BUNGAY, George W.
Off-Hand Takings; Or, Crayon Sketches of the Noticeable Men of Our Age. Embellished with Twenty Portraits on Steel.
New York: De Witt & Davenport, (1854). Reprint. (First published as "CrayonSketches and Off-Hand Takings" see Sabin 9162).
8vo., orig. red cloth with pictorial gilt decoration on the upper cover and the spine, viii, (9)-408pp. A couple of signatures a bit sprung, part of front pastedown lacking probably from the removal of a bookplate, minor wear to spine ends but in fact a better than very good but not quite near fine copy.
Off-Hand Takings; Or, Crayon Sketches of the Noticeable Men of Our Age. Embellished with Twenty Portraits on Steel.
New York: De Witt & Davenport, (1854). Reprint. (First published as "CrayonSketches and Off-Hand Takings" see Sabin 9162).
8vo., orig. red cloth with pictorial gilt decoration on the upper cover and the spine, viii, (9)-408pp. A couple of signatures a bit sprung, part of front pastedown lacking probably from the removal of a bookplate, minor wear to spine ends but in fact a better than very good but not quite near fine copy.
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BURTON, Richard F. The City Of The Saints And Across the Rocky Mountains. Edited with an Introduction and Notes by Fawn M. Brodie. New York: Knopf, 1963. Tall 8vo., cloth, xliv, 654, xxii pp. Small hole in title repaired o/w a near fine copy.
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BUTLER (KEMBLE), Fanny.
Journal. By Frances Anne Butler.
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1835. In two volumes. First U.S. edition.
8vo., orig. purple cloth, paper spine labels, 222, (12); 218, (36)pp. Spines and perimeter of boards faded to tan, o/w an about fine copy.
Fanny Kemble [1809-1893] celebrated actress, novelist and poet born into the famous theatrical Kemble family. Her father was part owner and manager of Covent Garden Theatre; her aunt, Sarah Kemble Siddons, won acclaim as "the greatest actress the world has ever seen." Fanny Kemble first appeared at Covent Garden in 1829 where she won instant acclaim. While on tour in the U.S. in 1834 she married Pierce Butler, a wealthy Georgia planter. Discovering that her husbands wealth came from slave operated plantations, Kemble, a committed libertarian was horrified with the fact her husband "owned" people. Butler never understood Fanny's ethical stand and they were later embroiled in an ugly and bitter divorce that deprived Fanny of both her children and her home. The above work provides an account of her travels in the United States and it was met with severe reviews both in England and America. "This uncomfortably gauche work's indiscretions offended numerous prominent Americans."
Journal. By Frances Anne Butler.
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1835. In two volumes. First U.S. edition.
8vo., orig. purple cloth, paper spine labels, 222, (12); 218, (36)pp. Spines and perimeter of boards faded to tan, o/w an about fine copy.
Fanny Kemble [1809-1893] celebrated actress, novelist and poet born into the famous theatrical Kemble family. Her father was part owner and manager of Covent Garden Theatre; her aunt, Sarah Kemble Siddons, won acclaim as "the greatest actress the world has ever seen." Fanny Kemble first appeared at Covent Garden in 1829 where she won instant acclaim. While on tour in the U.S. in 1834 she married Pierce Butler, a wealthy Georgia planter. Discovering that her husbands wealth came from slave operated plantations, Kemble, a committed libertarian was horrified with the fact her husband "owned" people. Butler never understood Fanny's ethical stand and they were later embroiled in an ugly and bitter divorce that deprived Fanny of both her children and her home. The above work provides an account of her travels in the United States and it was met with severe reviews both in England and America. "This uncomfortably gauche work's indiscretions offended numerous prominent Americans."
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CAMPBELL, Douglas. The Puritans of Hollan, England and America. An Introduction to American History. New York: Harpers, 1893. In two volumes. Fourth edition, revised and corrected. Tall 8vo., cont. half calf, marble boards, raised bands, T.E.G., (lvi), 509; xx, 588pp. Some minor chipping to the heads of the spine, a scratch on both spines but in fact a very nice set.
