THANKSGIVING 
17th-Century American Settlement . . . Pilgrims / Puritans . . . Religious Tolerance & Dissent
Colonial Indian Relations . . . Praise & National Thanksgiving
. . . A Sprinkling of Items Looking Forward & Back . . .
THANKSGIVING
BENEDICTINES Come
to the New World
A
FINE Engraved Title-Page & 18 Splendid Plates
[Plautius, Caspar]. Nova typis transacta navigatio novi orbis Indiae occidentalis.... [Linz], 1621. Folio (32.6 cm, 12.875"). )(4 (-)(4, blank) A–M4 N4 (-N4, blank); Engr. t.-p., [2] ff., 101, [1] pp.; 18 plts. 
This
book bears an ornate, emblematic engraved title-page, with portraits of St.
Brendan and Boyl and more, and no fewer than 18 leaf-filling plates by Wolfgang
Kilian. These plates, which mixfancy and realism in entirely engaging ways, include
a portrait of Columbus, a scene of St. Brendan celebrating mass on the back of a whale, botanical images of the marvelous Peruvian potato, and numerous views of 
the missionaries’interaction with the natives, some friendly, and some not—the unfriendliest being notably violent and gory. Also, on p. 35–36 is given an example of purported
native
American music, with both words and notation. This copy is one (probably the first) of two states of this sole edition (with only three leaves in the preliminaries), without the additional foldout plate found in some copies.
• Alden & Landis, European Americana, 621/100; Sabin 63367; Palau 224762. Binding as above and shown at left (distortion noted), chipped on corners and at head and foot of spine. Small wormholes visible on inside of covers, running into margins of pages and plates, and a few closed tears, neither affecting print or plates. Engraved title remounted. Small stains, light spots of waterstaining, and light soiling.
A
very covetable illustrated Americanum of the early 17th century, in an enjoyable copy.
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Hannah
Adams'sNew-England History — 1805Adams, Hannah. An abridgement of the history of New-England, for the use of young persons. Boston: Pr. by A. Newell for the author, & for sale by B. &. J. Homans, & John West, 1805. 12mo. iv, 185, [1 (blank)] pp. 
• Shaw & Shoemaker 7830; not in Rosenbach; not in Welsh. Later 19th-century quarter sheep with paper of covers in imitation of treed sheep. Insect damage to leather of front cover with small loss of leather paper. A little rubbing and tiny holes on spine. Some wear to edges and corners. Minor insect damage to first two leaves and small loss of paper in outer margin of one leaf. Ownership signature on front free endpaper. Foxing. (701)
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This Old House — Guilford, 1639
[Andrews, William Given]. The Henry Whitfield house. Guilford, Conn.: Shore Line Times Press, [1902]. 12mo. 4 pp., illus.
• Creased from folding. Very good. (668)
Seceders
& Covenanters
Associate
Reformed Church in North America. The Constitution and Standards....
New York: Pr. by T.J. Swords, 1799. 8vo (21.5 cm, 8.5"). 612 pp., [2] ff. 
•
ESTC W35823; Evans 35119. Contemporary sheep, spine with red leather title
label; abraded with a few wormholes (including one track across spine) and
front joint opening. Some pages quite stained, not impairing reading; a couple
instances of chipping in margins with loss of letters. Front free endpaper
excised. Pp. 433–44 pinned together in the inside margin. Pencil doodlings
on half-title and p. [5].
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A Slave Plantation in the Hudson Valley
Atkins, T. Astley. The manor of Philipsburgh. A paper read before the New York Historical Society.... New York: Yonkers Historical and Library Association, 1894. 8vo. 23 pp., [1 (blank)] p.
• Lacks rear wrapper. Front cover chipped and detached from spine. Small chips and a short tear to lower corners of first page. (3791)
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A Treatise
on
QUAKER Ecclesiology
Barclay, Robert. The anarchy of the ranters, and other libertines; the hierarchy of the Romanists,
and other pretended churches,
equally refused and refuted, in a two-fold apology for the Church and people of God, called in
derision, Quakers.... Philadelphia:
Reprinted by Joseph Crukshank, 1770.
8vo (18 cm, 7.125"). vii, [1], 111, [1 (blank)]
pp. 
• Evans 11661, third title; ESTC W18483. On Barclay, see The Dictionary of National Biography, III, 167–70. Modern green cloth with a red leather title label, spine and label modestly gilt. Pages lightly browned with occasional spots of light staining; a few occasions of chipping in the margins, not affecting text. Rubber-stamps from a now-defunct library, including one on title-page. Trim.
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A CALVINIST! King
James — Folio Extra, 1679
Bible. English.
1679. Authorized (i.e., King James Version). The Holy Bible...with the most
profitable annotations. [Amsterdam: For Stephen Swart], 1679. Folio extra (44
cm, 17.5_). π1*6**6A–Z6Aa–Zz6Aaa–Mmm6Nnn–Ooo4a–u6x4;
Engr. t.-p., [13] ff., 710 (i.e., 712), 248 pp.; illus. (6 double-spread plts.).
The engraved title-page is very fine, with Moses and Aaron flanking the title, the British royal arms above, and a scene of London below. The rest of the plates are all maps, as would not be the case in an Anglican Bible: These are all double-page, full of detail, and very attractive. The first, a map of the world, is labelled in Latin and Italian, and the rest in Dutch.
