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1. ABINGDON, WILLOUGHBY BERTIE, Earl of. Thoughts on the Letter of Edmund Burke, Esq; to the Sheriffs of Bristol, on the Affairs of America... . Oxford: For W. Jackson: sold by J. Almon, and J. Bew, [1777]. 64 p. Later cloth. Fine. $350
First edition. Abingdon was a leading British supporter of colonial rights. Here he attacks Burke for yielding to party sentiment in the House, and also comments on Myles Cooper's National Humiliation and Repentence Recommended . Abingdon's work was highly popular and went through several subsequent printings, including a 1778 American edition. Adams, American Controversy , 77- 1a; Howes A14.
REPORTS ON NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS, OTHER ABORIGINES
2. ABORIGINES PROTECTION SOCIETY. A long but incomplete bound run of annual reports and issues of the journal, The Colonial Intelligencer; or Aborigines' Friend , beginning with the second annual report, 1839 and ending with the 20th annual report, 1857. The issues of the journal begin in 1847 and conclude in 1854. Numerous issues of both lacking. One clothbound volume, ca. 1860, about 2 1/2 inches thick. Marginal stain at the very end, some issues toned, but generally fine. $500
A long but erratic run. There are frequent reports on the condition of various tribes of North American Indians, activities of the U.S. government in relation to the Indians, &c. One rather long essay is devoted to the effects of the discovery of gold on the California Indians. Also much on aborigines elsewhere, including the Sandwich Islands, Australia and the South Seas, Liberia, and elsewhere.
ACCOUNTING IN EARLY AMERICA
3. (ACCOUNTING). Hutton, Charles. A Course of Book-Keeping, According to the Method of Single Entry; with a Description of the Books, and Directions for Using Them ... Adapted to the Currency of the United States, by a Citizen of Philadelphia . Philadelphia: Bennett & Walton; James Stackhouse, pr., 1815. 4to. vii, [3], 30, [46] p. Contemporary pastepaper boards covered in printer's waste, undecorated sheep spine. Boards stained, spine scuffed, rear hinge cracking. Internally clean and lovely. With the ownership signature of David Prickett, 1818. $600
Early American edition. S&S 34982 (2 locs.).
BEST EARLY ACCOUNT OF NEW SWEDEN
4. ACRELIUS, ISRAEL. Beskrifning om de Swenska församlingars forna och närwarande tilstånd, uti det så kallade Nya Swerige, sedan Nya Nederland, men nu för tiden Pensylvanien, samt nåstliggande orter wid aelfwen De aa Ware, Wåst-Yersey och New-Castle County uti Norra America... . Stockholm: Harberg & Hesselberg, 1759. 4to. [20], 449 [i.e., 448], 479-533, [1] p. Full burgundy morocco, inner dentelles and edges gilt. A rather heavily foxed copy. Early John Carter Brown oval stamp on second leaf and bookplate and tiny deaccession stamp on front endpaper. $2000
First edition of the best early account of the Swedish settlements on the Delaware River, and the most comprehensive and accurate history of New Sweden until Amandus Johnson's Swedish Settlements on the Delaware (1911). Acrelius came to America in 1749 as provost of the Swedish churches on the Delaware, and served as pastor of a church in Wilmington until 1756, when he returned to Sweden. A full English translation of the work was published in 1874. Howes A34; JCB(III) I, 1202; Vail 528; Felcone, New Jersey Books , 1.
THE FUTURE PRESIDENT ANSWERS PAINE
5. ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY. An Answer to Pain's Rights of Man. By John Adams, Esq. London: For John Stockdale, 1793. 48 p. Modern calf-backed marbled boards. Light marginal staining else very good. Bookplate. $500
First English edition, originally published over the pseudonym "Publicola" in a 1791 Boston newspaper and at the time attributed to Adams' father.
6. (AFRO-AMERICANA). [McDougall, Frances Harriet (Whipple) Greene]. Memoirs of Elleanor Eldridge . Providence, 1843. 127 p. Port. Cloth-backed marbled boards. Extremities rubbed, some foxing, but a very good copy, with the printed paper spine label intact. $300
Second edition. Elleanor Eldridge was a free Black from Rhode Island. The frontispiece depicts her with a broom in her hand. Publication of her memoirs was paid for by a group of Northern women.
7. ALLEN, ETHAN. A Narrative of Col. Ethan Allen's Captivity, from the Time of his being taken by the British, near Montreal ... 1775, to the Time of his Exchange ... 1778... . Walpole, N.H.: Thomas & Thomas; Charter & Hale, pr., 1807. 158, [1] p. Contemporary sheep. Front hinge cracked but held by cords, foxed. $275 A later edition of a highly popular Revolutionary War narrative, first published in Phila- delphia in 1779. Howes A136; S&S 11964.
HOME-GROWN DICTIONARY
8. ALLISON, BURGISS. The American Standard of Orthography and Pronunciation, and Improved Dictionary of the English Language . Burlington, N.J.: Printed by John S. Meehan, for D. Allinson [et al], 1815. 12mo. 16, [390] p. Contemporary reversed sheep. Binding soiled and with small damage at bottom of rear hinge, but very tight. Rear blanks wanting, text foxed and dampstained. A good copy only. $250
Allison's dictionary was designed primarily for use in schools, and was based, in part, on Burlington County neighbor Richard S. Coxe's New Critical Pronouncing Dictionary (1813). Allison states in his preface that he intends to publish an unabridged edition of his dictionary in octavo, but this never happened. Allison was a Bordentown native, Baptist minister, and proprietor of a successful Bordentown academy. For more information see Felcone, New Jersey Books , 327. S&S 33832.
9. (ALMANAC). An Astronomical Diary; or Almanac, for the Year of Christian Æra, 1784 . . . By Daniel Sewall . Portsmouth, N.H.: Printing offices in Portsmouth and Exeter, [1783]. 12mo. [24] p. Stitched as issued. Title page torn and a bit scruffy but complete, one corner grawed but without loss. A good, complete copy. Contemporary signature of Abner Hodgdon. $475
Collates [A] 4 B1 4 B 4. ESTC records only the MWA copy, Drake adds four others. Evans 18183, Drake 4635.
10. (ALMANAC). An Astronomical Diary: or Almanack, for the year ... 1797 ... By Nathanael Low ... . Boston: T. & J. Fleet, [1796]. 12mo. [24] p. Stitched. Usual minor browning, else nice. $200
Evans 28988, Drake 3543.
11. (ALMANAC). Astronomical Diary: or, An Almanack for the Year of our Lord Christ, 1757 ... By Nathaniel Ames . Boston: J. Draper, [1756]. [16] p. Stitched. Burn hole in first three leaves costing several letters, usual light toning. $400
Evans 7607; Drake 3105.
12. (ALMANAC). Astronomical Diary, or, An Almanack for the Year of our Lord Christ 1759 ... By Nathaniel Ames . [Boston: Draper, Green & Russell, & Fleet, [1758]. [24] p. Stitched. Usual toning and soiling but almost very good. $400
Evans 8072; Drake 3113. 13. (ALMANAC). An Astronomical Diary: or, Almanack for the Year of our Lord Christ, 1762 ... By Nathaniel Ames . Boston: John Draper, Richard Draper, Green & Russell, Edes & Gill, and Thomas & John Fleet, [1761]. [24] p. Stitched. Usual light toning and soiling, burn hole in last two leaves costing a few letters. $400
Evans 8786; Drake 3132.
14. (ALMANAC). An Astronomical Diary: or, Almanack for the Year of our Lord Christ, 1764 ... By Nathaniel Ames . Boston: R. and S. Draper, Edes & Gill, Green & Russell, and T. & J. Fleet, [1763]. [24] p. Stitched. Usual light toning and soiling, burn hole in first few leaves costing several letters. $400
Evans 9321; Drake 3139.
15. (ALMANAC). An Astronomical Diary; or, Almanack for the Year of our Lord Christ 1767 ... By Nathaniel Ames . Boston: William M'Alpine, [1766]. [24] p. Stitched. Usual light toning but very good. $350
Evans 10224; Drake 3150.
16. (ALMANAC). An Astronomical Diary; or, Almanack for the Year of our Lord Christ 1768 ... By Nathaniel Ames . Boston: By the printers and booksellers, [1767]. [24] p. Stitched. Usual toning and soiling, blank corner torn from title leaf without loss. $350
Evans 10540; Drake 3160.
17. (ALMANAC). The Farmer's Almanack . . . for the Year of our Lord, 1799 . . . By Robert B. Thomas . Boston: Manning & Loring, for John West, [1798]. [48] p. Stitched as issued. Minor soiling and dogearing, but very good. Contemporary signature of Abner Hodgdon. $200
Signed A-H 4/2 , gathering G correctly signed. The contents do not match either of the states given in ESTC. Evans 34654, Drake 3597.
WITH AN UNRECORDED FOLDING TABLE
18. (ALMANAC). Loudon's Almanack and Ephemeris ... for the Year of our Lord 1786 ... By Andrew Beers . New York: Samuel Loudon, 1786. 12mo. [36] p., fold. table. Stitched as issued, fully untrim- med. Near fine. $550
Includes a folding table of tides for the year 1786 that appears to be unrecorded. ESTC W32534 records only three copies (CtY [imperf], MWA, NjR) and does not mention the folding table. Evans 19499; Drake 5931. SATIRE OF NEW YORK SOCIETY BY AN EARLY AMERICAN JEWISH WRITER
19. (AMERICAN JUDAICA). [Judah, Samuel Benjamin Helbert]. Gotham and the Gothamites. A Medley . New York: Published for the author, by S. King, 1823. Small 12mo. lvi, 93, [1] p. Original printed paper-covered boards. Untrimmed and largely unopened. Endpapers slightly foxed, boards a bit scuffed and worn at extremities, else a remarkably well preserved copy, and with the entire spine and letterpress title intact. $2200
First edition of a libelous satire of New York society by one of the earliest Jewish-American literary figures. Judah (1804-1876) published seven books between 1820 and 1827, all of which met with little critical acclaim. Immediately after the publication of Gotham and the Gothamites , Judah caused handbills to be posted throughout the city, offering a reward for the discovery of the author. He then wrote anonymous letters to many of the individuals he had mentioned in the book, calling their attention to the book's publication. One of the many prominent New Yorkers skewered in the text was Judah's Jewish playwriting contemporary, Mordecai Manuel Noah, who is the subject of ten footnoted pages. Judah was sued for libel, found guilty, fined, and sent to prison, but was pardoned by the governor five weeks later because of ill health. He was subsequently admitted to the bar and practiced law in New York for the remainder of his life. Shoemaker 12971; BAL 11020; Rosenbach, American Jewish Bibliography , 242.
POLITICAL CARTOON - 1848 PRESIDENTIAL RACE
20. (AMERICAN POLITICAL CARTOON). Grand Presidential Sweep-Stakes for 1849 . New York: H. R. Robinson, 1848. Lithograph, uncolored. 10 5/8 x 14 3/4 (image) plus half-inch margins at top and sides and three-quarters inch at bottom. Very light foxing, largely confined to margins, few tiny closed tears confined to margins, thumbtack hole at each corner of margin. A very good example. $1100
A delightful cartoon depicting the three leading candidates in the 1848 presidential race: Zachary Taylor, Lewis Cass, and Martin Van Buren. Taylor rides a bloodhound with a collar reading "Buena Vista." A crowd of men stand behind the rail and shout for the candidates, particularly Van Buren. In the crowd is a jubilant Horace Greeley, waving his hat.
PASS TO TRAVEL FROM KAKIAT TO NEW YORK, 1780
21. (AMERICAN REVOLUTION). Manuscript pass issued to Daniel Geroe (Gerow) to travel from Kakiat "with a two horse team and waggon to move some women and children towards New York." Cakiatt [i.e., Kakiat], 2 May 1780. One page, quarto. Signed by John Coe and Gilbert Coops as commissioners of sequestration. About fine. $600
"The commanding officers of the different guards are requested to let the bearer Daniel Geroe ... pass to such place as Peter Herring Esqr. of Herringtown or in his absence some officer in the vicinity of Closter shall direct...." A fine Bergen County Revolutionary War pass. REPLY TO PRICE'S OBSERVATIONS ON CIVIL LIBERTY
22. (AMERICAN REVOLUTION). Remarks on Dr. Price's Observations on the Nature of Civil Liberty, &c. London: For. G. Kearsley, 1776. [4], 76 p. Neat modern paper-covered boards. A near-fine copy. In a morocco-backed cloth folding box. $550
First edition. An anonymous reply to Richard Price's important Observations on the Nature of Civil Liberty , published earlier in the year. Not to be confused with Adam Ferguson's similarly- titled reply to Price. Adams, American Controversy , 129a, noting only 75 pages; Thomas, Stephens, and Jones, Richard Price , II-35.
REVOLUTIONARY WAR PAY ORDER, WEST POINT, APRIL 1779
23. (AMERICAN REVOLUTION--NEW YORK STATE). Order on paymaster Ebenezer Storer to pay Sergt. Jeremiah Bettes the pay due to James Dempsey of Capt. Donnel's company. Signed by Major Tobias Fernald, West Point, 18 April 1779. One page, small quarto. Some browning and light soiling. $425
Bettes signs a receipt at the bottom.
24. (AMERICAN REVOLUTION--NEWSPAPER). The Boston Gazette, and the Country Journal . Boston: Benjamin Edes and Sons, Jan. 14, 1782. Folio. [4] p. Untrimmed. Three small chunks out of the blank gutter, else very good. $300
General war news and an account of the Moravian Indians, Zeisberger, Heckewelder, &c.
THE FIGHTING IN NEW YORK, DECEMBER 1776
25. (AMERICAN REVOLUTION--NEWSPAPER). The New-Hampshire [State] Gazette, or, Exeter Circulating Morning Chronicle . Exeter: [Robert L. Fowle], Dec. 24, 1776. Fol. [4] p. Largely untrimmed. Few holes at center blank gutter (one costing several letters), one archival tape repair, few spots. $1200
A dramatic newspaper, the entire first page of which contains an account of the campaigns in New York. The inside text is nearly all war-related, including a superb article signed "Benevo- lens" on page 3 motivating the citizen-soldier to defend America.
26. (AMERICAN REVOLUTION--NEWSPAPER). The Pennsylvania Journal, and the Weekly Adver- tiser . [Philadelphia: T. Bradford and P. Hall], Nov. 17, 1781. [4] p. Folio. Overall light toning and edge chips, corner dampstain, the two leaves separated. $300
War news, and a reprinting of a part of Raynal's Revolution of America . PROVIDING PROVISIONS FOR PRISONERS
27. (AMERICAN REVOLUTION--RHODE ISLAND). Wheaton, Comfort. Document signed, Providence, 21 July 1777. Being an order to pay Capt. Asa Waterman "an allowance of provitions [ sic ] for two men for three days as prisoners." One page, small octavo. Very good. $325
FINE PLATES OF REVOLUTIONARY WAR AMERICA
28. [ANBUREY, THOMAS]. Travels through the Interior Parts of America. In a Series of Letters. By an Officer . London: William Lane, 1789. 2 vols. [2], vii, [21], 467 p.; [2], 558 p. Large folding map, 6 plates (5 folding), 2-page facsim. Contemporary sprinkled calf, very skillfully rebacked in correct period style retaining original spine labels. One plate with faint dampstain, one with neat old repair on verso, but an unusually fine, clean copy. From the libraries of Wm. Grant, with his signature on each endpaper dated 25 August 1795, and British statesman Berkeley Paget (1780-1842), with his signature on each title page. $2200
First edition of a handsomely illustrated account of Revolutionary War America. Anburey served with Burgoyne, and he describes, in a series of letters from August 1776 to December 1781, the ill-fated campaign, his capture at Saratoga, and his travels with the "Convention Army" of prisoners to Cambridge, Massachusetts, and later to Charlottesville. Much of the work is plagiarized from Burnaby, Kalm, Smyth, Raynal, and others, but there is nevertheless a great deal of authentic anecdote and observation that is Anburey's own. The large, handsome engraved plates depict views in Canada, New York, and Virginia. The arrangement of the front matter and the list of subscribers varies between copies. An unusually nice and desirable copy. Howes A226.
29. APPLETON'S HAND-BOOK of American Travel. The Northern Tour; Being a Guide ... with Des- criptive Sketches... . New York, 1867. xvi, 456, viii p. + advt. matter in front and back. Numerous large folding maps. Flex. cloth. Spine a trifle faded, lightly rubbed at extremities, but a very good, tight copy. $175
"Ninth annual edition." Compiled by Edward H. Hall. Guide to the northern half of the United States, from the east coast to the west.
30. ASSOCIATE REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. The Constitution and Standards of the Associate-Reformed Church in North-America . New-York: T. & J. Swords, 1799. 612, [3] p. Contemporary sheep. Extremities moderately worn, scattered foxing, else very good. Two blank leaves contain contemporary birth records of the Agnew family of New Brunswick, N.J. $200
Evans 35119.
A NICE CLEAN MITCHELL'S ATLAS
31. (ATLAS). A New Universal Atlas Containing Maps of the Various Empires, Kingdoms, States and Republics of the World... . Philadelphia: Charles Desilver, 1857. Folio. 76 [i.e., 81] handcolored maps. Complete. Marbled paper-covered boards, red roan spine and corners, large gilt-tooled label on front cover. Hinges broken, spine and corners chipped, but a fine copy internally--clean and entirely free of foxing. $5000
The ornate front cover label reads "Mitchell's Universal Atlas." A nice, internally very clean copy of the Desilver Mitchell atlas.
32. [BADGER, BARBER]. The Naval Temple: Containing a Complete History of the Battles Fought by the Navy of the United States. From its Establishment in 1794, to the Present Time... . Boston: Barber Badger, 1816. 322 p. Engraved fore-title and 7 plates. Contemporary sheep. Foxed, lacking rear blanks, tiny crack at top of upper joing, else a tight copy. $250
Second edition of this popular survey of the American navy.
BENEDICT ARNOLD'S TREASON
33. [BARBÉ-MARBOIS, FRANÇOIS]. Complot d'Arnold et de Sir Henry Clinton contre les États-Unis d'Amérique et contre le Général Washington. Septembre 1780 . Paris: P. Didot, 1816. [4], xliv, 184 p. Map, 2 ports. Contemporary calf, attractively gilt. Front outer hinge broken (inner holding securely), corners worn. Internally fine and fresh. $375
First edition. The classic early account of Arnold's treason, written by one of the great friends of American independence. Howes B114.
JUSTIFYING TAXATION OF THE AMERICAN COLONIES
34. [BARRON, WILLIAM]. History of the Colonization of the Free States of Antiquity, Applied to the Present Contest between Great Britain and her American Colonies. With Reflections concerning the Future Settlement of these Colonies . London: For T. Cadell, 1777. 4to. vii, [1], 151 p. Fully untrimmed and bound in utilitarian nineteenth-century quarter morocco. Spine rather heavily scuffed, some dampstaining particularly noticeable on the first few pages. Good plus. Modern bookplate. In a handsome portfolio and morocco-backed slipcase. $550
First edition. Barron based his justification of taxation of the American colonies on parallels in the colonization attempts of ancient Greece and Rome. Adams, American Controversy , 77-18a; Howes B-179.
FIRST FRENCH TRANSLATION
35. [BARRON, WILLIAM]. Histoire de la Fondation des Colonies des Anciennes Republiques, adaptée a la Dispute Présente de la Grande Bretagne avec ses Colonies Americaines... . à Utrecht: Chez J. van Schoonhoven & Comp., 1778. [8], 247, [1] p. Untrimmed in contemporary blue paper wrappers. A fine copy. In a cloth portfolio and morocco-backed slipcase. $450
First edition in French, translated by Antoine Marie d'Cerisier. William Barron's justification of England's taxation of the American colonies based on parallels with ancient Greece and Rome's taxation of its colonies, first published in London the previous year. A German translation also appeared in 1778. Adams, American Controversy , 77-18b.
ONE OF THE EARLIEST PRINTED AMERICAN JUDICIAL DECISIONS: THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK IS SENTENCED TO BE HANGED, DRAWN, AND QUARTERED
36. (BAYARD, NICHOLAS). An Account of the Commitment, Arraignment, Tryal and Condemnation of Nicholas Bayard Esq; for High Treason, in Endeavouring to Subvert the Government of the Province of New York in America, by his Signing and Procuring others to Sign Scandalous Libels... . London: Printed at New York by order of his Excellency the Lord Cornbury, and reprinted at London, 1703. Fol. 31, [1] p. Modern calf-backed marbled boards, very skillfully executed in period style. Final leaf H2 supplied from another copy, title lightly browned, else a very attractive copy. $4800
The first English (and earliest obtainable) edition of one of the earliest printed American judicial proceedings. Nicholas Bayard (1644-1707), nephew of Peter Stuyvesant, was a mayor of New York and a member of the governor's council. When Jacob Leisler seized control of the government of New York in 1689, Bayard was a prime target, and he fled to Albany, where he was seized, brought back to the fort, and imprisoned. Finally Governor Sloughter arrived from England and had Bayard released. In 1697 the new governor, Bellomont, accused Bayard of complicity with the previous governor in the encouragement and protection of pirates. Bayard was removed from office and later accused of encouraging sedition and mutiny and of being a Jacobite. Tried for high treason, he was sentenced to be hanged, drawn, and quartered. The present work contains the entire text of the 1701/2 proceedings. The unobtainable American edition, printed in New York by Bradford in 1702, is known by only a few copies, in the usual old institutions; this English edition, which contains additional text (pp. 27-32), is almost as scarce. Howes B256; Church 809; Sabin 53436; European Americana 703/12; Ritz, American Judicial Proceedings , 1.05(2c).
EARLY ABOLITION TRACT
37. BENEZET, ANTHONY. A Caution to Great Britain and her Colonies, in a Short Representation of the Calamitous State of the Enslaved Negroes in the British Dominions . London: Reprinted by James Phillips, 1784. 46, [1] p. Modern calf-backed boards. Very good. Bookplate. $550
First English edition of the "new edition." Anthony Benezet was a Philadelphia Quaker and, along with John Woolman, one of America's first propagandists against the African slave trade. Originally issued in 1766, this is a key early abolitionist tract that was widely distributed both in America and in England. Howes B-345; Dumond p. 26. REPORTS FROM AMERICA: 1740
38. BENSON, MARTIN. A Sermon Preached before the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts; at their Anniversary Meeting ... February 15, 1739-40 . London: For J. and H. Pemberton, 1740. 88 p. Later half calf. Minor dampstaining of title, else very good. $350
Includes the often-missing appendix containing the proceedings of the society for the previous year, which deal almost entirely with its activities in North America, the success of its missionaries in converting the Indians, &c. European Americana 740/32.
18TH-CENTURY FOLIO AMERICAN BIBLE
39. BIBLE. ENGLISH. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments... . Philadelphia: For Berriman & Co. by Jacob R. Berriman, 1796. 750 [of 752] p., lacking the final leaf (list of sub- scribers' names). 13 engraved plates. Modern full calf, skillfully executed in period style by Weitz- Coleman. Lacks final leaf, penultimate leaf damaged with loss, edges of first few leaves with some wear and soiling. Some Walton and Brush family records on the verso of one plate, 20thC inscription on a front flyleaf. $1000
A nice eighteenth-century folio American Bible in a sturdy and attractive period-style modern binding. Like most illustrated early American Bibles, the number of inserted plates varies with copies. Some copies contain 18 plates, others as few as 8; this copy contains 13. Evans 30065; Hills 53; ESTC W18359.
THE FIRST NEW JERSEY BIBLE, IN A SIGNED BINDING
40. BIBLE. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Translated out of the Original Tongues: and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised . Trenton: Isaac Collins, 1791. 4to. [1316] p. Contemporary blind-paneled sheep by Craig and Lea, with their decorative printed binder's label on the front pastedown. Binding worn at the extremities, as usual, front hinge cracking but held strongly by the cords. Internally, the first several leaves have some erosion at the extreme edges (about 1/4 in.), and there is the usual scattered foxing inherent in early American paper, but this is a very good, tight copy. $3000
The first Bible printed in New Jersey, the second quarto King James Bible printed in America, and the best known product of the eighteenth-century New Jersey press. For a lengthy and highly detailed account of the printing, binding, promotion, publication, and distribution of the Collins Bible, see Felcone, Printing in New Jersey, 1754-1800 , 578. Ticketed (i.e., labelled) eighteenth-century American bindings are seldom seen on the market today. This copy contains the Apocrypha and, like all copies, John Downame's concordance at the end. Evans 22472, 23184, 23656; Hills 31; ESTC W4498, W4517, W27796, W28443, W36125. 41. BIBLE. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments ... . Philadelphia: William W. Woodward, 1810 [-1811]. 12mo. Bound in contemporary crimson straight-grain morocco, gilt roll on covers, spine gilt in compartments. Front and rear endpapers torn, else a good, tight copy. "William Cooper's Bible Sep t 6 th 1815" neatly lettered on front endpaper. $375
The New Testament is dated 1811. A lovely early American red morocco binding. Hills 180; S&S 19517, 22369.
42. BIBLE. The Holy Bible... . New York: Robinson & Franklin, successors to Leavitt, Lord, & Co., 1838. 12mo. 681 p. Woodcut plates by Alexander Anderson. Contemporary straight-grain red mor- occo, covers and spine gilt, marbled endpapers, edges gilt. Very good, tight copy. $300
Stereotyped by J. Howe, Philadelphia. A lovely early American red morocco binding. Ameri- can Imprints 49214.
43. BIBLE. The Holy Bible... . Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1810. 4to. [4], 834, 829-834, [2], [835]- 1080, 72 p. 2 folding maps. Contemporary calf, red morocco spine label. Foxed, minor dampstaining at front and rear, else a nice solid copy. $475
The Old Testament is dated 1810, the New Testament 1811, and John Brown's Concordance 1810. A good tight period binding. Hills 174; S&S 19515.
44. BIBLE. The Holy Bible... . Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1811. 12mo. Unpaginated. Contemporary sprinkled sheep with a stencilled central oval on the front and rear covers. Front hinge tender, rear cracking a bit, top and bottom of spine chipped, overall moderate foxing and browning. $300
A good example of an early American stencilled binding. Hills 193; S&S 22355.
REVOLUTIONARY WAR PSALM BOOK OF REBECAH BARCALOW
45. BIBLE. OLD TESTAMENT. PSALMS. The Psalms of David, Imitated in the Language of the New Testament; and Applied to the Christian State and Worship. By I. Watts . Philadelphia: R. Aitken, 1781. 12mo. 252 p. Contemporary sheep, with a single blind fillet around the boards, undecorated spine with raised cords. Covers just a trifle cupped, text lightly foxed as usual with early American paper, else a remarkably well-preserved copy, with the binding tight and entirely unchipped. $1600
From the eighteenth-century library of Rebecah (Polhemus) Barcalow of Freehold, Monmouth County, New Jersey, with her signature on the front free endpaper: "Rebecah Barcalow Her Psalm Book February 10, 1783." Also the signature of her husband, David Barcalow, on the rear endpaper. Rebecah Polhemus married David Barcalow in June 1779 and they lived in Freehold Township until her death in February 1813. It is quite unusual in late-eighteenth and very early nineteenth-century rural New Jersey for a woman to own a library significant enough (to her at least) to provide for its disposition by will. Evans 17097; ESTC W4978, recording seven copies. 46. BIGELOW, JACOB. Florula Bostoniensis. A Collection of Plants of Boston and its Vicinity ... Second Edition Greatly Enlarged... . Boston: Cummings, Hilliard, & Co., 1824. 5, [3], 422, [2] p. Original boards, untrimmed; neatly rebacked. Some foxing, top blank margin of final leaf neatly repaired. $200
In 1814 Bigelow published the first edition of Florula Bostoniensis --a modest volume dealing with the flora within a ten-mile radius of Boston. By 1824 he had explored the mountains of New Hampshire and Vermont, and this greatly enlarged second edition became the standard manual of New England botany until the appearance of Gray's work in 1848. Shoemaker 15401; Meisel III, p. 373.
47. BIRKBECK, MORRIS. Letters from Illinois . London, 1818. xv, [1], 114 p. Slightly later calf-backed boards. A very nice copy. $250
First English edition; originally published in Philadelphia earlier the same year. Letters to England containing a wealth of information about economic and social conditions in the West. Buck 105; Howes B467.
