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1763réf. MILI2448Dublin, Printed by John Exshaw 1763. [16] S., S. 1-112, 121-559 S. (=Seitensprung ohne Textverlust), 8 (von 10) gest. Porträttafeln (inkl. Frontispiz), 3 (von 6) gef. Tafeln, neuer Halblederband mit mont. Orig.-Rücken, etwas gebräunt, stellenweise an den Rändern fleckig. Es fehlen die Porträts von Wolfe u. Hawke, sowie 3 Tafeln bzw. Pläne (Louisbourg, Germany, America) Das anonym veröffentlichte Werk wurde den Londoner Buchhändlern John Wright und John Almon zugeschrieben. Es enthält eine ausführliche Beschreibung der Feldzüge in Nordamerika von 1755 bis 1763 ("Origin of the troubles in North America" S.1) sowie Berichte über die Schlachten von Cape Breton und Quebec. Illustriert mit Falttafeln, darunter Ansichten von Montreal und Havanna. Erste Ausgabe. English Short Title Catalog, T127395; Sabin 15056 (nur 6. Auflage).
1800réf. 330733Basel, Decker u. Straßburg, Levrault, 1800. XXX, 160 S. Interimsumschlag d. Zeit (Rückenbezug eingerissen u. mit kl. Fehlstellen).
1787réf. TS119aLondon: J. Dodsley in Pall Mall 1787. 1st Edition . Hardback. Fine. 8vo. Title-page Preface ii 366 bound with CHARACTERS 182pp 13pp contents. Contemporary full calf with gilt titles and year dates to the spine. Armorial bookplate of Esther Acklom.The 1784 and 1785 volumes. A dark impression and printed on crisp thick paper. A HISTORY OF EUROPE P1-192pp. CHRONICLE OF 1784 177-366pp. BOUND WITH CHARACTERS EXTRACTS FROM CAPTAIN COOK'S VOL 1 LAST VOYAGE IN THE YEARS 177617717781780. P1-26. ALSO P27 -182 Extracts from James Watt The Annual Register was an annual survey of the past year focusing on history politics and literature from the British perspective.INDEX. ALSO An invaluable account of American history of the time. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS.AN INTERESTING PREFACE EXPLAINS THAT THIS VOLUME WAS A RESULT OF SO MANY EVENTS OVER 1784-5 THAT THE VOLUME COVERS TWO YEARS J. Dodsley, in Pall Mall hardcover
1795réf. 184555Boston Massachusetts: Printed at the State-Press by Adams and Larkin Printers to the General Court 1795. In original boards with evidence of contemporary official use First folio edition of any collection of American Congressional statutes issued by the state of Massachusetts. The book is uncut in boards as issued; a contemporary inscription on the front cover and the title page record this copy was deposited in the town clerk's office at Newburyport Massachusetts. The volume compiles laws passed by the first and second congresses through 1793 all bearing George Washington's signature in type and includes the Constitution and treaties with various European and Native American nations. From the First Congress of 1789 it was customary to print the acts passed in each session. In 1791 octavo compilations of the statutes were published in Philadelphia and New York. That year Congress resolved to publish its own edition but it did not appear until 1796 published by Folwell in three volumes. Folio pp. 8 5-519. Uncut in the original boards printed paper label. Joints split with cords reattached a little worn front free endpaper loosening endpapers browned else contents clean. A very good copy. ESTC W14326; Evans 29725. hardcover
1763réf. TS119London: R. & J. Dodsley Pall Mall 1763. 1st Edition . Hardback. Fine. 8vo. Half-title tile-page Preface ii 307 v contents. Contemporary full calf with gilt year date to the spine. Armorial bookplate of the Spencer family ' Dieu Defend Le Droit'.The 1763 volume. At the rear bound in are four folding plates of maps engraved by Thomas Kitchen dated 1763 including 'A New Map of The British Dominions in North America within the limits of the Governments annexed thereto by the Late Treaty of Peace and settled by Proclamation October 7th 1763'. All the maps are fine dark impression and printed on crisp thick paper. The Annual Register was an annual survey of the past year focusing on history politics and literature from the British perspective. An invaluable account of American history of the time. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOGRAPHS. R. & J. Dodsley, Pall Mall hardcover
1706réf. TS414London: Joseph Downing in Bartholomew Close Near West-Smithfield 1706. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Vg. small 4to. 97pp. Engraved frontispiece with caption below 'Printed by Order of The Society John ChamberlayneSecretary'. This engraving was used originally in a book in 1704 hence the removal of the inscription in the block beneath the society's coat of arms. The text includes an account of the settlements in New York New England Virginia; the experiences of missionaries; laboursamong the settlers and the Indian Tribes. Only 7 copies have appeared at auction since 1900. LACKING COVERS otherwise complete. A clean and crisp text block of arare item that has only appeared at auction Joseph Downing in Bartholomew Close Near West-Smithfield hardcover
