Thomas Paine; Prophet and Martyr of Democracy
New York: Harcourt, 1927. Illus. 413pp. 8vo, red cloth. New York: Harcourt, Brace, (1927). Very good. More
New York: Harcourt, 1927. Illus. 413pp. 8vo, red cloth. New York: Harcourt, Brace, (1927). Very good. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1919. Color Frontis. in each volume, b/w illus. 4 Vols. Thick 8vo, green cloth, leather spine labels, many pages in all volumes are slightly wavy, spines lightly rubbed on all volumes, spine labels chipped on some edges of all volumes, spines lightly sunned on all volumes, covers of all volumes are lightly soiled. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1919. Signed by the author. One of 500 numbered sets. Internally a bright, tight set. More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1916. 4 VOLUMES. Color Frontis in each volume, black-and-white illustrations. 8vo, green cloth with gilt-lettering on the spines and facsimile signature front covers; some play to hinges, rubbed, wear at spine ends and corners. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, (Volumes I & II, 1916; Volumes III & IV, 1919). A very good set. Volume I: Frontiersman, Solder, Lawmaker 1755-1788; Volume II: Politician, Diplomatist, Statesman 1789-1801; Volume III: Conflict and Construction 1800-1815; Volume IV: The Building of..... More
New York: Gates, Steadman & Co. and B.G. St. John, 1849. Octavo. Black cloth with blind border. Lovely gilt vignette of the constitutional convention and spine pictorially gilt. Head- and tail-piece cracked. Corners bumped. Foxing throughout. Ink ownership signature to the upper edge of the first free end-paper. Large folding wood-engraved map with hand coloring, foxing and split to lower fold, two wood-engraved frontispieces, and wood-engraved vignettes of the states' seals. First published in 1847. Includes the constitution of Texas..... More
Harrisburg: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, 1973. Illus. 8vo, pr. wrs., back wrapper lightly soiled. Harrisburg: Penn. Historical and Museum Commission, 1973. More
1786. Exceedingly rare and historically important autographed document signed, 2 pages (front and back), oversize folio, 14.75 x 9 inches, signed twice "Barnabas Binney" (obverse and recto), November 21, 1786. In this document, Binney is agreeing to sell his various accumulated parcels of land under the guidance of Samuel Nicholson, in small part: "...in consideration of the sum of one thousand pounds Pennsylvania currency...I do hereby assign unto Samuel Nicholson, of the County of Franklin, all my right and title..... More
London: Longmans, 1976. Map. 8vo, pr. wrs., a few pages lightly dampstained. (London: Longman, 1976). More
New York: Arno, 1969. Edited by Thomas Balch. 8vo, re-bound in full brown leather, elaborately stamped in gilt & blind. (N.Y. : Arno Press, 1969). A near fine copy. More
Petersburg: Edmund & Julian C. Ruffin, 1840. To which are prefixed, an Introduction and a Memoir of Colonel Bland. Ed. by Charles Campbell. 2 volumes in one. 8vo, later 3/4 black calf, spine and corners worn, moderate foxing throughout, a few pages with pencil annotations in margins. Petersburg: Edmund & Julian C. Ruffin, 1840-1843. First Edition. Theodorick Bland was a physician in Virginia before the American Revolution. On June 13, 1776, he began his service in the Continental Army as..... More
New York: Columbia University Press, 1963. 3 volumes. 8vo, red cloth, glassine wrappers, publisher's brown board slipcase. New York: Columbia UP, 1963. A fine set in a fine box. Collection of private and public documents intimately portraying the character of the Jews of early America. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1972. Folding map illustrated in black and white. 8vo, blue cloth with gold lettering (edges lightly toned, outer text block spotted), d.w. New York: Harper & Row, (1972). First Edition. Very good in a very good dust wrapper. More
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1985. Frontis. 8vo, black cloth, d.w., cloth lightly soiled. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1985). More
Albany: J. Munsell, 1866. 3 plates. iv, 234pp. 4to, modern blue cloth, some pages unopened on top, cloth lightly soiled, corners bumped, foxing to margins of Frontis., title-page, and another plates's margins. Albany: J. Munsel, 1866. Howes B-545. More
New York: Harcourt, 1961. Illustrated in black and white. 761 pages. 8vo, tan cloth, dust wrapper (wrapper worn and toned). New York: Harcourt, (1961). A very good(+) copy in a good dust wrapper. More
Naperville: Sourcebooks, 2005. Illustrated in black and white. xv, 336 pages. 8vo, black boards with red spine lettering (worn at head). Naperville: Sourcebooks, (2005). Page edges spotted, lacks dust wrapper -- still internally clean and tight. Very good(+). Introduction by Eleanor Holmes Norton. More
New York: Barnes & Noble, 2005. Some black & white illustrations and maps. xv, 336 pages. 8vo, two-toned black and white boards with gilt lettering at spine, d.w. (slightly edgeworn). New York: Barnes & Noble, (2005). First edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Albany: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1885. to Charleston, S. C. and Return, in 1778; Also a Biographical Sketch of the Author, by Samuel W. Boardman. 88pp. 8vo, 19th century brown library cloth, ex-lib., lacks front and back original wrappers, spine ends worn, cloth lightly soiled. Albany: Joe Munsell's Sons, 1885. First Edition Author was head carpenter on the American privateer, Oliver Cromwell. Howes B-562. Ex libris from the Public Library of New London, Connecticut. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. 553pp. 8vo, two-toned boards, d.w. (New York): Simon & Schuster, (1997). Very good. More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997. 553pp. 8vo, two-toned boards. (New York): Simon & Schuster, (1997). Very good. More
New York: Dyckman, 1924. 6 maps plus more than 90 illustrations. xii + 366 pages, 8vo, red cloth, d.w.; front hinge weakened, neat scholarly pencil notes and corrections throughout, dust wrapper chipped & torn but largely intact. New York: The Dyckman Institute, 1924. First edition. Still a very good copy in a good dust wrapper. Nestler, 840. More
New York: 1924. Illus., 6 maps. 366pp. 8vo, original red cloth, ex-lib, edges of corners lightly worn and bumped, inner hinges strengthened, several pages creased in right margins, pages throughout are slightly wavy. New York: Printed for the Author, 1924. First Edition. Nestler, 840. More
Paris: 1780. Map. Engraving with original outline coloring. Image measures 8 1/4" x 12 1/2". Early edition of Bonne's North America, with the name Canada prominently featured in the center of the Great Lakes. Shows the continent in the midst of the American Revolutionary War. The Pacific Ocean is labeled as both the Pacific and the North Sea. Map is in good condition with some toning along centerfold. Some spotting along margins but otherwise good example. Rigobert Bonne (1727-1795) was..... More
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1972. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. lightly soiled, corner of front flyleaf lacking. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, (1972). More
New York: New York Times, 1968. 3 folding Illus. 97pp. 8vo, two-toned cloth. (New York): New York Times, (1968). Fine. More
Nashua: Orren C. Moore, 1873. xxi, 799pp. 8vo, original brown cloth, spine ends and edges of covers worn, edges of corners worn and bumped, some pages with light foxing, mostly to margins, cloth lightly soiled. Nashua: Orren C. Moore, 1873. First Edition Papers include the whole administration of Gov. John Wentworth, the events immediately preceding the Revolutionary War, the losses at the Battle of Bunker Hill, and the record of all proceedings till the end of New Hampshire's provincial history..... More
Dear Judith, Vol. 1 received, very pleased with it, particularly as it completes a set which came in with that volume missing!
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