BARLOW (JOEL). 82. The Columbiad, a Poem. Portrait and plates (including facsimiles of the Signers of the Declaration). 4to, full calf, gilt (one joint worn). Phil. 1807 Laid in is a two-page letter from the author, IN WHICH HE REFERS TO THE ABOVE WORK. The letter written in 1808 reads in part: "... Our correspondence ceased on the subject of the copies of the Columbiad because Conrad promised me about that time to drive thro' the press with all speed the cheap edition in 12mo," etc. This fine edition was printed at the expense of Robert Fulton, to whom it is dedicated. The plates are on India paper. 83. A scarce collection of the Writings of Barlow, comprising The Vision of Columbus. FIRST EDITION. Hartford, 1787 (with List of subscribers. Name cut from title): another edition of the same, 8vo, bds., uncut, Paris, 1793 (this issue includes The Conspiracy of Kings); The Conspiracy of Kings, Paris, 1793; The Hasty Pudding, a Poem (New Haven, 1796) (stamp on title, poor copy); another edition, N. Y., 1847; Political Writings of Barlow, N. Y., 1796. 6 vols. 8vo and smaller, calf, bds. and unbound. 84. V. p. v. d. Todd (C. B.). Life and Letters of Joel Barlow, with Extracts from his Works. Portrait and facsimile. 8vo, cloth. N. Y. 1886 85. BARTLETT (JOSEPH). Aphorisms on Men, Bost., 1823; BARNES (C. M. S.), Plays, Prose and Poetry, Phil., 1848; BAYNE (JULIA TAFT), Hadley Ballads, Chic., 1903 (with long and interesting letter from the author laid in), FIRST EDITIONS, and others (American Poetry, etc.). 12 vols. v. p. v. d. 86. BATTLE OF BROOKLYN, THE. A Farce in two Acts, as it was performed on Long Island on Tuesday, the 27th day of August, 1776, by the Representatives of the Tyrants of America assembled at Philadelphia. 8vo, wrappers, uncut. N. Y.: Printed for J. Rivington in the Year of the Rebellion, 1776. Reprinted Brooklyn, 1873. Only a few copies printed. 87. BEECHER (HENRY WARD). Seven Lectures to Young Men on various important Subjects. FIRST EDITION. Post Svo, cloth, paper label (lacks an end-paper). 88. cloth. The author's first book. Scarce. Indianapolis, 1844 Life Thoughts. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 8vo, Lond. 1860 Presentation copy with inscription: "C. G. Loring, with the regards of H. W. Beecher, Brooklyn, Jan., 1864.” 89. BEECHER (HENRY WARD). Star Papers, N. Y., 1855; Oration at the Raising of the Old Flag, and Sermon on the Death of Lincoln, Manchester (Eng.), 1855 (contains also a Poem by Bryant); The National Preacher (containing Sermons by Beecher), N. Y., 1865; Memorial Bulletin of the American Geographical Society (with Address by Beecher), N. Y., 1874. FIRST EDITIONS. 4 vols. 8vo, etc., 2 cloth, 2 paper. V. p. v. d. See also under "American Magazines," No. 1482, The Shrine. 90. BELKNAP (JEREMY). The Foresters. an American Tale: being a sequel to the History of John Bull the Clothier. In a series of letters to a Friend. FIRST EDITION. Frontispiece by Seymour. 12mo, wrappers, TOTALLY UNCUT, pp. 216. Printed at Boston by I. Thomas and E. T. Andrews, 1792 THE THIRD WORK OF FICTION PUBLISHED IN THE UNITED STATES. AN EXCEEDINGLY FINE COPY, PROBABLY THE FINEST IN EXISTENCE. A humorous apologue intended to portray the history of the country, with special reference to the Constitution. The author was a well-known divine and author of the famous "History of New Hampshire." 91. Sacred Poetry, consisting of Psalms and Hymns, Bost., 1795; Sermon-at the Installation of J. Morse, Bost., 1789; BRANCH (WILLIAM, JR.), Life, a Poem in Three Books, Richmond, 1819 (scarce), and others (American Poetry, etc.), some scarce, various bindings. 10 vols. v. p. v. d. 92. BENJAMIN (S. G. W.). Ode on the Death of Abraham Lincoln. 12mo, wrappers. Bost. 1865 Only a few copies printed. 