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The Combate between the Flesh and Spirit: As Also the Wofull with-Drawing of the Spirit of God, with the Causes Thereof, and Walking in, and After the Spirit, Together with the Blessednesse Thereof, Being the Summe and Substance of XXVII. Sermons Preached a Little Before His Death... To Which Is Added the Christians Directory, Tending to Direct Him in the Various Conditions That God God May Cast Him Into, in XV. Sermons

Love, Christopher · 1654

$500.00 (€453.64 | £378.40 | ¥79,853)

London, Printed by T.R. & E.M. for J. Rothwell, 1654. First edition. Modern cloth. [8], 291, [5] pp. 8vo. Does not contain 'The Christians directory' (Wing L3145) which may have been issued separately in 1653. Christopher Love (1618–1651), clergyman, converted to evangelical C...

Benjamin Franklin's Memoirs

Farrand, Max · 1936

$15.00 (€13.61 | £11.35 | ¥2,396)

Cambridge, Harvard Univ. Press, 1936. First separate edition. Stapled paper wrappers. [49-78] pp. 8vo. Bookplate "compliments of the author." Reprinted for private circulation from the Huntington Library Bulletin, Number 10, October 1936 from the book of the same name. Laid in...

The American Image of Benjamin Franklin

Miles, Richard D. · 1957

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n.p. American Quarterly, 1957. Reprint. Stapled self wrappers. [117-143] pp. 8vo. Inscribed by the author. Reprint from the American Quarterly, IX (summer, 1957). A very good copy.

The English Elements in Benjamin Franklin

Read, Conyers · 1940

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Philadelphia, n.p. 1940. Offprint from The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, July, 1940. Paper wrappers. [314-330] pp. Sm. 4to. Signed by the author. A good copy, edges browned with a few nicks, pencil underlining and minor marginalia.

General Washington's Head-Quarters in Cambridge. A Paper Read Before the Massachusetts Historical Society in September, 1872

Deane, Charles · 1873

$40.00 (€36.29 | £30.27 | ¥6,388)

Boston, Press of John Wilson and Son, 1873. Reprint. Stitched paper wrappers. 9 pp. Illus. with one b/w engraving. Sm. 4to. Fifty copies reprinted from the proceedings. Untrimmed wrapper edges ragged else a very good copy with institutional stamp in black and blind on front wr...

Autobiography of Peter Putnam of Middleton

Putnam, Peter · 1984

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

n.p. Ken Leach, 1984. Reprint. Stapled paper wrappers. 14 pp. 8vo. 1 of 400 copies. Originally printed by Danvers Mirror Office, 1871. This work appears to be entirely fictitious, and the name "Peter Putnam" cannot be identified as belonging to an actual person (see Huntington...

To Employers

Boston Board of Trade. Winslow, George · 1860

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

Boston, Committee of the Boston Board of Trade on Immigration, 1860. First edition. Removed. Unpaged [1 pp]. Sm. 4to. A letter from the Committee of the Boston Board of Trade on immigration informing its members that it has a "favorable opportunity of supplying employers in al...

Obituary. Death of Hon. Thomas Corwin. [the New York Times, Tuesday, December 19, 1865]

New York Times · 1865

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

New York, The New York Times, 1865. First edition. 1 pp. Sm. 4to. Corwin was a former Whig Congressman, Secretary of the Treasury under Fillmore, and appointed by President Abraham Lincoln as Minister to Mexico 1861-1864. The obituary is pasted on paper and folded as an envelo...

The Law of Adultery and Ignominious Punishments. From the Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, at the Semi-Annual Meeting, April 24, 1895

Davis, Andrew McFarland · 1895

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Worcester, Press of Charles Hamilton, 1895. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. 32 pp. 8vo. A good copy.

The Democratic Club of the City of New York, 617 Fifth Avenue

Democratic Club of the City of New York · 1891

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

New York, n.p. 1891. First edition. Stitched paper self-wrappers. 16 pp. Sm. 8vo. The Democratic Club had recently reorganized to set it apart from municipal politics as well as to attract nonresident members to its new building. Contains a list of members and their addresses,...

Old Copp's Hill and Burial Ground; with Historical Sketches

McDonald, E. · 1879

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Boston, W. F. Brown & Company, Printers, 1879. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. 28 pp. Illus. with two b/w drawings. 8vo. Front wrapper detached, lightly chipped, one tear, still a good copy.

