Fort Myers. 1965. 8pp. Original printed stiff brown wrappers bound into three-quarter morocco and cloth, gilt, by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Modern bookplate on rear pastedown, else fine. An exceedingly rare account of an ambush by the Seminole leader Chief Billy Bowlegs on Capt. Leroy G. Lesley, under whom the author.....
Amsterdam: Jean Bernard, 1720. [2],408pp. plus folding map and fourteen plates. Contemporary marbled wrappers. Spine nearly perished. Internally clean and bright. Very good. In a half morocco and cloth slipcase. This volume is rich in interest, being drawn from material which originally appeared in the fifth volume of Jean Bernard's.....
Amsterdam: Jean Bernard, 1720. [4],408pp. plus folding map and fourteen plates. Half title. 12mo. Contemporary vellum, spine gilt, also with manuscript lettering and gilt stamping. Lower half of half title renewed. Ownership ink stamp on verso of each plate and on titlepage. Older tape repair to one plate. Three leaves.....
London: John Murray, 1844. Two volumes bound in one. viii,314; viii,360pp., plus one plate. Frontispiece in second volume. Contemporary green cloth, blindstamped covers, gilt- lettered spine, rebacked. Frontispiece worn, with damage to center of image. Old institutional stamps and scribblings on rear free endpaper and pastedown. Good. Partially unopened. The.....
London: John Murray, 1844. Two volumes. viii,314; viii,360pp., plus ten plates (seven lithographs by Day & Haghe [two portraits and five views], three wood- engraved plates [two signed "SW"]). Frontispiece in each volume. Contemporary three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spines gilt, marbled endpapers, t.e.g., by Ringer. Minor shelf wear, joints.....
New York. [ 1847]. 107pp. printed in double-column format, plus 1p. of advertisements. Illus. Dbd. Tears in three leaves, one with loss of half the page and illustration on recto, one with loss of several words of text, and one with no loss. Fair. "One of the most notorious of.....
[Philadelphia?]: 1828. 8pp. Stitched, as issued. Moderate tanning and foxing. About very good. A scarce printing of several anti-Jackson pieces from Pennsylvania newspapers during the 1828 presidential campaign. The first short tract is an indictment of Jackson's conduct in Florida during the Seminole War by a former General and Senator.....
Concord, N.H. John F. Brown, 1837. 429pp. Portrait frontis. Contemporary ornate blindstamped cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Top inch of spine neatly torn away. Minor foxing. Offsetting on titlepage, brief modern ink notes on front free endpaper. Overall very good. A collection of Jackson's most important messages, including a bevy of annual.....
London: Printed and sold by R. Sayer and J. Bennett, 1782. Letterpress title and index leaf, otherwise engraved throughout. Twenty-three engraved maps on thirty-one sheets (eighteen folding, eleven double-page), all handcolored in outline. Antique-style half speckled calf and marbled boards, spine with raised bands, bands and ornaments tooled in gilt.....
London. 1783. [4],164pp. Half title. Modern half calf and marbled boards. Old ink inscription on half title, else just about fine. Kippis argues that the best should be made of a bad situation now that American independence is unavoidable. He also discusses the preliminary treaty article by article. Appendices focus.....
Deland, Fl. 1926. x,[2],250,[1]pp., plus frontispiece and three facsimiles in a rear pocket. Original half cloth and paper boards, printed paper labels. Light wear, internally clean. Very good. In original matching paper-covered slipcase. Number thirty-two of three hundred sixty copies printed. A history of Florida newspapers during its years as.....
Portland, Me. 1869. 535pp. plus twenty-three maps (many folding). Original cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Small tear at head of spine. Inner hinge cracked, but holding. Else sharp and clean. Very good. A mine of information on the earliest travels of discovery to the northeastern coast of America. Discusses.....
Paris. [ 1799]. Eight volumes. Three folding maps, nine folding tables. Uniformly bound to style in three-quarter calf and marbled boards. Unobtrusive old blindstamps on each titlepage. Scattered foxing. U.S. map has a very narrow strip of loss (1/16 inch) along the center fold, replaced with reinforcing tissue. Maps of.....