• Herbert 743; Wing (rev.) 2310. Contemporary diced calf, rebacked; one joint again open and the other open, but cords holding. Covers ruled with single gilt fillets, edges with single gilt rolls. Spine compartments ornately gilt. Covers stained and with abrasions and some loss of leather, especially over corners; spine dry and rubbed, with loss of leather and gilt. All edges speckled red. Scattered spots of light soiling and staining, especially in the margins. Entirely untattered.
First
Printing ofANY
PORTION of the BibleDelaware
Language
Bible. N.T. Epistles. Delaware & English. 1818. Dencke. The three Epistles of the Apostle John.... New-York: Pr. for
the American Bible Society, D. Fanshaw, printer, 1818. 12mo. 21 pp., all page
numbers used twice.
This
is bilingual: The text in Delaware appears on the left-hand page and the English
is opposite.
• Darlow & Moule 3247; Newberry Library, Indian Linguistics in the Edward E. Ayer Collection, Delaware 2; Pilling, Proof-Sheets of a Bibliography of the Languages of the North American Indians, 1020. Bound in contemporary quarter sheep with marbled paper sides. Approximately half the spine leather is perished, spine now reenforced with archival tissue. Internally a clean copy.
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The Settlement of Worcester
Blake, Francis E. Incidents of the first and second settlements of Worcester. Worcester, Mass.: Franklin P. Rice, 1884. 8vo. [2], 33, [1 (blank)] pp.
• Original printed wrappers. (680)
Early New England NarrativeBeware
of “Civil Merriment”Burroughs, Eden. A faithful narrative of the wonderful dealings of god, towards Polly Davis, of Newgrantham in the state of New-Hampshire. Taken from her own mouth.... Boston, [1792]. 4to (19.2 cm, 7.5"). 8 pp.
• Uncut copy of what may be the first edition of this testimonial, compiled from Davis’s own words. Davis, a young woman prone to ill health, found God during various bouts of sickness but was led astray again each time she recovered, through her desire to share in “civil merriment” with other young people; here she and the Rev. Burroughs (the first pastor of the Congregational Church of Hanover) encourage readers to remember God and to avoid the vanities of the world.
Several 1792 printings are recorded, but this Boston issue seems a likely candidate for the first appearance.
• ESTC W27451; Evans 24164. Never bound or sewn, edges uncut now in a Mylar folder. Title-page with pencilled notations and small numerical stamp in upper margin. Slight age-toning and two light spots of foxing to last leaf, otherwise clean.
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Quaint
Customs
Carleton, Will. Farm festivals. New York: Harper & Brothers, copyright 1881. 8vo. 167, [1], 6 (adv.)] pp. ; 18 plts. (incl. in pagination), illus.
• BAL 2482 (second printing state, with plates included in pagination). Publisher's brown cloth, front cover stamped in gilt and green, spine with gilt-stamped title; front cover lightly scuffed, with corners rubbed. Front fly-leaf with inked gift inscription "to My Daughter," dated 1890; newspaper clipping about Carleton affixed to front fly-leaf, poem affixed to back fly-leaf as described above. Several insurance advertisements, religious leaflets, and other ephemera laid in. (14367)
A
Book for
theDay
Carpenter, Edmund J. The Pilgrims and their monument. Cambridge, MA: Pr. privately (for the Cape Cod Pilgrim Memorial Association), (1911). 8vo. Frontis., x, [2], 309, [1] pp.; 36 plts. 
• Publisher's gilt-stamped cloth; slightly shaken, cloth with a bit of very faint spotting. Front free endpaper with ownership inscription dated 1940. (12308)
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Anne HutchinsonChamplin,
John Denison. The tragedy of Anne Hutchinson. Twin Falls, Idaho, 1913. 8vo.
12 pp.
• Issued without wrappers; stapled. Creased from lengthwise folding. A few very short marginal tears. Inscribed in ink on the front. Soiled, especially in inner margins. (4416)
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Roger Williams Chapin, Howard M. Report upon the burial place of Roger Williams. Providence: Rhode Island Historical Society, 1918. 8vo. Frontis., 31, [1 (blank)] pp.; illus.
• Original printed wrappers; stapled. Rear wrapper with a couple of short tears. Lightly creased. Very good. (4442)
Cheever’sPILGRIMSCheever, George B., ed. The journal of the pilgrims at Plymouth, in New England, in 1620: Reprinted from the original volume. New York: John Wiley, 1848. 12mo (19.5 cm, 7.6"). ix, [3], [5]–369, [1 (blank)] pp.
Click the image to the left Binding: Publisher’s maroon cloth, covers with gilt-stamped arabesque designs, spine gilt extra with decorative gilt-stamped title.
• Sabin 51199. Binding as above, with minor rubbing over corners and spine extremities, spine sunned and edges faded, gilt partially (not unattractively) oxidized. All edges gilt. Front pastedown with private collector’s bookplate. A few instances of light spotting, with some pages age-toned. A very solid, appealing copy.
