PRIME, Alfred Coxe

Arts and Crafts in Philadelphia Maryland and South Carolina... 2 Vols

1932. PRIME, Alfred Coxe, ed. THE ARTS AND CRAFTS IN PHILADELPHIA MARYLAND AND SOUTH CAROLINA, 1721-1785: GLEANINGS FROM NEWSPAPERS (with) THE ARTS AND CRAFTS IN PHILADELPHIA MARYLAND AND SOUTH CAROLINA, 1786-1800, SERIES TWO: GLEANINGS FROM NEWSPAPERS. Topsfield, MA: The Walpole Society, 1929-1932. First Volume: Limited to 500 copies. viii + 323 pp. Series Two: Limited to 400 copies. xvi + 331 pp. 8vo. green cloth with gilt spine lettering. Very good overall; light soil to edges, minor shelfwear. Gilt lettering bright. Light foxing front and rear to Series Two volume. Occasional light pencil notes in margins. B/w frontispieces and plates. .

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RAILROAD

Reports of Exploration and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable

1859. [SCIENCE/ZOOLOGY] REPORTS OF EXPLORATION AND SURVEYS, TO ASCERTAIN THE MOST PRACTICABLE AND ECONOMICAL ROUTE FOR A RAILROAD FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. VOLUME X. Washington: Beverley Tucker, 1859. 400 + 27 + 97 + 13 pp. plus 28 hand colored plates, and 94 b/w plates. 4to. brown cloth. As is. Binding poor, block split at pp. 8-9 of 27 pp. report. Spine chipped, cloth split at joints. Moderate to light foxing to text, although plates are in excellent condition. Contents: Parts III, IV. General Report upon the Zoology of the Several Pacific Railroad Routes. Zoological portion of the reports by Lieut. E. G. Beckwith..upon the Route near the Thirty-Eighth and Thirty-Ninth Parallels/Nos. 2-5 of Part IV of the Report by Lieut. A. W. Whipple..upon the route near the Thirty-Fifth Parallel/Zoological portion of the Report by Lieut. J. G. Parke..upon the route near the Thirty-Second Parallel, from the Rio Grande to the Pimas Villages/Part IV of the Report by Lieut. R. S. Williamson..upon routes to California to connect with routes near the Thirty-Fifth and Thirty-Second Parallels/No. 4 of Part IV of the Report by Lieut. Henry L. Abbot..upon the routes in Oregon and California, explored by parties under the command of Lieut. R. S. Williamson..in 1855. .

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RANDOLPH, Edmund

Hell Among the Yearlings

1978. RANDOLPH, Edmund. HELL AMONG THE YEARLINGS. Chicago: The Lakeside Press, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1978. The Lakeside Classics: Christmas, 1978. Illustrated. xxvi,406 pp. 12mo. brown cloth, gilt-stamped title to spine and publisher's device to upper board, t.e.g. Fine. .

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RANDOLPH, Edmund

Letters on the Federal Constitution

1888. RANDOLPH, Edmund. LETTER ON THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION, OCTOBER 16, 1787, BY EDMUND RANDOLPH. [One of the series PAMPHLETS ON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES,Published during its Discussion by the People, 1787-1788.] Edited by Paul Leicester Ford. [Brooklyn, NY: Historical Printing Club, 1888]. 18 pp. An octavo-size pamphlet, side-sewn and glued into plain paper wrappers. Fine within but wrappers show edgewear and some chipping. Very good overall. Randolph was a member of the Annapolis, Philadelphia, and Virginia Conventions, in all of which he took a prominent though equivocal position. His letter on the Constitution was widely circulated in the newspapers, and was printed in pamphlet format. .

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REGISTER, James

America Is My Name

REGISTER, James, ed. AMERICA IS MY NAME. Illustrated by Charles Alexandre LESUEUR. Shreveport, LA: Mid-South Press, 1972. First edition. (unpag.) 4to. pale wrappers printed in red. Light soil to covers, corners slightly curled. Interior clean and bright; halftone reproductions (full-page) of Lesueur's sketches. Text from de Tocqueville, Timothy Flint, Harriet Martineau, others. Ill.: LESUEUR, Charles Alexandre.

