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1986réf. 201643Washington: Congressional Quarterly 1986. hardcover. very good-. Illus. 8vo decorated boards back cover lightly soiled. Washington: Congressional Quarterly 1986. Collection of essays chosen from This Constitution magazine. Congressional Quarterly unknown books
1995réf. 74592Atlanta:: Longstreet Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 1563522349 . Color photographs throughout. First printing. Bumped along the top board edges else near fine in a near fine price clipped dust jacket. . Longstreet Press, hardcover books
1995réf. 17656Atlanta: Longstreet Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 1563522349 . Color photographs throughout. First printing. Lower corner of rear board is slightly bumped else fine in an about fine dust jacket. . Longstreet Press hardcover books
1995réf. 22498Atlanta: Longstreet Press. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 1563522349 . Color photographs throughout. First printing. Brief gift inscription on front free endpaper else fine in an about fine dust jacket. . Longstreet Press hardcover books
1970réf. 65517Johannesburg: Black Sash 1970. Paperback. Very Good. 20p. Wrapper. 25cm. A few red ink underlinings & notes. James Michener's ownership stamp. Black Sash paperback books
2000réf. 69677Gaborone: Govt. Printer 2000. Paperback. Very Good. color map iii 170p. Softcover in original wrapper. 30 cm. Pages 161-166 bound in upside down. Also included is an unbound paperclipped twenty-seven page photocopy of "Revised Draft Government White Paper No. ___ of 2002" which contains a less than enthusiastic Government response to this. Govt. Printer paperback books
1992réf. 40426Washington D.C.: Supreme Court Historical Society. Fine. 1992. Hardcover. A lovely copy book appears to be a first edition; however bookplate on pastedown states that the book is "reprinted" in Fine condition without dust-jacket as issued; is the definitive history of the Supreme Court and its justices from the nation's founding through the present day.The Supreme Court of the United States: Its Beginnings & Its Justices 1790-1991 is the authoritative history of the nation's highest court and its justices from the nation's founding through the present day. The volume is the product of a commission appointed by the National Archives and Records Administration to commemorate the United States Constitution's 200th anniversary. The commission worked with a team of outstanding historians including Allan Nevins Stanley Kutler and Arthur Schlesinger Jr. to produce a highly readable and comprehensive account of the court and its justices. The book is organized into three parts each covering a different period of Supreme Court history. Part One covers the court's early years from its creation under the Articles of Confederation in 1787 to the appointment of John Marshall in 1801. Part Two covers the Marshall era from the first major decisions of the court under Marshall to; Color Photographs and Illustrations; 4to; 300 pages . Supreme Court Historical Society hardcover books
1874réf. 16168Atlanta 1874. Broadsheet 10" x 13" and printed in four columns. Light wear Very Good. The Report provides analyses "of most of the leading guanos and phosphates that are sold in this State." Included also are articlues by Mark W. Johnson of Atlanta on Cheap Corn Culture using the Thomas Patent Smoothing Harrow and Broadcast Reaper; and advice to every Georgia planter to "plant at least one to five acres of millet. unknown books
1788réf. 30007.048Philadelphia PA 1788. Softcover. Fine. The Columbian Magazine. Magazine. The Columbian Magazine Philadelphia Pa. December 1788. 52 pp. 5 x 8 in. Lacking plates. This title has the honor of being the first successful American magazine having begun in September 1786 and lasting until December 1792. Although many titles existed earlier none enjoyed the success of lasting beyond a few issues or a couple of years.Opens with five pages on ""An Account of the Ancient Colleges at Cambridge in New England."" that being Harvard University. pp. 669-673.A recipe for making artificial Asses milk p. 698.With ""The American Plutarch - Memoirs of Captain John Smith"" pp. 699-703 continued for a previous issue and concluded in the next.A section on ""American Intelligence"" pp. 715-718 with the latest news reports including an item from Edenton North Carolina:""a new convention be recommended for the purpose of reconsidering the new constitution held out by the federal convention as a government for the United States."" p. 716.With a ""List of Senators of the United States Already Chosen"" by state pp. 717-718.Also mention of the officers for the Masonic Lodge at Philadelphia p. 716. paperback books
1805réf. 57952Richmond. 1805. Second edition of the Virginia convention to ratify the federal constitution. An important document in the passing and implementation of the U.S. Constitution. Scarce. viii477pp. 20th-century tan buckram gilt leather labels. Institutional ink stamp and contemporary ink inscription on titlepage ink signature on first page of main text some toning and foxing. Good. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 9665 3 copies. hardcover books
