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"BLACKBIRDING" IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC; OR, THE FIRST WHITE MAN ON THE BEACH.
Churchward, W.B.:
London. 1888.
[2],255pp. plus plates. Half title. Frontis. Original gilt pictorial cloth. Spine darkened and slightly worn. Some foxing on preliminary leaves... more
Price: $425.00
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"FARTHEST NORTH" BEING THE RECORD OF A VOYAGE OF EXPLORATION OF THE SHIP FRAM....
Nansen, Fridtjof:
Westminster. 1897.
Two volumes. 510; 671pp. plus plates (sixteen colored) and folding maps. Frontispiece in each volume. Thick octavo. Original gilt cloth... more
Price: $450.00
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"FEMME DU PORT DES FRANCAIS."
[La Pérouse, Jean François]:
[Paris. 1792].
Lithograph, image 39 x 25 cm., captioned. A couple of small tears and smudges at edges of border, image fine... more
Price: $250.00
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"FROM KEEL TO TRUCK." MARINE DICTIONARY IN ENGLISH, FRENCH AND GERMAN, AMPLY ILLUSTRATED BY EXPLANATORY DIAGRAMS OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DETAILS.
Paasch, Capt. H.:
London: William Fisher, 1894.
[4],509,[209],lxiiipp., including 103 ship illustrations, with copious descriptions. Portrait frontis. Thick quarto. Original blue cloth, gilt- stamped pictorial cover, gilt-stamped.. more
Price: $300.00
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"INVENIRE." THE NAUIGATION AND VYAGES OF LEWIS WERTOMANNUS....
[Wertomannus, Lewis]:
Edinburgh: The Aungervyle Society, 1884.
280pp. Contemporary half vellum and paper boards. Covers with moderate wear. Overall very good. A reprint of the 1576 English.. more
Price: $225.00
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"PUNCH'S" DOSSAY PORTRAITS. ENGRAVED BY DUVAL.
[Punch]:
Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1845.
17pp. plus six plates (including frontis.) and [6]pp. of publisher's advertisements. Dbd. Small bookseller's inkstamp in lower margin of titlepage... more
Price: $150.00
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"ROUND THE WORLD." LETTERS FROM JAPAN, CHINA, INDIA, AND EGYPT.
Fogg, William Perry:
Cleveland. 1872.
[12],[7]-237pp. plus eleven unmounted albumen photographs (including the frontispiece). Original three-quarter morocco and cloth, gilt globe on front board, spine.. more
Price: $2,250.00
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... A HISTORY OF THE DISCOVERY OF MAINE.
Kohl, Johann G.:
Portland, Me. 1869.
535pp. plus twenty-three maps (many folding). Original cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Small tear at head of spine. Inner.. more
Price: $250.00
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... KUNGORELSE ANGAENDE TULLEN PA UTRIKES IFRAN INKOMMANDE TOBAKSSTJELKAR.
[Swedish Commerce]:
Stockholm. 1803.
4pp. Small quarto. Plain wrappers. Neat old bookplate, else good. Regulates the tobacco trade. .. more
Price: $200.00
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... MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT...TRANSMITTING COPY OF A TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND GREAT BRITAIN.
[United States-Great Britain Treaties]:
[Washington. 1854].
6pp. Dbd. Tanned. Good. First Congressional printing of this Anglo-American treaty resolving fishery questions. .. more
Price: $85.00
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... REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY...November 5...[caption title].
[Confederate Imprint]:
[Richmond. 1864].
52pp. Half morocco and marbled boards. Lower foredge corner of first leaf torn, a few words affected. Old stamp to.. more
Price: $400.00
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... TRAVELS IN RUSSIA 1910 AND 1912.
Simpson, Eugene E.:
Taylorville, Il. 1916.
[4],126pp. Portrait. Illus. Map. Gilt cloth. Front hinge starting, else very good. Warm presentation inscription from the author, as well.. more
Price: $45.00
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...A BILL AUTHORIZING THE PURCHASE OF LIVE OAK FRAMES FOR A FRIGATE AND SLOOP OF WAR, AND FOR OTHER NAVAL PURPOSES [caption title].
[Naval Affairs]:
[Washington]. 1834.
3pp. Quarto. Dbd. Near fine. Reading bill, HR 164. List appropriations to be made for several purposes concerning the Navy,.. more
Price: $30.00
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...A REFERENCE GUIDE TO THE LITERATURE OF TRAVEL INCLUDING VOYAGES, GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS, ADVENTURES, SHIPWRECKS AND EXPEDITIONS...VOLUME ONE THE OLD WORLD...VOLUME TWO THE NEW WORLD...VOLUME THREE GREAT BRITAIN.
