[Washington. 1840]. 16pp. Dbd. Very good. A rare report on military expenditures during the Second Seminole War. "With tables for regular forces, by month, 1835-1840; militia and volunteers, by year, 1835-1840; and militia and volunteers by state of origin, 1836-1839. Data on ammunition expended, arms damaged and destroyed, medical costs.....
[Washington. 1837]. 8pp. Dbd. Tanned, minor edge wear. Good. A rare Congressional report regarding the officers in regular Army regiments who fought against the Seminoles in the Second Seminole War. Also lists those officers who resigned in that year. Only five copies reported in institutions.
Pensacola. 1993, 1995, 1999, and 2002. 424; 488; xxi,[3],559; xxi,[3],551pp. Cloth. As new. Second volume still sealed. A complete set of Servies' first-rate bibliography, listing 18,052 items relating to Florida through 1915, arranged chronologically. Provides collations, notes on content, and bibliographical citations. This is the first decent bibliography of Florida.....
Pensacola. 1982. Four volumes. Modern brown buckram, spines gilt lettered. Internally clean. Very good. Third and best edition of Servies' detailed and comprehensive bibliography of West Florida, revised and expanded with a supplemental fourth volume. "Includes notes of the printed works issued by the presses of Pensacola and other communities.....
New York. 1848. 69pp., plus six plates and 11pp. of advertisements. 12mo. Original blindstamped cloth, gilt. Rubbed and edgeworn, chipped at spine ends. Faint tideline throughout. Good. Includes pages 39-40, which Howes notes are lacking in most copies. That leaf was deleted due to the anti-Minorcan statements it contained. This.....
New York. 1855. 514,[14]pp. plus five engraved portraits. Original embossed cloth, spine gilt. Head of spine chipped, cloth faded. Modern bookplate on rear pastedown. Contemporary inscription on front flyleaf. Text block cracked. Toning to edges, light scattered foxing. Good. An extensive examination of Catholic Missions in the United States, providing.....
Philadelphia. 1881. xii,689pp., plus folding maps and plate. Quarto. Original burgundy cloth, spine gilt. Spine lightly sunned, light rubbing and shelf wear. Bookplate on rear pastedown. Very good. "Based entirely on accounts by participants, as given by Garcilasso de la Vega, etc." - Howes. Covers the major explorers of the.....
Charleston: Dan J. Dowling, 1836. [2],[6],311,[1]pp. Antique-style three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. A couple of small ink notations to the outer margin of text, light foxing. Very good, untrimmed. One of the rarest personal narratives of the second Seminole War of 1835-36. The volume was absent from the.....
Deland: Florida State Historical Society, 1923. 286,[1]pp., plus illustrations. Titlepage printed in red and black. Frontispiece. Large octavo. Original half cloth and paper covered boards, printed paper labels on front board and spine. Early ownership signature on front free endpaper, bookplate on rear pastedown. A bit of toning to the.....
Washington. 1820. 8; 4pp. plus twenty-seven folding tables. Modern half morocco and marbled boards. Some occasional foxing. Overall crisp and very good. Untrimmed. The first report includes communications of the Spanish minister, General Vives, regarding the revolting Spanish American colonies, possible Spanish session of Florida, and other subjects. The second.....
Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1812. viii,172,175-488pp. (complete). Cloth and old plain boards, gilt leather label. Boards rubbed and edgeworn. Old library blindstamp on titlepage, scattered foxing. Good. Untrimmed. One of the classic early descriptions of upper and lower Louisiana, based on the author's service there in the previous decade as civil.....
New York: T.R. Tanner & J. Disturnell, 1840. 272pp. plus six profiles on two folding sheets, and two folding maps. Original cloth, expertly rebacked with original spine laid down. Very good. Enlarged edition of Tanner's A BRIEF DESCRIPTION..., first published in 1834 and containing only thirty-one pages of text. This.....
Philadelphia: H.S. Tanner, 1825. Letterpress half title, 1p. index, and 18pp. text. Engraved title with vignette of the "First Landing of Columbus in the New World." Eighteen fine handcolored engraved maps on twenty-one sheets (sixteen maps on sixteen double page sheets, one map on folding sheet, map of United States.....
New York. 1848. 69,81-96pp. (as issued) plus 4pp. of engravings before the titlepage and three engravings inserted throughout the text. Original printed wrappers. Front wrapper detached, with long horizontal tear through the figure of Taylor, rear wrapper lacking. Minor scattered foxing. Good. Untrimmed. The expanded, campaign, version of this laudatory.....
Washington. 1816. 23pp. Dbd. Very good. Prints two letters from Onìs (and Monroe's reply) in which he complains of expeditions being arranged by Robinson and Toledo against Spanish claims. Onìs also continues his objections to the American seizure of West Florida. Monroe replies that these activities are beyond the jurisdiction.....
Washington. 1839. 8pp. Dbd. Spine chipped, inner gathering detached. Very clean. Good. A collection of several letters from United States Army Captain Hezekiah Thistle to the Secretary of War regarding Native American removal in Florida. Capt. Thistle expounds his views on the matter of dealing with hostile Indians and requests.....
Bilbao. 1783. 10pp. Quarto. Modern half morocco and marbled boards. Very good. A rare Spanish edition of the preliminary articles of peace between Spain and England which ended their conflict in the American Revolution. The primary impact of this treaty was to return the Floridas to Spain, thus setting the.....
London. 1783. 10pp. printed in double-column format in parallel French and English. Small quarto. Dbd. Some old minor ink underscoring. Else very good. Untrimmed. In a half morocco box. The official English publication of the preliminary articles of peace between Spain and England. By this treaty an armistice was concluded.....
[Paris]. 1783. 8pp. Tall folio, designed to be folded, with docket title sideways on last leaf. Later marbled boards, leather label. Near fine. A French printing of the treaty between Spain and England adopted as part of the general peace of Sept. 3, 1783. Through this treaty Spain reacquired the.....
Madrid: En la Imprenta Real, [1783]. [4],94pp. in Spanish and French, plus a map. Small quarto. Original plain wrappers. Spine bit chipped. A crisp, near fine copy. In a half morocco and cloth case. This is the official Spanish printing of the treaty in which England and Spain make peace.....
Washington: A. & G. Way, 1812. 4pp. Dbd. Old stab holes in left margin. Minor dust soiling and edge wear. Very good. A scarce government document relating to continued administrative problems in West Florida stemming from conflicting grants issued by the Spanish and British governments.
Paris: Chez Musier, Fils, & Fournier, 1768. 8,316,[3]pp. Half title. 12mo. Modern calf, tooled in gilt, spine gilt, gilt leather label. Light foxing. Very good. A rare account by the commander of the 1720 French scientific expedition to Louisiana, the French West Indies, and the Gulf of Mexico. Vallette Laudun.....
Paris: Courcier, 1803. Two volumes. [3],xvi,300; [4],[301]- 534,[2]pp., plus two foldings maps and two folding plates. Half titles. Three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spines gilt, leather labels, all edges stained red. Hinges rubbed, edges and corners slightly worn. Bookplates on front pastedowns. A few scattered fox marks and small dampstains.....
London. 1739. 32pp. Modern marbled wrappers. Internally quite clean. Very good. A vitriolic essay, containing numerous references to British trade and navigation in America, and with specific mention of the West Indies and Cuba.
Washington City: A. & G. Way, 1811. 11pp. Modern half calf and marbled boards. Lightly foxed. Very good. The report of the congressional committee appointed to evaluate the government of Mississippi Territory and the petition of the residents of West Florida (what is now the southernmost portions Mississippi and Alabama).....
