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12mo. 118pp. Bound to style in quarter leather, marbled paper boards. Paper browned and text corners worn else a very good copy. In German.
Catechismus, Oder kurzer Unterricht Christlicher Lehre, Fur die angehende Jugend in der Churfurstlichen Pfalz und andern Reformirten Orten zu gebrauchen
Philadelphia: G. und D.Billmeyer, 1816.
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Militia Laws: Comprising the Acts of Congress, With the Rules and Articles of War; and the Acts of Kentucky
Frankfort: Johnston and Buchanan, 1815.
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12mo. 43,(i)pp. Full page frontispiece; ten woodcut illustrations throughout. Contains five stories. The lead story is of James, an African boy, who does well in England. The Pedlars are two Scots, Donald and MacPherson, who are beset by robbers. Bound to style in quarter leather, marbled paper boards. Tiny wormhole in the text else a very good copy.
The Negro Boy; Indolence; Look Before You Leap; The Pedlars; and Lieutenant Hartley
(Anon.)
Boston: Munroe and Francies, et al., 1829.
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Small 8vo. 792pp. Original publisher's sheep. Signatures sprung from use, but firmly attached; pages soiled and with some contemporary markings; old repair to the spine else the binding is in very good condition. Ownership name of Dan Smith dated 1828, and, later, 'Dan Smith, His Book'. The New Testament has a separate title page. In this copy there is a short note pinned to its verso, listing the births of members of the McNees family in the late nineteenth century. Reputedly the first Bible printed west of the Allegheny River and the first Bible in English printed west of the Allegheny Mountains. A well used copy, but in good condition. Very scarce. Hills, 349; Not in Darlow and Moule,
The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, Translated out of the Original Tongues ....
(Bible in English)
Pittsburg: Cramer and Spear, 1818.
Price: $750.00
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"Editio prima Americana". Thick 8vo. 8, 561(i.e., 171)pp. Pp. 568-571 incorrectly numbered 558-561. Bound to style in full sheep, red leather lettering label, gilt, simple blind rules on spine and boards. The earliest Greek/Latin Testament printed in America, preceded only by the Greek printing of 1800 by Thomas. See Hall, p. 22: "[T]his can be the 'editio prima Americana' only as a Leusden edition; for it is the second of the Greek Testament absolutely." A fine copy. Early American imprints.; Second series no. 9974.
He Kaine Diatheke (in Greek, then): Novum Testamentum cum Verisone Latina Ariae Montani Auctore Johanne Leusden, Professore
(Bible in Greek and Latin)
Philadelphiae: Imprensis S. F. Bradford, 1806.
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The Constitutions of the United States, According to the Latest Amendments
(Constitutions)
Philadelphia: Campbell, 1800.
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12mo. vi, 120pp. Original cloth spine, paper label, marbled paper boards. Woodcut frontispiece of Ignatius before Trajan; plus 9 other woodcuts in the text. Label well rubbed, hinges worn but strong; light dampstain affecting the first 18pp; some foxing and soiling; a good copy of a scarce book.
Christian Martyrs, Or, Familiar Conversation on the Sufferings of Some Eminent Christians
(Drysdale, Isabel)
Philadelphia: American Sunday School Union, (1828).
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A Appeal to Matter of Fact and Common Sense....
(Fletcher, John)
New=York: J. Soule and T. Mason, 1818.
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First American edition, designated the seventh on the title page in reference to the six prior London editions. iii-iv;289,(9)(2)pp. Collation: [1], title (lacking); A8-T8, lacking T7. Lacks title page (provided in facsimile), both free endpapers, and leaf T7, which is the beginning of the index. Original full sheep binding; spine in six compartmens with raised bands. Red leather lettering piece, gilt; blind rules and rolls on the boards. The edges and leather surface are well worn with portions of the leather surface perished at the edges; a partial split of the bottom part of the upper joint (about 1'), else the hinges are strong. Some foxing and soil to the text block else very good. Laid in is a clipping from a old newpaper of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (probably mid-20th cent.). Also laid in is a photocopy, from another copy, of the title and following page. The first general law book printed in what is now the United States. The colonial printer, Hugh Gaine, began business in New York in 1750 and lived through the Revolutionary War until 1807.
Every Man His Own Lawyer: Or, A Summary of the Laws of England....
(Jacob, Giles)
New-York: Hugh Gaine, 1768.
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A very good copy with occasional light foxing. Pages untrimmed. Bound in what appears to be original boards covered in blue paper. At some (later?) time the spine was covered a similar blue paper, now sunned to light brown. See Howes W-585.
The British Spy; Or, Letters to a Member of the British Parliament, Written During a Tour Through the United States: 'By a Young Englishman of Rank'.
(Wirt, William)
Newburyport: Repertory Office, 1804.
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The Flowers of Ancient History; Comprehending on a New Plan,....
Adams, John
Philadelphia: Jacob Johnson, 1795.
