[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.....
MAYHEW, Experience. Indian Converts: Or, Some Account of the Lives and Dying Speeches of A Considerable Number of the Christianized Indians of Martha's Vineyard, In New-England ...To Which is Added, Some Account of Those English Ministers who Have Successively Presided over the Indian Work in that and the Adjacent Islands.....
[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.....
(VIRGINIA REGIMENTAL). [PAGE, Richard Channing Moore]. Sketch of Page's Battery, or Morris Artillery, 2d Corps, Army Northern Virginia, By One of the Company. New York: Thomas Smeltzer, Stationer and Printer, 1885. 1st ed. 82,[1]pp. Later gilt-ruled full calf, original printed front wrapper bound in, housed in custom cloth slipcase. Title.....
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.....
ROSE, Victor M. The Life and Services of Gen. Ben McCulloch. Phila.: Pictorial Bureau of the Press, 1888. 1st ed. Pp. 25-260, Portraits. Orig. blindstamped cloth. Near fine. HOWES R-443,"aa": "Most famous Texas ranger." Dornbusch II, 2991. Presentation inscription from the author on front free endpaper. "The standard study.....
[SAUR BIBLE]. Biblia, Das Ist: Die Heilige Schrift Ales Und Neues Testaments, Nach Der Deutschen Uebersetzung D. Martin Luthers Mit Jedes Capitels Furtzen Summarien, Auch Bengefugten Vielen Und Richtigen Parallelen.... Germantown: Christoph Saur, 1763. [4],992,277,[3]pp. printed in double columns. Quarto. Contemporary calf, raised bands, spine in six compartments. Calf lightly.....
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.....
WEEMS, Mason Locke. Manuscript in the hand of Mason Locke Weems of "A Conversation between General Marion & a Whig Boy," a section of Weems's and Peter Horry's biography of Gen. Francis Marion. [Woodbridge, VA? ca. 1808-09]. Approximately 415 words in manuscript on [3]pp. on half of a folio sheet.....
CAREY, Mathew. The American Museum or Repository of Ancient and Modern Fugitive Pieces, &c. ... Vol. II. Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1787. 8vo. [2], 600, 22pp. With general title, individual issue titles, dedication to Lafayette, list of subscribers and Index. Contemporary marbled boards, rebacked and retipped. Provenance: Samuel A. Lewis (signature.....
(RHODE ISLAND). (NEWPORT). COLLINS, John. The City and Scenery of Newport, Rhode Island. Illustrations, Drawn on Stone...Burlington, N.J., 1857. 12 1/2" by 17 5/8". Letterpress title-page and 6pp. of text. Two-color lithographic map of Newport and its environs, thirteen tinted lithographic views by Collins, printed by Thomas Sinclair. Oblong folio.....
JAMES, Edwin. Account of An Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, Performed in the Years 1819, 1820. By Order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Secretary of War, Under the Command of Maj. S.H. Long.... London. 1823. Three volumes. vii,[1],344; vii,[1],356; vii,[1],347pp. plus eight plates (two colored), folding profile, and.....
(IDAHO). History of Idaho Territory Showing Its Resources and Advantages; With Illustrations Descriptive of Its Scenery, Residences, Farms, Mines, Mills, Hotels, Business Houses, Schools, Churches, &c. San Francisco: Wallace W. Elliott & Co., 1884. [9],20-304,[1]pp. plus maps and numerous unnumbered leaves of lithographs. Folio. Contemporary half sheep and publisher's cloth.....
BORNET, John. Panorama of the Harbor of New York, Staten Island and the Narrows. New York. 1854. Large color lithograph, approximately 26_ x 37_ inches. Matted and framed. Very good. Large bird's-eye view of New York City with Staten Island and the Narrows in the foreground. "Bornet's harbor view features.....
Brassier, William Furness. A Survey of Lake Champlain, including Lake George, Crown Point and St. John. Surveyed by Order of His Excellency Major-General Sr. Jeffery Amherst, Knight of the Most Honble. Order of the Bath, Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces in North America, (Now Lord Amherst). London: Printed.....
COLERIDGE, S[amuel] T[aylor]. Poems on Various Subjects. Contemporary tree calf, bordered in gilt, gilt decorated spine, red morocco spine label. London: Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson, and J. Cottle, 1796. First edition of Coleridge's first book of poetry. First appearance in print of Charles Lamb, who contributed a few.....
[CORBIN, Richard Washington]. Letters of a Confederate Officer to His Family in Europe, during the Last Year of the War of Secession. Paris: Neal's English Library, [1890]. 1st ed. 94pp. Orig. gilt-ruled full red morocco, A.e.g. Spine lightly sunned, faint foxing to foredge, else very good. Exceedingly rare. Published in.....
[CRAMER, Zadok]. The Navigator: Containing Directions for Navigating the Monongahela, Allegheny, Ohio, and Mississippi Rivers; with an Ample Account of These Much Admired Waters, from the Head of the Former to the Mouth of the Latter; and a Concise Description of Their Towns, Villages, Harbours, Settlements, &c. With Accurate Maps.....
CRANE, Stephen. The Red Badge of Courage An Episode of the American Civil War. Orig. cloth. N.Y.: D. Appleton & Co., 1895. First edition. BAL-4071. Grolier 100-98. A near fine copy in a leather-backed clamshell box.
DOUGHTY, John and Thomas. The Cabinet of Natural History, and American Rural Sports with Illustrations. Phila.: J. and T. Doughty, 1830-1832. 1st eds. 2 Vols. 4to. vii, [i], [ii], 298, [2, index]; vii, [1], 292, [2, index] pp. Portrait frontises., engraved title vignettes, illus., 48 hand-colored plates. Period-style 3/4-calf and.....
FRANKLIN, Benjamin. Oeuvres de. M. Franklin, Docteur es Loix ... Traduites de L'Anglois sur la Quatrieme Edition Par M. Barbeau Dubourg. Paris: Quillau, Esprit, et L'Auteur, 1773. 2 Vols. 4to. 1st French ed. (iv),xxii,(2),338;(iv),xiii,(3),318,(2) pp. Portrait frontis., plates. Contemporary mottled calf ruled in blind, gilt-decorated spine, gilt-lettered morocco spine labels.....