VOICES OF THE TRUE HEARTED
by [Reform and Anti-Slavery]
Philadelphia, 1846. 16 of 18 issues (lacking 1 and 2), bound together in contemporary three-quarter calf, with marbled boards. Pages numbered 33-288. Some leaves browned. General title page is absent; a small bookplate ["Bodichon, Scalands, Robertsbridge"] covers the caption title of No. 3. This is the bookplate of Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon, notable British artist, feminist writer and women's rights activist, who founded the first women's college at the University of Cambridge. Bound in contemporary quarter calf [rubbed] and... Read More
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THE IMMENSITY OF GOD. A SERMON, DELIVERED TO THE CONGREGATIONAL SOCIETY IN HAMPTON, NOVEMBER 14, 1797; AT THE DEDICATION OF THEIR NEW HOUSE, FOR PUBLIC WORSHIP. BY JESSE APPLETON, A. M. MINISTER OF THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH IN HAMPTON
by Appleton, Jesse
Newburyport: Printed by Edmund M. Blunt, 1797. 32pp, with the half title as issued. Disbound with scattered foxing. Good plus. Reverend Appleton [1772-1819] discusses the history of the Town of Hampton. "The name which was given to this town by the Aborigines, was Winnicumet. Of the names of the first settlers of Hampton, only sixteen are transmitted to us; and but four of these names yet continue in the place." He names and discusses the pastors of this... Read More
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A FAITHFUL AND WISE SERVANT, HAD IN HONOUR, THROUGHOUT THE CHURCHES. A DISCOURSE OCCASIONED BY THE MUCH LAMENTED DEATH OF THE REV. EDWARD WIGGLESWORTH, D.D. HOLLIS PROFESSOR OF DIVINITY IN HARVARD COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE; WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE, JANUARY 16, 1765. IN THE 73D YEAR OF HIS AGE. HAVING FAITHFULLY AND LAUDABLY DISCHARGED THE OFFICE OF PROFESSOR, FOR MORE THAN 42 YEARS. BY...PASTOR OF THE FIRST CHURCH IN CAMBRIDGE
by Appleton, Nathaniel
Boston, New-England, 1765. 40, 7, [1 blank], 3, 4, [1 blank] pp. Lacks the half title, else Very Good in a modern cloth slipcase with gilt-stamped spine title. "Altho' his hardness of hearing was a great difficulty to him when debates were carried on, yet things being made known to him [to have his thoughts upon them] there always appeared in him such an accuracy of thought, such a wisdom and judiciousness in his observations, as were ever... Read More
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REPORT OF THE BOSTON COMMITTEE
by [Appleton, Nathan]
Boston: J.E. Hinckley and Company, 1834. 12pp. Original printed wrappers [some chips and a few closed tears, minor foxing], stitched. Very Good. Appleton, the Massachusetts industrialist, headed the Boston Committee. It protests "the measures of the President in the removal of the deposites from the Bank of the United States, and in assuming entire control over the treasure of the nation." The Committee denounces what it regards as Jackson's dictatorial presidency: "In the present administration the government may... Read More
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THE CROWN OF ETERNAL LIFE, THE SURE REWARD OF THE FAITHFUL; EXHIBITED IN TWO DISCOURSES, ON JUNE 11. 1769. BEING THE LORD'S-DAY AFTER THE FUNERAL OF THE REVEREND MR. EDWARD HOLYOKE, THE LATE WORTHY AND FAITHFUL PRESIDENT OF HARVARD-COLLEGE
by Appleton, Nathaniel
Boston: Richard Draper, 1769. 52, [1], [1 blank], 8pp. Stitched with the half title, untrimmed. Scattered light spotting, final blank torn. Else Very Good, in modern plain wrappers with title labels on front wrapper and spine. Evans 11161. ESTC W37640.
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THE GREAT BLESSING OF GOOD RULERS, DEPENDS UPON GOD'S GIVING HIS JUDGMENTS & HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS TO THEM. A SERMON PREACHED BEFORE HIS EXCELLENCY WILLIAM SHIRLEY, ESQ.; GOVERNOUR, HIS HONOUR THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOUR; THE HONOURABLE HIS MAJESTY'S COUNCIL, AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PROVINCE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS BAY, IN NEW-ENGLAND, MAY 26, 1742. BEING THE DAY FOR THE ELECTING HIS MAJESTY'S COUNCIL FOR SAID PROVINCE. BY NATHANIEL APPLETON, A.M., PASTOR OF THE FIRST CHURCH IN CAMBRIDGE
by Appleton, Nathaniel
Boston: Printed by J. Draper, 1742. [2], 60pp. Disbound and lacking the half title, Good plus. "God forbid that we should have any irreligious, prayerless Rulers among us; for whatever Qualifications they have besides, this is sufficient to disqualify them for any Place of Power or Trust." Evans 4881.