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REVERE, Joseph

Keel and Saddle: A Retrospect of Forty Years of Military and Naval Ser

1872. REVERE, Joseph W. KEEL AND SADDLE: A RETROSPECT OF FORTY YEARS OF MILITARY AND NAVAL SERVICE. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1872. First edition. 12mo. xiii,360 pp. Publisher's green cloth over beveled boards, gilt-stamped title to spine, vignette illustration gilt-stamped to upper board and blind-stamped to lower board, brown coated endpapers. Pencil ownership on t.p. Library bookplate on front pastedown with release stamp. Binding is lightly rubbed at heel and crown, and slightly askew, but clean and bright overall. Bookblock is lightly foxed on external edges and only occasionally on the text leaves, which are mostly clean. A lovely copy whose condition is very good plus. (Sabin 70179). .

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Keywords: Maps and Travel

RITCHIE, John, publ

Among the Red Indians

1900. AMONG THE RED INDIANS; Or, The Triumphs of the Gospel in the Land of the Wigwam and the Tomahawk. Kilmarnock, Scotland: John Ritchie, [n.d. circa 1900]. Illustrated. 12mo. gray illustrated cloth. 96 pp. + [16] pp. adv. Minor rubbing and edgewear. Minor offsetting to endpapers, else clean and crisp within. Very good plus, in a solid dust jacket, whch is lightly soiled and has slight edgewear. Missionary activity among Native American people motly located in the northeast United States. .

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ROUX DE ROCHELLE

Etats Unis D'Amerique

1839. ROUX DE ROCHELLE. ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE. Paris: Firmin Didot Freres, Editeurs, 1839. One of the series L'Univers; Histoire et description de tous les peuples. Later printing, but still early; the first edition was printed in 1837. 96 plates and a fold-out map. Octavo: [vi],400 pp. with text printed in double columns. Publisher's binding: black cloth, gilt-stamped title to spine, yellow coated endpapers, all edges speckled brown. Ink ownership of Robert C. Winthrop (see DAB, vol. X) on ffep. and half-title as well as ex-library, with only a bookplate at front pastedown and a small, embossed seal on t.p. and p. 21. Heavy paste-action to endpapers and occasional, light foxing throughout, else a crisp and very good plus copy. Roux de Rochelle served as French Minister to the United States and this work is a well known piece of Americana including material and plates on a variety of subjects: Native Americans, early American settlers, politics, etc. (Howes R475, Sabin 73516). .

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MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION OF THE UNITED S.

Register of the Commandery of the State of Massachusetts

1912. MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION OF THE UNITED STATES. REGISTER OF THE COMMANDERY OF THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, NOVEMBER 1, 1912. Cambridge: The University Press, 1912. Frontispiece. xxxvi,522 pp. Large ocatvo, blue cloth, gilt lettering to spine and upper board, t.e.g. Bookplate. Cloth shows general light soiling and has darkened a bit at spine. Heavy foxing along fore-edge of bookblock but mostly clean within, with light foxing to opening and closing leaves only. very good. .

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Book number: 74228

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SAFFORD, Susan Darling

Quaint Epitaphs

1895. SAFFORD, Susan Darling. "QUAINT EPITAPHS". (Boston: Susan Darling Safford, printed by Alfred Mudge & Son, 1895). First edition. 45 pp. Slim 8vo. black and red cloth printed to upper board in silver, t.e.g. Ink gift inscription to ffep. A touch of sunning at spine, with fore-corners gently bumped. Internally clean but for offsetting to endpapers and, just a little bit, to two facing pages. Collected by Safford over a thirty-five year period and arranged geographically for publication, the epitaphs were found mostly in the New England area (excluding Rhode Island) and New York, with examples found "in the South" and "in foreign countries", and a section of uncollected epitaphs. A rare first edition of this title, in very good condition. .

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SEARS, Edmund H.

Pictures of the Olden Time

1857. SEARS, Edmund H. PICTURES OF THE OLDEN TIME; As Shown in the Fortunes of a Family of the Pilgrims. Boston: Crosby, Nichols, and Company. Private edition: includes GENEALOGIES AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE ANCESTRY AND DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD SEARS, THE PILGRIM. 8vo. brown cloth, title gilt-stamped to spine. Ex-library; bookplate to front pastedown and blind-stamp to tp. Slight bowing to boards; some rubbing/scuffs. Spine gilt is faded and crown is chipped. Clean and crisp within. Scarce in this edition. About very good. [WRIGHT 2174]. .

