CUMING, F[ortescue]. Sketches of A Tour to the Western Country, Through the States of Ohio and Kentucky: A Voyage Down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers and a Trip Through the Mississippi Territory, and Part of Western Florida, Commenced at Philadelphia in the Winter of 1807, and Concluded in 1809. With.....
(OHIO). (CINCINNATI). [FARNSWORTH, Oliver]. Cincinnati Directory, Containing the Names, Profession and Occupation of the Inhabitants of the Town, Alphabetically Arranged; With the Number of the Building Occupied by Each. Also, An Account of Its Officers, Population, Institutions and Societies, Public Buildings, Manufactures, &C.... [Cincinnati]. 1819. 155,[1]pp. plus folding engraved map.....
[LEWIS, Meriwether, and William CLARK]. FISHER, Wm., comp. An Interesting Account of the Voyages and Travels of Captains Lewis and Clarke [sic], In the Years 1804-5. & 6. Giving A Faithful Description of the River Missouri and Its Source.... Baltimore. 1813. 266pp. plus two portraits and four plates. Modern half.....
FISHER, William, comp. New Travels Among the Indians of North America; Being a Compilation, Taken Partly from the Communications Already Published, of Captains Lewis and Clark to the President of the United States; and partly from Other Authors who Travelled Among the Various Tribes of Indians... with a Dictionary of.....
FRANKLIN, Benjamin. Works of the Late Doctor Benjamin Franklin: Consisting of His Life, Written by Himself, Together with Essays, Humorous, Moral & Literary, Chiefly in the Manner of The Spectator. Dublin: Printed for W. Wogan, P. Byrne, J. Moore, and W. Jones, 1793. vi, (2), 303 pp. Frontis. port. Rebacked.....
HAMILTON, Alexander. Letter from Alexander Hamilton, concerning the Public Conduct and Character of John Adams, Esq. President of the United States. Phila.: Re-printed pro bono publico, 1800. 54pp. Modern quarter calf and boards, gilt leather label. Minor Toning. Very good plus. Untrimmed and unopened. Philadelphia edition, printed "for the public.....
[HUTCHINSON, Thomas]. The Letters of Governor Hutchinson, and Lieut. Governor Oliver, &c. Printed at Boston. And Remarks Thereon. With the Assembly's Address, and the Proceedings of the Lords Committee of Council. Together With the Substance of Mr. Wedderburn's Speech Relating to Those Letters. And the Report of the Lords Committee.....
IMLAY, George. A Topographical Description of the Western Territory of North America...To which Are Added the Discovery, Settlement, and Present State of Kentucky. And an Essay Towards the Topography, and Natural History of That Important Country...London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1793. 2nd ed. with Considerable Additions. xvi,433,[1],[17, index], [1, errata]pp.....
JEFFERSON, Thomas. Notes on the State of Virginia. With An Appendix. New York: Printed by M.L. & W.A. Davis - For Furman & Loudon, 1801. 392pp. plus portrait frontispiece and folding table. Contemporary calf, spine richly gilt, gilt morocco label. Hinges expertly repaired, boards slightly rubbed. Lightly tanned and foxed.....
KEIM, De Benneville Randolph. Archive of manuscript material, and retained carbon copies corrected in manuscript. $3000.00 De Benneville Randolph Keim (1841-1914) began his career as war correspondent for the New York Herald during which time he formed a strong association with Generals Grant, Sheridan, and Sherman, After the war he traveled.....
KIPPIS, Andrew. The Life of Captain James Cook. London. 1788. xvi,527,[1]pp. Lacks half-title. Frontispiece portrait. Quarto. Modern half calf, spine gilt, and marbled boards. Light old marginal dampstains to prefatory leaves, minor internal foxing. Small closed tears in margins of pp. 55 & 335. Contemporary manuscript notes and an 18th.....
LEONARD, Charles C. History of Pithole: By "Crocus." Pithole City, Pa.: Morton, Longwell, & Co., 1867. 106pp., including in-text illustrations, plus [8]pp. of advertisements. 12mo. Original green cloth, front board gilt. Head of spine chipping slightly, corners bumped, ink stains on front board, rear joint cracked but holding. Contemporary ownership.....
