The grounds and rules of musick explained: or, An introduction to the art of singing by note. Fitted to the meanest capacities. By Thomas Walter, M.A. Recommended by several ministers
by Walter, Thomas
Boston: Printed for Samuel Gerrish, 1746. [2], iii, [1], 25, [1] p., [16] leaves of plates followed page [18] pages of music followed by many blank pages used to record business dealings and accounts. Fair condition. Lacking front free endpapers, most of page 13-14 is lacking. Some pages of the printed and manuscript plates are torn with occasional loss. James Foxon's (1744-1829) name is on the title page, but the book likely passed to Robert Hayden (1735-1822). The... Read More
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Etherization, with Surgical Remarks
by John C. Warren
Boston: William D. Ticknor, 1848. 4,100, 4 pp. A near fine copy and perhaps the true first with a four-page Ticknor catalog at the front dated October 1847. This copy never had a half title and is signed by George Gay and dated 1848. Gay was elected a visiting surgeon at the Massachusetts General Hospital in 1854 and died in 1882.
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A Supplement to Aiken's Practical Forms Adapting the Present Statues of Vermont
by Washburn, Peter T.
Claremont Manufacturing Co, 1824. Leather. 110pp. Some slight staining to leather. With broadside advertising Digest of Vermont Report by P.T. Washburn, 1844. Measures 7 1/4" x 10 1/2". Split in half. With a letter to Washburn N. Nicholson of Chester, VT dated July 26, 1842. Regarding copies of cases of which they are engaged together. Letter folded, one word obliterated.
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Few Happy Matches
by Watts, Rev
1760. Three page manuscript copy. Small pin pricks and folds, else in good condition. Circa 1760, most likely American.
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Diabolou Machia or Battle of the Dragon
by W.C.F. [Fowler, William Chancey
1885. Single sheet folded. Some staining. Fowler, a scholar and graduate of Yale in 1816, recounts in poem a brawl that Yale students had with local residents at Dragon, now a part of New Haven.
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The Consequences of Trade as to the Wealth and Strength of Any Nation
by Webster, William
London: J. Robinson, 1741. By a Draper of London. 35pp. Neatly disbound. Written in order to persuade Parliament to confirm the royal patent held by Samuel Webber for a universal registry for preventing the export of unmanufactured wool, especially to France. With an account of international trade in general, and the woolen trade in particular; much insider information. Webster was a tireless publicist for a national wool manufacture, and an alarmist for of France.
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The Bible Against Slavery. An Inquiry Into The Patriarchal And Mosiac Systems On The Subject of Human Rights
by [Weld, Theodore]
No Publisher, 1838. Removed from a bound volume. [Weld, Theodore]. The Bible Against Slavery. An Inquiry Into The Patriarchal And Mosiac Systems On The Subject of Human Rights. Circa 1838. No Publication information which seems to be consistent with a Third Edition. 74pp, removed from a bound volume and probably lacking wraps. Some foxing. $100.00.
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A Sermon in Memory OF Mrs. Maria Brigham Furber Preached in the First Church AT Newton Centre, Mass. January 21, 1883 With an Appendix
by Wellman, J.W. D.D.
Boston: Franklin Press: Rand, Avery & Co, 1883. 96 pages in good condition. Furber's' house in Hanover was part of the underground railroad. She spent her life helping the freedman's cause including in Kansas, Hampton, Atlanta, Berea and Tougaloo College. Furber Cottage at the Atlanta University was named for her.
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On Capital Punishment
by Wells, Gabriel
London: William Heinmann Ltd, 1929. Paper wraps. 11 pp. Some cover wear.
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Millennial Praises Containing a Collection of Gospel Hymns.... Second printing
by Wells, Seth Youngs
A very good copy with minor rubbing and wear to the binding and some interior foxing. This copy has the ownership label of Sister Olive Draper (1773-1849) who was a Hancock Shaker Sister. The second printing of the first Shaker hymnal. The first edition printed in 1812 is impossible to find.
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Correspondence. Albemarle County. Jan. 12, 1861 to Wm. C. Reeves and V.P. Southall
by Wertenbaker, T.J. & 550 Others
Regarding a Peace Conference on the eve of the Civil War. 3pp. On the second and third pages, Wm. C. Reeves gives his reply. Separating at folds.
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Essays on Liberty and Necessity; In Which the True Nature of Liberty is Stated and Defended and the Principal Arguments Used by Edwards and Others for Necessity, Are Considered
by West, Samuel
Boston: Samuel Hall, 1793. 54pp. Removed, trimmed and stained. Evans 26469.
