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London, England: Printed for John Baker, at the Black Boy in Pater-Noster-Row, 1714. Second Edition. Pamphlet. Very good. Removed from a book of pamphlets. Leather remnants on spine. Edges neatly trimmed. Octavo, 7 1/2" x 4 3/4" pp. 47, [1]. Page numbers 9, 10, 15, 26, 31 trimmed.. Pages lightly tanned with little to no foxing. (ESTC T31848). 47pp. Clean copy. Hare was censured by convocation. It was taken to be ironical; but it is not very clear whether or not he meant to defend or denounce Samuel Clarke and William Whiston, both of whom were probably much smarter, but as often happens married less well, at least financially. The pamphlet was often reprinted, in America as late as 1809, suggesting that religious thinking in America was about 100 years out of date.

Boston, Mass: E. Russell, near the New Intelligence-Office and Auction-room, and next the Cornfield, Union-street, 1772. Removed. Fair. 8vo, pp. 70. Lacks titlepage and dedication, which is dedicated to 'All Friends of Liberty'. Begins with preface (first page nearly detached), but subsequently complete. xvi, 1 unnumbered page, 18-70 pages, 20 cm. "By James Swan, a native of Great-Britain, and friend to the welfare of this continent." Swan wrote this at age 22 while still a clerk in a counting house. He was a member of the Sons of Liberty and participated in the Boston Tea Party. He was twice wounded at the Battle of Bunker Hill, he next became secretary of the Massachusetts Board of War and the legislature. During the time he held that office, he drew heavily on his private resources to aid the Continental Army, which was then in dire need of funds to arm and equip the soldiers who were arriving in Boston from all parts of New England. In 1787 or 1788 the indebted Swan moved to France. En route,… Leer más

Salem, OR: Frank C. Baker (Oregon State Printer), 1894. FIRST EDITION. Full Leather. Very Good Plus. Quarto.9 1/4 in. x 6 1/2 in. Once half-bound leather (spine and corners), now amateurishly rebound in tan cloth over black pebbled-cloth boards. Original black and red spine labels re-affixed. 719 pp. including Index. Printed form affixed to front pastedown (Oregon Legislature -Twentieth Session - "Senate Joint Resolution No. 5, (Introduced by Mr. Hazeltine by request and adopted). This Resolution decreed that up to 1000 copies of this book be "used and given away by said grand commander to pioneers and veterans of the Indian wars, who have had the largest experience in the early history of Oregon and who pledge beforehand to him to write out and correct all errors and supply omissions, etc...". Previous owner's signature ("B.F. Wells, Manila, P.I., P.O. Dept. 1901) in pencil, to front pastedown. Covers Cayuse War, Rogue River Wars, and The Yakima War. A good, solid copy of an increasingly scarce and… Leer más

Boston: Edes & Gill, in Queen-Street; and T. & J. Fleet at the Heart and Crown, in Cornhill, 1770. Pamphlet. Good. Scarce, pre-American Revolutionary pamphlet- and, by just a few days, Pre-Boston Massacre, this publication, at its face, was merely a useful almanac, but in actuality, an organ characterized by seething sentiment and fervent rage and calls for solidarity against the indignities of a large British occupying troops, which not only were forced by the Quartering Act of 1765 to house the occupying soldiers in public houses but which forced the colonials to assume the cost of this. This one lacking the famous (but often missing) frontis etching attributed to Paul Revere. Only seven actual copies located in libraries worldwide. 12mo. Original self-wrappers. 29 leaves (of 30). Unrestored and unsophisticated. Printed ("upon paper manufactured in this country") and sold by Edes & Gill, in Queen-Street; and T. & J. Fleet at the Heart and Crown, in Cornhill, 1770. Ragged edges, creasing, some… Leer más

New York: Harold Vincent Smith for The Home Insurance Company, 1939. First Edition. Softcover. VERY GOOD. Quarto, 12" x 9." pp. 63. Illustrated in color and b&w. Thick red paper covers titled in gilt with image, some fading near edges. Library stamp to top of front cover, "Myrtle Point Public Library." Corners bumped. Bottom left corner creased, affecting internal pages. Small tear to spine. Interior pages very clean and glossy. Handsomely illustrated book on the history and material culture of fire fighting and fire insurance in New York. Drawn from the museum collection of H.V. Smith, President of The Home Insurance Company. Contains descriptions and reproduced photographs of fire engines (aka the old 'masheens'), fire marks (cast iron insurance plates affixed to buildings), hat fronts, presentation shields, speaking trumpets and other items of ornamentation. The author writes, "Symbolic of fire protection, these pages are dedicated to the dauntless spirit of all fire fighters, both past and… Leer más

