[BIRCH, William R. and BIRCH, Thomas]. The City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania North America: as It Appeared in the Year 1800 Consisting of Twenty-Eight Plates Drawn and Engraved by W. Birch & Son.... Springland Cot, Pa.: W. Birch, 1800. Engraved title by William Barker with vignette of.....
WARRE, General Sir Henry James. Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, By Captain H. Warre, (A.D.C. to the late Commander of the Forces). [London]: Dickinson & Co., [1848]. Folio (21 x 14 1/4 inches). Letterpress title (verso blank), pp.[1-]5 letterpress text Sketch of the Journey. 20 hand-coloured lithographed.....
MANTE, Thomas. The History of the Late War in North-America, and the Islands of the West-Indies, Including the Campaigns of MDCCLXIII and MDCCLXIV against His Majesty's Enemies. London: Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1772. [4],viii,542pp. plus errata and 18 folding engraved maps. Large 4to. 20th-century red morocco by.....
[CONTINENTAL CONGRESS]. Journal of the Proceedings of the Congress, Held at Philadelphia, September 5,1774. Philadelphia: PRinted by William and Thomas Bradford, at the London Coffee House, 1774. [4],144pp. Bound to style in half calf and marbled boards, leather label. Contemporary ownership inscription on half title, slightly later ownership inscription on.....
FRANKLIN, Benjamin. Experiments and Observations on Electricity, Made at Philadelphia in America...To Which are Added, Letters and Papers on Philosophical Subjects. The Whole Corrected, Methodized, Improved, and Now First Collected Into One Volume, and Illustrated with Copper Plates. London: Printed for David Henry, and sold by Francis Newbery, 1769. [2],iv,[2],496[i.e......
(PENNSYLVANIA MAGAZINE). [Paine, Thomas, editor]. The Pennsylvania Magazine: or, American Monthly Museum. MDCCLXXV. VOLUME 1. [JANUARY 1775 TO DECEMBER 1775]. Philadelphia: Robert Aitken, [1775]. Twelve issues and one supplement, a complete run of the first year. 625,[5]pp., including title signature and the supplement, plus fifteen plates and maps. Without a......
[RICKMAN, John]. Authentic Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific Ocean: Performed by Captain Cook, and Captain Clerke, in His Britannic Majesty's Ships, the Resolution, and Discovery, in the Years, 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. Including, a Faithful Account of all Their Discoveries in This Last Voyage, the Unfortunate.....
TIMBERLAKE, Henry. The Memoirs of Lieut. Henry Timberlake, (Who Accompanied the Three Cherokee Indians to England in the Year 1762).... London: Printed for the Author, 1765. viii,160pp. plus folding map and folding plate. Half title. Modern calf-backed marbled boards, gilt leather label, raised bands. Light shelf wear. Light soiling to.....
[BROWN, William Hill]. The Power of Sympathy: or, The Triumph of Nature. Contemporary sheep, raised spine bands, gilt-ruled spines, red morocco spine labels, housed in custom navy blue morocco-backed slipcase with inner cloth chemises. Boston: Isaiah Thomas, 1789. 2 Vols. 12mo. Rare. Evans 21979 (as by Morton). BAL 1518, State.....
WILKES, Charles. Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition. During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Philadelphia: Printed by C. Sherman, 1844 (first three volumes). Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1845 (last two volumes). Five text volumes, with the five folding maps (two colored) called for in the atlas volume.....
(FRANKLIN IMPRINT). (PENNSYLVANIA). The Charters of the Province of Pensilvania and the City of Philadelphia. [bound with:] A Collection of All the Laws of the Province of Pennsylvania. [bound with:] An Appendix; Containing a Summary of Such Acts of Assembly as Have Been Formerly in Force within This Province.... Phila......
AUDUBON, John James, and BACHMAN, John. The Quadrupeds of North America. New York: V.G. Audubon, 1849-1854. 3 Vols. in 31 original parts. Vol. One titlepage and 1/2-title bound at front of part No. 1; Vol. Two titlepage at end of No. 20; Vol. Three titlepage, ?-title, and table of contents.....
JAMES, Edwin. Account of the Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, Performed in the Years 1819 and '20, By Order of the Hon. J.C. Calhoun, Sec'y of War: Under the Command of Major Stephen H. Long. Philadelphia: H.C. Carey and I. Lea, 1822-1823. Three volumes (two octavo text volumes.....
