 |
SHEA, John Gilmary. Discovery and Exploration of the Mississippi Valley: With The Original Narratives Of Marquette, Allouez, Membre, Hennepin, and Anastase Douay. By....With a facsimile of the newly-discovered map of Marquette. New York: Redfield, 1853. Tall 8vo., orig. brown blindstamped cloth, lxxx, (1)-(268), (4)pp.ads. Small rubberstamp on pastedown and e/paper, some wear to the head of the spine and a bit of wear to the corners but o/w fine copy. "Besides the valuable relations, which afford us the first accounts of the Indian tribes which inhabited the vast tract of territory, from the St. Lawrence to the Mississippi, Mr. Shea has added notes, biographical sketches, and bibliographical accounts of works upon aboriginal history , which are scarcely to be overestimated. The relations are preceded by a biography of Father Marquette, and a notice of the Sieur Joliet. The narratives of Fathers Membre, Douay adn Hennigin are also preceded by a biblographical notice of Father Le Clerq's works......." (Sabin).
|
|||
SMITH, William.
A Yorkshireman's Trip To The United States and Canada.
London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1892. First edition.
Tall 8vo., orig. red cloth stamped in black and gilt, T.E.G., xvi, 317, (3)pp.ads. Front free e/paper stuck to pastedown o/w a near fine copy.
The author stops in the Canadian cities of Chatham, Toronto, Kingston, Montreal and Quebec and also makes the usual visit to Niagara Falls and the Thousand Islands. (pp.226-229, 261-290).
A Yorkshireman's Trip To The United States and Canada.
London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1892. First edition.
Tall 8vo., orig. red cloth stamped in black and gilt, T.E.G., xvi, 317, (3)pp.ads. Front free e/paper stuck to pastedown o/w a near fine copy.
The author stops in the Canadian cities of Chatham, Toronto, Kingston, Montreal and Quebec and also makes the usual visit to Niagara Falls and the Thousand Islands. (pp.226-229, 261-290).
| $250 | Book Number: 4123 | Order / Enquire |
 |
SPRING, Agnes Wright. The Cheyenne and Black Hills Stage and Express Routes. Glendale, California: The Arthur H. Clark 1949. First edition. Part Six of the "American Trail Series." Tall 8vo., orig. red cloth, 417pp. Spine very slightly faded o/w fine.
|
|||
STENHOUSE, Mrs. T.B.H.
"Tell It All": The Story of A Life's Experience In Mormonism. With Introductory Preface by Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Hartford: A.D. Worthington & Co., 1875.
Tall thick 8vo., orig. green cloth with elaborate gilt decoration on the spine, xxx, (31)-623pp. Bookplate o/w about fine.
"Tell It All": The Story of A Life's Experience In Mormonism. With Introductory Preface by Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe.
Hartford: A.D. Worthington & Co., 1875.
Tall thick 8vo., orig. green cloth with elaborate gilt decoration on the spine, xxx, (31)-623pp. Bookplate o/w about fine.
| $300 | Book Number: 29426 | Order / Enquire |
STENHOUSE, T.B.H.
The Rocky Mountain Saints: A Full and Complete History of the Mormons, From the First Vision of Joseph Smith to the Last Courtship of Brigham Young.....And the Development of the Great Mineral Wealth of the Territory of Utah.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1873. First edition. With an inscription reading " With Kindest Regards of the AUthor, New York, Feb. 9, 1873."
Tall thick 8vo., orig. green cloth stamped in black and gilt, xxiv, 761pp. Bookplate, some wear to the spine ends, upper front hinge rubbed with a small split, a very good copy.
The Rocky Mountain Saints: A Full and Complete History of the Mormons, From the First Vision of Joseph Smith to the Last Courtship of Brigham Young.....And the Development of the Great Mineral Wealth of the Territory of Utah.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1873. First edition. With an inscription reading " With Kindest Regards of the AUthor, New York, Feb. 9, 1873."
