Deland, Fl. Florida State Historical Society, 1923. 286,[1]pp. Original half blue cloth and paper boards, paper label on spine and cover. Minute soiling on boards. Internally clean. Very good. In slipcase. One of 325 copies printed by Carl Rollins and the Yale University Press, signed by Rollins on the front.....
Mexico: Henrico Martinez, [ 1602]. Broadside, 17 x 12 1/4 inches. Old fold lines. Reinforced with silk along central horizontal fold. Two spots of minor loss along central vertical fold, minutely affecting text. Some minor discoloration. Very good. An early Mexican broadside proclaiming the power of the Spanish Inquisition in.....
Philadelphia. 1843. Two colored folding maps, 33 1/2 x 24 inches and 34 3/4 x 25 1/2 inches. In original elaborately gilt pictorial morocco, brass clasp intact. Small tear in second map (i.e. the chart). Otherwise fine and bright. In a half morocco box. The national map shows the United.....
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1846. Two volumes. xxiii,[1],567;[iii]-xv,[1],595pp. including illustrations, plus three maps (two of them colored and double-page) plus publisher's ad. Contemporary calf, spines gilt, leather labels. Calf dry and a bit chipped, rubbed, and worn. Small contemporary ink ownership stamp to front endpapers and first text leaves.....
Amsterdam: Jacob Meurs, 1671. Engraved titlepage, [8],585,[27]pp. plus seven portraits, thirty-one engraved double-page plates, large folding hemispheric map, and fifteen engraved double-page maps. Seventy engraved in-text illustrations. Small folio. Early 20th-century half mottled calf and marbled boards, spine with raised bands, red morocco label. Very good. Provenance: J.J.A. Poley (bookplate.....
Amsterdam: Jacob Meurs, 1671. [8],585,[27]pp. plus seven portraits, thirty-two double- page plates, large folding hemispheric map, and fifteen double-page maps. Seventy engraved in-text illustrations. Engraved title. Thick folio. Original vellum, blindstamped cover, raised bands, manuscript title on spine. Internally clean and near fine. Minor repairs to hemispheric map. An excellent.....
Philadelphia: John S. Gable, 1845. 624pp., plus two large folding plates. Contemporary calf, black gilt morocco labels. Spine and edges rubbed. Later bookplate on front flyleaf. Very light scattered foxing. Very good. First edition. An exploration of the conflicts which the armed forces engaged in, from the French & Indian.....
Madrid. 1931. Two volumes bound in one: 125[3]; 48,[1]pp. Half title in both volumes. Modern blue cloth, spine gilt. Bookplate on rear pastedown. Text uniformly tanned. Very good. In a blue cloth slipcase. Father Ore, born in Peru in 1554, was an significant early chronicler of the New World. In.....
New York: Joseph F. Wagner, 1936. xx,145pp. Original printed wrappers bound into modern three quarter morocco and cloth by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, spine gilt. Bookplate on verso of front wrapper and on rear pastedown. A touch of light foxing to the preliminaries, else fine. Father Ore, born in Peru in.....
Washington. 1825. 10pp. Dbd. First page stained, not affecting text. Good. Uncut and untrimmed. Contains a chart of 124 claimants to land in western Florida including the acreage of their claim and the period of habituation and cultivation. Rare, OCLC listing three copies at McGill University, Florida State University, and.....
Berlin. 1774. Three volumes. xviii,[2],276,[26]; [4],304,[32]; [2],116,[2],232pp. Contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt, leather labels. Extremities lightly worn. Bookplate on front pastedowns. Minor soiling and foxing. Very good. An important text in a major Enlightenment debate, in which some scholars, notably Pauw and Buffon, held that all American species were inherently.....
Philadelphia: Printed at the Office of the Gazette of the United States. 1803. 34pp. Antique-style three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt, leather label. Early ownership signature on titlepage. Lightly toned. Very good. Generally credited with being the first American scientific description of the lower Mississippi Valley, based on the.....
Huesca: Por la Viuda de Miguel de Larumbe, 1796. [2],21pp. on folded sheets. Folio. Old stain on final leaf, affecting a few lines of text; light marginal stain on two leaves. Else near fine. In a half morocco box. A rare regional printing of this far-reaching treaty. The treaty, comprising.....
