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.....
[L'HERITIER, Louis Francois]. Le Champ-d'asile, Tableau Topographiqueet Historique du Texas.... Paris: Ladvocat, 1819. viii,247pp. Half title. Original brown wrappers, printed paper label. Wrappers rubbed, chipped at corners and edges. Minor scattered foxing and staining, else quite clean internally. Contemporary ownership inscription on three pages. Very good, untrimmed and in the.....
[LIVINGSTON, William, ed.] The Independent Reflector. [44 of 52 issues]. New York: James Parker, at the New Printing-Office, 1752-1753. Small folio. 42 issues are loosely bound in contemporary plain wrappers, untrimmed. The first few issues are worn at the margins. Predation to the upper margin of the last several issues.....
MARSHALL, John. The Life of George Washington, Commander in in Chief of the American Forces, during the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Compiled under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers Gathered to Him by His Deceased.....
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.....
MEARES, John. Voyages Made in the Years 1788 and 1789, From China to the Northwest Coast of America...Observations on the Probable Existence of A North West Passage; And Some Account of the Trade Between the North West Coast of America and China.... London. 1790. viii,[12],xcv,[1],372,[108]pp. plus ten maps and plans.....
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.
MOULTRIE, William, Memoirs of the American Revolution, So Far As It Is Related to the States of North and South Carolina and Georgia. New York: Printed by David Longworth, for the author,1802. Two volumes. 506; 446pp. Frontis. portrait in first volume. Later three-quarter calf and marbled boards, gilt leather labels.....
(FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN). [NATTER, Johann Lorenz]. Apologie pour L'Ordre des Francs-Macons. Par Mr. N*** Membre de l'Ordre. Avec deux chansons composees par Le Frere Americain. The Hague: Chez Pierre Gosse & Dresden: Chez George Conrad Walther, 1742. 1st ed. [14],118,[2]pp. plus engraved frontispiece and two plates of engraved music. Antique-style 3/4.....
NEWELL, Chester Rev. History of the Revolution in Texas, Particularly of the War of 1835 & '36.... New York: Wiley & Putnam, 1838. x,[2],215pp. plus folding map. 12mo. Original brown patterned cloth. Minor chipping along joints and at spine ends, fore-edge of rear board abraded, corners lightly worn. Small 19th-century.....
NEWELL, Chester, Rev. History of the Revolution in Texas, Particularly of the War of 1835 & 1836.... New York: Wiley & Putnam, 1838. x,[2],215pp. plus folding map. Original brown patterned cloth, spine gilt. Neatly rebacked, original spine laid down. Early inscription "From George H. Moore 1844" on front pastedown. Map.....
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.....
An Important Study into Early Political Thought on Colonial Taxation. [RAMSAY, Allan]. Thoughts on the Origin and Nature of Government. Occasioned by the late Disputes between Great Britain and her American Colonies. Written in the Year 1766. London: Printed for T. Becket and P.A. De Hondt, 1769. 1st ed. 64pp.....
RAMSAY, David. The History of the American Revolution. Phila: Printed and sold by R. Aitken Son, 1789. Two volumes: vi,320,323-359; vi,360pp. Contemporary calf, expertly rebacked in matching calf, retaining early gilt morocco labels. Boards of both volumes rubbed and a bit scuffed, upper portion of front board of first volume.....
ROBINSON, Fayette. California and Its Gold Regions; With A Geographical and Topographical View of the Country, Its Mineral and Agricultural Resources...With A Map of the U. States and California.... New York: Stringer and Townend, 1849. 137pp., plus[6]pp. of ads. Large folding frontispiece map. Contemporary three quarter calf and marbled boards.....
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.....
TARLETON, Banastre. A History of the Campaigns of 1780 and 1781, in the Southern Provinces of North America. London: T. Cadell, 1787. 1st ed. vii,[1],518,[2, advertisements]pp. (including errata) plus one folding map with routes marked by hand in color, and four folding plans, with positions and troop movements marked by.....
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.....
(NEW YORK CITY). VALENTINE, D. T. Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York. [New York, 1841-1866]. 25 Vols. Orig. gilt-armorial cloth, housed in uniform custom brown cloth slipcases, inner cloth chemises, with red morocco spine labels (except for 1865). A very good or better set. A rare.....
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.....
WILD, J.C. Panorama and Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity. Embracing A Collection Of Twenty Views, Drawn On Stone, By J.C. Wild, From His Own Sketches And Paintings. With Poetical Illustrations Of Each Subject, By Andrew M'makin. Philadelphia. 1838. [22]pp. plus twenty-four lithographs. Quarto. Original patterned green cloth, gilt morocco.....
FLINDERS, Matthew. Voyage to Terra Australis; Undertaken for the Purpose of Completing the Discovery of That Vast Country, and Prosecuted in the Years 1801, 1802, and 1803, In His Majesty's Ship the Investigator, and Subsequently in the Armed Vessel Porpoise and Cumberland Schooner. With An Account of the Shipwreck of.....