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• Brought "revolutionary matters to a crisis"

  

  [Israel Mauduit], ed.

  [Israel Mauduit], ed. The Letters of Governor Hutchinson, and Lieut. Governor Oliver, &c. … And Remarks Thereon with The Assembly’s Address …

  $1,500.00

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  London: Printed for J. Wilkie, at Number 71, in St. Paul’s Church-yard, 1774. Edition Unstated. Binding: Hardcover (Original Cloth). Book Condition: Very Good- Condition. Size: Octavo (8-9″). 134 pages. Sabin 34072. Howes H-851 (Howes 1994 837). The full title is “The letters of Governor Hutchinson, and Lieut. Governor Oliver, &c. printed at Boston and remarks thereon : with the Assembly’s Address and the Proceedings of the Lords Committee of Council : together with the substance of Mr. Wedderburn’s speech relating to those letters.” This English edition, believed to be edited by Hutchinson’s friend Israel Mauduit, was issued following the investigation into the 1773 publication of Hutchinson and Oliver’s letters in Boston. No edition is stated but the Library of Congress’ “Revolutionary America 1763-1789” describes it as the “second London edition” [#31610]. What appears to be an earlier printing held by the Library of Congress (E211 .M445 [Copy 1 RBSCD]) only goes to signature T and ends with p. 126, including double-numbered pages ([75]-80). This copy matches the collation of that copy but adds an additional signature (S) and ends with p. 134. The additional signature provides the report from the Committee of Council for Plantation Affairs read in the presence of King George, 7 February 1774. The letters were provided to Thomas Cushing, Speaker of the Massachusetts Assembly in December 1772, by Benjamin Franklin, Pennsylvania’s agent in London. His letter admitting his role appears on pp 72-73. Although he requested they not be printed, that request was ignored. The letters were written in 1767-1769, but were used (largely out of context) to fan the pre-Revolutionary flames. The way they were presented was expressed in a part of the lengthy title the Boston printers provided: “The Judicious Reader will Discover the Fatal Source of the Confusion and Bloodshed in which this Province especially has been involved, and Which Threatned [sic] Total Destruction to the Liberties of all America.” Sabin notes the publication of the letters “did more, perhaps, to bring revolutionary matters to a crisis than any previous publication.” In his note, Howes is less tentative: “Publication of these letters … fanned revolutionary sentiments in America more than any other book of the period.” A Very Good-minus hardcover copy that has been rebound in red silk over boards. The silk has been coated in some way. The reason for the “minus” is because it is lacking its spine. The corners are sharp though worn through to the boards. The text block is tight and bright, in near fine condition. The only marking is on the title page where two previous owners have marked the pages on which the various parts of the collection of documents begin. The page edges have been stained red, probably when the book was rebound.   less

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• Very Scarce Report of the Second Klonvokation

  

  Foreword by H.K. Ramsey, Imperial Kligrapp

  Foreword by H.K. Ramsey, Imperial Kligrapp Proceedings of the Second Imperial Klonvokation Held in Kansas City, Missouri Sept. 23, 24, 25 and 26, 1924

  $800.00

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  Atlanta:  Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, 1924. Softcover. 8vo. Very scarce report of the second Klonvokation, which was held every two years. Very Good in lightly soiled wraps and with covers slightly pulled away from staples. Item #39236   It was reported that there were 2,000 men and 3,000 concomitants present at the Kansas City meeting recorded here, which was held at the Kansas City Convention Center in Kansas City, Missouri. This Klan meeting was held behind closed doors and a card and a password were necessary to gain admittance. Only Klansmen with courtesy cards were allowed to view the proceedings. What was published about the proceedings came through the Klan publicity office.    The meeting was opened by the Grand Dragon of Nebraska. The Imperial Wizard, Dr. Hiram Wesley Evans of Atlanta delivered a message to the Klonvocation on the state of the Empire:   ‘This Klonvocation, held here in the great Middle West, is assembled on the battlefield of the immediate future…some of the Eastern states are today lost to true Americanism and must be rewon; but the great American population of the Middle West, of the South and of the Southwest are left to do valiant battle…you are leaders in the only movement in the world, at present, which exists solely to establish a civilization that will insure these things…history has proved, and is proving daily that only Nordic and Anglo-Saxon peoples have reached a high level of intelligence.’   Rare record of an early 20th century KKK gathering. OCLC list 20 copies held exclusively at major U.S. research university libraries.  less

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• First Edition of Neal's The History of New-Englan

  

  Daniel Neal

  Daniel Neal The history of New-England Containing an impartial account of the civil and ecclesiastical affairs of the country, to the year of Our Lord, 1700 ; to which is added, The present state of New-England : with a new and accurate map of the country, and an appendix containing their present charter, their ecclesiastical discipline, and their municipal-laws

