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1786rif. 30995Newbury-Port: Printed by John Mycall 1786. 61 1 blank pp with the half title. Stitched in contemporary drab wrappers. Untrimmed. A lovely copy with occasional mild foxing. Near Fine. Half title inscribed "Edw. Titcomb". The pamphlet is Worcester's argument in his doctrinal dispute with Reverend Murray the founder of Universalism. FIRST EDITION. Evans 20158. NAIP w003489. Printed by John Mycall unknown
1821rif. 60035Boston: published by Joseph T. Buckingham; and Cambridge: Hilliard & Metcalf 1821. 2 volumes 8vo containing 24 issues for the first two years each separately paginated; contemporary and likely original quarter sheep over marbled boards red morocco label on gilt-paneled spines; ex-Pepperell Public Library with their rubberstamps on the endpaper and front flyleaf of volume I small pressure stamps on the title pages and with old stickers on spines. Issue X with gathering '4' in duplicate and wanting gathering '3'. All else very good and sound. Bound in at the back of the second volume is: A Catalogue of the Officers and Members of the Massachusetts Peace Society Including Nine Branches or Auxiliaries March 1 1819. Cambridge: Hilliard & Metcalf 1819 pp. 12 3 1; includes Constitution of the Massachusetts Peace Society second count American Imprints 48638; A Catalogue of the Officers and Members of the Massachusetts Peace Society including Thirteen Branches or Auxiliaries March 1 1820. Cambridge: Hilliard & Metcalf 1819 pp. 15 1; American Imprints 2176; Address delivered at the Fifth Anniversary of the Massachusetts Peace Society December 25th 1820 by the Hon. Josiah Quincy Cambridge: Hilliard and Metcalf 1821 pp. 32; American Imprints 6529; Fifth Annual Report of the Massachusetts Peace Society drop title pp. 8; American Imprints 2178; Sixth Annual Report of the Massachusetts Peace Society drop title pp. 8; American Imprints 9430; Bogue David. Appendix to No. 4 vol. II of the Friend of Peace drop title pp. 8; not found in American Imprints; A Solemn Review of the Custom of War Showing that War is the Effect of Popular Delusion and Proposing a Remedy. By Philo Pacificus i.e. Noah Worcester . Fifth edition Cambridge; printed by Hilliard and Metcalf. Sold by Wells & Lilly No. 97 Court-Street Boston 1816 pp. 32; American Imprints 39872. Worcester 1758-1837 was a fifer in the Revolution and later a clergyman who "came to regard war whether offensive or defensive as unjustifiable" see DAB. A pioneer of the American peace movement in December 1814 he published A Solemn Review of the Custom of War under the pen-name Philo Pacificus "still considered one of the best pieces of anti-war literature ever committed to print and as relevant today as then. In 1815 he founded the Massachusetts Peace Society serving as its secretary until 1828. From 1819 to 1828 he tirelessly edited The Friend of Peace a quarterly periodical of the Society as well as wrote most of its content. In 1828 the Massachusetts Peace Society merged with the newly formed American Peace Society" Wikipedia. Among the contributors besides Worcester himself are Thomas Jefferson and John Jay each contributing letters Thomas Paine and extracts from William Penn and Benjamin Franklin etc. Hilliard & Metcalf unknown
1821rif. 57146Boston: West & Richardson; Joseph T. Buckingham; & Cambridge: Hilliard & Metcalf 1821. Ten issues in all 8vo the first two issues with some worming; all else generally very good in original printed blue wrappers. Worcester 1758-1837 was a fifer in the Revolution and later a clergyman who "came to regard war whether offensive or defensive as unjustifiable" see DAB. A pioneer of the American peace movement in December 1814 he published A Solemn Review of the Custom of War under the pen-name Philo Pacificus "still considered one of the best pieces of anti-war literature ever committed to print and as relevant today as then. In 1815 he founded the Massachusetts Peace Society serving as its secretary until 1828. From 1819 to 1828 he tirelessly edited The Friend of Peace a quarterly periodical of the Society as well as wrote most of its content. In 1828 the Massachusetts Peace Society merged with the newly formed American Peace Society" Wikipedia. Among the contributors besides Worcester himself are Thomas Jefferson and John Jay each contributing letters William Cowper a poem "Pity for Poor Africans"; and extracts from William Penn and Benjamin Franklin etc. Most inside front wrappers and the back wrappers are generally advertising Worcester's text books geographies spellers gazetteers etc. as well as other books published by West & Richardson Joseph T. Buckingham and Cummings & Hilliard. Present in this gathering are: Vol. VIII - XII Boston 1817-1818; Vol. II nos. 3-5 Cambridge 1819; Vol. II no. 12 an Vol. III no. 1 Cambridge 1821. Several of the issues bear the ownership signature of the deacon and sawyer Eleazar Spofford for whom see Wikitree.com. Hilliard & Metcalf unknown
