Search Results: Colonial Americana from Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA

[Novato, CA]: Presidio Press, 1994. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed wrappers. 290pp. Map. Near fine. Advance reading copy with a promotional letter from the publisher preceding the front flyleaf. Tight and attractive.

London: Charles Eyre and William Strahan, 1773. Paperback. 4to. Wrappers. Pp. 771-772 (4pp). Near fine. First edition. Act passed at the Sixth Session of the Thirteenth Parliament, with a highly decorative front wrapper bearing steelcut coat of arms, etc.

New York: James G. Gregory, 1861. Paperback. 8vo. Wrappers. 50pp. Very good. Outer wrappers a bit age toned and slightly soiled, with a blind-embossed institutional stamp at upper right of front wrapper. The grandson of Revolutionary patriot and Continental Congress president John Jay uses the occasion of this patriotic speech to the then-current Civil War. First edition.

Charlestown: William W. Wheildon, 1835. Paperback. 8vo. Pale pink wrappers. 66pp. Mildly edgeworn, with occasional foxing; ownership signature on front wrapper. A tight, decent first edition of this typically long-winded speech celebrating the 60th anniversary of the 1775 battle by the Massachusetts politician and orator who had just completed ten years in Congress and would soon begin a single term as governor. SABIN 23246.

Walpole, MA: First Historical Society of Walpole, Mass, 1905. Hardcover. 8vo. Burgundy cloth. 55pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine. Probable first edition.

Ventnor, NJ: Ventnor Publishers, 1949. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. xiv, 560pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine/very good. Bit of mild jacket edgewear. A tight and handsome first edition of this thick overview. The foldout facsimile of the "First Medical Article to Be Printed in the Colonies" -- the 1677 broadside "A Brief Rule to Guide the Common-People of New-England," is superb. A lovely copy.

New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1970. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 386pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, 4 maps. Very good/very good. Mild jacket edgewear, with lightly sunned spine and couple of small edge chips. Tight, nice first edition of the first volume in editor North Callahan's "Leaders of the American Revolution Series."

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth spine with gilt lettering and red paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 477pp. Illustrations (some color). Fine/fine. An outstanding, pristiner than pristine first edition of this thick study, handsomely inscribed and signed by the preeminent historian of Native American issues (1915-2005) in blue ballpoint on front flyleaf: "To Elizabeth and Bob Malott / With good wishes, / Sincerely, / Alvin Josephy Jr." Robert Malott (1926-2018) was a noted Chicago business leader, CEO of FMC Corporation, Republican politico and philanthropist.

New York: New York University Press, 1996. Hardcover. Small 4to. Black cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 244pp. Near fine/near fine. Handsome first edition of this surprisingly uncommon title in editor James Kirby Martin's superb "The American Social Experience Series."

New York: Burt Franklin, 1970. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth. vi, 86pp. Fine. A tight and handsome facsimile of the first (1934) edition of this study -- volum 168 in Franklin's "American Classics in History and Social Science" series and volume 635 in their "Research and Source Works Series."

Maplewood, NJ: Rutledge Books, 1973. Hardcover. 4to. Red cloth, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. 255pp. Extensive illustrations (most color). Fine/near fine. Tight and handsome first edition of this overview.

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Philatelic Society, 1976. Hardcover. Wide small 4to. Full blue padded leatherette with silver lettering and pictorial stamping. (176pp). Near fine. Complete set of these 88 "First Day Covers," each bearing the official "First Day of Issue" cancellation from the 88 different countries who issued the stamps and each affixed to The Franklin envelope with printed cachet at left. Each FDC is tipped to a heavy stock small 4to sheet giving the history of the country, its relationship with the U.S., a map showing the country and a description of the stamp. A few blank clear sleeves at the close contain some promotional literature on this series.

New York: Dell Publishing Co, 1963. Hardcover. Small 4to. Color pictorial paper over boards. 87pp. Color frontispiece, numerous color illustrations, color map endpapers. Very good. Later printing.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1908. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Burgundy blind-embossed cloth with ivory lettering and oval plate tipped to front board. ix, 336pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Good plus. Lightly edgeworn and a tad rubbed, with spine lettering largely worn off. Tight, decent first edition of this highly fictionalized life of Thomas Jefferson's first vice president, American Revolutionary War officer, attorney and politician 1756-1836).

New York: Arco Publishing Company, 1972. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth. ix, 182pp. Numerous illustrations. Near fine. First edition, tight and nice.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown and tan paper over boards with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 374pp. Fine/fine. Circular blind-embossed ownership imprint on half-title page. Exceptionally tight and bright first edition.

New York: Bonanza Books, n.y.. Hardcover. 4to. Green cloth with black lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 123pp. Extensive illustrations, pictorial/map endpapers. Very good/very good. Faint small dampstain near spine tail. A tight, attractive reprint edition of this 1947 survey.

Washington, DC: The Associated Publishers, 1941. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown cloth with gilt lettering. xii, 180pp. Very good. A tight and decent first edition of this influential study. Mild, inoffensive ex-library, with very few and discreet markings.

Barre, MA: Barre Publishers, 1968. Hardcover. Illustrations by Suzanne Carlson. Narrow folio. Beige cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 205pp. Extensive line drawings, text endpapers. Fine/very good. Jacket faintly edgeworn, with spine lightly sunned. Handsome, tight first edition of this study of colonial-era architects, those of the north and those of the south, and the major structures they built. This copy bears a fine and appropriate philatelic addition: Tipped to inner flyleaf is a First Day Cover bearing at upper right the ten-cent four-piece "Bicentennial Era" stamps (one of which depicts Carpenters' Hall, another Independence Hall), 6½" X 3½", cancelled in Philadelphia on 4 July 1974 and with "First Day of Issue" so noted. Fine. Large pictorial color cachet "Commemorating 1774 1st Continental Congress" cachet fills the leftmost side.

New York: Bramhall House, n.y.. Hardcover. 4to. Tan cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 350pp. Frontispiece, illustrations, line drawings. Very good/good plus. Jacket heavily rubbed, with several large edge chips and only upper 4½" of jacket spine present. Tight, quite decent reprint of the 1956 Stackpole history.