(EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINTS) Group of 5 pamphlets published in

Sale 2615 - Lot 141

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(EARLY AMERICAN IMPRINTS.) Group of 5 pamphlets published in 5 different towns. All 8vo, all disbound except as noted. Various places, 1723-1777

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Benjamin Lord. "True Christianity Explained & Enforced." [2], vi, 88 pages; worn with defects to title, leaf C1, and final leaf; early ownership inscription, early inked stamp of American Antiquarian Society. New London, CT: T. Green, 1727.

Thomas Foxcroft. "Like Precious Faith Obtained . . . A Sermon Preached." [2], 36 pages; lacking half-title, minor dampstaining and foxing. Boston: Green & Russell, 1756.

[Edmund March]."Fair Play! or, A Needful Word to Temper the Tract Entitled 'A Summer Morning's Conversation.'" 35 pages, lacking the 7-page appendix letter; gift inscription from the anonymous author on title page. Portsmouth, NH: Daniel Fowle, 1758.

Theophilus Hall. "[The Most] Important Question Considered and Answered." 56 pages; cropped with loss of two words from title, foxing. New Haven, CT: J. Parker, 1761.

John Devotion. "The Duty and Interest of a People to Sanctify the Lord of Hosts: A Sermon." 38 [of 39] pages; with half-title but lacking final leaf with close of his poem "Independence, an anthem . . . composed for this occasion," moderate foxing and wear; stitched and uncut; early owner's inscriptions on half-title and title page. Hartford, CT: Ebenezer Watson, 1777.

Evans 2895, 7666, 8166, 8872, 15285. No other examples of any of these have been traced at auction since a copy of the Devotion sermon appeared at Swann, 15 September 1955, lot 71.