THWAITES, Reuben Gold, ed. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846. A Series of Annotated Reprints of some of the best and rarest contemporary volumes of travel, descriptive of the Aborigines and Social and Economic Conditions in the Middle and Far West, during the Period of Early American Settlement. Edited with Notes, Introductions.....
WHITMAN, Walt. Gems from Walt Whitman. Selected by Elizabeth Porter Gould. Original cloth, A.e.g. Phila.: David McKay, 1889. First edition. BAL 21637. Presentation inscription from the editor on the front free endpaper, "For Cordelia-With pleasant memories of the `Home Club,' and best wishes. Lovingly, Elizabeth Porter Gould. October 29.....
WILD, J. C. Panorama and Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity, Embracing a Collection of Twenty Views, from painting by J. C. Wild. With Pictorial Illustrations of Each Subject, by Andrew M'Makin. Phila., 1838. 4to. 1st ed. [22] pp. plus twenty-four black and white lithographs. Orig. boards with gilt-letterd black.....
BACHMANN, John. Bird's Eye View of the New York Crystal Palance and Environs. New York. 1853. Large color lithograph, approximately 23 x 31 inches. Matted and framed. Very good. Large bird's-eye view of the New York Crystal Palace from the north with downtown Manhattan and Brooklyn in the background. Printed.....
LATOUR, Arsene Lacarriere. Historical Memoir of the War in West Florida and Louisiana in 1814-15 ... [WITH:] Atlas to the Historical Memoir of the War in West Florida and Louisiana. Philadelphia: John Conrad, 1816. 2 volumes, 8vo (9 x 5 3/4 inches). Text: xx,264,cxc, [2], [4] pp. Frontispiece portrait of.....
RAFINESQUE, Constantine S. Medical Flora; Or, Manual of the Medical Botany of the United States of North America. Philadelphia. 1828/1830. Two volumes. [4],xii,268; 276pp., plus 102 plates printed in green (including two extra copies of plate 4, the Mealy Starwort). 12mo. Contemporary light brown mottled calf, spines ruled in gilt.....
(HAWAII). Constitution and Laws of His Majesty Kamehameha III., King of the Hawaiian Islands, Passed by the Nobles and Representatives at their Session, 1852. Honolulu. 1852. 88pp. Dbd. A few pencil notes. A very good copy. FORBES 1868. JUDD, LAWS OF HAWAII, p.3. CARTER, p.108. This scarce volume prints the.....
BARTON, Benjamin Smith. A Memoir Concerning the Fascinating Faculty which Has Been Ascribed to the Rattle-Snake, and Other American Serpents. Phila.: Printed, for the Author, by Henry Sweitzer, 1796. 70pp. Later gilt-ruled polished calf, gilt-ruled raised spine bands, inner gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, T.e.g, with contemporary 18th-century marbled wrappers bound.....
BARTON, Benjamin SMith. A Memoir Concerning the Fascinating Faculty Which has Been Ascribed to the Rattle-Snake, and Other American Serpents. Philadelphia: Printed, for the Author, by Henry Sweitzer, 1796. 70pp. Later marbled wrappers. Wrappers detached, perforated stamp on front wrapper, spine perished, stitching lacking. Contemporary ink gift inscription to titlepage.....
BARTON, William P[aul] C[rillon]. Vegetable Materia Medica of the United States; or Medical Botany: Containing a Botanical, General, and Medical History, of Medicinal Plants Indigenous to the United States. Phila.: Printed and published by M. Carey & Son, 1817-[1818]. 2 Vols. 4to.273;xvi,[9]-243pp. 50 hand-colored engraved plates (1 folding) by Tanner.....
CHALMERS, Lionel. An Account of the Weather and Diseases of South Carolina. London. 1776. Two volumes, bound in one. viii,222; iv,224pp. plus two folding charts. Rebound in full antique style panelled calf with red leather spine label. Minor scattered foxing. Very good copy. First edition. Chalmers, a Scottish emigrant and.....
DICKENS, Charles. The Personal History and Experience of David Copperfield the Younger. Original printed wrappers. New-York: John Wiley [Parts 1-10 and 19/20; G.P. Putnam [Parts 11-18], 1849-1850. 20 Parts in 19. First American edition in parts. Rare, two copies offered at auction in the last 70 years. Gimbel A123. Edgar.....
[DICKENS, Charles]. Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress. By "Boz." Original blindstamped cloth. London: Richard Bentley, 1838. 3 Vols. First edition, first issue, with the "Fireside" plate in Vol. 3 and "Boz" on the title pages. Eckel, pp. 59-62. Smith 4. First issued in monthly installments in The Miscellany;.....
