Thirteen-Star Flags; Keys to Identification
Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1973. Illus. 62pp. 4to, pictorial cloth. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1973. First Edition. More
Books
Grant and His Campaigns; A Military Biography
New York: Charles B. Richardson, 1866. Portraits, maps. 512pp. + 4pp. of publisher's ads. 8vo, original brown blind-stamped cloth, spine ends expertly repaired, small areas of light dampstaining to front cover, corners lightly bumped, foxing to portraits, light soiling to endpapers, front flyleaf, and last blank page. New York: Charles B. Richardson, 1866. First Edition. Author was born in Savannah Georgia. Coppee graduated from the United States Military Academy and served as an officer in the Mexican War. He later..... More
The Sable Arm; Negro Troops in the Union Army, 1861-1865
New York: Longmans, 1956. xiii, 337pp. 8vo, black cloth, spine ends and edges of corners lightly worn, cloth lightly soiled. New York: Longmans, (1956). Presentation copy from the author to the Civil War historian, Howard Meyer. Author has signed the book a second time on the front endpaper. More
Biographical Memoirs of the Illustrious General George Washington, Late President of the United States of America, and Commander in Chief pf their Armies, During the Revolutionary War. Dedicated to the Youth of America.
Wilmington: Peter Brynberg, 1810. 108 pages with overall browning. 24mo, in the original marbled boards but crudely re-backed in dark green cloth. Wilmington: Peter Brynberg, 1810. Scarce. Very good. John Corry authored several books and was a journalist in Dublin, Ireland. Howes and Shaw & Shoemaker. Said to be the first biography of George Washington. More
The Despatches of Hernando Cortes, the Conqueror of Mexico, Addressed to the Emperor Charles V.
New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843. Written during the Conquest, and Containing a Narrative of Its Events. Translated with an Introduction and Notes by George Folsom. Map. xii, 431pp. Small 8vo, modern green cloth, page margins uncut, pages slightly wavy throughout, otherwise very good. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1843. Palau 63203. Sabin 16964. Field 372. More
History of Ancient Woodbury, Connecticut, from the First Indian Deed in 1659 to 1854. Volume One and Two Only
Waterbury: Bronson Brothers, 1854. Including the Present Towns of Washington, Southbury, Bethlem, Roxbury, and a part of Oxford and Middlebury. Several plates, text Illus. 2 volumes. Thick 8vo, original blue cloth with elaborate gilt decorations. spine ends on both volumes very lightly worn, edges of corners worn, scattered foxing to both volumes, pages slightly wavy throughout in both volumes, small area of light soiling to back covers of both volumes, small dampstains to some margins of volume one. Waterbury: Bronson..... More
A Half Century of International Problems: A Lawyer's Views
New York: Columbia University Press, 1954. Ed. by Allan Nevins. Frontis. xix, 352pp. 8vo, brown cloth. New York: Columbia University Press, 1954. First Edition. Very good Signed by the author. More
A Half Century of International Problems: A Lawyer's Views
New York: Columbia University Press, 1954. Ed. by Allan Nevins. Frontis. xix, 352pp. 8vo, brown cloth, d.w. chipped and torn. New York: Columbia University Press, 1954. First Edition. Signed by the author. More
Journal of Medorem Crawford; An account of his trip across the plains with the Oregon Pioneers of 1842
Eugene: Star Job Office, 1897. 26pp. 8vo, self-wrappers, title-page and last page lightly soiled, otherwise very good. Eugene: Star Job Office, 1897. First Separate Edition. "The only diary of the first large emigrant train to Oregon" Howes C-874. Wagner-Camp 386 Note. Graff 914. Sources of the History of Oregon, Volume I. Number 1. More
An Account of Col. Crockett's Tour to the North and East, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-four.; His object to examine the grand manufacturing establishments of the country; and also to find out...the extent of its commerce, and the practical operation of "The Experiment."
