Edinburgh. 1829. Three volumes. iv,ii,421; [4],ii,432; vii,[1],436pp. plus folding colored map and folding table. Half titles. 12mo. Contemporary calf, expertly rebacked to style, spine gilt, corners rubbed. Contemporary bookplate on front pastedowns. Internally clean. Very good. Captain Hall travelled throughout much of the Northeast and the Midwest, including the Great.....
Philadelphia. 1836. 323pp. Portrait. 16mo. Original cloth, paper label (chipped). Cloth discolored and rubbed, bookplate, front hinge cracked, foxed throughout. Good. Welch's engraving of Peale's portrait of Harrison appears as the frontispiece. Biography of Harrison by the noted chronicler of the history of the West, with details regarding Harrison's activities.....
Philadelphia/St. Louis. 1835. Two volumes. 282,[1]; viii,[13]-276pp. plus plan and advertisements. Original cloth. Rubbed, fraying at spine extremities. Good. Reissued with the addition of the second volume, after the first publication in 1834 in one volume. "A collection of facts, some of which were the result of the writer's own.....
Cincinnati. 1834. 263pp. Original cloth backed plain boards. Inner hinges bit weak. Contemporary ink ownership inscription to front endpapers and titlepage. Scattered foxing, else very good. Untrimmed. "A collection of facts, some of which were the result of the writer's own observation..." - Thomson. Treats also the states of the.....
Madison, Wi. 1970. xv,[1],275pp. plus illustrations. Cloth, spine gilt. Near fine. In dust jacket. A scholarly examination of the various primary and secondary records regarding the activities of the pioneering French Jesuit missionary, explorer, and trader.
New York. 1911. Two volumes. xxiv,[2],383; vi,[2],457pp. plus illustrations and maps. Frontispiece in each volume. Original green cloth, spine gilt, t.e.g. Hinges on first volume a trifle weak, else near fine. From an edition limited to 1000 copies. Well illustrated history of the Indians of the Old West: the Iroquois.....
Pittsburgh: Printed by S. Engles, 1825. 66pp. 12mo. Contemporary half muslin and paper boards. Boards quite worn and rubbed. Front free endpaper torn. Old stain in upper outer corner of titlepage and first three leaves of text. Tanning and foxing. A very decent copy, in original, unsophisticated condition. In a......
Pittsburgh: Printed by S. Engles, 1825. 66pp. 12mo. Contemporary half muslin and paper boards. Boards heavily worn, chipped, and stained. Text tanned, with some stains. Lower portion of leaf C torn, touching a few letters of text, leaf F with a small tear in the upper margin, also touching a......
Beaver, Pa. Printed by Wm. Henry, 1836. 192pp. Contemporary half tan muslin and plain paper boards. Edges scuffed, spine and boards stained and soiled. Hinges repaired, contemporary ownership signature on front free endpaper. Titlepage creased, moderate foxing throughout. Withal, in very good, original condition. The rare "fourth edition, much enlarged".....
Philadelphia: Grigg & Elliot, 1840. 96pp., plus frontispiece and four illustrated plates. Original half cloth and printed paper boards. Boards rubbed and soiled, edges and corners chipping. Contemporary bookplate on front pastedown, ownership signature on front flyleaf. Mild toning, scattered foxing and soiling. Good. A campaign biography for Harrison's second.....
St. Louis. 1852. 155pp. 12mo. Original printed wrappers. Worn, chipped around edges, spine perishing, tape repairs on interior of wrappers. Light dampstain in upper margin throughout. Withal, very good, in original condition. First edition of this title, published later the same year in Cincinnati, and in an 1853 Cincinnati edition.....
Nashville: Printed and sold by Thomas G. Bradford, 1819. 340,[339]-357pp. plus folding table. Lacks half of folding table. Contemporary drab boards with calf spine. Boards worn. First few leaves heavily marked by early owners. Light to moderate foxing and soiling. Good, untrimmed and in original, unsophisticated condition. in a half.....
