Oration on the Life and Character of Gilbert Motier De Lafayette
by ADAMS, John Quincy
Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1835. Full Description: ADAMS, John Quincy. Oration on the Life and Character of Gilbert Motier De Lafayette. Delivered at the Request of Both Houses of the United States, Before Them, in the House of Representatives at Washington. On the 31st of December, 1834 Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1835. First edition, regular paper issue. Inscribed by Adams on the front wrapper rather than the inserted slip in front of title-page, which is the usual.... Read More
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Suggestions on Presidential Elections
by ADAMS, John Quincy
Boston: Cummings, Hilliard & co, 1825. SOMERVILLE, William. [ADAMS, John Quincy, author]. [SOMERVILLE, William]. Suggestions on Presidential Elections, With Particular Reference to a Letter of William C. Somerville, Esq. Boston: Cummings, Hilliard & co., 1825. First edition of pamphlet attributed to John Quincy Adams in support of a letter that was written by Willam Somerville regarding the need to reform the presidential election system in the United States, following the controversial election of 1824. Octavo (8 x 5... Read More
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Poems on Several Occasions
by ADAMS, John
Boston: Printed for D. Gookin, 1745. Boston: Printed [by Rogers and Fowle] for D. Gookin, 1745. First edition, printed posthumously. Small octavo (5 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches; 145 x 95 mm). [8], 176 pp. Printers' names supplied by Evans. We could find no copies at auction in over 50 years. The final chapter of this book is John Adam's translation of "The Revelation of St. John the Divine" also know as the "Book of Revelations" or... Read More
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Has a Negro the Right to Vote
by ADRIAANS, J.H.
Washington D.C.: Printed for the Author, 1908. Washington D.C.: [Printed for the Author, 1908]. Legal pamphlet examining the legal and constitutional basis for the 14th amendment. Octavo (8 1/4 x 5 3/8 inches; 210 x 137 mm). 26, [6] pp. With errata in red on the back outer wrapper. Bound with staples in original printed wrappers. Wrappers printed in black on front and a red errata on back wrapper. Some minor creasing and and a tiny closed... Read More
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His Various History
by AELIANUS
London: Printed for Thomas Dring, 1665. STANLEY, Thomas. Claudius Aelianus His Various History. London: Printed for Thomas Dring, 1665. First edition. Octavo. 314 pp. (26 pp., The Arguments). Dedicated to Lady Newton. Modern full brown calf, gilt-stamped red morocco label on spine. Off-setting to first and last few pages. Overall, a very good copy. Claudius Aelianus (175 AD-235 AD). Roman author and teacher of rhetoric often known for his "honey-tounge." HBS 64689. $850. ... Read More
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Victorian Photo/Cartes Des Visites Album
by ALBUM
England, 1880. ALBUM. Victorian Photo/Cartes-Des-Visites Album. England: [n.d.c.a. 1880]. A Victorian photo album with eighteen double-sided thick leaves. Album is complete with 52 portraits including twenty photographs in 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 inch size, and thirty-two cartes-des-visites in 5 1/4 x 2 1/2 inch size. Contemporary full navy calf over padded boards. Rebacked to style. Front board elaborately stamped and tooled in gilt. Back board ruled in gilt. Each board with a piece of a brass clap,... Read More
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Autograph Book from the New York Constitutional Convention of 1846
by ALBUM
New York, 1846. ALBUM. New York: 1846. A very interesting one-of-a-kind autograph album. The autograph book is titled in manuscript ink on the second leaf, "In Convention to Revise the Constitution. September 21st, 1846." Octavo (8 3/8 x 7 5/8 inches; 210 x 195 mm). Album has 69 leaves. Of these, 41 leaves have autographs. Most autographs are on the recto and generally are 4 autographs to a page. The autograph is on one line and then the... Read More
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Memories, Some of the Dim Old Pictures That Hang on Memory's Wall.
