25 issues. With: 8 issues of The New-England Almanack, or Lady's and Gentleman's Diary by Benjamin West and Isaac Bickerstaff for 1777-1779, 1786, 1793, 1796, 1809, 1812-1813. Providence: John Carter. * 2 issues of The Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode-Island, and Vermont Almanack for 1793-1794 by Isaac Bickerstaff. Boston: Nathaniel Coverly. * 13 issues of The Rhode-Island Almanac by Benjamin West and Isaac Bickerstaff for 1792, 1804-1806, 1819, 1822, 1825, 1827, 1831, 1834-1835, 1839, 1844. Newport & Providence, various printers. Together, 25 almanacs. 6½x4 to 8x5, self-wrappers.
A nice collection of early New England almanacs each for the upcoming calendar year, used as the source of weather predictions, recipes, home cures and remedies, latest developments in the law or in court cases, etc. Deaccessioned from the Fuller Collection at the Spokane Public Library with rubberstamp "Office" &/or a number stamp to many of the front preliminary pages and rear inside covers.
Condition:
Varying amounts of wear and soiling, some defective and dog-eared, all missing the covers, edge worn, some restitched, some with darkening to pages and foxing, a few with ink notations to title-pages, good to very good, sold w.a.f.