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1.

CATALOGUE

ACORN CLUB PUBLICATIONS. Samuel Stone's

Catechism. From the Original Edition of 1684,

with an Introductory Sketch. 12mo, wrappers.

2.

No. 1 of only 100 copies issued.

Hartford, 1899

Connecticut Statute Laws: a Bibliographical List of Editions of Connecticut Laws from the Earliest Issues to 1836. By Albert C. Bates. 4to paper, uncut. Hartford, 1900 No. 1 of only 102 copies issued.

3.

The Hiding of the Charter.

By Chas. J. Hoadley, Pres't Conn. Hist. Soc. 8vo, paper, uncut.

Hartford, 1900

No. 1 of only 100 copies issued. With paid cheque, autographed by author, laid in.

4. Acts and Laws of His Majesty's Colony of Connecticut in New England, 1702. 4to, half parchment and boards, uncut. Hartford, 1901

5.

No. 1 of only 100 copies issued. A finely printed facsimile of the rare original of 1702.

Relations of the Pequot Warres. Written in 1660 by Lieut. Lion Gardener and now first printed from the original MS. With an Historical Introduction. Royal 8vo, paper, uncut. Hartford, 1901

6.

cut.

7.

No. 1 of only 102 copies issued.

Thomas Short. The First Printer of Connecti-
By W. De Loss Love. Royal 8vo, paper, uncut.
No. 1 of only 102 copies issued.

Hartford, 1901

Charles Jeremy Hoadley, LL.D. A Memoir. By

W. N. C. Carleton. 8vo, paper, uncut.

8.

No. 1 of only 102 copies issued.

Hartford, 1902

The Warwick Patent.

By Chas. J. Hoadley.
Hartford, 1902

No. 1 of only 102 copies issued.

8vo, paper, uncut.

9.

List of Books printed in Connecticut, 1709-1800. By J. H. Trumbull. 4to, paper, uncut.

No. 1 of only 102 copies issued.

Hartford, 1904

10. ADAMS (JOHN). Familiar Letters of John Adams and his Wife, Abigail Adams, during the Revolution, with a memoir of Mrs. Adams. Edited by Charles Francis Adams. Portrait of Mrs. Adams. 8vo, cloth. N. Y. 1876

Scarce.

11. ADAMS (JOHN QUINCY). The Jubilee of the Constitution: a Discourse (containing Ode by William Cullen 8vo, unbound (stained, no fronts.). N. Y. 1839 Life and Public Services of. By W. H. Seward.

Bryant). ✓ 12.

Portrait. Post 8vo, cloth.

13. ADAMS AND JEFFERSON. nounced in Hallowell (Me.), July, 1826. Post 8vo, unbound.

Auburn, 1849

Eulogy on, proBy Peleg Sprague. Hallowell, 1826

14. ALLEN (COL. ETHAN). A Narrative of Col. Ethan' Allen's Captivity from the time of his being taken by the British. Containing his Voyages and Travels, etc. Written by himself. 12mo, original half calf and boards (several pp. slightly imperfect and a few pp. spotted).

Walpole, N. H., 1807

Contains the list of subscribers at end.

15. ALMANAC. Hutchins' Improved: being an Almanack and Ephemeris . . . for the Year of our Lord 1792. By John Nathan Hutchins. 12mo, sewed, side and bottom edges uncut. N. Y.: H. Gaine [1791]

Rare. Contains two curious examples of early American
poetry, "Jona-H.: Account of Himself and Dame," and "The
Impossibility of Pleasing Every Body, or the Pastor and his
Flock."
16. AMERICA.
dom of Portugal.
(front. lacking)

A Compendious Chronicle of the King-✓
By John Dauncey.
By John Dauncey. 12mo, half roan
Lond. Tho. Johnson, 1661

With a Description of Brazil, the Indians, Towns, Products, etc., pp. 208-'16, and mention of Early Navigators, Discovery of the West Indies, etc. Rare.

17. The Adventures of Robert Chevalier, called De Beauchene, Captain of a Privateer in New-France. By Mon. Le Sage, author of Gil Blas. 2 vols. 12mo, original calf. Lond. 1745 ✔ 18. AMERICAN AUTHORS. Catalogue of the First V Editions of Bryant, Emerson, Longfellow, etc., collected by William Harris Arnold. With the prices and purchasers' names. Svo, paper. N. Y. 1901

✓19. AMERICAN BASTILE. A History of the Illegal Arrests and Imprisonments of American Citizens during the Civil War. By Jno. A. Marshall. Illusts. 8vo, sheep.

