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An Account of the European Settlements in America [Association copy owned by Thomas E. Lovejoy]
by Burke, Edmund [William Burke]
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- Used - Two volumes. Octavo. Contemporary full leather, spine labels. Scuffing to boards; offsetting to endpapers from leather tips; spo
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- Second edition
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- 1758
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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SGD 1,199.01
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London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley in Pall-Mall, 1758. Second edition. Two volumes. Octavo. Contemporary full leather, spine labels. Scuffing to boards; offsetting to endpapers from leather tips; spotting and toning to certain leaves with occasional foxing; starting to front joints; wear to leather and boards, particularly at corners. Two in-tact folding maps. A bright and well-preserved second… Read more about this item Item Price
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Remarks Concerning the Government and the Laws of the United States of America: In Four Letters, Addressed to Mr. Adams...From the French of the Abbé de Mably: With Notes by the Translator
by de Mably, Abbé [Gabriel Bonnot de Mably]
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- Used - Octavo. Three-quarter leather and marbled boards with gold tooling and gilt title to spine; cover beautifully refurbished by mas
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- First English edition
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- 1784
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SGD 2,055.45
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London: Printed for J. Debrett, opposite Burlington-House, Piccadilly, 1784. First English edition. Octavo. Three-quarter leather and marbled boards with gold tooling and gilt title to spine; cover beautifully refurbished by master bookbinder Scott K. Kellar, with new black endpapers; small bookseller notations in pencil to front flyleaf and minor spotting to front and rear leaves, else pages exceptionally bright.… Read more about this item Item Price
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American Revolution Original Woodblock: Rattlesnake and "Don't Tread on Me" Print with Uniformly Framed Modern Impression
by [American Revolution]
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- Used - Original engraved boxwood block, 3 x 4 inches, three-quarters-inch deep, together with a uniformly framed modern impression. A f
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- 1775
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SGD 17,813.90
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American Colonies, 1775. Original engraved boxwood block, 3 x 4 inches, three-quarters-inch deep, together with a uniformly framed modern impression. A few hair-line surface clefts and two larger clefts, one along the flag's edge and the other at flag center. Exceptionally rare and well-preserved Revolutionary War artifact depicting one of the most famous and enduring symbols and mottos of… Read more about this item Item Price
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An Account of Denmark as it was in the Year 1692; bound together with: An Account of Sueden [Sweden] Together with an Extract of the History of that Kingdom [by John Robinson] and Franco-Gallia: Or, an Account of the Ancient Free State of France, and Most Other Parts of Europe, Before the Loss of Their Liberties [by Robert Viscount Molesworth]
by Molesworth, Robert Viscount; John Robinson
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- Used - Octavo. Three works bound together in attractive contemporary paneled calf, re-backed. Minor scuffing and wear to boards, includ
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- Third edition corrected
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- 1694
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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SGD 1,849.91
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London: Printed for Timothy Goodwin, at the Queen's Head against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet Street, 1694. Third edition corrected. Octavo. Three works bound together in attractive contemporary paneled calf, re-backed. Minor scuffing and wear to boards, including one-inch surface chip to front panel; owner notations to front pastedown and titles of the first two books; occasional marginalia and… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Spirit of Laws [With an "Account of the Author's Life and Writings" extracted from "Eloge de M. de Montesquieu" by M. de Maupertuis]
by Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de
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- Two volumes bound as one. Contemporary calf. Re-backed, new endpapers, hole in upper margin of title and adjacent leaves, tear o
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- First US edition
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- 1802
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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SGD 4,796.05
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Worcester: Printed by Isaiah Thomas, Jun. sold by him and by Mathew Carey, Philadelphia; also by the various Booksellers throughout the United States, 1802. First US edition. Two volumes bound as one. Contemporary calf. Re-backed, new endpapers, hole in upper margin of title and adjacent leaves, tear on final leaf affecting a few letters, browning and offsetting to pages.… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Sketch of the Character of Alexander Hamilton
by Ames, Fisher [Alexander Hamilton]
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- Used - Pamphlet. Wraps, 9 x 6 inches, 15 pp. Contemporary, likely original, plain blue wrappers, sewn, untrimmed; text slightly browned
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- 1804
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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SGD 1,027.73
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Boston: Printed at the Repertory Office, 1804. Pamphlet. Wraps, 9 x 6 inches, 15 pp. Contemporary, likely original, plain blue wrappers, sewn, untrimmed; text slightly browned with foxing throughout and some contemporary marginalia. Short inscription on head of front wrapper.. An uncommon first edition of A Sketch of the Character of Alexander Hamilton, attributed to the influential Massachusetts… Read more about this item Item Price
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Letters, on the Spirit of Patriotism: On the Idea of a Patriot King: and On the State of Parties, At the Accession of King George the First; bound together with: Letters of the Honourable Algernon Sydney [Sidney], to the Honourable Henry Savile, Ambassador in France. In the Year 1679, &c. Now first Printed from the Originals in Mr. Sydney's [Sidney's] own hand. [by Algernon Sidney]
by Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, 1st Viscount; Algernon Sidney
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- Used - Octavo. Two works bound together in contemporary quarter calf, marbled boards with vellum corners, black morocco spine label let
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- First authorized edition
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- 1749
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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SGD 1,027.73