48. BISHOP, ABRAHAM. An Oration on the Extent and Power of Political Delusion. Delivered in New-Haven ... September, 1800. ... The Second Edition... . Newark: Pennington and Gould, 1800. 71 p. Removed. Heavily foxed, title stained. Paper defect on E1 with loss of a few letters. $275
A popular anti-Federalist diatribe, originally published as Connecticut Republicanism and reprinted several times through 1801. Evans 36980; Felcone, New Jersey Books , 18.
PERSECUTIONS OF THE QUAKERS IN NEW ENGLAND
49. BISHOP, GEORGE. New-England Judged, by the Spirit of the Lord ... Containing a Brief Relation of the Sufferings of the People Call'd Quakers in New-England, from the Time of their First Arrival There, in the Year 1656, to the Year 1660. Wherein their Merciless Whippings, Chainings ... Burning in the Hand, Cutting off Ears ... are Briefly Described... . London: T. Sowle, 1703/02. [10], 113, 112-141, 152-498, 212, [14] p. Contemporary panelled calf, very skillfully rebacked in handsome period style, gilt. Hole in the margin of C4, some overall foxing, but a very attractive copy. Contemporary signatures of Jno. Hoyland Jun. and Joseph Stokes, bookplate of Charles Roberts. $1800
Second edition of Bishop's work but the first to combine the original editions of 1661 and 1667 with the first edition of John Whiting's Truth and Innocency Defended , here with its own title page and pagination. Bishop's work is a remarkable catalogue of the persecutions inflicted by the Puritans on the New England Quakers in the 1660s. Howes calls it the "Most exhaustive contem- porary indictment of God-fearing Puritans driven by insensate religious fervor to sickening brutalities against other religious fanatics who dared to differ from themselves. Witch-hunting was bad; this was worse." Whiting's work is a reply to Cotton Mather's Magnalia Christi Americana . Howes B-481; European Americana 703/16. ELIAS BOUDINOT LETTER, 1769
50. BOUDINOT, ELIAS (1740-1816). Distinguished statesman; commissary general of prisoners in the Revolution; President of Congress; Director of the Mint. Letter signed, Elizabeth Town, 1 August 1769. To Andrew Elliot. One page, folio. Folds strengthened on verso; inlaid to another sheet. $900
Concerning Col. Templer and settling the estate of Sir John St. Clair.
51. BOUDINOT, ELIAS. A Star in the West; or, A Humble Attempt to Discover the Long Lost Ten Tribes of Israel, Preparatory to their Return to their Beloved City, Jerusalem . Trenton: D. Fenton, S. Hutchinson, and J. Dunham; George Sherman, printer, 1816. iv, 312 p. Contemporary sheep, very skillfully rebacked in period style. Endsheets replaced, rubber stamp in upper margin of title, foxed and slightly dampstained. $600
First edition. Boudinot's attempt to prove that the North American Indians were descended from the Jews. Much important information on Indian language and customs. Howes B643; Pilling, Algonquian , p. 54; Rosenbach 180; Felcone, New Jersey Books , 433.
FIRST EDITION OF BRAINERD'S JOURNAL, 1746
52. BRAINERD, DAVID. Mirabilia Dei inter Indicos, or the Rise and Progress of a Remarkable Work of Grace amongst a number of the Indians in the Provinces of New-Jersey and Pennsylvania, justly represented in a Journal... . Philadelphia: William Bradford, [1746]. [iii]-viii, 232, 231-248 [of 253] p. Lacking half-title and last three leaves . Handsome modern cloth, leather spine label, by Gaebel. First two leaves and last leaf neatly guarded at the edges, rather rather browned, some stray markings on title. A good copy only, and imperfect. $1500
First edition of the famous journal kept by David Brainerd from June 1745 to June 1746 while a Presbyterian missionary to the Indians at Crosweeksung, near present-day Crosswicks, Burlington County. This is an imperfect copy of a rare book, complete copies of which sell for $7500 to $12,000 depending upon condition. Evans 5748; Howes B-717; Vail 432; Felcone, New Jersey Books , 23 (this copy); Evans 5748.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF BRUCE'S AFRICAN TRAVELS
53. BRUCE, JAMES. An Interesting Narrative of the Travels of James Bruce, Esq. into Abyssinia, to Discover the Source of the Nile. Abridged . . . by Samuel Shaw . New York: For Berry and Rogers, 1790. 12mo. 380, 4 p. Engraved folding map, "Africa," by T. Jefferys. Contemporary sheep, neatly rebacked with original label laid down. Nineteenth-century signature of Benj. H. Smith, probably the Philadelphia cartographer. Usual moderate foxing common to American books of this period, else a very good copy. $550
First American edition of Samuel Shaw's popular abridged edition of Bruce's travels into Africa, first published in London earlier in the year. Evans 23228.
JOHN BUNYAN
54. BUNYAN, JOHN. Grace Abounding to the Chief of Sinners: or, A Brief and Faithful Relation of the Exceeding Mercy of God in Christ, to His Poor Servant John Bunyan . New York [i.e., Elizabeth- town?]: Printed [by Shepard Kollock?] for John Reid, 1794. 12mo. 141 p. Contemporary undecorated sheep-backed boards (marbled paper gone from both boards, extremities worn). Fore-edge cut close with the ends of a few lines slightly cut into, corner of D4 torn away with loss of a few words. A good, tight copy. $375
John Reid was a New York bookseller and stationer and both used, and shared editions with, several New York and New Jersey printers, including Elizabethtown's Shepard Kollock. The distinctive combination of type ornaments here matches that being used at this time by Kollock, enabling at least a tentative attribution to the Elizabethtown printer. Evans 26713.
PILGRIM'S PROGRESS FOR YOUTH
55. BURDER, GEORGE. Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress, Versified: for the Entertainment and Instruction of Youth . Burlington: Stephen C. Ustick, 1807. 71, [1] p. Contemporary sheep-backed marbled paper covered boards. Front cover detached, front binder's blanks wanting. Light foxing and dampstaining, but quite good. $500
Ustick's edition of Burder's Pilgrim's Progress, Versified was issued both with and, as here, without seven woodcut plates by Garret Lansing. Welch 136.1; S&S 12238.
56. BURKE, EDMUND. A Letter from Edmund Burke, Esq; One of the Representatives in Parliament for the City of Bristol, to John Farr and John Harris ... Sheriffs of that City, on the Affairs in America... . London: J. Dodsley, 1777. 75 p. Removed. Title inner margin repaired, with two tiny holes and loss of one letter. Very good. $200
Third London edition. Burke's plea to continue a relationship with America. Todd 28d; Adams, American Controversy , 77-19d; Howes B976.
57. BURKE, EDMUND. The Speech of Edmund Burke, Esq; on Moving his Resolutions for Conciliation with the Colonies, March 22, 1775 . Dublin: J. Exshaw and R. Moncrieffe, 1775. [4], 88 p. Stitched in contemporary marbled wrappers (a bit scuffed). $225
First Dublin edition of Burr's famous speech urging conciliation with America. Todd 25f; Adams, American Controversy , 75-17d; Adams, American Independence , 157d; Howes B979. AARON BURR SERMON ON JONATHAN BELCHER
58. BURR, AARON. A Servant of God Dismissed from Labour to Rest. A Funeral Sermon, Preached at the Interment of his late Excellency Jonathan Belcher, Esq; Governor of his Majesty's Province of New-Jersey, &c. &c. Who Departed this Life at Elizabeth-Town, August 31, 1757... . Boston: Edes and Gill, 1758. iv, iv, 23 p. Removed from a bound volume. Closely trimmed at top margin but without loss, scattered foxing, but very good. $500
Burr, then president of the College of New Jersey, died shortly after delivering this funeral sermon. Includes a dedication and a preface by Caleb Smith, pastor of the Presbyterian church at Newark Mountains (now Orange). Evans 8097; ESTC W29395.
AARON BURR NEW JERSEY SERMON: 1757
59. BURR, AARON. The Watchman's Answer to the Question, What of the Night, &c. A Sermon Preached before the Synod of New-York, Convened at Newark, in New-Jersey, September 30. 1756 ... The Second Edition . Boston: S. Kneeland, 1757. 46 p. Removed from a bound volume. Top margin a bit close with an occasional running head slightly cut into by the binder's knife, else very good. $900
Second edition of an early New Jersey sermon by the second president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University). Aaron Burr was born in Connecticut, graduated from Yale College, and in 1736 became minister of the First Church in Newark. He was one of the original trustees of the College of New Jersey, and after Jonathan Dickinson's death in 1747 Burr became the college's second president, serving until his own death ten years later. During his presidency the college moved from his parsonage in Newark to Princeton. He was the father of Aaron Burr (1756- 1836), vice-president of the United States. Evans 7863; Felcone, New Jersey Books , 34; ESTC W29697.
60. (CALIFORNIA). Soule, Frank, et al. The Annals of San Francisco... . New York, 1855. 824 p. Plates, folding map (tear skillfully repaired). Modern half morocco. Occasional spotting, else a nice copy of a book usually found in poor condition. $300
First edition. A standard resource for San Francisco to the middle of the 1850s. Wheat calls the book "the most important contemporary work on San Francisco during the decade following the [gold] discovery." Wheat 193; Howes S769.
OLD AGE: REPAIRING THE DISORDERS AFTER AGE 60
61. CARLISLE, ANTHONY. An Essay on the Disorders of Old Age, and on the Means for Prolonging Human Life . Philadelphia: By Edward Earle; W. Myer, printer, New Brunswick [N.J.], 1819. 74 p. Original paper-covered boards, paper-covered spine and printed spine label. Covers moderately worn and soiled, particularly along spine, faint dampstain on the first few leaves, but withal a very good copy in the fragile original boards. With the signature of Wm. B. Magruder, 1824. $300 First American edition; first printed in London in 1817. On medical and other treatments for old age. "The age of Sixty may, in general, be fixed upon as the commencement of Senility." A good example of a country printer in New Jersey printing for a city publisher. S&S 47517; Austin 416.
PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE PUBLISHER, WITH THE RARE “FOLIUM RESERVATUM” BOUND IN
62. CATLIN, GEORGE. O-Kee-Pa: A Religious Ceremony: and other Customs of the Mandans . London: Trübner and Co., 1867. Small 4to. vi, [2], 52 p. plus iii-p. "Folium Reservatum." 13 chromolitho- graphed plates after Catlin by Simonau & Toovey. Publisher's purple cloth, gilt, all edges gilt. Binding lightly soiled and faded, extremities lightly worn (spine ends more so), occasional minor foxing. A very good copy of a fragile book difficult to find in fine condition. $20,000
First edition, with the rare "Folium Reservatum" bound in at the rear. A presentation copy inscribed by the publisher, Nicholas Trübner ("N. Trübner"), to Thomas Scott. O-Kee-Pa was a religious ceremony practiced by the Mandan tribe that lived on the upper Missouri. It included frenzied dances and highly charged sexual pantomines, followed by barbaric torture and mortification of the flesh. Pioneer Indian bibliographer Thomas Field described the remarkable color plates as depicting the ceremony in "horrible fidelity." Catlin's text is an important survival, as the Mandans were wiped out by smallpox in 1837, shortly after Catlin's visit. The explicit details of the sexual elements of the ceremony, involving a large artificial plallus, were considered too shocking for the general public and were included in a separately issued three-page "Folium Reservatum," purportedly issued in an edition of approximately 25 copies. It is particularly desirable to have it bound together with the main text in an original publisher's binding. Nicholas Trübner was a distinguished bookseller and scholar with a great interest in publishing scholarly works. His publishing house, established in 1851, still exists. Howes C-244 ("b"); Field 262.
PAINE'S COMMON SENSE ANSWERED
63. [CHALMERS, JAMES]. Plain Truth: Addressed to the Inhabitants of America. Containing Remarks on a Late Pamphlet, Intitled Common Sense ... Written by Candidus . London: J. Almon, 1776. [4], 47, [1] p. Modern calf-backed marbled boards. A fine copy. Bookplate. $500
Second English edition. Probably the most famous answer to Paine's advocacy for inde- pendence in Common Sense. Frequently attributed, incorrectly, to Provost William Smith. Includes at the rear another attack on Common Sense by "Rationalist" and an "Extract from the Second Letter to the People of Pennsylvania; being that Part of it which relates to Independence ... Under the Signature of Cato." Adams, American Controversy, 76-19c; Gimbel, Common Sense , CS-211; Howes S696.
PAINE'S COMMON SENSE ANSWERED
64. [CHALMERS, JAMES]. Plain Truth: Addressed to the Inhabitants of America. Containing Remarks on a Late Pamphlet, Intitled Common Sense ... Written by Candidus . London: J. Almon, 1776. [4], 47, [1] p. Neat modern boards. A fine copy. Enclosed within a modern morocco-backed cloth folding case. Bookplate. $900
First English edition. Probably the most famous answer to Thomas Paine's advocacy for independence in Common Sense. Frequently attributed, incorrectly, to Provost William Smith. Includes at the rear another attack on Common Sense by "Rationalist" and an "Extract from the Second Letter to the People of Pennsylvania; being that Part of it which relates to Independence ... Under the Signature of Cato." The work is sometimes found bound with Almon's edition of Common Sense . Adams, American Controversy, 76-19b; Adams, American Independence , 208e; Gimbel, Common Sense , CS-210; Howes S696.
DEFENDING THE AMERICAN COLONIES
65. CHAUNCY, CHARLES. A Letter to a Friend, Containing Remarks on Certain Passages in a Sermon Preached by ... John Lord Bishop of Landaff ... in which the Highest Reproach is Undeservedly Cast upon the American Colonies . Boston: Kneeland and Adams, for Thomas Leverett, 1767. 56 p. Untrimmed and stitched, as issued. Half title loose and with a part of the lower blank margin torn off. Light soiling and chipping at fore-edge. With the signature of Abraham Hill, 1767, on the half title. $550
First edition. The first response from America to Landaff's sermon deploring the heathenism and infidelity in America and urging the appointment of American bishops. Chauncy defends the American colonies and emphasizes their piety and missionary zeal. The next five years saw one of the largest pamphlet controversies in our history, drawing in such notables as Chauncy, William Livingston, Thomas Bradbury Chandler, and many others. Adams, American Controversy, 67-3a; Nelson, American Episcopate Controversy, 2; Felcone, New Jersey Books , 50; Evans 10579.
66. CLINTON, HENRY. A Letter from Lieut. Gen. Sir Henry Clinton, K.B. to the Commissioners of Public Accounts, Relative to some Observations ... which may be judged to imply Censure on the late Commanders in Chief of His Majesty's Army in North America . London: For J. Debrett, 1784. 31, [1] p. + pasted-in explanation slip. Removed. About fine. $400
First edition. Clinton's vindication of his expenditures of public money while in command of the British army during the American Revolution. This copy contains Clinton's "Advertisement" slip pasted to the verso of the title page, justifying his decision to print his letter. Howes C494.
CLINTON VINDICATES THE BRITISH DEFEAT IN VIRGINIA
67. CLINTON, HENRY. The Narrative of Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Clinton, K.B. Relative to his Conduct During Part of his Command of the King's Troops in North America; Particularly to that which Respects the Unfortunate Issue of the Campaign in 1781. With an Appendix... . London: J. Debrett, 1783. [4], 115, [1] p. Later half morocco (scuffed around the extremities). First and last few leaves foxed. $500
Second edition. Clinton's spirited defense of his command of the British army in North America, particularly his account of the Virginia campaign that ended with the defeat and surrender of the British army at Yorktown. Cornwallis published a bitter reply to Clinton's narrative, beginning an acrimonious pamphlet and letter controversy. Clinton's work went through several editions in the first year of publication. Adams, American Controversy , 83-21c; Howes C496.
68. [CLINTON, HENRY]. Authentic Copies of Letters between Sir Henry Clinton ... and the Commissioners for Auditing the Public Accounts . London: Printed in the year 1793. [2], 41 p. Stitched as issued. Very fine. $350
First edition. On supplies furnished the British army under Clinton's command during the Revolutionary War in North America. Not in Howes.
FIRST QUAKER TO REACH PENNSYLVANIA: 1658
69. COALE, JOSIAH. The Books and Divers Epistles of the Faithful Servant of the Lord Josiah Coale... . [London]: Printed in the year, 1671. 4to. 28, 33-104, 152, 269-343 [i.e., 344] p. Complete as issued. Contemporary calf, neatly rebacked and recornered, later (but old) endpapers. Modern bookplate. $3000
First edition. Pages 14 through 19 contain a testimony by William Penn, most likely written while Penn was in prison. The testimony expresses great love and admiration for Coale. Josiah Coale was one of Penn's intimate friends during Penn's first years as a Quaker. Coale had been one of the early missionaries to the New World and was likely the first Quaker to touch Pennsylvania soil in 1658 (Bronner & Fraser p. 131). The text, erratically paginated but complete and conforming to the other known copies, contains several different essays and testimonies, including "An Epistle to Friends in New-England," "To the Flock of God, Gather'd out of the World in the Province of Maryland," "To all People in Jamaica," &c. "The VVhore Unveiled" has a separate title page dated 1667. European Americana 671/82; Wing C4751; Bronner & Fraser (Penn) 13; Baer (Maryland) 68; JCB(3) III:215.
ELIZABETHTOWN IMPRINT
70. A COLLECTION OF POEMS on Religious and Moral Subjects. Extracted from the Most Celebrated Authors . Elizabeth Town: Printed by Shepard Kollock, for Cornelius Davis, New York, 1797. [4], [3]-124 p. Contemporary mottled sheep. Short crack at bottom of upper hinge, occasional minor stains, but a very good copy. $350
Includes Thomas Gray's Elegy Written in a County Church-Yard , Edward Young's The Last Day , and other poems. Some copies contain a separate title page, A1, for Gray's Elegy , but it is not in this copy or in most other copies. Felcone, Printing in New Jersey , 870; Evans 31953; ESTC W30391. PROCEEDINGS OF THE FIRST FIVE ABOLITION CONVENTIONS
71. CONVENTION OF DELEGATES FROM THE ABOLITION SOCIETIES. Minutes of the Proceed- ings of a Convention of Delegates from the Abolition Societies Established in Different parts of the United States, Assembled at Philadelphia... . Philadelphia: Zachariah Poulson, Junr., 1794. 30 p. Accompanied by the proceedings of the second through fifth conventions (Philadelphia: Poulson, 1795-1798; 32, 32, 59, 20 p.). All removed. Final leaf of final pamphlet damaged in the margin, with the loss of several letters, else all fine copies. The five items, $3000
In January 1794 representatives from the major state abolition societies held their first convention in Philadelphia. Joseph Bloomfield was elected president. The printed minutes record the names of the individual delegates, the state societies they represent, and the proceedings of the convention. Each succeeding year a similar meeting was held in Philadelphia, and the proceedings of the first five conventions are offered here. The minutes of the fourth meeting contains a lengthy and detailed appendix of the activities of the local societies, with local laws relating to slaves and slavery. Evans 26533, 28146, 29947, 31686, 33264.
EARLY AMERICAN COOKBOOK
72. (COOKERY). American Domestic Cookery, formed on Principles of Economy, for the use of Private Families. By an Experienced Housekeeper ... To which is added The Complete Family Brewer . New- York: Evert Duyckinck, 1823. 357 p. Frontis., engraved fore-title, and 7 plates. Contemporary marbled leather, very skillfully rebacked with original gilt spine laid down. Scattered dampstaining on first and last few leaves, plates foxed, but a very nice copy. $650
Adapted from Mrs. Rundell's A New System of Domestic Cookery , first published in America in 1807. Lowenstein 93; Shoemaker 14014.
EARLY AMERICAN COOKBOOK
73. (COOKERY). The Experienced American Housekeeper, or Domestic Cookery: Formed on Principles of Economy for the Use of Private Families . New York: Nafis & Cornish; Philadelphia: John B. Perry, [1838]. 216 p. 6 plates. Contemporary sheep, very skillfully rebacked in period style with original label preserved. Occasional spotting and foxing, but a very nice copy. $500
First published in 1823 and adapted from Maria Rundell, A New System of Domestic Cookery . Lowenstein 218 (variant imprint).
74. COOPER, JAMES FENIMORE. The History of the Navy of the United States of America . Paris: Baudry's European Library, 1839. 2 vols. xxxv, [1], 258 p.; viii, 349, [2] p. Frontis. Contemporary half morocco, spines gilt. Extremities of boards lightly rubbed, else a very nice set. With the signature in each volume of "Lieut. Sam. W. Very, U.S.N. Purchased at Santiago de Chile ... 1875." $350
First French edition. Galignani published another edition in Paris later in 1839. Howes C748. 75. COOPER, THOMAS. A Reply to Mr. Burke's Invective against Mr. Cooper, and Mr. Watt, in the House of Commons, on the 30th of April, 1792 . Manchester: By M. Falkner and Co., 1792. 109 p. + errata on final leaf P4. Removed. Very good. $250
First edition. When Cooper visited Paris in 1792, he instituted correspondence between the Manchester Constitutional Society, of which he was an active member, and the Jacobins. Attacked in the House of Commons by Burke for his actions, Cooper replied in this strongly-worded tirade which was also a denunciation of the "privileged orders."
RICHARD COXE'S BURLINGTON DICTIONARY
76. [COXE, RICHARD SMITH]. A New Critical Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language, Con- taining, All the Words in General Use .... By an American Gentleman. Burlington: D. Allinson & Co., 1813. 4to. xiv, 85, [941] p. Contemporary reversed sheep. Front inner hinge loose, otherwise the nicest copy of this book we have seen. $300
A massive but predominantly derivative dictionary, compiled by Coxe, a prominent Burling- ton, and later Washington, lawyer, largely before reaching age eighteen. The work achieved little critical acclaim when published, and was soon forgotten. For a lengthy essay on Coxe and his dictionary, and its novel "spring" binding (probably executed by Allinson himself), see Felcone, New Jersey Books , 531.
BRITISH CAPTURE OF HAVANA
77. (CUBA). Sewall, Joseph. A Sermon Preached at the Thursday-Lecture in Boston, September 16, 1762. Before the Great and General Court ... on the Joyful News of the Reduction of the Havannah . Boston: By John Draper; and, by Edes and Gill, 1762. 33 p. + final blank [E]2. Stitched and untrimmed. Stitching breaking, else very good. With the contemporary signature of Jos. Green on the title. Chemise and cloth slipcase. The Matt B. Jones copy $550
Celebrating the Battle of Havana and the capture of the city by the British. The following year the city was returned to Spain by the Treaty of Paris that ended the French and Indian War. Evans 9269; ESTC W3213.
FICTION BY A "SQUALID SPECIMEN OF HUMANITY"
78. CURTIS, NEWTON M. The Doom of the Tory's Guard. A Tale . New York: Burgess and Stringer, and M. Y. Beach [&c.], [J. Munsell, pr., Albany], 1843. 48 p. Text in two columns. Removed from a bound volume. Considerably foxed, closed tear extending into the imprint. $300
First edition. A Revolutionary War novel laid in the Mohawk Valley of New York State. Curtis (ca. 1815-1849) was a resident of Saratoga County. Sabin attributes to Joel Munsell the statement that Curtis was "of limited education, a whiskey drinking, tobacco chewing, profane swearing, and squalid specimen of humanity." Wright I, 793; Bibliotheca Munselliana p. 20. 79. [DALLAS, ALEXANDER J.] An Exposition of the Causes and Character of the Late War between the United States and Great-Britain . Middlebury, Vt.: William Slade, Jun., July 4, 1815. 59 p. Removed. Very good. $200
Dallas's explanation of the administration's actions during the War of 1812. S&S 34515; Howes D25; McCorison 1726.
80. [DALLAS, ALEXANDER J.] Features of Mr. Jay's Treaty. To which is annexed A View of the Commerce of the United States, as it Stands at Present, and as it is Fixed by Mr. Jay's Treaty . Philadelphia: For Mathew Carey, by Lang & Ustick, 1795. 51 p. Uncut and in the original printed wrappers. Stitching gone, wrappers soiled and with a minor dampstain. A very nice copy. $300
Dallas's criticism of the Jay Treaty. Evans 28527; Howes D26.
PRINCETON SERMON ON THE DEATH OF GEORGE II: 1761
81. DAVIES, SAMUEL. A Sermon Delivered at Nassau-Hall, January 14. 1761. On the Death of His Late Majesty King George II. To which is prefixed, A Brief Account of the Life, Character, and Death, of the Author. By David Bostwick . Boston: R. Draper; and Z. Fowle and S. Draper, [1761]. 32 p. incl. half title but lacks leaf C1 . Modern half morocco (lightly rubbed at extremities). Early repair to blank corner of half title, some light staining. Private school library label on pastedown. $400
Reprinted from the earlier New York edition. Slightly defective, but a very early Princeton- related printed item. Evans 8836; Felcone, New Jersey Books , 63; ESTC W29134.
82. DAVIS, HENRY. Autograph letter signed, Clinton [N.Y.], 12 July 1836. To Messrs. Hezekiah Howe & Co., publishers, New Haven. One page, quarto, with integral address leaf. In fine condition. $175
About sending 100 copies of his Narrative for distribution to clergymen. Rev. Henry Davis (1771-1852) was president of two American colleges during their formative years: Middlebury Col- lege and Hamilton College.
TRAVELS IN THE EASTERN U.S. AND CANADA
83. DE ROOS, FRED. FITZGERALD. Personal Narrative of Travels in the United States and Canada in 1826 ... With Remarks on the Present State of the American Navy . London, 1827. xii, 207 p. 14 plates (one folding). Contemporary half calf. Plates slightly foxed (chiefly in margins), else a fine, clean copy. $600
First edition. De Roos arrived at New York, then traveled south to Baltimore, then north again into New England, Niagara Falls, and then to Canada. He visited several shipyards, and comments on shipbuilding, maritime affairs, and the American Navy, whose strength he felt was exaggerated. The plates are views done from De Roos's own drawings, and are very handsome. The frontispiece is a long folding panorama of Quebec. Howes D268; Gagnon I 1104; Lande 1724; Abbey, Travel , 614.
84. (DELAWARE). Hervey, James. The Beauties of Hervey: or Descriptive, Picturesque and Instructive Passages... . Wilmington: V. Bonsal, for Robert Campbell, Philadelphia, 1796. 226, [6] p. Contem- porary sheep. Usual foxing, else a very attractive, tight copy. $200
Rink 408; Evans 30558.
85. [DOUGLAS, JOHN]. A Letter Addressed to Two Great Men, on the Prospect of Peace; and on the Terms Necessary to be Insisted upon in the Negotiation... . London: A. Millar, 1760. [4], 56 p. Removed, in later plain wrappers (chipped). $250
Second edition, corrected. Addressed to Pitt and the Duke of Newcastle, on the settlement with France. With much on the war in America. Howes L276.
STEPHEN DOUGLAS ON DRED SCOTT
86. DOUGLAS, STEPHEN A. Remarks of the Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, on Kansas, Utah, and the Dred Scott Decision. Delivered at Springfield, Illinois, June 12th, 1857 . Chicago: Daily Times, 1857. 15 p. Uncut, as issued. Extremities a bit chipped and soiled, some foxing, old fold marks. A good copy. $400
Douglas was invited by a federal grand jury to deliver remarks on "The present condition and prospects of Kansas; the principles affirmed ... in the Dred Scott case, and the condition of things in Utah, and the appropriate remedies for existing evils." This was Douglas's first public expression of his views on the Dred Scott decision. Byrd 2635; Flake 2985.
AMERICA FULFILLED THE CONTRACT
87. DUMMER, JEREMIAH. A Defence of the New-England Charters . London: J. Almon, [1765]. 88 p. Neat modern half cloth. Title with old library stamp, few edge chips, else a very nice copy. $500
Dummer's defense of the colonial charters was first published in 1721; it was reprinted several times, including this printing at the time of the Stamp Act. Basically, it argued that these charters were contractual in nature, and, once fulfilled by the colonists, they could not be abrogated by the Crown. Adams, American Controversy , 65-7; Howes D554.
