Search Results: Authors starting with A from William Reese Company

Madrid, 1912. vii,466pp. plus errata page. Quarto. Modern half calf over marbled boards, spine gilt, leather label. Corners rubbed. Modern bookplate on rear pastedown. Ownership signature on titlepage. Internally bright and clean. Very good. Compilation of writings regarding Florida and Louisiana edited by Inigo Abad y Lasierra, Benedictine monk and historian. Published original documents from De Soto to the end of the 18th century Included are letters from Manuel Gayoso de Lemos and Abad's "Relacion de la Florida," first published in 1785.

London: Privately Printed at the Curwen Press, 1953.. xxi,427,[1]pp. Colored frontispiece plus thirty-two fine collotype plates. Large quarto. Original buckram, t.e.g. Very good. In worn dust jacket. Number 80 from an edition limited to 400 copies. The most comprehensive work in its field, carefully describing over 600 books, panoramas, periodicals, and the like, depicting British life in aquatint and lithography. Beautifully illustrated.

Boston: Samuel T. Armstron, 1812. vi,275pp. Contemporary calf. Boards detached, corners heavily worn. Lightly tanned. Good. A collection of sermons targeted specifically at sailors, including such topics as "The Guilt of Profane Cursing and Swearing," and "Fleshly Lusts Defined and Shown to Be Inexcusable." SHAW & SHOEMAKER 24517.

Boston: S. Rowland Hart, Printer, 1835. 132pp. plus seven engraved plates. Original cloth-backed boards, paper label on front cover. Corners worn, some old dampstaining on front board. Scattered foxing. Overall very good, in original state. A presentation copy from the author, inscribed on the front free endpaper: "East Cambridge / May 12 1837 / J. Abbotts present to J. Ferguson." Abbott, a resident of South Reading, Massachusetts, designed a water- powered engine which is described in detail herein. The handsome engravings illustrate how the author's engine worked. Contains a glossary of mechanical terms at the rear. A quite elaborate work of American technology for the time. Quite scarce. The NUC locates only three copies (KEmT, IaAS, MiU).

Albany, 1709. [1]p. Folio. Old fold lines, light soiling and wear. Good. Manuscript document detailing the expenses associated with the repair of the old blockhouse in Albany, signed by Albany official Johannes Abeel. Abeel (1667-1711) was an Albany native and merchant who held various local offices, including mayor of Albany from 1709 to 1710 - likely the capacity in which he signed off on the present account. Work began and was mostly performed in mid-November, finally finishing in late January. Of the fifteen line items listed, eight are for "1 quart rum" for the laborers (each costing one shilling and three pence), four are for nails, and the other three list the labor of two individual men - Jacob and Cornelius Boogert. Total cost was £9/3/3.

Washington, 1848. 132pp. plus twenty-four lithographed plates and folding map. Modern half calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Light foxing. Closed tear in left margin of map (just intruding into image) neatly repaired on verso. Very good. One of the great southwestern government- sponsored explorations, here in its earliest form, according to Wagner-Camp. The lithographed plates, attributed to Abert himself, include views of Santa Fe, Fort Marcy, San Felipe, the Pueblos, Indians, etc., and are among the most celebrated depictions of the region. The text describes Abert's trip from Fort Leavenworth over the Santa Fe Trail via Bent's Fort, his survey of the northern part of New Mexico and return via the Trail. Also included are the numerals and vocabulary of the Cheyenne. "...A basic SFT document" - Rittenhouse. HOWES A11. FLAKE 726. RITTENHOUSE 2. GRAFF 5. WAGNER-CAMP 143. SABIN 57. STREETER SALE 168. PILLING, PROOF-SHEETS 2. REESE, BEST OF THE WEST 101

Oxford, 1777. 64pp. Gathered signatures. Stitched as issued. Untrimmed. Last leaf tanned. Otherwise a very good copy. Fourth edition. A reply to Burke's LETTER...ON THE AFFAIRS OF AMERICA (1777). "...if the liberty of our fellow-subjects in America are to be taken from them, it is for the ideot only to suppose that we can preserve our own. The dagger uplifted against the breast of America, is meant for the heart of Old England." "The leading British supporter of colonial rights attacks Burke for temporizing" - Howes. AMERICAN CONTROVERSY 77-1d. HOWES A14. SABIN 61

Oxford, 1777. 64pp. Dbd. Titlepage a tad dusty. Else very good. Second edition, after the first of the same year. A reply to Burke's LETTER...ON THE AFFAIRS OF AMERICA (1777). "...if the liberty of our fellow-subjects in America are to be taken from them, it is for the ideot only to suppose that we can preserve our own. The dagger uplifted against the breast of America, is meant for the heart of Old England." "The leading British supporter of colonial rights attacks Burke for temporizing" - Howes. AMERICAN CONTROVERSY 77-1b. HOWES A14. SABIN 62

