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.....
DUFFY, Edmond. Maryland, My Maryland! [Baltimore: ca. 1931]. Lithographic print, 21_ x 15? inches. Mounted on board. Slightly tanned and foxed. Artist's presentation inscription and limitation statement in lower margin. Very good. One of thirty copies of this dark and dramatic lithographic print depicting the lynching of Matthew Williams in.....
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.....
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. 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.....
EVANS, Oliver. The Young Mill-Wright & Miller's Guide. Phila.: Printed for, and sold by the author, 1795. 1st ed. [8],160,96,[99]-178,90,10,[12]pp. plus twenty-six engraved plates (two folding). Contemporary marbled calf, neatly rebacked in matching style, spine gilt ruled, original gilt leather label. Contemporary ownership inscription on front pastedown. Edges of two.....
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, 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.....