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Sketches, Historical and Topographical, of The Floridas; More Particularly of East Florida.

New York: Printed and Published by C. S. Van Winkle, 1821, first and only edition, octavo, folding plate, (map and plan), Map showing the Apalachicola Bay and River and a plan of the proposed town of Colinton (the Forbes purchase area), viii,…
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The Promised Seed. A Sermon Preached to God’s Ancient Israel The Jews, at Sion-Chapel, Whitechapel, On Sunday afternoon, August 26, 1796. To Which Are Added, The Hymns that were Sung, and The Prayers that were Offered up, Before and after the Sermon.

Danbury: Re-Printed by Douglas & Nichols, 1798, 12mo, [6] 7-36 pp., removed from a bound volume of pamphlets, some light toning to text, else a very good, clean copy.
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The Trials of George Robert Fitzgerald, Esq; Timoth Brecknock, James Fulton, and Others, for the Procurement of, and for the Murder of Patrick Randall McDonnell and Charles Hipson. Also The TRIAL of John Gallagher and others, for an Assault on George Robert Fitzgerald, in the Gaol of Castlebar. The Speech of George Robert Fitzgerald, Esq; previous to his receiving Sentence, the Arguments of Council, the Lord Chief Baron Yelverton’s Speech on passing their Sentences, the whole Proceedings of the Court, together with a Description of their Conduct at the Place of Execution. Taken from the Notes of a Gentleman.

Dublin: Printed by P. Byrne, 1786, 12mo, iv, [1] – 181 pp., ex-library, handstamp on title-page, rebound in recent buckram, shelf number stamped on spine, text browned, several leaves loose and detached from text block, contemporary ink manuscript notes in text, else…
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Ordonnance Du Roy, Qui regle des Certificats de la Traitte des Negres aux Isles Françoises de l’Amerique. Du 6. Juillet 1734.

Paris: De L’Imprimerie Royale, 1734, quarto, eight pages, untrimmed and uncut, a fine copy. This concerns the shipping of slaves to America, and their barter against, sugar, cotton and other goods, and gives a specimen of the certificate and bill of lading required.
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Trial by Court Martial, of Col. William W. Brown, of the Providence First Light Infantry Company, on Charges Preferred by Gen. Joseph S. Pitman, Brigadier General Second Brigade, R. I. N.; at Providence, August, 1856

Providence: A. Crawford Greene & Brother, printers to the Company, 1856
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Trial for Slander, in the Superior Court of New York, Before Chief Justice Jones, January Term, 1834, Second Monday in Term. Andrew Bowden vs. Andrew Gifford. Damages Laid at $ 10,000. Reported by John Lomas, Editor of “The City Hall Reporter & New York Law Magazine.”

New York: Spear & Nesbitt, printers, 1834, second edition, octavo, 15, [1], pp., removed from bound pamphlet volume, light toning to text, else very good. American Imprints 25971, 1 location
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Trial of Moses Parker, James Buckland, Joseph Wade, William Walker, Cornelius Holly, Abraham Potts and Noah Doremus, on an Indictment for the Murder of David R. Lambert, on the 3d of June, 1825, At a Court of Oyer and Terminer, Held in and For the City and County of New York, on the Third Monday of June, 1825, before the Hon. Ogden Edwards, Judge of the first Circuit

New York: Printed by R. Spear, [1825], octavo, 36 pages, ex-library, handstamps on title page, text slightly dampstained and wrinkled, bound in 19th century dark blue roan backed thin boards, binding worn, covers detached, else good.
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Descriptive Catalogue of Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Climbing-Vines, Stove and Greenhouse Plants, Including Many Very Desirable Novelties, Cultivated and for Sale by W. C. Strong & Co., at Nonantum Hill, Brighton, Mass., Horse-Cars leave Bowdoin Square, Boston at Half-Past Every Hour and Pass the Nursery and Greenhouses. Salesroom at 4 Beacon Street, Boston.

Boston: Press of Rand, Avery & Co., 1872, 12mo, 54, 4 plates, 24 pp., original printed wrappers, ex-library, small handstamp on upper right-hand corner of front wrapper, some nicks, and chips to edges of wraps, otherwise very good.
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Catalogue of That Part of the Late Dr. Bentley’s Library, Not Bequeathed to Literary Institutions, to be Sold by Auction, On Wednesday and Thursday, June 14 and 15, 1820, At 9 o’clock, A.M. and 3 P.M. at Blake & Cunningham’s Office, No. 5, Kilby Street, Boston.

Boston: Printed by Crocker & Brewster, 1820, octavo, 28 pages, disbound, retains original front plain paper wrap, ex-library, small duplicate stamp on title page, some light foxing, else good. The inside of the front wrapper contains an advertisement of books sold by…
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An Address Delivered at the Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Homoeopathy at Cincinnati, Ohio, June 7th, 1865. By Wm. W Rodman, M.D., of New Haven, Conn.

Chicago: Jameson and Morse, printers, 1865, octavo, 20-page pamphlet, original printed paper wrappers, a very good, very clean copy. Ante-Fire Imprints 978, OCLC locates five copies, (none in Chicago).
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