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THE NEGRO PEOPLE IN AMERICA. A CRITIQUE OF GUNNAR MYRDAL'S "AN AMERICAN DILEMMA." INTRODUCTION BY DOXEY A. WILKERSON
by Aptheker, Herbert
New York: International Publishers, 1946. Original printed wrappers [minor dusting] and staples. 80pp. Very Good.
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RESOLUTIONS OF THE ASSOCIATED ARCHITECTS; WITH THE REPORT OF A COMMITTEE BY THEM APPOINTED TO CONSIDER THE CAUSES OF THE FREQUENT FIRES AND THE BEST MEANS OF PREVENTING THE LIKE IN THE FUTURE
by Association of Architects
[London: Association of Architects, 1793. [2], 31, [1 blank] pp. Original plain blue wrappers, stitched, untrimmed. Very Good. Dates and publishing information appear at the end of the introduction. The Resolutions applied to all lots on the Duke of Bedford's estates. They were designed to enhance fire safety, primarily by construction of better party walls between adjoining houses. The Associated Architects was founded in 1791, the first organization of British architects. This is evidently its only publication.... Read More
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ESSAYS, CIVIL, MORAL, LITERARY & POLITICAL: WRITTEN AFTER THE MANNER OF M. DE MONTAGNE: INTERSPERSED WITH CHARACTERS, PORTRAITS & ANECDOTES. BY THE CELEBRATED MARQUIS D'ARGENSON, MANY YEARS PRIME MINISTER OF FRANCE;- AND WHO WAS HONOURED WITH THE PARTICULAR INTIMACY OF THE LATE KING OF PRUSSIA TRANSLATED FROM HIS VALUABLE MANUSCRIPTS FIRST AMERICAN EDITION
by Argenson, Rene Louis (Marquis d')
Worcester: Thomas, Son & Thomas Sold by Them at the Worcester Bookstore March, 1797. 12mo. 228pp. Light age-toning and minor wear. Bound in full leather [rebacked]. Very Good FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Evans 31748. NAIP w032044.
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ACTS, RESOLUTIONS AND MEMORIALS OF THE FIFTEENTH LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF THE TERRITORY OF ARIZONA. SESSION BEGUN ON THE TWENTY-FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, A.D. 1889
by Arizona
Prescott: Office of the Courier, 1889. Bound in institutional buckram with library marks. 119pp. Text is free of library stamps or marks, and Very Good. With errata, lists of officers and members of the Assembly, table of contents, and index. The Assembly passed legislation to remove the territorial capitol to Phoenix, defined eligibility for the suffrage, protested the return of the Chiricahua Apaches from Florida, regulated the carrying of pistols and other weapons, and passed a variety... Read More
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WEEKLY ARIZONA MINER. SUPPLEMENT
by [Arizona]
Prescott, Arizona, 1877. Folio broadsheet, 10-3/8" x 16." Four columns per page, light uniform toning. Couple of shallow chips to blank edges. Very Good. Three of the four columns on the verso are a virtual directory of Prescott business establishments: furniture, "general merchandise," druggist, groceries, bakery, restaurant, saloon. saw mill, lumber yard, toilet articles, patent medicine, watchmaker and jeweler. J. Goldwater & Bro. were agents for Singer Sewing Machines, "for sale on the installment plan, or for rent."... Read More
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JOINT RESOLUTIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS, RELATIVE TO THE DEATH OF HON. JOHN A. QUITMAN
by [Arkansas]
[Little Rock, 1858. Broadside, @7" x 9". Caption title, followed by two-column text surrounded by ruled border. Printed on pale blue paper. Tanned portion, else Very Good. A rare Arkansas imprint, evidently unrecorded, eulogizing the Mississippian Quitman, a pro-slavery, State Rights Senator whose "clear and far sighted mind early saw the importance of the acquisition of Cuba and the spread of democratic principles over our neighboring territory." The Arkansas Senate and House agree unanimously that, "on... Read More
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A LOT CONSISTING OF MORE THAN FIFTY SPECIAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE, WASHINGTON, AUGUST-NOVEMBER 1878
by [Army]
Washington, 1878. Each 7-1/2" x 9-3/4", 1-3pp. Wide margins, Very Good. The orders deal with promotions, discharges, assignments, prison sentences at Leavenworth, western outposts, and other matters.
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EUROPEAN MOSAIC
by Arnold, Howard Payson
Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1864. Original green publisher's cloth, title stamped in gilt on spine. vii, [1 blank], 339, [1 blank] pp. Fine.
