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[Whitehorse, Skagway, and vicinity. ca. 1950s]. 112 photographs mounted in two U.S. Army portfolios. Photos uniformly 3 x 5 inches, each captioned in manuscript. Original pebbled cloth, boards stamped in gilt. Spines chipped, extremities rubbed. Images crisp and clean. Very good. An interesting pair of photograph albums documenting the daily.....
Washington. 1904. Titlepage plus thirty-seven maps. Folio. Original cloth, gilt title on front cover. Very good. This atlas contains maps detailing the British case in the arbitration with the United States over the Alaskan boundary. Many of the maps are earlier historically important works by Vancouver, Bouchette, Arrowsmith, Langsdorff, etc......
Madrid. March 27, 1651. [2]pp. Folio. Minimal edge toning, else fine. An important letter from the King of Spain, Philip IV, regarding Indian revolts on the California border in the mid-17th century. The King is also asking the Viceroy's opinion as to whether it would be advisable to place the.....
Paris: L'Imprimerie Royale, 1755. Three volumes. viii,lxxv,181,61,cvii,120; xiii,646; xvi,319pp. plus folding map in first volume. [bound with:] MÉMOIRE CONTENANT LE PRÉCIS DES FAITS, AVEC LEURS PIECES JUSTIFICATIVES, POUR SERVIR DE RÉPONSE AUX OBSERVATIONS ENVOYÉES PAR LES MINISTRES D'ANGLETERRE, DANS LES COURS DE L'EUROPE. Paris. 1756. vi,198,7pp. Quarto. Contemporary mottled calf.....
[N.p. N.d., but ca. 1763]. [1]p. Quarto. Separation at old fold, repaired on verso with contemporary paper; minor wear otherwise. Very good. Croghan, a deputy Indian agent serving under British agent William Johnson, writes to an unnamed recipient concerning a map of the northern British colonies. This letter presumably accompanied.....
[Hawthorne Cottage, Roxbury, Ma.]: December 9, 1848. [1½]pp. on folded quarto sheet, blank integral leaf present. Light fold lines. Quite clean. Very good. In a half morocco box. An engaging letter discussing the state of the United States and Mexican boundary survey, and particularly William Emory's NOTES OF A MILITARY.....
[Seattle: W.H. Pumphrey & Co., 1892]. Handcolored lithographic two-sheet folding map, matted to 30½ x 50½ inches. Original folds. Small abrasion to copyright notice at bottom left, obscuring the date. Very good. Attractively matted and framed, with the original cloth binding in a pocket on the back of the frame.....
Philadelphia. [1851]. Single-sheet map, 12 x 18 inches. A touch of edge wear. Near fine. The map depicts the region between the Rio Grande and the Colorado River, with forts, missions, and towns marked. The map is mainly intended to illustrate the error made by Bartlett in setting the line.....
Washington. 1852. 250pp. plus two folding maps and one folding profile. Original blindstamped cloth, front board gilt lettered. Cloth worn, particularly at edges, spine ends chipped, hinges cracked. Author's presentation inscription on front pastedown and author's autograph letter, signed, laid in, and scattered annotations in his hand. Institutional withdrawal stamps.....
La Paz: Imprenta Paceña, 1868. [2],x,79,64,[1]pp. Small quarto. Original half red calf and marbled boards, spine tooled in gilt, edges sprinkled red. Spine rubbed, spine ends lightly chipped, edges and corners worn. Good. Second edition of the first treaty to officially define the border between Bolivia and Brazil, agreed by.....
[Philadelphia. 1795?]. 19½ x 27½ inches. River route from Lake Erie to Philadelphia marked in contemporary color. On two sheets, joined at center. Older tape repair on verso; two tape repairs at top and bottom of center seam causing slight staining, primarily in blank areas. Small hole in neatline area.....
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Boston: Printed by Richard Draper... 1768. [2],26,[1]pp. Quarto. 19th-century three- quarter straight-grained morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Binding worn and rubbed, joints worn. Titlepage stained and soiled, a few small chips at edges, not affecting text; repair on verso mending closed tears in titlepage gutter, else clean and very.....
