Lot 5
Philadelphia: B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1749. First edition. 8vo. (ii), (272), 293-590 pp.; lacking front blank, pp. iii/iv (general title-page), pp. v-xiii (Tesitimony of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting...), pp. xiv (contents), pp. 239/240, 257/258, 307/308, 319/320, 328/329 (title-page of second part), 341/342, 358/359, 373/374, 409-420. Contemporary full calf, rubbed and worn, front and rear joints rubbed, upper rear joint starting; all edges trimmed; faint ownership inscription on verso of title-page; top and bottom margins trimmed close, with headlines, pagination, and catchwords often shaved away; dampstaining at fore-edge of most leaves; title-page worn, soiled, and chipped; 1 1/2 in. closed tear at bottom fore-edge pp. 39/40; short closed tear at bottom edge pp. 81/82, tear at bottom fore-edge pp. 155/156 and 187/188, affecting some text; top corner pp. 237/238 torn away, with some loss to text; loss at bottom corner pp. 493/494, with some loss to text; creasing at bottom corner pp. 563-580; chipping and creasing at fore-edge pp. 587-590, and rear blanks. From the library of American Revolutionary War soldier John Stilwell of North Carolina, and signed and dated by him on p. 355, July 5th, 1817; additionally signed and dated by his son, Daniel Stilwell, on rear free endpaper, 1828. Miller 463, Evans 6297, Howes C-262.