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PROCLAMATIONS
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In Provincial Congress, Cambridge, December 5, 1774. Resolved, that the Proceedings of the American Continental Congress, held at Philadelphia, on the Fifth of September last, reported by the Honourable delegates from this colony, have with the deliberation due to their high importance been considered by us...
[Boston: Edes and Gill, 1774]. Letterpress broadside. 15 1/2 x
9 1/2 inches. Signed in print by John Hancock Expert
repairs at folds.
Rare broadside issued by the Massachusetts's Provincial
Congress just a few months following Lexington and
Concord, adopting the non-importation resolutions of the
first Continental Congress and appointing delegates to the
second Continental Congress.
(#34254) $ 25,000
AMERICAN
REVOLUTION
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By His Excellency Thomas Pownall, Esq; Captain-General and Governor in Chief, in and over His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England, and Vice-Admiral of the Same. A Proclamation for a general Fast
Boston: John Draper, 1760. Letterpress broadside, 17 x 13
3/8 inches. Woodcut royal arms, signed in print by Pownall.
Early American broadside proclamation of thanksgiving
following major victories in the French & Indian war.
(#34631) $ 4,000
BROADSIDE
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Constitution of the State of California
San Francisco: Printed at the Office of the Alta California,
1849. Octavo (9 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches). Uncut. 19pp. Stitched,
later red cloth four fold chemise, all within a red morocco-
backed cloth slipcase, titled in gilt on the spine.
Provenance: Henry Lafayette Dodge (1810-1856, inscription
dated 1850, U.S. Indian Agent in New Mexico, killed by
Apache).
The rare first separate printing of California's first
Constitution: this is one of the most important and difficult
to obtain state Constitutions, and includes the very rare
three-page "Address" found in only a few copies.
(#25098) $ 10,000
CALIFORNIA
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[Complete set of the Journals of Congress containing the proceedings from September 1774 to November 1788]
[Philadelphia or New York: Aitken (vols. 1-2), Patterson
(vols. 3 and 7), Claypoole (vols 4-5 and 8) and Dunlap (vols 6,
9-13), 1777-1788]. Thirteen volumes, 8vo. Expertly bound to
style half period tree sheep and marbled paper covered
boards, flat spines ruled in gilt, red morocco lettering
pieces.
A complete set of the Journals of Congress: one of the most
vital records of the Revolutionary and Confederation
period.
(#30127) $ 82,500
CONTINENTAL
CONGRESS
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A Manual of Parliamentary Practice, for the Use of the Senate of the United States
Lancaster: William Dickson, 1813. 12mo. 16pp.
Contemporary manuscript annotations to page 27, updating
the apportionment of representatives to 1821. Expertly
bound to style in full tree sheep, red morocco label.
Provenance: Charles Roberts (early signature).
Jefferson's Manual on Parliamentary Practice: the basis for
Congressional procedure to this day.
(#33179) $ 1,500
THOMAS
JEFFERSON
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Laws of Kentucky; comprehending those of a general nature now in force; and which have been acted on by the legislature thereof ... [With:] Laws of Kentucky ... Vol. II ... [With:] Laws of Kentucky ... Vol. III.
Lexington: Printed by John Bradford [vols. 1-2] and F.
Bradford [vol. 3], 1799-1807-1817. 3 volumes, 8vo (7 1/2 x 4 1/2
inches). 19 [i.e., lxxxvii],514; [2],506; 434pp. Contemporary
sheep, expertly rebacked to style, spines ruled in blind, red
morocco lettering pieces.
Crucial Kentucky laws: the earliest compendium of the laws
of Kentucky, complete in three volumes, including the act
providing for the gradual elimination of slavery in the state
passed in February 1798.
(#28981) $ 18,500
KENTUCKY
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Acts Passed at the First Session of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Orleans, begun and held at the principal, in the City of New-Orleans .... [and:] Acts Passed at the Second Session of the Legislative Council of the Territory of Orleans
New Orleans: Printed by James M. Bradford, 1805. 2
volumes in one, 8vo. xxxiv,461; xii,95pp. Expertly bound to
style in half calf over period marbled paper covered boards,
flat spine divided into compartments by gilt rules, red
morocco lettering piece in the second.