93. BEVERIDGE (JOHN). Epistolae Familiares et Alia Quaedam Miscellanea. Familiar Epistles, and other Miscellaneous Pieces, wrote originally in Latin Verse, to which are added several translations into English Verse by different hands (Dr. Jonathan Mayhew, Nathaniel Evans, Thomas Coombe, Stephen Watts and others). 8vo, original calf. Portion of one leaf of list of subscribers torn away, otherwise fine copy. Phil.: William Bradford, 1765 The Poems are dedicated to Gov. Shirley, Thomas Penn, etc. 94. BIGELOW (WILLIAM;-Educator, author of History of Natick). Commencement, a Poem, Salem, 1811. and Re-ReCommencement, a Kind of a Poem, Salem, 1812; BIGELOW (JACOB), Eolopoesis: American Rejected Addresses, 1855, and others (American Poetry, etc.). 12 vols. cloth and paper. - 16 V. p. v. d. 1 95. BIRD (ROBERT M.). Calavar; or, The Knight of the Conquest. A Romance of Mexico. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. 12mo, cloth, paper labels (somewhat soiled). Phil. 1834 96. The Infidel; or, The Fall of Mexico, a Romance. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. 12mo, cloth, paper labels. Phil. 1835 97. Laid in is a very interesting letter from the author, REGARDING THE PUBLISHING OF THE ABOVE WORK, and other matters. . . ."Bentley has announced besides 'The Monikins' and 'Horse Shoe Robinson,' 'Cortes, a Romance of Mexico,' by Dr. Bird, to be published in June. . . . This I suppose must be 'The Infidel... This changing of names is the devil, but if Bentley has taken us up, it is a point gained,” etc., etc. The Hawks of Hawk-Hollow. A Tradition of Pennsylvania. FIRST EDITION. 12mo, cloth, paper labels. 98. Sheppard Lee. Phil. 1835 Written by himself. FIRST EDI- TION. 2 vols. 12mo, cloth, uncut, paper labels. 99. Fine copy. SCARCE. Nick of the Woods, a Tale of Kentucky. EDITION. 2 vols. 12mo, cloth, paper labels. 100. The author's most popular work. Scarce. FIRST Phil. 1837 Peter Pilgrim; or, A Rambler's Recollections. By the author of "Calavar," "Nick of the Woods," etc. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. 12mo, cloth, paper labels. 101. Phil. 1836 The Adventures of Robin Day. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. 12mo, cloth (used copy). Phil. 1839 102. BLEECKER (ANN ELIZA). The Posthumous Works of Ann Eliza Bleecker in Prose and Verse. To which is added a Collection of Essays, Prose and Poetical, by Margaretta V. Faugeres. FIRST EDITION. With brilliant impression of the rare and beautiful portrait of Tiebout. 12mo, original calf. N. Y. 1793 VERY RARE. On the title is the autograph of Johannah Bayard, whose name appears among the list of subscribers. 103. Ten Eyck. The History of Maria Kittle, in a Letter to Miss 12mo, wooden boards, paper covered. Hartford: John Babcock, 1802 The Subject of the story deals with the Indians, the heroine being captured by the savages and carried into captivity. In the Revolution the author suffered severe hardships in avoiding the British army, and no doubt her story is founded on her experiences during that period. The letters are dated from Tomhanick, 1779, where she died in 1783. 104. BLOWERS (THOMAS). The Deaths of Eminent Men and Excellent Friends very distressing to the survivors. Set forth in a Sermon preached at Salem-Village, Decemb. 4, 1715, occasion'd by the Death of the Reverend Mr. Joseph Green, by Thomas Blowers, M.A. Whereunto is annexed a Funeral Poem upon the same sorrowful occasion, by the Rev. Mr. Nicholas Noyes, etc. 16mo, stitched. Bost. N. E. Printed by B. Green for Samuel Gerrish, 1716 105. BOKER (GEORGE H.). The Lesson of Life, and other Poems. FIRST EDITION. 12mo, original boards, with paper label. Phil. 1848 106. Unusually fine copy of THE AUTHOR'S FIRST BOOK. Scarce. Calaynos, a Tragedy, Phil., 1848 (orig. bds., lacks back). (Scarce.) The Podesta's Daughter, Phil., 1852; Plays and Poems, 2 vols., Bost., 1856. ALL FIRST EDITIONS. 