[COOPER, James Fenimore]. The Wept of Wish-ton-Wish, a tale. Florence: printed [by Molini] at Dante's Head, 1829. Three vols., 12mo, contemporary half calf and marbled boards, spines gilt (traces of rubbing). First edition. BAL 3843. A notorious rarity. In 1826, Cooper took his family abroad for a stay of almost.....
DABNEY, R. L. Life of Lieut.-Gen. Thomas J. Jackson (Stonewall Jackson). London; James Nisbet & Co., 1864-6. 1st eds. 2 Vols. vi,333;xvi,527pp. Original mounted photograph portrait frontis. Orig. blindstamped cloth. A very good set. HOWES D-2, "aa": "Written by a member of Jackson's staff, with the help of Jackson's family.....
(VIRGINIA). TYLER, Lyon G. The Letters and Times of the Tylers. 2 vols. Richmond: Whittet & Shepperson, 1884-5. Illus. facs. A fine set in orig. cloth. Howes T-448. A very scarce set; no copy selling at auction since 1947. A third volume was published in 1896.
(NEW YORK). [JONES, Edward, and NEWMAN, George W., lithographers]. The Illuminated Pictorial Directory of New York Number One...Number Two...Number Four [wrapper titles]. New York: Jones, Newman, & Ewbank [number one] / Jones & Newman [numbers two and four], [1848]. Three parts: [1]pp., plus six hand-colored tinted lithographs; [4]pp., plus six.....
(NEW YORK). Acts of Assembly Passed in the Province of New-York, from 1691, to 1725. Examined and Compared with the Originals in the Secretary's Office. New-York: William Bradford, 1726. Folio. [10],124[i.e. 128],121-252,261-319,[1, blank],20,[6]pp. (mispaginated, as issued). Woodcut arms of King George I on the titlepage. Contemporary calf, boards ruled and.....
(NEW YORK). An Ordinance of His Excellency and Council for the Establishing Courts of Judicature for the Ease and Benefit of Each Respective City, Town and County within This Province of New-York [caption title]. [New York: William Bradford, 1699]. Folio 4pp. Royal arms at head of title. Disbound. Leaves nearly.....
(NEW YORK). [JONES, Edward]. New York Pictorial Business Directory of Maiden Lane. Containing All the Stores and Buildings in Maiden Lane with a Complete List of the Occupants of Each Building, and to a Certain Extent Their Business Cards [wrapper title]. New York: Published and For Sale by E. Jones.....
HALE, M[oses]. Spring Water Versus River Water, for Supplying the City of New-York, Containing a Compendious Examination of the Internal Supplies, the Method, and Actual Expense of Obtaining Them.... New York: Marsh & Harrison, 1835. 50,[2]pp., plus two folding plates. Original printed wrappers bound into later 3/4 blue morocco and.....
[EDDY, Thomas]. An Account of the State Prison or Penitentiary House, in the City of New-York. New York: Printed by Isaac Collins and Son, 1801. 94,83-97 [i.e., 109]pp. (as issued), including two folding text tables, plus two large folding plates. Early paper backstrip and contemporary marbled boards. Spine chipped and.....
GORDON, Williams. The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment, of the Independence of the United States of America: Including an Account of the Late War; and of the Thirteen Colonies, from Their Origin to that Period. London: Printed for the Author..., 1788. 4 Vols. [26],504; [8],584; [8],499; [8],445,[35]pp., plus.....
SIEBERT, Wilbur Henry, ed. Loyalists in East Florida, 1774-1785: The Most Important Documents Pertaining Thereto. Edited with an Accompanying Narrative. Deland" The Florida State Historical Society, 1929. 1st ed. Large 4tos. 2 vols. xiii,263; x,431pp.Portrait frontis, portrait, plates, maps. Orig. cloth. Spines gently sunned, some rubbing to spine ends and.....
RICHARDS, Walter. Her Majesty's Army: A Descriptive Account of the Various Regiments now Comprising the Queen's Forces from Their First Establishment to the Present Time. London: J.S. Virtue & Co., [n.d]. 4to. 3 Vols. v,352; viii,352; vii,376pp. Chromolithographic frontises., 41 chromolithographic plates. Additional chromolithographic title pages. Orig. pictorial cloth, A.e.g......
