[Richmond: Augustine Davis, 1800]. [2]pp., a large broadsheet, printed in two columns on both sides. Old fold lines, with small separation at the center cross- fold. Light dampstaining at bottom edge, else very good. In a half morocco slipcase. A rare printing of the Virginia Assembly's instructions to the state's... More about INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF VIRGINIA TO STEPHEN THOMPSON MASON AND WILSON CARY...

Frankfort, Ky. Printed for the author... 1842. 152pp. 12mo. Original half calf and paper boards, printed paper label. Mild chipping to spine ends, boards foxed and lightly soiled. Small leather bookplate of Frank Cutter Deering on front pastedown, otherwise clean internally. Very good. In a blue half leather slipcase. Atherton... More about NARRATIVE OF THE SUFFERING & DEFEAT OF THE NORTHWESTERN ARMY, UNDER GENERAL WINCHESTER....

New York. 1926. 349pp. Mezzotint portrait by Cruikshank. Original cloth. Bookplate removed from front pastedown, else clean and very good. This is one of forty-two special large paper copies with a 19th-century mezzotint portrait of Audubon by Cruikshank inserted as the frontispiece. The most convenient sampler of Audubon's writing, combining... More about DELINEATIONS OF AMERICAN SCENERY AND CHARACTER.

New York. 1926. 349pp. Portrait. Cloth. Slightest shelf wear. Very good. The most convenient sampler of Audubon's writing, combining episodes from his various writings, with many scenes set in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys. More about DELINEATIONS OF AMERICAN SCENERY AND CHARACTER.

Edinburgh. 1831-1839. Five volumes. A few in-text illustrations. Half title in each volume. Large, thick octavos. Modern buckram, printed paper labels. Bookplate on front pastedowns. Contemporary ownership inscription on titlepage. Some light foxing, primarily to first and last few leaves. Tear in half title of second volume, repaired with tape... More about ORNITHOLOGICAL BIOGRAPHY, OR AN ACCOUNT OF THE HABITS OF THE BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Lexington, Ky. 1843. 16pp. Original printed wrappers, rear wrapper lacking. Front wrapper chipped and toned. Institutional stamp on first text leaf, minor foxing. Good. A rare lecture on "the Love of the Beautiful" delivered to the Lexington Lyceum in 1843 by a Lexington doctor. Rare, with only seven copies recorded in OCLC. More about A LECTURE ON THE SENSE OF THE BEAUTIFUL [wrapper title].

1936. 486pp. Library cloth. Very good. This is a typescript, complete with revision marks, of this unpublished mansucript on the life of one of America's most colorful historical figures. Contains reproductions of some primary sources. More about DANIEL BOONE: VAGABOND OF THE AMERICAN FRONTIER.

Hartford: Printed by Hudson and Goodwin, [1794]. [36]pp. Illustration. 12mo. Gathered signatures, stitched. Tanned and somewhat soiled. Good. In a folding cloth chemise and a half calf and cloth slipcase, spine gilt. One of the earliest printings of Filson's Daniel Boone narrative, covering eight pages of the Beers almanac for... More about "Adventures of Col. Daniel Boon [sic], One of the Original Settlers at Kentucky; Containing...

Liverpool. 1817. xii,[9]-364pp. plus errata slip. Modern three-quarter morocco and cloth, spine gilt, raised bands, t.e.g. Ownership label of Frank H. Goodyear, III on front pastedown. Age-toned, scattered foxing. Two-inch closed tear in left side of titlepage, with no loss. About very good. Lacks the errata slip. Bradbury was a...... More about TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR OF AMERICA, IN THE YEARS 1809, 1810, AND 1811; INCLUDING A DESCRIPTION OF...

New York. 1926. 278pp. Illus. Gilt pictorial cloth. Very good, without dust jacket. More about THE COWBOY AND HIS INTERPRETERS.

Paducah, Ky. [nd, ca. 1885]. 52pp., each one illustrating a different carriage. Oblong 12mo. Original printed wrappers. Very light edgewear to wrappers, else fine. A lovely trade catalogue for this Kentucky-based carriage manufacturer. Each page carries an illustration of a different carriage, a few of which show amusing little elves... More about M. MICHAEL & BRO. WHOLESALE DEALERS IN BUGGIES, CARTS, PHAETONS, ETC. [wrapper title].

Columbus, Oh. 1842. 192pp. Original half cloth. Hinges cracked. Stained and foxed. Near good. Champlin was no more than twenty-one years old when he published this autobiography. He had already been licensed as a "public exhorter" in the Methodist church, and his work is full of religious admonitions and warnings... More about EARLY BIOGRAPHY, TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES OF REV. JAMES CHAMPLIN, WHO WAS BORN BLIND; WITH A...

Boston: Weeks, Jordan and Company, 1839. iv,467,[1]pp. Original cloth, stamped in blind, gilt title on spine. Spine ends a bit chipped, small gouge in front cover. Scattered foxing. Withal, just about very good. First American edition, translated from the third Paris edition of the previous year. Chevalier, later a well-... More about SOCIETY, MANNERS AND POLITICS IN THE UNITED STATES: BEING A SERIES OF LETTERS ON NORTH AMERICA.