PENHALLOW, Samuel. The History of the Wars of New-England, With the Eastern Indians. Or, A Narrative of Their Continued Perfidy and Cruelty.... Boston: Printed by T. Fleet, for S. Gerrish...and D. Henchman..., 1726. [2],iv,[2],134,[1]pp. including in-text woodcuts. 12mo. Modern half calf, spine gilt, leather label. Titlepage and first leaf of.....
An Important Study into Early Political Thought on Colonial Taxation. [RAMSAY, Allan]. Thoughts on the Origin and Nature of Government. Occasioned by the late Disputes between Great Britain and her American Colonies. Written in the Year 1766. London: Printed for T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, 1769. 1st ed. 64pp.....
SCHOPF, Johann David. Beytrage Zur Mineralogischen Kenntniss Des Ostlichen Theils Von NordAmerika Und Seiner Geburge. Erlangen, Germany: Johann Jacob Palm, 1787. [14],194,[1]pp. Contemporary plain boards, modern paper spine label, edges stained red. Contemporary ownership inscriptions on titlepage and front pastedown. Internally clean. A very good copy. First edition of what.....
SMITH, Thomas W. A Narrative of the Life, Travels and Sufferings of Thomas W. Smith: Comprising an Account of His Early Life, Adoption by the Gipsys [sic]; His Travels During Eighteen Voyages to Various Parts of the World, During Which He was Five Times Shipwrecked; Thrice on A Desolate Island.....
THWAITES, Reuben Gold, ed. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846. A Series of Annotated Reprints of some of the best and rarest contemporary volumes of travel, descriptive of the Aborigines and Social and Economic Conditions in the Middle and Far West, during the Period of Early American Settlement. Edited with Notes, Introductions.....
(NEW YORK CITY). VALENTINE, D. T. Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York. [New York, 1841-1866]. 25 Vols. Orig. gilt-armorial cloth, housed in uniform custom brown cloth slipcases, inner cloth chemises, with red morocco spine labels (except for 1865). A very good or better set. A rare.....
FLINDERS, Matthew. Voyage to Terra Australis; Undertaken for the Purpose of Completing the Discovery of That Vast Country, and Prosecuted in the Years 1801, 1802, and 1803, In His Majesty's Ship the Investigator, and Subsequently in the Armed Vessel Porpoise and Cumberland Schooner. With An Account of the Shipwreck of.....
MACKENZIE, Alexander. Voyages from Montreal, on the River St. Laurence, through the Continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans; In the Years 1789 and 1793. With A Preliminary Account of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Fur Trade of that Country.... London. 1801. [4],viii,cxxxii,412,[2]pp. plus.....
RAFINESQUE, Constantine S. Medical Flora; Or, Manual of the Medical Botany of the United States of North America. Philadelphia. 1828/1830. Two volumes. [4],xii,268; 276pp., plus 102 plates printed in green (including two extra copies of plate 4, the Mealy Starwort). 12mo. Contemporary light brown mottled calf, spines ruled in gilt.....
(HAWAII). Constitution and Laws of His Majesty Kamehameha III., King of the Hawaiian Islands, Passed by the Nobles and Representatives at their Session, 1852. Honolulu. 1852. 88pp. Dbd. A few pencil notes. A very good copy. FORBES 1868. JUDD, LAWS OF HAWAII, p.3. CARTER, p.108. This scarce volume prints the.....
BARTON, Benjamin Smith. A Memoir Concerning the Fascinating Faculty which Has Been Ascribed to the Rattle-Snake, and Other American Serpents. Phila.: Printed, for the Author, by Henry Sweitzer, 1796. 70pp. Later gilt-ruled polished calf, gilt-ruled raised spine bands, inner gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, T.e.g, with contemporary 18th-century marbled wrappers bound.....
BARTON, Benjamin SMith. A Memoir Concerning the Fascinating Faculty Which has Been Ascribed to the Rattle-Snake, and Other American Serpents. Philadelphia: Printed, for the Author, by Henry Sweitzer, 1796. 70pp. Later marbled wrappers. Wrappers detached, perforated stamp on front wrapper, spine perished, stitching lacking. Contemporary ink gift inscription to titlepage.....
DuPONT, Samuel F. Extracts from Private Journal-Letters of Captain S.F. DuPont, While in Command of the Cyane, During the War with Mexico, 1846 - 1848. Printed for His Family. Wilmington: Ferris Bros., Printers and Binders, 1885. [4],444pp., plus [2]pp. of errata. Original three-quarter morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Minor.....
