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(PENNSYLVANIA). [MARRIOTT, Benjamin F.]. [Manuscript Title: The Journal of the Ten Mile Cabin Party][and:] [Wyoming] [and:] [Our Summer Trip, 1871]. Ink on paper, with pencil and watercolor drawings throughout, including rural scenes and pictures of camp life, 2 finely executed leaves depicting 11 and 7 named angling flies, two individual.....
[STORK, William] and BARTRAM, John. Account of East-Florida, with A Journal Kept by John Bartram of Philadelphia, Botanist to His Majesty for the Floridas; upon A Journey from St. Augustine up the River St. John's. London: W. Nicoll and G. Woodfall, [1766]. [6],xxii,23-90;viii,70pp. Antique-style gilt-ruled full calf, giltruled raised spine.....
WILD, J. C. Panorama and Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity. Embracing a Collection of Twenty Views, from Paintings by J.C. Wild. With Poetical Illustrations of Each Subject, By Andrew M'Makin. Philadelphia. 1838. [22]pp. plus 24 black and white lithographs. Quarto. Original patterned brown cloth, gilt morocco label on front.....
ADAMS, Henry. Mont Saint Michel and Chartres. Original cloth with gilt-lettered leather spine label. Washington: [Privately printed], 1904. First edition. BAL 38. One of 100 copies. Presentation inscription on the front free endpaper, "To Mrs. Walker Gay from Henry Adams, August 1905." Matilda Travers Gay (1856-1943), a childhood friend of.....
DRURY, Dru. Illustrations of Natural History: Wherein Are Exhibited Upwards of Two Hundred and Forty Figures of Exotic Insects, According to Their Different Genera; Very Few of Which Have Hitherto Been Figured by any Author, Being Engraved and Coloured from Nature, with the Greatest Accuracy, and under the Author's Own.....
[LEWIS, Sinclair]. Hike and the Aeroplane. By Tom Graham. Original pictorial cloth, housed in custom black morocco-backed clamshell box. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, [1912]. First edition of the author's first book. Dedicated to his parents, "To Edwin and Isabel Lewis, The Author's oldest friends." A fine copy...
RAMSAY, David. The History of the Revolution of South-Carolina, from a British Province to an Independent State. Trenton: Printed by Isaac Collins, 1785. 1st ed. 2 vols. xx,453;xx,574pp.Illus. with five folding maps. 1/2-titles. Bound in period-style full calf, gilt-decorated raised spine bands, compartments gilt. Light scattered foxing, very old waterstain.....
RUMSEY, James. A Short Treatise on the Application of Steam, Whereby is Clearly Shewn, From Actual Experiments, That Steam May Be Applied to Propel Boats or Vessels of Any Burthen Against Rapid Currents With Great Velocity. Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph James, 1788. 26pp. plus final blank leaf. 19th-century three quarter.....
THOREAU, Henry D. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers. Original blind-ruled brown cloth, housed in custom brown morocco-backed slipcase with inner cloth chemise. Boston: James Munroe and Company, 1849. First edition of the author's first book. BAL 20104, Binding A, with the three blank lines on p. 396.....
WILLIAMSON, Peter. French and Indian Cruelty; Exemplified in the Life and Various Vicissitudes of Fortune, of Peter Williamson, A Disbanded Soldier. Containing A Particular Account of the MAnners, Customs and Dress of the Savages...A Summary of the Transactions of the Several Provinces of Pennsylvania(Including Philadelphia), New York, New England...From the.....
(GRANT, ULYSSES S.). Seven Mile Funeral Cortege of Genl. Grant in New York, Aug. 8, 1885. Boston, MA: The U.S. Instantaneous Photographic Co., [1886]. {Cover title only, no printed title page issued.] 1st ed. Oblong folio. 99 albumen photographs, each 11-1/2 x 9-3/4 inches, some retouched or finished in the.....
JEFFERSON, Thomas. Notes on the State of Virginia. Philadelphia: Printed for Mathew Carey..., 1794. [4],336pp. plus folding table and folding map. Extra portrait of Jefferson bound in as frontispiece (see below). Full antique style full calf, leather label. Light tanning. Very good. The second American edition of Jefferson's famous work.....