Fort Riley, Ks. The Press of the Capper Printing Company, 1939. 441pp. plus two folding maps. Original blue cloth, gilt. Minor wear to the extremities, spine gilt a bit rubbed. Modern bookplate on rear pastedown. Very good. A general history of the Second Cavalry, encompassing their experiences in the Second.....
Philadelphia: Published by John Conrad and Co., 1816. xx,264,cxc pp. plus frontispiece portrait. Lacks the atlas. Contemporary calf, spine gilt, leather label. Front board heavily worn with leather peeled away. Front hinge cracked but solid, corners and head and foot of spine worn. Contemporary ownership inscription of Lawrence Washington on.....
Paris: Chez P. Jannet, 1853. [4],xvi,228pp. 16mo. Contemporary red cloth, blind fillet border, spine gilt. Modern bookplate on rear pastedown. Later ownership signature on front pastedown. Some toning and light scattered foxing. Untrimmed. Good plus. From an edition of 100 copies, according to Servies. First published in 1586, Laudonnière's narrative.....
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1875. [6],23, 15pp., plus frontispiece and 43 plates. 4to. Calf and printed paper boards. Edges rubbed, internally very clean. Very good. First edition of the narrative of Le Moyne's expedition to America with Laudonniere and Ribault, translated from the Latin by Theodore de Bry.....
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Frankfurt: Theodor de Bry, 1591 [i.e. 1609]. Engraved title, 2pp. letterpress dedication leaf with integral engraved coat of arms, 2pp. preface with large engraved headpiece, 1p. privilege leaf (verso blank), [8],30, 1p. index (verso blank), letterpress title (dated 1609, verso blank), folding engraved map, 42 leaves (each with half-page engraved.....
Washington, D.C. April 11, 1865. Broadside, 13 x 8 1/4 inches. Faint dust-soiling, minor edge wear, with a few short marginal tears repaired on verso. Very good. A rare first broadside printing announcing two of President Lincoln's three final proclamations, "Closing Certain Ports" and "Port of Key West to Remain.....
[Amsterdam. 1720]. Single-sheet map, 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches. Minor foxing. Near fine. A scarce early map of the Mississippi River Valley, depicting the American region between the Gulf of Mexico and the Great Lakes, taken from HET GROOT TAFEREEL DER DWAASHEID... [THE GREAT MIRROR OF FOLLY], a scathing.....
Paris: Jouaust, 1876-1886. Six volumes. Illus. Large octavo. Original printed wrappers. About fine. Untrimmed and unopened. Contains many valuable documents concerning the travels and discoveries of La Salle, D'Iberville, St. Denis, Hennepin, Cadillac, Duluth, and other French explorers in the Midwest in the 17th and 18th centuries. "...Many here printed.....
Philadelphia: Caxton Press of Sherman & Co. for D. Rice & Co., 1872-1874. Two volumes. [4],450; 541pp., plus "Billy Bowlegs" frontispiece portrait in second volume. Royal octavo. Contemporary three-quarter red morocco and pebbled cloth, spines gilt, t.e.g. Spines rubbed, hinges reinforced. Internally clean. Very good. The scarce text volumes to.....
New York. 1885. xv,[1],441pp. plus illus. Original pictorial cloth. Rubbed, small tear at front joint, but very good. Includes visits to St. Kitt's, Martinique, port of Spain, Trinidad, Curacoa, Jamaica, and Havana, with notes on slavery and the natives of the regions visited.
Washington: R.C. Weightman, 1811. 7pp. Dbd. Very minimal foxing. One manuscript correction in text. Very good. A letter to Congress from the Mississippi Territory legislature, expressing their disapproval of Harry Toulmin. In 1810 insurrection broke out in West Florida, and leaders of the Tombigbee district (near present-day Mobile) sought to.....
Atlanta. 1868. 105pp. Dbd. Else very good. Pertains primarily to one of the most troublesome affairs during Meade's administration in the Southern District during the Reconstruction years: the Ashburn murder. Ashburn, an ex-member of the Constitutional Convention of Georgia, was assassinated at his rooming house by a party of men.....
