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Rare Books
Below are some of the books in our inventory,
many of which are old and rare books concerning American history. Others have a
broader focus which illuminates the history
of Western Civilization that informed the development of American values and
history. There are other old and rare books and pamphlets in the
Law and Connecticut sections of this web site.
(Click on the book titles or pictures for
more information)
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 1775 Annual Register 1st Edition
Extensive Coverage of Revolutionary War
Lexington and Concord and Battle of Bunker
Hill
Continental Congress' "Causes and Necessity
for Taking Up Arms"
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1776
Annual Register 1st Edition
Declaration of Independence Extensive Coverage of
Revolutionary War and Parliamentary Debates
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The 1720 edition of Pierre Bayle's
Dictionnaire historique et critique
The best edition of the best work of the
17th Century
Four Large Volumes
Called the "Arsenal of the Enlightenment"
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The Regal and Ecclesiastical
Antiquities of England: Containing the Representation of all the English
Monarchs from Edward the Confessor to Henry the Eighth
60 Copper Plate Engravings of English
Notables and Historical Events with Explanations
Chaucer, Becket, William the Conqueror, etc.
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"Memoir
of the Life and Times of General John Lamb, an Officer of
the Revolution who Commanded the Post at West Point at the Time of Arnold's
Defection, and His Correspondence with Washington, Clinton, Patrick Henry and
other Distinguished Men of His Time."
Rare 1850 First Edition Inscribed by Lamb's grandson in 1857
Lithographed Maps of Yorktown, Connecticut (rare), New
York and Quebec
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"Life and Correspondence of John
Paul Jones, Including His Narrative of the Campaign of the Liman. From
Original Letters and Manuscripts, in the Possession of Miss Janette
Taylor"
"I have not yet begun to fight!"
John Paul Jones the First Hero of the United States Navy |
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Edmund Burke and the
Annual Registers
Irish born Edmund Burke was a renowned English
orator, writer and prescient political and historical analyst. He is known as
the father of conservatism and was an early supporter of the American colonies. Early in Burke's career, in
1758, he founded, wrote and edited the Annual
Register. The Annual Registers
are among the best sources of
American and English history and include very early publication of key documents of the
American and French Revolutions.
Burke as a member of Parliament from 1765 opposed
the Stamp Act and saw important distinctions
between the American Revolution and French Revolution and foretold the evils that
would be unleashed by the later. Our inventory
includes Burke's pamphlets, books, speeches and works, including his famous "Reflections
on the Revolution in France" and Thomas Paine's response in "The Rights
of Man."
See an index of our Edmund Burke related
materials here
(Click on the book titles or pictures for
more information)
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