LE PAGE DU PRATZ, Antoine. The History of Louisiana, or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina.... London, 1763. Two volumes. 12mo. 1, vii, [1], 368pp. plus 2 folding maps; [4], 272pp. Modern half morocco and marbled boards, gilt maroon morocco labels. A near fine set, complete with 1/2.....
[MATHER, Cotton]. Ratio Disciplinae Fratrum Nov-Anglorum. A Faithful Account of the Account of the Discipline Prosessed and Practised; in the Churches of New-England. With Interspersed and Instructive Reflections on the Discipline of the Primitive Churches. Boston: Printed for S. Gerrish in Cornhill, 1726. [2],iv,10,207,[3]pp., including contents leaf. Mid-20th-century polished calf.....
(PHILADELPHIA). RAE, Julio H., pub. Rae's Philadelphia Pictorial Directory & Panoramic Advertiser. [Philadelphia]: Julio H. Rae, [1851]. [17] text leaves plus cover leaf on glossy black paper printed in gold, and sixteen lithographed plates (two folding). Leaves individually encapsulated in mylar, some uniform toning to text leaves, but overall in.....
(PENN, WILLIAM). SAINT-AMOUR, [Louis Goren] de. The Journal of Monsr. de Saint Amour, Doctor of Sorbonne, Containing a Full Account of All the Transactions Both in France and at Rome, Concerning the Five Famous Propositions Controverted between the Jansenists and the Molinists, from the Beginning of that Affair Till the.....
SCHULTZ, Christian. Travels on an Inland Voyage through the States of New-York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee, and through the Territories of Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi and New-Orleans; Performed in the Years 1807 and 1808; Including a Tour of Nearly Six Thousand Miles. New-York: Printed by Isaac Riley, 1810. 1st.....
WILD, J(acob) C. Panorama and Views of Philadelphia, An Its Vicinity, Embracing A Collection of Twenty Views, from Paintings by J.C.Wild...(Phi;a.: J.T.Bowen, 1838.) 1st ed. Folio. Illus. with 20 plates. A very good copy in 19th century 1/2 leather & marbled boards. Howes W-410. The four panoramic views issued in.....
WILD, J[acob] C. Panorama and Views of Philadelphia, and Its Vicinity. Embracing a Collection of Twenty Views, from Paintings by.... Phila.: J.T. Bowen, 1838. 1st ed. Folio. Illus. with 20 plates. A very good copy in old lwather, in a morocco backed slipcase. Howes W-410. The four panoramic views issued.....
(SOCIETY OF FRIENDS). From Our Yearly-Meeting, Held at Philadelphia, for Pennsylvania and New-Jersey, from the 17th, to the 21st Day of the 7th Month. 1737. To the Quarterly and Monthly Meetings. [Phila.: Printed by Andrew Bradford, 1737]. 1st ed. 3 pp. Folio. Some light chipping to extremites, beginning to separate.....
ANDREWS, John. History of the War with America, France, Spain, and Holland; Commencing in 1775 and Ending in 1783. London. 1785-86. Four volumes. [2],448; [2],449; [2],445; [2], 416, [60], [iii]-xivpp., plus twenty-four plates, six folding maps, and one single-page map (maps partially handcolored). Bound in later leather-backed cloth boards. Very.....
BOURNE, Hermon. Flores Poetici. The Florist's Manual: Designed As An Introduction to Vegetable Physiology and Systematic Botany, for Cultivators of Flowers, With More than Eighty Beautifully Coloured Engravings of Poetic Flowers. Boston & New York: Munroe and Francis & Charles S. Francis, 1833. 288pp. including seventy-three handcolored engravings. Contemporary three.....
[BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY]. Annual Reports of the Bureau of American Ethnology.Washington: Government Printing Office, 1879/1880-1930/1931. First through Forty-Eighth Reports in 54 vols.Illus., plates (some folding), portraits, maps (some folding), plans (some folding. Reports 1-44 in orig. gilt-lettered cloth, Report 45 in orig. printed wrappers, Reports 46-48 rebound in cloth.....
[CLEMENS, Samuel L.]. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade). Orig. pictorial cloth. Illus. including frontis. plate. N.Y.: Charles L. Webster and Co., 1885. First edition, later state. BAL 3415. A very good, bright copy.
[CLEMENS, Samuel L.]. A Tramp Abroad. In Two Volumes. Orig. decorated brown cloth. London: Chatto & Windus, 1880. First English edition. BAL 3386. A near fine set in a leather-backed folding cloth box. Rare.
