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Subject: americana
The Jews of South Carolina. From the earliest times to the present day
Barnett A. Elzas
/ Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott 1905
limited to 150 copies; 352 pp., original gilt stamped green cloth, t.e.g., covers rubbed, previous owner's information inked to the front free endpaper, else very good. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: judaica americana sam15
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Item #: 1326681
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$850.00
Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry. Third edition, corrected by the author
William Wirt
/ Philadelphia: James Webster 1818
xv, 427, xii pp., frontis. portrait; contemporary full leather, binding worn, spine dry, masonic book plate to the front paste down, light moisture stain to the bottom margin of the few leaves, text age-tone and lightly foxed, else internally clean and tight. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: americana revolutionary war sam15
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Item #: 1326674
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$95.00
War in Disguise; or, The Frauds of the Neutral Flags
James Stephen
/ London, Printed: New-York: Re-printed by Hopkins & Seymour, for I. Riley & Co; Hugh Maxwell, etc. 1806
215 pp., disbound, spine cocked, title page soiled, light to moderate foxing throughout, needs to be rebound. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: americana great britain international affairs sam15
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Item #: 1326668
$75.00
The Friend of Peace. No. 8. By Philo Pacificus
Philo Pacificus, pseudonym of Noah Worcester
/ NY: Samuel Wood & Sons 1817
40 pp., original string-tied printed paper wrappers, tattered at the edges, however untrimmed, moderate foxing throughout, else good. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: americana pacifism sam15
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Item #: 1326666
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$400.00
Letters from Illinois
Morris Birkbeck
/ London: Taylor & Hessey 1818
114, [6] (ads dated July 1818) pp., original paper covered boards, covers worn and soiled, parts of the spine paper covering lost, masonic book plate to the front paste down, front free endpaper and title page clipped at the top margin, else internally clean and tight. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: americana
Item #: 1326665
$85.00
Journals of Congress: Containing their proceedings from January 1, 1777, to January 1, 1778. Published by authority. Volume III
United States. Continental Congress
/ Philadelphia: From Folwell's Press 1800
468, [16] (index) pp., rebound in mid-20th century gray cloth with endpapers added, the original text untrimmed; inked ownership markings to the front free endpaper, else very good. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: americana revolutionary war sam15
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Item #: 1326664
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$2,000.00
The National Calendar, and Annals of the United Sates; for MDCCCXXII, Vol. III
Peter Force
/ Washington City: Davis & Force 1822
260 pp., frontis. "North Front of the President's House", two plates (Senate Chamber & House of Representatives), two folding charts; contemporary marbled boards & leather backstrip, covers worn, previous owner's inked signature to the top margin of the title page, the frontis. has a closed horizontal tear near the inner margin, else internally clean and tight. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: americana sam15
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Item #: 1326663
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$175.00
Journals of Congress: Containing their proceedings from January 1, 1776, to December 31, 1776. Published by authority. Volume II
United States. Continental Congress
/ Philadelphia: From Folwell's Press 1800
480, [22] (index) pp., rebound in mid-20th century gray cloth with endpapers added, the original text untrimmed; inked ownership markings to the front free endpaper and rear paste down, old moisture staining from page 457 through to the end, else internally clean. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: americana continental congress sam15
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Item #: 1326662
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$3,000.00
The Pride of Britannia Humbled; or, The Queen of the Ocean Unqueen'd, by "The American Cock Boats," and "The Fir Built Things, with Bits of Striped Bunting at their Mast Heads."
William Cobbett
/ NY/Philadelphia/Baltimore: T. Boyle/Wm. Reynolds/J. Campbell 1815
first edition, first issue; 216 pp., frontis.; mid-19th century quarter leather & marbled boards, covers dry, worn and now lacking most of the leather spine covering; masonic book plate to the front paste down, two small identical hand stamps to the title page, text age-toned, some foxing to the frontis. and first few leaves, else internally clean and tight. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: war of 1812 americana sam15
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Item #: 1326654
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$295.00
A Poetical Picture of America, being observations made, during a residence of several years, at Alexandria, and Norfolk, in Virginia; illustrative of the manners and customs of the inhabitants, etc.
