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Albany, N.Y. Imprints Please check our New York State section for books and ephemera concerning Albany AB-1. AB-2. Brown, S.D. HUMAN LIFE, A SERMON ON THE OCCASION
OF THE DEATH OF MISS SARAH AUGUSTA WINTERS, DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM P. WINTERS.
Albany: Weed, Parsons, 1855. 28 pp., printed title page. Preached at the Hudson
Street M.E. Church, Albany. Removed from a bound volume, else near fine. $30.00 AB-3. AB-4. AB-5. Dean, Amos. ADDRESS DELIVERED BEFORE THE YOUNG MEN'S STATE ASSOCIATION OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AT THEIR FIRST ANNUAL MEETING, AT GENEVA, SEPT. 2, 1841. Albany: J. Munsell, 1841. 31 pp., printed title page, with a three page appendix with the constitution of the association. Dean was president of the association, and this speech seems to set the tone of the convention. Light foxing. Removed from a bound volume. Very good. $50.00AB-6. AB-7. Everett, Edward. SPEECH OF THE HON. EDWARD
EVERETT, DELIVERED AT BOSTON, APRIL, 1863. Albany: Weed, Parsons, 1863. 12 pp.
Union Campaign Docs., No. 6. Everett's address upon being made president of the
Union Club in Boston, April 9, 1863. Known for his conservatism, the publishers felt
this was a powerful statement on the war. Everett spoke at Gettyburg the same day as Lincoln's address. Light damp stains along the edges; very
good. $35.00 AB-8. Gilbert, T.S. ARGUMENT OF JOHN K. PORTER, COUNSEL FOR
THE DISENFRANCHISED CORPORATIONS OF TRINITY CHURCH, DELIVERED BEFORE THE SELECT
COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE, MARCH 2, 1857. Albany: Weed, Parsons & Company, 1857.
61 pp., printed title page. Arguing on behalf of the Episcopal Church. Removed
from a bound volume. Clean and very good. $30.00 AB-9. Leech, S.V., D.D. MARTIN LUTHER: THE
MAN AND HIS WORK. Albany: D.R. Niver, 1883. 16 pp., gray printed wrappers. A
discourse preached in Grace Methodist Episcopal Church, Albany, NY, on Sunday
Evening, November 4th, 1883. A pencil notation on the front cover, a light mark
from being previously folded, and a minor scrape on the front affecting the
title lettering. Nevertheless, a clean and very good copy. $22.50 AB-10. Pearson, Jonathan, et al. A HISTORY OF THE SCHENECTADY PATENT. Albany: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1883. 1st edition. 466 pp., square 8vo, green cloth. An edition of 300 copies. Edited by J.W. Mac Murray. Covers the Dutch and English periods, with contributions toward a history of the lower Mohawk Valley. A rare and highly regarded history of the region. Much wear and a few repairs to the covers, but a good copy. $100.00
AB-11. Seymour, Horatio. ADDRESS... BEFORE THE NEW YORK STATE
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. Albany: Charles Van Benthuysen & Sons, 1880. 37 pp., gray
printed wrappers, folded map. Delivered at the annual meeting, January 21, 1880.
Discusses comparisons and contrasts between American and European agriculture,
but also touching on other matters concerning both continents. A few chips to the
wrappers, and the map is detached but laid in. Very good. $45.00 AB-12. Shaw, Rev. Joseph. THE ORACLES OF GOD, COMMITTED
TO THE CHURCH FOR UNIVERSAL DIFFUSION. Albany: G. J. Loomis & Co., 1820. 1st
edition. 56 pp., printed title page. A sermon delivered by appointment of the
Albany Bible Society. Shaw was a professor of languages at Albany Academy. A
fine copy, removed from a bound volume, and not containing the report of the
board of managers listed on the title page. $35.00 AB-13. Sprague, William B., D.D. AN ADDRESS, DELIVERED IN THE
MIDDLE DUTCH CHURCH, ALBANY, AT THE FUNERAL OF MRS. JANE WYCKOFF.... Monday,
January 31, 1847. Albany: Joel Munsell, 1848. 19 pp., printed title page.
Removed from a bound volume. Very good. $40.00 AB-14. Sweny, Harry Roy. A SATIRICAL POLITICAL POEM ENTITLED
SIR CHARLIE HUDIBRAS. Albany: Privately Printed, 1909. 2nd edition.
"A truthful history of political events in the Race-Track War of 1908, when
Gov.
Hughes imposed a racing ban." Very light damp stain on the outer margin of a few
pages, else very good. $30.00 AB-16. Watson, Winslow C.
THE MILITARY AND CIVIL HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF ESSEX, NEW YORK. Albany: J. Munsell, 1869. 1st edition. 504 pp.,
green cloth. Plum 685. An excellent early history of the Adirondack region,
essential for any regional library. Some wear to the covers, light foxing. Very
good. $250.00
AB-17. Watson, Winslow C. THE MILITARY AND CIVIL HISTORY OF THE COUNTY
OF ESSEX, NEW YORK. Albany: J. Munsell, 1869. 1st edition. 504 pp.,
green cloth. Plum 685. A general survey of its physical geography, mines and
minerals, and industries, plus an account of the northern wilderness, and the
military annals of the fortresses of Crown Point and Ticonderoga. Rebound in
green buckram, probably in the mid 20th century. Wrinkling to a few pages, but
generally a clean and very good copy. $200.00
AB-18.
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