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Martyrdom & Massacres — 15 Plates
Clarke, Samuel. A martyrologie, containing a collection of all the persecutions which have befallen the Church of England since the first plantation of the Gospel to the end of Queen Marie’s reign. London: T. Ratcliffe & E. Mottershed, 1652. Folio (27.3 cm, 10.75"). A2B–Z4Aa–Zz4Aaa4 (-K1); [2] ff., 364 pp., [2] ff.; 8 plts. (lacking pp. 65/6). [with] [A generall martyrologie... London: Thomas Underhill and John Rothwell (pr. by A.M.), 1651]. A4a4c4B–Z4Aa–Ee4 Oo–Pp4Qq6Bbb–Uuu4 (-A1, Ee4); [11] ff., 520 pp. (lacking title-page; pagination skips from 192 to 195, with text contiguous); 4 plts. [with] The life of Jasper Coligni, admirall of France, who was slain in the Massacre of Paris...together with the lives of some of our English divines... London: John Browne (pr. by A.M.), 1652. π1A–Q4R6S4; [1] f., 156 pp. (lacking pp. 151–54); 3 plts. 
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• Martyrologie: ESTC R24228; Wing (rev.) C4546. Generall martyrologie: ESTC R1990; Wing (rev.) C4513. Plain institutional cloth, spine with gilt-stamped title; back cover rubbed, with hinges (inside) starting. Title-page with impression remaining of old, heavily penciled shelf number; four leaves and two plates lacking, as specified in collation above. Pages age-toned. One leaf with early repair to outer margin; two pages with early ink doodles in outer margins; one plate with outer margin chipped, resulting in loss of a few letters from caption, and one leaf torn, also resulting in loss of a few letters; final leaf with lower corner torn away, again with small loss. In fact, closer to complete than most copies seen. Certainly, sound for use.
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Huguenot
Horrors — Translated
forEnglish
Readers, 1686[Claude,
Jean]. [Account of the persecutions and oppressions of the Protestants
in France. London: J. Norris, 1686]. 4to (19.5 cm, 7.6"). A–G4
(-A1); 56 pp. (lacking title-page).
• Wing (rev.) C4589. Removed and now contained in a cloth-covered clamshell case with gilt-stamped leather spine label. One leaf with lower outer corner torn away; small loss in lower inner corner throughout. Lacks the title-page. One page with early monogram inked in upper outer corner; last page with neat stamp marking institutional deaccession (ex-Folger Shakespeare Library).
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Defense
against thePEQUOTS,
1637, CelebratedCollier, Thomas S., ed. A history of the statue erected to commemorate the heroic achievement of Maj. John Mason and his comrades, with an account of the unveiling ceremonies. [New London, CT]: Published by the Commission, 1889. 8vo. Frontis., 62 pp.
• Good. Stapled; in printed wrappers. Rear wrapper detached. Ex–historical society copy (rubber-stamp on title-page). (1239)
Happier
Relations with theSENECA
Conover, George S. Personal. Geo. S. Conover. Genealogical--biographical [and] The last rite of adoption into the confederacy of the Iroquois. The naming ceremonies and rites of adoption by the Seneca Indians by Hy-we-saus. [Geneva, NY: G. S. Conover, 1885]. 8vo. 32, 12 pp.; illus. 
Illustrated with engravings.
• Sewn, in original pink wrappers. Covers chipped and torn near spine. Rubber stamp of the N.J. Historical Society on first page. Pamphlet creased lengthwise from previous folding. (6019)
Confess
It . . . THIS IS What We Visualize . . .(Currier & Ives). Peters, Harry T. Currier & Ives: Printmakers to the American people. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran & Co., (copyright 1942). Folio. [4 (3 blank)], [2 (color plates)], (iii)-xvi, [4 (2 blank)], {2 (color plates)], 41, [1 (blank)], [187 (color plates)] pp.; illus. 
Thanksgiving
celebrations in New-England and the perils of crossing the plains" (from the front flap). With 192 plates, 30 in full color.
• Publisher's grey decorated cloth, front cover with an on-lay of a winter scene—a couple riding a two-horse open sleigh ("The Road-Winter"), spine gilt-stamped on black panel. In a dust jacket, with small chips and tears. Near fine, in a very good dust jacket. (5098)
1661
Mamaroneck
Bought
from the IndiansDanforth, Elliot. Address delivered by the Hon. Elliot Danforth, at the 230th celebration of the purchase of Mamaroneck, N. Y., from the Indians. September 21st, 1891. Mount Vernon, NY: Press of the Argus, 1891. 12mo. 26 pp.
• Very good. Original printed wrappers. (96)
PLYMOUTH,
1620 —
A "Take" of 1813Davis, John. A discourse before the Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, December 22, 1813. Boston: John Eliot, 1814. 8vo. 31 pp., [1 (blank)] p.
• Sabin 18844; Shaw & Shoemaker 31298. Removed from a nonce volume. With pressure-stamps and one rubber-stamp. A good+ copy. (121)
JAMES
TOWN — A Novel[Davis, John]. The first settlers of Virginia, an historical novel, exhibiting a view of the rise and progress of the colony at James Town, picture of Indian manners, the countenance of the country, and its natural productions. New York: Pr. for I. Riley and Co., by Southwick & Hardcastle, 1806. 12mo. [4], (v)–xii, (13)–284 pp. (pp. 275–282 mostly torn away).
• Second edition, considerably enlarged. A novel written and published
in the United States by an English traveller. There was no English edition.
