1824. FRANKLIN, Benjamin. MELANGES DE MORALE, D'ECONOMIE ET DE POLITIQUE, EXTRAITS DES OUVRAGES DE BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, et precedes d'une notice sur sa vie, par A. Ch. Renouard. Paris: Chez Antoine-Augustin Renouard, 1824. Two volumes. Engraved portrait in Vol. 1. 24mo. Vol. 1: vii,252 pp. Vol. 2: [iv],186 pp. Contemporary paper..... More
1794. FREEMAN, Samuel. THE TOWN OFFICER: OR THE POWER AND DUTY OF SELECTMEN... AND OTHER TOWN OFFICERS. As contained in the Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. With a Variety of Forms, for the Use of such Officers. To which are added, the Power and Duty of Towns, Parishes and..... More
1863. FREMONT, Jessie Benton. DIE LIEBGARDE. EINE GESCHICHTE AUS DEM KRIEGE. Boston: Ticknor und Fields, 1863. First German-language edition of The Story of the Guard: A Chronicle of the [American Civil] War, issued in the same year and by the same publisher as the first edition. 187 pp. 18mo., publisher's..... More
1847. FROST, John. PICTORIAL LIFE OF ANDREW JACKSON. Hartford: Belknap and Hamersley/Philadelphia: Martin Bomberger/Cincinnati: Bomberger & Gillis, 1847. Illustrated from engravings. 8vo., calf decorated in blind to upper board and stamped in gilt to spine, raised bands, marbled edges and endpapers. Foxing throughout text; a small tear to bottom edge..... More
1830. GALVESTON BAY & TEXAS LAND COMPANY. W. B. BOLLES CERTIFICATE FOR TEXAS LAND. New York City: October 16, 1830. Galveston Bay & Texas Land Company document signed by three trustees representing Lorenzo de Zavala, Joseph Vehlein and David G. Burnet. One page, 12 1/2 x 8 inches. Made out..... More
1857. GLADSTONE, T[homas]. H. THE ENGLISHMAN IN KANSAS: OR, SQUATTER LIFE AND BORDER WARFARE. With an introduction, by Fred. Law Olmsted. New York: Miller & Company, 1857. First American edition. 12mo. lv,328 pp. In a worn publisher's binding of blue cloth which is sunned at spine, chipped at heel, crown..... More
1913. A BIOGRAPHICAL CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTORY, With an Outline History of the National Congress, 1774-1911. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1913. 1136pp. Large 8vo., black cloth, gilt. Ex-library; bookplate to front pastedown and no other library marks. Some bumping to corners and spine tips. Minor exterior dust soil. Clean and crisp..... More
1809. GRANT, [Anne] Mrs.. MEMOIRS OF AN AMERICAN LADY: with sketches of manners and scenery in America, as they existed previous to the revolution. New York: Printed for Samuel Campbell, by D. & G. Bruce, 1809. Same year as the two-volume first American edition published at Boston. viii,344 pp. 12mo...... More
1856. GRISWOLD, Rufus Wilmot. THE REPUBLICAN COURT, or American Society in the Days of Washington. With Twenty-one Original Portraits of Distinguished Women, Engraved from Orginal Pictures by Woolaston, Copley, Gainsborough, Stuart, Trumbull, Pine, Malbone, and Other Contemporary Painters. New and Revised Edition. New York; D. Appleton and Co., 1856. Small..... More
1833. HALL, James, ed. THE WESTERN MONTHLY MAGAZINE. A continuation of the Illinois Monthly Magazine. Cincinnati: Published by Corey & Fairbank, 1833 (-1834). 22 issues. A nearly complete run of the first two years of this monthly periodical (January, 1833 - December, 1834), lacking only two issues (#s 13 &..... More
1831. HALL, S[amuel] R[ead]. THE CHILD'S ASSISTANT TO A KNOWLEDGE OF THE GEOGRAPHY AND HISTORY OF VERMONT. Third edition, with plates. Montpelier, VT.: Published by J. S, Walton, 1831. Folding frontispiece map of Vermont with hand-coloring, twelve wood-engraved text illustrations. 75 pp. 12mo., cloth back, illustrated paper over thin wooden..... More
1829. HALL, Samuel R. LECTURES ON SCHOOL-KEEPING. Boston: Richardson, Lord and Holbrook, 1829. First edition. xi + 135 pp. + 10 pp. publisher's advertisements. 8vo., quarter cloth with (remnant of) paper spine label and green paper-covered boards, uncut and partially unopened,in custom slipcase with inner chemise. Faint dampstaining to covers..... More
1829. HALL, Samuel R. LECTURES ON SCHOOL-KEEPING. Boston: Richardson, Lord and Holbrook, 1829. First edition. xi + 135 pp. + 10 pp. publisher's advertisements. 8vo., one quarter leather and paper covered boards. Ex-library copy the only mark being a bookplate on the front pastedown and a barely noticeable label on..... More
