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Published by New York: Printed and sold by John and Andrew M'Lean 1788., 1788
Seller: Bernard Quaritch Ltd ABA ILAB, London, United Kingdom
First Edition
Two vols, 12mo, pp.I: vi, 227, [1 (blank)], II: vi, 384; title-page of vol.I very neatly restored at head with old paper (possibly the original conjugate blank, which has been replaced) above the line 'Federalist', with loss of the word 'The', a few gatherings in vol.I slightly browned, paper flaw to vol.I G5 with loss to outer margin (just shaving text); vol.II quire X bound in duplicate in error (no loss), printing flaw to vol.II p.290 where the paper was folded in the press (no loss), two marginal tears (no loss) to the last leaf; apart from the restoration to the title-page, an excellent copy, uncut, in the original boards, vol.II on slightly largely paper as usual, vol.I unopened after p.117, vol.II entirely unopened, spine of vol.II stamped '2' in ink; spine of vol.I wanting, some light damp-stains to boards; partially obscured pencil inscription to upper pastedown vol.I 'W. Brown / Dr R / long let' (see below).First edition in book form of The Federalist Papers, the single most important work of American political philosophy, a normal paper copy, very rare in the original boards, uncut and largely unopened. Volume II is in a mixed state, with the error 'Letter LXXX' rather than 'LXX' uncorrected on p.240, but the spine lettered '2' not 'II'. A 'commentary on the Constitution by men included among its principal architects' (Printing and the Mind of Man), The Federalist 'will merit the notice of posterity; because in it are candidly and ably discussed the principles of freedom and the topics of government, which will be always interesting to mankind so long as they shall be connected in Civil Society' (George Washington). Provenance: Inscribed in pencil 'W. Brown / Dr R/ long let'. Could this plausibly by Dr William Brown and Dr Benjamin Rush? Brown (1748 1792), educated in Edinburgh, returned to set up practice in Alexandria, Virginia, where he was known to Washington (whose diary records a number of visits by Brown and his wife in the early 1770s); he joined the second Virginia Regiment as a surgeon in 1775 and was appointed Surgeon General for the Middle District by Congress in May 1777, spending that winter with Washington at Valley Forge. In February 1778 he was promoted to Physician General, replacing Dr Benjamin Rush (1745 1813). After the war (Congress had accepted his resignation in 1780), Brown rented George Washington's house in Alexandria from 1783 to '86 (the same later occupied by Bushrod Washington), and helped found the Alexandria Academy in 1785, of which Washington was a trustee. Rush, who had like Brown studied medicine in Edinburgh, and returned to set up practice at the same period, was representative of Pennsylvania and signatory of the Declaration of Independence, but had resigned from Army service in 1778 after the discovery of a letter critical of Washington. In 1787 he returned to politics as a member of the Pennsylvania ratifying convention for the new Constitution, leading the movement for its adoption. PMM 234. Language: English.
Published by Printed and Sold by J. and A. McLean, New York, 1788
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition of The Federalist, one of the rarest and most significant books in American political history. 12mo, bound in half calf over marbled boards with raised bands, gilt titles to the spine. In very good condition with light toning to the pages. Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell and chemise box. An exceptional example of this cornerstone of Americana. "The significance of The Federalist has been recognized for more than 200 years, George Washington wrote, "The Federalist will merit the notice of posterity; because in it are candidly and ably discussed the principles of freedom and the topics of government, which will always be interesting to mankind so long as they shall be connected in Civil Society." â When Alexander Hamilton invited his fellow New Yorker John Jay and James Madison, a Virginian, to join him in writing the series of essays published as The Federalist, it was to meet the immediate need of convincing the reluctant New York State electorate of the necessity of ratifying the newly proposed Constitution of the United States. The 85 essays, under the pseudonym â Publius,â were designed as political propaganda, not as a treatise of political philosophy. In spite of this, The Federalist survives as one of the new nationâ s most important contributions to the theory of governmentâ (PMM, 234). The Federalist â exerted a powerful influence in procuring the adoption of the Federal Constitution, not only in New York but in the other states. There is probably no work in so small a compass that contains so much valuable political information. The true principles of a republican form of government are here unfolded with great clearness and simplicityâ (Church 1230). â A generation passed before it was recognized that these essays by the principal author of the Constitution and its brilliant advocate were the most authoritative interpretation of the Constitution as drafted by the Convention of 1787. As a commentary and exposition of the Constitution, the influence of the Federalist has been profoundâ (Grolier American 100, 56). "Of the only 500 copies published, Hamilton is said to have sent nearly 50 copies to Virginia for the ratifying convention. The remaining 450 copies sold poorly, and â the publishers complained in October 1788, long after New York had ratified the Constitution, that they still had several hundred unsold copiesâ (Maggs, 815).
