BARTRAM, John and KALM, Peter. Observations on the Inhabitants, Climate, Soil, Rivers, Productions, Animals, and Other Matters Worthy of Notice. Made by Mr. John Bartram, in His Travels from Pensilvania, to Onandago, Oswego and Lake Ontario, in Canada. To Which is Annex'd, A Curious Account of the Cataracts at Niagara.....
BARTRAM, John and KALM, Peter. Observations on the Inhabitants, Climate, Soil, Rivers, Productions, Animals, and Other Matters Worthy of Notice. Made by Mr. John Bartram, in His Travels from Pensilvania to Onondago, Oswego and the Lake Ontario, in Canada. To Which Is Annex'd, a Curious Account of the Cataracts at.....
[BEVERLEY, Robert]. The History and Present State of Virginia, in Four Parts...By a Native and Inhabitant of the Place. London: Printed for R. Parker, 1705. Four parts bound in one volume. [12],19,[1],104; 40; 64; 83pp. Errata on verso of final table of contents leaf. Engraved frontispiece, fourteen engraved plates, all.....
GORDON, William. The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment, of the Independence of the United States of America: Including An Account of the Late War; and Of the Thirteen Colonies, from their Origin to that Period. London: Printed for the Author..., 1788. Four volumes. [26],504; [8],584; [8],499; [8],445,[35]pp., plus.....
(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.....
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.....
(WASHINGTON, GEORGE). MARSHALL, John. The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War Which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States...to Which is Prefixed, an Introduction, Containing a Compendious View of the Colonies Planted by the English on.....
MARSHALL, John. Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War Which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States ... To Which Is Prefixed, An Introduction Containing a Compendium View of the Colonies... Phila.: 1804-1807. 5 Vols. plus the.....