New York: Re-printed and sold by H. Gaine, at the Bible, in Hanover-Square, 1787. Early American Edition, possibly the first. Adams' work was first issued from London in 1787 with subsequent American printings appearing soon after in New York, Boston, and Philadelphia as the Constitutional Convention deliberated in Philadelphia, with..... More
Boston, MA: E.B. Stillings & Co., Printers, 1896. First Edition. Octavo. 512 pp. Black and white photographs including frontispiece with tissue guard, complete. Navy blue beveled boards decorated in gilt; dark topstain. Lacking front free endpaper and rear free endpaper detached but present. Light wear to edges with..... More
Princeton, IN: Press of the Clarion, 1895. First Edition. Octavo. 577 pp. Black and white photographs and illustrations, complete. Blind-stamped brown cloth decorated in gilt; floral endpapers. Promotional flyer for public libraries laid in. Wear to extremities with brief exposure and minor fraying; bio-predation to boards. Front hinge..... More
Boston: L. Prang & Co., [ca. 1890s]. Octavo. 19 - 26 pp. Printed wraps. Illustration to final page. Chipping to edges with discoloration/glue remnants along spine. Binding sound and pages unmarked. Companion text to number three of Prang's series of eighteen Civil War chromolithographs. Scarce. More
![Item #25820 To Col. Ashby [Manuscript title]. Civil War Manuscript Poem, Miss O'Ferrall](/pictures/thumb/25820.jpg?v=1678137606)
[N.p.]: [s.i.], [ca. 1862]. Civil War two-page manuscript poem folded with manuscript title "To Col. Ashby." Presumably penned by a Miss O'Ferrall. Later pencil inscription reading "Mrs. Sue Lupton"; tears along folds with some general spotting, but overall intact. The poem is laudatory of Confederate Colonel Turner Ashby..... More
San Francisco, CA: Francis & Valentine, Steam Printers and Engravers, 1871. First Edition. Octavo. 31 pp. Printed wraps. Wear to edges with dampstaining to front and rear wrap, very faintly to interior edges, not affecting text; binding sound; vertical crease through center; else Very Good and legible throughout... More
Baltimore, MD: Published by the Author / Cushing & Company, Booksellers and Stationers, 1895. First Edition. Octavo. 165, (1) pp. Two photographic plates including frontis, complete. Original black pictorial cloth with floral endpapers. Minor bumping along edges with some mild bio-predation to rear. Binding is sound. Toning to..... More
N. London: T. Green, 1728. First Edition. Small octavo (15.5cm.); stitched self-wrappers; [4],42pp. ([A]-F4, collated complete); title page printed within thick black rule. Half title present, though top and bottom inches have been neatly trimmed away without affecting title ("Mr. William's Sermon on the death of the late Reverend Mr..... More
New-London: Printed by T. Green, Printer to the Governor and Company, [1772]. First Edition. Small quarto (19cm.); stitched self-wrappers; 52pp. ([A]-F4 G2, collated complete with half title); decorative head- and tail-pieces. Light soil to external leaves, else a Very Good, sound example, margins untrimmed. Politically charged sermon delivered..... More
New-Haven: Thomas and Samuel Green, [1768]. First Edition. Small octavo (18cm.); disbound; 44pp. (A-E4 F2); woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces. Stitching perished leaving most signatures loose but present, brief staining to bottom spine-edge corner, else Good to Very Good, internally clean and sound. Detailed lecture on the requirements..... More
Boston, New-England: Printed and Sold by Thomas and John Fleet, in Cornhill; and Green & Ruslell [sic], and Edes & Gill, in Queenstreet, 1763. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); removed, remnants of old sheep along spine; [4],93,[1]pp. ([A2] B4 B-M4, lacking final blank). First two gatherings separated but present, texblock a...... More
Boston: Printed for S. Gerrish, at the lower end of Cornhill, 1731. First Edition. Octavo (19cm.); removed, remnants of old calf along spine; [2],66pp. ([A]-I4, lacking half title and final leaf (blank)); woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces. Small loss to bottom margin of title page not approaching text, textblock a...... More
![Item #25786 Sermons and Discourses on Several Occasions [...] To which is added, A Sermon after...](/pictures/thumb/25786.jpg?v=1677451593)
