Verifying service on Lake Erie in the War of 1812, in a clerical manuscript letter, “Navy Department, January 13th, 1831,” signed by Branch as Secretary of the Navy, to George Grady, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, in part: “I send you a certificate [not present here] from the Fourth Auditor of the..... More
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LIFE AMONG THE APACHES
San Francisco: A. Roman & Company, Publishers. New York: 27 Howard Street. 1868. First edition. 12mo. 322 pp. Inscribed in pencil on a front endpaper "This book was given me in San Francisco July 1870 by John H. Carmany publisher of Overland Monthly. A. B. Crandell." HOWES C-879. FIELD 387..... More
Governor’s Message to the Honorable, the General Assembly of North-Carolina [caption title].
(Raleigh, NC): Session 1860-’61 (John Spellman, Printer to the State), General Assembly Doc. No. 1, Nov. 20, 1860. First edition. 8vo. 32 pp. OCLC: “Includes much on railroads and a discussion of political affairs on the eve of the Civil War.” OCLC locates five copies (North Carolina, East Carolina, Wake..... More
DISCUSSING THEATRICAL MATTERS, in an autograph letter to "John", signed in full "John T. Ford."
4to. 1 page, approximately 125 words. Folded as for mailing, now matted with a typed transcription and title ("Theatrical Letter of John T. Ford / Owner of Ford's Theater [sic], / Where President Abraham Lincoln Was Shot"). Glazed and framed. A hastily written, undated letter to an associate discussing the..... More
REPORT OF THE EXPLORING EXPEDITION TO THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS IN THE YEAR 1842, AND TO OREGON AND NORTH CALIFORNIA IN THE YEARS 1843-44
Washington: Gale and Seaton Printers, 1845. 8vo. 693 pp. Twenty-two plates, five maps, three folding, the largest in rear pocket. Howes F-370. Wagner-Camp 115:1. Wheat Gold Regions 3266. Wheat Transmississippi 497. Zamorano 80, 39. Cowan, p. 223. Graff 1437. Grolier Club One Hundred American Books 49. Mintz 165. Rittenhouse 229..... More
GUNN'S DOMESTIC MEDICINE, OR POOR MAN'S FRIEND, IN THE HOURS OF AFFLICTION, PAIN, AND SICKNESS, THIS BOOK POINTS OUT, IN PLAIN LANGUAGE, FREE FROM DOCTOR'S TERMS, THE DISEASES OF MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN, AND THE LATEST AND MOST APPROVED MEANS USED IN THEIR CURE AND IS EXPRESSLY WRITTEN FOR THE USE OF FAMILIES IN THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN COUNTRY, AND HOW THEY ARE TO BE USED IN THE CURE OF DISEASES...
Madisonville, (TN): printed at the Office of Henderson & Johnston, 1834. 4th edition (orig. published in Knoxville in 1830). 8vo.; xv, 604pp. Table. Recent calf-backed marbled boards, leather spine label. Foxed, ink notes on an interior blank page, but a solid copy in an attractive new binding. More
Gunn's Domestic Medicine, or Poor Man's Friend, in the Hours of Affliction, Pain, and Sickness, This Book Points Out in Plain Language Free from Doctor's Terms, the Diseases of Men, Women, and Children, and the Latest and Most Approved Means Used in Their Cure, and Is Expressly Written for the Benefit of Families, in the Western and Southern States; It also Contains Descriptions of Medical Roots and Herbs of the Western and Southern Country, and How They Are to Be Used in the Cure of Diseases; Arranged on a New and Simple Plan, by which the Practice of Medicine Is Reduced to Principles of Common Sense.