1794rif. 20219Boston: Printed and Sold by John W. Folsom 1794. An early edition of a popular guide reprinted well into the 19th century first printed in Hartford in 1791. 96pp. Leather backed birch boards. Most paper worn away from boards 20% loss to rear board which is detached. Lacks free endpapers. Else a sound copy. SABIN 102383. EVANS 28050. hardcover books
1790rif. 465383Hartford: Printed by Elisha Babcock 1790. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Edited by Noah Webster and signed by him on the dedication page. Octavo. 6 364 4pp. Contemporary calf over boards with leather titling label on spine. Two contemporary owners' names in ink at top margin of title page. A third autograph has been neatly clipped from the top edge of the title page. Wear to the edges of the boards and corners spine back and label are scuffed front joint is split both hinges neatly reinforced with one thin strip of cloth tape a good copy with modest scattered foxing. Copied from Winthrop's original manuscript by Connecticut Governor John Trumbull the editor is identified as Noah Webster by Skeel and by his signature in this copy. A desirable copy of Winthrop's historically important journal which includes the first written account of the ascent of Mt. Washington in 1642. ESTC W20590; Evans 23086; Skeel E.E.F. Webster 781; Trumbull J.H. Connecticut 1695. Printed by Elisha Babcock hardcover books
1787rif. 256660New York: Samuel Loudon 1787. First. hardcover. very good. Illustrated with 2 plates one torn and one edgeworn and 1 table torn and with some paper loss. 602 pages with continuous pagination. Thick 8vo contemporary leather-backed boards with red label well-worn but sound and attractive. New York: Printed by Samuel Loudon and sold for the printer by Messieurs Berry and Rogers Hodge Campbell Allen and Greenleaf December 1787 - July 1788. 8 of 12 issues bound together. First editions. Some light toning and foxing and a handful of contemporary ink marginalia still a very good copy of these scarce American periodicals edited by Noah Webster. OCLC list NO physical copies in any library. Issues include: moral fiction curiosities travel descriptions of unusual or exotic places science religion biographical anecdotes poetry etc. A section of European and American current events marriages and deaths concludes each issue. Samuel Loudon unknown books
1913rif. 584New York: privately printed 1912 1913. First edition 8vo 2 volumes; presentation copy "from the daughter of Emily Ellsworth Fowler Ford i.e. the editor Emily E.F. Skeel Xmas 1913" to name erased. A note on the verso of each title reads "Printed by Kathleen Gordon Ford Turle Rosalie Greenleaf Ford Barr Grace Kidder Ford Williams Emily Ellsworth Ford Skeel Worthington Chauncey Ford Roswell Skeel Jr." A printer's imprint at the end of each volume shows that the book was printed in Glasgow by Robert Maclehose & Co. The work contains seven first printings of certain Webster materials mostly extracts letters and memoranda -- see Skeel 766. With two frontispiece portraits browned from acidic tissue and 7 plates; extremities lightly rubbed and with some slight chipping spines soiled else a good sound set in original blue cloth. privately printed, 1912 unknown books
1796rif. ST20740Philadelphia: Printed by Matthew Carey 1796. 165 x 102 mm. 6 1/2 x 4". 95 pp. Late 19th century brown half roan over marbled boards smooth spine divided into panels by gilt fillets each with gilt daisy red morocco label marbled endpapers. Sabin 102386; Evans 31599; ESTC W28973. Very light rubbing to joints and extremities mild foxing throughout but unusually clean and bright for a book printed on 18th century American paper and in a convincing retrospective binding showing almost no wear. This is a very pleasing copy of a work that demonstrates an important early American lexicographer's philosophy toward the impact of language. After graduating from Yale and briefly studying law Noah Webster 1758-1843 established an elementary school and discovered the need for spelling and grammar books in the new country. According to ANB "Webster believed that the new nation needed a feeling of identity a consciousness of self that bound it together and distinguished it from others. Not surprisingly Webster concluded that this revolution of mind and heart should begin with children and with the acquisition of