Benezet, Anthony. [PROBABLY ONLY COPY IN PRIVATE HANDS].

Observations on the inslaving, importing and purchasing of Negroes with some advice thereon extracted form [sic] the Yearly Meeting epistle of London for the present year also some remarks on the absolute necessity of self-denial, ...

Germantown [Pa.]: Printed by Christopher Sower, 1759. 0. Soft cover. Octavo. 15, [i]pp. First edition. Disbound. Evans 8298; Sabin 4676; ESTC W1272. Attributed to Anthony Benezet by Evans. This first edition of Benezet's has not been seen in auction rooms for well over one hundred years. Very Good.

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Book number: 2532

Catalogue: First Editions, Eighteenth Century Books, Americana

Smith, William.

Discourses on Several Public Occasions During the War in America.

London: Printed for A. Millar, et. al. 1759. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. xii, 246pp. A6, B8-Q8, R2-S2 (- S2 blank). First edition. Contemporary sheep, worn and rubbed. Upper corner bumped. Front hinge cracked. Top (1/8 inch) and bottom (1/4 inch) of spine missing. Howes S688; Sabin 84601. From the library of William R. Smith, a descendant of the author. Presentation copy from the author (founder of the University of Pennsylvania) to an Alea (?) Barclay, dated 11 January 1769. Further presented by Horace W. Smith (the author's grandson [?]) to William R. Smith, one of the founders of the Wisconsin Historical Society. A great assocation item from one of the great families in American History. The first edition of Smith"s Discourses. which includes essays on the French and Indian War (especially Braddock"s defeat), educational institutions in the colony of Pennsylvania, and various religious pieces. Smith was an Anglican clergyman, teacher, and first provost of the College, Academy, and Charitable School of Philadelphia, the precursor to the University of Pennsylvania. A second edition of this pre-Revolutionary collection of discourses was published in London in 1762. Good.

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Book number: 1655

Catalogue: Eighteenth Century Books, Americana, Signed and/or Presentation Copies

Keywords: Presentation Copy, University of Pennsylvania

Webb, Elizabeth.

Einige Glaubens-Bekentnisse und göttliche Erfahrungs-Proben,: in einem Send-Schreiben von Elisabetha Webb an Anton Wilhelm Böhm, Capellan zum Prinzen Georg von Dänemark, im Jahr 1712.

Philadelphia: Gedruckt bey Carl Cist, in der Markt-Strasse, 1783. 0. Soft cover. Octavo and duodecimo. iv, [i], 6-55, [i], 22pp. [A]4, B4-G4; A6, B6. Contemporary grey wrappers. ESTC W18579 ; Evans 18296; Evans 17837; Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 4408; Sabin, 102211. Translation of: A letter from Elizabeth Webb, to Anthony William Boehm, with his answer. "Branntewein und Verderben," 22pp. is recorded separately by Evans (17837), who attributes it to Anthony Benezet. Not present in all copies. Good.

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Book number: 2567

Catalogue: Eighteenth Century Books, Americana

Wolcott, Roger.

Poetical meditations, being the improvement of some vacant hours; with a preface by the Reverend Mr. Bulkley of Colchester.

New London: Printed and Sold by L. Green, 1725. 0. Hardcover. Octavo. [iv], lvi, I, 78, [iv - 1 of errata and 3 of advertisements]. Lacks half-title. First edition. Contemporary sheep. The first book of poetry printed in Connecticut and one of the earliest in North America. ESTC W28923; Evans 2722; Trumbull 1696; Johnson 207; Wegelin 465. Good.

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Book number: 2748

Catalogue: First Editions, Eighteenth Century Books, Americana