[Richmond: Augustine Davis, 1800]. Broadsheet, 19 x 11 1/2 inches, 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.....

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.....

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.....

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.

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.....

New York. 1837. 24pp. Later three quarter calf and boards, rebacked. Some foxing. Good. This is the third edition listed in Howes, after the first of 1835. A melancholy tale, as the title indicates. The titlepage vignette depicts a forlorn Baldwin sitting outside his hut, wrapped in a blanket...

Auburn and Buffalo: Miller, Orton, and Mulligan, 1854. 390pp. plus publisher's advertisements. Original brown publisher's cloth, blind stamped, spine gilt. Tail scuffed. Binding lightly rubbed. Modern bookplate on rear pastedown. Light scattered foxing, heavier on plates and endleaves. Very good. First edition. An account of Daniel Boone's exploration and attempts.....

New York: The Dibdin Club, 1901. ix,32pp. plus several interleaved blank leaves, presumably for note-taking. Original boards, expertly rebacked in contemporary style, original spine label preserved. Somewhat tanned as usual. Very good. A useful, annotated bibliography, after the style utilized by Thomas Field in his Indian bibliography.

Pittsburgh. 1814. 304pp. Modern calf, spine gilt, leather label. Contemporary ownership inscription and later blindstamp on titlepage. Very minor toning and foxing. Very good plus. Brackenridge left St. Charles, Missouri in the spring of 1811 in company with fur trader Manuel Lisa. His journal describes his trip up the Missouri.....

San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, 1932. [16],205,[6]pp. Folding map of Kentucky. Original pictorial boards, paper label. Minor scattered foxing. Untrimmed. Very good. John Bradford's NOTES ON KENTUCKY, first appeared in the KENTUCKY GAZETTE, published in Lexington beginning on Aug. 25, 1826 and then in the extremely rare WESTERN MISCELLANY (Xenia.....

Stuttgart. 1854. Two volumes. [6],390; [6],381pp. Modern three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spines gilt, leather labels. Light scattered foxing. Very good. An important travel narrative by a learned German who was keenly interested in American customs, religions, politics, and folklore. The author's training in theology explains his interest in American.....

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.....

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-.....