EXPERIMENTS ON THE EFFICACY OF PERKINS' STEAM BOILERS, OR CIRCULATORS. BY.PROF OF NAT PHILOS AND CHEM, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA FROM THE JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN INSTITUTE, FOR JUNE TO THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATIONS
by Bache, A[lexander] D[allas]
Philadelphia?, 1835. 8pp One diagram, five tables Caption-title Disbound Scattered foxing Good+ AI 30151 [1] Not in OCLC, Sabin, Eberstadt, or Decker.
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A COMPLETE GERMAN GRAMMAR, IN TWO PARTS. THE FIRST PART CONTAINING THE THEORY OF THE LANGUAGE THROUGH ALL THE PARTS OF SPEECH; THE SECOND PART IS THE PRACTICE IN AS AMPLE A MANNER AS CAN BE DESIRED...THE SECOND AMERICAN EDITION. TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED RULES FOR PRONUNCIATION AND SPELLING
by Bachmair, John James
Philadelphia: Charles Cist, 1793. [ii], 285, [1 blank], [2 Index] pp. Pages 213, 266 numbered incorrectly as issued; page 59 correctly numbered. Light fox, light wear, light tan. Bound in original brown sheep, rebacked with pale leather spine, new endpapers. Good+. A scarce German grammar. The first American edition issued from Philadelphia in 1772. Evans 25128. NAIP w020062.
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ABSALOM'S CONSPIRACY: A SERMON, PREACHED AT THE GENERAL ELECTION, AT HARTFORD IN THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT, MAY 10TH, 1798
by Backus, Azel
Hartford: Hudson and Goodwin, 1798. 54pp, with the half title as issued. Disbound. Half title loosened and moderately spotted. Good+. Ownership signature "John Williams" with clipped date "May 179". This is the first of four 1798 printings. The sermon is an attack on Jefferson, and a Federalist's warning against utopian theories of government. "When the caprice of innovation, and the indeffinite love of political novelty, gets abroad, it always ends in blood." Backus hated Jefferson: "Invited... Read More
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THE FOLLY OF MAN'S CHOOSING THIS WORLD FOR HIS PORTION. A SERMON, DELIVERED AT THE ORDINATION OF THE REVEREND JOSEPH RUSSELL, TO THE PASTORAL CARE OF THE CHURCH AND CONGREGATION IN PRINCETON, MASSACHUSETTS, MARCH 16, 1796. BY...PASTOR OF A CHURCH IN SOMERS, CONNECTICUT
by Backus, Charles
Boston: Samuel Hall, 1796. Half title, 31, [1 blank] pp. Disbound with light foxing. Small institutional rubberstamp at head of half title. Early manuscript notation on verso of title page. Good+ "The whole government of God proclaims the worth of the soul. . . High earthly attainments are so far from affording complete satisfaction, that they involve in greater cares and perplexities. To the uncertainty of worldly enjoyments may be added, that they can abide with their possessors... Read More
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![THE FAITHFUL MINISTERS OF JESUS CHRIST REWARDED. A SERMON, DELIVERED AT THE ORDINATION OF THE REV. AZEL BACKUS, TO THE PASTORAL CARE OF THE CHURCH IN BETHLEM [sic], APRIL 6, 1791](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/605/589/1680589605.0.l.jpg)
THE FAITHFUL MINISTERS OF JESUS CHRIST REWARDED. A SERMON, DELIVERED AT THE ORDINATION OF THE REV. AZEL BACKUS, TO THE PASTORAL CARE OF THE CHURCH IN BETHLEM [sic], APRIL 6, 1791
by Backus, Charles
Litchfield: Collier and Buel, 1792. 26pp, disbound, moderately foxed. Good. "Rev. Charles Backus was graduated from Yale College in 1769 and after studying theology under Rev. Levi Hart, became pastor of the church in Somers, Connecticut, from 1774 until his death. He maintained a theological school in his house for a number of years and, as a result, delivered many ordination sermons, several of which were printed. Rev. Azel Backus was his nephew." Fisher [bibliography of Litchfield... Read More
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1865. BACKUS, WILLIAMS & CO. SOLE MANUFACTURERS OF F.M. BACKUS' SUPERIOR RAIL ROAD LUBRICATING OILS. F.M. BACKUS, W.G. WILLIAMS, J. THOMAS. THESE OILS, MANUFACTURED EXCLUSIVELY FROM PETROLEUM, ARE THE BEST AND CHEAPEST LUBRICATORS EVER APPLIED TO RAIL ROAD MACHINERY
by Backus, Williams & Co.
[Cleveland, 1865. [8] pp, folded into four panels, 3" x 5", with decorated borders. Minor wear, Very Good. With testimonials, a list of product users that includes many different enterprises, and a warning: "We caution all parties not to purchase oils claiming to be our brands, except of ourselves or through our authorized agents." Not in Romaine or Winterthur. Not located on OCLC.
