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(Americana) TO SET A COUNTRY FREE: AN ACCOUNT DERIVED FROM THE EXHIBITION IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS COMMEMORATING THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.
Washington Library of Congress 1975 square 4to. stiff paper wrappers 74, (2) pages
An exhibition at the Library of Congress to commemorate the bicentennial of United States independence. Foreword by Assistant Librarian Elizabeth Hamer Kegan. Color and black and white illustrations.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 115421

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(Arnold, Benedict) TREASON OF THE BLACKEST DYE.
Ann Arbor The William L. Clements Library 1958 small 4to. stiff paper wrappers, paper cover label. 10, (2) pages.
Limited to 700 copies. Facsimile reprint of one of the 65 letters relating to Arnold's treason in the Clements Library accompanied by text.
Price: $ 12.00 other currencies Order nr. 94847

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Bolton, Theodore EARLY AMERICAN PORTRAIT DRAUGHTSMEN IN CRAYONS
Charleston, SC Garnier & Company (1969) 8vo. cloth xii, 111+(1) pages, 13 plates
Limited to 500 copies. This is an unabridged republication of the limited edition of 325 originally published by Frederic Fairchild Sherman in 1923. A bibliography of early American portraits and the current owners. Slight shelf wear.
Price: $ 8.00 other currencies Order nr. 97531

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Damon, S. Foster (editor) SERIES OF OLD AMERICAN SONGS REPRODUCED IN FACSIMILE FROM ORIGINAL OR EARLY EDITIONS IN THE HARRIS COLLECTION OF AMERICAN POETRY AND PLAYS BROWN UNIVERSITY.
Providence, RI Brown University Library 1936 4to. cardboard box, leaves loosely laid in unpaginated
Facsimile collection of early American music in the collections of the Brown University Library. Arranged chronlogically. Preface by the editor. Descriptive comments about most works reproduced and most include words and lyrics.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 114206

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(DePol, John) Hitchings, Sinclair and Catherine F. THEATRE OF LIBERTY: BOSTON'S OLD STATE HOUSE
(Boston Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co. 1975) 4to self paper wrappers 20 pages
History of the Old State House in Boston. Issued in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Co. Wood-engraved illustrations by John De Pol. One wood-engraved illustration laid in.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 106924

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(Doolittle, Amos) O'Brien, Donald C. AMOS DOOLITTLE: ENGRAVER OF THE NEW REPUBLIC
New Castle Oak Knoll Press and the American Historical Print Collectors Society 2008 8.5 x 11 inches cloth with dustjacket 192 pages
As a copperplate engraver, Amos Doolittle (1754-1832) played an important role during the American colonies' war for independence and the early years of the new nation. He completed his apprenticeship in New Haven, Connecticut, around 1770 and continued to work actively in that city for over sixty years. His first known attempts are the views of the battles of Lexington and Concord--four plates that he engraved, printed and published in 1775. Even today, Doolittle's first attempt, although crude in workmanship, continues to be often reproduced.
Doolittle did general engraving and printing throughout his career. Maps for atlases and illustrations for books became his specialty, but he also engraved maps and broadsides that were published separately. Scholars have identified more than 600 Doolittle engravings, both signed and unsigned. During the course of his career, one of Doolittle's major accounts was with Philadelphia publisher Mathew Carey (1760-1839). This book contains excerpts from correspondence between the two, never published before, which reveal much about business practices of the time.

