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THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION as published in THE ANNUAL REGISTER, OR A VIEW OF THE HISTORY, POLITICS, AND LITERATURE, FOR THE YEAR 1787
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- Used - Early ink stamp on front pastedown; clean copy in a worn binding with the spine dry and rubbed and the joints split but holding
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- First Edition
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- 1789
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$2,115.00
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London: J. Dodsley, 1789. First Edition. Hardcover. Early ink stamp on front pastedown; clean copy in a worn binding with the spine dry and rubbed and the joints split but holding tight. Good. Bound in contemporary calf-backed marbled boards. While some copies have a title page dated 1788, the first edition was published in 1789. One of the… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE AGE OF REVELATION. OR THE AGE OF REASON SHEWN TO BE AN AGE OF INFIDELITY
by BOUDINOT, Elias
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- Used - Text quite clean, early 20th century ink inscription below Boudinot's inscription; rubbing to spine and joints, "Harvard College
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- First Edition
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- 1801
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$2,115.00
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Philadelphia: Asbury Dickins, 1801. First Edition. Hardcover. Text quite clean, early 20th century ink inscription below Boudinot's inscription; rubbing to spine and joints, "Harvard College" in gilt at base of spine, covers tight. Very Good. Contemporary sheep leather (5-1/8" x 8-1/2"); [ii], 232, [2] pages. Complete with half-title and errata. INSCRIBED by the author on the front endpaper:… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE FEDERALIST, ON THE NEW CONSTITUTION, WRITTEN IN THE YEAR 1788, BY MR. HAMILTON, MR. MADISON, AND MR. JAY WITH AN APPENDIX, CONTAINING THE LETTERS OF PACIFICUS AND HELVIDIUS, ON THE PROCLAMATION OF NEUTRALITY OF 1793; ALSO, THE ORIGINAL ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION, AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, WITH THE AMENDMENTS MADE THERETO
by HAMILTON, Mr. [Alexander]; MADISON, Mr. [James]; JAY, Mr. [John]
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- Text evenly darkened with some foxing and staining. Old rebacking with a newer front board, front hinge a tad tender but firm. V
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- First Edition
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- 1818
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$10,575.00
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Washington DC: Jacob Gideon, 1818. First Edition. Hardcover. Text evenly darkened with some foxing and staining. Old rebacking with a newer front board, front hinge a tad tender but firm. Very Good. Bound in contemporary sheep leather with a gilt-lettered black morocco spine label; 671 pages. The First Edition of this classic in which the authors of each… Read more about this item Item Price
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OBSERVATIONS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, AND THE MEANS OF MAKING IT A BENEFIT TO THE WORLD
by PRICE, Richard
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- Used - Minor staining to title page; corners unevenly clipped to last page. Very Good
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- First American Edition
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- 1784
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- Softcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$4,230.00
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Boston: Powars and Willis, 1784. First American Edition. Softcover. Minor staining to title page; corners unevenly clipped to last page. Very Good. Published in London the same year. Early marbled wraps (4-1/4" x 6-3/4"); 87, [1] pages. The last page with addendum notes for pages 6 and 45. Price, an intimate friend of Benjamin Franklin, was along with… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE WRITINGS OF THOMAS PAINE, Secretary for Foreign Affairs to the Congress of the United States of America, in the Late War
by PAINE, Thomas
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- Used - The first half of the "Rights of Man" is more browned than the rest of the book's text, but generally clean overall in a nice or
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- First Edition
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- (1792)
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$15,862.50
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Albany, NY: Charles R. and George Webster, (1792). First Edition. Hardcover. The first half of the "Rights of Man" is more browned than the rest of the book's text, but generally clean overall in a nice original binding with some loss at the spine tips, mainly the head, and minor worming to the front cover. Very Good to Near… Read more about this item Item Price
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LIFE OF JOSEPH BRANT-THAYENDANEGEA, INCLUDING THE BORDER WARS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, AND SKETCHES OF THE INDIAN CAMPAIGNS OF GENERALS HARMAR, ST. CLAIR, AND WAYNE, and Other Matters Connected with the Indian Relations of the United States and Great Britain, from the Peace of 1738 to the Indian Peace of 1795
by STONE, William L
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- Used - Light to moderate foxing, most of the text clean; tear with no loss to one of the fragile folding plates. Cloth a little marked,