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ADDRESS OF A MINISTER TO THE CHURCH UNDER HIS PASTORAL CARE, IN WHICH IT IS INQUIRED, "WHETHER A CHURCH IS OBLIGED, OR AUTHORIZED, BY ANY PRECEPT OR PRECEDENT IN THE NEW-TESTAMENT, TO REQUIRE A PUBLICK, FORMAL AND EXPLICIT CONFESSION, OF SOME PARTICULAR MISDEMEANORS...
by [Badger, Stephen]
Boston: Printed for, and sold by E. Battelle, 1784. 44pp, disbound with scattered foxing. Inner margin tear to title leaf, costing several letters on page [2]. Good. Attacking "ecclesiastical usurpations," Badger argues that the New Testament does not require public confession "by those, who, in some particular instances, have transgressed the bounds, which our holy religion has prescribed, as previously necessary to their being permitted to make a publick profession of their faith in Christ, and to... Read More
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ADDRESS OF A MINISTER TO THE CHURCH UNDER HIS PASTORAL CARE, IN WHICH IT IS INQUIRED, "WHETHER A CHURCH IS OBLIGED, OR AUTHORIZED, BY ANY PRECEPT OR PRECEDENT IN THE NEW-TESTAMENT, TO REQUIRE A PUBLICK, FORMAL AND EXPLICIT CONFESSION, OF SOME PARTICULAR MISDEMEANORS...
by [Badger, Stephen]
Boston: Printed for, and sold by E. Battelle, 1784. 44pp, disbound with scattered foxing. Inner margin tear to title leaf, costing several letters on page [2]. Good. Attacking "ecclesiastical usurpations," Badger argues that the New Testament does not require public confession "by those, who, in some particular instances, have transgressed the bounds, which our holy religion has prescribed, as previously necessary to their being permitted to make a publick profession of their faith in Christ, and to... Read More
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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CLAIMS TO WHOM WAS REFERRED, ON THE FIFTH INSTANT, THE PETITION OF AZOR BAGLEY. 22D DECEMBER, 1797
by [Bagley, Azor]
[Philadelphia: Ross, 1797. pp [3], 166-174 [as issued]. Disbound, light uniform tanning. Very Good. During the Revolution Bagley had been "a private in the 2d New York regiment of artillery." He was entitled at War's end to "settlement certificates" comprising his termination pay. But a forger, one David Craig, presented himself at the Treasury with a document purporting to be a Power of Attorney signed by Bagley; Craig got the money and, of course, never turned it... Read More
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KNOX COLLEGE, BY WHOM FOUNDED AND ENDOWED; ALSO, A REVIEW OF A PAMPHLET ENTITLED 'RIGHTS OF CONGREGATIONALISTS IN KNOX COLLEGE.'
by Bailey, J.W.
Chicago: Press & Tribune Book & Job Printing Office, 1860. Original printed wrappers [some dustsoil]. Stitched, 131pp. Minor wear to blank lower edges of several leaves. Near Fine. Interdenominational strife between Presbyterians and Congregationalists brought forth this pamphlet. The Board of Trustees of Knox College, founded by Presbyterians, protests "the fallacies, and misrepresentations of the pamphlet above named," a report adopted by the Congregational General Association of Illinois. Bailey, commissioned by the Trustees, issues this scarce rebuttal "with... Read More
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DEMOCRATS! READ AND PONDER!
by [Baker, Daniel C.]
[Lynn MA?, 1853. Broadside, 8-3/4" x 11-3/4." Bold and large type styles in the title. Uniformly toned, a few shallow margin chips. Very Good. In 1853 Daniel Baker ran for Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts. Registered as a Whig, he nevertheless received the support of many Democrats. In this broadside the "Democratic friends of DANIEL C. BAKER, (and there are hundreds,)" urge his election. Any "true Democrat" can support him with a clear conscience. "Politically, Daniel C. Baker is... Read More
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A TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF HON. THADDEUS STEVENS. RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO HIS MANY EARNEST AND TRUE FRIENDS
by Baker, Delphine P.
