$600. On the next page Cooperthwait transfers in Consideration of $300.-Dollars his rights to Henry Frederick Phinney, on the eight Day of December 1851.

2. A similar Contract between Cooper and Phinney for the unabridged edition of the same work for five years in Consideration of seven hundred and fifty Dollars. This agreement of 3 pages is dated the tenth of January 1846 and signed by Phinney, Cooper and 2 witnesses. Cooper also wrote two lines in the contract.

3 and 4. Two receipts from the Copyright office for a copy of the book. There is also a portrait of Cooper and a check signed by him inserted in the volume, all neatly inlaid.

A very interesting relic of one of the great American Novelists.

391. COOPER (WILLIAM). A Sermon Concerning The laying the Deaths of others to heart. Occasion'd by the lamented Death of the Ingenious & Religious Gentleman John Gore M.A. of Harvard College in Cambridge N.E. With an Appendix. pp. (4), 34, 6. 12mo, half morocco.

Boston: B. Green, 1720 Autograph signature of James Allen, the first minister of Brookline, Massachusetts, on title.

392. COTTON (JOHN). A Modest and Cleare Answer to Mr. Ball's Discourse of Set Formes of Prayer, set forth in a Most Seasonable Time when this Kingdomne is now in Consultation about Matters of that Nature and so many Godly long after the Resolution in that Point. Pp. 4+49 + (1). Small 4to, light calf. London, 1642 In reference to the publication of this treatise, see Cotton's Answer to Williams, at the end of his Bloody Tenent, page 23. Very rare.

393. COTTON (JOHN, Pastor in Halifax). Seasonable Warning to this Churches. A Narrative of the Transactions at Middleborough in the County of Plymouth. Small quarto (stained), half light blue morocco, gilt top, other Boston, 1746

edges uncut.

Rare. Has genuine blank at end.

394. [COXE (TENCH).] Reflections on the State of the Union. Ornament. 8vo, 8 pp. No. 1 complete.

Philadelphia: From the Press of Matthew Carey, 1792 With the autograph of James Madison written on the title fourteen times.

395. CRUIKSHANK (GEORGE). German Popular Stories, Translated from the Kinder und Haus Marchen, collected by M.M. Grimm, from Oral Tradition. Illustrated with 12 etchings by George Cruikshank. 12mo, new half polished maroon morocco, gilt, gilt top. London, 1825

Early and Scarce Edition. Inlaid on a fly-leaf is an autograph signature of George Cruikshank.

396. DANA (JAMES). The Examination of the late Rev'd President Edward's Enquiry on Freedom of Will," Continued. cut, in a cloth protecting folder, lettered on the back. Sabin does not mention the item.

8vo, stitched, unNew Haven, 1773

397. DAVIS (PARIS M.). An Authentick History of the late war between the United States and Great Britain with a full account of every battle by Sea and Land, the massacre of the river Raisin, the destruction of the city of Washington, etc. . . . 12mo, half morocco, gilt top. Ithaca, 1829

FIRST EDITION. One of the best histories on the war of 1812. 398. DICKENS CHARLES). Public Life of Mr. Tulrumble, once Mayor of Mudfog. By Boz, and other tales, etc. Small 8vo, half cloth. Phila. 1837

The first appearance in book form of one of the "Mudfog Papers," which were not published in book form in England until 1880.

399. DICKENS (CHARLES). The Chimes: A Goblin Story of some Bells that rang an Old Year out and a New Year in. With Illustrations. 12mo, original cloth. Phila. 1845

Extremely rare. Wilkins in his bibliography speaks at length of the book. His copy and the one sold in the Coggeshall sale seem to be the only ones recorded.

400. DICKENS (CHARLES). The Cricket on the Hearth. A Fairy tale of Home. By Charles Dickens. 8vo, original wrappers, uncut. (Part of back wrapper gone.) Boston: Published at the Yankee Office, 1846 Extremely rare first American Edition. Not in the Coggeshall sale and not mentioned in the Wilkins bibliography of American First Editions of Dickens.

401. [DICKENS (CHARLES).] Simple Settings, in Verse. For six Portraits and Pictures From Mr. Dickens's Gallery. 12mo, cloth. Boston, 1855 FIRST EDITION. Written by E. Bartlett. An extremely rare Item of Dickensiana.