A portion of the text first appeared in Davis's "Travels of Four Years and a
Half in the United States," published in London, 1803. Also published, in abridged
form, as "Captain John Smith and Princess Pocahontas, an Indian Tale." With
errata on p. (274) and "A Memoir of the Author" on p. (275)–84.
• Shaw & Shoemaker 10259; BAL 10259; Sabin 18849; not in Wright. Half library sheep and marbled paper-covered boards, spine with paper shelving label, front and back covers pressure-stamped by a now-defunct library. Binding rubbed and abraded, especially over joints and around corners; front joint starting. Perforation stamps on title-leaf and lower margin of final leaf. Title-leaf with an early inked signature at top margin. Front free endpaper torn in gutter, title-leaf with tear in fore-margin. Scattered light spots. Pages 275–82 mostly torn away, with loss of about half of the text of each page. (8309)
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No,
Not THAT
"Rip" . . .
De Peyster, Frederic. Memoir of Rip Van Dam. New York: Press of Edmund Jones & Co., 1865. 8vo. 26 pp., [1 (blank)] f.; 2 plts.
• Good. Sewn; in printed green wrappers. Light soiling, inked notations, and chipping to wrappers, not affecting title. Ex–historical society copy (two pressure stamps). (1129)
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Arrived from the Print Shop
Edwards, Jonathan. Observations on the language of the Muhhekaneew Indians.... New-Haven: Pr. by Josiah Meigs, 1788. 8vo (21 cm, 8.25"). [1] f., 17, [1 (blank)] pp. 
• Evans 21068; Pilling, Algonquian, 124; Newberry Library, Indian Linguistics in the Edward E. Ayer Collection, Mohegan-2; Field 487 (giving date erroneously as 1787); Sabin 21971. Uncut, unopened copy retaining original sewing and preserving the often missing preliminary leaf. In a Mylar envelope. 
As darn near a fine copy as is obtainable.
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DICTIONARIES/GRAMMARS,
A
Proto-UNITARIAN Reaction to the"Awakening"
Eells, Nathanael. Religion is the
life of God's people: a sermon preached at Boston, in the presence of His
Excellency William Shirley, Esq; Governour and Commander in chief in and over
His Majesty's Province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England; and the Honourable
His Majesty's Council, and the Honourable House of Representatives, of the
Province aforesaid, May 25th. 1743. Being the day for the election of His
Majesty's Council. Boston: Pr. by S. Kneeland & T. Green, Printers to
the Honourable House of Representatives, 1743. 8vo (19.5 cm, 7.625"). [1]
f., 43, [1 (blank)] pp. 
• Evans 5173; Sabin 22006. Recent cloth-covered boards; a red leather spine label, gilt double ruled above and below with gilt lettering. 19th-century library rubber-stamps on verso of title leaf and bottom of p. 43. Light waterstain on title-page, occasional other light stains, overall remarkably clean. A nice, neat book.
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CONGREGATIONAL NEW ENGLANDEllis, George E. Introduction by George E. Ellis to the History of the First Church in Boston by Arthur E. Ellis. Printed separately. Boston: John Wilson & Son, University Press, 1881. 8vo. 74 pp., [1 (blank] f. .
• Very good. In original printed wrappers. Covers with some soiling; front cover with notes in pencil and ink and fold mark. Unopened. Edges bumped with small tears. (50)
A
Career Colonist . . .Ferguson, Henry. Sir Edmund Andros. New York: Westchester County Historical Society, [1892]. 8vo. [34 (5 blank)] pp.
• Later green wrappers; original chipped wrappers pasted to front and back covers. Rubber stamp of the New Jersey Historical Society on the title-page. Otherwise, very good. (6158)
Indian
Wars — An Overview[Frost, John]. Indian wars of the United States, from the discovery to the present time. From the best authorities. By William V. Moore. Philadelphia: R. W. Pomeroy (Pr. by C. Sherman & Co.), 1840. 12mo. Frontis., (3)–321, [1 (blank)] pp.; 18 plts. (included in pagination).
• Sabin 26039. Covers missing. Leather spine, chipped and rubbed, with faint gilt lettering and chipped shelving label. Frontispiece loosening, final (blank) leaf loose. Ex-library, with rubber stamps. Foxed and waterstained. Complete. (6907)
MeanwhileSOUTHWARDS
Gallatin, Albert. Indexes to documents relative to North Carolina during the colonial existence of said state, now on file in the offices of the Board of Trade and state paper offices in London. Transmitted in 1827: by Mr. Gallatin, then the American minister in London. Raleigh: T. Loring, pr. -- Office of "The Independent", 1843. 8vo. 120 pp.
• Scarce & important indexes with summaries. There were two issues,
this being that without the 76-page appendix
• Stitched as issued. Front wrapper detached but present; rear one missing. Wrapper, title-page, and next four leaves gnawed by a rodent with loss to printed border of wrapper and a letter or two on the title-page; text inside, not reached. (812)
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New
Amsterdam Gerard, James W. The old Stadt Huys of New Amsterdam: a paper read before the New York Historical Society, June 15th, 1875. New York: F.B. Patterson [Press of Kilbourne Tompkins], 1875. 8vo. [1] f., 59, [1 (blank)] pp., [1 (blank)] f.
