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David Balduin, oder: des müllers sohn

David Balduin, oder: des müllers sohn

New York: Amerikanischen Traktat-Gesellschaft [American Tract Society], 1833. 20p. (including cover), the cover loose but intact, save a split up the lower portion of the spine. No. 81. The story of a Long Island man misled into infidelity, and his restoration of faith, rendered in German for an immigrant audience... More

Cat.No: 191420

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Harbor of Provincetown, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Letter from the Secretary of War, Accompanied with a Chart of the Harbor of Provincetown, &c. January 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. [text only]

Harbor of Provincetown, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Letter from the Secretary of War, Accompanied with a Chart of the Harbor of Provincetown, &c. January 18, 1838. Read, and laid upon the table. [text only]

Washington DC: GPO, 1838. Pamphlet. 101p., terminal blank, disbound 9x6 inch self-wraps held with old binder's cord sunk into the textblock (old stab-holes are empty), quite sound but heavily foxed and has a mild marginal dampstain. Cover leaf is so thickly foxed it is hard to read, mere splotchiness thereafter... More

Cat.No: 194126

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Speech of John Quincy Adams, of Massachusetts, upon the right of the people, men and women, to petition; on the freedom of speech and debate in the House of representatives of the United States; on the resolutions of seven state legislatures, and the petitions of more than one hundred thousand petitioners, relating to the annexation of Texas to this Union. Delivered in the House of representatives of the United States, in fragments of the morning hour, from the 16th of June to the 7th of July 1838, inclusive. John Quincy Adams.

Speech of John Quincy Adams, of Massachusetts, upon the right of the people, men and women, to petition; on the freedom of speech and debate in the House of representatives of the United States; on the resolutions of seven state legislatures, and the petitions of more than one hundred thousand petitioners, relating to the annexation of Texas to this Union. Delivered in the House of representatives of the United States, in fragments of the morning hour, from the 16th of June to the 7th of July 1838, inclusive

Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1838. 131p., disbound, sewn, slightly edge worn, foxing. More

Cat.No: 124799

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1830: on the ambitious projects of Russia in regard to North West America, with particular reference to New Albion and New California by an Englishman. An Englishman, George P. Hammond.

1830: on the ambitious projects of Russia in regard to North West America, with particular reference to New Albion and New California by an Englishman

San Francisco: produced by Lewis and Dorothy Allen at The Allen Press for The Book Club of California, 1955. Hardcover. 79p., frontis-map, introduction, footnotes, very good first limited edition thus (originally printed in 1830) limited to 350 copies bound in 10x6.5 inch grey-blue paper boards decorated with minuscule Cyrillic texts... More

Cat.No: 211973

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Observations on two pamphlets (lately published) attributed to mr. Brougham. Brougham, Henry Brougham Vaux, per OCLC.

Observations on two pamphlets (lately published) attributed to mr. Brougham

London: J. Hatchard and Son, 1830. 80p., title and "Note" leaves, untrimmed 8.5x5.5 inch sewn signatures. Original thread partially absent, holding withal, externally quite dust-soiled and foxed with pressure-marks to textblock; small chip at the head (not affecting print) and Roman numerals in sepia nib which repeat publishing date. A.... More

Cat.No: 173427

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Letters to the Colonization Society; with a view of its probable results, under the following heads: the origin of the Society; increase of the coloured population; manumission of slaves in this country; declarations of legislatures, and other assembled bodies, in favor of the Society.... addressed to the Hon. C.F. Mercer. Second edition, enlarged and improved. M. Carey, Matthew.

Letters to the Colonization Society; with a view of its probable results, under the following heads: the origin of the Society; increase of the coloured population; manumission of slaves in this country; declarations of legislatures, and other assembled bodies, in favor of the Society.... addressed to the Hon. C.F. Mercer. Second edition, enlarged and improved

Philadelphia: Young, printer, 1832. Pamphlet. 32p., disbound, foxing, 5.25x8.25 inches, tables. This copy lacks the two maps and illustrations called for. Second edition. More

Cat.No: 197388

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Facts and documents connected with the late insurrection in Jamaica, and the violations of civil and religious liberty arising out of it. Committee of the Baptist Missionary Society.

