THE ILLINOIS COUNTRY 1673-1818
Springfield: Illinois Centennial Commission, 1920. First edition. 8vo. (2), frontis. (11), 524pp., folding map, illus. Errata.Top edge gilt. First volume in the Centennial history complete in itself. Very good. More
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The North American Indian Being a series of Volumes Picturing and Describing the Indians of the United States and Alaska
New York, San Francisco and London: Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1976. Third editon. Twenty 8vo. volumes text and photos, plus four 4to. vols large plate photos. Complete. Rust cloth with black spine labels gilt stamped. An affordable reprint of this incredible work photographically documenting Native Americans. Curtis's life work, of the... More
SACAJAWEA: A GUIDE & INTERPRETER OF THE LEWIS & CLARK EXPEDITION, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE TRAVELS OF TOUSSAINT CHARBONNEAU & OF JEAN BAPTISTE, THE EXPEDITION PAPOOSE.
Glendale, CA: Arthur Clark, 1967. Reprint of the orig. 1932 ed. 8vo. 340pp. With illus., facsimiles & folding map. Blue cloth with gilt stamping on spine. Very good. More
A NEW DISCOVERY OF A VAST COUNTRY IN AMERICA.
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1903. Reprinted from the second London issue of 1698, with facsimiles, maps & illus. Notes by Reuben Gold Thwaites. First edition. 2 vols. 8vo. lxiv, 353pp.; pp.357-711. Folding maps & illus. Cloth-backed boards darkened. Top page edges gilt. More
LETTERS OF ASA GRAY.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1894. Second edition. Two volumes. 8vo. 368pp.; 371-838pp. Illus. Contains a fragment of an autobiography Gray was working on. Original green cloth with gilt stamped spine. Top page edges gilt. Rear board edge of volume two worn through cloth. More
BREAKING THE WILDERNESS: THE STORY OF THE CONQUEST OF THE FAR WEST, FROM THE WANDERINGS OF CABEZA DE VACA, TO. ..THE COMPLETION OF THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY...
New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons. The Knickerbocker Press, 1905. First edition. 8vo. xxiii, 360pp., (1), plus ads. Illus. & color frontis. The author was a member of Powell's Colorado River Expedition. Original pictorial cloth (spine darkened). Top page edges gilt. A bit of foxing to endpapers, else... More
AUTHORS AT HOME. Personal and Biographical Sketches of Well-Known American Writers.
New York: Cassell & Company, Limited. 104 & 106 Fourth Avenue, 1889. First edition. 8vo. 354 pp. Edition De Luxe. No. 10 of 100 large paper copies. Recently backed in brown morrocco with gilt stamping, original burgundy boards, hinges reinforced with decorative paper. Top edge gilt. Signed on the title... More
WALDEN.; Introduction by Bradford Torrey. Illustrated with Photogravures.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company. The Riverside Press, 1897. Two vols. 8vo. xliii, 259pp.; vi, -522pp. Olive green cloth with gilt stamping on boards and spine. Spine faded as usual. A lovely edition. More
COLLECTION OF ANTI-WAR MATERIAL FROM THE FOUNDERS OF THE GROUP "WAR CONTROL PLANNERS."
Chappaqua, NY: (1967-1969). A group of 12 items, offprints, magazines, circulars, letters, etc. related to the work of Harriet and Howard Kurtz, their strategies for fostering a global approach to world peace in the midst of the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. As founders of the "War Control Planners,"... More
The Complete Works of Captain John Smith, 1580-1631
Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina. Published fot the Institute of Early American History and Culture at Williamsburg, Virginia, (1986). Three volumes in publishers slipcase. First editions. 8vo. ixxii, 448pp.; xii, 488pp.; xi, 513 pp. Burgundy cloth spine and gray cloth boards. Black title labels. Spines stamped in silver. Embossed... More
BOTANICAL EXPLORATION OF THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI WEST, 1790-1850
Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts: The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Printed by Anthoensen Press, Portland, Maine, 1955. First edition. 8vo. xl, 1144pp. Illus., 8 maps bound in (some folding), and two folding maps in pocket. Original green cloth, gilt stamped on spine. Slight foxing to endpapers, else very good. In original... More
HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL INFORMATION RESPECTING THE HISTORY, CONDITION AND PROSPECTS OF THE INDIAN TRIBES OF THE UNITED STATES.; Illustrated by S. Eastman.
NP: Historical American Indian Press, [1974-75]? Six quarto volumes. Reprinting the original Philadelphia Lippincott, 1852-1857 edition. Reprint of HOWES S183 Field 1379: "Schoolcraft's work was intended to be a great encyclopedia of information relating to the American Aborigines. Schoolcraft had but little learning and no scientific training ... the work... More
A Narrative of the Mission of the United Brethren Among the Delaware and Mohegan Indians, From its Commencement, in the Year 1740, to the Close of the Year 1808.
Cleveland: The Burrows Brothers Company, 1907. Three quarter brown morocco and cloth, raised bands. Large 4to. [18], 3-616pp. No. 86 of 160 copies. Portrait frontispiece plus three maps and five plates. Binding worn on joints and corner, else very good. Howes H392: "Best edition. Standard authority on Moravian Missions in... More
Picturesque America; or, the Land We Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forests, Waterfalls, Shores, Canons, Valleys, Cities, and other Picturesque Features of our Country.; With illustrations on steel and wood, by eminent American artists.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, (1872-1874). 2 volumes. Large 4to. 49 steel engravings and numerous wood engravings. A tribute to the natural diversity of America as shown by its artists. Decorative embossed brown pebbled cloth with all edges gilt. Wear to spine ends and corners. BAL 1732. More
JOURNALS OF FORTY-NINERS: SALT LAKE TO LOS ANGELES.