Reminiscences [of Gov. John Hancock]

Sumner, William H. · 1854

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[Boston], n.p. 1854. First edition. Disbound. 7 pp. 8vo. Consists mainly of anecdotes of John Hancock told by his widow to the author. Apparently an excerpt from New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol. VIII, 1854. OCLC and RLIN show 8 copies. Sabin 93717. About ...

Report of the Special Committee Appointed October 6, 1868 to Submit a General Plan for Carrying out the Views of the Board of Governors of the New York Hospital, in Reference to Leasing Their Property on Broadway. November 27, 1868

New York Hospital · 1868

$50.00 (€45.36 | £37.84 | ¥7,985)

New York, D. Van Nostrand, 1868. First edition. Paper wrappers. 18 pp. [1]. Illus. with 1 b/w plan. Trade format. There was not total unanimity about the construction of a new facility. Scarce. OCLC shows only one copy at the NYHist. Soc. Split at spine, some minor creasing an...

An Exposition by the Council of the University of the City of New York, Respecting the Late Measures of Retrenchment Adopted in That Institution, and Which Lead to the Dismissal of Some of the Professors in the Faculty of Science and Letters, with an Appendix

New York University (University of the City of New York). Tallmadge, James · 1838

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.68 | ¥15,971)

New York, Printed at the University Press, 1838. First edition. Stitched paper wrappers. 96 pp. 8vo. Relating to the controversy between the university and seven undergraduate professors over their dismissal, their allegations of misconduct by the chancellor (James McFarlane M...

The Dartmouth, Conducted by Undergraduates in Dartmouth College. "for Clamantis in Deserto. " Vol. I. No. 6. July 1840

Dartmouth College · 1840

$95.00 (€86.19 | £71.90 | ¥15,172)

Hanover, Printed by Emery A. Allen, 1840. First edition. Disbound. ii, 161-196 pp. 8vo. The July issue only, most likely removed from a larger volume. This literary publication contains essays: The Spirit of the Age, Intellectual Greatness, Military and Literary Glory, Thought...

Annual Catalogue of Hancock Union School and Academy 1890-1891. With Announcement for 1891-1892

Hancock Union School and Academy Board of Education · 1891

$25.00 (€22.68 | £18.92 | ¥3,993)

Hancock, NY, Herald Print, 1891. First edition. Paper wrappers. 20 pp. 12mo. School catalogue with lists of students, tuition, courses of study. Wrappers soiled, else a very good copy.

A Statement of Facts in Connection with the Petition of the Springfield Aqueduct Company, for an Addition to Their Act of Incorporation. Also Hon. W.G. Bates' Argument Before the Committee of the Legislature, on the Subject, March 23, 1849

Bates, W.G. (William Gelston); Stearns, Charles · 1849

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

Springfield, G.W. Wilson, Printer, 1849. First edition. Stitched printed green paper wrappers. 53 pp. 8vo. Uncommon. OCLC shows 5 copies. Sabin 89877. Front wrapper soiled, chipped, nearly detached, with a few neat repairs on verso, rear wrapper lacking, mail folds, overall a ...

Proceedings of the Mass Meeting Held at Cooper Institute, New York, February 1st, 1883: Addresses of Peter Cooper, William E. Dodge, William M. Evarts, Dexter A. Hawkins, and Cyrus Hamlin: Addresses and Resolutions Adopted by the Meeting. .

New York Association for the Protection of American Industry. Butler, George; Cooper, Peter, et al. · 1883

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New York, New York Association for the Protection of American Industry, 1883. First edition. Stapled paper wrappers. 70 pp. 8vo. New York Association for the Protection of American Industry Document no. 2. Peter Cooper's opening remarks could have been written today: "The advo...

Words of Counsel to Men of Business. By a Man of Business

[Buchanan, James; Reed, William Bradford, attributed] · 1856

$75.00 (€68.05 | £56.76 | ¥11,978)

n.p. n.p. 1856. First edition. Disbound. 21 pp. 8vo. A Democratic campaign document addressed primarily to voters of Pennsylvania and in support of James Buchanan (from the 1856 election). Sabin 19509. Disbound, lacking the wrappers, tanned extremities, 2 small punctures in th...

Twenty-Third Annual Report of the Directors of the Philadelphia Board of Trade to the Members of That Association, February 5, 1856

Philadelphia Board of Trade · 1856

$35.00 (€31.75 | £26.49 | ¥5,590)

Philadelphia, Deacon & Peterson, 1856. First edition. Paper wrappers. 39 pp. 8vo. Not in Sabin. Some chipping to spine else a very good copy with a small tear and mild crease on front wrapper, leaves clean and bright.