1776réf. M1486London: Charles Eyre and William Strahan 1776. Original Issue First Printing . paper wrappers. Fine. Folio. 'PROHIBITORY ACT' 215-244pp; Cap.V 1776. AN IMPORTANT ACT IN THE STORY OF AMERICA AND THE REVOLUTION. A fine example with clean fresh paper wide margins and a strong dark type impression. "It throws thirteen colonies out of the royal protection levels all distinctions and makes us independent in spite of our supplications and entreaties. It may be fortunate that the act of independency should come from the British Parliament rather than the American Congress" John Adams 'Regis Magnae Britanniae Franciae and Hiberniae Vicesimo. Decimo Secto. At the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster .Anno Dom. 1775 in the fifteenth year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the Third by the Grace of God of Great Britain France and Ireland King Defender of the Faith & c. being the first session of this present parliament'. Attractive general title-page with the Royal Crest. Decorative initial to the black letter with a drop title to the head of the page. A fine crisp fresh and clean complete copy. . .from an incomplete nonce volume. The final acts to crush the American Revolution by acts of Parliament sanctions. Charles Eyre and William Strahan unknown
1797réf. 378976Philadelphia: Printed by Richard Folwell 1797. First Folwell edition. 494; 576; 4771pp. plus index. Lacks terminal leaf of vol. 1 with only the publisher's imprint. 3 vols. 8vo. Modern tan calf red morocco lettering pieces. Usual foxing some paper restoration in the gutter margin of vol. 3. Early owner's signatures. First Folwell edition. 494; 576; 4771pp. plus index. Lacks terminal leaf of vol. 1 with only the publisher's imprint. 3 vols. 8vo. Described as the first collected laws of the United States and includes the acts of Congress still in force passed by the first four Congresses as well as printings of early American treaties with foreign powers and Native American tribes. "The third volume though dated 1796 was not printed before 1797. Contains the Acts passed by the first second third and fourth Congress" Evans. An important collection not usually found with all three volumes of the Folwell edition as in the present set. Evans 31356 32973; Sabin 39424; Reese Federal Hundred 63 Printed by Richard Folwell unknown
1791réf. 372073Philadelphia: Andrew Brown 1791. First edition. 9 6-490 26 pp. 8vo. Contemporary sheep minor wear. Leaf 3B2 torn with loss. Provenance: Adam See early bookplate. First edition. 9 6-490 26 pp. 8vo. The earliest collected printings of the Acts of the first three sessions of the First Congress. In 1789 Childs and Swaine were contracted as the official printers to publish the acts of Congress publishing the first session acts in folio format that year the second session of acts in folio in 1790 and the third session acts in 1791 along with a re-issue of the first session in folio which had already become scarce. These folio printings of the Acts of each session however were largely done for the members of Congress with few available to the public. In January 1791 Philadelphia printer Andrew Brown petitioned Congress to allow him to publish a collected octavo version "in such cheap forms as that every citizen of the United States may be able to procure them" and requesting that the publication be authorized by Congress to ensure their authenticity and correctness. A joint resolution of Congress approved by Washington would be passed on February 18 1791 allowing Brown "or such other printer" to print such an edition providing that the printer pay for the comparison of the proof sheets with the original rolls. Childs and Swaine who already had access to the original laws as the official printers quickly advertised for subscribers to their own octavo edition see for example the February 26 1791 issue of Dunlap's American Daily Advertiser but Brown would beat them to print publishing around the beginning of September 1791. The intention to continue the laws of each Congress in this format did not continue beyond this first volume by either Brown or Childs and Swaine though the idea would be revived by printer Richard Folwell in 1796. Evans 23903; ESTC W14340; Sabin 39421 Andrew Brown unknown