The first session laws issued by the Orleans Territorial
Legislature, with the text printed in English and French on
facing pages, constituting the first American laws printed in
the West.
(#29488) $ 7,500
LOUISIANA
TERRITORY
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Laws of Maryland, enacted at a session of Assembly, begun and held at the City of Annapolis
Annapolis: Printed and Sold by William Parks, and Edmund
Hall, 1732. Folio (11 1/2 x 7 inches). [2], 43pp [i.e. 45] pp. Title
with woodcut arms of the colony of Maryland. Interleaved
with blanks at a period date. Period manuscript inscription
dated 1732 signed by Samuel Ogle. Contemporary sheep,
bordered in blind, bound by William Parks. Housed in a
black morocco box. Provenance: Sheriff of Somersett
County, Maryland (presentation inscription by Ogle dated
1732); Thomas Hayward (d. 1751, period inscriptions and
signatures); Capt. Levin Adams (early signature)
A highly important early Maryland imprint, printed and
bound by famed colonial printer William Parks, notable for
both the printing and binding.
(#28885) $ 15,000
MARYLAND
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[An Extensive Collection of Maryland Session Laws Passed during the American Revolution, 1777 - 1783]
Annapolis: Frederick Green, [1777-1783]. Two volumes.
Small folio (11 5/8 x 7 1/4 inches). Sixteen separate imprints,
each with separate titlepage, unpaginated. Dampstain to top
margin and some tanning in volume two, a few instances of
minor contemporary marginalia, some overall toning and
light foxing. Uniform 19th-century pebbled morocco, gilt.
Critical Maryland laws from the Revolution.
(#28964) $ 16,500
MARYLAND
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Acts and Laws, of his Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England ... [Boundwith 42 separate session laws] ... [And with:] The Charter Granted by their Majesties King William and Queen Mary ...
Boston: Samuel Kneeland and TImothy Green, 1742-1758;
1759-1768. 2 volumes, small folio. [2],28, 333, [1]pp., plus the
session laws continuously paginated 335-493, [1]pp. [with
pages 425-426 in facsimile]; [2],14,24,[2], 396pp, plus the
session laws continuously paginated 397-560pp. Late 19th-
century black pebbled morocco, spine lettered in gilt.
A significant run of Massachusetts's laws covering the
French and Indian war period, and including the American
edition of the Sugar Act of 1764 and one of the Townshend
acts, as well as laws relating to the Stamp Act: the first steps
on the road to revolution.
(#28946) $ 14,500
MASSACHUSETTS
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The Charter Granted by Their Majesties King William and Queen Mary, to the Inhabitants of the Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New England ... [bound with:] Acts and Laws, of His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England ... [And bound with a session law continuation to November 23, 1727]
Boston: B. Green for Benjamin Eliot, 1726-1727. Folio (11 1/2
x 7 3/4 inches). [2], 14, 17, [1]; [2], 347, [1]; 349-354pp.
Contemporary sheep, covers bordered in blind, spine with
raised bands in six compartments, worn. Housed in a black
morocco backed box. Provenance: I. C. Alden (signature and
booklabel).
Early printing of the charter and laws of Massachusetts Bay.
(#32325) $ 6,250
MASSACHUSETTS
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The Laws, of Her Majesties Colony of New- York, as they were enacted the Governour, Council and General Assembly, for the time being, in divers sessions, the first of which began April the 9th, Annoq; dom. 1691
New York: William Bradford, 1710. Folio (11 x 6 7/8 inches).
[4],72,[12],73-76,89-96,101-114,13,78pp [without the four leaves
sometimes found between pages 96 and 101]. Without the
index at the end. Expertly bound to style in period calf,
covers bordered in blind, spine with raised bands in six
compartments, lettered in gilt in the second. Provenance:
James Bleecker (inscription on title).