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COGGESHALL, George. Voyages To Various Parts of the World, Made Between The Years 1799 and 1844. By.....Selected from his Ms. Journal of Eighty Volumes. New York: D. Appleton, 1851. First edition. Tall 8vo., orig. cloth, 213, (2)pp.ads. Foxing throughout, heaviest on the first and last pages, there is a water stain on the lower corner of the last 100 pp. not affecting text, some light wear to lower edge of the front board but in fact a very nice copy. "Coggeshall was an American sea captain for nearly twenty-six years, having recived his first command in 1809. Privateering occupied him during the War of 1812. This book includes an interesting voyage in the schooner Sea Serpent, from New York to Callao, Peru, in the years 1821-22. He wrote several popular books on voyages during the 1850's." (Hill).
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COUGHLIN, Charles E. A Series of Lectures on Social Justice as broadcast by..... Royal Oak, Michigan: The League of the Little Flower, 1935. First edition. 8vo., orig. printed wrappers, 244pp. Fine.
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DEPEW, Chauncey M. Addresses And Literary Contributions on the Threshold of Eighty-Two..... NP: no publisher, no date. (1917?) Tall 8vo. cont. red half morocco, marble boards, raised bands, 296pp. Bookplate o/w a very nice copy.
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DICKENSON, S.N. The Boston Almanac 1849. Vol.V. Number 14. Boston: Published by B.B. Musey & Co., nd. (1849). 12mo., orig. brown cloth, (216)pp. plus adverts. Name, some short tears on folds of folding map, cloth somewhat worn with a couple of marks, a very good copy.
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DIECK, Herman. The Johnstown Flood. NP: Np: Nd. (189-?) 8vo., orig. cloth, 224pp. Cheap paper browned, o/w a very good copy.
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DREW, Samuel. The Life Of The Rev. Thomas Coke ...including details of his various travels and extraordinary missionary exertions in England, Ireland, American and the West-Indies.......... New York: Published by J. Soule and T. Mason for the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States, 1818. First U.S. edition. Tall 8vo., full contemporary calf, gilt compartments, leather label, xix, 391pp. Small nick in the head of the spine, hinges rubbed but still a very nice copy. Life of Thomas Coke [1747-1814] the first superintendent of the Methodist Church in America and "the father of Methodist Missions."
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DUNBAR, Seymour.
A History of Travel In America. Showing the Development of Travel and Transportation from the Crude Methods of Canoe and the Dog-Sled to the Highly Organized Railway Systems of the Present.......
New York: Greenwood Press, 1968. In four volumes. Reprint. (first published 1914).
Tall 8vo., orig. black cloth lettered in silver. A fine copy.
A History of Travel In America. Showing the Development of Travel and Transportation from the Crude Methods of Canoe and the Dog-Sled to the Highly Organized Railway Systems of the Present.......
New York: Greenwood Press, 1968. In four volumes. Reprint. (first published 1914).
Tall 8vo., orig. black cloth lettered in silver. A fine copy.
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DWIGHT, Timothy.
Travels in New-England and New-York. By.......
London: Printed for William Byanes and Son; ..... 1823. In four volumes. First English edition.
Tall 8vo., recently rebound in cloth backed boards, paper spine labels, with new e/papers, (xxxii), 483; (xii), 504; (xii), 514; (xii), 514pp. Tear in the map in volume one, maps foxed with some foxing to titles but o/w a very nice set.
"This work, though the humblest in its pretences, is the most important of Dr. Dwight's writings, and will derive additional value from time."
Travels in New-England and New-York. By.......
London: Printed for William Byanes and Son; ..... 1823. In four volumes. First English edition.
Tall 8vo., recently rebound in cloth backed boards, paper spine labels, with new e/papers, (xxxii), 483; (xii), 504; (xii), 514; (xii), 514pp. Tear in the map in volume one, maps foxed with some foxing to titles but o/w a very nice set.