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Tall 8vo. 401pp. Contemporary tree-calf. Spine decorated with gilt rules and tooling; red leather lettering label, gilt. Ownership name dated 1907. The first 30pp have a marginal dampstain at the upper corner, light rubbing to the edges and hinges, lacks rear free endpaper, else this is a very good copy. First published in London the preceding year and many times reprinted.
Memoirs of the Life of Anne Boleyn, Queen of Henry VIII
Benger, Miss
Philadelphia: Abraham Small, 1822.
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The Opinion of Dow; Or, Lorenzo's Thoughts, on Different Religious Subjects, in an Address to the People of New-England
Dow, Lorenzo
Windham: J. Byrne, 1804.
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The Conquest of Canaan; A Poem, In Eleven Books
Dwight, Timothy
Hartford: Elisha Babcock, 1785.
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An Oration, In Commemoration of the Independence of the United States of America....
Hitchcock, Enos
[Providence]: J. Carter, [1793].
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Small 8vo. 223,(i),pp. Original full sheep, red leather lettering label, gilt, simple gilt bands on spine. Bound with: Thoughts on Some Important Subjects in Divinity, Baltimore, Warner & Hanna, 1806.(84pp). This latter work was first printed in 1801. Jarratt was an Anglo-American clergyman and preacher who emulated the Methodism of John Wesley and initiated a religious revival throughout North Carolina and southern Virginia. His autobiographical account reveals the social order of ante-bellum Virginia plantation society. Hinges neatly mended, old seminary bookplate, neatly handwritten note on the front free end paper else a very good copy. Sabin 35789; Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 10627.
The Life of the Reverend Devereux Jarrett, Rector of Bath Parish, Dinwiddie County, Virginia, Written by Himself,: In a series of Letters Addressed to the Rev, John Coleman, one of the Ministers of the Protestant Episcopal Church in Maryland
Jarratt, Devereux
Baltimore: Warner & Hanna, 1806.
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8vo. (iv), 209pp. First published in London in 1773. Bound to style in quarter leather; red leather lettering label, gilt; marbled paper boards. Text block toned and lightly foxed. Long inscription in an ornate hand on a preliminary blank: "Monthly meeting of the Northern District of Phil.pha To Henry Preston. Evans 18139.
The Original, and Present State of Man, Briefly Considered; ... by the People Called Quakers ....
Phipps, Joseph
Philadelphia: Joseph Crukshank, 1783.
Price: $175.00
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12mo. 234pp. Contemporary full marbled sheep. Spine with 5 simple gilt rules, red letter lettering piece, gilt. All edges sprinkled. A few pages with corners creased and trace of wear to the tail of the spine, else a well preserved, near fine copy.
The Essentials of English Grammar: Being the Second Part of the Juvenile Spelling Book: Containig ... Definitions & Rules ....
Picket, A. & J. W.
Cincinnati: Morgan & Sanxay, 1829.
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8vo. 491pp. followed by the Supplement bringing the total pagination to 511. The Supplement contains three pieces by Charles Fenno Hoffman: "The Dead Clearing:", "The Last Arrow" and "Indian Parents at their Child's Grave". Eight plates, including the three plates in the supplementary material and the 5 called for by Howes. Original sheep. Spine with simple gilt rules, red leather lettering piece, gilt. Typical foxing and some staining else a very good copy. As seems to be usual with this edition, though not mentioned by either Howes nor Sabin, bound without pp. 485-488. Howes P-622. Sabin 65719.
Incidents of Border Life, Illustrative of the Times and Condition of the First Settlements in Parts of the Middle and Western States: Comprising Narratives of Strange and Thrilling Adventure--Accounts of Battles--Skirmishes and Personal Encounters with the Indians-- Descriptions of their Manners, Customs, Modes of Warfare, Treatment of Prisoners &c. &c.--also, the History of Several Rem
Pritts, Joseph
Chambersburg, PA: J. Pritts, 1839.
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12mo. vi, (ii), 436pp. (but p. 426 is mispaginated as 536). Contemporary full calf. Spine with gilt rules and red lettering piece, gilt. Two bookplates of a former owner. Old neat hinge repair, wear to corners and spine tips, some soiling and foxing but basically a very good copy in original binding. Important on several fronts. This is first book printed by America's first Catholic publisher, Christopher Talbot, 'late of Dublin'. Talbot later went on to co-found the Pennsylvania Herald. The title page states this is the third edition, but it is unclear where the earlier editions were published, or whether the statement represents an edition in English or in the original French. This is the second American printing of this title; it was originally printed in Baltimore in 1780; this is the first Philadelphia printing. It was important also to the Catholic community of the time as the first Catholic edition of Scripture, the Douai-Rheims version, was not printed in America until 1790 (see Darlow and Moule, the entry after 949.) The list of subscribers includes John Carroll. Rare.
The History of the Old and New Testament, Interspersed with Moral and Instructive Reflections ....
Reeve, J.
Philadelphia: M. Steiner for C. Talbot, 1784.
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