23pp. Reverse of title-page notes *A few Copies of this Sermon have been printed , for the use of the relatives and immediate friends only. A very rare item of Boston history. Disbound sewn copy with dust and aging but complete and sound. A SERMON Preached in the Essex Street Congregation BOSTON September 1, 1839 View More...
'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 ... View More...
vii, 431pp. Complete and unabridged. An account of early explorers travels in the wild and uncharted territory of the North American Continent, based on diaries, records and journals. Dust-jacket grubby View More...
255 pp, 136 full page plates. Unabridged in one volume, reduced format, of the 2-volume first edition published in Washington,D.C., in 1900 and 1903. A fine almost mint copy. View More...
Half-title, tile-page, Preface [ii], 307, [v contents]. Contemporary full calf with gitl 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 p... View More...
97pp. Engraved frontispiece with caption below 'Printed by Order of The Society John Chamberlayne,Secretary'. 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 View More...
With the Assistance of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, George III, and the people of Boston. 140pp. Illustrated d.j. 3 maps, 14 illustrations. Signed by the author and dedicated to Nina Bawden and her husband 1978 View More...
176pp,61 illustrations and a map.This is the history of Georgia, from the earlist settlers arriving over ten thousand years ago till it becomes part of the new United States of America. The dust-jacket is a little dusty, otherwise a fresh copy. View More...
Being Letters and Notes on Their Manners, Customs, and Conditions, Written During Eight Years? Travel Amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America, 1832-1839.....Two volume set complete. 298pp; 303pp. 320 illustrations on 180 plates in colour, engraved from the original paintings. 3 maps inc. one folding. 26cms. Illustrated covers and spines in matching gilt and black decorations depicting two native Americans on horseback. A superb set in complete and fine condition. No wear, fading, inscriptions marks or bookplates. A trifle foxing to the front end-paper of volume one. PLEASE EMAI... View More...
92pp. Brown cloth spine on brown boards. Original d.j. a little chipped and loos to lower spine. OUT WHERE THE WEST BEGINS Applicable to the Present State of Trade, and Money Transactions: Illustrated By Numerous Examples Under Each Rulee: For the Use of Schools. with the New Weights and Measures View More...
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