Washington DC: Office of the Independent Counsel for Iran/Contra Matters, 1993. Paperbacks. Very Good. Privately-owned. A tiny bit of rubbing to spines and front panel, a hint of thumbing to front panels, and a very small stain to bottom edge of Volume III. Dates printed on front covers, respectively, are August 4th, 1993, August 4th, 1993., December 3, 1993. 572 pp.; 785 pp.; and 1150 pp. United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit: Division for the Purpose of Appointing Independent Counsel Divison No. 86-6. Edited by Mary J. Belcher, Michael D. Vhay, and James G. Weighart who with the assistance of a large team of attorneys, researchers and an editorial and clerical support team, produced this massive and thoroughly-researched document. By way of example, details of sections-contents are ONLY given for Volume I: Part I) The Underlying Facts; Part II) History of the Investigation (Chronology of Key Public Developments); Part III) The Operational Conspiracy: A Legal… Leer más

New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1967. Hardcover. Very Good Plus / Very Good Plus. Octavo, 9.4 in. x 6.4 in., pp. 480. Illustrated with seven maps. Black boards with stamped title in blind to front; gilt title to spine. Publisher's yellow topstain. Very light rubbing to edges of dustjacket. Price clipped. Protected in mylar. The Nez Perce War was an armed conflict in 1877 in the Western United States that pitted several bands of the Nez Perce tribe of Native Americans and their allies, a small band of the Palouse tribe led by Red Echo (Hahtalekin) and Bald Head (Husishusis Kute), against the United States Army. Fought between June and October, the conflict stemmed from the refusal of several bands of the Nez Perce, dubbed "non-treaty Indians," to give up their ancestral lands in the Pacific Northwest and move to an Indian reservation in Idaho Territory. This forced removal was in violation of the 1855 Treaty of Walla Walla, which granted the tribe 7.5 million acres of their ancestral lands and the… Leer más

New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1913. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. 8vo. Green cloth-covered boards, with gilt lettering to front and spine. Previous owner's name and address to front pastedown. Slight spine lean, and light age-speckling to all edges. Solid copy.

Pound Ridge, New York: New Chapter Press, 1991. STATED FIRST PRINTING. Mass Market Paperback (MMPB). Very Good. Mass market paperback (aka "Pocket" book). Minor edgewear and a tiny bit of thumbing to corner. Inscribed and SIGNED on half-title page: "To one great Virginia writer/editor to another, in all mass media modesty, Sam.". The author, former professor of communication studies at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University in Blacksburg, Virginia, "became interested in the communications aspect of vanity plates because he realized that personalized plates 'provide average people a chance to say something original to the rest of us.'.." "Here, for the first time, a collection of the best and the very, very worst of the outrageous cunning, sweet and silly messages on U.S. license plates!..." (from rear panel).

Saginaw, Michigan: SELF-PUBLISHED, 1913. Leather-bound. Good. Quarto. Quarter-bound morocco over brown, cloth-covered boards. Embossed title front board. Black leather (goatskin) spine. Considerable. rubbing to joints. Hinges solid. Despite being shaken (loosey goosey) the book was constructed in such a way that it could be opened flat for research. A huge and solid gathering of information about this country smack in the center. of Michigan. M-A-S-S-I-V-E compendium of information. "Finely and Profusely Illustrated". A genuine exhaustive labor of love and devotion, Mr. Tucker's cinder-block-worthy tome catalogues -- in addition to the usual history and biography, things such as destructive fires, Great Storms, Great Tragedies; Contributions and. Selections, Humorous and Otherwise, Extinct Post Offices, Woman Lost in The Woods, When Wolves Were Numerous, Bears and Catamounts, He Shot a Red Skin, First Telephone - First Bicycle; Moonlight Hunting Story, and other "Interesting - Instructive -… Leer más

