[Boston: Printed by Benjamin Edes], Nov. 2, 1776. Broadside, 15 x 9 1/2 inches. Several folds, minor staining, fold lines reinforced with archival tape on verso. Good. Early November 1776 was a dark moment for the American side in the Revolution. Washington had been routed from New York, the victory.....

Sampaloc [Philippines]: Convento de Ntra. Sra. de Loreto, 1736. [32],219,[3]pp. Printed on rice paper. Small quarto. Antique-style mottled calf, ornately gilt, by Palomino. First few leaves brittle with slight cracking and minor loss, else in excellent condition. Very good. In a half morocco box. A remarkable survival of early Philippine.....

Wheatland, near Lancaster [Pa.]. April 28, 1852. [2]pp. on a folded folio leaf, docketed on the fourth page. One horizontal and two vertical folds. Lightly dampstained. Two tiny edge tears. Very good. In a blue half leather and cloth folding box, gilt. A remarkable political letter from future president James.....

London: Day & Son, [ca. 1855-1860]. Hand-finished color-printed lithograph, drawn on stone by J. M'Gahey of Chester after George Catlin, printed by Day & Son, within a lithographed thin single-line border printed in ochre, with lithographed title printed in black beneath. Sheet size: 14 3/4 x 19 inches. A few.....

New York. 1860. 226pp. Illustrated with ninety-nine lithographs of carriages, one tinted plate advertising Henry Austin (the architect), and numerous black and white engravings. Double frontis. Oblong octavo. Original cloth, stamped in blind. Inner hinges expertly repaired. A few light spots on the front free endpapers. Near fine. A handsomely.....

[London: Jodocus Hondius, ca. 1583, but printed later]. Engraved portrait, 15 3/4 x 12 1/4 inches. A fine, black impression, expertly laid down on a larger sheet. Slight wear to upper edge. Very good and handsomely presented. Matted. This handsome and striking print is generally considered the finest contemporary portrait.....

[Halifax: C.H. Belcher, 1839-1840]. Six (of twelve) lithographic views, each approximately 11 1/2 x 17 inches. Minor soiling and wear. Very good. Each view archivally matted to 15 1/2 x 17 1/2 inches, housed together in a red cloth clamshell case, gilt leather label. A very rare series of views.....

New York. 1851. 259pp. 12mo. Publisher's embossed cloth, spine gilt. Spine and edges faded, corners scuffed. Mild foxing. Good. Second edition, following the first of the previous year, of Green's memoirs, detailing his life as a gambler, and of his swift reformation after twelve years as one of the most.....

Utrecht. 1698. [70],389pp. plus folding map and four folding plates. 12mo. Handsome tan crushed morocco, gilt extra, leather labels, marbled endpapers, a.e.g., by Lucien Broca. A few tiny marginal paper repairs. Otherwise, internally clean. Near fine. First edition. This edition of Hennepin's writings is a continuation of his NOUVELLE DECOUVERTE.......

Denver. [ca. 1880]. Mammoth-plate albumen photograph, 22 x 17 1/4 inches. Jackson's name printed on the mat. Light discoloration in the sky in the upper center portion of the image. Near fine. Matted, glazed, and framed, with calligraphic manuscript title below the photograph. Contemporary wooden presentation frame (see below). A.....

Paris. [1800]. Two text volumes plus atlas. Text volumes: xvi,440; 332,110,[2]pp. Atlas: Title-leaf, folding chart of the Pacific, and forty-three engraved plates. Contemporary half gilt calf and boards. Slight wear to spine of atlas and outer edge of front board, else a fine set. The first edition of this narrative.....

New York. 1824. Folding map, 51 x 51 inches, Backed on linen as issued. Significant foxing. Original portfolio of boards with roan spine, expertly rebacked. In a cloth clamshell box, leather label. Styled "second edition." Handsome large- scale early map of New York State and part of Pennsylvania and New.....

Venice: Giordano Ziletti, 1577. Two volumes. [17],518,[1]; [13],365 leaves. Contemporary vellum, manuscript title on spines. Front joint of first volume cracked, other joints worn. Early bookplate on front pastedowns. Internally remarkably clean. A beautiful copy. Lopes de Castanheda is considered one of the definitive chroniclers of Portuguese activity in Asia.....