Denver. 1967. 116pp. Illus. Folio. Pictorial cloth. Fine. Excellent gold rush letters. "The letters provide an outstanding glimpse of the business and social life of San Francisco during that 'Golden Spring'" - Kurutz.
Milford, N.H. John Burns, 1846. 181,[1]pp. plus eleven plates (including frontispiece). Contemporary calf, gilt morocco label. Spine rubbed and scuffed, hinges and spine ends worn, modest edge wear. Bookseller label on front pastedown. Pencil marks on front endpapers and final page of text. Tear in outer margin of p. vii.....
Milford, N.H. John Burns, 1846. 181,[1]pp. plus eleven plates (including frontispiece). Contemporary calf, gilt morocco label. Spine and front board a bit scuffed. Internally bright and clean. A very good copy. "Third edition, enlarged and revised," stated on titlepage. The verso of the title-leaf is printed with a "Preface to.....
[New York]. 1825-1826. [8],408,[2]pp. Forty-five maps, portraits, and plates (many folding, maps in color); plus eight leaves of facsimiles. Quarto. Elaborately gilt tooled calf, rebacked. Scattered foxing and darkening of contents, lacks part of one large folding plate, else good. The author, scion of an old New York family, was.....
Poughkeepsie. 1908. 99pp. Illustrated. Original printed wrappers. Rear cover and last few leaves separating. Ownership inscription on front cover. Internally clean. Good plus. Privately published travel narrative of an overland journey by rail, made by two women. Oddly enough, their narrative highlights visits to mines in Arizona and agricultural excursions.....
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[Paris. 1826 (i.e. 1804)]. Line engraving, approximately 10 1/4 x 14 inches. Matted. A few small chips and very short closed tears at edges. Numbered twice in pencil at upper left corner. Light dust soiling and dampstaining. About very good. From the atlas of Collot's famous VOYAGE DANS L'AMÉRIQUE SEPTENTRIONALE........
[Paris. 1804 (but issued in 1826)]. Four engraved plates of varying lengths, all 11 1/2 inches in height. Previously folded, backed on linen. Two plates edged with cloth tape. Linen backing slightly frayed in places, a few corners worn. Pencil annotations and small numbering labels. Light dust soiling and dampstaining.....
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[Paris. 1826 (i.e., 1804)]. Line engraving, approximately 10 1/4 x 14 inches. Matted. A few small chips and very short closed tears at edges. Small numbered label at lower left corner, later pencil annotations on blank verso. Light dampstaining and foxing. Good plus. From the atlas of Collot's famous VOYAGE.....
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[Paris. 1826 (i.e., 1804)]. Line engraving, approximately 14 x 10 1/4 inches. Matted. A few small chips and very short closed tears at edges. Small numbered label at upper left corner, later pencil annotations on blank verso. Light dampstaining and foxing. Good plus. From the atlas of Collot's famous VOYAGE.....
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[Paris. 1826 (i.e., 1804)]. Line engraving, approximately 14 x 10 1/4 inches. Matted. A few small chips and very short closed tears at edges. Small numbered label at upper left corner, later pencil annotations on blank verso. Light dampstaining at corners, not affecting image, some foxing. Good plus. Depicting a......
[Paris. 1804 (but distributed in 1826)]. Engraved map, approximately 13 x 37 inches. Matted. Old fold lines. Scattered foxing, mostly in margins and along uppermost fold. Very good. A long and highly detailed map of the course of the Mississippi River from St. Louis to the Gulf of Mexico from.....
Oshkosh, Wi. Art Photogravure Co., 1900. 12 parts, with 17pp. of text and 103 plates with 119 photogravure images. Folio. Original maroon textured paper wrappers, gilt stamped. Covers of four parts detached, wrappers generally with some small chips and closed tears, tape remnants on wrappers of part one. Text and.....
Chicago. 1881. [8],11-889pp. plus 178 plates. Thick quarto. Original gilt three-quarter morocco and pebbled cloth, a.e.g. Head of spine bumped and torn, extremities considerably rubbed. Inner hinges cracked but holding, old private bookplate. Else a good copy. A pleasing and quite massive early Colorado mug book, with portraits and biographies.....
Chicago. 1880. vi,[11]-652pp. plus many plates and portraits. Double- page frontis. Original three-quarter gilt morocco and cloth, expertly rebacked, retaining original backstrip, corners carefully repaired, a.e.g. Just about very good. A scarce history and mug book of Denver, with interesting articles concerning the early settlements in the region, gold mining.....
New York. 1853. 371,[2]pp. Seventeen plates (fourteen of them within the pagination). Frontis. Original publisher's cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Light soiling to boards, minor wear at extremities. Contemporary owner's inscription on fly leaf. Text lightly foxed. Very good. Second edition, after the first of the previous year. "Colvocoresses.....
Quebec. 1909. 440pp. plus plates. Original printed wrappers. Lightly worn at extremities. Internally clean. Very good. Untrimmed. "Containing chapters on salmon fishing, trapping, the folk-lore of the Montagnais Indians and tales of adventure on the fringe of the Labrador Peninsula."
Boston: Published by Charles Ellms, [1835]. 48pp., including numerous illustrations. Stitched. Tanning, light foxing. Very good. Untrimmed and partially unopened. A collection of numerous witticisms, anecdotes, and a comical tale taking place in London. Very heavily illustrated with woodcuts of a humorous nature.
Richmond: West & Johnston, 1862. xvi,272pp. plus thirty-nine engraved plates. Original publisher's cloth, gilt titles, blindstamped covers. Minor discoloration at top of front joint, light soiling to covers, minor wear to edges and corners. Light foxing, text slightly over-opened at p.72. Very good. A scarce Confederate artillery manual, the Confederate.....
New York. 1878. 380pp. including illustrations, plus eight plates. Frontis. Original pictorial green cloth, gilt, spine gilt. Lightly worn around edges. Front free endpaper excised, early ownership signature on titlepage. Very good. "Discusses the towns, people, life, manners; the Indians; and the experiences and adventures of the author" - Eberstadt.....
Cedar Rapids, Ia. 1910. 542pp. including illustrations, plus maps. Portrait. Original red cloth, gilt, spine gilt. Slight edge wear. Front inner hinge cracked, but holding. Very good. "A thoroughly annotated book relating many of the exploits of the guerrillas, with some mention of the lives of the James and Younger.....
London. [ca. 1784]. Engraving. Folio. Matted, suitable for framing, with the mat cut to near the plate mark. Very good. An individual plate from the atlas to Cook's THIRD VOYAGE. - ALASKA AND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
London. [ca. 1784]. Engraving. Folio. Matted, suitable for framing, with the mat cut to near the plate mark. Very good. An individual plate from the atlas to Cook's THIRD VOYAGE.
London. [ca. 1784]. Engraving. Folio. Matted, suitable for framing, with the mat cut to near the plate mark. Very good. An individual plate from the Atlas to Cook's THIRD VOYAGE - KAMCHATKA.
London. [ca. 1784]. Engraving. Folio. Matted, suitable for framing, with the mat cut to near the plate mark. Very good. An individual plate from the atlas to Cook's THIRD VOYAGE. - ALASKA AND THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST.
London. [ca. 1784]. Engraving. Folio. Matted, suitable for framing, with the mat cut to near the plate mark. Very good. An individual plate from the atlas to Cook's THIRD VOYAGE.
