The list of books here:  Carey, Mathew. The American Primer; or, an Easy Introduction to Spelling & Reading (Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1813 – fourth edition); The Blackbird's Nest (Philadelphia: Johnson & Warner, 1812); The Council of Dogs (Philadelphia: Johnson & Warner, 1809 [really, 1821]); Turner, Elizabeth. The Daisy; or, Cautionary Stories in Verse, Adapted to the Ideas of Children from Four to Eight Years Old (Philadelphia: Jacob Johnson [pr. by J. Adams], 1808); Die Gefahr in den Strassen. Nebst einigen andern Erzählungen (Philadelphia: Johnson & Warner [pr. by Jacob Meyer], 1810); M'Carty's American Primer (Philadelphia: M'Carty & Davis, heirs to Benjamin Warner [stereotyped by J. Howe], © 1828); The New-York Preceptor; or Third Book (New York: Samuel Wood & Sons, [1822]); A Picture Book, for Little Children (Philadelphia: Kimber & Conrad [pr. by Merritt], [1812]); More, Hannah. The Search after Happiness: A Pastoral Drama, to which is added, Joseph Made Known to His Brethren: A Sacred Drama (Philadelphia: Pr. for Johnson & Warner, 1811); Dorset, Catherine Ann. Think Before You Speak: Or, the Three Wishes (Philadelphia: Johnson & Warner, 1811); The Uncle's Present: A New Battledoor (Philadelphia: Jacob Johnson, [1810]); Village Annals, Containing Austerus and Humanus. A Sympathetic Tale (Philadelphia: Johnson & Warner [pr. by Griggs & Dickinsons], 1814). On some of these, additional cataloguing can be supplied upon request.

•  American Primer: Shaw & Shoemaker 27716; Rosenbach, Early American Children's Books, 468. Blackbird's Nest: S&S 24883; Rosenbach 452; Welch, American Children's Books, 104.1. Council: Shoemaker 5091; Rosenbach 603. Daisy: S&S 16353; Rosenbach 382; Welch 1355.2. Die Gefahr: S&S 20192; Rosenbach 418; Welch 431; Bötte & Tannhof, German Printing, 1770; Hamilton, American Book Illustrators, 1406. M'Carty: Shoemaker 33941; Rosenbach 714; Heartman, Non-New England Primers, 97. Preceptor: Shoemaker 13569; Rosenbach 465 (for 1812 first ed.). Picture Book: S&S 26465; Rosenbach 466; Welch 993. Search: S&S 23434 & 23905; Rosenbach 442. Think: S&S 19992, 21480, 22717, & 24026; Rosenbach 438; Welch 297.1. Uncle's Present: S&S 21546; Rosenbach 428. Village: S&S 33546; Rosenbach 514; Welch 1381.  
          Early American Children's Books: Blue pigskin, covers embossed in black with an early American design, spine with gilt-stamped title and black-stamped decorations, in the original black cloth slipcase with printed paper label; spine slightly sunned and raised spine bands with small spots of rubbing, slipcase with only faint traces of shelfwear. Minor offsetting to edges of first and last few leaves, pages otherwise clean.
          “Cock Robin”: Chemise and case matching the above very good with only slightest touches of ribbing. Salmon wrappers clean and fresh, with traces of old light pencilling on rear one; text age-toned yet bright, with all engravings very crisply impressed.
          Boxed set of 12 chapbooks: All housed in a two-part marbled cloth–covered slipcase, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label; slipcase gently faded, edges rubbed with one edge tearing. Individual items in publisher's paper or paper-covered wrappers, some smudged, some with edge chips. Varying degrees of browning and spotting, occasional chips; all items solid and complete and all in very good condition and several fine.
          Broadside: Age-toned. One crease, probably from folding; very minor chipping around edges, three short edge tears, bottom corners lost.
          The Rosenbach shipping case:  Damage to wood with loss, along one edge of sliding lid; paper label worn and partially lost. Case solid and sturdy overall.
          A remarkable collection, and a gathering in which each item has its own individual interest. (36110)