Carpenteria, California: Carpenteria Valley HIstorical Society, 1975. Hardcover. Very Good Plus in Good Dustjacket. 8vo. Brown cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering to spine. Some edgewear and chipping to dustjacket, which has done a creditable job protecting its book. Privately printed (Carpenteria Historical Society) account of the spiritualist community called Summerland. "We lived in a tent down on Lillie Avenue when I arrived in 1890 at the age of swixteen...Santa Barbaras were poking fun at our village, calling it 'Spookville' because it started out as a spiritualist colony..." Author May Croop Lambert "lived to be almost 101 and her kaleidoscopic memories have been set down in sharp focus..." She describes her tender romance with a future county road builder named Fred Lambert, and how they raised their eight children through good times and bad. She served oin the local school board...and tells of such things as the vile-smelling Summerland kelp factory of World War I days, and the… Leer más

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Octavo, 8.7 in. x 5.3 in., pp. 182. Illustrated with frontis and 15 additrional black and white photographs taken by the author. Brown cloth boards with beige title and beige and orange design to the front; beige title to spine. Light shelfwear to edges. Kermit Roosevelt 1889 - 1943), the son of Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, recounts his travels across the world alongside his famous family as they go on various hunting trips. The title essay is Kermit's most extended reminiscence of his father. The other five essays include three that had been previously published in magazines.

Amsterdam, Holland: Chez Lombrail, Marchand Libraire dans le Beurs-straat, 1707. Leather-bound. Good. IN FRENCH. 12mo. Contemporary full calf, designed "windowpane" leather binding. (15.08 cm. x 9.50 cm.) Morocco title label. Engraved armorial frontis. Engraved title in black and red. Corner of front free endpaper clipped. 433, [16] pages. Paper lightly browned. 14 plates, including frontis, depicting Native Americans by John White. Folding census of cities (paginated "433"). Index. Sabin 5116 Tooled spine and top headband (worn). Four raised bands/five compartments.Crossed out original owner's name with 1707 date still present, and several other penciled initials to front pastedown, and a small, cut-out piece of laid bond tipped in atop front free endpaper, bearing the name of Daniel Grinnan, Richmond, Virginia, with a penciled-in printed date of June 10, 1909. The first (or second - see notes) translation into French of the 1705 English edition. Previous owner's manuscript signature, "Hannov.",… Leer más

Venice, Italy: Iseppo Prodocimo, 1678. Hardcover. Disbound. 24mo. measuring 6.3 cm. x 3.74 cm. Handmade contemporary layered paper covers. Two fragments of original vellum spine with manuscript lettering, laid in. Handle with care; text-block split in two. Leaves appear made of handmade paper. Evidence of worming to about 40 pp. (app. pp. 41-80) but to bottom margin. Found no text loss. 489 pp. plus 11. A few old dates (1682) in manuscript at front and rear free endpapers. Writing to rear board as well, mostly obscured. Some signatures sprung and separated. Index (Tavola delle Cose piu degne) to front, and Table of Contents (Tavola de Capitoli) at rear. Venetian translation by Sign. Alfonso Ulloa of a work said (though contested) to have been written in Spanish but now lost, written by Fernando Colombo, son of Christopher Columbus. The author, born in Cordova, Spain, became page to the Prince Don Juan, who was Ferdinand and Isabella's son, and heir. He accompanied his father on his fourth voyage of… Leer más

Marcola, OR: Polley Publishing, 1984. Stated First Printing. Softcover. Very Good Plus. Quarto. Apart from an extremely minimal bit of shelfwear - several very small crosswise creases to spine, this copy appears to never have been read -- best we've seen. Two maps in pocket on inside rear cover. Loaded with wonderful historic photographs. Black lettering to white spine. Yellow lettering to front of green cover illustrated with trees. 146 pp with credits and glossary. Inscribed by author back side of front cover. As an aside, this cataloguer has made numerous sojourns through the old mill town of Wendling, Oregon. Haunting indeed, to know that so many families lived and worked and played there -- mill, and housing and church and store and post office. Now, as of the 1930's all gone, overgrown. Even the concrete bases which housed the giant saws are still there, nestled amongst the oaks and firs. Written by 3rd generation Oregonian just outside of Eugene. The author begins with the Mohawk River… Leer más