Washington, D.C., 1868. Single leaf folded to [4] pp, 3-5/8" x 5-3/4." Printed on page [1] only. Text within a black mourning border. Very Good. Stevens, Congress's most forceful advocate for equal rights for African Americans, died on August 11, 1868, two days before Baker wrote this rare and perhaps unrecorded tribute. It begins, "Move slow, O Time! while yet in grief we wait / Within the sacred shades of honored state! -." Delphine Baker is the... Read More
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FUNERAL MARCH TO THE MEMORY OF COLONEL BAKER COMPOSED BY GEO. FELIX BENKERT
by [Baker, Edward]
Philadelphia: Lee & Walker, 1861. 4to. [2], 5, [1 blank] pp. Front wrapper with engraved portrait of Baker, surrounded by angels and the American flag [in color], by T. Sinclair of Philadelphia. Light extremity wear, light dusting, spine reinforced. Else Very Good. In the left corner of the title page the number "5" is printed within six stars, the word "Lithograph" printed to the right of the "5." In the right corner the word "Plain" is printed,... Read More
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A PUBLICK SPIRIT, AS EXPRESS'D IN PRAYING FOR THE PEACE AND SEEKING THE GOOD OF JERUSALEM, RECOMMENDED TO RULERS AND PEOPLE. A SERMON PREACHED BEFORE HIS EXCELLENCY WILLIAM SHIRLEY, ESQ; THE HONOURABLE HIS MAJESTY'S COUNCIL AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PROVINCE OF THE MASSACHUSETTS-BAY IN NEW-ENGLAND MAY 31. 1749. BEING THE DAY FOR THE ELECTING HIS MAJESTY'S COUNCIL FOR SAID PROVINCE
by Balch, William
Boston: Printed by Order of the Honourable House of Representatives, 1749. [4], 28 pp, with the half title. Disbound, else Very Good. With the slightly clipped signature "George Leonard." "The Happiness of a People has so great a Dependance upon God... God has given us Laws, for our own Sake, for our own Advantage." Rulers' duty is to protect "All in their Rights, by the Suppression of Vice and Immorality, being a Terror to the Evil, and not... Read More
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THE UNGODLY CONDEMNED IN JUDGMENT. A SERMON PREACHED AT SPRINGFIELD, DECEMBER 13TH 1770. ON OCCASION OF THE EXECUTION OF WILLIAM SHAW, FOR MURDER. BY MOSES BALDWIN, A.M. PASTOR OF THE CHURCH IN PALMER. THE SECOND EDITION
by Baldwin, Moses
Boston: Printed and Sold by Kneeland and Adams, next to the Treasurer's Office in Milk-Street, 1771. 24pp, but lacking the half title. Death's Head ornamentation on title page. Disbound and uniformly toned. Closed tear to title leaf [no loss] repaired; evidence of repair at outer margin]. Inner margin of title page and page 24 with old wrapper remnants. Good+. Shaw bludgeoned Edward East to death while both were inmates of the Springfield prison. This is the second of... Read More
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ARGUMENT OF ROGER S. BALDWIN, OF NEW HAVEN, BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, IN THE CASE OF THE UNITED STATES, APPELLANTS, VS. CINQUE, AND OTHERS, AFRICANS OF THE AMISTAD
by Baldwin, Roger
New York: S.W. Benedict, 1841. 32pp, light scattered foxing, bound in later cloth. Else Very Good. One of the great lawyers of his era in one of the great pre-Civil War human rights cases, Baldwin teamed up with former President John Q. Adams successfully to represent the Africans of the Amistad before the Supreme Court. The slaves on board the Amistad, a Spanish schooner, had mutinied off the coast of Cuba, killed some crew members, and... Read More
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VOLUME I. NUMBER 1. THE PRAIRIE VOICE. REV. T. H. BALL, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR. JANUARY, 1878
by Ball, T. H.
Crown Point, Indiana: John Millikan, Printer, 1878. Terms- - Sixty cents per year, in advance. Original printed wrappers [chipped at blank upper corner of front wrapper; rubberstamp at its outer margin]. Library pencil notation on verso of front wrap. Stitched, 20 clean pages. Except as noted, Very Good. The first number of this "monthly theological and literary journal, devoted to the advance of Christian truth; especially to the interpretation of prophecy and to the proclamation of the Scripture... Read More
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SOCIAL BALL. THE COMPANY OF MR. ISAAC SMITH, 2D AND LADIES, IS REQUESTED AT A SOCIAL BALL, AT MR. E. T. PAGE'S, (CENTRAL HOUSE, IN WALTHAM,) ON THURSDAY EVENING, 31ST OF JANUARY INST. DANCING TO COMMENCE AT FOUR O'CLOCK. COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS. .
