[Des Moines, Ia. Woltz Studios], April 1948. Two pages of photos taped together, each page 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. Light wear to lower edge, old tape loosening. Very good. A two-page photo roster of the 150 members of the segregated Provisional Tank Battalion 3rd Armored Group, 3rd Armored.....
Louisville: J. Eliot & Co.'s Power Press, 1842. 32pp. Dbd. Remnants of original wrapper along spine, titlepage lightly foxed. Three pages printed at poor angles, affecting a letter or two on each line on two of the pages, more severe on the third page. Good. A scarce report by this.....
Lexington, Ky. 1836. 23pp. Dbd. Chipping to fore-edge of first leaf, toned and somewhat brittle overall. Good. A rare address on George Washington and the American character delivered in Lexington in 1836. OCLC records only three copies, at the Huntington Library, the Filson Historical Society, and the University of Kentucky.....
New York, N.Y., and Boyd County, Ky. May 1886. [4]pp., plus blank leaf docketed on verso, ribbon tied near top edge. Old folds, minimal wear. Near fine. A beautifully-rendered contemporary calligraphic copy of an original document containing the articles of incorporation for the Piedmont Cattle Company in Arizona. The original.....
Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea, 1826. 192pp. plus ten folding maps. 20th-century green cloth, red morocco gilt label. Boards lightly soiled. Ex-Easton (PA) Public Library with their blindstamp on the titlepage and a faded ink number on the copyright page. Light to moderate scattered foxing to the text; 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, bookplate of C.R. Sanders to rear pastedown, otherwise clean internally. Very good.....
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.....
London. 1926. 349pp. Portrait. Cloth. Slight shelf wear. Bookplate to verso of front free endpaper. 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.
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: Adam Black, 1831-1835. Various paginations. Modern three-quarter brown morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Light shelf wear. Bookplate on front pastedown. Some unobtrusive ink underlining on titlepage. Minor foxing and age-toning. Very good. These extracts from ORNITHOLOGICAL BIOGRAPHY pull together in one volume all sixty of the short travel.....
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...
London: Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1824. [4],511pp. plus folding frontispiece map of the United States (with states outlined in color), folding chart of the straits of Niagara, folding table, and other tables in text. Modern three-quarter leather and marbled boards, gilt label. Two bookplates on front pastedown. Small tape repair.....
1936. 486pp. typescript. Library cloth. Very good. A typescript, complete with revision marks, of this unpublished manuscript on the life of one of America's most colorful historical figures. Contains reproductions of some primary sources.
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. Modern bookplate to rear pastedown. 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.....
New York. 1926. 278pp. Illus. Gilt pictorial cloth. Very good, without dust jacket.
Hamburg, S.C. Printed by Robinson and Carlisle, 1851. 46,[2]pp. including appendix. Gathered signatures, stitched as issued. Text tanned, light scattered foxing, offsetting from text throughout. Very good. Partially unopened. An impassioned defense of Southern slavery, written by a Southern clergyman in response to Henry Clay, Alexander Campbell, and what the.....
Mason County, Ky. January 7, 1807. [3]pp. autograph letter, signed, on a folded folio sheet. Addressed on the blank fourth page. Old folds. Moderate tanning, small holes in second leaf. Wax residue from original seals in margin. Very good. A fascinating letter written by Charles Ward, one of the earliest.....
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.....
Louisville, Ky. 1852. 255,35pp. Antique-style half calf. Folding frontispiece map. Scattered foxing and light staining. Darker persistent stain in bottom portion of second half of text. Good. A detailed history from colonial times to date of publication, with much on the government, institutions, and resources. The map depicts Louisville and.....
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.....
Paris. 1837. [4],xvi,439; [4]504pp., plus folding map. Two volumes. Contemporary red half calf and marbled boards, spines gilt. Corners rubbed. Unopened. Near fine. Fourth edition, augmented and corrected. Chevalier, later a well-known economist, went to America to study public works for the French government. He spent two years in America.....
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-known.....