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SERMONS, AMERICAN - 18TH cENTURY

Collection of Five Sermons, Including a Dirge and a Monody

1796. (SERMONS, AMERICAN - 18TH CENTURY) A COLLECTION OF FIVE SERMONS, INCLUDING A DIRGE AND A MONODY, BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. All published in eastern Massachusetts (Boston and Salem), 1767-1796. (Detailed descriptions of the sermons in this volume appear below.) Small quarto: 21 cm. 175 pp. in total. Four of five half-titles are present. Early ownership of Charles Lowell in three of the sermons. Text leaves are mostly clean but for the last sermon, which is lightly foxed and lightly toned throughout, and the paper quality is very good overall. A few leaves in the first sermon show slight wear at the top-edge, but nothing serious, and one leaf has marginal loss at top fore-corner without loss of text. In a handsome modern binding of marbled boards with a black calf shelfback, in fine condition. TUCKER, John. Ministers of the Gospel, as spiritual Guides to their people, to be remembered by them after their Decease; and to their good Instructions and Example to be followed. Two discourses occasioned by the death of the Rev. Mr. John Lowell, late pastor of the Congregational Church in Newbury-Port; who departed this life, May 15th 1767. In the 64th year of his age. Delivered to the Christian society there, on the Lord's Day, June 7th, after his decease. By John Tucker, A. M. Pastor of the First Church in Newbury. Boston, New-England: Printed by Thomas & John Fleet for Bulkeley Emerson, of Newbury-Port, 1767. 36 pp. Ownership of Charles Lowell in pencil on half-title and in ink on title-page. (Evans 10791, Sabin 97317). THACHER, Peter, and Thomas Welsh. A Sermon, Preached at Charlestown, June 19, 1796, and occasioned by the sudden death of the Honourable Nathaniel Gorham, Esquire, aet. 59. By Peter Thacher, D.D. Minister of a Church in Boston. [And] An Eulogy, Delivered June 29, 1796, at the Meeting-House in Charlestown, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in memory of the Honourable Nathaniel Gorham, Esquire, who died June 11, 1796. By Doctor Thomas Welsh, Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and Fellow of the Massachusetts Medical Society. Boston: Printed by Samuel Hall.. 1796. 25,[1],15,[1] pp. The final page is a "A Dirge to the Memory of the Honourable Nathaniel Gorham, Esq. by the Rev. Thaddeus Mason Harris, set to Music by Mr. Olifer Holden," printing only the lyrics but no. .

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SERRA, Junipero

Letter of Junipero Serra to the Reverend Father Preacher Fray Fermin

1970. SERRA, Junipero, transl. Rev. Francis J. WEBER. A LETTER OF JUNIPERO SERRA TO THE REVEREND FATHER PREACHER FRAY FERMIN FRANCISCO DE LAUSEN: A BICENTENNIAL DISCOVERY. Boston: David R. Godine, 1970. First edition, one of five hundred letterpress copies, unnumbered. Fifth in a series of poems,essays, broadsides and tracts. [9] pp. 8vo. grey laid paper wrappers printed in brown and black, with title page woodcut in brown. Fine in publisher's white envelope lettered in red, with a pencil note "Gift of DRG / JHZ." Minor creasing to sides of envelope. Serra, president of the California Missions, writes to his eventual successor (April 17, 1780). .

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SLOANE, Eric

ABC Book of Early Americana: A Sketchbook of Antiquities and American

1963. SLOANE, Eric. ABC BOOK OF EARLY AMERICANA: A SKETCHBOOK OF ANTIQUITIES AND AMERICAN FIRSTS. Garden City: Doubleday and Company, Inc. 1963. First edition, with original ink drawing (covered bridge) signed by Sloane and dated 1963 on ffep. Boards slightly bowed, else fine in very good price-clipped pictorial dust jacket with a few nicks at edges. Language, innovations, pastimes. B/w illustrations. .

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SLOANE, Eric

ABC Book of Early Americana: A Sketchbook of Antiquities and American

1963. SLOANE, Eric. ABC BOOK OF EARLY AMERICANA: A SKETCHBOOK OF ANTIQUITIES AND AMERICAN FIRSTS. Garden City: Doubleday and Company, Inc. 1963. First edition, with original ink drawing (covered bridge) signed by Sloane and dated 1963 on ffep. Boards slightly bowed, else fine in very good price-clipped pictorial dust jacket with a few nicks at edges. Language, innovations, pastimes. B/w illustrations. .

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