by [Waltham Social Ball]
Waltham,MA, 1839. Octavo leaf, folded at spine to [4] pp. Smith's name is written in ink, the rest of the text elegantly printed on first page only. Ink name "Mr Isaac Smith 2d" on page [4]. Horizontal folds, some dusting, a couple of small holes not affecting text. Good+ In elegant typescript and other attractive fonts, the invitation lists a 21-member Committee of Arrangements and a five-member list of Managers, among whom was Nathaniel Banks, Jr., Massachusetts' future... Read More
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ORDINANCES OF THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF BALTIMORE. WITH THE ACT OF INCORPORATION AND SUPPLEMENT THERETO PREFIXED
by [Baltimore]
Baltimore: Printed by Warner & Hanna, printers to the Corporation, 1801. 329, [1 blank], XXXI [Table of Contents], [39] [Index], [3] pp. Contemporary ink notes on front free endpaper. "Washington City Council | First Chamber" in ink script on title page. Lacking covers and rear endpapers. Text generally clean with scattered light foxing, some gatherings beginning to loosen. Enclosed in a modern box with marbled paper boards. Good+. The book begins with the 1796 Act to Erect Baltimore-Town... Read More
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A SERMON, PREACHED BEFORE HIS EXCELLENCY CALEB STRONG, ESQ., GOVERNOR...OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, MAY 27, 1801, THE DAY OF GENERAL ELECTION
by Bancroft, Aaron
Boston, 1801. Half title [chipped], 29pp, disbound [loosened]. Good+. Painting "the American picture" in broad strokes from the early European settlers, Bancroft highlights the "shade" as well as the bright spots. In particular, he recognizes that "the spirit of religion in some instances, was intolerant; and a greater stress was often laid upon forms and ceremonies, than their nature and design will justify." But their influence "has ripened a state of social order and happiness as near... Read More
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TWO CATALOGUES OF COINS TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION BY NEW YORK CITY FIRM BANGS, MERWIN & CO., 1863 AND 1873
by Bangs, Merwin & Co.
New York, 1873. 1. Catalogue of a Miscellaneous Collection of Coins and Medals, Embracing Some Very Rare English Gold and Silver Specimens, of Great Value, and a Great Variety of American Coins and Medals. . . Monday and Tuesday Afternoons, December 28th and 29th, 1863. . . New York: John A. Gray and Green, Printers. [1863.] 29, [3 blanks] pp. Original printed wrappers with wrapper title as issued. Very Good. 2. Catalogue of Two Private Numismatic Collections. Gold,... Read More
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CHARTER OF THE BUTCHERS AND DROVERS BANK, IN PROVIDENCE
by Butchers and Drovers Bank
Providence: Sayles, Miller & Simons, Printers, 1853. 12mo. Stitched in original printed wrappers [front wrap soiled]. 12pp, some spotting, Good+. "The Butchers' and Drovers' Bank was incorporated in May, 1853, with a capital of $250,000, and located at 25 Broad street. Its first directors were B. B. Knight, Alfred Anthony, Henry J. Burroughs, Welcome B. Sayles. Albert S. Gallup. Daniel Remington, Nathaniel A. Eddy, John .Stokes, David S. Carr. J. S. Tourtellot and William Darling. The president of... Read More
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CHARTER OF THE CENTREVILLE BANK, IN WARWICK. GRANTED IN JUNE, A.D. 1828
by Centreville Bank
[Providence]: Smith & Parmenter, Printers, 1828. 8pp, stitched as issued. Light old folds, light toning, Very Good. The Charter is the Act to incorporate the Stockholders, printed here. John Greene and Sylvester Knight supervised subscriptions to the bank's stock. The Bank has been in continuous operation since 1828. FIRST EDITION. Not in American Imprints, Sabin, or Bartlett. OCLC 83410919 [1- AAS].
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EX POST FACTO LAWS. AN EXPLANATION OF THE MEANING OF THE PROHIBITORY TERMS USED IN THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THAT "NO STATE SHALL PASS ANY EX POST FACTO LAWS, OR LAWS IMPAIRING THE OBLIGATION OF CONTRACTS.
by [Bankruptcy]
[Boston?, 1812. 7, [1 blank] pp, as issued, with caption title. Disbound, some spotting, Good+. The author denies that the U.S. Constitution bars Massachusetts from enacting a bankruptcy law. Introduced in the Massachusetts legislature in 1812, the proposed bill would exonerate debtors from liability for their contracted debts. The State's power to do so is a basic, constitutional attribute of State Sovereignty. Indeed, the Constitution grants the national government power to enact uniform bankruptcy laws for the entire... Read More
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QUESTIONS PROPOUNDED TO THE CANDIDATES FOR SPEAKER, AND THEIR RESPONSES. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1856
by [Banks, Nathaniel]
[Washington, D.C.: Republican Association; Buell & Blanchard, Printers, 1856. 8pp. Caption title [as issued], printed in double columns. Folded [split along spine fold], untrimmed [light edgewear], partly uncut. Light toning. Good+. The contest for Speaker of the House at the opening of the Thirty-Fourth Congress illustrated the deeply divisive issue of slavery in the Territories acquired from Mexico. Representatives made the issue a litmus test for the candidates. Nathaniel Banks of Massachusetts was the candidate of Republicans,... Read More
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