London: Smith, Elder, and Company, 1853. xiv,[2],218,[2],1-16pp. Original blindstamped rust cloth, spine gilt. Lightly worn at spine ends, backstrip lightly faded. Very clean internally. Very good. Sketches of life in Oregon, mainly concerned with Indians, but including notes on the fur trade. This work is scarce, accorded a "b" by.....
Philadelphia. 1816. Three text volumes plus quarto atlas. Atlas with four leaves of text and fifteen (of nineteen) maps and plans (two folding). xv,855,[44]pp. plus seven folding tables; [2],578,[260]; [4],496,62pp. plus folding table and two plates (one folding). Text in contemporary calf, spines gilt, leather label; atlas in modern half.....
Toronto: The Coach House Press, [ 1979]. 55pp. plus photographic plates and folding map. Oblong octavo. Cloth. Fine in dust jacket. Second edition. From an edition of 1000 copies. A fine treatment of this pioneer photographer of the Canadian West. Illustrated with forty-nine microtone duotone offset reproductions of photographs by.....
Hartford: Case, Lockwood & Brainard, Printers, 1871. 4pp. on a single folded quarto sheet. Light edge wear. Near fine. An important publication by the National Woman Suffrage and Educational Committee, published in Hartford just after the group's national convention in Washington, D.C. and ahead of the group's next national convention.....
Lexington, Ky. J. Clarke & Co., 1836. [2],viii ,410pp. plus folding engraved frontispiece map of Texas on onionskin paper, 26.8 x 34 cm., with original handcolored outline and shading. Original tan muslin, printed paper label (chipped). Cloth faded and with some wear. Moderate foxing. Map with a short closed tear.....
[Modoc County, Ca. 1925-1926]. 107 photographs, most 3 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches, but others ranging from 2 3/4 x 2 inches to 10 x 8 inches, mounted to eleven card-stock leaves. About one-third of the photographs with manuscript captions in the lower margin, or typed captions in the image.....
Washington. 1831. xxv,[1],35,[7]pp. Lacks the folding map. Original cream printed wrappers. Wrappers detached. Contemporary ownership inscription on front cover. Some light foxing and tanning to a few leaves, else clean and bright. About good. Untrimmed. The Society attempted to alleviate the problem of slavery and degradation of free Blacks by.....
Norwich: Printed and sold Wholesale and Retail, by J. Trumbull, [1778]. [24]pp. Small octavo. Gathered signatures, stitched. Wear to foredge of a few leaves. Significant toning, slightly foxed in places. Title page soiled with amateurishly repaired tear to outer margin, final page heavily soiled at the bottom. Text rubbed in.....
Hartford: Printed and Sold by Hudson and Goodwin, [1780]. [24]pp. Small octavo. Gathered signatures, stitched. Slight foxing and toning, heavier to title page. Minor edge wear without loss to text. Titlepage with large chip in lower right edge (minor loss of text of verso), two small tears in lower edge.....
Hartford: Printed and Sold by Hudson and Goodwin, [1779]. [24]pp. including an in-text illustration, plus interleaved blank pages with contemporary manuscript notes. Small octavo. Gathered signatures, stitched. Quite clean and neat. Near fine. A very neat and clean copy of this revolutionary-era Connecticut almanac. It includes brief bits of verse.....
Puebla: Imprenta de M. Corona, 1886. 114pp. 16mo. Original half cloth and printed green paper boards. Light wear and rubbing to boards, a few dog-eared pages, slight occasional foxing. Very good. A new translation of Gerónimo de Ripalda's Spanish-language catechism into Nahuatl, by Miguel Trinidad Palma. In the preface, Palma.....
[Various locations, as noted below. 1822-1836]. Six autograph letters, signed, totaling [15]pp. Old folds, with mostly minor splits along some fold lines and crossfolds, a few short closed tears, a few small holes in the text from removal of wax seals, costing a handful of words, mild edge wear. Overall.....