Publication Date: 1802
First Edition
[HAMILTON, Alexander; MADISON, James and JAY, John]. The Federalist, on the New Constitution. By Publius. Written in 1788. To which is added, Pacificus, on the Proclamation of Neutrality. Written in 1793. Likewise, the Federal Constitution, with all the Amendments. Revised and Corrected. viii,317,[1] (complete with two pages numbered 167 and two pages numbered 168, as noted on the erratum on verso of the vol. I terminal text leaf, and with page numbering 263-270 repeated, as issued); v, [3], 351, [1] pp., including an ad leaf bound following the table of contents. 2 vols. 8vo. New York: Printed and sold by George F. Hopkins, 1802. Second edition. Contemporary half tree calf and marbled paper covered boards, flat spine gilt, minor wear at extremities. Minor dampstaining at front of vol. 1., else scattered minor foxing. Cohen 2818; DAB XI, pp.312-13; Ford 21; Howes H114, "aa"; Sabin 23981; Shaw & Shoemaker 2218; Grolier, American 100, 19 (first edition); Reese, Federal Hundred 19 (first edition). Second edition, "revised and corrected," of the most important work of American political thought ever written and according to Thomas Jefferson "the best commentary on the principles of government." This is the first edition to identify Hamilton, Jay, and Madison as the authors, and the last edition published in Hamilton's lifetime. The Federalist comprises the collected printing of the eighty-five seminal essays written in defense of the newly-drafted Constitution. The essays were first issued individually by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay in New York newspapers under the pseudonym Publius to garner support for the ratification of the Constitution. This first collected edition was published in early 1788: volume I published in March, contains the first thirty-six numbers, volume II published in May, includes the remaining forty-nine, together with the text of the Constitution. Upon its publication, George Washington noted to Alexander Hamilton that the work "will merit the Notice of Posterity; because in it are candidly and ably discussed the principles of freedom and the topics of government, which will always be interesting to mankind" (George Washington, letter to Hamilton, August 28, 1788). The genesis of this "classic exposition of the principles of republican government" (Bernstein, p.242) is to be found in.
Published by New York Williams & Whiting 1810, 1810
Seller: Buddenbrooks, Inc., Newburyport, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
3 volumes. First edition of the collected WORKS and only the third printing of the FEDERALIST according to Sabin. Of the other works included, these are generally the first obtainable editions. With engraved frontispiece portraits in each volume. 8vo, in very handsome contemporary tree calf, the spines with gilt ruled flat bands and with black morocco labels gilt ruled and lettered, gilt volume numbers with leather labels. vii,325; iv,368; iv, 368 pp. The rare and handsome contemporary calf only very lightly worn at the edges and extremities, overall near-fine, the text with some light tonging and foxing, but much less than is expected on such early American imprints. Ex-libris on front paste-down, contemporary ownership inscription on title-pages, some notes in text also, all in pencil, a few instances of authorship emendations made in ink by a contemporary hand. AN EXTREMELY EARLY PRINTING OF THE FEDERALIST AND QUITE SCARCE, and very much so in contemporary tree calf and fully original condition. The first volume of this work contains miscellaneous but highly important papers by Hamilton concerning his reports on a National Bank and the Constitutionality of the National Bank. Volumes Two and Three contain the FEDERALIST and PACIFICUS. Sabin notes that Williams also distributed this same printing with just volumes two and three with a different title-page and it is only the fourth printing of the FEDERALIST Sabin list. The papers in volume one are: The Report on Public Credit, on a National Bank, on the Subject of Manufactures, on the Constitutionality of a National Bank, and on the Establishment of a Mint. "The Federalist is the most important work in political science that has ever been written, or is likely ever to be written in the United States. It is.the one product of the American mind that is rightly counted among the classics of political theory." The Federalist stands beside the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution itself among all the sacred writings of American political history. It has a quality of legitimacy, of authority, and authenticity that caused Thomas Jefferson to say of it, "appeal is habitually made by all, and rarely declined or denied by any" as to the "genuine meaning" of the Constitution. George Washington, writing to Alexander Hamilton in the summer of 1788, said: "When the transient circumstances and fugitive performances which attended this crisis shall have disappeared, that work will merit the notice of posterity, because in it are candidly and ably discussed the principles of freedom and the topics of government--which will be always interesting to mankind so long as they shall be connected in a civil society." "Its fame derives from the whole course of American history. It is a sign, as it were, of the prodigious success of the Constitution, which as it has endured and evolved over the generations, has called attention ever more insistently to the men who, having helped write it, first explained it. In bursts of brilliance it is not only an analysis and defense of our Constitution but an exposition of certain enduring truths that provide an understanding of both the dangers and the delights of free government. It mixes candor and hope, realism and idealism in a message to all friends of liberty. No happiness without liberty, no liberty without self-government." (Rossiter 1961). One of the most important pieces of early American writing in political philosophy. Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay originally published these articles to explain the principle of, and to argue the propriety of adopting, the recently devised Constitution. THE FEDERALIST PAPERS remains to this day the most vital and important writing about the American Constitution and is referred to on an ongoing basis by scholars of law, politics, philosophy and history and lovers of literature for its perfection of thought and beauty of word. Sabin lists a copy with three portraits which appear in this copy. The copies here are unrestored and in absolutely original condition, a highly unusual find as goes this work.
Published by Williams and Whiting, New York, 1810
Seller: Raptis Rare Books, Palm Beach, FL, U.S.A.
First Edition
The first collected edition of the works of Alexander Hamilton, with an early printing of The Federalist. Octavo, 3 volumes, bound in full calf, threeÂengraved portraits ofÂAlexanderÂHamilton, James Madison and John Jay.ÂThe first volume contains fiveÂofÂHamilton's reports as SecretaryÂof the Treasury, volumes II and III are devoted primarily to the Federalist Papers, and include significant additions, incorporating changes based on Hamilton's own notes. Edited by John Wells. In very good condition. Alexander Hamilton was an American statesman, politician, legal scholar, military commander, lawyer, banker, and economist. He was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was an influential interpreter and promoter of the U.S. Constitution, as well as the founder of the nation's financial system, the Federalist Party, the United States Coast Guard, and the New York Post newspaper. As the first secretary of the treasury, Hamilton was the main author of the economic policies of George Washington's administration. He took the lead in the federal government's funding of the states' debts, as well as establishing the nation's first two de facto central banks, the Bank of North America and the First Bank of the United States, a system of tariffs, and friendly trade relations with Britain. His vision included a strong central government led by a vigorous executive branch, a strong commercial economy, government-controlled banks, support for manufacturing, and a strong military.
Published by Williams and Whiting, 1810
Seller: CraigsClassics, Hudson, NH, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. James Gillespie Birney's personal copy of "The Works of ALEXANDER HAMILTON" - Volumes I and II (of a 3-volume set) with an early printing of The Federalist Papers. 1810 1st edition; Williams and Whiting; New York. "Comprising His Most Important Official Reports; An Improved Edition of THE FEDERALIST on the New Constitution, Written in 1788; and Pacificus, on the Proclamation of Neutrality, Written in 1793." Handsome, leather-bound volumes with attractive gilt spines, and gilt accents along the edges of the boards. Volume I contains a frontispiece portrait of Hamilton. Volume II contains the 6th edition of The Federalist, Numbers 1 through 46. Provenance: The name "J.G. Birney" (James Gillespie Birney) is written on page 50 of both volumes. Birney was an American abolitionist, politician, and attorney from Kentucky. He published a weekly abolitionist publication titled "The Philanthropist" and twice served as the Presidential nominee for the anti-slavery Liberty Party. Birney was referred to as "Lincoln's Prophet," as his candidacies in 1840 and 1844 forecasted the antislavery position the country would take by electing Lincoln in 1860. The contents are as follows: VOLUME I: * Report of the Secretary of the Treasury on Public Credit * Report on a National Bank * Report on the Subject of Manufactures * Report on the Establishment of a Mint VOLUME II: * The Federalist (Numbers I through XLVI) Condition: Both volumes are tightly bound with secure covers and no loose pages. Clean leather covers and spines with only some tiny specks at the top edge of volume I; bright gilt on the spines. Sharp corners with only some wear to the lower-outer corner tip of the volume II front cover. The pages are in very good condition - age toned, but clean. Foxing to the frontispiece portrait of Hamilton in volume I. Each volume has an old bookplate affixed to the front pastedown. "J.G. Birney" written in old handwriting at the top of page 50 in both vols. Volume I - the upper-outer corner of page 271 has torn away, and page 273 has a dime-sized piece missing at the top of the outer edge.in both instances, the text is unaffected. There is a 1/2" tear in volume II, page 17 at the upper-inner corner. Volume II opens with a blank end paper, followed by page 1 - the frontispiece and title page are not present. I am unsure whether or not this edition was issued with a table of contents.neither volume contains one.
