Three Rivers [Trois-Rivières], Québec: G. Stobbs, 1838. 24pp. 12mo. Original blue paper wrappers. Spine perished, wrappers nearly detached. Moderate tanning, occasional foxing. Good plus. A rare account of a grisly incident in the fur trade in Northwestern Canada, in which Baptiste Cadien, a half Indian serving as an interpreter for.....
Chicago: The Lakeside Press R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., 1947. xxx,181,[4]pp., plus one plate. Frontispiece map. 12mo. Original dark red cloth, spine gilt, front board gilt-ruled with gilt-stamped publisher's logo, t.e.g. Spine lightly faded. Interior clean and bright; text block warped along bottom edge. Very good. Lakeside Press edition of.....
![Item #WRCAM20452 MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE AND CAMPAIGNS OF THE HON. NATHANIEL [sic] GREENE. Charles...](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM20452.jpg?v=1593711397)
Philadelphia. 1819. xxiii,[1],452pp. plus two folding facsimiles. Portrait. Contemporary calf, maroon gilt morocco label. Minor nick at head of spine, small old label on spine. Lightly tanned. Later bookplate on front and rear pastedowns. Very good. Lacks the errata. An engaging biography of Gen. Nathanael Greene, with descriptions of many.....
[ San Francisco]: Published by John Howell, 1964. [6],67pp. plus plates and two maps. Color frontis. Tall quarto. Patterned cloth. Fine. Diary of Father Campa, kept while accompanying the important Spanish exploring expedition of 1775. Sailing from San Blas, they explored along the coast from Monterey to the Queen Charlotte.....
Petersburg: J.W. Campbell, 1813. 310pp. Contemporary calf, spine gilt, leather label. Joints cracked, head and foot of spine heavily chipped, corners bumped and worn. Light tanning and foxing, lower edge of pp.175/176 torn away minutely affecting text. Modern bookplate to rear pastedown. About good. General history of Virginia before American.....
Cleveland: The Williams Publishing Co., 1892. 284pp. plus one double plate and errata page. Original maroon cloth stamped in black and gilt, spine faded. Contemporary ownership signature of Robert Lee Goodbred on front flyleaf. Mild toning to text. Modern bookplate to rear pastedown. Very good. First edition of this account.....
[London. 1774]. pp.1899-1904. Folio. Dbd. Very good. [with:] AN ACT FOR AMENDING AND EXPLAINING AN ACT.... [London. 1775]. pp.1227-29. Folio. Dbd. Very good. These acts proposed to pay for the court system in Quebec and Canada by putting a duty on hard liquor and charging licensing fees.
Paris. 1721. 4pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Light soiling. Contemporary inscription. Very good. A French royal decree concerning the importation of Canadian beaver pelts into France. This is a variant of the issue listed by Wroth; OCLC locates only one copy, at Harvard, which appears to be Wroth.....
Montreal. 1859. ii,122pp. Dbd. Bit tanned, else good. Prints many extracts from documents, as well as biographical sketches of French viceroys and officers who served in North America, of importance to Canadian history.
Paris: L'Imprimerie Royale, 1755. Three volumes. viii,lxxv,181,61,cvii,120; xiii,646; xvi,319pp. plus folding map in first volume. [bound with:] MÉMOIRE CONTENANT LE PRÉCIS DES FAITS, AVEC LEURS PIECES JUSTIFICATIVES, POUR SERVIR DE RÉPONSE AUX OBSERVATIONS ENVOYÉES PAR LES MINISTRES D'ANGLETERRE, DANS LES COURS DE L'EUROPE. Paris. 1756. vi,198,7pp. Quarto. Contemporary mottled calf.....
Halifax, N.S. Printed by Robert Fletcher, 1767. [26],206pp. plus photographic facsimile of the Errata page. Folio. Bound to style in half calf and marbled boards, leather label. Several leaves repaired, a handful of early library stamps, some contemporary clerical marginalia, including "Sec'y's Office" at top of titlepage, scattered light stains.....
Boston: Green & Russell, and Edes & Gill, 1761. 31pp. Dbd. Moderately dampstained. Good. Memorial sermon for King George II, preached by Henry Caner, minister at King's Chapel in Boston.