• Good. Original printed front wrapper, brittle, chipped without loss of printed area, and lightly soiled; rear wrapper lacking. Pages with a little shallow chipping and light waterstaining in the bottom margins; title-page and last page very lightly soiled. Ex–historical society copy: call number in dark pencil on the front wrapper. (2680)
School
History, 1823 Goodrich, Charles A[ugustus]. History of the United States of America. Hartford: Barber & Robinson, 1823. 12mo. [10 (blank)], engr. half-title, [3 (1 blank)], 3–400, [10 (blank)] pp.; 11 plts. 
• Sabin 27871; Shoemaker 12704. Contemporary sheep, lettered in gilt on the spine, and four spine compartments created by elaborate gilt tooling; binding worn and abraded, spine leather cracking, back joint cracked. Pages foxed and age-toned throughout, loosening in some signatures, torn and chipped in margins and corners of a few pages. Ownership signature on two (blank) pages, dated 1824. (5503)
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"In
Behalf of theNarragansett
Sachems" Gorton, Samuel. Samuel Gorton's letter to Lord Hyde in behalf of the Narragansett sachems. Issued at the General court of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations by its governor, Hezekiah Anthony Dyer, esquire, and the Council of the Society, December 30, 1930. Providence: Pr. for the Society by E. L. Freeman, 1930. 8vo. 20, [2 (blank)] pp.
• Stapled, in original red wrappers. Very good. (5969)
A 250th
Birthday(Guilford). Proceedings at the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the settlement of Guilford, Conn., September 8th, 9th, and 10th, 1889. New Haven: The Stafford Printing Co., 1889. 8vo. [1], frontis., 288 pp., [1] f.; 3 plts.
• Stapled. Title-page and back page chipped and soiled. Small chips to pp. 3-10 and 287-88. The interior is clean. (3626)
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Pontiac's
War, 1763Hale, Nathaniel C. Pontiac's war. The great Indian uprising against the English in 1763. Wynnewood, Pa.: Hale House (pr. at the KNA Press), [(1973). 12mo. 30 pp.
• Very good in original printed wrappers. (1531)
School
History, 1827[Hale, Salma]. History of the United States, from their first settlement as colonies, to the close of the war with Great Britain in 1815. [Two lines in Latin from Sallust]. New York: Collins and Hannay (Stereotyped by H. & H. Wallis), 1827. 18mo. vi, 7–281, [1 (blank)], 24 pp.
The paragraphs are numbered and there are an additional 24 pages of questions (1,248 questions in all) in the back of the book.
• Sabin 29662; Shoemaker 29109. Contemporary sheep, spine with gilt-stamped leather title label; rubbed and abraded. Hinges (inside only) open. Pages foxed, waterstained, age-toned, and cockled; corners of some pages folded; and a few very short tears in margins. (5507)
Dutch–IroquoisAllianceHall, Charles H. Dutch and the Iroquois. Suggestions as to the importance of their friendship in the great struggle of the eighteenth century for the possession of this continent. Being a paper read before the Long Island Historical Society, February 21, 1882. New York: Pr. by Francis & Hart & Co., 1882. 12mo. 55 pp.
• Original printed wrappers, chipped and front one detached. Ex-historical society with stamps. A good copy. (1557)
"Pilgrim" Music?Hull, Asa. Pilgrim's harp: a choice collection of sacred music, adapted to all occasions of social and family worship, and a convenient hand-book for church choirs. Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co., (copyright 1869). 12mo. 224 pp.
• Publisher's quarter cloth with printed paper sides. Cloth of spine torn. (3195)
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MOREDutch–Indian
Relations
. . .Hyde, John Alden Lloyd. The relations between the early Dutch and the Indians as affecting the subsequent development of the colony of New York. New Haven: The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1924. 8vo. 16 pp.
• Stapled, in original wrappers. A light spot of soil on the back cover. Near fine. (5965)
A
Collection —
Indian Rights Reports250+ Years
OnIndian Rights Association. Annual report
of the Executive Committee of the Indian Rights Association for the year ending...
Philadelphia: Office of the Indian Rights Association, 1888-1935. All are small
8vo and paginate as below. 
• Original wrappers, chipped, four wrappers missing, several detached. Ex-historical society with a few stamps, some issues unstamped. Wrappers brittle. Generally very good condition. (1578)
Plain
Dealing orNews
from New EnglandLechford, Thomas. Plain dealing or news from New England.... With an introduction and notes by J. Hammond Trumbell. Boston: J.K. Wiggin & Wm. Parsons Lunt (Pr. by Geo. C. Rand & Avery), 1867. Small 4to (7" x 8 3/4"). [10 (5 blank)], ix-xl, 160, [2 (1 blank)], 203-211, [7 (blank)] pp. 
• Church 454; Sabin 39640 (for original edition of 1642). Full library cloth over bevelled boards. Spine perished, exposing underlying binding matter. Covers a little soiled and loosening a bit. Library stamps. Some pages unopened. (4002)
New-England TragediesLongfellow,
Henry Wadsworth. New-England tragedies. I. John Endicott. II. Giles
Corey of the Salem Farms. Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1868. 16mo. 179, [1] pp.
