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AMERICANA TO 1820
TWO
Quaker Classics
for
Philadelphians,
1788
Barclay,
Robert. A catechism and confession of faith,
approved of and agreed unto, by the general assembly of the patriarchs, prophets,
and apostles, Christ himself chief speaker in and among them. Philadelphia: Joseph
James, 1788. 12mo (16.8 cm, 6.7"). viii, 147, [3] pp. [issued with]
The ancient testimony of the people called Quakers, revived; by the order and
approbation of the yearly meeting, held for the provinces of Pennsylvania and
New-Jersey, 1722. Philadelphia: Joseph James, 1788. 34 pp. 
Click the interior images above for enlargements. Provenance: Front fly-leaf inscribed “Thomas G. Arnolds Book Coventry,” inked in an early hand.
• ESTC W37335; Evans 20950; Sabin 3366. Contemporary speckled sheep, worn and very slightly sprung, spine scuffed with foot chipped. Pages age-toned and variably waterstained, with occasional edge nicks and crumpled corners; yet not brittle or nasty and the volume quite pleasant for reading. (24391)
A Marblehead Puritan Printed in LondonBoston
Distribution
Barnard, John. Sermons on several subjects; to wit, a confirmation of the truth of the Christian religion. One sermon. Compel them to come in. One sermon. The Christian hero, or the saints victory and rewards, in 6 sermons. London: Pr. for Samuel Gerrish, & Daniel Henchman, in Cornhill Boston, New-England, 1727. 8vo. 190 pp. 
Click the images for enlargements. • Sabin 3471; ESTC T65667; not in Alden & Landis. Contemporary sheep, modestly tooled in blind; leather dry and abraded. Ex-library with call number on spine, shelf marks in pencil, bookplate on front pastedown, and rubber-stamp on title-page. (20159)
First
U.S. Edition
— Getting
to the NORTH POLE
Barrington, Daines. The possibility of approaching the North Pole asserted ... a new edition. With an appendix, containing papers on the same subject, and on a northwest passage. New York: James Eastburn & Co. (pr. by Abraham Paul), 1818. 8vo (23.2 cm, 9.1"). 187, [1] pp.; 1 fold. map.
Click the images for enlargements. A folded map of the top of the world as seen from the North Pole opens the volume; the title-page bears a wood-engraved vignette of armed explorers on an ice floe confronting a rather awkwardly depicted polar bear, signed by
Alexander Anderson.
Provenance: Front fly-leaf with inked ownership inscription of John M. Fenton, dated 1825.
• Shaw & Shoemaker 43240; Pomeroy, Alexander Anderson, 570. Publisher's quarter tan paper and light blue paper–covered sides, spine with printed paper label; binding mildly soiled, spine paper and label chipped, the whole nicely refurbished with losses to spine filled with appropriately toned paper, detached sewing support secured, joints reinforced, and worn extremities subtly repaired. Front fly-leaf with inscription as above. Map with some moderate foxing, and small chip out of upper margin (not touching image). Page edges untrimmed, a few signatures unopened; moderate to heavy foxing throughout but paper strong and good. (29221)
Anacharsis
in English
— Anything
But Dry!
[Barthelemy, Jean-Jacques].
Travels of Anacharsis the younger in Greece. During the middle of the
fourth century, before the Christian æra.... The first American edition.
Philadelphia: Pr. by Bartholomew Graves and William McLaughlin for Jacob Johnson
& Co., 1804. 8vo signed in 4s (22 cm, 8.625"). Vol. I: xviii, 419, [1 (blank)]
pp.; fold. map; II: [1] f., iii, [1 (blank)], 403, [1 (blank)] pp.; III: vii,
[1 (blank)], 463, [1 (blank)] pp. (lacking half-title); IV: vii, [1 (blank)],
496 pp. (lacking half-title).
Click the images for enlargements. 
the
daily life and culture of ancient Greece, primarily centered
around Athens, this lengthy work is "so written, that the reader may frequently
be induced to imagine he is perusing a work of mere amusement, invention, and
fancy" (p. iii). Footnotes citing a multitude of classical sources back up Barthelemy's
imagined journey, which is illustrated with an attractive engraved map by du
Bocage.
• Shaw & Shoemaker 5809. Recently rebound in period-style
tan cloth over light blue paper sides, spines with paper labels. Contemporary
ownership inscription to front fly-leaf in each volume. Map with light offsetting
and short tear just starting along one fold. First 20 leaves of vol. II waterstained
and last 10 foxed; scattered incidences of spotting in all volumes, pages
generally clean. 
A
nice-looking set, and still — as it always was! — a work offering
a pleasant way to absorb ancient history.
Radical,
Republican, Yalie
Bishop, Abraham. Oration, in honor of the election of President Jefferson, and the peaceable acquisition of Louisiana, delivered at the National festival, in Hartford, on the 11th of May, 1804. [New Haven]: From Sidney's Press, 1804. 8vo (23.5 cm; 9.25"). 24 pp.
Click the interior image for an enlargement. • Shaw & Shoemaker 5881; Howes B472 (“aa”); Sabin 5596. Uncut copy in modern boards covered with stone pattern marbled paper. Title-page torn in lower blank area with loss of paper but not text. Bug-spotting, a few stray stains, age-toning; stab holes in inner margins from original stitching. A very decent copy. (24888)
“Few Productions of Late Years Have Occasioned[Blair, Hugh]? Objections against the Essays on morality and natural religion examined. Edinburgh: No publisher/printer, 1756. 8vo (19 cm, 7.4"). 64 pp.
Click the image for an enlargement. An
interesting and uncommon entry in the corpus of the Scottish Enlightenment
and one with an American connection — as among the “modern
Calvinist “ writers approvingly cited is “the Reverend Mr Jonathan
Edwards minister of Stockbridge in New England.”
WorldCat and ESTC combine to locate fewer than 10 copies in U.S. libraries.
• ESTC T54876. Removed from a nonce volume; laid into modern wrappers. A few instances of faint spotting, pages almost entirely clean. (27638)
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