1876. [Louis-Philippe-Albert d'Orleans] PARIS, comte de. HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR IN AMERICA. Translated, with the approval of the author, by Louis F. Tasistro. Edited by Henry Coppee. Philadelphia: Jos. H. Coates & Co., 1876. Volume 1 only. Fold-out maps with outline color. Octavo. xvi,640 pp. Blue cloth, gilt-stamped armorial..... More
1837. PECK, J. M. A GAZETTEER OF ILLINOIS, IN THREE PARTS: Containing a general view of the state, a general view of each county, and a particular description of each town, settlement, stream, prairie, bottom, bluff, etc.; alphabetically arranged. Philadelphia: Grigg & Elliott, 1837. Second edition, "entirely revised, corrected, and..... More
1913. [PERIODICALS] Trevelyan, Francis & Frank Allaben, eds. THE JOURNAL OF AMERICAN HISTORY, VOLS. I - VII PLUS INDEX I - V. New Haven/Greenfield, IN: Associated Publishers of American Records/Frank Allaben Genealogical Company, 1907-1913. Quarterly, four numbers in each volume, Volumes I - VII. 764 + [14 pp.]/716 + [16..... More
1903. [PERIODICALS]. THE BASKET: THE JOURNAL OF THE BASKET FRATERNITY OR LOVERS OF INDIAN BASKETS AND OTHER GOOD THINGS. Pasadena: George Wharton James, 1903. VOL.1, NOS. 1-4 bound as 3. 8vo, 6"x 9 1/4". In original printed wrappers. Illustrated throughout. Binding of Nos. 1 & 2 is cracked with about..... More
1751. POMFRET, Rev. Mr. John. POEMS UPON SEVERAL OCCAIONS. Boston: Zechariah Fowle, 1751. 11th edition, corrected. pp. 1-130 (incomplete, missing pp. 41-47, 123-126 and last 40 pages). 24mo., calf, wood boards worn, slightly chipped at corners. Spine partially detached, chipped 1/2 inch at heel and crown, front joint splitting. Lacks..... More
1900. [POSTCARDS]. Album of Post Cards and Greeting Cards. 64 cards collected in a black album with printed title. Cards date from early 20th century and include cards from a variety of occasions: Birthday, Christmas, Easter, Valentine's Day as well as some assorted humorous and New England travel related cards..... More
1932. PRIME, Alfred Coxe, ed. THE ARTS AND CRAFTS IN PHILADELPHIA MARYLAND AND SOUTH CAROLINA, 1721-1785: GLEANINGS FROM NEWSPAPERS (with) THE ARTS AND CRAFTS IN PHILADELPHIA MARYLAND AND SOUTH CAROLINA, 1786-1800, SERIES TWO: GLEANINGS FROM NEWSPAPERS. Topsfield, MA: The Walpole Society, 1929-1932. First Volume: Limited to 500 copies. viii +..... More
1859. [SCIENCE/ZOOLOGY] REPORTS OF EXPLORATION AND SURVEYS, TO ASCERTAIN THE MOST PRACTICABLE AND ECONOMICAL ROUTE FOR A RAILROAD FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN. VOLUME X. Washington: Beverley Tucker, 1859. 400 + 27 + 97 + 13 pp. plus 28 hand colored plates, and 94 b/w plates. 4to...... More
1978. RANDOLPH, Edmund. HELL AMONG THE YEARLINGS. Chicago: The Lakeside Press, R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company, 1978. The Lakeside Classics: Christmas, 1978. Illustrated. xxvi,406 pp. 12mo., brown cloth, gilt-stamped title to spine and publisher's device to upper board, t.e.g. Fine. More
1888. RANDOLPH, Edmund. LETTER ON THE FEDERAL CONSTITUTION, OCTOBER 16, 1787, BY EDMUND RANDOLPH. [One of the series PAMPHLETS ON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES,Published during its Discussion by the People, 1787-1788.] Edited by Paul Leicester Ford. [Brooklyn, NY: Historical Printing Club, 1888]. 18 pp. An octavo-size pamphlet, side-sewn..... More
LESUEUR, Charles Alexandre. REGISTER, James, ed. AMERICA IS MY NAME. Illustrated by Charles Alexandre LESUEUR. Shreveport, LA: Mid-South Press, 1972. First edition. (unpag.) 4to., pale wrappers printed in red. Light soil to covers, corners slightly curled. Interior clean and bright; halftone reproductions (full-page) of Lesueur's sketches. Text from de Tocqueville..... More
1872. REVERE, Joseph W. KEEL AND SADDLE: A RETROSPECT OF FORTY YEARS OF MILITARY AND NAVAL SERVICE. Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1872. First edition. 12mo. xiii,360 pp. Publisher's green cloth over beveled boards, gilt-stamped title to spine, vignette illustration gilt-stamped to upper board and blind-stamped to lower board..... More