[LIVINGSTON, William]. A Review of the Military Operations in North-America; from the Commencement of the French Hostilities on the Frontiers of Virginia, in 1753, to the Surrender of Oswego, on the 14th of August, 1756...in a Letter to a Nobleman. New York: Alexander and James Robertson, 1770. 170pp. Modern brown.....
PENN, William, and WHITEHEAD, George. The Christian-Quaker, and His Divine Testimony Vindicated by Scripture, Reason and Authorities; Against the Injurious Attempts, that Have Been Lately Made by Several Adversaries, with Manifest Design to Render Him Odiously Inconsistent with Christianity and Civil Society. In II Parts. The First More General, by.....
PYLE, Howard. Howard Pyle's Book of the American Spirit. The Romance of American History Pictured by Howard Pyle, Compiled by Merle Johnson: With Descriptive Text from Original Sources Edited by Francis J. Dowd. Illustrations in color and black and white by Howard Pyle. Large 4to. New York: Harpers, 1923. First.....
SUMNER, Charles. His Complete Works. Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1900. 1st ed. 20 Vols. Bound in 1/2-red morocco and marbled boards, raised spine bands, gilt starburst ornaments, marbled endpapers, T.e.gs. One of 1000 numbered sets. Fine. The "Statesman Edition." Tipped in is a 3-page autograph letter from Sumner to "My.....
THOMAS, Isaiah. The History of Printing in America. With a Biography of Printers, and an Account of Newspapers. To which is Prefixed a Concise View of the Discovery and Progress of the Art in Other Parts of the World. Worcester: from the press of Isaiah Thomas, Jun., Isaac Sturtevant, printer.....
UNITED STATES. Third Congress of the United States: At First Session... An Act making Appropriations for the support of the Military Establishment of the United States, for the year one thousand seven hundred and ninety four. [Phila.: Francis Childs and John Swaine, 1794]. Small folio. 2pp. Signed in print by.....
WHEELOCK, Eleazar. Plain and Faithful Narrative of the Original Design, Rise, Progress and Present State of the Indian Charity-School at Lebanon, in Connecticut. Boston: Richard and Samuel Dravper, 1763. 1st ed. Small 4to, 55pp. Stitched as issued. Early inscription and name on title page, short closed tear to margin of.....
WILKES, Charles. Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition. During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1842. In Five Volumes with Thirteen Maps. Phila.: Lea & Blanchard, 1850 5 Vols. Illus., engraved plates, folding maps. Original cloth. A fine set. HOWES W-414. Sabin 103994. Hill 1867. David B. Tyler, The Wilkes.....
WINSHIP, George Parker. The First American Bible: A Leaf from a Copy of the Bible Translated into the Indian Language by John Eliot and Printed at Cambridge in New England in the Year 1663. With an Account of the Translator and His Labors, and of the Two Printers Who Produced.....
WINTERBOTHAM, William. An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the United States of America, and of the European Settlements in America and the West-Indies. New York, 1796. Four volumes. vi, [2], 590; [4], 493; [4], 519; [4], 516, [19]pp. plus twenty-five (of twenty-six) plates (one in color). Lacks the.....
ZENGER, John Peter. The Trial of John Peter Zenger, of New-York, Printer: Who was charged with having printed and published a libel against the Government, and acquitted. With a Narrative of his Case. To which is now added, being never printed before, the Trial of Mr. William Owen, Bookseller, near.....
[BIBLE]. The German Bible in America. With 25 Original Leaves. Introduction by Don Yoder. New Haven; Bryn Mawr; New York. 2012. 20; 20pp. text in both English and German, plus twenty-five original leaves tipped into accompanying folders. Large folio. Fine. In a custom clamshell box. The German Bible in America.....
OEHLER, Andrew. Life, Adventures, and Unparalleled Sufferings of Andrew Oehler: Containing An Account of His Travels Through France, Italy, The East and West Indies, and Part of the United States; His Imprisonment in France, Germany and Spain: And the Latitude, Soil, Climate, Productions, Manners and Customs of the Different Countries.....