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.....
RAMSAY, David. The History of the American Revolution. Philadelphia: Printed and sold by R. Aitken & Son, 1789. 1st ed. 2 vols. vi, 359; vi,360pp. Contemporary boards, rebacked in matching period style leather, tooled spine bands, morocco spine labels. Contemporary ownership signatures on front free endpapers of both volumes, some.....
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.....
(CIVIL WAR POSTAL COVERS). [360 Northern Postal Covers Related to the Civil War and Slavery]. New York, Boston, Philadelphia, etc. c. 1861-1865. Generally 5.75" x 3.25" with some varying in size. Light toning, but largely well preserved. Less than a dozen are addressed. Generally very good, housed in sheet protectors.....
(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.....
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.....
(CONGRESS). Acts Passed at the First Session of the Congress of the United States of America, Begun and Held at the City of New-York, on Wednesday the Fourth of March, in the Year M,DCC,LXXXIX: and of the Independence of the United States the Thirteenth. Phila.: Printed by Francis Childs and.....
[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.....
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.....
GISSING, George. New Grub Street A Novel. Three volumes. Orig. dark green cloth. London: Smith, Elder, & Co., 1891. First edition. Sadleir 971. Wolff 2552. A good set in a 1/2 morocco folding box. One of Gissing's two best books and one of the greatest novels of the 19th century.....
HUTCHINS, Thomas. An Historical Narrative and Topographical Description of Louisiana and West Florida, Comprehending the River Mississippi with its Principal Branches and Settlements.... Philadelphia, 1784. 94, [1]pp. Early ownership signature on titlepage and in margin of two interior leaves. Bound in 1/2 calf, with marbled boards, spine gilt. Howes H-845.....
IMLAY, Gilbert. A Topographical Description of the Western Territory of North America: Containing a Succint Account of Its Soil, Climate, Natural History, Population, Agriculture, Manners and Customs... London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1797. xii,598,[28]pp. plus 3 folding maps and folding plan. Contemporary tree calf, rebacked in antique-style gilt-ruled calf, red.....
LE PAGE DU PRATZ, Antoine. The History of Louisiana, or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina. London: Printed for T. Tecket and P.A De Hondt, 1763. 2 Vols. [4],vii,[1],l368pp. plus two folding maps; [8],272pp. 1/2-titles. 12mo. Contemporary polished calf, gilt morocco spine labels, raised bands, edges stamped in.....
MICHAUX, Francois Andre and NUTTALL, Thomas. North American Sylva; or A Description of the Forest Trees of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia. Phila.: D. Rice & A.N. Hart, 1859. 5 Vols. 257 hand-colored plates (the Michaux vols. contain 156 handcolored engravings and the Nuttall vols. 121 hand-colored lithographs).....
MILFORT, Louis. Memoire Ou Cou-D'Oeil Rapide Sur Mes Diferens Voyages et Mon Sejour Dans La Nation Creck. Paris: de l'imprimerie de Giguet et Michaud, 1802. [4],331,[1]pp. Half title. Original boards, expertly rebacked to style, morocco label. Occasional marginal dampstaining, light scattered foxing, small, darker, stain in margin of first few.....