402. DILWORTH (W. H.). Lord Anson's Voyage round The World; Performed in the Years 1740, 41, 42, 43, and 44. Containing a Series of the Most Entertaining and Surprising Adventures; and An Account of the Inhabitants, Manners, and Customs, of several remote Countries and Nations. Small 8vo, old sheep (narrow blank strip torn from top of title).

Boston, N. E.: Reprinted and Sold by B. MECOM, at the New Printing Office, near the Town House, 1760

RARE. The first American edition.

403. DOBSON (AUSTIN). Thomas Bewick and his Pupils. With 95 Illustrations. FIRST EDITION. Small quarto, original cloth.

London, 1884

404. DODGE (COL. RICHARD I.). Our Wild Indians: Thirty-Three Years' Personal Experience among the Red Men of the Great West. With an Introduction by General Sherman. Portraits and illustrations. 8vo, cloth. Hartford, 1883 405. [DOUGLAS (LORD ALFRED).] The City of the Soul. Small 8vo, original boards.

FIRST EDITION. Fine copy. 406. DOUGLAS (LORD ALFRED). Devid Whitelaw. 8vo, cloth.

FIRST EDITION. 407. DOWSON (ERNEST). top, uncut.

London, 1899

The Poems of Ernest Dowson.

8vo, cloth, gilt London, 1905

FIRST EDITION. Scarce. With a Memoir by Arthur Symons, 4 illustrations by Beardsley, and a portrait by William Rothenstein. Fine copy. 408. DRYDEN (JOHN). The Assignation: or, Love in a Nunnery. As it is Acted, at the Theatre-Royal. Second Edition. 4to, half green morocco (2 pages repaired). London, 1678

409. DUBOCCAGE (MARIE-ANNE). La Colombiade, ou la Foi Portée du Nouveau Monde. Poem. With portrait of Mlle. Loir engraved by Tardieu, fueron on title, vignette, 10 culs de lampe and 10 plates by Chedel. 8vo, contemporary calf. Londres, 1758 An epic Poem on the Discovery of America. A fine copy of this rare book with the Plates (relating to America) in fine impressions. 410. DUNBAR (PAUL L.). A. L. S., 2 pp. 8vo. Dayton, Sept. 9, 1894. From the Negro Poet to Rev. A. Crummell, asking him to use his influence to help him obtain a position as teacher of English literature. Travellers in N. Y. 1830

411. DUNLAP (WILLIAM). A Trip to Niagara; or, America. A Farce in Three Acts. 16mo, sewn, uncut.

FIRST EDITION. The Author's last published play.

412. DUNN (THOMAS). A Discourse, delivered in the New Dutch Church, Nassau Street, October 21, 1794, before the New York Society, for the Information and Assistance of persons emigrating from Foreign Countries. 8vo, sewn (one leaf trimmed close). N. Y. 1794

413. DUNSANY (LORD). A Dreamer's Tales. With 9 full-page illustra tions by S. H. Sims. Crown 8vo, original cloth.

FIRST EDITION. Fine copy.

London, 1910

414. DUNSANY (LORD). A Night at an Inn. A Play in one Act by Lord Dunsany. Square 12mo, publisher's wrappers.

The Sunwise Turn, Inc., 2 East 31st Street, New York, 1916

FIRST EDITION.

415. DU PONCEAU (PETER S.). A Discourse on the Early History of Pennsylvania; being an Oration before the American Philosophical Society. 8vo, original wrappers, uncut. Phila. 1821 FIRST EDITION. Scarce. Inscribed on wrapper: "Presented to the Honble. Timothy Pickering Esq. by The Author."

416. EARLY (JUBAL A.). A Memoir of the Last Year of the War for Independence in the Confederate States of America. 8vo, original wrappers. Lynchburg, 1867

Contains an account of the operations of his commands in the years 1864-5. 417. EARLY AMERICAN POEM. The Triumph of Infidelity. A Poem. (By Timothy Dwight.) 8vo, unbound. Printed in the World, 1788

VERY RARE.

418. EARLY AMERICAN POETRY. Forrest (Michael). Travels through America. A Poem. 50 pp. 12mo, half morocco (title somewhat stained). Suppressed. Rare.

