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New York: Baker & Godwin, 1863. 16pp, stitched but loosened. Lightly dusted and worn, Good+. This is the first [and only] issue of an intended series of anti-Catholic propaganda, curiously focusing on a papal conspiracy centered in Austria. The anonymous author focuses on "Abraham Lincoln and the British Minister at Washington, and the Crown of Great Britain; the… Read more about this item

[London: Printed by J. Downing in Bartholomew-Close near West-Smithfield, 1702. Folio sheet, folded to 4pp. Each page 9" x 14-3/8." The imprint is from the colophon. Printed in dark Gothic type, with woodcut of Royal Arms at head of the title and large ornamental initial "W." Signed in type at the end, "COCKS", i.e., Richard Cocks. Old horizontal fold,… Read more about this item

Boston: New-Englands: Printed and Sold by Edes & Gill, 1761. [3]-43, [1 blank] pp, lacking the half title. Disbound, early leaves lightly foxed. Good+. A single-line errata statement at the end of page 43. George II was "an excellent king, whom every good British subject was habituated to consider rather under the amiable and endearing character of… Read more about this item

Boston, New-England: Richard Draper..., 1759. 67, [12- Appendix], [1 blank] pp, lacking the half title. Disbound. Small institutional withdrawal rubberstamp at bottom corner of final blank. Light wear, closed tear [no loss] at leaf 45-46. Good+. "God has done many considerable, and some great things for us, in this time." Mayhew reviews the course of the War in… Read more about this item

London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1796. xii, 100 pp. Disbound, light occasional foxing. Else Very Good. ESTC records seven 1796 printings-- five by Debrett in London, and two from Dublin-- of this assault on Edmund Burke, who is well-known for "his coarse and unprovoked abuse of individuals." The author examines Burke's "manifold transgressions," including his "grossest turpitude" in… Read more about this item

Boston: Redding and Company, 1845. 32pp. Stitched in printed salmon wrappers. Very Good. According to the Preface, dated April 1845, the pamphlet is an "unrevised fragment, found among the papers of the late Rev. Sydney Smith." It proves that all his "efforts were exerted for the promotion of religious freedom." Smith was an Anglican minister who urged religious… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Published by Wm. Smith... Looking Glass, Portrait & Picture Frames of every description, 1877. Folio broadside, 14" x 17". Printed in three columns: the first, an 'Address of Hon. R.T. Conrad'; second, 'Fireman's Address. Written at the request of the Association for the Relief of Disabled Firemen,' by 'Hon. Robert T. Conrad'; third, 'Address of Philip S. White,… Read more about this item

America: Printed at Providence (R. Island) by Carter and Wilkinson, and sold at their Book and Stationary Store, 1794. [4], iii, [1 blank], 83, [1 blank] pp + A Synoptical Table of Prophetic Numbers [folded, as issued]. Stitched, lightly worn, contemporary plain wrappers separated from text block. Very Good. Light rubberstamp in blank portion of title page. … Read more about this item

Boston, New-England: Printed by Thomas and John Fleet, 1766. 34, [2 blank] pp, with the half title as issued. Disbound, Very Good. Tucker, Pastor of the First Church in Newbury, praises rights of conscience, and warns against authoritarian edicts which make "the opinions of men the standard [italics in original] of divine truth." That, he says, "is the… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Printed by Richard Folwell, 1795. 32pp, stitched and loosening. Some pencil scribbles on blank verso of title page. Toned, chip at title page lower blank forecorner. About Good+, with the original marbled rear wrapper. Thayer was the first American-born New Englander ordained into the Roman Catholic priesthood [XIV Catholic Encyclopedia 556]. Educated at Yale and a… Read more about this item

New York: Published by Edward Dunigan, 1847. 408, [4] pp plus folding map, 14 tinted lithograph plates [including additional illustrated title page], as issued and collated complete. Contemporary publisher's cloth, rebacked with original spine laid down and inner hinges discreetly reinforced. Old institutional bookplate on front pastedown. Scattered foxing. Good+. "This volume contains Father Smet's description of… Read more about this item

Engraved broadside, 11-3/4" x 15-1/2". Old folds and light soil, Very Good. Elaborate, fine engraved image, drawn by G. Muller and engraved by Bonar & Cumming, depicting masses of heathen-- including Indians, Africans [one holding a spear], Middle Eastern types, and others-- lining up to be converted to Christ. The engraving is captioned, "Come Out of Her My People." … Read more about this item

Philadelphia, 1842. 123, [1] pp. Disbound and lightly dusted, Good+. This version of the "discussion" was probably prepared by Berg who, in a 'NOTE!' on the final page, denounces "Priest Steinbacher" for his "perverted and ex parte representations" of their colloquy. Steinbacher defends, and Berg thunders against, the Roman Catholic Church, for its "preposterous fables" and "great… Read more about this item

Lima [Peru]: Imprenta Real Calle de Palacio, 1772. 6" x 8". [74], 127, [1] pp. Bound in contemporary vellum [dustsoiled and spotted, two chips, large piece of back cover torn off], endpapers pasted to insides of covers. Title page printed in red and black inks. Occasional light foxing, else quite clean. Wormed, affecting letters or portions thereof in early… Read more about this item

[St. Louis, 1837. 15pp, stitched, uncut. Untitled. Clean and Near Fine. The rare printed will of this American Catholic philanthropist, an immigrant from Ireland who made a fortune buying and then selling cotton during and after the War of 1812. Mullanphy settled in St. Louis, where he endowed many Catholic charities; and established a trust for poor… Read more about this item

[Philadelphia?, 1856. 16pp. Caption title, as issued. Pinned, untrimmed, lightly worn. Good+. Bigler had just completed his term as Democratic Governor of Pennsylvania, and had begun his service as United States Senator. His July 4 oration doubles as a presidential campaign message. "Whatever others may do, as for me and my household, we shall vote for Buchanan and… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Stereotyped by L. Johnson, for the Author, 1833. 64pp, stitched in original printed wrappers [bit of wear]. Foxed moderately, Good+. An expose of Romanism, in the 'I leap over the wall' genre. Various Philadelphia Protestant ministers endorse it, praise the author, and piously pray for "those of his friends who are left behind, in darkness and… Read more about this item

Troy, 1856. 3 3/4" x 5 1/2". 19, [1 blank] pp. Stitched, original printed green wrappers. Light wear, Very Good. This obscure Troy organization, an offshoot of the Protestant Episcopal Church, was formed in 1852. Its Constitution from that date is listed on OCLC, but this pamphlet is evidently unrecorded. The wrapper title reads, 'Liturgy of the Brotherhood of… Read more about this item

New York: Harper & Bros, 1851. 32pp, disbound, minor foxing, else Very Good. "While popery may be compared to a decrepid, nervous, and wrinkled old man...Protestantism is strong, and active, and zealous, and enterprising, and attractive, and looking to the future." Murray "felt that his Catholic upbringing peculiarly fitted him to expose the evils of Popery." Billington… Read more about this item

[Washington: Office of the Congressional Globe, 1855. 8pp, disbound, caption title [as issued], printed in double columns. Some loosening and light foxing, else Very Good. The Mississippi Congressman makes his position crystal clear on the increasingly powerful American, or Know-Nothing Party, whose anti-Catholic, anti-immigration message attracted support from Whigs and Democrats. It would field its own presidential… Read more about this item