Phil. 1869

20. AMERICAN BIOGRAPHY. The Twelve Stars of the Republic. Full-page steel portraits, etc. 8vo, cloth (loose in covers).

N. Y. 1850

21. AMERICAN BOOK-PRICES CURRENT. Compiled from Auctioneers' Catalogues by Luther S. Livingstone. Vol. H. Svo, original cloth.

XI

Fine copy, as new, of the latest volume.

N. Y. 1905

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22. AMERICAN BOTANY. An Introduction to the
Natural System of Botany. By John Lindley. First Amer-
can edn. Edited, with an Appendix, by John Torrey. 8vo,
half calf, gilt back.
N. Y. 1831

At the end is a valuable "Catalogue of North American
Genera of Plants, with the Number of Species Belonging to
each Genus as far as they are at present determined," by John
Torrey (pages 342 to 392).

23. AMERICAN CONSPIRACIES. History of American Conspiracies: a Record of Treason, Insurrection, Rebellion, etc., in the United States of America, 1760 to 1860. By Orville J. Victor. With 8 full-page engravings on steel and 3 woodcuts. 8vo, original ornamental cloth. N. Y. [1863] Scarce. Among the illustrations are "Nat Turner and His Confederates in Council" and 'Missourians Going to Kansas to Vote (engraved from drawings by Darley); Map of Detroit and Vicinity, 1763"; "Facsimile of Arnold's Pass to André "; and André's Pen Photograph of himself." Fine copy.

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24. AMERICAN ENGRAVED MUSIC. A New and
Complete Preceptor for the Violin, German Flute, Clarinet,
etc., etc. All finely engraved throughout. 6 vols. oblong
12mo, wrappers.
Phil. [circa 1820]

/ 25. AMERICAN HISTORICAL PAMPHLETS. History✔
os the Town of Houlton, Me., 1804-83; History of the Town
of Hampstead, N. H., for 100 Years [I. W. Smith]; His-
torical Discourse before the First Cong. Society in Harvard,
Mass., 1882 [Seth Chandler]; and others. 8vo, etc., paper.
(15 pieces.)

✓ 26. AMERICAN COLONIAL HISTORY. History of the
British Dominions in North America from the First Dis-
covery by Sebastian Cabot in 1497 to 1763. In 14 Books.
4to, old sheep (many
Colored folding map. 2 vols. in 1.
pp. defective at lower corner, though not impairing the
text).
Lond. 1773

/ 27.

Separate History of each Colony, Plantation and Province,
including Florida, Louisiana, Canada, Labrador, Hudson's Bay,
Nova Scotia to the end of the French and Indian War; also
particulars of the aborigines of each district.

JOHN L. BOZMAN'S COPY, WITH HIS AUTO. SIGNATURE ON
TITLE, AND MS. NOTES BY HIM, AND WAS EVIDENTLY USED BY
HIM IN HIS COMPILATION OF HIS "HISTORY OF MARYLAND.'
Also genealogical note by a later member of the family. AN

INTERESTING COPY.

Work and Materials for American History [by
Geo. H. Moore]. (The New England Synod of 1637, Ac-
compt of Iroquois Indians, etc., etc.) All ever issued. 8vo,
half morocco, gilt top. Only a small number printed.
[N. Y. circa 1879]

Dack toor,

Chippet

28. AMERICAN HUMOR. Artemus Ward: His Travels. Part I., Miscellaneous; Part II., Among the Mormons. [By C. F. Browne.] 12 comic plates by Mullen. 8vo, original cloth.

29.

N. Y. 1866

Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa. By Geo. W. Peck. 19 comic illusts. by Gean Smith. 8vo, original cloth. Chicago: Belford, Clarke & Co., 1883

The extremely scarce FIRST EDITION.

30. AMERICAN MILITARY BIOGRAPHY, containing the Lives, Characters, and Anecdotes of the Officers of the Revolution; also the Life of La Fayette. With views of the Battle of Saratoga, Capture of André, Battle of Stony Point, etc., by Tisdale, etc. 12mo, original calf (some pp. soiled) (Baker, No. 53.) Printed for subscribers.