Phila. 1793 419. EARLY AMERICAN POETRY. Bolton (Nathaniel). A Poem (45 stanzas) on Infidelity. 16 pp. 4to sheet folded to 16mo size, uncut. John Howe, Printer. Greenwich, February, 1808 SCARCE. Unknown to Sabin and Wegelin. CHOICE COPY, being the original unbound sheet, folded to size.

We can find no record of either the author or the printer, the work having probably been issued, in a very limited number, and privately, by the local printer of Greenwich, Connecticut, has apparently remained unknown since the early part of the last century.

This poem, written in the style employed by the early New England evangelists, is an attack on Tom Paine and his " Age of Reason," and "Common Sense."

420. EARLY WEST. Report of the Committee appointed on the 29th of January last, to whom was referred the Census of the Inhabitants of the Territory northwest of the River Ohio. March 4, 1802. 8vo, sewn, uncut and unopened. [Washington, 1802]

Very Scarce. The report contains instructions to report, whether any, and what measures ought to be taken, for enabling the people of the said territory to form a state government for themselves, to be admitted into the union.

421. EARLY WEST. Lang, John D., and Taylor, Samuel, Jr. Report of a Visit to some of the Tribes of Indians located West of the Mississippi River. 8vo, original wrappers in a cloth protecting folder. Providence, 1843

A condensed statement of the result of a visit to the Indians West of the Mississippi and quite an important account.

422. ELIOT (REV. JOHN). A Brief Narrative of the Progress of the Gospel among the Indians of New England, 1670. Introductory notes by W. T. R. Marvin. 4to, buckram, original wrappers bound in.

One of 20 copies. Boston: John K. Wiggin & Wm. P. Lunt, 1868 423. ELLSWORTH (HENRY WILLIAM). Valley of the Upper Wabash, Indiana, with hints on its Agricultural Advantages. Map and 3 folding plans. FIRST EDITION. 12mo, cloth (a few pages slightly discolored). N. Y. 1838

424. EMERSON (R. W.). An Address delivered in the Court-House in Concord, Mass. On 1st August, 1844, on the Anniversary of the Emancipation of the Negroes in the West Indies. Published by Request. 8vo, half morocco. FIRST EDITION. RARE.

Boston, 1844

425. EMERSON (R. W.). English Traits. FIRST EDITION. 8vo, cloth.

Boston, 1856

426. EVERETT (EDWARD). A Eulogy of the Life and Character of John Quincy Adams . . . delivered in Faneuil Hall. 8vo, wrappers.

Boston, 1848 With presentation inscription by the Author: "Professor Peirce, with the best respects of Edward Everett."

427. EYERMAN (JOHN). The Old Grave-Yards of Northampton and Adjacent Counties in the State of Pennsylvania. Ornaments throughout text. Vol. 1 (six parts), Vol. 2 (3 parts). 9 parts, 4to and 8vo, original wrappers, uncut. Easton, 1899-1901 Complete set. Only 35 copies printed. All the parts except two are of the special 4to size.

428. FAIRFIELD COUNTY, CONN. Schenck (Mrs. E. H.). The History of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut; from the Settlement of the Town in 1639 to 1818. 2 vols. square 8vo, cloth, gilt tops, uncut (bindings differ in color). N. Y. 1889-1905

429. FAY (H. A.). Collection of the Official Accounts, in Detail, of All the Battles fought by Sea and Land, between the Navy and Army of the U. S. and the Navy and Army of Great Britain, during the Years 1813, '14, and '15. 8vo, original boards (rebacked), uncut. N. Y. 1817

Rare.

430. FIELD (EUGENE). Sharps and Flats. Collated by Slason Thompson. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. 12mo, original cloth. N. Y. 1900 431. FISKE (JOHN). The War of Independence. FIRST EDITION. 16mo, cloth. Boston, 1889

Inscribed by the author: "To Shepard Devereux Gilbert, with affectionate regards of the author. May 23, 1889.'' 432. FOLSOM (GEORGE). History of Saco and Biddeford, with Notices of other Early Settlements, and of the Proprietary Governments in Maine, including the Province of New Somersetshire and Lygonia. Map, lithographic view, and facsimile. 12mo, original sheep.

Saco, 1830

Fine copy of this rare town history. Presentation copy from the author, with inscription.

433. FORSTER (JOHN REINHOLD). A Catalogue of the Animals of North America. Engraved frontispiece of Falcon. 8vo, half morocco.

