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. [4],viii,cxxxii,412,[2]pp. plus.....
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.....
(ARCHIVES). Pennsylvania Archives. The complete run including: Colonial Records (16 vols. plus the Index); First Series (12 vols.); Second Series (19 vols. plus the appendix volume for Vol. 7); Third Series (31 vols.); Fourth Series (12 vols.); Fifth Series (8 vols.); Sixth Series (15 vols.); Seventh Series (5 vols.); Eighth.....
(Pennsylvania Railroad Company) Souvenir. Exhibit of Progress in Transportation, as Shown by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company In the Civic Parade at Philadelphia, September 15th, 1887, In Commemoration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Adoption of the Constitution of the United States. [Phila.: Allen, Lane & Scott, Printers, 1887]. 1st.....
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.....
[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.....
[FRANKLIN IMPRINT]. Pennsylvania Hospital Promissory Note. [Phila.: B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1754?]. 8" x 6-1/2". Two notes on one sheet, one for Daniel Etter and one for Jacob Magg. A very good copy. Miller 598. "Ascribed to the Franklin and Hall press on the assumption that DH was doing.....
FRANKLIN, Benjamin. Memoires de la Vie Privee de Benjamin Franklin, Ecrits pour Lui-Meme, et Adresses a Son Fils; Suivis d'un Precis Historique de Sa Vie Politique, et de Plusieurs Pieces, Relatives a ce Pere de la Liberte. Paris: Chez Buisson, 1791. vi, 156;[207]pp. [pages 204-207 misnumbered as 360-363, as issued].....
FRANKLIN, Benjamin. The Way to Wealth or Poor Richarad Improved. Paris [but actually Dijon]: Printed for Ant. Aug. Renouard, 1795. [4],181,[5]pp. Contemporary gilt-bordered full tree calf, elaborate gilt spine, red morocco spine label, marbled endpapers. Boards professionally strengthened, wear to upper corners, early owner's inscription on ?-title, small waterstain to.....
[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.....
(NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENTAL). 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.....
[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.....
[HUTCHINSON, Thomas, et al]. A Conference between the Commissaries of Massachusets-Bay [sic], and the Commissaries of New-York; at New-Haven in the Colony of Connecticut. 1767. Boston: Printed by Richard Draper..., 1768. [2],26,[1]pp. Quarto. 19th-century 3/4 straight-grained morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Binding worn and rubbed, joints worn. Titlepage stained.....
[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.....
MAYHEW, Experience. Indian Converts: Or, Some Account of the Lives and Dying Speeches of A Considerable Number of the Christianized Indians of Martha's Vineyard, In New-England ...To Which is Added, Some Account of Those English Ministers who Have Successively Presided over the Indian Work in that and the Adjacent Islands.....
[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.....
RAFINESQUE, Constantine S. Medical Flora; Or, Manual of the Medical Botany of the United States OF NORTH AMERICA. Philadelphia. 1828/30. Two volumes. [8],xii,268;276pp. plus one hundred plates printed in green. Bound in are two copies of the titlepage and dedication leaf of first volume. 12mo. Modern calf, gilt morocco spine.....