A History of the Origin and Progress of the Doctrine of Universal Salvation, Also the Final Reconciliation de Thomas Brown M.E - 1826

Boston: I. Thomas (Isaiah Thomas) and E. T. Andrews, 1792. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fair. 12mo. 216 pages. Hardcover bound in original paper-covered wooden boards. The binding is very worn, and the spine has perished, exposing the gatherings and stitching. The wooden boards are chipped, especially at the fore edges and along the bottom of the front cover. Much of the paper on the rear board is peeled or chipped off. The binding is still holding. Untrimmed. Complete with the copperplate engraved frontis and the footnote at page 77. Some foxing to the text. The title page and frontis are especially foxed and soiled. Early signature at the top edge of the front flyleaf appears to read "N. Pike," but there is some chipping right along the top edge at the signature. Rare.

Atlanta, Georgia: A. B . Caldwell, Publisher, 1909. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 565 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in original burgundy cloth. Now housed in a clear mylar jacket. The binding of the book has moderate rubbing and wear. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Text is a bit toned. A couple of pages have handwritten notations in the margins, presumably by Samuel A. Ashe. The notations are on pages pertaining to the Ashe family. Laid in loosely in a plastic sleeve is typed letter from publisher A. B. Caldwell to Capt. S. A. Ashe of Raleigh, North Carolina. The letter is on Caldwell Publishing Company letterhead and is on cheap paper that has several tears and crease. One of the center folds goes through Caldwell's signature with damage to the signature. The letter (in purple type) presents this book to "My dear Captain. It also invites Ashe to a local "Re-union." This… Leer más

Richmond, Virginia: The William Byrd Press, Inc., Printers, 1927. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Octavos. 623; 644 pages. Indexed at the rear of Volume II. Two volumes bound in original blue cloth with spine titles in gilt. Moderate wear to the bindings. The bindings have some chips or abrasions in the cloth which seem to have been touched up with blue paint or coloring. This is more evident at the top edge of front cover on Volume II as well as on the side of its spine. Endpapers foxed. Text is toned but generally clean. INSCRIBED by the author on the front flyleaf of Volume I, "To S. A. Ashe, / with the author's esteem, / Landon C. Bell / May 20, 1929." Samuel A'Court Ashe (1840-1938) was a lawyer and a Confederate Captain in the Civil War. After the War he served in the North Carolina legislature and was a noted historian, author, and defender of the Confederacy. There is also a signed typed letter laid in loosely from Drewry McKee Smith… Leer más

New York: Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1928. 8vo. 223, [1] pp. Photo frontisp., numerous photo plates. Green publisher’s cloth, blue illustration & lettering front cover, illustrated endpapers (minor shelfwear, slight rubbing, very slight bumping to corners), w/ d.j. cover art of Curtis w/ teepees & US Capitol dome (minor chipping, tears, tear to foot of spine & lower back cover affecting some lettering, closed tears), still VG/G- copy. First edition of this surprisingly uncommon biography of the first Native American to become Vice President of the United States under Hoover, after becoming the first Republican Whip in 1915 in the US Senate. Curtis (1860-1936) lived from 1863-1868 with his maternal grandmother on the Kaw Indian Reservation near Council Grove, KS on the Santa Fe Trail, and after a raid by the Cheyenne, Kiowa, and Arapaho in 1868, and subsequent removal of the tribe to Indian Territory, he went to live with his paternal grandmother in Topeka, KS and was integrated into an Anglo-American… Leer más

San Francisco: William Andrews Clark, 1930. No. 85 of 250 copies privately printed, by John Henry Nash. Vellum-backed tan boards, both books housed in individual compartments in a single slipcase. very good. William Wilke. 2 volumes, being a facsimile of the 1890 Sydney first edition, and a finely printed volume. Illustrated with two frontispiece portraits, one of Father Damien and one of Stevenson designed and drawn by William Wilke, with short facsimile inscription to each portrait. 21x14 cm (8¼x5¾") and 32x23 cm (12½x9"), vellum-backed tan boards, spines lettered in gilt, both housed in individual compartments in a single slipcase with printed paper spine label. No. 85 of 250 copies privately printed for William Andrews Clark, Jr., by John Henry Nash. -- Printed by Nash at Clark's behest, one of a series of similar publications Clark gave out as a Christmas gift. With "Compliments of William Andrews Clark, Jr., Christmas, 1930" tipped-in paper label at front free endpaper of larger volume.… Leer más

Worcester, Mass.: Isaiah Thomas Printer. Very Good+. 1785. Second Edition. Hardcover. Convened at Hartford at the Anniversary Election, May 8th 1783 by Ezra Stiles, President of Yale College. Second Edition Corrected. Original clean marbled boards, brown leather spine decorated with gilt. Text tight, clean & intact. A few pages with a hint of foxing. Facsimile title page. 8 additional pages of other publications. Ex-Lib, Boston Public Library ink stamp. Prior owners book plate. Connecticut Election Sermon. New England ; Ex-Library; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 172 pages .

Boston: G. Alex Emery. Very Good. 1872. First Edition. Hardcover. Originally published in soft covers, rebound in marbled boards with leather corners & spine including the original covers. Early Boston imprint. Text tight, clean & intact. Eight islands, 10 miles southeast of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Illustrated with 12 full page engravings. Outer covers with spine end wear, have protected the original text well. Interior VG+. New England; Engraved Illustrations; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; 35 pages .

1964. 1964 Osgood, Ernest Staples THE FIELD NOTES OF CAPTAIN WILLIAM CLARK 1803- 1805 New Haven: Yale University Press, 1964 35pp, index, annotated transcription of the journal and illustrated with facsimile photographs of the original field notes Signed by Ernest Staples Osgood on blank epage opposite tpage Folio Green and black cloth stamped in gold, gold facsimile signature of William Clark on front cover Fine bright, looks unread hardcover in fine bright d/j.

Wheaton, Illinois: Morton Publishing Co.. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean green cloth with black title on front cover. Text tight, clean & intact. Portrait frontispiece. Signed "Compliments Claude Albert Fuller 8/1/56." VG dust jacket with a few tiny edge chips. Claude's early days, his practice of law, romance, family life, politics, ten years in congress and success make a wonderful story. Arkansas Congressman. Genealogy; B/W Photograph ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 146 pages; Signed by Biographee .

Samuel Harrison Smith, Washington, DC, 1809; Folio (12 1/2 " x 19"), two pages (single leaf printed front and back). Samuel Harrison Smith’s National Intelligencer newspaper for Friday, May 19, 1809, with a lengthy front page letter over three full columns in length by John Adams addressed to the publishers of the Boston Patriot News in response to a recently published criticism. In it Adams recounts in minute detail his reasoning and corresponding actions with respect to the 1799 diplomatic mission to France undertaken by his team of representatives, which eventually resulted in the Convention of 1800 or "Treaty Of Montefontaine," ending America’s Quasi-War with France, which was initiated by Talleyrand’s 1796 order allowing for the seizure of American merchant ships. In the letter Adams reveals that his original choices for the diplomatic team were Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth, Patrick Henry, and Williams Vans Murray, Minister to the Netherlands at the time. Justice… Leer más