KENDALL, George Wilkins and Carl NEBEL. War between the United States and Mexico illustrated, embracing pictorial drawings of all the principal conflicts ... with a description of each battle. New York & Philadelphia: Plon Brothers of Paris for D. Appleton & Co. and George S. Appleton, 1851. Folio. 12 fine.....
(CONSTITUTIONS). Constitutions of the Several Independent States of America; The Declaration of Independence; The Articles of Confederation between the Said States; The Treaties between His Most Christian Majesty and the United States of America. Phila.: Printed by Francis Bailey, 1781. [2],226pp. Bound to style in old calf, spine gilt, morocco.....
FRANKLIN, Benjamin. Experiments and Observations on Electricity, Made at Philadelphia in America...To Which Are Added, Letters and Papers on Philosophical Subjects. The Whole Corrected, Methodized, Improved, and Now First Collected into One Volume, and Illustrated with Copper Plates. London: Printed for David Henry, and sold by Francis Newbery, 1769. [2],iv,[2],496[i.e......
[FRANKLIN, Benjamin]. Some Account of the Pennsylvania Hospital; From its first Rise, to the Beginning of the Fifth Month, called May, 1754. [With related period letter]. Phila.: B. Franklin and D. Hall, [1754]. Small 4to (245 x 181 mm), original stiff tan wrappers, stab-sewn, manuscript annotations on front and back.....
PHILLIPS, John. Mexico Illustrated, With Descriptive Letter-Press , in English and Spanish. London: E. Atchley, Library of Fine Arts, 1848. Letterpress titlepage, tinted lithographic additional title and twenty-five tinted lithographic plates, printed by Day & Son, after Rider, Phillips, and others, each with an accompanying page of descriptive text in.....
BARTRAM, William. Travels through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscolgulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Choctaws. Phila.: James & Johnson, 1791. 1st ed. xxxiv,[2],522pp. plus 8 plates (1 folding) including frontis. and folding map. Contemporary.....
(FRANKLIN IMPRINT). CICERO, Marcus Tullus. M.T. Cicero's Cato Major, or His Discourse of Old-Age: With Explanatory Notes. 8vo, Philadelphia: Printed & Sold by B. Franklin, 1744. 1st American edition of Cicero's "Cato Major" and the first American translation. This is a copy of the second issue with "only" correctly spelled.....
DRAYTON, John. A View of South-Carolina, as Respects Her Natural and Civil Concerns. Charleston: Printed by W.P. Young, 1802. [4],252,[1]pp. plus three maps (two folding, one of them colored in outline), three plates (two folding), and two folding tables. Orig. blue paper-covered boards, tan paper backstrip, printed paper spine label.....
FRANKLIN, Benjamin. Experiments and Observations on Electricity, Made at Philadelphia in America...To Which Are Added, Letters and Papers on Philosophical Subjects. The Whole Corrected, Methodized, Improved, and Now First Collected into One Volume, and Illustrated with Copper Plates. London: Printed for David Henry, and sold by Francis Newbery, 1769. [2],iv,[2],496[i.e......
[FRANKLIN, Benjamin]. Poor Richard Improved: Being An Almanack and Ephemeris of the Motions the Sun and Moon...For the Year of Our Lord 1749. Philadelphia: Printed and Sold by B. Franklin, and D. Hall, [1748]. [36]pp. Several in-text woodcut ornaments and vignettes. 12mo. Light soiling and wear, heavier to outer leaves.....
HAWKESWORTH, John. A New Voyage, Round the World, in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, and 1771; Undertaken by Order of His Present Majesty, Performed by Captain James Cooke, in the Ship Endeavor...In Two Volumes, With Cutts and A Map of the Whole Navigation. New York: James Rivington, 1774. Two volumes.....
LAET, Johannes de. Novus Orbis Seu Descriptionis Indiae Occidentalis Libri XVIII.... Leiden: Elzevier, 1633. [32],690,[18]pp. plus fourteen double-page maps by Hessel Gerritsz. Sixty-eight woodcuts in text, illustrating plants, animals, and inhabitants of the New World. Half title. Engraved title with elaborate emblematic and architectonic border, with date altered in manuscript.....