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Reprinted from the Virginia edition of 1823, with an appendix relating to the murder of Logan's family. DRAMA. Sketches of Mr. Mathews' Celebrated Trip to America. Comprising a Full Account of His Admirable Lecture on Peculiar

ties, Characters, and Manners, etc. With Eight Original Comic Songs, etc., etc. Four Colored Engravings by Cruikshank. 8vo, new half morocco, gilt top. London, n. d. $3.50

DROWNE. REV, T. STAFFORD, Rector of St. Paul's. A Commemorative Discourse. Delivered on the Occasion of Celebrating the Completion of the Tower and Spire of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Brooklyn. With Illustrative Historical Notes. 8vo, new half morocco, gilt top, with blank leaves at the end. New York, 1868. $2.00 ELLIOT'S WASHINGTON POCKET ALmanac, or Stranger's Manual for the Year of Our Lord 1830. 18mo, new half morocco, gilt top. Washington, 1830. $1.25

ENQUIRY INTO THE CAUSES OF THE Alienation of the Delaware and Shawanese Indians from the British Interest. Together with the Remarkable Journal of Christian Frederic

Post. Maps. 2 vols. in 1, 8vo, elegantly bound by Riviere in calf extra. London, 1759: $15.00

1779.

Both parts of this work are very rare. EPISTLE FROM EDWARD, An American Prisoner in England, to Harriet, in America. 4to, new half morocco, gilt top. Scarce. London, $4.00 ESQUEMELING, JOHN. Bucanniers of America; or, A True Account of the Most Remarkable Assaults Committed of Late Years upon the Coasts of the West Indies, by the Bucaniers of Jamaica and Tortuga. Both English and French. Bright original impression. Bound by Riviere in crushed levant morocco extra, gilt edges. Most rare. London, 1684. $50.00 Magnificent copy of the first edition, and contains the third part. EUCHRE. The Law and Practice of. By A Professor. 12mo, cloth. Philadelphia, n. d.

$0.50. Narrative

FANNING, COLONEL DAVID. of. Giving an Account of His Adventures in North Carolina, from 1775 to 1783, as Written by Himself. 8vo, new half morocco, gilt top, Sabin's reprint-New York, 1865. $4.00 FINDLEY, WILLIAM. History of the Insurrection in the Four Western Counties of Pennsylvania in the Year 1794. 8vo, new polished calf extra, gilt edges. Rare. Philadelphia, 1796. $20.00

FRANKLIN. Some Account of the Pennsylvania Hospital. From its First Rise to the Begin ning of the Fifth Month, called May, 1754 4to, new half morocco, blank leaves at the end, gilt top. Rare. Printed by B. FRANKLIN and D. Hall. Philadelphia, 1754. $8.00 The name of Benjamin Franklin appears down in the list of subscribers for 25 pounds sterling. FRANKLIN. William Smith's-A Brief History of the Rise and Progress of the Charitable Scheme For the Relief and Instruction of Poor Germans and their Descendants, settled in Pennsylvania, and the adjacent British Colonies in North America. Rare. 4to, half new morocco, gilt top. Philadelphia, Printed by B. FRANKLIN and D. Hall, 1755. $10.50

This is believed to have been written, as well as printed by Dr. Benjamin Franklin, although signed by William Smith.

FRANKLIN, DR. BENJAMIN. Informa-
tion to those who would Remove to America.
8vo, new half morocco, gilt top. Scarce. Lon-
don, 1794.
$2.00
FURMAN, GABRIEL. Notes, Geographi-
cal and Historical, Relating to the Town of
Brooklyn in King's County, on Long Island. 8vo,
newly bound by Bedford in levant morocco extra,
gilt top. Scarce. Brooklyn, 1824. $22.50
GODDARD, D. A. The Mathers Weighed
in the Balances and Found Not Wanting. Small
4to, new limp cloth, uncut. Boston, 1870.
$2.50

Under this stone lies Richard Mather,
Who had a son greater than his father,
And he, a grandson greater than either.

12mo, half $3.00

GOSSE. P. H. The Canadian Naturalist. A Series of Conversations on the Natural History of Lower Canada. 44 Engravings. calf. London, 1840. GROVE, MR. (of Richmond.) Letter upon the Glorious Success at Quebec, in which is Drawn a Parallel Between a Good and Bad General. 8vo, new half morocco, gilt top. Scarce. London, 1759. $12.50

HALL, B. H. Collection of College. Words and Customs. 8vo, new half calf, gilt. Cambridge, 1856.