Oxford, 1777. 64pp. Dbd. Titlepage a tad dusty, else very good. First edition. A reply to Burke's LETTER...ON THE AFFAIRS OF AMERICA (1777): "...If the liberty of our fellow-subjects in America are to be taken from them, it is for the idiot only to suppose that we can preserve our own. The dagger uplifted against the breast of America, is meant for the heart of Old England." "The leading British supporter of colonial rights attacks Burke for temporizing" - Howes. AMERICAN CONTROVERSY 77-1a. HOWES A14. SABIN 61. ESTC T50222

Copenhagen, 1815. xxxvi,[2],126pp. Extra engraved titlepage plus engraved frontispiece. Later old plain boards. Clean, very good copy. Contains a eulogy for Captain Verner Hans Fredrik Abrahamson (1744-1812) and his son, Ludvig August Abrahamson. The latter spent the years 1783-1810 in the United States. Includes brief biographies of the two men, poetry, speeches at the funeral, etc. Also extracts from Ludvig August Abrahamson's diary recording his trip from Copenhagen to St. Croix from November 1804 through July 1805. A scarce Danish work of considerable American interest. Not in Sabin.

[Washington, 1808].. 19pp. Printed self-wrappers, stitched. Lower quarter of most leaves lightly soiled and dampstained, else very good. Rare Senate draft printing of the 1807 Embargo Act and the subsequent acts of 1808 relating to it. After the passage of the first embargo act in December 1807, it was quickly discovered that the requirement for American trading vessels to post bonds guaranteeing they would not sail to foreign ports did not technically extend to coasting vessels and fishing and whaling boats. The act passed in January 1808 closed the loophole and further tightened restrictions for all American ship owners. By March, major protests and open flouting of the embargo laws along the New England coast and the Canadian border led to a third embargo act, completely prohibiting the export of any goods, by land or sea, and subjecting offenders to a $10,000 fine. Continued violations led to the "Enforcement Act" in April, which allowed authorities, among other powers, to seize cargoes without… Read More

Portsmouth, N.H.: Printed at the N.H. Gazette office, 1808. 12pp. Dbd. First leaf detached. Soft horizontal fold. Toned and foxed. A good copy. A New Englander's defense of the Embargo Act against Daniel Webster's recent pamphlet, CONSIDERATIONS ON THE EMBARGO LAWS (1808), which is considered to be Webster's first publication. The anonymous author of the present pamphlet recounts the military and economic events leading up to the passage of the embargo laws and calls for fellow northerners - and specifically residents of New Hampshire - to evince their patriotism and unite with the southern states in support of the Embargo and U.S. neutrality. New England, whose economy was largely dependent upon international shipping and trade, suffered disproportionately after Congress passed the Embargo Act in 1807 and produced a large share of its most vociferous opponents. By the end of 1808, the Act had lost all but its most ardent supporters and was replaced with the weak Nonintercourse Act in January 1809.… Read More

Washington: Printed by R.C. Weightma, 1808. 123pp. Gathered signatures, stitched. Contemporary numerical inscription, "No 1," in upper margin of title-leaf. Foxing in outer leaves, creasing in title-leaf, else near fine, untrimmed. Senate printing of a large compendium of British, French, and Spanish laws and decrees affecting American trade during those countries' wars from 1791 to 1808. Submitted with a message by Thomas Jefferson on Dec. 23, 1808, this collection of documents was clearly intended to demonstrate the need for a continuation of the Embargo Act of 1807, which by the end of 1808 had lost support from all but its most ardent defenders. Jefferson had made it a point of honor that the Embargo would survive his Presidency, but Congress finally replaced it with the Nonintercourse Act on March 1, three days before Jefferson would end his second term. An important resource, including substantial diplomatic and naval correspondence in addition to the orders and decrees. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 16485.… Read More

London: J. Almon, 1766.. 21,[3]pp. Modern yellow buckram. Light foxing and soiling. Small closed tear at fore-edge throughout. About very good. Second edition, published the same year as the first by the prolific Whig printer, John Almon. An account of Britain's taxation of its North American colonies, specifically the Stamp Act. The author blames the British administration for aggravating the situation between the colonies and Great Britain by delaying a call for action on the part of Parliament. Adams cites Oliver Dickerson's THE NAVIGATION ACTS AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (1951) as ascribing this work to James Scott. HOWES S434, "aa." SABIN 80637. AMERICAN CONTROVERSY 66-53b. ESTC N22758.