Published by Williams & Whiting, New York, 1810
First Edition
Leather bound. First. Recently rebound sumptuously and accurately (to the period) in full calf leather with elegant and refined simple stamping to covers, applied red leather and gilt lettered spine labels. Three volumes, three frontice portraits present. Volume 1: Frontis, TP, vii (1) Contents, (1), pp. 1-325. Volume 2: Frontis, TP, [i-ii, Federalist title], [iii]-iv [contents], pp. 1- 368. Volume 3: Frontis, TP, [i-ii, Federalist title], [iii]-iv [contents], pp. 1- 368. Tissue guards between portrait frontis' and TPs in all three volumes. A very nice set, tremendous shelf appeal and complete in all ways. Volume 1 contains five of Hamilton's Reports as first Secretary of the Treasury, including: Report on Public Credit, Report on a National Bank, On the Constitutionality of a National Bank, Report on the subject of Manufactures, and Report on the establishment of a Mint. Volumes 2 and 3 are 1810 reprinting of the Federalist Papers and include significant additions and edifications, incorporating changes based on Hamilton's own notes. Edited by John Wells. Ford, Hamiltoniana 116; Sabin 29987. VG, the portrait of Hamilton in Volume 1 is stained at the right edge and suffers a stress crack along the right plate margin of about 2" in length. Portraits of John Jay (Volume 2) and James Madison (Volume 3) slightly foxed but with no staining or damage. Lovely copies, lovingly rebound, new endpapers. Text with some light tonging and foxing but far short of what would typically be seen of American imprints from this era.Red speckled text block edges.
Published by Williams & Whiting, 1810
Seller: Neverland Books, Waalre, Netherlands
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. "The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Comprising His Most Important Official Reports; An Improved Edition of the Federalist, on the New Constitution, written in 1788; and Pacificus, on the Proclamation of Neutrality, Written in 1793" by Alexander Hamilton. New York: Williams & Whiting, 1810. 3 volumes, 8vo (193 x 110 mm). (Lacking engraved portraits of Hamilton, Jay and Madison, some browning or minor spotting.) Contemporary calf, smooth spines gilt, red morocco lettering-pieces gilt (Vol. I p. 325 misbound, some minor rubbing, a few hinges starting); morocco folding case. Provenance: B. Taft Jr. (signatures in pencil). FIRST EDITION of this collection of official reports, including the sixth edition of The Federalist Papers. The work was edited by John Wells, and incorporates changes based on Hamilton s notes from his own copy of The Federalist; the names of the authors are appended to each essay. See Howes H-114; Sabin 29987. Very collectible set of Hamilton's works.