Cox, Edward Godfrey, ed:
Cambridge, Ma.: Maurizio Martino, [1990s].
Three volumes. [iii]-vii,[1],404; [iii]-vii,591; [v]- xiii,[1],732pp. Publisher's red cloth, spines stamped in black and gilt. Fine. Originally published as Volumes.. more
Price: $175.00
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...GENTLEMEN OF THE SENATE, AND OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. I TRANSMIT FOR YOUR INFORMATION, CERTAIN INTELLIGENCE LATELY RECEIVED FROM EUROPE, AS IT RELATES TO THE SUBJECT OF MY PAST COMMUNICATIONS.
[Washington, George]:
[Philadelphia]. Jan. 16, 1794.
36pp. (misnumbered 26). Dbd., stitched. Soiled. Good, untrimmed. Includes copies of diplomatic correspondence between Gouverneur Morris and French Minister of.. more
Price: $300.00
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...MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT...TRANSMITTING A COPY OF THE CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND THE KING OF DENMARK FOR THE DISCONTINUANCE OF THE SOUND DUES.
[United States-Denmark Treaty]:
[Washington. 1858].
3pp. Dbd. Very good. Denmark agrees to cease levying tolls on American vessels. .. more
Price: $35.00
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...POR CUANTO EL REY NUESTRO SENOR (DIOS LE GUARDE) SE HA DIGNADO DECLARAR LA GUERRA CONTRA EL DE INGLATERRA....
Branciforte, Miguel La Grua Talamanca, M. de:
Mexico. Dec. 1796.
Broadside, 23 x 16 1/4 inches, in two halves as issued, joined at margins. Folded, a few minor breaks at.. more
Price: $750.00
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...RELACION DE LA INSTITUCION EN ROMA DE LA INMACULADA CONCEPCION DE LA VIRGEN MARIA N.S. POR LA SANTIDAD DEL PAPA URBANO VIII. N. SEÑOR. COPIA DE DOS CARTAS, ESCRITAS DE ROMA, À DOS SEÑORES PREBENDADOS DE LA S. IGLESIA MAYOR DE LA CIUAD DE SEVILLA....
[Vázquez de Leca, Mateo, and Bernardo de Toro]:
Madrid. [1624].
[4]pp. In Spanish. Woodcut illustration of the Virgin Mary and decorative initial on first page. Small folio. Dbd. Contemporary ink.. more
Price: $3,250.00
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...RELACION VERDADERA DEL VIAJE, ENTRADA, Y RECIBIMIETO QUE LA CIUDAD DE BARCELONA HIZO A LA BUENA VENIDA DEL SEÑOR CARDENAL LEGADO, EN 18, DE MARÇO DESTE AÑO DE 1626.
[Barberini, Francesco]:
Madrid: Bernardino de Guzman, [1626].
[4]pp. In Spanish. Woodcut illustration of ship and boats landing near a castle on first page. Small folio. Dbd. Contemporary.. more
Price: $1,750.00
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18 MARCH 1816. A BILL TO CARRY INTO EFFECT A CONVENTION OF COMMERCE, CONCLUDED BETWEEN HIS MAJESTY AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA [caption title].
[British-American Trade]:
[London]: Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be Printed, March 18, 1816.
2pp. plus docket title printed on verso of second leaf. Folio. Early horizontal folds. Near fine, untrimmed. Official Parliamentary draft.. more
Price: $850.00
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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF LATIN AMERICAN BIBLIOGRAPHIES.
Gropp, Arthur E., comp:
Metuchen, N.J. 1968.
ix,515pp. Quarto. Cloth. Very fine. [with:] ...SUPPLEMENT. Metuchen, N.J. 1971. 277pp. Cloth. Very fine. Lists hundred of titles, by subject... more
Price: $50.00
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A BILL FOR THE BETTER REGULATION OF HIS MAJESTY'S PRIZE COURTS IN THE WEST INDIES AND AMERICA; AND FOR GIVING A MORE SPEEDY AND EFFECTUAL EXECUTION TO THE DECREES OF THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF APPEALS [caption title].
[West Indies]:
[London]. 1801.
6pp. Folio. Stitched gatherings, docketed in type on verso. Bit tanned, light crease marks, else very good. Sets forth rules.. more
Price: $100.00
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A BILL FOR THE MORE EFFECTUALLY MANNING OF HIS MAJESTY'S NAVY, AND FOR PREVENTING DESERTION FROM THE SAME; AND ALSO FOR THE RELIEF AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF SEAMEN AND OTHERS, BELONGING TO SHIPS OR VESSELS IN THE MERCHANTS SERVICE...[caption title].
