[San Francisco]. 1970. [14],77pp. plus folding map and color plates. Folio. Gilt cloth. Fine. In chipped dust jacket. Designed and printed by Alfred and Lawton Kennedy. Highlighted by Abert's illustrations of the country and the native Indians.
Paris. 1616. [8],375,[16] leaves. Early vellum. Titlepage slightly worn at fore-edge. Scattered light soiling. Slight worming in gutter, not affecting text; two wormholes through last few leaves, minutely affecting text in spots. Bookplate of famous collector Alberto Parreno on verso of final leaf. Generally very good. Fourth French edition of.....
London: Printed for Edward and Charles Dilly, in the Poultry, 1775. [12],464pp., plus folding map. Half title. Quarto. Full calf, spine ruled in gilt, gilt leather labels. A few marginal annotations in ink and pencil. Small closed tear to top of leaves Ff and Ff2 (no text affected). Occasional mild.....
[Hampton, Va. Printed by students of the Institute, n.d., but 1894]. 8pp. Small octavo. Original pictorial self-wrappers. Minor soiling, light wear. Very good plus. A rare fundraising appeal from the illustrious Hampton Normal Institute aimed specifically at the members of the Christian Endeavor Society in 1894. The pamphlet was written.....
[Philadelphia: Published by the author, 1835-36]. Lithograph, colored by hand, printed by Lehman & Duval of Philadelphia. Sheet size: 17 15/16 x 11 1/4 inches. Very good. A striking image from Lewis' ABORIGINAL PORTFOLIO. The ABORIGINAL PORTFOLIO represents the first attempt to publish a collection of portraits of North American.....
[Philadelphia: Published by the author, 1835-36]. Lithograph, colored by hand, printed by Lehman & Duval of Philadelphia. Sheet size: 18 x 11 1/4 inches. A striking image from Lewis' ABORIGINAL PORTFOLIO. The ABORIGINAL PORTFOLIO represents the first attempt to publish a collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding the.....
[Philadelphia: Published by the author, 1835-36]. Lithograph, colored by hand, printed by Lehman & Duval of Philadelphia. Sheet size: 17 11/16 x 11 inches. A striking image from Lewis' ABORIGINAL PORTFOLIO. The ABORIGINAL PORTFOLIO represents the first attempt to publish a collection of portraits of North American Indians preceding the.....
Philadelphia: Alexander Towar, 1833. xlvii,[1],574pp. 20th-century buckram, gilt leather labels. Titlepage stained, with dampstaining near the gutter of the first few and last few leaves, minor foxing. Good plus. The second digest of laws for the state of Alabama, after the 1823 digest compiled by Judge Harry Toulmin. For this.....
[Various locations in Alaska, Yukon Territory, and British Columbia, including Fairbanks, Dawson City, and Victoria. Before 1905]. 138 mounted silver gelatin or sepia photographs, about 2 x 2 inches to 4 x 4 inches, with a handful captioned in pencil, and ten clippings of published photographs. Oblong octavo. Contemporary black.....
San Francisco. 1875. 43pp. Original front wrapper bound into later half morocco. Very good. A propagandistic appeal by the unsuccessful bidders for a fur seal contract, for the repeal of the so-called monopoly of the Alaska Commercial Company. Claims to present only the "facts" and calls on the people and.....
London. 1812-1815. Five volumes. [2],xl,[16],574; [4],597; [4],512; [4],636; [4],462,[2],105pp. Modern black cloth, spines gilt. Front hinges of several volumes cracking, shelf numbers in white ink on spine, institutional stamps and markings on titlepages, top edges, and rear pastedowns. Light tanning and scattered foxing. Good plus. First English translation, after the.....
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[N.p., likely Chilocco, Ok. 1915]. 7pp. Original printed self wrappers. Minor edge wear, vertical crease throughout, three short marginal tape repairs to each leaf. Good. A paper by Edgar A. Allen, superintendent of the Chilocco Indian School, at a conference of Indian workers in San Francisco on Aug. 10, 1915.....
New York: The Shakespeare Press, 1913. 78pp. plus frontispiece portait and four plates. Original brown cloth, gilt title on front cover, neatly rebacked with original spine laid down. Author's gift inscription on titlepage. Light tanning, otherwise internally clean. Very good. Inscribed by the author. "The Sheep Eaters or Tukuarika were.....