[DICKENS, Charles]. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club. Original pictorial wrappers, housed in two gilt-ruled full morocco slip cases with inner cloth chemises. London: Chapman and Hall, 1836-1837. 20 Parts in 19. First edition in monthly parts. Collated against Hatton and Cleaver (pp. 3-88) the first ten parts are.....
DuPONT, Samuel F. Extracts from Private Journal-Letters of Captain S.F. DuPont, While in Command of the Cyane, During the War with Mexico, 1846 - 1848. Printed for His Family. Wilmington: Ferris Bros., Printers and Binders, 1885. [4],444pp., plus [2]pp. of errata. Original three-quarter morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Minor.....
ELLICOTT, Andrew. The Journal of Andrew Ellicott, Late Commissioner on Behalf of the United States during Part of the Year 1796, the Years 1797, 1798, 1799, and Part of the Year 1800: for Determining the Boundary between the United States and the Possessions of his Catholic Majesty in America, Containing.....
FIGUEROA, Jose. The Manifesto, Which the General of Brigade, Don Jose Figueroa, Commandant-General And Political Chief Of U. California, Makes To The Mexican Republic, In Regard To His Conduct And That Of The Snrs. D. Jose Maria De Hijars And D. Jose Maria Padres, As Directors Of Colonization In 1833.....
[Great Britain]. [Nine Bound Volumes of Parliamentary Acts Consisting of 641 Individual Acts Issued During the Reign of King George]. London. 1734-39, 1741-50. Nine volumes; 714;567;863;578;1031;966;695;1187pp. plus indexes and titlepages. Folio. Handsome antique half calf and marbled boards, vellum corners. Some scattered tanning and paper repairs to leaves. From the.....
HARPER, G[eorge] W[ashington F[inley]. Reminiscences of Caldwell County, N.C. in the Great War of 1861-65. Lenoir, NC: [Clay Printing Co.] 1913. 1st ed. 59 pp. Frontis., portraits. Orig. cloth. [bound with] Sketch of the Fifty-Eighth Regiment (Infantry) North Carolina troops. [Lenoir, NC: n.p., 1901]. 1st ed. 23pp. Portraits. Orig. front.....
[JEFFERSON, Thomas]. Observations sur la Virginie, par M. J***, Traduites de L'Anglois. Paris: Chez Barrois, 1786. 1st published ed. viii,290 [should read 390],[1]pp. 1/2 title, large folding map supplied in expert facsimile, table. Rebound in period style, 3/4 brown morocco over 18th-century marbled paper-covered boards, gilt ornamented spine, red morocco.....
LEWIS, Meriwether, and CLARK, William. History of the Expedition Under the Command of Lewis and Clark... A New Edition, Faithfully Reprinted...with Copious Critical Commentary...by Elliot Coues. New York: Francis P. Harper, 1893. Three text volumes plus atlas, totaling 1364pp. Facsimiles. Plates.Folding map. Large octavo. Original half cloth and paper boards.....
MELVILLE, Herman. Piazza Tales. Original blindstamped cloth. New York: Dix & Edwards, 1856. First edition. BAL 13669. Sadleir, Excursions, p. 231. Wright II- 1702. In brown cloth with yellow endpapers. Melville's first collection of short stories--the only one published in his lifetime--including his classic tale "Bartleby the Scrivener. Minor wear.....
NEAL, Daniel. The History of the Puritans or Protestant Non-Conformists, from the Reformation to the Death of Queen Elizabeth: with an Account of Their Principles; Their Attempts for a Further Reformation in the Church; Their Sufferings; and the Lives and Characters of Their Principal Divines. London: Printed for Richard Hett.....
[OLDMIXON, John]. British Empire in America, Containing the History of the Discovery, Settlement, Progress and Present State of All the British Colonies, On the Continent and Islands of America...With Curious Maps of the Several Places, Done from the Newest Surveys. By Herman Moll, Geographer. London. 1708. Two volumes. xxxviii,412pp. plus.....
(VIRGINIA REGIMENTAL). [PAGE, Richard Channing Moore]. Sketch of Page's Battery, or Morris Artillery, 2d Corps, Army Northern Virginia, By One of the Company. New York: Thomas Smeltzer, Stationer and Printer, 1885. 1st ed. 82,[1]pp. Later gilt-ruled full calf, original printed front wrapper bound in, housed in custom cloth slipcase. Title.....