[British Navy]:
[London. ca. 1790s].
22pp. plus integral blank leaf. Folding blank printed form. Folio. Gathered signatures, stitched as issued. First leaf has 4 small.. more
Price: $400.00
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A BILL TO PERMIT THE IMPORTATION OF CERTAIN GOODS FROM THE BRITISH PLANTATIONS IN AMERICA, OR THE BRITISH SETTLEMENTS ON THE COAST OF AFRICA, INTO THE KINGDOM OF IRELAND.
[American Trade]:
[London. 1778].
3pp. plus printed docket title on verso of second leaf. Bifolium. Three early horizontal folds. Very minor foxing and soiling... more
Price: $900.00
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A BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE OF COMM. JESSE D. ELLIOTT; CONTAINING A REVIEW OF THE CONTROVERSY BETWEEN HIM AND THE LATE COMMODORE PERRY; AND A HISTORY OF THE FIGURE- HEAD OF THE U.S. FRIGATE CONSTITUTION.
[Jarvis, Russell]:
Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, 1835.
480pp. Original printed boards. Spine ends frayed, moderate wear to extremities, but very nice, unusual in the original boards. Small.. more
Price: $600.00
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A BOOKE NAMED TECTONICON, BRIEFLIE SHEWING THE EXACT MEASURING, AND SPEEDIE RECKONING ALL MANNER OF LAND, SQUARES, TIMBER, STONE, STEEPLES, PILLERS, GLOBES, &c. FURTHER, THE PERFECT MAKING AND LARGE USE OF THE CARPENTER'S RULER....
Digges, Leonard:
London: Felix Kingston, 1605.
[2],26 leaves. Two folding tables. Numerous woodcut illustrations in text. Small quarto. Dbd. Slight soiling on and chip in margin.. more
Price: $4,000.00
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A BRIEF AND IMPARTIAL REVIEW OF THE STATE OF GREAT BRITAIN, AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE SESSION OF 1783. HUMBLY ADDRESSED TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE AND HONOURABLE THE LORDS AND COMMONS OF GREAT BRITAIN.
[Great Britain - United States Relations]:
London: Printed for J. Debrett, (Successor to Mr. Almon), 1783.
[2],75pp. Antique style three quarter calf and marbled boards. Very good. "The Third Edition Corrected" following two other editions of.. more
Price: $750.00
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A BRIEF AND PERFECT JOURNAL OF THE LATE PROCEEDINGS AND SUCCESS OF THE ENGLISH ARMY IN THE WEST-INDIES, CONTINUED UNTIL JUNE THE 24th 1655 TOGETHER WITH SOME QUERES INSERTED AND ANSWERED.
[Jamaica]:
London. 1655.
27pp. Small quarto. Nineteenth-century cloth and marbled boards. Worn and rubbed. Title-page stained, with some loss to upper outer margin,.. more
Price: $2,250.00
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A BRIEF AND PERFECT JOURNAL OF THE LATE PROCEEDINGS AND SUCCESS OF THE ENGLISH ARMY IN THE WEST-INDIES, CONTINUED UNTIL JUNE THE 24th 1655 TOGETHER WITH SOME QUÆRES INSERTED AND ANSWERED.
[Jamaica]:
London. 1655.
27pp. Small quarto. 18th-century calf, gilt morocco label. 1860 engraved bookplate of the Library of the Earls of Macclesfield on.. more
Price: $9,000.00
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A BRIEF STATEMENT OF OPINIONS GIVEN IN THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, UNDER THE SIXTH ARTICLE OF THE TREATY OF AMITY, COMMERCE, AND NAVIGATION, WITH GREAT BRITAIN: WITH AN APPENDIX...REFERENCES TO OPINIONS DELIVERED BY JUDGES OF THE SUPREME AND CIRCUIT COURT
[Fitzsimons, Thomas]:
Philadelphia. 1800.
viii,71pp. Half title. Gathered signatures, stitched as issued. Minor dampstaining in upper forecorner of first few leaves, half title tanned... more
Price: $250.00
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A BRIEFE AND TRUE REPORT OF THE NEW FOUND LAND OF VIRGINIA. SIR WALTER RALEIGH'S COLONY OF MDLXXXV.
[Hariot, Thomas]: [Stevens, Henry, ed]:
London. 1900.
xvii,[1],84pp. Original tan cloth. Very good. A reprint of the first history of Virginia by the first major specialist in.. more
Price: $175.00
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A CANDID EXAMINATION OF THE MUTUAL CLAIMS OF GREAT- BRITAIN, AND THE COLONIES: WITH A PLAN OF ACCOMMODATION, ON CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES.