Baltimore: Lewis and Coleman, 1836. viii,184pp. plus three folding maps. Original blindstamped cloth. Spine slightly faded. Minor foxing, several map tears neatly repaired. Very good. A significant history of the Seminole War, by a participant. "Unsparingly critical of Jackson, Jesup and the Secretary of War" - Howes. The maps are.....
Paris. 1817. Two volumes. [4],xxxii,403,[3]; [4],394,[2]pp. Later half red morocco and boards, spines gilt. Corners somewhat worn, boards lightly scuffed, small piece torn away from front board of volume one. Bookplates on front pastedowns. Light foxing and a few scattered dampstains. About very good. A discussion of the politics of.....
Paris. 1817. Two volumes. [4],xxxii,403,[3]; [4],394,[2]pp. plus added frontispiece portrait of the author and four manuscript illustrations. Pp.305-320 misbound after pp.321-336. Slightly later three-quarter calf, spines gilt. Extremities rubbed. Light foxing and toning. About very good. A discussion of the politics of the revolutions in South America, including the Spanish.....
Paris. 1817. Two volumes. xxxii,403,[1]; [2],394,[2]pp. Original calf, lacking leather labels. Spines dry, front hinges cracking but sound. Internally very good. A discussion of the politics of the revolutions in South America, including the Spanish, French, and Portuguese colonies there. Pradt wrote a number of books on European relations with.....
Paris. 1817. Two volumes. [4]xxxii,403,[2]; [4],394,[2]pp. Half titles. Later blue calf, gilt, leather labels. Extremities rubbed, lower corners lightly worn. Quite clean internally. Very good. A discussion of the politics of the revolutions in South America, including the Spanish, French, and Portuguese colonies there. Pradt wrote a number of books.....
Albany. 1833. 400pp. Lacks the folding plate and folding map. Modern half calf and marbled boards. Light foxing. Very good. Styled "Third edition Revised" on the titlepage. An examination of relics and artifacts, and conjectures by the author as to the origin of their creators, including material on the languages.....
Albany: Hoffman and White, 1833. viii,9-400pp. Lacks the maps and two plates. Contemporary full calf. Rubbed, moderate dampstaining. Very good. Styled "Second edition Revised" on the title. An examination of relics and artifacts, and conjectures by the author as to the origin of their creators. Includes material on the languages.....
Deland: The Florida State Historical Society, 1928. Two volumes: lxxiii,[1],271,[1]; xv,[1],383,[1]pp., plus plates. Titlepages printed in red and black. Frontispiece in first volume. Large octavo. Original half cloth and paper boards, printed paper label on front boards and spines. Labels lightly soiled. Bookplate on rear pastedowns. About fine. In lightly.....
Glendale, Ca. 1936. 215pp. Frontis. Large octavo. Original red cloth. Near fine. From an edition limited to 500 copies, this copy numbered 478. An excellent account of the Lyna y Arellano expedition for the conquest of Florida in 1559-61. An Arthur Clark Co. publication.
Washington: Gales & Seaton, 1825. 5pp. Dbd. Foxing, else good. Uncut and untrimmed. A petition to Congress by persons of western Florida (now the most southern portions of Mississippi and Alabama) The petition decries the unlawful taxing of waterways to the Mississippi and New Orleans by Louisiana and the exploitative.....
London. 1819. pp.[261]-280. Later marbled wrappers. Internally clean. Very good. Self-styled expanded second edition, "printed exclusively in the PAMPHLETEER," after portions originally appeared in both the MORNING CHRONICLE (Sept. 1, 1819) and PORT FOLIO (November 1819). An engaging discourse on political implications for Great Britain should the United States annex.....
Geneva. 1775. Three volumes. [4],iii,iii-viii,719pp. plus folding map and three plates; [4],viii,622pp. plus two folding maps and two plates; [4],viii,658,iv pp. plus folding map and three plates. Thick quarto. Contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt, leather labels. Some light wear to hinges and corners. Contemporary ownership inscription on each fly leaf.....