"This work, though the humblest in its pretences, is the most important of Dr. Dwight's writings, and will derive additional value from time."
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(EASTMAN, Edward). Seven and Nine Years Amont the Camanches And Apaches. An Autobiography. Jersey City,NJ: Published by Clark Johnson M.D., 1873. First edition. 8vo., orig. orange cloth lettered in black, 309, (1)p. Some light foxing o/w a fine copy.
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FIDLER, Isaac.
Observations On Professions, Literature, Manners and Emigration in The United States and Canada, Made During A Residence There In 1832.
New York: Published by J. & J. Harper..... 1833. First edition.
8vo., orig. cloth, paper spine label, viii, (13)-248, 8pp.ads. This copy has been professionally rebacked with a cloth spine and the original paper label laid down, some Wear to top of spine, some fading to perimeter of covers but in fact a better than very good but not quite near fine copy.
The first portion pp. 1-128 deal with the United States, the remainder of the work deals with Canada.
Observations On Professions, Literature, Manners and Emigration in The United States and Canada, Made During A Residence There In 1832.
New York: Published by J. & J. Harper..... 1833. First edition.
8vo., orig. cloth, paper spine label, viii, (13)-248, 8pp.ads. This copy has been professionally rebacked with a cloth spine and the original paper label laid down, some Wear to top of spine, some fading to perimeter of covers but in fact a better than very good but not quite near fine copy.
The first portion pp. 1-128 deal with the United States, the remainder of the work deals with Canada.
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FITZPATRICK, Lilian. Nebraska Place Names. University of Nebraska Studies in Language, Literaturree and Criticism Number 6. Lincoln: np: 1925. Cloth, 166pp. Very good.
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FRANCHERE, Gabriel. Narrative of a Voyage To The Northwest Coast of America In The Years 1811, 1812, 1813 And 1814 Or The First American Settlement On The Pacific By.....Translated and Edited by J.V. Huntington. New York: Redfield, 1854. First edition in English, preceded by an edition in French published in 1820. 8vo., orig. green cloth, 376, (8)pp.ads. Touch of rubbing to the spine tip o/w about fine.
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FREEMAN, Harry C. A Brief History of Butte, Montana The World's Greatest Mining Camp. Including a Story of Extraction and Treatment of Ores From Its Gigantic Copper Properties. Chicago: Henry O. Shepard Company, 1900. First edition. 4to., orig. rust cloth dec. in black, 123, (3)pp.ads. Damage to p.113/114 no loss of text, half of the last page of adverts missing, wear to spine ends but certainly very good.
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FREEMAN, Lewis R.
Waterways Of Westward Wandering. Small Boat Voyages Down the Ohio, Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1927. First edition.
Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth, xii, 368pp. A fine copy.
Waterways Of Westward Wandering. Small Boat Voyages Down the Ohio, Missouri and Mississippi Rivers.
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1927. First edition.
Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth, xii, 368pp. A fine copy.
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FROST, John.
Pioneer Mothers Of The West; Or, Daring And Heroic Deeds Of American Women. Comprising Thrilling Examples of Courage, Fortitude, Devotedness and Self-Sacrifice.
Boston: Lee And Shepard, nd. (188-?) Later printing? Copyright 1859 but the inscription is dated 1891.
8vo., orig. red cloth with pictorial decoration in black, 348pp. A fine bright copy.
Pioneer Mothers Of The West; Or, Daring And Heroic Deeds Of American Women. Comprising Thrilling Examples of Courage, Fortitude, Devotedness and Self-Sacrifice.
Boston: Lee And Shepard, nd. (188-?) Later printing? Copyright 1859 but the inscription is dated 1891.
8vo., orig. red cloth with pictorial decoration in black, 348pp. A fine bright copy.
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GALLAHER, James. The Western Sketch-Book. Boston: Published by Crocker and Brewster, 1852. Third edition. 8vo., orig. red cloth with gilt dec. on the spine, 408pp. Dampstain to lower corner of pages , wear to spine ends o/w very good.
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