• BAL 12150. Purple publisher's cloth, worn over extremities, darkened almost to brown, spine gilt dimmed. Shaken, front hinge tender, back hinge cracked. Pages gently age-toned but clean. (4889)
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United
Brethren inNorth
AmericaLoskiel,
Georg Henrich. Geschichte der Mission der evangelischen Brüder unter
den Indianern in Nordamerika. Barby: Zu finden in den Brüdergemein, &
Leipzig: Paul Gotthelf Kummer, 1789. 8vo (19.3 cm, 7.6"). [8] ff., 783, [1] pp.
This first edition does not include the map found in the later English translation; the six lines of errata (rather than a full page) at the back mark the present copy as an example of the first issue.
• Howes, U.S.iana, L474; Pilling, Algonquian, 317; Sabin 42109; Vail 795. Early 19th-century German paper-covered boards, much worn and abraded, slightly cocked, spine with remnants of paper shelving label. Some corners dog-eared; scattered small spots of foxing, otherwise internally clean.
Missions to 
"the Indians in North America" — 1735–87Loskiel, George Henry. History of the mission of the United Brethren among the Indians in North America. In three parts.... Translated from the German by Christian Ignatius la Trobe. London: Pr. for the Brethren's Society for the Furtherance of the Gospel by John Stockdale, 1794. 8vo (20.4 cm, 8"). xii, 159, [1 (blank)], 234, [2 (blank)], 233, [1 (blank)], [22 (index and advertisement)] pp. (lacking map).
Howes notes that the English edition "omits naming some former antagonists who had later become friendly."
• Howes, U.S.iana, L474; Field 952; Sabin 42110; ESTC T88588(electronic, accessed June 2000). Recently handsomely rebound in quarter calf over marbled paper–covered boards; spine with four raised bands, gilt-stamped leather title label, gilt-stamped author's name and date, three compartments with gilt center devices. Map lacking, with leaf signed A reinforced at inner margin along removal; title-page with small hole, early inked ownership inscription. Some light pencilled marks, confined to the first section of the book; one instance of inked underlining and marginal comment (in response to the Gnadenhuetten massacre). Offsetting and scattered spots of foxing to first few pages (from now-absent map); a few other pages spotted.
Another
School History — Illustrated
— 1848
Lossing, B.J. The illustrated new world. Containing an historical sketch of early voyages and discoveries; settlements; colonial, revolutionary, and federal history of the United States. New York: H. Phelps & Co., 1848. 8vo. Frontis., 64 pp.; illus.
• Fair in printed paper wrappers, spine chipping and covers somewhat discolored; spots of foxing throughout. (297)
The
Laws & Charter Massachusetts
Bay (Province). Laws, statutes,
etc. The charter granted by their majesties King William and Queen Mary, to
the inhabitants of the province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England. Boston:
S. Kneeland, 1759. Folio (31 cm, 12.2"). [1] f., 14 pp. [with]
Acts and laws, of his Majesty’s province of the Massachusetts-Bay in New-England.
Boston: S. Kneeland, 1759. 24 (table of contents) pp., [1] f., 396 pp. (319/20
used twice, 323/24 skipped).
• Evans 8400 & 8399; ESTC W33793. Good-quality 20th-century quarter calf and marbled paper–covered sides, spine with gilt-stamped leather title label, raised bands, and ornately handsome blind-stamping within compartments. Back fly-leaf with inked inscription dated 1782. Some browning and spotting; one early, inked marginal annotation.
Thanksgiving
. . . at thePeabodys
Mathews, Cornelius. Chanticleer. A Thanksgiving story of the Peabody family. Boston: B.B. Mussey & Co., 1850. 12mo. 155, [1] pp. 
• BAL 13642 (binding C [no sequence determined]); Wright, I, 1830. Publisher's blind-stamped cloth, front cover with gilt-stamped title, spine gilt extra; binding cocked, with the corners and spine extremities rubbed. Front free endpaper with pencilled gift inscription. First and last few leaves foxed, others with lighter spots of foxing. (12099)
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Paths to PequotMiller, William Davis. Ancient paths to Pequot. Providence, RI: Printed for the Society by E.L. Freeman Co., 1936. 8vo. 16 pp.
• Very good. Stapled in original printed red wrappers. Ex–historical society copy: call number on front wrapper and recto of front flyleaf. Outer edges deckled. (2896)
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Sketch"Minot, George Richards. Continuation of the history of the province of Massachusetts Bay, from the year 1748, with an introductory sketch of events from its original settlement... Vol. I. Boston: Pr. by Manning & Loring, Feb. 1798. 8vo. viii, (9)–304, [4 (blank)] pp. 
• Evans 34118; Howes M-650; Sabin 49321. Half leather, over marbled paper sides. Covers detached and very worn, spine leather completely perished, paper and leather on rear cover also perished. Small pressure-stamp on title-page. Pages i–viii loose. Moderate waterstaining, foxing, browning, and soiling. Title-page browned. Marginal tear to pp. 167–168. Final four (blank) pages chipped. (7013)
PLYMOUTH,
1620 — Once Again (1859)Palmer, B. Frank. A poem read before the Society of the Sons of New England in Pennsylvania, on the first anniversary of the Society, and the two hundred and thirty-seventh anniversary of the landing of the pilgrims at Plymouth. Philadelphia: Crissy & Markley, printers, 1859. 8vo. 15, [1 (blank)] pp.