Facts and documents connected with the late insurrection in Jamaica, and the violations of civil and religious liberty arising out of it

[London]: Teape and Son, [1832]. 24p., slight chipping of corners, paper generally supple and clean, several pages uncut. Discusses a slave rebellion around Christmas of 1831, known as the Baptist War; included are testimony from prisoners of the rebels, the captured leader of the revolt, and contemporary Jamaican news accounts... More

Cat.No: 21337

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In Senate of the United States. February 16, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Gersham Wakeman, of Fairfield, Connecticut, report:. Senate Committee on Pensions, corporate compiler/author.

In Senate of the United States. February 16, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. Sevier made the following report: The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the petition of Gersham Wakeman, of Fairfield, Connecticut, report:

Washington DC: s.n., 1837. Single 9.5x6 inch leaf, about 120 words printed recto; some edgewear and corner-creasing, scattered large blots of foxing, a good-only copy. 24th Congress, 2d session. 183. We find a Gersham Wakeman who traces to Fairfield CT, married in 1757. More

Cat.No: 174799

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Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, transmitting a communication from John Pope, late Governor of Arkansas. February 17, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed. corporate compiler/author Department of the Treasury.

Report from the Secretary of the Treasury, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, transmitting a communication from John Pope, late Governor of Arkansas. February 17, 1837. Read, and ordered to be printed.

Washington DC: s.n., 1837. Single folio leaf printed and folded to present a 13p. text, 9.5x6.2 inch self-wraps; some partial tearing of fold-lines, some crumpling of untrimmed edges, scattered light foxing, good copy. Regards "ten sections of land granted to said Territory (of Arkansas) for the erection of a public... More

Cat.No: 174798

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The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club a new edition, with numerous illustrations, by Sam Weller, Jr. and Alfred Crowquill, esq. Charles Dickens.

The Posthumous Papers of The Pickwick Club a new edition, with numerous illustrations, by Sam Weller, Jr. and Alfred Crowquill, esq.

Philadelphia: Carey, Lea and Blanchard, 1838. xii, 388p., engraved plates as called for (inserted yellow stock) , two engraved title pages (versions by each artist) and printed title leaf with presswork credit verso; first American illustrated edition cased into modern half calf boards over homemade marbling. Textblock was printed on... More

Cat.No: 177655

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A Guide to the Choice of Books; or, A Selection of More than Six Hundred Volumes; comprising some of the best and most recent publications in divinity, history, poetry, biography, travels, voyages, and literature in general; with copious and interesting notices from the various reviews, pointing out the character of each work, and recommending it to the attention of the reader. W. Dransfield.

A Guide to the Choice of Books; or, A Selection of More than Six Hundred Volumes; comprising some of the best and most recent publications in divinity, history, poetry, biography, travels, voyages, and literature in general; with copious and interesting notices from the various reviews, pointing out the character of each work, and recommending it to the attention of the reader.

London: Simpkin and Marshall, 1833. Hardcover. xi, 302p., publisher's ad leaf, hardbound item in 7x4.2 inch grey papered boards. Poor copy missing upper cover, lower nearly detached, spine label is handwritten in old sepia nib, textblock badly cracked and held only by one cord; first blank and titlepage are detached... More

Cat.No: 194272

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Correspondence II; 1851- 1858. Gustave Flaubert, édition établie et annotée par Jean Bruneau.

Correspondence II; 1851- 1858

Paris: Gallimard/Bibliothèque de la Pléiade, 1980. Hardcover. xiii, 1534p., 4.5x7 inches, text in French, very good in goatskin, gilt, dj and glassine. Plain slipcase. Attractive edition. More

Cat.No: 129328

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Reluctant empire; British policy on the South African frontier 1834 - 1854. John S. Galbraith.

Reluctant empire; British policy on the South African frontier 1834 - 1854

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1963. Hardcover. x+293p., personal inscription signed by the author, preface, introduction, footnotes, bibliography, index, maps, very good first edition in cloth boards and unclipped but sunned dj. The inscription is to Dean E. McHenry, American professor of political science, and the founding chancellor of the... More

Cat.No: 109237

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The Alexandrian Drachma. Don Harrison.

The Alexandrian Drachma

Stamford: Knights Press, 1984. Paperback. 221p., very good first edition trade paperback in pictorial wraps. Novel. Set in the 1830s in Egypt. Second novel in the Trilogy of the Theban Band which included "The Spartan" and "The Lion Warriors" More

Cat.No: 30667

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