88. [DWIGHT, TIMOTHY]. The True Means of Establishing Public Happiness. A Sermon, Delivered on the 7th of July, 1795, before the Connecticut Society of Cincinnati... . New Haven: T. & S. Green, and sold by I. Beers, [1795]. 40 p. Removed. Without half title. Light foxing. $250
Evans 28610; BAL 5050. BOUND BY AN 18TH-CENTURY AMERICAN MINISTER/BOOKBINDER
89. (EARLY AMERICAN BINDING). Schultz, Christoph. Kurze Fragen Ueber die Christiche Glaubens- Lehre ... Den Christlichen Glaubens-Schulern... . Philadelphia: Carl Cist, 1784. [10], 140 p. Contem- porary sprinkled calf, blind roll and fillets on boards and spine, red sprinkled edges, by Christoph Hoffmann. A nice, tight copy. $900
A nicely preserved Hoffmann binding. Christoph Hoffmann (1727-1804) was a Schwenck- felder minister as well as an accomplished bookbinder who worked in Philadelphia County from the early 1760s. Bryn Mawr/Maser Collection 15; German Language Printing 610; Evans 18779.
18TH-CENTURY MISSIONARY TO THE INDIANS
90. EDWARDS, JONATHAN. An Account of the Life of the Reverend Mr. David Brainerd, Minister of the Gospel; Missionary to the Indians ... and Pastor of a Church of Christian Indians in New-Jersey... . Worcester, Mass.: Leonard Worcester, 1793. 346, 84 p. Contemporary sheep. First and last few leaves pulled slightly and browned at the fore-edge tips, binding scuffed, head and tail of spine chipped away, hinges beginning to split, glue residue on pastedowns. Eighteenth-century signature of Eliphalet Gillet, later bookplate of a church library. A good copy. $450
Later edition of Edwards's classic biography, first printed in Boston in 1749. The second section is a reprint of Brainerd's Mirabilia Dei inter Indicos , first printed in Philadelphia in 1748. Edwards's work is one of the classic mid-eighteenth-century accounts of missionary life among the American Indians. David Brainerd (1718-1747) was a Connecticut native who was expelled from Yale in 1742 for, among other things, sympathizing with the Whitefield revival and remarking that a particular college tutor had "no more grace than this chair." After his ordination to the ministry, he served as a missionary to the Indians in the Massachusetts-New York border area and near present-day Easton, Pennsylvania, before going to New Jersey, where he remained until early 1747. He died later that year at the home of his future father-in-law, and biographer, Jonathan Edwards. Edwards' account consists chiefly of entries from Brainerd's diaries, with inserted comments and extracts from letters. The work was reprinted frequently and is still in print today. Evans 25431, 25228; Johnson, Jonathan Edwards , 143; Felcone, New Jersey Books , 71.
91. EDWARDS, JONATHAN. The History of the Work of Redemption. Containing the Outlines of a Body of Divinity... . New York: Shepard Kollock, 1786. xxiv, [2], [25]-402, [2] p. Contemporary mottled sheep. One leaf of contents misbound, occasional foxing, else a very attractive, tight copy. "Peter B. Dumont his Book Bought of Peter H. Dumont 1786 Price 11/3" on front endpaper. $400
With a preface by Jonathan Edwards, Jun. This copy contains the added leaf c5, "Subscribers' names omitted." Johnson 246; Evans 19616.
92. EPISCOPAL CHURCH. The Book of Common Prayer ... Together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David . New-York: By William A. Davis, for Samuel Campbell, 1803. Unpaginated. Bound with The Whole Book of Psalms . 168 p. Contemporary straight-grain citron morocco, spine richly gilt, edges gilt. Covers scuffed, rear hinge cracking. $200 Early American edition, in a nice but moderately worn, fine American binding of the period.
EARLY AMERICAN RED MOROCCO BINDING
93. EPISCOPAL CHURCH. The Book of Common Prayer ... Together with the Psalter, or Psalms of David . New York: T. & J. Swords, 1810. 366, 113 p. Contemporary straight-grain red morocco, covers and spine richly gilt, edges gilt. The name A. C. Van Ranst is stamped in gilt within the front panel. Extremities scuffed, else very good. $300
Early American edition, in a nice but moderately worn fine American binding of the period. Griffiths 1810.18; S&S 21147.
94. EPISCOPAL WATCHMAN . Hartford: H. & F. J. Huntington (P. Canfield, pr.), vol. I no. 1, Mar. 26, 1827, through no. 52, Mar. 17, 1828. [2], 414 p. Contemporary half sheep. Spine worn, covers detached, sporatic foxing. $200
The complete first year of this eight-page weekly news magazine devoted to the interests of the Episcopal Church in America.
AMERICAN POETRY, 1772
95. EVANS, NATHANIEL. Poems on Several Occasions, with some other Compositions . Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 1772. xxviii, 160, [3]-24 p. Contemporary calf, very skillfully rebacked in period style. The usual foxing, else the nicest copy of this book we have seen. Late 19th century book label of A. G. Odenbaugh. $750
First and only contemporary edition of the works of this early American poet who died at the age of 25. A native of Philadelphia and a resident of Haddonfield, New Jersey, Evans was an S.P.G. missionary for Gloucester County and a friend and correspondent of Elizabeth Graeme (later, Ferguson). Copies of the book often lack the list of subscribers, the ode on Evans' death by Elizabeth Graeme, and the 24-page discourse at the end, all of which are present in this copy. The errata slip, as always, is not present. Stoddard and Whitesell 221; Evans 12386; Felcone, New Jersey Books , 85; ESTC W28917.
96. FLINT, TIMOTHY. History and Geography of the Mississippi Valley... . Cincinnati, 1832. 2 vols. in 1. 464 p.; 276 p. Contemporary sheep. Extremities worn, some foxing and dampstaining, but a good sound copy. $250
The enlarged second edition of a well-known history of the Midwest, originally published in 1828 as A Condensed History... . Howes F200; Thomson 422. BOY'S NOVEL SET IN FLORIDA
97. (FLORIDA). Bache, Richard Meade. The Young Wrecker of the Florida Reef; or the Trials and Adventures of Fred Ransom . Philadelphia, 1866. 381 p. 3 plates. Cloth. Extremities of binding lightly worn and a bit drab, flyleaves foxed, else a good sound copy. $275
First edition of a popular boy's novel set in and around Indian Key. According to the preface, the character Dr. Cluzel is based on Dr. Henry Perrine. The work was reprinted several times through the end of the nineteenth century. Servies and Servies 4912; Gardner, Florida Fiction , 29.
LEADING AUTHORITY ON THE HISTORY OF FLORIDA
98. (FLORIDA). [Barcia Carballido y Zuniga, Andres Gonzales de]. Ensayo Cronologico para la Historia General de la Florida ... desde el A ûo de 1512 ... hasta el de 1722 ... Escrito por don Gabriel de Cardenas z Cano [pseud.]. Madrid, 1723. Fol. [40], 366, [56] p. Folding table. Title in red and black. Contemporary limp vellum. Endpapers discolored and a bit wrinkled, very faint dampstain in the margin of the last several leaves, else a near fine, crisp copy. $2800
First edition. A chronological history from 1512 to 1722, and the leading authority on Florida's first two centuries. It includes a detailed account of French attempts to establish a colony, and the text of the memoir of Solis de las Meras, an eyewitness to the massacre of John Ribault and his companions. The work actually covers the early explorations of North America north of Mexico and east of the Pacific, including De Soto, La Salle, Cabeza de Vaca, and others. European Americana 723/10; Servies and Servies 291; Streeter Sale 1177; Howes B130; Wagner, Spanish Southwest , 84; Field 80; Graff 181.
99. [FOTHERGILL, SAMUEL]. The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Love of God, and a Divine Communion, Recommended and Inforced, in a Sermon Publicly Delivered at a Meeting of the People Called Quakers, Held in Leeds, the 26th of the Sixth Month ... 1769.... Philadelphia: Re-printed by Joseph Crukshank, 1771. 30 p. Removed. Some browning and foxing, contemporary ms. Friends' library notation on title page. $200
First American edition. Attributed to Fothergill by Smith, Friends' Books , i:637. Evans 12046.
MOST IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC BOOK OF 18TH-CENTURY AMERICA
100. FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. Experiments and Observations on Electricity, Made at Philadelphia in America ... To which are added, Letters and Papers on Philosophical Subjects... . London: For F. Newbery, 1774. 4to. v, [1], 514, [16] p. 7 engraved plates, several woodcut text illustrations. Lacks half-title. Contemporary marbled paper-covered boards, calf spine, very skillfully rebacked in period style. Later endpapers. Occasional foxing of both text and plates, some offsetting from a few plates, light stains on H3-4 and 2M3-4. Withal a very good copy. $8500
The fifth and final edition of the book that PMM calls "the most important scientific book of eighteenth-century America." "English editions one, two, and three had been published carelessly ... he edited the fourth edition in person [and] introduced footnotes ... Other notes corrected faults of early ignorance. In some cases the actual text was revised ... The most outstanding difference ... is of course in content."—I. Bernard Cohen, Benjamin Franklin's Experiments . In addition to the famous kite and key experiment, Franklin's work with Leiden jars, lightning rods, and charged clouds is summarized. The fifth edition is essentially a reprint of the fourth edition with several small corrections. PMM 199 (1st edn.); Wheeler Gift 367b; Ford 307; Howes F320 ("b").
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN'S PRINTING MASTERPIECE, IN LOVELY CONTEMPORARY CALF
101. (FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN). Cicero, Marcus Tullius. ... Cato Major, or His Discourse of Old-Age: With Explanatory Notes . Philadelphia: Printed and sold by B. Franklin, 1744. 4to. viii, 159 p. Printed on imported Genoese "trois-O" paper. Title page in red and black. Leaf size 7.9 x 5.7 in. Contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt fillet roll around covers, blind sawtooth roll on edges, page edges sprinkled red. Very skillfully and almost imperceptibly rehinged, retaining entire original spine. Just the slightest bit of foxing at the edges of the margins on a few pages, else probably the nicest copy we have ever handled. With the bookplate of the great nineteenth-century book collector Henry Cunliffe. In a neat gold-tooled calf-backed slipcase. $20,000
First edition of Philadelphia bibliophile James Logan's translation of Cato Major , in a lovely contemporary binding. The book is generally considered the most handsome product of Franklin's press. The edition was 1000 copies, part of which were printed by quarto imposition on an imported Genoese paper, and part by octavo imposition in half sheets on American paper. The present copy is one of those on the elegant imported paper, which after 260 years is still fresh. Copies on the ordinary "trade" paper almost universally exhibit the foxing and browning common to early American paper. This copy contains the one-letter correction from "ony" to "only" on page 27, line 5, long considered an issue point by earlier generations of less bibliographically informed collectors and booksellers but now understood as a stop-press alteration. Corrected and uncorrected sheets were freely mixed by the binder. Franklin's Cato Major has been a collector's icon since the late nineteenth century, and nearly all copies found today have been rebound in glitzy morocco, in the fashion of the day. The present copy, a wide-margined one in the original binding, is most desireable. Miller, Benjamin Franklin's Philadelphia Printing , 347; Evans 5361; ESTC W20709.
FREEMASONRY IN COLONIAL AMERICA
102. (FREEMASONRY). Calcott, Wellins. A Candid Disquisition of the Principles and Practices of the Most Antient and Honourable Society of Free and Accepted Masons... . Boston: Brother William M'Alpine, 1772. [4], xiv, [2], 256 p. Modern quarter calf, marbled paper-covered boards, very skillfully executed in period style. Top of title page including the first word, "A," neatly replaced at an early date, lower corner of C4 torn off, without loss, text with varying amounts of foxing throughout, but a very nice copy in an appropriate binding. $1800
First American edition, following the original edition printed in London in 1769. This is Walgren's second issue, with page xiv so numbered and containing text. One of the earliest texts printed in America to contain substantial information on Freemasonry. The extensive list of subscribers is a virtual who's who of Freemasons in early America. Evans 12345; Walgren 30; Lowens 23; ESTC W30203.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF THE CONSTITUTIONS OF FREEMASONRY
103. FREEMASONS. GRAND LODGE OF PENNSYLVANIA. Ahiman Rezon Abridged and Digested: as a Help to All that Are, or Would be Free and Accepted Masons. To which is added, A Sermon ... by William Smith, D. D. Philadelphia: Hall and Sellers, 1783. xvi, 166 p. Engraved frontis. Contemporary sheep, skillfully rebacked in period style. Some overall soiling and dampstaining, free endpaper and frontis. browned at the edges and neatly guarded. Small early ownership stamp of I. Morrell on first two leaves. A good copy. $1800
The first American edition of the Constitutions of the Antients, originally published by Laurence Dermott in London in 1756. The elaborate frontispiece of the Mason's arms was engraved by Robert Scot and printed by Kinnan & Leacock. The book is dedicated to George Washington. A cornerstone book in Freemasonry in America, and very difficult to find in good condition. Most copies are incomplete and heavily worn; this copy, though not a great beauty, is complete and relatively attractive. Evans 17915; Bristol B5800; Walgren 74; Lowens 34; ESTC W37160.
PRINTED ON FRENEAU'S OWN PRESS
104. FRENEAU, PHILIP. Poems Written Between the Years 1768 & 1794... . Monmouth, (N.J.): Printed at the press of the author, at Mount-Pleasant, near Middletown-Point, 1795. [5], x-xv, [1], 455, [1] p. Contemporary sheep. Sporatic dampstaining (particularly heavy on front free endpaper and flyleaf), many gatherings variously foxed or browned, as always with this book, else an unusually nice copy in a lovely tight contemporary binding. With the attractive early American printed book label of George Warren Chapman, M.D., of Connecticut. $1200
The only edition of Freneau's poetry printed by Freneau himself, on his own press, and the only full-length book to come from this very short-lived New Jersey press. The paper is poor, the presswork is poor, and there are numerous typographical errors and mis-paginations, some of which were corrected by stop-press alterations, resulting in slight differences between copies. See Felcone, Printing in New Jersey, 1754-1800 , 762, for a detailed account of the printing of the book. Stoddard and Whitesell 498; BAL 6445; Evans 28712; ESTC W28921.
105. FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF. Two Epistles, Taken out of G. Fox's Collection of Epistles, Recommended by this Yearly-Meeting, 1716 . [London? 1716?]. 2 p., folio (broadsheet, printed on both sides). Two marginal splits neatly repaired, else fine. $400
Both sides of the sheet are paginated, and "FINIS" appears at the foot of the verso. The sheet was originally folded three times horizontally, and at the top of the docket-folded sheet, in an early eighteenth century hand, is "G: ff: Epistles Recomended from ye yearly Meeting 1716." In pencil at the foot of the verso, in a turn-of-the-twentieth-century hand, is "(Printed 1716 in Phila by Andrew Bradford)." Despite this attribution, it is far more likely that the item was printed in London. The only recorded copy in America is in DLC, bound into a volume of broadsides printed in London and York, and originally from the library of a man residing in York. AMERICAN LOYALIST CRITICIZES PARLIAMENT
106. [GALLOWAY, JOSEPH]. Letters from Cicero to Catiline the Second. With Corrections and Explan- atory Notes . London: For J. Bew, 1781. vii, [1], 104 p. Modern crimson half morocco. Half title a bit foxed else a fine copy. Bookplate. $600
First edition. Galloway, a leading American Loyalist, takes to task both the Opposition in Parliament and the military tactics of the Howe brothers. Adams, American Controversy , 81-26.
ESTABLISHING THE COLONY OF GEORGIA IN AMERICA: 1736
107. (GEORGIA). Watts, George. A Sermon Preached before the Trustees for Establishing the Colony of Georgia in America; at their Anniversary Meeting in ... London ... March 18. 1735 . London: By M. Downing, 1736. 4to. 27 p. A remarkably fine, fresh copy, entirely untrimmed, in nineteenth- century quarter roan (broken). $1800
Watts explains that a colony in Georgia would represent the colonial ideal--a place that would benefit both the mother country and the residents. "... who can forbear imagining that he sees (and indeed who may not live to see?) the desolate, shut-up wilderness, where nothing but waste and savageness once reign'd, now laid out into a regular country, adorn'd with numberless cities and villages of fair structure, and beautiful situation, frequented ports, encreasing stocks, and flourishing vineyards, the heavens smiling upon it from above, and the inhabitants chearful, numerous, and busy here below?" European Americana 736/264; Sabin 102173; ESTC T9617.
GIBBONS' EXTRAORDINARY HANDBILL CHALLENGING ODGEN TO A DUEL
108. (GIBBONS v. OGDEN). To Col. Aaron Ogden, Sir, As you refused to receive a letter that I sent you by General Dayton yesterday, I will give it publicity through another channel. For like Nicanor upon Judas you made war upon me on the Sabbath Day .... I was this day arrested in a Suit at Law, in your name .... As we reside within half a mile of each other, and you never intimated to me, nor any of my friends, any claims, or cause of Action against me, I pronounce your conduct RASCALLY. I don't regard your Suit in terrorem, but I must teach you to proceed with decency .... I understand that you have interfered in a Dispute between Mrs. Gibbons and myself which has been brought on by John Trumbull .... My friend General Dayton will arrange with you the time, and place, of our Meeting. Th. Gibbons. Elizabeth-Town, 26th July, 1816 . [Elizabethtown, N.J., 1816.] Broadside. 28 x 24 cm. In very fine condition, fully untrimmed. $4500
The steamboat in New Jersey and New York had a long and litigious history, beginning with the controversies between John Fitch and Robert Fulton, through the granting by the state legislatures in 1808 of exclusive navigation privileges, to the landmark United States Supreme Court decision in Gibbons v. Ogden in 1824. Thomas Gibbons and Aaron Ogden were originally partners in a steam ferry operating between Elizabeth-Town Point and New York City. In 1814 a dispute arose over a lease renewal. Soon other arguments ensued, and Gibbons established a rival ferry. The two became bitter antagonists. Meanwhile, Gibbons was embroiled in a nasty domestic quarrel involving John Trumbull, who had seduced Gibbons' daughter before marrying her, and each side publicly circulated the foulest stories about the other. Ogden's legal advice was solicited by the Trumbull faction, and Gibbons, in a rage, had this handbill struck off, and, horsewhip in hand, went to Ogden's house to challenge him to a duel. Ogden escaped over the back fence, and immediately sued Gibbons for trespass. The details of the case are reported in 2 Southard , 598. Gibbons' rival steamboat, with young Cornelius Vanderbilt as captain, continued to challenge Ogden and the monopoly interests. With Daniel Webster and William Wirt as his attorneys, Gibbons finally appealed to the Supreme Court, and in one of the most famous decisions in American Constitutional law, Chief Justice Marshall ruled that navigation was commerce and Congress had the power to regulate interstate commerce. The steamboat monopoly was struck down. This is one of the most dramatic broadsides we have handled.
WAR OF 1812 AROUND WASHINGTON AND NEW ORLEANS
109. [GLEIG, GEORGE R.]. A Narrative of the Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans ... in the Years 1814 and 1815 ... By an Officer, who Served in the Expedition . London, 1821. [4], 377, [2] p. Contemporary half calf, skillfully rebacked at an early date with entire original spine neatly laid down. Endpapers and first and last few pages foxed, stamp of Ruthin Castle Library and leather Crane book label on front pastedown (latter with some bleed through), else a very good, clean copy. $375
First edition. Gleig, a chaplain-general in the British army, was present at the battles of New Orleans, Fort Bowyer, Bladensburg, and Washington. His journal is a primary document in the study of the fighting around Washington and New Orleans. Streeter Sale 1079; Howes G205; Clark II 148.
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, IN A LOVELY CONTEMPORARY BINDING
110. GODWIN, WILLIAM. Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, and its Influence on Morals and Happi- ness . Philadelphia: Bioren and Madan, 1796. 2 vols., 12mo. xvi, [1], 22-362 p.; viii, 400 p. Contemporary mottled sheep, spines with red title labels and dark green volume-number labels with gilt ovals. Quarter-sized piece torn from one front endpaper, one gathering slightly pulled, occasional very light scattered foxing, but a fine, clean copy in lovely period bindings. Quite unusual in this condition. $2600
First American edition of Godwin's most famous work. Originally published in 1793 and re- vised in 1796, the Enquiry "was one of the earliest, the clearest, and most absolute theoretical expressions of socialist and anarchist doctrines. Godwin believed that the motives of all human action were subject to reason, that reason taught benevolence, and that therefore all rational creatures could live in harmony without laws and institutions...." (PMM 243) Evans 30493.
A LOVELY GORDON’S NEW JERSEY, WITH THE MAP
111. GORDON, THOMAS F. The History of New Jersey, from its Discovery by Europeans, to the Adoption of the Federal Constitution . Trenton, 1834. xii, 339 p. [Bound with:] A Gazetteer of the State of New Jersey, Comprehending a General View of its Physical and Moral Condition, Together with a Topographical and Statistical Account of its Counties, Towns, Villages, Canals, Rail Roads, &c. ... Trenton, 1834. iv, 266 p. Handcolored folding map. Very skillfully rebound in sprinkled sheep with black spine label, identical to the original binding. Text foxed, as with all copies of this book. A very desirable copy. $550
The second history of New Jersey, bound with, as issued, the first gazetteer of the state. The latter is an essential reference tool for locating early towns and communities, and it remained the only gazetteer of New Jersey for almost fifty years. This is one of the cornerstone New Jersey books, and copies are usually found without the map and in dry, lifeless bindings. This copy was rebound by one of the leading hand binders in America in a binding that precisely duplicates the original binding. For a lengthy study of this important book, see Felcone, New Jersey Books , 726-727.
112. GRIFFITH, WILLIAM. Annual Law Register of the United States. Vol. III [-IV]. Burlington: David Allinson, 1822. 2 vols. [4], 11, [1], xi, [1], 740 p.; [3], 566-1452 p. A mismatched set, with v.3 in modern law buckram with leather spine labels and v.4 in contemporary law sheep, scuffed, stained, foxed, and with library markings. $175
All published. Volumes I and II were never completed. Burlington County lawyer William Griffith's overly ambitious attempt at an annual compilation of relevant state and federal law. Volumes III-IV contain a comprehensive survey of laws and regulations of all twenty-four states. Volumes I-II were to contain federal law, but they were never published.
POET AND TRAVELER
113. GUEST, MOSES. Poems on Several Occasions. To which are Added, Extracts from a Journal Kept by the Author while he Followed the Sea, and During a Journey from New-Brunswick, in New- Jersey, to Montreal and Quebec . Cincinnati: Looker & Reynolds, 1824. 160 p. Contemporary sheep (heavily worn and scuffed, hinges broken). Foxed. Modern bookplates. Good only. $300
Second edition, with some alterations from the first edition printed in Cincinnati the previous year. Guest was a New Brunswick native. During the Revolutionary War he commanded the party of Middlesex militia that captured John Graves Simcoe shortly after Simcoe's notorious raid into Somerset County in 1779. After the war Guest became a mariner and remained in New Brunswick until removing to Cincinnati in 1817. Many of Guest's poems concern individuals and events in New Brunswick and New Jersey. See Felcone, New Jersey Books , 744, for considerably more detail. American Imprints 16357.
114. HARTLEY, THOMAS. A Discourse on Mistakes Concerning Religion, Enthusiasm, Experiences, &c. Germantown [Pa.]: Christopher Sower, 1759. 168 p. Removed. Very nice. $225
First American edition. Evans 8364. A PRISTINE COPY OF THE FIRST PRINTED ACCOUNT OF A VOYAGE TO AFRICA BY AN AMERICAN
115. HAWKINS, JOSEPH. A History of a Voyage to the Coast of Africa, and Travels into the Interior of that Country; Containing Particular Descriptions of the Climate and Inhabitants, and Interesting Particulars Concerning the Slave Trade . Philadelphia: Printed for the author, by S. C. Ustick, & Co., 1797. 12mo. 179, [1] p. Engraved frontis. Contemporary mottled sheep. Paper defect within text on A2, else a pristine copy--nearly as fresh and bright as the day it was bound. $4500
First edition of the first printed account of a voyage to Africa by an American, and a superlative copy. Hawkins sailed from Charleston in early December 1793 and reached the coast of Africa in mid-January 1794. A large part of his travels was in the land of the Ibo, in West Africa. The Ibos were then at war with the Gallas, and Hawkins devotes a considerable amount of description to this conflict. He remained in Africa for a year and a half, and he describes the culture of the tribes he saw, their habits and customs, and the geography of the parts of the country through which he passed. He comments extensively on the slave trade, and before leaving Africa his ship acquired a cargo of slaves to be brought to America and sold. Hawkins became blind as a result of a disease acquired during his travels, and he published this book in an effort to support himself. The frontispiece depicts the blind Hawkins seated in a library, recounting the events of his travels to a friend. Some copies of the book are known with an inserted copyright leaf at the end. The work was copyrighted in January 1797 and advertised for sale in the Philadelphia and New York newspapers immediately thereafter, probably indicating that the book was printed and bound prior to being entered for copyright, and the copyright leaf was a later insertion. The narrative was apparently popular, as a second edition was printed in Troy, New York, later in 1797. Evans 32239; Smith, American Travellers Abroad , H-53; Gaskill, Imprints from the Press of Stephen C. Ustick , 57.
FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH
116. HENNEPIN, LOUIS. A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America, Extending above Four Thousand Miles, between New France and New Mexico... . London: For M. Bentley, J. Tonson [&c.], 1698. [22], 243, [33], 228 p. Engraved fore-title, 5 (of 6) folding plates. Lacking the two maps and one plate. Contemporary calf, early rebacking (hinges and corners worn). Text dampstained. Thus, $2200
First edition in English, the "Tonson" issue. An imperfect copy, lacking the two maps and one plate, of one of the classic accounts of American exploration. Howes H416; European Americana 698/100; Wing H1451.
REPLY TO RICHARD PRICE
117. HEY, RICHARD. Observations on the Nature of Civil Liberty, and the Principles of Government . London: For T. Cadell; and T. and J. Merrill, 1776. [4], 70 p. Neat modern boards. Morocco-backed folding box. Near fine. $850
First edition. A reply to Richard Price's Observations , published several months earlier. Adams, American Controversy , 76-22; Howes H-459. LONGEVITY EXAMINED
118. HOFFMAN, CHRISTIAN. Longevity: Being an Account of Various Persons, who have Lived to an Extraordinary Age, with Several Curious Particulars Respecting their Lives... . New York: Jacob S. Mott, 1798. 120 p. Contemporary mottled sheep. Covers worn and hinges glued; very good internally. $450
First edition. Accounts of those who have lived to a great age, largely extracted from peri- odicals and newspapers. Includes several Americans. Hoffman was a New Yorker. Evans 33887.
THE SCHUYLER COPPER MINE
119. HORNBLOWER, JOSIAH. Letter from Mr. Hornblower to Mr. Kitchell, on the Subject of Schuyler's Copper Mine, in New-Jersey. April 18th, 1800 . [N.p., 1800]. 4 p. Removed. Fine. $600
On the quantity of copper that might be produced by the Schuyler mine at Belleville, New Jersey, if the operation was supported by the government. The mine was discovered about 1719 by Arent Schuyler, who began shipping the raw ore to England. About 1761 Hornblower, a mining engineer from Staffordshire, England, was brought in to develop a steam engine at the mine. In the mid-1790s the mining company was leased by Nicholas J. Roosevelt, who also purchased a tract of land called Soho, on the Passaic River near present-day Belleville, to refine and manufacture the copper. In 1800 Roosevelt and several associates petitioned Congress to incorporate a Mine and Metal Company. This letter to Aaron Kitchell, a New Jersey congressman from Hanover, Morris County, supports that petition. Evans 37648, 38754; Rink 3357.