William Bradford laws of New York, 1710
(#28951) $ 25,000
NEW YORK
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Acts of Assembly passed in the Province of New-York, from 1691-1725. Examined and compared with the originals in the secretary's office
New York: William Bradford, 1726. Folio. [10], 124 [i.e., 128],
121-252, 261-319, [1, blank] pp. [mispaginated, as issued].
Woodcut arms of King George I on the title. Expertly bound
to style in half calf and period marbled paper covered
boards, spine with raised bands in six compartments, ruled
in gilt on either side of each band, red morocco lettering
piece. Provenance: Richard Price (early owner's signature
on title and manuscript additions).
An early New York imprint from the press of William
Bradford, the "pioneering printer of the English middle
colonies" (DAB) and first printer of New York.
(#28889) $ 9,850
NEW YORK
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The Acts of the General Assembly of the Common-Wealth of Pennsylvania, enacted into Laws, since the Declaration of Independence on the Fourth day of July, A.D. 1776
Philadelphia [and Lancaster]: John Dunlap [and Francis
Bailey], 1779 [but printed 1777-1781]. 18 session laws in one,
small folio (12 1/8 x 7 3/4 inches). [71], [2], [51]-177, [1], [177]-417,
[1], [395]-432, [2], [459]-488pp. Early twentieth century black
morocco, spine with raised bands, lettered in gilt.
The extraordinarily rare session laws from the Revolution,
including the flight to Lancaster.
(#28962) $ 25,000
PENNSYLVANIA
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The Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ... and an Appendix, Containing the Laws now in Force, passed between the 30th day of September 1775, and the Revolution
Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Francis Bailey, 1782. Folio
(11 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches). [4],xxxi,[1],527,[1],viii pp. Expertly
bound to style in half russia and period marbled paper
covered board, flat spine ruled and lettered in gilt.
The first collection of Pennsylvania laws to be published
following the American Revolution.
(#29845) $ 2,500
PENNSYLVANIA
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Ordinances made for the Province of Quebec, by the Governor and Council of the said Province, since the establishment of the Civil Government
Quebec: Brown & Gilmore, 1767. Folio (12 1/8 x 7 1/2 inches).
[2], 3-81, [1, blank]Title in English and French (recto and
verso of the same leaf), text in English and French
throughout. Woodcut royal arms on the titles. 9pp. period
manuscript index in French in the rear. Expertly bound to
style in half russia over period marbled paper covered
boards. Provenance: Jean Ariail (1735-1800).
Very rare first collected edition of the provincial statutes of
Quebec and among the earliest Canadian imprints,
published on Quebec's first press.
(#28901) $ 14,500
QUEBEC
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Digest of the Ordinances of the City of Charleston, from the Year 1783 to July 1818; to which are annexed, extracts from the Acts of the Legislature which relate to the City of Charleston
Charleston: Archibald E. Miller, printer, July 15, 1818. 269,
36, 22pp. [Bound four other related works]. Contemporary
red morocco, covers elaborately bordered in gilt and blind,
original owner's name in gilt on the upper cover, spine with
raised bands, elaborately tooled in gilt, gilt edges (recased
with the original spine laid down, endpapers renewed).
Provenance: Lionel H. Kennedy, Esq. Warden Ward No. 2
An early sammelband of Charleston South Carolina laws,
including ordinances relating to slaves and free blacks.
(#26664) $ 2,750
SOUTH CAROLINA
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Journals of the Consultation held at San Felipe de Austn [sic], October 16, 1835. Published by the Order of Congress
Houston: [Telegraph Power Press], 1838. 12mo (8 x 4 3/4
inches). 54, [2, blank]pp. Expertly bound to style in half dark
purple straight grain morocco over period marbled paper
covered boards. Housed in a morocco box.
The beginnings of independence in Texas and the formation
of the provisional government at the start of the Revolution:
the rare first edition of "the record of the proceedings of the
group of Texans which first set up a formal ... government
for Texas as a state independent of Mexico" (Streeter): a
seminal work of Texana and an early Houston imprint.