MICHAUX, Francois Andre. The North American Sylva, Or A Description of Forest Trees of the UNITED STATES, CANADA, AND NOVA SCOTIA.... Paris: Printed by C. D'Hautel, 1819 - 1818 - 1819. Three volumes (containing seven "half volumes" each with its own titlepage). [4],v,[3],268; [4],250; 285,[1]pp. plus 156 handcolored plates. Half.....
SAY, Thomas. American Conchology, or Descriptions of the Shells of North America. Illustrated by Coloured figures from Original Drawings Executed from Nature. New Harmony, In.: Printed at the School Press, 1830-1832. Five parts bound in one volume. [194]pp., plus fifty handcolored engraved plates. [bound with:] A GLOSSARY TO SAY'S CONCHOLOGY.....
DITTERLINE, T[heodore]. Sketch of the Battles of Gettysburg, July 1st, 2d, and 3d, 1863: With an Account of the Movements of the Respective Armies for Some Days Previous Thereto. Compiled from Personal Observation of Eye-Witnesses of the Several Battles. Accompanied by an Explanatory Map. New York; O.A. Alvord, Electrotyper and.....
FAULKNER, William. Doctor Martino and Other Stories. Orig. cloth. New York: Harrison Smith and Robert Haas, 1934. 8vo. First edition. Signed and dated by Faulkner on the title page. Spine sunned as usual, else a near fine copy in a fine dustjacket.
GRONOVIUS, Johannes Fredericus. Flora Virginica Exhibens Plantas Quas V.C. Johnnes Clayton in Virginia Observavit atque Collegit. Leiden: Cornelium Haak, 1743. 1st ed. 2 vols. bound in one. [6],128,[4];[2].129-206,[4]pp. Each volume with separate titlepage. Orig. speckled calf, gilt-decorated edges, raised spine band, gilt-lettered red morocco spine label. Light wear to corners.....
JEFFERSON, Thomas. Notes on the State of Virginia. Philadelphia: Printed for Mathew Carey, 1794. [4],336pp. plus folding table and folding map. Modern three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt with leather label. 19th-century ownership inscription on front pastedown. Folding map tipped on new stub, repaired at gutter margin with tape.....
KEITH, George. A Journal of Travels from New-Hampshire to Caratuck, on the Continent of North-America. London: Printed by Joseph Downing..., 1706. Title-leaf, dedication leaf, 92pp. Small quarto. Modern quarter calf and marbled boards, gilt-stamped spine, raised bands. Modern bookplate on front pastedown.. Ownership signature at head of titlepage. Title-leaf a......
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. viii,cxxxii,412,[2]pp. plus.....
REID, Mayne. The Headless Horseman: A Strange Tale of Texas. London: Chapman and Hall, 1865-1866; London: Richard Bentley, 1866. 20 Parts. First edition in original monthly parts. Rare, no auction records since 1975. Sadleir 2023. Wolff 5742. Without advertisemnts at the rear of Part 17 and without 4-page catalogue at.....
(BIBLES). THOMSON, Charles, trans. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Covenant, Commonly Called the Old and New Testament: Translated From the Greek. By Charles Thomson, Late Secretary to the Congress of the United States. Phila.: Printed by Jane Aitkin, 1808. 1st ed. 4 vols. 8vo. No pagination. Period-style.....
[TOULMIN, Harry]. A Description of Kentucky, in North America: To Which Are Prefixed Miscellaneous Observations Respecting the United States. London, 1792. 1st ed. [124]pp. Map. Orig. full sprinkled calf, nicely rebacked. A handsome, near fine copy. The full page map is usually lacking. Toulmin first visited America in the company.....
WARREN, Mercy. History of the Rise, Progress and Termination of the American Revolution. Interspersed with Biographical, Political and Moral Observations. Boston: Printed by Manning and Loring, for E. Larkin, 1805. 1st ed. 3 Vols. xii,447;vii,412;vi, 475pp. Contemporary full calf, Vols. One and Two rebacked in antique-style calf, gilt-ruled spines, red.....
WILKES, Charles. Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition, During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, and 1842. Phila.: Lea & Blanchard, 1845. Five vols. plus atlas volume. 4tos. Illus. with maps and plates. A married set, the atlas supplied from another set. Withal, a very good set. Internally fine.....