[Galloway, Joseph]:
New York: James Rivington, 1775.
[2],62pp. Dbd. Small chip in upper edge of titlepage, not affecting text. Contemporary ownership signature at top of titlepage, small.. more
Price: $4,500.00
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A CARTOGRAFIA DA REGIAO AMAZONICA. CATALOGO DESCRITIVO (1500-1961).
Adonias, Isa:
Rio de Janeiro: Conselho Nacional de Pesquisas, 1963.
Two volumes. 716; 712pp. Folding maps and facsimiles. Thick quarto. Original pictorial wrappers. Some slight soiling to covers. Else very.. more
Price: $200.00
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A CATALOGUE OF NEW PILOTS AND SEA CHARTS, PRINTED FOR, AND SOLD BY ROBERT SAYER AND JOHN BENNETT, NO. 53, FLEET- STREET, MAY 10, 1783 [caption title].
Sayer, Robert, and John Bennett:
London: Sayer and Bennett, 1783.
Broadside, 14 x 7 1/4 inches. Old horizontal fold. A bit of wear at the edges, but with no loss.. more
Price: $3,000.00
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A CATALOGUE OF SECOND-HAND BOOKS, IN ALL CLASSES OF STANDARD LITERATURE [wrapper title].
[Bookseller's Catalogue]: Norton, Charles B.: Heath, W.:
New York. 1859.
16pp. Original printed yellow wrappers. Four modest ink marks on front wrapper, contemporary ink stain on rear wrapper, else internally.. more
Price: $150.00
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A CAUTION TO GREAT BRITAIN AND HER COLONIES, IN A SHORT REPRESENTATION OF THE CALAMITOUS STATE OF THE ENSLAVED NEGROES IN THE BRITISH DOMINIONS.
Benezet, Anthony:
Philadelphia, printed; London, reprinted. 1784.
46,[1]pp. Plain blue wrappers, stitched. Very good. First London reprint of "A New Edition." Anthony Benezet was a prominent Quaker.. more
Price: $750.00
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A CAUTION TO GREAT BRITAIN AND HER COLONIES, IN A SHORT REPRESENTATION OF THE CALAMITOUS STATE OF THE ENSLAVED NEGROES IN THE BRITISH DOMINIONS.
Benezet, Anthony:
Philadelphia, printed; London, reprinted. 1767.
46pp. Plain blue wrappers, stitched. Very good. First British printing. Anthony Benezet was a prominent Quaker educator, philanthropist, and early.. more
Price: $750.00
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A CHECKLIST OF NARRATIVES OF SHIPWRECKS AND DISASTERS AT SEA TO 1860, WITH SUMMARIES, NOTES AND COMMENTS.
Huntress, Keith:
Ames, Ia. 1979.
xiv,194pp. Frontis. Cloth. Backstrip gone, but spine intact. Upper edges worn. Internally clean. A serviceable copy. A fine shipwreck reference,.. more
Price: $35.00
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A COLLECTION OF ACTS OF PARLIAMENT, AND CLAUSES OF ACTS OF PARLIAMENT, RELATIVE TO THOSE PROTESTANT DISSENTERS WHO ARE USUALLY CALLED BY THE NAME OF QUAKERS, FROM THE YEAR 1688.
[Quakers]:
London: Printed by Luke Hinde, 1757.
88,4,89-96pp. Quarto. Contemporary reversed calf, red leather label. A bit rubbed. Internally clean and crisp. Very good. This collection of.. more
Price: $500.00
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A COLLECTION OF ALL THE TREATIES OF PEACE, ALLIANCE, AND COMMERCE, BETWEEN GREAT-BRITAIN AND OTHER POWERS, FROM THE REVOLUTION IN 1688, TO THE PRESENT TIME.
[British Treaties]:
London. 1772.
Two volumes. viii,404,[4]; iv,342pp. plus folding table. Half title in first volume. Modern half cloth and marbled boards. Small ink.. more
Price: $1,000.00
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A COLLECTION OF AUTHENTIC, USEFUL, AND ENTERTAINING VOYAGES AND DISCOVERIES, DIGESTED IN A CHRONOLOGICAL SERIES. PERFORMED BY THE FOLLOWING CELEBRATED COMMANDERS....
Barrow, John:
London: Printed for J. Knox, 1765.