Roanoke, Va. The Stone Printing & Mfg. Co., [n.d., but 1927]. Photographically-illustrated broadside, printed in orange, light blue, and black, 24 x 14 inches. Marginal dampstains to right edge, bottom right corner chipped, edges a bit chipped and worn. Moderate creasing, some tape reinforcements on verso. Overall good condition. A.....
Philadelphia: P.M. Lafourcade, 1826. 52pp. Modern half burgundy calf and cloth boards, spine gilt with raised bands. Staining to gutter of titlepage and final leaf; mild foxing and tanning throughout. About very good. Partially untrimmed. A general consideration of the treatment meted out to foreign visitors and residents in Mexico.....
New London: Printed and sold by T. Green, [1778]. [24]pp., including an in-text illustration. Small octavo. Gathered signatures, stitched. Pages washed, without significant fading to text or manuscript notes. Trimmed very close to top, with minor loss to border and titles on some pages. Small hole to leaf B4, with.....
New London: Printed and sold by T. Green, [1779]. [24]pp., including an in-text illustration. Small octavo. Gathered signatures, stitched. Lower and outer margins of second through sixth leaves trimmed, touching manuscript marginalia but not text. Good. The Freebetter series of Connecticut and New- England almanacs began in 1772, and have.....
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[New York City. ca. 1960]. Broadside handbill, printed in red, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. Moderate toning, small v-shaped chip to top edge, mounting remnants on verso. Still very good. A very rare surviving ephemeron from one of the earliest, most important, and most successful campaigns of the Civil.....
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[N.p. ca. 1780]. [1]p., 4 1/4 x 7 inches. Old fold, chip and closed tear to upper left of sheet, small split to horizontal fold at right edge, minor wear and soiling. Accompanied by an attractive engraved portrait of Barry. About very good. Printed certificate signed by Capt. John Barry.....
San Francisco: Grabhorn Press, 1930. [6] preliminary pages followed by [14]pp. of text and twelve original mounted photographs, various sizes to 9 x 6 1/2 inches, printed on Dassonville paper by Ansel Adams, each with a corresponding caption leaf, and ending with the colophon leaf. Large folio. Publisher's half tan.....
Chicago and New York: Rand McNally & Co., [ 1919]. 54,[8]pp. plus folding map, 21 x 28 inches, printed on both sides of the sheet. 12mo. Original printed wrappers. Minor soiling and edge wear, bottom corner of front wrapper chipped. Map detached, with a minor chip at the margin and.....
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Paris. 1760-1762. Two volumes. 62; 61 leaves, each with a mounted plate. Images vary in size, either 11 x 16 inches or 8 x 12 inches. Oblong folio. 19th-century gilt cloth, rebacked in red morocco. Corners repaired. Wear and soiling to boards. Internally clean, colors bright and fresh. Very good.....
[Various locations in Texas. 1941-1956]. Ninety-six black-and-white photographs, 5 x 7 inches, most with printed annotations on the verso, most housed in a contemporary two-ring binder (eight of them loosely laid in). Oblong slim quarto. Contemporary green cloth two-ring binder. Moderate soiling and edge wear. Minor wear and slight chipping.....
Sacramento. [ca. 1915]. 231pp. Plates, illus. Original printed wrappers. Very good. Much material on the California gold mines.
Mexico City: "Gante Press," Calle de Gante No. 5, 1894. 34pp., plus twenty photographic plates interspersed throughout. Printed slip laid in. Original printed orange wrappers. Mild discoloration, minor edge wear to wrappers, ink stamp of "E.P. Gaston General Secretary" on front wrapper. Bottom corner of first text leaf a bit.....
New York: Homer Lee & Co., 1878. [2],322pp., plus two portraits (including frontispiece). Original gilt pictorial green cloth, neatly recased. Cloth lightly rubbed, spine ends and corners moderately worn. Two early ownership inscriptions on front free endpaper (see below). A handful of leaves with a small closed tear in the.....
