Americana

Washington 1857 thick 4to xlvii,760pp + 43 plates, 1857 Finely rebound in modern full hide, new end-papers, a little rubbing to rear cover, remains of original spine label, internally a little occasional foxing otherwise fine throughout. A very attractive copy.

Paris: Chez LePetit jeune, libraire, 1802. First edition. Contemporary speckled calf, gilt title and decoration on spine, marbled endpapers. A very good copy, rebacked with original backstrip laid down, edge wear, some leaves browned, occasional minor dampstain.. Engraved portrait frontis, xxiv, [25]-315 pp. (with half title). Sm. 8vo. Includes six items covering: Louisiana (and Canada), p. [25]-181; India (l'Indostan), p. [183]-228; Haiti (Saint-Domingue), p. [229]-239; Corsica (Corse), p. [241]-251; Guiana (Guyane), p. [253]-272; and "Lettre de M. le chevalier Turgot, a M. le duc de Choiseul. Paris, le 10 octobre 1765", p. [273]-300, with each section having separate half titles except for the last. Vergennes was a French diplomat serving as Foreign Minister from 1774 during the reign of Louis XVI, who helped to conclude a treaty with the American Colonies. The first section on Louisiana and Canada was probably written about 1777, published only after France had reclaimed Louisiana but shortly… Read More

Olean, N. Y.: B & B Furniture. Very Good+. Ca: 1914-1915. First Edition. Hardcover. 71/2 x 91/2 inch photograph. The town of Olean, New York; North Union, #172 Barber Shop. #174, Woolworth 5-10 Cent Store. #176, B&B Furniture Co. New York; B/W Photograph; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Banchard. Very Good+. 1828. First Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes in one. 212 & 238pp. Rebound in orange leather with an ornate gilt border on front cover. Black spine label. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Scattered foxing. First edition in English, originally published in German the same year. Bernhard of aristocratic military rank traveled throughout America & made in-depth observations of the developing country. Americana, Usiana; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 450 pages .

Edinburgh: R. Morison & Son. Very Good. 1795. First Edition. Hardcover. Rebacked leather binding with gilt title on red spine label. Illustrated with 7 fold out maps. Tables with 1 fold out . Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Containing: Astronomical Geography - Geographical Definitions, discovery and general description of America and the United States of their boundaries; mountains; lakes; bays; rivers; natural history; account of the wars and of the important events. Particular descriptions of Kentucky, Western territory and Vermont. World and Northeastern maps have light damp stains. USiana; Maps & Tables; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 531 pages .

Harrisburg, PA: Printed By Henry Welsh. Very Good. 1832-33. First Edition. Hardcover. Rebound in clean red cloth with bright gilt title on spine. Volume 1. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Interior of text is tight & intact. A few pages have a small damp stains. Title page and page three have small mended edge tears. Contents: Boroughs, Bridges, Canals, Railroads and Turnpikes ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 1023 pages .

Printed For The Author, 1804. 2nd Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Good. [Iii], 116 Pp. Second Edition, Extensively Revised To Reply To "A Reply To Aristides, By James Cheetham", With A New One Page Preface By The Author. Bound In Plum Morocco Over Plum Cloth, Gilt Title On Spine, Gilt Rules On Boards. First Printing, Of This Second Edition. Good, Wear. Closed Tear On Front Spine Edge, Fraying At Corners. "William Peter Van Ness, A Friend Of Aaron Burr, Was An Active Participant In The 1800 Presidential Campaign As A Supporter Of The Democratic-Republican Candidates, Burr For Vice President And Thomas Jefferson For President. In July 1804, Van Ness Served As Aaron Burr's Second In Burr's Duel With Alexander Hamilton And Was Present When Burr Fatally Shot Hamilton." [Pba 2016].

1855. Concord, NH, 1855. 9-3/4" x 13-1/2" broadside. Concord, NH, 1855. 9-3/4" x 13-1/2" broadside. "Escaped from the Custody of the Undersigned" [Broadside]. [Escaped Prisoner]. [New Hampshire]. $200.00 Reward! Two Hundred Dollars Will Be Paid for the Arrest and Delivery to the Subscriber of Joseph Frederick Emerson. Concord, NH: June 21, 1855. 9-3/4" x 13-1/2" broadside. Light browning, vertical and horizontal fold lines. A well-preserved copy. $750. * Signed in type by Perkins Gale, Sheriff. Arrested for two counts of larceny, Emerson, "about 30 years of age," "escaped from the custody of the undersigned in Concord, on Tuesday evening, June 19." This appears to be an unrecorded broadside.

New York: W. W. Norton, 2009. First printing. 2009 SIGNED COPY OF R. CRUMB'S MASTERPIECE, THE BOOK OF GENESIS, WITH SIGNED SERIGRAPH PRINT IN SLIPCASE, COPY 155 OF 250 LIMITED EDITION--NOW TRANSLATED INTO 10 LANGUAGES. 8 3/4 x 11 1/8 inches hardcover, black cloth binding with gilt title, in 9 x 11 1/2 inch black cloth slipcase with color image of the expulsion of Adam and Eve from Eden, unpaginated, illustrations, signed book together with signed 8 x 10 inch 9 color serigraph print (by Alex Wood of Wildwood Serigraphs)--unopened in original clear plastic shrink wrap, #155 from edition limited to 250. First published October 2009, R. Crumb, the legendary illustrator, decided to do a literal interpretation using the text word for word in a version primarily assembled from the translations of Robert Alter and the King James Bible. The culmination of 5 years of painstaking work, Crumb's Book of Genesis is a tapestry of masterly detail and storytelling which celebrates his medium of the graphic novel.… Read More