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London: Printed for A. Millar, opposite to Catherine-Street, in the Strand, 1749. First authorized edition. Octavo. Two works bound together in contemporary quarter calf, marbled boards with vellum corners, black morocco spine label letters in gilt. Some scuffing to boards, contemporary ink signature to front fly-leaf: "P Griffin St. Edmund Hall, Oxon, July 1764." Bright and well-preserved. Very good-plus..… Read more about this item Item Price
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Pamphlets of the American Revolution: 1750-1776 (Volume I: 1750-1765)
by Bailyn, Bernard
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- Used - Octavo. Original green cloth, with gold titling to spine, and dust jacket (not price-clipped). Minor edgewear with spotting and
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- First edition
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- 1965
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SGD 205.55
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Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1965. First edition. Octavo. Original green cloth, with gold titling to spine, and dust jacket (not price-clipped). Minor edgewear with spotting and dusting to page block; prior owner name and date to front free endpaper; faint toning and spotting to dust jacket with minor edgewear, particularly at lower hinges.. … Read more about this item Item Price
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Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. In a Letter Intended to Have Been Sent to a Gentleman in Paris. By the Right Honourable Edmund Burke
by Burke, Edmund
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- Used - Octavo. Period-style half calf and marbled boards, red morocco spine label. Offsetting to endpapers from leather tips, title pag
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- First edition
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- 1790
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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SGD 10,277.25
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London: Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, 1790. First edition. Octavo. Period-style half calf and marbled boards, red morocco spine label. Offsetting to endpapers from leather tips, title page browned and spotting to certain leaves. Todd identifies three editions with a 1790 title page, comprising ten impressions. Todd's setting a of [A]2 with the ornamental flower on p. [iv]… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Spirit of Laws [With an "Account of the Author's Life and Writings" extracted from "Eloge de M. de Montesquieu" by M. de Maupertuis]
by Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat, Baron de
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- Used - Two volumes. Modern calf-backed marbled boards. Some browning of text, generally light. Contemporary signature of
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- First US edition
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- 1802
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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SGD 4,796.05
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Worcester: Printed by Isaiah Thomas, Jun. sold by him and by Mathew Carey, Philadelphia; also by the various Booksellers throughout the United States, 1802. First US edition. Two volumes. Modern calf-backed marbled boards. Some browning of text, generally light. Contemporary signature of "Jos. Allen" on titles. Enclosed in an open-end cloth case.. The first American edition of Montesquieu's… Read more about this item Item Price
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The System of Short-Hand, Practised by Mr. Thomas Lloyd, in Taking Down the Debates of Congress; and Now (With His Permission) Published for General Use
by Lloyd, Thomas [John Carey]
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- Used - Duodecimo. Contemporary blue paper wrappers with early manuscript title on front wrapper. Wrappers are worn with neat repair alo
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- 1793
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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SGD 3,768.33
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Philadelphia: Sold by H. and P. Rice, No. 50 Market-Street, 1793. Duodecimo. Contemporary blue paper wrappers with early manuscript title on front wrapper. Wrappers are worn with neat repair along spine; rear wrapper discolored. Shorthand annotation on front free endpaper and second plate. Small tear to outer margin of initial leaves not affecting text. Minor soiling to folding plate… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 3,768.33
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Discourses Concerning Government; Published from the Original Manuscript of the Author
by Sidney, Algernon
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- Used - Folio (310 x 200 mm). Modern brown quarter calf, red morocco spine label and raised bands, with marbled boards, edges sprinkled
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- First edition
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- 1698
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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SGD 8,906.95
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London: Printed, and are to be sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster, 1698. First edition. Folio (310 x 200 mm). Modern brown quarter calf, red morocco spine label and raised bands, with marbled boards, edges sprinkled red. Comes in a blue, flat-back cloth box. Ownership signature of "Adam Brown, 1797," and shelf mark to title page, several… Read more about this item Item Price
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An Inquiry Into the Rights of the British Colonies [Limited Reprint]
by Bland, Richard
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- Used - Quarto. Brown linen boards with paper label to front cover. Printed on laid paper with fore-edge untrimmed; uncut. Minor scuffin
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- Limited edition reprinting (No. 24 of 190)
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- 1922
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SGD 205.55
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Richmond, Virginia: Appeals Press, Inc, 1922. Limited edition reprinting (No. 24 of 190). Quarto. Brown linen boards with paper label to front cover. Printed on laid paper with fore-edge untrimmed; uncut. Minor scuffing to front board, else fine.. Richard Bland (1710-1776) was an American planter and statesman from the State of Virginia who played a prominent role in… Read more about this item Item Price
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Junius. Stat Nominis Umbra [the "Junius Letters"]
by Junius
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- Used - Small octavo. Two volumes. Leather bound in full period calf unlettered with gilt fillets. Rubbing to corners and minor spotting
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- 1773
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
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SGD 5,138.62
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London: Printed for Henry Sampson Woodfall in Pater Noster Row, 1773. Small octavo. Two volumes. Leather bound in full period calf unlettered with gilt fillets. Rubbing to corners and minor spotting and toning throughout, else near-fine.. A superb copy of the collected edition of the Junius Letters. Originally published in the London Public Advertiser from January 21, 1769… Read more about this item Item Price
SGD 5,138.62