[N. Y.?] 1825

31. AMERICAN NAVAL BATTLES. A Complete History of the Battles fought by the U. S. Navy from its establishment in 1794 (with Naval Songs). [By Horace Kemball.] Engraved front. and view and 19 full-page illusts. 8vo, half morocco. Bost. 1831

32. AMERICAN NAVY. The Book of the Navy, comprising a General History of the American Marine, with accounts of the most celebrated battles, etc. By John Full-page engraved portraits and illusts. of naval engagements, etc. 8vo, sheep (cracked and some pp. waterstained). N. Y. 1843

33. AMERICAN POETRY. Humphreys (Col. David). Miscellaneous Works. 8vo, original calf.

N. Y. Hodge, Allen & Campbell, 1790

The scarce FIRST COLLECTED EDITION, including "Address to the Armies of the U. S. of America"; "A Poem on the Happiness of America"; "The Widow of Malabar, or The Tyranny of Custom, a Tragedy, imitated from the French of M. Le Mierre"; An Oration on the Political Situation of the U. S. of America in 1789"; and the Life of the Honorable Israei Putnam (146 pages). Ex-libris of Fullerton of Carstairs.

34. "Ambition-a Poem delivered at a late publick exhibition, at Cambridge, by Mr. Joseph Allen, Jun. Member of the Senior Sophister Class."

35.

Bost. 1792

Occupying two columns of the fourth page of the "Columbian Centinel, Extra," Saturday, May 12, 1792. Interesting as an example of early American poetry, and also important as a Harvard College item.

The Trollopiad; or, Travelling Gentlemen in America. A Satire (in Verse) by Nil Admirari, Esq. 8vo, original cloth. N. Y. 1837 The very scarce ORIGINAL EDITION of this amusing poetical satire on the abusive works of Mrs. Trollope and other transAtlantic critics of the time.

36.

AMERICAN POETRY.

Everest (C. W.) Babylon: a Poem. FIRST EDN.

8vo, unbound.

Pretty edition. Scarce.

Brownell (Henry Howard). other Poems. 8vo, original cloth.

Hartford, 1838 24mo, original

N. Y. 1847

War-Lyrics, and
Bost. 1866

Fine copy of the scarce FIRST EDITION of this notable volume of war poetry, including Brownell's famous poems, "The Bay Fight" and "The River Fight."

By Emma May

N. Y. 1877

39. Pearl: a Centennial Poem. Buckingham. FIRST EDN. 8vo, cloth. 40. AMERICAN REVOLUTION. Votes of the House of Commons, May 15, 1767, giving Resolutions concerning "Tumults and Insurrections" in the Colonies, and measures for their repression; also declaring "that the House. of Representatives of His Majesty's Province of New York have refused to make Provision for supplying with Necessaries His Majesty's Troops." Folio, sewed, pp. 10.

Lond. 1767

"Resolved, That Tumults and Insurrections, of the most dangerous Nature, have been raised and carried on in several of the North American Colonies... that the said Tumults and Insurrections have been greatly countenanced and inflamed by Votes and Resolutions passed in several of the Assemblies of the said Provinces, tending to destroy the Legal and Constitutional Dependency of the said Colonies on the Imperial Crown and Parliament of Great Britain," etc.

OF SUPERLATIVE INTEREST.

41. Folio, pp. 4.

"The Boston Gazette," Monday, Dec. 13, 1773.

Containing the resolutions passed at a Meeting of the Freeholders and other Inhabitants of Marblehead, the 7th Day of December, 1773," in relation to "the late Measures of the EastIndia Company in sending to the Colonies their Tea loaded with a Duty for raising a Revenue from America."

√42. A New Biographical Dictionary; or, Remembrancer of the Departed Heroes, Sages and Statesmen of America who have signalized themselves in the Revolutionary War. By Thos. J. Rogers. 8vo, boards and label, uncut (somewhat time-spotted). Easton (Pa.), 1824 Very scarce in boards, uncut, with portrait of Samuel Adams laid in.

43. American Military Biography, containing the Lives and Characters of the Officers of the Revolution. With Life of La Fayette. By E. S. Johnson. Engraved portraits and views. 8vo, sheep. Cinn. 1834

✔44. The Military Heroes of, with a Narrative of the War of Independence. By Chas. J. Peterson. Numerous portraits, views and cuts. 8vo, morocco gilt, gilt edges.

Phil. 1849