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New York: Baker & Godwin, 1863. 16pp, stitched but loosened. Lightly dusted and worn, Good+. This is the first [and only] issue of an intended series of anti-Catholic propaganda, curiously focusing on a papal conspiracy centered in Austria. The anonymous author focuses on "Abraham Lincoln and the British Minister at Washington, and the Crown of Great Britain; the… Read more about this item

[London: Printed by J. Downing in Bartholomew-Close near West-Smithfield, 1702. Folio sheet, folded to 4pp. Each page 9" x 14-3/8." The imprint is from the colophon. Printed in dark Gothic type, with woodcut of Royal Arms at head of the title and large ornamental initial "W." Signed in type at the end, "COCKS", i.e., Richard Cocks. Old horizontal fold,… Read more about this item

Boston: New-Englands: Printed and Sold by Edes & Gill, 1761. [3]-43, [1 blank] pp, lacking the half title. Disbound, early leaves lightly foxed. Good+. A single-line errata statement at the end of page 43. George II was "an excellent king, whom every good British subject was habituated to consider rather under the amiable and endearing character of… Read more about this item

Boston, New-England: Richard Draper..., 1759. 67, [12- Appendix], [1 blank] pp, lacking the half title. Disbound. Small institutional withdrawal rubberstamp at bottom corner of final blank. Light wear, closed tear [no loss] at leaf 45-46. Good+. "God has done many considerable, and some great things for us, in this time." Mayhew reviews the course of the War in… Read more about this item

[Harrisburg PA?, 1856. Folio printed broadside on cloth. 10-1/2" x 17-1/2" on cream color fabric. Designed like a ballot and printed in several bold, large fonts. Beneath the names of Ingersoll and Stewart, the names of 25 electors are boldly printed in a single column. Fine. Ours is only the second copy known of the American Party's… Read more about this item

Baltimore: Published by James Myers, Near the Cathedral, 1829. 29, [3 blanks] pp. Stitched in original printed wrappers [gum label]. Library marks, spotting, "withdrawn" stamp on front wrapper and title page. Verso of title page with label affixed on blank portion, "Collection of J. Gilmary Shea" in typescript. Otherwise, lightly foxed, with some corners turned. Good or so. … Read more about this item

Boston: Printed and Sold at Greenleaf's Printing-Office, in Hanover-Street, 1774. 68pp, disbound and lacking the half title. Light to moderate foxing, Good+. Cooper spent his career at the Brattle Square Church in Boston. He "was active in the cause of American freedom and intimately associated with its leaders" [DAB]. On the eve of Revolution he expresses keen anxiety… Read more about this item

Boston: Published by the Committee of One Hundred, 1888. 16pp. Stitched in original printed title wrappers. At head of title: "No. 1. October 1888. | COMMITTEE OF ONE HUNDRED SERIES." Near Fine. The Committee of One Hundred worried about "the doings of the Romish Church as to the Public School." Dominated by Protestant Clergy, the Committee announces "an… Read more about this item

Lexington, KY.: Printed and Published by James W. Palmer, 1823. v, [6]- 106, [1 errata leaf] pp. Unbound, scattered foxing. Old rubberstamp in blank portion of title leaf. Good+. Bishop David [1761-1841], born in France and an early Catholic Bishop in Kentucky, defends the Church against the "errors," "false reasonings," and "misrepresentations" of a Presbyterian Minister's attack on… Read more about this item

New Orleans: Printed by L. Graham & Co., 73 Camp street, 1875. Original printed title wrappers [dirty]. Stitched. 36pp, with tipped-in errata slip. Good+. "The want of plain, short and Catholic instruction on great, practical truths, occasions the present alarming increase and progress of speculative views in religion, of novel doctrines, and dangerous theories. Definite knowledge in relation… Read more about this item

London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1796. xii, 100 pp. Disbound, light occasional foxing. Else Very Good. ESTC records seven 1796 printings-- five by Debrett in London, and two from Dublin-- of this assault on Edmund Burke, who is well-known for "his coarse and unprovoked abuse of individuals." The author examines Burke's "manifold transgressions," including his "grossest turpitude" in… Read more about this item

[Baltimore?]: Printed at the Democratic Standard office, 1856. 8pp. Caption title, as issued. Disbound. Good+. In this election year the Democrat Barksdale examines the competition and finds it wanting. The Know Nothing [American] Party "is an oath-bound organization. It fetters the limbs, seals the lips, and ties the tongue of its initiates," all in the service of discriminating… Read more about this item

Boston: Redding and Company, 1845. 32pp. Stitched in printed salmon wrappers. Very Good. According to the Preface, dated April 1845, the pamphlet is an "unrevised fragment, found among the papers of the late Rev. Sydney Smith." It proves that all his "efforts were exerted for the promotion of religious freedom." Smith was an Anglican minister who urged religious… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Published by Wm. Smith... Looking Glass, Portrait & Picture Frames of every description, 1877. Folio broadside, 14" x 17". Printed in three columns: the first, an 'Address of Hon. R.T. Conrad'; second, 'Fireman's Address. Written at the request of the Association for the Relief of Disabled Firemen,' by 'Hon. Robert T. Conrad'; third, 'Address of Philip S. White,… Read more about this item

America: Printed at Providence (R. Island) by Carter and Wilkinson, and sold at their Book and Stationary Store, 1794. [4], iii, [1 blank], 83, [1 blank] pp + A Synoptical Table of Prophetic Numbers [folded, as issued]. Stitched, lightly worn, contemporary plain wrappers separated from text block. Very Good. Light rubberstamp in blank portion of title page. … Read more about this item

Dublin: Graisberry and Campbell, 1813. [2], 105, [1 blank] pp. Light blindstamp and rubberstamp on title page. Final blank spotted. Bound in modern plain wrappers. Good+. Fitzpatrick, a Dublin bookseller, published a book entitled, "A Statement of the Penal Laws Which Aggrieve the Catholics of Ireland." The book alleged that the Duke of Richmond had executed "a respectable… Read more about this item

Boston, New-England: Printed by Thomas and John Fleet, 1766. 34, [2 blank] pp, with the half title as issued. Disbound, Very Good. Tucker, Pastor of the First Church in Newbury, praises rights of conscience, and warns against authoritarian edicts which make "the opinions of men the standard [italics in original] of divine truth." That, he says, "is the… Read more about this item

Boston: Printed by R. & S. Draper, Edes & Gill, and T. & J. Fleet., 1765. 52pp. Lacking the half title, disbound, mild foxing. Good+. Attractive type ornamentation at page 5. Erratum note at page 52. Mayhew's "Advertisement" at the end notes, among other things, "A pretty remarkable prayer of Gregory Nazianzen to St. Athanasius." Contemporary ownership signature, 'Jonathan… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Printed by Richard Folwell, 1795. 32pp, stitched and loosening. Some pencil scribbles on blank verso of title page. Toned, chip at title page lower blank forecorner. About Good+, with the original marbled rear wrapper. Thayer was the first American-born New Englander ordained into the Roman Catholic priesthood [XIV Catholic Encyclopedia 556]. Educated at Yale and a… Read more about this item

New York: Published by Edward Dunigan, 1847. 408, [4] pp plus folding map, 14 tinted lithograph plates [including additional illustrated title page], as issued and collated complete. Contemporary publisher's cloth, rebacked with original spine laid down and inner hinges discreetly reinforced. Old institutional bookplate on front pastedown. Scattered foxing. Good+. "This volume contains Father Smet's description of… Read more about this item