The Jay T. Snider Collection of Benjamin Franklin

William Currie A Treatise On the Lawfulness of Defensive War. In Two Parts. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by B. Franklin and D. Hall, at the New Printing-Office, in Market-Street, MDCCXLVIII (1748) 2 parts in one, 8vo (198 x 124 mm, uncut). Lightly browned, scattered foxing primarily to margins, a few stray spots. Stitched self-wrappers as issued; lower corner of title-page torn not affecting text, title slightly foxed and soiled. Brown cloth slipcase, chemise. Scarce Franklin imprint of Currie's well-crafted justification of military self-defense, in as-issued condition. The present work follows a series of publications by Franklin supporting a volunteer association for defense, which began with Plain Truth in 1747. William Currie here argues that war against foreign powers is compatible with Christian teachings in situations of self-defense, in response to the Quaker John Smith's The Doctrine of Christianity ... Vindicated (1748), which preached pacifism on religious grounds. The moral debate came to a head as colonists began to fret over conflict with foreign privateers off the coast of Delaware and indigenous groups along the frontier. Currie broadened the imperative of his perspective in his preface: "The Cause in Debate between us is of very great Consequence; it concerns the whole Christian World in general, and this unhappy Province in particular." REFERENCES Miller 436; ESTC W29570; Evans 6120; Hildeburn 1055; Sabin 17999a

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william currie | a treatise on the lawfulness of defensive war

Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana. Part 2

(Yosemite) — Joseph Le Conte A Journal of Ramblings Through the High Sierras of California by the “University Excursion Party.” San Francisco: Francis & Valentine, 1875 8vo (213 x 132). 9 mounted albumen photographs with borders and captions printed in red; very light even toning, occasional pale staining mostly affecting pages 50 and 51, the expected rippling surrounding the mounted photographs. Publisher’s blue cloth, gilt title to upper board; spine toned, some rubbing and light wear, front board bowed, minor bubbling in the cloth at rear board. First edition of this charming privately printed account of a camping trip in the High Sierras—one of the more scarce and desirable books on Yosemite. A journal describing a monthlong trip in the summer of 1870 through Yosemite. The party consisted mostly of U.C. Berkeley students, accompanied by Professor Joseph Le Conte, a physician, geologist, conservationist, and the book’s author. Le Conte gives a lively and detailed account of the party’s adventures, and the sights that they saw. He also makes regular notes on the area’s geology. John Muir happened across the party and joined them for a nine-day stretch. Muir would remain close friends with Professor Le Conte. They would go on to help found the Sierra Club in 1892. The nine photographs begin with a group portrait showing the members of the “University Excursion Party” posing in front of the Great Yosemite Fall, followed by a series of scenic views (The Grizzly Giant, The Gates of the Valley, Lake Tenaya, etc.). The final photograph is a pre-fire view of of Montgomery Street in San Francisco, with Bradley & Rulofson’s photographic studio visible in the background. REFERENCES Curry & Kruska 230; Farquhar 14a; Howes L175 (“only a few copies printed”) PROVENANCE Charles L. Camp (U.C. Berkeley paleontologist and zoologist; pencil signature on rear pastedown) — Irving W. Robbins Jr. (book collector and an honorary curator of rare books at Stanford University; laid in book label) — Glen Dawson (mountaineer, antiquarian bookseller, publisher, book collector, and Sierra club president; ex libris on front pastedown)

View 1 of Lot 396: (Yosemite) — Joseph Le Conte | Glen Dawson's copy of this early, privately printed travel journal, illustrated with photographs

(yosemite) — joseph le conte | glen dawson's copy of this early, privately printed travel journal, illustrated with photographs

[John Smith] The Doctrine of Christianity, as Held by the People called Quakers, Vindicated: in Answer to Gilbert Tennent's Sermon on the Lawfulness of War. Philadelphia: Printed by Benjamin Franklin, and David Hall, MDCCCXLVIII (1748) 8vo (181 x 120 mm). Light toning, occasional pale spotting or minor soiling, a tiny marginal hole in leaf A2, leaf C3 trimmed at the fore-edge not affecting the text, the final ten leaves of text with crude paper repairs in the upper margins occasionally affecting the first word in the top line of printed text, leaf H4 rebound on a stub. Modern half gray cloth, gilt-titled spine, marbled paper boards. The first edition of John Smith's defense of Quaker pacifism. Smith's rebuttal of Gilbert Tennent's anti-Quaker treatise, The Association for Defence Farther Enouraged "was printed by Franklin and Hall, despite the fact that it opposed the Association for Defense to which Franklin was passionately committed" (The Library Company of Philadelphia). Smith had 1000 copies printed, 500 of which were to be given away and the rest sent to the author. When the book was delivered, Smith wrote that "the printer's house & indeed my own was like a fair—people came so thick to get them D. Hall told me that he never saw a pamphlet in so much Request at first coming out" (PPL MS: John Smith Diary, IV; Papers III, pp. 242–243, as quoted in Miller). A second edition was printed soon after, as well as two further rebuttals directed at Smith, one by Gilbert Tennent and the other by William Currie. For Gilbert Tennent's opening salvo, see preceding lot. Rare: only two copies of the first edition have appeared at auction since 1907, according to Rare Book Hub. REFERENCES Miller 456; ESTC W30916; Evans 6239; Hildeburn 1098; Sabin 82872; The Library Company of Philadelphia, "Plain Truth," exhibition curated by James N. Green and Peter Stallybrass (https://www.librarycompany.org/BFWriter/plain.htm) PROVANANCE Anthony Morris (early signature on title-page) — Isaac Morris (early signature on title-page) — C. B. Farwell (bookplate)

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[john smith] | the doctrine of christianity, as held by the people called quakers

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