[Nuremberg. 1689]. Engraved map, 7 3/4 x 12 3/4 inches. Near fine. Matted and laid into a folding cloth box. The extremely rare German edition of Father Louis Hennepin's landmark map of North America, from his DESCRIPTION DE LA LOUISIANE...., based upon the explorations of Louis Jolliet and Father Jacques.....
New York. 1865. [12],5-127pp. Large octavo. Original printed wrappers. Front wrap detached. Spine somewhat chipped. Else a nice untrimmed copy. Just about very good. In a blue paper boards chemise and slipcase. The extremely rare first edition, printed in 1774, is virtually unprocurable. This second edition was issued by Joseph.....
Paris: Chez Estienne Robinot... 1713. xxxiv,386pp. Modern red morocco, raised bands, a.e.g., gilt inner dentelles. Bit tanned. A very good copy. Lacks the folding map. One of the premiere accounts of La Salle's tragic final voyage, compiled from the diary of his close subordinate. The party embarked in 1684, ostensibly.....
Paris: Chez Estienne Robinot... 1713. xxxiv,386pp. plus large folding map. 12mo. Antique-style half calf and marbled boards. Ink notations on front endpapers, light scattered foxing. Map is bright and fresh. Very good. One of the premiere accounts of La Salle's tragic final voyage, compiled from the diary of his close.....
Cincinnati. [ 1909]. 496pp. Portrait. Illus. Quarto. Gilt cloth. Some edge wear. Very good. Drake founded the Ohio Medical College and was a primary force behind the development of medicine in the state. He wrote a number of important publications regarding his profession, Cincinnati and its environs.
[N.p., but Junction City, Ks.]: [Joseph Judd] Pennell, [ca. 1908]. Panoramic silver gelatin photograph, approximately 8 1/4 x 19 1/4 inches. Minor degradation near bottom right corner, light surface wear. Very good. Mounted on original brown cardboard, as usual for the Pennell studio. A fine photograph depicting the training camp.....
[Washington. Dec. 10, 1855]. 9pp. 12mo. Dbd. Internally clean. Very good. While serving as commanding officer of Fort Riley, K.T. in 1855, William Montgomery abused his position as the highest ranking military officer in the area in his attempt to establish a civilian settlement just outside the post. As leader.....
[Topeka: Merriam Mortgage Company, 1909]. Large folding color map, 30 x 20.5 inches, tipped to original blue stiff wrappers and backed with linen. Very good. An excellent and detailed railroad map of Kansas, displaying routes for twenty-four Kansas railroads, including the Union Pacific.
Boston: Printed by Alfred Mudge & Son, 1854. 24,4pp. Gathered signatures, stitched as issued. Faint vertical crease. A few singular spots of foxing. Near fine. Third edition, with additions. "The Massachusetts Emigrant Aid Company was one of a number of organizations formed in the New England states to foster settlement.....
Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1824. Two volumes. xii,[1],[9]-439pp. plus four plates, frontispiece and folding map; vi,[5]-459pp. plus frontispiece and nine plates. Half calf and marbled boards. Scattered foxing in both volumes. Map with a few delicate repairs on verso along folds. A good copy. First edition of the primary work.....
London. 1825. Two volumes. xiii,[3],458; vi,248,156pp. plus folding map, and fifteen plates after Samuel Seymour. Original boards, front cover of first volume detached but present, rebacked in cloth at an early date, original printed paper labels (worn) and endpapers preserved. Some light scattered foxing and tanning, occasional minor marginal dampstain.....
Wilmington, Oh. Printed by Gaddis & Abrams, 1815. 195pp. 12mo. Contemporary calf, leather label. Some minor old ink scribbles on titlepage (over text). Heavy foxing. Still a tight, very good copy. An early and important work of Catholic Americana, and one of the earliest Ohio printings of this basic text.....
Cincinnati: Robert Clarke and Co., 1875. 368pp. including 22pp. of advertisements and two single-page maps. Illustrations throughout. Frontispiece. Small octavo. Original red cloth, stamped in gilt and black. A bit rubbed, spine ends and corners worn. Clean internally. Very good. This work, written by a Cincinnati native and advertising salesman.....
