Germantown: Christopher Sower, 1760. extracted from the Epistle of the Yearly-Meeting of the People called Quakers, held at London in the Year 1748. 16pp. 8vo, rebound in later 1/2 black leather, spine and edges of boards worn, small light dampstain to margins, small amount of light foxing, inner hinge weak. Germantown: Christopher Sower, 1760. Second Edition. Benezet was a leading Quaker abolitionist from Philadelphia. He was a friend of John Woolman. For many years Benezet was a teacher. He founded... More about Observations on the Inslaving, importing and purchasing of Negroes; With some Advice thereon

Philadelphia: Printed for the Purchasers (Thomas Bradford), 1795. v, 66pp. 8vo, modern wrappers, a few pages with foxing, including the title page, otherwise very good. Philadelphia: Printed for the Purchasers, 1795. First Edition. This first edition was published by Thomas Bradford. Bradford's name appears on later editions. William Cobbett wrote this pamphlet in response to a pamphlet by James Thomson Calllender. Cobbett wrote on American politics and current political policies of the United States. Cobbett's pro-British point of view is evident. Evans 28431. More about A Bone to Gnaw; for the Democrats; or, Observations on a Pamphlet, Entitled, `The Political...

Philadelphia: Printed for James Trenchard, by Trenchard and Stewart, 1789. 2 copper plates. pp. 329-384. 8vo, rebound in new wrappers, many pages with foxing, including plates, lower right corner margin of pages creased. Philadelphia: Printed for James Trenchard, by Trenchard and Stewart, [1789]. First Edition The Columbian Magazine was founded by Mathew Carey, James Trenchard, and 3 others in September, 1786. It was "...the first successful American magazine." Mott, History of American Magazines, 1741-1850, page 100. The magazine was published... More about The Columbian Magazine, For June, 1789

Philadelphia: Lang and Ustick, 1796. Frontis. 293pp. 16mo, contemporary calf, covers detached, spine worn, edges of corners worn, light foxing throughout, many pages dampstained on top half, many pages slightly wavy, back cover dampstained. Philadelphia: Printed by Lang and Ustick for M. Carey... 1796. First American Edition Printing and the Mind of Man 246, "Considered to be Condorcet's most original and most important work. In it he divided history into ten epochs, the first nine dealing with history up to... More about Outlines of an Historical View of the Progress of the Human Mind. Being a Posthumous Work

New Haven: T. & S. Green, 1795. Before the Connecticut Society of Cincinnati, and Published at Their Request.40pp. 8vo, disbound with half-title and blank leaf at end, uncut, margins chipped, dampstain to bottom margins, light browning to text. New-Haven: T. & S. Green, (1795). First Edition. Title-page chipped in top left corner with loss of the word, "The" from the title. Evans 28610. More about The True Means of Establishing Public Happiness. A Sermon, delivered on the 7th of July,, 1795

Boston: John Boyle and J. D. M'Dougall, 1779. Containing, Spelling, Reading, Writing, and Arithmetick ... folding plate of geometric diagrams, a few text diagrams. vi, 378, (1)pp. 16mo, contemporary calf, rubbed, some light foxing, some pages dampstained. Boston: John Boyle and J. D. M'Dougall, 1779. From the English edition of 1731; The first American edition was printed in 1748. Karpinski, pp. 59-62; Evans 16524. In this copy there is a tear in the first page of the preface with a.... More about The American Instructor: or, Young Man's Best Companion

Richmond: T. Nicolson, 1804. 204 pages, plus [4], v, [3] page glossary, index & errata. 12mo, full contemporary leather (scuffed but solid; ownership signature date 1815 inside cover; dampstain in gutter on about half the pages). Richmond VA: T. Nicolson, [1804]. First edition. A good only copy of this scarce early American imprint book. OCLC lists only 3 copies, at University of Tennessee, Virginia Historical Society, and NYU Langone. -- Shaw & Shoemaker, 6555. More about The Married Lady's Companion, or, Poor Man's Friend: in Four Parts.; I: An Address to the Married...

Portsmouth: John Melcher, 1797. with Its Proposed Amendments. 480pp. 8vo, contemporary calf, leather label, calf heavily rubbed, edges of corners worn and bumped, scattered light foxing and browning. Portsmouth: John Melcher, 1797. Lacks pages 481 to 492 of the index. Laid in the back and loose are facsimile copies of these pages. Evans 32536. More about The Laws of the State of New-Hampshire, the Constitution of the State of New-Hampshire, and the...

Philadelphia: Bioren & Maden, 1796. exhibiting a variety of transactions which usually occur in business...To which is added, a table of the duties payable on goods, wares and merchandise, imported into the United States of America. The whole in dollars and cents. pages 6-454. 8vo, contemporary calf, leather label, spine and edges of covers worn, covers lightly worn, front hinge cracked, but holding, scattered light foxing, light dampstain to pages 415-454. Philadelphia: Bioren & Maden, 1796. First Edition This copy... More about A New and Complete System of Book-Keeping, by an improved method of double entry: adapted to...

Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by the Author, 1798. Containing, general observations on the climate, population and productions; On the character and manners of the inhabitants; With an account of the several branches of the government. Translated from the French, by William Cobbett. 2 volumes. 8vo, contemporary mottled calf, leather labels, lacks last two pages of text in volume I, head of spine and edges of corners worn on volume I, spine ends lightly worn on volume II, both volumes rubbed... More about A Topographical and Political Description of the Spanish Part of Saint-Domingo

Windham: John Byrne, 1795. Folding table of lineal descents. Complete in two volumes. Thick 8vo, contemporary tree calf, leather spine labels, volume one moderately worn on spine, volume two moderately worn on ends of spine, volume one has edges of corners that are bumped and worn, volume two has edges of corners that are lightly worn and lightly bumped, moderate foxing to both volumes, mostly to margins, most pages slightly wavy in both volumes. Windham: Printed by John Byrne, for... More about A System of the Laws of the State of Connecticut. In Six Books

Germantown: C. Sower, Jun. 1758. A few Illus. (40)pp. of text. 24mo, bound in a contemporary calf folding case with ties; (last page of manuscript notes torn in margin, case soiled and rubbed). Germantown: Printed and Sold by C. Sower, Jun., (1758). First Edition. This almanac was published with 67 blank pages. They contain contemporary manuscript annotations by an itinerant minister from southeastern Pennsylvania. Most of the notations consist of the name of the person he met with, the name... More about The Pennsylvania Town and Country-Man's Almanack, for the Year of Our Lord 1759

Philadelphia: John Fenno, 1794. Published for the House of Representatives. 4 folding tables. 65pp. + 12pp. appendix. Folio, original blue wrappers, margins uncut, backstrip of spine lacking, front and back wrapper with some light dampstaining, internally very good. Philadelphia: Printed by John Fenno, 1794. Very Scarce. Enlarged second edition printed the same year as the first edition. Folding tables show the exact expenditures and receipts of the United States government for the year 1793. The rest of the text are... More about An Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of the United States, for the Year 1793