Venice: Jo. Antonium de Nicolinus de Sabio, 1541. 24 leaves. Woodcut vignette of an astrolabe encompassing the globe on the titlepage; Melchior's device of a cat holding a mouse on verso of final leaf. Several woodcuts throughout text. Small octavo. Later vellum. Covers bowed. Light old stain at foredge of.....
[Various places, including Labrador, Baffin Island, Ellesmere Island, and Greenland. 1921-1925]. Eighty-three silver gelatin photographs, plus four photo postcards, most approximately 3 x 5 inches. Oblong quarto. Contemporary black faux leather, cord-tied photo album. Edges and hinges worn. Photos in corner mounts on black paper supports. Manuscript captions on supports.....
[Buenos Aires. 1817]. 73pp., printed in Spanish and English on facing pages. 12mo. Original blue rear wrapper, matching modern blue paper front wrapper and backstrip. Foxed throughout, as usual, minor wear at corners. Good. An extremely rare set of ordinances, printed in parallel Spanish and English translations, issued by the.....
[Washington. 1808]. 19pp. Printed self-wrappers, stitched. Very good, untrimmed. Relating to American complaints that the French privateers have seized ships protected by the Berlin Decree of November, 1806. Most of the papers are correspondence between John Armstrong, minister to France, and various French officials. Also included is an excerpt of.....
New Haven. February 5, 1767. [2]pp. plus integral docketing leaf. Folio. Silked. Small paper loss to top of sheet, affecting a few words of text. A few minor losses at edges. Lightly soiled. Good. In a red half morocco and cloth clamshell case, spine gilt. Written complaint lodged with the.....
![WATERCOLOR VIEW OF COASTAL FORT, PROBABLY ASCENSION ISLAND]. Ascension Island](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM39588.jpg?v=1593711584)
[Ascension. ca. 1830s]. Watercolor on paper, approximately 15 x 22 3/4 inches, irregularly shaped. Chipped along edges; 1 1/2-inch vertical tear in the sky at top-center; 1 1/2-inch horizontal tear in the water at far- right center. Framed and matted. Very good. An attractive watercolor view of a small coastal.....
Dublin: Printed by J. Jones, 1823. 180pp., including engravings. Frontis. Engraved titlepage vignette. 12mo. Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt. Front hinge cracked, held by one cord; chipped at spine ends, corners worn. Internally neat and clean, and very good. Recounts the fictitious travels of William Walsh, an Irishman, with Capt.....
London. [1753]. 4 folio sheets, each approximately 24 x 30 inches, and approximately 48 x 60 inches overall. Original hand coloring of borders. Minor wear and a few short closed tears at edges. Light tanning and scattered faint foxing. Very good. A remarkable example of this rare, important, and mammoth.....
Philadelphia: Printed by Thomas Dobson, 1796. xi,[1],150,[2]pp. Half title. 12mo. Contemporary calf, neatly rebacked in matching style. Bumping and wear to tips of boards. 19th-century bookplate of Lawrence D. Knowles on front pastedown, with his ownership signatures on front free endpaper. Text uniformly age-toned. Very good. The first American printing.....
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. Contemporary calf, raised bands, spines gilt, leather labels. Lightly worn at hinges and around edges. Bookplates on front pastedown and flyleaf of each volume.....
New York. 1832. 303pp. including advertisements. Two frontispiece plates. 16mo. Original printed cloth. Extremities worn, spine considerably chipped. Foxed. A good copy. From "Harper's Stereotype Edition" series, after the original British edition of 1831, entitled "The Eventful History of the Mutiny...." Barrow recounts the famous story of the mutiny against.....
London: John Murray, 1845. xvi,495pp. Half title. Contemporary black calf with gilt filet border by W.H. Dalton, with stamped signature on front pastedown. Joints rubbed, with upper board beginning to split at head of spine. Light wear to extremities. Front hinge cracked. Near fine internally. Overall, about very good. The.....
London: John Murray, 1846. xiv,530pp. plus two maps (one folding) and sixteen pages of advertisements. Frontispiece portrait. Original decorated blue cloth, spine gilt. Slightly cocked, cloth rubbed, corners bumped. Bookplate on front pastedown, light offsetting from frontispiece to titlepage, else internally clean, tight, and very good. First edition of this.....