Frankfort, Ky. 1811. 168pp. Contemporary three quarter calf and paper boards, morocco label. Chipped at head of spine, boards heavily rubbed. Contemporary ownership signature and notes on endpapers. Tanned, scattered foxing. A good, solid copy. This legislation addresses issues of education, transportation, the navigation of rivers, the militia, and the.....
[Covington, Ky. 1864]. Broadside, 10 x 12 inches. Printed almost entirely within ornamental border. Minor staining in blank margins, some minor creases. Overall very good. An advertisement for a lottery to be drawn in Covington, Kentucky. The scheme for the lottery is based on what the producers call the "Royal.....
Frankfort: A.G. Hodges, 1855. 54pp. Original publisher's cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Corners bumped and lightly worn, light rubbing to cloth, inner hinge cracked. Modern bookplate on rear pastedown. Minor foxing and toning. Very good. Memorial volume published on the occasion of the re- interment of several soldiers in.....
Lexington, Ky. 1833 [i.e. 1834]. 14,[1]pp. Original printed wrappers, stitched as issued. Lightly tanned. Very good. Gives the names of the students in the medical school and their home states, most coming from the South and Midwest, and also those matriculated in the law program and in Morrison College.
London. 1726-1727. Three volumes. xi,[1],iv,180,[4]; [2],vii,[1],184,[6],[16, advertisements]; [2],vi,221,[1],[160],16pp. plus folding engraved map and portrait. First two volumes in contemporary paneled calf, leather labels, raised bands; third volume in a somewhat different contemporary calf binding with more gilt tooling. A crisp, clean set. Very good. An important work about the French.....
Alma, Wi. 1888. xvi,656pp. plus double-sheet map. Frontispiece portrait. Original cloth. Extremities a bit rubbed, front hinge starting but still intact. Frontispiece and title-leaf lightly dampstained. Good. A quite thorough treatment of this Wisconsin county, with a wealth of information on the early settlements, Indians, natural history, geology, and agricultural.....
Columbus. 1831. 336pp. 16mo. Contemporary calf, leather label. Minor rubbing at spine extremities, light scattered foxing, rear free endpaper torn with some loss. Overall very good. Contemporary Columbus bookseller's ticket on front pastedown. Lacks the map. Styled tenth edition, "carefully revised, enlarged and corrected," on the titlepage, after Kilbourn's first.....
London: Published by John Cunningham, 1840, 1841. 80,144pp. Contemporary brown cloth. Mild edge wear. Very good. The first work is a narrative of the author's life in the remote wilderness of Michigan, which she in general found exciting. The work was first published in New York in 1839. The present.....
Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1911. 331pp. including illustrations. Frontis. Red cloth, t.e.g. Neat bookplate, else fine, partially uncut. Flint's life included missionary work and travel throughout the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys and the Far West, and was the basis for his writings. His BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF DANIEL BOONE.....
London. 1860. xii,428pp. Illus. Contemporary polished calf, leather label. Spine gilt. Lower spine chipped. Edges worn. Outer hinges rubbed. Front hinge splitting along lower two inches. Contemporary inscription on front fly leaf. Else very good. First British edition. "One of the most exhaustive and valuable treatises on Indian life ever.....
London: Printed for H. Bonwicke [et al], 1703. Two volumes bound in one. [24],280; [2],302,[15]pp., (including advertisement leaf at the end of the second volume) plus twenty-four maps and plates (many folding), including frontispiece in second volume. Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt with leather label; rebacked, with original spine laid.....
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The Hague: Chez les Freres l'Honore, 1703. Two volumes. [24],279pp. plus frontispiece, two folding maps, eleven plates (two folding); 220,[17]pp. plus folding map and eleven plates (three folding). 12mo. Later 19th-century half calf and marbled boards, spines gilt. Extremities rubbed. Large folding map reinforced at folds. Some light toning and.....
