Established in 1989, the Company specializes in the social, political, and cultural history of the Americas. Areas of concentration include Colonial America, the American Revolution and Federal period, American imprints of the 18th century; Afro-Americana, slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, the American South; law and economics, commerce, banking, trade, industry, canals, railroads, agriculture, urbanization; the American West; political campaigns and issues, presidential politics. Since 1993 David M. Lesser Fine Antiquarian Books LLC has been a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. The Company, located in New Haven's northern suburb of Woodbridge, is also a member of the Southern New England Antiquarian Booksellers. David M. Lesser is a member of the American Antiquarian Society, the Grolier Club, the Ephemera Society of America, and the Ancient Order of the Jackass. Susan E. Monarca, David's assistant, has been an associate member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America since 2020. We issue six printed catalogues annually. Visitors wishing to browse our stock of 10,000 titles are welcome to do so in person, by appointment.
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A TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE WESTERN TERRITORY OF NORTH AMERICA; CONTAINING A SUCCINCT ACCOUNT OF THE CLIMATE, NATURAL HISTORY, POPULATION, AGRICULTURE, MANNERS AND CUSTOMS, WITH AN AMPLE DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL DIVISIONS INTO WHICH THAT COUNTRY IS PARTITIONED, AND AN ACCURATE STATEMENT OF THE VARIOUS TRIBES OF INDIANS THAT INHABIT THE FRONTIER COUNTRY. TO WHICH IS ANNEXED A DELINEATION OF LAWS AND GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY...IN A SERIES OF LETTERS TO A FRIEND IN ENGLAND. BY G. IMLAY; [with] THE DISCOVERY, SETTLEMENT, AND PRESENT STATE OF KENTUCKY; AND AN ESSAY TOWARDS THE TOPOGRAPHY AND NATURAL HISTORY OF THAT IMPORTANT COUNTRY... BEING A SUPPLEMENT TO IMLAY'S DESCRIPTION OF THE WESTERN TERRITORY. VOL. II. BY JOHN FILSON
by Imlay, Gilbert
London : Debrett , 1792 (click for more details)DESULTORY REFLECTIONS ON THE NEW POLITICAL ASPECTS OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SINCE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE YEAR 1799
by [Fenno, John Ward]
New York : Printed for the Author, by G. and R. Waite, and Published by J.W. Fenno , 1800 (click for more details)THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES, WITH AUTOGRAPHS OF THE NINE JUSTICES WHO SERVED TOGETHER FROM 1932 TO 1937 UNDER CHIEF JUSTICE CHARLES EVANS HUGHES
by United States Supreme Court
Washington, D.C. 1937 (click for more details)PHILADELPHIA REPOSITORY, AND WEEKLY REGISTER. VOL. 1. NO. 1. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1800
by Conrad, Ephraim
Philadelphia : E. Conrad , 1800 (click for more details)Recent Catalogs
Catalogue 205, Rare Americana [September 2024]
A CATALOGUE OF SIGNIFICANT AND UNUSUAL IMPRINTS RELATING TO AMERICA
Recent Catalogs
Catalogue 204, Rare Americana [July 2024]
A CATALOGUE OF SIGNIFICANT AND UNUSUAL IMPRINTS RELATING TO AMERICA