Philadelphia: E. L. Carey and A. Hart, 1835. Frontispiece portrait. 234pp. + 34pp. of publisher's ads. 12mo, original rose cloth, spine re-backed in plain brown cloth, edges of corners worn and bumped, original cloth lightly soiled, very light foxing to most margins, Frontis. and title page moderately foxed. Philadelphia: E. L. Carey and A. Hart, 1835. First Edition Signed by Kermit Roosevelt, the son of Theodore Roosevelt. Howes C-896. Sabin 17565. More
The East of Jersey; A History of the General Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of New Jersey
Newark: New Jersey Historical Society, 1992. Illus. xi, 190pp. 4to, green cloth, d.w. lightly soiled, otherwise very good. Newark: New Jersey Historical Society, 1992. First Edition. More
Song of the Hubbardton Raid, delivered on the 50 (1)th Anniversary of the Raid of the Citizens of Hubbardton, Vermont,; on Castleton Medical College, held at the Residence of J. Sanford, M. D., Castleton, VT., November 29, 1879.
Castleton: Princeton University Press, 1880. 36 pages. 18mo, pr. wrs., wrappers lightly soiled, otherwise very good. Castleton: Privately Printed for members of the Castleton Medical and Surgical Clinic, 1880. First Edition One of 300 copies. Poem on the raid to recover the body of Mrs. Penfield Churchill, who had been stolen from a Hubbardton graveyard and brought to Castleton Medical College. More
Journal and Letters of the Late Samuel Curwen, Judge of Admirality, Etc., A Loyalist-Refugee in England, during the American Revolution.
1845. To which are added , Illustrative Documents and Biographic Notices of many prominent loyalists and other eminent men. By George Atkinson Ward. 3 plates. xiii, [9]-672pp. + errata leaf, pagination complete. 8vo, original blue cloth, spine ends and edges of corners worn, corners bumped, spine sunned, ex-lib, moderate foxing throughout, some pages with a small amount of pencil underlining. New York: Leavitt, Trow, 1845. Contains Curwen's journal and letters from 1775 to 1784. Sabin 18075. More
The Life and Times of Hon. William Jarvis, of Weathersfield, Vermont. By His Daughter
New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1869. Frontis. xii, 451pp. 12mo, contemporary 3/4 brown morocco, morocco lightly worn, edges of boards worn, front flyleaf expertly repaired, small newspaper article and plate of the Pepperell House mounted on last two blank pages. New York: Hurd and Houghton, 1869. First Edition Presentation copy from the author to her daughter. William Jarvis, a merchant from Boston, was United States Consul to Portugal from 1802 to 1811. His daughter writes extensively on his time in..... More
La Musique des Incas et ses Survivances
Paris: Paul Geuthner, 1925. Illustrated. 2 volumes, 4to, (Vol. I): Original printed wrappers, (Vol. II): Original 1/2 brown cloth, tan boards. Paris: Paul Geuthner, 1925. First Edition. Very Good. Volume I has a loose front wrapper that has been crudely reattached with tape. Also there is some edgewear to the spine and back wrapper. Volume II has a lightly soiled spine. This volume has 39 plates laid in, as issued, 2 are in color. More
Daboll's Schoolmaster's Assistant: Improved and Enlarged. Being a Plain Practical System of Arithmetic: Adapted to the United States. First Revised Edition.
New London: Samuel Green, 1811. Illustrated with tables. 240 pages. 12mo, full contemporary calf; leather worn at covers, hinges and spine, corners bumped, pages toned and foxed. New London: Samuel Green, 1811. A very good(-) copy. Early American imprint. More
Daboll's Schoomaster's Assistant. Being a Plain Practical System of Arithmetic; Adapted to the United States; Third Edition.
New London: Samuel Green. 230 pages. 12mo, full contemporary calf; two contemporary ownership signatures on chipped flyleaf, some arithmetic in pencil at back free end pages, pages toned & foxed, corners bumped, leather worn at edges and hinges of covers, spine label missing. New London: Samuel Green, (no date, circa 1802). A very good(-) copy. Early American imprint. More
Daboll's Schoomaster's Assistant. Being a Plain Practical System of Arithmetic; Adapted to the United States; Fourth Edition.