• Sewn, in original wrappers. Wrappers soiled, slightly separating at base, six-digit number rubber-stamped on the front, and a couple of tiny chips. (7564)
Maine
in 1689 Paltsits, Victor Hugo. Depredation at Pemaquid in August, 1689 and events that led up to it. Read before the Maine Historical Society[,] January 18, 1900. Portland, ME: Press of Lefavor-Tower Co., 1905. 8vo. [2 (blank)], 16, [2 (blank)] pp.
• Sewn; in original wrappers. Untrimmed. Ex-New Jersey Historical Society copy with rubber stamp on p. 3. Near fine. (4472)
Huguenot
SettlementsPrall, William. The
Huguenot Settlements in America. A study. [New York: Huguenot Society of America,
1928].
8vo.
[2
(1
blank)], 3–19, [1 (blank)] pp.
• Stapled, in original wrappers. Covers and outermost pages separating from spine at top and bottom. Clean. Good +. (5989)
Plymouth
CemeteryPerkins, Frank H. Handbook of old burial hill[,] Plymouth, Massachusetts. Its history, its famous dead, and its quaint epitaphs. Plymouth, Mass.: A. S. Burbank, Pilgrim Book Store (Pr. by Smith & Porter Press), 1896. 12mo. 49, [13] pp., illus. 
• Original printed wrappers. Front with short tear to fore-edge. Spine chipped and cracked. Sewing holes indicating previous bound with other items. In protective folder. (669)
Syracuse,
1923
Plymouth Church Cook Book.
Compiled by the Pilgrim Class of Plymouth Congregational Church, Syracuse,
NY. [Syracuse: Plymouth Congregational Church], 1923. 8vo. 169, [29 (adv. and
index)] pp. 
• Not in Brown, Culinary Americana. Publisher's paper-covered boards illustrated in color with an image of a Pilgrim woman, lightly worn with the front cover creased and a few small spots of staining. Front hinge cracked. Front free endpaper with the ownership inscription of a prominent 20th-century collector of cookery, with her pressure stamp on the title-page. Pages clean, with the blank leaves supplied for additional recipes here unused. (9768)
From
Hakluyt (Roanoke Island). The first English settlements on Roanoke Island[,] 1584–1587. A fact book with a preface W.O. Saunders, Secretary of The U.S. Roanoke Colony Commission. Manteo, N.C.: The Roanoke Colony Memorial Association, 1937. 8vo. [6 (2 blank)], 38, [4 (blank)] pp.; illus.
• Original brown stiff wrappers, creased lengthwise from bending. Ex-historical society copy, with New Jersey Historical Society pressure stamp on the title-page. Tape repair to one page. (5484)
VERMONT(Rutland). Centennial celebration of the settlement of Rutland, VT., October 2d, 3d, 4th and 5th, 1870, including the addresses, historical papers, poems, responses at the dinner table, etc. Rutland: Pr. by Tuttle & Company, 1870. 8vo. 122 pp.
• Ex-historical society copy with stamps. Lacks rear wrapper, front wrapper separated and chipped. Top right corner of title-page chipped away. A bit of soiling to title-page and only a few very small chips to other pages. Very good. (3581)
Virginia
1585–1607Smith, Alan. Virginia, 1585–1607. The first English settlement in North America. A brief history with a selection of contemporary narratives. London: Theodore Brun, 1957. 8vo. Illus.
• Publisher's cloth. Very good condition, in a very good dust jacket. (6793)
New
York to 1732 Smith, William. History of New-York, from the first discovery to the year M.DCC.XXXII, to which is annexed, a description of the country, with a short account of the inhabitants, their religious and political state, and the constitution of the courts of justice in that colony. With a continuation, from the year 1732, to the commencement of the year 1814. Albany: Pr. by Ryer Schermerhorn, 1814. 8vo. [1 (blank)] f., xv, [1 (blank)], 17-511 pp, [1] p., [3 (blank)] pp.
• Sabin 84569; Shaw & Shoemaker 32803. Speckled sheep. Binding worn, with covers almost completely separated from spine and pieces of leather flaked off. Final few pages loosening. Stains limited mostly to outermost pages. Ownership signature and Harvard College Library rubber stamp on title-page. Charge pocket and card in back. (3747)
First
Church, New Haven — 1638–1888 Smyth,
Newman. The historical discourse delivered at the two hundred and fiftieth
anniversary of the First Church in New Haven April 22d, 1888. New Haven: Tuttle,
Morehouse, & Taylor, [ca. 1888]. 8vo. 27, [1 (blank)] pp. , [6] ff.; 1 plate..
• Very good. In original printed wrappers. Tissue paper repair to spine. Pencil notes on front cover. Mostly unopened. (49)
BOSTON
CELEBRATES
BOSTON Sprague, Charles. Ode. Pronounced before the inhabitants of Boston, September the seventeenth, 1830, at the centennial celebration of the settlement of the city. Boston: John H. Eastburn, 1830. 8vo. 22 pp. 