![VOL. 1 NO. I THE PEOPLE'S ALMANAC. 1834 [wrapper title]. Almanacs](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM34457.jpg?v=1593711509)
Philadelphia: Grigg & Elliot, [1833]. 47,[1]pp., including thirty-one woodcuts. Title-leaf vignette. Gathered signatures, stitched. Minor edge wear. Last leaf with four inch tear in from foredge with some loss. Contemporary ownership signatures on first and last leaf. Other manuscript marks throughout. Good. A wonderful almanac, profusely illustrated with thirty- one.....
New York. [ 1815]. 166pp., including in-text illustrations, lacking leaf with pp.95-96. Frontispiece. 12mo. Original cloth-backed printed paper boards. Boards soiled, rubbed, and scuffed; worn around the edges. Text tanned and foxed. Lacking the leaf with pages 95-96, which was apparently never bound into this copy, else good. An expanded.....
Madrid. 1769. [36],374,[28]pp. Folio. Contemporary vellum, manuscript spine title. Minor soiling. Very good plus. Second edition, after the first of 1726. With years of administrative experience and the impressive title of "Alcalde Visitador del Commercio entre Castilla, y las Indias," Don Antonio José Alvarez de Abreu (1683-1756) was clearly well.....
[Np, but probably Holland. nd, but 17th century, after 1664]. Engraving, 12 x 7 1/2 inches. Old crease mark across lower left corner, closely trimmed at upper left margin of print. Remnant of tape in upper right corner. A good copy. A fine engraving of an American Indian family consisting.....
Boston: Printed and sold by William M'Alpine, [1768]. [24]pp. Dbd., signatures loose. Text lightly tanned. Overall, a very good copy. An almanac by Nathaniel Ames, son of Dr. Nathaniel Ames who started a popular and highly regarded almanac in 1726. Ames continued writing the almanac after his father died in.....
Boston: Printed for and Sold by A. Barclay, [1768]. [24]pp. Stitched. First and last pages rubbed, making it difficult to read. Minor chipping and tearing to margins, not affecting text. Tape repair on the second page. Text tanned. Overall, a fair copy. One of several editions of Ames' popular almanac.....
Boston: Printed and Sold by the Printers and Booksellers, [1768]. [24]pp. Stitched. Corners and extremities darkened. Foredge chipped, not affecting text. Bottom corner of four leaves turned. A very good copy. One of several editions of Ames' popular almanac for 1768. Dr. Nathaniel Ames started his highly regarded almanac in.....
New London: Printed and Sold by T. Green, [1768]. [24]pp. Stitched. Last page soiled, otherwise a very good copy. One of several editions of Ames' popular almanac for 1768. Dr. Nathaniel Ames started his highly regarded almanac in 1726, and it was continued by his son after he died in.....
New York: E.P. Dutton and Company, 1908. Two volumes. xiii,[1],335,[1]; ix,[1],397pp., plus frontispieces and two color folding maps. Original cloth, stamped in gilt. Light chipping at head of spine on first volume. Modern address label on front fly leaves. Light foxing to preliminaries, internally clean. Very good. First American edition.....
Boston: Press of Jonathan Howe, 1835. 168pp. including frontis. Original cloth, paper spine label. Spine chipped, hinges loose, boards sunned and moderately worn. Ink signature on front free endpaper. Scattered foxing. Small pencil notes in text. Good. A rare account of the Marshpee affair, in which Apes reveals the crude.....
![AUTOGRAPH LETTER, SIGNED, FROM AN OREGON PIONEER REGARDING LAND CLAIMS IN MISSOURI]. Lindsay...](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM29969.jpg?v=1593711462)
[Polk County, Or.]. Oct. 9, 1847. [1]p. on single letter sheet, 7 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches, docketed on verso. Tear along lower left edge, affecting two words. Old, light fold lines. Very good. An interesting letter from an important western pioneer, attempting to wrap up affairs back home. Oregon.....
[Washington. 1823]. [55-]108pp. Modern blue pebbled cloth, gilt spine label. Light tanning and foxing. Very good. The document accompanies President Monroe's Message of 1823, which consists of letters and reports concerning attacks of the Arikara Indians on General Ashley's trading party, and of the Blackfoot Indians on the Missouri Fur.....