Anne Ritson
/ London: Printed for the author; and sold by Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe 1809
[12], 177 pp., later boards & leather backstrip, covers rubbed and soiled, leather spine dry and worn; old inked notes to the front paste down, and occasional bit of foxing, else internally clean and tight. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: americana poetry sam15
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Item #: 1325721
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$1,485.00
Proofs of a Conspiracy, against Christianity, and the Government of the United States; exhibited in several views of the union of Church and State in New-England
Abraham Bishop
/ Hartford: John Babcock, printer 1802
first edition; 166 pp., lacks the rear free endpaper; original boards with later paper tape rebacking, covers very worn, masonic book plate to the front free endpaper, text age-toned, a few instances of foxing, else internally clean and tight. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: americana religion sam15
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Item #: 1325720
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$3,850.00
The Natural and Civil History of Vermont. In two volumes. The second edition, corrected and much enlarged
Samuel Williams
/ Burlington: Samuel Mills 1809
2 vols., 514 + 487, [1] (errata) pp., lacking any endpapers and/or prelims and the map; contemporary full leather, bindings dry and worn with the front cover of the first volume lost; title pages trimmed, text foxed, needs to be rebound. Volumes
Included: 2
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: americana sam15
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Item #: 1325718
$50.00
The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces (Five volumes, 1805-1807)
John Marshall
/ Philadelphia: C. P. Wayne 1805
1805-1807; 5 vols., xxii, 459, 43 + vii, 516, 67 + vii, 527, 28 + viii, 567, 16 + vii, 777, 36 pp., frontis. portrait of Washington in the first volume; uniformly bound in contemporary full tree leather, bindings dry, worn and chipped; masonic book plate to the front paste down of each volume, old inked signature to the top margin of each title page, some old moisture stains to early leaves, light foxing throughout, else internally clean. Volumes
Included: 5
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: americana sam15
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Item #: 1325711
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$500.00
The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the Armies of the United States, etc.
David Ramsay
/ London: T. Cadell & W. Davies; and Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme 1807
first British edition; viii, 464 pp., portrait frontis. of General Washington by Gilbert Stuart; mid-19th century quarter leather & marbled boards, binding dry and worn, with the spine gilt stamping rubbed away; masonic book plate to the front paste down, frontis. and title page foxed, text lightly age-toned with some occasional foxing, else internally clean and tight. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: americana sam15
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Item #: 1325709
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$325.00
A Manual of Parliamentary Practice: For the use of the Senate of the United States. Second edition. With the last additions of the author [&] Constitution of the United States of America [&] Rules for Conducting Business in the Senate
Thomas Jefferson
/ Washington: William Cooper & Joseph Milligan, Georgetown 1812
12mo, 188, 43, 25 pp., contemporary decorated full leather, covers dry and worn, old book plates to the front paste down and front free endpaper, three lines old inked ownership information to the verso of the front free endpaper, old inked signature to the last blank, title page clipped at the top right corner (probably an old signature, as there is a scant bit of ink yet remaining at the cut edge); text age-toned, else internally clean and tight. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: americana sam15 office
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Item #: 1325705
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$5,850.00
Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States. In two volumes
Henry Lee
/ Philadelphia: Bradford & Inskeep 1812
first edition; 2 vols., 423 + 486 pp., frontis. portrait in each volume; mid-19th century quarter leather & marbled boards, covers now detached, worn, chipped and lacking the leather spine covering, remnants of book plates to the front paste downs, text age-toned, with foxing to the first volume but not the second, frontispieces foxed, else internally clean and tight. Volumes
Included: 2
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: americana revolutionary war sam15
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Item #: 1325699
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$850.00
The Life of Gen. Francis Marion, a Celebrated Partizan Officer in the Revolutionary War, against the British and Tories, in South Carolina and Georgia. Third edition, improved
P. Horry, M. L. Weems
/ Baltimore: M. L. Weems 1815
"from the Author" inked at the top of the title page; 257 pp., contemporary full leather, binding now dry, worn and chipped, masonic book plate to the front paste down, old inked signatures and small perforation stamp to the chipped front free endpaper, top margin of the title page is clipped, losing the inked inscription that preceded "from the Author"; small perforation stamp to the title page, old moisture staining and heavy age-toning to the text, about good only. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: americana revolutionary war sam15
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Item #: 1325692
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$950.00
Geography Made Easy: Being an abridgement of the American Universal Geography. Nineteenth edition, and seventh of this new abridgement
Jedidiah Morse
/ Boston: Thomas & Andrews 1818
364 pp., 2 folding maps; contemporary full leather, binding now dry, worn and chipped; maps and text evenly age-toned with light foxing. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: geography americana sam15
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Item #: 1325691
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$99.99
Official Letters of the Military and Naval Officers of the United States, during the War with Great Britain in the Years 1812, 13, 14, & 15. With some additional letters and documents elucidating the history of that period
John Branna, editor
/ Washington City: Printed by Way & Gideon, for the editor 1823
510 pp., contemporary quarter leather & marbled boards, binding now dry and worn, spine brittle, text age-toned, else internally clean and tight. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: americana war of 1812 sam15
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Item #: 1325653
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$245.00
A Compendious History of New England, designed for schools and private families. Second edition, with improvements by the authors
Jedidiah Morse, Elijah Parish
/ Newburyport: Thomas & Whipple 1809
336, [4] pp., frontis. folding map; contemporary full leather, now lacking the front cover, balance of the binding dry and worn, text age-toned, map foxed. Volumes
Included: 1
ISBN: NA
Subject/Keywords: americana geography sam15
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Item #: 1325630
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$91.24