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Letter of Christopher Columbus to Rafael Sanchez, Written on Board the Caravel While Returning from His First Voyage. Facsimile of the First Publication Concerning America. Published at Barcelona, May, 1493

Columbus, Christopher · 1893

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

Chicago, W.H. Lowdermilk, 1893. Facsimile edition. Paper wrappers. [20] pp. 14 pp. Illus. with 8 b/w woodcuts. 12mo. A nice facsimile of one of two letters dispatched to the Spanish court in 1493, wherein Columbus gives an account of his voyage to America, noting that he took ...

Second Annual Report of the College Settlements Association for the Year 1891

[Women] College Settlements Association · 1892

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

New York, Brown & Wilson, Printers, 1892. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. 48 pp. [1]. 8vo. The College Settlements Association was formed in 1890, "to bring all college women within the scope of a common purpose and a common work" establishing branches in twelve colleg...

Historical Sketch of Major Joseph Hawley of Northampton, Mass. 1723-1788

[Hawley, Elias S.] · 1890

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

Buffalo, [Press of E.H. Hutchinson & Co.], 1890. Offprint. Stitched paper wrappers. frontispiece, 48 pp. [2] pp. adv. Illus. with 2 b/w plates. 8vo. Major Joseph Hawley III served as the Northhampton Town Clerk, as well as Justice of the Peace. A good- exlib copy, lacking the ...

A Discourse Delivered in the Second Church in Hartford, Sunday, January 12, 1890

Parker, Edwin Pond · 1890

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Hartford, Press of The Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1890. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. 23 pp. 8vo. Delivered on the Thirtieth Anniversary of Parker's settlement as Pastor of the Church. A very good copy, wrappers detached.

Sketch and Genealogy of the First Three Generations of the Connecticut Haydens, with a Map Showing the Locality in Which They Settled. September 2, 1885

Hayden, Jabez H. · 1885

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

Hartford, Press of The Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1885. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. 20 pp. Illus. with 1 b/w map. 8vo. Jabez Hayden was from Windsor Locks, Conn. This genealogical record begins with the 1630 arrival of William Hayden in Dorchester, Massachusetts, w...

The Pardoning Power: Where Should It Be Lodged and How Should It Be Exercised? a Paper Read at Saratoga Springs Before the National Prison Association, September 8th, 1884

Wayland, Francis · 1884

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

New Haven, Hoggson & Robinson, Printers, 1884. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. 16 pp. 8vo. "With the Compliments of Francis Wayland" slip tipped-in on title. In this speech,Wayland proposes an act to establish a Board of Pardons, and in the appendix, provides the rules...

Sketch of the Life of the Honorable John Read, of Boston, 1722-1749

Reed, George B. · 1879

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

Boston, Privately printed, 1879. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. 18, iv pp. 8vo. A very good copy.

Re-Interment of the Remains of Lady Alice Apsley Boteler, Wife of George Fenwick, Esq. November 23, 1870. (Reported for the Hartford Daily Courant, Nov. 24th)

[Trumbull, J. Hammond] · 1870

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

Hartford, [n.p.], 1870. First separate edition. Paper wrappers. 24 pp. 16mo. Lady Fenwick, was wife to Lord George Fenwick, second governor of the Saybrook Colony, which was sold to the Connecticut Colony in 1644. The following year, Alice Fenwick died during childbirth and wa...

Result of Council Held in the Lecture Room of the Essex-Street Church, Boston, Jan. 31, Feb. 8, 15, and 21, 1866

[Council of the Orthodox Congregational Churches of Boston] · 1866

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Boston, Nichols and Noyes, 1866. First edition. Paper wrappers. 22 pp. 16mo. Results of the meeting called by pastor, Dr. N. Adams to address congregational concerns over the lack of activity in the church. Some of the recommendations include a renewal of covenant, addresses t...

Sketch of the Life and Character of Hon. William J. Hubbard, Delivered at His Funeral. Together with Proceedings of the Suffolk Bar, and Remarks of Chief Justice Bigelow, and Henry W. Paine, Esq

Todd, John E. · 1864

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Boston, Printed by Request of the Family and Friends of the Deceased, 1864. First edition. Removed. 17 pp. 8vo. About very good, spine split with 3 pinholes, mail fold, faint marginal soiling.

