Charleston: J. Hoff's Wholesale and Retail Book-store, 1810. 428,[4]pp. Contemporary mottled calf, maroon gilt morocco label. Rubbed, front joint cracked, scattered foxing. Very good. Prayer for dummies. An interesting and uncommon South Carolina imprint. Shaw & Shoemaker locate only four copies. Not in Turnbull. Scarce.
Washington. 1854. viii,851pp. Original cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Toe of spine frayed. Overall very good. The Senate issue, published a year after the House issue, of Andrews' extensive report on trade between the United States and Canada, with information on internal improvements in Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida...
Boston & Indianapolis: Scarborough Motor Guide Company, 1926. 814pp. including maps and advertisements, plus large folding, double-sided map. Green fabrikoid. Cover rubbed, worn at the head and toe of the spine. Two closed tears to the map, of 7 inches and 3 1/2 inches, and a few tears at the...
London. 1794. xxiv,520pp. plus eight plates (one folding) including portrait, plus folding map, [6]pp. index, and leaf of binding directions. Frontispiece portrait. Modern half speckled calf and marbled boards, red gilt morocco label, ornate gilt spine. Frontispiece, titlepage, and following five leaves with rough repair to foredge slightly affecting text...
London: Reprinted for J. Johnson, 1794. xxiv,520pp. plus seven engraved plates (one folding) and folding map, [6]pp. index, and leaf of binding directions. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Mico Chlucco. Contemporary blue paper covered boards, rebacked with period paper spine. Very good. Uncut. Styled the "Second Edition in London" on the...
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Paris: A l'Imprimerie Expeditive, 1803. xx,318,[6],[4, errata]pp. plus two colored folding maps. Half title. Contemporary tree calf, spine gilt, leather label, marbled endpapers. Minor shelf wear to the binding. Later bookplate on front pastedown, small hole and repaired tear to half title, minor foxing, a few leaves toned. A mostly...
London: Sayer & Bennett, 1776. Single sheet, 29 x 22 inches. Some light toning and offsetting. Very good. A highly important chart of the entrance into the St. Mary's River, showing the soundings, shoals and navigational details, as well as Tiger Island, Marteirs Islands, part of Amelia and Cumberland Islands...
Philadelphia: Joseph Sabin, 1859. viii,[13]-202pp. 12mo. Original brown cloth, stamped in blind, spine gilt. Head of spine chipped. Modern bookplate on rear pastedown. Inscription from author on front flyleaf. Minor toning to edges. Very clean. Very good plus. A presentation copy ("To Dr. J.V. Ingham with the compliments of the.....
New York. 1862. 65pp. plus three plates. 20th-century plain blue wrappers. Internally clean. Very good. Reprint of the autobiography of Capt. Tarleton Brown, originally published in 1843. With anecdotes of his days in the Revolutionary Army, serving under Francis Marion in South Carolina.
Paris: Arthus Bertrand, 1837. [4],8,302pp. Half title. 19th-century three-quarter morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Boards worn along joints and edges, bookplate on rear pastedown. Scattered foxing. About very good. The first complete edition of Cabeça de Vaca following the 1555 edition, and the first French translation of his description...
Philadelphia: Published by M. Carey, 1814. 3 preliminary leaves and 58 sheets of maps (50 double-page). Maps outlined in color. Tall folio. Antique style half calf and marbled boards. Titlepage with significant repaired damage, about 20% in upper fore-edge corner supplied in facsimile. Two preliminary text leaves also with paper...
Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington, 1941. vii,[1],192pp., plus three full-page illustrations and twenty-two maps (most folding). Folding frontispiece. Quarto. Modern three quarter calf and marbled boards, gilt leather spine labels, t.e.g. Front board slightly bowed. Bookplate on rear pastedown. A touch of light scattered foxing. Very good. The introductory material.....
