Nashville. 1838. 36pp. Dbd. Benton's signature on titlepage. Light scattered foxing. Very good plus. A speech given by Senator Thomas Benton of Missouri, to the United States Senate regarding the separation of the government from the National Bank. The divorce of government from the banks was an issue which Benton.....
Montréal. 1848. 309pp. plus errata slip. Later three quarter morocco and marbled boards, original front wrapper mounted onto paper and bound in. Original wrapper chipped at edges. Very good. A biography of illustrious Indian chiefs of North America, preceded by an "Index of the Mythical History of that Continent." "This.....
[New York]. 1922. 36pp. Original grey paper boards, printed paper label on front board. Bookplate on front pastedown. Very minor shelfwear, else fine. Number 37 in Heartman's Historical Series, one of only eighty-one copies printed on regular paper (plus another five on Japan paper). This is the second edition following.....
London: Taylor and Hessey, 1818. xv,[1],114,[10]pp. Contemporary boards. Spine perished, new endpapers. Internally very clean, and in very good condition, untrimmed. In a green slipcase, black gilt morocco label. First London edition, after the first American edition of the same year. "These letters were written to friends and inquirers in.....
London: Taylor and Hessey, 1818. xv,[1],114pp. Dbd. Internally clean. Very good. Self-styled second London edition, after the first London and first American editions of the same year. "These letters were written to friends and inquirers in England and contain a wealth of information about economic and social conditions in the.....
Dublin. 1818. xv,112pp. Early 20th-century brown cloth, spine gilt. Head and foot of spine rubbed, small gouge out of cloth at edge of spine. Bookplate on front pastedown. Internally quite clean. Very good. In a blue half morocco and cloth slipcase, spine gilt. Birkbeck, who encouraged British settlement in Illinois.....
Cleveland: The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1911-12. Two volumes. 372;412pp. including illustrations. Frontispiece in each volume, a double-page map in first volume. Red cloth, gilt, t.e.g. Cloth slightly soiled, small bump to top edge of first volume. Institutional bookplate on front pastedown in both volumes. A very good set. An.....
Blairstown, N.J. 1865. 8pp. Stitched as issued. Minor foxing and soiling. Very good plus. Untrimmed and unopened. In a red half morocco slipcase, spine gilt. Report by the president of the Cedar Rapids & Missouri River Railroad Company. John Blair was one of the most successful railroad investors of the.....
Philadelphia. 1805. 61pp. plus [1]p. of errata. Modern marbled wrappers. Old ink pagination numbers on upper corner of recto of leaves, from its previous position in a sammelband. Contemporary manuscript note on titlepage attributing authorship to Turner Camac. Very good. Lacks the map. One of the earliest American works entirely.....
Chicago. 1908. 267pp. plus maps. Folding map in rear pocket. Cloth, printed paper spine labels. Rubbed, front hinge tender. Very good, unopened. Includes an extensive bibliography.
Chicago and Philadelphia. 1857. 412pp. plus plates and folding map. Original blue publisher's cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Extremities very lightly rubbed. Some minor soiling and light offsetting form plates, else quite nice. Very good plus. Promotional work for Minnesota, published on the eve of its entrance into the.....
Chicago: W.B. Conkey Company, [ca. 1890]. 248,[4]pp. Original printed pictorial wrappers. Front cover detached and heavily chipped. Spine and rear cover chipped. Titlepage detached, first few leaves chipped. Fair. A later printing of one of the rarest of outlaw narratives, first printed in Chicago in 1850. The author describes the.....
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[N.p. 1915]. Photographic card, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. Upper right corner bumped. Lightly foxed. Very good. Illustrated advertisement card, showing a photograph of African-American ragtime musician John William "Blind" Boone and his manager, John Lange, looking quite dapper in trench coats and hats. Boone rests his hand atop.....
Cumberland, Md. Will H. Lowdermilk, 1878. 59pp. Original printed wrappers bound into three-quarter red morocco and cloth, spine gilt, raised bands, by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. Minor insect damage to front cover, light foxing, modern bookplate to rear pastedown. Very good. General Edward Braddock was a British officer and head of.....
New York. 1846. vi,302pp. Over-size blindstamped cloth, leather label. Ex-lib., spine chipped, repair to titlepage, else clean. Good only. Remarks on the topography, history, geography, Indians living in the area, etc., with an appendix listing some of the plants found there.
Cincinnati. 1867. [6],116pp. Illus. Original cloth backed boards. Advertising matter adhered to front cover and rear covers. Wear at extremities. Several pages detached or loose, but complete. Good. A scarce Cincinnati business directory, described as the "second issue" in the introduction. Full of illustrated advertisements for all manner of industrial.....
New York. 1868. 45pp. Original printed wrappers. Chipped and torn along spine, else very good. A day-by-day account of Brainerd's trip from New York across the Mississippi by steamer and train, including descriptions of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Indiana, and Illinois, with much on the cities he stayed in and the sites.....
Fostoria, Oh. The Gray Printing Company, 1896. 70pp. 12mo. Original printed boards, cloth spine. Head and toe of spine bit worn. Leaves a bit tanned. Very good. According to Ernest J. Wessen, this reprint is rarer than the first edition of 1860 published in Cleveland. Brayton was stolen near his.....
Fort Wayne: D.W. Jones & Son, 1868. xvi,320,33pp. plus seven lithograph and steel engraved plates. Pages 321-24 misbound after p.304. Contemporary half calf and marbled boards. Untrimmed and mostly unopened. Some scattered light foxing. A very good copy in original state. An early history of Fort Wayne, Indiana, including descriptions.....
New York: Published by James Easburn & Co., 1818. xvi,505pp. plus [1]p. of errata. Original paper boards, untrimmed. Spine paper worn and partly perished, but a very nice copy in original condition. Contemporary ownership signature of American diplomat James D. Biddle on front pastedown and titlepage. An exhaustive work by.....
New York. 1844. x,492pp. plus large folding map and [8]pp. of advertisements. Original blindstamped cloth. Spine silked and still rather shaky, extremities frayed and worn, quite heavy foxing, small tear in map. Else a good copy. The handsome detailed folding map by J. Calvin Smith is dated 1844 and was.....
Milwaukee. 1857. 12pp. 12mo. Original printed wrappers. Light dust soiling to cover and the occasional fox mark. With a contemporary real estate advertisement pasted to rear wrapper. Very good. A scarce promotional pamphlet for Prairie du Chien, terminus of the Milwaukee & Mississippi Railroad. Sings the praises of the town's.....
Chicago. 1918. xxvi,362pp. plus illus. and folding map. Frontis. Original gilt cloth. Some edge wear, scattered foxing, else very good. Inscribed by author/historian Carl [Van Doren] to his brother Frank. Portrait of the state during the year of its admission to the Union, including sections on Indians and the fur.....
St. Louis. 1881. 252; [2],160pp. plus frontispiece and 12 chromolithographs. Original brown cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Spine faded, head and tail with chipping. Contemporary ownership signature on front flyleaf. Mild toning. Very good. The first edition of this account of the Younger and James gangs. The first section.....
London. [ 1848]. 62pp. 12mo. Original printed wrappers. Very good. "The greater part of the pamphlet is devoted to the trials and experiences of the first few years in Pike County, Illinois...and it is an excellent picture of frontier life" - Buck. The family arrived in Illinois in 1832, travelling.....
