A Bound Collection of Six Pamphlets by Timothy Dwight
1791-1801. Quarter bound in brown leather with paper covered boards; significant surface wear to boards and spine, though binding remains stable; Chipping to leather at head of spine. Library bookplate to front pastedown; Handwritten table of contents bound in; BAL 5048. 1. Greenfield Hill: A Poem in Seven Parts; Dwight, Timothy. New York: Childs and Swain, 1794. First edition. 183, [1] pages. Ex library copy with expected markings, including small stamp to lower margin of title page and pencil call number at top of second leaf; Previous owner’s name in ink to title page; scattered damp staining; Slightly age-toned and foxed. 2. The Duty of Americans, at the Present Crisis, Illustrated in a Discourse; Dwight, Timothy. New-Haven: Thomas and Samuel Green, 1798. Presumed First Edition. 32 pages. Previous owner’s name to half title; Age-toned and foxed with scattered small stains and minor edge wear to a few pages. 3. The Nature, and Danger, of Infidel Philosophy, Exhibited in Two Discourses; Dwight, Timothy. New-Haven: George Bunce, 1798. Presumed First Edition. 95 pages. Previous owner’s name to half title; Age-toned and foxed with scattered small stains. 4. The Triumph of Infidelity: A Poem; Dwight, Timothy. London : Printed for J. Mathews, 1791. Presumed First Edition. 27 pages. Previous owner’s name to upper margin of title page; Age-toned and foxed with scattered small stains; Small open tear to upper margin of p. 17 5. A Discourse on Some Events of the Last Century; Dwight, Timothy. New Haven: Ezra Read, 1801. Presumed First edition. 55, [1] pages. Age-toned and foxed. 6. A Discourse Delivered at New-Haven, Feb. 20, 1800; On the Character of George Washington, Esq; Dwight, Timothy. New Haven: Thomas Green and Son, 1800. Presumed first edition. 55 pages. Age-toned and foxed; Previous owner’s name to upper margin of title page; Long closed tear to margin of p. 25, slightly impacting text but not legibility. More