Newburyport: from the press of E. W. Allen, 1804. 8vo, pp. 28; contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, red morocco label on spine. An early objection to duelling, pronounced following the Burr v Hamilton duel. American Imprints 7301; Sabin 89807. Bound with nine other early sermons printed in Newburyport and Boston, viz..... More

New York: American Anti-Slavery Society, [1855]. 8vo, pp. 8; self-wrappers; stitched, as isued; fine. Palfrey (1796-1881) was secretary, Professor of Biblical Literature, and Dean of the Faculty at Harvard Divinity School, and later was editor of the North American Review. He was elected to Congress in 1847. "He was a...... More

New York & London: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1905. 8vo, pp. cix, [1], 131, [1]; 150; frontispiece and 16 plates; fgine copy in original pictorial gray cloth Attractive edition of Susanna Rowson's best-selling seduction novel Charlotte, first published in London in 1791, and the best-selling book in America prior to..... More

Madfrid: la Imprenta Real por D. Pedro Pereyra, impressor de Camara de S.M., 1799. Tomo I-[8] in four volumes, 16mo, full contemporary calf, leather labels on spines; some worming in spines of all four volumes, with some loss to the calf; and with small loss of text in the last..... More

Boston: Massachusetts Sabbath School Society, Depository No. 13 Cornhill, 1840. 16mo, pp. vii, [2], 10-108; opriginal cloth-backed printed terracotta paper-covered boards; lightly rubbed; very good. Lower cover with advertisements for the Society's publications. Copyright held by Christopher C. Dean. Text includes hints to parents, rules for family government, a 3-page..... More

Guatemala: Libreria y Papeleria de Emilio Goubaud, 1885. 12mo, pp. 141, [1]; 25 wood engravings in the text; original printed pink paper-covered boards backed in green cloth; boards rather rubbed, with loss to some letterpress, but otherwise very good. Front endpaper with the previous owner's name and remarks noting his..... More

Franklin Center, Pa. The Franklin Library, 1979. Edition limited to an unspecified number; 8vo, pp. [7], xii-xiii, [4], 2-293, [1]; original full red gilt-stamped morocco, silk moiré endpapers, silk ribbon bookmark, a.e.g.; fine, bright copy. More

Franklin Center, Pa. The Franklin Library, 1980. Edition limited to an unspecified number; 8vo, pp. [10], xv-xxi, [10], 10-456, [1]; original full green gilt-stamped morocco, silk moiré endpapers, silk ribbon bookmark, a.e.g.; fine, bright copy. More

Gilbraltar: 15 June, 1826. 4to (approx. 9¾" x 7¾"), integral address leaf and docket on verso, Salem (Mass.) roundstamp dated August 8; old folds, paper a little toned; very good, written in a bold and legible hand. Together with: another two-page letter signed to Rotch & Co. of New Bedford..... More

1868. 5" x 5¼", separated into two sections, previously taped together and mounted on paper. A quote from Francis Lieber (1800-1872) written in the hand of Charles Sumner (1811-1874): "Reading over the Constitution of the Confederate States, I found that Article IV, section 3, paragr[aph] 4, the "Confederate States shall..... More

January 16, 1845, 1845. One page, 8¼" x 7½"; blue paper; fine. A note from Josiah Quincy to an anonymous father informing him that his son "has satisfied his instructor so little in history that he is ordered to study it during the vacation under a private instructor as specificed..... More

1872. Two letters (5" x 8"); light browning and foxing; otherwise very good. Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber (1814-1890) was an American journalist and humorist. He was the original editor of The Carpet-Bag, a Boston humor magazine that attracted submissions from many prominent authors writing under pseudonyms. Shillaber was most well-known for..... More

Montreal: R. Worthington, 1866. 8vo, pp. 8, xii, [2], 55, [1]; original printed wrappers; spine segments missing; wrappers a bit soiled; tears in the top margin of last dozen leaves (no loss); rear wrapper reattached; edges lightly chipped; otherwise good and sound. BAL 13291. More