London: J. Almon, 1766.. 86pp. plus [2]pp. of advertisements. Half title. Modern boards with cloth spine. Later manuscript title on cover and flyleaf. Modern bookplate on front pastedown. Minor foxing, stab holes in gutter from prior binding. Very good. In a half morocco and cloth folder. Argues the questions of England's right to tax its dependencies, and addresses the issue of the Stamp Act with reference to America. The anonymous author's opinion on the matter is fairly measured, admitting that the American colonies should contribute to their defense, but asserting that the Stamp Act was the improper way to go about it - he would rather see Americans contribute directly to their own military defense and thereby reduce the costs incurred on Britain, rather than indirectly by feeding the mother country's coffers. Attributed to one Mr. Gretrix, a Dublin lawyer. AMERICAN CONTROVERSY 66-7. HOWES A297. SABIN 1849.

London: J. Almon, 1766.. 86pp. plus 2pp. of advertisements. Half title. Modern plain blue wrappers, paper label. Moderate age-toning, else internally clean. Very good. Argues the questions of England's right to tax its dependencies, and addresses the issue of the Stamp Act with reference to America. The anonymous author's opinion on the matter is fairly measured, admitting that the American colonies should contribute to their defense, but asserting that the Stamp Act was the improper way to go about it - he would rather see Americans contribute directly to their own military defense and thereby reduce the costs incurred on Britain, rather than indirectly by feeding the mother country's coffers. Attributed to one Mr. Gretrix, a Dublin lawyer. AMERICAN CONTROVERSY 66-7. HOWES A297. SABIN 1849.

Paris [i.e. London: J.W. Imprimeur [i.e. J. Almon], 1766. 24pp. Modern paper boards, printed paper label. Modern bookplate on front pastedown. Very minor soiling and foxing. Very good. In a green half morocco and cloth case. Prints the arguments made by those members of the House of Lords who opposed a repeal of the Stamp Act. The main reason seems to be not that the tax is just, but that repealing it would set a bad precedent. This pamphlet also lists the Lords who spoke and voted against the repeal. Their votes would prove to be in vain, however, as the bill passed both houses and received royal assent on March 18, one week after the Lords' vote. Adams notes an eight-page list of the minority in the House of Commons who voted against the bill to repeal the Stamp Act bound at the end, but it seems that format is the exception, and that most copies simply contain the TWO PROTESTS. AMERICAN CONTROVERSY 66-27. GOLDSMITHS 10220. HIGGS 3728. SABIN 16839. ESTC T34189

[Washington], December 26, 1808.. 11pp. Docketed on verso of final leaf. Folio. Dbd., with later paper strip along the spine. Light soiling and wear, horizontal folds. Very good. Untrimmed. A slip-bill printing of the Non-Intercourse Act of 1809, presented to the House of Representatives in December 1808, featuring some significant differences from the final bill. The Non-Intercourse Act of 1809 took a step back from Jefferson's fiercely unpopular Embargo Act of 1807. The Embargo Act came hot on the heels of the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair, and sought to punish Britain and France by shuttering all American trade with foreign nations, both incoming and outgoing. The draconian measure was initially met with approval, but quickly became controversial as the economic effects took their toll. The Massachusetts Legislature recalled Senator John Quincy Adams because he supported the Embargo, and Governor James Sullivan regularly signed bills allowing certain goods to be shipped into Massachusetts ports, in… Read More

London, 1740. [2],pp.683-688. Folio. Dbd. Near fine. This law was designed to keep subjects in the colonies from raising or transferring capital stocks without Parliamentary approval or royal charter. It allows for aggrieved parties to sue in British courts, and for triple damages to be paid by the guilty. Then, as now, get-rich-quick schemes prospered in marginal economies

[New York: Printed by John Holt, May 20, 1774].. Broadsheet, approximately 12 1/2 x 8 inches, printed in two columns. Lightly silked. Inscribed in later ink in lower margin of p.[2]: "Printed by John Holt." Very good. In a half brown morocco and cloth folding case, spine gilt. A protest of the Boston Port Act, passed by Parliament on March 31, 1774. The act, designed to punish Boston for the Tea Party, ordered the port of Boston closed until the inhabitants reimbursed the East India Company and King's treasury for the tea destroyed and customs duty lost on December 16, 1773. "Because Boston alone was punished, Lord North believed the colonies would not 'take fire.' It was a costly mistake: the cry was raised in America that the Port Act was merely a prelude to a 'Massacre of American Liberty'; the colonies rallied to Boston's aid; and the Continental Congress was called to concert opposition to the mother country" - DAH. The present copy is apparently a variant of the broadsheet recorded by Evans, in… Read More