THE "NEGRO PLOT" TO BURN NEW YORK IN 1741
120. HORSMANDEN, DANIEL. The New-York Conspiracy, or a History of the Negro Plot, with the Journal of the Proceedings against the Conspirators at New-York in the Years 1741-2... . New York: Southwick & Pelsue, 1810. 385, [7] p. Contemporary sheep, spine gilt in compartments. Scattered foxing, else an unusually nice, tight copy of a book difficult to find in very good original condition. $1800
Second edition, reprinted from the very scarce original edition of 1744. In early 1741 a series of fires broke out in lower Manhattan. An hysterical populace attributed these to an incendiary Negro plot, many contending that the Negroes were being supported by the Spaniards, who hoped to establish Popery in New York. Authorities, eager to bring the culprits to justice and avoid further panic, found a pliable witness in sixteen-year-old Mary Burton, who implicated many local blacks as well as Roman Catholics. After a trial somewhat reminiscent of the Salem Witch Trials, about thirty blacks and four whites were executed. Horsmanden was the presiding justice and published the original edition in 1744 to justify his part in the proceedings. This second edition contains a new preface, explaining the original trials in the context of the intense anti-Catholic fervor of the period. See Aptheker, American Negro Slave Revolts , pp. 192-193. Howes H652; S&S 20384. 121. HOWARD, H.R. The History of Virgil A. Stewart, and his Adventure in Capturing and Exposing the Great "Western Land Pirate" and his Gang ... also of the Trials, Confessions, and Execution of a Number of Murrell's Associates in the State of Mississippi During the Summer of 1835... . New York, 1836. 273 p. + 36 p. ads. Untrimmed. Modern cloth. Noticeable marginal waterstains on the first and last few leaves. $250
First edition. The earliest account of Stewart's experiences in bringing to justice the Murrell gang that operated in the Ohio Valley and the Southwest. Adams, Six-Guns, 1045; Howes H700.
122. HUME, SOPHIA. An Exhortation to the Inhabitants of the Province of South-Carolina, to Bring their Deeds to the Light of Christ, in their own Consciences ... . Dublin: Isaac Jackson, 1754. 164, [4], 52 p. Contemporary sheep (spine worn, hinges cracked but held by cords), old library label. $450
Sophia Hume was a native of South Carolina. After an absence of several years, she returned to that province as a preacher of the Society of Friends. This work is a defense of her religious beliefs. Its first printing was paid for by a subscription of the Philadelphia Meeting of Friends. The work is signed in type at the end: "Charles-Town, in South-Carolina, the 30th, of the Tenth Month, 1747." Bound with Some Memoirs of the Life of John Roberts (Dublin, 1754).
123. HUNTER, JOHN D. Memoirs of a Captivity among the Indians of North America, from Childhood to the Age of Nineteen ... To which is added, Some Account of the Soil, Climate, and Vegetable Productions of the Territory Westward of the Mississippi . London, 1823. [2], ix, [3]-447 p. Port. Cloth-backed boards. Early library markings, foxing (heavy on port.), marginal waterstain on first few pages. $300
"A new edition, with portrait." Published the same year as the Philadelphia edition. One of the most popular captivity narratives. What part of the book is fact and what is fiction continues to be debated by scholars. Howes H813; Wagner-Camp 24, not including this "New edition."
THE MANHEIM CAPTIVITY NARRATIVE, WITH THE GREAT FRONTISPIECE
124. (INDIAN CAPTIVITY). Affecting History of the Dreadful Distresses of Frederic Manheim's Family ... with an Account of the Destruction of the Settlements at Wyoming . Philadelphia: By Henry Sweitzer, for Mathew Carey, 1800. 48 p. Woodcut frontis. Modern half crushed brown levant, spine attractively gilt, by Morrell. A fine, fresh copy, handsomely bound. $4000
Narrative of the captivity by the Canasadaga Indians of Frederic Manheim's family, with the superb frontispiece by early American wood-engraver Peter Rushton Maverick, after a drawing by Philadelphia artist Samuel Folwell, depicting Manheim's sixteen-year-old twin daughters being burned alive, while a circle of frenzied Indians dance around them. Accompanying the Manheim narrative are several other captivity accounts, all "authenticiated [ sic ] in the most satisfactory manner; some by deposition, and others by the information of persons of unexceptionable credibility." Included are accounts of John Corbly, Isaac Stewart, Massy Harbeson, Peter Williamson, and Jackson Johonnot, as well as a description of the destruction of the frontier settlements at Wyoming, Pennsylvania. The Guthman copy, foxed and dampstained in contemporary wrappers, brought 5100 dollars in 2005. Ayer, Narratives of Captivity among the Indians , 5; Vail, Voice of the Old Frontier , 1223A; Howes H253; Stephens, The Mavericks , 37; Sabin 105689n.
INCLUDES SPEECH OF RED JACKET
125. (INDIANS). Livingston, John H. A Sermon, Delivered before the New-York Missionary Society, at their Annual Meeting, April 3, 1804 ... To which are added, An Appendix... . New York: T. & J. Swords, 1804. 97 p. Removed from a bound volume. $225
First edition of an oft-reprinted work that includes extensive commentary on the various Indian tribes. Pages 89 et seq. contain the text of a speech by Red Jacket, a sachem of the Seneca Nation, and other Indian representatives, about the Great Spirit, &c. S&S 6663.
126. IRVING, WASHINGTON. A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus . New York: G. & C. Carvill, 1828. 3 vols. xvi, 399 p.; 367 p.; viii, [1], 14-420 p. Lacks folding map . Later half morocco. Two small ownership stamps in each volume, else internally fine and fresh, in a simple half morocco binding with the name of Chas. C. Allen in gilt at the foot of each spine. $400
First American edition, and Irving's first major historical work. Lacking the map, and priced accordingly. BAL 10124.
INSCRIBED BY WASHINGTON IRVING
127. IRVING, WASHINGTON. The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus . New York: N. and J. White, 1834. 4, 218 p. Plates. Contemporary straight-grain morocco, title with a gilt box on the front cover, marbled endpapers and edges. Foxing, hinges cracking very slightly but quite secure. $2600
A presentation copy of Irving's abridged edition, inscribed in pencil on the front flyleaf: "Mary L. Rhinelander from Washington Irving." Irving inscriptions are uncommon.
1795 ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF AMERICA, IN FINE CONDITION
128. [JOHNSON, RICHARD]. The History of North America. Containing a Review of the Customs and Manners of the Inhabitants; the First Settlement of the British Colonies, their Rise and Progress ... to the Time of their Becoming United, Free and Independent States. By the Rev. Mr. Cooper [pseud. ]. Lansingburgh: Silvester Tiffany, for Thomas Spencer, Albany, 1795. 12mo. [8], 159 p. 6 engraved plates. Contemporary sprinkled sheep. Front hinge a bit scuffed, else a fine copy. $2200
Second American edition of a delightfully illustrated text for adolescents, in remarkably fine, original condition. While early cataloguers went to great lengths to identify the Reverend Mr. Cooper, and assigned him various given names, he was in reality Richard Johnson (1733 or 4-1793) and he wrote the text for Elizabeth Newbery, who published the first edition in 1789. See M.J.P. Weedon, "Richard Johnson and the Successors to John Newbery," The Library (1949), pp. 25-63. Anthony Haswell, in Bennington, Vermont, printed the first American edition in 1793 for Albany bookseller Thomas Spencer, who also published this second American edition. There were several later American editions, nearly all unillustrated. The illustrations in this edition are crude but wonderfully charming copperplate engravings. The frontispiece, "America Trampling on Oppression," depicts Liberty, a cornucopia at her feet, flanked by pedestals surmounted by profiles of Franklin and Washington. The other engravings are: "Americans Throwing the Cargoes of the Tea Ships into the River at Boston"; "Battle of Bunkers Hill"; "Death of Genl. Montgomery"; "Destruction of the Randolph Frigate"; and "Defeat of DeGrasse." It is quite rare to find an eighteenth-century illustrated American children's book in such fresh original condition. Evans 28480; Rosenbach, Early American Children's Books , 188; Howes C761.
EARLY AMERICAN BOOKBINDER AS PUBLISHER: 1805
129. [JOHNSON, RICHARD]. The History of North America; containing a Review of the Customs and Manners of the Original Inhabitants; the First Settlement of the British Colonies; and their Rise and Progress ... to the Time of their Becoming United, Free and Independent States. By the Rev. Mr. Cooper [ pseud. ]. Printed for Samuel Shaw, bookbinder, Lansingburgh, by Charles R. & George Webster, Albany, [1805]. 12mo. 204 p. Contemporary sheep, spine with gilt fillets but otherwise undecorated. Corner torn from E2, with loss of text, both endpapers torn, some soiling and foxing, but a very tight copy. $1000
Early American adolescent text, published by a Lansingburgh, New York, bookbinder, whose advertisement appears on the verso of the half title, along with an advertisement by the printer. The appendix contains the full text of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. While early cataloguers went to great lengths to identify the Reverend Mr. Cooper, and assigned him various given names, he was in reality Richard Johnson (1733 or 4-1793) and he wrote the text for Elizabeth Newbery, who published the first edition in 1789. See M.J.P. Weedon, "Richard Johnson and the Successors to John Newbery," The Library (1949), pp. 25-63. Some copies of Shaw's edition, presumably those issued later, contain a leaf of additional subscribers' names, printed in a different type and tipped in following leaf [A]3. S&S 8252; Howes C761, Matyas, Declaration of Independence: A Checklist , 05-01.
WOMENS' RIGHTS SATIRIZED: 1849
130. JOHNSTON, DAVID CLAYPOOLE. Scraps. No. 1. 1849. New Series . Boston: D. C. Johnston, [1849]. Obl. Folio. 4 engraved plates, each containing about 9 individual engravings. Tissue guards. Illustrated wrappers. Wrappers soiled, engravings a trifle soiled around the edges but very good. $275
One of Johnston's delightful series of "Scraps," satirizing the life and customs of the times. The second plate is entitled "Women's Rights" and spoofs women in several role-reversal scenes. Other plates depict various scenes including "An Old Curiosity Shop" and spoofs of the Gold Rush, the Mexican War, an art auction, &c., &c. Hamilton 938, referring to Johnston as the "American Cruikshank." 131. (JONES, JOHN PAUL). Mackenzie, Alexander S. The Life of Paul Jones . Boston, 1841. 2 vols. xiii, 260 p.; ix, 308 p. Cloth. Heads of spines worn away, else a very good set. Bookplate of H.O. Havemeyer. $175
First edition. Howes M135.
VALIDITY OF LAYING ON OF HANDS
132. JONES, SAMUEL. A Brief History of the Imposition of Hands on Baptised Persons . [Burlington? 1805] Quarter sheet broadside. Very light browning, else fine and fresh. $250
Jones traces the history of the laying on of hands, a subject of keen interest to the members of the Philadelphia Baptist Association at the time and one that was causing a division within the association. Jones's handbill was answered later the same year by a fellow Baptist minister, David Jones. The printer of the broadside is not known, but it was probably Stephen C. Ustick in Burlington. Ustick and his father, Philadelphia bookseller and Baptist minister Thomas Ustick, were active members of the Philadelphia Baptist Association, and Stephen Ustick did most of the printing for the association, including their minutes, circular letters, &c. Ustick also printed the David Jones reply. Samuel Jones (1735-1814) was minister of the Lower Dublin Baptist Church from 1765 until his death.
LA SALLE'S EXPEDITION TO THE MISSISSIPPI
133. JOUTEL, HENRI. A Journal of the Last Voyage Perform'd by Monsr. de la Sale, to the Gulph of Mexico, to Find Out the Mouth of the Missisipi River... . London: For A. Bell, B. Lintott, and J. Baker, 1714. 8vo. [2], xxi, [9], 191, 194-205, [5] p. Engraved folding map (short closed tear). Contemporary calf. Extremities rubbed, top of spine a bit worn, else a lovely untouched copy, the text clean and fresh and entirely unfoxed. Peter A. Porter bookplate and Wolfgang Herz label. $15,000
First edition in English; originally published in Paris the previous year. The map is entitled "A New Map of the Country of Louisiana and of Ye River Missisipi in North America..." and depicts the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, parts of Texas, and the eastern coast of America. In the upper corner is a lovely vignette of Niagara Falls. Joutel's journal is one of the best accounts of La Salle's ill- fated expedition to establish a settlement at the mouth of the Mississippi River and the short-lived colony in Texas which the party used for two years as a base for further exploration. La Salle was eventually assassinated by some of his own men, and Joutel and others succeeded in returning to Canada. European Americana 714/40; Church 859; Howes J-266(b); Wagner, Spanish Southwest , 79b; Streeter Sale 112.
134. (JUDAICA). Harris, William. Elements of the Chaldee Language, Intended as a Supplement to the Hebrew Grammars, and as a General Introduction to the Aramean Dialects . New York: D.A. Borrenstein, 1823. 23 p. Removed. $375
One of the first imprints of David Aaron Borrenstein, an English Jew who had converted to Christianity and had learned printing under the auspices of the London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews. Borrenstein published a few teaching charts in London in the early 1820s, then appeared in New York in 1823 as the publisher of the present pamphlet and a few similar broadsides. By 1824 he had established a press in Princeton, New Jersey, where he remained until 1828, when he went bankrupt and his printing equipment was seized. Little is known of the remainder of his life. Rosenbach 239; Shoemaker 12778.
18TH-CENTURY AMERICAN CHILDREN'S BOOK
135. (JUVENILE). [Day, Thomas]. The History of Sandford and Merton. A Work Intended for the Use of Children . Whitehall: Printed for William Young, Philadelphia, 1798. 12mo. 3 vols. in 1. 8, [1], 14-470, [3], 472-697, [1] p. Contemporary sheep (front hinge split, rear beginning to crack). Gathering G foxed, scattered foxing elsewhere, small piece torn from blank margin of 2P5, just touching a letter or two. Contemporary signature of John Hough. $900
"Seventh edition." An important work in the development of the moral tale, reprinted frequently. This edition is quite scarce and is not recorded in Evans or Bristol. Welch 269.5. ESTC records copies in CtY, FU, and MWA.
EARLY AMERICAN JUVENILE ABOUT A DOG
136. (JUVENILE). [Kendall, Edward Augustus]. Keeper's Travels in Search of his Master . Philadelphia: Johnson & Warner [Lydia R. Bailey, pr.], 1808. 12mo. 87, [3] p. Wood-engraved frontispiece depicting a boy carrying his dog through a snowstorm. Contemporary marbled paper-covered boards, red roan spine. Covers rubbed, usual light foxing, but a tight and lovely copy. With an 1809 ownership signature of Joseph Moore. $400
Early American edition of this endearing dog story for children, first published by Elizabeth Newbery in 1798. This is one of the first products from the press of Philadelphia's Lydia Bailey, whose output spanned the years 1808 through 1861. S&S 15353; Welch 723.4; Rosenbach 370.
137. (JUVENILE). [More, Hannah]. ... The Pilgrims. An Allegory . Philadelphia: Kimber, Conrad, and Co., 1807. 34 p. Wrappers. Foxed and somewhat browned. $200
At head of title: Read and reflect. Welch 891.1; Rosenbach 344; S&S 13128.
138. (JUVENILE). The New-England Primer, Improved... . Middletown [Conn.]: For Frederick Spencer, 1814. [72] p. Illus. Original wrappers. Dampstaining on early leaves, wrappers solid but quite worn. $350
S&S 32242; Heartman 268. LAWS OF KENTUCKY, 1819-1820
139. KENTUCKY. LAWS. Acts Passed at the First Session of the Twenty-Eighth General Assembly for the Commonwealth of Kentucky, begun ... December, 1819... . Frankfort: Kendall and Russells, 1820. [3], 806-1000 p. Modern law cloth, red and black leather spine labels. Light occasional foxing, dampstain in gutter of first few leaves, else very good. From the library of J. Cabell Breckinridge, signed on the title page. $350
Laws passed December 1819 through February 1820. Shoemaker 1844.
EARLY KENTUCKY SERMON: TIMOTHY DWIGHT'S COPY
140. (KENTUCKY). Blythe, James. A Portrait of the Times; being a Sermon, Delivered at the Opening of the Synod of Kentucky, which Met at Lexington, Sept. 7th, 1814 . Lexington: Thomas T. Skillman, 1814. 47 p. Removed from a bound volume. Foxed. Inscribed to President Timothy Dwight of Yale (cropped). $200
S&S 30947-30948.
141. (KENTUCKY--MEXICAN WAR). Colored lithograph, The Gallant Charge of the Kentucky Cavalry under Col. Marshall, at the Battle of Buena Vista Febr. 23d 1847 . New York: N. Currier, 1847. Small folio (25 x 35 cm.). Approx. 1/2" margins (except two 1/4" marginal chips), some minor and inoffensive spotting and light overall browning, else a nice copy with good color. In a handsome, contemporary flat-bevel cherry frame. $325
Conningham 2211; Peters p. 251.
142. KINNE, AARON. A New-Year's Gift, Presented Especially to the Young People in the First Society of Groton, January 1, 1788. And now made Public at their Request . New London: T. Green, 1788. 16 p. Removed. Title a trifle dark, light foxing, but very good. $450
Evans 21189; Johnson 1203.
143. [KNAPP, SAMUEL LORENZO]. Letters of Shahcoolen, a Hindu Philosopher, Residing in Phila- delphia; to his Friend El Hassan, an Inhabitant of Delhi . Boston: Russell and Cutler, 1802. 152 p. Contemporary boards, rebacked in modern calf. Foxing (heavy on some leaves). $250
First edition of the author's first book. Reflections on women's rights and Mary Wollstone- craft, American poetry, and the American landscape. S&S 2490.
THE FIRST BOOK PRINTED IN MORRISTOWN
144. [KNOX, VICESIMUS]. The Spirit of Despotism . Morris-Town: Jacob Mann, 1799. [10], 319 p. Contemporary sheep. A rough copy, with covers dry and detached and old library stamps. Good at best. $350
The first book printed in Morristown. Jacob Mann came to Morristown in late 1797 as printer and publisher of the local newspaper. For the year 1798 there is one known separate Jacob Mann imprint, a pamphlet act of the legislature. In 1799 there are but two separate Mann imprints, another small pamphlet and this bound work by Vicesimus Knox. Felcone, Printing in New Jersey, 1754- 1800 , 1019; Evans 35691; ESTC W3557.
POPULAR GERMAN PLAY PRINTED IN AMERICA
145. KOTZEBUE, AUGUST VON. Self Immolation: or, The Sacrifice of Love. A Play in Three Acts. Translated from the German of Kotzebue . New York: For Charles Smith and S. Stephens, 1800. 54 p. + final blank G4. Removed from a bound volume. Foxing and staining throughout. $225
A popular German play first printed in America the previous year. Evans 37759; Hill, American Plays , 280; ESTC 30953.
THE CONTROVERSIAL CHARLES LEE
146. [LANGWORTHY, EDWARD]. Memoirs of the Life of the Late Charles Lee, Esq. ... Second in Command in the Service of the United State of America During the Revolution.... New York: T. Allen, 1792. viii, 284 p. Contemporary sheep, very skillfully rebacked retaining original spine label. Occasional foxing and spotting, but a very good copy. Contemporary signature of Wm. Bell and later signature of O. L. Holley. $750
First American edition. Biography of the erratic and still controversial Charles Lee, the English soldier-of-fortune who came to America and fought against the British during the Revolutionary War, becoming Washington's second-in-command until his eventual court-martial. Howes indicates that the book is "said to have been edited by Thomas Paine under the direction of Langworthy." Howes L83, Evans 24456.
RARE 18TH-CENTURY MOUNT HOLLY IMPRINT
147. LARZELERE, JACOB. A Discourse, on the Death of General George Washington, Delivered in the Township of Northampton, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, on the 22d of February, 1800 . Mount Holly: Stephen C. Ustick, 1800. 18 p. Removed from a bound volume. Fine. $300
One of the few works to come from Stephen Ustick's very short-lived Mount Holly press. Evans 37780; Felcone, Printing in New Jersey, 1754-1800 , 1106; ESTC W38091. THE SCHUYLER COPPER MINE
148. [LATROBE, BENJAMIN HENRY]. American Copper-Mines . [Philadelphia? 1800]. 8 p. Removed. Foxed. $1200
Latrobe's letter to the chairman of a Congressional committee in support of a petition by Nicholas J. Roosevelt and others to incorporate a Mine and Metal Company, followed by a history and description of the Schuyler copper mine at Second River, Belleville, New Jersey. The mine was discovered about 1719 by Arent Schuyler, who began shipping the raw ore to England. About 1761 Josiah Hornblower was brought in to develop a steam engine at the mine. In the mid-1790s the mining company was leased by Nicholas J. Roosevelt, who also purchased a tract of land called Soho, on the Passaic River near present-day Belleville, to refine and manufacture the copper. The petition was granted by Congress, and the Mine and Metal Company was incorporated in January 1801. Evans 33987, 37785; Rink 3358; ESTC W37198, recording four copies in America and a fifth at the BL.
149. (LEE FAMILY). Genealogical History of the Lee Family of Virginia and Maryland from A.D. 1300 to A.D. 1866. With Notes and Illustrations . New York: Richardson and Co., 1868. 98 p. Engraved plates, color coats of arms. Cloth. Inner hinges cracking, stitching a bit loose, else a very good copy. Bookplate. $275
First edition. Edited by Edward C. Mead.
LEWIS AND CLARK
150. LEWIS, MERIWETHER, and WILLIAM CLARK. Travels to the Source of the Missouri River, and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. Performed ... in the Years 1804, 1805, and 1806 . London: For Longman [ et al ], 1817. 3 vols. xxvi, [2], 411 p.; xii, 434 p.; xii, 394 p. Large folding map, 5 plates. Modern calf-backed marbled paper-covered boards, very skillfully executed in period style. Plates considerably foxed and offset onto facing pages, old tears to map skillfully remended on verso, otherwise a very handsome copy, in a correct period-style binding. With the contemporary signature "Colonel Forbes" in each copy. $12,500
Reissue of the English edition of 1815, with only minor typographical alterations. The greatest of all American exploration narratives, here in a later English edition, with an enlarged and improved map. Wagner-Camp 13:4; Howes L-317.
ROBERT THE HERMIT
151. LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF ROBERT, the Hermit of Massachusetts, who has Lived 14 years in a Cave, Secluded from Human Society .... Taken from his own Mouth, and Published for his Benefit . Providence: H. Trumbull, 1829. 36 p. incl. frontis. Stitched in contemporary plain wrappers. Some browning and soiling, else very nice. $450
One of two slightly varying editions of a cheap, sensational narrative based upon a real hermit, but considerably fictionalized. According to the narrative, Robert was born a slave in Princeton. His mother was a black slave in bondage, his father "a pure white blooded Englishman ... a gentleman of considerable eminence." He was carried South, escaped from slavery, made several voyages, and spent the remainder of his life in a cave near Providence, Rhode Island. For a very detailed study of the publication history of pamphlet, the fact versus the fiction, the identification of the real author, and the part played by the enterprising Henry Trumbull, see Felcone, New Jersey Books , 836-837. Shoemaker 40690.
LIVINGTON EULOGY ON AARON BURR: 1758
152. LIVINGSTON, WILLIAM. A Funeral Elogium on the Reverend Mr. Aaron Burr, Late President of the College of New-Jersey . New York, Printed; Boston: Re-Printed by Green and Russell, for J. Winter, 1758. 4to. 23 p. Removed from a bound volume. Name torn from upper blank margin of title page, a few edge chips and minor dog-earing, but very good. Simple board clemise and slipcase. $900
First printed in New York in 1757. Livingston would later become the Revolutionary War governor of New Jersey. Burr was the second president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton) and the father of the future vice president. Evans 8162; Felcone, New Jersey Books , 131; ESTC W20351.
RARE WILLIAM LIVINGSTON POEM PRINTED IN TRENTON
153. [LIVINGSTON, WILLIAM]. Philosophic Solitude; or The Choice of a Rural Life: A Poem. By a Young Gentleman Educated at Yale College . Trenton: Isaac Collins, 1782. 28 p. Stitched and untrimmed, as issued. Persistent dampstaining throughout, one fore-edge margin a bit ragged costing a few letters, but a good copy, and a remarkable survival in as-issued state. $800
Livingston's anonymously published paean to the rural life, first printed in New York in 1747. This is the only New Jersey edition, printed while Livingston was the Revolutionary War governor of New Jersey. This is also the only known untrimmed copy. Evans 17575; Felcone, Printing in New Jersey, 1754-1800 , 356; Stoddard and Whitesell 323; ESTC W27625.
TRAVELS AMONG THE CANADIAN INDIANS
154. LONG, JOHN. Voyages chez Différentes Nations Sauvages de L'Amérique Septentrionale... . Paris: Chez Prault, Fuchs, [1794]. [4], xxxvi, 320 p. Folding map. Modern half calf. A fine, fresh copy. $900
First French edition of Long's Voyages and Travels of an Indian Interpreter and Trader , originally published in London in 1791. Long was an employee of the Hudson's Bay Company and spent nearly twenty years traveling extensively and living among among the Canadian Indians. He describes candidly and in considerable detail their customs, manners, and domestic life. The map depicts southern Canada from the Great Lakes north to James Bay and from the Mississippi east to the St. Lawrence. Howes L443; Lande 544; Gagnon I 2144; TPL 4759; Sabin 41879. MACKENZIE'S VOYAGES
155. MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER. Voyages from Montreal, on the River St. Laurence, through the Continent of North-America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans: in the Years 1789 and 1793... . New York: Evert Duyckinck; Lewis Nichols, printer, 1803. 12mo. 437 p. Large folding map. Contem- porary mottled sheep, rebacked (neatly but in slightly different leather, new endpapers) retaining original spine label. Map neatly backed in blue paper at a very early date. A good-plus copy. Early signatures of Charles Fox and D. C. Colesworthy. $800
Third American edition of the classic account of Mackenzie's crossing of the North American continent--the first such crossing north of Mexico by a European. Includes an extended account of the fur trade. Howes M-133; Wagner-Camp 1:9; S&S 4572.
FIRST ISSUE OF MACLURE'S NEW HARMONY OPINIONS
156. MACLURE, WILLIAM. Opinions on Various Subjects, Dedicated to the Industrious Producers . New-Harmony, Indiana: School Press, 1831. 2 vols. in 1. [4], 480 p; [481]-592 p. Contemporary mottled sheep. Two-inch piece torn from lower corner of second leaf of text, with loss of several words, foxing varying from heavy to moderate, else a very tight copy. $1000
First edition, first issue, of the first volume of Maclure's Opinions , printed at the former Robert Owen community in New Harmony, Indiana. Two later volumes came out in 1837 and 1838, in conjunction with later issues of this first volume. Each work was complete in itself, and "sets" are almost never found. Opinions consists of Maclure's correspondence with his New Harmony friends on topics including politics, economy, society, education, reform, government, ideal communities, etc. The first issue, particularly in a fine contemporary binding, is very scarce; the Streeter copy was a later issue, as are most of the copies seen in the trade. Streeter sale 4241; Howes M162; Byrd & Peckham 445.
157. MALLES DE BEAULIEU, MME. The Modern Crusoe. A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of a French Cabin Boy, who was Shipwrecked on an Uninhabited Island . Boston: James Loring, 1827. 12mo. 217 p. Frontis. Contemporary sheep-backed printed boards (front cover detached). $450
First American edition. A translation into English of a popular juvenile Crusoe knockoff, Le Robinson de Douze Ans , first published in Paris in 1818. Shoemaker 29612; Rosenbach 696.
158. (MARITIME--INSURANCE). An Act to Incorporate the Boston Marine Insurance Company . Boston: John Russell, [1799]. 13 p. Woodcut of sailing ship on title. Stitched in original plain wrappers. Front endpaper heavily foxed, else near fine. $350
Organized by Stephen Higginson, William Parsons, and William Smith "... to make Insurances upon Vessels, freight and goods, and against captivity of persons, and on the life of any person during his absence by sea...." Evans 35221. LITTLE BIG HORN ANTICIPATED
159. MARSH, OTHNIEL C. A Statement of Affairs at Red Cloud Agency, Made to the President of the United States . [N.p., 1875.] 38 p. Printed wrappers (chipped at extremities, brittle). $200
Paleontologist O. C. Marsh spent several days at the Red Cloud Agency and was aghast at the corruption and systematic fraud being perpetrated on both the Indians and the U.S. government by the Indian agent and his associates. This report and several others warned of the growing unrest of Sitting Bull and the Sioux Indians, which would soon erupt in the Battle of Little Big Horn.
SESSION LAWS OF MARYLAND, 1785-1786
160. MARYLAND. LAWS. Laws of Maryland, Made and Passed at a Session of Assembly, Begun ... the Seventh of November ... [1785] . Annapolis: Frederick Green, [1786]. Folio. [152] p. Later cloth- backed boards (very faint embossed stamp on each cover). $450
Laws passed November 1785-March 1786. Wheeler, Maryland , 408; Evans 19770.