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REMINISCENCES OF THE ILLINOIS BAR FORTY YEARS AGO: LINCOLN AND DOUGLAS AS ORATORS AND LAWYERS. READ BEFORE THE ILLINOIS STATE BAR ASSOCIATIONS, AT SPRINGFIELD, JANUARY 7TH, 1881, BY HON. ISAAC N. ARNOLD
by Arnold, Isaac N.
[Chicago: Fergus Publishing Co., 1881. 18pp. Stitched with caption title and wrapper title. Clean text. Front wrapper with a couple of small holes [no text affected]. Near Fine. Circuit-riding stories [serious and humorous], the Lovejoy trial for harboring fugitive slaves, recollections of Lincoln and Douglas. Monaghan 969.
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AN ADDRESS TO THE BRITISH NATION, ON THE ACCESSION OF THE PRINCE REGENT TO POWER
by Arnot, Hugo
London: Printed by Charles Squire for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1812. 32pp, with the half title. Disbound, with some loosening. Light tan and fox, Very Good. Inscription, slightly trimmed, at head of half title: 'The Hon. Geo. Bradley, with Mr. Dickins's ComplimentsLondon, February 15, 18__.' Arnot takes a critical look at British policies under George III. Throughout his reign "our national councils have been misguided, and policy mistaken." He scores England's actions that led to the American Revolution, "a... Read More
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CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OF THE JOLIET LIGHT ARTILLERY ORGANIZED FEBRUARY, 1876. MUSTERED INTO THE STATE SERVICE AUG. 30TH, 1877, AS BATTERY C. 1ST BRIGADE, I.N.G.
by Joliet Light Artillery
Joliet: Joliet Republican Steam Printing House, 1879. 3 3/4" x 5 1/2", in original printed wrappers [blank lower forecorner chipped]. Stitched. 16pp, illustration of Lady Liberty at page [2]. Very Good. J.C. Porter, C. Tunnicliff, and G.W. Horton were the honchos in this semi-social, semi-military organization. Not located on OCLC or in NUC.
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THE ACT OF INCORPORATION, AND STANDING REGULATIONS..
by Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Philadelphia, 1847. 24pp, Disbound. Except for the absence of wrappers, Near Fine. The Academy was incorporated in 1806. This document prints the Act of Incorporation and subsequent Resolutions. Its Standing Regulations, adopted just before this printing, appear at pages 10-24. This item is quite scarce, NUC recording only four copies. Sabin 60294. 449 NUC 0214355 [4].
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THE GREAT DUTY OF CHARITY, CONSIDERED AND APPLIED IN A SERMON, PREACHED AT THE CHURCH IN BRATTLE-STREET, BOSTON, ON THE LORD'S-DAY, NOVEMBER 28. 1742
by Ashley, Jonathan
Boston: J. Draper, for S. Eliot, 1742. [2], 25, [1 blank] pp, lacking the half title and final blank. Stitched into modern plain wrappers. Lower margins lightly spotted. Good plus. Reverend Ashley says, "It is observable, that in the Church of Corinth there was much Contention and Division in religious Matters... and each Party was concern'd to exalt it self, and pull down the other." Such "an unbecoming Stiffness and Unyieldableness towards one another" is cured by the... Read More
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SPEECH OF MR. ASHMUN, OF MASS., UPON THE SLAVERY QUESTIONS, IN COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, MARCH 27, 1850
by Ashmun, [George]
[Washington]: Gideon & Co., Print., 1847. 16pp, untrimmed, partly uncut, folded. Caption title [as issued], printed in double columns. Some tanning of edges and outer margin, minimal edgewear, minor foxing. Very Good.
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APOTHEOSIS OF WASHINGTON & LINCOLN
by [Lincoln Assassination]
[np. Philadelphia?, 1865. 2-1/2" x 4." Carte de visite. Verso is blank. Very Good. Abraham Lincoln is welcomed to Heaven, enfolded in the loving arms of George Washington, who holds a laurel wreath over Lincoln's head. OCLC locates a few copies under several accession numbers, several variant titles, or without title.
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1873 FACSIMILE OF THE FAMOUS 1865 FORD'S THEATRE POSTER FOR 'OUR AMERICAN COUSIN,' THE PLAY PERFORMED WHEN BOOTH ASSASSINATED PRESIDENT LINCOLN
by Lincoln Assassination
[Washington: Polkinhorn, 1873. 3" x 5 3/4", mounted on the top margin of the blank verso on old card stock. Light wear, Good+ or so.
