SALE TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER SEVENTEENTH, AT 2:30 SECOND SESSION NUMBERS 363-724 363. DERBIGNY (P.). Refutation du Mémoir en forme de Consultation rédigé par Mr. Duponceau, Jurisconsulate à Philadelphie, au sujet des prétensions des Etats-Unis sur la Batture du Faubourg Ste.-Marie de la Nouvelle-Orleans. 8vo, sewn, uncut. A la Nouvelle-Orléans: Jean Renard, 1808 VERY SCARCE. Not in Sabin, and we are unable to locate the sale of a previous copy. 364. DEVOTION (JOHN). The Duty and Interest of a People to sanctify the Lord of Hosts. Sermon preached at Hartford, May 8, 1777. 8vo, sewn, uncut, with the half-title. 365. DICKINSON (JOHN). A Speech of Joseph Galloway, Esquire. Hartford: Eben. Watson, 1777 Reply to a Piece called the 8vo, half roan (covers loose). Philadelphia: William Bradford, 1764 FIRST EDITION of this rare work. 366. A Speech delivered in the House of Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania, May 24, 1764. . . Praying his Majesty for a CHANGE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PROVINCE. With a Preface. 8vo, sewn, uncut. Philadelphia: William Bradford, 1764 367. Political Writings. 2 vols., 8vo, original sheep (worn Wilmington, 1801 368. DICKINSON (JONATHAN). The Reasonableness of Christianity in Four Sermons. With a Preface by Mr. Foxcroft. 16mo, original sheep. Boston: Kneeland and Green, 1732 and names on titles). A VERY FINE CRISP COPY. 369. The True Scripture-Doctrine concerning some Important Points of Christian Faith . . . Represented and Apply'd in five Discourses. With a Preface by Mr. Foxcroft. 12mo, old calf. Boston: Printed by G. Rogers, 1741 370. DODDRIDGE (P.). Reflections on the Conduct of Divine Providence in the Series and Conclusion of the late War. Sermon preached at Northampton, April 25, 1749. 8vo, sewn. London, 1749 SCARCE. Refers to the capture of Cape Breton and Nova Scotia. 397. History of the New Netherlands, Province of New York, and State of New York, to the Adoption of the Federal Constitution. Portrait and maps. 2 vols., 8vo, boards, cloth backs, paper labels. New York, 1839 FIRST EDITION. 372. DRAKE (DANIEL). Natural and Statistical View, or Picture of Cincinnati and the Miami Country. 2 folding maps (foxed). 12mo, original boards, uncut (one cover loose). Cincinnati, 1815 373. DRAKE (JOHN H.). Thirty-two Years of the Life of an Adventurer. 16mo (pp. foxed). New York: Printed for the Author, 1847 374. DRAMATIC AUTOGRAPHS. Lillian Russell, A. L. s.; Pauline Hall, A. L. s.; Nat Goodwin, A. L. s.; William Davidge, A. L. s.; John Brougham, A. L. s.; and others. 25 pieces. 375. Tony Pastor, A. L. s.; Maggie Mitchell, A. L. s.; Addie Hermann, A. L. s.; Maud Harrison, A. L. s.; and others. 38 pieces. 376. DRING (THOMAS). Recollections of the Jersey PrisonShip. From the Original Manuscripts of Captain Thomas Dring, one of the Prisoners. By Albert G. Greene. Edited by Henry B. Dawson. Portrait and illustrations. 4to, half morocco. One of 50 copies on LARGE PAPER. Morrisania, 1865 377. DUFFIELD (GEORGE). A Sermon Preached in Philadelphia, December 11, 1783. The Day appointed by the United States . . . to be observed as a Day of Thanksgiving for the restoration of Peace, etc. 8vo, sewn (some leaves stained). Philadelphia Printed: Boston, reprinted, 1784 VERY SCARCE. An historical sermon of importance. 378. DUNLAP (WILLIAM). Ribbemont; or, The Feudal Baron. A Tragedy in Five Acts. 16mo, sewn. 379. FIRST EDITION. The Father of an Only Child. A Comedy. 