Published by Jacob Gideon, Washington DC, 1818
Seller: Cleveland Book Company, ABAA, Rocky River, OH, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very good +. First Edition thus. Octavo, 671pp. A beautiful copy, bound to style in full brown calf with morocco spine label, stamped in gilt, retaining original front endpapers. Mild to moderate internal foxing, but a sound, complete, and handsome example of this important edition of The Federalist, overall very good or better. From the publisher's Prefatory Remarks: "The present edition of the Federalist contains all the numbers of that work, as revised by their authors; and it is the only one to which the remark will apply. Former editions, indeed, it is understood, had the advantage of a revisal from Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Jay, but the numbers written by Mr. Madison still remained in the state in which they originally issued from the press, and contained many inaccuracies. The publisher of this volume has been so fortunate as to procure from Mr. Madison the copy of the work which that gentleman had preserved for himself, with corrections of the papers, of which he is the author, in his own hand." A book that needs no further introduction, this is a significant edition, which finally brought into publication Madison's updated and revised contributions, and also re-arranged the attribution of certain papers to the various authors. Naturally, there has been some historical disputation between Madison's and Hamilton's respective recollections of authorship. Provenance: This particular copy bears the contemporary bookplate of one William C. Parker on the front paste-down. This is almost certainly the same William C. Parker who was one of several lawyers appointed to defend Nat Turner after his historic rebellion in Southampton County, VA in 1831. According to a letter from the Governor's Office held by the Library of Virginia, "The prisoner Nat, alias Nat Turner, was set to the Bar in custody of the Jailer of the County- and WIlliam C. Parker is by the Court assigned Counsel for the Prisoner in his defence[.]" Parker was a prominent citizen of Jerusalem, where the rebellion took place, and had been among the white citizens who "defended" the town from the rebellious slaves. He had given a physical description of Turner to the authorities during Turner's weeks-long time as a fugitive. He was one of four lawyers appointed by the State of Virginia to defend Turner. According to historian Alfred L. Brophy, the four attorneys (Thomas Ruffin Gray the best known among them) were likely divided in their desire to bring any semblance of justice to the doomed Turner. Parker, naturally, would have been among those less inclined to do so (for more on this topic, see Alfred L. Brophy, The Nat Turner Trials, 91 N.C. L. Rev. 1817 (2013)). Though Gray is best known (due to his publication of "The Confessions of Nat Turner" in the wake of the trial, and his subsequent portrayal in William Styron's novelization of these events), Parker was the defense attourney of record in the case. A later inscription of one Wm. M. Turner of Hick's Ford [later Hicksford], VA, is present on the front free endpaper. Turner was a graduate of Brown University (1855, the year of his inscription), and became a surgeon. He served in the Confederate Navy during the Civil War, and later moved north to Philadelphia, where he practiced until his death in 1877. Though we are unable to establish any connection between William M. Turner (a white man) and Nat Turner, it's quite possible, since Hick's Ford was only a few miles away from Jerusalem, that Turner is a descendant or relative of Benjamin Turner, the planter who "owned" Nat. We have been unable to establish a definitive connection, though it seems more than a little likely that some connection exists. Altogether a genuinely interesting and beautiful copy of this important edition of America's foundational legal text, with appealing provenance.
Published by Jacob Gideon, Washington DC, 1818
Seller: Charles Agvent, est. 1987, ABAA, ILAB, Fleetwood, PA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition. Bound in contemporary sheep leather with a gilt-lettered black morocco spine label; 671 pages. The First Edition of this classic in which the authors of each essay were identified by name. Comprises 85 political essays, most written by Hamilton, all but the last 8 of which were first published in newspapers in New York in an effort to convince New York to approve the ratification of the Federalist Constitution. Also contains much additional material including the preface by Jacob Gideon as well as anonymous Hamilton letters written as "Pacificus" and the responses and corrections prepared by Madison to the McLean edition of 1810. Owner signature on the title page dated 1872 of James B[lack] Groome, Governor of Maryland from 1874 to 1876 and a member of the United States Senate representing Maryland from 1879 to 1885. HOWES H-114: "most famous and influential American political work"; SABIN 23985 [Washington imprint only]. Text evenly darkened with some foxing and staining. Old rebacking with a newer front board, front hinge a tad tender but firm. Very Good.
Published by Mathew Carey, Philadelphia, 1787
Seller: Babylon Revisited Rare Books, Northampton, MA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First Edition. Volume Two of The American Museum, over 600 pages, octavo, rebound in full leather, new endpapers, red leather spine label and gilt print. Includes very early printings of the Constitution and first six letters of the Federalist Papers. Very Good, some issue title pages and several other pages with loss to fore-edge margins archivally mended or strengthened, few pages with old agricultural college blindstamp.
