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The Red Man and the White Man in North America from its Discovery to the Present Time
Boston: Little, Brown, 1882. First Edition. Publisher’s cloth; hinges cracking; very good or better. Presented by the author to his nephew. More
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Recollections of the Jersey Prison-Ship...from the Original Manuscript of the Late Captain Thomas Dring...one of the prisoners
Providence: H.H. Brown, 1829. First Edition. Contemporary boards with a newer cloth spine and paper label; hinges repaired; page 119/120 archivally mended and mounted between tissue; some foxing and page spotting; very good. With the folding frontispiece of a view of the ship exterior and diagrams of two decks. This..... More
[Book #21017P]
The Life of Rev. Michael Schlatter; With a Full Account of his Travels and Labors Among the Germans in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia
Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston, 1857. First Edition. Howes H-178. Publisher’s cloth; near fine. More
[Book #36407P]
A Narrative of the Indian Wars in New-England
Norwich (presumably Connecticut): John Trumbull, no date [c. 1780]. Some page staining and browning, but very good in what are likely the original boards with a calf spine (original, or at least early). More
[Book #30051P]
Some Conversations of Dr. Franklin and Mr. Jay
New Haven: Three Monks Press, 1936. First Edition. One of 247 copies. Near fine. More
[Book #24412P]
Travels Through the Northern Parts of the United States in the Years 1807 and 1808
New York: I. Riley, 1809. First Edition; three volumes. Bound in contemporary full calf; some inscriptions and ink notes on the endpapers; foxing and page spotting; but overall a very good copy. The author’s travels were confined to New England, where he observed local politics and economic conditions. More
[Book #35788P]
America's Advancement: Progress of the United States During Their First Century. Illustrated by One Hundred Engravings on Steel
New York: Virtue and Royston, 1876. First Edition of this lavish centennial volume; measuring approximately 9 x 12”, and over 3” thick, weighing over 10 pounds; bound in full morocco, decorated in gilt and blind; all edges gilt; in superb condition with intact metal (brass?) clasps. For the most part..... More
[Book #36905P]
Patriotic Effusions by Bob Short
New York: L. & F. Lockwood, 1819. First Edition. While not in the BAL (which begins his entries with a work from 1831), this is attributed to Longstreet, who was the uncle of the Confederate general. Withdrawal stamp from a historical society; bound in late cloth; first few leaves archivally..... More
[Book #32447P]
History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs. Embellished with One Hundred and Twenty Portraits from the Indian Gallery in the Department of War, at Washington
Philadelphia: D. Rice and A.N. Hart, 1855. Third octavo edition; considered by some to be the best of the octavo editions for the superiority of its hand coloring; three volumes; publisher’s red pebble-grained morocco; all edges gilt; thick, beveled boards; raised bands; elaborate gilt decoration on the boards and the..... More
[Book #35577P]
The Photographic History of the Civil War: Semi-Centennial Memorial
New York: Review of Reviews, 1912. Ten volumes; in publisher’s 3/4 blue morocco and cloth. Aside from some wear at the spine ends, an excellent set in the original dust jackets, some of which have suffered considerable staining and chipping. More
[Book #36904P]
New England's Memorial. Fifth Edition...Large Additions...and an Appendix by John Davis
Boston: Crocker and Brewster, 1826. Bound in contemporary half leather and marbled paper boards; bookplate; foxing and page spotting; very good; complete with the folding map. More
[Book #35789P]
Report of the Governor of New Mexico to the Secretary of the Interior for the Fiscal Year ended June 30, 1898
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1898. First Edition. Wrappers; very good. Folding map bound inside the back wrapper. More
[Book #26339P]
Iowa As It Is in 1856
Chicago: Keen and Lee, 1856. Publisher’s decorated cloth; very good or a little better; with the folded map bound inside the back cover. In a custom slipcase. More
[Book #36404P]
Story of Bacchus and Centennial Souvenir
Hartford, Ct. A.E. Brooks, 1876. First Edition. Inscribed by the publisher in 1884. Publisher’s cloth; private library bookplate; about fine. More
[Book #35533P]
A Pattern Book of Tools and Household Goods
No place of publication: Early American Industries Association, 1996. Facsimile reproduction of the Pattern Book (c.1810) held by the Peabody Essex Museum, with many fold out pages and facsimile List of Prices booklet in a pouch at the rear. A fine copy in printed wrappers. More
[Book #25150P]
Journal of the Life, Travels and Gospel Labours of that Faithful Servant and Minister of Christ, Job Scott
New York: Issac Collins, 1797. First Edition. Contemporary leather; covers bowed; some wear; page staining and edge wear; lacking the rear free endpaper; a good copy. A Rhode Island Quaker, Scott traveled most of the United States and to the British Isles visiting other congregations, apparently praising God incessantly the..... More
[Book #36409P]
Indian Wars of New England
Boston: W.B. Clarke Co., 1910. First Edition (”Library Edition”); three volumes; publisher’s cloth with paper spine labels; bookplates; only minute wear; fine. More
[Book #36257P]
The Laws of the United States of America: Vol V
Washington: Samuel Harrison Smith, 1801. Comprising the 1st and 2nd sessions of the sixth Congress. Two volumes; uncut and mostly unopened; in original plain wrappers (titled in ink); the title page is bound in at the end of the second volume; some wear, but overall in excellent condition. One assumes..... More
[Book #30939P]
Los Gringos: Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, With Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia
New York: Baker and Scribner, 1849. First Edition. Aside from considerable page foxing, an excellent copy. With the 1865 gift inscription of General Wm. Raymond Lee, in whose Massachusetts regiment Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. served. More
[Book #24054P]
I Like It Here
London: Gollancz, 1959. First Edition. Fine in a very lightly worn dust jacket with a small bookshop sticker at the bottom of the front flap. More
[Book #35853P]
I Like It Here
London: Gollancz, 1958. First Edition. Fine in dust jacket with slight browning. More
[Book #35854P]
Backing for US Policies in Vietnam from Mr. Kingsley Amis and others
London: Trigram Press, 1967. First Edition of this counter-protest poster printing the text of a letter, limited to 200 copies; approximately 12 x 30”; marginal tears; very good to fine; rolled. Signed in print by Amis as well as by Robert Conquest, John Braine, Edmund Crispin and others. More
[Book #27180P]
The Nightingale by Hans Andersen
New York: R.H. Russell, 1898. Illustrated by Mary J. Newill and printed by Updike at the Merrymount Press. Bound by MacDonald in full green morocco with a small device on the front cover incorporating the owner’s first name; bookplate; very minor page spotting; edges and spine faded to brown; very..... More
[Book #32077P]
The Sand Hills of Jutland
Boston: Ticknor & Fields, 1860. First American Edition. Very light spotting and wear; about fine. More
[Book #11580P]
What the Moon Saw: And Other Tales
New York: James Miller, 1867. First American Edition. Publisher’s cloth; contemporary gift inscription inside the front cover; some pages wrinkled; very good. More
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