Washington City: printed and published by Anderson and Meehan, Columbian Office, 1822. First edition, 8vo, pp. 31, [1]; uncut; stitched, as issued; wrappers wanting; very good. This copy inscribed by Thomas Sewall in ink on the title page to David Choate, Essex, Mass. Sewall was a physician and a member..... More
Philadelphia: William Brown, printer, 1833. Second edition, revised (same year as the first), with a new preface and expanded text; 8vo, pp. 105, [1] errata; removed from binding, wrappers wanting; "duplicate" stamp and adhesion residue on title page, title page also clipped at the lower corner; good, sound copy. "The..... More
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N.p. no publisher given, [1829]. 12mo, pp. 23, [1]; uncut and partially unopened; removed from binding; very good. OCLC notes: "American Antiquarian Society copy has note in manuscript on verso of p. 23: "These Letters are supposed to have been written by the Hon. Mr. Richardson, member of Congress from..... More
Cambridge: published by John Owen, 1837. First edition, 8vo, pp. x, 38, [2]; original brown printed wrappers; spine partially perished, light wear and soiling, stitching loosening; good or better. This copy with a presentation from Ware inscribed "H. W. J[r]. to S. Willard." S. Willard is likely Simon Willard, the..... More
Auburn: published by H. Ivison & Co., 1835. First edition, 8vo, pp. 28; original plain pink wrappers; old library stamp on title page; very good. American Imprints 34178; Goldsmiths'-Kress 29106.13; Sabin 79499. More
Utica: Hobart Press, 1838. First edition, 16mo, pp. 119, [1]; 2 blank leaves inserted after the title page; removed from binding, wrappers wanting; all else very good. Cecil (1748-1810) was a a leading Evangelical Anglican priest of the 18th and 19th centuries. American Imprints 52989; Sabin 81579. More
Madrid: D. José Maria Repullés, 1836. First edition, 16mo, pp. [6], vi, 283, [1]; engraved frontispiece stained and mounted with slight loss; the first 6 leaves dampstained and with some reinforcement, last 3 leaves similarly dampstained and a portion of last leaf mounted; later full sheep, gilt-lettered direct on gilt-decorated..... More
Madrid: José Quesada, 1901. 16mo, pp. 89, [3]; original printed wrappers bound in; Spanish calf-backed red cloth, leather label lettered in gilt on spine; text a bit toned, else fine. Bullfighting bookplate of James J. Nieto. Four in OCLC, only Columbia and UCLA in the U.S. Not in Palau. More
Madrid: [L. Carmena y Millán], 1894. Edition limited to 25 copies only, being a reimpression of the edition of 1726; 8vo, pp. [2], 58, [2]; presentation copy from the publisher, D. Luis Carmena y Millán on the title page, signed "Luis"; 4 in OCLC, only Dartmouth in the U.S.; bound..... More
Albany: printed by Packard, Hoffman and White, 1832. First edition, 8vo, pp. 48; removed from binding, wrappers wanting; title a bit soiled, small piece torn from the top of the title page, otherwise very good. A thorough study of the lack of a religious test for office holding. American Imprints..... More
Boston: S. N. Dickinson & Co., printers, 1845. First edition, 8vo, pp. 40; removed from binding, wrappers wanting; very good. The Boston Farm School was established by a group of Boston philanthropists who purchased Thompson Island, in the North End of Boston, for $6,000. The Farm School was conceived to..... More
Concord: printed by George Hough, 1819. 18mo, pp. 17, [1]; stitched, as issued, self-wrappers; fine. Includes an abstract of the proceedings establishing the Grand Chapter and a list of Royal Arch chapters in New Hampshire. New Hampshire State Library only in OCLC. American Imprints 48039. More
New Haven: printed by Meigs, Bowen and Dana, 1785. First edition, 8vo, pp. [iii]-xii, 164, [2] errata leaf; removed from binding; half-title wanting, first 4 leaves loose (but present); text block sound. Evans 19381; Trumbull 621. More
Indianapolis: printed by S. V. B. Noel, 1843. First edition, 8vo, pp. 37, [1]; stitched, as issued; wrappers wanting, title slightly spotted; very good. Contains a long address by the president, Charles White. American Imprints 5094; Byrd & Peckham 1076. AAS & Princeton Theological only in OCLC. More
Albany: published by Stephen W. Johnson, Jun. ... E. and E. Hosford, printers, 1823. 8vo, pp. viii, [9]-80; uncut; stitched, as issued; moderately dampstained and foxed; good and sound. A lengthy poem in two parts by a politically active journalist. American Imprints 14176; Sabin 88648. More
Washington: G.P.O., May 3, 1861. First edition, 8vo, pp. 32; original brown printed wrappers; fine. A suprisingly uncommon pamphlet outlining regulations and procedures for court martials and other rules for governing the armies of the United Sttates at the beginning of the Civil War. Illinois, Western Reserve, and Tennessee only..... More
Boston Bela Marsh: 1848. First separate edition, 12mo, pp. 36; removed from binding, wrappers wanting; very good. A critical attack upon admitted church practices which are contrary to the Bible. Pillsbury was a Garrisonian long active in abolition and women's rights. The substance of this pamphlet, which is unaccountably rare..... More
London: printed for J. Wilcox, at Virgil's Head, 1739. First edition, 8vo, pp. [2], iv, 448; full contemporary calf, rubbed and chaffed, but sound; mild dampstain pervades the first several gatherings; all else very good. "There is certainly no European language, but the French, which enters into competition with it..... More
Philadelphia: Baptist General Tract Society, [1835]. 12mo, pp. 12; stitched, as issued; some toning; very good. Not in American Imprints or Sabin. OCLC locates only the AAS copy. More
Washington, D.C. printed at the Madisonian Office, 1840. First edition, 8vo, pp. 15, [1]; stitching perished; lightly spotted, all else very good. White was elected in 1825 to fill Andrew Jackson's unexpired term in the Senate. The Tennessee General Assembly instructed White to vote for the sub-treasury bill against the..... More
Concord: printed by Jacob B. Moore, for the Society, 1823. First edition, 8vo, pp. 21, [3]; stitched, as issued; self-wrappers; near fine. The first printed ap[pearance of the Constitution and By-Laws of the N.H. Historical Society. Appended to these is a list of 9 subjects on which the Society wants..... More
Burlington: published by Chauncey Goodrich, 1850. First edition, 8vo, pp. 32; original green printed wrappers; front wrap loose (but present); all else near fine. Thompson was a careful observer and a good writer. Hence, his many publications preovide accurate accounts of Vermont's natural history and geography. Gilman, p. 276. Sabin..... More
Montpelier: William Clark, 1837. First edition, 8vo, pp. 40: tables in the text; stitched, as issued; self-wrappers; stitching a little loose, first and last leaves toned; very good. American Imprints 48274; Sabin 97541; not in Gilman. More
Shanghai: Council on Health Education, [ca. 1926]. 19 color broadside posters, 31" x 21" each, 16 of them boldly illustrated, dampstaining to the right edges and some shallow chipping, but still bright and displayable. The illustrations show a variety of ways that disease is transmitted in daily life, in 8..... More