$3.00

This entertaining work is published by the author of the "Dictionary of Quotations.'

HANWAY, JONAS. An Account of the Society for the Encouragement of the British Troops in Germany and North America. With the Motives to Making a Present to those Troops, also to the Widows and Orphans of such of them as have Died at the Battles of Thonhausen, Quebec, &c. 8vo, newly bound by Riviere in polished calf extra, citron edges. Rare. London, 1760.

$7.50 The author was the celebrated Jonas Hanway of umbrella celebrity. HARIOT, THOMAS. Brief and True Report

of the New-found-land of Virginia. Folio. Cloth uncut. Frankfort Imprinted by Ihon Wechel, at Theodore De Bry, own coast and chardges. 1590. Half morocco, $30.00. Morocco extra, $37.00. $50.00

This edition is a reproduction, in exact fac-simile, of the rarest and most precious book relating to Virginia, and of which there are not more than half a dozen perfect copies in existence. These are in the British Museum and Bodleian Libraries, and in the private collections of Mr. Lennox, Mr. Brown, Mr. Christie-Miller, and Mr. George E. Mann. There is a very imperfect one in the library of Harvard College, and one wanting two leaves in the library of the late Sir Thomas Phillips. No complete copy in England is known to have been sold for less than £100 for the past hundred years, and, we understand, one has recently changed hands at double that sum, and probably will again if the opportunity Occurs. The only copy sold in this country brought $975

This "reproduction "has been executed by the newlydiscovered process of photo-lithography. The imitation of the old style type is perfect, and the twenty-three quaint and curious engravings by John White, the English painter who, at the command of Queen Elizabeth, accompanied Sir Walter Raleigh in his famous expedition, are reproduced with marvellous accuracy.

Those interested in early American history, the bibliomaniac and collector of curious tomes, may now, for a small cost, become possessed of a work which has hitherto been all but unobtainable, and which should not now be lacking in any public library.

HAYMAN, R. Quodlibets, Lately Come

Over from New Britaniola Old Newofundland. Epigrams and other small parcels. 4to, morocco extra. Rare. London, 1628.

$25.00 Included is the translation of two epistles of Rabelais. The title is probably a fac-simile, and if so is extremely well done as to be hardly distinguishable. HEATH, MAJOR GENERAL. Memoirs. Containing Anecdotes; Details of Skirmnishes, Battles, and other Military Events during the American War. Portrait inserted 8vo, calf. Rare. Boston, 1798. $12.00

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the upper course of the Mississippi to its source, and ranks as the discoverer of the immense region watered by that river. HOLT, REV. THOMAS. Sermon Delivered at the Ordination of Rev. Reed Paige to the Pastoral Cure of Hancock, New Hampshire. 8vo, new half morocco, gilt top. Rare. Worcester, Mass., 1792. $2.00 HOWE, LIEUT. GEN. SIR W. Narrative in a Committee of the House of Commons relative to His Conduct during His Late Command of the King's Troops in North America. 4to, new half morocco, gilt top. Scarce. London, 1781. $5.50 View of the

8vo, $3.00

HOWE AND BURGOYNE.
Evidence relative to the Conduct of the American
War under Sir William Howe, Lord Viscount
Howe and General Burgoyne, as given before a
Committee of the House of Commons.
sewed. Scarce. London, n. d.
HUMPHREYS, COL. DAVID. An Essay on
the Life of the Honorable Major General Israel
Putnam; Addressed to the State Society of the
Cincinnati in Connecticut. 12mo, newly bound
by Riviere in morocco extra, gilt edges.
Hartford, 1788.

Scarce. $20.00

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JONES, REV.

DAVID.

Journal of Two Visits made to some Nations of Indians on the West Side of the River Ohio in the Years 1772 and 1773. 4to. new half morocco, gilt top. Sabin's reprint, New York, 1865. $3.00

JONES, HUGH. Present State of Virginia. 8vo, half morocco, gilt top. New York, 1865. $4.00

Sabin's reprint of the 1724 edition. Limited impression of 200 copies. KELSALL, Charles. Constantine and Eugene, or An Evening at Mount Vernon. A Political Dialogue by Junius Secundus. Frontispiece. 12mo, new mottled calf extra, gilt edges. Brussels, 1818. $5.00

Presentation copy-" Mr. Taylor, Walworth with the author's respects."

