Paris: François Clovzier, 1664. [24],432pp. Woodcut decorations. Small quarto. Contemporary mottled calf, ruled in blind, spine richly gilt with raised bands, a.e.g. Lightly rubbed, some loss to gilding on spine. Quite clean internally. A very good copy. One of the primary sources for the French ventures in Guiana. Biet was.....

Washington, New York & Flatbush. 1804-1817. Nine volumes. Uniformly bound in contemporary calf, gilt leather labels. Some shelf wear, leather on most volumes rubbed and scraped. Light scattered foxing throughout, staining in first and ninth volumes and beginning of second volume. Contemporary ownership inscription excised in upper right corner of.....

San Francisco: John Howell, 1929. xxii,422pp. including numerous in-text decorations and illustrations, plus thirty- six plates, color frontispiece, and two two- page color plates printed on thick card stock, one bound in at the beginning of the text, the other at the rear. Royal octavo. Red levant, elaborately gilt, spine.....

New Haven. September 6, 1852. [1]p. autograph letter, signed, on a folded folio sheet. Old folds. Light staining and wear. Very good plus. A brief letter from William Goodwin, a New Haven publisher and agent, addressed to Martin L. Sykes, superintendent of the Hartford and New Haven Railroad (H. &.....

Honolulu: Printed by C.C. Bennett, 1869 [i.e. 1871]. [2],80,[22],[2]pp., including bound-in index leaf from the first edition. Lacks the advertisement leaves. Pebbled purple cloth, front board stamped in gilt. Spine sunned, boards lightly stained. Text lightly tanned, scattered light foxing, index leaves trimmed quite close at head, without touching text.....

[Japan. ca. 1858]. Five volumes. [58]; [58]; [54]; [58]; [58]pp. Original stiff textured tan wrappers, stitched as issued, each with printed paper label. Some minor shelf wear and dust soiling, front covers of two volumes rubbed and soiled. Overall very good. An attractive set of the "Ansei Five-Power Treaties," the.....

Columbus, Ga. Isaac I. Moses Co., 1873. Broadside, 10 x 8 inches. Minor soiling. Near fine. With directions for use. At the time of the Civil War, the Moses family were fifth- generation Sephardic Jews. They were "completely acculturated into Columbus society while remaining devout Jews" (Rosen). During the war.....

Cap Français [Saint Domingue]: Chez Dufour de Rians, imprimeur de l'Assemblée générale de la partie française de Saint-Domingue, [1791]. 15pp. Quarto. Gathered sheets, unstitched. Lightly dampstained. Very good. Untrimmed. A discourse by Frédéric-Ignace de Mirbeck before the Colonial Assembly of Saint Domingue. Mirbeck, along with Roume de Saint- Laurent and.....

[Seattle]: Seattle City Guide Publishing Co., [1926]. 227pp. plus large folding map, 13 1/2 x 22 inches (34.2 x 55.6 cm). 12mo. Original printed green wrappers. Wrapper lightly rubbed and worn with some loss to the text of the rear wrapper. Edges rubbed with a few stains. Very clean internally.....

Mexico City. January 9, 1836. Letterpress broadside, 11 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches. Minor edge wear, light soiling, old folds and creases. Very good. An exceedingly rare Mexican presidential decree authorizing the Mexican federal government to dispose of half of the income of its Departments (i.e. states) while "subsista la.....