16mo, boards, morocco back, uncut. New York, 1807 VERY SCARCE, AND A FINE UNCUT COPY. Revised from The Father,'' Dunlap's first published play. The half-title is PRESENT. 380. Abaellino, the Great Bandit. A Grand Dramatic Romance, in Five Acts. 16mo, sewn. New York, 1807 Interleaved Acting copy of the Second Edition, with numerous MS. notations. Has the stamp of the New York Theatre on first page. 381. The Voice of Nature. Second Edition. 16mo, sewn. 384. 385. sewn, uncut. Another copy. 16mo, sewn. The Italian Father. a Comedy, in Five Acts. 12mo, 387. A Narrative of the Events which followed Bonaparte's Campaign in Russia, to the Period of his Dethronement. 12mo, original calf (corner torn from title). Hartford, 1814 388. 389. FIRST EDITION. Lovers Vows. A Play in Five Acts. 16mo, sewn. FIRST EDITION. Another copy. New York, 1814 390. The Life of Charles Brockden Brown, together with selections from the Rarest of his Printed Works . . . and from Manuscripts before Unpublished. No portrait. 2 vols., 8vo, boards, morocco backs, uncut. Philadelphia, 1815 391. FIRST EDITION. Another copy. Portrait. 2 vols., 8vo, half green levant morocco, gilt tops, uncut (pp. somewhat foxed). 392. FIRST EDITION. Philadelphia, 1815 The Glory of Columbia, her Yeomanry! A Play in Five Acts. 16mo, sewn. New York, 1817 393. 394. FIRST EDITION. A History of the American Theatre. 8vo, half calf. History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in the United States. 2 vols., 8vo, original boards, cloth backs, uncut. 395. FIRST EDITION. Fine clean copy. New York, 1834 Another copy. 2 vols., 8vo, half calf. New York, 1834 A CHOICE COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION. 396. Another copy. 2 vols., 8vo, original boards (different color), uncut. New York, 1834 397. FIRST EDITION. History of the New Netherlands, Province of New York, and State of New York, to the Adoption of the Federal Constitution. Portrait and maps. 2 vols., 8vo, boards, cloth backs, paper labels. New York, 1839 FIRST EDITION. 398. DUNLAP SOCIETY PUBLICATIONS. The Contrast (Dunlap), 2 copies; The Father (Dunlap), 2 copies; Biennial Reports; Opening Addresses, 1752-1880; A Group of Theatrical Caricatures; André (Dunlap); Washington and the Theatre (Ford). 9 vols., 8vo, wrappers, uncut. New York, 1887-99 399. DURFEE (JOB). Whatcheer; or, Roger Williams in Banishment. A Poem. 12mo, uncut, paper label (hinges a little split). Providence. 1832 400. FIRST EDITION. A Discourse delivered before the Rhode-Island Historical Society, Jan. 13, 1847. With a Poem by Sarah Helen Whitman. 8vo, wrappers. Providence, 1847 401. DWIGHT (TIMOTHY). Greenfield Hill: A Poem in Seven Parts. 8vo. New York: Childs and Swaine, 1794 402. FIRST EDITION. The True Means of Establishing Public Happiness. Sermon delivered July 7, 1795, before the Connecticut Society of Cincinnati. 8vo, sewn, with half-title. New Haven, [1795] 403. EAMES (WILBERFORCE). Catechisms. 8vo, wrappers, uncut. Early New England 404. EARLY AMERICAN INSURANCE. The Deed of Settlement of the Mutual Assurance Company, for Insuring Houses from Loss by Fire, in and near Philadelphia. Vignette on title. 8vo, limp boards. Philadelphia, 1801 Scarce. 405. EARLY AMERICAN POETRY. Jones (Elizabeth C.). Poems on different subjects, Original and Selected. 12mo, half Providence, 1819 morocco. 