⚫ of Civil and Military Transactions, extracted from Government Dispatches and Official Papers, Votes of the House of Commons and Lords, Resolutions of Congress, Acts of Council, Royal Proclamations, Edicts, &c. Provincial Considerations, Debates, Petitions, Addresses, Meetings, and Determinations. Every Engagement by Sea and Land, Military Operations, Civil Establishments, Changes in Administration, Political Struggles, and Principal Appointments; Treaties of Alliance, Commerce, and Peace; Constitutional and Financial Reform; Land and Marine Force of the Belligerent Powers; Public Revenue, Debt, and Expenditure, &c. &c. &c. To the Recapitulation of Public Occurrences during the late War in America and in Europe, is added a general Table of Prior Events; British Governors in America at the Commencement of Hostilities; Members of the first Congress; Constitution and Form of Government of the several States, and Population in Each; Ships of War taken, lost, or destroyed; Roads in America; and a copious Abridgement of the Treaties. of Peace. London: Printed for the Author. [1783.] 8vo, half morocco, gilt top; very scarce. The dedication is signed E. J. S. Faribault, No. 926, quotes a book with a similar title, 4 vols., 4to, London, 1801, which is probably an error. AMERICAN Anecdotes. See [Hunt (Freeman)]. 38 AMERICAN Antiquarian Society. Proceedings, &c. Worcester. [v. d.] 15 pamphlets, 8vo. See "Archæologue Americana." AMERICAN Archives. See Force (Peter). AMERICAN Bards. A Satire. See [Waln (Robert)]. AMERICAN Independence. See [Cartwright (John)]. 39 AMERICAN PIONEER. A Monthly Periodical, Devoted to the objects of the Logan Historical Society; or to Collecting and Publishing Sketches Relative to the Early Settlement and Successive Improvement of the Country. Cincinnati. 1844. 2 vols., 8vo, half green morocco, gilt top, uncut, by Bradstreet; PLATES and FACSIMILES; rarely found in such fine condition. AMERICAN (The) WAR. A Poem. See [Cockings (G.)] 40 AMES. Works of Fisher Ames. Compiled by a Number of his Friends. To which are prefixed, Notices of his Life and Character [by J. T. Kirkland]. 41 AMES. 8vo, half morocco; PORTRAIT. ... Boston. 1809. Works of Fisher Ames. With a selection from his Speeches and Correspondence. Edited by his Son, Boston: Little, Brown and Company. 1854. Seth Ames. 2 vols., 8vo, half green morocco, gilt top, uncut. AMES (Joseph). See Dibdin (T. F.) 42 AMORY (T. C.) The Military Services of Maj. Gen. Sullivan. 8vo, cloth, uncut. Written in reply to Bancroft. Boston. 1868. 43 [ANBUREY (Thomas).] Travels through the Interior Parts of America; in a Series of Letters. By an Officer. London. MDCCXCI. 2 vols., 8vo, half red levant morocco, gilt top, uncut; MAPS and PLATES; very fine copy. The author was an officer in Burgoyne's army, and was taken prisoner by the Americans when that wing of the British army fell into their hands. A graphic per sonal narrative. For varied criticisms on this work, see "Sabin's Dictionary," Vol. 1, No. 1367. 44 ANDERSON (Rev. James S. M.) The History of the Church of England, in the Colonies and Foreign Dependencies of the British Empire. London. 1856. 3 vols., fcap 8vo, cloth, uncut. 45 ANDRÉ. Proceedings of a Board of General Officers, Held by order of His Excellency Gen. Washington, Commander in Chief of the Army of the Unites States of America Respecting Major General of the British Army. John André, Adjutant September 29, 1780. Philadelphia: Printed by Francis Bailey in Market-Street. M.DCC.LXXX. 8vo, morocco, uncut edges; first edition, of extreme rarity. 46 ANDRÉ. Cow Chace, In Three Cantos, Published on Occasion of the Rebel General Wayne's Attack of the Refugees Block-House On Hudson's River, on Friday the 21st of July, 1780. New York: Printed by James Rivington. MDCCLXXX. 