SESSION LAWS OF MARYLAND, 1786-1787
161. MARYLAND. LAWS. Laws of Maryland, Made and Passed at a Session of Assembly, Begun ... the Sixth of November ... [1786] . Annapolis: Frederick Green, [1787]. Folio. [50] p. Later cloth-backed boards (very faint embossed stamp on each cover). $450
Laws passed November 1786-January 1787. Wheeler, Maryland , 433; Evans 20484.
SESSION LAWS OF MARYLAND, 1787
162. MARYLAND. LAWS. Laws of Maryland, Made and Passed at a Session of Assembly, Begun ... the Tenth of April ... [1787] . Annapolis: Frederick Green, [1787]. Folio. [51] p. Later cloth-backed boards (very faint embossed stamp on each cover). $450
Laws passed April-May 1787. Wheeler, Maryland , 434; Evans 20485.
SESSION LAWS OF MARYLAND, 1788
163. MARYLAND. LAWS. Laws of Maryland, Made and Passed at a Session of Assembly, Begun ... the Twelfth of May ... [1788] . Annapolis: Frederick Green, [1788]. Folio. [18] p. Later cloth-backed boards (very faint embossed stamp on each cover). Some foxing. $450
Laws passed May 1788. Wheeler, Maryland , 469; Evans 21223. SESSION LAWS OF MARYLAND, 1791
164. MARYLAND. LAWS. Laws of Maryland, Made and Passed at a Session of Assembly, Begun ... the Seventh of November ... [1791] . Annapolis: Frederick Green, [1792]. Folio. [94] p. Later cloth- backed boards (very faint embossed stamp on each cover). Minor marginal dampstaining, light overall browning. $400
Laws passed May 1788. Minick, Maryland , 73; Evans 24503.
LAWS OF MARYLAND, 1765-1784
165. MARYLAND. LAWS. Laws of Maryland, Made Since M,DCC,LXIII... . Annapolis: Frederick Green, 1787. Folio. [457] p. Modern calf-backed marbled boards, very skillfully executed in period style. Margin of title darkened from leather turn-ins, else a very good, attractive copy. $1500
Laws of Maryland passed 1765 through 1784, including many Revolutionary War laws. Evans 20483; Wheeler, Maryland , 435; Tower 129.
MASSACHUSETTS SESSION LAWS 1692-1726
166. MASSACHUSETTS. LAWS. Acts and Laws, of His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England . [Bound following:] The Charter Granted ... to the Inhabitants of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England . Boston: B. Green, for Benjamin Eliot, 1726. Folio. [2], 14, [2], 347, [1], 17 p. Contemporary panelled sheep, the panel formed in blind by a two-line fillet enclosing a single ornamental roll with an ornament stamped diagonally at each corner, the whole enclosed within a blind two-line fillet around the perimeter of the covers, spine undecorated. The title page of the Charter is mounted and with the upper three lines and upper part of the border in early pen facsimile, F3 with a tear at inner margin (no loss), few short marginal tears, free endpapers wanting, otherwise very good and clean. The period binding is well worn and chipped at the extremities, there is an early library blindstamp in the upper corner of each cover, and the front hinge is split but the cover is very solidly held by the cords. Several signatures of Elkanah Leonard, the earliest dated 1727. $3000
The session laws of Massachusetts passed between 1692 and 1726, as issued with the charter of the province, in a period binding. Cushing, Massachusetts Laws , 343, 344; Evans 2762.
BOUND VOLUME OF NINETEEN PAMPHLET LAWS, 1779-1785
167. MASSACHUSETTS. LAWS. Bound volume of nineteen Massachusetts pamphlet session laws passed between April 14, 1779, and July 2, 1785. Boston: Benjamin Edes & Comp'y / Benjamin Edes & Sons / Adams & Nourse, 1779-1785. Folio. Caption titles, as issued, generally with printer's imprint in a colophon. Modern calf-backed marbled boards, very skillfully executed in period style. Varying paper stocks, as expected, a few of which are foxed, else in fine condition, as described below. $1800
Contains numerous laws relating to the Revolutionary War. Eighteenth-century pamphlet session laws are very rare in the trade, as they were normally discarded once the next compiled laws was published, and those that survived have long since gone into institutions. Evans 16344, 16345, 16346 (both sessions), 16837 (both sessions, first lacks 4G 2 and second 4M 2), 17213, 17214, 17215, 17589, 17590, 17591, 17592 (lacks table at end), 18022, 18588, 18589, 18590, 19078, 19079; Cushing, Massachusetts Laws , 1065, 1068, 1082, 1090, 1099, 1110.
PRESENTATION COPY
168. (MASSACHUSETTS). Quincy, Josiah. A Municipal History of the Town and City of Boston, During Two Centuries. From September 17, 1630, to September 17, 1830 . Boston, 1852. xi, [1], 444 p. Plates. Cloth. Covers a bit spotted, else a near fine, fresh copy. Inscribed by Quincy to Nathaniel Chauncey, Boston, 15 March 1852. $200
First edition. A nice association copy.
INCREASE MATHER SERMON: BOSTON, 1718
169. MATHER, INCREASE. A Sermon Wherein is Shewed, I. That the Ministers of the Gospel Need ... Preached at Roxbury, October 29. 1718 when Mr. Thomas Walter was Ordained a Pastor in that Church... . Boston: By S. Kneeland, for J. Edwards, 1718. [2], ii, i, 2-35, [1] p. Later full calf (spine label missing). Bottom margin cut into, with loss of the last line of the imprint on the title page and several last lines within the text. Thus, $800
Increase Mather's sermon at the ordination of his grandson, Thomas Walter. The right hand of fellowship, pp. 27-35, by Cotton Mather. Evans 1982; Holmes, Increase Mather , 118.
THOMAS BRADBURY CHANDLER'S COPY
170. MAYHEW, JONATHAN. Observations on the Charter and Conduct of the Society for the Propa- gation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts; Designed to Shew their Non-Conformity to Each Other. With Remarks on the Mistakes of East Apthorp ... also Various Incidental Reflections Relative to the Church of England, and the State of Religion in North-America... . Boston: By Richard and Samuel Draper, Edes and Gill, and Thomas and John Fleet, 1763. 176 p. Removed from a bound volume. Dampstained. Library stamp on titlepage. From the library of Thomas Bradbury Chandler, signed by him on the title page and with the leaf of contents of the bound volume, in Chandler's hand, laid in. In a fine cloth clamshell box, leather spine label. $300
A typically vigorous Mayhew argument in opposition to the S.P.G. and its activities in America. Thomas Secker, the archbishop of Canterbury, wrote an answer the following year. Thomas Bradbury Chandler (1726-1790) was a New Jersey Anglican minister and would soon become an outspoken Loyalist and write several pamphlets supporting the Crown. Chandler has corrected the errata in this copy, but he has added no other annotations. Evans 9441; ESTC W21323. THE GREATEST AMERICAN CONTRIBUTION TO MEDICAL SCIENCE
171. (MEDICINE). Beaumont, William. Experiments and Observations on the Gastric Juice, and the Physiology of Digestion . Plattsburgh [N.Y.]: Printed by F. P. Allen, 1833. 8vo. 280 p. 3 woodcut illustrations. Original tan paper-covered boards, purple-brown linen spine. Rebacked, retaining 95% of the original spine but largely obscuring the original printed paper spine label. Gathering 2L browned, as always, the usual scattered foxing, else a very good copy of a fragile book. $3000
First edition of perhaps the greatest American contribution to medical science. Alexis St. Martin, a French Canadian trapper, had sustained a severe gunshot wound of the abdomen. To keep the stomach's contents from spilling out, Beaumont initially capped it over with compresses. But as healing progressed, the stomach lining hypertrophied and grew some extra thickness at the opening, so that, by pouting outwards, or prolapsing, it acted as a partial stopper (as shown in the detail of plate III). The remainder of the closure was maintained by the natural muscular elasticity of the stomach walls. As a result, the stomach opening could be manipulated, the pouting-out mucosa compressed or moved aside or pushed inwards, and, for the first time in medical history, Beaumont could actually observe the processes of human digestion. In several years of studying St. Martin, Beaumont established the chemical nature of digestion, recorded the comparative rates of dissolution of foods, and noted the effects of emotions on gastric secretion. All of these observations were the basis of Pavlov's experiments a century later. Beaumont had his studies printed by a country printer in Plattsburgh, New York, a town where he had once practiced medicine. The book was neither elegant nor well-bound, and copies that have survived in good condition are rare. Grolier American One Hundred, 38 ("a book that pushed back the frontier of the mind"—preface); Grolier, Medicine , 61; Howes B-291 ("Most important American contribution to medical science"); Wellcome II p. 123; Garrison-Morton 989; Grolier/Horblit 10; Dibner, Heralds of Science , 130; Norman 152; Cordasco 30-0056.
MAD DOGS AND AMERICAN MEDICINE
172. (MEDICINE) Thacher, James. Observations on Hydrophobia, Produced by the Bite of a Mad Dog, or other Rabid Animal... . Plymouth, Mass.: Joseph Avery, 1812. 301, [1] p. Hand-colored plate. Contemporary mottled sheep. Foxed (as this book always is), but a very attractive copy, the binding being particularly nice. $500
First edition. Thacher advocated the use of the plant "skull-cap" to cure hydrophobia, and the plate is a hand-colored depiction of the plant. The cure, however, eventually proved to be unsuccessful. Austin 1880; Cushing T40; Waller 4089; Heirs of Hippocrates 700.
173. MERVINE, WILLIAM M. Harris, Dunlop, Valentine and Allied Families . [N.p.], 1920. Large 4to. [14], 280, 74 p. Plates, facsims., coats of arms, &c. Cloth, leather spine label. Covers a bit worn, else a very good copy. $300
One of 100 numbered copies, compiled for Mary (Harris) Morris and printed for private circu- lation. One of the most elaborate family histories/genealogies, with scores of photographic plates, facsimiles of documents, &c. Chiefly Pennsylvania, with English, Irish, and Scottish ancestors. RARE EARLY AMERICAN DISTILLER'S MANUAL: 1809
174. M'HARRY, SAMUEL. The Practical Distiller: or An Introduction to Making Whiskey, Gin, Brandy, Spirits, &c. &c. of Better Quality, and in Larger Quantities, than Produced by the Present Mode of Distilling, from the Produce of the United States: such as Rye, Corn, Buck-Wheat, Apples, Peaches, Potatoes, Pumpions and Turnips. With Directions ... with ... Recipes for Making Cider, Domestic Wines, and Beer . Harrisburgh, (Penn.): John Wyeth, 1809. 184 p. Contemporary sheep. Corner extremities uniformly clipped, front free endpaper wanting, some marginal staining, but a very good copy in a very tight and attractive original binding. $4000
A rare early American distilling manual written by a practical distiller in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and rather crudely printed by a country printer in Harrisburgh. The author reveals in great detail recipes for all manner of whiskey and spirits from local American produce. There are also comments on how to increase one's profit, how to work various stills, the duties of owners and hired hands, &c. S&S 17955; Rink 1473; Lowenstein 51.
A CLASSIC OF AMERICAN NATURAL HISTORY, WITH 277 HANDCOLORED PLATES
175. MICHAUX, FRANÇOIS A. The North American Sylva; or, A Description of the Forest Trees of the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia ... [with:] THOMAS NUTTALL. The North American Sylva ... Philadelphia, 1857. 5 vols. 277 handcolored plates. Bound in contemporary ornately blindstamped full dark brown morocco, spines lettered in gold, all edges gilt. Light to moderate foxing on some plates, very light rubbing to the extremities of the binding. A very attractive set. $6500
A classic of American natural history. Though originally published as separate works, with Nuttall's being a continuation of that of Michaux, the two works were combined in one edition in 1851, and reissued several times thereafter. The beautiful color plates, many of which are after Redouté, were engraved in France for Michaux, while Nuttall used the more modern method of lithography. The Michaux contains 156 handcolored plates, and the Nuttall contains 121 handcolored plates. The plates depict the leaves, nuts, and flowers and berries of trees throughout the continental United States and Canada. Sabin commented: "Of the two works united, it is no exaggeration to remark that it is the most complete work of its kind, and is a production of unrivalled interest and beauty, giving descriptions and illustrations of all the forest trees of North America...." Sabin 48695, 56351.
176. MILFORT, LE CLERC. Mémoire ou Coup-D'Oeil Rapide sur mes Différens Voyages et mon Séjour dans la Nation Creck... . Paris, 1802. [2], 324 [of 332] p. Uncut, in early marbled wrappers. An imperfect copy, lacking the last four leaves and with the half title clipped and mounted to the front wrapper. Sadly, it is otherwise a lovely, fresh copy. In a neat portfolio and slipcase. $750
First edition. An imperfect copy. The narrative of a rather extraordinary French adventurer in the Mississippi Valley and among the Upper Creek Indians in the 1770s and 1780s. Amid hyperbole and possibly some fabrication, we find a fascinating description of the region and its inhabitants. Monaghan, after calling Milfort a liar, states "his book is one of the most interesting and curious books of French travel in America in the eighteenth century." Howes M599 ("b"); Streeter Sale 1529; Monaghan 1073; Servies & Servies 761; Graff 2792; Field 1065.
177. (MILITARY). Steuben, Friedrich W.A.H.F., Baron von. The Soldier's Monitor: Being a System of Discipline for the use of the Infantry of the United States; Comprising Chiefly the Regulations of the Baron de Steuben ... With some Variations in Terms, and Additions ... By an Officer of the Militia . Rutland: Fay & Davison, 1814. 119, [1] p. Contemporary sheep-backed boards. Light foxing/browning, else a lovely, tight copy. $375
McCorison 1662; S&S 32854.
EARLY AMERICAN FISHING AND FOX HUNTING
178. [MILNOR, WILLIAM]. An Authentic Historical Memoir of the Schuylkill Fishing Company of the State in Schuylkill. From its Establishment on that Romantic Stream, near Philadelphia ... to the Present Time. By a Member . [bound with, as issued] Memoirs of the Gloucester Fox Hunting Club, near Philadelphia . Philadelphia: Judah Dobson, 1830. viii, 127, [3], 56 p. Errata leaf. 5 plates. Original reddish-pink linen-covered boards, printed paper label on front cover. Some foxing, as always, spine faded and with short hinge splits, early manuscript spine title. Withal a very nice copy of of a fragile book. In a handsome gilt-tooled leather-backed slipcase, worn at extremities. Philadelphia antiquarian Ferdinand J. Dreer's copy, signed and dated 1852. $1200
First edition of an important early American sporting book in the original binding. The Schuylkill Fishing Company, founded in 1732 and still in existence, is the oldest sporting club in North America. This copy contains the portrait by St. Memin of Governor Morris which was not in the earliest copies released. The second title, which was issued with the fishing company history, is the first American book on fox hunting. The hunt took place near what is today Woodbury, Gloucester County, New Jersey, across the Delaware River from Philadelphia. Copies in the fragile original red linen boards with the paper cover label, in nice condition, are rarely seen. Henderson p. 178; Howes M636.
179. (MIRANDA EXPEDITION). The Trials of William S. Smith, and Samuel G. Ogden, for Misdemeanours, had in the Circuit Court of the United States for the New-York District, in July, 1806 ... By Thomas Lloyd, Stenographer . New York: I. Riley and Co., 1807. xxxiii, [3], 287 p. Contemporary mottled sheep, very skillfully rebacked in period style retaining original spine label. Occasional light browning, else a fine copy. $375
The trial of Smith and Ogden for organizing and underwriting the expedition of Francisco de Miranda from New York to South America to overthrow the Spanish government there and to separate the Spanish colonies from the mother country.
CONDEMNATION OF JAMES MONROE
180. (MONROE, JAMES). A Brief Examination of Col. James Monroe's Claims against the United States, as Reported by a Select Committee of Congress. By Valerius: A Citizen of the Republic [ pseud. ]. [N.p., 1826?] 14 p. Caption title. Contemporary sheep-backed boards (extremities rubbed, spine ends worn). Heavily foxed. $350
Anonymous condemnation of Monroe's claims against the U.S. government, which were settled in 1826 in the amount of $30,000. Shoemaker 27492, locating only one copy.
THE SECOND AMERICAN BOOK OF ROAD MAPS
181. MOORE, JOSHUA J., and THOMAS W. JONES. The Traveller's Directory, or a Pocket Compan- ion: Shewing the Course of the Main Road from Philadelphia to New York, and from Philadelphia to Washington. With Descriptions of the Places through which it Passes, and the Intersections of the Cross Roads ... By S. S. [sic ] Moore & T. W. Jones . Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1802. 8vo. [6], 52 p. 38 engraved strip maps on 22 plates. Later cloth-backed boards. Half title and title darkened and slightly soiled, text lightly foxed and with minor offsetting of the maps, as always with this book. A good-plus copy of a book never seen in fine condition. $8500
First edition of the second American book of road maps, following Christopher Colles' exceedingly rare Survey of the Roads of the United States (1789), and the first road map book to provide detailed maps of the road from Philadelphia north through New Jersey to New York, and from Philadelphia south through Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia to Washington. Joshua John Moore and Thomas W. Jones were young surveyors in the employ of the Philadelphia publisher Mathew Carey. From several letters they wrote to Carey during the course of the survey (Lea & Febiger papers, PHi), a clear picture emerges of the extremely difficult task they had undertaken. On June 29, 1801, they wrote from New York: "We should have written to you before this, had not fatigue of our daily Journies rendered repose indispensable after the finishing of our Notes and Traverses. After twelve days driving our way through an immense multitude of Questioners, Observers, laughters, & Critics, who generally thronged around us at every place, to our great discomposure at first ... we are at length arrived here. If astonishment would ensure success to a work, we may entertain strong hopes indeed of ours; but it has nearly exhausted our health, as every violent effort naturally must...." Upon completion of the surveys, the maps were drawn by the surveyors. They locate crossroads, streams, taverns, churches and other public buildings, and occasionally private houses. Carey employed four engravers to produce the plates: William Harrison, Jr., and Francis Shallus, who did the bulk of the work, and John Draper and James Smither, Jr. The text, also assembled by Moore and Jones, describes the various towns through which the roads pass, including sites of interest to the traveler. The book is very scarce. In the past 35 years only three copies have appeared at auction. The last, an ex-library copy at Christie's in 2007, brought $10,625. Carey printed a second edition in 1804, with revised and expanded text, but the maps were printed from the same plates and are identical to those in the first edition, with no alterations. Copies of the second edition appear periodically on the market. For a highly detailed account of the production of this important early American map book, see Felcone, New Jersey Books , 886. Howes M-778; Streeter sale 3969; S&S 2686.
182. (MORAVIANS). Great Britain. Laws. Anno Regni Georgii II ... An Act for Encouraging the People known by the Name of Unitas Fratrum or United Brethren, to Settle in his Majesty's Colonies in America . London: By Thomas Baskett, and by the Assigns of Robert Baskett, 1749. Fol. [2], 635-638 p. Removed. Fine. $225
Encouraging the emigration of Moravians to America.
FRENCH MORMON'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY
183. (MORMONS). Bertrand, Louis A. Mémoires d'un Mormon . Paris: Collection Hetzel, E. Dentu, [1862]. [4], 323 p. Later half blue morocco, original pale green wrappers bound in. A fine, bright copy. $1000
First edition. Bertrand was the first native French Mormon to publish an account of his conversion and experience. His work combines the history of Joseph Smith with his own experiences in Utah. From 1859 to 1864 Bertrand was president of the French mission of the Mormon Church. See Mormon Historical Studies 1 (2000), pp. 3-24, for an account of Bertrand. The "Collection Hetzel" appears to have been co-published by E. Dentu and by E. Jung-Treuttel, as the same sheets exist with differing imprints. Flake 448; Streeter Sale 2307; Graff 281; Monaghan 212.
THE DOCTRINES AND COVENANTS
184. (MORMONS). The Doctrine and Covenants, of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Containing the Revelations Given to Joseph Smith, Jun., the Prophet... . Liverpool: Brigham Young, 1891. [4], 503 p. Cloth. Covers a bit drab and slightly rubbed at the extremities, a few minor spots on the endpapers, but a sound and good-plus copy. $300
Third electrotype edition. Edited by Orson Pratt, Sen. Flake 2879; Sabin 83173.
THE FIRST AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY: 1789
185. MORSE, JEDIDIAH. The American Geography; or, A View of the Present Situation of the United States of America . Elizabeth Town: Shepard Kollock, 1789. xii, 534, [3] p. 2 folding maps. Contemporary sheep, very skillfully rebacked in correct period style, rear endpaper sympathetically replaced. Light foxing and occasional browning throughout, as usual with early American paper, a few short splits and one map tear skillfully mended. Twentieth-century owner's stamp at the foot of the dedication page and on the verso of one map. Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes bookplate. $5500
The first American geography, and an important early American cartographical work. Jedidiah Morse was a congregationalist minister who in 1784 published a school text, Geography Made Easy . Two years later, he began work on a comprehensive American geography. He sought assistance from many distinguished Americans, including Washington and Franklin. Governor William Livingston of New Jersey took considerable interest in the work and made numerous contributions to the text. Morse returned his thanks to Livingston by dedicating the book to him. The maps were engraved by Amos Doolittle, who compiled the map of the northern states. The map of the southern states was compiled by Joseph Purcell and depicts the "New State of Franklin" between present Tennessee and North Carolina. This copy is complete including the errata leaf and directions to the binder, leaf 3X4, and the leaf "Corrections respecting France" tipped in at the rear. For a detailed essay on the compilation and publication history of this important book, see Felcone, Printing in New Jersey, 1754-1800: A Descriptive Bibliography , 528. Evans 21978; Howes M840; Wheat & Brun 149, 491; ESTC W31207.
SECOND EDITION OF THE FIRST AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY
186. MORSE, JEDIDIAH. The American Geography; or, A View of the Present Situation of the United States of America... . London: For John Stockdale, 1792. xvi, 536 p. 2 folding maps, folding table. Contemporary mottled calf, skillfully rebacked in period style. Both maps with a few neat and unobtrusive early repairs (fold strengthening) on verso, else a fine copy--clean and entirely unfoxed. $2800
Second edition of the first American geography, originally printed in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, in 1789. The engraved maps depict the northern and southern parts of what then comprised the United States, the latter including the "New State of Franklin." Howes M840.
187. MORSE, JEDIDIAH. Geography Made Easy: Being an Abridgement of the American Universal ... . Boston: Thomas & Andrews [et al], Oct. 1813. 12mo. 360 p. 2 folding maps (one with closed tear at gutter and some rough edges). Contemporary sheep. A very nice, tight copy. $300
Sixteenth edition of Morse's classic geography, with folding maps of the world and of North America. S&S 29223.
DO ORGANS BELONG IN CHURCHES?
188. (MUSIC). Lyman, William. The Design and Benefits of Instrumental Musick. Considered in a Sermon, Delivered at Lebanon Goshen, May 7, 1807. On the Occasion of having an Organ introduced as an aid in the worship and melody of God's house . New London: Ebenezer Cady, 1807. 18 p. + final blank C2. Disbound from a pamphlet volume. Very faint dampstain at lower corner of title page, else very good. $350
A presentation copy, inscribed "For the Rev d David Higgins from the Author." The occasion for the sermon was the introduction of a "barrel or hand organ; but of uncommonly large size," constructed for the congregation by a local man, Erastus Wattles. Lyman defends instrumental music in churches in general, explaining what he feels are its obvious benefits to worship. He refers to Wattles as the "self-taught and ingenious constructor of this curious machine." S&S 12955.
NEW ENGLAND IN DARKNESS AND GLOOM
189. (NEW ENGLAND). Elijah's Mantle. A Faithful Testimony to New-England ... Highly Seasonable to be Offered unto the People, now succeeding in the New-English Colonies ... at this Gloomy Day of Darkness and Trial... . Boston: Nathaniel Coverly, 1774. 31 p. Later half calf. Occasional light foxing, endpapers discolored, but very good. Roderick Terry bookplate. $1200 Contributions by Jonathan Mitchel, John Higginson, William Stoughton, and Increase Mather. Editorship is ascribed to William Cooper in a ms. note in the MHi copy; also ascribed to Cotton Mather. The work was published in Boston in 1722 and here re-issued on the eve of the Revolution. Evans 13445.
THE SECOND WORK ON THE GEOLOGY OF NEW JERSEY
190. NEW JERSEY. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW JERSEY. Description of the Geology of the State of New Jersey, being a Final Report, by Henry D. Rogers . Philadelphia, 1840. 301 p. Folding colored geological section, folding colored geological map. Contemporary half sheep (extremities a bit worn). Geological section just a trifle wrinkled, map with two short old tape repairs at gutter, endpapers foxed and with occasional very light foxing of text, but a very good, very attractive copy. With a presentation inscription by Rogers to C. B. Hayden, presumably the Smithfield, Virginia, amateur geologist. $500
A very nice copy of the second and final publication of the first New Jersey geological survey. This first survey was authorized by the state legislature in 1835, and a preliminary report by Rogers was published in 1836. By 1838 Rogers had largely completed his work, and the legislature ceased its appropriation for the survey. It took two more years for the report to be published. Copies are very scarce and are seldom found with both colored maps and in good condition. See Felcone, New Jersey Books , 946.
THE FIRST COMPILATION OF NEW JERSEY LAWS: 1732
191. NEW JERSEY. LAWS. The Acts of the General Assembly of the Province of New-Jersey, from the Time of the Surrender of the Government of the said Province, to the Fourth Year of the Reign of King George the Second... . Philadelphia: William and Andrew Bradford, Printers to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, for the Province of New-Jersey, 1732. Fol. [14], 281 p. Contemporary sheep, blind two-line fillet around covers, very skillfully rebacked in period style. Scattered foxing and occasional light browning, as usual in American books of this period, intermittant dampstain at fore- edge and a brown stain in the top margin that diminishes and disappears about halfway into the text. A very good, most desirable copy. With the contemporary signature of John Wetherill, "His Book Bougt in the year 1730 [ sic ]. $5500
The first official compilation of the laws of New Jersey, prepared by John Kinsey and covering the years 1703 to 1730. Prior to this work, the only collections of New Jersey laws were a few nonce volumes assembled by printer William Bradford from individual pamphlet, or session, laws then at hand. In July 1730 the New Jersey assembly authorized its speaker, John Kinsey, to collect, revise, and correct the laws of New Jersey then in force. Proposals for printing the work were first announced in November 1730, and the completed volume was advertised as available in May 1732. The book is very scarce; this is only the third complete copy we have had in nearly forty years of specializing in New Jerseyana. Felcone, New Jersey Books , 153; Evans 3578; ESTC W4566. THE GRANTS AND CONCESSIONS: A REMARKABLE NEW JERSEY ASSOCIATION COPY
192. NEW JERSEY. LAWS. The Grants, Concessions, and Original Constitutions of the Province of New-Jersey. The Acts Passed During the Proprietary Governments, and other Material Transactions ... By Aaron Leaming and Jacob Spicer . Philadelphia: W. Bradford, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty for the Province of New-Jersey, [1758]. Pot folio. [4], 763 p. Modern calf, superbly executed in period style. The usual sporatic light foxing common to early American paper, else an unusually fine, fresh copy. In the eighteenth century the book was owned by John Smyth (1722-1786), Perth Amboy resident, member of the governor's council, and treasurer of East Jersey. His signature is on the title page. In the nineteenth century the book was owned by William A. Whitehead (1810-1884), New Jersey's first scholarly historian and one of the founders of the New Jersey Historical Society. Tipped in at the front of the volume are two excellent colonial New Jersey letters, one from Aaron Leaming and the other from Jacob Spicer, each sent to Doctor Lewis Johnson of Perth Amboy. The Leaming letter, dated 20 March 1754, concerns a plat Leaming is making of the Middle Precinct of Cape May prior to the purchase by the inhabitants of that precinct of the West Jersey Society's vacant lands in their district. The Spicer letter, dated Cape May, 7 September 1759, concerns a survey of lands at Tuckahoe, and other matters. $3500
A remarkable and unique New Jersey association copy of the classic compilation of the foundation documents of colonial New Jersey from 1664 to 1702, accompanied by the session laws from 1668 to 1701. Authorized by the legislature in 1752, the work was assembled over the next six years chiefly by Samuel Nevill and Samuel Smith, and was seen through the press by Aaron Leaming and Jacob Spicer. Of all the compilations of New Jersey laws from the 1752 Nevill volume onward, the "Grants and Concessions," or "Leaming and Spicer," as it is commonly called, is the most difficult to find. See Felcone, New Jersey Books , 156, for a detailed ten-page study of this highly important colonial New Jersey book. Evans 8205; ESTC W6329.