Published by Boston: The Independent Chronicle & Universal Advertiser, J. Russell's Gazette, The Boston Gazette, Columbian Centinel, Boston Gazette and Republican Journal; Powars & Willis; I. Larkin, 1796
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 152 issues bound as one. Folio, 48 x 30 cm. Printed 1796 - 1801. Bound in early calf backed boards. Boards are worn, but the binding is solid. Internally a few tears, scattered foxing. 608 p. Contents: Independent Chronicle & Universal Advertiser. Vol. XXIX, no. 1701-02, 1704, 1706, 1710, 1713, 1716-17, 1735, 1737; Vol. XXX, no. 1758-59, 1853, 1855; Vol. XXXI, no. 1856-59, 1861-92, 1894-97, 1899-1920, 1923-60 (109 issues); J. Russell's Gazette. Vol. IX, no. 2, 9, 12-14, 20, 35, 39, 43, 44 (9 issues); Boston Gazette. Vol. X, no. 1 & 10 (2 issues); Columbian Centinel. Vol. XXIV, no. 2034, 2036-37, 2039, 2042, 2045-46 (20 issues); Vol. XXV, no. 2051-52, 2055, 2059, 2071-72, 2075, 2078-81, 2089, 2100; Vol. XXVI, no. 2101-03, 2107-11, 2113-16, 2118-19; XXXIV, no. 14, 36 (20 issues); Boston Gazette and Republican Journal. No. 2269-74, 2276, 2278-79, 2281, 2285, 2287, 2289 (12 issues). Semi-weekly, 4-page Boston newspapers. The Constitutional Telegraphe (1799-1802, Motto: Advocate of the Rights of Man) and its successor, the Republican Gazetteer (1802-1803) were Jeffersonian Republican papers printed in Boston, Mass . The papers covered the important news of the day: "One cent reward! For a runaway, an indentured servant named Richard Tuttle"; Yellow Fever in Philadelphia, Aug. 30, 1797; the arrival of British privateer ship "The Scourge of Regicides" in New York Harbor; cowpox inoculations; reports from Thomas Pinckney, Secretary of State on the Treaty of Amnity with Great Britain; The Text of the Treaty of Amnity with Great Britain, withdrawal of British troops from American territory, 1796; pro-French propaganda from Lucien Bonaparte and Joseph Fachet; notes from the Massachusetts Society of Cincinnati; Factionalism between Federalists and Anti-Federalists; Electioneering and the battle for the presidency between Adams and Jefferson; The records of the trial of Gabriel Prosser, who was charged with inciting an insurrection by the Negroes, and who was put to death, on Oct. 7, 1800; Boston Gazette, Oct 13, 1800 - a strong statement in favor of "a system of naval defense" "the wooden walls of America" in response to tensions with Europe; debate on the Sedition AC in Congress, Jan. 21, 1801; In an article called, The Natural Cause of the Insurrection of the Negroes, discussion of the rights of man by Thomas Jefferson; An article by Johnathon Brothers of South Carolina arguing for paper money and war with England for seizing US sailors and cursing John Jay; 1796 Treaty of Greenville, between the US and Indians of the Northwest Territory (including Wyandot, Delaware, Ottawa and Chippewa nations), negotiated by Gen. Anthony Wayne; Bonaparte's brilliant campaigns defending revolutionary France; the French conquest of Rome; May 5, 1796, the authorization of money to build the national capitol in Washington DC; attacks on President John Adams; local politics from Gov. Caleb Strong. Various advertisements including for naval passage, shipment of freight, gunpowder, Franklin and Rittenhouse stoves, rice, tobacco, smoked ham, cinnamon, Havana molasses, cotton from India, shipments from China, Boston beer, Madeira sherry and port wine. Also includes ads from John Hancock about his merchandise. The advertisements paint a picture of Boston as an important early trading port, connected through naval commerce with the larger world. Most of the articles are political. One interesting quote illustrating the development of American identity in the young nation: "Let us not be Englishmen or Frenchmen. But American." - Thomas Adams.
Published by Providence Phoenix, Providence, 1803
Seller: Clayton Fine Books, Shepherdstown, WV, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Disbound. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. Complete, original newspaper in near fine condition with brief foxing. Following the report on attempt to smear Jefferson by the "self-styled Federalists," is one of the first reports on the Louisian Purchase. This paper represents what must have been one of the first reports of the successful agreement for the Louisiana Purchase. The treaty between France and the United States did not arrive in Washington until two days after the date on this issue, July 4, 1803. A landmark news report appearing on page two.
