Philadelphia: Printed for the Booksellers, 1795. 116pp. Modern half morocco and cloth boards, spine gilt lettered. Remnant of contemporary marbled wrapper affixed to gutter of titlepage. Toning and foxing. Good. An early Callender pamphlet on taxation. The author is famous for his scandal mongering, two of his favorite targets being.....

Havana. 1899-1900. Approximately [520]; [600]pp., including several folding charts. Over 200 separate imprints. Original half leather and brown cloth boards, spine gilt. Corners and edges worn, spine rubbed, boards scuffed. Initial leaves of first volume torn away but present. Several other leaves chipped and torn throughout. With many official signatures.....

Amsterdam [i.e. Paris]: Aux Depens de la Compagnie, 1769. xxviii,258pp. Contemporary mottled French calf, spine richly gilt, gilt leather label, board edges ruled in gilt, text edges stained red. Minor shelf wear and rubbing. Very clean internally. A handsome copy. This is the first French-language edition of this most important.....

Shrewsbury: Printed by J. Eddowes, 1776. [2],viii,130pp. 12mo. Dbd. Light tanning. Very good. First edition of this pro-British pamphlet in which the author uses scripture to prove the British right and authority to tax and control the American colonies. Fletcher writes that though the British may subdue the colonies by.....

Paris. 1731. 25pp. Quarto, on folded folio sheets. Very minor foxing. Contemporary inscription. Near fine. Untrimmed and unopened. A French royal decree concerning the smuggling of coffee and tobacco. "Refers to the smuggling of forty-three cases of coffee at St. Malo by Louis Hurtlaut de la Villemorin, captain of the.....

San Francisco. 1871. 48pp. plus folding colored map. Original printed wrappers. Text block stitched together and loosely laid into wrappers, and apparently never bound in. Wrappers a bit soiled and worn. Map with a long closed tear, expertly repaired, with two instances of minute loss. One text leaf torn in.....

Puebla: Oficina de D. Pedro de la Rosa, October 19, 1821. Broadside, 17 x 12 inches. Text in two columns. Manuscript rubric of Carlos Garcia. Old folds, light general wear. Very good plus. Untrimmed. A scarce broadside from Agustín de Iturbide's brief period of power in Mexico. After leading the.....

[Spain? 1611]. [12]pp. (leaves numbered 1-6). In Spanish. Folio. Dbd. Early folds, mild foxing. Very good. An early and evidently unrecorded 17th-century Spanish petition to the King on behalf of mendicant and monastic communities in the Spanish Americas. The authors argue that the churches attempting to tax their incomes and.....

[New Orleans. 1869-1870]. [128]pp. Folio. Contemporary three-quarter calf and black pebbled cloth boards, gilt leather label on front board. Most cloth on front board, and calf on spine and lower outer corner of front board perished, rear board worn and scuffed. Front board almost completely detached, textblock tender in some.....

Boston: Benjamin Edes and Sons, 1781. 22,[2],7,[1],8pp. Half title. Modern three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Early notes, computations, and ownership signature on the half title. Half title and final text leaf chipped at edges. Lightly tanned. About very good, untrimmed. A public address followed by two acts, separately.....

[Exeter, N.H. 1780]. Broadside, 12 x 8 inches. Soft creasing. Small tears at edges and a few small holes, not affecting text, and small tear along fold in text block, affecting three words. Contemporary manuscript inscription on verso: "Tryons Letter to Govr Trumbull / Trumbull [?]." Overall very good, untrimmed.....

[Madrid. 1736]. 6 leaves. Folio. Dbd. Tax stamps dated 1736 on first and last leaves. Contemporary manuscript annotation on first leaf. Manuscript inscription on final printed page (see below). Light dampstaining in top margin. Very good. A rare printed decree by Philip V, King of Spain, regarding the collection of.....

[Madrid]. 1778. 55pp. Small quarto. Modern calf, gilt leather label. Light scattered foxing, light dampstain to lower third of final eight leaves. Very good plus. A rare collection of nine Royal Decrees, Resolutions, Instructions, and other official declarations made by King Charles III of Spain between 1765 and 1778, with.....