Pumpkintown, TN: S.M. Johnston, 1839. "Eighth edition" (first published Knoxville, 1830), but the first and only Pumpkintown printing. 8vo. 635 pp. "American Imprints" 56067. Allen "Tennessee Imprints" 1559. Allen "Some Tennessee Rarities" 38: "The most popular book written by a Tennessean during the early years of the state's history ....... More
Gunn's Domestic Medicine, or Poor Man's Friend, Shewing the Diseases of Men, Women, and Children, and Expressly Intended for the Benefit of Families; Containing a Description of the Medicinal Roots and Herbs, and How They Are to Be Used in the Cure of Disease. Arranged on a new and simple plan
Madisonville, TN: Printed by J.F. Grant, 1834. Second edition (actually the third, following 1830 and 1831 Knoxville printings). 8vo. xv, 604 pp. One hand-colored plate. American Imprints 24763. Allen Tennessee imprints 1134. Allen More Tennessee Rarities 317 (for the first edition, Knoxville, 1830): "Today all of the Tennessee editions of..... More
GUNN'S DOMESTIC MEDICINE, OR POOR MAN'S FRIEND....the Diseases of Men, Women and Children...Descriptions of the Medicinal Roots and Herbs of the Western and Southern Country...Tenth Edition
Louisville, [Ky.]: Charles Pool, 1838. 8vo. 768 pp. Old three quarter black leather (rubbed) with black cloth boards, wear to joints, corners, tear to top of spine, new endpapers. Staining and scattered foxing throughout. Not listed in American Imprints, though a number of copies are listed on OCLC. More
CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN GEN. ANDREW JACKSON AND JOHN C. CALHOUN, President and Vice-President of the U. States, in the Subject of the Course of the Letter, in the Deliberations of the Cabinet of Mr. Monroe, on the Occurrences in the Seminole War.
Washington, (DC): Printed by Duff Green, 1831. First edition. 8vo. 52 pp. Howes J-6 and C-29. Field 371. Servies 1536: “Calhoun’s reply to a query of W.H. Crawford on Jackson’s orders prior to the occupation of St. Marks and Pensacola; extracts of letters, 1818-1831, exchanged between Monroe and Jackson.” Disbound..... More
Post-Oak Circuit, by a member of the Red River Conference. Edited by Thomas O. Summers, D.D.
Nashville, TN: Published for the author by E. Stevenson & F.A. Owen, 1857. First edition. 12mo in sixes (16 cm.). 275, (8, publisher's catalogue) pp. Living with and without money, supporting the ministry and the needy, and other essays. Wood-engraved chapter tailpieces. Allen Tennessee Imprints 4361. A little foxing, private..... More
A Bibliography of American Sporting Books: Sport, Natural History, Hunting, Dogs, Trapping, Shooting, Early American Travel, Fishing, Sporting Periodicals, Guide Books, Forestry, Conservation, &c. With the approval of the Boone & Crockett Club.
Boston, MA: Edward Morrill and Son, nd [1941]. Re- issue of the 1930 first edition. 8vo. (8), 638, (1) pp. Dedication: "The inspiration of [Charles Sheldon's] magnificent world library on sport and travel planted the seed of this idea, while the completeness of his collection paved the road for a...... More
Wenham Lake Shooting Record and the "Farm Bag," 1926-1935
(Cambridge, MA): Privately printed (at the Cosmos Press), (c1936). First edition, 1/100 copies, this one inscribed by the author on the front endpaper. 8vo. 171 pp. Day-by-day account of hunting waterfowl on Wenham Lake in Essex County, Massachusetts, a sequel to the author's earlier book covering the years, 1897-1925. Biscotti..... More
AMERICAN WATERFOWL, THEIR PRESENT SITUATION AND THE OUTLOOK FOR THEIR FUTURE; With illustrations by Allan Brooks A. L. Ripley
Boston, (MA): Houghton Mifflin, 1930. First edition. 8vo. xiv, (2), 312 pp. Illustrated from line drawings, plates, maps. Original two-tone cloth, illustrated dust jacket (several small chips). Very good. More
WELLS'S LAWYER AND BOOK-KEEPING: explaining the method of keeping accounts, and containing the new constitution of the State of New York, and forms for bills of exchange, bills of sale ... letters of credit ... wills ... articles of confederation, etc., a list of property exempt from execution: and important information for business men.
New York: John C. Wells, 97 Nassau Street, 1847. 8vo. 104, 38 pp. Printed pink boards backed with tan leather, gilt rules on spine. Two listings on OCLC: Columbia Univ. Law Sch.; Seattle Public Lib. More
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