(#28918) $ 28,000
TEXAS
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Journal of the Proceedings of the General Council of the Republic of Texas. Held at San Felipe de Austin, November 14th, 1835
Houston: National Intelligencer Office, 1839. 8vo (8 x 4 3/4
inches). 363pp. Expertly bound to style in half black
morocco and period marbled paper covered boards, spine
with raised bands in six compartments, ruled on either side
of each band, lettered in the second.
An important document of the provisional government
during the Texas Revolution.
(#29007) $ 6,000
TEXAS
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Journal of the Second Session of the Senate of the United States of America, begun and held at the City of New-York, January 4th, 1790
New York: John Fenno, 1790. Folio (12 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches).
224pp. [pp.222-24 misnumbered 122-24]. . Expertly bound to
style in half tan calf over period marbled paper covered
boards, spine with raise bands in six compartments, ruled
in gilt on either side of each band, original red morocco
lettering piece in the second compartment.
First issue of the Senate journal of the second session of the
first Congress.
(#28976) $ 7,500
UNITED STATES
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The Laws of the United States of America ... [With:] Acts Passed at the First [-Third] Session of the Fifth Congress of the United States of America
Philadelphia: Richard Folwell, 1796-97. 3 volumes, 8vo (7 3/4
x 4 1/2 inches). 494, [1]; 576; 478, [128]pp. Contemporary
sheep, expertly rebacked to style, red morocco lettering
pieces. Provenance: Samuel M. Hopkins (signature in vol. 1);
Jonathan Fay (signatures in vols. 2-3); Elihu B. Taft
(signatures in vols. 2-3).
Laws of the First through Fourth Congresses of the United
States.
(#29416) $ 2,500
UNITED STATES
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An Abridgement of the Publick Laws of Virginia, in force and use, June 10. 1720. To which is added, for the ease of the Justices and Military Officers, &c. Precedents of all matters be issued by them, peculiar to those law and varying from the precedents in England
London: F. Fayram and J. Clarke, 1722. 8vo (6 1/2 x 4
inches). [8],184,[16]pp. Expertly bound to style in period calf,
spine with raised bands in six compartments, morocco
lettering piece in the second.
Early laws of Virginia.
(#28943) $ 9,500
VIRGINIA
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Acts Passed at a General Assembly, Begun and Held in the Town of Richmond, on Monday the Sixteenth Day of October, in the Year of Our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty... [Bound with:] Acts Passed at a General Assembly, Begun and Held in the Town of Richmond, on Thursday the 1st Day of March, in the Year of Our Lord, 1781
Richmond: John Dixon & Thomas Nicolson, [1781]. 2
volumes in one, folio (10 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches). 34; 8,[1]pp.
Expertly bound to style in period marbled paper wrappers.
Housed in a modern full morocco box.
The Virginia legislature on the run during the American
Revolution
(#29812) $ 13,500
VIRGINIA
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A Collection of all the Acts of Assembly, Now in Force, in the Colony of Virginia. With the titles of such as are expir'd, or repeal'd. And notes in the margin, shewing how, and at what time, they were repeal'd. Examin'd with the records, by a committee appointed for that purpose
Williamsburg: William Parks, 1733. Folio. [2], 622pp.
Woodcut arms of Virginia on the title, ornamental
headpieces and tailpieces throughout. Contemporary
boards, spine perished. Housed in a black morocco box.
Provenance: John Aspinall (1716-1784).
The first collection of Virginia laws published in Virginia
and the first significant book published in the colony, issued
by its first printer, William Parks: of the greatest
importance for Virginia and the history of printing in
America.
(#34524) $ 45,000
VIRGINIA
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The trial of John Peter Zenger, of New-York, printer: who was charged with having printed and published a libel against the government; and acquitted. With a narrative of his case. To which is now added, being never printed before, the trial of Mr. William Owen, bookseller, near Temple Bar
London: J. Almon, 1765. 8vo. 59, [1]pp. Publisher's ad on the
final page. Contemporary marbled paper covered boards,
rebacked with russia. Provenance: Sir William Forbes
(armorial bookplate).
The trial of John Peter Zenger and the basis for freedom of
the press in America.
(#33655) $ 3,000
JOHN PETER
ZENGER
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