LAS CASAS, B. De. Den Speigel der Paense Tyrannye geschiet in West Indien. Together with Tweede Deel Van de Speigel der Spaense Tyrannye geschiet in Nedulant. Black Letter. Numerous extraordinary Wood Engravings of Executions, Torturings, etc. 4to. Amsterdam, 1638.

$5.00

Very rare, and an edition not described in Mr. Field's Indian Bibliography. A copy without the Netherlands volume sold at Sotheby's, in 1868, for £3 35. The curious plates in both parts are by De Bry.

MACLAURIES. A Narrative, or Journal of Voyages and Travels through the North-West Continent of America, in the Years 1789 and 1793. Curious Frontispiece. 12mo, half mo rocco, gilt, citron edges. Most scarce. London, 1802. $12.50 MASON, MAJOR JOHN. A Brief History of the Pequot War. Introduction and Notes by Prince. 8vo, half morocco, gilt top. Sabin's Reprint. New York, 1869.

$2.75 MERCER, SILAS. (Minister of the Word of God.) Tyranny Exposed, True Liberty Discovered. Wherein is contained the Scripture Doctrine concerning Kings; Their Rise, Reign, and Downfall. Together with the total Overthrow of Anti-Christ. 12mo, new half morocco, gilt top. Scarce. Halifax, 1783. $1.50 MIS MAC REA. Roman Historique par M. Hilliard D'Auberteuil. 18mo, tree calf. Philadelphia, 1784.

$3.00

A very scarce work relating to the massacre of Miss Mc Rae.

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Third edition, carefully revised by the editor.

MURRAY, REV. JAMES. Impartial History of the Present War in America. Containing an Account of its Rise and Progress; the Political Springs thereof, with its Various Successes and Disappointments on both Sides. Fine Portraits and Maps. 2 vols., 8vo, superbly bound by Riviere in smooth green morocco extra, gilt top. Newcastle, 1779-80. $40.00

Almost unique, being in an uncut condition.

NEAL, D. The History of New England.
Containing an Impartial Account of the Civil and
Ecclesiastical Affairs of the Country. Curious
Map. 2 vols., 8vo, new calf extra, citron edges.
Scarce.
$16.00

London, 1720.

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This is probably one of the earliest known copies of this priceless little compendium, which for upwards of a century was to almost every man born in New England, the first book in religion, and to thousands has stood in the same office literature.

NEW ENGLAND. Further Queries upon the Present State of the New English Affairs. By S. E. 4to, half morocco, gilt top. Sabin's Reprint. New York, 1865. $2.50 Original was printed in London circa, 1689-'90. Reprint limited to 250 copies.

NEWS FROM NEW ENGLAND. 4to, new

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NOVA BRITANNIA OFFERING MOST Excellent Fruits by Planting in Virginia. 4to, new polished calf extra, gilt top, by Bedford. Elegantly printed in black letter, by Whittingham, at the Chiswick Press. Sabin's Reprint, New York, 1867. $12.50 NUTTALL, T. of the United Water Birds.

Manual of the Ornithology States and Canada. Land and Charming Woodcuts. Scarce.

2 vols., 8vo, green calf extra, gilt edges. Boston, 1834-40. $25.00

One of the most excellent works on American ornithology. PAMPHLETS. American and British Chronicle of War and Politics: London, n. d. Tucker's Cui Bono? A Letter Addressed to Monsieur Andrews' Necker: Gloucester, England, 1783. Essays on Republican Principles, and Inconvenience of a Commonwealth. 3 vols. in 1. 8vo, half morocco. PENNSYLVANIA. Brief State of the Province of. 8vo, newly half bound, gilt top. London, 1756. $5.00

on the Scarce.

$3.75

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PHILADELPHIA.

$7.50

Plays and Facetiæ. Maid of the Oaks; Kelly's Romance of an Hour; The Accomplish'd Maid; Dobbs' Irish Chief, or Patriot King; Dodsley's Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green; King and the Priest; Poems and Essays on Several Occasions; Home's Alonzo and Ormisinda; Garrick's The Lying Valet. I vol., 8vo, new half calf extra, citron edges. Philadelphia, 1777-8. $9.00

POLLARD, EDWARD. The First Year of the War. Portraits of Davis, Lee, Beauregard and Stonewall Jackson. Map. 8vo, cloth, clean, uncut. London, 186. $0.75

Treated from the Confederate point of view. The preface is written by Henry Stevens, the eminent bibliographer. ROCHEFORT, CHARLES DE. Natuurlyke en Zedelyke Historie Van D'Eylanden de Voor-Eyland Van Amerika. Metcenen Caraisbaauschen

Woorden-schat. Translated into Dutch by H. Dullaart. Numerous curious Engravings of Indians, etc. Rare. 4to, vellum. Rotterdam, 1662.