by ALBUM
Los Angeles, 1905. ALBUM. . DORRANCE, Walter and Gertrude. Los Angeles: 1905. [PHOTO ALBUM]. [CALIFORNIA]. DORRANCE, Walter and Gertrude. "Memories, Some of the Dim Old Pictures That Hang on Memory's Wall." [Los Angeles, Mexico, et al, 1905-1914]. Oblong quarto (9 7/8 x 13 1/4 inches; 250 x 340 mm). 29 leaves with photos on both sides. Leaves are black card stock. Album pages are almost completely filled with extensive manuscript annotations in white ink or pencil in... Read More
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Woodblock Triptych
by JAPANESE ALBUM
Japan: Kawaguchi-ya Uhei, 1850. JAPANESE ALBUM. Kochoro Toyokuni (Utagawa Toyokuni IV)?] Woodblock Triptych. [no place, no date, ca Japan: Kawaguchi-ya Uhei, 1850]. Color triptych woodblock print on paper. Three separate pieces, mounted on thick paper. Some minor creases and light wear. Tape along verso of one seam. The colors still remain vibrant. Each panel size (14 1/4 x 9 5/8 inches; 362 x 245 mm). Folded out size (29 x 9 5/8 inches; 730 x 245 mm) ... Read More
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Somebody's Luggage
by PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM
New York, 1863. PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUM. Somebody's Luggage'. [New York: 1863]. Miniature photographic album locket, in the shape a a suitcase. (7/8 x 3/4 inch; 24 x 20 mm). Gilt brass. With the words "Somebody's Luggage" stamped on the front. With a brass clasp to keep it closed. Inside six brass leaves hinged in a concertina fold. Each leaf with an albumen-print portrait on either side, within an oval frame. A total of twelve portraits. Some very minor tarnishing,... Read More
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Diophanti Alexandrini Arithmeticorum libri sex
by DIOPHANTUS OF ALEXANDRIA
Toulouse: Bernard Bosc, 1670. Full Description: DIOPHANTUS OF ALEXANDRIA. Diophanti Alexandrini Arithmeticorum libri sex et De numeris multangulis liber unus. Cum commentariis C.G. Bachet V.C., et observationibus D.P. de Fermata ... accessit Doctrinae analyticae inventum novum Toulouse: Bernard Bosc, 1670. First edition of Fermat's notes and second edition of Bachet's Diophantus. Quarto (13 x 8 1/4 inches; 330 x 215 mm). [xii], 64, 341[ie 343, [1, blank], 48 pp. Bound without the scarce errata at the end... Read More
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Dr. Allen's Synopsis Medicinae
by ALLEN, John
London: Printed for J. Pemberton and W. Meadows, 1730. Full Description: ALLEN, John. Dr. Allen's Synopsis Medicinae: or, a brief and general collection of the whole practice of physick: containing the opinions and judgments of the most celebrated authors, concerning diseases, their causes and remedies : with most cases in surgery and midwifery :to which are added, some observations very rare and uncommon ; and a curious treatise on all sorts of poysons. In Two Parts. Translated from... Read More
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Journals of Congress
by UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Philadelphia: David C. Claypoole, 1779. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. CONTINENTAL CONGRESS]. Journals of Congress. Philadelphia: David C. Claypoole, 1 February-14 August, 1779. First edition. An almost consecutive run of monthly and weekly printings of the Journals of Congress. Containing 19 (of 41) total parts. This run begins with two monthly parts Monday, February 1st, to Tuesday, March 30th, 1779 (the first issue of 1779 began in January.). The weekly parts then begin on Wednesday, March 31, and run... Read More
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Forget Me Not" Album -- a Philadelphia Album Amicorum
by ALBUM AMICORUM
Philadelphia, 1829. ALBUM AMICORUM. CANNON, Margaret A. "Forget Me Not" Album -- a Philadelphia Album Amicorum (1829-1833). Philadelphia and Frankfort, PA, 1829-1833. Quarto (9 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches; 241 x 190 mm). 73 unnumbered leaves. With cursive ink manuscript in various hands on recto of most pages. Some with hand-colored drawing, generally floral designs. A few small drawing tipped in. With evidence of some excised leaves, missing paste-ons etc. The album's paper stock was made in Philadelphia... Read More
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Works of Anacreon
by ANACREON
London: Printed for John Watts at the Printing Office, 1735. First Addison Edition. Small octavo. Original full brown calf. Spine hinges cracked on front and rear, but holding. Previous owner's stamp on front free endpaper. Browning to endpapers. Very good. HBS 64712. $400.
