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

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

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

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

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

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

New York: New York Historical Society, 1886. Collections of the New-York Historical Society for the Year, 1885. 678pp. 8vo, original green cloth, ex-lib. New York: Printed for the Society, 1886. First Edition. More

London: Effingham Wilson, 1825. the Captaincy of Minas Geraes, and the Gold Mines of that Province. Colored map of Minas Geraes. xii, 182pp. + ad leaf. 8vo, rebound in modern brown library cloth, ex-lib, light foxing to some margins. uncut. London: Effingham Wilson, 1825. The first 6 chapters are on the history of Brazil, the voyage to Brazil and ports, geography, natural history and medical diseases there. The rest of the book is on the geology, mineralogy, and mining in..... More

Paris: Didier, 1861. Frontis. iv, 568pp. 8vo, contemporary 1/2 black morocco, spine and edges of corners lightly rubbed, foxing to margins of Frontis. and title-page, most pages lightly creased in upper right corners margins. Paris: Didier, 1861. First Edition. More

Providence: J. A. & R. A. Reid, 1879. Rocky Point, Silver Spring, and all the Famous Sea-Side Resorts of Rhode Island. Double-page map of Narragansett Bay. Many text engravings. 88pp. + many pages of ads from businesses, mostly located in Providence. 8vo, pr. wrs., wrappers and upper right corners of margins throughout heavily dampstained, right margin dampstained, spine worn, last five pages of ad pages lacking upper right corner margin, back wrapper chipped in upper right corner and with two..... More

Springfield: C. A. Nichols, 1876. of Perpetual Interest in the History of Our Country... Color half-title, 415 b/w engravings. 1007pp. 4to, rebound in later blue cloth. Springfield: C. A. Nichols, 1876. First Edition. Very good A tight, bright copy. More

Boston: Thomas Groom, 1840. Folding street map of Boston, several small engravings on the top of some pages, 130 pages. 24mo, original brown cloth with gilt decoration on front cover, cloth and fore-edges lightly soiled, corners lightly bumped, page 71 creased on upper right corner of text. Boston: Thomas Groom, (1840). Pages 49 to 110 comprise a business and political directory for Boston. Contains the color ads from S. N. Dickinson's print shop mounted on the front and back endpapers..... More

494 pages of facsimiles of correspondence by John Dix, plus manuscript index. Small folio, original gray cloth with green suede spine, leather label on front and spine, covers worn. N.p. (Paris?), n.d., circa 1890. Facsimiles of letters in English by John Dix while United States Minister to France from January 8, 1869 to October 22, 1869. Many were written in his capacity as Minister while some were to his wife. Earlier in his life, John Dix was a soldier in..... More