New York: Herrmann J. Meyer, [ 1855]. Two volumes. 180; 154pp. Extra engraved titlepages plus seventy-nine steel-engraved plates. Tissue guards. Quarto. Original black morocco, stamped in gilt, expertly rebacked with original spines laid down. Scattered foxing. Very good. Dana's work contains handsome steel engravings of scenes throughout the country, many.....
New York. 1819. 228,lix,[7],lxi-lxiii pp. plus three folding maps (including frontispiece map, which is partially colored). Original blue boards with paper spine. Hinges cracked, spine slightly chipped. Front board and first gathering separated. Light foxing. Good. Untrimmed and in unsophisticated condition. Darby was an expert surveyor and geographer. He gives.....
Boston. 1831. 3-180pp. Original green boards, orange paper label. Very good. In a half calf slipcase. Self-styled fifth American edition taken from the tenth London edition. The work first appeared in 1806. Davis' novel, sometimes attributed to John Moore, was an exceedingly popular work of fiction that contains the rare.....
Cincinnati. 1867. 128pp. Dbd. Institutional stamps on titlepage, otherwise clean. Very good. A scarce compendium of atrocious murders, including "an account of the two soldiers where executed at old Fort Washington, and the trials and executions of John May; Philip Lewis (colored); John Cowan, the Murderer of his Family...[and others].".....
Paris: Chez l'Auteur Rue des Canettes pres de St. Sulpice, 1700. Copper-engraved map, handcolored in outline. Sheet size: 17 1/8 x 26 1/8 inches. Cut to just within the plate mark, with expert repairs to margins and central fold. Good. The rare first state of the celebrated world map by.....
Cincinnati. 1856. 78pp. Printed self-wrappers, stitched. Very good. The official account of James Buchanan's nomination after the stormy Democratic Convention of 1856. Containing the party platform, the tally for all seventeen ballots, Stephen Douglas's letter requesting removal of his name from the ballot, official notice to Buchanan of his nomination.....
Detroit: Thomas Smith Printing Co., 1893. 445,78pp. Contemporary black cloth, spine gilt, boards blind stamped. Spine chipped, corners lightly worn. Ex-library, with ink stamp on titlepage and paper shelfmark on spine. Light tanning, otherwise clean. Good. An 1893 edition of the Detroit city charter, published together with collected laws passed.....
Detroit: Rawson, Dunklee & Co., 1848. 238pp. Modern grey cloth, gilt leather labels. Front endpapers detached. Ex-library, with blind and ink stamps on titlepage. Scattered foxing, otherwise very good. The publication of a special committee enjoined by the Common Council of Detroit in 1848 to issue an updated version of.....
New York: George H. Devol, 1892. 300pp. plus frontispiece portrait and four plates. Original green cloth, gilt. Cloth moderately rubbed, light edge wear. Previous owner's signature and presentation inscription on front free endpaper. Titlepage partially torn at gutter, not affecting text. Lightly toned. A very good copy. Rare presentation copy.....
New York: Charles Scribner, 1865. 191,[1]pp., plus seven plates and folding map. 16mo. Pink publisher's cloth, gilt and blind stamped. Cloth faded, spine extremities and corners lightly worn. News clipping laid onto front pastedown. Light tanning, occasional foxing. About very good. This comprehensive guide book to the Great Lakes and.....
[Prairie du Chien, Wi.]. Sept. 25, 1833. [2]pp. on folded letter sheet, 8 x 10 inches, with text on recto, docketed on verso of second sheet. Old fold lines. Nearly split at main fold, smaller splits on secondary folds with no loss of text. Very good. In this letter H.L......
Cincinnati: Printed and Published by E. Morgan & Co., 1850. 235pp. plus two engravings. Cloth. Corners and spine rubbed. Scattered foxing. Else good. Later edition of this biography of the great Shawnee chief and his brother, through the War of 1812 to Tecumseh's fall at the Battle of the Thames.....
