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.....
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.....
PHILADELPHIA TRADE CARDS. Album of 708 chromolithographic trade cards from the 1870s to the 1890s for perfumers, ice cream parlors, shoes, coffees, soaps, dry goods, florists, glovers, clothiers, restaurants, patent medicines, milliners, pets, toys, umbrellas, among many others. A wide-ranging collection of Philadelphia area merchants and manufacturers, showing commercial lithography.....
(SAUR IMPRINT). Zionitischer Weyrauchs Hugel oder: Myrrhen Berg... Germantown: Christoph Sauer, 1739. [12],792,[14]pp. Orig. calf boards, rebacked in matching leather, housed in a custom morocco backed marbled boards clamshell box. Some minor browning, else a very good, complete copy. Evans 4466.Arndt 17. Hildeburn 617. "There are a number of facts.....
BROWNING, Robert. Dramatis Personae. Rebound in full brown morcco, gilt, a.e.g., with marbled endpapers, by Bedford. London:Chapman & Hall, 1864. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed on the half-title to "Mr. & Mrs. Benzon from theirs affectionately, ever Robert Browning, May 25'60." A fine copy.
CATLIN, George. Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, & Condition of the North American Indians. With Letters and Notes, Written during Eight Years of Travel and Adventure among the Wildest and Most Remarkable Tribes Now Existing. London: Chatto & Windus, 1876. 2 Vols. viii,264; viii,266pp. 180 colored plates containing 360 images.....
CHARLEVOIX, Father Francois Xavier. History and General Description of New France. Translated with Notes by John Gilmary Shea. N.Y.: John Gilmary Shea, 1866-1872. 6 vols. Large 4tos. First edition in English. Illus. with 18 maps, 15 plates & 4 facsimiles. A very good set bound in 3/4 morocco & marbled.....
[CLEMENS, Samuel L.]. Liber Scriptorum. The First Book of the Authors Club. Original full straight-grained morocco, stamped in gilt and blind, over thick wooden boards, T.e.g. New York: The Authors Club, 1893. First edition. BAL 3438. One of 251 copies according to the limitation, but Johnson writes, " not bound.....
CRAIG, Neville B., editor. The Olden Time: a monthly publication devoted to the preservation of documents and other authentic informatiuon in realtion to the early explorations and the settlement and improvement of the country around the head of the Ohio. Pittsburgh: J.W.Cook, January, 1846-December, 1847. FIELD 381; HOWES C846; GRAFF.....
[DANDO, Thomas S.]. Riverton Gun Club History, 1877-1906. With numerous photogravure illustrations and portraits. 54, 52 pp. Oblong 4to. [Riverton, N.J: Dando Print. and Pub. Co, 1906]. Original three quarter red morocco and marbled boards, a.e.g. Box repaired, retaining typographic elements. No. 56 of 100 copies printed. Not in Phillips.....
FADEN, William, engraver. A Plan of the City and Environs of Philadelphia Survey'd by N. Scull and G. Heap. London: W. Faden, 1777. 1 sheet folio, 24-5/8 x 18-1/2 inches. Framed. A few very tiny stains at foot of sheet, not affecting map, else a very good or better copy.....
FORSTER, John Reinhold. A Catalogue of the Animals of North America. Containing an Enumeration of the Known Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles, Fish, Insects, Crustaceous and Testaceous Animals; Many of Which Are New, and Never before Described. To Which Are Added, Short directions for Collecting, Preserving, and Transporting, All Kinds of Natural.....
FRANKLIN, Benjamin. The Way to Wealth or Poor Richard Improved. Paris: Printed for Ant. Aug. Renouard, [Dijon: Printed by P. Causse), 1795. Large 12mo. 2 ff, engraved frontis. portrait, pp. 29, [1]; [31-35], 36-82, f (original blank), pp. [83]-114, [115-117], 118-144; [145-147], 148-181; [182-183], [1] f, pp. 31, [1]. Original.....
[FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN]. Poor Richard Improved; Being an Almanack and Ephemeris of the Motions of the Sun and Moon; the True Places and Aspects of the Planets; the Rising and Setting of the Sun; and the Rising, Setting and Southing of the Moon, for the Year of Our Lord 1761: Being.....
GASS, Patrick. Journal of the Voyages and Travels of A Corps of Discovery, Under the Cpommand of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke[sic]...During the Years 1804, 1805, and 1806....Philadelphia: Printed for Matthew Carey, 1811. 262pp. plus six plates including frontispiece. Contemporary calf, spine label. Boards and spine worn slightly, hinges expertly.....
HEAP, Gwin Harris. Central Route to the Pacific, from the Valley of the Mississippi to California: Journal of the Expedition of E.F. Beale, Superintendent of Indian Affairs in California, and Gwinn Harris Heap, from Missouri to California, in 1853. Phila.: Lippincott, Grambo, and Co., 1854. 136pp. 13 handsome lithographed plates.....
HUGHES, Griffith. The Natural History of Barbados. In Ten Books. London: Printed for the Author, and sold by most booksellers in Great Britain and Ireland, 1750. Folio (16 x 10 1/4 inches). 10pp. list of subscribers, 15-line errata printed on verso of final page of preface. 30 engraved plates (12.....