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128 ● CUSTER, GEORGE ARMSTRONG. My Life on the Plains; or, Personal
Experiences with Indians. 8 plates. 8vo, publisher’s tan gilt pictorial cloth, minor wear,
moderately sunned; internally clean; original gift inscription crossed out with later
signature on front free endpaper. New York, 1874 [800/1,200]
FIRST EDITION of a “classic account of military operations against various tribes of Plains
Indians in Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas”—Encyclopedia of American War Literature, page
84. Graff 961; Howes C981.
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126 ● (COLONIAL WARS.) [Dunster, Isaiah.] Fast sermon preached upon the
Treaty of Paris, which ended the French & Indian War. 34 manuscript pages. 12mo,
original wrappers, later sticker on front; numerous emendations, with one revised page
pinned into the volume. [Harwich, MA?], 14 April 1763 [400/600]
The Treaty of Paris ended the French and Indian War on 10 February 1763. By April, news
was just reaching the English colonies. This sermon was delivered from Daniel 2:20-21, which
reads in part “He changeth ye times & ye seasons; He removeth kings, & setteth up kings.”
The sermon reminds us that “we no longer hear ye alarm of war, but hope for ye establishment
of peace on very advantageous terms to us who dwell in this land. Let us consider yt it is God
who hath given us this quietness.”
This sermon is not signed, but Dunster’s name is penciled on the wrapper, and the handwriting
matches Dunster manuscripts held at Harvard University. Isaiah Dunster (1720-1791) was a
Congregational minister at Harwich on Cape Cod from 1748 until his death in 1791. A
notation on the front cover shows that he delivered this sermon again in 1773 and 1786.
127 ● (CONSTITUTION.) Early magazine printing of the Constitution,
disbound from an issue of the Columbian Magazine. Pages 659 to 667, 8 x 5 inches,
on 4 detached leaves; minor foxing and a bit of dampstaining on the inner margin.
[Philadelphia, September 1787] [300/400]
“One of the two earliest magazine printings of the U.S. Constitution. Internal evidence
suggests this printing was issued early in the week of September 23 [the week after it was
approved by the Constitutional Convention]”—Lomazow 19c.