Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1989. 2 volumes. ix + 462 pages and xxxviii + 433 pages, tall 8vo, black cloth, d.w. Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1989. A fine set in near fine dust wrappers. Volume 7: September, 1778 - February, 1779. Volume 8: March, 1779 - February, 1880. More
1780. American statesman, diplomat and signer of the Declaration of Independence who also served as the second President of the United States (1797 - 1801). Outstanding war-date A.D.S., a promissory note, 12mo. 1 p. [Mass.], Oct. 24, 1780, to fellow patriot and signer of the Declaration of Independence: THOMAS STONE - (1743 - 1787) - American planter, patriot and delegate from Maryland, written one day before Adam's draft of the Massachusetts Constitution was adopted, buying imported cleaned tobacco (possibly seized)..... More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1975. Edited by L.H. Butterfield, et al. Color frontispiece, and some other black-and-white illustrations. 411 pages. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1975. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Salem: Pool and Palfray, 1808. 32 pages. 8vo, pamphlet stitched and unopened as issued; light toning and foxing, page edges worn but text unaffected. Salem: Pool and Palfray, 1808. Second Salem edition. A very good(-) copy. Early American imprint. More
Paris: Dentu, 1807. Illustrated with one folding map of Silesia, colored in outline, drawn by Lapie, and engraved by B. Tardieu. Translated from the English by J. Dupuy. [4], iv, 421 pages. 8vo, contemporary calf-backed plain boards. Paris: Dentu, 1807. First French edition. A near fine clean copy. First French edition of Adams's very extensive correspondence with his brother, Thomas Boyleston Adams, comprising a travel journal of considerable interest, written during Adams's stint at the Prussian court as U.S. Minister....... More
Newtown: Bird & Bull, 2007. Illustrated. 4to, blue silk cloth with red leather spine; round pictorial label. Newtown: Bird & Bull, 2007. Limited Edition. Fine. Contains 2 leaves fro Loubat's 1878 "Medallic History, and roundels based on the Jacquemart etchings in that volume. No. 101 of 150 copies. Prospectus enclosed. More
London: John Stockdale, 1794. 3 volumes. [4], 8, xxxii, [3]-392; [4], 451, [1 binder's directions]; [4], 528, [36 index] pages. Frontispiece portrait in first volume, and half titles (History of the Principal Republics in the World) in all volumes; folding map "Chart of the River Scheldt" bound in volume two. 8vo, handsomely bound in 19th Century 3/4 mottled calf with ornately gilt-stamped spines and red labels; marbled boards and matching endpapers. London: John Stockdale, 1794. Second complete edition. Lightly inked..... More
London: C. Dilly, 1787. [ii], xxxi, [1], 3-392 pages. 8vo, neatly rebound in black pebbled cloth with red leather spine label. London: Printed for C. Dilly, in the Poultry, 1787. First English edition. Light scattered foxing throughout, heavier on title and first several pages, still a near fine copy of this landmark book. Complete in itself, this first volume was issued separately, and two subsequent volumes were published later in 1787 and 1788. The work comprises an important series of..... More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1966. Ed. by L. H. Butterfield. Illus. 4to, green cloth. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1966. Very good. More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1965. dited by L. Kinvin Wroth and Hiller B. Zobel. A few illustrations. 3 volumes, 8vo, black cloth, d.w. (spines sunned). Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1965. First Edition. A fine set in near fine dust wrappers Includes the Boston Massacre Trials. Spines on all volumes lightly rubbed. Corners lightly bumped on all volumes. A tight, bright set. More
The Hague: Privately Printed, 1782. 96 pages. Slim 8vo, rebound in modern brown polished calf (some light dampstaining in gutter of first several leaves, otherwise rather clean; untrimmed pages a bit soft at fore-edge margin). The Hague, 1782, probably printed for private distribution. True first edition [reprinted in London later the same year]. A very scarce printing in which Adams, as commissioner to the Netherlands, secured the treaty by which that country recognized our independence. Includes an account of the..... More
Autographed Letter from John A. Dix, American politician and Civil War Major General. Personal letter from 1863 is framed with portrait engraving of Dix in uniform. Please inquire for more information. John Adams Dix was an American politician and military officer who was Secretary of the Treasury, Governor of New York and Union major general during the Civil War. He was notable for arresting the pro-Southern Maryland General Assembly, preventing that divided border state from seceding, and for arranging a...... More
Houston: Houston Grand Opera, 1987. 28 pages, tall 8vo, pictorial wrappers. Houston: Houston Grand Opera, 1987. Fine. Co-commisioned by Houston Grand Opera, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. and the Brooklyn Academy of Music. More
Boston: Little Brown, 2001. Illustrated with 114 tritone plates and 23 duotone text illustrations. Included in each copy is a 13 x 11 inch frameable reproduction of a photograph from the exhibition in envelope. Large square 4to, natural cloth matching slipcase Boston: Little Brown, (2001). First Edition. A fine copy in a partially darkened slipcase. More
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