1881réf. 664891881. Concord NH 1881. Unrecorded. Concord NH 1881. Unrecorded. Are New Hampshire's U.S. Senators Serving Shorter Terms Than Their Fellow Senators Broadside. New Hampshire. U.S. Constitution. Opinion of the Supreme Court. To the Senate of New Hampshire Running Title. Concord NH June 10 1881. 18" x 9-1/2" broadside. Text in parallel columns. Light browning vertical and horizontal fold lines some with clean tears at edges. $350. This broadside records an opinion submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court. It states that New Hampshire's election schedule for state offices results in terms for New Hampshire's U.S. Senators that are three months shorter than those of other senators. It questions how to adjust the election cycle to guarantee 6-year terms to New Hampshire's senators which were then elected by the state senate. Signed in type by C. Doe Wm. L. Foster C.W. Stanley W.H.H. Allen Isaac W. Smith Leis W. Clark I.N. Blodgett. This appears to be an unrecorded broadside. OCLC locates 1 copy Library of Congress. unknown books
1791réf. 12452London: Printed for J. Debrett 1791. Two English editions of the French constitution of 1791 one in English translation described on the half title as being the third edition and the other in the original French both printed by J. Debrett of London here bound together in a single attractive volume in contemporary binding. The constitution of the French Republic horrified most Englishmen excepting Charles James Fox. Contemporary paper backed marbled boards printed paper spine label. Somewhat rubbed later endpapers. Very good untrimmed. ESTC T164253 T165382. hardcover books
1841réf. 37252Providence 1841. Elephant folio sheet folded to 15-1/4" x 21-1/2." 4 pp. Old folds light foxing. Good. The "Proposed Constitution" adopted at "the Convention of the People" on 18 November 1841 is printed. It would grant the suffrage to "Every white male" adult. Articles favoring its adoption are printed along with Rhode Island's 1790 Declaration of Rights. Articles on national and local political affairs plus numerous advertisements are also printed. In 1843 Thomas Dorr was arrested at the offices of the Republican Herald for high treason. unknown books
1806réf. 184040Philadelphia PA: Wm. Duane 1806. Hardcover. Good- front board nearly split yet firmly held; rattled. boards edge-worn & rubbed; moisture spotted. portion of spine top missing & chipped; tail rubbed torn at edge & flapped. pastedowns & endpapers tanned & foxed w/ pencil notations & names; front pastedown has paper remnants & dampstaining; back pastedown & endpaper has dampstaining to upper edges. pgs 264 to closing have tanned dampstaining to upper edge. leather boards w/ gilt ruled spine & maroon leather gilt printed title plate. 307 pgs. Narrow previous owner's name label to spine. Some instances of dampstaining to lower page edges. Page 166 has black ink spattering to lower text and page edge A few pages darkly tanned with higher concentrations of foxing. Instances of light to moderate foxing throughout; text dark. An uncommon 1806 edition. Wm. Duane hardcover books
1814réf. 728671814. Piacenza: Dai Tipi d'Ignazio Orcesi 1814. Piacenza: Dai Tipi d'Ignazio Orcesi 1814. Rare Printing of the Short-Lived but Influential Constitution of 1812 Spain. Constitution. Costituzione Politica della Monarchia Spagnuola Promulgata in Cadice il 19 Marzo 1812. Piacenza: Dai Tipi d'Ignazio Orcesi 1814. 72 pp. Octavo 6" x 4". Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into recent paper-covered boards lettering piece to spine. Moderate toning negligible faint dampstaining to head of text block and upper outside corners in a few places. $650. Very rare Piacenza printing based on the translation that had appeared in Milan in the same year of the short-lived but influential Spanish constitution of 1812 one of the first attempts to construct a codified constitutional monarchy which applied not only to Spain but to the Spanish holdings in South America and the Philippines and gave Spanish citizenship to the natives of any territory that belonged to the Spanish monarchy but not necessarily those of African descent who could acquire citizenship through naturalization. This constitution was driven by the need to give legitimacy to the newly installed Joseph Bonaparte as king. Although it was repealed shortly after the restoration in 1814 of Ferdinand VII its influence was widespread. It was the model for the constitutions of Norway in 1814 and Mexico in 1824. A number of Italian printings appeared in several varying translations between 1812 and 1814. Our Piacenza printing is one of the rarest. OCLC locates 1 copy University of Turin Italy. unknown books