Published by Charles S. Francis & Company, New York, 1851
Seller: Yes Books, Portland, ME, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Original black cloth. Worn edges and corners. Spine ends chipped. Some cracking of cloth along spines. Boards tight. Some soiling of boards. Text blocks clean.Overall, a nice set.
Published by Printed for the Purchasers, Newport, Rhode Island, 1803
Seller: Jim Crotts Rare Books, LLC, Clemmons, NC, U.S.A.
First Edition
64 pp. Modern 1/4 calf over marbled boards. Title with early ink and some marginal chipping, contents with age-toning and some light foxing, 2 leaves shaved at foot just touching some text, one leaf with some small early ink corrections, overall Good+ or better. First Edition. Ellery and the pamphleteer William Duane, a "gallows scape," had falsely accused Rutledge with forging Ellery's name to letters urging President Jefferson to remove Rhode Island Federalists from office and to replace them with Ellery's cronies. Rutledge says this false accusation against him was hatched by a conspiracy of Jefferson, Duane, and Ellery: Rutledge "was an intimate friend of Gen. Pinckney, who would probably be a competitor for the next presidency." The false charge, a plot to embarrass Pinckney, was intended to divert attention from Jefferson's own troubles: "When the Story of black Sally, and especially the damning one of Mrs. Walker, began to alarm the President, this was resorted to as a screen for him." "Black Sally," of course, was Sally Hemings, Jefferson's slave, rumored to be involved in a sexual relationship with him. Mrs. Walker, the wife of Jefferson's close friend, had for years been a long-suffering victim of Jefferson's unwanted and unreciprocated amorous advances. This pamphlet illustrates the enmity between Jeffersonian Republicans and Federalists. The former, says Rutledge, are cowards of "low dissipation," malignity, and stupidity. Rhode Island Senator Ellery avoided a duel with him but "received a severe cudgeling, which was slight when compared with his deserts," when they met by chance in a Piscataway inn. [I Turnbull 399; Gaines 03-08; Sabin 74487; AI 5008 (4)] Not in Bartlett, Sheidley, Eberstadt, Decker.
Published by The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1997
ISBN 10: 0226131149ISBN 13: 9780226131146
Seller: Steven G. Jennings, Spring Branch, TX, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Cloth. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 4-volume set looks and feels like new. All first printings. All dj's in mylar. Vol. II: ISBN 0226131173; Vol. III: ISBN 0226129004; Vol. IV: ISBN 0226129160.
Published by Palladium Press, Alabama, 2000
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Near Fine in leatherbound boards. Gilded text block edges.
Published by Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut, 1979
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine, Leather Bound. Book accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. ; First Easton Press Edition.
Published by Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut, 1979
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine in leather boards. Accented in 22kt gold, printed on archival paper with gilded edges, smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints. Bound In full leather with hubbed spines. Light rubbing on top text block edge. ; First Easton Press Edition.
Published by Heritage Press, 1973
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Sandglass neatly laid in. Light foxing along text block edges.
Published by Easton Press, 1977
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine. Leather bound, Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. A Limited Edition. Owner imprint on FEP. ; First Easton Press Edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; All domestic orders shipped protected in a Box.
Published by Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut, 1979
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine. Leather bound, Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. A Limited Edition. ; First Easton Press Edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; All domestic orders shipped protected in a Box.
Published by Easton Press, Norwalk, Connecticut, 1979
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Fine, Leather Bound. Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. ; First Easton Press Edition.