London: Printed for J. Batley at the Dove in Pater-noster-row; R. Ford, and J. Chandler in the Poultry, and for Sam. Gerrish, in Boston, New England, 1727. First Edition, "Now first Collected into One Volume." Octavo; full contemporary American double gilt-ruled calf, unadorned spine in six compartments; [2],iv,[2],310pp.; engraved portrait..... More
Albany: Printed by G. J. Loomis & Co. State-Street, 1819. First Edition. 12mo; publisher's full calf, tan gilt spine label; xii,[13]-300pp. Minor scuffing to leather extremities, old ink splatter to rear cover, minor soil throughout textblock, contemporary ownership inscriptions by an Israel Peirce to front and rear endpapers, else a...... More
Boston in New-England: Printed for S. Gerrish at the lower end of Cornhil, 1727. First Edition. Small octavo (17.5cm.); separated; [4],v [but iv],39,[1]pp. (A-F4, collated complete with half title); title page printed within thick black rule. Faint dampstaining to textblock, else a Very Good, sound copy. Begins with a...... More
Boston: Printed and sold by Kneeland and Green, in Queenstreet, 1737. First Edition. Small octavo (18cm.); removed, remnants of old sheep along spine edge; [4],51,[1]pp. ([A] - G4, collated complete with half title); woodcut initials, head- and tail-pieces. Erratum at end of p. 46. Minor soil and foxing to extremities..... More
Boston: Re printed by Rogers and Fowle, for J. Edwards in Cornhill, 1746. First American Edition. Small octavo (14.5cm.); removed, remnants of old sheep to spine; xviii,[19]-176pp. (A-L8); decorative head- and tail-pieces. Extremities rather toned, front free endpaper present but rather chipped and brittle, occasional soiling throughout textblock, else a...... More
Albany: Published & Sold by Daniel Steele, Sign of the Bible, Court-Street / E. & E. Hosford - Printers, 1812. "An Improved Edition." 12mo; full contemporary calf, tan gilt-lettered spine label; 252pp. Some scuffing to leather extremities, bottom inch of front joint cracked but holding, long closed tear to front..... More
Lancaster, MA: Carter, Andrews, and Co., 1828. Fifth Edition [First Lancaster Edition]. 12mo (bound in 9s); publisher's brown cloth over drab boards, unadorned spine; xii,81,[1]pp. Boards a bit soiled and extremities scuffed, cloth starting to split along rear spine edges, 20th century ownership rubberstamp to front pastedown, else a Very..... More
Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, for the Author, 1787. Second Edition. 12mo; full contemporary flame calf, black gilt-lettered spine label; xxi,[22]-258,[6]pp. (A-Y6). Leather a bit dried and scuffed along spine margins, bottom textblock edge speckled, 1802 gift inscription to front free endpaper, else a Very Good copy, internally clean and sound..... More
New-York: Printed and Sold by Samuel Wood, No. 362, Pearl-Street, 1808. First Edition. Octavo; full contemporary flame calf, gilt-lettered spine; 556pp. Discreet repair to joints, minor scuffing to extremities, contemporary ownership ex libris and inscription of the Salem Library Company to front pastedown, along with 20th century ownership rubberstamp; overall..... More
Newport Printed / New-York: Re-printed for M. Smith and C. Davis, by William Durell, No. 19, Queen-Street, 1791. 12mo; publisher's calf over blue paper-covered boards; vii,[8]-218pp. ([A]-I4 K-T6 V10 X4). Boards a bit scuffed with tiny chips at spine crown, paper toned from exposure to leather, archival repair to front..... More
Hartford: Printed for Samuel G. Goodrich, by Lincoln & Stone, 1820. First Collected Edition. Two volumes in one; octavo; full contemporary calf, red gilt spine label; 177; 235pp.; engraved portrait frontispiece at head of Vol. I, added title pages to both volumes, four leaves of plates. Textblock rather soiled throughout..... More
![Item #25731 Alcuin: A dialogue [Limited Edition]. Charles Brockden Brown, LeRoy Elwood Kimball,...](/pictures/thumb/25731.jpg?v=1677778060)
New Haven: Carl & Margaret Rollins, 1935. First Thus, Limited to 250 copies. 12mo; publisher's pale blue-green printed card wrappers in original flexible cloth chemise and matching slipcase; xxi,[3],77pp.; portrait frontispiece and one additional plate. Rather lengthy 1958 gift inscription to half title page, later ownership rubberstamp inside upper cover..... More
Boston: Manning and Loring, 1808. 12mo; publisher's midnight blue paper-covered boards, black titling to upper cover printed within decorative rule, sadly rebacked with recent cloth tape; ix,[10]-131,[1]pp. Boards quite scuffed and black titling almost completely obscured by the dark blue of the paper, title page nearly separated, rather extensive underlining..... More