• Disbound from a nonce volume, with sewing holes and inner margins chipped; title-page and several others faintly stamped by a now-defunct library. First and last pages lightly spotted. (4927)
What
Would
a "Pilgrim" Have Thought??Standish, Miles, Jr. [pseud.]. No. I. The times; a poem, addressed to the inhabitants of New-England, and of the state of New-York, particularly on the subject of the present anti-commerical system of the national administration. Plymouth: Pr. for the author, 1809. 8vo. 27, [1 (blank)] pp. 
• Shaw & Shoemaker 18680. Sewn, removed from a nonce volume. Ex-library with stamps. (694)
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SALEM
Story, Joseph. A discourse pronounced at the request of the Essex Historical Society, on the 18th of September, 1828, in commemoration of the first settlement of Salem, in the state of Massachusetts. Boston: Hilliard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins, 1828. 8vo. 90 pp.
• Sabin 92299. Quarter library cloth over marbled paper-covered boards. Ex-library with shelving label and charge pocket. Joints starting, ends of spine frayed. Waterstained and soiled throughout text. (4012)
Fort
Crailo . . .Strong, Susan De Lancey Van Rensselaer. Fort Crailo, the Greenbush Manor House. No place: , [1898?]. 8vo. 31 pp., [1 (blank)] p.
• Stapled. Lacks back wrapper. Ex-historical society copy with stamp ("New Jersey Historical Society" and "deaccessioned"). Front wrapper loose and chipped. Title-page missing. Pages 28-[32] with tears and paper loss in inner margins, without loss to printing. Solitary marginal note inside. And a short tear or two. (3792)
"Pilgrim
Fathers" in
"Public Worship" Stuart, M. Cohen. The pilgrim fathers' first meeting for public worship in North America. A brief historical sketch, with an engraved illustration representing the same subject. Amsterdam: W. H. Kirberger, 1866. 12mo. Frontis., 35 pp.
• Original wrappers. Historical society's embossed stamp, ownership signature, and handwritten date on front cover. Soiling and light chipping to back wrapper. Spine chipped, with front wrapper separating. (3679)
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Wood-Engraved Plates
[True, Charles Kittredge]. Tri-mountain;
or, the early history of Boston. Boston: Pub. by Heath & Graves, [©
1845]. 12mo (6 inches, 15.5 cm). Frontis., 136 pp. (pp. [7 & 8, &
130] blank; number 131 & 132 not used in pagination), plt., [4 (ads)]
ff.
• Sabin 97079. Publisher's blind stamped charcoal gray cloth with a grain to it; spine stamped and lettered in gilt. Cloth a little bubbled on the boards, with spots of discoloration. Top and bottom of spine pulled. Faint traces of waterstaining at top of some pages and a few other, stray stains. An okay copy.
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Copy — Classic "Historical
Society" Tyson, Job R. Discourse delivered before the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, February 21, 1842, on the colonial history of the Eastern and some of the Southern states. Philadelphia: John Penington, 1842. 8vo. 64 pp.
• Original printed wrappers; large pieces missing from front cover, without loss of printing. Only two pages soiled. Small dog-ears. (651)
New
NetherlandVersteeg, Dingman. New Netherland's founding. New York: Holland Society of New York, 1924. 8vo. 13 pp.
• Stapled, in self wrappers. Creased lengthwise from folding, with a two-inch tear along the crease on the front leaf. Pressure stamp of the New Jersey Historical Society, also on the front leaf. Very good. (5986)
Celebrating
New England — THE MAYFLOWERWebster,
Daniel. Speech of Mr. Webster, at the celebration of the New
York New England Society, December 23, 1850. Washington: Gideon and Co., 1851.
8vo. 13, [3 (blank)] pp.
• Sewn. Removed from a nonce volume. Creased from lengthwise folding. (6205)
North
Carolina 1664-1667Weeks, Stephen B. William Drummond, first governor of North Carolina, 1664-1667. [New York?]: , 1892. 8vo. [2 (1 blank), 13, [1 (blank)] pp.
• Original printed wrappers. Stapled; covers detached, chipped; pencilling on front cover. First and last leaves chipped at lower inner corners. One other pencil mark inside. (301)
A200th
Birthday Party Westfield
jubilee. A report of the celebration at the Westfield, Mass., on the two hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of the town, October 6, 1869, with the historical address of the Hon. William G. Bates...with an appendix, containing historical documents of local interest. Westfield, Mass.: Clark & Story, 1870. 8vo. 226 pp.
• Good. Original printed wrappers, chipped. Ex-historical society with stamps, properly deaccessioned. Gift inscriptions of William G. Bates, the honored speaker of the day. (92)
An
Expedition toIroquois
Country, 1634–35Wilson, James Grant. Arent van Cutler and his journal of 1634-35. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1896. 8vo. [2], 81-101, [1] pp.
"the
first appearance of the Iroquois in any written paper of any language, or on
any map now known."
• Original wrappers. Wrappers chipped at upper corners, without loss of printing. Ink inscription on front. Embossed stamps and "deaccessioned" on verso of title-page. Some pages unopened. (3681)
Another200th Birthday(Worcester). Celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of the naming of Worcester, October 14 and 15, 1884. Worcester, Mass.: Pr. by Chas. Hamilton, 1885. 8vo. [2 (1 blank)], 176 pp.
• Original wrappers. Wrappers chipped and separating from spine. Front cover stained and soiled. Stains to lower margins of a few pages, without intruding upon text. Some pages unopened. (3582)
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