1800réf. 374113Hudson: Printed and sold by Ashbel Stoddard 1800. 36pp. Some interleaving with contemporary manuscript annotations recording weather deaths etc. 12mo. Stitched final leaf trimmed close with minor loss to final line on H2r staining and chipping at fore-edge other minor chips and tears. 36pp. Some interleaving with contemporary manuscript annotations recording weather deaths etc. 12mo. With a printing of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights on the final 12 pages. This almanac calculated by Beers Hutchins died in 1782. Evans 37670; ESTC W33544; Drake 6126 Printed and sold by Ashbel Stoddard unknown books
1789réf. 1001478vo later calf backed marbled boards 320 202 pp. Edges and covers rubbed occasional bit of foxing but overall very good. The most important feature of this collection is an early British printing of the United States Constitution p.289-300. Also contains a curious description of two Negro children with some unusual physical markings see p.53-55. Very interesting coverage of a few executions including a woman who was hanged for forgery is also provided. J. Dodsley hardcover books
1809réf. 727231809. London: J. Blacklock and J. Luffman c.1809. London: J. Blacklock and J. Luffman c.1809. "Absolute Necessity of a Reform in Parliament" Great Britain. A True Friend to the Constitution And Nothing But the Constitution. Reform in Parliament. An Address to the People of England On the Absolute Necessity of a Reform in Parliament To Which are Annexed Complete Copies of the Magna Charta And the Bill of Rights with Explanatory Notes. London: Printed for J. Blacklock and J. Luffman c.1809. ii 64 pp. Octavo 8" x 4-3/4". Recent marbled boards printed paper spine label speckled edges endpapers renewed. Light toning to interior moderate soiling to title page a few creases to final leaf. $750. Only edition. After the Duke of York scandal in 1809 which involved the sale of military commissions through his mistress Mary Anne Clarke interest in Parliamentary reform surged. Our work draws particular attention to the constitutional aspects of the issue making frequent reference to particular contemporary scandals and their relationships to the appended Magna Carta and Bill of Rights. OCLC locates 8 copies 5 in North America Newberry Princeton Bowdoin Queens University McMaster. unknown books
1788réf. 30007.003Philadelphia PA 1788. No binding. Fine. Independent Gazetteer; or The Chronicle of Freedom. Newspaper. Independent Gazetteer; or The Chronicle of Freedom Philadelphia Pa. May 6 1788. 4 pp. 9 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. The Maryland ratifying convention suggests some amendments along with their approval of the Constitution. ExcerptsFrom page 3:""From the MARYLAND GAZETTE or April 29 1788. The CONVENTION of this state on Saturday last determined to ratify the proposed plan of Federal Government. -YEAS 63 NAYS 11-And then appointed a committee of thirteen members to consider and report amendments to be recommended to the people. -The following amendments were proposed by a member and referred to the committee who are now sitting-And it is hoped that the great and essential rights of the people will be declared and secured.- PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.Wherefore whenever the ends of Government are perverted and public liberty manifestedly endangered and all other means of redress are ineffectual the people may and of right ought to object to reform the old or establish a new Government-that the doctrine of nonresistance against arbitrary power and oppression is absurd slavish and destructive of the good and happiness of mankind. All imposts and duties laid by Congress shall be placed to the credit of the state in which the same be collected. That there shall be no national religion established by law; but that all persons be equally entitled to protection in their religious liberty. That the Supreme Federal Courts shall not admit to fictions to extend its jurisdiction; nor shall citizens of the same state having controversies with each other be suffered to make collusive assignments of their rights to the citizens of another state for the purpose of defeating the jurisdiction of the State Courts; nor shall any matter or question already determined in the State Courts be revived or agitated in the Federal Courts. That Congress have no power to lay a Poll-Tax. That the people have a right to freedom of speech of writing and publishing their sentiments and therefore that the freedom of the PRESS ought not to be restrained and the printing presses ought to be free to examine the proceedings of Government and the conduct of its officers.""From page 2: Protesting the Slave Trade by Boycotting West Indian Produce""A CAUTION.WHEREAS in the year 1787 some vessels were fitted out at the port of Philadelphia for the iniquitous purpose of stealing the inhabitants of Africa from all the endearments of domestic life; one of which vessels has succeeded in obtaining a number of poor blacks and has taken the to a port in the West Indies where they are under the iron hand of oppression. From this shameful traffic this horrid source the proprietors of the vessel have purchased some West India produce which after landing at Wilmington they have brought up to this city and offered for sale. It is a grateful circumstance to the supporters of the common rights of mankind that the virtuous inhabitants of the city reprobate the horrid idea.