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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1930. Second printing. The Jacket shows some wear and loss especially at the head and tail of the spine.. 224, [1] pp. The Jacket shows some wear and loss especially at the head and tail of the spine. The edges of the bottom of the boards show some rubbing. The copyright of this printing reads First and Second Printings Before Publication. Published July 1930.

1970. William Hood (1920-2013) was born and raised in Maine and joined the OSS in World War II. He served as a member of the CIA in Europe for 30 years, retired, and wrote spy novels. These photos show protests against the Vietnam war and pro-war protestors. The photographs are in excellent condition, with some attached back-to-back. Hood gave this collection to Bevin O'Brien before his death. O'Brien is the daughter of founding ABAA member Francis O'Brien. 7 1/2" x 9 3/4

Boston: Printed and sold by S. Kneeland and T. Green, 1739. [2], 14, 120, [2] pp. Includes the rare errata not found in most copies. Full calf rebinding by Richard Lamb. Tears, minor loss, and a small repair to the front free endpaper and title page. First edition and an important colonial history, containing a good deal of information concerning Roger Williams, religious freedom, Native Americans, etc. Written by the pastor of the Baptist Church in Newport, Rhode Island, the second Baptist church in the United States. Evans 4347; Howes C-74; Sabin 10075; Streeter II: 677.

Greenfield, Massachusetts: Ansel Phelps, 1825. 108 pp. Boards stained and worn, hinges cracking and the interior is foxed and stained. First American edition of this important work on finishing furniture and decoration objects.

1881. 3 pp. Good with slitting along the fold, paper toned and some light stains. Grant writes recommending E.W. Stoughton to be a justice of the Supreme Court.

A remarkable assembled collection of the Boston Almanac from the second year of publication in 1837 through 1863 complete. Various publishers. The first 8 issues were published by S.N. Dickinson, and these are particularly good with several trade cards for the publisher glued on the inside covers. Overall, the volumes are in very good condition with light wear to the bindings and the maps in the 1844 and 1845 issues are lacking the maps.

New London: Samuel Green, 1816. 16 pp. with a crudely printed illustration of Babcock's hanging. Poor condition with the title page backed with brown paper, crude repairs and in recent wraps. This is an unusual case of a white man being hung for the murder of a black man. Babcock describes in detail his life as a poor farm worker travelling from job to job. He relates that he received word of his father's death from an African American man named London who was in a relationship with his mother and lived with her. Babcock lived with the couple between jobs. One morning London and Babcock's mother were fighting and Babcock entered the fray and stabbed London who later died. There is a long section on his imprisonment and last day leading up to his hanging.

Cincinati: Printed by Morgan, Lodge and Co. for the Proprietors, 1822. viii, [1], 10-320 pp. Rear free endpaper lacking. Three of the page edges are painted with watercolor paint. 7 copies located on OCLC. Imprints, 8616, Morgan, 1358.

1851. 21, [3] pp. First printing of this often-reprinted work written by Phillips for the Second Women's Rights Convention in Worcester. M & S Rare books sold a copy in 1972. 12 copies located on oclc.

Broadside. 8" x 13 1/4." Edges worn and the piece has folds with minor tears and foxing. A general state on the preparedness of the Massachusetts militia to protect the interests of the state and nation.

London: T. Osborne, 1744. London: T Osborne, 1744-46 Eight volumes xvi viii 608: xii 612: xii 556 56: xii 572 57-96: xii 576 97-136: xii 584 137-164: xii 608 165-168: xii 612 pp recent half calf over marbled boards Bookplate of Walter Harding, Madingley Hall Occasional Foxing particularly at beginning and end of each volume and some page browning pages133-6 duplicated in vol 5.

New York: Nonesuch Press, 1929. 7 volumes. Bound in full morrocco and in very good condition with page edges lightly soiled. The former owner's name is written in ink on the inside front covers. Set 76 of 1600 copies.

Philadelphia: M. Carey & Son, 1820. 14 double page maps in boards that have the title page on the front cover and a book catalog on the rear board. Remarkably rare with a copy in very poor condition at the Library of Congress and a copy in the Rumsey collection in similar condition as our copy. Boards detached, remnants of tape on the inside of the covers and facing pages, a corner of the first map is crumpled, foxing and last 3 maps split along the folds. Rumsey, 2682A.

Concord: White & Fisher, 1835. 276 pp Usual found in green cloth this has a variant binding of brown cloth Fading and on edge of the backstrip is cleanly split The interior is foxed Contains two woodcut illustration The author travelled from New England and spent several weeks in Texas Howes P74.

A promotional booklet for this extravagant stage presentation of Custer's last stand. The piece includes a list of actors and a program. Good condition with minor tape repairs to the lower corner of the front cover. OCLC finds only 2 copies at Brown and the Clarke Historical Library in Michigan.

London: Printed by A. Macpherson for J. Lee, 1802. 22, 4 pp. The piece lacks wraps but includes the unusual plate of British Soldier Benjamin Armstrong flogged by an African. Joseph Wall (1737- 1802) was born in Ireland and described in several accounts as a volatile but good soldier serving in Cuba, India, and West Africa. Jailed in West Africa for cruelty, he traveled back to Ireland and England when released-later convicted of coercing a woman to marry him and killing an associate. Offered Lieutenant-governorship of Goree, he had a man flogged to death on his voyage to his new position. Once in his new position, Wall ordered seven soldiers flogged for questioning why they received only partial pay. Three died. When he returned to England, he feared arrest and moved to France and Italy for several years but returned to England, was arrested, faced trial, and was convicted and hung.

Housed in a new case and mounted on linen.

London: John Ollivier, 1848. Bound in Later cloth Maconochie was a Scottish naval officer and prison reformer who was appointed governor of the small Australian Island of Norfolk which was used at the time to house prisoners Later he returned to England and authored a book on prison reform In this piece he describes his belief that emigrants needed to be prepared to move to the colonies and in the second part of the piece he offers specific advice 24 pp pp.

1901. [22] pages of photographs and watercolors of a trip to Italy in 1901. The 11 illustrations show some talent. Good condition with the interior hinge cracked. No owner identification.

New York: Scribner, Welford, and Company, 1871. History of Friedrich... 1872-73. 10 vols. Essays.... 1872. 7 vols. Oliver Cromwell... 1871. 5 vols. Wilhelm Meister... 1874, 3 vols. French Revolution... 1872. 2 vols. Tales by Musaeus... 1874. 3 vols. Latter-day Pamphlets.... 1872. 1 vol. Heroes, Hero-Worship... 1872. 1 vol. Life of John Sterling... 1871. 1 vol. Sartor Resartus... 1873. 1 vol. Friedrich Schiller... 1873. 1 vol. Past and Present... 1872. 1 vol. Choice of Books... London: John Camden Hotton, n.d. General Index... London: Chapman and Hall, 1874. 1 vol. All Scribner titles except 2. Bound in uniform 3/4 calf. Light wear and occasional foxing. 38 volumes.