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- First Edition
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- 1838
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- Hardcover
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- 1
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$634.50
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New York: Alexander V. Blake, 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Light to moderate foxing, most of the text clean; tear with no loss to one of the fragile folding plates. Cloth a little marked, the first volume with the spine head frayed and the front cover holding by one cord. Good to Very Good. Two volumes in publisher's green… Read more about this item Item Price
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AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS)
by ADAMS, John Quincy
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- Used - Some splitting along the fold. Fine
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- 29 March 1830
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- Letter
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$10,575.00
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Washington, 29 March 1830. Letter. Some splitting along the fold. Fine. A three-page AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED (ALS) by Adams on one large sheet of paper folded to 7-7/8" x 9-3/4" to the editor of the AMERICAN ANNUAL REGISTER, Joseph Blunt, sending corrections to his important and lengthy unsigned article dealing with the Russo-Turkish War and Greece. In this… Read more about this item Item Price
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ORATION ON THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF GILBERT MOTIER DE LAFAYETTE...
by ADAMS, John Quincy
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- Used - Some light pencil markings to text, rather even browning to pages. Slight loss of paper at the spine. Near Fine and scarce
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- First Edition
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- 1835
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- Pamphlet
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$31,725.00
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Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1835. First Edition. Pamphlet. Some light pencil markings to text, rather even browning to pages. Slight loss of paper at the spine. Near Fine and scarce. Original printed blue wrappers; 94 pages. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the front blue wrapper: "Revd. William Hawley/from/J. Q. Adams." Adams had written "Joseph" which is crossed out with… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE & THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION as published in THE ANNUAL REGISTER ... FOR THE YEAR 1776
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- Used - Early ink name crossed out on the title page, light to moderate foxing; pages 255 to 258 in the second section lacking, otherwis
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- Second Edition
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- 1779
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$1,586.25
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London: J. Dodsley, 1779. Second Edition. Hardcover. Early ink name crossed out on the title page, light to moderate foxing; pages 255 to 258 in the second section lacking, otherwise complete with the entire text of the Declaration and the Articles present. Binding tight with some wear but easily Very Good. Bound in contemporary calf-backed boards. Though not… Read more about this item Item Price
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AN ORATION DELIVERED BEFORE THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF NEWBURYPORT ... ANNIVERSARY OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
by ADAMS, John Quincy
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- Used - Very Good and scarce
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- First Edition
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- (1837)
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- Wraps
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$42,300.00
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Newburyport: Morss and Brewster, (1837). First Edition. wraps. Very Good and scarce. Original printed blue wrappers; 68 pages. INSCRIBED and SIGNED on the front blue wrapper: "Deacon Samuel Savile/from/John Quincy Adams." Books inscribed by Adams are quite uncommon, and when found are usually signed on a presentation slip pasted in rather than in the actual pamphlet or book… Read more about this item Item Price
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RECUEIL D'ESTAMPES REPRESENTANT LES DIFFERENTS EVENEMENS DE LA GUERRE QUI A PROCURE L'INDEPENDANCE AUX ETATS UNIS DE L'AMERIQUE
by [PONCE, Nicolas]
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- Used - A clean copy of this interesting book. Near Fine
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- First Edition
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- [1784]
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- Hardcover
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, USA
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NZ$7,402.50
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Paris: M. Ponce et M. Godefroy, [1784]. First Edition. Hardcover. A clean copy of this interesting book. Near Fine. Oblong quarto (12-3/4" x 9-3/4") bound in recent calf-backed boards with a gilt-decorated spine and gilt-lettered morocco spine label. This copy complete with 16 engraved plates plus 2 additional plates bound at the end. Includes an engraved title page… Read more about this item Item Price
NZ$7,402.50