This book was written to complement similar works on Doolittle's contemporaries, including Paul Revere. There are chapters on various types of his work, including his tune-books, maps, illustrations, bank notes and more. The book also includes two useful appendices, cataloguing books containing his engravings and references to him and his work. Co-published with the American Historical Print Collectors Society, Amos Doolittle is a valuable contribution to the study of American engravings.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 93957

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(Drinker, Elizabeth) Biddle, Henry D. (editor) EXTRACTS FROM THE JOURNAL OF ELIZABETH DRINKER FROM 1759 TO 1807, A.D.
Philadelphia J.B. Lippincott Company 1889 8vo. original cloth, beveled edges, top edge gilt. 423 pages.
First edition (Howes B427(a)). From the journal of the author's maternal great-grandmother. Fascinating insight into Philadelphia life leading up to the Revolution, the Yellow-Fever period, Quakerism, and beyond. With an index of names and places. Light cover rubbing. Inside hinges cracked but solid.
Price: $ 150.00 other currencies Order nr. 99986

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Fowble, E. McSherry TO PLEASE EVERY TASTE
Eighteenth-Centruy Prints from the Winterthur Museum Alexandria Art Services International (1991) 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 216 pages
A visual history in microcosm of the period of colonial growth, revolution, and an emerging national image. From the Winterthur collection, the exhibit emphasizes the point that many of these prints were used as household furnishings, some traveling in original frames, others accompanied by ceramics and furniture that added to the enjoyment and enlightenment eighteenth-century Americans found in the printed image.
Price: $ 5.00 other currencies Order nr. 99688

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Hardison, Brian Davon BURRIANA: A CATALOGUE OF RARE BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, LETTERS, MANUSCRIPTS, DOCUMENTS, & OBJECTS BY, ABOUT, OR RELATING TO AARON BURR AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES.
New York The Grolier Club 2012 6 x 9.25 inches hardcover 306 pages
This book was produced to accompany the exhibition "Aaron Burr Returns to New York," on show at the Grolier Club May 15-July 28, 2012; but it is also a detailed record of all the most important items from Brian Hardisons superb and comprehensive collection of Aaron Burr, Jr., (1756-1836).

Soldier, lawyer, statesman, and the third Vice President of the United States under Jefferson, Burr was also one of the most maligned figures of the founding era, accused of attempting to steal the Presidential election of 1800 from Thomas Jefferson, of murdering Alexander Hamilton in 1804, and of treason in 1807. Yet a careful examination of contemporary documents, including the five hundred plus items described in this catalogue, reveals a far more complex persona, one whose support for womens rights, the arts and the nascent anti-slavery movement were among the most progressive of his time. The documents show a military hero, a highly skilled lawyer, a caring family man, and a great philanthropist, not to mention a very able politician. Hero or villain, Burr was an enormously influential (if controversial) public figure whose impact continues to be felt today.

The catalogue is organized chronologically and focuses on major events in Burrs life, including his role in the first murder trial in United States history, the presidential elections of 1796 and 1800, and his trial for treason. Illustrated in color throughout, the book contains a thirteen-page introduction, useful appendices, and an index.
Price: $ 75.00 other currencies Order nr. 109478

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(Hutchinson, Thomas) THE HUTCHINSON PAPERS.
2 volumes Albany The Prince Society 1865 4to. wrappers, paper spine labels xv,(ii),324; (vii),354 pages
Limited to 16 numbered copies of which this is one of ten large paper copies. Two volumes. A collection of papers relative to the history of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay. (The Collection of Original Papers [really vol. 3, being an elucidating appendix to vols. 1&2] was reprinted, in 1865, by the Prince Society, as The Hutchinson papers, 2vols. Howes H 853) Both volumes have indices. Wrappers soiled, chipping to the edges of both volumes. The first and last several sheets on both volumes detached. The text block of volume two has cracked at the center. Paper on spines worn, with some loss of paper to the tail of volume one. Spine labels on both volumes chipped. Mostly uncut.
Price: $ 450.00 other currencies Order nr. 104737

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(Jefferson, Thomas) THOMAS JEFFERSON AND THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY
Williamsburg, VA n.p. 1963 16mo stiff paper wrappers unpaginated
Catalogue of an exhibition at William and Mary in observance of Charter Day, February 8, 1963. Books, manuscripts, and artifacts related to Jefferson and his years at the College.
Price: $ 15.00 other currencies Order nr. 106931