The booklet includes on its final three pages “A short-title list of items exhibited in Some of Our Best Friends: Books Selected from Collections of Members of the Philobiblon Club, at the Rosenbach Museum & Library, 12 February – 9 May 1993,” and that is preceded on pp. 1–53 by a reprint of “A loan collection of decorative bindings, rare books, manuscripts, and other bibliographical specimens from the libraries of Philadelphia,” being the catalogue of an 1893 book exhibit at Philadelphia's Academy of the Fine Arts that partly led to the Club's formation. This is not a social history of the Club, but rather an excellent snapshot of its founding and centennial members' leading book interests.

•  New. Original tan wrappers. Saddle-stitched.  (35805)

The anonymously published work is signed “An Antiepiscopalian”; the title-page here bears a hand-inked attribution to Matthew Wilson.

An important entry in the literature of the “American Bishops” controversy in the lead-up to the American Revolution.

Evidence of Readership: Title-page with early inked ownership inscription and annotations, later lined through, with authorial attribution in the later hand; one leaf with early inked annotation along outer margin. Verso of last leaf presents calculations andsomeone's reading list; later X'ed out; among the titles read, intended for reading, or just imaginably noted as not for reading are The Rival Mothers, Pamela or Virtue Rewarded, and Love in a Village.

•  ESTC W13420; Evans 10947; Felcone 126; Hildeburn 2370; Sabin 11876.   Recent binding: boards appealingly covered in paper printed with 18th-century music, front cover with printed paper label. Two pages (not including title) institutionally rubber-stamped. Lacking pp. 17/18, with final leaf tattered and text on p. 19 lined-through-by-show-through of X'es “deleting” manuscript notes on the verso (still, readable); annotations as above. Pages age-toned and lightly spotted, with edges untrimmed.  (28100)

•  Shaw & Shoemaker 7007. Original light boards covered with marbled paper. Back cover and two leaves gnawed by a rodent, with loss of paper. (3512)

•  Pomeroy, Alexander Anderson, 66; American Imprints, 11297.   Publisher's sheep, gilt-stamped label and modest gilt rules to spine; joints open and some leather lost to front cover and spine extremities, but volume sturdy. Light foxing to outermost (blank) pages and in a few other sections. The impressions of the images tend to be very crisp and satisfactory.  (39282)

•  Herbert 1402; Hills 53; O'Callaghan 51; Rumball-Petre 175; Wright, Early Bibles of America, 325; Evans 30065; ESTC W004506.   Early 19th-century mottled sheep, covers framed in blind roll, spine with gilt-stamped title label and compartment decorations; binding scuffed and rubbed, gilt now mostly lost, front cover with inkstain, front joint cracked but holding and back one holed, back free endpaper lacking. Spine head chipped with one label partly cut (yes, cut) away, and foot with inked shelving number; other library markings including institutional bookplate, pressure- and rubber-stamps, and a few typical annotations. Pages age-toned to browned with offsetting and foxing ranging from mild to moderate, occasional spotting and smudging, some dog-eared corners;some leaves with margins chipped or short edge tears, a few with tears extending into text (some with loss of a few letters). Two leaves in Jeremiah torn with upper portions lacking, one leaf crudely repaired some time ago, last leaf tattered; two final leaves (last portion of tables section and the subscribers list) lacking, with scraps of the “Table of Kindred & Affinity” laid in. Marked by time and use, still an agreeable and interesting example of a noteworthy edition.  (31848)

•  ESTC W4382; Evans 35200; Hills, English Bible in America, 71. On Campbell, see: The Dictionary of National Biography.   Publisher's brown leather, rebacked, board edges refurbished, original spine-label reused. Old library pressure-stamps and a bit of pencilling, stamped numberwith a (properly deaccessioned). Occasional light foxing and with some marginal waterstains. Overall, a rather nice copy.  (23757)

•  Hills 259; Shaw & Shoemaker 30867. Contemporary treed sheep, spine with gilt-ruled raised bands and gilt-stamped leather title-label; binding rubbed, front joint cracked, back joint starting from top, spine extremities chipped. Front pastedown with private collector’s small bookplate, title-page with early inked ownership inscription in upper margin. Pages age-toned.  (19820)

They address then-pressing topics: tariffs, protectionism, development of domestic industry, and European foreign policy (NONE OF WHICH, of course, has ANY resonance today . . . ) .