1851 New York City MAP Directory Almanac American History Politics David Franks
In 1786, historian David Franks published one of the most important directories of New York City. The New York Historical Society helped collect and organize the names of streets, political figures, judges and officers, physicians, professors, and law counsellors in New York. This 1851 edition of Franks' 'Directory' includes the highly desirable folding map!
Item number: #19460
Price: $499
FRANKS, David
The New-York directory : containing a valuable and well calculated almanack; tables of the different coins, suitable for any state, and digested in such order, as to render an exchange between any of the United States plain and easy
New York: Republished by John Doggett Jr., 1851.

Details:

· Collation: Complete with all pages
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[2], 82
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Includes folding map
· References: Sabin 54456
· Language: English
· Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure
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Brown cloth
· Size: ~6.25in X 4in… Read More

1850 1ed Illustrated ATLAS Traveler's Guide MAPS Niagara Railroads New York & USA

In the mid-19th-century, Appleton produced numerous travel guides for the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Europe. This guide is an interesting 1850s travel guide to the 'middle states' of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, as well as other northern and eastern sections of America. The Railroad and Steamboat companion concentrates on the Eastern United States and Canada but discusses also Southern and Mid-Western states. Interesting topics includes:
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Origins and Development of the Railroad and Steamboats
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Different Railroads
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Routes in different cities
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The White Mountains
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New York
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Boston
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New Hampshire
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New Brunswick
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Baltimore
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South Carolina
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Georgia
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New Orleans
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And many more!
This 1850 edition by Wellington Williams is illustrated with maps and city views, as well as numerous in-text… Read More

1793 SLAVERY in Jamaica Tobago Muscogee INDIANS Americana Washington Congress

The Gentleman's Magazine was an English periodical which first appeared in 1731. It was published without interrupt for nearly 200 years and was the first of its kind to use the term 'magazine'. It was published by Edward Cave, pseud. Sylvanus Urban.

This 1793 edition includes a variety of important and interesting contents including:
• Slavery –
o Sale of negroes in Jamaica
o Capture of Tobago by the English
• Description of native tribes in Madagascar
• George Washington speeches to Congress
• Execution of Quakers in Boston
• Description of Chief McGillivray, or Hoboi-Hili-Miko and the Muscogee Creek Indians
• Sighting of a double-horned rhino

Item number: #21660
Price: $750

URBAN, Sylvanus [Edward Cave]

The Gentleman's Magazine: for 1793…

London: printed by John Nichols, 1793. First edition.

Details:
• Collation:
o [3], 586-1220, [16]
o Illustrated with 22 engravings
• Language: English
•… Read More

xiii+324 pages with frontispiece, maps, plates, illustrations, appendix and index. Quarto (10 3/4" x 7 1/4") bound in green cloth with gilt lettering to spine housed in custom enclosure. Translated by Buckingham Smith. Edited by Edward Gaylord Bourne. Bradford Club Series number 5. First edition limited to 125 copies of which this is number 76.
Hernando de Soto (c1500-1542) was a Spanish explorer and conquistador who was involved in expeditions in Nicaragua and the Yucatan Peninsula. He played an important role in Francisco Pizarro's conquest of the Inca Empire in Peru, but is best known for leading the first European expedition deep into the territory of the modern-day United States (through Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and most likely Arkansas). He is the first European documented as having crossed the Mississippi River.
De Soto's North American expedition was a vast undertaking. It ranged throughout what is now the southeastern United States, both searching for gold, which had been… Read More

1892 New York City Illustrated Moses King Handbook 800+ Travel Photographs

Moses King had a passion for publishing guidebooks that began before he even graduated college. His first work, "Harvard and its surroundings" would launch him into several publishing jobs and pave the way to a career in editing and writing.

This printing of "Moses King's Handbook of New York City" features over 800 original photographs of New York from the 1890s – a wonderful find for the lover of travel! According to the preface:
"Never before has any one put forth an illustrated history and description of New-York City in a single volume at all comparable with "King's Handbook."

Item number: #23514
Price: $499

KING, Moses

King's handbook of New York city; an outline history and description of the American metropolis: with over eight hundred illustrations

Boston, Mass.: Moses King, 1892.

Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o 928
o Filled with 800+ illustrations
· Language: English… Read More

1818 US NAVY Rules Regulations Crowninshield USS PEACOCK Provenance Pirates WOW
Exceptionally rare, the "Rules, Regulations, and Instructions, for the Naval Service of the United States" is a formal guidebook created under the authority of Benjamin Williams Crowninshield, the Secretary of the Navy (1815-1818), to streamline and standardize practices across the naval forces of the United States. First published by Edward De Krafft in Washington, 1818, the book was a response to an Act of Congress from February 7, 1815, during James Madison's presidency, which called for the establishment of the Board of Commissioners to oversee the Navy Department. This text served to guide the transition of the Navy into a peacetime force after the War of 1812, laying out detailed instructions for various ranks and positions, from yard personnel and warrant officers to high-ranking officials. It covers a wide array of topics including ship maintenance, naval ceremonies, discipline, and provisions, as well as specific… Read More