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Metcalf, Frank J. AMERICAN PSALMODY
or Titles of Books Containing Tunes Printed in America from 1721 to 1820 New York Da Capo Press 1968 8vo. quarter cloth, paper wrapped boards (viii), 54 pages
New introduction by Harry Eskew. First edition was printed in 1917 in an edition of eighty-one copies. Several black-and-white illustrations throughout. A small part of the quarter cloth is worn away near the bottom of the front cover. Overall wear is minor.
Price: $ 35.00 other currencies Order nr. 91685

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Morgan, George H. CENTENNIAL. THE SETTLEMENT, FORMATION AND PROGRESS OF DAUPHIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, FROM 1785 TO 1876
Harrisburg PA Telegraph Steam Book and Job Printing House 1877 8vo. origninal cloth 239+(1) pages
First edition. A short history of the county, but of greater specific interest to genealogists in that it contains an Index to Dauphin County Surnames. Rear hinge cracked with the last page loose. Spine lettering faded, light shelf wear.
Price: $ 125.00 other currencies Order nr. 90231

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Nordholt, Jan Willem Schulte THE DUTCH REPUBLIC AND AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE.
Translated by Herbert H. Rowen. Chapel Hill, NC University of North Carolina Press (1982) 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. xii, 351 pages.
First edition in English. Presentation from the author on the half-title. Jacket rubbed and chipped along edges.
Price: $ 50.00 other currencies Order nr. 107416

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(Revere, Paul) THE BOSTON MASSACRE, 1770, ENGRAVED BY PAUL REVERE.
(Washington, DC) Library of Congress 1970 folio stiff red paper wrappers with print loosely inserted.
Library of Congress Facsimile 4. Full color reproduction loosely inserted. Two pages of text. Loosely inserted is "The Harvard Houses seen from the Western avenue Bridge" in color.
Price: $ 45.00 other currencies Order nr. 107504

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Schimmelman, Janice G. BOOKS ON ART IN EARLY AMERICA: BOOKS ON ART, AESTHETICS AND INSTRUCTION AVAILABLE IN AMERICAN LIBRARIES AND BOOKSTORES THROUGH 1815
New Castle Oak Knoll Press 2007 6.5 x 9.5 inches cloth, dust jacket. 292 pages
First Edition. An expanded version of two of the author's previous publications, this bibliography covers a broad range of books on art in early America, including not only art treatises and instruction manuals but all books related to drawing, painting, engraving, sculpture, artist biography and the history of art. The bibliography covers art books up to 1815, the year that Thomas Jefferson sold his extensive book collection to the U.S. government to form a new Library of Congress. One hundred and eighty-three titles are included in the checklist, each with basic bibliographic information, followed by full catalogue references of the booksellers and/or libraries that listed the book. The checklist is followed by five appendices, listing the books by date of first catalogue reference, by the order of number of catalogue references, by library and bookseller in order of earliest reference and in order of collection size, and by the eighteenth-century American artist who read them. The books are also indexed by checklist number. This bibliography will be a useful tool for students and scholars of book collecting, art and American culture in general. Janice G. Schimmelman is a professor in the Department of Art and Art History at Oakland University. She has previously published two articles on this topic: "A Checklist of European Treatises on Art and Essays on Aesthetics Available in America Through 1815" in Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society and "Books on Drawing and Painting Techniques Available in Eighteenth-Century American Libraries and Bookstores" in Winterthur Portfolio: A Journal of American Material Culture.
Price: $ 65.00 other currencies Order nr. 94205

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Seilhamer, George O. HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN THEATRE
3 volumes; Before the Revolution, During the Revolution and After, and New Foundations Philadelphia Globe Printing House 1888 4to. original cloth (x),376; x,381+(1); x,427+(1) pages
First edition. A three-volume history of American theatre from 1749 through 1792, concentrating on the changes brought about by the American Revolution. Wear along edges. Well preserved set.
Price: $ 300.00 other currencies Order nr. 97904