books that would reflect the American language culture and history." He produced textbooks on spelling and grammar as well as his famous dictionary a book PMM tells us "marked a definite advance in modern lexicography." In the present work Webster goes beyond the words themselves into a concern with their usage telling us in the preface that he is attempting "to find the method of writing calculated to do the most general good" in society. The author serves as "prompter" giving lines to "the numerous actors upon the great theatre of life"--that is providing discussion on "common sayings" to help improve writers and by extension the "world at large." "The Prompter" was published anonymously in Hartford Connecticut in 1791 and enjoyed considerable popularity in New England well into the 19th century. Webster revealed his authorship in a 1796 advertisement in the federalist newspaper "American Minerva" which he had helped to found and edited from 1793-98. Our copy in a pleasing replica binding and quite fine condition internally is particularly appealing since many copies that have appeared on the market are in the condition expected of a book meant for the schoolroom. Printed by Matthew Carey unknown books
1802rif. TB29021Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph Charless 1802. Later Printing. Good in 1/4 leather and marbled paper covered boards. A 16mo measuring 6 1/4 by 4 inches with the text block close to loose within its original boards held on only by the sewing cords which are woven into the boards. The pages are all uniformly tanned and there are two early prior owner's names on the front paste down. Page 23/24 has two small chips from its upper and lower margins which does not impact on any printing. 80 pages of text. Skeel 682 Printed by Joseph Charless hardcover books
1802rif. 43743Philadelphia: Joseph Charless 1802. 12mo pp. 80; disbound with remnants of sheep spine; edges frayed tear to F5 affecting text without loss of meaning else very good and sound. Skeel 682. Joseph Charless unknown books
1803rif. 43744New Haven: Joel Walter 1803. A new edition "improved and enlarged" 12mo pp. iv 2 137; disbound remnants of calf spine still present; last leaf detached but present; pages quite browned and frayed along edges else mostly very good and sound. Skeel 683: "Of the original contents No. VI 'The Grace of God in Dollars' and the Conclusion have been omitted.The essays from p. 75 to the end are new under the heading 'Additional Numbers Written and First Published in 1803.' Joel Walter unknown books
1815rif. 43750New-York: E. Duyckinck 1815. Small 12mo pp. 108; disbound; pages uniformly browned some dampstaining throughout else very good and sound. Skeel 692. E. Duyckinck unknown books
1799rif. 43749N.p.: Printed for and sold by the book-sellers 1799. Small 12mo pp. vi 72; disbound; mostly fine. Evans 36688; Skeel 678. Printed for, and sold by the book-sellers unknown books
1797rif. 35147Leominster: Printed by Charles Prentiss 1797. Second Leominster Edition. Pp. 91 2 pages publisher's advertisements. 1 vols. 12mo. Later half-sheep over marbled boards. Rubbed spine torn hole and tear in advertisement leaf affecting ads some browning and foxing notes on pastedown with the very precise near-contemporary signature of John D. W. Williams on blank and first page of text else very good. Second Leominster Edition. Pp. 91 2 pages publisher's advertisements. 1 vols. 12mo. An examination of such expressions as "When a man's name is up he may lie abed till noon" "She carries the Bell" "It is just as the fit takes him" "A Stitch in time saves nine" and "He has come out at the little end of the horn". Sabin 102383 for first edition Printed by Charles Prentiss unknown books
1876rif. 16051Brooklyn: privately printed 1876. Folio 15 leaves printed on the rectos only engraved frontispiece portrait of the lexicographer after the painting by Samuel F.B. Morse engraved title-page of A Dictionary of the English Language with a vignette showing Webster at work in his library note: these two engravings are not in all copies of the Genealogy; 5 vignette illustrations of fables taken from early American editions of Webster's Spellers; original plain gray paper wrappers some splitting along top edge and spine but generally very good. The first book by the eleven-year-old great-grandson of Noah Webster which he printed himself at his home in Brooklyn in an edition of 250 copies. The original edition of the Genealogy published by Webster himself in octavo format and without illustrations appeared in 1836. BAL 6140; Skeel 752. privately printed unknown books