New London: Samuel Green. 225 pages + 3 pages of advertisements. 12mo, full contemporary calf, rubbed; lacks flyleaves, some writing on inside rear cover, pages toned & foxed,. New London: Samuel Green, (no date, circa 1802). Fourth Edition. A very good(-) copy. Early American imprint. More
Narrative of the North Polar Expedition. U. S. Ship Polaris, Captain Charles Francis Hall Commanding
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1876. Edited under the direction of the Hon. G. M. Robeson, Secretary of the Navy. 2 steel engraved frontispieces, 30 wood engraved plates, 6 maps, 2 photolithographs. 696pp. 4to, original red cloth, spine expertly recased with most of original backstrip, edges of corners worn, cloth lightly soiled, light foxing to a Frontis., inner hinges strengthened. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1876. First Edition. Internally a tight, bright copy. The expedition lasted from 1871 to 1873. In 1871..... More
An Authentick History of the Late War Between the United States and Great Britain, with a Full Account of Every Battle
Ithaca: Davis & Saunders, 1829, 1829. by Sea and Land...the Destruction of the City of Washington...To which will be Added, the War with Algiers, and the Treaty of Peace; The Treaties of Peace with the various Tribes of North American Indians...360pp. 12mo, contemporary mottled calf, leather label, spine and edges of corners worn, corners bumped, light foxing throughout, covers rubbed, front flyleaf and last blank page, holes in title-page with the partial loss of two letters, bottom margin of dedication..... More
Jefferson Davis; The Man and His Hour
Norwalk: Easton, 1996. Color Frontis., b/w Illus. 784pp. 8vo, full blue leather with gilt decoration. Norwalk: Easton Press, (1996). Fine. More
The Assault on Stony Point, by General Anthony Wayne, July 16, 1779.
Morrisania: 1863. Prepared for the New York Historical Society and read at its regular monthly meeting, April 1, 1862. Color folding map, many folding facsimiles and illustrative notes. viii, 156pp. 4to, handsomely bound in contemporary 3/4 red moroccco, gilt spine, spine lightly rubbed, tips of corners lightly worn, otherwise very good. Morrisania, N.Y., 1863. Limited First Edition. One of 250 copies. Laid in are an autographed letter signed and a smaller autographed letter signed, both by Henry B. Dawson. Dawson..... More
Historical Collections of the State of Pennsylvania; Containing a copious selection of...facts, traditions, biographical sketches...
Philadelphia: George W. Gorton, 1843. relating to its History and Antiquities, both general and local, with topographical descriptions of every county and all the larger towns in the state. 165 engravings, most of which are text vignettes. 708pp. 8vo, full publisher's brown morocco, gilt decorated spine and front cover, edges of corners lightly worn and bumped, head of spine lightly worn, back cover bowed, text lightly browned throughout, a few pages with pencil annotations in margins, pages slightly wavy throughout..... More
Iosephi Acosta, Societatis Iesu, De Natura Novi Orbis Libri Duo. Et de Promulgatione Evangelii apud Barbaros, sive, De procuranda Indorum salute, Libri Sex.
Cologne: Arnold Mylius, 1596. Woodcut title vignette (with IHS initials); typeset marginalia throughout. [16], 581, [3 blank] pages. Short thick 8vo, contemporary calf; attractive inlaid covers with blind and gilt-stamped decorations (recent labels on spine). Coloniae Agrippinae: In officina Birkcmannica, sumptibus Arnoldi Mylij, 1596. A near fine copy of this uncommon book "The first two books of this work are nearly the same books of 'Historia natural y moral de las Indias' [originally published in Salamanca, 1588]; the other six..... More
Constitutions des Principaux Etats de L'Europe et des Etats-Unis de L'Amerique
Paris: Chez Buisson, 1791. 3 volumes. 8vo, 1/2 contemporary calf with gilt decorated spines, edges of contemporary board corners worn and bumped on all volumes, spines lightly rubbed, scattered light foxing, mostly to margins, in all volumes, upper right corner lacking on last blank page of volume III, pages in volume I slightly wavy throughout, some pages lightly creased in upper right corner margins of volume II. Paris: Chez Buisson, 1791. Second Edition Study of constitutions and their development. Pages..... More