Middletown, CT: Clark & Lyman, 1818. First Edition. Octavo; modern blue wrappers; 27,[1]pp. Light toning to textblock, else a Very Good to Near Fine example. Uncommon ordination sermon by the Connecticut Congregationalist minister, followed by three shorter sermons from the same event: "The Charge to the Pastor, by his..... More
New Haven, CT: Published by Maltby, Goldsmith, and Co. and Samuel Wadsworth, 1818. Reprint of volume I and first edition of volume II. Two octavo volumes. 563 pp., with final page of volume I mispaged "567" as called for by Sabin & 548 pp. with errata, collated and complete. Full..... More
New-Haven: Thomas and Samuel Green, 1778. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 23,[1]pp. ([A]-C4, collated complete). Stock uniformly toned and a bit spotted throughout, top and fore-edge margins trimmed affecting gift inscription at head of half title page, "[...] Lee - The Gift of the Revd. James Dana D[...]." Very Good and..... More
Hartford, CT: Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1895. First Edition. Octavo. 53 pp. Frontis and map. Green cloth boards stamped in gilt. Light wear to extremities and spine ends a bit nudged; brief split to top of front joint. Binding sound. Contemporary ownership bookplate to front pastedown;..... More
[Waterbury, CT?], 1943. Three original drawings (45x30.5cm) using pencil and red, blue, and black ink on stiff paper stock; all signed and dated by Virginia L. Stowell, 1943. Stock a bit unevenly toned and lightly soiled, small loss to bottom left-hand corner of two images not approaching text or image;..... More
New-London, (Con): Printed 1710 / Bridgeport: Reprinted by Lockwood & Backus, 1810. Small 12mo; full contemporary flame calf, black gilt spine label; xii,[13]-144pp. Minor scuffing to leather extremities, tiny loss at spine foot, textblock a bit foxed and toned, else a Very Good, quite attractive copy. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 19834. More
Thompson, CT: George Roberts, 1834. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 56pp. Light foxing throughout, remnants of original blue wrappers along spine edge, rubber stamp on second leaf, else Very Good and sound. An attack by the Yale-educated pastor Daniel Dow on the unorthodox Evangelical (or Evangelical-leaning) teachings of Timothy..... More
Danbury, CT: Printed by Nathan Douglas, 1793. First Edition. Quarto. 16 pp. String-tied wraps. Worn, curled, and creased along edges with marginal staining. Binding sound and interior unmarked. Still a Very Good copy; scarce in retail. [Sabin 82417]. More
New Castle, DE: Oak Knoll Press, 2022. First Edition. Large octavo. 350 pp. Photographs and illustrations, some color. Illustrated dust jacket. Dark blue boards stamped in silver. Touch of rubbing to edges of jacket and boards. Binding sound and pages unmarked; Near Fine. More
Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, n.d. but 1810. First Edition. Octavo; removed; 19,[1]pp. (collated complete); cherubic woodcut Finis concluding p. 19. Foxing, chiefly to title page, else Very Good and sound. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 20190. More
New-Haven: A. Morse, 1790. First Edition. Octavo; removed, spine backed with black cloth tape; 29,[1]pp. (lacking half title page, otherwise collated complete). Foxing throughout textblock, most heavily to later leaves, else Very Good and sound. Ordination sermon providing an unusual biographical sketch of the late pastor being replaced, Warham..... More
Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1784. First Edition. Octavo; modern blue wrappers; 29,[1]pp. (lacking half title page and final blank, otherwise collated complete). Textblock a bit foxed and browned, else Very Good and sound. ESTC W29257; EVANS 18502; TRUMBULL 761. More
Worcester, Mass.: Charles Hamilton, 1880. First Edition. Octavo; xii, 600 pp. Volume II only. Missing map and seven of the ten plates (frontis of Israel Putnam and portraits of Daniel Dow and Smith Wilkinson are present). Rebacked in newer brown leather with gilt lettering to spine; original leather retained over..... More
Hartford: Elisha Babcock, 1791. First Edition. Small octavo; modern blue wrappers; 23,[1]pp. (A-C4, collated complete). Leaves trimmed mostly erasing contemporary ownership inscription at head of title page, light toning to textblock, else Very Good and sound. Ordination sermon delivered by Enos Hitchcock (1744-1803), who served as a chaplain for..... More
Stockbridge, MA: Printed by H. Willard, at the Office of H. Jones & Co., 1801. First Edition. Small octavo; stitched self-wrappers; 23,[1]pp.; cherubic woodcut Finis concluding p. 23. Rather dark damp staining affecting margins of the majority of leaves, else a Very Good, pleasingly untrimmed sermon. SHAW &..... More
New-London: T. Green, 1787. First Edition. Octavo; new blue wrappers; 41,[1]pp. (lacking final blank, else collated complete). Textblock rather browned, damp-spotted and foxed with light wear to margins, contemporary ownership signature at head of title page trimmed, else a Very Good, sound copy. Post-Revolutionary War ordination sermon concluding..... More
Middletown, Edwin Hunt, 1843. First Edition. 18mo; full contemporary calf, black gilt-lettered spine label; x,[11]-351pp. Light scuffing to leather extremities, textblock a bit foxed and early leaves dampstained along gutter edge, 20th century ownership rubberstamp to front pastedown, else Very Good and sound overall. SABIN 52621. More
New York: G.P. Putnam & Co., 1857. First Edition. Octavo (19cm.); publisher's slate gray blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered spine, title page a cancel; vii,[1],[7]-418pp. (complete despite error in pagination). Cloth a bit scuffed at extremities, margins and spine rather toned and spine gilt significantly dulled, contemporary bookseller ticket and 20th century..... More
New Haven: J.W. Barber, 1831. First Edition. 12mo (20cm.); publisher's tan cloth, black gilt-lettered leather spine label; 120pp.; hand-colored map frontispiece, six leaves of hand-colored plates (tissue guards), woodcut vignettes throughout. Corners bumped, spine a bit cocked and leather label scuffed, light foxing throughout textblock, else a Very Good, sound..... More
Westwood, MA: Published by the Connecticut State Committee & Printed at the Ariel Press, 1906. First Edition. 12mo. 28 pp. Lacks frontis portrait. Red wraps stamped in black and gilt. Wraps rubbed along edges with some minor scuffing; dark staining to front. Binding is sound and pages unmarked. A Very..... More
Hartford: Press of The Case, Lockwood and Brainard Co., 1881. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's buff wrappers printed within double rule; 26pp. Shallow chipping at spine ends and corners, wrappers a bit dust-soiled, else Very Good, internally clean and sound. Eulogy delivered September 25, 1881, shortly after the death of..... More
New-Haven: T. & S. Green, 1793. First Edition. Octavo; removed, modern stitching applied; 32pp. Moderate soiling to external leaves, especially along spine edge of half title, else Very Good and sound. Congregationalist ordination sermon providing the usual advice to a young minister assuming his first congregation: "How express and..... More
New-Haven: Daniel Bowen, 1787. First Edition. Slim octavo; early 20th-century three-quarter morocco over marbled boards, upper cover lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers; 30pp. ([A]4 B-D4, collated and complete including half title and final blank). Leather rather dried and scuffed at extremities, small loss at spine crown, top margin of half..... 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
Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1802. First Edition. Octavo; stitched self-wrappers, leaves untrimmed; 26,[2]pp. ([A]-C4 D2, collated complete). Foxing throughout, most heavily to half title page (serving as upper wrapper), contemporary ownership signature at head of half title, small loss at bottom fore-edge corner of the same not approaching text, leaves..... More