-A correspondent hopes that the citizens will further testify their disapprobation of the practice by turning with indignation from the purchase of any property thus basely procured by men so lost to the common feelings of humanity; notwithstanding the patriotic convention at which Washington presided have declared that this abominable traffic shall be continued for TWENTY years by the people of America.From page 1:An advertisement with engraving for a ""Line of Stages"" between Philadelphia and New York started by four partners who split off from an established stage line and promising better service. From page 4:An advertisement for another different ""New Line of Stages."" And a report on the creation of a Philadelphia committee for the relief of the nearly 100 Americans captured by Algerian corsairs and Barbary pirates. unknown books
1827réf. 374087Philadelphia: R. Desilver 1827. Typeset frontispiece within typographic border approx. 15x18-1/2 inches detached from the accompanying almanac. 67 1pp. 8vo. Disbound. Old folds tear to gutter. Typeset frontispiece within typographic border approx. 15x18-1/2 inches detached from the accompanying almanac. 67 1pp. 8vo. Shaw & Shoemaker 27484; Drake 11567 R. Desilver unknown books
1802réf. 1063758vo period calf rebacked with leather 2 266 pp. Joints cracked rebacking crude some wear to covers paper slightly fragile front endpaper detached other front endpaper with piece missing ink name on front pastedown some darkening to contents; otherwise about very good. This is a rich volume of early American government. In addition to the United Sates Constitution and Declaration of Independence this volume also contains the constitutions of the original states and the ordinances for the government of the North West Territory. Printed under the title is the notation that "This edition contains the constitutions of Vermont Delaware Georgia and Kentucky with the regulations for the government of the territory north west of the river Ohio." This material was not in any other edition. William Duane, books
1791réf. 1258Paris: de l'Imprimerie Nationale 1791. Book. 12mo 19th c. quarter morocco marbled boards raised bands gilt compartments. Pp. 2 iv 179 uncut. Lightly foxed near fine with the half-title. The official printing of France's first constitution and its famed preamble "Declaration de Droits de l'Homme et du Citoyen" and the only 18th century edition from the national press. The priority of the various editions of the constitution printed in 1791 seems not to have been yet sorted out but it would seem that the present one would reasonably bear a particular authority. A nice uncut copy with the half title. de l'Imprimerie Nationale, hardcover books
1820réf. SP561Gales and Seaton 1820. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good. Washington 1820. 12mo iv 409 pp. Contemporary paper covered boards. Expanded to include 23 states including Alabama and North Carolina. The first edition published a year earlier included just 21 states. A good copy with fraying and chipping to paper at spine foxing to contents and contemporary ownership marks to endpapers. Contents complete. Please contact us for additional pictures or information. Seven copies in OCLC. Cohen Bibliography of Early American Law 3014. Gales and Seaton hardcover books
1792réf. 41771Honiton England 1792. Folio leaf 16" x 13." Folded to 4 pp. Printed on verso of first leaf and recto of second leaf only. Light old folds spine with early reinforcement tape. Text clean and bright. Very Good. Public enthusiasm for the tenets of the French Revolution and Thomas Paine worried those who supported the established monarchy and British parliamentary government. In response Loyalists created local Societies like this one pledging "that we will to the utmost of our power & at the expence of every thing dear to us maintain and support the Principles of the British Constitution as established at the Glorious Revolution whenever they shall be attacked with open Violence or be secret and designing Treachery." The Association expresses its "deepest Abhorrence of the Authors and Publishers of those seditious Pamphlets which under the specious disguise of Liberty are calculated only to promote Licentiousness and Disorder to encourage Rebellion against the State and Treason against Society." More than thirty supporters sign in type. E. Holland and C. Gidley sign in type as Chairman and Secretary respectively. ESTC records this rare document only at the British Library. OCLC does not list it. ESTC T22340 1- British Library. Not on OCLC as of March 2026. unknown books
1812réf. 68721Charlestown Ms: Solomon B. Brega 1812. 18.5 cm. 294pp. Full leather rubbed gilt stamped leather spine label. Front joint cracked scattered foxing. Contains what is probably the earliest anthologized printing of the first Louisiana state constitution drafted in 1812. Very good. American Imprints 25460. Previous ownership signature of Moses Williams on front endpaper. Solomon B. Brega unknown books