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Catalogue of the Shells of the United States with their Localities
by Wheatley, Charles
New York: [n.p.], 1845. Second edition. 35 pp. Good with a tattered spine. Wheatley was a member of the Lyceum of Natural History, New York. This pamphlet is interwoven with blank pages for collectors to record their shell collections. This example was used by Henry Willis to record his shell collection in 1846.
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Running the Gauntlet. A Study of the Capture of Pawns En Passant in Chess Problems
by White, Alain
Stroud: Office of The Chess Amateur, 1911. 269 pp. Good with faded spine.
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The Motherhood of God
by White, Anna
Canaan Four Corners: Press of the Berkshire Industrial Farm, 1903. 27 pp. Good with a small chip to the spine. This includes a speech White gave at a meeting of the Equal Rights Club of Hartford, Connecticut. White was a Shaker sister and part of the progressive North Family at Mt. Lebanon. She was a vegetarian, pacifist and a believer of equal rights for all. Ericson, 8126.
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Washington harmony, : a collection of sacred music, consisting of psalm and hymn tunes, set pieces, anthems, &c. original and selected, arranged with a figured bass. To which is prefixed an analysis of the rudiments of music, particularly adapted to learners
by White, Thomas and Edward White
Boston, Newburyport: Weeks, Jordan & Co, 1840. Third. 296 pp. Stains, wear, and foxing. There are numbering mistakes on a few pages, but the book is complete. This third edition seems to be unique and has a label affixed to the front cover for the Weeks, Jordan Co. They likely published this from the plates of the second edition. Only two copies of the second edition are in institutional collection and none of this third edition.
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Summit Mineral Spring Water and its Wonderful Cures
by Whitman, F.H.
Harrison, Maine: Whitman, F.H., 1880. 43, [3] pp. Good with spotting t the wraps. A scarce promotional pamphlet for a small Maine Spring. Mayers, Suter & Co. promoted the water which was sold through agents. There are testimonials that recommend the water as a cure for kidney issues, consumption, scrofula, female disease and more.
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Terror in the Streets. A Nation Wide Survey of Crimes Against People
by Whitman, Howard
New York: Dial Press, 1951. 431 pp. The jacket is worn but stable with creases, soiling and minor tears. Whitman discusses a variety of crimes facing America and offers solutions. Scarce in jacket.
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Attempt to Patent an Improvement to a Toy Horse
by Enoch Whittemore
Maine, 1864. A patent application for a wood horse submitted by Enoch Whittemore of Oxford, Maine on February 9th, 1864 with a reply from the U.S. Patent Office rejecting his application.
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Penelope's Progress Scotland
by Wiggin, Kate Douglas
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1930. Hardcover. Charles E. Brock. 301 pp. VOLUME TWO ONLY. This copy has Kate Douglas Wiggin's bookplate. Also an inscription and illustration signed by Brock. Some foxing.
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Trial of Charles M. Jeffers for Murder at New York, December, 1861
by Wilbour, Charles E.
New York: Ross & Tousey, 1862. 234pp. Front wrap off but present, with several contemporary newspaper articles about the trial. First aquited, Jeffers was found guilty in a second trial and was murdered while in Sing Sing.
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Trial of Charles M. Jefferds For Murder At New York, December, 1861
by Wilbour, Charles E.
Ross & Tousey: New York, 1862. Hardcover. 234 pp. Some fading on covers. McDade 513. Jefferds was acquitted of murdering his stepfather, but then tried for the murder of John Mathews who tried to catch Jefferds after the first murder-he was found guilty and while serving his sentence in Sing Sing he was murdered.
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Trial of Charles M. Jefferds for Murder, at New York, December 1861
by Wilbour, Charles
New York: Ross & Tousey, 1910. 234 pp. Wraps detached and are worm and stained. Jefferds shot and killed his step-father on the streets of New York City. A second man was killed trying to stop the crime. Jefferds was acquitted but was found guilty for killing the other man and was murder in prison. McDade, 513.
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Faith of the Pioneers
by Wilcox, Francis M.
Washington, D.C.: Review & Herald Publishing Co, 1920. Paper wraps. With Daniells, Arthur G. The Teachings of the Spirit of Prophecy on These Questions. 64 pp. Creased.
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The Modern Chess Problem
by Wiliams, Philip
Philadelphia: David McKay, 1912. 252 pp. 2nd edition. Good condition in blue cloth.
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