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).

Ν. Υ. 1794

413. DUNSANY (LORD). A Dreamer's Tales. With 9 full-page illustrations by S. H. Sims. Crown 8vo, original cloth. London, 1910

FIRST EDITION. Fine coру.

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. Boston, 1844

FIRST EDITION. RARE.

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, Easton, 1899-1901

uncut.

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 (Η. Α.). 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.

Inscribed by the author: ate regards of the author.

Boston, 1889

"To Shepard Devereux Gilbert, with affection

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 ng to Hume, Franklin assured him was not written by

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).

memorate

441. FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. Emerson (Joseph). A Thanksgiving Sermon, Preached at Pepperrell, January 3d, 1760. To comthe Removal of Sickness, and the Return of so many Soldiers from the Army. 8vo, new boards, uncut. Very rare. Fine historical sermon.

Boston, 1760

442. FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. The History of the British Dominions in North America from the first Discovery of that Vast and Glorious Establishment as confirmed by the late Treaty of Peace in 1763. Folding map, outlined in colors. 4to, full calf (rebacked and writing on title). London, 1773 Contains separate histories of Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, Rhode Island, etc. Part two relates principally to Braddock's defeat, and Part three to Louisburg.

443. FULTON (ROBERT). The Life of Robert Fulton. By his Friend, Cadwallader D. Colden, etc. 8vo, half brown morocco, gilt top, other edges uncut (some pages stained). N. Y. 1817

Fine, large copy. The book contains a portrait, but there is in addition another one inserted. There is also inserted a general description of the Paragon Steamship. In the handwriting of Robt. R. Livingston. 2 pages,

folio.

HUGH GAINE'S ORIGINAL RECEIPT BOOK

444. GAINE (HUGH, Printer in New York City). Manuscript Receipt Book covering the years from 1767 to 1799. 358 pages, containing almost a thousand receipts. Oblong 12mo, sheep, rebacked. Enclosed in a full morocco solander case. New York, 1767-1799.

Of great importance and certainly a most valuable contribution to the history of New York. Almost every prominent New Yorker of the time is represented and many of the receipts are of important character. There are several receipts by Mary Parker for New York Laws. Joseph Allicocke on account of two shares of the United Whaling Company of N. Y.; Bernard Ratzer for Maps; Anne Kierarstedt for rent of Playhouse between 1778 and 1790; William Schaffer's receipt dated 1773 for the paper for making money for the government; Peter Maverick's receipt for cuts of the Universal spelling book. There are also found the names of J. C. C. Colden; Phillip Livingston, Thomas Lynch, Richard & Nichlas Van Dam, John Anderson, John Tiebout, Robert Hodge, and many others.

445. GARLAND (HAMLIN). Main-Travelled Roads. Being six stories of the Mississippi Valley by Hamlin Garland, with an introduction by W. D. Howells. Decorations by H. T. Carpenter. Square 8vo, original cloth.

Cambridge and Chicago, 1893

Large Paper copy of the FIRST EDITION. Scarce.

446. GARLAND (HAMLIN). Prairie Songs, Being Chants rhymed and unrhymed of the level lands of the Great West by Hamlin Garland, with drawings by H. T. Carpenter. Square 8vo, decorated cloth.

Cambridge and Chicago, 1893

Large Paper copy of the FIRST EDITION, signed by the Publisher and by Hamlin Garland. Rare.

447. GARLAND (HAMLIN). A Review of the Spotted Hawk Case. 14 pages. Svo, stitched. n. p. [1898]

Contains a letter by Hamlin Garland.

448. [GOADBY (ROBERT).] An Apology for the Life of Mr. BampfyldeMoore Carew, commonly called the King of Beggars: Being an impartial account of his life with his travels through great parts of America. Large folding frontispiece, containing his portrait. 12mo, half blue morocco, gilt top. London, 1768

Carew was born in Devonshire, was tried at Exeter about 1739 and banished to Maryland, where he went at the cost of the public. "Не gives an amusing account of the country, and his adventures in Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey, New York and Connecticut, till he embarked at New London for England. His accounts how he bamboozled and bled Whitefield, Thomas Penn, Gov. Thomas, are amusing, true or not." -Stevens.

The large portrait is rarely found.

449. GOLDSMITH (OLIVER). The Vicar of Wakefield. A Tale supposed to be written by Himself. 2 vols. in one, 16mo, half olive morocco. Newburyport: Printed and sold by John Mycall, [1780]

Very rare. The author's name is appended to the Advertisement at the end of volume one.

450. GRAVES (ALFRED PERCIVAL). The Irish Poems of Alfred Perceval Graves. Songs of the Gael, A Gaelic Story-Telling. FIRST EDITION. 2 vols. 12mo, publisher's cloth. Dublin, 1908

451. GROLIER CLUB. Transactions of the Grolier Club of the City of New York. Part 2. Illustrated. 4to, limp boards, uncut. N. Y. 1894

Limited to 750 copies.

454. GROLIER CLUB. Description of the Early Printed Books owned by the Grolier Club, with a brief account of their Printers and the History of Typography in the Fifteenth Century. Facsimiles. Folio, original half calf, Ν. Υ. 1895

uncut.

One of 400 copies on hand-made paper, printed for members of the Grolier Club.

455. GROTIUS. Hugonis Grotii Annotationes in Libros Evangeliorum. Cum tribus tractatibus & Appendice eo spectantibus. Portrait of Grotius by W. Delff. Folio, full brown morocco, blind-tooled.

Amsterdam: J. & C. Blaev., 1641

456. GUY (W. H.). Abby Forbes: A Tale of unparalleled Sufferings Founded on Facts. 8vo, half morocco, wrappers bound in. Boston, 1846 Portrait on the wrapper. Not in Sabin or Field. Interesting Indian Item.

457. HAITI. The Rural Code of Haiti, literally translated from a publication of the Government Press together with letters from that country, concerning the present condition. By A Southern Planter. Third edition. Folding map in lithography. 8vo, half morocco, original wrappers preserved. N. Y. 1839

Sabin gives an earlier edition published 1837 only. The last letter is signed Z. Kingsley, a Florida Planter.

458. HAMILTON (A.). The Examination of the President's Message. 8vo, new boards. N. Y. 1802

Signed "Lucius Crassus." Printed originally in the Evening Post, and reprinted in this shape, with the addition of the message to which it is an answer, and a Preface [by William Coleman].

459. HARPER (ROBERT GOODLOE). A Letter from Robert Goodloe Harper of South Carolina, to his Constituents. 8vo, sewn, uncut and unopened. [Cambridge], 1801

460. HART (CHARLES HENRY). Browere's Life Masks of Great Americans. Numerous reproductions. 4to, boards, cloth back, gilt top, uncut. Ν. Υ. 1899

One of 347 copies printed at the De Vinne Press. Inscribed by the author "For the Authors' League, with the compliments of the Author, Charles Henry Hart, Philadelphia, Jan'y 31, 1914."

461. HART (GERALD E.). The Fall of New France 1755-1760. With portraits and views in Artotype. Small 4to, cloth, gilt top. Montreal, 1888