Washington. 1850. 53pp. plus three maps (one folding and two single-page); 22pp. plus folding map. Modern blue leatherette, spine gilt. One map in first part detached, others partially detached. Internally clean. Very good. An interim report of the Boundary Commission, of great interest for its maps. Andrew Grey's folding map.....
[Philadelphia. November 19, 1779]. [1]p. on a bifolium sheet, the following two pages blank, the document addressed and docketed on the fourth page. Old fold lines. Near fine. An official communication, signed by Thomas Paine, transmitting a resolution of the Pennsylvania General Assembly. Paine was involved in Pennsylvania politics for.....
[Philadelphia. June 1776]. [1]p. on a folio sheet. Sheet inlaid. Several tape repairs on verso, mostly to repair closed tears along folds. A few small chips in the right margin, touching a letter of text. Faint dampstains. Good. In a half morocco and cloth folding case, spine gilt. A highly.....
[Mexico: November 20, 1848]. [6]pp., printed on a single folded sheet of watermarked paper. Signed with manuscript rubric of Minster of Finance Manuel Piña y Cuevas on the final text page. Small quarto. Light horizontal crease and edge wear, one contemporary manuscript correction writing 'Tucson' in ink, some later pencil.....
Mexico: Imprenta de Juan R. Navarro, 1850. 123pp. plus two folding maps. Large octavo. Contemporary half calf, spine gilt. Head of spine rubbed, hinges cracking, corners bumped. Bookplate on front pastedown. Titlepage lightly foxed, minor scattered foxing. Very good. The author was the surveyor for the Mexican boundary survey after.....
Philadelphia: F. and R. Bailey, 1795. Engraved titlepage, [iii]-vi, errata leaf, blank leaf, [292]pp. Text printed in double columns. Nineteen engraved folding maps, including the large folding frontispiece map. 12mo. Contemporary tree sheep, red morocco label. Boards rubbed, mostly along the spine and edges. Two-inch closed tear in edge of.....
New York: Henry S. Tanner, 1846. Folding handcolored pocket map, 31 x 24¾ inches, tipped into original 12mo. cloth folder. Cloth sunned. Minor foxing on pastedowns. Slight staining from adhesive at cover. A few small holes at corner folds, else nicely intact. Color quite bright and clean. Very good. In.....
Ringgold Barracks, Tx. October 1, 1853. Two conjoined sheets, together 13¼ x 32½ inches. Minor staining and foxing, slight separations at one crossfold and along seam joining the sheets. Overall very good. A substantial frontier Texas Quartermaster's return recording supply levels for about 100 items for a Regiment of Mounted.....
Milwaukee: American Publishing Co., [1890-1892]. Lithograph, 24 x 36¼ inches. Expertly backed and conserved, repairing a few small tears and paper separations. Very clean. Near fine. A stunning bird's-eye view of the Texas border town of Laredo, produced in the early 1890s as a promotional piece by the Laredo Real.....
Mexico: Imprenta de I. Cumplido, 1848. 55pp., printed on facing pages in parallel Spanish and English. Original printed wrappers bound into modern Mexican calf, spine gilt, gilt inner dentelles. A few light fox marks, else near fine. The official Mexican printing of the final text of the landmark Treaty of.....
México: Imprenta del Gobierno, en Palacio, 1873. 94pp. Original printed blue wrappers. Wrappers a bit worn, small tear to lower left corner of front wrapper and titlepage, several small holes in rear wrapper. Lightly tanned. Overall very good. The rare Spanish translation of Wadsworth's report responding to the claims of.....
El Paso, Tx. Medley & Shulman, 1916. Panoramic photograph, 10 x 51½ inches. Minor edge wear, a few tiny closed edge tears. Overall very good. Tightly rolled. A well-composed panoramic image of Camp Stewart taken during the Texas-Mexico border war. Camp Stewart was established near El Paso, Texas in 1916.....