Indianapolis, IN: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1915. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Four Volume Matching Set: Octavo, 9.1 in. x 6 in. 1529 total pages. Each illustrated with tissue-guarded frontis, and many black and white engravings, photographs, and maps. Blue cloth boards with gilt title to spines. Light rubbing to extremities. Most corners are lightly nudged. Bookseller's ink stamp to rear pastedown. A few wrinkles to the spine of Volume I. Spines and hinges tight. Seymour Dunbar (1867-1947) first worked for Scripps-McCrea, and then as a reporter for the Cincinnati Post and the St. Louis Chronicle. Without the apparent benefit of any college, Dunbar began to accumulate material for his history of travel. He did not begin to write until 1905... In 1915, Bobbs-Merrill published "A History of Travel in America," Dunbar's picturesque four-volume account of the progress of American civilization which included 400 prints. The history, which took 24 years to compile, even captured a poet's… Leer más

Marcola, OR: Polley Publishing, 1991. Third Printing. Paperback. Good Plus. Quarto. Shelfwear. Two maps in pocket on inside rear cover. Loaded with wonderful historic photographs. Black lettering to white spine. Yellow lettering to front of green cover illustrated with trees. 146 pp with credits and glossary. Inscribed by author back side of front cover. Written by 3rd generation Oregonian just outside of Eugene. The author begins with the Mohawk River Watershed and early Mohawk history. Following chapters cover the lumber industry in the Valley ; falling and bucking ; rollways and parbuckle ; log drives. The Mohawk Valley Post Offices, Isabel-Marcola, First schools in the Valley, and Cemeteries are covered. The author takes you from around the turn of the century to after the turn of the century in this fascinating look at the Oregon wilderness, the vibrant logging community that flourished from the late 19th century until the mid-1930s, which is today a haunted ghost-town.

London, England: Printed for the Author; and sold by Charles Dilly, in the Poultry; and James Buckland, in Pater-Noster Row, 1788. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Plus. NOTE: THIS IS VOLUME 3 ONLY. No Map(s). Octavo. REBOUND in handsome black cloth with bright gilt lettering. (Volume 3 only, out of 4). pp. (8) 499. NOTE: No Maps. A handful or less of neat bracketing in light pencil. It was widely accepted that Thomas Jefferson collaborated with Gordon on some of the writing of this history. "Gordon is deservedly reckoned as one of the most impartial and reliable of the numerous historians of the American Revolution... (Sabin 28011). (Also Larned 1341; Howes G256).

Boston, Mass: James W. Burditt & Co.) J. Burditt, Printer, 1810. Second Edition. Leather-bound. Good. Octavo. Contemporary mottled calf, with later contrasting brick-red spine label, titled in gilt,and (spine) triple-ruled in gilt. Rubbing to extremes. Recent professional hinge repair. Binding sound. Endpapers and title page browned, Moderate foxing throughout, but not to obscure. Biopredation to last blank, at edges. [iv]192 (1) p. An account of Shay's Rebellion by a knowledgeable observer who understood & sympathized with the rebels, but who could not in the last analysis condone the rebellion. Valuable contemporary history. Minot was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Sabin 49324;. Daniel Shays was a Revolutionary war hero who fought at Bunker Hill, then distinguished himself at Saratoga, and Stony Point. After the Revolution rural communities were particularly hard hit by deflation, credit contractions, and hard currency shortages, particularly when the state government… Leer más

London, England: Printed for Thomas Wilcox, Bookseller at Virgil's Head, opposite the New Church in the Strand, 1757. First Edition (Limited Thick Paper Edition). Leather-bound. Near Fine. First Edition of the very first history of New York, and one of a very few copies on large and thick paper. Scarce in this format. "A Few Copies of the 1757 Edition were printed on larger and thicker paper, with wide inner margins". (Sabin) This is one of those very few copies. 4to. 10 3/8' x 8" 1/4" (26.35 cm. x 20.95 cm.) Beautifully rebound in full mottled calf by international award-winning bookbinder Sean Richards of Byzantium Studios in Norman, Oklahoma. Spine tooled with period gilt designs. Paper repairs to title page and folding plate. Front and rear pastedown endpapers edge trim scalloped in front and smooth at rear. Five raised bands, embellished by gilt roll, and contrasting spine label of dark green, titled in bright gilt. pp. xii, 255. Fold-out frontis map of "The South View of Oswego on Lake… Leer más