1800réf. 354308Philadelphia 1800. 42pp. Dbd. Internally clean. Very good. 42pp. Dbd. A short précis of our national defense resources including a census of non-commissioned officers. In the wake of Washington's farewell plea for neutrality and the Quasi-War with France the issue of a standing army was of prime importance to the federal government. The Secretary of War James McHenry included in his report a list of proposed improvements. Quite scarce. OCLC locates only four copies. ESTC W21905. EVANS 38876. OCLC 17128067 10291600 unknown
1793réf. 003158Dublin: P. Byrne Grafton-Street 1793. Book. Very Good Minus. Full Calf. First Edition. First Edition full calf red label with gilt titles to spine. Calf rubbed front and rear boards moderate foxing throughout page block. prior owners names front endpages and title page front hinge just starting to separate. Contents are unmarked. One of the prior owners whose name is handwritten 3 times is "Alfred Balch Nashville". Balch was a close personal friend and neighboring plantation owner to President Andrew Jackson. He was a practicing lawyer in Nashville and eventually became head of the Nashville Bar Association. During Andrew Jackson's presidency Balch was appointed to the role of Commissioner of Indian Treaties. During this time he would be active in trying to resolve issues the Creek and Seminole tribes had with the United States government and may have helped resolve the Second Seminole War. Later in 1840 during the presidency of Martin Van Buren Jackson would pressure his former vice president to appoint Balch to the role of United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida where he would serve as a Florida District Judge for only one year. In 1835 letters appear between Alfred Balch and Andrew Jackson suggesting a level of comfort that only friends would have with one another. In one letter Jackson seems to write angrily about a secret conspiracy to undermine his chosen successor Martin Van Buren. What evidence there is seems to suggest a very close relationship between Andrew Jackson and Alfred Balch.Balchepedia; the Encyclopedia of Balch History. A great association to Presidential and Tennessee history !. P. Byrne, Grafton-Street Hardcover
1798réf. 001593Philadelphia Pa: William McCulloch 1798. Paperback. Good . 1 6-48 4 p.; 21 cm. Caption title. Disbound from a nonce volume. Signatures: B-G4 8vo. Lacking first 4 leaves title page and front matter. Publisher's advertisement on 4 unpaginated pages following text for "W. M'Culloch printer bookseller and stationer No. 306 Market near Ninth-Street Philadelphia." Although lacking title page this first and perhaps only issue of this religious periodical was definitely published by W. M'Culloch William McCulloch as p. 19 contains a letter addressed to "Mr. M'Culloch" regarding the insertion of a letter in "your first number" of his "Christian Magazine." Not in Early American Imprints 1st series Shaw & Shoemaker. No other copies of this publication have been located. It is not known whether there is any connection to the publication of same name begun in Edinburgh 1797. Although his work as a printer is not well-documented in Early American Imprints Evans or Shaw & Shoemaker this is the William McCulloch of "William McCulloch's Additions to Thomas's History of Printing." Contents: On the Gospel by Eubulus; The Extent of a Minister's Work in Preaching the Gospel by Beart; Observations on the Manner of Travelling in the Holy Land from Harmer; On Christian Hope by Benevolus; Extract from a letter from the Rev. Booth of London with a plan for the establishmend of a Baptist Society in London for the encouragement and support of Itinerant Preaching; The Death of the Saints Illustrated by C.R.; An Essay introductory to the Study of the Controversy Between Christians and Deists by Y.; The Life of the Rev. Mr. John Flavel; "A Treatise on the Truth of the Christian Religion" by James Vernet; 4 poems; publisher's advertisements. No other copies of this 18th-century religious periodical published in Philadelphia have been located. In Good Condition: disbound; lacking first 4 leaves including title page; light foxing throughout; old damp stain on last few leaves. William McCulloch paperback