Glendale, CA: Arthur H. Clark, 1954. First edition. 8vo. 333pp., illus. folded map toward rear. One of 1116 copies. Diaries & contemporary records. Original green cloth with gilt stamping fine copy. Brown paper wrapper cover. Volume 2 in the Far West and rockies Historical Series. More
A HISTORY OF TRAVEL IN AMERICA.
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, (1915). First edition. Number 46 of 250 copies of the large paper edition. 4 vols. 8vo. 339pp.; 341-740pp.; 741-1124pp.; 1125-1531pp. With 400 in text illustrations; 2 double page maps; & 12 color plates. "Being an outline of the development in modes of travel from archaic vehicles of colonial... More
EXPEDITIONS OF ZEBULON MONTGOMERY PIKE, TO THE HEADWATERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, THROUGH LOUISIANA TERRITORY, & IN NEW SPAIN, DURING THE YEARS 1805-6-7.; Edited and annotated by Elliot Coues.
NY: Francis P. Harper, 1895. Three volumes. New edition, reprinted from the orig. 1810 ed. #453 of 1150 copies, the regular trade edition. Maps. Original green cloth with gilt stamped spines. Book plate and stamp of previous owner. Very good set with slight rubbing. "Best ed., ed. by Coues with... More
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.
Kent, [Ohio]: Published by Volar Limited, 126 College Street West, 1978. Two volumes. Quarto. Contemporary brown leather binding with gilt tooling on boards and spines. All edges gilt. Numerous color illustrations. Limited to 5000 copies, a facsimile of the greatest American color plate book of the time, originally published between... More
REPORT OF EXPLORATIONS FOR A ROUTE FOR THE PACIFIC RAILROAD... NEAR THE 38TH & 39TH PARALLELS OF NORTH LATITUDE, FROM THE MOUTH OF THE KANSAS RIVER, MO., TO THE SEVIER LAKE, IN THE GREAT BASIN.
Washington: 1855. Reprint (from the Pacific Railroad Surveys series). 4to.; 128pp. Illus., 13 color lithographs (old stain along lower edge) & 4 large folding maps. First map is split along one fold & has a 3 in. tear from margin onto map; other maps have some wear at folds. Binder's... More
The Rucker Family Genealogy, with Their Ancestors, Descendants, and Connections. Compiled from original records, letters, and other material collected over a period of thirty years.
Richmond, VA: Old Dominion Press, 1932. First edition. 8vo. (14), 585 pp. Frontispiece portraits, coat-of-arms plates, one in color; errata. Descendants of Peter Rucker who settled in Virginia in 1690. Some foxing, but very good. Original navy cloth (frayed at head of spine), gilt spine title (dull). (4437). More
The Salkeld Family of Pennsylvania, from John Who Emigrated in 1705, to the Fourth Generation so Far as Is Known, by a Descendant.
NP: 1867. First edition. 8vo. 8 pp. Illustrated with two small woodcuts. From the unsigned prefatory note: "These leaves were printed by an amateur who had never previously set up more than a few pages of type." OCLC locates a dozen copies. Very good. Original printed self-wrappers, lacking original stitching... More
The Gilpin Family from Richard de Guylpyn in 1206, in Line to Joseph Gilpin, the Emigrant to America, with a Notice of the West Family, Who Likewise Emigrated.
(Lima, PA): 1870. First edition. 8vo. 12 pp. Joseph Gilpin and his family emigrated from England to Chester County, Pennsylvania, in 1695. OCLC locates 16 copies. Very good. Original printed self-wrappers, stitched. (9896). More
The Gorhams of North Carolina.
Boston, (MA): Reprinted from the New England Genealogical Historical and Genealogical Register, 1928. First separate edition. 8vo. 18 pp. Thornton 14602. Very good. Original printed tan wrappers, stapled. (9900). More
Business activities in New Jersey, the Midwest, and Brooklyn, New York, as recorded in the estate papers of John S. Noble, a native of New York City who spent most of his working life in Brooklyn, New York, New Jersey, and the South, before returning to Brooklyn for his later years. Included are Noble's letters to his wife, with her return correspondence, business letters to Noble, letters to Mrs. Noble from her relatives, deeds and legal documents, and printed ephemera, including four pamphlets that appear to be unlocated on OCLC, approximately 125 items, all more fully described below.
Trenton, NJ, Brooklyn, NY, and various places in New England and the upper Midwest: 1839-1887. Some storage wear and soiling to some of the items, but a very good lot of papers relating to the life of a significant Brooklyn personality. Most of the material was once bound into a.... More
History of the Adams Family, with Biographical Sketches of Distinguished Descendants of the Several American Ancestors, Including Collateral Branches.
New York: Willis McDonald & Co., 1893. First edition. Large 8vo. 84 pp. Portrait plates and illustrations; some manuscript additions and markings. Begins with the 17th-century New England and Massachusetts Bay ancestors of John and John Quincy Adams, among others, and continues through the 19th century. Ownership signature and book... More