1900. AMONG THE RED INDIANS; Or, The Triumphs of the Gospel in the Land of the Wigwam and the Tomahawk. Kilmarnock, Scotland: John Ritchie, [n.d., circa 1900]. Illustrated. 12mo., gray illustrated cloth. 96 pp. + [16] pp. adv. Minor rubbing and edgewear. Minor offsetting to endpapers, else clean and crisp..... More
1839. ROUX DE ROCHELLE. ETATS-UNIS D'AMERIQUE. Paris: Firmin Didot Freres, Editeurs, 1839. One of the series L'Univers; Histoire et description de tous les peuples. Later printing, but still early; the first edition was printed in 1837. 96 plates and a fold-out map. Octavo: [vi],400 pp., with text printed in double..... More
1895. SAFFORD, Susan Darling. "QUAINT EPITAPHS". (Boston: Susan Darling Safford, printed by Alfred Mudge & Son, 1895). First edition. 45 pp. Slim 8vo., black and red cloth printed to upper board in silver, t.e.g. Ink gift inscription to ffep. A touch of sunning at spine, with fore-corners gently bumped. Internally..... More
1904. SCARBOROUGH COMPANY. LARGE COLOR FOLDING MAP OF INDIANA, 1904. Boston, MA: The Scarborough Company (1904). Gilt dark brown pebbled cloth boards, no spine, 10 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches when folded, 58 1/2 x 39 1/4 inches when unfolded. Scale is 1:380,160. Data includes the 1900 census; insets at..... More
1857. SEARS, Edmund H. PICTURES OF THE OLDEN TIME; As Shown in the Fortunes of a Family of the Pilgrims. Boston: Crosby, Nichols, and Company. Private edition: includes GENEALOGIES AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF THE ANCESTRY AND DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD SEARS, THE PILGRIM. 8vo., brown cloth, title gilt-stamped to spine. Ex-library;..... More
1796. (SERMONS, AMERICAN - 18TH CENTURY) A COLLECTION OF FIVE SERMONS, INCLUDING A DIRGE AND A MONODY, BY VARIOUS AUTHORS. All published in eastern Massachusetts (Boston and Salem), 1767-1796. (Detailed descriptions of the sermons in this volume appear below.) Small quarto: 21 cm. 175 pp. in total. Four of five..... More
1970. SERRA, Junipero, transl. Rev. Francis J. WEBER. A LETTER OF JUNIPERO SERRA TO THE REVEREND FATHER PREACHER FRAY FERMIN FRANCISCO DE LAUSEN: A BICENTENNIAL DISCOVERY. Boston: David R. Godine, 1970. First edition, one of five hundred letterpress copies, unnumbered. Fifth in a series of poems,essays, broadsides and tracts. [9]..... More
1963. SLOANE, Eric. ABC BOOK OF EARLY AMERICANA: A SKETCHBOOK OF ANTIQUITIES AND AMERICAN FIRSTS. Garden City: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1963. First edition, with original ink drawing (covered bridge) signed by Sloane and dated 1963 on ffep. Boards slightly bowed, else fine in very good price-clipped pictorial dust jacket..... More
1963. SLOANE, Eric. ABC BOOK OF EARLY AMERICANA: A SKETCHBOOK OF ANTIQUITIES AND AMERICAN FIRSTS. Garden City: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1963. First edition, with original ink drawing (covered bridge) signed by Sloane and dated 1963 on ffep. Boards slightly bowed, else fine in very good price-clipped pictorial dust jacket..... More
1963. SLOANE, Eric. ABC BOOK OF EARLY AMERICANA: A SKETCHBOOK OF ANTIQUITIES AND AMERICAN FIRSTS. Garden City: Doubleday and Company, Inc., 1963. First edition, with original ink drawing (covered bridge) signed by Sloane and dated 1963 on ffep. Owner's ink signature on ffep above Slaone drawing. Boards slightly bowed, else..... More
1898. SMITH, Charles C. MEMOIR OF JOHN AMORY LOWELL, LL.D. Cambridge, MA: John Wilson and Son, University Press, 1898. 22 pp. 8vo., grey sewn wrappers printed in black. Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, January, 1898. Light soil and toning to wrappers. Elegant frontispiece portrait foxed in..... More
1888. SMITH, Melancthon. ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. By a Plebeian. [One of the series PAMPHLETS ON THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES,Published during its Discussion by the People, 1787-1788.] Edited by Paul Leicester Ford. [Brooklyn, NY: Historical Printing Club, 1888]. 27 pp. An octavo-size..... More
1899. (SPANISH AMERICAN WAR). PROCLAMATIONS AND DECREES DURING THE WAR WITH SPAIN. Dept. of State, Unites States of America. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1899. 8vo., original wrappered pamphlet bound in black cloth-backed marbled paper-covered boards, paper labels to spine; 99 pp. Ex-library. Very good... More