London: Printed for R. Goadby and W. Owan Bookseller, at Temple-Bar, 1775. xxiv,iv,347,[1]pp. Folding frontis. Contemporary calf, raised bands. Minor rubbing. Slight tanning in margins of end matter, contemporary ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Overall very good. Ninth edition, after the first of 1745, and the first appearance under.....
New York. 1836. Two volumes. [2],lxxx,[9]-533;576pp. plus folding map. Original brown cloth, paper labels. Cloth soiled and stained, label on volume one chipped off, label on volume two rubbed and chipping. Edges of spine and corners bumped. Map with two small tears, fore-edge toned and scuffed. Light scattered foxing but.....
Newark: Printed and sold by Allin and Ridge, 1792. Three volumes. xvi,[2],[6, subscribers list],287[i.e. 295]; x,505; x,248,15pp., plus engraved portrait frontispiece of the author and two large folding maps (printed on three sheets). Large quarto. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spines gilt. Some rubbing to boards, extremities worn, joints.....
Greensborough, N.C. 1842. 302pp. and leaf of errata. Contemporary half roan and cloth, spine gilt. Head and foot of spine lightly worn, corners bumped. Later bookplate and ownership inscription on front flyleaf, modern bookplate to rear pastedown. Lightly foxed. Very good. Important for its account of the Regulators in the.....
London. 1781. [4],22,[18],543,[21]pp. plus four (of six) plates, one added plate, (three colored) and two partially colored folding maps. This copy lacks the frontispiece of Carver and has a portrait of Alexander Mackenzie instead; and lacks the plate of Indian pipe opposite p.296. Modern three-quarter calf and marbled boards, t.e.g......
Quebec. 1908. 93pp. plus facsimiles. Frontis. Folding map. Original printed wrappers bound into cloth. Good. Published in celebration of the founding of Quebec. The author recounts the 1759 battle which ended the hopes for a French empire in North America, and which resulted in the deaths of Generals Montcalm and.....
Paris. 1607. Engraved title, regular title, [6]pp., 506 leaves. Thick 12mo. Later speckled boards, leather label, spine gilt. Extremities rubbed. Contents tanned, fore-edge trimmed affecting some sidenotes but no main text. Minor marginal worming to some leaves. Else very good. A rare and important volume, containing one of the first.....
Boston: Bates, Kimball & Guild, 1892. [5]pp. plus fifty plates from photographs. Folio. Fifty-three leaves loose in original three-quarter cloth portfolio with marbled boards. Portfolio scuffed and worn, lacking spine and ties. Light early dampstain in corner of preliminary leaves, not affecting text; and in seven plates, slightly affecting images.....
London. 1778. [8],215pp. (final page misnumbered 315) plus folding frontispiece plan of Mexico City. Half title. 20th-century three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt, leather label. Minor scuffing to corners. Bookplate on front pastedown belonging to Frank S. Streeter, light occasional foxing, minor corner separations to map, with one tape.....
[Augsburg? 1520]. [4]pp. Small quarto. Later plain paper boards. Marginal tears and old fold marks with slight discoloration, else very good. "After the death of Ferdinand II, Charles V succeeded to the Kingdom of Spain. In 1517 he proceeded to Spain, which he left in 1520. At his departure he.....
Paris: Chez Pierre-François Giffart, 1744. Six volumes. [6],viii,454; [2],501; [2],465; [2],388; [2],456; [2],434,[4]pp., plus twenty- eight maps, and ninety-six plates on forty- four sheets. 12mo. Contemporary speckled calf, raised bands, spines gilt, leather labels, marbled endpapers, all edges red. Slight wear at joints, spine ends, and corners. 19th-century bookplate on.....
London: Printed for R. and J. Dodsley... 1761. Two volumes. viii,382; viii,380,[22]pp., plus folding map and 4pp. of advertisements. Contemporary calf, expertly rebacked with antique gilt-extra spine, leather labels. Corners worn. Some offsetting onto the map. Internally clean. Overall very good. Lacks the half titles. The George Brinley-Brayton Ives copy.....
Paris. [ 1801]. [4],viii,458pp. plus advertisement. Half title. Contemporary half calf and boards, vellum tipped corners. Extremities slightly rubbed, unobtrusive library bookplate on front pastedown, additional bookplate. Internally fine. A good French history of the American Revolution, with coverage of the major battles and events, and contrasting the goals and.....