1829. HALL, Samuel R. LECTURES ON SCHOOL-KEEPING. Boston: Richardson, Lord and Holbrook, 1829. First edition. xi + 135 pp. + 12 pp. publisher's advertisements. 8vo., one quarter leather and paper covered boards. Ex-library copy, bookplate and ink note on front pastedown and a barely noticeable label on the spine, ticket..... More
1930. HANNUM, Anna Paschall, ed. A QUAKER FORTY-NINER; The Adventures of Charles Edward Pancoast on the American Frontier. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press; London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1930. First edition. Illustrated. 8vo., brown cloth, title gilt-stamped to spine, top-edge stained red. Minor rubbing and outer soil; sunning to..... More
1888. HANSON, Alexander Contee. REMARKS ON THE PROPOSED PLAN OF A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, ADDRESSED TO THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND PARTICULARLY TO THE PEOPLE OF MARYLAND. By Aristides. [One of the series PAMPHLETS ON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES,Published during its Discussion by the People..... More
1808. HASTINGS, Sally. POEMS ON DIFFERENT SUBJECTS. To Which is Added, A Descriptive Account of a Family Tour to the West; In the Year, 1800. In a Letter to a Lady. Lancaster, Pa.: William Dickson, 1808. Limited edition, "Printed and Sold ...for the Benefit of the Authoress" by subscription. 220..... More
1739. [HAUTCHAMP, Barthelemy Marmont du]. HISTOIRE DU SYSTEME DES FINANCES SOUS LA MINORITE DE LOUIS XV pendant les annees 1719 & 1720, Precedee d'un Abrege de la Vie du Duc Regent, & du Sr. Law. The Hague, Pierre de Hondt, 1739. Six 12mo volumes in three. 204[2]312; [2]208,[4]286pp.+[1]ff; [xiv]294[xvii]246pp. Titles..... More
1930. HEARTMAN, Charles. AMERICANA: PRINTED AND IN MANUSCRIPT. Metuchen, NJ: Published by the author, 1930. 120 pp. 4to., green marble-pattern paper covered boards with paper label on front board. Bookseller's catalogue with some extraordinary items of Americana (books and ephemera); includes facsimile title pages and a two-color folding facsimile reproduction..... More
1828. [HENSHAW, David] OBSERVATIONS OCCASIONED BY THE REMARKS, ON THE CHARACTER OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, PUBLISHED IN THE CHRISTIAN EXAMINER, VOL. IV. NO. V. BY A CITIZEN OF BOSTON. Boston: True and Greene, 1828. Inscribed by D. Henshaw on title page. 56 pp. + errata slip tipped in. [bound together with]..... More
1980. HILL, Sarah Jane Full. MRS. HILL'S JOURNAL - CIVIL WAR REMINISCENCES. Edited by Mark M. Krug. Chicago: The Lakeside Press, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1980. The Lakeside Classics: Christmas, 1980. First edition. Illustrated. xlvii,350 pp. 12mo., brown cloth, gilt-stamped title to spine and publisher's device to upper board..... More
1936. HISLOP, Codman. Albany: Dutch, English, and American. Albany, NY: The Argus Press, 1936. 8vo. Brown cloth, gilt stamped. Presentation copy, inscribed by author. Spine is slightly worn and faded. Bookplate on rear paste-down; a very nice copy. More
1864. HOLMES, Oliver Wendell. SOUNDINGS FROM THE ATLANTIC. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1864. First edition. [viii] 1-468 pp., + 22 pp. publisher's advertisement dated November, 1863. Octavo, bound in publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration on spine and blind-stamped boards. An attractive near-fine copy, it is clean inside..... More
1834. HUMPHREYS, Colonel David. THE LIFE AND HEROIC EXPLOITS OF ISRAEL PUTNAM, MAJOR-GENERAL IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. New York: Ezra Strong, 1834. 190 pp. Small 8vo., leather spine and illustrated paper covered boards printed in black. Spine worn with several wormholes. Covers rubbed, moderately soiled, edgeworn. Worming to p. 86..... More
1888. IREDELL, James. OBSERVATIONS ON GEORGE MASON'S OBJECTIONS TO THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION. By Marcus. [One of the series PAMPHLETS ON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, Published during its Discussion by the People, 1787-1788.] Edited by Paul Leicester Ford. [Brooklyn, NY: Historical Printing Club, 1888]. 38 pp. An octavo-size pamphlet..... More