SMITH, William. The History of the Province of New-York, from the First Discovery to the Year M.DCC.XXXII. To Which is Annexed, a Description ofthe Country, with a Short Account of the Inhabitants, Their Trade, Religious and Political State, and the Constitution of the Courts of Justice in that Colony. London.....
(PHILADELPHIA). [STEPHENS, Thomas]. Stephens's Philadelphia Directory, for 1796; or, Alphabetical Arrangement: Containing the Names, Occupations, and Places of Abode of the Citizens: With A Register of the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Magistrates of the United States...Also An Account of the Different Societies, Charitable and Literary Institutions...With An Alphabetical List of.....
THOREAU, Henry D. Cape Cod. Original blindstamped cloth. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865. First edition, first printing. BAL 20115, binding A (no priority). A fine copy.
TROLLOPE, Anthony. The Last Chronicle of Barset. Original pictorial wrappers, housed in custom cloth clamshell box. London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1866-1867. 32 original parts. Sadleir 26. First edition in 32 weekly parts. Advertisements conform to Sadleir, lacking only three "non-compulsory" inserts. This is the only Barsetshire novel issued in.....
TROLLOPE, Anthony. The Prime Minister. Original cloth, housed in two custom cloth clamshell boxes. London: Chapman & Hall, 1876. 4 Vols. First edition. Sadleir 45. Not in Wolff. Cloth lightly scuffed, light occasional foxing to Vol. One, else a very good or better set.
WILSON, L[eGrand] J[ames]. The Confederate Soldier. Fayetteville, AR: M'Roy Printing Co., 1902. 1st ed. 185pp. Orig. printed wrappers, housed in custom brown morocco-backed folding case. Wrappers professionally restored, uniform toning, else very good. Rare, Worldcat locates 12 copies. We can find no auction records or other sales in the trade.....
FRANKLIN, Benjamin. Experiences et Observations Sur Electricte Faites A Philadelphia En Amerique.... Paris. 1752. 24,lxx,[10],222,[2],[30]pp. plus folding plate. 16mo. Contemporary French mottled calf, spine richly gilt in six compartments, gilt morocco label, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. Chipped at spine ends, worn at corners, hinges a bit tender. Contemporary ink.....
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, and maps (some folding). Original green cloth, spine lettered in.....
RAFINESQUE, C[onstantine]. S[amuel]. Florula Ludoviciana; or, a Flora of the State of Louisiana. Translated, Revised, and Improved, from the French of C.C. Robin. New York: C. Wiley & Co., 1817. 1st ed. 178pp. Orig. printed wrappers bound into period style full calf. A fine copy. Rare. This is the first.....
RAMSAY, David. The History of South Carolina, From its First Settlement in 1670, to the Year 1808. Charleston, 1809. Two volumes. xii, 478; iv, 602pp. plus 2 folding maps. Very good copy in later antique style full leather, retaining original spine labels. Howes R-34. Sabin 67686. Streeter Sale 1139. A......
ADAIR, James. The History of the American Indians; Particularly Those Nations Adjoining to the Missisippi [sic], East and West Florida, Georgia, South and North Carolina, and Virginia ...Also an Appendix, Containing a Description of the Floridas, and the Missisippi [sic] Lands.... London: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, 1775. 1st.....
BOUGAINVILLE, Lewis de. Voyage Round the World. Performed by Order of His Most Christian Majesty, in the Years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769. London; Printed for J. Nourse ... and T. Davies, 1772. 1st English ed. 4to. xxviii,476pp. Copper-engraved folding plate, 12 charts on five copper-engraved folding plates. Orig. marbled.....
BULKELEY, John, and John CUMMINS. A Voyage to the South Seas, in the Years 1740-1. Containing a Faithful Narrative of the Loss of His Majesty's Ship the the [sic] Wager on A Desolate Island.... London, Printed; Philadelphia, Reprinted. 1757. xxxii,306 [i.e. 296]pp. (pages 257-266 omitted from the pagination, as issued).....
BURGOYNE, John. A State of the Expedition from Canada, as Laid Before the House of Commons, By Lieutenant-General Burgoyne, and Verified by Evidence; with a Collection of Evidence.... London, 1780. Second edition. ix, [2], 191, [1], cix pp. plus six of folding maps (some with original coloring of troop movements].....