London, 1771

Contains an enumeration of the known Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles, Fish, Insects, Crustaceous and Testaceous Animals, many of which were new and never described before.

The engraving is taken from an actual specimen brought to England at the time from America. The work is apparently the first attempt of its kind to classify American Animals.

POSSIBLY PRINTED IN AMERICA?

434. FOX (GEORGE). To all that would know the Way to the Kingdom Whether they be in Forms, without Forms, or got above all Forms. A Direction to turn your minds within. Small 4to, half roan.

pp. (2),18. No place, no date, circa 1660-1675

RARE EDITION. Cited by Smith as without date or place. This edition bears all the ear-marks of an American publication, the type, and type-ornaments being the same as that used by Samuel Green at Cambridge, about 1670. The ornamental border to the title-page of this tract is very similar to that on Moodey's "Souldiery Spiritualized," printed by Green in 1674.

435. [FRANKLIN (BENJAMIN) AND JACKSON (RICHARD).] The Interest of Great Britain Considered With Regard to Her Colonies And the Acquisitions of Canada and Guadaloupe. pp. 59 (5). 8vo, stitched, uncut. (Name rubbed from title.)

London: Printed MDCCLX. Boston: Reprinted, by B. Mecom, 1760 RARE FIRST BOSTON EDITION, published by Benjamin Mecom, nephew of Benjamin Franklin. This work has been attributed to both Franklin and Richard Jackson, although the publisher of the present edition plainly indicates on his title-page, that it is by Franklin, who in fact published the London edition, when residing there as an agent for Pennsylvania. The last five pages contain an advertisement, with extracts, from "An historical review of the constitution and government of Pennsylvania, attributed by Mecom to Benjamin Franklin; but which, according to Hume, Franklin assured him was not written by him.

An important French and Indian War item, contains valuable historical notes relating to the early settlers, and the mode of Indian life and warfare.

436. FREEMASONRY.

Eine, Geschichte der That-Sachen und Umstande die Entfuhrung und vermuthete Ermondung des William Morgan betreffend. 12mo, original wrappers.

n. p. 1828

Very scarce edition in German of the account of the kidnapping of Morgan.

437. FREEMASONRY.

Confession of the Murder of William Morgan as taken down by Dr. John L. Emery, of Racine County, Wisconsin, in the Summer of 1848, now first given to the Public. Woodcut on wrapper. 12mo, original wrappers (last leaf damaged). New York: Printed for the Publishers, 1849 The confession was made by Henry L. Valance to his physician.

438. FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. A Fair Representation of His Majesty's Right to Nova Scotia or Acadie. Briefly stated from the Memorials of the English Commissaries; with an Answer to the Objections Contained In the French Memorials, and in a Treatise, Entitled, Discussion Sommaire sur les anciennes Limites de l'Acadie. pp. 64. 8vo, new half calf. London, 1756 RELATES TO THE BOUNDARY DISPUTE between England and France over the line between Nova Scotia and New England, which was left unsettled by the Treaty of Aix-la-Chappelle.

439. FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. Copies of Several Publick Papers, which have passed in the Province of Pennsilvania in the Month of November, 1755. pp. 7. Folio, half morocco.

n. p. [1756]

VERY RARE. Contains the Address to the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, Nov. 5, 1755, by the people called Quakers, on behalf of themselves, relative to the payment of taxes for military defence, signed by Anthony Morris and others; also, "A Representation to the General Court

by some of the principal Inhabitants of the City of Philadelphia,'' calling for an Act to defend the Province and their Indian allies; together with a remonstrance by the mayor and corporation of Philadelphia calling for legal protection against the Indians. With subsequent Acts passed by the Assembly,-—(1) “An Act for the better Ordering and Regulating such as are willing and desirous to be united for Military Purposes within this Province, and (2) An Act for granting a Sum of Sixty Thousand Pounds to the King's Use," November 27, 1755.

440. FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. A Sermon Preached before his Excellency Thomas Pownall, Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief . . of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England, October 16th, 1759. Upon Occasion of the Success of His Majesty's Arms in the Reduction of Quebec. By Samuel Cooper. 8vo, sewn, uncut.

Boston: New England, n. d. [1759] Very Scarce. With the half-title (hole in lower blank portion).