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Williamsburg, Virginia: Printed by W. Rind, A. Purdie, and J. Dixon, 1769. (4), 577, (1) pages. First (and only) printing of this important colonial Williamsburg imprint. Late in 1767 the General Assembly authorized a third "revisal" of Virginia laws, which meant a compilation of all acts passed since the 1752 "revisal," together with all laws passed prior to 1752 that were still in effect. Ordinarily the contract for printing the book would have been awarded to the official public printer, William Rind, but Rind's financial straits caused the General Assembly to award the contract to Rind's financially stable competitors, the Williamsburg printing company of Alexander Purdie and John Dixon . Perhaps to spare Rind public embarrassment, it was decided to advertise the project as a joint venture; thus, the names of Rind, Purdie, and Dixon are listed as printers on the title page. ASSOCIATION COPY: On the title page is the 1784 signature of Alexander Breckinridge… Read More

Metuchen, New Jersey: Privately Printed, 1934. 8 pages. Reprinted, with revisions, from THE AMERICAN BOOK COLLECTOR for August-September 1932. Edition limited to 250 copies. A brief, but definitive, study of the first year of printing in the colony of Delaware. The pamphlet is clean, bright, and tight, printed on ivory paper that is verly lightly (and uniformly) toned... First Printing in Book Form. Paperback. Very Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Williamsburg, Virginia: Williamsburg, Virginia, Virginia 350th Anniversary Celebration Corporation, 1957. 8vo. "Twenty-three authoritative booklets of exact and scholarly information on the history of Virginia during the Jamestown era. Each book is written by a specialist in its field." All 23 books, still housed in the original box. The titles and authors are: 1. A Selected Bibliography of Virginia, 1607-1699, by E. G. Swem, John M. Jennings, and James A. Servies; 2. A Virginia Chronology, by William W. Abbott; 3. John Smith's Map of Virginia, with a Brief Account of its History, by Ben C. McCary; 4. The Three Charters of the Virginia Company of London, with Seven Related Documents: 1606-1621. Introduction by Samuel M. Bemiss; 5. The Virginia Company of London, by Wesley F. Craven; 6. The First Seventeen Years, Virginia, 1607-1624, by Charles E. Hatch, Jr.; 7. Virginia under Charles I and Cromwell, 1625-1660 by Wilcomb E. Washburn.; 8. Bacon's Rebellion, 1676, by Thomas J. Wertenbaker; 9. Struggle… Read More

Lynchburg, Virginia: J.P. Bell Company, 1907. 196 pages. Published to celebrate the 1907 Jamestown Exposition, this book is a collection of tributes and toasts to various states, historical figures, and Virginia monuments; illustrated throughout. The book, bound in gilt-decorated white cloth, is clean, bright, and tight, with a slightly dusty top edge--in much nicer condition than normally found. A nice copy of one of the more scarce 1907 Jamestown Exposition titles.. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Illus. by Bessie Thorpe Lyle. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

New York: Printed for Samuel Campbell by D. And G. Bruce, 1809. First New York edition.  12mo.  viii, 344 pages.  This book by Scottish-born Anne MacVicar Grant (1755-1838) includes both her recollections of her childhood (ages 3 through 13) years that she lived with her parents in colonial Claverack and Oswego, New York, and her memoir of Madam Catalina Schuyler with whom she lived in Albany.  Anne's father Duncan MacVicar was an officer in the British army who had been posted to "the colonies" during the years leading up to what was to become the American Revolution.  The family's trip back to Scotland in 1868 was meant to be temporary, but Duncan's pro-British sentiments led him to make it permanent.  Anne's portrayal of New York pre-revolutionary colonial life between 1758 and 1768 was admired by both Sir Walter Scott and Robert Southey.  Originally published in London in 1808, this New York edition was preceded by a 2-volume Boston printing, also published in 1809.  Howes, U.S.iana G303;… Read More