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Shields, David S., Caroline Sloat, et al. LIBERTY! ÉGALITÉ! INDEPENDENCIA! : PRINT CULTURE, ENLIGHTENMENT AND REVOLUTION IN THE AMERICAS, 1776-1838.
Papers from a Conference at the American Antiquarian Society in June 2006 and the James Russell Wiggins Lecture 'We declare you independent whether you wish it or not': The Print Culture of Early Filibusterism. Worcester, MA American Antiquarian Society 2007 6 x 9.25 inches stiff paper wrappers 216 pages
This new book begins with the 2006 James Russell Wiggins Lecture, an annual activity of the American Antiquarian Society through its Program in the History of the Book in American Culture. The lectureship honors the memory of James Russell Wiggins, the president of the American Antiquarian Society from 1970 to 1977. This year, the lecture was given by David Shields on the topic "'We declare you independent whether you wish it or not': The Print Culture of Early Filibusterism."
The conference papers explore the circulation, translation, revision, cross-cultural interpretation and influence of key texts inciting revolt against colonial domination and establishing independent states in the western hemisphere during the first age of Revolution. Matters treated include the effect of European Enlightenment books and pamphlets on independence movements throughout the Americas; the representation of Revolutions in North America, France, Haiti, Central and South America in the press; the publication of public documents, charters and political declarations and their international influence; print and the reaction against the Revolution; and the literature of Revolution and the creation of the "vox populi" in new American nation states.
Distributed for the American Antiquarian Society.
Price: $ 25.00 other currencies Order nr. 95793

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Szladits, Lola L. INDEPENDENCE, A LITERARY PANORAMA, 1770-1850. SELECTED FROM THE HENRY W. AND ALBERT A. BERG COLLECTION OF ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE, A BICENTENNIAL COMMEMORATION OF THOSE WHO LABORED FOR AN INDEPENDENT AMERICAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE.
New York New York Public Library 1975 large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 71+(1) pages
With a foreword and index. A list of works in the collections, with descriptions but little bibliographical information. With many black-and-white portraits and plates throughout. Top corners bumped, minor wear and soiling.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 100717

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Szladits, Lola L. INDEPENDENCE, A LITERARY PANORAMA, 1770-1850. SELECTED FROM THE HENRY W. AND ALBERT A. BERG COLLECTION OF ENGLISH AND AMERICAN LITERATURE, A BICENTENNIAL COMMEMORATION OF THOSE WHO LABORED FOR AN INDEPENDENT AMERICAN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE.
New York New York Public Library 1975 large 8vo. stiff paper wrappers 71+(1) pages
With a foreword and index. A list of works in the collections, with descriptions but little bibliographical information. With many black-and-white portraits and plates throughout. Minor wear and soiling.
Price: $ 10.00 other currencies Order nr. 101909

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(Tanenbaum, Charles J.) LONDON IN THE DAYS OF GEORGE THE THIRD
A catalog of selections from the library of Charles J. Tanenbaum exhibited at the Grolier Club September 23 to November 20, 1992 New York Grolier Club 1992 8vo. stiff paper wrappers (iv), 20 pages
Catalogue of works from Tanenbaum's library focused specifically during the reign of George III when the literate population often distributed pamplets detailing their views on international affairs. Minor shelf wear.
Price: $ 8.00 other currencies Order nr. 92366

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Wafer, Lionel & G. P. Winship (editor) NEW VOYAGE AND DESCRIPTION OF THE ISTHMUS OF AMERICA
Cleveland Burrows Brothers Company 1903 8vo cloth, paper spine label (7), 212 pages
Reprint of the first edition (SABIN 100940), of which this one is 1 of 27 copies printed on Japanese Vellum. With three folding plates and one tipped in map of Panama. Very famous work on early America. Some minor splotching on front cover, otherwise a fine, tight copy.
Price: $ 250.00 other currencies Order nr. 106517

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