250. SABINE (LORENZO). Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution, with an Historical Essay. 2 vols., 8vo, half blue levant morocco, gilt tops, uncut. Boston, 1864

A CHOICE COPY OF THE ENLARGED EDITION.

251. ST. MEMIN PORTRAITS. A Scarce Collection of 29 Beautiful Portraits by St. Memin, neatly hinged on leaves of cream paper, and bound in full red straight-grain morocco, gilt back, gilt border, with the arms of Great Britain on sides (one plate has tear on blank margin).

THIS INTERESTING COLLECTION comprises portraits of EARLY AMERICANS OF NOTE, who became eminent as Statesmen, Explorers, Diplomats, Fighters, etc. It includes: Jonathan Dayton, Meriwether Lewis, John Derby, Capt. Hunt, C. Goodrich, William Plumer, Robert G. Harper, James Lewis, Lt. Charles Stewart, Jos. Lewden, Capt. Henry Burbeck, W. C. Sommerwell, and others.

252. SARGENT (WINTHROP). The Life of Major John André. 2 portraits. 12mo, cloth. New York, 1871

253. SEWALL (JONATHAN MITCHEL). Eulogy on the General Washington; Pronounced at St. John's Church, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on Tuesday, 31st December, 1799. Small 4to, crushed red straight-grain morocco, gilt top, uncut, by Stikeman. Portsmouth, N. H.: Printed by William Treadwell [1800]

AN IMMACULATE COPY OF THE EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION. On the half-title has been penned by a former owner a verse of 9 lines on Washington.

254. SEWALL (SAMUEL). Proposals Touching the Accomplishment of Prophesies Humbly Offered. Small 4to, crushed olive levant morocco, fillet borders on sides, gilt top, by Stikeman.

Massachuset; Boston, Printed by Bartholomew Green, 1713 EXCESSIVELY RARE, AND A SUPERB COPY. Sabin remarks: "This tract is usually accompanied by the leaf of verses dated, 'Wednesday, January 1, 1701'.''

THIS LEAF IS PRESENT, and consists of six verses of four lines each.
NO COPY APPEARS TO HAVE OCCURRED IN MANY YEARS.

255. SHARP (JOHN). A Sermon Preached at Trinity Church in New York, in America, August 13, 1706. At the Funeral Of the Right Honourable Katherine Lady Cornbury. 12mo, crushed chocolate levant morocco, gilt edges, by The Club Bindery.

London: Printed and Sold by H. Hills, n. d. [1706] A SUPERB COPY OF THE VERY RARE FIRST EDITION, with black-bordered title.

256. SHOEMAKER (ABRAHAM). Ming's United States Register, and New York Pocket Almanac for the Year 1807. 24mo, red straight-grain morocco, gilt top.

New York: Printed by Alex. Ming, n. d., [1806]

Fine copy. The Calendar portion is interleaved.

257. SMITH (EDWARD M.). Documentary History of Rhinebeck, in Dutchess County, N. Y., embracing Biographical Sketches and Genealogical Records of our First Families and First Settlers,

with a History of its Churches and other Public Institutions. Woodcut map. 8vo, cloth. Rhinebeck, 1881

258. SMITH (JOHN). Twee Scheeps-Togten Van Kapiteyn Johan Smith, Beyde gedann na Nieuw Engeland De Eerste in het Jaar 1614, etc. Illustrated with folding map and 3 folding plates. 8vo, full red straight-grain morocco, gilt top, original covers bound in, by Stikeman. Te Leyden: By Pieter Vander Aa, 1707

THIS EXTREMELY RARE DUTCH EDITION OF SMITH'S "DESCRIPTION OF NEW ENGLAND' is in the most desirable condition. It does not appear to have been in any of the large collections of Americana recently dispersed,

NOR CAN WE LOCATE ANY SALE OF THE WORK AT AUCTION.

The book is printed in Black Letter, and on the map is an inset view of the Landing in New England. The three plates are fine bits of engraving, one representing a mermaid with outstretched arms to two of the adventurers; another of the settlers Hunting and Hawking, while the last is of a Shipwreck.

259. SMITH (THOMAS E. V.). The City of New York in the Year of Washington's Inauguration, 1789. Folding map. 8vo, cloth, gilt top, paper label. New York, 1889

260. SMITH (WILLIAM). The History of the Province of New York, from the First Discovery to the Year M.DCC.XXXII. To which is annexed, a Description of the Country, with a short Account of the Inhabitants, their Trade, Religious and Political State, and the Constitution of the Courts of Justice in that Colony. With the folding view. 4to, half olive levant morocco, gilt edges, by Matthews. London: Printed for Thomas Wilcox, 1757

FINE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION.