4 vols. 12mo, cloth, 1 bds. Phil. 1848-Bost. 1856 The author's second, third and fourth books. 107. Calaynos, a Tragedy. Prompt copy (lacks some pp. which have been filled in Ms., some of which may be in the autograph of the author). 16mo, unbound (no portrait). Lond. (ca. 1849) With the author's autograph on inside front cover, and an initialed note by him on the last page. 108. Poems of the War, Bost., 1864; Konigsmark, the Legend of the Hounds, Phil., 1869; Reception-by the Members of the Union League of Philadelphia (with Letters from Bryant, Lowell and others), Portrait of Boker, Phil., 1872; The Book of the Dead, Phil., 1882. ALL FIRST EDITIONS. 4 vols. royal Svo, and smaller, cloth. Bost. 1864-Phil. 1882 See also under "American Magazines," No. 1486, ['Spirit of the Fair."] 109. BOOTH (JUNIUS BRUTUS). (The Elder.) Booth Memorials. Passages, Incidents and Anecdotes in the Life of Junius Brutus Booth (the Elder). By his daughter. Portrait. 12mo, cloth. N. Y. 1866 EXTRA ILLUSTRATED by the insertion of a number of por traits, newspaper cuttings, etc. 110. [BOULTON (THOMAS.).] The Voyage, a Poem, in seven parts; containing Reflections upon A Farewell, Calm, Moderate Breeze, Hard Gale, Shipwreck, Deliverance and Return. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, new half green crushed levant morocco, gilt top, other edges UNCUT. Boston: Printed for the Author, 1773 Very rare, especially in uncut state. One of the original wrappers is bound in. This copy ends at page 47, "The Deliverance" [lacks "The Return"]. 111. BOURNE (W. OLAND). Poems of Home and Action. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, cloth (stained). N. Y. 1850 PRESENTATION COPY, with author's autograph inscription. Laid in the volume is the scarce Broadside poem "Out of Work," by the same author, single folio sheet. N. Y., 1866. This Broadside was sold on the streets by disabled soldiers only. 112. BOYD (WILLIAM). Woman; a Poem, delivered at a Public Exhibition, April 19, at Harvard University, in the College Chapel. Small 4to, new cloth, ENTIRELY UNCUT [small hole on p. 7 obliterating the pagination]. Bost. Printed by John W. Folsom, 1796 Very scarce, especially in uncut state. Name of a former owner, "Miss Abigail French," on title. One of the earliest eulogies on Woman printed in this country, and of special interest at the present time: . . . Illustrious Wollstonecraft, desert shall twinę "Woman belov'd, yet Woman the oppress'd." 113. BRACKENRIDGE (HUGH HENRY). The Death of General Montgomery in storming the City of Quebec, a Tragedy, with an Ode in honor of the Pennsylvania Militia . . . to which are added Elegiac Pieces commemorative of distinguished characters, by different Gentlemen. 8vo, half roan, fore and under edges ENTIRELY UNCUT (name on title). Norwich, 1777 114. One of the author's earliest efforts, and very rare in the above described state. The Henry B. Anthony copy, with bookplate. Gazette Publications. FIRST EDITION. 12mo, half morocco, gilt top (writing on title). Carlisle, 1806 The Brinley-McKee copy of this rare work. It consists of extracts from the "Pittsburgh Gazette," including "On the situation of the town of Pittsburgh," "The town consists at present of about an hundred dwelling houses, with buildings appurtenant," "The inhabitants, children, men and women are about fifteen hundred,” etc. Original poems of a political nature, "Thoughts on the present Indian War," etc. 115. BRADFORD (JOHN). Poetical Vagaries of a Knight of the Folding-Stick-and The History of the Garret, 2 curious plates, Gotham, 1815 (scarce); BURNETT (FRANCES H.), The Drury Lane Boys' Club, Wash., 1892; BUCHANAN (ROBERT), White Rose and Red, Bost., 1873; BURNET (JOHN B.), Tales of the Deaf and Dumb, with Miscellaneous Poems, Newark, 1835, and others. (American Poetry, etc.), some scarce, various bindings. 15 vols. V. p. v. d. |