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Only a Fiddler
by ANDERSEN, Hans Christian
London: H. G. Clarke and Co, 1845. First edition in English. (Originally published in Danish in 1837). Two twelvemo volumes. (Measures 125 x 85 mm.) [1, half-title], [v], 208, 16, catalog; [1, half-title], [v], 180, [12, catalog], pp. Publisher's original gift binding bound in full dark brown morocco, elaborately gilt-stamped on covers and spines. (Adds list cost of Only a Fiddler for 5s. for cloth and 9s. for morocco). Half titles in red, blue, green and gold. All... Read More
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Music, Deep Rivers in My Soul [LEC]
by ANGELOU, Maya
New York: Limited Editions Club, 2003. LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB. Full Description: ANGELOU, Maya. MARSALIS, Wynton. MITCHELL, Dean. Music, Deep Rivers in My Soul [LEC]. With Six Color Etchings by Dean Mitchell. And an Original Jazz Composition by Wynton Marsalis. [New York]: Limited Editions Club, 2003. Limited to 400 copies, signed by Angelou, Marsalis and Mitchell on limitation page. This being number 128. Oblong folio (19 x 14 1/2 inches; 480 x 370 mm). With six colored etchings... Read More
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Our Grandmothers [LEC]
by ANGELOU, Maya
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1994. LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB. . Lithographs by John Biggers. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1994. Full Description: ANGELOU, Maya. LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB. Our Grandmothers [LEC]. Lithographs by John Biggers. [New York: Limited Editions Club, 1994]. Limited to 400 numbered copies signed by Maya Angelou and illustrator John Biggers, this being number 109. Folio (22 x 17 1/4 inches; 560 x 440 mm). With five lithographs by John Biggers. Publisher's prospectus laid... Read More
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Authentic Memoirs, Memorandums, and Confessions
by ANONYMOUS
London: J. Parsons, 1790. Full Description: [ANONYMOUS]. Authentic Memoirs, Memorandums, and Confessions. Taken from the Journal of His Predatorial Majesty, the King of the Swindlers. London: J. Parsons, [n.d.c.a. 1790]. First edition. Octavo (8 x 5 inches; 204 x 125 mm). viii, 184, 195-300, [1, errata], 1, blank] pp. With skips in pagination but collates complete. Although the final leaf reads "End of the First Part", no second part is known. This Journal covers the years 1780-1784.... Read More
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Valentine and Orson
by ANONYMOUS
[London]: Printed by A.M. for E. Tracy at the Three Bibles, on London-Bridge, 1700. RIVIÈRE & SON. . Valentine and Orson. The Two Sons of the Emperour of Greece. Newly Corrected and Amended; With New Pictures, Lively Expressing the History. [London]: Printed by A.M. for E. Tracy at the Three Bibles, on London-Bridge, 1700. Full Description: [ANONYMOUS]. RIVIÈRE & SON, [binder]. Valentine and Orson. The Two Sons of the Emperour of Greece. Newly Corrected and Amended; With... Read More
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Sea
by ANONYMOUS
Edinburgh: Published by William and Robert Chambers, 1840. Early Compilation of Voyages The Sea. Narratives of Adventure and Shipwreck, Tales and Sketches, Illustrative of Life on the Ocean. Edinburgh: Published by William and Robert Chambers, 1840. Early English edition. Octavo. 144 pp. Modern marbled wrappers. Printed in double columns. A few pages with foxing. Otherwise, a fine copy of this scarce British edition, published the same year as Two Years Before the Mast. Contains stories such as... Read More
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Six essays on natural rights, liberty and slavery
by ANONYMOUS
London: Printed for S. Woodfall, 1792. A Collection of Five Political Tracts from the Years 1792-1793 [Anonymous]. Six essays on natural rights, liberty and slavery, consent of the people, equality, religious establishments, the French Revolution, which were greatly approved, and have been in much request since their original appearance in the Public Advertiser. London, Printed for S. Woodfall, 1792. First edition. [8], 48 pp. We could find no copies at auction and only four are listed at... Read More
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Voyage Round the World
by ANSON, George
London: Printed for the Author; by John and Paul Knapton, 1748. WALTER, Richard. A Voyage round the World. in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson Esq; Commander in Chief of a squadron of His Majesty's Ships, sent upon an expedition to the South-Seas. Compiled from papers and other materials of the Right Honourable George Lord Anson, and published under his direction, by Richard Walter, M.A. Chaplain of His Majesty's Ship the Centurion, in that expedition.... Read More
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Schooner Amistead
by ANTI-SLAVERY
Philadelphia: William F. Geddes, 1839. ANTI-SLAVERY; HAZARD, Samuel. HAZARD, Samuel, [editor]. Schooner Amistead. [within] United States Commercial & Statistical Register Philadelphia: William F. Geddes, 1839. Full Description: [ANTI-SLAVERY]. HAZARD, Samuel, [editor]. Schooner Amistead. [The Amistad Affair] [within] United States Commercial & Statistical Register. Philadelphia: William F. Geddes. Wednesday, September 11, 1839. An early account of the Amistad affair, (which led way to the Supreme Court case United States v. Schooner Amistad; 1841), printed within the United... Read More
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Declaration of Sentiments of the American Anti-Slavery Society
by ANTI-SLAVERY
New York: William S. Dorr for the American Anti-Slavery Society, 1833. ANTI-SLAVERY; GARRISON, William Lloyd. GARRISON, William Lloyd. Declaration of Sentiments of the American Anti-Slavery Society.. Adopted at the Formation of said Society, in Philadelphia, on the 4th day of December, 1833. New York: William S. Dorr for the American Anti-Slavery Society, 1833. Full Description: [ANTI-SLAVERY]. [GARRISON, William Lloyd]. Declaration of Sentiments of the American Anti-Slavery Society. Adopted at the Formation of said Society, in Philadelphia, on... Read More
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