261. An Historical Account of the Expedition against the Ohio Indians, in the Year 1674, under the Command of Henry Bouquet, Esq. Including his Transactions with the Indians, relative to the delivery of their prisoners, etc. To which are annexed Military Papers-Reflections on the War with the Savages; a Method of Forming Frontier Settlements; Some Account of the Indian Country; with a List of the Nations, Fighting Men, Towns, Routes, etc. Folding map, 2 plans and 2 plates after Benj. West. 4to, half red morocco (one hinge weak).

Philadelphia, Printed: London, reprinted, 1766

VERY SCARCE. The work narrates the first victory over the Indians by the English after the former had learned the use of fire-arms, nearly twenty years having elapsed before the whites gained another such advantage. Gen. Wayne was indebted to Col. Bouquet for the plan of his operations in the West. With bookplate of Nicholas Garry.

262. SONGSTER. The Buck's Pocket Companion; or, Merry Fellow. A Choice Collection of Songs. Selected with care from the latest European and American Publications. Engraved frontispiece by Tanner. 12mo, crushed green levant morocco, Jansen style, gilt edges, by Allo.

New York: Printed by Lazarus Beach, 1803

VERY FINE COPY OF THIS RARE SONGSTER.

263. SOULDIER'S POCKET BIBLE (THE). An Exact Reprint of the Original Edition of 1643, With a Prefatory Note by George Livermore. 12mo, crushed dark brown levant morocco, fillet borders on sides, gilt top, by Matthews.

Cambridge; Printed for Private Distribution, 1861 RARE. ONE OF TEN COPIES PRINTED ON PARCHMENT. Inscribed on fly. leaf: "For J. Munsell Esqr. with the respects of George Livermore. October 23, 1861.''

264. STEENDAM (J. J.). Den Distelvink. Eerste Deel, Minne-sang; Twede Deel: Zegen-zang; Darde Deel: Hemel-sang. 3 vols. in one, small 4to, vellum. Amsterdam, 1649-50

VERY SCARCE. FINE COPY. Collection of the Poems of THE FIRST POET OF NEW NETHERLAND. Steendam was Minister of the Protestant Church in New Amsterdam.

THE FIRST WORK DEDICATED TO WASHINGTON

265. STEVENSON (ROGER). Military Instructions for Officers detached in the Field: Containing a Scheme for forming a Corps of a Partisan. Illustrated with plans of the manoeuvres necessary in carrying on the Petite Guerre. 12 plans, some folding, engraved by Robert Aitken. Small 12mo, crushed chocolate levant morocco, Jansen style, gilt edges, by Chambolle-Duru.

Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by R. Aitken, 1775

A MATCHLESS COPY OF THE EARLIEST KNOWN WORK BEARING A DEDICATION TO GEORGE WASHINGTON. This Dedication occupies four pages, and ends with the author's "wishes and prayers for Washington's happiness and prosperity, public and domestic, for the safety and success of the brave Americans you command, till the arrival of that joyful day, when peace or conquest shall honourably terminate the dispute."

266. STRONG (THOMAS M.). The History of the Town of Flatbush, in Kings County, Long-Island. Folding map and lithographed views. 12mo, red straight-grain morocco, gilt back, gilt top, by Stikeman. New York, 1842

FIRST EDITION. Fine copy.

267. TENNANT (GILBERT). The Happiness of Rewarding the Enemies of our Religion and Liberty, represented in a Sermon Preached in Philadelphia, Feb. 17, 1756, to Captain Vanderspiegel's Independent Company of Volunteers, at the Request of their Officers. Small 4to, crushed orange levant morocco, Jansen style, gilt top, uncut, by Canape (a few margins repaired).

Philadelphia: Printed by James Chattin, 1756

A SPLENDID UNCUT COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION OF THIS EXCESSIVELY RARE SERMON. A Second Edition was issued the same year, and of this edition, a copy was offered in 1916, BUT NO COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION

APPEARS TO HAVE OCCURRED IN MANY YEARS.

268. [THACHER (B. B.).] Traits of the Tea Party; being a Memoir of George R. T. Hewes, one of the last of its survivors; with a History of that Transaction, Reminiscences of the Massacre, and the Siege, and other Stories of Old Times. By a Bostonian. Frontispiece portrait by Gimber. 16mo, red straight-grain morocco, gilt top, uncut, by Stikeman. New York, 1835

FIRST EDITION. Fine uncut copy.