Williamsburg, Virginia: Printing Office of Colonial Williamsburg, 1971. 16 pages. A facsimile reprint hand set in Caslon type and printed by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. It was the third in a series of reprints published by the Colonial Williamsburg Printing Office. A Pretty Story was written by Francis Hopkinson (designer of the U. S. Flag and signer of the Declaration of Independence) as political satire presenting colonial grievances against England prior to the Revolution. This printing reproduces the 1774 edition published by John Pinkney in Williamsburg. Except for 4 faint lines of stain in one corner of the front cover, the book is in almost as-new condition.. Reprint. Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Williamsburg, Virginia: Printing Office of Colonial Williamsburg, 1971. 16 pages. A facsimile reprint hand set in Caslon type and printed by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation--this copy with a marbled paper cover. It was the third in a series of reprints published by the Colonial Williamsburg Printing Office. A Pretty Story was written by Francis Hopkinson (designer of the U. S. Flag and signer of the Declaration of Independence) as political satire presenting colonial grievances against England prior to the Revolution. This printing reproduces the 1774 edition published by John Pinkney in Williamsburg. Except for 4 faint lines of stain in one corner of the front cover, the book is in almost as-new condition.. Reprint. Paperback. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Williamsburg, Virginia: Printing Office of Colonial Williamsburg, 1976. 28, 12 pages. A facsimile reprint hand set in Caslon type and printed by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. It was the sixth in a series of reprints published by the Colonial Williamsburg Printing Office. The Convention elected delegates to the General Congress in Philadelphia in 1776 and adopted resolutions to prepare for the defense of the Virginia Colony and to provide for a militia to handle that defense. Attached to the Proceedings is a pamphlet, "A New Manual and Platoon Exercise," written by Edward Harvey, Adjutant General in 1764. The attachment of the pamphlet served to emphasize the seriousness of the delegates in preparing for war with England. This 1976 printing reproduces the 1775 edition published by Dixon and Hunter in Williamsburg. The book is in as-new condition.. Reprint. Paperback. Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Newark, Delaware / London and Toronto: University of Delaware Press / Associated University Presses, 1986. 348 pages. The first thorough study of the origins of the architectural style of the early 18th century brick hipped-roof houses that were so common in Virginia. The result of that study is this scholarly and profusely illustrated book, which was the winner of the University of Delaware Press award for the best manuscript in the field of Early American Culture to 1840. The book is clean and tight in a dust jacket that is clean and bright, with minor edgewear.. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good+. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Book.

Williamsburg, Virginia: Printing Office of Colonial Williamsburg, 1972. 23 pages. A facsimile reprint hand set in Caslon type and printed by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation; marbled paper cover. It was the fourth in a series of reprints published by the Colonial Williamsburg Printing Office. John Adams asserted that this political pamphlet so impressed delegates to the 1776 Continental Congress that they chose Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence. This printing reproduces the 1774 edition published by Clementina Rind in Williamsburg. The book is in as-new condition.. Reprint. Paperback. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

London: Charles Eyre and William Strahan, 1780. Title page + pp. 691-696.  Folio.  First edition.  Printed on laid paper.  Disbound from larger volume. "An Act to allow the exportation of provisions, goods, wares, and merchandize, from Great Britain, to certain towns, ports or places, in North America, which are or may be under the protection of His Majesty's arms; and from such towns, ports or places, to Great Britain, and other parts of His Majesty's dominions." The effect of this act was to amend the American Prohibitory Act of 1776 to to allow the resumption of trade betwenn Britain and those parts of the American colonies that remained under British control. The Prohibitory Act had been the final straw that led to the American Revoltion, but if Parliament thought the 1780 revisions would reverse British fortunes in the colonies, they would be disappointed: The Restoration of Trade Act was too little and too late. The document is in very good condition:… Read More

Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1958. xiii, 254 pages. An insightful examination of everyday life in the colonial army during the American Revolution, as revealed in the experiences of Joseph Hodgkins and nathaniel wade, both from Ipswich, Massachusetts. The book is clean and tight, with perhaps a hint of toning to pages. The dust jacket is clean and bright, price-clipped, and missing a 3/4 inch chip at head of spine.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine-/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Dublin, Ireland: P. Wogan, P. Byrne, J. Moore, and W. Jones, 1793. Frontispiece, vi, (2), 303 pages. The first printing of the Dublin edition, preceded in the same year only by the 2-volume first London edition--both preceding the first U. S. edition published in 1794. The Dublin edition is significant not only for its apparent scarcity but also for the frontispiece, an unusual mezzotint portrait of a younger Benjamin Franklin that appears in no other edition and has seldom (if ever) been reproduced. The clean and tight book has been sympathetically rebacked, retaining the original red leather title patch. All edges of the textblock were stained a pale green, perhaps when the rebacking was done--the staining intrudes 1/16" onto the top and bottom margins of the frontispiece.Very light and faint foxing throughout; occasional smudges in the margins.. Two large but light waterstains to the frontispiece but only minor and relatively unobtrusive intrusion into the image. Missing the front free… Read More

Richmond, VA: Dietz Press, 1991. xvii, 286 pages. "A chronicle of an Episcopal community in Tidewater Virginia from the mid-seventeenth century" up to near the end of the 20th century. The book is in as new condition in a clean, bright, and crisp dust jacket with 2 edge teras, each lees than 1/3 inch long. The jacket is now protected in a new clear mylar cover.. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.