Boston: Charles Fox, [1847]. Later Edition. 12mo; publisher's decorative brown cloth embossed in blind and gilt, gilt-lettered spine, housed in custom cloth dust jacket; vi,[7]-240pp.; engraved portrait frontispiece. Cloth scuffed at extremities with extensive exposure, discreet repair at spine foot, hinges slightly loose, else a Good to Very Good copy..... More
Boston: Printed by Thomas & John Fleet, 1778. First Edition. Octavo (19.5cm.); stitched self-wrappers; 39,[1]pp. ([A]-E4, collated complete with half title page). Stitching starting to loosen, light soil and spotting to external leaves, brief contemporary manuscript note at top fore-edge corner of half title, small tear mid-final leaf touching text..... More
Boston: Adams and Nourse, 1784. First Edition. Octavo (20cm.); removed, remnants of old leather to spine; 24pp. ([A]4 B-C4, collated complete). Textblock rather browned and foxed, a few tiny chips to margins, else Good to Very Good overall. Early post-Revolutionary War celebratory sermon, opening with the lines "That appearance..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1941. First edition, with "A" on copyright page. Octavo; 158pp. Pictorial two-color dust jacket with $2.00 price inatct. Green cloth with gold lettering on spine and gold stamping (title + vignette) on front panel. Unclipped jacket tanned with scuffed edges; half-inch tear at top of..... More
Durham, NC: Carolina Academic Press, 1978. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine; xii,183pp. Light shelf wear, spine a shade sunned, textblock a bit musty, contemporary ownership signature to front free endpaper, else a Very Good, sound copy overall. Collection of four philosophical essays on the American..... 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
New York: Leavitt & Company, 1849. First Edition. Octavo. 268 pp.; fold-out map, "Map and Plan to Illustrated the Battle of Long Island Aug. 27th, 1776." Blind-stamped brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Boards chipped at extremities with loss; corners bumped and exposure to edges. Binding is..... More
Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1779. First Edition. Octavo (18cm.); stitched self-wrappers, removed from larger volume; 46,[2]pp. ([A]4 B-F4, collated and complete with half title and errata). First and final leaf spotted, else Very Good and sound. Revolutionary War-era election sermon delivered by the New Haven clergyman James Dana..... More
Hardcover. Philadelphia: David McKay, 1904. Boys of Liberty Library. Later Printing. Octavo (7.5" x 4.75"); 211p +viii ads. Publisher's mustard cloth with black and red illustration. Covers bumped at corners and spine ends with a small inkspot over title on front and some general smudging and soiling to cloth. Spine..... More
New York: Outlook Company, 1903. First Thus, Limited to 260 copies printed on Van Gelder hand-made paper. Large octavo; publisher's parchment over paper-covered boards, gilt-lettered spine; lxvii,[1],146pp.; engraved frontispiece, one color plate (tissue guard). Parchment rather foxed, boards a bit toned at extremities, later ownership rubberstamp to front pastedown, else..... More
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Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1965. First Edition. Octavo (21.5cm.); publisher's cloth in white pictorial dust jacket; 448pp.; portrait frontispiece, full-page illus. and maps throughout. Jacket extremities a bit chipped and rather toned, short split at bottom half inch of front jacket flap fold, spine slightly cocked, corners gently bumped with..... More
Philadelphia: James Crissy, 1832. Second Edition. Two octavo volumes + Atlas with maps. iv, 460 pp., 42, viii; 448 pp., 32, v, [4 pp. publisher's advertisements]; atlas unpaginated with 10 maps, all with some hand coloring. Two volumes in full contemporary calf with leather spine labels; atlas quarter morocco with..... 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
Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, near the Great Bridge, 1782. First complete edition (per Sabin). Small quarto (17cm.); contemporary calf recently rebacked to match, gilt spine in six compartments; 100pp. ([A]-M4 N2). Leather a bit scuffed at extremities, most notably corners, textblock rather toned, damp staining to front free endpaper not..... More
Parkersburg, WV: Marlow Press, 1903. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's staplebound card wrappers; 16pp. Wrappers rather worn and dust-soiled, top three-fourths of spine split, small loss to bottom corners of upper cover not approaching text; a Good only copy, though internally clean and sound. Paper read by the author before..... More
Point Pleasant, WV: The State Gazette, Publisher, 1909. First Edition. Tall octavo. 141 pp. Black and white illustrations. Red printed wraps. Laid in are a guide and printed description to Point Pleasant Battle Monument and Tu-Endie-Wei Park. Wraps chipped along edges and spine, general soiling, curling to edges. Binding..... 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 York: Meredith Press, 1968. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's cloth-backed boards in cream pictorial price-clipped dust jacket; [4],213pp. General edge wear and wrinkling to jacket extremities, light soil, spine panel a shade sunned; overall a Near Fine copy in Very Good dust jacket. Bookplate signed by the author laid in..... More
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1977. First Edition. Octavo. 197 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Magenta boards stamped in gilt. Dust jacket gently rubbed along edges. Boards show light shelfwear and binding is sound. Mild foxing to edges of text block, but pages otherwise unmarked. More
Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press, 1992. First Edition. Thick octavo. 1201 pp. Illustrated dust jacket. Dark blue boards stamped in silver. Gray endpapers. Dust jacket lightly rubbed along edges. Boards show a touch of shelfwear with some bumping. Binding is sound. Ownership inscription to..... More
Philadelphia: Joseph Allen, sold by Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1855. Later edition. Octavo. 252 pp. Six black and white plates. Publisher's blind-stamped cloth with gilt decoration to spine. Boards rather worn at extremities with exposure and minor fraying, spine rubbed. Moderate lean to boards but binding holding soundly. Pages..... More
[Boston], Commonwealth of Massachusetts: Printed by T. and J. Fleet, and J. Gill. First Edition. Octavo. [4], 55 pp. Stitched into modern marbled wrappers, with half title. Half-title trimmed along fore-edge, contemporary gift inscription, sparse foxing, else a Very Good and well-preserved copy. John Adams was the principal..... More
New York: G.P. Putnam and Company, 1855-1859. All Firsts; all Octavo (24.5x16.5x4cm); see volume specifics below for page count, illustration details, and condition. This is a complete set, married by the previous owner. All in original publisher’s purple-black cloth (with the exception of the spine of Vol I); blind stamped..... More