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Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2009. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. xi, 268 p. w/ index, extensive endnotes. A study of how Americans viewed bachelorhood in before and after the Revolutionary War, from suspicion to desirability.

Bloomington: Indiana University Library Publications, 1949. First edition. Pamphlet. Very Good. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. 275 copies printed. Slight wear to edgs and corners. Glue and staplebound, with a noticeable depth to spine. Crease along front where pamphlet was opened. Slight scuffing to covers. 24 p. Includes many small annotations in pencil of a scholarly nature, disputing the assertions of the author. This work is a background and transcription of a long letter, at first thought from Franklin, to an unknown correspondent. The letter details the events in London on 20 January 1775 in the House of Lords on Lord Chatham's motion to reduce tensions with the American colonies, and its subsequent rejection. Current thinking is that the letter was actually written by Jonathan Williams, his great-nephew and secretary who was with Franklin at this time in England. The work is also the first publication by this library, a useful first-hand resource on Revolutionary history, and a good… Read More

Hartford, CT: William S. Marsh, 1819. Leather Bound Hardcover. Good. Octavo (standard size). Rebacked in leather with worn, unreadable original label, Orignal board in treecalf leather, scuffed and scratched. Pages slightly tanned, a few more so than others. Both maps present, with very slight tears at edges of folds and some creases at corners. The RI map has a tear repaired with archival backing, Both frontis is present, opposite the title page. Last page has a closed tear at top of page, and a repaired one along the side. viii, 389 p. Only edition of this thorough work on these two New Wngland states, with descriptions of each county, most towns, manufacturing, population, biographies of important citizens, and much more. Howes P166, Sabin 59466. An entertaining and detailed survey of a particular area and time in early American history.

Akron, OH: University of Akron Press, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo (standard sized). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. xv (2), 291 p. w/endnotes, appendices, bibliography, index. A detailed study of judicial review in the early year of Ohio. Almost all constitutional response options were brought up and debated regarding the constitutionality of legislative enactments. (from the flap).

St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards and dust jacket. vii, 234 p. w/ illus., map, footnotes, brief biographies of people mentioned bibliography, index. The complete early journals of this young frontier fur trader, working for Sir Alexander Mackenzie's fur company, with good observations of Ojibwa culture and religion.

Boston: Boston University Press, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Very good/no dust jacket. Thin Octavo (standard size). Slight wear to edges and corners of boards. Head and Heel of spine bumped. 63 p. with notes from the former owner, Prof. H. R. King, professor of History at Michigan State University. Brown argues that rather than being drafted by men of property, the Constitution represents middle class interests.