[Savannah. 1913]. 259pp. plus three plates, two folding maps, and six folding tables. Original green cloth, spine gilt. Very light wear to corners and spine ends. Internaly clean. Near fine. Untrimmed and unopened. First edition of the letters of Joseph Clay, from the manuscript collection at the Georgia Historical Society...
Richmond. 1878. xiv,[xv-xvi],[17]-265pp. Original brown cloth, spine gilt. Boards rubbed and lightly soiled. Hinges tender, but firm. Underlining on titlepage. Very light scattered soiling. Very good. The biography of hermit hunter and trapper Wilburn Waters, who lived in solitude in the mountains of Virginia, followed by a series of articles.....
[Washington. 1837]. 61pp. Dbd. Somewhat tanned. Good plus. A rare presidential document relating Andrew Jackson's message and the subsequent investigation of the relations between the United States and Creek Indians in the American southeast. Includes good historical background information on the relationship between natives and Americans in the state. Rare...
[Southern Georgia or northern Florida. N.d., ca. 1842- 1843]. Three ink and wash drawings, as described below. Fine. A charming group of ink and wash drawings by talented artist and United States Navy Lieut. John B. Dale. Only one of the drawings is titled, but they all show scenes along...
London. 1815. [2],111pp., plus frontispiece and advertisements. Quarto. Original brown paper boards, paper label. Boards rubbed, spine chipping, hinges cracked, still good in original condition. The life and military exploits of Sir Peter Parker, Captain of the Menelaus during the War of 1812. The Menelaus raided American convoys along the...
Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1835. Two volumes. 290;302pp. 12mo. Uniform original green cloth, gilt-lettered spines. Spines gently sunned, some minor spotting on spine and front cover of second volume. Internally clean. Very good. The first American edition of the Gentleman of Elvas narrative. "Compiled from Herrera, Garcilaso de la...
New York: George P. Putnam, 1851. 457pp., plus folding frontispiece map. 12mo. Original green cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Front hinge weakening, bookplate on rear pastedown. An occasional bit of scattered foxing, most prevalent on the titlepage and map. Very good. Revised second edition, following the first of 1835...
[Jacksonville, Fl.]: The Drew Press, 1919. [4],216pp. plus frontispiece and five plates. Original purple cloth, gilt. Spine sunned, light edge wear. Tiny hole at top of front free endpaper, paperclip shadows to rear endpapers, modern bookplate on rear pastedown. Still, a very good copy. Presentation copy, inscribed by Doggett: "To...
St. Augustine, Fl. Florida Historical Society, 1857. 31,[1]pp. Original printed wrappers; front cover detached, spine chipped. Internally clean. Good. Fairbanks wrote much on early Florida history, here lecturing on its earliest explorations and encounters between Spaniards and natives. The Historical Society of Florida was only organized in 1856, and the...
Jacksonville: Horace Drew, 1881. viii,117pp., plus map and four plates (including frontispiece). Original green cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Upper portion of front board sunned, three-quarter inch portion of cloth near foot of spine gnawed. Bookplates on front and rear pastedowns. Good plus. Third edition, following those of 1858...
Jacksonville: Columbus Drew, 1868. 120,15pp. Original printed yellow wrappers, bound into modern red cloth with gilt leather spine label. Wrappers slightly soiled. Bookplate on rear pastedown. Final four leaves of text tanned, else near fine. Second edition of Fairbanks's HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF ST. AUGUSTINE..., after the first of 1858...
Washington. 1824. 84pp. plus folding table. Stitched. Uncut, untrimmed, some foxing, folding table loose. Very good. An investigation into land claims in East Florida by Alexander Hamilton, a commissioner of land titles. The report includes correspondence with Spanish agents related to the ownership of land and the precedence set by...
Pensacola & Tallahassee. 1823-1833. Eleven volumes, publication details and pagination provided in the listing below. Antique half calf and marbled boards, leather labels. Occasional foxing, toning, or tanning, some small old library stamps and ink ownership inscriptions to titlepages. Minor dampstaining, an occasional closed or repaired tear, some leaves closely...