JOURNAL OF THE NEW YORK ASSEMBLY, 1691-1743
193. NEW YORK (COLONY). Journal of the Votes and Proceedings of the General Assembly of the Colony of New-York. Began the 9th Day of April, 1691; and Ended the 27th of September, 1743 . New York: Hugh Gaine, 1764. Folio. iv, 664, 667-840, [2] p. Contemporary sheep (worn at the extremities, scuffed, front hinge cracking, wanting front binder's blanks). Scattered foxing and browning, varying from gathering to gathering as usual with early American books, but a good clean copy. $1200
Volume 1, complete in itself. A second volume, covering the years 1744 through 1765, was published in 1766. An invaluable insight into colonial New York politics. Unlike the volumes of compiled laws, which merely present the laws themselves, the journals of legislative bodies record the daily, detailed proceedings, and the votes, of the assembly. One sees proposed and defeated legislation, political factions, and the entire legislative process. Given the turbulence of early New York politics, this is a most important resource. Evans 9756. BRADFORD'S LAWS OF NEW YORK: 1726
194. NEW YORK. LAWS. Acts of Assembly Passed in the Province of New-York, from 1691, to 1725 . New York: William Bradford, 1726. Fol. [10], 124 [i.e., 128], 121-252, 261-319 p. Later half morocco, worn and scuffed at the entremities. Eight leaves in neat facsimile: title, the four-leaf index, leaves 2K1-2, and leaf 23V2. Leaves 2E2-G2 supplied from another copy. Library stamp on pastedown and title, occasional dampstaining, and the foxing and moderate browning inherent in American books of this date. Withal, an entirely respectable copy of a very rare book. While the earliest ownership signature has been lined through and is difficult to decipher, later signatures are Henry Sands 1800, Caleb S. Riggs, and Saml. R. Betts 1827. $2200
The very rare 1726 "Bradford" compilation of the earliest laws of New York, printed by New York's, and the Middle Colonies', first printer. Eight leaves are in neat facsimile and five leaves were long ago supplied from another copy, but otherwise this is a very satisfactory copy. Only one other copy--rough but more complete than this one--has been sold at auction in the last forty years. Law compilations of this date from the Middle Colonies are extremely rare, and one must take what one can find. Evans 2785, 2569; Tower Collection 613; ESTC W11515, W16374.
NEW YORK DIRECTORY FOR 1806
195. (NEW YORK). Longworth, David. Longworth's American Almanac, New-York Register, and City Directory; for the Thirty-First Year of American Independence . New York: David Longworth, [1806]. 12mo. [23], 28-276, 337-444, [4] p. Illus. Later half calf (minor scuffing). Very good. Modern bookplate. $600
Several of the woodcuts are attributed to Alexander Anderson by Pomeroy. S&S 11020; Pomeroy, Alexander Anderson , 198; Spear p. 239.
196. (NEW YORK). Selkreg, John H., ed. Landmarks of Tompkins County, New York . Syracuse, 1894. Thick 4to. viii, 704, 276 p. Illus. Plates. Neatly rebound in modern cloth. Fine. $175
The standard nineteenth-century history of Tompkins County. Includes a history of Cornell University by Waterman T. Hewett.
NEW YORK'S SONS OF LIBERTY PULL DOWN GEORGE III: 1776
197. (NEW YORK--AMERICAN REVOLUTION). Die Zerstörung der Königlichen Bild Säule zu New Yorck | La Destruction de la Statue Royale a Nouvelle Yorck . Augsburg, [ca. 1776]. Hand-colored reverse etching. 11.8 x 16.4 in. Neatly framed and glazed. One minor tear into caption at bottom, light dampstain at bottom extending slightly into image, else very good, with original hand coloring. Neatly framed and glazed. $3800
A famous Revolutionary War print, drawn by François Xav. Habermann for Collection de Prospects , depicting the Sons of Liberty pulling down the statue of George III in New York. Two crude ladders hold several young men swinging heavy hammers, while a group of men on the ground, with ropes around the neck and body of the statue, pull it to the ground. A large crowd of people, in the street and at windows, witness the spectacle. "A statue of the King had been erected on the Bowling Green after the repeal of the Stamp Act ... in the excitement engendered by the Declaration of Independence and its adoption by the Provincial Congress of New York on 9 July 1776 the royal statue was pulled down. The statue of the Earl of Chatham, a strong advocate of reconciliation, was not touched. This destruction was both a gesture of patriotic triumph and one of defiance, in a city politically divided and threatened with occupation."--BL, War of American Independence , 97; cf. Cresswell 263. For recent scholarship, see Christopher Pierce, "Practicing Peeping! New Notes and Comments on the Collection des Prospects of New York City," Imprint 32 (2007), pp. 10-24.
NEW YORKERS ADVOCATE LIBERTY: 1775
198. (NEW YORK--AMERICAN REVOLUTION). No Placemen, Pensioners, Ministerial Hirelings, Popery, nor Arbitrary Power! To the Friends and Freeholders of the City and County of New-York ... [signed:] Phileleutheros. New-York, 13th March, 1775 . [New York: John Holt, 1775.] Broadside, 15.3 x 7.6 in. Two nickel-sized pieces missing from blank margins (one costing three letters), one long crease and a few wrinkles, narrow margins, light browning. Inlaid to a larger sheet; neatly matted and framed. $9000
A dramatic 1775 broadside by New York's revolutionary Committee of Observation calling for New Yorkers to elect deputies to a provincial congress for the purpose of choosing represen- tatives to the Continental Congress. Beneath the large-type headline the text begins: "At this critical and truly alarming Time, when every Thing which we hold dear to us as Englishmen and Freemen, is on the point of being wrested from us, by a vindictive, arbitrary, and rapacious Minister ... if you do not join Heart and Hand, and exert yourselves like Men, to prevent the horrid Train of Evils which are now like a mighty Torrent, rushing in upon us...." The author, who signs himself "Phileleutheros," urges New Yorkers to heed the Committee of Observation's call for a meeting to elect a provincial congress, adding that "the Minions and Tools of Power [i.e., Loyalists], with their adherents, assembled last Monday at the Exchange, with a View of opposing the Nomination of Deputies to serve in Provincial Congress...." A rare broadside from Revolutionary War New York. ESTC locates two copies: NHi and NN. Evans 14399.
1786 NEW JERSEY ALMANAC
199. THE NEW-JERSEY ALMANACK for the Year of our Lord 1786 ... By Timothy Trueman . Trenton: Isaac Collins, [1785]. 12mo. [40] p. Anatomy woodcut. Untrimmed and stitched, but stitching perished and last few gatherings loose. Some soiling, particularly on first few leaves and outer rear leaf, else very good. $750
Eighteenth-century New Jersey almanacs are now seldom seen on the market. Felcone, Printing in New Jersey, 1754-1800 , 414; Evans 19276; Drake 5133; ESTC W29807. 18TH-CENTURY TRENTON ALMANAC
200. THE NEW-JERSEY ALMANACK for the Year of our Lord 1789 ... The Astronomical Calculations by Wm. Waring . Trenton: Isaac Collins, [1788]. [40] p. (complete). Stitched. A very attractive copy. $750
Eighteenth-century New Jersey almanacs are becoming very scarce on the market. Evans 21569; Felcone, Printing in New Jersey, 1754-1800 , 504; Drake, Almanacs , 5141; ESTC W22691.
FIREFIGHTING IN NEWPORT IN 1762
201. (NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND). Rhode Island. Laws, &c. An Act, in addition to an Act ... Providing in case of fire breaking out in the town of Newport, and for the more speedy extinguishing thereof, and for preserving ef [ sic ] goods endangered thereby . [Newport: Ann Franklin, 1762.] Broadsheet, 2 p. 11.5 x 7.4 in. Fold lines, faint soiling, else very good. $4000
A very rare broadsheet printing of an act passed at the June 1762 session of the Rhode Island legislature setting out in detail the provisions enacted to prevent and fight fires in Newport. After naming a committee of Newport citizens whose duty it was to "procure for the use of said town, six fire-hooks, suitable for pulling down houses, &c. and the same number of ladders of a convenient length," the law goes on to specify the task of individual residents: "... every house in the said town of Newport, shall, within six months from and after the rising of this assembly, be furnished with one good leather bucket, with the owners name painted at large thereon, and with a ladder that shall reach from the ground to the top of said house...." A committee of inspectors is named, stiff fines are established for failure to comply, and provisions are enacted for pulling down or blowing up houses. This item was formerly part of the extraordinary Roderick Terry library, sold in 1934. There is only one other known copy, in the Rhode Island State Library. A superb colonial American firefighting document. Alden 261; Bristol B2321.
LAWS OF NORTH CAROLINA, 1715-1790
202. NORTH CAROLINA. LAWS. Laws of the State of North-Carolina. Published ... by James Iredell . Edenton: Hodge & Wills, 1791. Folio. [4], 712, xxi, [3] p. Modern calf-backed marbled boards, very skillfully executed in period style. Short marginal tear on 6L2, edges of title darkened from leather turn-ins, expected light foxing and toning, but a very good copy, in a correct period-style binding. $3500
A compilation of all the laws of North Carolina from 1715 through 1790, assembled by the noted North Carolina jurist James Iredell. Includes an extensive index. Evans 23641; Tower 639.
ONE OF THE GREAT ARCHITECTURAL LITHOGRAPHS OF NEW JERSEY
203. NOTMAN, JOHN. State Capitol of New Jersey at Trenton. Built, 1794. Altered & Enlarged 1845 & 46 . Philadelphia: T. Sinclair's lith., [ca. 1845]. Large folio (42 x 61 cm. plus full original margins). Professionally cleaned and very skillfully colored. One very light crease in the sky and a few very small marginal tears very neatly and unobtrusively repaired. Correctly framed in a period- style, leaf-gilt antiqued frame, acid-free fillets under the rabbet, by one of America's leading museum framers. A beautiful example. $3000
By 1845 New Jersey's State House--built in 1794--had become both inadequate and in need of considerable repair. Philadelphia architect John Notman was retained to prepare a set of drawings, which were accepted, that dramatically altered and enlarged the original structure. Construction began in 1845 and was completed the next year. See C. M. Greiff, John Notman, Architect (1979), pp. 82-90. At some point in the process drawings by Notman were provided to the Sinclair firm, which produced three lithographs: one depicting the original 1794 structure, and two depicting the Notman alterations and addition, one a northeast and the other a southeast perspective. All three are very rare today: in over forty years of handling New Jerseyana, this southeast view is the first of the three that we have ever offered for sale. This is a lovely copy, on a full uncut sheet, tastefully colored, and beautifully and correctly framed. Portrait of Place: Paintings, Drawings, and Prints of New Jersey, 1761-1898 , 109. Cannot be shipped .
AUTHOR'S OWN COPY, ANNOTATED
204. (OHIO) [Leece, Alfred Henry]. My Summer in Porkopolis, and Other Papers. By Esel Dorf [pseud.]. Cleveland, 1877. 145 p. Cloth (light wear at extremities, covers slightly bowed). With the author's stamp on the front flyleaf: "A. H. Leece / The Barracks / ... / Cleveland, O.," his pseudonym crossed out on the title page with his full name written in pencil, a typewritten key to the pseudonyms in the text tipped in following the preface, and numerous annotatons in the text, largely identifying the pseudonymously named individuals. $450
The author's copy of a very scarce privately printed account of a summer sojourn in Cin- cinnati, with many of the characters identified. OCLC records only two copies, at Yale and Univ. of Chicago.
EBENEZER ZANE LAYS OUT LAND IN OHIO TERRITORY IN 1796
205. (OHIO). U.S. Laws, &c. ... An Act to Authorize Ebenezer Zane to Locate Certain Lands in the Territory of the United States, North-West of the River Ohio . [Philadelphia: Francis Childs, 1796.] Broadsheet (11 3/3 x 7 7/8 in.), printed on both sides. Signed in ink at the conclusion by Timothy Pickering as secretary of state. Mounting traces and a few small tears at extreme left margin, horizontal fold marks, else near fine. $2500
A grant to the noted pioneer Ohio settler Ebenezer Zane of three one-mile square tracts of land, one each on the Muskingum, Hockhocking, and Scioto rivers. In return, Zane was to open a road from Wheeling to Limestone, Kentucky, (part of present-day routes U.S. 22 and Ohio 159) and establish ferries where the road crossed the three rivers. Today, these tracts represent the start of the towns of Zanesville, Lancaster, and Chillicothe. The paper is watermarked "Delaware" and was made at William Young's Delaware Paper Mills in New Castle County, Delaware. Preceding the Ebenezer Zane act on the same sheet is an "Act Authorizing the Erection of a Light-House on Cape Cod, in the State of Massachusetts." This is undoubtedly the Provincetown light, as it refers also to a concurrent change in the Plymouth harbor light on Gurnet-Head, a short distance away. 4th Congress, 1st Session, 17 May 1796. Bristol B9754. ESTC records only two copies: MWA and PPRF.
206. OLIPHANT, LAURENCE. Minnesota and the Far West . Edinburgh, 1855. xiii, [1], 306 p. + ads. Illus., plates, folding map. Early half calf. Extremities rubbed, else a very nice copy. $300
First edition. Much on Indian affairs. Howes O64; Graff 3091.
207. PAINE, [ROBERT TREAT]. The Ruling Passion: An Occasional Poem ... Spoken ... in the Chapel of the University, Cambridge, July 20, 1797. By Thomas Paine . Boston: Manning & Loring, for the author, 1797. 32 p. Later wrappers. Half morocco slipcase. $200
First edition of this American poem. Robert Treat Paine was christened Thomas but changed his name in 1801 to that of his deceased brother. Wegelin 302; Evans 32634.
208. PAINE, THOMAS. The Decline and Fall of the English System of Finance . Paris, Printed; London: Reprinted for D.I. Eaton, 1796. 32 p. Removed. Faint marginal dampstaining. $250
So-called "fourteenth edition," but probably an exaggeration on the part of Eaton. The work was, however, extremely popular, and did pass through several printings.
PAINE'S RIGHTS OF MAN PRINTED IN COPENHAGEN
209. PAINE, THOMAS. Die Rechte des Menschen . Kopenhagen: Christ. Gottl. Proft, 1793. 8vo. 3 vols. in 1. xviii, 253, [1] p.; xxxii, 199, [3] p.; 138 p. Engraved port. of Paine on first two title pages. Contemporary paper-covered boards. A very good, clean copy. $750
Second improved edition. German translation of The Rights of Man .
210. PAINE, THOMAS. A Letter Addressed to the Abbe Raynal on the Affairs of North-America. In which the Mistakes in the Abbe's Account of the Revolution of America are Corrected and Cleared up . London: For C. Dilly, 1782. [iii]-viii, 76 p. Later half calf. Wanting half-title, else a near fine copy. $475
First English edition. Originally printed in Philadelphia earlier in the year. Howes P25.
211. PAINE, THOMAS. Prospects on the War and Paper Currency . London: James Ridgway, 1793. viii, 68 p. Removed. Dampstaining throughout, but predominantly in the margins. Withal, a good copy, with the half-title. $250
"Second edition, corrected." First published in 1787 as an attempt by Paine to mobilize popular support in England against entering into a war with Holland. It was reprinted here, in the aftermath of that war, to prove, once again, that Paine was right.
212. (PAINE, THOMAS). [Combe, William]. A Word in Season to the Traders and Manufacturers of Great Britain. Sixth Edition . Edinburgh: William Cranch, 1792. 22 p. Removed. A fine copy. $175
Combe, who signs himself "A True-Born Englishman," attacks Thomas Paine, Democracy, and "these new-fangled doctrines of the rights of man."
213. PAPERS RELATING TO AMERICA. Presented to the House of Commons, 1809 . London, 1810. viii, 178, [4] p. Contemporary calf (pockmarked); rebacked with original spine mounted. A very nice copy. $250
First edition. Relating largely to the 1807 naval encounter between the American frigate Chesapeake and the British ship Leopard . Howes P60.
FIRST PRINTING OF BLACKSTONE IN AMERICA, AND THE FIRST LEGAL TREATISE PRINTED IN NEW JERSEY
214. PARKER, JAMES. Conductor Generalis: or, The Office, Duty and Authority of Justices of the Peace, High-Sheriffs ... Constables, Gaolers ... To which is added, A Treatise on the Law of Descents in Fee-Simple: By William Blackstone... . Woodbridge, in New-Jersey: Printed and sold by James Parker; sold also by John Holt ... in New-York, 1764. 8vo. xvi, 592 p. Contemporary sheep, very skillfully rebacked in period style retaining original spine label. Edges of front free endpaper neatly guarded, the usual light foxing inherent in colonial American paper, else a lovely copy. With the contemporary signature of "Wm. Smith" on front flyleaf. $2800
First edition of the first legal treatise printed in New Jersey, the first printing of Blackstone in America, and one of the most substantial books both written and printed by a colonial American printer. James Parker was a justice of the peace in New Jersey as well as the colony's first printer, having established his press at Woodbridge in 1754. His legal manual was based upon earlier English works of a similar nature, chiefly Burn, but was considerably altered to suit American needs. Blackstone's treatise on descents was the first work of that author to be printed in America. Parker's Conductor Generalis was a shared edition and exists with three varying title page imprints. Felcone, Printing in New Jersey, 1754-1800 , 90; Bristol B2507; ESTC W38802.
THE EARLIEST VIEW OF PASSAIC FALLS
215. (PASSAIC FALLS). A View of the Falls on the Passaick, or Second River, in the Province of New Jersey . . . Sketch'd on the Spot by His Excellency Governor Pownall. . . . London: For John Bowles, Robert Sayer, Thos. Jefferys, Carington Bowles, and Henry Parker, [1768]. 14.5 x 21.2 in. (platemark) plus 1/4 in. margins. Black and white etching/engraving. Two tears into image neatly closed, skillfully backed in tissue by a leading American conservator. $2000 The first published image of the Passaic Falls and one of the earliest published images of New Jersey. The artist, Thomas Pownall, served as lieutenant-governor of New Jersey and governor of Massachusetts and spent several years in America between 1753 and 1759. His sketch of the Passaic Falls was given to London artist Paul Sandby, who made a finished painting from it and then an engraving. This engraving, along with five others (not New Jersey) from Pownall sketches, was published by Thomas Jefferys in London in 1761 as Six Remarkable Views in the Provinces of New- York, New-Jersey, and Pennsylvania, in North America . Copies are very rare. Seven years later, in 1768, a second impression of the engraving was made for inclusion in a portfolio of 28 views entitled Scenographia Americana . In this second impression, the 1761 Jefferys imprint was removed from the plate and replaced with an undated line naming the five publishers of the new work. Other than the addition of a small "c.2." just below the lower right-hand corner of the image, no other changes were made to the plate for the second impression, which we offer here. Felcone, Portrait of Place: Paintings, Drawings, amd Prints of New Jersey, 1761-1898 , 54; Cresswell, The American Revolution in Drawings and Prints , 568.
216. PATTEN, WILLIAM. The Vanity of Man as Mortal, and the Durableness of the Word of the Lord: Illustrated, in a Sermon ... . Hartford: Ebenezer Watson, 1771. 28 p. Modern half morocco. Very nice. $275
Evans 12173.
217. (PENN, WILLIAM). Muggleton, Lodowick. The Answer to William Penn, Quaker, his Book, entitled, The new Witnesses Proved old Hereticks.... [N.p., n.d., but London, 1753?] 4to. iv, 147 p. Early calf-backed marbled boards (worn). Two short words clipped from text, else a good copy. $275
WILLIAM PENN'S MAXIMS
218. [PENN, WILLIAM]. Some Fruits of Solitude, in Reflections and Maxims Relating to the Conduct of Human Life. The Seventh Edition . London: Luke Hinde, [1735?]. 12mo. [16], 158, [12], 111, [3] p. Modern calf-backed marbled paper-covered boards, skillfully executed in period style. A few very tiny chips at fore-edge of first and last leaves, else near fine. $750
Two parts in one. ESTC T139394.
DALLAS'S LAWS OF PENNSYLVANIA, 1700-1801, COMPLETE IN FOUR VOLUMES
219. PENNSYLVANIA. LAWS. Laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, from the Fourteenth Day of October, One Thousand Seven Hundred... . Philadelphia: Hall and Sellers, 1797-93-95, and Lancaster: Francis Bailey, 1801. Folio. 4 vols. Later neat tan law buckram, red and black leather spine labels. Sporatic toning of the text, as usual with early American paper stocks, some dampstaining at the top of vol. 3, else a fine, clean set. $1000
Compiled by Alexander James Dallas and complete in four volumes. Contains the laws of Pennsylvania from 1700 through 1801. Volumes 3-4 are actually the session laws as originally issued, bound up with collective title pages and indexes. Evans 32655, 34331, 29291; S&S 1121; Tower 801.
220. (PENNSYLVANIA). The Deed of Settlement of the Mutual Assurance Company, for Insuring Houses from Loss by Fire, in and Near Philadelphia . Philadelphia: W. Fry, 1818. 15 p. Woodcut title vignette (signed "P" in reverse). Contemporary stiff wrappers, printed paper label. Foxing, else a pristine copy. $225
Very nice early American fire insurance item. S&S 44957.
SIR THOMAS PHILLIPPS AND PENNSYLVANIA
221. (PENNSYLVANIA). [Nicklin, Philip H.]. A Pleasant Peregrination through the Prettiest Parts of Pennsylvania. Performed by Peregrine Prolix . Philadelphia, 1836. 148 p. Original patterned cloth. A fine, fresh copy. On the front cover is a contemporary paper label inscribed "Bodleian Library / Oxford. / Presented by / Ph. Houlbrooke Nicklin / of Philadelphia." Sir Thomas Phillipps's copy, with the Middle Hill shelfmark on the front pastedowm. $300
First edition. A curious but delightful account of a tour through Pennsylvania, from the library of the greatest bibliomaniac of all time. Howes N149.
1798 PHILADELPHIA DIRECTORY
222. (PENNSYLVANIA--DIRECTORY). The Philadelphia Directory for 1798: Containing the Names, Occupations, and Places of Abode of the Citizens . . . By Cornelius William Stafford . Philadelphia: Printed for the editor, by William W. Woodward, 1798. 166, [2], 77, [2] p. Nineteenth-century half morocco, rebacked retaining original spine. Title page browned and stained with evidence of former cellophane tape, corners replaced, text with some browning and staining. Bookplate. A complete and respectable copy, with an unattractive title page, and priced accordingly. $1500
The rear matter includes the full text of the Constitution and an account of the Yellow Fever epidemic. Evans 34593.
DEFENDING BRITAIN'S RIGHT TO TAX THE COLONIES
223. [RAMSAY, ALLAN]. Thoughts on the Origin and Nature of Government. Occasioned by the Late Disputes between Great Britain and her American Colonies . London: For T. Becket and P. A. de Hondt, 1769 [i.e., 1768]. 64 p. Neat modern paper-covered boards. A fine copy. In a morocco-backed cloth folding box. $1500
First edition. Ramsay's forceful defense of Great Britain's right to tax the American colonies. Ramsay (1713-1784) was a distinguished portrait painter and, in his later years, a classical scholar and political writer. While Adams and the ESTC record a number of institutional copies of the pamphlet, no copy has appeared at public auction for over thirty-five years. Franklin's copy, later owned by Jefferson and now in the Library of Congress, is heavily annotated by Franklin on nearly every page. Adams, American Controversy , 68-24, Howes R-31.
THE REVOLUTION IN SOUTH CAROLINA
224. RAMSAY, DAVID. The History of the Revolution of South-Carolina, from a British Province to an Independent State . Trenton: Isaac Collins, 1785. 2 vols. xx, 453 p.; xx, 574 p.). 5 folding maps. Contemporary calf, rebacked retaining original spine labels. Large map neatly backed, dampstaining in both volumes. A good-plus copy. $7500
First edition of one of the classic accounts of the Revolutionary War in the South, written by a participant who was also a fine historian. Ramsay conceived the idea of writing the book while a British prisoner in Saint Augustine, Florida, in 1780 and 1781. Once the book was completed, it was almost certainly Ramsay's father-in-law, John Witherspoon, who suggested that it be printed by Isaac Collins in Trenton. Most copies were bound by Robert Aitken in Philadelphia. The five maps were engraved by Thomas Abernethie in Charleston. In an effort to reach the widest possible market, Ramsay had copies sent to London publisher Charles Dilly. However, Dilly was concerned that Ramsay had been pointedly critical of several army officers who still enjoyed the esteem of the British public and that to advertise the book for sale would expose him to attacks by the crown lawyers and perhaps to personal violence. He sold only a few copies, and the book was, in effect, banned in England. Poet Philip Freneau responded with a poem, "On prohibiting the sale of Dr. David Ramsay's history of the revolution of South-Carolina, in London." In April 1789 Ramsay petitioned Congress to have his work protected by a federal copyright, and it became the first book so protected when the first copyright act was passed by Congress in May 1790. For a detailed essay on the printing, publishing, and distribution of the book, see Felcone, Printing in New Jersey, 1754- 1800: A Descriptive Bibliography , 418. Evans 19211; Wheat & Brun 545, 593-597; Streeter Sale 1135; Howes R36; ESTC 20465.
225. RAYNAL, GUILLAUME T.F. Révolution de L'Amérique... . A Londres [i.e., Paris?], 1781. xiv, [2], 183 p. Port. Contemporary mottled calf, spine richly gilt in the French manner. A handsome copy. $275
This work first appeared in the Geneva, 1780, revision of Raynal's Histoire Philosophique et Politique , after which it went through several separate printings. Paine's reply to Raynal is well known. Howes R85; Adams, American Controversy , 81-59b.
226. REED, WILLIAM B. Life and Correspondence of Joseph Reed . Philadelphia, 1847. 2 vols. 437, [1], 2 p.; [4], [9]-507 p. Port. Contemporary embossed cloth, very skillfully rebacked in matching cloth and leather spine labels. A remarkably fine, fresh copy of a book that is invariably rebound or in poor condition. $250
First edition. Reed was a New Jersey native who later moved to Philadelphia. During the American Revolution he served as military secretary to Washington, a member of the Continental Congress, and adjutant general of the continental army. He was also president of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania. Howes R-137; Felcone, New Jersey Books , 1255. LAWS OF RHODE ISLAND, 1745-1752
227. RHODE ISLAND. Acts and Laws of His Majesty's Colony of Rhode-Island, and Providence Plan- tations, in New-England, in America. From Anno 1745, to Anno 1752 . Newport: J. Franklin, 1752. Fol. [8], 110 p. Contemporary marbled paper wrappers, recently bound in lovely full calf, antique. A fine, fresh copy inside and out. $2800
Laws of the Rhode Island colony from 1745 through 1752, being a continuation of the compilation of 1745. The printer was Benjamin Franklin's nephew, James Franklin, Jun. Alden 128, Evans 6919.
LAWS OF RHODE ISLAND, 1798-1800
228. RHODE ISLAND. LAWS. Public Laws of the State of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, Passed Since the Session of the General Assembly in January, A. D. 1798 . Newport: H. & O. Farnsworth, [1799 and later]. 8vo. 49 p. Later cloth-backed boards, printed paper spine label. Small piece torn from top of title page, costing "ws" in "Laws," scattered foxing. $300
Laws passed at the sessions from May 1798 through May 1800, consisting of gatherings [A] 4, B 4, and C1 with the title page, paginated [1]-18 and probably printed in 1799, and subsequent session laws paginated 19-49. See Alden 1644 et sq. , which attempts to explain the publication history of the original 18-page edition and the subsequent printings of later laws. One hundred copies of each were printed.
1799 NEWPORT MARITIME INSURANCE COMPANY
229. (RHODE ISLAND). Rhode Island. Laws, &c. ... An Act to Incorporate the Newport Insurance Company . [Newport: H. & O. Farnsworth, 1799.] 12mo. 10 p. + final blank B2. Fully untrimmed, as issued; in a neatly lettered Gaylord binder. Usual light foxing, else a fine copy. $1000
An early American insurance company, incorporated by several of the leading merchants of Newport "for the insurance of vessels and all other subjects of risque." ESTC records just one copy, at MWA; Alden located another copy at RNHi. Alden 1643; Evans 35970, 36215.