Philadelphia: M'Carty & Davis, 1820. xii,[17]-429pp. plus errata leaf. Engraved frontispiece portrait. Early twentieth century three quarter morocco and cloth, spine gilt. Small 19th-century institutional stamp on titlepage and portrait. Light tanning. Very good. Untrimmed. The Frank Deering copy, with his gilt leather bookplate on the front pastedown. For many.....
Knoxville: Heiskell and Brown, 1823. Two volumes. viii,v,342; viii,360pp. Contemporary calf, gilt leather labels. Extremities lightly worn. Contemporary ownership inscription on each titlepage. Light to moderate foxing throughout both volumes. Very good. Collected sermons of the Rev. Robert Henderson, pastor of the Presbyterian Church in Murfreesboro. Henderson helped found the.....
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1903. Two volumes: lxiv,[2],353; [10],[355]-711pp. Facsimiles, illustrations, and two folding maps. Thick quartos. Original half vellum and paper covered boards, spines gilt. Some light soiling to the bindings and light wear to the corners. Small bookplate on rear pastedown of both volumes. Very clean internally.....
Cincinnati: H.W. Derby, 1852. 539pp. plus plates. Contemporary black morocco, stamped in blind and gilt; rebacked with original spine laid down. Corners worn. Minor scattered foxing, but quite clean internally. Very good. History of Ohio pioneers. Though a journal by Colonel R.J. Meigs is mentioned on the titlepage, it was.....
Philadelphia: McCalla & Stavely, 1869. xviii,87pp. Original pictorial wrappers, rebacked. Front wrapper and first four signatures detached. Moderate chipping along edges, spine a bit worn, tape repair on left edge of front wrapper, minor browning at edges. Overall good. "The day-by-day journal of one of the more noted of the.....
Hudson, Mi. 1876. 140pp. plus index. Original printed wrappers. Wrappers lightly soiled and worn. Contents age-toned. Very good. A history of Michigan's pioneer settlements, organized by town. Much on local commerce and institutions, with memoirs by pioneers incorporated in the text.
New York. [ 1951]. 240pp. plus plates. Double-sheet map. Cloth. Fine, in bit soiled dust jacket. Includes descriptions and histories of communities founded by the Mormons, Shakers, Rappites, Owenites and Icarians, among others.
Harbor Springs, Mi. [1900]. Containing up to twelve monthly issues each. Printed in double columns. Quarto. Contemporary cloth spines and boards. Light wear to bindings. Very good. ANISHINABE ENAMIAD, later called MESSENGER OF THE HOLY CHILDHOOD, was a monthly journal published by the Franciscan fathers at the Holy Childhood Church.....
Harbor Springs, Mi. 1906-1907. 96pp. Quarto. Contemporary cloth backed plain paper wrappers. Near fine. Twelve issues of MESSENGER OF THE HOLY CHILDHOOD, a scarce and important monthly journal containing volumes of information about the education of Indian children and Catholic missionary work in the Midwest at the turn of the.....
Philadelphia: T. Ellwood Zell, 1862. 198pp. In-text illustrations. 16mo. Original plain wrappers. Wrappers somewhat soiled, creased, and worn, spine chipped. Small areas of loss to two front blanks, one typo corrected in manuscript. Minor toning. Very good. A rare, privately printed account of Hopkins' visit to the Miamis and Pottawatomies.....
Philadelphia: John Melish, 1815. Folding map, 46 x 51 inches, partially handcolored, backed on linen. Laid in original three-quarter roan and marbled boards, linen ties affixed to spine. Contemporary signature on front board. Minor insect damage to linen, not affecting map. A very nice copy in fine contemporary condition. In.....
New York: D. Appleton, & Co., 1857. [4],[393]-633pp. Original printed wrappers. Front wrapper neatly mended along joint, minor wear to extremities, slight spotting. Dark ink stain on three early text leaves (mostly in lower margin), small spot on previous leaf, otherwise clean internally. Very good. The New York printing, apparently.....
New York. 1837. 273,12pp. Original publisher's cloth binding, printed paper label. Label chipped, corners and head and foot of spine light worn. Modern bookplate on rear pastedown, cartoon doodles on rear endpapers. Minor dampstaining to gutter margin of outermost leaves. Lightly foxed throughout. Good plus. Second edition, after the first.....