8vo. This superb copy of this extremely rare book is one of the CHOICEST GEMS in this collection. The binding is a piece of fine art, in Francis Bedford's best style. It is in rich crimson crushed levant morocco, beautifully polished, and finished to a Grolier pattern; the inside linings are likewise finished in the most beautiful manner, and in corresponding style. The binding alone cost over $75, and is well worth its price. A gentleman, whose experience is only equalled by his taste and judgment in such matters, expresses the opinion that there is not a finer specimen of bookbinding in the city of New York. The condition of this copy is enhanced by its being entirely uncut. In this respect, it is presque unique. "The Cow Chace" occupies eighteen pages; the remainder is a reprint of "The American Times, A Satire, In Three Parts, In which are delineated the Characters of the Leaders of the American Rebellion," and two other short poems. The following is the last stanza of this mock-heroic poem, founded on the defeat of Generals Wayne, Irving, and Proctor, to which subsequent events gave a melancholy interest: "And now I've clos'd my epic strain, I tremble as I show it, Lest this same warrior-drover, Wayne, First published in Rivington's "Royal Gazette." See M. R., LXVI, p. 72; Niles's "Register," xx, p. 386. 47 ANDRE. Minutes of a Court of Inquiry, upon the case of Major John André, with accompanying documents, and an Appendix containing copies of the papers found upon Major André when arrested. Albany. 1865. Sm. 4to, half red morocco, gilt top, uncut; FINE PORTRAIT. Privately reprinted for Mr. John F. McCoy, of New York. 48 ANDRÉ. [Another copy.] Albany. 1867. 4to, half red morocco, gilt top, uncut, by Bradstreet; LARGE PAPER. Ten copies only printed in this size. 49 ANDRÉANA. Containing the Trial, Execution and various matter connected with the History of Major André, Adjutant-General of the British Army in America, A.D. Philadelphia. 1865. 1780. 4to, half red levant morocco, gilt top, by Bradstreet; with 12 FINE PORTRAITS; privately printed; only 50 copies of this size. See also [Benson (Egbert)], Sargent (Winthrop), Seward (Anna), and Smith (Joshua Hett). 50 ANDREW (J. A.) Errors of Prohibition. An Argument. Boston. 1867. 8vo, half blue levant morocco, gilt top. 51 [ANDREWS (Charles).] The Prisoners' Memoirs; or Dartmoor Prison. Containing a complete and Impartial History of the entire Captivity of the Americans in Eng land, etc., with a particular detail of the Horrid Massacre 12mo, half morocco, uncut; with plate often wanting. 52 ANDREWS (John). History of the War with America, France, Spain, and Holland; commencing in 1775 and ending in 1783. With Plates, Maps, and Charts. London. MDCCLXXXV. 4 vols., 8vo, half red morocco, gilt top, uncut, by Bradstreet. See M. R., LXXV, p. 466. "Compiled chiefly from the newspapers and the proceedings of the House of Commons."-RICH. "A judicious compilation."-LOWNDES. Highly commended by Dr. Boucher. Includes portraits of Gens. Washington, Greene, Clinton, Burgoyne, Cornwallis, Lafayette, De Grasse, Count D'Estaing, and Captain Asgill. See (Washington) G. 53 ANDROS (T.) The Old Jersey Captive; or a Narrative of the Captivity of Thomas Andros, (now Pastor of the Church in Berkley,) on board the Old Jersey Prison Ship, at New York, 1781, in a series of letters to a Friend, suited to inspire Faith and Confidence in a particular Divine Providence. Boston. 1833. 16mo, half brown morocco; scarce. Morell's copy sold for $11. 54 ANGLING. Bibliotheca Piscatoria. Books upon Angling. A Catalogue of Fcap 8vo, uncut. This privately printed volume is attributed to Sir Henry Elles and William Pickering. See Walton and Cotton. 55 ANSTEY (C.) The New Bath Guide; or Memoirs of the B-n-r-d Family, by Christopher Anstey, ... Esq. A New Edition... by John Britton, F.S.A. Em bellished with Engravings by G. Cruikshank, &c. Post 8vo, half morocco, gilt top, uncut. See Cens. Lit., VI, p. 221; Nichol's “Lit. Anecdotes,” 1, p. 221; “Lond. Mag.,” v, p. 36. |