George Cruikshank in Mexico" [from] Atlantic Monthly, January, 1865

[Cruikshank, George] · 1865

$10.00 (€9.07 | £7.57 | ¥1,597)

[Boston], Atlantic Monthly [Ticknor and Fields], 1865. Later green paper wrappers. [54-64] pp. Sm. 4to. From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, Number 87. A good exlib copy, in chipped and soiled plain paper wrappers, spine starting to split, first leaf tipped in to inside front...

Historical Sketches, and Rules, of Fairfield East Association and Consociation, with Statistical Notices of the Consociated Churches

Fairfield East Association · 1859

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

New Haven, Printed by E. Hayes, 1859. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. 50 pp. Sm. 8vo. A much cited church history. OCLC locates 11 copies. Removed from a larger volume, stitch holes, owner's name on front wrapper, rear wrapper detached, edge wear and tears, light foxin...

Fifth Report of the Board of Education of the State of Maine. 1851. Published Agreeably to Resolve of March 22, 1836

[Maine. Board of Education] · 1851

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

Augusta, William T. Johnson, Printer, 1851. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. 171, [1] pp. Illus. with 12 b/w plans, + 2 lvs. with school desk illus. Sm. 8vo. Separate printing of this fifth, and next to last, Report. Notes that "It is the imperative duty of every distri...

Communication from M. Vattemare

Vattemare, Alexandre · 1849

$200.00 (€181.45 | £151.36 | ¥31,941)

[Hartford], n.p. 1849. First edition. Self wrappers. 4 pp. 8vo. In this Senate Document, Hartford, Connecticut, June 19th, 1849, Alexandre Vattemare thanks the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, of the State of Connecticut, for the adopti...

Report of the Special Committee of the Primary School Board, on a Portion of the Remarks of the Grammar Masters

[Boston School Board. Primary School Committee] · 1844

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

Boston, John H. Eastburn, City Printer, 1844. First edition. Disbound. 13 pp. 8vo. The Primary School committee was much agitated by the Secretary of the Board of Education, Horace Mann's Seventh Annual Report which complained that there was no real system of education in Bost...

Laws Relating to Common Schools, with the Instructions of the Department Concerning the Duties of the Various County, Town and District Officers, and of the Inhabitants of Districts

[New York. Schools] · 1844

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

Albany, Printed by C. Van Benthuysen, 1844. Stitched green paper wrappers. 48 pp. 8vo. Printed in two columns with index. A complete listing of all laws, regulations, statues, forms, pertaining to common schools in New York. All issued in 1843. Scarce. OCLC locates only two co...

Circular of the Superintendent of Common Schools, to Supervisors, County Treasurers, Commissioners of Common Schools and Trustees of School Districts: Containing "an Act, to Amend Title Second of Chapter Fifteen of the First Part of the Revised Statutes, Relating to Common Schools. " Passed May 3, 1839: With Instructions for Its Execution, and Regulations Concerning Appeals. Issued May 15th, 1839, Pursuant to Acts of the Legislature

[New York. Department of Public Instruction]. Spencer, John C. · 1839

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

Albany, Alfred Southwick, Printer, 1839. First edition. Self wrappers. 30 pp. 8vo. Concerns school finances and the requirement that towns apportion monies for the schools. OCLC locates only 12 copies. American Imprints 57519. About very good, edge worn and torn, with light so...

Review of a Pamphlet on the Trust Deed of the Hanover [Street] Church

[Beecher, Lyman]; [Wisner, Benjamin B.]; [Marvin, Theophilius Rogers] · 1828

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Boston, T.R. Marvin, Printer, 1828. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. 37,[1] pp. 8vo. Author unknown, but Boston Athenaeum sites Lyman Beecher, Sabin suggests Benjamin Wisner, Richard H. Shoemaker suggest either for this review for John Lowell's "The Recent Attempt to De...

[Laws of Maine in Relation to the Education of Youth]. Revised Statutes. Chapter 17. May 3, 1842

[Maine] · 1842

$250.00 (€226.82 | £189.20 | ¥39,927)

Augusta, [William R. Smith & Co. printers], 1842. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. 27, [1] pp. 8vo. Attested to by Philip C. Johnson, Secretary of State, on May 3, 1842. Includes Article I: Of the General Duties of the Towns; Article II: Of the Powers and Obligations of...

The Unity of God; a Sermon, Delivered in America, September, 1815

[Thacher, Samuel Cooper] · 1817

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Worcester, Reprinted by William Manning, 1817. Second American edition. Stitched paper wrappers. 24 pp. 8vo. Samuel Cooper Thacher (1785-1818). Sabin 95191. American Imprints 42264. A very good copy, light scattered foxing, in a plain paper wrapper.