$1000

$4.00 SCHUCKERS, J. W. Brief Account of the Finances and Paper Money of the Revolutionary War. Svo, sewed. Philadelphia, 1874. $1.25 SHEPHARD, THOMAS. The Clear Sunshine of the Gospel Breaking Forth upon the Indians in New England. 4to, half calf. Very rare. London, 1648. SHERIDAN, THOMAS, A.M. Short Address to the Public Upon A Subject of the Utmost Importance to the Future Safety and Welfare of the British Dominions. 4to, new half morocco, gilt top. Rare. London: Dodsley, 1783. Interesting on account of its having been written by the father of the celebrated Richard Brinsley Sheridan; he was also the author of other works.

$1.50

SIMES, THOMAS. A New Military, Historical and Explanatory Dictionary; Including the Warrior's Gazetteer of Places Remarkable for Sieges or Battles. 8vo, limp calf. Scarce. Philadelphia, 1776. $1.50 Contains much interesting matter regarding the American

war.

SMALLEY, REV. JOHN. Sermons. Eternal Salvation, 8vo. Hartford, 1785 Law in All Respects, etc. 8vo, Hartford, 1786. Perfection of Divine Law. 12mo. New Haven, Conn, 1787. And Inability of the Sinner, etc. 8vo. Reprinted in Old England, 1793. Very scarce. I voi., 8vo, new half morocco, gilt top. SMITH, COTTON M. A Sermon Delivered at Stamford (Conn.), on June 13, 1793, at the Ordination of the Rev. Daniel Smith. Scarce. 4to, new half morocco, gilt top. Danbury, 1793. $4.00

$3.00

SMITH, SAMUEL. History of the Colony of Nova-Cæsaria, or New Jersey. Very scarce. 8vo, calf, gilt edges. Burlington, 1765. $40.00 One of the rarest of American State histories. A judicious and authentic compilation.-" Never having been reprinted, it has become very scarce and difficult to be met with."Rich's Bib.

SMITH, WILLIAM, D. D. A Brief State of the Province of Pennsylvania, 1755. Limited edition of 250 copies. 8vo, half morocco, gilt top. Sabin's Reprint. New York, 1865 $2.50 SPRAGUE, W. B. Sermon Preached in the Second Presbyterian Church, Albany, in behalf of the Polish Exiles lately Arrived in this Country. 8vo, new half morocco, gilt top. Albany, 1834. Presentation copy from the author to Doctor Gregory. STEVENS, HENRY. American Books.

with Tails to 'em A Private Pocket List of the Incomplete or Unfinished American Periodicals Transactions Memoirs Judicial Reports Law Journals Legislative Documents and other continuations and Works in Progress supplied to the British Musuem and other Libraries. Small 4to, limp cloth, uncut. Privately printed. London, 1873. $2.50 STEVENS, HENRY. Bibliotheca GeograWith an Introduction on the phica and Historica Progress of Geography and Notes on Annotatiun

culæ on sundry subjects together with an Essay on the Stevens' System of Photobibliography. 2 Photographs. 8vo, sewed. London, 1872. $1.00 STEVENS, HENRY. Bibliotheca Historica, or a Catalogue of 5,000 volumes of Books and Manuscripts relating chiefly to the History and Literature of North and South America. Introduction and Notes. 8vo, cloth. Boston, 1870. $2.00 STEVENS, HENRY. Cotton Mather and Witchcraft Two Notices of Mr. Upham His Reply. Small 4to, new cloth, uncut. Boston 1870.

STEVENS, HENRY.