230. ROBIN, ABBÉ. Nouveau Voyage dans L'Amérique Septentrionale, en L'Année 1781. Et Campagne de L'Armée de M. Le Comte de Rochambeau . A Philadelphie, et se trouve a Paris: Chez Moutard, 1783. viii, 224 p. Contemporary sheep. Hinges glued, but a very decent copy. $275
Robin served as a chaplain in the army of Rochambeau during the American Revolution. His book was first published in 1782 and passed through several later editions. It was translated into English by Philip Freneau. Howes R361; Monaghan 1242.
231. ROEBLING, JOHN A. Report of John A. Roebling, Civil Engineer, to the Presidents and Directors of the Niagara Falls Suspension and Niagara Falls International Bridge Companies, on the Condition of the Niagara Railway Suspension Bridge. August 1, 1860 . Trenton, 1860. 20 p. Printed wrappers (lightly soiled, a few small edge tears, a trifle brittle). Text with a very faint dampstain else clean. A good-plus copy. L. Ward Clarke's copy. $275
Roebling's Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge was the world's first railway suspension bridge. In this interesting report Roebling discusses the various tests to which a bridge may be subjected to determine its soundness. The Niagara railroad bridge passed with flying colors. L. Ward Clarke (1834-1894) was a prominent Rochester banker and financier.
FIRST PUBLISHED WORK ON THE GEOLOGY OF NEW JERSEY
232. ROGERS, HENRY D. Report on the Geological Survey of the State of New Jersey . Philadelphia, 1836. 174, [1] p. Folding colored geological section. Original cloth, printed paper spine label. Extremities moderately worn, particularly along front hinge, endpapers foxed, else a lovely copy. $850
First edition of the first published work on the geology of New Jersey. In 1835 the state legislature authorized a geological survey of New Jersey under the direction of Henry D. Rogers. The next year Rogers issued this preliminary report of his findings; in 1840 he issued a "final" report. This first report is very scarce and it is only the third copy we have had for sale in forty years. Felcone, New Jersey Books , 945.
IN QUITE REMARKABLE CONDITION
233. SCHOOLCRAFT, HENRY R. Historical and Statistical Information, Respecting the History, Condition and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States... . Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co. [ et al ], 1851-57. 6 volumes, thick folio. Approx. 330 lithographed and steel-engraved plates, many tinted, some hand colored or chromolithographed, largely after artist Seth Eastman. Original half dark green morocco, marbled paper sides, reddish-brown endpapers, in remarkably fine condition--bright and fresh. Engraved fore-titles moderately foxed; black-and-white plates and tissue guards range from entirely unfoxed to moderately foxed with most lightly foxed in the margins; color plates largely unfoxed, a few lightly foxed in the margins. $20,000
First edition of the most extensive nineteenth-century study of the Native American tribes of North America, compiled under the direction of Henry R. Schoolcraft, longtime Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and profusely illustrated, largely from paintings and drawings by artist Seth Eastman. The six massive volumes were issued both in cloth and in half morocco, as here. Because of their weight, the volumes almost never survived in fine condition, and nearly every copy is either in a worn and shabby original binding or has been rebound. All exhibit varying degrees of foxing. The present copy appears to have had little if any use, and other than very light wear along the bottoms of the boards, the binding is remarkably fine and bright. A lovely collector's copy. Howes S183. TRAVELS IN THE OLD NORTHWEST
234. SCHOOLCRAFT, HENRY R. Narrative of an Expedition through the Upper Mississippi to Itasca Lake, the Actual Source of this River; Embracing an Exploratory Trip through the St. Croix and Burntwood (or Broule) Rivers; in 1831 . New York: Harper & Brothers, 1834. [2], 307, [1] p. 5 maps (2 folding). Modern half red crushed levant morocco. First few leaves neatly washed, old penned number on title and second leaf, else a fine copy. $1000
First edition. Schoolcraft undertook several journeys through the Old Northwest Territory, on one of which he discovered the true source of the Mississippi River. The extensive appendix contains the documentation of his reports as well as a Chippewa vocabulary. Wagner-Camp 50a:1; Howes S187; Graff 3698.
FIRST GAZETTEER OF THE UNITED STATES: 1795
235. SCOTT, JOSEPH. The United States Gazetteer: Containing an Authentic Description of the Several States, their Situation, Extent, Boundaries ... their Respective Counties... . Philadelphia: F. and R. Bailey, 1795. 12mo. [iii]-vi, [294] p. Engraved title, large engraved folding map of the U.S., and 18 smaller engraved folding maps of states and territories. Contemporary sheep, very skillfully rebacked retaining the original spine label, endpapers neatly replaced with period paper. Usual light offsetting on the maps and on the facing text pages, a few stray spots, else a very good, very attractive copy. Early signature of J. McKnight. $10,000
First edition of the first gazetteer of the United States, with nineteen maps drawn and engraved by the author. Included are maps from Maine to South Carolina and Kentucky, as well as important early maps of the Northwest Territory and the Southwest Territory. Scott introduces his work in a short preface: ". . . what was but a few years ago, a pathless region, is now become a rich, and flourishing settlement; interspersed with pleasant towns, and thriving villages." Evans 29476, Howes S237, Rink 225, Wheat & Brun 125 (U.S. map, plus all state and territory maps).
LOVELY EARLY AMERICAN RED MOROCCO BINDINGS
236. SCOTT, SIR WALTER. Three early American editions of Scott (Philadelphia 1809-10), uniformly bound in period straight-grain red morocco, spines simply but fully gilt, black labels, gilt panel design on each cover, board edges and turn-ins gilt, pages edges gilt, marbled endpapers. One half title torn out, one engraved frontispiece browned, else clean fresh copies inside and out. The three, $800
Marmion (Phila.: Hopkins and Earle, 1809), Lay of the Last Minstrel and Lady of the Lake (Phila.: Edward Earle, 1810), all printed by Fry and Kammerer. The period American bindings are simple and exhibit a moderate but not a high level of skill. There are no elaborate or ornamental tools, just simple rolls and fillets. Lovely and charming, and possibly by a country binder.
237. (SHAKERS). [Green, Calvin, and Seth Y. Wells]. A Summary View of the Millennial Church, or United Society of Believers, (Commonly Called Shakers.) Comprising the Rise, Progress and Practical Order of the Society... . Albany: Packard & Van Benthuysen, 1823. xvi, 320 p. Neat modern calf-backed boards, in period style. Foxing, else a very nice copy. $200
First edition of the work designed "... to present to the public a small, cheap volume, comprising particular information concerning the United Society, adapted to the general class of readers, and calculated to answer the usual inquiries respecting their religious principles and moral economy." Richmond 743; Shoemaker 14086.
238. (SHAKERS). [Youngs, Benjamin Seth]. The Testimony of Christ's Second Appearing; Containing a General Statement of all things pertaining to the Faith and Practice of the Church of God in the Latter-Day... . Albany: By E. and E. Hosford, 1810. xxxviii, 620, [2] p. Contemporary sheep. Considerable pencil underlining in text, early library bookplate, else a very nice, tight copy. $400
The revised second edition of the "Shaker Bible." The Testimony is considered one of the primary publications of the faith and principles of the Society of Believers; it was first printed in 1808 and went through several later editions. The 1808 edition is now very difficult to find; this second edition is becoming scarce. Richmond 1470; Shoemaker 15003.
239. SHALLUS, FRANCIS. Chronological Tables, for Every Day in the Year . Philadelphia: Sold at A. P. Shallus's Circulating Library; Merritt, pr., 1817. 2 vols. in 1. 348, 596 p. Handsomely bound in contemporary Spanish marbled calf, decorative gilt rolls on covers and edges, spine fully gilt in compartments, marbled endpapers, edges of pages marbled. A very good, tight copy. $350
Chronological tables. In a handsome contemporary American binding. S&S 42101.
240. SHARPE, JOHN. A Sermon Preached at Trinity-Church in New-York, in America, August 13. 1706. At the Funeral of the Right Honourable Katherine Lady Cornbury ... Wife to his Excellency Lord Viscount Cornbury ... Governor in Chief of the Provinces of New-York, New- Jersey, and Territories Depending thereon in America . London: H. Hills, [1706?]. 16 p. Removed. Foxing (chiefly in the margins) else very good. $250
The first London printing, published for the benefit of the poor. An edition was also printed in New York by Bradford. Cornbury is remembered not so much for his stormy tenure as colonial governor of New York and New Jersey, but rather from the contemporary portrait of him, in The New-York Historical Society, in which he is portrayed in women's clothing. Fortunately the story is explained in Patricia Bonomi's recent biography of Cornbury. Felcone, New Jersey Books , 241; European Americana 706/201.
241. SHARPE, JOHN. A Sermon Preached at Trinity-Church in New-York, in America, August 13. 1706. At the Funeral of the Right Honourable Katherine Lady Cornbury ... Wife to his Excellency Lord Viscount Cornbury ... Governor in Chief of the Provinces of New-York, New- Jersey, and Territories Depending thereon in America . London: For J. Morphew, 1708. 16 p. Removed. Very good. $200
The second London printing, followed the 1706 edition published for the benefit of the poor. An edition was also printed in New York by Bradford. Cornbury is remembered not so much for his stormy tenure as colonial governor of New York and New Jersey, but rather from the contemporary portrait of him, in The New-York Historical Society, in which he is portrayed in women's clothing. Fortunately the story is explained in Patricia Bonomi's recent biography of Cornbury. Felcone, New Jersey Books , 242; European Americana 708/121.
STOPPING FRENCH ENCROACHMENTS ON THE OHIO
242. [SHEBBEARE, JOHN]. A Fourth Letter to the People of England. On the Conduct of the M------rs in Alliances, Fleets, and Armies, since the first Differences on the Ohio, to the taking of Minorca by the French . London: For M. Collier, 1756. [4], 111 p. Removed from a bound pamphlet volume. First and last few leaves loose, else very good. $1500
First edition. A remarkably outspoken criticism of the Ministry's failure to stop French encroachments on the Ohio. The author discusses the British activities in the area, mentioning George Washington, Braddock's movements, the high price of hiring Hessian mercenaries, etc. Shebbeare issued seven Letters in all, of which this and one other concern America. After the sixth Letter Shebbeare was arrested for libel and imprisoned for three years. Howes S368; Kress 4066.
NEW ENGLAND GIVEN FAIR WARNING
243. SHEPARD, THOMAS. The Parable of the Ten Virgins Opened & Applied: Being the Substance of Divers Sermons on Matth. 25. 1,--13... . [London]: Re-printed, and carefully corrected in the year, 1695. Sm. fol. [8], 232, 190, [5] p. Modern full calf, very skillfully executed in period style. Title a bit soiled and with early stamp on verso, small burn hole in F3 costing a few letters, corner of K4 torn away affecting type rule, minor soiling and spotting, but a very good copy in a handsome period-style binding. $1000
Shepard (1605-1649) was an early New England Puritan and minister of a congregation at Cambridge, Massachusetts. His Parable of the Ten Virgins was prepared for the press by his son Thomas and fellow New England minister Jonathan Mitchell and was first published in 1660. The text contains a warning to New England: "I do fear there is at this day as deep mischief plotting against New-England as ever the sun saw." (pt. 1, p. 163) Jonathan Edwards made considerable use of the work in his Treatise Concerning Religious Affections (1746). European Americana 695/179; Wing S3115.
244. SHERWOOD, MARY MARTHA (BUTT). The Violet Leaf . Newark: Benjamin Olds, 1835. 4 x 2.75 in. 58 p. incl. frontis. Printed paper-covered boards, linen spine. Small gouge in bottom margin of first several leaves, not touching text, some dampstaining and overall soiling, but a good, tight copy. $175
A nice Benjamin Olds Children's book. The cover title is dated 1837. 245. (SHORTHAND WRITING). Dodge, Jonathan. A Complete System of Stenography, or Short-Hand Writing... . [N.p.]: Printed for the author [S. Green, pr., New-London], 1823. 12 p. 10 engraved plates. Original marbled wrappers, roan spine (front hinge splitting). $300
The engraved fore-title is signed "Horton," probably John S. Horton of Providence. Shoe- maker 12388.
SIMCOE'S MILITARY JOURNAL
246. SIMCOE, JOHN GRAVES. Simcoe's Military Journal. A History of the Operations of a Partisan Corps, Called the Queen's Rangers, Commanded by Lieut. Col. J. G. Simcoe, During the War of the American Revolution... . New York, 1844. xvii, [4], 14-328 p. 10 folding lithographed battle plans. Contemporary boards, printed paper spine label. Persistent dampstain at lower inside corner of entire text block, foxing throughout. Stitching loosening, spine beginning to split. A respectable copy of a book very difficult to find in fine condition. $1000
First American, and first published, edition, after a small edition printed in Exeter, England, in 1787 for private circulation. This edition contains considerable additional material as well as a memoir of the author. Simcoe, a British officer, led the Queen's Rangers, a regiment composed largely of American Loyalists. The regiment took part in actions in Philadelphia, New York, and New Jersey from 1777 to 1780, in which year they went to Virginia, where they remained until Yorktown. Two of the battle plans depict Southern New Jersey engagements: the skirmish at Quintin's Bridge and the surprize at Hancock's House. Howes S-461; Clark I, 311; Lande 749.
SOURCE FOR THE BOOK OF MORMON?
247. SMITH, ETHAN. View of the Hebrews; Exhibiting the Destruction of Jerusalem; the Certain Restoration of Judah and Israel; the Present State of Judah and Israel; and an Address of the Prophet Isaiah Relative to their Restoration . Poultney, Vt.: Smith & Shute, 1823. 12mo. 187 p. Contemporary mottled sheep. Usual scattered foxing, else a very good, tight copy. $3000
First edition. An argument that the American Indians were descended from the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel. This argument reappeared in Joseph Smith's (no relation) Book of Mormon published seven years later, and many have attempted to establish a connection between the two works. However Ethan Smith's argument was a popular one, advanced by many theological writers over the years. Smith (1762-1849) was a Congregationalist minisher in Vermont. The book was reprinted and slightly enlarged in 1825 and copies are seen on the market with some frequency, but this first edition is quite rare in trade. Rosenbach 252; Pilling 3655; Shoemaker 14138.
THE FIRST HISTORY OF NEW JERSEY AND A SUPERB NEW JERSEY ASSOCIATION COPY
248. SMITH, SAMUEL. The History of the Colony of Nova-Caesaria, or New-Jersey: Containing, an Account of its First Settlement, Progressive Improvements, the Original and Present Constitution, and other Events, to the Year 1721. With some Particulars Since; and a Short View of its Present State . Burlington: James Parker, 1765. x, 573, [1] p. Contemporary calf, two-line gilt fillet around covers, very skillfully rebacked in correct period style. The usual sporatic foxing and occasional browning always found in this book, but a very attractive copy. From the libraries of Jonathan Elmer and Joseph Bloomfield, with their respective signatures, and later signatures of Wm. Elmer and C. E. Elmer. $2500
The first edition of the first general history of New Jersey, printed by New Jersey's first printer and owned by two of the leading figures in eighteenth-century New Jersey. Jonathan Elmer (1745-1817) was a Cumberland County native and physician before becoming involved in politics and the law. He attended the Provincial Congress of 1775 and was a member of the Continental Congress and later the United States Senate. Joseph Bloomfield (1753-1823) was a Revolutionary War soldier, statesman, the fourth governor of New Jersey, and one of eighteenth-century New Jersey's most important book collectors. James Parker left his Woodbridge printing office in the care of his son and moved to Burlington to fulfill a long-standing promise to Samuel Smith to print his history as soon as it was ready for the press. The printing press used was one belonging to Benjamin Franklin and formerly used by Franklin's nephew, Benjamin Mecom, in Antigua. The press was shipped from New York to Burlington in April of 1765, used for the Smith book and three or four smaller Burlington jobs, then sent on to Philadelphia in February of 1766, at which time Parker returned to Woodbridge. The press run was 600 copies, as indicated by Parker's bill to Smith. Parker printed two title pages simultaneously on a single sheet, thus providing each title page a blank conjugate for binding that also precluded the need for a free front endpaper. This old-time and cost-saving printer's trick, combined with stop-press alterations in the text of a number of sheets, has led past bibliographers to speak of two distinct issues of the book. There is absolutely no correlation between the uncorrected and corrected sheets and the two title pages; all were freely mixed by the binder without any discernable pattern or priority. See Felcone, Printing in New Jersey, 1754-1800: A Descriptive Bibliography , 105, for an exhaustive history and analysis of this cornerstone New Jersey book. Evans 10166; Bristol B2619a; Miller, Benjamin Franklin's Philadelphia Printing , 853; Streeter Sale 923; Howes S661; ESTC W20457.
249. SMITH, SAMUEL STANHOPE. The Divine Goodness to the United States of America. A Discourse on the Subjects of National Gratitude, Delivered in Philadelphia ... the 19th of February, 1795... . London: Re-printed by Darton and Harvey ... 1795. 32 p. Removed. $225
London edition of a thanksgiving sermon delivered by the vice-president, and soon-to-be- president, of the College of New Jersey.
EDUCATION IN COLONIAL AMERICA AND THE FOUNDING OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE
250. [SMITH, WILLIAM]. Some Thoughts on Education: with Reasons for Erecting a College in this Province, and Fixing the Same at the City of New-York: to which is added, a Scheme for Employing Masters or Teachers in the Mean Time: and also for Raising and Endowing an Edifice in an Easy Manner... . New York: J. Parker, 1752. ix, [1], 32 p. Final leaf D4 in very skillful, and almost undectable, facsimile . Neat modern paper-covered boards. Abraham Keteltas' copy, signed "A. Keteltas's" and stamped "Abrm. Keteltas" on the title page. $3800 First edition. An influential essay on education in colonial America, a key work in the controversy surrounding the founding of Columbia University, and owned by an important colonial New Yorker. The essay is one of the first published works by the prolific William Smith (1727- 1803), written when he was just twenty-five years old and recently arrived in America. It joined several others in the controversy then raging, which ended in the founding of King's College two years later. Benjamin Franklin was purported so impressed by Smith's essay that he hired Smith to be the provost of the newly formed University of Pennsylvania. Abraham Keteltas (1732-1798) was a native New Yorker, minister, and ardent patriot who was elected to the Provincial Congress in 1776. The pamphlet is very rare. The only copy sold at auction in the last fifty years was the Streeter copy, which brought nineteen hundred dollars in 1969. Evans 6935; Streeter Sale 4053.
251. SOME ACCOUNT OF THE CONDUCT of the Religious Society of Friends Towards the Indian Tribes in the Settlement of the Colonies of East and West Jersey and Pennsylvania: With a Brief Narrative of their Labours for the Civilization and Christian Instruction of the Indians ... . London, 1844. [4], 247 p. 2 colored maps (1 folding). Cloth. $250
An account of the efforts of members of the Society of Friends to introduce the North American Indians to Christianity and to methods of farming. The maps show the locations of the various Indian tribes in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Unlisted in Howes. Felcone, New Jersey Books , 1304.
SOUTH CAROLINA LAWS, 1791-1804
252. SOUTH CAROLINA. LAWS. Acts of the General Assembly of the State of South-Carolina, from February, 1791, to December, 1794 [-December, 1795, to December, 1804]. Columbia: D. & J. J. Faust, 1808. 8vo. 2 vols. [82], 394, [9] p.; 567, [14] p. Modern calf-backed boards, very skillfully executed in period style. Marginal tear on T3 of v.1, variable foxing and browning throughout due to the different paper stocks used. Signatures of R. [L.?] Witherspoon, 1809, and Tho. Williams, Jr., 1816, on first title page, and mid-nineteenth-century stamp of F. H. Thomas & Co., law booksellers, St. Louis. $1800
Fully indexed compilation of South Carolina laws from 1794 through 1804, in a handsome period-style binding. The book was printed on poor paper and all copies exhibit varying degrees of foxing and browning. S&S 16222.
SOUTHAMPTON, LONG ISLAND, IN 1681
253. (SOUTHAMPTON, LONG ISLAND). A very early manuscript document from Southampton, being a jury inquest upon a death. One page, quarto, Southampton [N.Y.], 6 June 1681. Old fold marks, else very good. In an appropriate and unopened mid-nineteenth-century black frame, the backing board still secured with the original cut nails. $2500
A lovely and very early Southampton manuscript legal proceeding listing the names of several of the town's earliest settlers. The document reads in full: "Southampton the 6th day of June 1681. A Jury paneled for Inquest upon the Death of William Russell are as foloweth Mr Joseph fordham, Mr Arthr Howell, Mr Eades, Obadyah Rogers, John ffoster, Thomas Cooper, Eman Howell, Isaack Mils, Job Sayre, William Hackelton, Obadyah Rogers Junr., ffrances Sayre in the bahalf of constable. The vardit of the Jewry is that the water is the Cawes of his Death he was Drownded and no other means but gods providence he came thereby to his end."
IN THE WILDS OF AMERICA
254. ST. JOHN, PERCY B. The Trapper's Bride: A Tale of the Rocky Mountains. With the Rose of Ouisconsin. Indian Tales . London, 1845. [6], 166 p. Cloth. Lacks series title preceding title page, else a very nice, tight copy. $600
First edition of an English author's account of life in the West, particularly Fort Bent. According to his introduction, St. John based the work on his stay in the "wilds of America, the backwoods of Texas." Streeter Sale 3048; Wagner-Camp 118:1; Graff 3641.
255. (STAMP ACT). Great Britain. Parliament. Correct Copies of the Two Protests against the Bill to Repeal the American Stamp Act, of Last Session. With Lists of the Speakers and Voters . Paris [i.e., London]: Chez J.W. [i.e., Almon], 1766. 24 p. Removed. A bit foxed. $400
First edition thus, incorporating the previously issued Protest and Second Protest against the repeal of the Stamp Act. According to Adams, the previously issued A List of the Minority was bound at the rear, but it is not present here. Adams, American Controversy , 66-57; Goldsmiths' 10220; Higgs 3728.
TAX THE AMERICANS!
256. (STAMP ACT). A List of the Minority in the House of Commons, who Voted Against the Bill to Repeal the American Stamp Act . Paris: Chez J.W. [i.e., London: Almon?], 1766. 8 p. Neat modern half cloth. Edges quite brittle with some chipping, fore-edge of title repaired. $400
First edition. Adams, American Controversy , 66-26.
EARLY WORK ON THE CONSTITUTION BY A NEW JERSEY FARMER
257. [STEVENS, JOHN]. Examen du Gouvernement D'Angleterre, Comparé aux Constitutions des Etats- Unis. Où l'on Réfute quelques Assertions Contenues dans l'Ouvrage de M. Adams ... Par un Cultivateur de New-Jersey ... . Paris: Chez Froullé, 1789. viii, 291 p. Modern French leather-backed marbled boards. Small early repair to bottom edge of title page, else a near-fine, wide-margined copy. $1250
The greatly enlarged first French edition of one of the earliest works on the Constitution, originally published in New York in 1787. Attributed by Sabin, Evans, and most other bibliographers (except Howes) to William Livingston, the work was actually written by Livingston's friend John Stevens (1749-1838), best known as a leading early American engineer and pioneer in the field of steamboat and railroad transportation. In the Stevens papers is a draft of the work in Stevens's hand, a receipt from the New York printer for printing 500 copies, and several letters of Stevens referring to the essay. Largely unappreciated in America, Stevens's work was a great success in France. The original 56-page pamphlet was turned into a 291-page book with notes by Dupont, Condorcet, and Mazzei. There is much comment on John Adams's recently published Defense of the Constitutions . Howes S-968; Felcone, New Jersey Books , 254.
ROBERT STEWART, TRAVELING BOOKSELLER
258. STEWART'S WASHINGTON ALMANAC, for the Year of our Lord 1810 ... Calculated for the Meridian of New-Jersey. By Andrew Beers . [N.p.]: Printed for Robert Stewart, travelling bookseller, Monmouth County, New Jersey, [1809]. [36] p. Crude woodcut portrait on title. Stitched. Some minor chipping at extremities of blank margins, very slightly toned, else very good. $325
A rare almanac published for the shadowy Robert Stewart, traveling bookseller of Monmouth County. See Felcone, New Jersey Books , 1317, for a discussion of Stewart and his almanacs. S&S 18688; Drake 5273; Felcone, New Jersey Books , 1319.
EZRA STILES ON THE REGICIDE JUDGES
259. STILES, EZRA. A History of Three of the Judges of King Charles I. Major-General Whalley, Major-General Goffe, and Colonel Dixwell: who, at the Restoration, 1660, Fled to America; and were Secreted and Concealed, in Massachusetts and Connecticut, for Near Thirty Years . Hartford: Elisha Babcock, 1794. 357, [2] p., errata slip. 9 plates (some folding) incl. portrait, several by Amos Doolittle. Full red crushed levant, fully gilt, by Matthews. Spine darkened and front hinge worn, some light foxing on folded plates. $750
First edition. President Stiles' well-known account of the Regicide Judges. Howes S999; Evans 27743.
ONE OF THE CLASSIC WORKS OF BLACK NEW JERSEYANA
260. STILL, JAMES. Early Recollections and Life of Dr. James Still . [Philadelphia]: Printed for the author, 1877. 274 p. Port. Cloth. A heavily worn copy, lacking both free endpapers, inner margins strengthened with library cloth, portrait dampstained around edges. A complete copy in a fair original binding. $300
Autobiography of a Black physician in the rural Burlington County Pine Barrens. This is one of the classic works of Black New Jerseyana and a scarce and desirable book. Most copies are in rough condition, and this copy is rougher than most, but it is complete and in the original binding and would make a very respectable copy until a better one becomes available.
261. STRONG, NATHAN. A Sermon, Preached March 18, 1778, at the Ordination of the Reverend Joseph Strong ... in Norwich... . Norwich: By John Trumbull, 1778. 24 p. Removed. "Henry Strong's Book" on title. Very good. $175
Evans 16086.
THE S.U.M. VS. THE MORRIS CANAL: THE OPENING SALVO
262. [SULLIVAN, JOHN L.] Report, on the Origin and Increase of the Paterson Manufactories, and the Intended Diversion of their Waters by the Morris Canal Company: also on Post Rail Roads, as the Means of Cheap Conveyance throughout New-Jersey, of bringing Susquehanna Coal to the Iron Mines and Forges, and to Supply Paterson and New-York: also on a Method of Supplying the City of New-York with Water from the Great Falls of the Passaic. Paterson: Day & Burnett, at the office of the Paterson Intelligencer, 1828. 60, [2] p. Folding map, with routes highlighted in colors. Stitched and untrimmed, as issued. Nineteenth-century library blindstamps (faint), occasional light soiling, else a very good, as-issued copy. $900
The opening salvo in the pamphlet war between the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures and the Morris Canal and Banking Company. By 1827 Roswell Colt, governor of the SUM, had become concerned about competition from the expanding Morris Canal company, and, after complaining to the state legislature, he retained civil engineer John L. Sullivan to prepare a report detailing the damages that would be sustained by the SUM if the canal company continued its present course. The report is a broad document treating the history of the SUM, the economic prosperity of the Paterson area, the amount of water needed to operate the mills in the area, an alternative route for the Morris Canal, a proposed new canal and railroad, and other concerns. The folding map depicts the northern part of the state with the existing and the proposed canals and railroads highlighted. Cadwallader Colden issued a pamphlet in reply to Sullivan, and Sullivan in turn responded to Colden with yet another pamphlet. For more information, see Felcone, New Jersey Books , 1348. A highly important document in the early industrialization of New Jersey, and only the second copy we have offered for sale in thirty-five years. Shoemaker 35438; Rink 2839.