Three volumes. [12],[2],271,[1]; [6],264; [4],280pp. plus four folding maps and five plates. Folding frontispiece maps in first and second volumes... more
Price: $1,000.00
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A COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL VOYAGES: CONTAINING I. CAPT. COWLEY'S VOYAGE ROUND THE GLOBE. II. CAPTAIN SHARP'S JOURNEY OVER THE ISTHMUS OF DARIEN, AND EXPEDITION INTO THE SOUTH SEAS, WRITTEN BY HIMSELF. III. CAPT. WOOD'S VOYAGE THRO' THE STREIGHTS OF MAGELLAN
Hacke, William, ed:
London: Printed for James Knapton, 1699.
[16],45,[1],1-16,33-100 (as usual),53,[3]pp. plus five folding charts and plans, and a small plate of coastal profiles. Modern tooled calf, gilt.. more
Price: $10,000.00
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A COLLECTION OF PAPERS, PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL IN FOREIGN PARTS....
[Society for the Propagation of the Gospel]:
London: Printed by Joseph Downing, 1719.
[2],88pp. Quarto. Gathered signatures, stitched. Early ownership signature at top of titlepage. Titlepage loose, chipped around the edges, and stained... more
Price: $850.00
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A COMPLETE COLLECTION OF THE TREATIES AND CONVENTIONS AT PRESENT SUBSISTING BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN & FOREIGN POWERS; SO FAR AS THEY RELATE TO COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION; TO THE REPRESSION AND ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE TRADE....
[British Treaties]: Hertslet, Lewis, [comp]:
London. 1820.
Two volumes. vi,408; vi,395pp. Later half calf and boards. Rubbed. Text tanned. Titlepage of second volume repaired on verso, final.. more
Price: $800.00
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A COMPLETE GENEALOGICAL, HISTORICAL, CHRONOLOGICAL, AND GEOGRAPHICAL ATLAS; BEING A GENERAL GUIDE TO ANCIENT AND MODERN HISTORY: EXHIBITING AN ACCURATE ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN, DESCENT AND MARRIAGES OF THE PRINCIPAL ROYAL FAMILIES...By M. Lavoisne.
[Las Cases, Emmanuel D.M.J., Comte de]:
Philadelphia: M. Carey and Sons, Printed by T.H. Palmer, on Ramage's Ruthven Press, and on J. & T. Gilpin's Machine Paper, 1821.
[8]pp. plus seventy-one double-page colored maps or charts (twenty-eight of which are maps). Folio. Modern half morocco and marbled boards... more
Price: $5,000.00
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A COMPLETE INVESTIGATION OF MR. EDEN'S TREATY, AS IT MAY AFFECT THE COMMERCE, THE REVENUE, OR THE GENERAL POLICY OF GREAT BRITAIN.
[Richardson, Joseph]:
Dublin. 1787.
160pp. [of 167, lacking the entire appendix, but with the entire main text]. Dbd. Ex-lib. with stamps, some scattered foxing,.. more
Price: $50.00
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A CONCISE EXTRAIT, FROM THE SEA JOURNAL OF WILLIAM MOULTON; WRITTEN ON BOARD OF THE ONICO, IN A VOYAGE FROM THE PORT OF NEW-LONDON IN CONNECTICUT, TO STATEN-LAND IN THE SOUTH SEA; TOGETHER WITH STRICTURES AND REMARKS ON VARIOUS SUBJECT MATTERS WHICH CAME
[Moulton, William]:
Utica: For the author, 1804.
158pp. plus errata. Modern three quarter gilt morocco and marbled boards. Browned and foxed, a few leaves dampstained, else very.. more
Price: $4,000.00
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A CONVENTION BETWEEN HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY AND HIS CATHOLIC MAJESTY FERDINAND THE SEVENTH....
[Great Britain]:
London. 1814.
7pp. printed in parallel English and Spanish. Half title. Small quarto. Dbd. Very good. Agreement to return any shipping seized.. more
Price: $75.00
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Á CORPORAÇAÕ DE MARINHA NO SUL.
[Brazil]:
Buenos Aires: Imprenta de Alvarez, [probably 1822].
Broadside, 15 x 12 inches. Edges frayed, old folds, slight dampstaining, a few tiny holes on old fold (no loss)... more
Price: $1,750.00
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A CORRECT TIDE-TABLE, SHEWING THE TRUE TIME OF HIGH WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE, TO EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR 1805....
Smith, Samuel [pub]:
[London]: Printed and sold by Samuel Smith, [1805?].
Broadside, 15 x 9 1/4 inches. Old, light fold lines. Near fine. A comprehensive list showing the times of high.. more
Price: $450.00
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