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$2.50

Historical and Geographical Notes on the Earliest Discoveries in America 1453-1530 with Comments on the Earliest Charts and Maps Lithographed Title and Maps. 8vo, cloth. New Haven, 1869. $12.50 STEVENS, HENRY. Historical Nuggets. Bibliotheca Americana or Descriptive Account of My Collection of Rare Books relating to America. 2 vols., 12mo, new cloth, uncut. London, 1872. $18.00

A very instructive catalogue of rare American books. STEVENS, HENRY. Schedule of Two Thousand American Historical Nuggets Taken from the Stevens' Diggings in September 1870 and set down in Chronological Order of Printing from 1490 to 1800 Described and Recommended as a Supplement to any Printed Bibliotheca Americana. Privately printed. Large 8vo, new limp cloth, uncut. London, 1870. $4.00 STEVENS, HENRY. Sebastian Cabot John Cabot. Small 4to, new cloth, uncut. Boston,

1870. $2.50 STEVENS, HENRY. Tehuantepec Being Historical and Geographical Notes 1453-1869. Illustrated Title. New limp cloth, uncut. New York, 1869.

$2.50

STITH, W. History of the First Discovery and Settlement of Virginia Being an Essay towards a General History of this Colony. 8vo, new mottled calf ex:ra, citron edges. Williamsburg, 1747. $35.00

A wonderfully clean copy of this very rare original edition. THATCHER, B. B. Indian Biography, Or An Historical Account of those Individuals who have been Distinguished among the North American Nations as Orators, Warriors, Statesmen, and other Remarkable Characters. Portrait of Red Jacket. 2 vols., 12mo, new half morocco, gilt top. New York, 1843. $4.00 TUCKER, ST. GEORGE. A Dissertation on Slavery, with a Proposal for the Gradual Abolition of it in the State of Virginia. Reprinted from the 1796 edition. 8vo, sewed. New York, 1861.

$0.25 WARREN, MRS. MERCY, of Plymouth, Mass. History of the Rise, Progress, and Termination of the American Revolution 3 vols., 8vo, new calf extra, gilt top, uncut. Very scarce. Boston, 1805. $12.00 Mrs. Warren was the sister of James Otis, and wife of James Warren. In addition to being the authoress of the above, she wrote several tragedies and a number of poems. all of which were highly esteemed at the time.

WASHINGTON.

A Message of the President of the United States to Congress, relative to France and Great Britain; Delivered December 5, 1793, with the Papers therein referred to. 8vo, new half morocco, gilt. Philadelphia, 1795. $2.50 WASHINGTON. H. Holcombe's Sermon Occasioned by the Death of Lieut. Gen. George Washington, late President of the United States of America. Scarce. 4to, sewed. Savanah, $1.25 WASHINGTONIANA, THE. Privately Reprinted. Portrait. Large Paper. 4to, new half morocco extra, gilt top. New York, 1865.

1800.

$8.00 There were only printed of this reprint 100 copies small and 50 large paper.

WEST INDIAN PAMPHLETS. Historical

Account of the Rise and Growth of the West
India Colonies, and of the Great Advantages they
are to England, in respect to Trade: 53 pages.
London, 1690. Capt. John Poyntz's Present
Prospect of the Famous and Fertile Island of
Tobago, to the Southward of the Island of Bar-

badoes: 50 pages. London, 1695. 2 Pamph

lets in I volume. Very rare.

Half bound.

$20.00

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CRUIKSHANK'S COMIC ALMANACK. Complete in Two Series: the First from 1835 to 1843; the Second from 1844 to 1853.

A Gathering of the Best Humour
With 2,000 Woodcuts

of Thackeray, Hood, Mayhew, Albert Smith, A'Beckett, Robert Brough, &c. and Steel Engravings by Cruikshank, Hine, Landells, &c. Crown 8vo, cloth gilt. Two very thick volumes. $5.50. Sold to the Trade.

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The

"Comic Almanacks" of George Cruikshank have long been regarded by admirers of this inimitable artist as among his finest most characteristic productions. Extending over a period of nineteen years, from 1835 to 1853, inclusive, The late Mr. they embrace the best period of his artistic career, and show the varied excellences of his marvellous power. Tilt, of Fleet Street, first conceived the idea of the "Comic Almanack," and at various times there were engaged upon it such writers as Thackeray, Albert Smith, the Brothers Mayhew, the late Robert Brough, Gilbert A'Beckett, and, it has been asserted, Tom Hood the elder. Thackeray's stories of "Stubbs' Calendar; or, the Fatal Boots," which subsequently appeared as "Stubbs' Diary;" and "Barber Cox; or, the Cutting of His Comb," formed the leading attractions in the numbers for 1839 and 1840.

J. SABIN & SONS, 84 Nassau St., New York, and

14 York St, Covent Garden, London, W. C.

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