![PRINTED CERTIFICATE, SIGNED BY JOHN BARRY, ENTITLING THE BEARER TO PRIZE MONEY]. John Barry](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM50246.jpg?v=1593711783)
[N.p. ca. 1780]. [1]p., 3 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches. Minor wear and soiling. Very good. Printed certificate signed by Capt. John Barry, captain of the first ship in the Continental Navy. The document reads: "I do hereby certify, That the Bearer, [blank] late [blank] on board the [blank] under.....
[San Francisco]. 1888. 4;45pp. Dbd. Good. Washington A. Bartlett, a former governor of California, was dropped unceremoniously from the Navy amidst a veritable flurry of accusations in 1855. He appealed for restoration years later (since he was out of the country at the time of discharge), systematically proving each charge.....
[Np. nd, ca. 1880s]. 23pp. Large octavo. Self-wrappers. Small nibble from top left corner not affecting text, else good. Traces one of the important Greenland Sagas and its literature.
The Hague: Aux depens de la Compagnie, 1739. Two volumes. [12],224; [4],254pp. Half titles. 12mo. Later full polished calf, gilt, spine with raised bands, leather labels, marbled endpapers. Minor shelf wear, joints slightly rubbed. A clean, near fine copy. In a modern buckram slipcase. The first French edition of Behrens'.....
London: Lovell Reeve, 1855. Two volumes. xx,383pp. plus three folding maps and thirteen plates; [iii]-vii,419pp. plus twenty-four plates (including frontispieces). Large octavo. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards, spines gilt. First volume rebacked with original spine laid down, front joint of second volume beginning to split. Institutional bookplate on each.....
London: Henry Colburn, 1843. Two volumes. xxii [i.e. xxxviii],[2],387,16 [advertisements dated February 1843] pp. plus eight plates (including frontispiece); vi,[2],474pp. plus eleven plates (including frontispiece). Three folding maps in front pocket of first volume. Original blue embossed cloth, spines gilt. Spines sunned, minor edge wear, corners bumped. Bookplate on front.....
Winnipeg. [ 1884]. 78,[1]pp. plus 2 folding maps. Modern red cloth, spine gilt. Tear at fold on color map, no loss; repair to corner on titlepage. Internally very clean. Good plus. First edition of Bell's report, solicited by Lieutenant- Governor Morris, regarding his experiences hunting and trading along the Hudson's.....
Paris. 1758. Engraved title, xii,171pp. including nine engraved views in the text, plus thirteen engraved maps and plans (eight folding). Quarto. Contemporary French calf, ruled in gilt, spine gilt, leather label. Calf scuffed and edgeworn, a few chips along spine. Leaf L3 with a small hole, affecting a few letters.....
Paris. 1854. lvi,414,[1]pp. plus frontispiece and folding map with facsimile letter. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled paper, spine gilt, leather label. Expertly rebacked, preserving original spine. Later bookplate on front pastedown, contemporary gift inscription on half title. Scattered foxing. Very good. First edition of the journal of Joseph Bellot (1826-.....
New York. 1816. 79pp. plus folding table. Original boards, printed paper label. Spine decayed, front board detached. Several old library stamps. Internally clean. Good. An early American astronomical and navigational work, setting out the author's theories in detail. Scarce.
New York: Henry J. Megarey, 1838. Colored aquatint, image area 17 3/4 x 25 1/2 inches. Mild toning. Very good. Matted and framed. A wonderfully energetic and skillfully hand-colored view of Troy, New York from across the Hudson River, produced by Henry J. Megarey, the publisher of THE HUDSON RIVER.....
[Geneva]: Eustatium Vignon, 1578. [32],480,[12]pp. Lacks errata leaf. Later mottled calf, gilt leather label. Armorial bookplate of the Marquess of Tweeddale on front pastedown. Titlepage lightly soiled, contemporary inscriptions, small portion of top corner torn away on first two leaves. Top edge trimmed closely, affecting running title and page numbers.....