[FRANKLIN IMPRINT]. Pennsylvania Hospital Promissory Note. [Phila.: B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1754?]. 8" x 6-1/2". Two notes on one sheet, one for Daniel Etter and one for Jacob Magg. A very good copy. Miller 598. "Ascribed to the Franklin and Hall press on the assumption that DH was doing.....
FRANKLIN, Benjamin. Memoires de la Vie Privee de Benjamin Franklin, Ecrits pour Lui-Meme, et Adresses a Son Fils; Suivis d'un Precis Historique de Sa Vie Politique, et de Plusieurs Pieces, Relatives a ce Pere de la Liberte. Paris: Chez Buisson, 1791. vi, 156;[207]pp. [pages 204-207 misnumbered as 360-363, as issued].....
FRANKLIN, Benjamin. The Way to Wealth or Poor Richarad Improved. Paris [but actually Dijon]: Printed for Ant. Aug. Renouard, 1795. [4],181,[5]pp. Contemporary gilt-bordered full tree calf, elaborate gilt spine, red morocco spine label, marbled endpapers. Boards professionally strengthened, wear to upper corners, early owner's inscription on ?-title, small waterstain to.....
[Great Britain]. [Nine Bound Volumes of Parliamentary Acts Consisting of 641 Individual Acts Issued During the Reign of King George]. London. 1734-39, 1741-50. Nine volumes; 714;567;863;578;1031;966;695;1187pp. plus indexes and titlepages. Folio. Handsome antique half calf and marbled boards, vellum corners. Some scattered tanning and paper repairs to leaves. From the.....
[HUSKE, Ellis]. The Present State of North-America. I. The Discoveries, Rights and Possessions of Great-Britain. II. The Discoveries, Rights and Possessions of France. III. The Encroachments and Depredations of the French upon His Majesty's Territories in North America.... London Printed, Boston, New-England, Re-printed and Sold by: D. Fowle and by.....
[HUTCHINSON, Thomas, et al]. A Conference between the Commissaries of Massachusets-Bay [sic], and the Commissaries of New-York; at New-Haven in the Colony of Connecticut. 1767. Boston: Printed by Richard Draper..., 1768. [2],26,[1]pp. Quarto. 19th-century 3/4 straight-grained morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Binding worn and rubbed, joints worn. Titlepage stained.....
[JEFFERSON, Thomas]. Observations sur la Virginie, par M. J***, Traduites de L'Anglois. Paris: Chez Barrois, 1786. 1st published ed. viii,290 [should read 390],[1]pp. 1/2 title, large folding map supplied in expert facsimile, table. Rebound in period style, 3/4 brown morocco over 18th-century marbled paper-covered boards, gilt ornamented spine, red morocco.....
LEWIS, Meriwether, and CLARK, William. History of the Expedition Under the Command of Lewis and Clark... A New Edition, Faithfully Reprinted...with Copious Critical Commentary...by Elliot Coues. New York: Francis P. Harper, 1893. Three text volumes plus atlas, totaling 1364pp. Facsimiles. Plates.Folding map. Large octavo. Original half cloth and paper boards.....
[OLDMIXON, John]. British Empire in America, Containing the History of the Discovery, Settlement, Progress and Present State of All the British Colonies, On the Continent and Islands of America...With Curious Maps of the Several Places, Done from the Newest Surveys. By Herman Moll, Geographer. London. 1708. Two volumes. xxxviii,412pp. plus.....
RAFINESQUE, Constantine S. Medical Flora; Or, Manual of the Medical Botany of the United States OF NORTH AMERICA. Philadelphia. 1828/30. Two volumes. [8],xii,268;276pp. plus one hundred plates printed in green. Bound in are two copies of the titlepage and dedication leaf of first volume. 12mo. Modern calf, gilt morocco spine.....
TULLEY, John. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord, MDCXCI. ... Cambridge, [MA]: Printed by Samuel Green, and B. Green. And are to be Sold, by Nicholas Buttolph, 1691. 1st ed. 8 leaves. Sewn, self wrappers. First leaf supplied in facsimile on old paper, uniform toning, second leaf with.....
WASHINGTON, George. The Last Will and Testament of Gen. George Washington. Boston: Printed for John Russell and Manning & Loring, 1800. 24pp. Disbound. Signature removed from head of title page, light scattered foxing, else a very good copy with bottom edge untrimmed. HOWES W-145. Evans 38991. The scarce Boston edition.....