1785réf. 5180085Chapel Hill N.C.: T. Booker 1785. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fair with no dust jacket. First Edition; First Printing. Book is in the French language. Quarter paper over paper boards. Plain endpapers. Boards detached and spines missiong. Previous owner's bookplates on front pastedown bumping and small closed border tears. Pages tanned foxed. Several pages have corners torn with no loss. Ink stain on pl 205 volume 2 at bottom edge. No internal markings. Near fine clamshell box. François Soulès 1748-1809 was a French author and historian primarily known for this book a history of the American Revolution. 10.0" tall; 648 pages. T. Booker hardcover
1776réf. 0121551776. Good . 1 sheet 33 x 20 cm. Printed form filled in in ink. John Brady of Muncy Township Northumberland County Pennsylvania yeoman owes 50 pounds to Peter Zachary Lloyd of the city of Philadelphia esquire. Signed on July 27 1776 by John Brady and by witnesses Abraham Shoemaker and Peter Miller Jr. Addressed to Andrew Allen esqr. attorney of the Court of Common Pleas as Sunbury Northumberland County. John Brady 1733-1779 was a captain when he was killed during the American Revolution. Peter Zachary Lloyd 1750- was a captain in Col. Atlee's Pennsylvania Musket Battalion and later Brigade Major to Gen. Ewing; later he served as clerk to the Pennsylvania Assembly. In Good Condition: three horizontal folds; partially separated along folds with not recent repairs; chipping with minor loss along edges; otherwise clean and solid. unknown
1792réf. 008987Boston: I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews 1792. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Early American Imprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. In contemporary marbled calf red morocco label with gilt lettering back viii 9-396 pp. Contains 28 sermons. Volume II only of the 2 volume set. Very Good a few pages with marginal marks and notations in pencil moderate toning throughout boards rubbed first front end page almost separated. The period ownership signature at title page of David Goodwin. Possibly David Goodwin c.1744-1825 who served as a militia officer during the Revolutionary War later represented Charlestown in the Massachusetts legislature and he was a founding member of the Massachusetts Bible Society. Printed by Isaiah Thomas 1749-1831 the famous Yankee patriot printer newspaper editor historian and founder of the American Antiquary Society. I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews Hardcover
1799réf. 00008114Dublin: Printed for J. Moore 1799 382 pages front hinge cracked although holding. The line sketches are present but were evidently rebound into the book. Still an attractive copy with small title label on backstrip. Printed for J. Moore hardcover
1745réf. 00006165Augspurg: Mathia Wolff 1745 Bishop of Geneva Doctor of the Universal Church; born at Thorens in the Duchy of Savoy 21 August 1567; died at Lyons 28 December 1622.-taken from the New Advent webpage. This book is in german bound in leather ribbed backstrip title barely discernable mild foxing throughout missing front endpages book starts at title page not sure what edition presumed later binding rear free end page is partly glued to end page to support the hinge than to replace it. A very old tome in decent condition for the years it has seen. 422 pages excluding index. Mathia Wolff hardcover
1799réf. 42225Philadelphia: Fenno 1799. 222 vi xiv pp. From the library of New York lawyer and politician Theodorus Bailey and with his signature on title-page "Theodorus Bailey's". Two prominent institutional rubberstamps on title page. Otherwise a clean and Very Good text bound in legal buckram from the library of the Bar of the City of New York. The Journal prints President Adams's Address to Congress of December 8 1798 discussing at length the "alarming and destructive pestilence" which had prevented the assembling of the government at Philadelphia; and recommending that Congress pass public health measures by virtue of its power over interstate commerce to prevent a recurrence. Adams also discusses the quasi-War with France and the mischief-making by Spain among the southern Indians. The Blount impeachment trial Connecticut's cession of the Western Reserve the census the Non-Intercourse and Judiciary Acts the establishment of the Post Office are among the subjects treated. Theodorus Bailey 1758-1828 served in the New York militia during the American Revolution and the New York State militia from 1786-1805 attaining the rank of brigadier general. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1793 serving in the 3rd 4th 6th and 7th Congresses. In 1803 he was elected to the Senate serving until 1804 when he resigned to become Postmaster of New York City a position he held until his death. Evans 36521. ESTC W20588. Fenno unknown