Tall thick 8vo., orig. green cloth stamped in black and gilt, xxiv, 761pp. Bookplate, some wear to the spine ends, upper front hinge rubbed with a small split, a very good copy.
| $850 | Book Number: 29519 | Order / Enquire |
 |
STONE, Dr. James W. Report of the Trial of Prof. John W. Webster, Indicted for the Murder of Dr. George Parkman Before the Supreme Judical Court of Massachusetts, Holden at Boston On Tuesday, March 19, 1850. Boston: Phillips, Sampson & Company, 1850. First edition. From the library of Dr. C. B. Farrar with his bookplate. Tall 8vo, recently rebound in brown cloth, 314, (1)p.errata, (2)pp.ads. Dampstain on title and first few pages (faint) o/w a fine copy.
|
|||
 |
STRACHEY, William. The Historie of Travell Into Virginia Britania (1612) By.....Edited by Louis B. Wright and Virginia Freund. London: Hakluyt Society, 1953. Series II, Vol. CIII. Cloth, xxxii, 222pp. About fine. This edition is based on the Percy manuscript at Princeton University.
|
|||
STRACHEY, William.
The Historie Of Travell Into Virginia Britania (1612). Edited by Louis Wright and Virginia Freund.
London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1953. Second Series, Vol. CIII.
Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth with a pictorial decoration in gilt on the upper board, xxxii, 221pp. Slight rubbing to spine ends o/w fine.
The Historie Of Travell Into Virginia Britania (1612). Edited by Louis Wright and Virginia Freund.
London: Printed for the Hakluyt Society, 1953. Second Series, Vol. CIII.
Tall 8vo., orig. blue cloth with a pictorial decoration in gilt on the upper board, xxxii, 221pp. Slight rubbing to spine ends o/w fine.
| $125 | Book Number: 33449 | Order / Enquire |
 |
STRICKLAND, W.P. The Pioneers Of The West; Or, Life In The Woods. New York: Carlton & Phillips,.... (1856). 8vo., orig. brown cloth, 403, (4)pp.ads. Foxing throughout, some wear but still very good.
|
|||
STUART, James.
Three Years in North America.
Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1833. In two volumes. First edition.
8vo., cont. full calf, raised bands, gilt, labels, ix, 495, (1), vi, (1)-580pp. With a rubber stamp on e/papers from an institution and scuff marks on spines from removal of what was probably stickers bearing shelf numbers but still a nice, attractive set.
Three Years in North America.
Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1833. In two volumes. First edition.
8vo., cont. full calf, raised bands, gilt, labels, ix, 495, (1), vi, (1)-580pp. With a rubber stamp on e/papers from an institution and scuff marks on spines from removal of what was probably stickers bearing shelf numbers but still a nice, attractive set.
| $500 | Book Number: 4124 | Order / Enquire |
STUART, James.
Three Years in North America.
Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1833. In two volumes. Second edition, revised.
8vo., cont. cloth, leather labels, xii, 525, (1), viii, (1)-544pp. Bookplate, spines faded o/w a near fine set.
Three Years in North America.
Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1833. In two volumes. Second edition, revised.
8vo., cont. cloth, leather labels, xii, 525, (1), viii, (1)-544pp. Bookplate, spines faded o/w a near fine set.
| $375 | Book Number: 28466 | Order / Enquire |
 |
SVININ, Pavel. Traveling Across North America 1812-1813. Watercolors by the Russian Diplomat.... New York: Harry N. Abrams, (1922). First edition. Oblong 8vo., cloth, (38)pp. plus 68 plates in full colour and description. Fine in d/w . A facsimile of a sketchbook filled with drawings and watercolors made by the Russian diplomat Pavel Svinin during a stay in America 1811-13, the years he served as Russian consulate in Philadelphia.
|
|||
TAYLOR, Joseph Henry.
Kaleidoscopic Lives, A Companion Book To Frontier And Indian Life.
Wasburn, N.D: Printed and Published by the Author, 1902. Second edition. Enlarged.
8vo., orig. dark green cloth lettered in gilt, 206pp. Inscription on e/paper, some pages browned, cloth somewhat waffled on the rear board, a good copy.
An informative work by Taylor, containing material and illustrations of Indian life.
Kaleidoscopic Lives, A Companion Book To Frontier And Indian Life.
Wasburn, N.D: Printed and Published by the Author, 1902. Second edition. Enlarged.
8vo., orig. dark green cloth lettered in gilt, 206pp. Inscription on e/paper, some pages browned, cloth somewhat waffled on the rear board, a good copy.