406. FIRST EDITION. The Lay of the Wilderness, A Poem, in Five Cantos. By a Native of New-Brunswick. 12mo (back torn). FIRST EDITION. Saint John, 1833 407. EARLY AMERICAN TRAVEL. A Journal of the Life, Travels, and Gospel Labours, of that Faithful Servant and Minister of Christ, Job Scott. 12mo, calf (hinge cracked). . New York Printed: London reprinted, 1797 Chiefly devoted to his travels and observations in the United States. 408. EARLY JUVENILE PERIODICALS. Youth's Cabinet. Vol. 1, Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4. March 31-April 21, 1815; The Monitor. Vol. 1, Nos. 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13. April 5-June 17, 1815. In one vol., small 4to, contemporary boards, sheep back. SCARCE. Utica, 1815 409. EARLY NEWSPAPERS. Evening Signal. Edited by Park Benjamin and Rufus W. Griswold. Vol. 1, No. 1 to 161 (a few numbers lacking). Folio, boards, roan back (rubbed). New York, 1839-40 410. EARLY PLAYS. Chimera. By Mrs. Marriott, N. Y., 1795; The World in a Village. By John O'Keefe, N. Y., 1794; Every One has his Fault. By Mrs. Inchbald. Phila., 1794; The Fair Circassian, N. Y., 1795. In one vol., 12mo, half morocco. 411. EARLY SCHOOL BOOKS. Dearborn (Benjamin). The Columbian Grammar, Boston, 1795; Elementary Principles of Arithmetic (Sarjeant), Phila., 1788; The Schoolmaster's Assistant (Dilworth), Wilmington, n. d.; and others. 12 vols., 12mo, various bindings. LETTER BOOK OF THE MISSOURI FUR COMPANY 412. EARLY WEST. Manuscript Letter Book of Thomas Hempstead, Official Military Store Keeper appointed by the United States Government at St. Louis, 1819-1823. Folio, boards, sheep back. A MOST IMPORTANT AS WELL AS INTERESTING COLLECTION OF LETTERS. Hempstead, according to the letters, acted as well for the MISSOURI FUR COMPANY, which dealt with Astor and others. These letters from Hempstead, as acting partner of the Fur Company, begin in 1821 and conclude in 1823, and are filled with inside information regarding the workings of this company, as well as local history. 413. EASTBURN (JAMES WALLIS). Yamoyden: A Tale of the Wars of King Philip. Engraved title and frontispiece by Durand. 12mo, panelled calf. New York, 1820 FIRST EDITION, in an interesting old binding. 414. EAST CHESTER, N. Y. Abstract of the Title of John Stevens, to Lands in East Chester, on behalf of the New York Industrial Home Association, No. 1. Plans. 12mo, sewn, uncut. New York, 1851 415. EASTMAN (REV. HUBBARD). Noyesism Unveiled: A History of the Sect Self-Styled Perfectionists; with a summary view of their leading Doctrines. 12mo. Brattleboro: Published by the Author, 1849 FIRST EDITION. EXTREMELY RARE. Published to enlighten the public as to the moral Character of the Society which had arisen under the auspices of Mr. John H. Noyes. 416. EDMUNDSON (WILLIAM). A Journal of the Life, Travels, Sufferings, and Labour of Love in the Work of the Ministry . . . of William Edmundson. Small 4to, old panelled calf. Dublin, 1715 FIRST EDITION. Edmundson made three visits to America between 1671-7. He nearly lost his life in the Indian Wars. There are various allusions to New England and America, and several of his letters were written from this country. 417. EDWARDS (JONATHAN). A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections, In Three Parts. 8vo, full old sheep (rubbed). Boston: Printed for S. Kneeland, 1746 FIRST EDITION. Autograph of Jno. Rodney, Jr. 1825, on title. $450 |