LAWS OF TEXAS, 1838-1840
263. TEXAS. LAWS. Laws of the Republic of Texas, Passed at the First Session of the Third Congress . Houston: Telegraph Power Press, 1839. [2], 145, [1], v p. + addenda slip pasted to verso of final page of index. [ Bound with :] Laws of the Republic of Texas, Passed at the Session of the Fourth Congress . Houston: Telegraph Power Press, 1840. 280, [2], vii, [1] p. incl. errata leaf. Two works bound together in modern law cloth, red and black leather spine labels. Line endings in gathering I of second work slightly cropped, scattered light foxing and overall light browning, else very good. $750
Two early Texas session laws. The first work is Streeter's second issue, with the additional act for the punishment of horse thieves on page 145. Shoemaker 58843, American Imprints 40-6502; Streeter, Texas , 354A, 416. LAWS OF TEXAS, 1844
264. TEXAS. LAWS. Laws Passed by the Eighth Congress of the Republic of Texas . Houston: Cruger & Moore, 1844. 120, viii, vii p. Later marbled paper-covered boards, cloth spine, printed paper spine label. Library stamps on title page, embossed stamp (barely noticeable) on each cover. Stamps aside, a very good copy. $250
Texas session laws of 1844. American Imprints 44-6075; Streeter, Texas , 603.
265. (TEXAS). [Ganilh, Anthony]. Ambrosio de Letinez, or The First Texian Novel, Embracing a Des- cription of the Countries Bordering on the Rio Bravo, with Incidents of the War of Independence. By A.T. Myrthe . New York, 1842. Vol. I only (of two). Original linen- backed boards, quite worn. Spine label wanting, closed marginal tear in first two leaves, one signature slightly pulled, foxing. $225
First volume only of the first edition of one of the earliest novels set in Texas. Streeter, Texas, 1414; Streeter Sale 374; Howes G55 ("First Texas novel in English"); Graff 1502; Wright I 1018.
266. THOMAS À KEMPIS. Of the Imitation of Christ: In Three Books. Translated ... by John Payne . Philadelphia: Joseph Crukshank, 1783. 44, 211 p. Contemporary sheep (spine ends worn, a few signatures pulled). Some dampstaining to preliminaries. $300
Apparently the first printing in America. Parsons 45; Evans 17994.
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS: ONE OF THE FOUNDATION DOCUMENTS
267. THOMSON, JOHN. An Enquiry, Concerning the Liberty, and Licentiousness of the Press, and the Uncontroulable Nature of the Human Mind: Containing an Investigation of the Right which Government have to Controul the Free Expression of Public Opinion, Addressed to the People of the U. States . New York: Johnson & Stryker, for the author, 1801. 84 p. Removed from a bound volume. Some foxing and spotting, marginal stains on the first few pages and one or two internal pages. A good-to-very good copy. In a neat cloth folding box with leather label. $2800
First and only edition of one of the classic early American texts on freedom of the press and individual freedom in general. "Let the whig and tory, the royalist and aristocrate, the republican and democrat, or by whatever other name the partizans of political parties are designated . . . be allowed to express their opinions, whether by speech or press, with the same unconstrained freedom with which men of science discuss their subjects of investigation. No more danger will result from one discussion, than arises from the other. . . ." Little is known about Thomson though he appears to have been, at times, a hair dresser and the proprietor of a placement office for domestic help. S&S 1409; McCoy, Freedom of the Press , T102. 268. [TICKELL, RICHARD]. Anticipation: Containing the Substance of His M---y's most Gracious Speech to both H---s of P---l---t, on the Opening of the Approaching Session ... . London: T. Becket, 1778. vi, [2], 74 p. Later half morocco (spine faded). A fine, fresh copy, with the half-title. $200
Third edition. A clever satire on the English government and its failures in America. The work was immensely popular and went through several editions. Adams, American Controversy , 78- 102d; Howes T258.
269. TRUTH WILL OUT! The Foul Charges of the Tories against the Editor of the Aurora Repelled by Positive Proof and Plain Truth and his Base Calumniators Put to Shame . [Philadelphia, 1798]. [4], 12 p. Removed. $250
Variously attributed to Benjamin Franklin Bache, William Duane, and Philip Freneau. Page 12 exists both with and without a printer's ornament at the foot; it is not present in this copy. Evans 33648; Gaines 275.
THE FIRST REVOLUTIONARY WAR CHATHAM ALMANAC
270. THE UNITED STATES ALMANACK, for the Year of our Lord 1780 . Chatham: Shepard Kollock, [1779]. 15 [of 16] leaves, lacking the final leaf, D4 (present in photostatic copy). Stitched as issued. Some staining and light browning, gutter tear on the title leaf, else a very good copy. $1500
The first Revolutionary War Chatham almanac, and one of the first products of the Chatham press. Shepard Kollock had completed his Revolutionary War service and opened the third printing office in New Jersey, in Chatham, earlier in the year. He remained in Chatham for a little over four years before moving to New Brunswick briefly and then Elizabethtown. Imprints from Kollock's Revolutionary War Chatham press are very rare and almost never come on the market. This first Kollock almanac was calculated by the distinguished early American mathematician and scientist David Rittenhouse, and is the only New Jersey almanac calculated by Rittenhouse. Slightly imperfect, but a very rare and desirable almanac. Felcone, Printing in New Jersey, 1754-1800 , 291, locating only five copies; Bristol B4980; Drake 5118; ESTC W22844.
RARE REVOLUTIONARY WAR CHATHAM ALMANAC
271. THE UNITED STATES ALMANACK, for the Year of our Lord 1782 ... By Andrew Ellicott . Chatham: Shepard Kollock, [1781]. 16 [of 18] leaves, lacking the final two leaves, C5-6. Stitched as issued. Some staining and flyspecking, but a good-plus copy. $1000
Shepard Kollock completed his Revolutionary War service and opened the third printing office in New Jersey in early 1779. He remained in Chatham for a little over four years before moving to New Brunswick briefly and then Elizabethtown. Imprints from Kollock's Revolutionary War Chatham press are very rare and almost never come on the market. His almanac for 1782 was calculated by Andrew Ellicott (1754-1820), a distinguished surveyor and mathematician who, in his younger years, produced a series of almanacs, of which this is one of the first. It also contains a lengthy contribution by Uzal Ogden, "The Libertine Reclaimed," on pages [5-19]. Slightly imperfect, but a very rare almanac. Felcone, Printing in New Jersey, 1754-1800 , 353; Evans 17379; Drake 5125; ESTC W22845.
FLOOR JOURNAL OF BOTH SESSIONS OF THE SECOND CONGRESS, 1791-1793
272. UNITED STATES. CONGRESS. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Journal of the House of Representatives of the United States, at the First [-Second] Session of the Second Congress . Philadelphia: Francis Childs and John Swaine, 1792-1793. Folio. 2 vols. in 1. 245 p.; 267 [i.e., 167], [25] p. Bound in modern calf-backed marbled boards, very skillfully executed in period style. Several gatherings in the second volume foxed, else near fine. From the library of James Mott, treasurer of New Jersey during this period. $2000
The detailed floor proceedings, motions, and votes of both sessions of the second Congress, from October 1791 through March 1793. One can follow the course of many important bills as they are introduced, read, amended, voted on, and eventually enacted into law. Key legislation at this session included the establishment of the mint, copper coinage, protection of the frontiers, a uniform militia law, and the Ohio Territory. Evans 24910, 26332.
THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS PUBLISHES THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
273. UNITED STATES. CONTINENTAL CONGRESS. Journals of Congress. Containing the Proceed- ings in the Year 1776. Published by Order of Congress. Volume II . Philadelphia: R. Aitken, 1777. [2], 513, [22] p. Modern full mottled sheepskin, superbly executed in exact facsimile of the original binding, the spine with a red morocco title label and "1776" tooled on a black oval onlay. Some internal dampstaining and browning, particularly toward the end of the text, else a very handsome volume. With the signature of Samuel McCraw Gunn, dated 1822, on the title page. Enclosed in a four-flap chemise and morocco-backed slipcase. $20,000
First edition of the second volume of the journals of the Continental Congress, covering Congress' proceedings for the year 1776 and containing the full text of the Declaration of Independence. On September 26, 1776, the Continental Congress ordered Philadelphia printer Robert Aitken to reprint the earlier (i.e., 1775) journals of Congress and to continue to print the journals "with all possible expedition." According to Charles Hildeburn, quoting Aitken's statement to Congress, "I printed 800 copies of the second volumes, 50 were carried to Lancaster, and committed to the care of Mr. [John] Dunlap. I find of the other 750 copies only 532 were delivered. I allow 218 copies as they have been lost or embessled." ( Issues of the Press in Pennsylvania , 3577) The text contains a complete record of the proceedings of the Continental Congress from January 1 through December 31, 1776. On page 240 the session of Tuesday, July 4, begins: "Agreeable to the order of the day, the Congress resolved itself, into a committee of the whole, to take into their farther consideration the declaration, and after some time the president resumed the chair, and Mr. Harrison reported that the committee have agreed to a declaration which they desired him to report. The declaration being read, was agreed to, as follows...." Here begins the full text of the Declaration of Independence, ending at the bottom of page 246 with the name of the final signer. The text of the entire volume is set solid in a Long Primer type. The text of the Declaration is set in a leaded Small Pica type. There is no mistaking the emphasis. Next follows Congress' resolution: "That copies of the declaration be sent to the several assemblies, conventions and committees, or councils of safety, and to the several commanding offi- cers of the continental troops; that it be proclaimed in each of the United States, and at the head of the army." Evans 15684.
FIRST CODIFICATION OF U.S. MILITARY LAWS
274. UNITED STATES. WAR DEPT. Military Laws of the United States; to which is Prefixed the Constitution of the United States. By Trueman Cross. Washington: Edward De Krafft, 1825. xxxi, [1], 279 p. Contemporary sheep. Foxed, binding scuffed but very tight and solid. William G. McNeill's copy, signed and dated 1827 on the title page and with his name neatly lettered in ink on the front cover. In a portfolio and fine morocco-backed slipcase. $2200
First edition of the first attempt to fully codify the military laws of the United States. Preceded by the Constitution, the work contains the texts of all laws pertaining to the military in the United States, beginning in 1776 and continuing through 1824, including a comprehensive 17- page index. The book was compiled by Trueman Cross under the authority of the War Department. Cross was a career military officer and is often considered the first important fatality of the Mexican War, having been killed by Mexican banditti on the Rio Grande near Fort Texas in April 1846. This copy belonged to William G. McNeill, an army topographical engineer who left the service in the late 1820s to become a railroad engineer. He supervised the surveying and construction of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and eventually became one of the foremost railroad engineers in the country. Cross's book, though owned by several libraries, is very rare in trade. No copy appears in the auction records from the mid-1970s onward, and it is unlisted in Shoemaker's American Imprints . This is a lovely copy, in the original binding, with a fine provenance.
A COMPLETE RUN
275. (UTAH). Tullidge's Quarterly Magazine . Salt Lake City: Edward W. Tullidge: Vol. I no. 1, Oct. 1880, through vol. III no. 4, Jan. 1885. Portraits and plates. Bound at the end of vol. III is Tullidge's History of Salt Lake City and its Founders (336 p.; 3 plates). Three volumes, bound in non-matching period half leather. Some scuffing of extremities, a few pages torn or soiled with early repairs. Small early label of the Shepard Book Company, Salt Lake City, in each volume. Philip Ashton Rollins' set, with his bookplate in each volume. $1200
All published. A complete run of this important Western journal, with a wealth of material on Utah, the Mormons, and the West in general. Includes a great many biographical and autobiographical sketches (many with engraved portraits), local histories, &c. Bound in the third volume (and also issued separately) is the first edition of Tullidge's history of Salt Lake City. From the library of the great Western Americana collector Philip Ashton Rollins. Flake 9048; 9038; Howes T-409. VIRULENT RACISM
276. VAN EVRIE, JOHN H. Negroes and Negro "Slavery:" The First an Inferior Race: The Latter its Normal Condition . New York: Van Evrie, Horton & Co., 1861. 339, [4] p. Frontis. Red-brown cloth. Spine uniformly faded, light corner wear, one small spot and very faint offsetting to title, else a very good, tight copy. Attractive mid-nineteenth-century bookplate of Julia A. Pinkney. $275
First complete edition following the pamphlet publication in 1853 and again in 1854 of the introductory chapter. Virulent anti-abolitionism on the eve of the Civil War, by a New York physi- cian. The advertisements contain one leaf of anti-abolitionism literature.
VARLO'S TOUR IN AMERICA
277. VARLO, CHARLES. The Essence of Agriculture, being a Regular System of Husbandry, Through all its Branches; Suited to the Climate and Lands of Ireland ... with the Author's Twelve Months Tour thro' America... . London: For the author, 1786. v, [3], 283, [1], 124 p. Fold. table. Modern half calf antique. Some worm trails in early leaves, else very good. $900
First edition of Varlo's frequently-reprinted treatise on agriculture, with an account of his travels in America. Varlo (ca. 1725-ca. 1795), a Yorkshireman farming in Ireland, came to America in 1784 to prosecute a bogus claim to a part of New Albion, roughly including parts of New York, Long Island, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. He traveled along the coast from Boston to Virginia, placing advertisements in newspapers and generally attempting to be heard. He even published a book, A New System of Husbandry (Philadelphia, 1785). After his return to Europe he published The Essence of Agriculture , which, like most of his books, he reissued randomely and repeatedly, altering titles, rearranging or interchanging sections, and adding and removing pages of subscribers' names. Later editions were titled Nature Displayed and The Floating Ideas of Nature . Howes V51. See also Clark, Old South , II, 129, and Felcone, New Jersey Books , 281-283.
MOVE OVER, COLUMBUS
278. (VESPUCCI, AMERIGO). Canovai, Stanislao. Elogio di Amerigo Vespucci che Riporto il Premio dalla Nobile Accademia Etrusca di Cortona ... con una Dissertazione Giustificativa di questo Celebre Navigatore . Firenze: Giovacchino Pagani, 1798. 8vo. 196 p. Port. Contemporary half calf, decorated paper-covered boards. Binding worn at extremities, front free endpaper wanting, else a clean and tight copy. $300
Fourth edition of Canovai's assertion that Vespucci landed on the American continent before Columbus and also that he discovered Brazil before Cabral. Canovai first published his work in 1788, and despite a spate of scholarly criticism, he continued to vigorously defend his position. Sabin 10704. HISTORY OF VIRGINIA
279. (VIRGINIA). [Beverley, Robert]. The History of Virginia, in Four Parts ... By a Native and Inhabitant of the Place . London: For F. Fayram and J. Clarke, and T. Bickerton, 1722. [8], 284, [24] p. + [4] p. ads. Engraved fore-title, 14 engraved plates. Slightly later calf. Spine rubbed, front hinge begining to crack but held firmly by the cords. Some light marginal foxing, but a very good, very attractive copy. $2800
The revised and enlarged second edition of the first history of Virginia written by a native. Beverley was a planter who spent most of his life in Virginia, and his work is a reliable contemporary account of life in that colony. The work first appeared in 1705. Howes B410.
REPLY TO PAINE
280. WAKEFIELD, GILBERT. A Reply to Thomas Paine's Second Part of the Age of Reason . London: For H. D. Symonds, 1795. viii, 60 p. Uncut and stitched as issued. Half title a trifle darkened else fine and fresh. In a morocco-backed cloth folding box. $500
First edition. Scathing attack on Paine by an Anglican minister.
BENJAMIN OWEN TYLER AND PETER MAVERICK COLLABORATION
281. (WASHINGTON, GEORGE). Engraved calligraphic print, "Eulogium Sacred to the Memory of the Illustrious George Washington, Columbia's Great and Successful Son: Honored be his Name." New York: Benj. Owen Tyler, 1815. 17.3 x 21 in. Engraved by Peter Maverick, Newark, N. Jersey. Mounted on linen with wooden rollers at the top and bottom (bottom detached), as issued. 1.5 x 2.5 inch piece missing from the left margin, costing four letters of the title and a bit of the calligraphic border. Surface abrasion and some wrinkles, quite quite good. $550
A classic production of the great early American calligrapher Benjamin Owen Tyler in collaboration with the important early American engraver Peter Maverick. At the center is an oval stipple portrait of Washington above a pedestal. Surrounding this central image is a most remarkable display of calligraphy, "Designed written and published by Benjamin O. Tyler, professor of penmanship, New York, 1815. Engraved by P. Maverick, Newark, N. Jersey." Stephens, The Mavericks , 767.b.
EARLY KENTUCKY TRADE MANUAL
282. (WATCHMAKING). Hopkins, C. The Watchmaker's and Jeweler's Hand-Book, a Concise yet Comprehensive Treatise on the "Secrets of the Trade." A Work of Rare Practical Value to Watchmakers, Jewelers, Silversmiths... . Louisville, Ky.: Published for the author; printed by John P. Morton & Co., 1866. 40, 3 p. Wrappers. A bit dustsoiled and lightly foxed; good plus. $400
Instructions, techniques, formulas, and other "secrets of the trade," including a three-page list of prevailing prices, north and south, for dozens of jobs. 18TH CENTURY AMERICAN LITERARY MAGAZINE
283. THE WEEKLY MAGAZINE of Original Essays, Fugitive Pieces, and Interesting Intelligence . Philadelphia: James Watters & Co. Vol. I nos. 1-13, February 3 through April 28, 1798. [2], [xi]-xi, [2], 312, 311-414, [3], 420-464, vi p. 2 engraved plates. Contemporary half sheep (worn and scuffed but sound). The usual foxing, occasional spotting. $500
The first volume of James Watters's ill-fated literary magazine. The Weekly published a number of contributions by Charles Brockden Brown as well as other original American writing. Unfortunately the young editor died in the yellow fever epidemic, and the magazine ceased publication in August 1798. Evans 34991; Mott I p. 122.
CLASSIC PARSON WEEMS
284. WEEMS, MASON L. God's Revenge against Murder: or the Drown'd Wife. A Tragedy, as lately performed, with unbounded applause, (of the Devil and his court) by Ned Findley, Esquire... . Philadelphia: Printed for the author, 1823. 40 p. frontis. Removed. Browned throughout. Handsome leather-backed slipcase. $400
Eleventh edition, enlarged. One of the delightful Parson Weems tracts, recounting "the sorrowful life and cruel death of Mary Findley, (daughter of Major Hugh Middleton, Edgefield District, South Carolina.) Who, after giving a handsome fortune to a most depraved husband, was barbarously drown'd by him in eight weeks after marriage." The engraved frontispiece depicts poor Mary, clinging to the side of a canoe, while her husband beats her with a paddle. Skeel 185; Shoemaker 14865; McDade 305.
FIRST BOOK PRINTED IN WEST VIRGINIA
285. (WEST VIRGINIA). Watson, Richard. Christian Panoply; Containing an Apology for the Bible; in a Series of Letters, Addressed to Thomas Paine... . Shepherd's-Town: P. Rootes & C. Blagrove, 1797. 332 p. Contemporary sheep. Spine weakening at center, hinges cracked but held by cords, spine ends chipped, some gatherings browned. A good copy. $900
The first book printed in what is now West Virginia, preceded only by newspapers and a few broadsides and small pamphlets. Little is known of either Rootes or Blagrove, both of whom disappeared almost as quickly as they had come. See West Virginia Imprints , pp. 8 et seq. , for a discussion of the printing of this book. Streeter sale 1104; West Virginia Imprints 5; Evans 33158.
THE S.U.M. VERSUS THE MORRIS CANAL
286. [WILLIAMSON, ISAAC H.] Law Opinion, in the Case of the Paterson Manufacturing Society, against the Morris Canal and Banking Company . Paterson: D. Burnett, 1829. 27 p. Stitched and uncut, as issued. Right one third of title page torn away, cropping a letter or two in each of three lines (chiefly blank margin torn away), foxed. Priced accordingly, $450 Williamson's opinion as chancellor, refusing to grant an injunction sought by the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures against the Morris Canal and Banking Company. The SUM, fearful of competition from the canal company, argued that the operation of the Morris Canal would so deplete the waters of the Passaic River that the society's mills at Paterson would be adversely affected. Williamson held that until the society could demonstrate an actual loss, rather than a contemplated one, no injunction would issue, but the canal company must proceed at its own peril. A very scarce pamphlet, and the first copy we have ever had for sale. While the defective title page is indeed regrettable, only a handful of letters are affected, as the loss is chiefly blank margin. Shoemaker 39764; Felcone, New Jersey Books , 1421.
BARTLETT ILLUSTRATIONS OF AMERICAN SCENERY: 1840
287. WILLIS, NATHANIEL P. American Scenery; or, Land, Lake, and River Illustrations of Trans- atlantic Scenery. From Drawings by W. H. Bartlett... . London: George Virtue, 1840. 2 vols., 4to. Port., 2 engraved titles, map, and 118 engraved plates of American scenes from original drawings by William H. Bartlett. Contemporary half morocco (worn at extremities, one cover detached). Most plates with some foxing, chiefly in the blank margins. $1200
First edition of one of the most popular mid-nineteenth century works illustrating America. Bartlett travelled from New England south to Virginia and west to Niagara Falls, drawing some of the most spectacular American scenery. His drawings were engraved by a host of skillful artists and accompanied by text of N. P. Willis. Nearly all copies exhibit some degree of foxing on the plates. Howes B-209; Abbey, Travel , 651; Clark III:256.
SCARCE WITHERSPOON SERMON PRINTED IN PRINCETON
288. WITHERSPOON, JOHN. Christian Magnanimity: A Sermon, Preached at Princeton, September, 1775 ... and Again with Additions, September 23, 1787. To Which is Added, an Address to the Senior Class. Who were to Receive the Degree of Bachelor of Arts . Princeton: James Tod, 1787. iv, 44 p. Modern marbled paper wrappers. Moderate overall foxing/browning, else very good. $1100
One of only four imprints to come from James Tod's short-lived Princeton press. Tod came to Princeton from Edinburgh in 1786, at the suggestion of President Witherspoon. He set up the town's first printing press, began a newspaper, and printed two college catalogues, a volume of sermons by James Muir, and this Witherspoon address before abandoning printing, and leaving Princeton, in 1787. Princeton did not have another printer until David A. Borrenstein arrived in 1824. Witherspoon at the time was president of the College of New Jersey (now, Princeton University) and in 1776 had been the only minister to sign the Declaration of Independence. A very scarce imprint. Evans 20893; Felcone, Printing in Princeton , 4; Felcone, Printing in New Jersey , 481; ESTC W20029.
SIX WEEKS BEFORE HE SIGNED THE DECLARATION
289. WITHERSPOON, JOHN. The Dominion of Providence over the Passions of Men. A Sermon Preached at Princeton, on the 17th of May, 1776. Being the General Fast appointed by the Congress through the United Colonies... . Philadelphia: R. Aitken, 1776. [4], 78, [1] p. Removed from a bound volume. Foxed throughout, with some contemporary underlining. $2200
First edition of Witherspoon's first strongly-worded political statement from the pulpit, delivered just six weeks before he signed the Declaration of Independence. The sermon is dedicated to John Hancock. Witherspoon, the president of the College of New Jersey, was the only minister to sign the Declaration. Evans 15224; Adams, American Controversy , 76-165a; Adams, American Independence , 231; ESTC W20251.
KEEP OFF THE STAGE ... IN DUTCH
290. WITHERSPOON, JOHN. Ernstig onderzoek aangaande den aart en de uitwerkselen der Tooneelen. Zynde ingericht, om te toonen, dat het begunstigen en bevorderen van een openbaar tooneel onbestaanbaar is met het charakter van een' Christen . Utrecht: J. J. Van Poolsum, 1772. [12], 139, [1] p. Fully untrimmed, in modern cloth-backed boards. Title a trifle dust soiled and with upper blank corner gnawed, else about fine. $450
First Dutch translation of Witherspoon's popular diatribe against the stage, first published in Glasgow in 1757 as A Serious Enquiry into the Nature and Effects of the Stage . Witherspoon was president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) and the only minister to sign the Declaration of Independence.
291. WITHERSPOON, JOHN. The Miscellaneous Works of the Rev. John Witherspoon . Philadelphia: William W. Woodward, 1803. 368 p. Contemporary sheep (dry and scuffed, but tight). $200
Sheets of the fourth volume of Woodward's 1801 edition of Witherspoon's works reissued with a cancel title page dated 1803. S&S 5608; Felcone, New Jersey Books , 1426.
FIRST EDITION OF WITHERSPOON'S WORKS
292. WITHERSPOON, JOHN. The Works of the Rev. John Witherspoon ... Late President of the College, at Princeton New-Jersey. To which is Prefixed an Account of the Author's Life ... by Rev. Dr. John Rodgers, of New York... . Philadelphia: William W. Woodward, 1800. 3 vols. (36, [4], 37-604 p.; 632 p.; [4], 9-611, [12] p.) Very skillfully rebound in period-style calf-backed marbled paper-covered boards, original endpapers retained throughout. Vol. 3 has a minor paper defect on B1 affecting two letters and gathering 2T is stained, else a lovely set with only slight foxing, in a very handsome and correct period-style binding. $2500
The first collected edition of Witherspoon's works, prefaced by John Rodgers' 1795 funeral sermon on Witherspoon. Includes all of Witherspoon's most important works. A fourth volume was issued by Woodward in 1801. Witherspoon was a distinguished Presbyterian theologian, president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), and the only minister to sign the Declaration of Independence. Evans 39128; Felcone, New Jersey Books , 299. SECOND EDITION OF WITHERSPOON'S WORKS
293. WITHERSPOON, JOHN. The Works of the Rev. John Witherspoon ... Late President of the College at Princeton, New-Jersey. To which is Prefixed an Account of the Author's Life ... by Rev. Dr. John Rodgers, of New York... . Philadelphia: William W. Woodward, 1802. 4 vols. [15], 13-569, [3] p.; 586 p.; [4], 9-592 p.; 475, [13] p. incl. list of subscribers' names. Complete. Rebound in modern red buckram. Title page of vol. 1 a trifle foxed, else a remarkably fine, clean, unfoxed set, neatly but unsympathetically rebound in buckram. Priced considerably less than a set in a period or period-style binding. $750
The second collected edition of Witherspoon's works, prefaced by John Rodgers' 1795 funeral sermon on Witherspoon. Includes all of Witherspoon's most important works. The text does not differ greatly from the first edition of 1800-1801, but the type is entirely reset, some corrections and additions have been made, and the order of the selections is altered. Witherspoon was a distinguished Presbyterian theologian, president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), and the only minister to sign the Declaration of Independence. S&S 3572; Felcone, New Jersey Books , 1430.
294. (WOMEN). The Mentor. Published by the Female Association for the Improvement of Juvenile Books . Philadelphia: T. E. Chapman, 1842. [2], 86 p. Patterned cloth (very lightly rubbed and spot- ted). A very good, clean copy. $250
Compendium of essays on female deportment, religious advice, &c., intended for young women. American Imprints 42-1765-66.
RARE 1874 WYOMING PROMOTIONAL WORK
295. (WYOMING). Wyoming (Territory). The Territory of Wyoming. Its History, Soil, Climate, Re- sources, etc. Laramie City: Daily Sentinel Print, Dec. 1874. 83, [1] p. Blue printed wrappers. A long diagonal tear in the lower corner of the title page has been neatly closed with a strip of cellophane tape on either side (touching one letter of type), spine ends a bit chipped, else a very good, clean copy, with the wrappers in lovely condition. $4500
The first book printed at Laramie, Wyoming, written only five years after the territory was organized. Compiled and issued by the territory's board of immigration, the work was written to attract settlers to an area that was still largely unexplored. The text includes detailed information about cattle and sheep ranching including costs of starting a ranch and projected profits. The territory's commissioner of immigration was J. K. Jeffrey, who Howes credits as the text's author. The book is quite rare: only one copy appears in the auction records in the last 31 years (Swann, 1995). Howes "b" J85; Streeter Sale 2244; Adams, Herd , 2638.
RURAL ECONOMY: BURLINGTON, 1792
296. [YOUNG, ARTHUR]. Rural Economy, or Essays on the Practical Parts of Husbandry: Designed to Explain Several of the Most Important Methods of Conducting Farms of Various Kinds ... To which is added, The Rural Socrates... . Burlington: Isaac Neale, 1792. 299, [1] p. Contemporary mottled sheep. Upper hinge beginning to crack, light internal toning, else a very nice copy. $400
Felcone, Printing in New Jersey, 1754-1800 , 638; Rink 1110; Evans 25061; ESTC W22052.
297. ZIMMERMANN, JOHANN GEORG, RITTER VON. Solitude Considered with Respect to its Influence upon the Mind and the Heart. Written Originally in German ... Translated from the French of J. B. Mercier... . Wilmington: By Johnson & Preston, 1797. [4], v, [1], 298 p. Contemporary sheep. Hinges broken, else a clean copy. $350
Rink 479; Evans 33261.
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