1819rif. 24603New-York: Printed by C.S. Van Winkle 1819. 39 1 blank pp. Disbound wrapper remnants in inner margins of first and last page. Light soil Good. This pamphlet advocates in response to the Panic of 1819 "two restrictions on banks: first they may discount no 'accommodation paper' i.e. simple loans that were not self-liquidating in the course of active trade; and second that they grant no renewals of loans." The absence of such restrictions the author argues encouraged excessive speculations and brought about the depression. See Rothbard 'The Panic of 1819' page 132 1962. As evidence Aristides cites the "wild enthusiasm" which characterized resumption of commerce after the 1815 Treaty of Ghent and the resulting extensions of credit "to the utmost limit." Authorship has been variously attributed to Webster and Van Ness. Skeel doubts Webster's hand. "Among other reasons she states that the Letter does not seem to be written in his style and that she finds no allusion to it in his letters. The pamphlet has also been ascribed to William P. Van Ness another who used the pseudonym 'Aristides.'" Sabin. AI 49978 4. Sabin 102364. See Skeel page 563 note 12. Printed by C.S. Van Winkle unknown books
1790rif. 465383Hartford: Printed by Elisha Babcock 1790. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Edited by Noah Webster and signed by him on the dedication page. Octavo. 6 364 4pp. Contemporary calf over boards with leather titling label on spine. Two contemporary owners' names in ink at top margin of title page. A third autograph has been neatly clipped from the top edge of the title page. Wear to the edges of the boards and corners spine back and label are scuffed front joint is split both hinges neatly reinforced with one thin strip of cloth tape a good copy with modest scattered foxing. Copied from Winthrop's original manuscript by Connecticut Governor John Trumbull the editor is identified as Noah Webster by Skeel and by his signature in this copy. A desirable copy of Winthrop's historically important journal which includes the first written account of the ascent of Mt. Washington in 1642. ESTC W20590; Evans 23086; Skeel E.E.F. Webster 781; Trumbull J.H. Connecticut 1695. Printed by Elisha Babcock hardcover
1819rif. 24603New-York: Printed by C.S. Van Winkle 1819. 39 1 blank pp. Disbound wrapper remnants in inner margins of first and last page. Light soil Good. This pamphlet advocates in response to the Panic of 1819 "two restrictions on banks: first they may discount no 'accommodation paper' i.e. simple loans that were not self-liquidating in the course of active trade; and second that they grant no renewals of loans." The absence of such restrictions the author argues encouraged excessive speculations and brought about the depression. See Rothbard 'The Panic of 1819' page 132 1962. As evidence Aristides cites the "wild enthusiasm" which characterized resumption of commerce after the 1815 Treaty of Ghent and the resulting extensions of credit "to the utmost limit." Authorship has been variously attributed to Webster and Van Ness. Skeel doubts Webster's hand. "Among other reasons she states that the Letter does not seem to be written in his style and that she finds no allusion to it in his letters. The pamphlet has also been ascribed to William P. Van Ness another who used the pseudonym 'Aristides.'" Sabin. AI 49978 4. Sabin 102364. See Skeel page 563 note 12. Printed by C.S. Van Winkle unknown
1913rif. 584New York: privately printed 1912 1913. First edition 8vo 2 volumes; presentation copy "from the daughter of Emily Ellsworth Fowler Ford i.e. the editor Emily E.F. Skeel Xmas 1913" to name erased. A note on the verso of each title reads "Printed by Kathleen Gordon Ford Turle Rosalie Greenleaf Ford Barr Grace Kidder Ford Williams Emily Ellsworth Ford Skeel Worthington Chauncey Ford Roswell Skeel Jr." A printer's imprint at the end of each volume shows that the book was printed in Glasgow by Robert Maclehose & Co. The work contains seven first printings of certain Webster materials mostly extracts letters and memoranda -- see Skeel 766. With two frontispiece portraits browned from acidic tissue and 7 plates; extremities lightly rubbed and with some slight chipping spines soiled else a good sound set in original blue cloth. privately printed, 1912 unknown