Cincinnati. 1815. 251,[4]pp. plus two folding maps. Antique-style half calf and marbled boards. Folding plan of Cincinnati with tears at two folds, with a small bit of loss in each case. Scattered foxing throughout. A very good copy. Divided into seven sections: I. Geographical and Historical Introduction, II. Physical Topography.....
Cincinnati. 1815. 251,[4]pp. plus two folding maps. Contemporary tree calf, spine elaborately gilt, black leather label. A presentation binding, as this book was issued either in boards or in a plain sheep edition binding. Scattered foxing, else a fine copy. With a presentation inscription, as given below. In a half.....
Philadelphia: Thomas Cowperthwait, 1849. 21 1/2 x 29 inches, folded into 12mo. contemporary cloth folder, gilt- lettered cover. Covers slightly rubbed. Two minor tears in from left edge along folds, one three-inch tear also in from left edge; additional small separations at intersections. Occasional faint soiling. Printed color bright and.....
New York. 1852. 440pp. plus twelve pages of advertisements. Illus. Portrait. 12mo. Original cloth. Portrait foxed. Small puncture hole through rear board and final 100pp. of text, with no loss. Good. "[Duncan] discusses a wide range of subjects of social and humanitarian import, such as education, churches, weddings, funerals and.....
Chicago. 1881. 82pp. plus [13]pp. of advertisements. Illus. Original stiff printed wrappers bound into modern half cloth and boards. Ex-lib. with 2 rubberstamps on verso of titlepage.
Harrisburg, Pa. 1943. xviii,425pp. plus illus. Portrait. Original cloth. A few marginal pencil notes. Very good in somewhat chipped dust jacket. History of the society of religious German exiles and their colonization of Harmony, Pa., New Harmony, In., and Economy, Pa., beginning with the embarkation of George Rapp for America.....
New Haven. 1920. viii,64pp. Cloth backed boards, printed paper label. A bit dusty, else very good. Later printing. First publication of Mrs. Dwight's diary kept during her trip from New Haven to Ohio in 1810.
London. [ 1890s]. [4],211,[1]pp. Original pictorial cloth. Head and toe of spine a trifle frayed, private library bookplate. Else very good. A scarce travel narrative, mostly concerning India and the Near East, but also the American West (pp.152-79). The author travelled from New York to Chicago and thence to Wisconsin.....
Philadelphia & London. 1902. 329pp. Illus. Original pictorial cloth. Spine ends and corners frayed. Inner hinges cracked but still sound. Internally clean. About very good. Although the author (now identified as Arthur J. Eddy) never got farther than Ohio, this is usually described as the first book-length account of an.....
Detroit. 1899. [4],202pp. plus frontispiece portrait and three plates. Half morocco and pictorial boards. Boards lightly worn and faded, some scuffing, corners worn. Internally clean. About very good. Autobiography of a career soldier, spanning the 19th century. "The Florida, the Mexican War and the Great Rebellion, together with sketches of.....
London: Beadle and Company, 1865. 3-128pp. 12mo. Dbd. Internally clean. Very good. Later London edition, after the first of New York. Graff does not cite a year of publication for the New York or present editions, however it is noted that the original publisher, Sinclair Tousey, founded his firm in.....
Saint Paul: Published by C.L. Emerson, Minnesota Democrat Office, 1855. iv,[4],64pp. Quarto. Original printed front wrapper bound into modern polished limp black calf (lacks rear wrapper). Text dampstained, some pencil notes. First leaf (advertisements) with 25% loss to upper portion. Good. In a half morocco and cloth box. Emerson, an.....
Indianapolis; Kansas City: Bowen-Merrill Company, 1896-1897. 1186pp., with numerous in-text illustrations. Quarto. Two volumes. Original red publisher's cloth, boards gilt stamped, spine gilt. Corners bumped, edges worn, hinges starting, spine extremities somewhat frayed. Small bookplates on front and rear pastedowns. Minor dust soiling to edges of text block. Good plus.....