1797réf. 41434Philadelphia 1797. 6 2 blanks pp. Disbound. Good. Signed by Samuel Sitgreaves 1764-1827 Pennsylvania lawyer Federalist congressman early diplomat. President John Adams appointed him U.S. commissioner to England under the Jay Treaty. The Committee reports on a complicated series of transactions involving the purchase of supplies for the Revolutionary Army concludes that the United States has erroneously received a double credit and that the sum ought to be reimbursed. Henry Hill was an assignee of the original creditor. ESTC W25315. Evans 32991. unknown
1797réf. 41473Philadelphia: Ross 1797. 4pp. Disbound. Ink smudge at blank lower corners. Good plus. Signed by Samuel Sitgreaves 1764-1827 Pennsylvania lawyer Federalist congressman early diplomat. President John Adams appointed him U.S. commissioner to England under the Jay Treaty. Ore "prays compensation for five horses which he states were stolen from him after the treaty between the United States and the Cherokee nation of Indians concluded in the year 1791. . . " The Committee analyzes the procedures which the Treaty established in redressing the theft of horses and concludes that Ore is not entitled to relief. ESTC W25310 4- AAS Harv. LCP NYHS DLC. Evans 32996 Ross? unknown
1800réf. 40949Philadelphia 1800. 4pp disbound light scattered foxing. Very Good. Evans 38826. unknown
1798réf. 40952Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph Gales 1798. 8pp. Disbound else Very Good. Secretary Wolcott reports on the public debt much of it consisting of Revolutionary War obligations. An Act passed March 1795 barred the payment of certain United States debts. Treasury Secretary Wolcott in response to the importuning of holders of this now worthless revolutionary paper ruminates on whether without encouraging fraudulent or counterfeit claims the Act might be suspended in certain worthy cases. Evans 34853. I Jenkins Early American Imprints 515. ESTC W13467 8 copies at 6 locations. Printed by Joseph Gales unknown
1793réf. 41013Philadelphia: Printed by E. Oswald 1793. 375 49 pp as issued. Acts of all three Sessions of the First Congress paginated continuously. First Session 122 pages; Second Session pages 123- 286; Third Session pages 287-360; followed by "Appendix containing such acts of the Congress under the Confederation as may be thought most important to be generally known in the administration of the present government" pages 361-375. followed by unpaginated Table of Contents for each Session and Index. Bound in modern calf new endpapers portion of original endpaper with 1794 ownership signature of John Davis laid down. Scattered spotting. Two wormholes at leaf 13-14 affecting several letters. Good plus or so. The Constitution without Amendments is printed followed by Acts of the three Sessions of the First Congress. The Appendix includes the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. The First Session convened on March 4 1789; the Second on January 4 1790; and the Third on December 6 1790. Printed here among other landmarks are the first Judiciary Act establishing "the Judicial Courts of the United States;" the Census; the definition of Treason; North Carolina's land cessions; the Military Establishment; creating the seat of Government at the District of Columbia; admiralty; taxation and duties; admission of Kentucky into the Union from the Virginia Cession; admission of Vermont; the Bank of the United States; the Whisky Tax; establishment of the Post Office and Post Roads etc. etc. etc. Each Act has its date of approval with the signature of President Washington in type. ESTC W14824. Bristol B8506. Shipton & Mooney 46908. Printed by E. Oswald unknown
1798réf. 40972Philadelphia 1798. 3 554-560 pp as issued. Disbound else Very Good. The Committee recommends changes to enhance the efficiency of appropriating moneys to the War and Navy Departments necessary to carry out their functions. ESTC W25508. Evans 34777. unknown
1797réf. 40973Philadelphia: Ross 1797. 12pp. Disbound else Very Good. The Committee concludes "that it would not be expedient" to exclude any claims from the operation of statutes of limitations. The Committee reminds "that at the commencement of the war the United States were destitute of money; and during a long period of years afterwards were obliged to rely principally upon credit for carrying on all their important operations. Nevertheless the government has done "everything which could rationally have been expected. . . for the accommodation of individuals having claims against the public." ESTC W21607. Evans 33006. Ross? unknown