MAYNARD, C[harles] J. The Birds of Eastern North Americ; with Original Descriptions of All the Species which Occur East of the Mississippi river, between the Arctic Circle and the Gulf of Mexico, with Full Notes upon their Habits, etc. Newtonville, MA: C.J. Maynard & Co., 1881. 1st ed. 4to. iv,532pp.....
STUDER, Jacob H., ed. Studer's Popular Ornithology. The Birds of North America. New York: Jacob H. Studer & Co., 1881. Folio. 182pp. 119 chromolithographic plates. Orig. full leather decorated in gilt and blind, raised spine bands, compartments gilt, inner gilt dentelles, A.e.g. Rebacked, original leather laid down, some wear to.....
NEHRLING, Henry. Our Native Birds of Song and Beautry, Being a Complete History of All the Songbirds, Flycatchers, Hummingbirds, Swifts, Goatsuckers, Woodpeckers, Kingfishers, Trogons, Cuckoos, and Parrots, of North America. Milwaukee: George Brumder, 1893-6. 1st ed. 2 Vols. 4to. l,371; 452pp. 36 chromolithographic plates. Orig. cloth decorated in gilt and.....
MOORE, Frank. Songs and Ballads of the American Revolution. With Notes and Illustrations. New York: D. Appleton & Company, 1856. Xii,394pp. Frontis., additional engraved titlepage. Orig. cloth, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled. A few small library stamps, shelf marking on spine, light wear to spine ends, else very good...
MERRILL, Arthur A. The Battle of White Plains with Maps and Chronology. [Chappaqua, NY: Analysis Press, 1975]. 1st ed. 38pp. Maps. Orig. pictorial wrapper. Very good.
(STARK, JOHN). STARK, Caleb. Memoir and Official Correspondence of Gen. John Stark, With Notices of Several Other Officers of the Revolution. Also, A Biography of Capt. Phineas Stevens, and of Col. Robert Rogers, with an Account of His Services in America during the "Seven Years' War." Concord: Edson C. Eastman.....
NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY. Revolutionary and Miscellaneous Papers, Vol. 3. New York: Printed for the Society, 1881. 1st ed. xv489pp. folding map. Orig. cloth. Ex-library, with shelf mark and bookplate, else very good.
WINSOR, Justin. The Reader's Handbook of the American Revolution, 1761-1783. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [1879].v,328pp. Very good in orig. cloth.
WILLIAMS, George C. F. The Fine Historical Library of Dr. George C.F. Williams, Hartford, Conn., Sold by His Order. Part One: A Most Comprehensive Collection of Books, Pamphlets and Broadsides Relating to the American Revolution. Part Two: Autographs, Manuscripts and Documents Relating to the Same Period Including a Complete Collection.....
TYTLER, Patrick Fraser. Historical View of the Progress of Discovery on the More Northern TYTLER, Patrick Fraser. Historical View of the Progress of Discovery on the More Northern Coasts of America, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time. ... With Descriptive Sketches of the Natural History of the North.....
WHITE, Gilbert. The Natural History & Antiquities of Selborne & a Garden Kalendar. Edited by R. Bowdler Sharpe. Phila.: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1900. 1st American ed. 2 Vols. xxiii,427; xv,443pp. Portrait frontises., illus., plates, folding facsimiles. Orig. gilt-armorial cloth, T.e.g, non-priceclipped d/js. Jackets chipped, else a very good copy. One.....
PEARSON, Thomas Gilbert et al. Birds of North Carolina. Raleigh: Bynum Printing Company, 1942. 1st ed. xxxii,416pp. Frontises., illus., plates (some in color). Orig. cloth. Very good.
NUTTALL, Thomas. A Journal of Travels into the Arkansas Territory during the Year 1819. Edited by Savoie Lottinville. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, [1980]. 1st ed. xxviii,361pp. Portrait frontis., portraits, plates, maps. Orig. cloth, non-priceclipped d/j. Fine. Review slip laid in.