  $4,200.00

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  London: Printed for J. Clark, at the Bible & Crown in the Poultry, R. Ford, at the Angel in the Poultry, and R. Cruttenden, at the Bible and Three Crowns, in Cheapside, 1720. First Edition. Binding: Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Book Condition: Very Good Condition. Size: Small Octavo. 712 pages. 2-volume set (complete). Pagination: [1], x, [2], 330; [4], 331 – 712, xv, [1], which lines up with Howe’s listing for the first edition. Sabin, 52140; Howe N-26; European Americana 720/178  The books have been professionally re-bound, quarter-bound with the five panel spines in dark brown leather and the boards in a dark brown cloth. The spines are stamped with the title “Neal’s New England” in the second panel, a floral device in the third panel and the volume numbers in the fourth. The end papers have been replaced sympathetically with tan laid paper. The title page of Vol. 1 has been reattached with Japanese paper. Scattered foxing, but text mostly clean. There are a few (five by my count, but I may have missed some) pages with penciled notes in the margin or underlining. Note by an early owner in brown ink on the free front end paper of Vol. 2: “Horatio Aldin. | purchased for him in London | by his friend Geo. Oats Esqr. 1826”.  Volume 1 includes the folded map of New England bound between the Table of Contents and the text (between signatures A and B). The map is in excellent condition with no loss around the edges, but there is a 2” split along the top horizontal fold through the “Bay of Funda” (with a small piece of what appears to be acid-free paper tape just under the fold) and a one-half inch split at the bottom of the vertical fold, not affecting the map. The verso of the last leaf of Vol. 2 is a single advertisement page for “BOOKS printed for John Clark, Richard Ford and Robert Cruttenden,” which include three of Isaac Watts’ books and a notice of a planned collection of previously unpublished works by John Owen.   Neal was an Independent (or Dissenting) minister, educated at Thomas Rowe’s Dissenting Academy. He was friends with other prominent Dissenters of his time, including Philip Doddridge and Isaac Watts. His “History” found an immediate audience in New England, resulting in an honorary degree from Harvard just a year after the work’s publication. less

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• Deerfield, Mass. Bay, Captivity Narrative

  

  John Williams

  John Williams The Redeemed Captive Returning to Zion or a Faithful History of Remarkable Occurrences in the Captivity and Deliverance of Mr. John Williams

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  Greenfield, Mass.: John Dickman, 1800. 6th Edition, with Additions (see note below on printing). Binding: Hardcover (Full Leather). Book Condition: Very Good Condition. Size: 16 mo (6-7″). 248 pages. Rev. Williams was among those captured in an Indian raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Feb. 29, 1703/4. Upon his return, he wrote an autobiographical account of his captivity and return which went through eight printings over the next century (though Dickson labels this ninth printing as the “6th Edition, with Additions”). Although most of the content here was taken from earlier Boston printings, Dickman added Taylor’s chronology in his earlier 1793 “Fourth” edition and Taylor’s new “Historical Sketch of Deerfield” is first published here. Note that the date on the title page is 1800 but Taylor’s note about his appendix is dated as Jan. 1st, 1802 (p. 198). Sabin lists the publication date as “MDCCC [i.e., 1802]” based upon Taylor’s date (Vol. 28, p. 424). Besides Williams’ account (pp. 1-125), this printing includes five additions: 1) A sermon Williams preached at Boston in 1706 upon his return (pp. 127-148); 2) An appendix by Williams’ son Stephen who was also captured, recording the names of those taken, those killed in the raid and a chronology of “this mischief done by the enemy in Deerfield, from the beginning of its settlement to the death of” his father in 1729 (pp. 149-158); 3) An appendix sent to the publisher by Rev. John Taylor of Deerfield who continues the chronology of the “mischief done by the enemy, in Deerfield” from 1729 “to the conclusion of the last French War” (pp. 159-197) as well as his new “Historical Sketch of Deerfield” (pp. 197-220); 4) “Some Observations” by Rev. T[homas] Prince of the Old South Church in Boston, originally published in the 3rd edition providing some biographical information about John Williams (pp. 220-224) and 5) “A Sermon delivered in the first parish in Springfield, on the 16th of October, 1775 just one hundred years from the burning of the town by the Indians” (with the running head of “A Century Sermon”) preached by Rev. Robert Beck of Springfield (225-248). Hardcover bound in leather over boards with red morocco title panel marked “REDEEM’D CAPTIVE” in gilt. Corners are bowed with three worn through to the boards. The leather has lost its finish along the top edges and head and foot and along the hinges of the spine. The front end paper is split at the gutter, exposing the cords, but the binding is tight. The pages are tanned from age but unmarked. There is light foxing scattered throughout and a tide mark in the top quarter of the rear free end papers and last two leaves of the text. The original owner’s inscription is on the front free end paper: “Neh Randalls Property Bought August 25th 1805 at Worthington (Mass)” At the bottom is a more recent ownership inscription in purple pencil: “Fred from Ralph” and what appears to be “O K, Eva.” On the inside front cover is an oval stamp: “Private Library of F. G. Simpson No.” with the number 5 written in.  less

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