Published by Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc, Reading, MA, 1964
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Presumed First Edition, First printing. xv, [1], 287, [1] pages. Figures. Formulas. Tables. Appendix. References. Index. DJ has wear, tears, chips, scuff, and some soiling. Inscribed by one of the authors (Mosteller) on the fep. The inscription reads To Michael Stoto with administration and affections, looking forward to further collaboration. Frederick Mosteller Christmas 1980. This is one of the Addison-Wesley Series In Behavioral Science: Quantitative Methods. Charles Frederick Mosteller (December 24, 1916 - July 23, 2006) was an American mathematician, considered one of the most eminent statisticians of the 20th century. He was the founding chairman of Harvard's statistics department from 1957 to 1971, and served as the president of several professional bodies including the Psychometric Society, the American Statistical Association, the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the International Statistical Institute. With David Wallace Mosteller studied the attribution problem that asks who wrote each of the disputed Federalist Papers, James Madison or Alexander Hamilton. This analysis was carried out in order to demonstrate the power of Bayesian inference, and for that time was computationally intensive. It was featured in Time magazine on September 21, 1962. Michael Stoto is believed to be the biostatistian, epidemiologist, statistician, and health policy analyst in Harvard's T. H. Chan School of Public Health. Historians had puzzled over the authorship of 12 of the 85 Federalist Papers almost since they were written in 1788. Wallace and Prof. Frederick Mosteller of Harvard University applied statistical analysis and computational power to the problem, publishing their answer in 1964's Inference & Disputed Authorship: The Federalist. Their findingsâ "that James Madison authored all 12â "created a national stir, both for the answer and for how they put computers to work to arrive at it. Newspapers around the country, The New York Times and Chicago Tribune among them, wrote about Wallace and Mosteller, as did Time magazine. Much of the news coverage on the Federalist Papers focused on their early application of computational power to statistics, an area in which Wallace would remain influential. But their work also was the first full-scale applied statistical analysis done using Bayesian methodsâ "statistical theory based on the work of statistician Thomas Bayes. "David Wallace's study of the authorship of the Federalist Papers still stands among the best full-scale Bayesian statistical studies, and it has left a mark even as the profession has advanced, as an exemplar of what can be accomplished," said Stephen M. Stigler, the Ernest DeWitt Burton Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago. "As a teacher and colleague he has shared deep insights into statistical methods, and those lessons are still being widely repeated several academic generations later." Wallace also was part of a team that in the 1960s helped develop modern methods of forecasting election outcomes based on early results, and worked as part of NBC's election coverage. Wallace joined the University in 1954 as an assistant professor. He remained at the University of Chicago until he retired in 1995, serving as chairman of the department from 1977 to 1980.
Published by New York: Printed by Denniston and Cheetham,, 1801
Seller: J & J House Booksellers, ABAA, Kennett Square, PA, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, 8vo pamphlet (8 1/8" x 5"), pp. (1-3), 4-62, (3) appendix, (1) blank. Shaw & Shoemaker 815. A last minute Adam's appointment of federalist Elizur Goodrich for New Haven Collector was removed by Jefferson and replaced with republican Samuel Bishop, thus initiating the New Haven Remonstrance. Very good clean copy with title mounted on front blank, margins trimmed without loss of text. Shows evidence of having been previously stabbed & sewn and of having been bound in a collection. H9717 All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges. International buyers please be aware that we are not responsible for and do not include or estimate customs duties, fees or taxes in any way in our listings. We ship all orders within 5 days of cleared payment. We do not create and are not responsible for shipping times or delays associated with customs and international shipping. All Items Are Sent Insured. Insurance charges are included in the Shipping & Handling Charges.
Published by Heritage Press, New York, 1945
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition Thus; First Printing. Good in boards. Spine and front panel detached fromt text block. Shelfwear on spine crown and heel, spine side edges, and panel corners. Foxing on text block edges.
Published by Metrobooks, New York, 2002
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition Thus; Ninth Printing. Near Fine in a Near Fine dust jacket.
Published by Library of America, 1993
Seller: Stock & Trade LLC, Portland, OR, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Like New. Dust Jacket Condition: Like New. First Edition. A nice hardcover set in a slipcase with black dust jackets, and tight bindings and an unmarked text. From a private smoke free collection. Shipping within 24 hours, tracking number and delivery Confirmation.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, 1913
Seller: J. Mercurio Books, Maps, & Prints IOBA, Garrison, NY, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Octavos. 335, 328pp. Illustrated in black and white. Green cloth, top edges gilt. Extra shipping for this set.
Published by The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1945
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Limited Edition, #1222 of 1500 signed by typographer Bruce Rogers; complete in 2 volumes. Octavo, one quarter black leather over illustrated paper-covered boards, gilt lettering on spine, gilt top edge, signed by Rogers towards rear of volume 2. Collection of essays by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, comprising the Federalist Papers. Very Good, light shelf wear, some scuffing to spines, no slipcase.