves, as described below). Also with an extra variant copy of the first gathering (80pp.) only of the second...
[Np. ca. 1875]. [1]p. printed on a half quarto sheet, 4 x 6 1/2 inches. Fine. An accomplished late 19th-century facsimile printing of the first oath of allegiance to the United States, administered at the outset of the American Revolution. The original was printed by John Dunlap in Philadelphia, 1776...
Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap, 1782. [2],698pp. plus errata. Folio. Modern reddish-brown morocco, blind tooled, spine gilt. Manuscript ink ownership inscriptions on front endpaper rectos. Two page manuscript letter plus genealogical chart tipped onto front endpaper recto. Scattered pencil and ink annotations. Initial leaves rather chipped, some scattered marginal tears...