[EPHRATA IMPRINT]. Guldene Aepffel in Silbern Schalen Oder: Schone Und Nutzliche Worte Und Warheiten Zur gottseligkeit. Enthalten in Sieben Haupt-Theilen Die in Diesem Buch Zusamen Gestellet Sind.... Ephrata, 1745. [8],519, [i.e. 534], [14]pp. 12mo. Contemporary leather over wooden boards. Spine expertly rebacked in matching period style, retaining a portion of.....
[GALLOWAY, Joseph]. The Speech of Joseph Galloway, Esq; One of the Members for Philadelphia County; In Answer to the Speech of John Dickinson, Esq; Delivered in the House of Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania, May 24, 1764. On Occasion of a petition drawn up by order, and then under.....
HOLLISTER, G. H. The History of Connecticut, from the First Settlement of the Colony to the Adoption of the Present Constitution. New Haven: Durrie and Peck, 1855. 1st ed. Two volumes expanded to three. Extra-illustrated with over 650 full-page plates. Bound by Riviere & Son in full dark-blue levant, gilt.....
HUNT, Leigh. Beaumont and Fletcher; or, the Finest Scenes, Lyrics, and Other Beauties of Those Two Poets, Now First Selected from the Whole of Their Works, to the Exclusion of Whatever is Morally Objectionable: with Opinions of Distinguished Critics, Notes, Explanatory and Otherwise, and a General Introductory Preface. Contemporary 3/4.....
JAUME ST. HILAIRE, Jean-Henri. Plantes de la France, Decrites et Peintes d'apres Nature. Paris: Chez l'Auteur, [1805] 1808-1809. 1st eds. 4 Vols. 400 hand-colored plates. Rebound in period-style 3/4 red morocco and marbled-paper covered boards, raised spine bands, spines decorated in gilt. Occasional inobtrusive library blindstamps, some faint scattered foxing.....
JOHNSON, Samuel. Political Tracts. Containing, the False Alarm. Falkland's Islands. The Patriot; and, Taxation No Tyranny. Contemporary period-stylefull calf, flat spine fully gilt-tooled in overall repeated design, red gilt-lettered spine label, gilt-chamfered edges. London: For W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1776. First collected edition of Johnson's four chief political tracts.....
M'CALL, Hugh. The History of Georgia, Containing Brief Sketches of the Most Remarkable Events, up to the Present Day. Savannah: 1811-16. 1st ed. 2 Vols. vii,376;vii,424pp. Rebacked in boards, original printed boards retained, fully untrimmed, some wear to corners, light scattered foxing and toning, else a very good or better.....
MATHER, I[ncrease]. A Discourse Concerning the Maintenance Due to Those that Preach the Gospel: In Which that Question Whether Tithes Are by the Divine Law the Ministers Due, Is Considered and the Negative Proved. Boston: Printed by B. Green, 1706. Small 8vo. 1st ed. 60,[1, advertisement]pp. Modern calf double-ruled in.....
McCOOK, Henry C. American Spiders and Their Spinningwork. A Natural History fo the Orbweaving Spiders of the United States with Special Regard to Their Industry and Habits. Philadelphia: Published by the Author, Academy of Natural Sciences, 1189, 1890, 1893. Three volumes. Quarto. 372; 479; 407pp. Illus. 30 colored plates. Orig.....
MERCURIALE, Girolamo. Hieronymi Mercurialis de Arte Gymnastica Libri Sex, in Quibus Exercitationum Vetustarum Genera, Loca, Modi, Facultates, & Quidquid Denique ad Corporis Humani Exercitationes Pertinet, Diligenter Explicatur. Teretia Editione Correctiores, & Auctiores Facti. Opus Non Modo Medicis, Verum etiam Omnibus Antiquarum Rerum Cognoscendarum, & Valetudinis Conseruandae Studiosis Admodum Utile. Venetiis.....
[RUSSELL, William Clark]. The Wreck of the "Grosvenor:" An Account of the Mutiny of the Crew and the Loss of the Ship, When Trying to Make the Bermudas. Original blind-decorated green cloth, housed in custom 1/2-black morocco slipcase, inner cloth chemises. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1877. 3.....
(CONFEDERATE IMPRINT). SALEM FEMALE ACADEMY. Programme of the Closing Exercises of the Examination of the Pupils of Salem Female Academy, Wednesday, May 29th 1861. [Salem, NC: Salem Female Academy], 1861. Broadside, 9-3/4 x 15-3/8 inches. Small bit of foxing at foot, four corrections in ink, else near fine. Rare. Published.....