1787rif. 256660New York: Samuel Loudon 1787. First. hardcover. very good. Illustrated with 2 plates one torn and one edgeworn and 1 table torn and with some paper loss. 602 pages with continuous pagination. Thick 8vo contemporary leather-backed boards with red label well-worn but sound and attractive. New York: Printed by Samuel Loudon and sold for the printer by Messieurs Berry and Rogers Hodge Campbell Allen and Greenleaf December 1787 - July 1788. 8 of 12 issues bound together. First editions. Some light toning and foxing and a handful of contemporary ink marginalia still a very good copy of these scarce American periodicals edited by Noah Webster. OCLC list NO physical copies in any library. Issues include: moral fiction curiosities travel descriptions of unusual or exotic places science religion biographical anecdotes poetry etc. A section of European and American current events marriages and deaths concludes each issue. Samuel Loudon unknown
1794rif. 20219Boston: Printed and Sold by John W. Folsom 1794. An early edition of a popular guide reprinted well into the 19th century first printed in Hartford in 1791. 96pp. Leather backed birch boards. Most paper worn away from boards 20% loss to rear board which is detached. Lacks free endpapers. Else a sound copy. SABIN 102383. EVANS 28050. hardcover
1796rif. ST20740Philadelphia: Printed by Matthew Carey 1796. 165 x 102 mm. 6 1/2 x 4". 95 pp. Late 19th century brown half roan over marbled boards smooth spine divided into panels by gilt fillets each with gilt daisy red morocco label marbled endpapers. Sabin 102386; Evans 31599; ESTC W28973. Very light rubbing to joints and extremities mild foxing throughout but unusually clean and bright for a book printed on 18th century American paper and in a convincing retrospective binding showing almost no wear. This is a very pleasing copy of a work that demonstrates an important early American lexicographer's philosophy toward the impact of language. After graduating from Yale and briefly studying law Noah Webster 1758-1843 established an elementary school and discovered the need for spelling and grammar books in the new country. According to ANB "Webster believed that the new nation needed a feeling of identity a consciousness of self that bound it together and distinguished it from others. Not surprisingly Webster concluded that this revolution of mind and heart should begin with children and with the acquisition of books that would reflect the American language culture and history." He produced textbooks on spelling and grammar as well as his famous dictionary a book PMM tells us "marked a definite advance in modern lexicography." In the present work Webster goes beyond the words themselves into a concern with their usage telling us in the preface that he is attempting "to find the method of writing calculated to do the most general good" in society. The author serves as "prompter" giving lines to "the numerous actors upon the great theatre of life"--that is providing discussion on "common sayings" to help improve writers and by extension the "world at large." "The Prompter" was published anonymously in Hartford Connecticut in 1791 and enjoyed considerable popularity in New England well into the 19th century. Webster revealed his authorship in a 1796 advertisement in the federalist newspaper "American Minerva" which he had helped to found and edited from 1793-98. Our copy in a pleasing replica binding and quite fine condition internally is particularly appealing since many copies that have appeared on the market are in the condition expected of a book meant for the schoolroom. Printed by Matthew Carey unknown
1797rif. BOOKS301408Boston MA: I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews. FR/NO DUSTJACKET. 1797. Boards. Bottom of title page missing part of Aug. 1797. This later edition used smaller type and less pages . 12mo. 84 pp. Rubbed fragile minor tears with minor loss of text. . I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews hardcover
1802rif. TB29021Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph Charless 1802. Later Printing. Good in 1/4 leather and marbled paper covered boards. A 16mo measuring 6 1/4 by 4 inches with the text block close to loose within its original boards held on only by the sewing cords which are woven into the boards. The pages are all uniformly tanned and there are two early prior owner's names on the front paste down. Page 23/24 has two small chips from its upper and lower margins which does not impact on any printing. 80 pages of text. Skeel 682 Printed by Joseph Charless hardcover
1803rif. 43744New Haven: Joel Walter 1803. A new edition "improved and enlarged" 12mo pp. iv 2 137; disbound remnants of calf spine still present; last leaf detached but present; pages quite browned and frayed along edges else mostly very good and sound. Skeel 683: "Of the original contents No. VI 'The Grace of God in Dollars' and the Conclusion have been omitted.The essays from p. 75 to the end are new under the heading 'Additional Numbers Written and First Published in 1803.' Joel Walter unknown