CHARLEVOIX, Pierre Francois-Xavier. Journal of a Voyage to North-America...Containing the Geographical Description and Natural History of That Country, Particularly Canada. Together With an Account of the Customs, Characters, Religion, Manners and Traditions of the Original Inhabitants...London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley...,1761. Two Volumes. viii,382pp.;viii,380,[22]pp. and 4pp. ads. plus folding.....
CHISOLM, J. Julian. A Manual of Military Surgery, for the Use of Surgeons in the Confederate Army; with an Appendix of the Rules and Regulations of the Medical Department of the Confederate Army. Richmond: West & Johnston, 1862. 2nd ed., revised and improved. xii,514pp. Folding table. Orig. blind stamped cloth.....
[CONSTITUTIONS]. Constitutions des Treize Etats-Unis de L'Amerique. A Philadelphie; et se Trouve a Paris: Ph. D. Pierres, and Pissot, 1783. 1st ed. (2), 540 pp. Contemporary leather-backed boards, morocco spine label. Spine ends slightly chipped, corners worn, rubbed, interior very clean and fresh; a very good copy. HOWES C-716. Livingston.....
[CONSTITUTIONS]. Constitutions des Treize Etats-Unis de L'Amerique. A Philadelphie; et se trouve a Paris.... 1783. [4],540pp. Modern marbled boards backed in calf; original gilt spine laid down. Contemporary inscription on titlepage. Light dampstaining and wear to top edge, first three and last two leaves reinforced with tissue at stain. Very.....
DOBELL, Peter. Travels in Kamtchatka and Siberia; with a Narrative of a Residence in China. London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1830. 1st ed. 2 Vols. vi,[iii],ix,351.[1, advertisements]; x,341pp. Two hand-colored aquatint frontises. Contemporary 3/4 green calf and marbled boards, ornamental gilt spine, red morocco spine labels, all edges marbled.....
DOUGHTY, John and Thomas. The Cabinet of Natural History, and American Rural Sports with Illustrations. Phila.: J. and T. Doughty, 1830-1832. 1st eds. 2 Vols. 4tos. vii,[1],298, [2,index]; vii,[i],292,[2,index]pp. Portrait frontises, engraved title vignettes, illus., 48 plates (all but one hand-colored). Original full calf rebacked in period-style morocco raised spine.....
EDWARDS, Samuel E. The Ohio Hunter: Or a Brief Sketch of the Frontier Life of Samuel E. Edwards, Samuel E. The Ohio Hunter: Or a brief sketch of the frontier life of Samuel E. Edwards, the great bear and deer hunter of the State of Ohio. Portrait frontispiece. 240 pp.....
FORCE, Peter. Tracts and Other Papers, Relating Principally to the Origin, Settlement, and Progress of the Colonies in North America, From the Discovery of the Country to the Year 1776. Washington. 1836-1846. Four volumes. 19th-century three-quarter morocco and marbled paper, gilt, spines gilt. Spines slightly darkened. Bookplate on front pastedowns.....
FRANKLIN, Benjamin. Experiences et Observations sur Electricte Faites a Philadelphia en Amerique.... Paris: Chez Durand, 1752. 1st French ed. 24,lxx,[10],222,[2],[30]pp. plus folding plate. 16mo. Contemporary French mottled calf, spine richly gilt in six compartments, gilt morocco label, all edges marbled. Minor wear to spine ends, worn at corners, hinges a......
(VIRGINIA REGIMENTAL). IRBY, Richard. Historical Sketch of the Nottoway Grays, Afterwards Company G, Eighteenth Virginia Regiment, Army of Northern Virginia; Prepared at the Request of the Surviving Members of the Company at Their First Re-union at Bellefont Church, July 21, 1877. Richmond: J. W. Fergusson & Son, 1878. 1st ed.....
KEMPIS, Thomas a. The Christian Pattern, or the Imitation of Jesus Christ Being An Abridgement of the Works of Thomas a Kempis. By a Female Hand. Germantown: Christopher Sowr, 1749. [2],278pp. Original calf. Worn at extremities; head and foot of spine worn. Front board mostly detached. Light tanning and foxing.....