An informative work by Taylor, containing material and illustrations of Indian life.
| $850 | Book Number: 18898 | Order / Enquire |
 |
TAYLOR, William. California Life Illustrated. New York: Published for the Author By Carlton & Porter, 1861. Nineteenth thousand. 8vo., orig.brown cloth with gilt dec. on the spine, 348, (4)pp.ads. Name, some minor wear to spine ends and corners o/w near fine. An account of mission life, social life, mining, resources of California.
|
|||
 |
THOMPSON, Zadock. A Gazetteer of the State of Vermont; Containing a Brief View Of the State, A Historical and Topographical Description of All the Counties, Towns, Rivers & c. Together With A Map and Several Engravings. Montpelier: Published by E.P. Walton and the Author, 1824. First edition. 8vo., full cont. calf, (312)pp. LACKING THE MAP, some foxing, some wear a good copy.
|
|||
THORPE, T.B.
The Hive Of "The Bee-Hunter," A Repository of Sketches, Including Peculiar American Character, Scenery, And Rural Sports.
New York: D. Appleton And Company, 1854. First edition.
8vo., orig. cloth, 312pp. Staining throughout affecting the bottom half of most leaves, wear to the foot of the spine, a very good copy.
The Hive Of "The Bee-Hunter," A Repository of Sketches, Including Peculiar American Character, Scenery, And Rural Sports.
New York: D. Appleton And Company, 1854. First edition.
8vo., orig. cloth, 312pp. Staining throughout affecting the bottom half of most leaves, wear to the foot of the spine, a very good copy.
| $300 | Book Number: 32123 | Order / Enquire |
 |
TRIPP, William H. A Guide To West Point and the United States Military Academy Giving the Location and History All The Public Buildings, Monuments, and Principal Points of Interest, Together With the Hours for all Drills and Formations....Illustrated with Fifty Half Tone Plates. NP: no publisher, nd. (190-?) Oblong 8vo., orig. pictorial wrappers, approx. 64pp. Some wear to spine ends o/w near fine.
|
|||
TROLLOPE, Mistress. (Mrs. F).
Moeurs Domestiques Des Americans, Par Mistress Trollope; Ouvrage Traduit de L'Anglais Sur La Quatrieme Edition.
Paris: Librairie De Charles Gosselin, 1833. In two volumes. First French edition.
Tall 8vo., rebound in later red morcoo spines, marble boards, with the original yellow printed wrappers bound in, 356, (iii)pp.index, (8)pp.ads; 358, ii pp.index. Bookplate, there is a one inch strip across the upper board of volume two o/w a fine copy.
Moeurs Domestiques Des Americans, Par Mistress Trollope; Ouvrage Traduit de L'Anglais Sur La Quatrieme Edition.
Paris: Librairie De Charles Gosselin, 1833. In two volumes. First French edition.
Tall 8vo., rebound in later red morcoo spines, marble boards, with the original yellow printed wrappers bound in, 356, (iii)pp.index, (8)pp.ads; 358, ii pp.index. Bookplate, there is a one inch strip across the upper board of volume two o/w a fine copy.
| $500 | Book Number: 12786 | Order / Enquire |
TRUMAN, Harry.
Mr. President. The First Publication From The Personal Diaries, Private Letters Papers And Revealing Interviews of Harry S. Truman...By William Hillman. Pictures by Alfred Wagg.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, (1952). First edition. Signed by Truman on the e/paper.
4to., orig. cream buckram spine, blueish green cloth boards, 253pp. Wear to the ends, boards somewhat rubbed o/w a very good copy.
Mr. President. The First Publication From The Personal Diaries, Private Letters Papers And Revealing Interviews of Harry S. Truman...By William Hillman. Pictures by Alfred Wagg.
New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, (1952). First edition. Signed by Truman on the e/paper.
4to., orig. cream buckram spine, blueish green cloth boards, 253pp. Wear to the ends, boards somewhat rubbed o/w a very good copy.
| $650 | Book Number: 34173 | Order / Enquire |
 |
WATSON, Winslow. (Editor). Men and Times of The Revolution; Or, Memoirs of Elkannah Watson, Including His Journals of Travels In Europe and America, From the Year 1777 to 1842, And His Correspondence With Public Men, and Reminiscences and Incidents of the American Revoluction Edited by His Son.... New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1861. Second edition. 8vo., orig. cloth, 557, (6)pp.ads. A few signatures sprung, some wear to the foot of the spine, some rubbing o/w very good.
|
|||
| First | Previous | Next | Last |