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![LIST OF LANDS, LOTS OF GROUND, WITH THEIR IMPROVEMENTS, DWELLING HOUSES, AND SLAVES, OWNED BY JOHN GLADDING 3D ON THE FIRST DAY OF FEBRUARY A.D. 1814, LYING AND BEING WITHIN THE FIRST DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF RHODE-ISLAND, &C. VIZ. IN THE TOWN OF BRISTOL AND COUNTY OF BRISTOL. LOT OF LAND BOUNDED NORTH ON BURTON STREET, EAST ON LAND OF LEMUEL CLARKE, SOUTH ON LAND OF LEMUEL CLARKE, AND WEST ON LAND OF JOHN GLADDING, JUN., CONTAINING TWENTY RODS.| JOHN GLADDING 3. $130 [On verso: 110. JOHN GLADDING 3RD]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/682/972/821972682.0.l.jpg)
LIST OF LANDS, LOTS OF GROUND, WITH THEIR IMPROVEMENTS, DWELLING HOUSES, AND SLAVES, OWNED BY JOHN GLADDING 3D ON THE FIRST DAY OF FEBRUARY A.D. 1814, LYING AND BEING WITHIN THE FIRST DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF RHODE-ISLAND, &C. VIZ. IN THE TOWN OF BRISTOL AND COUNTY OF BRISTOL. LOT OF LAND BOUNDED NORTH ON BURTON STREET, EAST ON LAND OF LEMUEL CLARKE, SOUTH ON LAND OF LEMUEL CLARKE, AND WEST ON LAND OF JOHN GLADDING, JUN., CONTAINING TWENTY RODS.| JOHN GLADDING 3. $130 [On verso: 110. JOHN GLADDING 3RD]
by [Rhode Island Property Assessment]
Bristol, RI, 1814. Pre-printed form, 3" x 7-1/2", completed and signed in manuscript. The words "Dwelling Houses, and Slaves" have been crossed out. Light toning, small chip to top blank corner. Very Good. The Gladdings of Bristol were a large, extended family. Several Gladdings with this name existed around Bristol at this time. Lemuel Clarke, whose land was adjacent to Gladding, was a vestryman of the local Episcopal Church. The printed form solicits information on "slaves," who--... Read More
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LIST OF LANDS, LOTS OF GROUND, WITH THEIR IMPROVEMENTS, DWELLING HOUSES, AND SLAVES, OWNED BY NATHL. GLADDING OF BRISTOL ON THE FIRST DAY OF FEBRUARY A.D. 1814, LYING AND BEING WITHIN THE FIRST DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF RHODE-ISLAND, &C. VIZ. IN THE TOWN OF BRISTOL AND COUNTY OF BRISTOL. LOT OF LAND BOUNDED SOUTH ON BRADFORD STREET, WEST ON LAND OF SAML. WARDWELL, NORTH ON LAND OF NATH. FALES, & WEST ON LAND OF SAML R. PAIN CONTAINING FORTY RODS, HAVING THEREON ONE DWELLING HOUSE OF WOOD, 2 STORIES, 39 FEET BY 32 FEET, ONE BARN & ONE STORE. | ONE WATER LOT BOUNDED EAST ON THAMES STREET, SOUTH ON LAND OF NEWTON WALDRON, WEST ON SHIP CHANNEL & NORTH ON LAND OF JONA. RUSSELL HAVING THEREIN ONE DWELLING HOUSE OF WOOD, 2 STORIES, 36 FEET BY 30, ONE STORE OF WOOD & ONE STORE OF STONE & ONE COOPERS SHOP & TWO WHARFES| ONE LOT OF LAND BOUNDED SOUTH ON CROOKED ROAD, WEST ON LAND OF LEVI D'WOLF, NORTH ON ? D. WOLF & EAST ON SAML. REED CONTAINING FOUR ACRES, PASTURE|... THREE ACRES OF LAND BELONGING TO THE C.C. SOCIETY E
by [Rhode Island Property Assessment]
Bristol, RI, 1814. Small paper, 6.25" x 7.5". Preprinted form, completed and signed in manuscript. The words "and Slaves" have been crossed out. Approximately twenty lines of manuscript describing five parcels of land. Light toning and wear, minimal foxing. Very Good. The Gladdings of Bristol were a large, extended family; their ancestors helped found the town. Although many family members had the same names, the subject and signer of this document was likely Capt. Nathaniel Gladding [1775-1838],... Read More
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TRUTH'S ADVOCATE AND MONTHLY ANTI-JACKSON EXPOSITOR. BY AN ASSOCIATION OF INDIVIDUALS
by [Association of Individuals, An] [Hammond, Charles (editor)]
Cincinnati: Lodge, L'Hommedieu, and Hammond, Printers, 1828. [4], 400 pp. The ten issues, from January through October 1828, are the entire output of this engaging monthly. Contemporary cloth-backed boards [front hinge detaching] with gilt-lettered black morocco spine label. The first four pages are the general title and an Index. Light scattered foxing and minor wear, old library stamp on front pastedown. Contemporary ownership signature, 'D.C. Wallace.' Very Good, except as noted. The Expositor opposes the "strongly repulsive...... Read More
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