BATES, Samuel P. The Battle of Chancellorsville. Meadville, PA: Edward T. Bates, 1883. 2nd ed. 261pp. Portrait frontis., portrait, maps. Contemporary 3/4 calf and gilt-pictorial cloth, raised spine bands, compartments decorated in blind, marbled endpapers, A.e.g. Light rubbing to calf, else very good. Dornbusch III:1665. "Account of Hooker's May, 1863.....
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.....
HUNTON, Eppa. Autobiography of Eppa Hunton. Richmond: The William Byrd Press, 1933. 1st ed. xx,268pp. Portrait frontis., portrait. Orig. gilt-armorial cloth. Fine. HOWES H-826. Dornbusch II, 2806. In Tall Cotton 99. Nevins I, p.109. One of 100 numbered copies. Hunton commanded a brigade in Pickett's Confederate division. This copy signed.....
[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.....
JAMES, Edwin. Account of An Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, Performed in the Years 1819, 1820...Under the Command of Maj. S.H. Long, of the U.S. Top. Engineers. Compiled from the Notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, and Other Gentlemen of the Party, By Edwin Thomas, Botanist and.....
KOTZEBUE, Otto Von. A Voyage of Discovery, into the South Sea and Bering's Straits, for the Purpose of Exploring a North-east Passage, Undertaken in the Years 1815-1818, at the Expense of His Highness the Chancellor of the Empire, Count Romanzoff, in the ship Rurick, Under the Command of the Lieutenant.....
(FRANKLIN IMPRINT). [LETCHWORTH, Thomas]. A Morning and Evening's Meditation, or, A Descant on the Times. A Poem. London, Printed; Phila.: Reprinted and Sold by B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1766. 1st American ed. iv,58pp. [Bound With:] PENN, William. Fruits of a Father's Love.... London: Luke Hind, 1760. 3rd ed. 58pp.....
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.....
MELVILLE, Herman. Mardi: And a Voyage Thither. 3 volumes, modern three-quarter morocco. London: Richard Bentley, 1849. First edition. BAL 13657. Issued without a half-title in volume one. A fine complete set.
PENHALLOW, Samuel. The History of the Wars of New-England, With the Eastern Indians. Or, A Narrative of Their Continued Perfidy and Cruelty.... Boston: Printed by T. Fleet, for S. Gerrish...and D. Henchman..., 1726. [2],iv,[2],134,[1]pp. including in-text woodcuts. 12mo. Modern half calf, spine gilt, leather label. Titlepage and first leaf of.....
SCHOPF, Johann David. Beytrage Zur Mineralogischen Kenntniss Des Ostlichen Theils Von NordAmerika Und Seiner Geburge. Erlangen, Germany: Johann Jacob Palm, 1787. [14],194,[1]pp. Contemporary plain boards, modern paper spine label, edges stained red. Contemporary ownership inscriptions on titlepage and front pastedown. Internally clean. A very good copy. First edition of what.....
SMITH, Thomas W. A Narrative of the Life, Travels and Sufferings of Thomas W. Smith: Comprising an Account of His Early Life, Adoption by the Gipsys [sic]; His Travels During Eighteen Voyages to Various Parts of the World, During Which He was Five Times Shipwrecked; Thrice on A Desolate Island.....
TARLETON, Banastre. A History of the Campaigns of 1780 And 1781, in the Southern Provinces of North America. London. 1787. vii,[1],518pp. (including errata) plus one folding map with routes marked by hand in color, and four folding plans, with positions and troop movements marked by hand in colors. 4to. Modern.....