•  Shaw & Shoemaker 49095; Clarkin, Mathew Carey Bibliography, 1133. Recent quarter tan cloth with paper sides in the style of the era; lightly soiled and the neat paper label with a small stain. Ex-library with stamp on title-page; paper brittle and age-toned, signatures wanting to separate (again) from spine (and some doing so). One page torn and repaired.  (2742)

Throughout his life Challoner “labored to save Catholicism in England from extinction; his writings and preachings served to strengthen the faith of the Catholic minority . . .” (New Catholic Encyclopedia, 438). His readable, revised edition of the Douay–Rheims Bible (1749–52) served as the English Catholic standard until quite recently.

Provenance: Released as a duplicate from the greatest collection of American Catholica in the world, the Georgetown University Library, with a few of the requisite and expected stamps.

•  Parsons 461; Shaw & Shoemaker 31112. On Challoner, see: New Catholic Encyclopedia, III, 437–438.   Contemporary treed sheep, spine with chipped, gilt-stamped red leather title-label; binding abraded, covers a bit sprung, spine with paper shelving label and some cracking of leather. Title-page and one other stamped as described above; pages age-toned. A “decent” copy.  (30248)

•  Nearly New. Bound in brown paper boards, printed in black. In a protective box that is lightly chipped and with a spot or two of fading/discoloration; book in fine condition.  (35756)

nothing new since my last, exceptCapt. Barney in the ship Hyder Aly taking the King ship Monk of 10 nine pounders, in an action of 30 minutes. The Hyder Aly mounted 6 nines & 10 sixes, there never was more execution done by the same force in the same time. The Monk had every officer except two, killed or wounded, amongst the latter was the Capt. She had in all 21 kill'd & 32 wounded. The Hyder Aly had 4 kill'd & 11 wounded, from such slaughter no doubt you'd conclude one of them boarded, but it was not the case, a fair action within pistol shot.

Although the land battles of the American Revolution had ended with the surrender at Yorktown, sea battles continued until receipt of the signing of the Treaty of Paris. The account above refers to Comm. Joshua Barney's capture on 8 April off Cape May, NJ, of the sloop of war General Monk. In a wonderful twist of fate, the intrepid Barney had only arrived in Philadelphia in March — having been occupied since the previous May with his escape, recapture, and second escape from Portsmouth prison! into which stronghold he had been clapped by the British for his previous maritime (infr)actions. Having, then, been given command of the Hyder Ally (a.k.a., Hyder Ali) only a few weeks previously, and having been charged with clearing the Delaware River and Bay of privateers, Barney had met the General Monk while pursuing that task — and, in a Revolutionary War naval action eclipsed only by that of the Bon Homme Richard and the Serapis, took on and thoroughly defeated a King's ship of superior firepower in a bloody, 26-minute battle. Following this capture of the General Monk, Congress voted Barney a sword for his gallantry and offered him command of his prize after renaming her General Washington. In November, 1782, he was ordered to sail to France in the Washington with dispatches for Benjamin Franklin who was negotiating the Treaty of Paris. He returned with news of the signing of the preliminary peace treaty and with money from the French. Barney was an American Hornblower!

•  On Barney, see: Dictionary of American Biography and Appleton's Cyclopedia.   Very good condition. Small blank portion of the integral address leaf torn with loss where the sealing wax was attached. Old dealer's (Sessler's) coding in pencil at base of letter.  (31069)